Next chapter, next chapter!!! XD Yay! Sorry for not updating for so long, kind of got sidetracked. I promise I'll update more! I'll even put myself on a schedule!! Oh, and I'm going to warn you, dialogues are my weak point, so please tell me how I can improve them and what you think of them, yatta, yatta. ^^
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Naruto series or any of the characters, only the ideas and events in this story.
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2 : New Situation
It was raining outside, dark grey clouds filling the morning sky. The small electric alarm was beeping next to Sakura Haruno's bed. She shifted and swung an arm out to smack the off button. She missed a few times, but eventually her hand landed on top of the infuriating, tiny box. She groaned and pulled back her hand, only to push her upper body up from her multitude of pillows and swing her head into a normal position, short pink hair all askew. She pulled up her knees so that she was in a sitting position, then began rubbing her head with her palm. She looked over to the clock and her jade eyes widened.
"Crap!"
"Class, we have a new student this year. I would like to introduce Miss Haruno, Sakura. She just moved here to Konoha, so please treat her with respect," concluded Kakashi-sensei, running an awkward and slightly embarrassed hand through his spiky silver hair. Sakura stood, nervous and afraid, for a moment then bowed to the class, muttering, "Please take care of me," under her breath. She looked expectantly at the teacher.
"There's a seat in the back there next to Uchiha, Sasuke. Please sit there until I rearrange the seating chart again."
"Yes sir."
Oh, great. Sakura didn't look up as she passed all the curious eyes of the kids around her.She felt like disappearing into a deep dark hole in the ground and never coming back, but that really wouldn't help the situation, now would it? Quickly, she put down her bag and sat in the appointed seat. She didn't look at Sasuke, she looked straight ahead, wishing time would go faster.
Classes went that way for the rest of the day, except for the end. Of course, there's no such thing as a perfect day, Sakura thought sourly. The second her art class ended, everyone crowded around her desk, elbowing to get a better look at her, or maybe it was her drawing. Who knew?
"Wow! You're an amazing artist!!" said one girl.
"How'd you do that?" said a boy.
Back and forth it went, questions being shot at her of who she was and how she got there. Where she learned to draw and paint and where she was from. She answered each question quickly, with weary smiles as they followed her down the hall and out the front of the school toward the dorms. The funny thing about a crowd of eager teens is that they never go away. Sakura was getting increasingly annoyed by the minute. By the time she got to her door, the students had begun asking her about why she was in the boy's dorm. They were answering their own questions though; the girls stating that there wasn't any room in their dorm anymore after all. That's where the girl finally turned to them and, as nicely as she could manage, spoke.
"Well, it's been nice getting to know you all, but you can't possibly come in. Sorry, see you tomorrow!"
She opened the door, rushed in and slammed it behind her, hoping they wouldn't try to charge it down. She closed her eyes and slid down to the bottom of the door, leaning against the wooden slate. She placed her elbows on her knees and covered her eyes with her hands, taking deep breaths as she heard the footsteps fading, but there was a set of footsteps coming towards the door. Of course, the bastard is home. She got up in time for Sasuke to open the door and push her so she fell back to the ground. He locked the door and looked at her, expressionless.
"What are you doing on the ground?"
Sakura nearly growled at him. "I'm just getting a better look at the dirt on the wood floor of course! Couldn't you tell?" she replied sarcastically, getting up and walking over to her bed. Sasuke just raised his eyebrows a bit and walked to his bed, flinging his things next to it; he lay down, arms behind his head, and closed his eyes. On the other hand, Sakura fell face first into her pillows. She shifted a bit so she could look out the window at the bright blue sky. Looks like the clouds cleared up. She smiled to herself, loving the warmth of the sun coming through the double panned glass. A bird flew across the sun for a moment, throwing a shadow across her face. She could hear it chirping. She could hear the kids outside talking and laughing. A soccer ball went flying through the air, hitting her window. Sakura jumped up and fell off the bed in her frantic attempt to not get hit by the ball, forgetting the window was closed. She heard a chuckle come from the other side of the room, so she threw a glare at him and got back on her bed, sitting next to the window.
"So, Uchiha-kun, is there a soccer team here?"
The guy in question opened one eye and looked at her from the corner of it. "Yeah, but you're never going to get on it."
"Oh? And why is that?" Sakura was getting a bit irritated at him. "It's a co-ed team and I'm the captain. I don't think you can play up to my standards," he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the whole freaking world. Sakura just smiled a bit when he closed his eye again. We'll see about that. She got up, grabbed her bag and walked out of the dorm room.
