**CHAPTER 2**

Ok, so Sakura really though there was some angry God up there that took pleasure in laughing at her, because she was certain the feeling of being rooted in her place was not due to the Earth`s gravitation.

In her mind, there was no way that guy she had bothered her last night at the local supermarket was going to be her new classmate for two years. That was ridiculous. No, what was ridiculous was how gorgeous he really looked like and that made the pink haired girl even more uncomfortable than she was.

Although she was in front of a class, full of students that were eying her like they were visiting Luvru, all that she could perceive in front of her, was the absolutely stunning raven haired Uchiha, who looked like a runaway male model.

And it was not just his amazing looks or expensive simple, but sophisticated clothes, but his general aura that placed him straight at the top of his mates, sporting the look of a gang sexy leader with such nonchalance it was almost painful to watch in his general direction.

Unconsciously, Sakura bit her lower lip, feeling her insides turn to jelly at the intense look he was giving her.

Why was he looking at with such a curious look, like he intended to rip her soul apart and feed from her anxious core? It was both maddening and frightening. She did not realized she was staring and that attracted everyone`s attention.

"Huh…another slut to add to Sasuke`s fan club. Take a number and wait for your turn dear."

The emerald eyed girl snapped out of her stupor when she heard the rude remark coming from one of her new colleague. She has made herself a reputation already. Why was everyone implying she was a slut?

Of course, all the classmates burst into laugher. She lowered her gaze to the ground, mentally envisioning her turning around and make a run for it. That was a bad start.

"Yeah…just look at the way she is ogling him!" Another girl that was in the back of the class shouted, much to her classmates` amusement.

"Be careful not to melt princess!"

"Aww poor thing, she is shy!"

"Has cat eaten your tongue?"

Sakura was in the verge of tears. It was basically the same treatment she got at her previous school. Nothing has changed.

Why was everyone hating on her, girls especially? She did nothing wrong, after all, who would not be shocked to see such a handsome classmate in the very first place? "God please take me now…"

"Karin, Amy, Mandy and the rest, you successfully won a ticket straight to detention after school and if you carry on young ladies, I am afraid you will have to repeat the eleventh grade next year as well."

Not even removing his eyes from the perverted material he was reading, Kakashi spoke calm, collected and menacing.

If there was something Sakura`s new form master totally disagreed with, was insults thrown towards someone no one knew anything about. He darted his eyes to the girl beside him that looked ready to jump on the window and run, having her head turn on her side, eying a faraway imaginary point outside, looking distant and troubled.

Then the mysterious looking teacher Hatake fixed the young Uchiha with his dark eyes, the said boy doing the exact thing, smirk not leaving his handsome face. Whenever a scandal was taking place in his class or high school in general, he was almost always involved.

"But Mr. Kakashi, why are we the ones that have to spend two hours in detention?" Amy stood up, planting her hands on the hard surface of her desk, pointing at a visibly trembling Sakura.

"Yeah! We did nothing wrong!"

Karin smartly remained quiet. Being in detention implied spending two hours after school, in the company of a loser teacher that almost always fell asleep or simply left the classroom, giving her enough time to find a guy and engage in a make out session.

And if she was going to be lucky, Sasuke would be one of them. She licked her lips, taking a quick glance at him, already turned on at the sight of his gorgeous face.

The red headed was one of his most desperate fangirl and she was one of the lucky ones to actually have his attention from time to time…especially at parties.

"Quiet. Now class, let`s resume what we were trying to do before this ladies got us interrupted. Sakura, why don't you tell us more about yourself?"

Kakashi stood back and eyed the beautiful girl, eyebrow rose expectantly. In all honesty what he wanted to confirm is her value.

It was just obvious the girl was not going to blend in their school`s atmosphere, but there was something about her that screamed she was more than another shy girl, that is going to be bullied in the back of the school.

Yeah, the middle aged class teacher was well aware of what his students did there. But in his mind, the only way for them to grow up and become strong, was to find their inner strength and fight, because in the real world, no one was going to do that for them.

The jadeite eyed girl, almost reluctantly raised her eyes to face the hateful glances she got from the girls that were eying her like she was a pest and the boys who stood with their arms folded, almost like expecting her to carry on in making a fool of herself. "There is nothing interesting…about me to say, Mr. Hatake."

"Hm…I am not quite sure about that. How about tell us about your hobbies? Things you like? Or things you don't like?"

Sakura felt the urge to roll her eyes at the man that was making her more bothered than she already was and tell him the things she hated were him and her new class mates, starting with one particular raven haired one, but she refrained from doing so. She had to be strong.

Her mother taught her. So did her aunt. "I like to do all the things normal teenagers my age do. As for what I really hate…is people judging me without knowing me first."

All the whispers ceased and the class went silent at her confession, slightly bothered at her more than obvious remark. It was a smart polite tone to tell them to kindly shut the hell up and let her be.

Kakashi smiled at the deep meaning of her words, content. He was right. She was truly different from the others. Smart too.

"Way to go Sakura!" When the said girl caught the sight of the owner of the imbecile retort, she truly did nothing to let her forest green eyes roll so hard, she felt them hit the back of her head.

Of course…the class` clown. Another roar of laughter coming from her dear classmates.

And he was the other bothersome guy she encountered at the supermarket, but this one looked like a total loser that had a crush on her. It was obvious from the way he was eying her.

"Naruto, what did we talk about screaming in my class?"

"I don't remember Sir!"

"Mr. Hatake, you said we can ask Sakura whatever we like…" Some dude that was staying on the second row raised his hand and addressed his class teacher, not once removing his eyes from a fidgeting Sakura.

"I did. Do you have something intelligent to ask, or do I have to write more detention notes?"

"Do you have a boyfriend?" At that every guy in the class applauded their friend, whistling in her direction. Even if the girls were jealous on her because she was truly a competition, all the boys were mentally undressing her.

"Wanna go out with me?" Another followed suit.

"There is a new movie at the local cinema we could catch on later."

"There is an empty spot beside me, Mr. Kakashi would you let Sakura stay here?"

Sakura felt like dying. What were they talking about? Going out with any of them was totally out of question, they looked like total players. Some of them looked really good, she would not going to lie, but it was just obvious what they wanted. At least they did not hate her.

The emerald eyed scared girl smartly refrained from taking a peek at the sexy onyx eyed boy, not wanting to get involved in some altercations with his obvious crowd of envious sluts, but all the way she could feel his burning gaze lulling her to look in his general direction.

She bit the inside of her check, refraining from doing so. And he knew all too well the effect he had on her.

"I said intelligent questions. Anything else?" Sakura was imagining some very painful medieval torture devices to use on whoever had the guts to humiliate her even more with another question. Just what the hell was her math teacher thinking about anyways? Couldn't he see she was barely able to stand?

"Are you afraid?" All the eyes were glued to Sasuke, who was leaning in his chair like he was on the sofa at some fancy looking club, slightly surprised he was even paying attention to the new girl.

Usually he could not give a damn about new comers. Sure, the girl was quite the looker, but totally not his style.

And Sakura could not stop her thoughts to fly out of her mouth. "Only of God." Kakashi, who was waiting to hear her answer wanted to applaud the way she was holding her ground.

Although she was young, the girl was mature. She got a lot of Os and WOWs from the class mates, no one actually believing she had the guts to stand the school`s most popular guy up.

That made some of the guys that were sick of all the attention their raven haired classmate got from the girls they too liked silently admire her determination.

"Then let`s see if he is going to help you in here." Sasuke was not even trying to hide the obvious declaration of war from his tone. He too scanned the girl in front of him and found her interesting, like many others.

Ever since he first met her, the coal eyed boy felt something about her that intrigued him and that being her audacity and courage to make herself heard, despite her obvious discomfort.

And he was there to welcome her in the school, like Kakashi told them…only he was going to do that his way. He already saw the look she got from the other girls so it was just obvious she was in for a round of bullying…or not.

"Ok kids, let`s not get too extreme now and not scare our new mate more. Now for a place for you to sit…" Kakashi let his eyes scan the classroom, thinking of the best seat for Sakura.

Inwardly, the pink haired girl let her eyes do a quick scan in search for all the empty spaces, realizing there were only three and that were one beside Sasuke, the other in front of him, beside his friend (why were they not stand together anyways?) and the other far from them, beside a girl that had her head bowed down, hiding her face from all the others.

