A/N: Ok! So here we go again! It's the second chapter of the rewrite, and hopefully it'll be around the same length as the last one! I want to make each chapter pretty long, instead of only a few pages in Microsoft Word ((btw, the last chappy was 11 pages :O)) So, hopefully my unbearable boredom can get me through this chapter. Hope you like it.
April 1st
Sakura's…Journal…Thing
Entry #1
Alright book, here we go! You are a back to school gift from my Aunt that she gave me last year. And I've just never used you until now. Hinata and Yoko were always telling me to write stuff down in you so I could vent about things and "record my high school life" and junk. But journals go entirely against my views on privacy since it's very easy for you to get jacked and what not, then, everyone will know my deepest, darkest secrets and such. But, it's 3 a.m. and I'm bored as FUCCCCCK. So then I guess I'll just use you to keep me company. Hmm, where to start…
After we got to Zaza's (which is THE BEST place to eat in town mind you) we just sorta celebrated and talked about how awesome sophomore year was going to be. I still haven't told anyone about my little discovery earlier today. I would have told Hinata and Yoko during dinner, but not with Ino or Tenten around. It's not that I don't trust them with this kind of inf- ok yeah, I REALLY don't trust Ino with that kind of information. I wouldn't mind telling Ino, I really trust the girl, except she'd freak out and everyone would probably know by tomorrow. I don't think Tsunade would appreciate all the students knowing this, especially since the folders were confidential. Tenten i probably would have told too if Ino wasn't there, but she'd let it slip to Neji and Lee eventually and then Lee would spread it around too. So, I'll just wait for a good time to tell Hinata and Yoko. I might give it a few more weeks so they don't get distracted from school and stuff.
So anyway, back to focus. We almost missed curfew on our way back to campus, but we barely made it. We hung out in the rec room til around one in the morning before we started kicking all the excited freshies to their rooms. Haha, I wish I coulda recorded that! Some of the richer freshies tried to say no and that we weren't the bosses of them and that we didn't run the school. I quickly showed them who was boss. ^^ Hopefully, those girls won't cause too much trouble with us in the future. Damn freshies. =.= (they're apparently keeping the second floor awake according by the text I just got from Mikami. We'll have to start enforcing the rules tomorrow.)
But, things finally calmed down a bit after 1 a.m. so we all came back up for bed. Ino's crashed out on the sofa downstairs and Tenten didn't want to drag her sleeping ass all the way back upstairs. Hopefully, their roommate Temari (who Ino dislikes with a burning passion for some reason) doesn't decide to draw on her. Don't get me wrong, Temari is a great person and it would be funny as hell to see Ino covered in Sharpie tomorrow, but it's a pain to have to listen to them argue over it…
Yoko and Hinata fell asleep rather quickly when we got to our room, and so I've been starring at the glow-in-the-dark dino stickers plastered all across our ceiling for the past two hours. And that brings us up to date now. Tomorrow is the first day of school. Oh, wait. TODAY is the first day of school starting in four and a half hours. I need to try and get a bit of rest at least and you're kinda failing in your mission to entertain me, so night!
~S
April 1st
Sak's Journal-or-Whatever
Entry #2
Okay, so it's 5:48 and I'm bored again. The cafeteria doesn't open until 6 so I'm trying to pass the time without waking the girls up. So, I've have decided to write down my schedule. Hopefully, this can pass the rest of the time. Here it is:
1st period: 8:05 – 8:58
World History
Kurenai
2nd period: 9:02 – 9:50
Art Appreciation
Jiraiya
3rd period: 9:54 – 10:42
English
Kakashi
4th period: 10:46 – 11:34
Algebra 2
Anko
11:34 – 11:59
Lunch
5th period: 12:03 – 12:51
Systematic Theology
Asuma
6th period: 12:55 – 1:43
Drama
Sasori
7th period: 1:47 – 2:35
Chemistry
Gai
8th period: 2:39 – 3:30
Show Choir/Study Hall
Mrs. Bradley
Bradley-sensei and Sasori-sensei are both new teachers that started last year. They're very good teachers too! I didn't specify this, but on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday I have Show Choir, and on Wednesday and Friday I have study hall with Kakashi. Saturdays are just the extracurriculars like P.E. and more drama and art classes, which is great.
