A/N: Third chapter is here! I want to thank my reviews from the chapter two. I would like to thank the following people: Itachi-is-mine, Sakubunny, xX-Arianna-hime-Xx, Anari Haruno, blossoms14, bluflamez, Emy-chan-tan-fan, himeyuzuki and kattylin. Your reviews are the source of my drive. Thank You.

For those who read Dawns are New Beginnings, don't worry I'm going to update this weekend, hopefully. I'm having trouble with the fighting scene, I suck at those kinds of stuff. (TT-TT)

Chapter 3

First Love?

Slowly, Sai opened the door to hell, well hell for him, but for Sakura it was like a whole new experience. He gave her a final glance before reaching for the doorknob.

Unknown to the Sakura, Sai hated school with a passion. Sometimes he just wished to be home schooled like her friend. In his last school he was the popular boy. He was smart, athletic, mysterious, had good looks and a very foul mouth. Many girls almost stripped naked in front of him just to get his attention. That was the main reason why he hated his last school. Hopefully though, this school would be different. Not for his sake but Sakura's. He didn't want her to experience the wrath of fangirls. When Shizune mentioned fangirls in her list of 'people to watch out from', he knew that Sakura didn't understand. Oh, he knew what that particular breed of females could do. He had experienced it first hand. He had been kidnapped, blindfolded and almost raped. Luckily his bodyguard Juugo saved him before anything happened. He was scarred for life. Of course Sakura didn't know this, she might have second thoughts about attending school if she did.

Just the memory of it sent tremors down his spine. Who would have thought that girls would go to such lengths just to lay a handsome guy? (A/N: He's conceited, isn't he? Not that it isn't true though)

Sakura who noticed his sudden shiver gave him a quizzical look. He nodded to show he was fine. He couldn't screw this up for her. He had to be strong, even if it meant his probable doom.

When he fully opened the door he was the first one to come inside. The students, well most of them were gripping on their desks very tightly as if resisting the urge to shout something while the teacher was in front reading a book. Wondering if he had the wrong room he decided to ask the teacher.

"Excuse me but is th-"

"Ha! He gets detention!" a boy with spiky blond hair shouted while he happily pointed at Sai.

Now Sai was really wondering whether he had the wrong room. Then he recognized the blond. He smirked.

"What are you talking about? Dickless?"

The blonde seemed stunned to hear the nickname. Then his eyes narrowed. "Oh…it's the other bastard."

A book was slammed down on the table. Everyone looked up to see that Kakashi had stopped reading, his orange little book was on top of his table.

"Naruto, no cursing in my class. You…" he pointed at Naruto then at Sai "..and you. Detention after classes this afternoon." He smiled under his mask. "I'm sure Ibiki's going to have fun."

Everyone in the class broke into a sigh of relief. Sai looked around confused. Kakashi motioned for Naruto to sit down. Naruto did so begrudgingly, muttering 'but I didn't lose' over and over again.

"So, you're the new student then? But I was informed of two…" Kakashi said rubbing his chin.

Sai went out again and when he came back he was pulling Sakura inside. Sakura had a neutral face but a slight blush could be seen on her face.

"Well, there are two of us now." Sai said.

"Alright then." Kakashi said. "Class these two are your new classmates, they're new here in K.A so make them feel like they belong-"

"Will Mr. Hatake Kakashi in the sophomore building please go to the vice-principal's office. I repeat, Mr. Hatake Kakashi you are needed in the vice- principal's office."

The sound of the P.A system was heard in the entire building.

Kakashi started rubbing the back of his head. "What does he want?" He wasn't late today so that man can't reprimand him for that, as a matter of fact he was early today. The Hatake Kakashi is never early, he only was today because the principal told him to welcome the two new students and threatened to kick his ass if he didn't. He turned to the two new students and sighed. He was going to have to leave the introductions to them.

"Okay, I'm going to be gone for a while so just introduce yourselves and seat at the two seats at the back."

Sai nodded.

Kakashi left them on the front of the class. The door was closed roughly. Now they were alone with about 30 more students.

Just great.

Sai turned to the class. There was really no need to introduce themselves now that the teacher was gone. The majority of the students had their attention on them. And from what he could see, the dickless was eyeing him murderously. Deciding to get this over quickly he just stuck with his first name.

