To be honest, I'm really very smart. But I hate school. Absolutely hate it. I get that we have to learn and everything, I really understand. But can't we do it on our own time? And why does it have to be so freakin' early? Ugh. But I put on a happy face as me, Tenten, Hinata, and Ino all drove to school that morning.
Ino, as usual, looked freakin' gorgeous. She always did. She had that beauty that some girls could get without even trying. She had her beautiful long, platinum blonde hair, and her ice blue eyes. She was perfect. Something I could never achieve even if I tried forever.
Hinata was stunning, as always. She had a gentle beauty to her, with her soft, lilac, eyes. Her midnight blue hair that always seemed to fall perfectly down her back. She had that perfect, pale, porcelain skin that models seemed to crave. I could never be her kind of perfect either.
Tenten was a whole different kind of beauty. She had a plain sort of beauty. She was still a kind of perfect I could never achieve, but it was different. She was sort of a tomboy, and her time in the sun gave her sort of an uneven tan. But it didn't take anything away from her features. She didn't flaunt anything, she always kept her brown hair in 2 buns, and her brown eyes were the color of milk chocolate.
I on the other hand, am not beautiful. Some people called me exotic with my pink hair, but I just found it weird. My green eyes clashed with my pink hair, and I'm not the same sort of beautiful pale that Ino and Hinata are. I look sort of sickly, or as if I haven't slept enough.
I shifted my bag on my shoulder, and hurried to keep up with Ino, who was, as always, in a hurry.
"Come, my lovelies. We are all looking fabulous, and it's time for a new year at this extravagant learning facility!" Ino shouted flamboyantly.
"That's the spirit, Ino!" said our ever youthful, Gai- Sensei. He was an odd one. He always wore a green jumpsuit, with an awful bowl haircut, and INSANELY bushy eyebrows. "Let's all head into the new school year with a youthful spirit!"
"Sensei! You're being weird again!" Tenten complained.
"Tenten!" A boy named Lee gasped. He had come up behind Gai-Sensei. Okay, Lee is weird. He's like a freakin' mini me of Gai-Sensei. He like worships him. "How dare you insult Gai-Sensei in such a manner!"
"Don't worry, Lee. Tenten is probably just tired! Now I have to get to the gym and prepare for first period! Have a great day, kids!" Gai-Sensei shouted as he jogged away with Lee on his tail.
"..Those guys are so weird.." Ino said with a smile.
"I-Ino-Chan...don't be mean! They're j-just a little different!" Hinata said.
"Yeah Ino-Pig, you have no room to judge anyway!" I retorted with a grin.
"Forehead, don't push it!" Ino shouted, a bit angered at me calling her by that particular nick-name. I stuck my tongue out at her, and then realized I had not checked my schedule, so I had no clue where I was going.
"Hold on guys, I have no clue what my first class is. Let me check my schedule real quick." I said, reaching into my bag.
1st period - American Literature - Kakashi-Sensei
2nd Period - Drawing 2 -Kurenai-Sensei
3rd Period - Gym - Gai-Sensei
4th Period - Calculus - Iruka-Sensei
5th Period - Effective Writing - Jiraiya-Sensei
6th Period - American Government - Orochimaru-Sensei
7th Period - Anatomy and Physiology - Shizune-Sensei
"Let me see, Forehead." Ino said, grabbing my schedule. She scanned it for a moment before saying, "You have American Literature with Tenten, Drawing with me, Calculus and effective writing with Hinata, American Government with Tenten, and Anatomy and Physiology with me." She grinned broadly and handed me back my schedule, and I returned her smile, almost wholeheartedly.
"Kay, Sakura-Chan, let's head to our lockers and then to class! Who do we have?" Tenten asked.
"Kakashi-Senseiā¦" I groaned.
"Crap, really? He's always late!" Tenten said, miming my facial expression. I nodded, and turned around to head to class, bumping into a kid with hair I can only describe as looking like a chicken-butt.
"Shit! I'm so sorry!" I said, bending down to help him pick up the books I'd caused him to drop. "I'm sorry!" I said again, handing him his books.
"Hn, don't worry about it. Accidents happen." he said in a monotone voice. I still gave him an apologetic smile as I followed Tenten to our class.
"Jeez, Sak. You nearly plowed that guy over." Tenten said when we arrived to our class.
"It was an accident! I didn't mean to." I said defensively.
"You're lucky you're cute. He looked mad at first." Tenten laughed. I smiled, and sat in the desk next to her.
"Whatever, if you say so Ten-Chan." I replied.
"You are lucky you're cute, Klutz." a deep voice behind me replied. I could feel my face turning red as I turned around to see the guy I'd run into.
"Oh, God, um, hi. S-sorry about earlier." I stuttered, still embarrassed.
"Hn, I told you, don't worry about it." he said. I smiled at him, and turned back to face Tenten. "Hey, Klutz. Name?"
"Haruno Sakura." I said turning back to him. "Gomen, I forget my manners sometimes."
"It's fine." he let out a dark chuckle. "Uchiha Sasuke."
"Pleasure to meet you Uchiha-San. Hopefully I don't run you over again next time I see you." I said good naturedly.
"I hope so too." and with that reply, I turned back to Tenten.
I parted ways with Tenten about halfway to my next class. I made my way through the sea of people, greeting friends I hadn't seen much over the summer, and getting an occasional "hello" from a teacher. To be honest, nothing really happens for the rest of the day. I attended all my classes, faked a laugh or a smile when expected, and had to bring home a bunch of papers for my guardian to sign. Hinata invited me to her house for dinner, but I said no, claiming I had chores, and was very tired.
As I was about to get into Tenten's car, I heard a familiar voice shouting my name. "Sakura-Chan!" a boy with blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes shouted. He hugged me picking me up off the ground and spinning me around.
"Hi, Naruto-Kun." I giggled.
"Can I drive you home? I just got back from my mission with Pervy Sage yesterday, I didn't get a chance to see you!"
"I'll see you guys tomorrow, okay?" I said, turning to the girls.
"Kay, see you tomorrow!" Ino said, the other girls offered a friendly wave, as I walked off to Naruto's car. Naruto has been my best guy friend for as long as I can remember. He's an orphan too, so he knows how it feels for me to be alone. I think that's why we've grown so much closer lately. On an unrelated note, Hinata is completely in love with him. She's just too shy to say anything.
You're probably wondering why Naruto was on a mission. I, and all my friends, are ninjas. We train a lot, and me and Naruto were on the same 3 man squad as genin, along with Sai. Sai's kind of an asshole, but he's cool once you get to know him. He just takes some getting used to. We still get assigned together a lot, because we work well together. Naruto was on that mission with Jiraiya-Sensei, who he called Pervy Sage, all summer.
I was happy he was learning a lot, but at the same time, I'd missed him so much. So I was happy to be getting into his car at that moment, and spending some time with him. After he got behind the wheel, he launched into his story.
Okay, so I'd really like to thank NalSweetheart! You inspired me to keep this story going! So thanks a lot! I'm kind of busy right now cuz both of my parents are in the hospital, and blah blah, but I'm going to try to update regularly! Review please! All ideas and criticism are welcome, and will be taken into consideration. :3
Love,
Juliaaaaaaaa
