So this is my first story on FanFiction. It's not perfect but I wanted to try anyway, I'm still gathering the confidence to post my stories.
I wanted to do something a little different, because I've read so many stories about the guy falling in love with the girl without the girl noticing and blah blah blah... Don't get me wrong, I've read some AMAZING stories where that has happened. But that isn't always the case… and I guess I wanted to show that girls also chase guys, they also try to do things to win their attention, and they also deal with the same feelings. I'm sure there are a few stories like this; I just haven't read them yet. (Please feel free to tell me if there are similar stories. I'd like to read them )
But bear with me, the first chapter is only the beginning! Don't write it off just yet, it will get better. But hey, it's up to you what you think and I'd really appreciate it if you could review and give me some pointers on areas I need to improve on. Also, please excuse it for being so 'crammed' together, it's not letting me edit it properly so it may be difficult for you to understand when the place of the scene is switched. I'm sorry :(
But anyway, what are you waiting for, get reading! :)
Sakura Haruno was your everyday teenager.
She attended Konoha High School along with many other students her age and didn't really do anything to make herself stand out. Sure, she was one of those kids that somehow ended up being in the 'popular' group at school but she didn't know when or how that happened. Somewhere along the line she just kind of fell into the 'it' crowd. Sakura just had that natural ability to fit in with anyone with ease. In no way did she intend to be popular; she just had the type of friends that had that likeliness about them.
Sakura was a pretty girl, probably another reason her status in the school was higher than other kids in her year. Being the only person in her town with pink hair probably played on her side as well. Believe it or not, when Sakura was little, she was very self conscious about her hair. Some of the older kids used to pick on her about it but soon enough everyone she seemed to know grew accustomed to her pink locks and viewed it as 'cool'.
She had spent her whole life in Konoha; even being born in the local hospital instead of the more advanced one located a few miles out of town. She lived in an average house with her two parents and was unfortunately, an only child. But even though Sakura was fortunate to have a family, a decent education and a large amount of friends, she was far from being a happy teenager.
Sakura managed to quietly scribble down the rest of her Physics notes before the bell went for her next class. One of Sakura's closest friends Temari sat beside her, trying to force her school books into her bag as she realised it was going to be a tight fit. She managed to shove her books fully into her bag ignoring the fact that most of the pages would be crumbled and torn from the force. Sakura glanced up at her friend's flustered face.
"If you just did a little rearranging I'm sure they would fit without being completely ruined in the process," she said as she shook her head. She looked on as the sandy blonde swung her back pack around onto her left shoulder. Temari and Sakura were close and she considered her to be one of her best friends. Sakura was one of the few that could put up with Temari's temper and short attitude, and she didn't mind having her as a friend at all. Temari was down to earth and usually friendly, the type of person Sakura often longed to be around after spending days on end with Ino. Even if she did tend to be snappy and stubborn.
"Yeah well maybe if the school didn't try to force so much useless crap into my head, I would have enough room to fit books into my bag with ease," She mumbled, rolling her eyes at the pointless information that she claimed to be 'forced into her head' by the school and it's teachers.
Sakura just rolled her eyes and smiled. Temari was a smart girl; she was just one that didn't enjoy school in the slightest. Sakura on the other hand enjoyed it. She liked being able to get out of her house and away from her screaming parents that continuously fought amongst each other and with her. Sakura seemed to always get the blame for everything, even when the situation had nothing to do with her, and just wanted to hurry up and move out. But because she couldn't finish schooling for another year, she was stuck at home for the time being.
But Sakura was also smart. She surpassed other students in most of her classes, mainly maths and English but excelled when it came to sports. Especially soccer.
Sakura Loved soccer; like school, it was an escape from her screaming household. Soccer was the opportunity for her to run everything off and release all her stress without looking like a complete miserable mess.
As Sakura and Temari walked down the crowded school halls they managed to spot Hinata standing restlessly by her locker. Hinata was fumbling about in her locker trying to find her books for her next class, but was becoming worried when she couldn't find a certain object anywhere.
"Hinata," Sakura called out from across the corridor, trying to avoid the busy rush of kids who were rushing off to their next class. Hinata didn't lift her head and kept scrabbling through her locker anxiously.
