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Arigatou Gozaimasu PhantomSoul103, Sakura0chan, Pri and Bana for reviewing & 101 hits isn't that bad either!
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Forgotten
Chapter 2: New Friends and Old Friends
Groan. Squeak! As she turned on a soft surface. 'Nani?! A bed? At school? What's going on?' Slowly she opened her eyes and saw a white tiled ceiling. 'Eh?! The infirmary? What am I doing here?' As she sat up she saw someone sitting in the corner looking out the window. She blinked her eyes to rid herself of the fuzziness that had developed when she was unconscious. "Uhh…who is there?" Sakura said hoarsely.
The figure jumped. "Sakura-chan! You finally woke up! Oh my gosh. You don't know how much we were worrying about you!" Ino approached her with a glass of water she got from the side table. Sakura gladly accepted the water, to rid her mouth of an oddly familiar metallic taste.
"Ino-pig?"
"What did you say forehead-girl?"
"So it is you Ino!" Sakura said happily. "Why am I here? What happened? And why aren't you in class!?"
"Wait a minute let me call Shizune-san." Ino quickly left the infirmary yelling Shizune's name.
'Same old Ino.' She thought shaking her head.
"Sakura-chan! How are you feeling? You were out for 3 periods! It's the beginning of lunch now." Shizune asked as she came in through the door with Ino trailing behind.
"I'm fine. But what am I doing here?"
"Saku-chan, you had one of your attacks again and this time it was much worse. You coughed up even more blood than ever! Just look at your uniform!"
"Ehh?!" Sakura exclaimed as she looked down. Her jacket was painted with the crimson colour. She sighed "Where am I going to get a spare uniform for the rest of the day now?" she asked. She saw Shizune go through the cabinet and as she straightened she had in her hands and extra white blouse with the school symbol on it. (A/N for those who don't know what the school symbol is, it is the symbol on the forehead protector of the Hidden Leaves.)
"Gomen imouto. But this blouse is kind of smaller than the one you have. But this is the only one we have."
"Okay Shizune-nee-chan. But I'm not going to like this one bit." She complained. Sakura was one of the few girls who have the natural beauty type look. She didn't need make up to magnify or enhance her features. Her pale flawless skin along with her slightly rosy cheeks was enough. But Kami-sama had graced the young girl with innocent emerald eyes with long, think lashes. She had long creamy legs that looked like it went on for miles even if she was shorter than the average girl. Her long waist length bubble gum pink hair suited her well as for she was named Sakura after the cherry blossoms. To basically shorten it up, boys would drool over her and drop dead. She went to the bathroom in the infirmary to change into the new blouse.
"Okay. I'm done now. Now can I go? I'm starving and I want to hang out with Ino."
"Alright Sakura-chan just be careful for the rest of the day you are still weak from this morning's attack. Ino will have a syringe with her as an emergency and she will be in all of your classes with you."
"Hai. Now let's go Ino! I can't wait to eat! I'm hungry!"
"Hahahaha. You're starting to sound like Naruto." Ino said while laughing.
"Eh? Whose Naruto-san?"
"Don't worry. You know of him soon enough."
"Ja ne, Shizune-san."
"Ja." Shizune watched as Sakura was being dragged away by Ino.
"Itai, Ino-pig! That hurts. Stop it!"
"Stop complaining forehead-girl! You have to meet some of my friends!" Ino rambled on as she was dragging a protesting pink haired girl to the cafeteria. As they were heading to the lunchroom, they heard many cat-calls and wolf whistles.
"Looking hot girls!"
"Damn! They are fi-ine."
"I want some of that!"
"Ino-chan. Why are they looking at us that way?" Sakura asked as she hid behind Ino with a confused and scared expression. "They look like some possessed boys!"
"That's because they are perverted sickos who are mindless, sex-driven bimbos high on hormones." She let out a sigh. "Just ignore them ok? Don't worry about them; we'll protect you from these morons."
---x--- Flashback ---x---
"Ms. Yamanaka. I have a request of you. I want you to accompany Sakura-chan for the rest of the year and help her with classes and fitting in and what-not. You are her childhood friend and you know her best and you know what best suits her needs and you are the only one who knows about her condition. But there is something that had happened that made us move away from Konoha that you do not know." She sighed with a heavy heart; she looked at Ino with intense ember eyes that you do not often see in the headmistress often.
"What is it, Tsunade-sama?
"Ms. Yamanaka, what I am about to tell you must only stay between you and me. Please do not think any different of Sakura when you hear this and please treat her the same as if this didn't happen. Do I make myself clear?"
"Hai, Tsunade-sama."
