The Silver Rose
Chapter 2-Introduction
Disclaimer: Nope, I do not own any of the characters or setting portrayed in this fic, or the manga/anime Naruto… blah blah blah all the good stuff.
Warnings: Language and some sexual references. But that's all… for now ;)
"No. Way." Sakura stated, glaring at her mom. "Don't even think about it."
"Oh come on Sakura, it would look gorgeous on you!" Her mother exclaimed, holding up the long floral dress. Sakura gave it the once over before wrinkling her face in disgust.
"Mom. That's the type of dress cousin Yuki would wear. She's five." Sakura replied, internally sighing at her Mom's mediocre fashion sense.
Sakura's mom put the dress back with disappointed. "Alright honey. But you have to buy something today. It's your first day before school!"
Oh right. School. Sakura cringed at the thought of returning to that place. Sitting in a classroom all day wasn't fun, and neither was having people whisper behind your back about your pink hair. Seriously, pink hair really isn't that big of a deal.
The only reason Sakura put up with school was because of her friends. They were the sole reason Sakura went.
"Whatever, let's check out some other stores." Sakura replied nonchalantly, exiting the store. As Sakura walked around the mall with her loquacious mom, she suddenly felt a vibration in her back pocket. She picked up her phone to find that she had a text from none other than her best friend, Ino.
Ino: Hey gurrrrl. You excited for school tomorrow? ;D
Ino was a lot of things. You couldn't just sum her up in a few words. She had long, glossy blond hair and ocean blue eyes that could just mesmerize you. She was always concerned about her weight, therefore making her as skinny as an Olsen twin. But if there was one thing she strived to be, it was popular.
Whenever Ino sat near someone popular in a class, she would try to engage in conversation. She would always try to keep up with the latest trends in fashion, even if they were completely ridiculous. If she didn't have time to put on her makeup and fix her hair before school, then she would just go late. And of course, Ino was thoroughly obsessed with Uchiha Sasuke.
Ino would talk about Sasuke before school, after school, hell she'd even pass notes to Sakura during class to talk about him. Sasuke was the one thing all popular girls united over. Every single one of them has tried to get with him, getting pulled in by his mysterious aurora. That jet black hair that stood up so perfectly, his gleaming pale skin…
"Sakura! How about this shirt?" Sakura's mom exclaimed in excitement, pulling Sakura out of her revere. Sakura turned her eyes in boredom to the shirt her mom was pointing at. As her eyes focused on it, they widened in shock.
"Wow Mom, this is actually cute!" Sakura said, turning to the side to look at it from a different angle. The shirt was a long, purple v-neck with sleeves. It Sakura's opinion, it was pretty damn nice.
As her Mom went up to the cashier with the shirt, Sakura decided to reply to Ino's text.
Sakura: Not at all. When is Thanksgiving break again?
A mere few seconds after Sakura pressed send, her phone vibrated once again. Ino had unbelievable fast texting skills. She was like the texting Guru.
Ino: In like, ten weeks but does it matter? We can get ourselves some hunky boyfriends! ;)
Sakura: Naa, I think I'll pass. Besides, aren't you into that Sasuke guy?
Ino: That Sasuke guy?!?! What an insult! Of course I am! How can you not be? :O
Sakura: Have you ever even talked to him? Why don't you go for someone you actually know?
Ino: I don't need to talk to him! He's already perfect just the way he is. I mean, have you seen a guy more perfect that him?! He's like, the pure definitions of perfectness!
Sakura: Wow Ino. But what if he ends up being a total douche bag?
Ino: It doesn't matter! His hotness would make up for it!
"Sakura let's go!" Sakura's mom called from the store exit. Sakura quickly texted Ino a "G2g, bye." then followed her mom out.
Sakura spent her night searching her closet. Should she wear jeans with that shirt tomorrow? No, that might be too plain. Then what about shorts? No way, it's too cold for that.
In the end, Sakura decided to settle for dark blue skinny jeans to wear with her purple top tomorrow. Not too boring, but not too slutty either. Sakura turned to stare at her reflection in the mirror.
Maybe this will finally be the year I find someone. Sakura thought to herself as she ran her fingers through her long pink locks. She suddenly heard a scream and her head shot toward her window. It was pitch black, but Sakura knew it came from the forest. Strange sounds always came from there.
Sakura remembered rumors of ghosts living in there, but the screams were probably just kids fooling around. She had never been in there herself, but she had dreams about it. She would be chasing her puppy (who is now a lazy old dog) around the forest, and then someone would attack her. But somehow, a beautiful figure would always come to the rescue.
