AN: Hi again!! This is h3rshy as you know. Now, I want to thank all of the people that either reviewed, favorited, or put this story on alert. Since this is my very first story, that makes me really happy. So, thanks. Now, on with the story! Here's chapter 2 of 'Not the Only One'! Enjoy!!
KEY:
'thoughts' - These are just any thoughts that any character could make, though they're mainly Sakura's
'thoughts' - These are just any thoughts that any demon could make, though they're mainly... someone's. I don't want to spoil the story too much.
"Talking" - Just normal talking
Sakura walked into the room. There were many children sitting around the classroom. Apparently, Sakura had interrupted a speech because everyone was looking at her. She stared at them for a minute then looked around for the teacher. She saw him at the front of the room and walked toward him.
The teacher had brown hair that was styled up in a spiky ponytail. He had warm chocolate eyes and had a scar across the bridge of his nose. He had his hiate-ate around his forehead. He was wearing a dark blue shirt with a green flak jacket over it. On his lower half, he wore a pair of dark blue pants that stopped mid-shin. He also wore dark blue shinobi sandals with bandages that covered the rest of his shins. He looked at her curiously until he saw the note held in her hand. Sakura gave it to him then looked at the class.
"Okay, class. As you can see, we have a new student here with us today. I'm Umino Iruka, Sakura. Can you introduce yourself to the class?" Iruka asked.
"Hai, Iruka-sensei," Sakura mumbled. She turned towards the class. "Ohayo minna. Watashi wa Haruno Sakura desu ka. I'm 11 years old and was born in Iwagakure. I like strawberries, training with my otou-san, reading about jutsus, and I like running a lot. I dislike vegetables, getting up in the morning, fanboys, and fangirls. My hobbies are my likes and I like to pull pranks once in a while. And my dream is to become a famous and successful kunoichi. Do you have any questions?"
A hand rose up in the back. Iruka called on the boy and said his name, which was Nara Shikamaru. He had dark brown hair and sleepy eyes. His hair was pulled up like Iruka-sensei's except it looked more like a pineapple. He was wearing a light green shirt with green lining. It was open at the front to show his black fishnet shirt underneath. He had brown shorts and bandages around his thigh to hold his kunai pouch up. He was wearing the standard blue shinobi sandals. "Is your hair naturally pink?" he asked.
Sakura sighed. She knew she would get this question. "Yes, my hair is naturally pink," she said putting extra emphasis on the is.
"Why is your hair pink?!" yelled a boy from the front row. He had sunny yellow hair and cerulean eyes. He had three whisker like marks on each cheek. He was wearing a bright orange jumpsuit with a red swirl on the back. He had his kunai pouch where it was supposed to be and had the blue shinobi sandals. His name is Uzumaki Naruto. Sakura heard a disbelieving snort in her head. She wondered what was wrong with the voice in her mind.
"Because it just is," Sakura retorted. She heard a few chuckles go around the room.
Sakura heard a voice in the back of the room. "Huh, I think I like this girl." It was a boy with messy chocolate brown hair. He had two red triangles on each side of his cheek and had a white puppy in his gray jacket. He was wearing dark brown shorts with the kunai pouch where it was supposed to be. The boys name is Inuzuka Kiba. She inwardly squealed. The puppy was just so cute! It was completely white except for the brown ear tips. She always felt comfortable around canines, be it wolves, dogs, or puppies.
"Who does she think she is? Acting all high and mighty saying, 'I dislike fanboys and fangirls," a voice from the second row came up. Sakura whipped her head towards the girl. She had pastel blond hair that was up in a high ponytail with a strip in front of her face and baby blue eyes with no pupils. She was wearing a purple turtleneck shirt with the sleeves cut off. It had a flap on the front that came off the turtleneck and had three metal rings on the side. The shirt stopped just below her ribcage and had bandages wrapping around her stomach. She had a skirt that was the same shade of purple that had slits up both sides and bandages wrapping around her thighs. She had white arm warmers that had a purple strip on each side. Finally, she had dark blue shinobi sandals. The girl's name is Yamanaka Ino. She had an annoyed expression on her face and kept glancing at a boy in the front row.