"Arigatou Gozaimasu Ms. Yamanaka. Okay. This takes place on the first day of school for you guys; when you first attended the Academy. Sakura had self-esteem problems and you and Sai would always back her up and made sure that she was okay when she was bullied by others. When she and Sai came home that day…" Tsunade paused and took out a bottle of sake hidden in her drawer. Ino sweat dropped when she saw this. Tsunade swivelled her chair around to look outside. Taking a long sip from the bottle she continued. "When they came home that day, they couldn't find their parents…until they went into the kitchen." Tsunade turned her chair around while she took a long sip from her sake. "They were murdered Ino."
Ino gasped. "Oh my God! Poor Sakura-chan and Sai-kun." She began to silently cry to herself.
"But that isn't all Ino-san. They were to an orphanage later on, but they still attended the Academy. They both put on a façade that they were happy and everything was normal didn't they? I am not too clear on what happened that day though…only Sakura-chan can confirm what happened next. I presume that Sakura-chan and Sai-san went out to play and ended up lost or somewhat. Have you ever heard of Akatsuki Ino-san?"
"Hai. Only a little bit though. They are a gang of some sort right?"
"Hai. They are a gang; they are the notorious gang in all of Konoha. They do drugs, they steal, they rape, they fight and they don't care what happens or what the consequences are. When Sakura-chan and Sai-san were wondering the streets trying to find the orphanage, they ran into Akatsuki. They approached Sakura-chan and Sai-san, they tried to get away but…they went after Sakura-chan and her asthma got the best of her and she collapse. Sai-san protected her as they tried to take her. He died from a single stab wound to the heart. Sakura-chan tried to get away but she was too small. They…they raped her! They raped her at the age of 4!" Tsunade burst into tears.
"No…no they can't do this to her." Ino mumbled as she cried. She stood up and went over to Tsunade and comforted her. They stayed like this for at least 10 minutes. "Tsunade-sama…are you alright now?" Ino asked afterwards.
"Hai. Arigatou gozaimasu Ino-san. After that ordeal, Shizune and I found her and Sai-san when I came home from the bar. We heard screaming and crying and coughing. We went to investigate. She was on the verge of dying Ino! --Sniff -- We saw Sai-san next to her as she cried and screamed. We took both of them to the hospital where I examined her. Her asthma got – sniff -- worse. She has a heart and lung condition now due to the stress that occurred during that time frame. I adopted her afterwards to take -- sniff -- care of her and become her mother figure…but it wasn't the same. She became secluded from everyone and she shied away from everyone. That is why I want you to help draw her out of her shell. Is that okay with you?"
"Hai! I will do my best to help her."
"Arigatou gozaimasu, Ino-san."
---x--- End of Flashback ---x---
When they stepped into the cafeteria, Ino began to look for the group.
"OI! Ino-chan! We're over here!" Yelled Naruto
"Hai! Naruto-baka!"
"Ne, Sakura-chan that was the guy I was talking about earlier. Uzumaki Naruto. He's in our homeroom." Ino explained as they walked up to the table. "You guys, meet Haruno Sakura, my best friend from the Academy. Forehead-girl, meet Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Hinata, Hyuuga Neji, Yoshida Ten Ten, Nara Shikamaru, and the cold bastard Uchiha Sasuke. Everyone here is basically together except for Sasuke."
"Hahahaha, Teme doesn't have a girlfriend." Naruto taunted at the irritated boy.
"Urusai, dobe."
"Konnichiwa, minna-san."
"K-konnichiwa//Hiya//Hey, troublesome woman//Hn//Pleasure to meet you Sakura-san.
"KONNICHIWA, SAKURA-CHAN! I'M UZUMAKI NARUTO!" The boy bellowed into her face, as she and Ino sat down at the table and got out their bentos and began to eat. Sakura was so startled by the sudden outburst she fell seat. She quickly stood up and hid behind Ino. Ino rounded on Naruto with an evil glint in her eye, while she was cracking her knuckles.
"What did Tsunade-sama say about scaring her Naruto-baka?" Naruto backed away in fear of the evil looking woman. Ino bonked him on the head with all her might a few times. A few seconds later when she was done, you can see Naruto with a bunch of cuts and bruises on his head.
"Itai, Ino-chan!" Hinata quickly went over to treat the injured ramen-lover. Hinata sighed. 'When will you ever learn Naruto?' She asked herself. "A-are you a-alright Naruto-kun?" she asked as she examined the fox-boy than finally embraced him.
"I'm fine Hinata-chan. Arigatou for asking. Ino-chan is just plain mean to me. Pbtttt!" Naruto stuck out his tongue playfully at her behind his girlfriends back.
