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Ch. 1: A Cherry Blossom that Stands Out

World history went rather well for Sakura, other then the fact that she couldn't stop taking a quick glance at the Uchiha a couple seats over. She had no feeling toward him so she really didn't understand what was happening. She sighed and ran a hand through her soft pink hair making it all messy.

Lunch was next thank goodness, and she was starving. The bell rang and everyone ran for the door. Of course Sakura was last, she always was last to leave. Today she was with Hinata though. They walked in silence through the crowded halls of freshman and sophomores going to class and juniors and seniors going to lunch.

"Hinata, I can't wait for you to meet the others." Exclaimed Sakura grinning. Hinata just nodded her head and looked at the floor, "Their really nice and fun to hang out with."

"W-Well Sakura-Chan, I-I don't know if they w-will like me." Said Hinata quietly. Her stuttering had subdued since that morning.

"Nonsense Hinata! They'll love you!" said Sakura grinning. Hinata just nodded her head slowly in response. The two entered the commons that was already packed with people. The line had started for people to grab a lunch already.

There were different tables for different people. There was popular, untouchable, rich sort of people, geeky nerds, with no social status whatsoever people, and then some people in between. Sakura was in between the two, along with her friends. Sasuke was the popular rich untouchable kind of person who got the best seats in the commons.

"Come on, I sit over here." Exclaimed Sakura grinning and heading over to where she sat for lunch, dragging along a shy girl behind her.

"Forehead-girl! There you are! What took you so long?" asked a girl with long blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes.

"Shut up Ino-pig! I was showing my new friend around." Said Sakura glaring at Ino for calling her forehead-girl again.

"Tenten, Ino, this is Hinata," said Sakura putting an arm around Hinata's shoulder, "Hinata, this is Tenten, a senior, and Ino-pig!"

"The names Ino Yamanaka forehead." Said Ino flicking Sakura's forehead.

"Don't touch me!" snapped Sakura pushing Ino's hand away. Ino just shrugged and giggled. Sakura smiled as well.

"Well Hinata, why did you move here?" asked Tenten curiously.

"Um, well, m-my pa-parents d-d-died an-and now I'm l-living w-with my co-cousin, Neji." Stuttered Hinata. Tenten blushed a bit and looked at the floor.

"Oh! That's why your eyes are like his!" said Ino, "I'm sorry, ya know, about your parents." Hinata just nodded.

"She's shy," stated Sakura smiling, "Hinata, why don't you sit across from me and next to Tenten." Hinata nodded again and took a seat.

Everyone grabbed a lunch once the line went down and took a seat again. Ino grinned while Tenten sighed.

"I'm so tired, I stayed up all night trying to finish this 120 vocabulary word essay." Groaned Tenten resting her head in her hand while eating with the other.

"Wow, yeah, the only thing I'm looking forward to for being a senior is prom." Said Ino grinning and taking a bite of her food. Sakura nodded and smiled.

"I can't wait, I wonder where it'll be held." Said Sakura.

"It should be in a fancy hotel or something." Said Ino grinning.

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to prom." Said Tenten grinning.

"Who will you go with to the prom?" asked Ino slyly.

"I don't know actually," said Tenten frowning.

"How about Neji?" asked Ino pushing it.

"Ino!" shouted Tenten blushing furiously.

"What? He's a senior, you're a senior, prom is a few months away." Stated Ino grinning.

"N-Neji?" asked Hinata tentatively. Sakura nodded and grinned while Hinata just looked down with a slight blush.

"Please don't tell him!" said Tenten worriedly, "I'd die if he knew!" Hinata looked up at Tenten and grinned then nodded.

"Sure."

"Thank you Hinata!" Tenten sighed in relief, "I already have to deal with my A-levels which sucks so I'm not really thinking about prom yet."

"Are you kidding? I'm only a junior and already thinking about it!" exclaimed Ino in shock. Tenten only gave a small laugh and nodded.

"Ino, you know how important A-Levels are!" said Sakura grinning playfully.

"Yeah, yeah."

The four of the girls each decided to hang around outside after they finished their lunch. They threw away the garbage and headed for the big double doors in the front of the school building that led to outside.

XxX

It was only February and the air was crisp and cold as it blew around the girls. Sakura pulled a bit on her dark blue mini skirt and wrapped her black Konoha jacket tighter around her slim figure. Her hair blew in the chilly air and you could see her breath coming out in white puffs out of her mouth.

