The healing of a Konoha Blossom Chapter 2, a naruto fanfic

The Healing of a Konoha Blossom

Chapter two

By: UchihaSanNin

Disclaimer- UchihaSanNin does not own Naruto.

"Hey. really? After five years, you sure as hell don't look any different, Sakura. Naruto seriously lied."

The words hit her like a brick wall, leaving her shell shocked for a moment or two.

Then:

"Just what the hell are you doing here?"

Naruto's voice. His loud voice snapped her out of her reverie, and she looked away from the Uchiha that stood behind her. "I'm studying, you dope. Something you should also be doing, before you fail your senior year."

Naruto smiled. "I was talking to Sasuke-Teme, but Thanks for the advice, Sakura-Chan. OI!!!" He hollered, raising a fist to the raven haired young man. "I was looking all over for you and here you are harassing the innocent!"

Sasuke cold onyx gaze seemed to trap and freeze her where she was. He stared down at her, not blinking. Just.....Staring. studying her. She turned away, and slammed her book.

Sakura stood up, throwing her book underneath the desk, and growled. "If you idiots are going to be loud and raise hell when I am trying to study for a test, then I guess I'll be the one leaving. Because, apparently, You aren't." She looked pointedly at the Uchiha, and Naruto seemed to lose his rambunctious attitude.

"Huh?" He looked from Sakura to Sasuke, with a confused expression on his face. "Uh....did....I Just miss something here....?"

In 1st Period.....

English

For some reason, Sasuke was in her english class. She could feel his eyes boring into the back of her skull, as if he wanted to melt her head off. She was getting really pissed teacher turned off all the lights, and turned on the overhead projector.

"Today's journal entry: I want at least two to three pages. No run ons. You already know what the deduction is for those....not counting spelling. no conjunctions. I want it turned in on my desk first thing after class." She ordered, and Sakura sighed.

This is going to be a looooong two hours, She thought to herself.

She (and everyone else in the class,) was able to write down anything in her journal she could think of. And at that moment, she couldn't think of anything (Anyone) but Sasuke. Before she knew it, She was thinking of how muh he grew; how long his bangs were, and marveling at how they seemed to brush his collarbone as he turned his head; how the muscle flexed in his neck, or the bicep in his arm, when he tightened his grip on his pen; the clench of that sensually angled jaw.

She remembered how he left this town without saying goodbye. Naruto knew everything about it. where he went, when he would go, and also, probably why he didn't say goodbye to her.

She remembered the way they hung out. They weren't like a couple. All three of them were seemingly inseperable. brothers and sister. They would stand up for her in a heart beat. She would do the same. Girls were always jealous of the pink haired girl, becuase they always saw her with Konoha school district's hottest and most wanted heart throb. But she didn't see him that way.

Back then, he was a gangly little boy of fourteen. funny, easy to talk to (with her) and always joking around with ehr or Naruto.

But today, He was a changed man. no longer a young boy, but a young, sexy, adolescant man, who obviously didn't have the same interest he had in the green eyed girl he had back then. Things change when you least expect it, She told herself.

She stopped thinking, and looked down at her paper.

A horrified gasp filled the air.

Everyone looked up. "Sakura-chan?" The teacher asked, "Is there something wrong?" throwing her a concerned stare.

"N-n-n-no, Misami-San, there's....there's nothing wrong.....I just...forgot to breath, I guess...." A giggle rose amongst the students, and she blushed. Her eyes, again, locked with Sasuke's. He seemed to see right through her.

She quickly looked back down at her paper. Youre telling me that I have been daydreaming about an ex-best friend, and I wrote everything down that I was thinking of?! What the fuck! you have to be kidding!!!!!!! She grimaced. Her inner self seemed to wilt like a flower, falling to the floor, and shrivel up and die.

Then, the bell rang, and she had no choice but to turn it in.

2nd Period

Advanced placement- History

"Okay. When I call you into groups, I want you to find your partners, and gather into a close circle. You will be working together for next semester's project."

Kurenai proceeded to call out the names loudly, for everyone to hear. As people moved around her, Sakura sulked. Now she's going to read my journal and wonder what's going on in my head.....I usually don't write about stuff like this! She screamed inwardly, and wanted to pull her hair out.

She sat up, hearing her name.

"Sakura....Sasuke....and Lee."

And she smacked her head on the table. She heard Lee's shout of glee, and the one word response that was suddenly the usual for a normally talkative Uchiha: "Hn."

3rd Period

Phisical Education

"AH!!!!!" Sakura stretched, and let all of her frustrations out with a sigh. "I am so glad to be away from those two........morons......" She had changed from her school uniform (Sailor Outfit) knee high socks and penny loafers, and into the blue bikini style gym shorts and white shirt, with white tennis shoes.

