Just My Luck Chapter 1

"Wake up dearie. Wake up! Wake uuuuup! WAKE UP! WAKE THE F*** UP!" The alarm screamed. I grudgingly got up and put it off. Why did Ino have to go and buy me such a bitchy clock? I thought.

It was the first day of university after summer vacation and though I was super excited to see my friends, I was definitely not a morning person. I sighed and picked out my clothes. I wasn't going to get ready myself… wait. I was. Never mind.

I looked at the time. 7:45. "Oh, not bad. I still have some time." I grabbed my knapsack and started dumping a few textbooks in. Medicinal herbs, Guide to becoming a Doctor, Medicine and Me. "Sheesh, the only course that requires so many textbooks." I looked at the clock again. 8:05 am.

"Huh!? How did it get so late? I only put like three books in my bag?" I threw on my clothes, brushed my baby pink curls as best as I could (the damn things could never be tamed) and ran for it. "Sakura, what about breakfast?" My mom called after me. "No time!" I screamed. "School starts in 10 minutes!" I bounded out the door and all hell was let lose.

Turn left here, right there. I tripped on a lose block and my bag flew off my shoulder. It decided to land right in the middle of a busy junction, textbooks flying everywhere. "WHY ME?" I yelled. Nervously, I looked both left and right. No cars. Phew. I ran out onto the road and grabbed all my books and bag. Suddenly, I saw a huge car hurtling down the road, showing no signs of stopping. So this is how I die, huh? And all because of three textbooks. I closed my eyes, expecting to feel the worst sort of pain imaginable.

After one minute there still wasn't any pain. I opened my eyes and found my books and myself in the arms of a complete stranger. A hot stranger. "Are you okay?" He asked, totally nonchalant. I looked at him more closely. He had dark hair and onyx eyes that seemed to have no end. Then it hit me that we were lying on a pavement next to a busy junction and I was running late for school. I sprang up muttering, "T-T-Thanks for s-s-s-saving my life and a-all, but I r-really h-have to g-get to my university." I bowed, grabbed my stuff, and sprinted off thinking, Damn, I sounded like a hysterical Hinata.

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I made it to class literally fifteen seconds before the bell rang. As soon as I plopped down on my seat next to Ino and caught my breath, Tsunade-sensei barged into the room and hollered, "Okay kids, today's class is going to be intense, so pay attention. We're going to witness a serious surgery." Her eyes twinkled at the last word. "Grab your notebooks and lets go to Konoha Hospital!" I sighed. I just sat down and we had to leave again!?

Ino, seeing my disappointment, grabbed my bookbag. "What happened? You look horrible! You're covered in sweat, your hair, well it's the same as usual, but that's beside the point… What happened to you, Sakura?" I looked at her. "Long story," I croaked. "Well I'm all ears," she bubbled. I guess I had no choice but to tell her.

"I ran late to school because of three textbooks and I tripped on a rock and my books flew onto the middle of the road so I ran to get them but nearly got run over but this really hot guy with onyx eyes saved me and I looked like a total freak." I inhaled. Ino sweatdropped. "Quite a morning." Suddenly, a smile appeared on her face. Anyways, tell me more about this hot guy of yours."

Two pieces of chalk flew out from nowhere and hit both of us square in the foreheads. "Pay attention ladies!" Tsunade-sensei chided. "There's going to be a test on this." "H-Hai Tsunade-sensei-sama!" We both replied, immediately taking out our books.

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"Boy, medicine sure was tiring," Ino sighed after class. "I mean a surgery on the first day back? It doesn't feel like we've had a vacation at all." I smiled. "Did you meet the other girls yet?" I asked. Ino nodded. "Tenten grew an inch, Hinata's got a new hairstyle, and Temari's here as a transfer student! Isn't that cool?" My eyes widened. "How come?" Ino shrugged. "Probably one of those Konoha-Suna alliance things. Now come on, let's go look for the others."

We made our way down the hall into the courtyard. Like high school, Konoha University had its famous hangout spots. The Courtyard was the most popular and it was where my friends had decided to meet every break, so we wouldn't waste time looking for each other. Hinata and Tenten were already there, sitting underneath a large tree. Tenten was showing Hinata one of her new weapons. "It's called a swiss army knife. It cost a lot, but that's because it was imported." "T-T-That's n-n-n-nice Tenten." Hinata stuttered.

"Hey guys!" I exclaimed. "Hinata, your hair really grew!" Her rich violet locks flowed halfway down her back. "You really have to tell me how to tame my hair. It looks like a rat's nest." "N-no, Sakura, I-I think your h-h-hair is l-lovely!" Hinata replied. "Nice to see you too, Sakura." Tenten retorted. I chuckled. "I was just getting to you Tenten. Nice weapon you have there." Tenten grinned. "Thanks. All the better to seduce Neji with." We all burst out laughing. Tenten had the hots for Neji forever. I had a feeling that he liked her too–he did turn red whenever she was around–but was just too shy to admit it.

"Hey guys!" Temari called, walking to our spot. "This is a neat spot you have here." Ino nodded. "It's been ours since freshman year. Look, we've carved our names onto the tree." Temari chuckled. "I wish we had trees like this in Suna."

"TEME! THAT REALLY HURT." Everyone sighed. "Naruto," we chimed at the same time. He got hit in the face by a volleyball, thrown by none other than Kiba. "Take this!" Naruto threw the ball with all the strength he had, only to have it slam right in Hinata's face. "Where'd it go?" He asked, turning a full 360 degrees. When he saw Hinata with a red imprint on her face and a volleyball not too far away, he screamed, "HINATA-CHAN! It was an accident! Are you alright!?" If it was even possible, her face turned redder. "I-I-I'm o-o-o-okay N-Naruto-k-kun." She replied. Then her nose started bleeding. "Naruto, you idiot! Look what you've done!" Ino yelled. Naruto ran, picked up Hinata and said, "Don't worry Hina-chan! I'll take you to the nurse!" And ran off with her.

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The next class was much more fun than Medicine. Visual arts. "Okay kids," Kakashi-sensei drawled. "Your job is to recreate your favorite food. Use all the materials you need." He flipped open the latest copy of Icha Icha Paradise and started reading. "I can understand why he decided to teach this course," Tenten whispered. "The dude has to do nothing but assign projects with long deadlines. Look at him reading that book." I started chuckling. "That's so like Kakashi-sensei."

Before I knew it, lunch rolled around the corner. Tenten and I walked into the already-cramped cafeteria. "Do you think the others are here yet?" I yelled. "Yeah! It does smell!" Tenten screamed back. I sighed. No one could hear each other in this madness. "I see them!" Tenten bellowed. We managed to fight our way to the tiny table reserved by Ino, Temari, and Hinata, who was holding a bloody rag to her nose. "Hey guys," I yelled. "I'm getting lunch." I dropped my knapsack off and went to the anarchic lunch line.

Tolerating all the impatient pushing, I picked up a plate of lasagna and some milk and made my way to the cashier. Suddenly, I was pushed from behind and I went flying right across the lunch line. The packet of milk burst on my and my arms felt the floor. I looked up and saw with horror that my plate of lasagna was on someone's shirt. Wait, didn't I see a shirt like this this morning? A pair of onyx eyes met mine and the hot guy from this morning said, "Hello again."