AN: I honestly never thought that I would ever do a high school fic, but then I figured that if even Kishimoto himself would make a Naruto high school based mini-manga (check the 2nd ending of Naruto Shippuden), then who was I to resist ;3

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. They all belong to Masashi Kishimoto :3

Setting: Naruto AU. Certain character relationships are a bit 'different' than you would normally expect ;3


Sakura

I simply could not believe how late I was! It was almost 7:30am already, and school started at 8am! There was simply no way that I was going to make it to classes on time!

I groaned as I rolled over on my bed, and looked across my room to the other occupant in the other bed in the room.

I then grabbed my pillow from under my head, took careful aim, and chucked my pillow with deadly precision at the other person's dark hair, which was barely peeking out from under their covers.

"Hinata! What are you doing! You were supposed to set the alarm clock last night after Ino went home! Come on sis! Wake up! We're gonna be late for school, and mom and dad will positively kill us if that happens!" I exclaimed, as I rolled myself out of bed, and padded over to my sister's bedside.

I was a 15 year old freshman at Konoha Academy High, and my sister who was also one of my best friends, was also a freshman at KAH. We were into our second term of freshman year, and had met and made some really awesome and amazing friends. One of my best friends Ino, had been over to our house last night for a little horror movie fest, as it had been Sunday night and the 'rents had gone out for the night.

By the time that Ino had gone home, it had been way past midnight, and Hina and I had both just collapsed into our beds, barely coherent enough to both take quick showers, change into our PJ's, and then pass out on our beds.

And now it was Monday morning, school was about to start in less than half an hour, and we were still at home!

I could already hear our parents moving around downstairs, and I just knew that Mom would be coming up those stairs any minute now, to come check on us and find out why we weren't downstairs for breakfast yet.

"Hina! Hina, come on. Wake up already. We gotta get going. It's almost 7:40am, and classes start in less than half an hour," I said, as I began poking Hinata's unresponsive self in her side through her sheets.

I heard a low groan, and then a pale, silvery eye poked itself out from under the sheets, and just glared at me.

I just returned that glare with a sweet smile, and then without warning grabbed my sister's sheet, tugged hard on it, and watched with mild amusement as Hinata made a loud squeak before toppling out of her bed, as she followed her sheets to the ground.

"Sakura!" Hinata cried out, as she tried to untangle herself from her sheets, and just ended up getting even more tangled up in them, and looking absolutely adorable with her tousled bed hair flopping into her eyes.

I let out a light amused chuckle, and playfully mussed up my sister's hair, making it even more tousled than before.

"Saakuuraa," Hinata whined lightly, as she lightly batted my hand away. "You know that I hate it when you do stuff like that. You're always playing around too much, and pulling random jokes on people. You know that it's going to get you into real trouble one day," Hinata said, as she slowly and gracefully climbed to her feet, accepting my outstretched hand, after looking at it suspiciously for a second or two.

"Aww, come on Hina. Don't be like that. You know that I only play around a little. You gotta loosen up! Live life more freely!" I exclaimed to her, as I gave her a quirky grin.

Hinata let out a loud, exasperated sigh but then giggled softly right after, which was the reaction that I had been trying to get out of her. Then releasing a giggle of my own, I grabbed my sister's hand and we both began running around, grabbing our school uniforms, books, bags, and general school supplies, as we sped to get ready for school.


We were of course terribly late for our first class of the day, which also happened to be homeroom which we both had together, and our homeroom teacher made us both stand outside for 15 minutes, each holding a high stack of books as punishment for being tardy.

Mom hadn't been too pleased with us being late to leave for school either, and I was sure that we would be hearing much more about her displeasure later on when we got home.

But for now we were both finally back in class, surrounded by all of our good friends who were Lee, Ino, Kiba, Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, Tenten, and Neji who also happened to be a close cousin to both Hinata and I, though he tended to look out for Hinata more than anyone else.

And then there was Sasuke, who always sat alone and off in the farthest corner by himself, wearing his usual scowl and staring out the classroom window.

I kind of...liked him...I mean which girl wouldn't. He was dark, mysterious, and practically had 'Bad Boy' tattooed across his body.

But he was also way out of my league, and I highly doubted that he would ever go for a girl like me. Ah well...there were other fish out there in the sea, I figured.

There was now only 10 minutes remaining until the bell rang for the end of homeroom, and I was busy poking Ino, and then being laughed at by her for being late, and then having to stand outside holding a heavy pile of books as punishment.

I was just about to bonk her on the head with one of said books, as it had been partially her fault for staying over so late last night, and making Hina and I get to bed so late, when the door to the classroom slowly opened, and the school's principal, Principal Tsunade made her way into the classroom.

A few of the boys in the class let out a couple of cat calls and whistles, and though Principal Tsunade made 'shushing' motions with her hands towards them, you could just tell that she was enjoying the attention.

For a 50 year old woman, with a body and chest of a 20-something year old, I didn't blame her for enjoying that attention either.

Principal Tsunade walked up to our homeroom teacher, who also happened to be a favourite among the boys in our class, Ms. Anko.