Apparently, I have 5 classes with Naruto this year. It's not that bad except he's in my first period…=,= Ah well, I'll get used to it. It's about 6 now, so I think I'll headto the showers and then get some breakfast, I'm starving! ;) Chow.
~S
Sakura closed the little book wrapped in holographic material and set it beside her on the bed side table. Without making a sound, she slipped out of her bed and onto the floor. She groped under her bed until she found her black canvas Toms and slipped them on. She grabbed a pair of skinny jeans, her Black Veil Brides t-shirt, along with a few other necessities and quietly tiptoed out of the room, grabbing her ID and keycard on the way. Sakura cast one last look at the sleeping forms of her roommates before closing the door and heading to the bathrooms.
The hallways were empty except for the few other early birds who shuffled to the bathroom, hair jutting out in various positions. Sakura stepped into the bathroom, listening to the sleepy voices call to each other as she washed herself in the shower. She stood there letting the water warm her skin a little longer than she intended before finally turning off the water and stepping out. She toweled her hair dry as she walked across to where her clothes sat out of the way, safe and dry. She quickly dried herself off and changed into her clothes, wrapping her hair tightly with the towel. Sakura looked up and saw a few of the new freshmen staring at her.
"What?" She yawned. "If you keep looking at my hair that way, I'm gonna jam your heads in a toilet. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it…" One of the girls looked slightly annoyed.
"It's not just that ya know. You're not wearing a uniform?" She said haughtily, indicating her own black skirt and short sleeved sailor shirt uniform. Sakura stretched leisurely.
"The school doesn't enforce the uniform rule on the first day back. I can wear whatever I want today. Are you done bothering me now?" She scratched the back of her head, removing the towel and throwing it over her shoulders. The two freshmen sniffed haughtily and walked passed her, bumping her shoulders slightly as they walked out. Sakura just rolled her eyes. Damn freshies… she growled to herself. Acting like they own the damn place. They better watch how they speak to their superiors… her inner shook her fist in the two girls direction. With a sigh, Sakura checked her tired face in the mirror before heading downstairs and outside of the dorms.
Sakura stretched again, inhaling the crisp morning air, feeling more awake now. She walked lightly towards the cafeteria, following the few students heading in the same direction. Pulling out her iPod, Sakura jammed her headphones in and turned the volume up full blast, zoning out and adding a slight dance to her step. A little bit away from the cafeteria, Sakura spotted a familiar brown haired boy, leaning up against a tree and smoking a cigarette in his pajamas.
"Yo, Shika, I thought you weren't supposed to be doing that on campus?" She asked as she drew closer, pulling out a headphone. Shikamaru shrugged.
"What the teachers don't know can't hurt them, right?" He drawled out sleepily. "Besides, it wakes me up." Sakura snorted.
"Riiight…" She waved towards the cafeteria. "Care to join me for breakfast?" she asked casually. Shikamaru sighed and dropped the cigarette, putting it out with his combat boots.
"You won't leave me alone otherwise, right?" Sakura giggled.
"Nope!" She half dragged the lazy genius into the building and took their place in line, chattering on about how excited she was for school to start. She knew Shikamaru wasn't really paying attention, but she had to keep him awake somehow. Once through the line, she scanned the cafeteria for their usual table. A sudden, loud voice cut over the already small crowd.
"Oi, Shorty!" A blonde haired boy shouted, waving his arms from atop a chair. He was wearing pajama pants, a black tank, and his ever present orange jacket. Sakura laughed and walked over to the table where a few other boys were sitting.
"Get down Naruto," She playfully scolded, easily yanking the blonde off his chair. Sakura noted the boy was barefoot.
"Hey, it was the only way to find you, Shorty." He said, giving her a light shove. "Even though we can see your hair from a mile away."
"Mmhm..." Sakura muttered, rolling her eyes at Naruto's foxish grin. She forced her tray down between the red head sitting next to a mop of black hair.
"Hey Sakura-chan." The black hair said as she sat down. "Ready for school?" Sakura looked over at the white smile flashing behind the curtain of hair.
"Morning Lee," She said, nonchalantly swatting the hand of her red headed neighbor away from her Lucky Charms. "And no, not really."
