Your Misery. NejixSakura.

Dear Diary,

This morning, I wasn't very happy about this whole "moving" concept. And as the trip over here progressed, I only became more unsure. The whole "redneck" thing didn't fit my style. And I'll be damned if I have to live in a city of rednecks.Heh, anyways. When we got here, I met a girl. Her name's TenTen, and she owns a weapons shop. How COOL is that?! Anyways, her friend was even cooler. His name's Naruto, and he seems just like me!

Well, I hope school doesn't turn out to be a bust. At my last school, I was the best kunoichi there, and everyone hated me. But through all that, I did make a couple of friends. And I miss them terribly. I wish I didn't have to move, but wishing's not gonna change anything.

All I can hope for is that this new school doesn't turn out to be suck-ish.

Well, see ya for now...

Sakura-chan3

I closed my diary, sitting back on my bed. I really hoped this whole moving thing would turn out to be okay.

"Sakura! Dinner!"

I rolled my eyes as my mother's shrill voice entered my ears. I climbed out of my bed.

Hey, at least I didn't get a new bed too. I had gotten used to my old bed, and I didn't want to part with it. In fact, all of my old things were moved along with us. That made the whole "new house" thing a little better.

After I got home, I had unpacked everything. My parents moved all the furniture around the way they wanted it. I didn't really care. Now, my old posters and drawings and doodads hung on the walls, almost completely covering the bare white. My clothes hung in the closet and stuck out in my dresser. Messy, the way I liked it.

My mother always hated that about me. How I always liked my things scattered. I always find them better that way. I don't know why. Mom always puts things away correctly after I leave them alone. And then, I can NEVER find them. And when I ask her, I find that she misplaced it too! She never listens to me after I ask her not to move my things, even after all the missing things we found from her "miscalculations."

I sighed, looking at the room. 'Good as I can get it, I guess,' I thought.

I walked down the hallway, and found my mother rushing around in the kitchen, tending to various pots and pans. My father sat at the table, reading a book.

"Wash up, dear," Mother said to me.

"Uhh, mom..." I raised an eyebrow. "...Need help?"

"Sure, honey." She smiled. "Wash up first."

I walked to the sink, moving the strainer out of the way and washing my hands with hot water and soap.

"So, mom," I said as I tended to a large pot filled with sesame chicken. "What school am I going to? I do start tomorrow, after all."

"Hai, you do," Mother responded. "You'll be going to "Konoha Academy.""

"Whaaat?!" I gaped at her. "That's the hoity-toity rich people school!"

"Yes, and you'll fit in well there!" She retorted. "We're not poo, Sakura. I want you to be able to get the best education possible."

"But--All the kids there are rich, spoiled..." I searched for the right words. "...Fuddy-Duddies!!"

"Sakura, I'm sure they're not "Fuddy-Duddies..."" Mother chuckled. "All those rich, spoiled and pampered kids you hear about? They're only stereotypes."

"No they're not!" I snapped. "There were some at my old school!"

"Oh, Sakura..." Mother sighed. "You're going, I'm sorry. We've already registered you."

"Ugh!" I groaned, rolling my eyes. "I hate my life..." I muttered, sighing.

x

"Bye Mom!" I called as I headed out the door.

"Wait, you forgot break--" I didn't hear the rest, because I was already out the door. I ran down the street, heading for the tall building straight ahead. It was good that I lived close to the school, because I had to walk. It would've sucked if I would've had to walk a long way to school every morning.

I ran across a street to hear a horn honking. I barely slid past a car that was speeding by. As I leaped out of the way, I caught a glimpse of long, dark brown hair. I fell to my knees, the wind knocked out of me.

I looked up. The green light was on for walkers, not cars. It must have been a teenager driving that car, because no sensible adult would be so reckless.

I wanted to cry. But, I couldn't because I was fifteen, and fifteen-year-olds don't cry.

I merely straightened myself, standing up, and continued to walk to school.

I got there early, and got my schedule. The lady at the front desk wasn't very nice, and smelled like fish and old lady's perfume.

Blech.

"Heeey! Hey, Sakura!" I turned around to see Naruto and TenTen pushing through the crowd, waving at me and grinning.

I smiled back and waved lightly.

When they got to me, I was greeted by a hug.

"So, you're going here?"

"Nahh.." I said, rolling my eyes.

"Eh?"

"Note the sarcasm." I laughed.

"Oh, right," He laughed, turning red.

Suddenly, someone pushed past me roughly, making me spill my books and papers all over the floor. "Watch where you're going, new girl," He spat.

I looked at him, and recognized him immediately. He was the guy in the car! He almost ran me over! I was NOT happy.

"Listen! I don't know who you think you are, but--" I was cut off by TenTen covering my mouth with her hand.

"Sorry, Neji! She wasn't about to say anything. Bye-bye!" She said, smiling cheerily. A sweat-drop formed above her head.

The boy grunted, giving me a glare before walking away.

After he left, TenTen uncovered my mouth and turned to me. "Are you crazy?!" She waved her arms about. "He's the most popular guy in school! Do you want to get yourself hated by everyone?!"

"I wouldn't care," I retorted. "It wouldn't be any different from my last school."

Naruto cut in. "Sakura-chan, just stick with us, okay?" He grinned. "We're your buds from now on."

"Okay." I said with a smile.