She proceeded to pull her hair up into a tight pony tail, as she came up to a mirror, until she saw someone familiar. There, back against the wall, to the rear of the gym, was Naruto. And beside him......And beside him....? It was Sasuke Uchiha.

".......?!"

Another girl, Ino Yamenaka, who was Sakura's best friend and enemy, saw her startled look. She slowly approached her friend, and her face slowly came into the mirror's reflective view. "Are you all right, foreheard?" She looked to where the Pinkette was staring, and saw the raven haired man. "M-mm." She shook her head. "Sakura, I know that the guy is hot, but aren't you taking it a little too far?"

"What?" She snapped, somehow coming out of the horrible shock she was in. "Oh that. Hell no. I don't like him that way. What are you talking about?"

"The hotness." She pointed a finger into the mirror. Sakura followed it, and saw the Uchiha staring right at them. Sakura blushed and growled. He wasn't wearing the traditional Gakuran. He now wore blue shorts, the same uniformic white t-shirt and white tennis shoes.

"I wish he would quit staring at me. It's annoying."

"It's probrably becuase you're doing the same to him!" The blonde exclaimed, crossing her arms. "I mean, why would he look at you? He already has that whore to do everything for him."

"...!" She gave Ino a scathing look, and rolled her eyes.

Then, a whistle rent through the air, and all the students stopped talking. Silence ensued.

"Game time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let the power of youth flow through you, my young students!" He blew the whistle once again, and threw a volley ball at a gang of students that was huddled into the corner.

They caught it, and their attention riveted to two sets of volleyball courts that seemed to go across the large expanse of the gym.

"I want four teams of eight. two teams on each court. one row of three in the front, at the net, a row of two in the middle, and a row of three in the back. Lets do it!"

Later--

Sakura was tired. The muscles in her thighs seemed to burn and scream ffor her to stop. Gai, being such a young enthusiast, made them do drills after every mistake. miss a ball, fifty laps. hit a ball over the side or rear bounderies, the whole team did two hundred situps. touch the net? Ball drills.

Everyone got a water break and sat down in the bleachers, gasping for breath. Sakura, red faced, coughed slightly, and leaned against Ino's hot shoulder. "Sakura," She murmured. "He's staring at you again....."

Sure enough, Sakura Haruno looked up, somehow knowing exactly where he was, only to see those twin onyx orbs seeming to burn into her own green ones.

Sakura let out an exhausted sigh as she opened the door to the dorm room. None of the students lived with their parents. This was home for another two weeks. The school that they all attended was a rather large private school, complete with dorms for the students to stay in. If the parents payed enough. Those who couldn't stomach being away from their doting parents, or those parents unable to be away from their kid, didn't stay long. The school was for studdents with a high GPA, and Sakura, was one of them. The reason she was here wasn't due to her parents pouring money into the school; it was becuase she won a scholarship.

She was a straight A student in grade and middle school. Naruto, believe it or not, made A B Honoroll, and that was good enough to scrape by in this place. Sasuke was just as good as she was. Even if he wasn't, he would still be in a school similiar to this one, due to his parents' social and financial status.

If Sakura's grades slipped.....even a point, she was outta there. She had absolutetly noroom for fualt. so all she did for the past five years was study. She didn't really have a social life, expecially after Sasuke left.

She sank down onto the large bed, and put her head on the pillow. She was too tired to think. fourth, fifth, and sixth periods were tomorrow, and thursday, so she had time to sleep, then do her homework later that night or earlier in the morning before fourth period. She closed her eyes, her thoughts turning to Sasuke, and she fell to sleep moments later.

the next day.....

4th Period

Trigonometry

"Ugh....." the muffled groan came out of the back of the class. Anko's creepy smile reached her ears, and everyone cringed, waiting for a thick metal ruler to be thrown across the room, aimed at the little traitor who couldn't control his mouth. Sakura stood at the dry-erase board, watching the smile broaden across the teacher's face, and she smiled nervously.

"That....is....correct...." Anko seemed to stew on the words before they came out. "You're so smart, Sakura-Chan!!!"

Sakura blushed red as a cherry, and looked down at the floor. "Thankyou....."

"Take your seat...."

She slowly walked over and sat down in her desk, and crossed her legs.

So much for a good day, She told herself, feeling as if she were being watched. Sasuke's in this class too....how the hell did he manage to get in every class i have so far? Naruto only has two with me!!

She turned around only so far, so she could see him out of the corner of her eye. And he was still staring at her.

5th Period

Human Anatomy

Sakura sat heavily in her desk, her jaw seeming to drop when Sasuke Uchiha waltzed into the room, capturing each and everyone's interest. Even the drugadicts and pot heads were staring in awe. The preppy girls were shispering to one another, betting on who he would sit by next, and squeal at each other's assumption. But Sasuke paid them no attention.

He stared at Sakura.