"Aww, not looking forward to first period English?" Kiba asked from across the table, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Third period Kibble." Sakura stuck out her tongue as the Inuzuka boy's mouth fell open.
"Lucky!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah right! Kakashi is always late first period so at least you can sleep in!" Shikamaru's tired voice sounded angrily from Lee's other side.
"Aw, does poor Shika not get to sleep?" Naruto teased the brown haired boy who was sitting facedown.
"Shut up, moron…" Shikamaru grumbled, looking up just long enough to glare at the energetic blonde. Sakura laughed along with the others, only to stop abruptly and slap the hand that was once more reaching for her dry cereal. A loud slap caused the others to fall silent and stare apprehensively at Sakura and the red head beside her.
"Dammit, Gaara! Quit stealing my food without permission!" She glared into the pale blue green, black rimmed eyes of the boy next to her. The others held their breath as they watched the silent glares pass back and forth. Finally, Gaara slouched in deafeat, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Fine." He said bluntly. Sakura continued to study Gaara for a few more minutes as everyone went back to the previous conversation. Gaara had transferred to Konoha High Boarding School the semester before and had only been in two of Sakura's classes. He had been unapproachable to most of the school's student body and the teachers generally left him alone due to his frightening appearance. By the end of the school year, Sakura had finally managed to befriend Gaara and talk him into eating with their group at meals. The others had been a little worried at first, but now they didn't seem to mind him for the most part, unless something happened that could possibly set him off.
A small smile tugged at Sakura's lips. Gaara really wasn't as mean as he looked, or as the other kids said he was. In truth, Gaara just needed a few friends who would understand the bad history he had that made him all dark and moody. Sakura knew that underneath the bad boy, 'I'm-gonna-kick-your-ass' stare, that gaara was really just a teddy bear who wanted a hug. With a grin, she pushed over her bowl of cereal, taking pity on his sulking face.
"Ok, NOW you have permission to steal my food." She said, tossing a few marshmallows at his head. A small, twisted smile (the one that seemed to scare every other student except her) passed over Gaara's face and he ate in silence.
"SO. Who all has History first period again?" Sakura asked, jumping back into the conversation. "ME!" Naruto yelled excitedly. Quietly, Lee raised his fist, to which Sakura quickly connected hers.
"Chouji and I have it too." Shikamaru yawned into the table. "Same with Ino…"
"And Gaara, Yoyo, and Hina make seven." Sakura said with a decisive nod.
"Where is Hinata-chan and Yoko anyway?" Naruto asked, looking around for the two absent girls.
"They were still asleep when I left the dorm. Which reminds me; Why are you up so early Naruto?" Sakura asked, genuinely surprised to find Naruto up at this ungodly hour. Naruto shrugged.
"Couldn't go back to sleep." He said. "Plus, I got hungry, so I decided to get up."
"Impressive…" Sakura murmered.
"Hey, Hinata and Yoko are here…" Kiba announced boredly, tossing a strip of bacon to Akamaru. Sakura looked over to the direction of the cafeteria entrance, and sure enough saw her two roommates walking in. Hinata was already wearing her school uniform, looking around nervously at the other students who turned to stare. Sakura grinned; she knew where all the other students were staring. Standing next to her, with her favorite chibi mask placed delicately over her face, was Yoko. She was still wearing her pajama shorts and tank top, hair up in a messy side ponytail, socks still on her feet, and a book tucked under her arm. Her creamy skin was flawless, and there were even the signs of small muscles present on her arms and legs. It went without saying that Yoko was extremely beautiful, and didn't mind showing it off in front of others. Within minutes, Hinata and Yoko had gone through the breakfast line and had joined the others at their table. Yoko flopped down gracefully between Kiba and Naruto.
"You two look happy to see me this morning it seems." She teased lightly, opening up her book. Naruto flicked a bit of cereal at her.
"Well if you insist on wearing outfits like that every morning, of course we'll be happy to see you." Sakura scrunched up her nose.
"Hey, it's too early for being dirty you two." She said, earning a few agreeing nods from the others. Lee laughed and slung his arm aound Sakura's neck.
"Ah, but it's the playfulness of youth, Sakura-chan!" He said brightly.