"Sai"

The way he said it was calm and suave that the girls at the front had blushes adorning their faces. They wouldn't faint for such a petty reason. It was shameful enough to be gossiping.

Noticing that Sakura was in a trance by looking around the room, he nudged her with his elbow lightly. Sakura looked around confused.

"Introduce yourself." Sai whispered.

Some students laughed at her obvious lack of attention. Her face and neck started heating up. Her first time here and she was already being laughed at.

"I-I'm S-Sa-kur-"

Before she could embarrass herself more, Sai decide to help her out.

"Sakura." He said for her. Relief washed over Sakura's face. He looked up at Sai and mouthed an inaudible thank you.

Pulling her across the room, they headed towards the back where the teacher told them to sit. When they passed the blond kid known as Naruto, he glared at Sai. Sai just gave him one of his fake smiles.

When they reached the back they seated themselves in the couple of unoccupied desk there. Sakura didn't know what to do so she turned to Sai and saw him putting his bag on the desk.

Sakura noticed that the Naruto kid who was glaring at Sai was now making his way towards their direction. Sai seemed oblivious to the upcoming blonde.

"Sai your friend is-" she was rudely interrupted when a hand was slammed down on Sai's desk. Many students' attentions were now on the Sai and Naruto.

Sai gave the boy a smile. Naruto seemed to become more pissed to see his smile.

"What the HELL are you doing here?!! Weren't you supposed to be in-whatever the name was-academy?!!"

Sai kept the smile on his face. "Shame on you. You don't even remember what school I'm from. I bet you didn't even remember who I was until I said my name. Yet, here you are harassing me."

Naruto reddened after what Sai said this.

Bingo.

He did forget who Sai was.

To hide his embarrassment, Naruto slammed his both his hands on Sai's desk. Sakura's ears were very painful by now.

"I don't need to remember your name!!! Probably because my brain keeps on remembering what you DID!!"

"You mean your brain is so small that it could only remember what I did?"

"Shut up!! You're DEAD."

Naruto was ready to pummel him. A pair of arms pulled the blonde by the shoulders. He tried to fight it off but he was overpowered by the other person. Sakura watched this from her seat. She looked up at the person who stopped the rampaging Naruto. She saw a handsome boy with a lazy look on his face, his hair was tied up high, sort of like a pineapple. The boy looked at Sai and muttered a low 'troublesome'.

"Let me GO Shikamaru!! That ass needs to be taught a lesson for what he did to me!!" Naruto shouted hysterically shouted at Shikamaru.

Sai took out a sketch pad and started sketching something, completely ignoring the berserk teenager yelling profanities at him.

Sakura pitied the blonde. He may seem like an idiot but he seemed really angry at Sai about something. "Sai?" Sai tilted his head to show he was listening. "I think you should apologize to him."

Sai's pencil ripped through the paper. Naruto looked at her incredulously, it was like he just noticed she was there.

With the fake smile plastered across his face Sai turned to her. "And why do you suggest I do that?"

Sakura frowned. "Because he's obviously upset about something, and you seem to be the reason for it."

"It wasn't my fault I-"

"I don't care whose fault it is. Just apologize. Now. His voice is so annoying." She whispered the last part to him.

"Tsk" Sai then looked at Naruto. "Sorry" the way he said it though didn't seem sorry at all, but Naruto seemed to be content with it. He broke into a huge grin. They didn't notice that the WHOLE class' attention was now on them.

Shikamaru gave the class a brief glance. When they saw this they immediately looked at the board in front of the room, doing their best to ignore the interesting thing going on at the back.

Naruto jumped toward Sakura's desk happily and held both her hands on his own. There was a twinkle in his eye that could be seen in children when you give them a treat. "Hi there, my name is Uzumake Naruto. I'm so happy to meet you."

"Haruno Sakura"

"Haruno?! Seriously?" he asked shaking her shoulders.

With the mention of her last name the class took small peaks towards them. All of them were thinking of the same thing. Haruno? Where? Shikamaru looked surprised by it as well. He unexpectedly walked towards Sakura and tried to shake her hand in greeting, but it was a little hard considering that Naruto was still shaking her. "Nara Shikamaru."

"It's-a p-pleasure to meet y-you." Sakura was getting dizzy. She was seeing white clouds now.

Shikamaru gave Sai a look that said 'help her because I sure won't'.

