a/n I knoooow, I really don't have a lot of the Naruto crew in the story right now, but they'll come, just read.And review!
Chapter 2.
Sakura watched as Gaara went to his seat. 'I have a wierd feeling about him and it's not the good kind of feeling,' Sakura thought. She found him strange,well anyone would find him wierd, but she felt suspicious about him.
The day continued like normal and Sakura and her friends was having lunch now.
"Sakuraaa-chaaaaaan!" She could hear Naruto from the tables in the middle of the cafeteria. "We saved you a seat, Sakura-chan!" Sakura had barely gotten there before they started the secret meeting about their new mission.
"What have you decided?" Sakura asked Neji, the usual group leader.
"Not much, only that we have to dress properly for this," Ino was secretly reminding Sakura about their unannounced shopping round this evening. Sakura glared, but didn't object, it was true that she needed a new dress or at least a skirt. Her old ones were either too small or very ugly.
"Yeah,but everyone has to dress properly right?" Sakura asked, if she had to dress "properly" then all the other team member had to dress up too, because they were going as well. She knew that like herself, that not everyone liked to dress up and so she stared at Sasuke real hard until he turned to her.
"What?" The others followed her stare to the handsome boy.
"You have to dress up too,Sasuke!" Sakura ordered.
"No, I don't," He smirked.
"What!" Sakura got mad, why did she have to dress up and no one else. Not including Ino.
"I guard the doors, so no need to dress up," he answered.
"Well, Neji, you have dress up, right...?" Sakura always got crazy when it came to dressing up, formaly or not. "Not really," Neji looked bored. This meeting was supposed to be about the mission, not about how to dress, he thought.
"Well, I have to dress up, Sakura-chan," Naruto tried to comfort Sakura a little or she would never let it go. "Just drop it, we have to move on," Tenten said.
"Yeah, but Sasuke already got the watching doors stuff, who will be doing the other stuff then?" Naruto was actually thinking this time. And he wanted to watch Sakura, anyone hurting her would be tasting some iron fists!
Hinata looked at Naruto. 'Why is he pumping his fists like that?' Everybody thought Naruto had gone crazy, again.
"Ehem, well, I think Hinata,me and Sasuke will be guarding from outside while everybody else acts as back-up from inside,that means you will be acting as civilians," Neji handed out the orders to everyone and they nodded in agreement.
After that they ate up and went to their next class.
Sakura walked in to her classroom and found no one in it. 'Where the hell is everyone?!' Inner Sakura was worried that she had gone to the wrong room or something. 'But no one said anything to me!'
She looked at her watch. "1 o'clock". She looked at the black board. It said that the teacher was sick and they could have a free hour.
'Whohoo!! Yesss, no math!!' Inner Sakura ran around in circles while cheering with pom-poms. Math wasn't her strong side,she hated it even if she had the best grades in everything.
She secided to go out alone for a while, it wasn't like she could drag anyone with her anywhere.
Then she saw that new guy from her class. 'Gaara was the name right?' She thought.
"Hey, Gaara!" She called out for him and he turned around and glared. 'Whoa, no need to glare!'' Inner Sakura backed up to the imaginary wall in her mind.
"..." He looked at her with his percing green eyes.
"Uuh...hey, I just thought that you were in my math class right?" She tried to get a conversation going. She really didn't know why she even tried to talk with him right now and neither did him.
'Why is she bothering me?' Gaara thought. He tried glaring at her, but that didn't work. 'Maybe she'll go away if I ignore her,' he thought, but he nodded anyway. He knew that a part of him didn't really want her to go and that he was curious about her. He would never admit it anyway. She was the first one to ever really capture his attention and he blamed it on her crazy hair colour. He would never admit that either.
Sakura noticed that he was looking a bit curiously at her hair.
"Y'know, this is my natural hair colour," She said and smiled a little. He stared at her, very confused now. But at least he wasn't glaring, she thought.
"Hn," was his only reply before turning around.
"Hey, wait, where are you going?" She didn't really want to be alone this hour and thought he looked a bit lonely so she tried talking to him. He turned around again and shot a questioning look.
"Can I go with you?" She ran up to him and smiled a bit.
'Why is she smiling, isn't she afraid of me?' He had never seen a sincere smile before even though people had smiled at him. He knew that they didn't really want to smile at a demon like him anyway, but somehow he knew that hers was honest.
"Hn," he said in lack of answer, he didn't know if he wanted her to come with him or not so he let her decide by herself.
"Is that a yes?" She was confused. 'What is that, the men's language or something?' She had always heard answers like that from Sasuke and Neji and she could never figure out what that meant. And now there was another one.
Gaara shrugged and walked away. "Hey, wait up!" She followed him through the school.
They ended up on the roof and Sakura was a bit confused. "How did you know where the roof was?" She followed Gaara to the wall and sat down beside him.