With her styled, spiky purple hair and sharp, yet kind light-brown eyes, Ms. Anko had the boys practically eating out of her palm each and every day.

It was highly amusing to watch, and Ino and I were constantly pestering her to give us tips, while she always just kind of blushed and tried to wave it all off as 'boys just being typical hormonal teenage boys.'

I now watched curiously as Principal Tsunade, and Ms. Anko had a quick whispered conversation, before Principal Tsunade made a quick 'come here' motion with her hand at the still-open classroom door, and the shadow of someone stepping into the room was suddenly seen.

The entire class hushed down as the stranger walked into the room, wearing the school uniform black pants and white top, but also wearing a long, flowing black jacket that reached down to his knees, and a black headband with a strange, swirling symbol on the front of it.

He had spiky blond hair, bright blue laughing eyes, and a huge grin on his face. And once he reached the front of the classroom he quickly grabbed a piece of chalk, and in LARGE letters scrawled his name on the chalkboard.

"Hello everyone! The name's Naruto Uzumaki! It's great to meet you all! And remember this from right now! I'm going to become the greatest fighter in this school, and don't you forget it!"

The grin on this new, excitable guy's face was infectious, and I found myself grinning slightly, as the entire class then erupted into boos and cheers, as the new guy began to good-naturedly swat away crumpled balls of paper that were already being tossed at his head.

I saw out of the corner of my eye, Sasuke giving this new guy Naruto just this look. One that I just couldn't discern, and then suddenly without warning, Sasuke's dark eyes shifted and locked onto my eyes, and I had to quickly look away, as I felt a deep blush creeping into my cheeks.

Damn that Sasuke! Didn't he know just how powerful his stare was to a female?

As I felt my cheeks slowly beginning to cool back down, I suddenly just felt this presence standing beside me, and I cocked my head up and to the side to see the spiky, blond-haired guy standing right beside my desk, and grinning that wild, energetic grin of his.

"Sakura Haruno? Hi! Anko-teach told me that I should sit beside you in this empty chair here, and that you were supposed to be my 'helper' to help me get more acquainted with everyone else, and the rest of the school," Naruto cheerfully informed me, as he parked himself into his new seat beside my desk, and made himself comfortable.

"My name is Ms. Anko, Mr Uzumaki. Not Anko-teach. Please get it right for the next time," Ms Anko commented, as she looked up from her desk towards her new, very loud student.

"Alright Teach! You got it!" Naruto shouted back with a grin and a wave, while Ms Anko just released a kind of resigned sigh, and waved goodbye to Principal Tsunade, who gave her a little wink and mouthed the words, "good luck" before disappearing out the classroom door.

"Hey Sakura!" Naruto exclaimed, as he all but lounged across my desk, as he leaned across from his own.

"Yesss, Naruto?" I answered back through slightly gritted teeth, as I heard Ino chuckling loudly at my expense, in the seat on my other side. Hinata, who had the seat behind Naruto, was for some very strange reason blushing deeply, and averting her eyes to anywhere but the loudmouth lounging across my desk, and that made me wonder a bit, and I resolved to ask her about it later.

"Yeah, Sakura. Just who's the sourpuss sitting over there in the corner. His hair looks kinda like a duck's butt, and he's scowling like he ate something nasty from my old school's cafeteria," Naruto exclaimed, as he jerked his finger in Sasuke's direction.

"What did you just say about me, you little spiky-haired punk," I heard Sasuke's low voice say, as he actually stood up out of his chair to turn and face Naruto.

"Oi calm down, calm down, yo. It was only a joke," Naruto said with a quick grin, as he too stood up and waved at Sasuke to calm down, and to sit back down.

"Whatever," Sasuke muttered as he reclaimed his seat, and once again turned his dark eyes towards the open window beside him.

I let out a small sigh of relief, and turned to tell Naruto not to do stupid and idiot things like that again, but never got the chance to get the first word out, as Naruto was descended upon by Choji, Kiba, and a reluctant Shika, and I watched as Kiba slapped Naruto on the back, and the boys 'welcomed' Naruto to the 'group'.

I let out a sigh, rolled my eyes towards Ino who only chuckled back at me, and raised her hands in a kind of "oh well, boys will be boys" gesture.

I let out a groan, and then turned to my sister who was once again staring at Naruto, with a shy look on her face, and a light blush dusting her cheeks.

I let out another groan, as it slowly sunk in as to why she was blushing at him like that.

And as I heard the bell finally ring for the next class of the day, and the 'boys' ribbing Naruto about managing to piss off the 'King-of-Scowls' Sasuke in such a short amount of time, and then felt Sasuke move roughly past my chair, his arm brushing lightly against mine, making me shiver slightly, only one thought penetrated the swirling fog that now filled my mind, thanks to everything that had just happened in the last 10 minutes.

Things were about to get very interesting here at Konoha Academy High.


To be continued...?
AN 2: And that's it! Please let me know if you all would like me to continue this fic. I look forward to hearing what you all thought about it! Ja ne! =3

~Saku Bloss~