Sakura sighed and leaned against one of the many trees lining the entrance to the school. The four sat there, quiet as they were in their own thoughts. Then Sakura saw Sasuke coming out of the building. His hands were in his pockets and his face as emotionless as ever.

He stood there with the rest of his friends, as if waiting for something to happen.

Suddenly there were yells and screams coming from inside the building, Sakura, Ino, Tenten, and Hinata looked at each other wondering what was happening.

A whole crowd of people came streaming out of the building; Sakura had a good idea why but couldn't see who the culprit was due to all the people. They gathered around Sasuke and his friends then everything was silent. It was almost… scary.

Sakura stood up and pushed her way through the crowd earning a whole bunch of glares, a few pushed her right back, but Sakura didn't care, she needed to see what was going on. As she reached the center of the crowd there was Sasuke, Neji, Naruto, Kiba, and Shikamaru, staring at this one boy.

He had the biggest eyebrows Sakura had ever laid eyes on and his haircut was freaky! But when she saw this boys face full of fear and slight determination Sakura frowned and furrowed her eyebrows.

'This guy is scared; you can see it in his face! Yet there's a hint of… determination?' thought Sakura. Then Sasuke spoke up.

"You fucking almost hit my car this morning." Said Sasuke calmly, "You do know that was a new car, right?" Sakura rolled her eyes. The boy nodded slowly then furrowed his eyebrows.

"It's people like you that give this school a bad name." The boy said softly, yet he still said it loud enough for the people close enough to hear, "It's not right for you to go beat up anyone." He said this with more courage and a bit more loudly.

Sasuke growled and glared at this guy. A few people shook their heads and glared at the boy too. As if he deserved what he got just for saying something like that. But Sakura thought different.

He should be able to say what he felt! Everyone did! This boy can stand up for himself even if he knew he was going to get beat up. She should do the same. This boy sparked up Sakura's courage so instead of being like everyone else glaring at the boy, she glared at Sasuke.

Sasuke picked the boy up roughly by the collar and pulled the boy towards him He disliked this boy so much, it was amazing the boy was still alive! Sakura grimaced knowing what was coming next.

The Uchiha punched him, square in the face. The guy moaned in pain and shut his eyes while balling his fist. As if dealing with the pain until it went away on his own. But that wouldn't happen soon

Sasuke launched a kick right at his groin. The boy's eyes widened as he groaned even louder and rolled up while holding his hands in front of his groin. Sasuke still wasn't satisfied. He kicked the boy in the stomach while he was still rolling on the floor in pain.

This boy didn't deserve what Sasuke was giving him. He was just standing up for his rights!

'Like you should do.' Thought Sakura suddenly. She furrowed her eyebrows then inhaled deeply and let it out slowly. This was her chance.

Sasuke picked the boy up again by the collar and raised his arm; he was going to punch the daylights out of that boy. Sakura's eyes widened in horror as she saw Sasuke lifting his arm.

She didn't know what happened next. What motivated her to do such a thing, especially since Sasuke and his friends were like kings in the school. It was like it wasn't even her doing it, almost as if someone else was controlling her legs and arm movements. But her voice was still hers because she was the one who decided to say something.

"Stop it!" she screamed racing forward just as Sasuke's hand went down, "Stop it!" she yelled again grabbing Sasuke's arm before it could touch the boys face again. "Stop, please, stop." She said softly so that only Sasuke could hear.

Gasps of shock were heard from the crowd as they witnessed what Sakura had just done. One, she stopped Sasuke from beating the boy up, and two, she touched him. It was like a law to the fan girls that only they could lay a finger on him. They gasped and glared, there was fire coming out of their eyes as they glared at her.

Sakura looked at the ground, she was afraid to look at Sasuke's expression. Both of her hands were wrapped around Sasuke's arm to prevent him from punching the boy. It was dead silent all of a sudden, like no one dared to move or speak as they anticipated Sasuke's reaction. The wind blew and Sakura's hair lifted and blew in the direction the wind was going.

She looked at the boy who already had a black eye from the earlier punch. He was looking at her as if she were an angel or something. His eyes shimmered in relief and gratitude as they stared at each other. Then Sakura took a deep breath and looked up at Sasuke.