Sakura's eyes moved towards the silver rose lying in a vase near her window sill. She remembered waking up one morning many years ago and finding that next to her. Her parents freaked out, but somehow, it made Sakura peaceful. Ever since then it has been lying in her room, never withering.
Sakura's thoughts drifted towards possible scenarios of how she could have gotten the silver rose. Maybe there was someone out there watching her. Sakura didn't know if she should be freaked out or pleased… pleased that there was someone who cared about her out there.
Ring. Ring. RING. Sakura groaned as her hand smashed the alarm clock. She turned her head to look at the time, her eyes half closed. It was only 7, she could sleep in for just a little more...
"SAKURA WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!? WAKE UP!!" A voice yelled from the door. Wow, has Mom ever heard of the word relax? Sakura thought to herself as she groggily got up and glanced at her clock once again. See it was only 7:30, what's got Mom pmsing all of a sudden…
"HOLY SHIT IT'S 7:30" Sakura yelled as she jumped out of bed and rushed to the bathroom. She could hear her Mom scolding her as she brushed her teeth, but there was really no time to be yelled at for the fact that she had to leave in half an hour. And for a girl, getting ready in 30 minutes is just plain impossible.
"Mom get my clothes!" Sakura yelled as she washed her face. She could hear scuffling noises in the background and quickly popped in her contacts. Her mom admired the shirt for a second then put it on the bed. She looked at the skinny jeans with disgust, and put an extremely short denim skirt with the shirt instead.
"I'll get your breakfast ready!" Sakura's mom shouted over her shoulder as she ran downstairs. Sakura nodded as she quickly stripped off her pajamas and tossed on her clothes. She ran a brush through her hair a couple of times, put her makeup on quickly but carefully, and then ran downstairs after her mom.
"We were out of everything else so I got you this." Sakura's mom muttered, pointing at the high-sugar Lucky Charms on the table in front of her. Sakura's mom hated feeding Sakura anything with a lot of sugar or carbs, as she was extremely overprotective of making sure that Sakura maintains her weight. Sakura gobbled down her cereal then rushed out the door to her Mini Cooper.
"Have a great day honey!" Sakura's mom called from the door, waving. Sakura waved back then pulled out of the drive way.
"Look at you!" Ino exclaimed as Sakura walked towards Ino at their usual meeting spot. "Going for that sexy look huh?"
"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked tiredly as she looked down at herself. All she was wearing was the top she bought yesterday and skinny jeans… wait a minute, why is she wearing a skirt? A skirt that definitely does not pass the dress code?
"The fuck?" Sakura yelled, noticing her absence of jeans. "How could I have not noticed what I put on? I can't believe my mom would actually switch my clothes like that!"
Ino giggled. "I can. You look hot! Come on, let's go say hi to people." Ino said as she dragged Sakura away, ignoring Sakura's protests.
"Hey Hinata!" Ino called across the courtyard to their friend, Hinata, who was standing alone. Hinata was another one of Sakura's best friends, and she was also the sweetest person on earth. Hinata was extremely shy around strangers, which tended to make people think they could take advantage of her. But luckily, Sakura and Ino were always by Hinata's side.
Even though Hinata was pretty shy, she was still a ton of fun. And she was loyal. She would always be the first to forgive someone, no matter how much damage they did. And Hinata didn't try to get with the popular clique, much to Sakura's pleasure.
"Hey guys." Hinata said with a smile, waving to them. Her long raven black hair was let open, and her bangs went down across her face. "I uh, I like your skirt Sakura."
"Thanks." Sakura muttered, while Ino erupted into laughter. "Do any of you guys have Kakashi for homeroom?"
"I do!" Hinata said, her face lighting up.
"Cool." Sakura said, staring around at her surroundings and feeling oddly self-conscious of her skirt. She tried pulling it down to make it longer, but it would barely go down to her thighs. "Hey Hinata, do you have any pants I could borrow?"
"No, I'm sorry Sakura." Hinata replied. Sakura noticed Hinata blushing at something behind her and was about to turn to see what it is when a voice yelled, "SAKURA!!! What the hell are you wearing?!?!"
"Baka." Sakura muttered, trying to ignore all the stares her very short skirt was now getting. She turned to glare at her other best friend, Uzamaki Naruto.
Unlike her other friends, Naruto was one of the most popular guys in school. But then again, that could be because he's best friends with the Uchiha Sasuke. Even though the two seemed like the least likely pair of people to be best friends, they were. They were rivals in everything they did, and always started these competitions. They never officially started them; they would just look at each other and know that it's on.
