Chapter 1: Emperor Encounter

THIS STORY IS PURLEY FANMADE AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE ACCTUAL NARUTO SERIES. ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO MASASHI KISHIMOTO. ENJOY, AND REMEMBER: SASUSAKU FOREVER!

Welcome to Chapter 1 of A Light in the Dark, I do hope you enjoy your stay! Please rate and review if you're kind enough to read! Thank you! -bows-

ITC (In This Chapter): An encounter with Sasuke "The Emperor" Uchiha gets Sakura a little angry…

Just so you know: Actual Sasusaku will be coming in soon! Be patient!

Sakura walked down the hallway silently in the midst of the chatter. Not like she had anyone to talk to anyway. Her life had sucked ever since she started school here. Everyone was mean to her because of her looks and her brains. Her pink hair and emerald eyes were hard to miss amongst her brunette and raven-haired classmates. And, of course, no one believed her when she said it was natural. She got perfect scores on every test, and straight A's. So she was branded a liar, a freak, and a geek. Not that she really gave a damn. It was like this everywhere she went. She thought here in Tokyo, things would be different. But she was wrong. At her first temple visit of the year, all she had asked Kami-sama for was to fit in and get a good boyfriend. So far neither had happened.

She entered her advanced math classroom and tried to suppress a scream. "What the hell is the Empor… I mean… That Uchiha doing here?!" She thought. He was standing in the front of the room with the teacher. She quickly went to the only vacant desk (A/N: Each desk is wide enough to fit two people) and sat down. "Ok, Everyone! I have fabulous news!!" Mr. Newman, the teacher, announced. "Please don't tell me the Emperor is going to be in Advanced math…" Inner Sakura screamed as the real Sakura's mouth hung open in horror. "The Emperor is going to be in advanced math!" Mr. Newman said with a smile. Sakura's mouth dropped open even wider. "WHAT THE CRAP!?" Inner Sakura screamed. The real Sakura slammed her head down on the desk, trying not to smash her glasses, and muttered, "Crap." as everyone cheered and clapped.

Please take a seat wherever you wish!" Mr. Newman said, still clapping. Sasuke looked around as lots of girls looked prepared to push the guy sitting next to them out of their seats. Then, Sakura realized in horror that the seat next to her was the only one left. "Don't sit next to me don't sit next to me don't sit next to me PLEASE don't sit next to me." she thought. Suddenly the seat next to her scraped back and gasps were heard all around. Sakura pulled her head up from the desk and watched in sheer horror as the Emperor sat down next to her. "Hey, Sakura." He said, flashing her a smile. The room was silent as people sat agape at the scene before them. The Emperor and the Underdog. Sitting together. That the crap was going on?! "Hello, Emperor." she muttered dryly. She turned back to the front of the room and opened her math book.

The Emperor was confused. She didn't blush at all… He looked at the pink-haired girl closely. He'd always had a huge crush on her, ever since elementary school. She'd liked him for a while but gave up when they started high school because he was always mean to her. But he liked her hair color, even if everyone made fun of it. He quickly ripped a piece of paper out of his notebook and wrote:

Hey, I'm sorry about what happened in the hallway today…

He slid the paper toward her. She glanced down at it, then placed the paper on her notebook and wrote back:

It's not your fault. Why do you care anyway?

Uh… I just thought it wasn't very nice of them…

Haha. You were laughing with them, remember.

Yeah. I have an image to keep, Y'know? Besides, it's gonna cause gossip with me just sitting with you.

Thanks. Now I'm gonna get beat up after school today. Even harder than usual.

You get beat up??

I sure do. I'm the underdog, after all. I can take it though. It's been going on for 3 years now.

Wow. Uh… I'm sorry.

Emperor, why are you apologizing to ME?

You shouldn't just take this. Tell someone!

I thought you hated me like everyone else.

I have no reason to hate you. Besides I think you're cute.

To his surprise, she didn't blush like he expected her to. She just pushed her glasses up higher on her nose and wrote back:

I'm sure you say that to every girl you've ever sat next to.

Actually… I have. But this time, I really mean it. I've had a crush on you for a while.

Yeah, I'm sure. What, five minutes? Is that a while to you? I liked you for a while. But now I don't know who you are anymore.

I've liked you since elementary school!

HAHA that's a laugh. Very funny.

Do you need me to prove it to you?

I'd rather you didn't.

I want to. Talk to me at lunch.

Do you WANT me to get the beating of my life or what?

No.

This is sure to have a great ending. I can see it now. "Girl Dies From Heaving Beating at Konoha High,"

Really. Talk to me.

I'm not going to. I hate you and I get beat up for just looking at you. WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?! Go sit somewhere where there's a fan girl to schmooze you!

You.. Hate me? YES!! Ever since high school started, who you were has disintegrated to nothing. I have no interest whatsoever in you or what you do. Just stay away from me, Kudasai!

Sasuke looked hurt for a second as he read the note, but didn't write anything back. Sakura knew she didn't really mean everything she had said. But, denial was so much sweeter than what she knew was the truth. She was, is, and always would be in love with Sasuke Uchiha.

TBC in Chapter 2