Sum-Vampires have needs. Too bad for Sakura that she's one of those needs. And vampires don't give up easily. When Sakura moves to a new town, she must start a new life as well. The town she now lives in is rumored to have vampires wander the streets at night. Sakura hardly believes in tall tales, but when she moves there, she learns to believe the hard way…especially when she's in love with one.
a/n: Thanks for the reviews! right now, i'm siding with it going to be Sasuke/Sakura pairing in this one. yay! cuz, i do like them together. oh, and Twilight is a good read...check it out. enjoy.
CRIMSON MOON
CHAPTER 2: THE GROUP OF THREE
Sakura began to feel uncomfortable in her soaked clothes. She should have asked that sliver haired guy while she had the chance where she could get dried off. She didn't even know where to begin! The school looked the same in her eyes. She wondered around the halls, searching for the main office.
Sakura kept her head up, looking at the walls for any sign to the office. Happily she read 'Office' in white bold print. She quickly turned the corner and slammed right into someone, hard. She was knocked to the ground in an instant. She rubbed her head as she looked up.
"Oww…geez what did I hit? A huge rock?" she muttered. "That really hurt." screamed her inner Sakura loudly.
She watched from the corner of her eye the raven haired guy walked away without so much as an attempt to stop to help her up. No words of sorry, no hint of remorse for knocking her over. Not even an 'excuse me miss.' She turned and sat on her knees, anger boiling deep inside of her.
"You jerk! The least you could do is say sorry like a real man!" she yelled.
He stopped. Sakura kept her eyes locked on his back, waiting for him to apologize now that she pointed out how rude he had been. Now that Sakura watched him clearly, he must have had longer hair than hers. It was pulled in a low long ponytail that reached past mid back. He was wearing a red shirt with black jeans. He looked over his shoulder and Sakura's eyes shot to his face.
Sakura gasped softly. He glared at her, red eyes gleaming at her through raven haired bangs. She felt frozen and couldn't feel herself breathe. Her hand trembled and her eyes wouldn't shut.
"Look away…" yelled her inner self.
Sakura finally blinked and took a deep breath. For a second it was as if nothing had happened, she couldn't even remembered what happened…only falling, yelling, and red. Daring, she took another look at him, but he was walking away. She shivered slightly at the uneasy vibe she sensed from him.
"Hot guy but very very scary…" her inner Sakura told her. Sakura agreed but pushed the thought of him 'hot' to the back of her mind.
"What was that?" she whispered.
She shook her head, realizing her forgotten anger. "Hmph. Jerk." she mumbled before using the wall to stand up.
Suddenly a girl with blonde hair pulled up in a high ponytail came by her, quickly aiding her in getting up.
"Hey, are you alright?" she asked.
Sakura nodded, "Yeah thanks." she looked over her shoulder then back to the girl, "Who was that bastard anyway?" she asked.
The blue eyed girl frowned, "That's Itachi Uchiha. He's a Senior. But don't worry, he's always like that."
"Always a rude punk?" asked Sakura in disbelief.
Ino nodded, "He made 10 senior girls cry last year." Sakura slowly nodded. "Your new am I right?" she asked.
Sakura sweat dropped, "Yeah. Sakura Haruno." she extended her hand to her.
The girl smiled and took her hand, "Ino Yamanaka." she raised her brow, "Your probably headed to the office, right?" she asked.
Sakura nodded, "Yeah."
Ino smiled, "Come on, I'll show you."
Ino and Sakura walked down the hall slower. Ino pointing out classes and some things about the school. Sakura nodded and looked around at the specific things she pointed out. Sakura noticed the sliver haired guy.
"Him…" she muttered quietly.
She quickened her pace to thank him properly. Ino's hand went flying out and caught Ino's wrist.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
Sakura glanced over her shoulder to check if he was still there. "To thank him." she pointed to the sliver haired guy.
"Kakashi Hatake?" she asked. "There's no point in that."
Sakura wrinkled her nose, "Why?" she asked.
"He doesn't talk to anyone." she answered.