The boy had dark blue/black hair and was styled to look like a chicken's butt. Sakura giggled a little at this. He had onyx eyes and had a stoic look on his face. Based on the number of girls that kept looking at him, Sakura guessed that he was the village heartthrob and at the age of 11! He was wearing a dark blue shirt with a high wide collar that had a red and white fan of the back. He had on white shorts with the kunai pouch and dark blue shinobi sandals. His name is Uchiha Sasuke and, if Sakura remembered correctly, was the only surviving member of the Uchiha clan except for his brother.
"I think I'm Haruno Sakura and I hate fanboys and fangirls because they annoy the crap out of you. Judging by the way you keep glancing, along with almost every other girl, at a certain boy, I guess that you're a fangirl. No wonder you dislike me," Sakura said. She started chuckling at the girl's expression. Then out right laughing. All the young boys in the classroom were entranced by her laughter. To them, it sounded like bells chiming. Sakura soon stopped and looked at the girl. She was red with rage. Ino was getting up and was about to yell at her when Iruka interrupted her.
"Okay, so that's it for the questions. Now, Sakura. I want you to sit next to Hinata. Hinata, please raise your hand," Iruka requested.
A girl in the back shyly raised her hand. Sakura looked at her. She had dark blue hair that was cut at an angle so it was longer in front and shorter in the back with a small flick at the end. Her bangs covered her forehead and had two long bangs that framed her face. She was wearing a thick tan jacket with fur at the bottom and two puff balls that hung from a tan string at the collar. She was wearing black pants that stopped at the middle of her shins with the kunai pouch on her thigh. The girl was wearing deep blue shinobi sandals.
Sakura walked up to her and saw Hinata slowly turn red in the face.
'Hmm… I wonder what's wrong… She's turning red. Maybe she has a fever?'
"Hi, I'm Sakura. Who are you?" Sakura asked.
"I-I-I-I'm Hi-hi-Hinata," she stuttered quietly.
"Well Hinata-san, I hope that we can be friends," Sakura said. She smiled and Hinata turned even more red in the face.
'Did I say something wrong?! I just said I wanted to be friends!!'
"Hinata-san? Did I say something wrong? 'Cause if I did, then I'm really-" Sakura got cut off.
"I-I-it's o-okay, S-S-S-Sakura-san. A-And pl-pl-please j-j-just c-c-call m-me H-Hinata," Hinata requested.
"Okay then, Hinata-chan!" Sakura exclaimed happily. Hinata smiled and looked at Iruka-sensei.
The rest of the day went by with no mishaps. Lunch came by pretty quickly. Sakura and Hinata were pretty fast friends. They decided to sit by the only cherry blossom tree on the grounds. They were talking about Sakura's home schooling and Hinata's family when someone came up to them.
Sakura looked up to find Ino standing there. She had three other girls around her who Sakura recognized as Ami, Nem, and Takako. They were the top four Sasuke fangirls. They always screeched out answers whenever Iruka-sensei called on them. It hurt Sakura's incredibly sensitive ears.
"Yes?" Sakura asked with a bored look. "If you want something, tell me. 'Cause I'm trying to eat my bento."
"Ugh!! You are such a …a… brat!" Ino yelled.
"Well, you are a pig," Sakura said calmly. "Huh. That's a nice nickname. Ino-pig… yeah… I'm gonna call you that from now on, got it?"
"WHAT?!?! I AM NOT A PIG!! Kami, you are so annoying, FOREHEAD-GIRL!" Ino screamed.
"What did you call me?" Sakura hissed. She absolutely hated that name.
"You heard me, Forehead-girl!" Ino answered.
"Pig, you are going down!" Sakura screamed and tackled Ino to the ground. Ino squeaked in surprise and yanked on Sakura's hair. Sakura grunted and punched Ino the stomach. The breath left Ino and she stumbled. By then, their fight had gotten a rather large crowd and most people were chanting, "Fight, Fight, Fight!" Ino got back up and the two girls were circling each other. Sakura drew a kunai from her pouch and launched it at Ino. She barely dodged it and gained a scratch on her pudgy cheek. Ino threw a few shuriken at Sakura. However, they never made it to their target because they were deflected by Iruka's kunai. He had jumped in between the two.
"SAKURA, INO!!" he yelled. The two flinched. "IN THE CLASSROOM, NOW!!"
