Author's Note: SO yea, not so many reviews for the first chapter, but I don't blame them. It was a pretty short chapter. Any way, I just want to make this clear that Sakura will start out being easily pushed around (dodges tomatoes), but she will change her attitude and start kicking some butt in the 3rd or 4th chapter. I'm not gona tell you guys everything… k?

I don't own anything

Changing Hearts

Chapter 2: A True Friend and New Love

"Oof!"

Sakura bumped her butt on the floor hard. She looked up to see a very hot guy. He had blue-ish, black-ish hair that was spiked up in the back and bangs in the front. His obsidian eyes were looking emotionlessly down at her. He was wearing a white button up shirt with it tucked out of navy blue pants. He also had on an unbuttoned sweater with the required tie hanging loose.

Unfortunately, Sakura hadn't noticed that her beanie had come off and her bun had spiraled out. She could hear gasps all around her and was wondering why. Then the guy bent down and held out a hand for her. She gratefully took the gesture. More gasps were heard.

"Thank you," Sakura said quietly. Out of habit, she reached up to pull her beanie down, but all she could feel was hair. She gasped and could feel her face turn hot. She quickly grabbed her hair and tried to pull it out of view.

'Oh, great. A really hot guy is standing right here watching me make a fool out of myself. He's probably thinking why the hell I have pink hair. And if he isn't then he's wondering why I have an abnormally large forehead.'

'Don't think bad thoughts! That's what's making you feeling uncomfortable about yourself! Just think about hot that guy is… how so very hoooootttttt he is…drooling'

'I really don't see how you can be my inner.'

Sakura quickly turned and ran off to the bathroom with her beanie and Ino following her.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

'Wow' was all Sasuke could think. (A/N: If you haven't guessed already, the guy was Sasuke. It was actually pretty obvious.) Sasuke wasn't sure what had just happened. A clueless girl had bumped into him. He saw her beanie fly off and revealed bubble-gum pink hair. It looked so long and luscious that he could… WAIT A MINUTE.

Why the hell did he care about how her hair looked?

Though… her eyes went so beautifully with it and her forehead… wow, he had never seen someone look so… innocent. Ugh, he did not want himself to get involved with some girl with pink hair… Right?

"Hey teme! Come on, we're going to be late for class!" yelled Sasuke's rival and best friend, Naruto.

"Shut it, dobe." Then he walked off with Naruto to homeroom.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ino walked into the bathroom carefully. She could hear small sobs and cursing. Ino glanced around the corner and saw that Sakura was having a lot of trouble pulling back up her hair. SNAP.

"Shit!" Sakura cursed, as she held on to her wrist. Her rubber band had snapped and she had no extra.

"Hey," Ino said sweetly, giving a small smile.

"…" Sakura continued to mess with her hair.

"So, uh, why did you go running off like that, hehe," Ino asked, trying to make a friendly atmosphere.

"…"

Ino sighed, getting right to the point, "Sakura, is it because of your hair?"

Sakura looked up in a surprised and confused face.

"When I saw you walk in the school, you kept on messing with your hat. I was sorta led to believe that you were a little fidgety about your hair."

There was a long pause.

"…I was always treated differently back home… just because I looked different. So, because of that I always thought I was a freak and that I needed to make myself seem normal. I tried dyeing my hair, but my mother wouldn't allow me to permanently do it so I had to use washable," Sakura laughed at this part, "Then the kids at school found out that it wasn't permanent and poured a bucket of cold water over my head. The dye washed out all over my body. They told me that that was a pathetic excuse for me to fit in and just… laughed."

Sakura took a deep breath as tears started to leak out of her jade eyes.

"Ino, this isn't all about my hair color. This is just about me not been able to make any friends who liked me for anything. I really haven't told you the half of my crazy childhood," She sighed, "The sad thing is I had just met you and I'm already spilling everything out."

Sakura then felt her body being squeezed by a pair of arms. Ino was hugging her. Sakura burst out in tears on her shoulder.

"It's not sad that you're just spilling out your feelings to a person you just met. That incident back there was probably the straw that broke the camel's back. It's okay to have some insecurity about yourself. I guess you've just grown to believe that that is a bad thing."

Sakura lifted her head up and wiped her eyes. She smiled. Just smiled. As if it had said everything.

"Now, if you want a real opinion. I think your hair is way prettier than you think it is. I got an idea. Me, TenTen, and Hinata are going to do a makeover on you. Physically and mentally. We are going to show the inner you!"

"I'm not sure you want to show all the inner me," Sakura mumbled.

Fortunately, Ino didn't hear that.

"Though in the mean time, here," Ino handed Sakura a rubber band.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ino and Sakura walked into homeroom. TenTen and Hinata were waving for them to come over. They walked over calmly. Nearby was the guy Sakura had bumped into. Sakura looked the other direction before he would notice.

"Hey, Sakura, are you okay? You seemed a little freaked out," TenTen asked, concerned.

"Yea, I'm fine now," Sakura gave a reassuring smile.

"Well, I'm surprised that Sasuke actually helped you up," commented Hinata.

"Sasuke?"

"Sasuke Uchiha, that guy you bumped into. He's the hottest guy in school. Though he's a regular ice block. He would only do things for himself. Also, his family is the most powerful family in Konoha. So, he is really good in all areas of ninjustu."

"Oh, wow. Now I feel inferior to him, hehe," Sakura nervously stated while rubbing that back of her head, "So, where's the teacher?"

"He's always late for every class. We really only see him five minutes a day total."

While her new friends were talking, Sakura kept on daydreaming about Sasuke.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Homeroom was nearly over. During that time, a certain Uchiha kept on glancing at the new, pink-haired girl.

What did he find so interesting about this girl?

She's just a girl, someone who doesn't matter to him.

And why the HELL does she has pink hair??? That is the most unusual hair color he had ever seen. Is it natural…? Why did he keep thinking about her, wanting to know more about her?

WHY WAS HE ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS?

Sasuke rubbed his head in frustration.

"TEME!"

Sasuke's eye twitched. Why did his best friend have to be so obnoxious?

"What, dobe?"

"What's wrong with you? I've been shouting your name for the past five minutes!"

"I'm thinking. Something you aren't able to do."

"Yea… wait, WHAT!?!"

Sasuke smirked. His eyes wandered aimlessly over to the green-eyed girl again. Sasuke was desperate to know more.

"Dobe, I got a mission for you."

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sakura was staring at a random book silently listening to TenTen's and Ino's conversation on cosmetics versus kunais. Weird. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a guy with spiky, blonde hair and lightning, blue eyes coming over from Sasuke's table. Her stomach started to do flips.

Sakura then heard Hinata start to breathe unevenly.

"Ino, he's coming over here." Hinata whispered quietly. Sakura looked at her and saw her shaking slightly.

"Don't worry, Hina-chan, just talk to him like you would talk to us," Ino comforted.

"Who is he?"

"He's—"

"Hey Hinata-chan! Ino-san! TenTen-san!"

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Author's Note: So yea, in this chapter, Ino's like the comforter of the group. There was some drama, but there will be way better soon! And a but load of fluff in the NEXT chapter!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I love writing fluff!!!!

REVIEW!!!