"Arghhh. Naruto-baka wants to die on the first day of school. – evil laughter –." "Troublesome women." Shikamaru mumbled as he restrained Ino. "Let me go lazy-ass! He's asking for it…grrrr." Ino growled as she struggled against the man restraining her. Naruto shrunk away and hid behind Hinata. "Gomen, Ino-chan. It was just a joke. Take it easy…onegai?" He pleaded with those brilliant cerulean eyes that seemed to be shimmering with tears. The blonde haired girl sighed. "Fine, Naruto-baka. I won't kill you…yet."
She stopped struggling against her boyfriend and slumped back into her chair. While all of this was happening poor Sakura-chan was just standing there lost and confused about her new friends antics. She sat down and began to eat her lunch again. "OI‼ Saku-chan!" Sakura snapped her head up to find the person who called out her name. She saw three familiar figures walking towards her, 2 males and a female to be exact. She gasped. "Temari-onee-chan! Kankuro-nii-chan! Panda-chan!" She jumped up and flew over to her old friends and jumped on Gaara and pulled him into a hug. (a/n for those who are wondering why she can hug Gaara and Kankuro but is scared of others is that these two are the ones that are exempt from 'The Rule') "What are you guys doing here? I thought that you guys weren't coming to visit me until later." She asked cocking her head to the side pouting slightly still clinging on Gaara who is currently turning blue from her strong clutches.
"Awwww. Why do they get to hug Sakura-chan and we can't teme?"
"Hn. Why should I know, dobe. Oi, Haruno. You're gonna kill your 'Panda-chan' if you don't let go of him."
"Eh?!" She exclaimed as she looked down at the red-haired boy wearing a school uniform and who is now purple in the face. "AHH!! Gomen, Gaara-nii-chan‼" She screeched as she let go of her 'brother'.
"Ne, Saku-chan, aren't you going to introduce us to your new friends?" Kankuro asked while glancing at his brother who is gasping for air.
"Everyone this is Temari-nee-chan, Panda-chan – GAARA! SAKURA‼ MY NAME IS GAARA NOT PANDA-CHAN! He yelled as he regained his lost breath – and Kankuro-nii-chan. Temari-nee-chan, Kankuro-nii-chan and Panda-chan this is Uchiha-san, Ino-pig, Nara-san, Hyuuga-san, Hyuuga-san, Uzumaki-san and Yoshida-san." The girl introduced quietly. (A/N Sakura is only loud and outgoing when she's with Ino and the Sand Siblings.)
"Ne, Sakura-san, just call us by our names, no formalities please."
"Hai and please drop the honorific from my name too please. You guys still never answered my question! Why are you guys here?"
"Oh. That. We transferred here so we could be near you Saku-chan." Temari said as she looked at everyone carefully, as if she expected them to do something to Sakura.
Just then an odd looking student dressed in the most atrocious garb Sakura ever saw in her life came into her view. He was wearing a green spandex suit with bandages wrapped around his hands and up his forearms and these horrendous orange colour leggings with blue roman sandals. His outfit was disturbing enough, but add the bowl-cut hair and fuzzy eyebrows and beady round eyes; you got a dude named Rock Lee. (A/N Sorry Rock Lee fans, he scares me. No offense.) He approached their table at lightning speed and came to a halt in front of Sakura. "Good afternoon. How are you this youthful day? I am the youthful Rock Lee. Please be my girlfriend, cherry blossom-chan!" He said as he grabbed her hand and placed a kiss on it. Sakura jerked away with a glazed look in her eyes and she began to slightly tremble. Gaara and Kankuro saw Sakura's eyes and they immediately shoved Lee away from her, and shot a glare at the boy and slowly approached him with the upmost intent to murder the boy right then and there. Temari and Ino went up to Sakura and began to comfort the girl, who was off in her own world.
"Stay away from Sakura you freak. Don't you dare touch her again unless you want to die an early death." Kankuro said with menace dripping from his voice that gave him the aura of a cold-blooded killer.
Rock Lee backed away as Gaara silently grabbed his collar and pulled him off his feet. He raised his fist slowly and made a move to punch the guy's guts out but a small and fragile hand grabbed the suspended fist in mid-air. He looked back at the person holding him back…
To be continued.
Sorry for updating late. This chapter was a filler and I apologize if it wasn't as good as you expected.
Saku-Sasu soon enough. Please Review and constructive criticism is accepted.
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Oh yeah their schedule is
P1. Math-- Sakura, Neji, Ino, Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Gaara
P2. English-- Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Ten Ten
P3. Music-- Sakura, Sasuke, Ino, Gaara, Hinata, Ten Ten,
Lunch-- Everyone
P4. Art.-- Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Ten Ten, Sasuke, Naruto, Neji
P5. Biology-- Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Ino
P6. Gym-- Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata, Neji, Ten Ten, Gaara, Naruto
Temari and Kankuro are in their senior year, their twins and Gaara is the youngest.