The sun was really nice, just as she had thought. She took out her map again, hell bent on trying to get to the library. I certainly can't do my homework in my room. She kept flipping the paper over and over until, for the second time, it was snatched from her and put back. She looked up, almost expecting Sasuke to be there, but instead she looked straight into a bright, clear blue color. For a second, she didn't know what she was looking at, and then the color spoke, rather loudly.
"Hey! Are you lost?" Sakura blinked and saw that the blue eyes belonged to a very tall boy with blonde hair spiked in every which direction. He smiled, big and toothy, eyes crinkled closed. Sakura just nodded.
"Where do you want to go then?"
"To the library."
The stranger leaned closer to the map and pointed to a building on it, then raised his hand and pointed to the corresponding building to their far right. She looked up to see the large stone and brick building, the words LIBRARY written in clear view. Wow…I feel stupid. "Thanks."
"No problem. The name's Naruto by the way! Naruto Uzumaki. Mind If I walk over with you? I was going there anyway." He grinned and for some reason, all Sakura could think was I really doubt that. But she smiled at him anyways and agreed, so they started to make their way to the far away building.
"You're Sasuke's new roommate right? Sakura Haruno?"
"Unfortunately, yes." She grimaced and Naruto just laughed.
"He's not as bad as you think. He may be kind of a jerk sometimes, but Saskue-teme can be nice too."
"I really doubt that. Besides, he's probably a player, so girls are like toys to him."
"I guess you could say that." Naruto laughed again. "Once you get to know him, he can actually care. Well, about his friends."
"Oh? And who could those unlucky people be?" He grinned.
"Me! And Tenten, Neji, Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru and Sai."
"Naruto, I don't know if you're aware of this, but I'm new here….So I don't exactly know who you're talking about." All the blondie did was laugh harder. "You will. Cause you're going to be hanging with us from now on!" Sakura stared at him. "Says who?"
"Says me. You're my friend and I'm not going to let you go around alone anymore. That's what friends are for."
"Dude, I just met you."
"So?"
Her mouth fell agape. Talk about storybook character.
"Anyways, any questions about the school so far?" Her hair ruffled about her face as she thought about that.
"Nah, not really; only, what's with the students here? They swarm transfers like bees to honey."
"Oh, that. We just don't get many transfers here, especially not girls. The kids in this school have been together since elementary. No one comes in during high school. Well, except for you that is."
He smiled at her like he'd known her since elementary too. He looked past her for a moment, and then waved at someone. When Sakura looked, she saw a girl with dark blue hair trailing down to her mid back walking towards them. She looked pretty until Sakura caught her eyes. They were a surprising pale moonlight color, without iris', and for some reason, a shiver was sent down her spine. Kind of creepy, but those eyes are really beautiful. Apparently Naruto thought so too, since he couldn't stop staring at her, big smile plastered to his face.
"Sakura-chan, this is Hinata Hyuuga! She's from a really big and important family here! Her dad's actually the dean of the school." The girl, Hinata, gave a shy smile and a little wave, which Sakura returned. "Yeah, she's the reason I get away with so much stuff at school." The blond laughed loudly again.
"Naruto likes to play a lot of pranks. I keep my father from punishing him too badly." A blush flourished across Hinata's cheeks. I see. They like each other.
"So, are you two dating?" Sakura stated bluntly, which got Hinata's entire face to turn red as Naruto threw one arm around her shoulders and hugged her to his chest, obviously happy that their relationship was so apparent.
"Yes we are, since about a week ago!" Aww, they're cute. Sakura chuckled a little, a smile on her lips. They were so endearing.
The three walked up the short stone steps and through the towering gate like entrance to the school's private library.
"What are you going to be doing in the library, Sakura?" asked the recovering Hinata. At least her face was slowly going back to normal color, since Naruto was only holding her hand now.
"I was just going to do some homework, maybe take out some books."
"You need to apply for a library card then. Here, I'll show you." Hinata lead the way to the front desk and asked the librarian for a form to fill out Sakura's information. She also got some extra flyers for upcoming events and even a calendar for monthly events. She handed all this to Sakura, who thanked her new friend and went to sit down to fill out her forms.
"Sakura, we're going to leave okay? Just hand in your things to the librarian when you're done. See you tomorrow."
"Okay, see you tomorrow. It was nice meeting you Hinata, Naruto." The couple smiled and left the quiet building, hand in hand. I wish I had such an easy relationship with someone. That'd be so nice. She looked back down and filled out the info.
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So, what did you think? I know it's short. I'll make the other ones longer. I'm really sleepy, so I'm going to post this and go to bed. R&R please. Thanks!