'Great. I got into a fight on the first day of school. Isn't mum and dad going to be happy?' Sakura thought desolately. She gave an apologizing look to Hinata and walked after Iruka.
"Just what were you two thinking?!" Iruka asked them when they got to the classroom.
"Sensei, Sakura started it!" Ino blamed.
"What?! You were the one who was all up in my face in the first place! You didn't even tell me what you wanted!" Sakura shot at her.
"BE QUIET!" Iruka commanded. They both shut their mouths. By this time, all the students were back in the classroom. "Now, because of this stunt, the whole class will have to perform Henge no Jutsu!" The whole class groaned.
"Now, form a line," he said. The whole class did as was told and Sasuke was first.
"Transform perfectly into me!" Iruka said.
"Henge no Jutsu!" Sasuke said. In a poof of smoke, there was a perfectly transformed Iruka where Sasuke once stood.
"Perfect. Go to the end of the line, Sasuke," Iruka said. Sasuke just grunted.
"Sakura! You're up next!" Iruka yelled.
"Fine, fine. Kami, this is so boring," Sakura whined. She walked up and stood in front of Iruka.
"HENGE NO JUTSU!" she yelled. In a big poof of smoke, where once stood Sakura, was a comical Iruka. He had fish lips and a stupid look on his face. He was about a foot shorter and was rather… chubby. Sakura dispelled the jutsu and fell to the ground laughing. She started rolling around and banging her fists on the ground.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Oh my god!!! My stomach hurts! HAHA!!!" Sakura laughed.
"OH MY GOD!!" Naruto and Kiba burst out laughing. Sakura heard Hinata giggling and the rest of the class was either 1) on the ground laughing, 2) giggling, or 3) chuckling. Some were doing none of that and just watching them stoically.
Iruka was red in the face but he said nothing. He was smiling on the inside because of how well Sakura was fitting in with the rest of the class. He soon sighed, though. If Sakura kept this up, she would be friends with Naruto and Kiba in no time. Those two were the class troublemakers.
'Just what I need. Three troublemakers… Kami help me this year.
The rest of the year went by quickly. There were instances when the whole class had a repeat of what happened when Sakura first came there. Naruto, Kiba, and Sakura did a lot of pranks during that time. Naturally, they all became good friends. When Hinata joined the group, the pranking toned down a little due to her innocent nature, but never really stopped.
Today's the day of graduation. Sakura was just getting up out of bed. If you remember correctly, she absolutely hates getting up, so there was a lot of cursing, grumbling, and crashing noises coming out of her bedroom. She finished up in the bathroom and went to her closet to get her outfit for the day. She decided that she would have a new training outfit. She was wearing a black and red striped t-shirt with a black fishnet long-sleeved shirt underneath. Then she has on black shorts that ends one inch above her knees. She has on the same chocker with the bell and the same gloves. On her head, she was wearing a hat that pulled up on the corners to look like cat or dog ears. The hat was black with a red 'X' shape in the right corner and had three silver rings on the left, like Ino's outfit. Her hair was down and had one small braid. To keep the braid together, she had a small 'X' shaped barrette holding it together.
Sakura walked down the stairs and sat down with her parents for breakfast.
"So are you excited, Sakura?" Michiko asked with a gentle smile.
"Of course! I waited all year for this day!" Sakura replied. She really hoped to be put on a team with either Naruto, Kiba, or Hinata but she knew that the chances would be slim. The went through a lot together. Just yesterday, Sakura and Kiba helped Naruto paint the Hokage mountain. Hinata just sighed. She doesn't help in the pranks because of her father. They all got caught and were tied up together in the front of the class. The punishment was to do a Henge no Jutsu. When Naruto went up, he did the Orioke no Jutsu and Iruka fell backwards with a nosebleed.
"Well, it is a big day to be excited about. My little girl is going to be a kunoichi!" Yuki exclaimed and got teary eyed. Michiko rolled her eyes at him. He was being overdramatic.
"Remember, we won't be there to congratulate you after school," Yuki reminded. "When you get home, we'll have a big dinner ready for you. Oh, and tell Naruto that he's invited, too. Even if he doesn't pass, which I highly doubt will happen, he's still invited." Yuki and Michiko had met Naruto and accepted him as part of the family. It's rare to ever see the two ever apart.
