nightDREAMERms: Wow! So many reviews for one lil' chapter? O.O Well apparently you guys like this story so I'll continue it. Pairings may or may not last throughout the story, and the main character, i.e. Sakura will not have a lasting pairing. Now that can mean LOTS of things, but I'll let you think and think until ur brain cells die XD! Pranks will start… when I get to it. I haven't typed that far yet!
"talking"
'thinking'
"Inner Sakura/ Zetsu's darker side"
"Zetsu's lighter side"
And of course the normal out-of-the-norm text will be capitalized, bolded, or italicized. (i.e. flashbacks, volume, sarcasm, etc.)
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-FASTFORWARD NINE YEARS-
Chapter Two:
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-7:04 a.m. August 23rd-
"Come on, Sakura. Get up!"
"Mhmm…"
"Mhmm? What does Mhmm mean!"
"MHMMM!!"
"If this is about seeing Sasuke-"
Immediately Sakura sat up and her bed, almost wacking foreheads with Tenten. "That name does not exist to me anymore." she snarled in a monotone (a startling feat), before submerging her head in a large fluffy pillow.
"Okay then, is this about seeing your ex, because if it is, your just being a little sissy. You can't run away from him forever."
Sakura flashed her an obscene gesture from underneath her sheets.
"Very mature."
"Ano… Sakura-san, if we don't leave soon we'll miss the bus."
"Mm mus man mmuck mimflf!"
"What?"
"Mwa Mus Mahn Mmwuck Mwemwelf"
"I can't understand you with your head under-"
"I SAID, THE BUS CAN-… ugh nevermind.."
Slowly but surely, Sakura pushed the covers off of herself, swinging her legs over the edge of her bed. She squinted her eyes, and put up a hand to her forehead, blocking the streaming sunlight that entered via her window.
As her eyes adjusted to the light she turned towards the intruders. "Who let you guys in anyway?"
The brunette crossed her arms, watching the pinkette pick up discarded items from the floor, mainly clothes, and fix her bed, "You're mom. Apparently, she came up here and tried to wake you up, but you wouldn't budge."
"I still wish I hadn't." Sakura murmured under her breath, walking to her closet.
"What was that?"
"I said I'm so lucky to have to you guys as my friends!"
Tenten gave her blank look, "That was notably longer than what you said before, but we really don't have the time to debate right now. Hinata- Time."
The Hyuuga that had been silent since Sakura had gotten out of bed, checked her watch, "7 minutes 13 seconds counting down."
"Hurry up, SAKURA!" By now, Sakura was in her bathroom, brushing her teeth. She was lucky enough to have her own personal bathroom, although it was no where NEAR as luxurious as Hinata's.
"I'm trying to, but you two keep talking to me." She said in garbled gibberish then spat out her toothpaste in the sink.
"I don't have a clue to what you just said" Tenten yelled, her voice being muffled by the running water. "But hurry up!!! " She paused then added as an afterthought, "You do have your stuff ready don't you?"
"Back closet, on top of the shoe rack. Hinata-chan, could you get me some clothes?"
"Jean skirt or black kapris?"
"Umm... Both!"
Sakura, looked in her mirror, her bed head made her want to laugh. Her eyes roamed to a silver bracelet laying innocently behind a lotion bottle and her entire mood dropped seven levels. Her hand reached for it then paused, landing on the tip of the bottle instead of reaching her destination. She contemplated wearing the jewelry.
'Maybe he didn't recognize me… and it was just a little fling.'
When Sakura walked out of the small room, a light green one-strapped book bag was thrown at her. She caught it effortlessly.
"Good your done. Time Hinata?"
"Five minutes-"
"Great, now-"
"Past."
"Crap."
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"Thank you so much, Hinata-chan!" Sakura dropped her head and did a mini bow of appreciation.
Tenten, to her right, did the same.
Hinata waved off their gestures, blushing a bit, "No, it's ok! And besides, I would have been late too if we hadn't of rode the limo."
