Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, its storyline, or characters. However, this fanfiction is based on Naruto, and is my creation.
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Of Highschool: Music, War, and Crushes
Chapter Two: Homework, Nonsense, and Movies
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Sakura flipped morosely through her Physics assignment and dropped it into her draw-string bag. Next to the kneeling girl was Ino, leaning against the moss-green lockers.
"Cheer up, Sakura! It's not the end of the world - far from it! Cooooome on girl, you're playing the duets with a dreeeaaamy school prince afterall. Sometimes I wish I was a string-instrument player instead of a flute-player." Ino drawled, forcing her voice over the buzz of conversation rising in the school hall.
The teen's roseate-haired head snapped up and two emerald eyes glared death at her blonde friend. "Cheer up? Cheer UP?! You think I can cheer up when I'M PLAYING THREE ROMANTIC DUETS WITH THE GUY I HATE THE MOST?!?!"
At once, the waves of conversation hushed and silence rang in the school hall. Sakura's face slid into a rosy color of embarrassment at her shout as the silence was slowly broken by whispers and catcalls. Everyone in the school knew what Sakura meant when she said "one I hate most." Why, Sasuke and Sakura's hate for each other was legendary.
Sakura sighed and pulled up her heavy bag. "Whatever. I'm getting out of here." Ino pouted and ran after her as the hall burst into arguments and bets. "How long will Sakura last?" "When will Sasuke finally break under the pressure?" and "Man, they'll never look each other straight in the face ever again," echoed in the halls...
Meanwhile...
"Ne, Sasuke, wait up!" Naruto shouted, running after his friend.
Sasuke merely gave an annoyed sigh and burst out of Konoha High's entrance. However, his escape was in vain as Naruto caught up to him.
"What's bitten into you? Sakura?" Naruto laughed at his feeble joke.
"In fact, yeah, she did." Sasuke's voice cut back bitterly, then went on to mutter the girl's name and a swear he commonly associated with it.
Naruto sensed his friend's anger and made a little retreat. "Sasuke-teme...Sakura's not that bad."
Sasuke banged a clenched fist again the brick wall. "What's annoying me is that everyone sees her as an idol! Did deeper and you've got a demon on your hands! Plus, she's got this strange fantasy that anything guys can do girls can do better...so wrong that little...GAH! Just leave me alone, dobe." With the finishing sentence, Sasuke flipped his skate board onto the pavement and rolled away.
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Sakura flopped down onto her light-green covered bed and pulled out her homework. Sakura wasn't a bad student, but most of the time her grades rose and fell with her mood. Aaand, right then her mood was bad. Not really feeling enthusiastic and "OH! School! What a place I love to be in!" she just half-heartedly scribbled random answers. After running through the hell-stuff, she tiredly rolled onto her back, stared at the pale-pink ceiling for a while, then sat up and dialed Ino's number on her magenta-colored cellphone.
"Hey Sakura! Sup?"
"Hey Ino," Sakura spoke in tiredly. "I need some girl-chat. You there?"
"Always for you, girl-friend. Stressed about the duet-thing, right? Not waiting for Sakura's answer, Ino jumped in. Don't you worry kiddo. I've got the perfect relaxer...just forget about it for a bit! Listen, I got some free spa coupons...wanna go Saturday? It'll be great, I swear. If that can't get the weight off your head, what will? Oh! And Hinata-chan's got some great news. Have you heard?"
Sakura couldn't help but smile at her talkative friend's babble. "The spa sounds great, Ino. You're the greatest friend ever. And nah, haven't heard. Let's hook up Hinata in three-way chat! Let's hear it live."
Just moments later, there was the little crackle-sound in the phone and a new voice.
"Hey Ino, Sakura! What's up?"
"Yo Hina. Go on, tell Sak-chan the stuff!"
"Hehe...well, N-Naruto-kun..."
"Go on girl!" Ino encouraged.
"He - He asked me o-out...Friday night for an action movie! He overheard me saying I wanted to watch it...and he actually asked me o-out for i-it...and N-Naruto-k-kun said I could invite some friends too...and I thought you guys could come?"
That lifted Sakura's spirits immediately. Sakura had always known that Hinata had a lasting crush on the hyper blonde teen and always supported her. "That's great! I'll definitely go. Action, eh? I never knew kind, soft-spoken Hinata had a wild side. Way-ta-go, Hina-chan!"
"Yea, yea, I'm coming to! Someone's gotta make sure you don't faint, darling. Plus, Naruto better not try anything. Friday's tommorow, eh? Heh, everything will go fine, count on the gooorgeous Yamanaka Ino to make things great!"
The conversation ended happily after a bit more of chatting and the girls left the line.
Sakura laid back with a happy exhale and set up her professional-looking black laptop.
Open, iTunes. Click...Search. Type in: Claire De Lune, Vocalise, Salut D' Amour
In a few seconds, Sakura got the three songs she requested for and downloaded them quickly. She inserted the ear phones and listened to all of them. They weren't that bad, she concluded. But playing them with Sasuke would be.
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The next day, Friday, whizzed by and thankfully, Sakura didn't have Orchestra scheduled that day. Homework was an easy-breeze and soon, the teen was anticipating the movie. Ino would come pick up Sakura with Hinata already in the violet convertible. Naruto wasn't going to ride with them, saying that he had to drive some of his own friends and would meet them at the movie theater.
At 6 o' clock, Sakura rushed out of her house wearing a black tanktop with a scarlet heart on it with her favorite band's name, and completed with a hot-pink pleated skirt and black boots. The violet convertible rolled into the driveway moments later and Sakura hopped in with a cheery smile. She nearly forgot the stress of the school duet...until the girls arrived at the movie theater and saw Naruto, Shikamaru...and Uchiha Sasuke.
----To be continued----