"Hinata?" Sakura asked again, this time sending the Hyuga's head flying into the air.
"Oh! S-Sakura, I didn't see you there!" she said, her usually pail porcelain like face red from persistent searching. She looked worried and somewhat nervous as she talked with her pink haired friend.
"I was just wondering if you were still coming over tonight?" Sakura picked up a few of Hinata's papers and books which fell on the ground. She couldn't help but wonder why her friend looked so flustered.
"Oh! Yes, I almost f-forgot all about it," she replied, taking the books from Sakura's hands. She placed them back in her locker before closing it with a sigh.
Sakura frowned and slightly titled her head to the side. "Is something wrong?"
"M-my mobile…" she mumbled, glancing at the ground. "It's gone from my locker, I c-can't find it anywhere…"
"Don't worry, I'm sure it will be in your locker somewhere." Temari said as she stood beside her.
Sakura could understand why Hinata was so worked up over a missing mobile. She knew about the texting convocations she and Naruto were having lately, and although they were nothing bad, it wasn't really something Hinata wanted the whole school knowing about. Hinata was incredibly shy and only just worked up the confidence to start talking to Naruto and didn't want her chance of being with him ruined by immature people reading her text messages.
"Oh if it isn't miss Uzumaki," a boy from their year teased as he walked through the busy corridor. "…I'm not doing anything on the weekend either, maybe we could hang out?" he mocked the messages in Hinata's voice, flicking through the texts in her mobile phone. Zaku was 17, the same age as Sakura but acted like a twelve year old. He wasn't liked by most people in the school but would do anything to grab their attention anyway.
Hinata's face went bright red as she heard Zaku mimic her texts. Everyone was watching and giggling which wasn't making her situation any easier. Temari reached out and grabbed the phone out of Zaku's hands before he could say anymore and pushed him, making him stumble. "Beat it, Jerk!" she yelled as she watched the boy scurry off laughing down the hallway.
Temari quietly handed Hinata back her phone whilst still glaring at the back of Zaku's head. "Eh, don't worry about him Hinata, he's an idiot."
Hinata's head slowly dropped in embarrassment as she took back her phone and placed it into the pocket of her school bag. Hinata had been one of Sakura's closest friends since childhood and although she was also in the 'popular' group, she was still a target for immature bullies such as Zaku because of her shyness and vulnerability. Sakura hated seeing boys like him continually put her down. It made her want to use all their heads as soccer balls for her next game.
"Listen Hinata," said Sakura as she placed her hand on Hinata's shoulder, "Don't worry about him. He's a jerk, and Naruto wasn't around to hear what he said so you have nothing to worry about."
Sakura gave her friend a reassuring smile before parting ways with Temari and heading off to her next class with Hinata. Her next class happened to be science with Kakashi. Sakura wasn't fond of science but chose it anyway; she liked how Kakashi's classes were so laid back even if science wasn't her thing. She continued to walk down the corridor which all students had now cleared out of until they came across a door to the left which spelt 'Science lab' above the door frame. She walked into the classroom and saw none other than Ino Yamanaka sitting at the back, her bright eyes and cheerful wide smile looking right her way.
"Sakura!" she called, waving Sakura and Hinata over in her direction with a massive smile sprawled across her face. "I saved you and Hinata a seat right next to me,"
"Thank you Ino," Sakura said as she took her seat next to the cheerful blonde. Ino was Sakura's best friend and had been ever since she was a little girl. She was loud, over confident and, well, a tad 'promiscuous', but that wasn't enough to make Sakura disown her as a friend.
Ino would have had to have been the most popular girl at Konoha High. Her looks won everyone over; she had the bleach blonde hair, the perfect figure and the boobs to match. But her looks weren't the only thing Ino was popular for. Sakura's best friend had a certain tendency to 'get around' a lot. She didn't just sleep with anyone though, believe it or not she did have certain standards for the boys she slept with. It defiantly wasn't a challenge to get into Ino's pants. Even though the blonde was the hottest girl at Konoha High, it certainly did not make her the smartest. Sakura had tried to tame the ways of Ino many times but failed. It was by no means a jealousy thing, Sakura just did not want to see her best friend wind up getting herself into a dangerous situation or worse yet, pregnant.