"Lunchbreak," was his answer.
"Oh..." She said. An awkard silence came after that. 'I can't take it, I gotta talk!' Inner Sakura almost went insane, she hated silence.
"So... did you live in Wind country before?" She asked, she couldn't come up with anything better.
"...yes," he answered. They stared out in the air. 'If this is what I'll spend my free hour on then it would be better if I did my homework!' Inner Sakura cheered Sakura on to keep going, at least talk to the man.
"So why did you move here then?" She looked at him.
"It's safer here than in my old town," He had been taught to answer that if anyone ever asked him. He got suspicious of Sakura. 'Does she know what I'm doing here?' He looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Uhh, h-how do you think the school is,then?" She almost winced at the glare she got, but continued to ask.
"..." He didn't answer her.
'ooo...k,right,of you don't want me here then I'm gonna go,' She thought, she kind of enjoyed having his company even if it meant that he was quiet. She hated being alone anyway.
"Uhm, I'm going then," she said and got back on her feet.
"..." He got a little confused. 'It's because you're being a dumbass,can't you see that she wants you to talk?' It was Shukaku. What in the world made Shukaku talk like he cared.
'I never said that I cared, but if you ever want someone to notice you other than being a demon,then you gotta get a move on!' Shukaku hated his vessel, but it was just too boring for him to sit around and have no entertainment.
'Why should I care?' Gaara knew the answer too well even if he never would admit it. He had been lonely all his life and had never wished for more than someone to recognize him as a person and not as a demon.
"You don't have to go," Gaara finally said. Sakura stopped with her hand on the door knob. She turned around and for reasons unknown, she grinned at him and skipped her way back.
'Hihihi, I knew that he was lonely,' Inner Sakura was giggling like mad while blushing. Sakura sat down and continued smiling. She wanted to make a new friend and she thought that she might just have done so.
"Y'know, I think we have to go back soon," She said and looked up at the clear blue sky. They had talked and just sat like that for a while now.
"Hn," he answered,but he looked at his watch. They had at least ten minutes before their next class would start. They got up and walked down together to their next class.
The remaining day continued that way and Sakura was pleasently surprised that Gaara had almost all his classes with her.
"Bye, Gaa-chan!" Sakura waved good bye to Gaara, whom she had been pestering all day and she knew that too well. Gaara only nodded to her, but inside he was fuming over his new nickname.
'Yes, Gaa-chan good bye, my darling!' Shukaku imitated Sakura in a girlie voice and then laughed his head off at Gaara and Gaara only got angrier. 'Who said you could call me that?!' Gaara now really hated Shukaku.
'Oh,my mistake,only Sakura-chan can call you that,right?' Shukaku laughed harder. He thanked who ever or whatever thing that made him voice his thoughts this day, becuase now he had his entertainment.
Gaara tried to ignore Shukaku, but he eventually shut Shukaku out of his mind.
Sakura on the other hand was enjoying herself when she continued going home. She had fun today and she even had a new friend. She didn't know why, but her suspicuos feelings about Gaara had was gone and replaced by a new feeling, a feeling that made her want to giggle and drool her eyes out when she was around Gaara.
'He wasn't as dangerous as I thought he was,' she thought. When she came home, she finally remembered that she was supposed to call Ino and have her come over to get her to the mall.
Sakura opened her apartment door and went in. She went to her closet and changed into a pair of darkblue jeans and a tight black tanktop. It was still warm outside, but she thought that she might be out for a while so she brought her jacket with her too.
"Yamanaka residence," A female voice said when Sakura called to Ino's house.
"Hey, mrs. Yamanaka, it's Sakura, is Ino there?" She asked
"Yes, do you want me to call her down for you?" Mrs. Yamanaka was a friendly woman, but she had never really liked Ino's work.
"Yes, please". Sakura could hear Mrs. Yamanaka call Ino down and someone running down the stairs.
"Hey,Sakura!" Ino was shouting and it sounded like she just won a million dollar jackpot.
"Hey,Ino," Sakura answered although she was almost deaf by now. "Can you come and pick me up now?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, I'll be at your house in ten minutes and don't bring cash, I got some from Tsunade!" Ino was squealing her guts out from the other end.
"Uuh,yeah sure", Sakura hanged up.
Ino picked Sakura up and they went to the mall. They walked around for hours, trying to buy something good for tonight, but as luck would have it, they didn't find anything for Sakura. It was either too short, too long, too ugly, too revealing ( but you're supposed to have that!- Ino) or just not good enough.
"Sakura, you have to have something!!" Ino had enough of Sakuras whining.
"But, nothing fits me!" Sakura retorted.
"But you don't even try them out!" Ino had tried to get Sakura in to anything, but the answer was always "no".