Or rather, at the seat beside Sakura.

No way. She thought to herself. You wouldn't dare.

a boy beat him to it, and stuck his tongue out at the Uchiha. "Beatchya to it, Uchiha. Find another seat." As the younger boy turned to start a conversation with Sakura, said boy slammed his books down onto the desk's surface. the loud crack seemed to echoe throughout the room, capturing everyone'sattention. Even Hatake Kakashi, their Human Anatomy teacher, looked up with sudden interest.

Sasuke glared at the boy, his brows drawn together, and a nasty look in his eyes. he looked menacing. "I don't see your name on it. move. Before I make you move. Understand?"

The boy was so scared at that point in time, he was trembling. Sakura paled, her eyes widening, as the boy literally flew out of the seat, and toward the rear of the classroom. The whole room was silent. Sasuke sat down, and opened his books, completely ignoring the people around him, and the sudden silent scorning that he had just caused.

And it was all directed toward her. The females all glared at her, sending her nasty looks and whispering behind their hands, and sneering at her when she turned at the mention or her name.

"Sasuke, why are you sitting here beside me, of all people?" She hissed quielty. Sasuke, seeming to ignore her, put his chin on his hand, blancing his elbow in the desk. He closed his eyes beofre answering. "What are you trying to pull, huh?"

"I'm only sitting here becuase I am getting tired of the fangirls back there blowing me kisses and throwing letters with lipstick marks at me. I'm safer here, next to someone like you, and where the teacher can see what's going on, then back there with those.......vultures." She hid the hurt look on her face when that comment registered.

'With someone like you.'

"Asshole." She muttered.

Sasuke looked at her out of the corner of his eyes, then closed them again as Kakashi slapped his Come Come paradise novel shut.

6th Period

Art

Sasuke Uchiha chose to sit by her once again. this time, he had to sit unusually close, becuase of the small room. as the other kids began to filter into the room, Naruto's loud mouth shut out everyone else's when he walked in. He sat down a few chiars down from Sakura dn Sasuke. a note suddenly fell onto her sketch book. It took her a moment to realize that it was purposefully dropped for her to find, but Sasuke saw it first. He slammed a hand down onto her own as she closed her fingers around the neatly folded paper, and she squeaked.

Loud.

The teacher, deidara, looked her way. Her face went white.

No, no, no, no, no, no....!!!!!!

"Bring it up here, Haruno." The blond man ordered. Sasuke smirked, and released her hand.

She got up, swallowing hard, and walked up to his large desk. "Unfold it." She knew what was coming next, as she pulled it from it's neatly tucked pockets. "Read it. Outloud. now."

Her cheeks took on a rapidly growing red stain.

"If you haven't n-noticed...by now....I really like you. I can't sum up the courage to come to you face to face, so I....I wrote this letter." her face went even darker red. She also began to fidget. "I want you to meet me in the Library, after class." Giggles began to rise from the small mass of students, then full blown laughter.

Everyone was laughing at her. The only two not laughing was Sasuke and Naruto, who bore a confused look in his eyes. Sasuke just glared, seeming to stare into nothingness. Not at her. but somewhere else. Sakura was too embarrassed to care where. Then, the class grew quiet, and the teacher put his hand out. She raised a shaking hand, and dropped the letter into his hand.

"So, I guess you got a hot date, huh, Haruno?" He snapped, and he glared up at her from where he sat, as he threw the paper into the wastebasket beside him. "Someone more important than you keeping up your average? Then my art? Hmmmm?"

"No-no sir!" Sakura murmured, and bowed apolegetically, but it was to no avail.

"Good luck with your date Sakura-Chan. I hope he shows up. Get out of my classroom." He spat, and she silently and quickly made her way back to her books. Sasuke's onyx gaze was back on her, and her iridescent green eyes locked onto them. "But answer one question..." She stopped, her books in her arms, but didn't look up at him.

"Who was the love note for, Haruno?" The teacher asked, and everyones attention was once again back on her. "Sasuke-Kun?"

"I....It....wasn't...." She started to say, 'it wasn't mine', but she couldn't finish.

"I said get out. This will surely effect your grade here, Sakura-chan. Let me know how your date goes."

And with that, she ran from the room, with angry tears forming in the corner of her eyes.

Sakura sat down at the desk in the library, dropping her books on the floor. The library assistant looked over at her, from where he was resorting books, and smiled. "What are you doing out of class this early? you have an hour and forty five minutes before school gets out...."

"I got kicked out of class...." Sakura murmured.

"What?" he exclaimed. He walked over, and she instantly recognized him. Genma. a toothpick protruded from the left side of his mouth, and she smiled. "That's not like you. what happened?"

She told him everything.