He was staring at her as if he couldn't believe she would do something like that. His eyebrows were raised and he was studying Sakura's features as if he was searching for something. Then to everyone's surprise he suddenly let go of the boy, who fell to the floor due to exhaustion and pain.

That definitely made the fans jealous; Sasuke had actually listened to her! He actually dropped the boy! That had never happened in the three years people had been going to the school! They glared at Sakura with an even deadlier glare then before.

She still held Sasuke's arm though, and they were still staring at each other, as if in a trance of some sort. His eyes weren't hard and angry, in fact to Sakura they looked like they had softened a bit. But she was probably just playing herself.

He could have wrenched his arm right back, he was so much stronger then Sakura, but he didn't. Sasuke couldn't believe he had even listened to her in the first place! They just stared at each other for what felt like an eternity until Sasuke looked away and frowned.

When he looked back at Sakura he was glaring at her. Sakura looked down and let go of his arm.

"Gomen." She whispered looking at her feet.

"Hn." He replied looking at the girl standing beside him.

"I-I didn't mean t-to, I mean, it just happened, I don't know-" she was cut off by the ignorant Sasuke.

"Save it." He said calmly then looked at the sky. Sakura cocked her head a bit then nodded. The crowds had lessened a bit but there was still a fair amount of people crowded around the group standing in the middle. Tsunade ran up and looked from Sakura to Sasuke to the boy on the floor and back. Naruto, Neji, Shikamaru, and Kiba stood further back as if they were just bystanders.

"You two! In my office! I already have enough to deal with but know I have to deal with this!" said Tsunade furiously. She helped the boy up and told two of the students to take him to the health room. Then she led Sasuke and Sakura to her office.

It was silent the way there. Neither of them felt like talking at the moment. So Sakura just observed the dull white walls of the school thinking that she should have never done such a thing. Now Sasuke would hate her forever.

"What happened?" she asked taking a seat behind her large desk that overlooked the school grounds.

"Uh, well--" Sakura started but was once again cut off by the infamous Sasuke Uchiha.

"I got in a fight, Sakura stopped me, the guy survived, end of story." Said Sasuke shoving his hands into his pockets. He stated it almost in a bored tone, like this happened every day, which it probably did.

"Hm," Tsunade was silent for a while as she looked Sakura over, "well in that case I reward you Sakura for standing up to this fool. And in your case Sasuke, this is the eighth fight this month. I'm afraid you have earned yourself six hours of detention." Tsunade grinned as if she had wanted to say that her whole life.

"What!" exclaimed Sasuke staring at Tsunade in disbelief. He had never gotten detention; the teachers always let him go. Of course, he knew Tsunade would be tough, but he never expected her to give him something like a detention. The Sasuke Uchiha in detention?

"I already gave you more warnings then I should have." She said with a serious look on her face, "You know I'm not an easy pushover." Sasuke groaned and put his head in his hands.

"Today starting right after school. You can start by cleaning the cafeteria and then help the librarian organize all those books." Said Tsunade thinking it over in her head, "and if you still have time rake the leaves in the front of the school and scrape the gum off the floor. Oh! And scrub that graffiti off the roof, I've been meaning to get someone to clean it up." Tsunade was enjoying herself as she watched Sasuke's expression.

"Change of plans," she said suddenly and Sasuke looked up hopefully, "You won't leave this school until you're done with all of that." Sasuke's face dropped and he clenched his fists in anger.

"But that lawn in front of the school is humongous! And the library is the biggest one in the district!" said Sasuke while glaring at the Headmistress. Tsunade shook her head.

"Sorry but that's what you get," said Tsunade shrugging her shoulders. Sasuke's head fell, he knew he had no choice. Yet he still continued glaring.

"I can't do all that by myself! Tsunade come on!" argued Sasuke shaking in fury. Sakura cocked her head and sighed.

"Tsunade, I can help him after school." She struggled the words out since she really didn't want to spend the whole time after school with him cleaning. Tsunade stared at the girl for a minute then smiled.

"How thoughtful Sakura!" said Tsunade, she thought for a second then sighed. "Fine, I don't want Sasuke not sleeping tonight just to finish up detention, and it would be faster so I guess you can." Sasuke groaned still not satisfied. He had to work with that annoying girl now! Well at least he would have help, but it would still be a lot of work.

Tsunade waved them out of her office and they left without another word. When they got out everyone was already in their next class.

"You didn't have to do that you know." Said Sasuke with a grim expression.