"I thought you were done with all that youth stuff, Lee?" Sakura groaned. Lee laughed loudly in response.
"What's wrong, Sakura-chan, can't stand the power of youth?"
"Hm."
Soon enough, the group was joined by Neji, Tenten, Temari, Kankuro, Chouji, Ino, Shino, and Sai. By now, the cafeteria was packed with students, each seeming to yell at the top of their lungs. Yoko looked up from her book to check the time on her phone.
"Hey, guys," She said. "Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but class starts in 5 minutes." The others sighed and began getting up.
"But, I'm not done eating ye-," Sakura turned to glare at Gaara. "…Never mind…" Gaara shrugged in reply.
"I was hungry, ok?" Sakura just rolled her eyes, flicking the now empty Styrofoam bowl at her friend and got up to put away her tray. Once back at the table, she slung her bag over her shoulder, then linked arms with Gaara and Lee as they headed towards the classrooms, Yoko dragging Shikamaru and Naruto along behind them.
"To History!" Lee said energetically. A resounding groan replied as his grin widened.
April 1st
Sakky's Journal
Entry #3
Well now! Aren't you becoming quite addicting? :/ Okay, so it's only been a few hours since I wrote in you last, but I'm bored! This has been the day so far:
1st period:
So we all arrived in our homeroom with seconds to spare. Once the bell rang, Kurenai sensei put us all against the wall and then gave us assigned seats. Not many of us were happy about that. Luckily though, I was between Gaara and Ino, but sadly Chouji was on the other side of the room so we couldn't share morning snacks anymore. Anyway, I could really tell Gaara didn't like being stuck in the front seat of our row, since we were placed in a pack of snobby girls who kept staring at him. He spent the rest of class slouched halfway down his seat with his hood up. The rest of the class was just Kurenai laying down the ground rules and telling us what we'd be learning for the first semester.
2nd period:
So, off I went to Art class with Gaara (who wasn't too thrilled since his older sibs were in it too). Happily, Sai, my favorite art buddy, was in my class too. He had already chosen an easel and was sitting at it setting up his art supplies. He looked up as I walked over with Gaara and he gave that signature smile that was obviously oh so fake.
'Hello ugly.' He said brightly as I sat down at the easel next to him.
'Hi fatty.' I told him just as brightly, opening up my back pack. You see, Sai transferred in to KHBS a few years ago. I actually used to hate his guts back then too. But that was when I didn't realize that he was a sociopath trying to make new friends in a strange school. He had always been homeschooled by his dad, Danzo, and rarely interacted with people. After Naruto and I had found this little detail out, I had tried to be his friend. It wasn't easy at first, because he always called me ugly. When I finally confronted him about it, I almost died laughing. He told me the reason behind the awful names, was because he read in a book how people used nicknames for their friends and that girls in particular liked to be told they looked the opposite of what they really looked like. When it sunk in, I cracked up. It took me longer to calm down after I remembered that his nickname for Ino was "Miss Beautiful".
After my laughing fit had worn off, I apologized to Sai for always being so mean to him over the names and I asked what he really thought about my looks. I was actually pretty surprised when he said he thought I was cute and that I had a pretty unique sense of style. And ever since then, he and I have been friends. It's pretty awesome having someone who can't feel any kind of emotions as a friend. He doesn't get weirded out at all, and is very open to doing things like going shopping with me.
And I promise you, he is straight.
Anywayyy, Jiraiya sensei finally showed up after the bell rang, and he gave us the few ground rules he actually had. Jiraiya (though he is a MEGA perverted/pedoish old man) is one of my favorite teachers. He's pretty relaxed in art classes. He lets us use our iPods during class because it helps the "creativity flow". We can talk as much as we want as long as we get our work done, and he doesn't expect us all to be artists. He himself isn't the best artist, although, he is pretty decent at drawing. He usually spends most of his time writing, and unfortunately uses his classes as test subjects on what he writes. We don't generally like doing this, because even though he's the author of a bestselling series….it's an "adult" (porn) novel… But, other than that, he's an ok guy. The only thing we had to do was make a quick sketch of whatever we felt like drawing, using whatever we wanted. I really hadn't been paying much attention to what I was drawing and ended up drawing a bunch of eyes on my paper. They were the same pair of onyx eyes that seemed to see too much and were always brooding. I was about to rip the page apart when I realized it was his eyes I had been drawing over and over for the past forty five minutes when Jiraiya sensei picked it up, adding it to the pile in his arms. He complimented me on my drawing skills and then moved on to pick up Gaara's stick figure pictures of him repeatedly murdering his siblings, who just so happened to be sitting right next to him the whole time. The bell rang just then, so I went on to 3rd period English, one of the few classes I had with almost all of my friends. So here I am, sitting around in third period blaring Escape the Fate out of my earphones, talking to Naruto, Gaara, and Temari, waiting for Kakashi to show up. It's 10:30 and still no- oh, wait, there's Kakashi. I better go, he won't like it if I'm not paying attention.