He was now sitting across from her, and looking like he was deep in thought. "Deidara....He's like a little terrorrist anyway. Don't let him get to you, Sakura-Chan. He does that. He has this-"

"Policy about letters- I know, Genma-San....thanks....." She finished, and giggled. He stood up, and stretched.

"I gotta get back to these books anyway. If the boss-lady finds out I'm playing counselor, she'll spaz." She laughed, and he winked as he walked off with a wave of his hand.

about an hour later.....

"You know? I didn't expect that idiot teacher to see you get that note. Or make you read it out loud." A female said flippantly. Sakura looked up from her trigonometry book, and tried to find the source of the voice.

Her seafoam green eyes landed on the cheap looking, whore girl that had the choppy red hair, thick black glasses, and an obviously shortened skirt. The top of her white, button down shirt was undone, showing a good bit of white flesh. Her blazer gaped open,letting her small breasts seem to 'pop' out in the white shirt she wore; she was obviously trying to make them look bigger.

One of many things i hold over you....Sakura told herself, I do have nicer breasts, though I don't flaunt them everywhere....Better hair, eyes,...complexion....not to mention I was probably closer to Sasuke than you'd ever get- wait. am I jealous? Of this whore?

"What are you talking about....?" Sakura replied. The girl sneered.

"The letter that was given to you. I wrote it. IT was a ploy to get you here by yourself so I could show you what I would do to you if you get close to my Sasuke-Kun again." She growled. She crossed her arms under what little breasts she had, and tried to take a threatening stance.

"Like I should feel threatened?" Sakura pondered outloud, rolling her eyes. "I don't care about your precious Sasuke-Kun. If I had the choice, I would've left if I knew he was coming back here."

Karin took a menacing step forward. "Listen here, bitch, if you so much as touch Sasuke-Kun....I will rip our throat out. Understand?"

"Psh! Like I care!? Just try. I'm no threat to you, you idiot." Sakura retorted. She picked up her books, and started to walk past the read head. Sakura had no idea that she would try something behind her back.

A sudden pain flared in her head, and she heard the tearing sound. The next thing she knew, she was on the floor, her books and papers scattered everywhere, on all fours. She looked up, seeing a hank of of bright, raggedly torn, pink hair in the other girl's fist. She felt a numbness settle over the painful feeling lump where the hair was ripped out or her head, and then felt something warm and wet ooze out of the wound.

"We may be of the same intellectual level here, Haruno, but that doesn't mean that your dirt poor ass can't show me any fucking respect. My social and financial status is a lot higher than yours, so you better show respect-"

Sakura felt the blood ooze slowly down her neck. "......" She glared up at the girl.

"-you're just like your parents."

Sakura threw herself at the girl.

Sakura was jerked into the Headmistress' office. Karin was shoved in beside her, and the two were still held apart from each other by two librarian assistants.

Sakura, bleeding from the head wound, and the red head, with a fat lip, and a black eye. The two were still glaring at one another, not noticing the large leather chair in front of them.

It swiveled around, silently, and the headmistress glared at the two seniors.

"What happened....?" She asked. Karin sniffed loudly. Then slowly fell to the floor.

Crying.

Then sobbed.

"This girl jumped me in the library! She wanted to beat me up becuase she saw me kissing on her ex-boyfriend!!!!" Big, fat, fake tears rolled down her cheeks, and Sakura blanched. She was unable to defend herself. Not from this bullshit.

Tsunade put a lean hand against her temple, and sighed. "Karin. That's your name isn't it?" She asked, and was answered with a whimper.

"You. OUt of my office. I want to hear her side this time."

Karin's jaw dropped to the floor, and sent Sakura an evil glare. Then, before she could protest, She was drapped out of the room. I did some research....." She pulled out a small stack of papers. "Have a seat,Sakura-Chan."

The door shut qiuetly behind her.

Tsunade fixed Sakura with her honey colored gaze. "While this was going on......It got called in to me before they brought you two in....so I did a little research....." She began flipping through the papers, as Sakura hesitantly pulled a chair up behind her, and smoothed her skirt down before sitting.

"Straight A studnt since fourth grade..... excellent behavior...great student...." She looked up over the papers at the pinkette. "I think....with your record compared to Karins, that she started this. So....fill me in....?"

After Sakura finished the story, Tsunade leaned back in her chair and nodded. "Sakura-Chan....you know the policy for fighting."

"Hai....." She looked down at her hands.

"But.....since you are such an outstanding individual...I guess I can let you off the hook. But if you let anyone know what happened here, and that I let you off with a smack on the hand, I can get fired. And If I hear any word of you bragging, you're expelled. Do you understand?"

"Y-yes ma'am!" She nodded, adnd stood, bowing low. "I completely understand."

She walked out of the office, with a dismissal and verbal reprimanding from the headmistress. as she walked out, Karin walked in. She did nothing in return when she saw the evil sneer on karin's ugly face.

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