"That's alright, besides, it would take you a lifetime to finish it if you didn't have help.

"Hn." He replied sticking his hands deep in his pockets. It was quiet for the rest of the way until they separated to go their different ways. Sasuke having pre calculus and Sakura stuck with geometry.

XxX

She couldn't believe that she had to spend the whole time after school with Sasuke, she was happy yet she wasn't. She didn't feel like spending time with that Uchiha but she had to.

Sakura thought back to when she got to Geometry. The girls glared at her, their eyes burning with rage. And Ino sent her a questioning look from the front of the class as Sakura took her seat in the back.

They were headed to Chemistry, the class with Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Hinata, and Ino in it. Ino sighed and slung an arm around Sakura's shoulder.

"So, want to tell me what that stuff during lunch was about?" asked Ino casually. Sakura grinned.

"I don't know what happened, I just did it." Said Sakura cocking her head. Ino furrowed her eyebrows then grinned playfully.

"Sasuke is a hottie." She said smiling. Sakura looked at her fearfully then grinned,

"Whatever you say Ino-pig." Said Sakura laughing. Ino grinned.

"At least I don't have a humongo forehead." Said Ino playfully. The two laughed as they reached chemistry.

They took a seat next to Hinata who was already in the back and chatted for a while. It seemed Hinata had subdued her stuttering and was talking much better. Suddenly Sakura heard her name being called out.

"Sakura-Chan!" said Naruto waving and smiling friendly, "How are you today?" asked Naruto taking a seat in front of her.

"Fine, thank you Naruto." Said Sakura smiling. Sasuke walked up and sat down next to Sakura then leaned back in his chair. Then Shikamaru came and took a seat next to Naruto and in front of Sasuke and lay his head down.

"Say Sakura-Chan, who's your friend?" asked Naruto pointing at Hinata. Hinata blushed and looked down refusing to meet anyone's eyes.

"Oh! Everyone, this is Hinata! Hinata this is Naruto, Shikamaru the lazy-bum, and Sasuke the emotionless and cold ice block!" said Sakura grinning.

"..."

"Hey,"

"Pleased to meet you Hinata-Chan!" Naruto dramatically stood up and bowed making Hinata giggle.

"Hey, your eyes, they look like Neji's." stated Shikamaru.

"Um. H-He's m-my co-cousin." Stuttered Hinata quietly. Sasuke raised his eyebrows then Sakura grinned.

"Uh, she's shy at first." Said Sakura. Naruto made an O shape with his mouth then smiled.

"Well Hinata-Chan! Welcome to Konoha High!" Naruto stated even more dramatically. Hinata smiled and nodded her head. Then the teacher walked in the room.

"Good morning class." Anko said with a smile. "Today we will start the experiment I told you about on Friday. What you need is already out. I hope you were listening on Friday because I will not repeat what I said. I want all of you in a boy girl pairing."

She took a seat in her desk at the front of the class and ruffled through a few papers.

"Sakura-Chan! Want to be my partner?" asked Naruto enthusiastically.

"Eh," Sakura looked uncertain. She would rather be with a smarter person honestly.

"Sasuke-Kun! You and Me?" asked Ino smiling flirtatiously. Sasuke looked at her as if she were the weirdest thing he had ever seen.

"Don't call me 'kun,'" he said not looking at Ino.

"Oh, but why not? Your fan girls call you that!" whined Ino batting her eyelashes. Sasuke grimaced and clenched his fists.

"I never said they could call me Kun either." He said through gritted teeth. "I don't want to be your partner."

"Why?"

"Sakura is my partner. To bad dope." Said Sasuke grabbing Sakura's arm. He was looking at Naruto when he said dope.

"What-" Sakura looked confused but just shook her head. "Fine."

"B-B-But-" Naruto stuttered and looked shocked. He just shook his head and looked down, "Alright." He said this in a solemn tone.

"Y-You c-can b-be my pa-partner Na-Naruto." Stuttered Hinata blushing furiously. Naruto brightened up.

"Great!" he shouted grinning. Ino just looked helplessly at the two pairs then groaned.

"I guess that leaves you and me, right Shikamaru?" she said.

"…"

"Shikamaru?"

"…"

"Shika! You lazy-ass! Wake up!" shouted Ino to her sleeping partner. Shikamaru just groaned and lifted his head.