A hand gripped Naruto's shoulder. "I would really appreciate it if you don't give her brain damage like yourself." Sai's voice was calm and he was smiling but there was an underlying threat in his words.

Naruto abruptly stopped his shaking. "Is she really a Haruno?"

Sai glanced at Sakura who was having a hard time trying to focus her eyes. "Yes, she is."

Letting out a low whistle, Naruto looked at Sakura and smiled. "Well it's good to know that they really exist. This is my first time meeting one."

"Shut up, don't be rude and return to your seat." Shikamaru ordered.

"But, I want to know more about Sakura. Wait." He left and took his seat and came back and sat in front of her desk. Shikamaru sighed and went back to his seat. Sai, seeing nothing wrong with this went back to his seat as well and started sketching again after ripping the torn paper from the pad.

"So, what school are you from?" Naruto started.

"I didn't really attend school. I was home schooled."

"Really? That must have been awful."

"Well, it was okay, I guess."

Naruto leaned closer to her. "So Sakura, how old are you?"

"Seventeen" Naruto's eyes lit up.

"Really? That's great! I'm seventeen as well!"

"Hey Naruto?"

"Huh?"

"What was happening before Sai interrupted the class. You shouted that he gets detention."

"Oh that, well you see, Kakashi-sensei likes to read that little book of his, and well…class gets in the way. So, he decided for us to play a game." He looked at Sakura to see if she was still interested. After seeing her eager face he continued. "He said whoever's voice he hears first, he would send to detention."

"What's so wrong about detention? If I'm not mistaken, it's just spending an hour in a room after class and possibly writing lines."

Naruto shook his head. "It wouldn't have been so bad if it was just that. But the person in charge of detention is Morino Ibiki, a former military captain. He's a slave driver. A harsh one."

"But don't you have detention with him this afternoon?"

Naruto's face immediately fell after the mention of his detention.

"I'm sure it won't be so bad. After all, you have Sai with you."

"Oh, that's even better, having Sai and Ibiki-sensei in one room. Very peachy. Just do me a favor Sakura. If I don't survive, please pray for my soul."

Sakura couldn't help but laugh at him. Sai heard her laugh and looked up at them, when he saw why she was laughing he turned his attention back at his sketch book.

Sakura and Naruto were having a pleasant conversation when an indigo-haired girl came up at the side of her desk. Her hair was on a simple French braid and her rectangular glasses gave her a look of superiority. She held the grace and air of a daughter from a wealthy and dignified family.

"Mr. Uzumaki, please return to your seat." It was an order even with the 'please'.

Naruto groaned. "Don't be impolite, were having a conversation here." he said mocking the girl with fake politeness.

The girl fixed her glasses. "Don't make this any trouble for both of us, Uzumaki. Just go back to your seat and behave."

"Yes Miss Saitou." Naruto said sarcastically. "I'll see you later Sakura."Naruto took his seat again and placed it back at his desk.

The girl known as Miss Saitou still didn't leave. Sakura looked around. Why did she make Naruto leave? There were plenty more students who weren't in their respective seats.

The girl on her side cleared her throat. Sakura gave her an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry. I was thinking of something."

The girl gave her a cool and calculating look. Without saying a thing to her, she left. Sakura was confused. What was that all about? She was about to ask Sai when the bell rang.

All the students stood up from their seats and picked up their bags. One by one they left the room. Sakura, Sai and the indigo-haired girl were the only ones left. If she didn't know any better she would say that the girl was waiting for them.

Sai picked up his bag and hers. Sakura gave her a thankful look. They were about to leave the room when the girl stopped them.

"Wait"

They turned around. The Saitou girl came to their side. She looked at Sai. "I'm going to talk to her first. You could go ahead, I'll take her to her second class."

Sai was hesitant to leave. He had a bad feeling with this girl. On the other hand, Sakura was curious as to what this girl wanted to talk to her about. She gave Sai a nod.

He was uncertain about leaving, but Sakura could take care of herself. And by the looks of this girl, she seemed civil enough not to harm Sakura. "I expect her to be there within 15 minutes."

"Don't worry, this would not take long."

"Go ahead Sai, I'll just meet you there."

He went out and reluctantly closed the door and headed for the next class.

Sakura faced the girl. "What is it you wanted to talk about?"

"First of all I would like to introduce myself. My name is Saitou Yuuka." She said

"My name is Haruno Sakura." Sakura was about to shake hands with Yuuko when what the girl said let her forget about what she was about to do.