Naruto was the goofy friend that could make everyone laugh. He had this blond spiky hair and somehow had whiskers (Wtf?) on his face. He was rarely ever serious, which meant that he took nothing seriously. Including his schoolwork. But there were those rare time when someone would hurt a friend of his, and he would become instantly angry and somewhat frightening. It would be as though there was a monster inside of him.
However, before Sasuke, Naruto wasn't always popular. And that's how he became friends with Sakura. Well, back then they weren't exactly "friends". Naruto would always flirt with Sakura and try to get with her, but Sakura would always reject him. They gradually grew to become friends, and even stayed friends when Naruto's popularity went shooting up the ranks. And once a couple years ago Sakura tried to give Naruto a shot and went out with him, but it only lasted a couple of days; let's just say that it didn't work out so great.
Naruto never liked Ino that much because since he was a popular guy, she would always try to flirt with him. And before he started hanging out with Sasuke, Ino would make fun of him. Naruto and Hinata were friendly with each other though. But for some reason, Hinata would get especially nervous whenever Naruto was there.
As Naruto walked up to join them, grinning, Sakura shot him a glare of pure death. "Naruto you idiot, you didn't have to get the whole school's attention."
"You would have gotten their attention without me anyways Sakura! You look like a Karin wanna-be."
Sakura hit Naruto on the shoulder and practically yelled, "I do not look like a Karin wanna-be! My stupid mom switched my clothes this morning, so I'm going to try to change my skirt as soon as I can."
"But why Sakura? You look hot!" Naruto retorted, rubbing his shoulder. He was somehow completely oblivious to the look of pure disappointment and sadness Hinata was now wearing.
Deciding to ignore his comment, Sakura asked, "Who do you have for homeroom?"
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto said with a grin. "I'm so lucky I have that lazy ass perv!"
"What the hell, you all have Kakashi except me!" Ino pouted. "Guess I have to walk to class alone."
At that moment the bell rang, leaving Sakura, Naruto, and Hinata to walk to homeroom. Sakura noticed that whenever Naruto would talk to Hinata or look at her, she would start stuttering a bunch and go really red. Maybe it was time to get the old Sakura match maker out.
"See ya guys later!" Naruto called as he walked to sit with his other friends on the other side of the room. Sakura noticed Sasuke was sitting there, looking extremely bored. She also noticed Hinata's eyes following Naruto as he ran up to Sasuke.
"Hey Hinata, do you like Naru-"Sakura started, but at that precise moment the bell rang, signaling the beginning of class. Although this really didn't change anything in Kakashi's class, considering he was always at least 10 minutes late. Sakura was about to continue her interrogation of Hinata when a certain youthful teen in a green jumpsuit bounced his way over to Sakura.
"Hello Sakura! I missed you very very much over the summertime of youth!" Lee said. Sakura gave Lee a once over and could tell from his choice of clothing and bowl hair cut, this year he wasn't any different.
"Hello Lee." Sakura muttered back, opening her notebook to make it look as though she was busy. Lee started going on and on about his summer and how much he missed Sakura while she pretended to be focusing on her notebook. Hinata sat there lazily, her eyes occasionally wandering over towards the blond hottie. Lee was about to ask Sakura out for the thousandth time when Kakashi walked in, his head hidden behind a book that read, "Make out Paradise."
"Kakashi-sensei what are you doing here so early? It's only been five minutes!" Naruto called from the back corner of the room. Kakashi grabbed a piece of paper from his desk and replied, with his head still immersed in the book, "Tsunade told me I have to be stricter this year, so everyone get up. We have a seating chart."
The class slowly got up, grumbling. As Kakashi finally put down his book to glare at them all for their lack of speed, the class hurried to the front of the room.
"Alright over here is Shino…" Kakashi called, and started pointing to their seats and calling out their names. Sakura crossed her fingers, hoping for a seat next to Hinata or Naruto. The chairs were designed so that two people were directly next to each other.
"I hope I get to sit next to Sasuke." A girl behind Sakura whispered to her friend, and they both giggled. Sakura rolled her eyes as Kakashi called out "Sakura, you sit right…here."
Kakashi pointed to a seat directly in the back, right next to none other than Sasuke. Sasuke was staring off into space with his chin resting on his hands. He didn't seem to give a damn about who he sat next to.
Sakura could feel the eyes of almost every girl in class glaring at her, and couldn't help herself blushing from embarrassment. She sat down and opened up her handy dandy notebook to avoid all of the staring eyes. She didn't get what the big deal was- it was assigned seating, it's not like Sasuke walked over and sat next to her.