The three freshman walked, heads held up high, into the unknown abyss that was high school.
And of course, as all good stories go, one had to trip.
Sakura, slowly got up from her newly found position on the ground grumbling and muttering curses.
A hand suddenly appeared in front of her face. Sakura's attention was instantly drawn to the dazzling emerald surrounded by diamonds. After the pause, Sakura took the help offered to her.
"That's a beautiful ring." She commented, eyes locked on the jewel.
"Thanks." "-mmm… Sasuke…kun"
Sakura's head snapped up as she recognized the voice and she was met with a red-haired woman. The hair was tidy yet unruly at the same time. Her eyes reflected the same color as it, only slightly darker. Her lips seemed to smile, but to Sakura it seemed more like a smirk. A growl started up her throat.
"Thank you for helping my friend, she's a bit of a ditz" A familiar voice broke through her thoughts and ended her glare.
"Ino?"
The blonde gave her a piece sign. "The one and only! I haven't seen you in months, Sakura." She casually looked her up and down. "Looks like I haven't missed much."
The green-eyed girl shot her a death glare and opened her mouth to retort when Ino turned to the red-head.
"Ooohh! Nice ring! Where'd you get it?! Is it real??"
The girl, flipped her ruby locks behind her shoulder, before brandishing her hand. "Of course it is, my boyfriend got it for me."
Sakura's heart plummeted.
"Oh wow, you must have some guy. The most anyone of us got was Sakura, and that was just a-"
"Ino. Stop, please."
The blonde listened to her, puzzled at her sudden mood change. Then went back to her conversation with the unnamed woman. "You're Karin, right? One of the Varsity cheerleading captains?"
She smiled that deceiving smile, "Yes I am, why?"
'So we know where to plant the bombs.'
Ino's cheeks tinged pink, "Well, I was thinking about joining the squad…"
Karin gave her a mischievous look, "You know that tryouts are over, right?"
"Yeah, but… I was hoping you'd make a tiny exception, please?!" she pleaded, clasping her hands together.
"I'll think about it. Walk with me." She replied, and began strolling towards the building, followed closely by the pony-tailed girl.
Sakura glared daggers at the sophomore's back for some time until a palm was waved in front of her.
"Hello? Sakura? You okay there?" It was only then that she noticed that her two friends staring worriedly at her.
"I'm fine, Let's go in."
Hinata and Tenten exchanged looks before jogging to catch up with their friend.
At the door, Sakura stopped abruptly and told them to go on without her, she'd meet them in homeroom. They shot her curious looks but agreed nonetheless.
Sakura walked a little ways away from the entrance, until she was at the bottom of the concrete steps that lead back to the school. Angrily, she yanked the heart bracelet off her wrist and cast it to the dirt. Stomping then spitting on the band. She huffed deeply, regaining her composure and turned to walk back into Konoha High, her new school.
'Good bye, Sasuke-kun.'
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The school day progressed as normally, as any regular first day would. Nothing but teachers "introducing" themselves. That's code for: I haven't finished my lesson plan's yet, so here, do coloring sheets with crayons. Looking out for more important details, Sakura learned every class with atleast Ino, Tenten or Hinata, except for the period before lunch.
She had learned from Ino, in the middle of Algebra (Their assignment was to "draw geometric figures with a compass" In other words doodle on a sheet of lined paper.) that her group had planned to sit in the far right corner of the cafeteria. So it hadn't really bothered her that no one from her middle school was with her in that class.
As Sakura rounded the last flight of stairs, she heard a rather loud squeal of "Sasuke-kun." As a former girlfriend of said boy, she had learned that fan-girls were literally everywhere and ignored the voice. It was only when she was meters away from their appointed lunch table, did she see her, she almost dropped her tray.