~S
Sakura put down her pencil and shut the small journal in front of her, placing it underneath her stack of books and pulling out her headphones. Several other students were doing the same as their English teacher walked up to his desk in the front, his signature orange book in front of his face. With a slight snap, Kakashi closed his book and placed it on the table, staring at his students.
"Sorry I'm late everyone, I got lost getting to my classroom."
Sakura groaned along with the others at their teacher's lame excuse. Kakashi waited for the class to quiet down. After a few moments of silence, he tilted his head.
"What is that?" he asked nonchalantly. Sakura listened intently to the silence; her face deadpanned when she heard the sound of screaming and heavy guitar playing coming from her pocket. She reached into the pocket of her skinny's and felt her iPod. She pulled it out and turned it off, looking up at Kakashi sensei as he stood in front of her, his hand outstretched patiently.
"You listen to very strange music." He said simply as she placed the music player in his hand regretfully. Without missing a beat, Sakura replied:
"And you read porn." She scowled, sitting back in her seat with her arms crossed tightly across her chest. The classroom erupted into loud snickers and suppressed giggles, as a spark of laughter flashed in Kakashi eyes.
"That may very well be, Miss Sakura," He said, turning back to his desk. "But at least books are allowed." Sakura just huffed and went about messing with one of the chains on her pants. Kakashi began writing on the blackboard.
"Now, your first assignment of the year is to write a one page essay or a short poem on whatever you want, due tomorrow." A few of the students groaned.
"Would you prefer it to be longer?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. The class shook their heads, grumbling as they sunk deeper into their chairs. Sakura was one of the few who didn't grumble and groan. English was one of the classes she really enjoyed and was really good at. She could already feel the wheels grinding out what she was going to write about as Kakashi explained the class rules and what he expected of his students this semester. The bell finally rang, and Sakura went down the hallway to her locker, ignoring the loud shouts from the freshmen class. She quickly spun the lock to the right combination, swinging open her locker door just in time to backhand a kid in the side of the face with it. Sakura jerked back and went to examine the poor kid sprawled out on the ground.
"Oh my God, are you ok?" She asked, as the young boy sat up. He had on a black coat over his faded jeans and a pair of circular glasses over his face. A pair of green goggles that were very familiar to her sat on top of the boys brown hair. Sakura guessed he was a freshmen. The boy fixed his lopsided glasses and looked up at her blearily. Sakura suppressed the urge to glare as his eyes widened at her appearance. He nodded his head blankly, his eyes never leaving the bright mess of hair on her head. Sakura stood, about to help the boy up when a shout distracted her.
"Oi! Leave Udon alone you weirdo!"
Sakura's eyes snapped up to the direction of the voice. The boy who had yelled at her froze in fear, not expecting to receive the look Sakura was sending his way. A young girl with bright orange hair stood behind the new boy, fidgeting nervously under the older girl's gaze. The boy suddenly snapped out of his frozen state, pointing a finger at Sakura.
"You!" He said angrily, and, to Sakura's dismay, loudly. A few people stopped to stare at the scene, making Sakura's skin crawl a little; she hated when people watched her when someone confronted her like this. The wide eyed stares were unnerving.
"I saw you slam your locker door into my friend's face!" The boy went on, ignoring the stares he was getting. "There's no way I can let some no good, freaky looking bully hurt my friends and get away with it!" A small smirk appeared on the boys childish face as a few of the freshmen cheered. Sakura scowled. She hated freshmen, especially this one. He was some kid who had taken to Naruto a few years back. Sakura only met him once and it was obvious he hadn't changed since; he was rude back then too.
