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"Is everything ready for tomorrow?" Ino asked Sakura for the seventh time that day. This time, Sakura decided to pretend like she didn't hear the over exaggerated high pitched keel of the girls voice. If she really couldn't remember the two word answer she had all ready given her multiple times... there was something seriously wrong. The two girls were sitting with two others, Tenten and Hinata, outside in the school gardens. All four of them, coming from flithy rich families attended the top school in Kohona.
"Well? Is it?" She demanded, not liking at all being ignored. Ino was one of those girls who really didn't deal well with not being the centre of attention.
"Yeah, Ino." Sakura's voice answered quietly, like always. She didn't speak ver loudly. Sakura was one of those girls who really rathered to be seen and not heard. She didn't like to stand out at all. She didn't deal very well with attention, which what had made the past few months even harder.
Ino look satisfied with her answer. "Are you right to pick up the dresses tonight?" Sakura knew it wasn't really a question, it was a command. She pulled her cheeks out into the most realistic smile she could muster. "Sure."
"Why can't you do it?" Tenten, glared at Ino, annoyed at the way she was clearly taking advantage of Sakura's and her plaintive nature.
Ino flicked her hair to the side, getting up. "Because I have better things to do." She replied smugly, making a point to strut over to where the school council and his friends where sitting, fluttering her eyelids and pouting her lips as best as she could.
All three girls sighed harmoniously at her antics. "Everyday she goes over there, rolling up her skirt and batting her eyelids, and every day the same thing happens." Tenten sighed, as she watched the blondes face fall as the president and his friends excused themselves and leave, putting Ino in a foul mood for the day. But thats what the pres did for everyone. Being the most popular gorgeous boy in school, with almost all the girls after him and all the boys incredibly jealous of him Uchiha-Taicho was one of those boys everyone wanted to be. Handsome, polite, filthy rich and incredibly smart, the only thing not perfect in his world was the unfortunate situation with his family. Heir to a massive estate, Uchiha-Taicho was orphaned at a young age. To this day no one actually knew the full story of what had happened, and it was always a topic for discussion when rumours and goss around the school ran thin.
Ino walked back over to the girls, dragging her feet. "I can't believe he did that again!" She groaned, slouching back down.
"Don't worry Ino, I'm sure if you do the exact same thing tomorrow, as you have done for the past three years, he will definitely take notice." Sacasim dripped words. Ino didn't notice.
"You're right! Thanks Tennie!" Ino cried, hugging the brunette against her will.
As the bell for class sounded all four girls got up and went their separate ways, Sakura taking the longest. She walked through the busy halls of the school, mind four hundred miles away, before running head first in to something hard and unmistakably human, and falling flat on her ass.
The corridor filled with laughter as her cheeks turned pick. Muttering a quick apology without looking up, Sakura quickly tried to grab her scattered books. She stiffened as she felt the body next to her drop, as a slender hand held out one of her textbooks. She looked up, eyes meeting the deep onyx of Uchiha-Tachio. Her pink face turned deep maroon and she wished to die right on the spot. He nodded stiffly, before straightening up and stalking down the corridor without a word.
As the bell for the last period sounded, Sakura ducked into one of the storage rooms, waiting till everyone had gone to their respective classes before she came out. Sakura had always been a good student, easily achieving full marks without trying, but she always skipped the 6th period. She quickly moved to one of the side emergency doors, that lead to the roof. The roof was her favourite place in the whole school, the one place she could think straight.
Leaning against the railings she breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Somehow, all the problems of the world seemed so little when you were up so high.
"You aren't allowed up here you know." An amused voice broke the silence, causing her to jump.
She whirled around to see Uchiha-Taicho leaning against the door, arms crossed staring straight at her.
"Neither are you." She countered, trying to ensure her voice didn't waver. He smirked.
"I was just doing my duties, what would you do If you saw a student breaking the rules?" He said, strolling over to lean against the railings next to her.
He chuckled slightly at the paniked look in her eyes. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you were up here."
A sigh of release escaped her lips before she was able to stop it.
They stood their together in a comfortable silence, Sakura trying to not be caught gazing at him out of the corner of her eye. It was strange that he had stayed around for so long. It was common knowledge that he wasn't really a people person, which to the fangirls made him all that dreamier.
"Excuse me if I'm being rude, but why are you still here? I thought you found others annoying." She mentally kicked herself as the words tumbled out of her mouth. Way to make it awkward, now he was going to hate her.