Sakura sat talking to Hinata and Ino about their plans for the night before she caught a glimpse of someone walking through the door. Sakura's heart started to beat a bit faster as she noticed Sasuke, Kiba and Kankurou walk into the classroom late. The three boys were all a few months older than Sakura but were still all in the same year and they all hung out with each other. Along with Naruto, the four boys were definitely the coolest group of guys in the school. Each boy (excluding Naruto) had that 'bad boy' appeal to them and no one dared stand up to the four boys. They were known for being partiers and sleazes, and were either the cause for every complication in Konoha High. And if they weren't, they would jump to the case and involve themselves so they would be. They certainly did make the most of their popularity.
As Sasuke Uchiha passed the bench Sakura was seated at she couldn't help but force herself to look the opposite direction. 4 months ago, Sasuke ended the relationship he had with the pink haired teen after a whole year of dating. Sakura told herself everyday that she was over him but whenever it came down to being in the same class or hanging out, she forced herself to subtly ignore him. She was still slightly upset over the breakup and although she denied it, everyone knew it.
She didn't know what to think of Sasuke. Their whole relationship seemed to involve Sakura putting in all the effort to make it work whilst he sat back and shrugged everything off. Even though she was devastated and furious when they broke up, she managed to put most of it behind her and remain friends with the raven haired teen. The reason? It wasn't all about him anymore; Sakura thought she had found someone else.
Over the past month Sakura had found herself subconsciously focussed on the energetic and good looking Kiba Inuzuka. She had often told herself that she shouldn't go there because it was one of her ex boyfriend best friends, but when she thought about it she didn't even know if the group of boys really liked each other at all.
Sure, they had a lot of things in common. Each of the boys loved partying, drinking and women, but it almost seemed as if it was all a big competition. She also thought that they only hung out with one another because they were each popular for their own thing; Sasuke for his amazing looks and mysterious attitude, Kiba for his good looks and wild personality, Kankuro for his sense of humour and Naruto for-well, she didn't know how he ended up being in their group. Maybe it was because he was Sakura's cousin, or maybe it was because the boys needed someone to push around. Whatever the reason was, Sakura didn't care. All she cared about was how she was going deal with these strange and sudden feelings she had towards Kiba.
The three boys sat at the bench at the very back of the classroom. Sakura, Hinata and Ino were also seated in the back row which meant the girls only had to turn their heads to the side to see what immature and apparently 'hilarious' things the boys were up to.
A few whispers and chuckles could be heard from where the boys were seated. "You're looking good today Ino," Kankurou said in a voice that seemed somewhat sarcastic.
"Don't I always?" she replied, unaware of the sarcasm in Kankurou's voice. Sakura rolled her eyes at her friend's dumbness. Here comes the sarcastic remark.
"You're legs look exceptionally good, what time do they open?" Kankurou and Kiba burst into laughter. Sasuke also had a smirk on his face but managed to contain his amusement better than the other two. Sakura couldn't help but to have a little chuckle herself.
"You're jokes don't offend me Kankurou," she said as she looked at herself in her pocket mirror. "You're obviously just jealous that they're never going to open for you."
Kankurou's face looked somewhat dumbfounded – it wasn't often someone had a comeback to his insults. Especially Ino, she was usually a main target for Kankurou's lame pranks and jokes but today was somehow different.
Sakura didn't want to spend too much time dwelling on why Ino was suddenly coming up with these witty comebacks. She had enough things on her mind to think about.
"Inuzuka, put the mobile away or you can take it to the principal's office," Kakashi called out from the front. He stood there casually with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a piece of chalk as he wrote notes onto the board.
"Ooooh, scary threat." Kiba replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes and placing his phone back into the pocket of his jeans. Sakura was usually the type of person who would hate it when students were disobedient and held up the class, but with Kiba it was different. She just found that 'bad boy' persona to be a turn on.
