( 4 Years Later)
Sakura Haruno got up today, her first day as a ninja.
She had been living alone the whole time, everyone she was related to had left after the Kyuubi attack or had been killed. She read the things she could find in the library, and practiced taijutsu on her own time.
She joined the ninja academy, and didn't talk a lot. Only talking when she needed to, which was mostly only to two girls named Hinata and Ino. Hinata didn't pry into her life, and didn't talk much but she tried to spend as little time as possible with Ino. That girl talked a lot, and because Sakura was friendly, Ino took to trying to hang out with her. She didn't want anyone to know of her past, and always declined to hang out after school. Though, that never stopped Ino from chattering away to her at school when they sat beside each other, at which Sakura would just nod her head.
'We'll become strong and then you can make a bunch of friends!' 'Yeah, but only when I become strong can I get close to anyone..'
She put on her forehead protector as a headband, and let her bangs frame her face. She wore a red, v-neck t-shirt that had a white line going down the middle. She wore black spandex shorts that covered her thighs. They had white lining on the bottom and on her sides. On the bottom of her sides, connected with the white lines were circles. The back of her shirt also had a white circle. She wore back, fingerless gloves and ninja sandals that reached the middle of her calves. She still had the cherry blossom necklace on, since she wasn't going to be training until the afternoon. She put on her pouch, that held some weapons and headed out.
This was her first day as a ninja, the day after the genin exams. She had passed easily, and was walking towards the academy to receive her team.
A shout broke her concentration.
"Hey you! Look at me, I'm a ninja! Believe it!" A boy with brighter blonde hair then Aya came running towards her, pointing at his headband, that showed he was a ninja of the village.
Sakura smiled, "That's nice." She nodded her head at him and turned to walk away.
"Hey, why aren't you glaring at me?" His voice made her stop once again.
She turned back to him and saw his face mirroring hers in confusion. "Why would I be? Do I know you?"
"You.. You don't think I'm a monster?" He was grinning at her hugely.
"No.." 'Why would you be a monster?'
"That's great! Now if I become Hokage, everyone will feel the way you do!" He pumped his fist in the air.
She smiled and waved her hand at him. "I have to go now. Just don't let what people think of you get to your head okay? Things get easier if you believe in yourself." She turned around and kept walking.
"I will!" He hollered at her, and dashed past her quickly.
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Sakura entered the classroom to see about half the class already there. She walked on the side of the class, surveying everyone in the room.
She sat down next to Sasuke Uchiha, choosing him since she saw he wasn't the talkative type.
'Che, annoying. Another girl to cling onto me.'
Sasuke thought.
But, being Sakura, she basically ignored him staring at the front of the room her face cradled in her palm.
She wasn't the type to have crushes, only knowing friendship and her parent's love for one another. Though she was knowledgeable, she was completely clueless to those types of things. And so, she never had a crush on him, not wanting to be close to anyone.
A random girl shouted across the room, "She took the seat next to Sasuke-kun! It's first come, first serve!"
Sakura however, didn't know that the girls were all yelling at her, taking the commotion for excitement to be a ninja.
"HEEEEY!" The blonde boy she saw earlier that day stood right next to her grinning.
She flinched startled and ended up bonking her head on Sasuke's head.
"Ow.." Sakura rubbed her head. She turned to Sasuke worried. "Are you alright, sorry."
Sasuke, trying to resist rubbing his head to ease the pain stared at her. "Hn." 'At least I know she would rather hurt me then hug me. It's about time someone stopped sucking up to me all day.'
Sakura turned back to the blonde boy. "Hello." 'Great .. He thinks we're friends, it doesn't matter, as long as I'm not on his team I won't have to talk to him.'
"This is great! We can be on the same team together and everything! Wouldn't that be great, huh?"
Sakura tried to think of something to say but Sasuke cut in. "Who would want to be on the same team as you dobe?"
"What did you say?" He glared at the boy sitting next to Sakura.
"Hn, does being a dobe affect your hearing?" Sasuke answered, looking at him blankly.
He huffed and looked back at Sakura. "Don't mind that teme! I'm Naruto by the way, Naruto Uzumaki! Believe it!"
Sakura smiled at him, "I'm Sakura Haruno."
"Sakura-chan, I want to be on the same team as you!"
"I guess.. " Sakura answered unsurely. 'I don't want to be near anyone I know. They'll just get hurt like everyone else .'
"Don't you get it dobe, no one wants to be on the same team as you." Sasuke said rudely.
Naruto sat on the desk part in front of Sasuke and held a glaring contest with him.
Ino yelled from across the classroom. "Naruto! Stop staring at Sasuke-kun."