"Mr. Kakashi, why don't you let Sakura stay beside me?" Naruto stood up abruptly, waiving his head on the air, like an air traffic controller attracting a lot of attention. Sakura`s bile rose in her throat. "Fuck no, I will not stand beside him…"

"Well, I considered this as well, because you are already loud and lack a silent mate beside you so why not…"

"Teacher, can I please stay beside the girl with the dark hair?"

Kakashi rose an eyebrow at this, looking in the direction of the shy girl, considering his options. That seemed like a better idea than to place her right in the middle of the storm.

"Sure, you can take a sit beside Hinata." Sakura muttered a small thank you at her class teacher, and not wasting anymore time, sprinted on the opposite direction from where Sasuke and his dumbfounded friend were staying, happy to finally sit down. Her feet were killing her. Vaguely, she heard some whispers coming from some girls she has passed on her way to her new seat saying something about her not wanting to stay close to Sasuke and his friend.

She pulled the chair and stood down, taking out a pencil and her notebook, smiling politely at the shy girl. She looked all right, she was clad in decent clothes and did not look like those other slutty girl mates that were having their eyes on her all the times.

"Hy." She waited for the extremely self-conscious girl to remove her eyes from the desk she had them glued on and nod once at her, stuttering a small hello in return. "Weirdo…."

The pink haired girl, opened her notebook, aware that their teacher turned around and started to write some formulas on the blackboard, not wasting anymore time.

"I am Sakura. But you already know that."

"H…Hinata. N…Nice to meet you, Sakura. Welcome to our school."

The emerald eyed girl let her pencil fly on the blank notebook, copying the familiar math formulas from the blackboard. She was surprised the girl answered her in a very polite tone. She turned her head to look at her and saw a honest smile coming from her.

Pale face, beautiful interesting eyes, in the color of a light purple pearl, soft, long dark hair, full red lips, and from what she could see, she had a beautiful body as well. That girl was a beauty. Not a flashy one like her mates, but a classical one. Just like Sakura.

"Thank you Hinata. I wish more people would think like you."

"D…Don't mind them Sakura, they are just jealous."

"On me? Are you serious?" Sakura furrowed her eyebrows, trying to understand something her teacher was explaining. A quick look around assured her there was barely anyone listening to whatever he was saying. "Wow…this comes as a shock…"

"Y…Yes. I mean…you are beautiful and different. And you are really kind, I can see it in your eyes."

The emerald eyed girl stopped her writing for a brief and let her sparkling eyes rest on the pair of lavender ones that were resting on her own. Wow, that girl was a rare pearl in the ocean. She already liked her, period.

"Thank you Hinata. I am glad to see there are some normal people in here. The others freak me out."

Hinata started to copy from the blackboard as well, briefly looking at what Sakura was writing and that did not go unnoticed by the pink haired girl, who raised an eyebrow at the shy girl. She quickly darted her eyes, trying to act like nothing happened.

"Hinata, do you want to look at my notes?"

Hinata nodded once, almost afraid to look at Sakura. "Yes please. If it doesn't bother you."

"Gosh, no! What the hell…here." The pink haired girl pulled her chair closer to Hinata, so that the beautiful lavender eyed girl could have a better look. She turned her body slightly on her side, to be able to write and let the girl have a good view at the notes.

"Are you suffering from myopia?"

"Actually…yes I do. But please do not tell anyone, I don't want them to know."

"Contact lenses…I see. But why hiding it? And how come you are not wearing them now?"

"…I had them this morning…now I only have one left on the right eye but…the image is unclear to me…is easier to…copy from you." Sakura stopped the writing eying Hinata intently. "What the hell is she talking about? What did she mean by she had them this morning?"

"Did you lose one of them? Because my aunt Tsunade used to wear them until she got laser surgery and I know it is quite tricky to pull them out. I don't want to be rude though so if you don't want to tell me…"

"I…I am…they are…they did it." Hinata was trying her best to copy the notes from Sakura and be as discreet as possible, aware of the heated glances she got from the popular girls. She felt like dying at the thought.

Sakura, feeling her distress, let her jadeite eyes fix some girls from the first row that were having their heads turned behind the class, where the two girls were staying, slightly bothered by their smirks and knowing looks. But they were not looking at her, rather than the girl beside her.

One of them was the girl named Karin. The others were her group of friends. She was reminded by the look Lee had and it did not take a genius to quickly put two and two together.

Her emerald eyes went slightly wide, apprehension shot thought her. They were bullies. Hinata was their victim. She let her arms rest on her legs under the table, gripping her pen tightly, feeling her blood boil. She felt like going there and punch them.

"What have they done to you?"

"N…Nothing. They did…nothing."

"Don't lie Hinata, or I am going to ask them myself. Tell me the truth."

"It is ok. Don't bother with that, I am used to it. Please continue to write, I have to rush to biology after that and they are…in there as well."

"Biology? With Kurenai Yuuhi? I got this too. Awesome we can stay together in there as well!" Sakura was truly hoping to become that girl`s friend and her heart was paining her at the thought of someone being rude to such an angelic girl. Just what could she have done wrong? Or Lee? Or her?

"Ah…if you wanna…"

Sakura resumed her writing, silently asking herself if Kakashi was not bothered by the fact that half of the class that was still awake to begin with, were chatting to one another.

She felt someone that stood behind her lean in and throw a piece of paper on her desk. She turned around and saw it was a quite good looking brown haired guy. She raised her eyebrow at him and he pointed in the direction of the note.

Sakura unfolded the piece of paper, exhaling deeply. It wrote "You are really beautiful. I want to chat. Meet me during lunch break. Kiba." She resisted the urge to turn around and shove the note down that guy`s throat.

What a total player. She vaguely observed that he was whispering something to the guy beside him, so she wrote on the back of the note

"Maybe later. Thank you for the invitation. S." and turned around to place it on his desk, not interested in his answer. She vaguely saw Hinata eying her intently.

She wrote on her notebook "I refused him. She is a loser." for the lavender eyed girl to see. She smiled genuinely at her, confirming her thoughts.

"Of course. Hey show me your schedule. Let`s see what classes do we have together." Kakashi made a brief pause in his writing, already murdering the blackboard with formulas that started to look alien to her, but she was not paying attention anyways.

Sakura was the kind of high school student that was barely paying attention in the class and learned at home, in total silence. And the fact that the raven haired Sasuke was taking glances in her direction started to bother her.

It was a shame she was not standing at the window, because she liked to take a peek outside and watch the blue sky or the kids that were having Gym classes, but she could not do that since Sasuke was in her field of view. "What the heck is he looking at?!"

Not only that, but his blonde idiot friend was too ogling her, and he was not that subtle. He was grinning at her like a goof and turned around at his dark eyed friend to whisper something to him, than both resumed their staring at her.

And Sasuke was smirking at her from time to time, giving her a tingling sensation at the sight of his breathtaking features. There was something dark about him that screamed danger and in some twisted sort of way, attracted her up to a point. He was a bad boy.

She was the unpopular new kid, that had high ambitions to learn everything she could and become a doctor like Tsunade. Some of the girls in the class started to notice their glances exchanges and were frowning at her, visibly not content with the attention she got from the hot heartthrob.

"Here."

She shook her head once and returned her attention to Hinata and her schedule, wanting to scream out loud in happiness. "Cool! Except for Chemistry, we have all the classes together! I am sorry if I am bothering you hehe."

"N…No, you are not bothering me Sakura. I am happy as well."

"Now kids, is there something you did not understand from what I have written so far?"

Of course Kakashi was well aware of the student`s lack of interest in math, many of them not even having their notebooks on their desks, doing something else completely. No problem, he had the perfect method for their attitude.

The class teacher went to the desk and opened the large teacher`s grade book, startling the class. Everyone went dead silent, praying not to be the one that had to solve an exercise. Kakashi was famous for failing his students and calculus was already difficult to begin with.

"Well, since no one has any questions, it only means you understood everything, so why not listen to some of you? I see you already talk so why not share with the others as well…hm…let`s see…Inuzuka Kiba."

"Awww man seriously?"

Sakura turned around and looked at the tall pretty boy that invited her to have lunch together, smirking at his misfortune. "This loser looks like Charlie in the Chocolate`s factory."

"Mr. Inuzuka, would you be so kind to tell us the result of logb(x) please?"

"I…have no idea."

"Sit down."

"Next one…Watanabe Amy…"

Sakura was mentally laughing at her sensei`s genius. He took in turn all the so called popular people and kindly gave them zeros like he was sharing Halloween candies, making them cry in frustration.