She shook her head to try and make her mind focus on the notes Kakashi was writing down on the board. For all she knew, Kiba didn't have the slightest idea that Sakura saw him as more than friends. The two had often hung out, but Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Temari, Kankuro and Ino had also been there to tag along. Sakura had never really flirted with Kiba either and had done nothing whatsoever to convince the good looking teen that she liked him.
But that's what confused Sakura. She didn't know if she just found Kiba to be attractive, or if she just saw him as an object she could use to help her get over Sasuke. Ino had often told her that she was dealing with a bad case of the 'Rebound Effect', a technique made up by Ino which develops when getting out of a break up. She called it this because whenever a girl from their school broke up with their boyfriend or vice versa, they would immediately go and hook up with someone else in the hopes of getting over the other person.
Ino had convinced Sakura that the only reason she liked Kiba was to help her get over Sasuke and the break up. And deep down, Sakura thought she was right.
Kiba's phone vibrated in his pocket. He looked up to make sure Kakashi had his back turned and grabbed his phone to read the text. He rolled his eyes when he saw the name appear and placed his phone back inside the pocket of his jeans. Some girl that Kiba had slept with the weekend before had somehow got his number, and ever since she had been trying to contact him nonstop.
Kiba was not a relationship kind of person. 'Root and boot' seemed to be his way of life and he couldn't really care about the feelings he hurt in the process. As long as he got more girls than Sasuke, he was happy.
Kankurou leaned across his chair in an attempt to read the text. "Whoooo was that?" he asked slyly.
Kiba pushed him back down in his chair. "Remember that Jenna girl I slept with at Sasuke's the other weekend?"
Kankurou smirked and nodded his head. "The brunette?"
"Yeah, that one. Somehow she got my number and has been trying to text me constantly for the past four days. It's so fucking annoying."
Kankurou's smirk grew even wider as he chuckled to himself. "Oh, I wonder who that was…"
"KANKUROU YOU DICK!" Kiba yelled, as he realised Kankurou was the one who gave it to her. Kiba pushed him again, this time with a lot more force. Kankurou fell back off his chair and into the isle separating the boys table form the girls. Sakura happened to be swinging on her chair slightly, subconsciously staring in Kiba's direction and chewing on the end of her pen. She failed to notice Kankurou falling in her direction, and as Kankurou landed on her chair with a thud, Sakura fell back off of her chair and onto the floor behind her.
Her face turned the same colour as her hair as she heard the class roar with laughter. Being the popular kid definitely had its downfalls. One being whenever something bad happened to them, it was one hundred times funnier than it really was.
"Oh my god, Sakura!" Ino shrieked as she helped her up off of the ground. "Kankurou you ass! Look at her lip!"
Kankurou picked himself up off the floor and rubbed the back of his head."Settle Blondie, it was an accident!"
Sakura's face turned even pinker as she realised Kiba and Saskue were in hysterics. Great, real smooth Sakura, real smooth, she thought to herself as her cheeks burned with embarrassment.
From in front of the class, Kakashi stood with his arms folded. He didn't seem too happy with how the class was acting and the expression on his face proved this.
"Who was responsible for this?" he asked sternly, scanning his eyes across the classroom. The room fell silent.
"It was Kiba and Kankurou!" Ino yelled as she stood and pointed at the two boys. "Look what they did to Sakura's lip!"
Sakura lifted her hand to her lip, unaware of the trickle of blood spilling down her chin. That would teach her to swing on her chair and chew on her pen at the same time.
"It wasn't even my fault!" Kankurou said as he stood up from his chair. He threw his finger in Kiba's direction. "Kiba was the one who pushed me, so it's his fault."
Before Kiba had the chance to fight back, Kakashi raised his voice. ''Inuzuka, take Haruno to the nurse immediately. You were the cause of this so you can take the responsibility for it."
Kiba and Kakashi continued to exchange words angrily. Sakura's heart started to beat faster. She through a panicked glare in Ino's direction and mouthed the word 'INO!' as she realised what she had done.
"Relax," the blonde whispered, "I know what I'm doing." Ino winked at Sakura before pushing her to run along.
Kiba got up from his chair and slammed it back underneath his desk with an annoyed force. "Whatever man, this sucks." He walked to the front of the classroom before turning his head and eyeing Sakura. "You coming or not?"