"You're not a Haruno."

Excuse me? But what the hell are you talking about? Sakura was tempted to voice out her thought but decided against it. Instead she quirked a brow "What made you think that?"

"I know all the Haruno family members, and I don't remember ever meeting you."

Now Sakura was just confused. How could this girl claim that she knows her entire family? That was just plain wrong. But this girl won't just go around claiming she knew the Haruno family members without any valid reason. It was possible that she really did know most of her family, and it was understandable that Saitou didn't know her since she was practically the unknown member of the family. Blame her parents for that. "You say you know all the Haruno family members, right?"

"Yes"

"How?"

Yuuka crossed her arms over her chest. "My family has served the Haruno clan for generations. I have been introduced to all the members of the family by the leader of the Haruno clan himself and his wife, Mr. Fuji Haruno and Mrs. Chihoko Haruno ." She said this with pride. Her eyes seem to glint at the memory. She must really have been honored, to think of her father and mother like some god.

What exactly did Mom and Dad say to this girl to send them on her top most respected people?

An image of her father singing the 70's disco beats with her mother came into Sakura's mind. She shivered involuntarily. Her parents may be viewed as cool and collected types by the community, but Sakura knew better. Her parents were nutshells who send their daughter to school and have some people spy on her.

"Well? Who are you?" Yuuka was getting impatient.

Sakura scratched the back of her head in a very unladylike way. She was getting uncomfortable with the situation. She wondered how this girl would react if she told him she's the daughter of her idols?

"Well, do you know their daughter?" Sakura asked awkwardly.

Yuuka lost her composure for a second, but regained it as fast as it left. This girl couldn't be, could she? Fixing her glasses that seemed to fog up she decided to confirm her suspicion. "You aren't implying that you're-"

"Well, I am."

Yuuka's mouth looked like a fly trap that Sakura was almost tempted to laugh.

"Are you r-really-" before she could finish Sakura fished out her wallet from her pocket and pulled out a picture. She showed it to Yuuka and watched as the girl's jaw seemed to go lower.

The picture that she showed Yuuka was like a mini family portrait.

Yuuka bowed her head low and started sweating like mad. "I'm sorry for being rude. I shall accept any punishment from you."

Sakura waved her hand in front of her. "There's no need for that. It was all just a simple misunderstanding, that's all."

Yuuka looked up at her and held her hand, just like Naruto did earlier. "Oh, you are so forgiving just like your parents."

Sakura was getting uncomfortable again. This girl has major bipolarity issues.

"Why don't you just help me towards my next class?" Sakura asked.

"O-Of course. I'm sorr-"

"What's going on here? Shouldn't you two be in class?" the voice that interrupted them was smooth and cool.

Since Sakura's back was facing the door she didn't see who it as, but Yuuka had a good view of the intruder. She watched as Yuuka's eyes widened and she reverted back to her cool self.

"Oh, good morning vice-president. I didn't know you were here today." Yuuka said pleasantly.

"Second period started five minutes ago." Sakura heard the velvety voice again. She didn't dare face the owner of the voice afraid that if she turned around she may be disappointed with what the owner of the voice looked like.

"Eep. Sakura what class have you got?"

"Algebra II and Geometry with Miss Yuuhi Kurenai."

"I have Music class." Yuuka looked at the person behind Sakura. "Vice-president, do you think you could take her there?"

"Just hurry up." The voice was impatient.

"Thanks" she turned to Sakura. "Tell that boy you were with that I'm sorry for not taking you there myself."

"It's okay, you seem you be in a hurry."

"Okay then, this is the vice-president of the Student Council, Uchiha Sasuke."

When Sakura turned around she couldn't help but gasp weakly. This man seemed very familiar…and cold. But there was no denying that he was the prettiest thing she's ever seen in her entire life.

He skin tone was like Sai's. His chiseled face was the absolute exemplar for perfection. But what caught Sakura's most attention were the eyes. They seemed to pull her into a dark and mysterious dimension where you could easily get lost.

Her heart skipped a beat at that very moment.

A/N: So what do you think? Is my updating slow or fast? If it's too slow just tell me. And if it's too fast…well, I'll try to slow it up a bit.

Itachi in the next chapter!! (Warning: I love Itachi, therefore he won't be a bad guy in this fic)

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Until the next chapter! Ja ne