He looked her out of the corner of the corner of his eyes. "You're not annoying. You understand." It was that moment that Sakura saw the deep sadness swirling around in his eyes.
"So you can pick up the dresses yeah?" Ino asked her, once again, after school. They were sitting in the courtyard, disscussing plans for the weekend. It was starting to get
"Yes Ino, I'll get them after school."
Ino pulled her keys out her bag. "Do you want a ride over to the shops? I have a few minutes."
"I-ino!" Hinata said shocked, grabbing Sakura's hand as her friend stiffened, staring at the car.
Tenten glared.
"Oh yeah! Sorry Sakura, thought you would be over that stupid fear by now."
Yeah. Stupid fear. Sakura pulled a conceding smile. "Sorry Ino, not everyone is as strong as you." She whispered, before turning and walking off in the opposite direction.
Tenten punched Ino in the arm. "Smooth idiot!"
"What! It's not my fault?"
Sakura sighed angrily, kicking the pavement as she stomped her way through the streets. Stupid party meant that she would have to talk to people other than Hinata and Tenten. She could not stand those stupid rich kids, fraternizing with her as if they were best of friends only because of her last name, then turning against her as soon as she turned her back. If it wasn't for the select friends she had at that stupid academy, she would be long gone.
But her parents wouldn't have wanted that.
The route from the dry cleaners to her apartment wasn't the most desirable to walk at night, leading through parts of kohona that she definitely wouldn't walk in the day let alone 7 at night. As she turned down one of the smaller side streets nearing her apartment she heard a low, pain filled groan. She froze, panic already setting in. As silently as she could she swiftly moved down the street, making a run of the next street light. Sighing heavily she stopped just under the street light, the fluorescent glare making her feel safe again. Looking down to tie her shoes she noticed the dark blobs of colour on the pavement. They were footprints. Bloody footprints.
Grabbing her bag and brandishing it like a weapon she whirled around in every direction, making sure that their was no one following her. As she peered into the darkness, she saw him. Just out of the circle of light, hunched against a brick wall and covered in cuts and crimson blood. She dropped her bag, rushing over to see if he was okay. As she got closer, she was able to make out the hair colour, and paniked. Running over she leant down and lifted his chin, examining his face. It wasn't. The boy was about her age, clothes ripped and bloody, skin covered in bruises from obvious ongoing beatings. She touched his face lightly, trying to wake the boy. Eyes opened slowly, and she was for the second time that day faced with deep onyx coloured orbs, staring groggily back at her.
"Don't worry, I'll get you too a hospital." She whispered gently.
His eyes widened, panic flooding them. "NO! Anywhere but there! He'll find me! He always does!" The boy started thrashing like a wounded animal, causing her to jump back.
"Okay! Okay, no hospital!" Sh reassured him, trying to get him to lie still.
He stopped moving, eyes once again on her. "Just lea-ve me alone." The words died in his mouth as he fainted again, head falling on her shoulder.
Sakura had no idea what she should do. The boy was clearly in need of medical help, but she couldn't take him to hospital. She had seen the fear in his eyes. Something was definitely wrong. Making a rash decision, she flung his arm over her shoulder, hauling him up as she stood upright. Thank god he was so light, or she would have fallen at the strain, slowly dragging him towards her home. Lying him down on her bed she examined the severity of the wounds. Some really needed to be attended to. And the only medical supplies they had were in the room she never wanted to go into again. She took another look at the boy, his unconscious face contorted in pain.
Taking a deep breath, she opened the door to the room where she kept her parents things. Quickly opening the box that had 'Mum' stamped across the top, she grabbed out the medical kit and cleaned and bandaged the worst of the kids wounds. After she finished she stood back to admire her handy work. Not amazing, but he would live. She laughed out loud suddenly, hit by the absurdity of the situation. She had treated some kid who she didn't even know and brought him into her house. And now he was resting quite comfortable on her bed.
Leaning down she checked his pockets for any type of ID. In the back pocket was a very old model phone, with a cracked screen. A message flashed from an unknown number. Sasuke, where are you? He just came over, teme its really bad, You need to lay low.
So it was Sasuke. She leant down next the the bed, suddenly feeling very tired. Who was this person that was after this kid so bad?
Sakura tried not to think about the obvious dangers of having someone who was clearly in a crazy amount of trouble sleeping on her bed. It was a nice feeling to not be the only one home for once.