The rest of the class went fine for Sakura, she even had two interventions much to her teacher`s pleasure, who congratulated her for being so smart at the end of the course. That only brought her more anti fans from the female population, that harshly whispered at her "nerd".

When the bell rung, Kakashi took his stuff and promptly disappeared from the class, leaving a mass of students that took their belongings and bolted out of the room.

The guy Kiba patted her shoulder and told her she should reconsider his offer, because he was going to wait for her, but she told him she was not interested.

She took a quick glance at Sasuke`s place, but he was already out of the room, with his friend following him suit and that made her calmer. That kid was…dark. And sexy.

She vaguely saw Hinata rush to the door, despite the fact that they established to go together to biology, but when she caught the sight of Karin and her gang exchanging glances and sprint after her, she knew what was going on.

Not wasting anymore time, the pink haired girl shoved her notebook in the school bag, rose up and exited the class, seeing Hinata run to the stairs with the girls following her suit. She run after them, afraid, not for her, but for her new friend.

She had that constricting feeling in her throat again, like she did to her previous school whenever she was about to get pushed on the stairs or being humiliated and it was nagging her. Sakura understood Hinata`s distress and shy attitude, and that was precisely the reason why she was a target.

And it was easy to catch on them because not only the emerald eyed girl was in a really good shape, but the rude girls were in high heels so they were more like walking then running.

Karin and her gang had Hinata cornered to the wall, surrounding her trembling frame, her school bag thrown carelessly on the floor and her books and notebooks spread on the floor.

She looked like she was in the verge of tears, but it was difficult to say because she had her head covered by her hands. Karin pulled at her dark long hair roughly making her lose balance and almost fell, letting out a harsh scream in pain.

"You told that pink haired bitch about our little game, didn't you?! Say it or I am going to throw all your stuff to the garbage!"

"…I….I did not…please…." Hinata burst into tears, trying in vain to free herself from Karin`s grip, but two girls came from her sides and grabbed her trembling fragile hands in a tight grip, preventing her from free herself. They were laughing at her misfortune and called her slut.

"No please with me! Aren`t you a little vixen Hinata? And you are all innocent and shy but we all know you are a slut! Am I right girls?" Karin turned her head to face her followers, letting out a loud false laugh, making Hinata even more scared.

"Of course, everyone knows just how much of a whore she is!"

"She slept with half of the guys in here!"

"I heard them doing it in the janitor`s closet more than two times!"

"In the bathroom as well."

"And she smells like garbage and sperm, maybe they did it there as well, like tramps!"

"I say…let`s be the kind classmates we are and give her a proper bath, what do you say girls?"

"Good idea!"

"Let`s go!"

"NOOO! Let me go! Help, please!" Karin wasted no more time in dragging Hinata by her hair applying a lot of force, even pulling out some strands of her beautiful black with lavender hues hair from her scalp, making her scream in pain, but she could not pry her hands from the other two laughing girls, the crowd advancing to the bathroom.

"Hey! What do you think you are doing? Let her go!" No, what happened in there made Sakura`s inner take over and snap.

When she caught the sight of her gentle new friend being roughly pushed into the wall and Karin pulling at her hair, something stirred inside her and it was synonym to murder.

They could have been picking on her whatever they wanted, she was used to. But Hinata did not deserve such treatment. Not a girl like her.

And her old mates were used to shove her with her head on the sink or toilets as well, so she knew exactly what was going to happen. The reason why Hinata could not wear contacts or glasses…

"Who do you call hey you pink haired alien looking bitch!" Karin turned around to face a very angry looking Sakura who stood rooted in her place, panting and glaring daggers at their skulls.

What really bothered Sakura was the fact that absolutely no one helped Hinata and there were many people in the hall, but they passed them like nothing happened. Was that a normal occurrence?

"I told you to let her go. She did nothing to you. Why picking on her?" Apparently, screaming at them was a good idea to distract Karin`s attention from Hinata to her."Good"

"Why do you care? Why the fuck is your problem?"

"Yeah, back the hell off."

"A foreigner like you telling us what to do, this is laughable!"

"She is a slut just like her friend."

"Tell her Hinata! How did you sleep with all the guys in here?"

"I think she even did it with some of the teachers as well hahaha!"

"She is fucking that fat ass loser as well!"

"Disgusting!"

Sakura let her emerald eyes dart to the pair of glimmering in tears lavender ones, silently asking the said girl if what she was hearing was the truth. A small shake of her head assured her it was not.

Not that Sakura would believe what those witches were telling her. She just had to make sure they freed Hinata. She vaguely heard the bell ringing, so the class would start soon. The hall was already deserted.

"Why do you guys care about what she is doing anyways? Is not like she steals your guys or something."

"Ha! Who would like to have a dude that has touched her?!"

"I would say the same about you." Sakura smirked at the furious red headed, who involuntarily let go of Hinata`s hair and marched in her direction, stopping right in front of her.

"I dare you to repeat what you were saying earlier, because I think I don't speak the pink haired slut`s language."

"I am not sure if you even know how to speak, it comes more like spit to me." Sakura was not a fan of beating people and the situation was not life threatening. All the times, not removing her emerald vivid orbs from Karin and her friends, she knew exactly what the time was.

Kurenai Yuuhi was about to come and she took a guess their class was somewhere near, if Hinata tried to escape there. The girl would not be that stupid to run in the opposite direction. Or was she? So, what Sakura needed, was time.

"….You…Do you realize what you are saying?"

"Do you?"

"Be careful you tramp, you don't know who you are messing with."

"And neither do you. I am a foreigner, have you forgotten?"

"Girls have you heard her? She thinks she is superior to us?" Karin turned around at her friends, who let go of Hinata, finding another fresh prey to pick on and came to a still smirking Sakura.

No, the pink haired girl was anything but afraid. Rather…used. She could beat them to a pulp if she wanted, but she did not. They were not worth the effort.

"What a nasty attitude!"

"She is just like the other handicapped whore!"

"Maybe she wants a bath as well, don't you think girls?"

"Yeah, how about we give her our welcome present as well?" Karin turned around to face the other girls, giving Sakura a moment to take a quick glance at Hinata, who was shaking badly, but pointing at a shit door really close to where they were staying. So she indeed tried to run to their next class. Smart girl.

"What a brilliant idea!"

"Teach her a lesson not to mess with us!"

"Deal! You are in for a good beating you whore!" Karin attempted to grab Sakura by her ponytail, but in her mind, the red headed was moving in slow motion.

So as swiftly as she could, balanced her body on her right feet, spinning on her heel in a dancing move she intently practiced, escaping the grip that was about to come, startling Karin and her gang and sprinted towards a stunned Hinata, bending her body in the process to grab her school bag, took her by her arm and pulled her in the direction of a room that had the sign "Biology Lab" written on it and opened the door, barging inside.

She came face to face to a crowd of chattering loud mates that stopped to look at the two girls, but Sakura did not spare them a glance, annoyed at their passive attitude and found an empty spot at the back of the class, taking Hinata with her as well, sitting down, feeling more than nervous.

The Lab had long desks where four people could have stayed, so she failed to notice who was sitting beside her.

She took her notebook, threw it carelessly on the desk and eyed Hinata who looked in the verge of tears, with a compassionate look on her emerald eyes.

"Hinata, is ok, you re safe…for now…"

"N…no…I am not…and…it is your fault!" Hinata took some napkins and wiped some tears from her pale face, stunning Sakura with what she was saying.

"W…What? What do you mean my fault?"

"You shouldn't have done…that…b…because now you have made them angry and they are going to beat me…and pull my hair…and throw water on me…"

Sakura gripped Hinata`s hands. The girl was trembling madly and the pink haired girl knew exactly what she was feeling. Dread. She knew the feeling. And it was suffocating. "Is this the reason why you are not wearing lenses? Are they always picking on you?"

"y…Yes! They waited for me before school started…and….and…forced me to put my face under the hands dryer and my contact lens got melted at the heat…"

She already had tears in her eyes, whispering the words, trying not to attract anymore attention. Sakura felt like sprinting after Karin and her gang and beat them to a pulp. Her heart was paining her at the sight of Hinata.

"Unbelievable. You don't have to feel ashamed Hinata, I have been through this at my old school as well. I understand you. You can talk to me."

Hinata looked at the pair of genuine emerald eyes like she wanting to confirm the girl was serious. She did not have many friends in high school so she was quite surprised of her honest attitude.

"Really?"

"Yes, really. I know now why you did not want to wait for me. You did not want me to get involved with you and being picked at because you are my friend. But I am not scared of them. I was not lying earlier Hinata."