Sakura turned and looked at him, "Anyone?" she echoed. "But…he talked to me this morning…" she thought.
"Well, he does talk to his friends." said Ino.
Sakura looked back at Ino, "Who?" she asked.
"Well, we call them the group of three because they always talk or hang out with each other and each other only."
Sakura nodded. She looked back over her shoulder and found that two others had joined him. One blonde haired guy who had blue eyes and weird markings on his face and the other who was like the guy she had bumped into earlier.
He had the same raven hair except for the length, his was short and he had onyx eyes. He wore a blue shirt with khaki pants while the blonde guy had an orange shirt and blue jeans on. They all hadn't seemed to notice Sakura or Ino standing down the hall from them.
"See them? The blonde one's Naruto Uzumaki and the other is Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi's younger brother. But for brothers, they never hang together."
Sakura nodded, "Why do they all hang with each other?" she asked.
Ino shrugged, "Who knows. No one has ever gotten close to any of them to find out."
Sakura glanced over her shoulder again but to find them not there. A bell sounded and Ino gasped.
"That's the warning bell. Class almost starts and you don't know where to begin!"
Sakura sweat dropped, "Right. Let's get a move on."
Ino stopped by a door, "Here. Just tell them your new." she winked at her, "Hope we get some classes together!" with that she ran off.
Sakura mentally congratulated herself for making a new friend. She stared at the door in front of her and finally, after a deep breathe, she opened it. There was a main desk in the middle and two round tables with chairs to the sides, obvious for people who were waiting.
There was another door a couple of paces behind the main desk. The room was like it's own separate building. Sakura dropped her back pack down by the door and walked to the desk.
"Um, hi. I'm Sakura Haruno and I'm ne-"
The lady behind the desk cut her off, "Oh yes! Say no more. Here." The lady opened the drawer and looked through some files. Finding the one she wanted she pulled out two pieces of paper from the tan folder.
"Here you go." she said with a smile.
Sakura looked at the papers given to her, it was her schedule and then a map of the school.
"Any questions or concerns come here and welcome to Leaf High!" she gave Sakura another bright smile.
Sakura nodded and gave her a weak smile, "Heh, thanks." she said.
Sakura was already dry so she didn't need to ask for a phone call home. She recalled her back pack and headed out. She skimmed through her schedule, finding her first hour.
"First hour…history." she glanced at the map, "Room N 19." She easily found it on the map and found the room after a quick search.
She opened the door and walked in to find all eyes were on her. She blinked.
"Hello." called a voice, obviously the teacher, from the front of the room.
Sakura waved weakly and blushed a bit, "Hey. Sorry I'm late uh," she looked down at her schedule, "Mr. Gai…is it?" she asked unsure.
The teacher in front smiled, the light shining off of his teeth gleamed and she sweat dropped. "The one and only. Do not fret! I understand you young youths. Your new correct?"
Sakura smiled weakly at his optimism, "Does EVERYONE know!" her inner Sakura screamed.
It was like she was a freshman all over again. Walking down the halls and asking for certain directions or arriving to class late due to being lost, then all the upperclassmen called her 'freshman,' it was annoying having every one stare at her.
"Yeah. I'm Sak-"
The black haired teacher rushed up to her, "Haruno correct?" he asked with another smile.
Sakura blinked and nodded. "Uh huh. Sakura Haruno." she informed him.
He began to push her to the front of the class room. "Class, this is Sakura Haruno. Please make her feel welcome for she is a new comer from…" he looked at her for information.
"Mist." she answered.
"From mist!" he turned to her, "So tell us, how was it in Mist?" he asked.
Sakura shrugged, suddenly feeling all the eyes focused on her, "Uh, It rains more often over there and there's a lot of rivers and bridges."
The teacher chuckled, "Great great. Take a seat any where for today, tomorrow you get your seating chart."
Sakura let out a sigh as she was relieved to have no one looking at her, though some still watched her as she took her seat near the middle.
She let her backpack slid to the ground and she rested her face in the palm of her hand. A boy with black shiny hair like the teacher's leaned over.
