He kissed Sasuke.
He kissed Sasuke.
Bitterly, Sakura glared over at Naruto, acting sooo clueless -cluelessly kicking dirt on the ground around, and cluelessly glaring at the table, cluelessly disregarding the fact that he of all people was Sasuke's first kiss.
Nonetheless, Naruto stood in front of her with his clueless grin, speaking at her. Once these raging thoughts simmered down, Naruto's voice began to seep into her ears. "Hey, Sakura, since we're in the same group, I thought maybe we could eat lunch together and get to know each other!" Before she even realized it, as if on the cue of a button, Sakura snapped, "As if! I can't believe you'd let yourself think something like that!" Naruto's expression was clearly hurt, but she paid it no mind. What she wanted was not to be the "sweetest strawberry" in Naruto's book. She wanted to be the best in Sasuke's book. She wanted to be the best for Sasuke. Not Naruto. Sasuke. Naruto opened his mouth to speak again. "I, well, I just thought that since we were teammates and all now…"
"Get real. Naruto…" Sakura's moldy eyes got darker as she glowered at the blonde little boy. "You're pissing me off."
Sakura turned and left the scene, calling out for Sasuke. Someone much more worthy of her pretty presence.
A few days later, Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto were waiting in the empty classroom for their teacher. Two hours and a half. Two freakin' hours and a whole half! How does someone find themselves this late? He must have completely forgot about them -'cause at the very, very most, he should've walked in 45 to an hour later than the time he's going to be now. If he even comes…
But then, Sakura noticed Naruto mumbling to himself and pacing the room. She groaned. "Naruto, just sit down somewhere!" Of course, all Naruto did was give her lip. God, someone, please send this new sensei into this lifeless classroom so that Naruto could finally stop pacing around and progress can be made! Sakura then took notice of Naruto reaching up on a stool with one of the dirtied erasers of the class. She stared in confusion. "Naruto, what are you doing?" Naruto simply giggled at her, raising a finger to his mouth. "Shhh! This is what happens to late bastards!" She blinked, but when she saw him closing the sliding door to a crack with the eraser at the top, she got where this was going. Her lips twitched upwards a little, and she almost snorted. She would have, too, if only Sasuke wasn't there to hear such an unholy sound. She cleared her throat a little. "Naruto! You know that's wrong!" She yelled. So, so, wrong… but if Sensei falls for it… then it'll be sooo, sooo, perfect! CHYA, I love things like this!
And just in that moment, the door slid back open, and the eraser came down: right down onto the hair of a pale, slender man.
Everyone stared blankly.
But then Naruto began to laugh.
Jabbing a finger into the teacher's face, Naruto began to mock him. "BWAHAH -I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FELL FOR THAT! DID YOU SEE THAT, GUYS? HE FELL FOR IT, HE TOTALLY FELL FOR IT, YOU LOOK SO STUPID, YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN THAT COMING, OH MY GOSH THAT'S SO HILARIOUS, HAH!" Quietly, Sakura laughed, bowing her head as deeply as she could so that her hair would hide her face and bouncing shoulders. Regaining her composure, she looked up at the teacher with a firm face. "I'm so sorry, Sensei, I told him not to do it, but he did anyway! I could never bring myself to do such a thing to you!" On the inside, however, she was still laughing. As if! Perfect shot, Naruto, CHYA!
In the end, this little light-hearted gimmick made it very clear.
Sensei thought they were idiots.
And he really hated them.
Introductions.
Simple as can be. Hopefully.
Naruto had convinced the teacher to introduce himself first. Although…
"Well, that was totally useless. All we really know is his name…" Sakura grumbled. Not only was Kakashi vague, but he was real simple, and got so quickly to the point that in the end, he seemingly never actually met a point at all. Seriously -he's a thirty-going-on-forty-something year old man, and apparently doesn't know what he wants to do with his life. He might as well have simply said the only plans he's got left in his bland life is lying in a box in the dirt.
Naruto's turn to introduce himself breezed by. Mainly because Sakura wasn't listening, the only thing she really heard was "ramen". But then it was her turn. "I'm Sakura Haruno!" She said perkily. "My likes are…" She noticed Sasuke shift around a bit in his seated position, and suddenly, her cheeks burned as she couldn't seem to stop herself from glancing back at him. "I mean… the one I like is… is…" She giggled. "My hobbies… well…" She continued giggling. "And… the future…!" She squealed so harshly, a crows eyes began to leak blood…
"And?" Kakashi pressed. It was then that Sakura suddenly snapped back into reality. It's true, Sasuke is great. But she almost completely forgot. Sasuke's real amazing, he truly, truly is. But loving Sasuke isn't the only reason why Sakura became a ninja…
Now red in embarrassment more than anything, Sakura stuttered, saying, "Wait, can I go again, please?" Kakashi stared at her blankly. Finally, he gave a small nod. "But make it quick, Haruno." Nodding, Sakura took her time to inhale and exhale. Sasuke would have to be set to the side for a moment. There was an actual reason in Sakura attending the academy and training to be a ninja and fighting to become a kunoichi. Sasuke was definitely a big part, but he was simply her motivator when all else fails to push her. He wasn't the sole reason as to why she chose this path.
"I'm… well, as I said, I'm Sakura Haruno," She began. "And what I like is…" She almost caught herself saying Sasuke again, but she managed to stop herself and stay on track. "I like… I like to eat shiratama anmitsu a lot, I think it's really great, and it's fun to take care of my hair, too, I guess…" Kakashi raised an eyebrow at her for a moment, and though she noticed, she decided to keep going as to make it short as Kakashi said to. "Well, I don't really like spicy foods, they're always too hot for me to eat, and spicy foods don't sit well in my stomach, so I try to avoid them. Um, I don't really like…" For a moment, Sakura reached to touch her forehead. But she stopped midway, and started up speaking again.
"My hobbies… I suppose what I like to do most of the time would be memorization. I feel like that's what makes it rather easy for me to learn jutsu, I pick things up pretty quick, and my sharp memory makes things even simpler. Also, it makes it easy to play trivia, so I find some joy in that, too." She thought about whatever else might've been left to say. "And your dreams for the future?" Sakura looked at Kakashi straight into his eyes. "I… I guess I haven't thought much about it either…"
"I just know, that right now, I really want to be a kunoichi. If not for anything else, then to serve my village as I see fit." Sakura said with finality.
Her two other teammates stared at her, Sasuke, without emotion, and Naruto, with admiration. "That was great, Sakura!" Naruto chirped, his grin stretching ear to ear. Sakura couldn't help smiling at him, and for once, she happily replied, "Thanks, Naruto!" The rest of the day breezed by. Well, until it got down to it…
No breakfast…
This gray haired bastard had the audacity to say no breakfast. And for what? Some more stupid training? Walking home, Sakura groaned loudly all the way from where she and the team split up to the front door to her bedroom. Shutting the door behind her, she continued groaning until she finished gathering her stuff and stepping into the shower. Hopefully, things will go her way tomorrow.