"I…I want to…to be your friend."

"I want it too." To prove her point, Sakura hugged the sad girl tightly, not quite believing how unfair life really was. Why was everyone picking on the greatest people and viewed the most dangerous ones as Gods? And they called themselves human…

"Now isn`t this quite the show if you were to ask me…"

Sakura turned her head over her shoulder with such force, she considered herself lucky she did not break her neck in the process, cursing her luck and bad timing.

There beside her, with that freaking arrogant all too sexy smirk plastered on his face, was no other than the famous Sasuke Uchiha, and his idiot friend, both looking at them.

The blonde one was having a guilty look on his face, almost like he was ashamed by something, but his raven haired friend had his chin up, only moving his piercing eyes to rest on her, like she was a beggar. His attitude annoyed Sakura even more.

"And since no one asked you, your point is totally illegitimate." Sakura could not believe her eyes than from all the seats available, she had to pick that one.

And the pair of eyes she got from the other girls in the class, that were pointing in her direction was enough to make her slip under the table and remain there.

"Can you believe her?! She is staying beside Sasuke!" A blonde girl she recognized from the math class threw her a hateful glance, followed by other such remarks, that made her fist her hands in horror, her earlier adrenaline rush vanishing, being replaced by anxiety.

But she had to be strong if not for her, for her troubled friend. Hinata was holding her hand under the table tightly. Sakura returned the gesture.

"Yeah! Karin was right, she is such a slut!"

"And weird! There is no one with pink hair out there!"

"She used dye, it is obvious! She is a poser!"

"And she stays with Hinata Hyuga from all the people!"

"Sasuke, why don't you tell her to leave?!" Some girl turned around to shout at Sasuke, who was busy ignoring everyone with talent.

Instead, his eyes were fixed on the girl beside him, finding himself not bothered by the fact that she was staying beside him. On the contrary, it was the perfect chance to get back at her for hitting him the day before.

"Why don't you all shut up? Seriously…" Naruto folded his arms on his chest, eying the people around him intently. What was their problem anyways? Sakura was a good girl…ok he totally had a crush on her and he was annoyed by their attitude.

Before someone had a chance to retort, a really good looking girl, with long brown hair and dark green eyes, clad in a pair of tight Jeans and a blue top, revealing a lot of cleavage, followed by a group of three equally pretty girls entered the class and stole the show.

Sakura was looking at the brown haired one approaching the desk she and Hinata were occupying, leaning on it in front of Sasuke, gluing her mouth to his ear and whispering something to him, slipping a note in his hand.

Much to the pink haired girl`s horror, she nibbled at his ear in the process, thinking she was not seeing her, or she simply did not care and Sasuke did nothing to stop her.

"Hello Mei." Naruto was annoyed to the girl`s attitude. Everyone knew exactly what was going to with her and his best friend, so why bother hiding it anyways. The blonde haired boy did not like her, but Sasuke did so she was kind of hanging with his group.

"Hey Naruto." That sugary voice of hers made the cerulean eyed guy feel his stomach take a sharp turn. And he could totally see her obvious deep cleavage and smell her cheap perfume. Why was his dark haired friend still hanging with her was a mystery.

"Where is that loser of your boyfriend? Or he ditched you already?"

"Why? Jealous?"

"Hardly. I pity him."

"Naruto…" Sasuke told the woman that was staying glued to him to wait for him after school and leave.

He was not exactly content with her talking to him freely at school like they were a couple. And that stupid boyfriend of hers started to notice and sought him to ask him to leave his girlfriend alone.

"Mei, go. I don't want to be bothered."

The said girl licked her lips, eying the boy in front of her intently, her eyes full of lust, raising her hand and let her nail slip down his slightly unbuttoned shirt in a lazy manner whispering in what considered to be a seductive tone.

"I cannot wait to have you again Sasuke." And left, taking a sit in front of the class, whispering something to her group of friends that were giggling and looking at Sasuke and Naruto.

And Sakura did not miss the way her eyes darted to her and Hinata as well, but they did nothing dramatic like she was far superior to even bother with the mortal ones.

"Teme, stop meeting her, that dumb of her boyfriend is going to notice."

"Why does it bother you anyways?"

"Just leave that slut alone, she is bad for our reputation."

"You have no reputation, so fuck off."

"You are horrible."

"So I have been told."

Sakura felt like banging her head on the desk. Just what the hell…that major slut called Mei has waltzed in like she was on the catwalk, clad like she did not have enough money to pay for the entire piece of clothing and guess what…she was after Sasuke. "Go figure…"

"Good morning kids, how are you today?" A beautiful brunette entered the class, introducing her as Kurenai Yuuhi. She did not waste time in presenting what they were going to study and took the attendance.

There was something that caught Sakura`s eyes and that was a very pretty blonde girl with the name of Ino Yamanaka, because if the memory served her right, that was her kindergarten friend.

But she did not turn around to look at her when her name has been shouted so maybe she did not remember her.

Maybe she was pretending not to know her, because as far as she could see, the blonde was quite popular. Boys were ogling her.

"Hey, the teacher is really pretty." She addressed to Hinata who seemed to have calmed down a bit.

"She is. I heard she is really good at skating."

"Wow, this is quite the story."

Sakura and Hinata chatted more, while Kurenai was busy explaining something about the nervous system, but the emerald eyed girl was not paying attention. She knew that lesson all too well from Tsunade.

And Hinata was filling her in with some gossip about various people from her class. Although she was shy, that girl knew what was going on around her.

They had to whisper, because from time to time the teacher turned around and threatened the students that were not paying attention with detention and bad marks.

That until she felt a hand on her left knee, going up and down her thigh, almost making her jump on her seat. She followed the direction of the owner, clashing her emerald eyes with a pair of coal ones.

Sakura felt like breaking Sasuke`s jaw. Just how much of a player that guy really was? She grabbed his wrist, trying to prevent him from going too high, keeping her eyes in front of the class.

Kurenai had an eye at the back of her head. She has just seen a guy playing games on his phone and was torturing him with a scientific explanation of how unhealthy those devices could be.

"Stop it!" Not only was she angry at his guts, but the way he was touching her was gently and dare she say…sensual and it made her shudder at the feel of his hand on her leg. He looked like he knew what he was doing and how to touch her. Of course, giving his reputation…

"Why should I?" There was something about the girl beside him that interested Sasuke and it was not just her looks. When he saw Mei coming to him, he felt all the drinks he had last night coming back to his throat.

He got really bored of all the girls from his school, all being the same as her: major sluts that considered themselves divas. He did not even know why was he still seeing her. Oh, he knew. She was good in giving him the best blow jobs. And she was always willing.

But Sakura was different. She had the guts to reject him and even go as far as to tell him stop touching her or ask to stay in a faraway desk with some reject girl. Intriguing. And appealing.

He was not stupid. She was good looking and he was not the only one to see it. From time to time, the raven haired Uchiha caught the sight of some random classmate turning around to look at her.

She could be popular if she wanted, but she choose to befriend a girl that was invisible to everyone and that was something that made him interested in knowing her.

That, and he was really bored. Maybe a new girl in his bed did not sound like a bad thing. Only if his blonde friend would not steal her first. Nah…that never happened.

"Because if you don't remove your arm, I am going to break it."

"I would like to see you try."

"I would like so much to do it." Sakura`s cheeks got a beautiful shade of tomato red at the innuendo in her words, not quite catching the meaning from the first time. But Sasuke did. And he did not remove his hand, on the contrary, he gave a little squeeze, making Sakura let out a small noise at the feel of electric jolts washing through her.

Kurenai raised her eyes to look in the direction of the sound, and so did some students that were staying at the back, taking notice of a really red Sakura and an indifferent looking Sasuke.

"Be careful what you ask for princess."

"You are disgusting. Take your hand from me."

"Make me."

"That would be no problem." Sakura, feeling possessed by some demon, took her pen and shoved the end in Sasuke`s hand but to her stupor he did not even flinch, even if she was sure she applied enough pressure. There was even a drop of blood visible there which was twice as shocking.

"I am sorry, but you have to do more than this." Sasuke turned his head on his side, smirking at a visibly bothered Sakura and her distress. She tried to act like she was not afraid of him which was totally laughable, because she was.

Although, he liked the feisty warrior look into her eyes. Those eyes…were…cool. He liked her general appearance.

She was not a slut and it was refreshing. And he could feel she had toned thighs which was a turn on. So the girl had a good body as well. Not bad for a new comer.