"Yeah, yeah," he muttered rubbing his black hair. Well, at least she was with someone extra smart. But honestly, Ino had no clue how Shikamaru was so smart when he was so lazy.

XxX

"You dumb-ass! How stupid could you get? I thought you were one of the people with the highest grades! You baka!" Sakura had been shouting at Sasuke since they had gotten out of chemistry. She was more then angry, way more. She was beyond boiling point.

Now on top of all that work Tsunade had given Sasuke and Sakura, they had to clean up the mess in the lab. Sakura did not want any more work to be done after school. She should have never volunteered to even help!

Apparently Sasuke had put the wrong chemicals in, and when class was halfway through it pretty much blew. The fire alarm rang and water spurted out from the sprinklers on the roof. Anko was furious, but she was nothing compared to Sakura's rage.

Everyone's hair was wet from the sprinklers but Sasuke and Sakura's hair wasn't just wet, it had this sticky substance in it too. It would take Sakura a year to get that off! Sasuke's hair was just as bad but it wasn't as long as Sakura's.

He smirked at Sakura's furious expression that was priceless. But at the same time, it was kind of… cute. Sasuke couldn't believe it, but he couldn't deny it either. She was cute with that mad expression and wet hair.

"What are you smirking at?" asked an outraged Sakura glaring at Sasuke.

"You just look cute when your mad and have wet hair." Said Sasuke wanting to see her reaction. Sakura blinked a few times and stared at Sasuke like she couldn't believe it.

"You look even cuter when you have that expression on your face." Said Sasuke as he stared at Sakura's reaction. She blinked again then frowned and furrowed her eyebrows.

"You baka!" she shouted before she turned and headed into the changing room for PE. Sasuke smirked as he watched her disappear in the locker room before heading into the men's changing room.

XxX

Later Sakura walked into the gym with her hair down. She really needed to wash it since it felt disgusting and uncomfortable. She had on her PE clothes that were black short shorts and a dark green T-shirt that read Konoha High School in white. The men's clothes were similar, except for the shorts for them were basketball shorts.

Sasuke spotted her and grinned. She glared at him only making him grin even more. He walked over to her and looked her over.

"Nice hair forehead," he said smirking. Sakura looked at him and gave him a death glare.

"Shut up! You shouldn't be talking! Look at your filthy hair!" she said pointing to his slimy black hair. He shrugged and smirked.

"Oh yeah, and don't ever call me forehead!" she said in a dangerous voice. And with a swift movement of her hand she lifted it back and brought it down.

It happened so fast Sasuke had no time to react. Before he knew it his face felt like it was on fire, especially in his left cheek. He couldn't believe it. That had never happened before! Ever! Especially to him, Sasuke Uchiha, the one who girls fell head over heels for. The heartthrob!

He couldn't get one thought out of his head. He couldn't believe it! She just slapped him! No girl had ever slapped him before!

"You, Sasuke Uchiha, have no heart and are the biggest jerk that ever lived! Never, call me forehead, ever!" she shouted to the Uchiha who was still shocked by the fact that she had slapped him. It was deadly quiet in the gym as everyone was watching the scene.

Sasuke stood up and glared at her.

"You better watch it Haruno, you don't know what kinds of things can happen to you when you mess with a Uchiha." Said Sasuke glaring at the pink haired girl in front of him. Sakura still stood her ground but Sasuke was getting to her.

On the inside, she was shaking like crazy and her heart was pounding so fast. She hoped no one could hear heart though it seemed very loud in her ears.

A whistle blew from somewhere and everyone stopped watching the two to look at Gai-Sensei.

"What are you all standing around for? Ten laps around the track warm up!" he shouted blowing his whistle again. Everyone rushed out of the gym to the track field outside where they started their ten laps.

Sasuke broke his glare and headed outside with everyone else. Sakura was still shaken from the experience. Suddenly a hand touched her shoulder making her jump.

"Don't mind Sasuke. Really. It's just; no girl has ever slapped him before. And he has a pretty short temper." Said Neji with his hand still on Sakura's shoulder, "Don't worry about it… yet."

"A-Arigatou Neji-san." Said Sakura still shaking a bit. She shook her head and grinned, Neji nodded and walked with her out to the track to do their warm up laps.

XxX

Next Chapter, Detention :) I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next one will come as soon as I have time. Please, review! I really want to know what you think of my story so far. Anyways, I hope everyone has been having a good summer! Next chapter is soon hopefully!