"Hey. I'm Rock Lee. Though you may call me Lee." he said in a whisper.
Sakura smiled weakly, "Hi. I'm Sakura. You can call me Sakura." she told him back.
He smiled, "Do you not think that Gai-sensei is a great teacher?" he asked.
Sakura could tell he admired the teacher a lot, why she didn't know, but he obviously did. "Uh…yeah. He's really optimistic."
He gasped lightly, "You think so too?" he asked his black eyes dancing.
Sakura laughed light. "Do you know where your next class is?" he asked.
Sakura glanced at her schedule, "Honestly no. but I have a map so-"
"Nonsense. I will show you." he smiled.
Sakura nodded, "Thanks." she whispered. "Man…he's a bit generous." she thought. She looked back to the front of the room and watched as Guy explained rules and what his class would go over.
Sakura looked out the window and began to think to herself. "The group of three huh?" she thought.
"So your next class is health?"
Sakura nodded, "I guess so." She followed as Lee lead her down the hall. "Hey lee?"
He turned, "Yes Sakura?" he asked excited.
"You know the group of three?" she asked.
He frowned, his thick eyebrows furrowing, "Yes. They act like they are good at everything…" he mumbled.
"Well…are they?" she asked.
His head hung low, "Yes."
Sakura nearly fell over, "Well, that's good to know."
"Why do you want to know Sakura?" asked Lee.
Sakura shrugged, "I saw them and Ino told me a bit about them. Just wanted to see what you thought of them. Does everyone think there too good at everything?" she asked.
Lee nodded, "Yes. Many say they do things too perfectly good, that there really demons or something."
Sakura laughed lightly. "Why do you laugh Sakura?" he asked.
"Oh, you guys sound like my grandma with the whole 'vampire' rule." she said with another giggle.
"So you don't believe in the myths?" he asked with a raise of his eyebrow.
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Hardly. It's all tall tales and movie stuff." she told him.
He nodded, "I guess. Well, this is your class. See you." Sakura waved at him as he ran off down the hall.
She sighed when he was out sight, "Man, this town revolves around myths." she heard the warning bell and entered the classroom.
The rest of the morning went by smoothly. The teachers seemed to know Sakura was new, but unlike Mr. Gai, she didn't need to stand up and introduce herself. During her home base hour, which was oddly placed after 2nd hour, she got a locker assigned to her. She finally got to put away her backpack, giving sanctuary to her shoulders.
She also received a lock for her locker, teachers warning them not to give the locker combo to anyone else before handing them out. Sakura tried her lock out twice before actually getting it open. She tucked her locks combo in her back pocket and secured the lock on her locker.
After home base, she went to 3rd hour, which also had Lee in it, he sat next to her and took notes on the rules the teacher was giving. Ino was in her 4th and 5th period classes. Ino mostly spend the time whispering to her on how this year was going to be much better than the last.
After 5th period, they had lunch. Sakura thanked herself mentally for being able to open the lock on the first time. Ino then lead her down to the cafeteria, which was fairly sized. Though when they entered, Sakura could feel the eyes drift onto her.
"I guess they all know I'm new to this school." she thought to herself as she tried to ignore them.
Ino didn't seem to notice the people staring at Sakura. She almost immediately spotted a table and dragged Sakura with her.
"Hey!" said Ino happily. "This is Sakura." she smiled as Sakura blushed lightly. "Sakura, this is Hinata, TenTen, she's a senior, Shikamaru, Choji, You already know Lee, he's a senior too, Neji, is also a senior plus he's Hinata's cousin, Kiba, and Shino."
Sakura waved with a weak smile, "Hey…!" she tried to sound enthusiastic about meeting them.
They all nodded or waved back. Sakura took a seat next to the blue haired girl named Hinata. While Ino took a seat across from Sakura and next to the brown haired girl TenTen.
"It's nice to meet you Sakura." said TenTen with a smile.
Sakura smiled, "Thanks. Nice to meet you too." TenTen had a unique hair style. Her hair pulled up into two separate buns on the side of her head.
