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Chapter 3: Seniors

The rest of the day flew by. At lunch everyone from Asuma's homeroom sat with each other. Sakura observed them, seeing what they liked to talk about, their interests, hobbies and what they liked to eat. Naruto, who she sat next to ate 10 bowls of miso ramen, which broke his record of 9.

She really liked it here, and was happy that her first day at a new high school went so well. Sakura stood at her locker putting her books she needed into her bag. Closing the locker she turned around, and then accidentally bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry!" She instantly blurted out, her face turning bright red. The person who she bumped into was a very tall boy, who looked like a senior. He had long black hair that was put into a very low ponytail. The seniors shirt was half way open and, on his bare, open chest laid a necklace which was a flat circle with a rectangular stub coming out the bottom. it was half white and half red. Sakura looked up at his face which was, very handsome. his eyes were a brown-black and he had distinct lines under them.

"Hey its a new girl!" Someone said behind the handsome senior boy. There was actually a whole group behind him, which made Sakura want to climb into her locker and hide there forever. The person who yelled out had dyed, gray hair and purple eyes, and over his uniform he wore a hooded jacket which had a design of a skeleton on it. Standing next to him was a slightly tall boy (if that's the way you would describe a senior, man doesn't fit so well) who wore a black bandanna on the top of his head. He had lime-green colored eyes and he was also giving his gray haired friend an angry scowl. The tallest person, who stood out from the group had indigo colored hair and his face was slightly pointed which gave him a fish-like appearance. To his right was another boy, who Sakura thought, at first glance was a female. But, he was indeed, a male who had long blond hair that was in a high ponytail, bangs that almost covered his eyes, which were a soft blue. Standing a bit to close to him was a boy who looked a lot like Gaara but, had brown eyes and messier red hair. A girl with bright blue hair, with an origami flower in it stood out from the group also. Not because of her odd hair color, which everyone in the group seemed to have but she was the only girl there. holding her hand was a boy with bright orange, spiky hair, green eyes and piercings in his lip, ears and one in his nose.

"Yep, you do loom new here." The tall black haired senior said to her. He then coupled her chin in his hand and made her stand on her toes. "Your'e pretty cute too." Her heart began to race and she had no clue who he was, what he wanted from her and ulimitally what he was going to do with her.

"I 'got dibs with her when you're done!" the gray haired senior said, in a malicious way.

"Itachi what the hell is going on!?" Sakura heard a familiar voice say in a growl. She spun around to see Sasuke walking toward her, rolling up his sleeves and clenching his fists. She'd never seen someone so pissed of before.

"Hello *ototosan." Itachi greeted Sasuke, as he let go of Sakura's chin.

"What the hell Itachi!" Sasuke said, his voice filled with rage.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Is this your girl?" He said jokingly. Itachi pushed Sakura into his brother and he held onto her.

"She's not my girl, why don't you stop messing around and grow up?" Sasuke said as he turned around, with his arm loose around Sakura's shoulder he said, "lets go."

They walked away from the school into a nearby park. The leaves blew of the trees' circling in

the wind. Sasuke and Sakura sat down on a bench.

"Who were they?" Sakura asked, trying not to raise Sasuke's boiling temper. he sighed and said, "My older brother and his friends. He usually doesn't act like that, sorry."

"Oh, that's ok." She said, feeling very uncomfortable.

"I'll give him hell later." he said, to himself.

They both stared out into the park enjoying the Fall scenery. A fountain was placed in the middle of the park and the sound of the rushing water, trickling down made them both, more relaxed. The wind blew a great gust of wind and it send shivers down Sakura's spine.

"Here take my jacket, you forget yours, how clumsy." Sasuke said as he took off his jacket and put it onto her shoulders.

"No, you'll catch a cold!" Sakura protested.

"I'm used to this weather, it's my favorite season too." He said as he put his hand behind his head and leaned back. Sakura sighed and put her arms through the sleeves of his jacket, which was quite big on her. She became warm instantly and the coat was soft and smelt like musk. Sasuke's raven hair brushed his face in the wind and hers did the same. All she could do was look at her new friend, whom she felt very close to despite only knowing him for a day. He seemed so mysterious to her, his brother, his raging temper, and that necklace that Itachi was

wearing, what did it mean?

"What was that necklace your older brother was wearing?" Sakura asked, in an almost whisper trying not to ruin the calmness between them. Sasuke remained silent for a few moments then said, "It's the Uchiha family crest. Our family used to be a very powerful clan many centuries ago." his ink colored eyes remained closed.

"That's incredibly old!" Sakura said astonished.

"Yeah, my family is actually very wealthy, I suppose it's from that. our rival clan also still exists today too."

"Really?"

"You've met Neji and Hinata tight?" Sasuke asked finally opening his eyes and turing to her.

"Yes."

"Well." he said as he raised his arms to stretch, "back long ago the Hyuga clan was our enemy, so today our families have a grudge." he said. "Neji really hates me, like hates my guts, but Hinata isn't like normal Hyuga girls."

"How so?"

"Well, she speaks her mind and doesn't hold anything against me, my brother or our family." Sasuke said, flashing his white teeth at her, which made her blush.

"Speaks her mind?" Sakura asked, unsure of what he meant.

"Her father is, well how do I put this?'' He paused, and scratched his head. "He's very proper and goes by the old Hyuga rules which say that women have no opinion or authority to speak to men when they aren't spoken to. So, when Hinata speaks out, her father goes A-wall."

"Th-thats horrible!" Sakura said in disbelief.

"Yeah but, what can you do, you know?" Sasuke said standing up. "Come on I'll walk you home."

So they walked home, chattering about teachers and classmates. She felt very relaxed around him. Unlike how tense and weird she felt around Naruto. Unable to put a finger around her feelings, she crawled into bed after a long night's study.


Translation Note: (*) -ototosan, means younger brother.

You also might be wondering were Zetsu, Tobi and the other missing Akatsuki Seniors are but, you're just going to have to wait for that. I also tried to make the Akatsuki as "normal" as I could ex: Hidan with his skelliton jacket and Kazuku with his bandanna.