Sitting in his lap, was Karin. She was musing his hair, and he looked like he was… enjoying it? Yep, he definitely wore a smirk on his face. And he still looked utterly del- NOO! Sakura shook the traitorous thoughts from her head and proceeded to join the table, plastering on a fake smile.
"Hello." she announced, determined to ignore the new couple's presence. So far, Ino, Tenten, Hinata, Naruto, Lee, Shikamaru, Chouji, Neji, him, and Shino were at the table.
Immediately, Lee and Naruto tried to glomp her, but years of knowing them gave her excellent reflexes and they ended up hugging each other. Shino and Neji sent her acknowledging nods, while the three girls vocalized their greetings. Shikamaru sighed a waved before munching on a home brought apple. No doubt it was too troublesome to wait in the school lines. Chouji mumbled a "Hewmo" while eating a rather fancy meal. But… she was missing someone…
"Hey. Where's Kiba?" she asked looking around the table once more.
Naruto snickered after slurping down the ramen he kept in a thermos. When he had learned of the invention he had literally got down to his knees and praised the one who suggested it. Sakura inwardly giggled at the memory, Hinata had turned bright red! "He's in the principal's office, they have some rule against pets here." he answered, unable to rid himself of the smirk.
Sakura laughed at the picture of an angry Kiba yelling at the school's administration about little.. Err.. Not so little Akamaru. She could somewhat understand the school's worry about him, he'd gotten Ginormous over the summer, but he was still a big softy!
"Ahem. Hello Sakura."
The voice brought Sakura out of her ponderings and erased the smile from her face. 'Why can't you just let me ignore you?' "Hello, Karin." she replied her tone dead, and her eyes wouldn't meet hers.
Ino watched the silent exchange between the girls. She leant over to Sakura's ear "I understand now why you didn't want me to continue earlier. I didn't know she was Sasuke's new girlfriend. But, you don't have to be mean to her, dating Sasuke isn't a crime."
"You don't understand!" She answered, quite loudly, dropping the fork in her hand into the dish she was consuming, drawing attention from all of her table and a few tables around them.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Karin asked, worry evident in her voice. Stupid actress.
"I'm fine." She mumbled, scooting her chair out from under herself creating a louder noise than before and causing even more tables to look over.
She ignored the stares, picked up her book bag and left the table. Not once had she looked at him and she didn't want to. Truth be told, she was afraid. Afraid she'd see the same thing she saw before.
Just before she was out of hearing age she heard a males voice, "What's with her? The last time I saw her this upset was at that sleepover years ago."
Sakura halted, it was for less than a second but she still stopped, she had forgotten all about that.
"Itachi! Have you boys seen a little girl- oh there you are Sakura!"
Sakura and the rest of the children in the room looked up to see a delightfully plump woman in the doorway. Sakura recognized her as Mikoto Uchiha, Sasuke's mom.
"What are you all doing in here with the lights off?" Her eyes reached the paper in Itachi's hand. She hastily took it from him. Well.. We know where the Uchiha brothers got there snatching issue from. As she read it and her frown deepened. "If this is what you're going to do when Sasuke has his sleepovers, you won't be having them at the same time as him anymore." At the end of her declaration she took Sakura's wrist and lead her from the room.
There was no pleading, it was un-Uchiha and besides her tone was final.
She never saw any of them again after that. Sasuke later told her that Itachi had been accepted into some prestigious elementary school but he would go to the same middle school and high school as they did. But, the age differences prevented her from attending the same school as any of them.
But.. Now that she thought about it… They should be all seniors now. But… she hadn't seen any black cloaks with red stars..
Suddenly she found herself on the ground once more, this time however all she could see was black and red clouds.
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nightDREAMERms: Ehh.. It was ok, I think. I like how this is going, so far. Don't let up on the pranks ppls! I've decided on more pranks than I was originally gonna put! Oh and if you don't understand with the Karin, Sasuke, Sakura triangle then good, I've been doing my job as a writer right. If you do. Then T-T Fine spoil my fun!
