Beaten Black and Pink
An AU Sasuke and Sakura Fanfiction
By Krabby Patties
Chapter 3: In My Field of Paper Flowers
(formerly known as Paper Flowers)
The black-haired god opened the door wide and suddenly began laughing loudly. I jumped a little and made a strange noise; it was so sudden. It was scary hearing him laugh. Not because it was an ugly, evil laugh—it was actually really nice—but because I don't think anyone had ever heard Sasuke laugh. EVER.
I had expected him to become all defensive, or to shove me into the lockers behind us. He would curl his fingers around my neck and kill me, silencing me from ever telling anyone his secret.
He clutched his side after laughing for a full minute. "Is that what you got out of the conversation I had with Kakashi?"
I looked out into the classroom from where we stood just inside the doorway. Everyone was staring Sasuke and me, undoubtedly as amazed as I was that Sasuke just laughed. I nodded to Sasuke and he began laughing again, walking toward the teacher, whose eyes were wide. I timidly followed Sasuke, making sure not to look at Neji and my other friends in the back corner.
"Why are you here, Sasuke," Iruka-sensei asked. "And why are you late, Sakura?"
"She was with me," Sasuke said before I could answer. Iruka-senei nodded and erased the A for absent out of his open grade book.
I stared at Sasuke. Who was this kid, who could vouch out of punishment and convince teachers of anything?
"Well, Sakura, I was just giving out history books," Iruka told me. "Go take a seat." I turned, searching for an open seat.
"Sakura!" Naruto yelled waving his arms. "Over here!" He pointed to the empty seat in front of him.
Sasuke unexpectedly leaned over and asked me, "Is that dobe your boyfriend?"
It was my turn to laugh. "Hell no!"
He smirked at me and left the classroom. I took the seat in front of Naruto, my heart beating wildly and my face hot. Neji, who was next to me, Hinata, who was in front of me, Kiba, who was behind Neji, and Shino, who was in front of Neji, all stared at me. They were waiting for me to tell them what I was doing with Sasuke. I smiled at them, each one in turn, trying to make up and great, believable story. Nothing came to mind.
I looked around the classroom like I was making sure no one was looking or listening. People were still staring at me and whispering. Stupid jealous fangirls. I leaned in, motioning for the others to lean in, too. They quickly followed.
"Promise not to tell anyone?" I asked.
They nodded vigorously.
"Not a soul?"
They nodded again.
"Promise not to tell the police?"
"We promise," they, even Shino, said in unison. I could just imagine what was going through their minds:
What did Sasuke do to Sakura? Who did Sasuke kill? Who did Sakura help Sasuke kill? Did Sakura finally get rid of Lee?
I smiled and then became completely serious. "Sasuke is part of the Yakuza." I realized that that didn't explain where I was or what I was doing with Sasuke, but they were too caught up in the whole Yakuza thing to realize it.
"What?" Naruto screamed.
"Naruto," Iruka-sensei called, "Settle down."
"Sakura, how do you know this," Shino asked after a moment.
"I heard him talk about it," I told Shino.
"It makes sense, I suppose," Neji muttered. He was unconsciously writing the word Yakuza on the top of a piece of notebook paper. "Sasuke wants revenge on his brother. Everyone knows that. What is a better way than to get weapon-wielding men to back you up?"
I was about to tell Neji that that was exactly what I thought when Iruka-sensei called me up. He handed me a history book from the top of a large stack.
"What's the number," he asked.
I opened the book and on the inside of the cover 14-04 was written in big black marker. I told Iruka-sensei the number and sat down again.
"Sakura, you're in danger," Neji told me as soon as I sat down. Kiba pantomimed shooting me with a gun.
I didn't believe it. "What?"
Iruka-sensei called Hinata up next. As she stood up, she turned and gave me a look that said Sorry a million times. Neji was next and then Kiba. Once they had all sat down, Neji began again. "If Sasuke knows you know, he is going to have to get rid of you." Naruto pantomimed violently choking me and Kiba laughed.
Neji was right but I didn't want them worrying about me. "Sasuke doesn't know."