Hinata saw the way Sasuke was teasing Sakura, but she said nothing. In fact, she did not totally paid attention to the awkward couple because her lavender eyes stayed glued to Naruto, who seemed to have sensed someone was looking at him and turned his head, leaning into the seat to take a better look at her, giving her a small grin.

That made the girl remove her eyes from him and resume to her notes. Good thing Kurenai spoke what she was writing on the blackboard, because Sakura had nothing written on her notebook.

To prove his point, Sasuke, who was obviously stronger than Sakura let his hand glide inside her thigh, almost touching her in between her legs, which made the said girl rise on her seat and scream at the top of her lungs.

"What the hell…" That attracted the attention of all the people from the class that turned their heads amused at her reaction. Sasuke contained a smirk. He vaguely felt Naruto elbowing his ribs.

"Miss Haruno, do you have anything to share to us? Or maybe you want to teach in my place?"

"I am sorry teacher, I saw a spider and got scared."

"That kind of excuse does not work with me young lady. Tell me what is the cellular structure of the brain?"

"Ah…The brain contains two kinds of cells: glial cells and neurons." Sakura bit her lip, not having any problem in answering the easy for her question.

But the feel of Sasuke`s hand palming the inside of her knee was doing funny things to her system. Did he really think no one noticed? That girl Mei looked ready to go there and break her neck.

"And what function do the glial cells serve?"

"They support the neurons by forming the myelin sheath. They also maintain the homeostasis."

"Good. Kakashi was right. You are smart. I am giving you an A because you have information I did not even teach. But disturbing my class got you in detention. Sit down."

"Freaking great." Sakura stood down and let her head rest on her hands, mentally cursing Sasuke for being at fault. She was hoping to go shopping with her aunt, not stay like a totally delinquent an hour after school with Karin and her friends, doing nothing.

"This is your damn fault." She could not help but whisper harsh at Sasuke.

"You are the one screaming in the middle of the class. What would you expect? Candies?"

"You are the one feeling me up in the middle of the class, like this is brothel."

"So it if it was, would you have screamed as well, or enjoy it?"

Sakura`s jaw hit the floor. What was he talking about?! She blinked rapidly, eying her intently.

"Enjoy? Enjoy my ass! I totally loathe you."

Sasuke`s eyebrows furrowed, not quite liking her attitude. She was getting too familiar in insulting him.

Normally no one dared to even cross his path or address him, and she was talking just like Naruto who had an excuse of being retarded, which she was not. "No you don't."

"Yes I do. Now stop staring at me, it distracts me." Sakura started to copy the notes from the blackboard, well aware that Hinata could not see without glasses. They were easy anyways.

And it kept her distracted form the sexy boy that resumed his chatting with whoever was texting him, not paying attention at all. She vaguely asked herself what kind of grades did he have.

"I saw that Bastard. Stop bothering her."

"No I won't. It is funny. She is funny."

"She is not Mei or Karin, let her be. I like her and I don't want her to have a bad impression on me."

"Than you should do more than eye her like she is a pink unicorn in a swimming pool."

"Stop being a jerk you…jerk."

"Original."

For the rest of the class, Sakura was thankful the troublesome onyx eyed guy did nothing funny and kept his hands on place.

She was chatting with Hinata, while being entertained at how many stupid things her classmates were slipping out of their empty brains whenever Kurenai sensei asked a question.

Sakura even answered some that were more difficult to prove the teacher she was interested in the subject.

When the bell rang, she wasted no time in taking her stuff and ask Hinata where was the chemistry lab, because the school was huge.

The pale eyed girl explained to her she had to take the stairs and go to the second floor, at the end of the hall to get there. Sakura knew Hinata had French classes so they parted ways.

After that, lunch break. Hinata told her she was going to look for a table and keep a seat for her as well. And she said she was going to introduce her friends to her as well, which Sakura totally looked out for.

The pink haired girl was climbing the stairs when she felt someone put a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to face the one and only Uzumaki Naruto, smiling at her like an idiot.

She rolled her eyes and resumed her way to the class room, silently feeling sad Hinata was not there as well. It was pretty awkward to sit there alone while all the others got someone to talk to.

"What do you want?" It was not that she had anything personal with the blonde guy, but he was a popular kid and the fact that he was friends with Sasuke was automatically putting him on the no list.

"I wanted to say sorry for what that bastard did to you in the class." Naruto was rubbing the beck of her neck, slightly nervous, having a hand in his pocket.

Sakura turned around and raised a delicate eyebrow, like wanting to confirm he was not high or something. That was one hell of a looser. Not bad looking, she would admit, but a total loser. When Kurenai asked him to name the parts of the brain, he answered head and neck. "So you saw that but did nothing to stop him? Cool."

"No wait, I mean it. That was totally lame and he is my best friend, but I am not going to take his side on this one." Naruto had to speed up to keep up with the pink haired girl who was rushing to the next class, the route familiar to him.

"Good for you. Now stop talking to me, I don't like how people are watching whenever I am spotted with you…the popular ones."

Sakura spit the words to Naruto, venom dripping from her mouth. That kind of label she loathed so much was following her suit. Didn't he have classes or something?

"Don't be like that Sakura, I know you are not a bad girl. And I don't agree with all the shit going around." If there was something the sun kissed boy hated on, was how his school really worked.

From the popular ones to the rejects. And the girl that was running from him, was belonging to no category. She was outside their world completely. Hanging with what was considered an outcast. Looking like a popular girl.

"Oh you don't? So tell me you are not the ones that use to bully people, like Karin and her gang, right?" Sakura stopped dead in her tracks, turning around to face Naruto, throwing him a heated glare.

"Believe it or not, I am not. And I have seen you saving Hinata earlier. That was totally cool."

"W…What?! So you mean you saw they were humiliating her, but you chose to be a bystander like your bastard of a perverted friend and laugh along with the others?"

"Actually no. But I have seen you coming to her rescue and I realized you can handle that alone." It was the truth. Naruto and Sasuke were the last ones to arrive to the class, but the small group of girls were too busy acting childish to notice them.

Sasuke totally overlooked the incident, but Naruto was ready to step in for Hinata. In all honesty, he found himself not bothered by her presence and she was a sweet girl. Neji Hyuga`s cousin. They did not get along though.

Sakura snorted loudly having the door in her sight. She could catch the smell of the weird substances and it was already making her head throb.

Tsunade was a survivor if she was able to withstand that smell every day at the hospital. She should call her to let her know she was going to be late. "Like I would believe such a story."

The emerald eyed girl entered the classroom pulling out her phone to send the message, taking the first available seat she found, where no one stood. Correction. She had someone beside her. A skeleton. He was smiling…at her. "Creepy…did he really die like this?"

"Really, you have to believe me. I am not a liar. And I know who you are."

"Are you stalking me or something? Don't you have any classes? Wait…delinquents have special classes." Sakura took out her book and notebook, reading the reply she got from her aunt.

The blonde woman was coming to pick her up from school than go shopping. And she promised to buy her fast food. And chocolate ice cream. In September. Because it was cool. She looked at Naruto who got comfortable in the seat beside her.

"I like this one better than you." She pointed at the skeleton.

"Eustace? We all love him. He is a good listener."

"For you? Does he smoke as well?" Great, the blonde nagging idiot was in the same class as her.

And he was greeting all kinds of weird people, shaking hands with boys that were watching her intently, smiling at her and asking for her name and if she was his new girlfriend.

"He does not."

"What do you mean you know who I am?"

"I know you from my uncle, Jirayia. He talked to your aunt on the phone. We knew you would come here. That perverted old man of mine told me to take care of you."

"I don't need someone to take care of me. Especially not if he hangs with people like Sasuke and his girlfriend."

Sakura slapped her forehead at the look of an old teacher that got the results of some formulas he was writing wrong…three times in a row. He got the answer after some nerd with the thickest glasses ever told him about his mistake.

He was living in his world, speaking to the walls and Eustace. Absolutely no one was listening. And Naruto would not stop talking…She wanted to fold the paper she was writing on and shove it down his throat.

"Mei? I don't like her either."

Sakura threw a glance at what the sun kissed boy was writing not containing a small laugh at the sight of his struggle to write the formulas correctly.

"Is that how a benzene nucleus looks like in your opinion?"

She took his notebook and started to correctly copy the formula from the blackboard, shaking her head in disbelief. Naruto was amazed at her neat handwriting and the way she was gracefully taking her time to check if she did any mistake. Yeah, she was beautiful.