"Humph, everything is always about Sasuke. What's so great about him anyways?" Naruto muttered to himself.
Ino, who got even more angry yelled again. "Sasuke-kun! Just beat him up already."
A girl, who was a fan girl screamed, "YEAH!"
A boy then, bumped into Naruto's back as he talked to his friend. "What, for real?"
Naruto then fell forward, locking their lips in a kiss.
The two pulled away from each other, glaring and spitting repeatedly.
Sakura then smiled, again being clueless about relationships, and not seeing that they clearly disliked one another. "Wow.. I never knew you two were together! That's so sweet!" 'I thought you said people got together around their late teens, like our parents?' 'Late bloomers I guess?'
The girls in that class were shocked and some ended up fainting. Sakura heard someone say, "Troublesome. "
The two stared at Sakura.
"No, no! That was an accident Sakura-chan! An accident!" Naruto cried.
Sasuke seconded that with a "Hn."
Sakura tilted her head abit. "Then why would you kiss?"
Naruto pointed to the boy who sat in front of Sasuke. "He pushed me! I'm not with Sasuke, Sakura-Chan ! Believe it!"
"So your not together?" Sakura asked confusedly.
"Hn. No one would want to be with that dobe." Sasuke said, getting over the scene that just happened.
Naruto looked at the classroom and cowered in fear. The girls except for Sakura were all glaring and cracking their knuckles.
"Naruto..."
Naruto waved his hands in front of him. "I-it was an accident! An accident!"
They glared, "You. Are. Toast."
Sakura cut in, "Ah, it's not Naruto's fault. You see now that they kissed... um .. yeah! That's right! Sasuke has more experience for who he's going to be with forever!" Sakura said nodding, "Yeah, that's right."
Sasuke and Naruto stared at her in shock. "What! NO !"
The girls however didn't hear, getting over their anger and becoming smitten once again with Sasuke. "C'mon Sasuke, I have the experience to be with you."
"Hn."
Iruka, their sensei came in and settled everyone down.
"Starting today, you are all official ninjas, but... You are all still new Genin. It's going to get harder from here. You all will be in a group of three, where you will accomplish missions under a Jounin teacher."
'A group of three? I hope I'm not with those two boys or Ino or Hinata.'
Sakura thought, pursing her lips.
'If it's going to be a group of three, I'd rather have the girl be Sakura. Hn, at least it doesn't look like she's a fan girl.'
'First, Sakura-chan, then the other will be... I can live with anyone else as long as it's not Sasuke-
teme.'
Naruto thought to himself.
Iruka continued on to announce the teams. "Next, 7th group. Uzumaki Naruto."
This caught Naruto's attention, "Oh?"
"Haruno Sakura."
"Yeah!" Naruto pumped his fist in the air.
'I'm with Naruto...?' Sakura frowned.
"And Uchiha Sasuke."
Sakura let her face fall onto the desk.' Darn.. I'm with the both of them. Okay, as long as I keep my distance it'll be okay!'
"I'm with Sasuke...?" Naruto muttered to himself.
"Next, 8th group. Hyuuga Hinata. Inuzuka Kiba. Aburame Shino."
"Why does she get to be with him!" Ino asked, frustrated.
"Next, 9th group."
Sakura turned around to face them. "I'm sorry Ino, I hope your not mad at me."
Ino waved her hand, "It's not your fault. It's sensei's fault!"
Shikamaru lifted his head up from the desk. "Why do girls like such a guy anyway?"
Ino answered for him, "Don't you even know that, Shikamaru?"
"I'm not a girl." He replied.
"That's why your not popular. I wouldn't want to team up with a guy like you."
Sakura frowned, "Why not? He's very smart isn't he? Shikamaru seems like a nice guy."
The corner of his lips lifted abit, "Thanks Sakura but don't bother. No one will ever be good enough except for Sasuke-kun."
"10th group. Yamanaka Ino. Nara Shikamaru."
"No!" Ino shouted.
Shikamaru smirked, "Looks like you have to team up with me."
"And… Akimichi Chouji. Alright, that's it for the groups."
Naruto stood on top of the desk, "Iruka-sensei! Why is a top-student like me in a group with this guy?"
Iruka sighed, "Sasuke graduated with the highest scores. And you, Naruto, had the worst scores. This happens because we want to evenly divide the abilities between the groups."
Sasuke turned towards Naruto. "Don't pull my leg blockhead."
"What did you say?"
"You want to fight blockhead?"
"Blockhead? Why you.."
Sakura stood between them, and pushed Naruto back into his chair. "There's no reason to fight you guys.."
Iruka clapped his hands together. "I'm going to introduce the Jounin teachers in the afternoon. Meeting adjourned until then!"
