Sakura woke up to the feeling of something licking her face. All she had done last night was pretty much homework, play with Scrappy, and play some sports with Tenten. Surprisingly enough, after that when she went to bed she fell asleep immediately and didn't wake up once. Her eyes slowly opened to see Scrappy on top her bed wagging his tail at her. She groaned, how did he get in here? Her gaze turned to the door and she saw that it was open. Great… Why did he have to wake her up so early in the morning? It was only…EIGHT THIRTY!!!

She leaped up out of her bed and ran over to her closet to get some clothes, than over to the shower. After a five minute showed and a minute of putting on clothes, she ran out to the kitchen where, strangely, Tenten was. Tenten was sipping a bottle of Root Beer, she looked at Sakura strangely and asked, "Why the rush?"

Sakura looked at her. Was she crazy? "Because I slept in and now we're late for school," she said in a way that sounded like it was the simplest answer ever.

Tenten paused for a moment, then burst out laughing. When she finally stopped to breathe, she looked up, "Sakura, it's Saturday."

Sakura stopped and her eyes began to get wide. Saturday? Well that would explain why her alarm didn't go off… She sighed, exasperated "I got ready for nothing."

"Well at least you're ready for the day. Want a pancake, Mikoto made them earlier." Tenten offered, motioning towards a plate filled with pancakes next to a bottle of syrup.

"Might as well," Sakura replied, feeling defeated. She slugged over to the table and sat down, taking a pancake and eating it. She preferred them plain, which was why she could eat them with her fingers. Soon she was finished. What should she do now? She looked out the kitchen window, it looked nice. Maybe she should go for a run. Yeah, that's what she'd do.

She got up and went back to her room to grab a sweater. She grabbed a navy blue one, and pulled it over her t-shirt. Then she went over to brush her teeth. When that was finished, she grabbed her iPod and keys then went back to the kitchen where Tenten was throwing her pop can away. "Make sure you recycle it," Sakura reminded her.

Tenten rolled her eyes and looked over, "Do you know how annoying your environmental standards are?"

Sakura grinned, "Yep, but they are effective nonetheless." Then she walked towards the front entrance of the house, "By the way, I'm going for a run. I took my keys. See you in a while."

Tenten nodded, "Alright, I probably wont be here when you get back, going to shoot hoops over at that basketball court near our house."

"Have fun," Sakura replied, putting on her shoes then walking out side the door. She shut the door behind her then put her ear phones to her iPod on. After she chose a song she liked, she began to run. She didn't know where exactly she wanted to go, so she figured that she'd just go around a few blocks. As she ran she thought about the new school. It seemed ok, but that idea about the gangs was really getting to her.

She didn't really pay attention to her surroundings so when Leyna came up running, Sakura had to skid to a stop in order to not hit the girl. "Whoah there, sorry Leyna." Sakura told her. Leyna looked rather shocked but recovered very quickly.

"That's alright," she replied to Sakura, "It's not like that's the first time that happened. But that might be one of the only times when it was accidental."

Sakura frowned, "Well that really sucks. Hey what did I catch you doing?"

"Just going for a jog."

"Sweet so am I, want to come with me?"

Leyna looked surprised, "Really?"

Sakura grinned, "Yeah, come on," So the two began to run together. Sakura saw that Leyna was actually pretty good at running; she never had to stop to wait for Leyna to catch her breath. As they ran, they talked. Sakura found out that Leyna had a few friends at the school, but they weren't in very many of her classes. They were there before the big rivalry and, like Leyna, didn't see point in getting involved with it once it started. Sakura also found out that Leyna was often shunned and picked on because apparently neither side wanted to have her there (Sakura replied by saying they were just trying to make themselves feel better because they knew that she didn't want to join them). Sakura told Leyna about some of her life prior to coming to the school, about how she always got in fights but her high grades still allowed he to come to good schools. She also told her about Tenten, and their dog Scrappy.

"It sounds really fun," Leyna said as they neared Leyna's house. "Well, I had a really fun time running with you. Hope we can hang out soon."

Right before Leyna went inside Sakura thought of something. There was a new movie coming out, maybe they could go see it together. "Hey Leyna."

Leyna stopped as she was opening her door and looked over, "Yes?"

"Why don't we see that new movie that's coming out tonight?"

Leyna smiled, "Sounds good, see you there around six." Then she disappeared into the house.

Sakura put in her head phones and began running back home. Now she had something to look forward to. And it was with Leyna. She really thought Leyna was a good person, kinda shy but really nice. It was a shame that she was treated so badly. Sakura really wanted to make that stop. But she didn't think she was high up enough on the social ladder to make that happen. If she tried to make a difference, then no one might notice because she was still just the new girl. Still, she should try to do something…. She sighed as she walked into the house. This really required more thought.


With Tenten

After Tenten had finished putting the pop can into the recycle bin (just in case Sakura decided to check it later) she walked into her room and grabbed her basketball. It was right next to her other sports equipment. Actually, her entire room was filled with sports equipment. So much so that in some areas you could not see the ground. Her room was rather messy, but she why try to clean it? What was the point of putting something away if you were just going to use it again tomorrow?

With the ball in hand she walked out of her room and over to the front entrance. Then she put on her shoes, opened the door, and walked out. After shutting the door, she began to walk over to the basketball court.

In truth it wasn't really all that close to their house. Probably about 10 blocks, give or take. Still, it was worth it to go and throw her ball around. It took her about thirty minutes to get to the park, and then she walked over to the nearest net and began throwing the ball at the hoop.

Her record was 30 baskets in a row. And today, she was going to beat that. She threw the ball at the hoop, it fell in. That was one. She threw it in again, that was two. Three, four…ten…twenty…twenty nine….thirty. This was it, one more shot and she would beat her goal. She grinned, feeling adrenaline pump through her veins. She lined up the shot and was just about to throw it in when "Hey ugly!"

She jumped and watched the ball miss the net. She groaned then glared at the person coming up. "What do you want? Couldn't you see that I was about to make a shot?"

"Yes I could but I figured that it couldn't be all that important so I came over anyways." It was a male.

Tenten looked at him suspiciously, "You're Sai right?"

He nodded, "The one and only. And you're Tenten, the new girl."

She glared at him, "So Sai, I was in the middle of making a shot that would beat my personal all-time score, so I would really like to know what was so important for you to come over here."

He shrugged, a lazy grin on his face, "Wanted to see if you wanted to play a little one on one."

She looked at him shocked, "You stopped me from beating my personal score, because you wanted to play one on one?"

He nodded, "That's what I just said isn't it? Anyways, if you don't think you're good enough to play against me, that's fine."

Tenten twitched and suddenly felt very determined, "You are so on!" The two began playing and it became apparent that both of them were very good. They were tied almost the entire game. When they neared the end Sai had the ball and was about to take a shot when Tenten reached up and blocked it. Then she took the ball and threw it in the hoop. She grinned as it fell through the hoop. "Yeah, that's 30, I win! In your face!"

Sai rolled his eyes, "Yes you beat me, big deal." Still, he had a smile on his face.

"You're pretty good." she told him, taking the ball under her arm. "Anyways I better go now. See ya later."

"Bye," he replied, turning and walking back in the direction he came from.

She began to walk back towards her house. It had been a pretty good morning so far. Hopefully the rest if the day would be just as good.