Fortunately, Naruto got seated right in front of them. After Kakashi seated everyone, he went up to the classroom and lazily started explaining school rules. Naruto would turn back and try to talk to Sasuke and Sakura, but Kakashi would always catch him, and he'd throw a pen at Naruto. This cycle continued throughout the rest of homeroom. When the bell rang, Kakashi almost sprinted towards his, "Make out Paradise" book and buried himself in it once again.
"Cya later!" Naruto called to Sakura and Hinata as he walked down the hallway in the opposite direction of them. They both waved goodbye (Hinata blushing of course) and proceeded down the other way. As they started reaching the end, they saw girls looking back over their shoulder and walking backwards in awe. Girls even started tripping over each other.
"What's going on?" Hinata asked, her face scrunched up in confusion.
"No idea." Sakura replied, straining her head around the masses of girls to try to get a better look. "What's the big deal?" When they got to the end of the hallway, however, her question was immediately answered.
Standing next to the double doors was a young adult who looked as though he was in his early 20's. He had long, black hair tied into a ponytail down his back and was wearing a navy blue pullover cashmere sweater, along with black skinny jeans. Sakura could hardly blame the girls for staring; the guy was a freaking god.
As Sakura stood gaping, she saw his head turn in her direction, and he smiled- at her. That's right, at her! For the second time that day, girls were staring Sakura down wishing her a painful death. And once again, Sakura was blushing.
Either she had met him before (which she doubted; I mean you would remember him if you've met him before right?), or he thought she was cute. Neither of the choices were likely, since she didn't remember him at all and the only guy who ever showed interest in her was Rock Lee… if he counts.
"What are you doing here?" A growling voice from behind came. Girls moved out of the way as an angry Sasuke came storming through the hall, right towards the beautiful figure himself. He smirked and then walked out, Sasuke following him. The students all stood still for a second staring at the door for a second, and then continued walking, gossiping rapidly.
Who was that guy? Using her common sense, Sakura reasoned that he was probably related to Sasuke. They both have extremely good looks, and their faces are almost identical. He was definitely too old to be his father, that's for sure.
Sakura suddenly remembered something Ino told her a couple of years ago. Something about Sasuke having a "hella hot" older brother that made her, "jizz in her pants". Sakura was guessing that this was probably the older brother. But even if he was, then why was he looking at her?
"Sakura, do you know him?" Hinata asked, staring at Sakura avidly. "Because it sure looks like he knows you."
"No…" Said Sakura, staring at the floor in deep concentration. "Maybe he mistook me for someone else, or maybe he was staring at someone behind me. Or maybe…" Sakura looked down at herself and noticed her skirt. It was as though a light bulb clicked on over her head.
"Damn mom!" Sakura yelled, and started storming down the hall. Hinata hurried after her, looking at the floor to avoid all the staring eyes.
Fortunately for Sakura, her teachers let her off with her mom's poor clothing choice (the skirt) because it was the first day of school. For once she found herself being stared at for something other than her odd pink hair. People probably thought she was trying to get attention, when what she really wanted was just the opposite.
The rest of the day passed by like any other day. The teachers introduced themselves, kids searched the whole school for their new classes, and their only homework was getting permission slips signed. The only thing that mildly interested Sakura was that when she saw Sasuke later that day, he looked thoroughly pissed and maybe a little bit… worried? Was it because of his brother?
Sakura was on her way to her car after school when a voice called, "Hey Sakura, wait up!" Sakura turned around to find Naruto running towards her, panting slightly. "What are you doing tonight?"
Sakura shrugged. "Probably just doing homework. Why?" Sakura looked at Naruto suspiciously.
Naruto laughed. "Doing homework on the first day of school? That has got to be a joke."
"Hey there are a lot of papers to get signed and crap to buy!" Sakura defended herself, getting slightly offended.
"Whatevs. Come to my house tonight, there's gonna be this killer party! And invite Hinata too. Cya tonight!" And with that Naruto waved and ran off. Sakura internally sighed and got into her car.
She should probably just stay home tonight and keep her mom company. But... Naruto did say to invite Hinata too. And this would be a good chance to get them together. Damn, what should she do?
In the end, Sakura decided on going to the party. Her mom could last for one night by herself, right? And besides, Hinata needed her help, and it was her obligation as Hinata's best friend to ensure her happiness! And it wouldn't kill to have some fun herself.
But there was one complication- just what would she wear…
A/N: This is my first SasuSaku fanfic, so I apologize for my poor writing skills! I love constructive criticism and reviews. Don't worry; I plan on making things a lot more interesting later on. Thanks for reading! :D