"Yes…it's nice to meet you Sakura." a low hushed voice sounded from next to her.
Sakura turned and smiled at the obviously shy girl. "Likewise…Hinata right?" she asked trying hard not to forget all the names she learned.
She nodded with a small smile. Hinata had blue hair that was short and her eyes were a white pupil less color that Sakura found unique about her.
The guys didn't bother saying hello as they shared a conversation on their own. Sakura took note of the group around her. Such as Choji, he had a slightly chubby face. His brown hair in very unruly style, all spiked up and going in different directions. He had a bag of chips in his hands as he took handfuls and shoved them ruthlessly in his mouth as he listened to the guys talk. Sakura guessed he never went anywhere with out his favorite chips.
Shikamaru looked most calm and slightly bored. His black hair pulled up in a high short spiky ponytail. His eyes closed as he rested his head on his hands. He had his ears both pieced and sighed in a bored way from time to time. He was the most lazy out the group Sakura guessed. Lee was holding up the conversation around them. His black hair similar to Mr. Gai's hair style, his thick eyebrows matching the color of his hair. He was no doubt the most optimistic one out of the bunch.
Kiba had an almost dog like look. He had two red upside down triangles gracing his face underneath his black eyes. He had short brown spiky hair that pointed out randomly. He was also holding up the conversation next to Lee. He was also a bit arrogant in his speech as far as Sakura could tell.
Neji was a quiet one, like Shino. Neji also had white eyes like Hinata, obviously a trait that they are related. His brown long hair pulled down loosely. He had the most calculated pose in the group. And finally she noticed Shino. It was hard to tell how he acted. His, mysterious eyes were hidden behind dark shades and his brown hair was spiked up, not much style. He held his composure well, but not as good as Neji.
Sakura looked away and began to think to herself. She drifted in and out of the conversation around her. She searched the cafeteria, not sure of what she was searching for exactly.
Her body stiffened slightly when she noticed the raven haired guy by the name of Itachi walk past their table. She kept her eyes locked on him, he passed without so much as a side glance at them. But Sakura noticed he glanced at her from the corner of his eye. She wondered if he was mad about her yelling at him.
She furrowed her brow, "Like I care if he's mad at me just because a girl stood up to him. I wasn't going to sit there and cry! Hmph! I should be the one mad! He pushed me without so much as a sorry!" her inner Sakura shouted defensively.
"Then again…I don't need any enemies right now." she thought.
She still kept her emerald eyes attached to his back as he carried his tray and walked over to the far corner of the cafeteria. Sakura noticed that he in the opposite corner of the cafeteria were the ever so infamous group of three.
They were all seated, with no food, and they were talking amongst themselves, just like Ino had said. The other raven haired boy, Sasuke, didn't even make a move to try to sit with his older brother, not even a glance in his direction. Ino was right, for brother's they sure don't hang together.
Sakura would have guessed that Itachi didn't want to hang with Sasuke because it would cramp his 'style' or he would embarrass him, much like older brothers say. But when Sakura looked over at Itachi, she noticed he was all alone. Sakura also noted that he hadn't even touched his food, all he was doing was resting his head in his hands, eyes closed.
"There had to be another reason, something that they hiding." thought Sakura.
"Doesn't anyone else think it's weird? Don't they notice how odd it is?" Sakura ran her hand through her hair.
"Something's going on between them…but what?" she thought.
a/n: R&R! So yeah, the whole freshman analogy was from experience. Yeah, it happened to me sometime the first week of highschool. I didn't do something right in band and then the upperclass were like "freshman!" then i was walking down the hall and two girls whisper "freshman." i'm like HOW IN THE WORLD DO THEY KNOW THAT! i knew why the guys in band did it, but those girls? it was rude cuz i heard them, beats me on how they knew. i also wasn't sure about how to spell Lee's sensei's name. If it was Guy or Gai cuz i've seen it both ways...so i went with the second one. Correct me if i'm wrong. sorry if this chap. was mostly on how they look, but Sakura's taking mental notes on the new students is all. until later...(It's homecoming week next week so it might be a while 'til update.)