Sakura nervously nodded before following Kiba out of the classroom. She was going to kill Ino for this.
The corridor was silent as Sakura and Kiba walked down the centre heading towards the nurse's office. Their footsteps echoed down the hallway, making Sakura feel slightly uncomfortable. She felt nervous being alone with Kiba and was trying to convince herself with all her might to start a conversation so the walk wouldn't be so awkward and silent. She wondered if he felt awkward as well or if he didn't even care in the slightest. The two had hung out before but never by themselves because they always had the rest of the gang with them. After thinking long and hard about it Sakura realised this was the first time they had ever been alone together.
"Uh, Sorry for getting you in trouble Kiba," Sakura said as she rubbed the bottom of her lip. "You can go back to class if you want, I can walk the rest of the way by myself."
Kiba placed his hands into his jacket pockets. "Don't worry about it. Its Kankurou's fault not yours." They both continued to walk silently. "Sorry about your lip by the way.'
Sakura felt a wave of relief as she heard Kiba apologise. She was starting to think she had pissed him off and that her chances of getting to know him better were sadly failing. She forced a sweet, tiny smile and looked up at him. "Ha, don't worry about it." She lifted her hand to wipe away the tiny remaining bit of blood from her bottom lip. "It's only a little scratch, not like it's going to kill me."
She hoped to hear a reply from Kiba but his face was focussed on the screen of his mobile phone. She sighed silently and rolled her eyes, feeling a tad embarrassed for even trying to start conversation. Ever since she thought she had feelings for Kiba Sakura had found it hard to talk to him. She would get all clumsy and short of words, and was stuck for things to say which wasn't like Sakura at all. Why couldn't she just talk to him like she used to before? Why was it that all of a sudden it wasn't easy anymore?
Her thoughts were shoved to the side when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She lifted the phone and rolled her eyes to see that she had received a text from Ino.
How's the walk to the nurses office with Kiba? Pulled any moves?
Sakura shook her head as she went to reply to the text message. Ino was so pushy when it came to Sakura liking guys.
She hit the reply button and then out of the blue tripped on nothing. Yes, Sakura had tripped on thin air and right in front of the boy she liked. Lucky for Sakura she only stumbled instead of face planting into the ground. Her phone fell out of her hands and onto the floor beneath her, slightly sliding along the cold corridor floor.
"Dammit," she mumbled, turning her embarrassed pink cheeks away from Kiba.
Kiba stopped behind Sakura as he realised she dropped her phone. Sakura bent down to pick it up, and Kiba couldn't help himself but to sneak a look. He smirked and hoped that Sakura's navy blue skirt would crawl a bit higher so he could get a better look but was disappointed when it didn't budge. It didn't bother him too much though, he was happy with what he got to see.
Sakura spun around to catch a grinning Kiba. Lucky for him he had just finished perving without getting caught and was quite pleased with what he saw. How hadn't he realised that Sakura had a great arse before? He noticed the confused look the pinkette was giving him and smiled.
"Um, is something wrong?" Sakura asked, forcing a tiny laugh. She wondered why he was looking at her like that, especially after she just humiliated herself by falling over nothing. What she expected to see was Kiba bursting out in laughter, not smiling cheekily.
"Nothin'," he replied, giving her a mischievous smirk. "Well, here's the nurses office. My job here is done." He smiled again at the confused teenager. She glanced up and realised she was standing next to the nurses office and felt a little upset that she couldn't walk with Kiba that little bit longer.
"Later Haruno." He said before winking at her and walking back down the hallway towards Kakashi's class.
What was that all about? She asked herself as she tried to get her head around what just happened. Was Kiba… was Kiba flirting with me?
Sakura shrugged. "It was probably nothing," she mumbled to herself before walking into the nurse's office. "Just Kiba being Kiba…"
Sooo, that was the first chapter, what do you think? It was going to be longer but I thought I better cut it short so I didn't bore you guys. I mean, it's long enough as it is :/ For me, the first chapter is always a bit slow and boring, but I have way more Ideas. I have absolutely zero confidence in my writing so please don't flame.
Please review and tell me what you think, constructive criticism is accepted! :D