"Wow, you are really good at this."

"Big deal."

"Don't tell me you are a nerd as well."

"Believe it or not, I know what computer games and social networks are."

"Do you play computer games, really? What kind?"

"Whatever I can find with Zombies. The more I shoot in the head, the better I feel." Yeah, Sakura was never going to tell Tsunade why she was always tired. Apparently blowing some zombie`s head at 3 am was a bad idea.

A piece of paper attached to a blue pen landed on her desk with a loud thud, scaring Sakura shitless. She looked around for the owner, catching the sight of a pretty good looking brown haired guy that winked at her.

She unfolded the note and eyed the number of his phone with the very explicit message "call me" written on it.

Now, she did not wanted to be a bitch, but she could not stop her hand from writing "maybe" on the note and throw it back at the expecting guy, whose face fell like MJ`s nose upon reading the content. The dude beside him was laughing at his misfortune.

"Nice. That is a major looser; I can assure you of it."

"Yeah…because this coming from you means a reliable source. Is this man even a teacher? He looks more like a mummy."

Naruto snorted loudly, letting his upper body rest on the desk, not quite bothering to take notes.

Sakura, who also got bored at erasing and re-writing everything like the old teacher did, grabbed Naruto`s notebook and started to take a look at the filled with weird symbols and sketches blank pages. Boys nowadays…were scary.

"Mr. Smith? He is not a bad man. Only a bit senile, but kind. He was the teacher that accompanied us to the school trip.

Someone locked the door of his room and kept him in there for two days straight. That was one hell of a trip. And he slept all the time. We even thought he died."

"You guys are crazy. Is this what you are doing during classes? A crucifix, really? Mature."

"We kind of are. I get bored during classes. I want to become a cars seller like my uncle. I don't need school for this."

"Yeah…because school is mainstream nowadays. Is your vampire looking friend just as dumb as you? No offense intended. But you don't seem a genius."

To her surprise, the blonde haired boy started to laugh, eying her intently. "Actually…Teme is quite the genius if you ask me.

If he was not, I would not have passed all the exams. But he is the only one willing to let me copy the answers."

"Really? Nice." Deep inside, Sakura knew as well. There was something about Sasuke that did not placed him into the category of the typical gangsters with no brain or knowledge whatsoever, just brute force.

He has good retorts and she did not miss an answer he gave during calculus that left all the class speechless. So the imbecile was not that imbecile to begin with. "Interesting."

"You should hang with us and know us better…if you want." Naruto could have jumped in joy at the idea of spending time with the pretty girl and make the other jealous.

He knew the boy that sent her the note with his number. A major player. And he got trolled so bad.

"If us means you, Sasuke, that chick Mei then I would rather be a reject. Hinata is cool.

Way cooler than you guys." Sakura was tracing her fingers over some random tribal tattoo designed on at the back of the notebook in pencil. That was not definitely Naruto`s doing, because his sketches included sandwiches, mushrooms and the word Ramen.

"She is really cute. Too bad she is not getting along with Neji."

"Who drew this? Cos it is definitely not your doing. Neji?"

"Ah that? Teme did. Music can be really boring. We are not allowed to play instruments since our class almost broke the piano and the electric guitar…twice. Do you like that?"

Cerulean eyes were following every move Sakura did. His uncle`s words rung in his ears. She was just like her mother. A delicate swan, with graceful moves and feminine features. He liked her a lot.

Sakura`s forest green eyes were eying the design intently. It was dark, sharp and dangerous, just like him.

Beautiful nonetheless. "I don't think I could like…anything that has to do with him. Music? Don't tell me that is another class we have together. Are you guys here to torture me on purpose?"

"Haha then is good. Don't like him. There are way cooler guys out there, Sakura. Music can be really boring, except for the part where the teacher finds it funny to make us sing in pairs songs we don't even know what they mean. Old fashion. But she sometimes cover for us when we ditch school.

Anko Mitarashi, along with Kakashi are the greatest teachers ever. And the craziest."

Vaguely Naruto heard the teacher saying something about an upcoming test and that bothered him a little. Since Sasuke was not in the class, he was bound to fail. And the nerd he was copying the answers from got transferred.

"Nice way to try and hook me up Naruto, original. Make us sing in pairs? Sounds like total humiliation. I can see…you are going to face trouble soon."

The emerald eyed girl took a glance at the blackboard, then smirked at a panicked Naruto and his visible distress.

An upcoming test. Good. Tsunade would help her like usual. The genius doctor. Medicine and chemistry got hand in hand. Lucky her.

She pointed her pencil in the direction of the teacher, catching the blonde boy`s attention. "Let`s see if Eustace is so good in acid–base reaction. Or maybe you are a fan of hydrogen."

The pink haired girl let out a small giggle at the way Naruto`s head turned in the direction of the eternal smiling skeleton then looked at her in horror. She wrote under Sasuke`s tattoo sketch "jerks and emotions. Express yourself more" and handed the notebook to the rightful owner, writing down on her own the subjects for the test.

"Don't say that Sakura, I am bound to fail this. I need help. And you are smart."

"And…you want me to tutor you."

"Yeah…"

"No."

"Why?"

"I don't want to get involved."

"Why not?"

"You guys…are running to danger." Sakura heard the bell. The teacher was still writing some formulas for a girl on the first row who looked interested. She was an Asian. Like her? She took her schoolbag and headed to the school`s cafeteria, eager to meet Hinata and her group.

Naruto was still glued to her. And people from the halls were following in awe. The popular guy and the new hot girl.

"How…utterly…not great." Sakura did not know what she was feeling…amusement. She was amused. Her first day at school was ridiculous. "Go with the flow…"

"We can walk if you want. Then you can catch up with us." Having a girl like Sakura among his friends made Naruto feel happy. Those fangirls were getting him irritated. He flirted with some of them, but not like his raven haired friend.

And he got an ego boost at the way other guy from the halls were turning their heads to watch him walking with the pretty pink haired girl. For a non slutty dressed chick, she was quite the catcher. And she had attitude.

And an alluring way of walking. Straight and proud. Like a ballerina. Yeah, the blonde dobe was quite insightful when there was no hydrogen or calculus involved. He felt his cheeks get red and his neck was burning him. She had a firm ass as well.

"Then I am going to catch up with you guys…in the after life. If you still want to befriend me, then it was going to be worth the wait. Till then…sayonara!"

Sakura let a small smile grace her features and entered the cafeteria, almost wanting to turn around and run at the amount of people populating the place.

The place was huge and packed. Was she late? She looked for Hinata. At the back of the cafeteria, with some people…and other weirdoes around. Of course. The rejects. The emerald eyed girl almost entertained the idea of being different. Blend in? "No thanks."

"Don't forget Sakura, you are free to stay with us if you want." Of course the blonde idiot had to be the knucklehead he was and scream at her to attract everyone`s attention. She did not turn around to see where he was heading. Sasuke was the last thing she needed.

"S…Sakura…you came." Hinata gave her new friend a delicate smile, hugging her briefly. After she stood up for her in the hall, Karin and her friends did not approach her anymore.

The jadeite eyed girl returned the affectionate gesture, liking their connection already. She stood down looking at the tray of healthy food in front of her and the bottle of mineral water.

"You thought I would not? Wow you even brought me food. How much I own you for it? Backed potatoes and salad. Sweet."

A quick glance at the other occupants of the table assured Sakura there were indeed many other normal people in the school, even though it looked like all the delinquents and druggies got together in one place…after escaping jail. She smiled genuinely at all of them raising her hand to greet them each.

"Guys…this is Sakura. She is from Tokyo."

"Hey, nice to meet you all."

The first one to greet her was a very pretty dark brown haired girl, with a really interesting hairstyle in the form of two buns and chocolate eyes. "Ten Ten, what`s up?"

"Akimichi Choji, nice to meet you Sakura." The pink haired girl politely greeted the fat guy refraining from telling him about some very efficient diets Tsunade has for overweight people. "Fast food can get you this far…"

But the guy was really gentle and polite so it was ok. She was not going to judge.

"Sakura, my beautiful cherry blossom, when Hinata told me who her new friend was, my eyes filled with tears of joy!" Rock Lee…she should have known.

All of them began to eat, leaning towards each other to chat freely and hear what they would actually saying.

The basketball team entered the cafeteria and they created a commotion with their loud laughs and…they were throwing the ball to one another. In the cafeteria.