Naruto hugged me around the neck. "Yay! Sakura-chan's going to live!"
I smiled.
.ZOMG.
"And now, an announcement from Sabaku Temari , the, uh, president of the new Homecoming Committee."
There was static over the intercom and we all heard the familiar voice of Temari. "Hello students of Fourth Hokage Memorial High School! On October 1st—that's three weeks away; a Friday—there will be the first ever Homecoming Dance!"
There were a few cheers in the class and I smiled. This was exciting.
"Tickets go on sale today at all lunches. Three dollars off all couples!"
I looked around. Everyone was whispering to each other, probably discussing who they would take, who they hoped would ask them, or new tactics on how to get Sasuke to go with them.
"Anyone who wants to join the Homecoming Committee is welcome to!" Temari continued happily. "We'll be meeting in room 101 after school today. We need a lot of people and your help is appreciated!" Her voice suddenly became serious and I could tell it was fake. "I expect to see every single one of you at the dance." And that was it.
The talking got louder and more passionate. This Homecoming Dance was big news. Usually all we had was a homecoming football game and later a soccer game. The Homecoming Games never called a good turnout, but the soccer game attracted a lot of girls who went to watch Sasuke play. I have to admit, I was one of them.
All discussion ended when someone burst into the room.
"Sakura, my most youthful blossom, allow me to be the first of these youthful men to ask you to the exuberant Homecoming Dance!"
Oh.
My.
God.
It was obviously Rock Lee. He was in a skin-tight track shirt and bright green spandex leggings. Could he wear anything more disgusting to look at?
I put my head on my desk and groaned. Why? Why?
Lee walked to me and got down on one knee. Behind me, Naruto snickered. I lifted my head and looked at Lee, not wanting to be rude.
"Oh, my flower, you have bloomed to wonderfully this summer! The sun does wonders to your beauty," Lee shouted.
"Lee," I said softly, aware of everyone's eyes on us, "you don't need to yell."
"I'm sorry, Sakura-san," he whispered—still very loud. "So, what is your answer? Will you be my lovely date?"
I looked around, avoiding Lee's beady eyes. "Well, um… The thing is…uh…"
Lee grabbed a sheet of computer paper off the desk of the girl next to me ("HEY!") and began folding it into a million different shapes. The end product was a lovely origami rose. Lee slowly and gently handed it to me.
I took it, feeling bad that I was about to turn Lee down. "Lee…" I started slowly.
He grabbed a few more sheets of paper from the girl ("WHAT THE HELL?") and began the process again. He handed me a bouquet of roses to go along with my other rose.
I looked at the roses, twirling them in my hands. "Oh, Lee, I—"
"Neji already asked you, didn't he?" Lee's voice was robotic. He stared unblinking at the classroom behind me. "He beat me. I don't know how, but he beat me."
I knew what the outcome of this was and I didn't want it to happen. "Lee, no, I—"
Lee held a fist before him, a new determined look in his eye. "Neji must have youthfully run ten times as fast as I did. Or he must have already known about this dance and asked you, my cherry blossom, in another class!" He stood up and held the fist above him.
"Oh, geez, Lee, no—"
"I will run around the track 200 times before four o'clock—"
"No! You don't—"
"—and if I can't do that, I will play Sakura's Theme on the piano 50 times perfectly!"
I sighed. Nothing could stop a determined Rock Lee.
"Neji is formidable enough to be called my rival. One day, I shall win Sakura's love and beat him!" He winked at me—I cringed—and left the classroom, yelling for Gai-sensei.
Naruto burst out laughing behind me. "Bushy-Brows is such a loser!"
I sighed again and placed my forehead on the desk, praying for the school day to finally end.
A.N: Aahh.. That Lee...
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Could it be that he was going to ask me to the dance?
He looked away and then his gaze returned to my face. "I think that we—"
OH MY GOD!
"—should go—"
Now, this was it! He was going to ask me to the dance!
((A.N: Oh ho ho ho...who is this "he"?))
Edited 06.17.10 - Thank you, sakurabloomsasuke!