"Okay, lemme see your schedule." Naruto took the slip of paper from my hands. "Sophmore? Okay, so are we."

He scanned the paper. "Guy, Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma, Anko, and... Oh God."

"What is it?" I raised an eyebrow.

"You have Orochimaru's class." He shuddered.

"What?" My eyes widened a bit. "Is he bad or something?"

"Bad?" TenTen chuckled. "More like ex-criminal. He teaches... Eww, I don't even want to say it."

"Sexual Education?" I raised an eyebrow. "What the... Ew! Who said I wanted to take that class?!"

"Everyone has to," Naruto said. "Most take it in their Freshman year, though."

"We've already taken it." TenTen added.

"But, since you're new here, you have to take it this year." Naruto shook his head. "We're lucky that we only have to be with that freak for one year, and not all four."

"Agreed!" TenTen commented.

"Wow…" I made a "blegh" face. "The horror, the horror!!"

"You'll be saying that when you meet him!" TenTen retorted. "It was even rumored that he tries to rape boys in the boys' locker room during gym!"

"Ew." I snarled my nose up. "Well, I have a great year to look forward to."

"Yep." We all laughed.

"Okay, so first period, you have Kakashi." Naruto said. "I have the same class. I'll take you there, kay?"

"Sure." I smiled.

TenTen groaned. "You two are sooo lucky. I have GUY first period…"

"Ha!" Naruto laughed at her. "Well, see ya TenTen-chan."

"See ya TenTen." I waved at her as she left.

"Well, Sakura-chan. Let's go!" He grabbed my hand and pulled me out the front doors of the school.

"Hey!" I looked around as he pulled me along. "Where are we going? Is his class outside or something?"

He chuckled. "No, his class isn't outside."

"Well then—"

"Shh," He interrupted me. "Don't be a worrywart." He walked along, holding my hand.

"I'm normally not," I said. "But it's… I dunno, maybe the first day of SCHOOL?!"

"Aww, I just wanted to get some coffee."

"We'll be late!"

"Just come on!" He pulled me into a little shop across from the school. We sat down in a booth, and found a lot of students in the shop, sitting down and chatting. Naruto went and got us two coffees, and I was stirred sugar and milk into the little cup, he said, "Don't worry about it, okay? We won't get in trouble.

"In fact… See all the students in here?" He leaned over, saying in a hushed voice.

"Yeah…" I nodded slowly.

He continued. "They're all in Kakashi-sensei's class first period. Kakashi-sensei's always late, by at least ten minutes. So, we have another solid ten minutes in here to sit, or do whatever we want."

"…Really?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Yep." He sat back, stretching. "Half the time he's almost half an hour late."

"Well, in any case…" I sipped my coffee. "Arigato. For the coffee, I mean."

"No problem, Sakura-chan." He grinned, winking.

I smiled, returning to my drink.

x

"Hello, class." The stunningly gorgeous man said, smiling sheepishly beneath his mask. His silver hair stuck up in odd places, but that only made him look even more gorgeous. "Sorry I'm late."

"You know, Kakashi-sensei, there's a new student. The least you could do is show up on time for class." Naruto teased.

"Well, that would ruin my reputation, now wouldn't it?" Kakashi chuckled.

"Well yes, but that reputation isn't necessarily good—"

"Wait, we have a new student?" The man looked around. "Where?"

"Here, sensei!" Naruto stood up, pulling me up from my seat along with him. "Her name is Saku—"

"Naruto, let her introduce herself." Kakashi said lazily. "What's your name?" He looked at me.

My face flushed red as everyone in the room turned to look at me. I shuddered when I felt a glaring white-lavender pair of eyes on me. I glanced at those eyes, finding they belonged to that Neji. I glared at him for a moment, then turned back to Kakashi. "My name… Is Sakura Haruno." I said plainly.

"Nice to meet you." He smiled. "Now, if we can begin?"

"Or course."

Naruto and I sat down, and pulled out paper and pen. He began writing things on the chalk board, and soon enough I realized that he taught the subject of English.

"And so you find…" He carried on, but soon enough, I got bored. I knew all of the things he was talking about, inside and out. I took this class the year before last year.. Actually, I took all the classes I'm taking the year before last. So, I was heading for smooth sailing and easy classes. I'm a very advanced student, so these classes would be a breeze.

Suddenly, Naruto slid a piece of paper towards me. It contained writing on it. It read,

Hey Sakura-chan!

I don't get this

Can you help me out?

Naruto

I bent over, scribbling my reply on the paper. I slid it back to him. It read,

I guess so. Need to borrow my notes?

Sakura

Before my mind could wander to something else, he returned the note to me. It read,

Actually I was thinking more after school.

Whaddaya say?

Meet me after school 2day?

Naruto

I smiled. I didn't have anything to do, so I figured I would. Maybe mom and dad could even meet Naruto, if he decided to come over or something. So, I replied,

Sure. :) Are you going to come to my house, or meet somewhere…?

Sakura

Before Naruto could reply or anything of the sort, I felt a hand grab the paper up. I looked up, and to my great horror, there stood Kakashi frowning down at us.

"…Crap."

We'd been busted.

(A/N: So? What do you think? Chappie Two already done! It's A LOT longer than the first one, I realized. But, that's okay. Let's hope all chapters are as long as this one, eh? Right? xD Well, see you guys! R and R! ARIGATO!)