Full of people. And heads to hit. "LOSERS!" And they sat beside their table. Sakura saw their captain. Kiba Inuzuka. And he waived at her, attracting all his friend`s attention to her and her friends. "Attention, losers overload. System is shutting down."

"So…I think this makes us all outcasts or something?"

"Yeah…compared to them, totally." Ten Ten, who was busy stuffing her face with fries, pointed her fork in front of her at some table at the window.

Sakura followed the direction of her hand, jadeite eyes crushing with onyx ones, fixed right on her. Sasuke Uchiha and his moronic friends were staying at the table in front of her, on the opposite direction.

How could she have missed them? A large table, full of rich kids and screaming fangirls, waiting in line, flirting with him and his friends.

And Naruto gave her a thumb up. She slapped her forehead, returning her attention to Rock Lee who sat in front of her.

There was something in the way the raven haired Uchiha was eying her…dangerous, dark, alluring, knowing. She wanted to look at him.

He was beautiful. But empty. And he was kissing Mei who sat on his lap, trying to feed him food. Didn't she have a boyfriend or something?

"Hey, did you guys hear? Mei broke up with her imbecile boyfriend to date Sasuke." Rock Lee was the kind of guy that miraculously knew everything that moved around him. He was a beast. A green one.

"Really? Is this the reason why the football team is not here?" Choji was busy devouring a triple sandwich the size of his head. Sakura was barely listening. She did not care about Sasuke or Mei or whatever.

"Who cares? She is a major slut who cheated on him anyways. Have you guys been at the party the day before? I heard they fucked there as well." Ten Ten was drinking cola, not removing her eyes from the said table, her chestnut eyes hard.

"Are you guys party people as well?" Sakura looked at Ten Ten silently asking herself what was a girl like her doing with the other three. She was not a loser and it was obvious.

"I think what you really want to know Sakura is the reason why I am here and not there with them." Smart. She was reading her mind. Sakura liked her spunk. Strong willed. That girl was something else.

"Kind of. But you are better than them. I can see. Fit as well. Are you doing some sport?"

The cognac eyed girl smirked at her, nodding once. "I am in the track and field team. I used to hang with them at first but got bored.

Drugs, smoking and drinking are not my style. And I befriended this people who are total losers but nice. Except Hinata. She is our angel. And she plays the flute really well."

Sakura looked at her lavender eyed friend, who got all shy and red. Cute. "Is it true? This is amazing, I bet you are great. You have the necessary delicacy and your fingers are long and thin. I want to listen to you playing someday."

"T..Thank you Sakura. You can drop by my home and…I…can play something for you…if you want."

"Then is a deal!"

"How about you Sakura? Do you have any hobby?" In all honesty, Choji could not understand how a girl like Sakura got together with them. He was used to Ten Ten, but the pink haired one was a beauty that turned heads. She seemed genuine as well.

Sakura made a pause, not saying a thing. She had but… "Well…you could say…I kill my computer when I get home. And nag my aunt if this counts. And music, yeah I like music. Of all kinds."

"Where are you from?"

"Japan, Tokyo. And before you ask, my father was Japanese but my mom is from Texas. I speak both English and Japanese fluently. I live with my aunt. She is a surgeon."

"Are you an orphan?" Ten Ten was the kind of girl not afraid to voice out her thoughts, no matter how unconformable the subject got.

"You don't have to answer this if you don't want, Sakura." Hinata felt her distress. There was sadness and guilt on those sparkling stunning jade eyes of hers that were looking in her plate, thinking hard.

"My mother died when I was 12. I don't know anything about my father. My aunt Tsunade raised me ever since. She is a good woman."

"I am sorry to hear that."

"Don't worry, it has been six years. Tsunade told me to move over. And I want to do so. So…how about you tell me more about this modern form of jail we call high school? What is all the deal with this people?"

It was Rock Lee the one to answer. He straightened his spine like a politician and raised his index finger in the air, to gain his mate`s attention. Sakura was following his antics with much interest.

"So, this is quite simple. As you can see, there are three kinds of people in here. The popular ones, who are always staying at the window and rule the school, like Sasuke and his gang, the ones that are somewhere in the middle, like the tennis club or art club and the ones at the bottom, like us. The outcasts."

"Sounds like a medieval tribe to me. And? What makes them so popular?"

It was Ten Ten to answer. "Their stupidity and whorish attitude. No one said we are not living in a decadent world. And something about good looks. They all look like fags to me."

"Hmm…this is why you eye the brunette guy with pale eyes that stays in between Sasuke and that pineapple?" Sakura smirked when Ten Ten tried to hide a blush. She got her here.

"Neji Hyuga. If you are to ask me, he is even worse than his friends. And Hinata`s cousin."

"Oh yeah, Naruto told me about that. How come you don't talk to him Hinata?"

"He…does not like me…because our families…don't get along…"

"Nah…he does not like her because she is not a slut like his current girlfriend. Do you see that miniskirt? She could wear that as a bra instead. It is that short."

"You like him."

"I loathe him."

"It is the same."

"Actually, there are some ways to get popular in here Sakura. First is to have money.

Second is to have the looks, which by the way, would totally qualify you for the job. Third, be part of a popular club, like arts, drama, music or whatever you like. Of course, the one that decide to be popular and not stay civilian."

That attracted Sakura`s attention. She knew all too well that there was a particular club she could be part of, but there was no way she was going to do so. Tsunade told her to move on and start practice dancing. But the memory…The emerald eyed girl still practiced dancing.

No, every night or after she finished her homework, she was listening to music and practiced choreographies while crying her eyes out in pain and guilt. But she could not help it. Her body was reacting to music.

To the rhythm. Even her heart had an unique beat. It was in her blood. Sakura was made of dancing and she breathed dancing.

"Or be part of the cheerleading team. That is the place all the bitches get together to practice pole dancing, because that is not cheerleading. And Mei is their leader. Go figure."

"Cheerleading? I wonder what is there to cheer about…"

"Dicks. And they are profi. Basically, no one has the guts to say something about them, because they are hanging with Sasuke and his group. By the way, that idiot is throwing glances at you. Beware, this one is dangerous."

It was difficult for Ten Ten and the others not to observe it. And Mei turned around to look at their table as well. Sakura totally ignored the angry looks. Let them be jealous, for all she cared.

"He won me a trip to detention after school. I want to break his neck."

"That would make you my detention colleague, awesome. I though you like him as well. Everyone here does it. I don't understand the obsession."

From what Sakura could see Ten Ten was the one to talk the most. Choji, Lee and Hinata were intently listening to the conversation, having a small comment of their own from time to time. The rosette liked their company. They were easy to get along with.

"Then I am saved. Karin and her gang got detention from Kakashi as well, so I will not be alone in this. I don't like him, although I will not lie and say he is not totally hot."

The brown haired girl snorted loudly at that. "He is, but he is a total player and jerk. I don't understand where that arrogance comes from."

"From the chicken butt like hairstyle. It gives him the vibe." Their table burst out in laughter at her comment, having fun. They silently liked the new girl and chatted more to get to know her better.

"Stop freaking looking at that slut and her reject friends, it is annoying." In all honesty, Mei was sick of the raven haired boy she got straddled not to pay attention to anything she was saying. In fact, for half an hour, his eyes were glued to Sakura. And she was not even paying attention to him. It was the girl that stayed beside him in biology.

"Who would not watch? She is a killer." It was Shikamaru who retorted to Mei, much to the other`s shock. He was hardly the one to talk in the first place, being always bored.

"I agree. She is hot. The pink hair and green eyes are special. And she has a good body." Suigetsu scanned the girl in front of him as well. Who could overlook the new girl with exotic looks?

"Maybe she should stay with us."

"No way! She is going to cramp our style!" Karin would not have it. That girl has ruined her fun with Hinata and had the attention of many guys, even the popular ones.

She saw Kiba sending her notes and winking at her. She already had Mei in the way to win Sasuke and that was enough.

"I already invited her but she refused." Everyone turned to face Naruto, who was busy eating the only Japanese dish their school served, naming ramen, surprised by his remark.

Sasuke was mentally laughing at the thought of his blonde friend making a fool of himself in front of Sakura. He was even picturing it.

"WHAT?! She had the guts to refuse you? That bitch!"

"Yeah! She even tried to molest us in the hall!" One of Karin`s followers faked a small cry, trying to get attention, namely the guy beside her`s attention.

He put his arms around her shoulders, like he wanted to make her feel better. His sole intention was to get the chance to slip his hand under her top.