"Okay. I'll make sure that I'll be good today," Sakura promised. Sakura was always getting into fights with Ino. It was rare to ever have a day when they didn't fight.
"So, now that that's all cleared up, dig in! You have to be well fed to perform right!" Michiko said. Sakura dug into her chocolate chip pancakes. In the matter of a few moments, a whole stack of pancakes was gone. Sakura had a very big appetite. Like how Naruto was with ramen.
Sakura pulled on her open toed boots that ended at her knees. "Bye mum! Bye dad!" Sakura called out to her parents and left the house. She was walking down the main road when she saw Ino walk out of her house.
'Ugh, it's Ino-pig,' Sakura thought.
'Maybe you should race her. See if she's gotten better at all,' the voice in her head said.
'Maybe I should…Bet I could beat her. All she does is fawn over Sasuke. She doesn't train at all! She just wears makeup and that hideous perfume! Ugh, the smell is horrible!! It makes my nose hurt just thinking about it.'
'I know, child. The smell hurts me, too. As I said before, you should race her and see her expression when she loses.'
'That's a wonderful idea.'
"Hey, Ino-pig," Sakura greeted as Ino walked up to her. They started walking towards the academy.
"Heh, forehead-girl. I don't even know why you're going to class today. You're gonna fail," Ino remarked.
"Yeah right. The person that's gonna fail is you, Ino," Sakura retorted. She started walking faster and inwardly smirked when she saw Ino do the same. Sakura went faster and Ino matched her step for step. Soon, they were flat out running to the academy. Sakura, of course, was holding back. When they were near the academy, Sakura went even faster and reached the classroom first. She was there for about a minute as she waited for Ino to catch up.
"What took so long, pig?" she asked. She wasn't even slightly out of breath.
"You…cheated!" Ino panted out.
"No, I just held back so I could see your face when you lose!" Sakura laughed. She walked into the classroom and spotted Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata sitting together. They had all gotten pretty close during the year.
"Hey guys!" Sakura greeted. She hugged Hinata and bumped knuckles with Kiba and Naruto.
"Hey Sak. So are you pumped up for graduation?" Kiba asked using Sakura nickname.
"Who wouldn't? I mean, today's the day that we start to really become ninjas!" Naruto yelled.
"Oh Naruto. My parents wanted to invite you over for a congratulatory dinner. You comin'?" Sakura asked.
"Of course I'll come! I have nothing else to do," Naruto answered.
"How 'bout you guys?" Sakura questioned Hinata and Kiba.
"Can't. Clan dinner," was all Kiba said.
"I-I-I-I c-c-can't c-come ei-either. M-my f-f-family h-has a-a m-meeting th-th-that I-I ha-have t-to at-attend," came Hinata's broken answer. She looked down in sadness.
"Aww. It's alright Hinata! You can come over any time! You're always welcome at my house!" Sakura consoled. It's true. Kiba, Hinata, and Naruto all met Sakura's parents and Yuki and Michiko were ecstatic that Sakura had made so many friends so soon. Michiko absolutely loves Hinata and Yuki was happy that he's not always the only man in the house.
"Okay class!! Today's graduation time! We will be performing the Bunshin no Jutsu! We'll call you up in alphabetical order!" Iruka called. "Aburame, Shino! You're up first!"
"Ugh…This is gonna take a while," Sakura whined. She jumped up on the desk and laid down.
"WHAT?!?! We have to do the Bunshin?! I suck at that!" Naruto yelled.
"Dude! Calm down! You can't be that bad," Kiba said.
"H-h-he's r-r-r-right N-N-Naruto-kun. Y-y-you c-c-can't b-b-be th-th-that b-bad," Hinata consoled.
"No your wrong! I'm absolutely horrible at this jutsu!" Naruto yelled.
"Will you shut up, dobe!" Sasuke yelled at Naruto across the room.
"No you shut up, teme!" Naruto yelled back.
"Dobe!"
"Teme!"
"Dobe!"
"Teme!"
"DOBE!"
"TEME!"
This kept on going until Sakura finally lost her patience.
"SHUT UP!!!!"roared Sakura. Everybody jumped. They all knew about Sakura's furious temper. "Thank you," Sakura said and laid back down.
"Next, Haruno Sakura!" Iruka called.
"UGH!!! I just laid down!" she whined.