"Because they're ugly!" Sakura lied, she just didn't think they would ever fit her, the flat chested and fat legged (?) Sakura.
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"You know what, this is a mission and I will not fail!" Ino grabbed the nearest tops and skirts she could get her hands on and dragged Sakura to the dressing room.
"Aah, what are you doing!?" Ino undressed Sakura by force and pressed down a short white sleeveless top on Sakuras head.
"Stand still!" Sakura wiggled around trying to get away from the crazed Ino, but Ino grabbed Sakuras shoulder and threw her in to the dressing room again.
'Time for the skirt!' Ino wrestled Sakura down on the samll area called the floor and tried reaching for Sakuras jeans, but Sakura in her paniced state had shoved an elbow in to Ino's face.
"OW, now I've had it!!" Ino put more force to her position on Sakuras back and grabbed her arms.
"Excuse me, but are there any trouble in there?" A guard had been called when the girls had started their wrestling match in the small booth.
"Noo,every-everyting is fine!" Ino tried hard not to just hit Sakura in the head and have her past out.
'Ino-piiiig, when I come out of here then I'm gonna kill you, nice and sloow!" Inner Sakura was trashing around in Sakuras mind,picturing herself beating Ino up. 'Why the hell won't he notice me down here?!' Sakura tried to yell out, but she had her mouth covered. The guard didn't hear her even though she made a lot of noice.
"Are you sure, do you need any help in there?" The guard sounded sceptical.
"No, I just...eh,fell,yeah, I'm alright though, you can go now!" Ino had a hard time holding Sakura down, she knew that Sakura was actually much stronger than herself and she would never of succeded if she hadn't taken Sakura by surprise.
The guard left and Ino sighed. 'That was close, but you'll thank me later, Sakura!' Ino grinned evilly, she loved dressing Sakura up and she knew very well that Sakura just had some self-esteem issues.
A few bruises and yelling later, Ino arised as the victor. Ino climbed off Sakuras back and helped her up. Sakura glared at Ino and then at the mirror. The mirror showed a small, pink haired girl that wore a white sleeveless dress that reached to her thighs that showed off her long legs.
Ino couldn't help but think that she made a good job. Sakura stared at her reflection a bit longer and then a small smile formed. The samll smile turned into a thousand watt grin.
Sakura turned around towards Ino and grinned, she then glomped Ino and yelled, "Thank you,thank you,tank you!"
Ino almost choked in surprise ,but she still hugged Sakura back.
Sakura was much more cooperative when they went to buy some more garments and clothes.
'I can't believe that Ino did something right for once!' Inner Sakura pictured herself in the red dress that they just bought, she dancd around in front of a mirror and Sakura just smiled on the outside.
"Aah, we'll be late if we don't hurry!" Ino brought Sakura back to reality. They ran to Ino's car and raced home to Sakuras apartment.
Ino was happy. She thought that Sakura looked like goddess. Sakura chose her new black dress, wich was a little too tight, but Ino didn't think anyone would object. Sakura looked like she could die happy and skipped around in her closet,looking for a pair of matching heels.
"Sakura, you might have to dance, you know," Ino warned. Sakura had found a pair hiiiigh heels that had straps all the way to her ankles. Ino didn't think Sakura would ever own a pair like those anyway.
"It's alright, it's not like I'll die or anything," Sakura tried assuring Ino.
"Noo,but you'll feel like you'd wanna," Ino said and helped Sakura get up from her bed, all strapped up.
"Well, yours aren't any better," Sakura looked at Ino's pair of high heels. Ino herself wore an equally short dress, only in pink and a pair of matching heels.
"I'm a professional," Ino said proudly, she smiled and picked up her handbag.
"Oh,how could I forget, you get paid for that kind of things!" Sakura winked and laughed out loud.
"Forhead!!" Ino ran at her, but tripped and slammed her face in to the floor.
"Hahaha!" Sakura couldn't stop laughing while helping Ino up.
Sakura was glad that she found a true friend like Ino. And so was Ino.
They looked at the club and saw a pink neon sign that read 'Blueberry'. The line outside the door could continue forever and the people were all excited. Sakura could only thank Tsunade for reserving places at the club, but she knew that the club were owned by one of Tsunades acquaintances.
They had a short meeting with the other members to see if everyone was there and then got in to position. The only problem was that the members that was supposed to watch from inside would have to wait in the line and that would mean no back-up for at least twenty minutes.
Sakura and Ino assured Neji that they could handle them selves for at least twenty minutes.
Tsunade would come any minute now and then the mission would start.
Oh my god, that took a lot more time than I thought it would. I'm sorry if the chapter wasn't so exciting, I don't plan the chappies that good, only write as it comes. But I think the next chapter will contain a lot more stuff than this! (hope I don't go braindead on this...)