"Correction. You guys tried to molest Hinata and she backed her up, so don't lie."

"Huh…that little mouse tramp got what she deserved!"

"I cannot believe we are relatives." Karin was Naruto`s cousin, but the cerulean eyed boy was not a fan of her and her nasty attitude. She was just one of Sasuke`s annoying fans.

"Deal with it!" Karin threw some fries at Naruto, which he dodged by raising his tray. He almost spilled his Cola on the table.

"Karin…I don't want you to mess with her. I want no one to bother her." Everyone from the table stopped in their arguing to look at Sasuke in shock.

He did not even spare them a glance, too busy to force Mei to get off him. She was rubbing at his pelvis and that turned him on. And school was not finished…yet.

"Wh…Why are you defending that bitch Sasuke?!"

"Dude…don't tell me you want her."

"I must say…you have to wait in line because I sense an upcoming fanclub. This chick has attitude."

"And why shouldn't we pick on her?" Mei was angry at the onyx eyed Uchiha and his attitude towards the new girl.

She got a huge scandal that morning when she broke up with his boy toy just to try and be with Sasuke again and the pink haired girl got in the picture, catching everyone`s attention. Not happening. Sasuke was hers.

"Because that…is my job." The others looked at Sasuke`s sinister smirk, not saying anything.

If he had his eyes on her, it only meant that girl was going to get in his bed in no time, then gain the reputation of another slut that slept with him and tried to get popular using his name. It was Naruto who spoke his mind.

"No it is not. I saw her first. So back off Teme."

The guys whistled loudly. That was a provocation. The two best friends that ruled the place arguing over the new girl. And the school has just begun.

"We will see…who is she going to chose in the end dobe. But don't get your hopes too high though."

"Huh?! What do you mean, Teme?"

"She is avoiding me."

Everyone looked at the raven haired Uchiha, dumbfounded. Shikamaru let out a small smirk catching the meaning.

"Yeah! Because she thinks you are a bastard, which you are."

"No. It is because she likes me."

"That my friend…is debatable."

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"Another note? Just where did he get so much paper?" Ten Ten looked amused at Kiba, who was busy trying to flirt his way into Sakura`s pants, in the old fashion way. And the girl was making a fool of him.

What was even funnier, was the fact that she attracted the popular gang's attention to the rejects.

"I have no idea. Poor trees that were sacrificed for this. Hear this guys: There is a party coming next week and you will look great with me by your side."

"Pfff what a moron. I bet he takes his lines from some retard people`s emo blogs. Is that a heart? Oh my God he is drawing hearts near your name bwhaha."

"Gosh…just…speechless. This is annoying. And people are looking at us."

"In fact, they are looking at you. But I cannot blame them because you are really pretty."

"Thanks Choji. If it comes from kind people like you I would believe it."

"And if it comes from people like Sasuke?"

"I will ignore it."

"Kind of difficult if you ask me. He is still looking your way. Even now. And his friends as well. Mei seems ready to march in here and strangle you."

Was Ten Ten afraid of them? Answer: not in a million years. Ten Ten was a tomboy who knew how to fight. No one messed with her. Mei included.

"I don't care about him or his friends. Naruto even invited me to stay with them."

"And you refused them? Wow! I think no one did it before, you are great!" Lee was stunned at Sakura`s attitude. She was carefree and not in the bit superficial. He totally fell for her.

"Heh…like I want to be part of Sasuke`s gang. They could go to hell for all I care."

"Be careful Sakura, cos you have already said his name in almost every sentence."

"I don't have a passion for bad boys Ten Ten, if this is what bothers you."

"No one has…up to a point. Ask Hina. She loves Naruto in secret."

Sakura`s eyes went wide, facing the said girl that looked like she was hyperventilating. "For real? You like Naruto? Why didn't you tell me, I would have gladly changed place with you in biology then."

"I….I…..he…." The lavender eyed girl was beat red in shame.

"Oh this is cute. He is my new self proclaimed chemistry seatmate. Dumb as hell, but inoffensive."

"Naruto is not bad. He only hangs with the bad guys and does shit. He talks to us from time to time."

The fact that all the loud people from the cafeteria got suddenly silent attracted everyone`s from Sakura`s table attention.

She raised her emerald eyes to watch in awe how a pretty large group of girls that totally did not look like sluts, but rather like models, entered the place like they own it and not even sparring a glance in the direction of Sasuke and his table, or any table for the matter, stood down and started to chat, not even bothered by all the stares they got.

"Who…are they? Cos they don't seem like Mei and Karin." Not necessary the group of really beautiful girls attracted Sakura`s attention, but their obvious leader.

A really tall, probably Chinese girl, with stunning features and a really long luscious hair and expensive, but decent and fancy clothes, was explaining something to her friends, who were listening intently.

She seemed older than the rest, and he gestures and manners were so ladylike, it was not shocking that absolutely all the guys were ogling her. There was also something in her demeanor that was familiar to Sakura, but she could not put her fingers on…

"Xue Ronja. The leader of the dancing club and Mei`s sole rival. Totally out of their league. She is a Goddess in here, but she does not even spare them a glance. I heard she even refused Sasuke."

"Dancing club…so this is why I felt a connection…her posture…graceful…confident…" Sakura gripped the spoon unconsciously, biting her lower lip. From the moment her emerald eyes took in the stunning girl, something stirred inside her.

A pleasant emotion. The need to prove herself in front of the girl. Suddenly, she was curious of how good that Ronja really was. Did she win prizes? And the fact that she was clearly different from the others was definitely a point in her favor. She took a peek at her and her friends.

They were not looking at the others with superior glances and they were not rude either. Some of the guys approached one blonde really pretty girl from the table, giving her a small note and instead of laughing at him, she nodded once thanking him.

"Is she older?"

"Yeah. She is a senior. The rest are juniors like us and sophomores. If you want an example of how could you be popular, is joining them.

But they only pick the best. They have two teams: one consisting in all the dancers and they are about 20 and the other is the small team consisting in her and 6 other, that take part in competitions."

"Competitions? Are they that good?"

"Yeah. But they lost two members last year and I heard they need to replace them this year. They are going to held auditions."

"You have to be one insane dancer to join them. Their training methods are barbaric."

"Totally not worth it."

"Agree."

Sakura remained silent, her eyes glued to the gorgeous brunette. Talented dancers…and they lack two members. Why did she felt like wanting to join them all of sudden? There was something about Ronja that gave her confidence.

Her gestures were calculated. Just like hers. But she did not know if she could do that…they were going to competitions and she knew what that meant: dedication.

"By the way, what clubs are you guys in?"

"We did not decide yet. Our class teachers will give us some lists with all the clubs this week, but we usually don't take part in any. Well, Ten Ten does, the rest of us don't."

"Why? I am sure you are all talented at something. Choji?"

"I…actually like to cook but…I don't know if I should join the cooking club."

"You must! Cos I am sure that chocolate pie you eat is not from here."

"Want to have a taste?" Choji was really grateful for Sakura to praise his work and the way her shimmering jadeite eyes brightened at the taste of the pie gave him an ego burst.

"Oh My God, this is insanely good!"

"Hinata plays the flute but is too shy to join…and afraid to publicly humiliate herself. And Lee could also be in the track and field team, but he is afraid by the basketball team and the other guys that tend to pick on him…sometimes."

"You mean Kiba and the others? I was right, he is a loser."

"Yeah…wait…what is Ronja doing and why is she coming our way?" Sakura turned his head to look at the said girl who indeed rose from her seat to come to their table, with a crowd of whispering people that followed her moves.

She felt a lump on her throat. Her almond shaped dark eyes were fixed on her, but not held hate in them. It was something else. A knowing look. Why?

And what as more shocking was the fact that she came right in front of a stunned Sakura, who was busy eying her like she was a mermaid emerged from the bottom of the sea, putting a piece of paper right in front of her.

The brunette gave her a small smirk, then turned around to go back to her table. And when emerald eyes fell on the content of the paper, she felt her heart run 200 mph. An invitation to join the dancing audition.

"What?! How did she know?!"

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Author's Note: Ok, so I am going to be completely honest and say I totally did not expect someone to read the first chapter, like seriously. And when I even saw reviews I was like…OMG I cannot believe it hehe

This is something I just felt the need to write as a side project but if you guys like this and want to read more I am going to carry on in writing this. Is just…I dunno but the idea of a Sakura that does like Sasuke but not throws herself at him like all the others seems good to me. Well, thank you for the feedback, just let me know if it starts to suck or gets uninteresting.