"Look, Konohamaru." She growled slightly. The boy froze again at this.
"You know my name?" He asked in surprise, before a wide smirk plastered his face. "Of course you know me. No doubt you've heard of my terrifying abilities from the rest of the school. I'm the toughest freshmen around! And nobody, especially some creepy weirdo, can take me on!"
"You're about to be fresh meat if you don't shut the fuck up you little brat!" Sakura spat out, causing both Konohamaru and the girl to back away in fear. Sakura felt a small twinge of satisfaction as she saw the freshmen cowering at her outburst while the older grades just snickered at their terrified faces. They were completely used to Sakura's random changes in temperament. A small smirk came across her face.
"Now, that's better." She said, turning to Udon, who was cowering on the floor. Sakura gave him a warm smile and held out her hand to him.
"I'm really sorry that I hit you with the locker door, I didn't see you standing there. I hope you're okay." She said sweetly. She couldn't suppress the small giggle at the look of confusion on Udon's face.
"I'm not really as scary as I look, ya know?" She said as he tentatively took her hand. She pulled him up easily, examining the side of his face that was already beginning to bruise slightly.
"You'll probably want to go have Shizune-san take a look at that." She said, turning back to her locker. She suddenly realized that the hallway was dead quiet, and looked around at the other students (mostly freshies) staring at her. She let herself adopt an annoyed look.
"Well?" She snapped, putting her hands on her hips. Most of the freshmen scurried away, whispering to each other, and the rest of the student body went back to whatever it was they had been talking about. Gaara was leaning up against the lockers when Sakura turned back around.
"What?"
"I swear to God I thought you were about to eat that kid." Gaara said in a casual tone, or as casual as his deadpan could sound. Sakura rolled her eyes as Yoko and Hinata giggled, returning to pulling out her books for the next class. A few moments later, she felt someone staring at her back. Looking around, she found the orange haired girl standing a few feet away, glancing around nervously.
"What do you want?" Gaara's deep voice seemed to frighten her, causing her to tremble. She began to stutter even worse than Hinata used to.
"W-well, i-i-iwas w-wonder-ring i-if-"
"If I was who you think I am?" Sakura finished the poor girl's question with a nod. "Yes, Moegi, it's me." A look of surprise lit up Moegi's face.
"Is that really you Sakura!" she exclaimed. Konohamaru heard her and came up to stare scrutinizingly at Sakura.
"Woah!" His mouth fell open stupidly as he realized it was, indeed, the pink haired girl with whom his boss was best friends with for some odd reason. Konohamaru grinned. "I knew it was you! Only you would be flat enough to be mistaken as a tranny with that pink hair of yours!"
Tranny? –silence- Gaara, Yoko, and Hinata all bit their tongues. Sakura felt a vein in her eye twitch. She really hated this kid. Resisting the urge to punch him, Sakura flashed her sweetest, brightest smile, allowing her nose to crinkle up slightly.
"Haha, still as funny as ever, neh, Konohamaru-kun?" She asked in her sickeningly childlike voice. Irritation spiked through her as she noted how it seemed to not affect the annoying brown haired brat in front of her, who just puffed up his chest at her "compliment".
"Why thank you, Miss Tranny!" Konohamaru said smugly. Moegi bashed him on the back of his head.
"Dumbass! Learn a little respect!" She shouted as he whined and rubbed his head. Sakura took it back. She liked freshmen. They were actually pretty co- "just cuz she looks like a boy doesn't mean you have to remind her!"
Yep, she still hated freshmen. Konohamaru crossed his arms.
"Eh, whatever!" He said as he turned and walked away. The three freshmen bickered amongst themselves all the way around the corner, all the while oblivious to Sakura's outstretched arms, reaching with hooked fingers at their backs, attempting to strangle the three brats who were ruining her day. With a growl, she slung her backpack over her shoulder, slammed her locker door shut, and stalked off to Algebra 2, her three friends beside her.
"So, do you think Anko sensei is gonna make us do anything today, Miss Tranny?" Gaara asked the fuming pinkette.
Sakura shoved the grinning red head into a locker.