"OI NARUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOO!" I yelled while running downstairs. "DID YOU SEE MY-"
"See what?" he asked from the cup ramen he was slurping. I recoiled. No way was I going to tell him I kept a diary. Not proper information you should give your brother under any circumstances.
"H-have you seen….." I pinched my palm in thought; what to say…..what to say… "My cellphone!" I randomly bursted.
"…you don't have a cellphone Kushina,"
"Oh…..never mind then…."
I took the stairs two at a time and sighed rather loudly. Where the hell did I put the stupid thing!
Too much bullshit happened today, and I did not intend to stay up late writing the whole thing. Maybe I could shorten it, and save time? Damn I'm hungry…
TWO MINUTES LATER
Well now I have a sandwich and my diary. That's right; I found it in the fridge with the tomatoes! No wonder Naruto didn't see it….
I locked the door to my room and pulled out a timer. I set the timer to one hour before racing to the bathroom. I usually time myself whenever I get ready for bed or school (since we all know how popular I am). This helps when I don't want to get up too early for school so I sleep in until about an hour is left which I can get ready in and not be late.
I grabbed a brush and went through my mid-back length hair, smiling triumphantly when I noticed I still had thirty minutes left.
"Say my name say my name," I hummed. "When no one is around you, say ice cream I love you," I shook my head. "Gonna die as a cat lady, yet I'm still proud…"
I eyed my diary. Gotta start writing if I want to sleep.
One two three four, I counted as I passed the shoe-locker room after exchanging shoes and ignored the odd looks I was receiving from a few there. Five six seven eight nine ten. I count whenever I get this urge to say something on my mind, which I'm sure, would give me unwanted attention. I really like being perceived as a loner; everybody would bug you otherwise. Seventeen eighteen and I'll leave this place with my diploma and hopefully be valedictorian so I could insult the very life force of this school. I already had my speech pre-prepared.
"Hey Kushina-chan!"
I turned around and faced Sakura, who was beaming as per usual. She had a red ribbon tied to her hair which I probably didn't notice before.
"Hi dude, no need to be so formal," I responded, before making my initial exit. "You coming?" I asked when she didn't follow me.
"Tsuchi Kin asked us to meet her at lunch," she spoke up after she fell into step with me.
"What does she want?"
"She didn't say,"
I didn't have to go; her job ended when she gave us a tour.
"Earth to Kushina!" I snapped my eyes to her, and raised a brow when she huffed. "I was trying to grab your attention for two minutes!"
"Sorry,"
She sighed before smiling slightly. "This is our first class; I'm soo excited! I hope I get a seat next to-"
She closed her mouth once her eyes landed on what I presumed to be a large crowd of girls bickering over who got to sit with Sasuke. I walked ahead and the group parted quietly when they saw me and let me pass. What was I, the plague?!
"Thirty-two, thirty-three," I mumbled to myself as I sat behind Sasuke. He seemed to straighten up, as if he was uncomfortable or something, before slouching again and staring out the window.
"How dramatic," I muttered.
The teacher stepped in and-
"Sorry I'm late class; I got lost on the road of life."
Oh no.
His lone onyx eye crinkled in a way which I knew to be he was smiling under his mask, as he scanned the faces of his students. I slumped down as slow and subtle as possible so he wouldn't notice me- and he saw me!
"Well there's going to be a seating arrangement according to your last names!" he announced after the little stare down. "Please pay attention,"
"Uchiha, Uzumaki and Yamanaka; here-" he pointed. I sat down first, followed by Ino who was bouncing with joy over what, I didn't know.
"Guess who's sitting with us!" She whispered quickly as she slid across from me.
"Who?" I honestly would've preferred Hinata, but she was all the way at the opposite side of the room with Sakura and Kiba. I at least got Ino and wasn't completely with people I didn't know.
The chair next to mine screeched and when I looked, my eyes caught Sasuke's. He didn't look away and continued to stare, until I broke eye contact and turned to Ino, concluding that he was beyond weird. Ino was batting her eyes at him and I sighed slightly in disappointment.
"The point of this seating arrangement was for assignments or group work, so stare hard at your seat mates and get used to them because there will be no changes made."
You have got to be kidding me. I probably had the most dysfunctional group in the room! I know Ino very well and although she's smart, she'd probably require a lot of coaxing if I ever wanted her to help me; don't get me started about the weirdo next to me.
"Your first assignment as of now is to get acquainted with your group, while I catch up on-" he pulled out a very familiar book.
"Stupid Kakashi," I mumbled under my breath.
"I'm Uchiha Sasuke," he announced as soon as everyone started to mingle with their groups.
"Oh I know who you are Sasuke-kun; I'm Ino if you don't already know!"
A pregnant pause and I was sure they were both looking at me oddly. I slumped down and exhaled through my nose.
"Kushina," I said.
"Are you Naruto's sister?" he asked.
"Yes…."
"You remind me of a tomato," he mumbled before reclining in his seat.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Oh who am I kidding!
"I'm sorry I don't walk around like a vampire-wannabe!"
"Uzumaki Kushina!" Ino roared as loud as she could without attracting attention.
"He started it!" I defended, wincing slightly when it sounded kind of childish.
"That is no way you should talk to someone you just met," she scolded, while I gave a disbelieving look.
"What the hell are you saying?!"
She smirked. "I'm thinking of acting; how was it so far?"
"Your so-" I groaned while folding my arms. "This is such a dysfunctional group."
"EH?!"
"Miss Yamanka, quiet."
Ino grumbled and mimicked my slumped posture, and then I noticed something by the window-
A silhouette ran off as soon as I looked, and I narrowed my eyes in suspicion; who was that?
"What're you looking at?" Sasuke leaned in front and tried to look over my shoulder, a little curious when I sat straight and no one was there.
I didn't really respond since I didn't know myself, and he didn't prod any further so the topic was dropped like that.
Ino continued to chat with him, and I found myself slowly tuning them out and looking around the room. Sakura was glowering jealously at Ino, Hinata and Kiba were most probably playing Tic Tac Toe since they were bent over staring at a paper between them. Shikamaru was asleep, Choji was snacking and Shino was reading a book. Naruto must have been in the office or something.
I wasted no time when the bell dismissed the class, and was the first to leave through the door. I had gym next, judging by the slip between my fingers, and that would be on the west wing of the school, so why was I going east?
I turned around abruptly and almost bumped completely into Sasuke, though our belongings were not so fortunate. I sighed loudly and bent down to gather my stuff.
"Apologies dude," I spoke when he started picking up his stuff. "My bad,"
"Hn," he grunted, which I was not expecting but at least there is no awkward conversation. The other students practically avoided us completely as they were walking to their next classes, again surprising me since he was extremely popular.
"What activities are you taking?"
"Uhhh," was my intelligent answer, followed by furrowed eyebrows.
He rolled his eyes at my reaction, before turning around and walking away.
"Martial arts!" I yelled at his retreating figure before spinning on my heels and not waiting for him to respond. I got to the locker rooms for the girls and, as usual, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me like I just committed murder.
The next two classes drug by relatively slowly, until it was lunch and I had yet to eaten the Mars I had in my locker, since I stood along with Sakura waiting for Tsuchi Kin.
"If she thinks I'll wait around idly," I complained while adjusting my weight onto my right leg. "She's so wrong,"
"Look on the bright side-" Sakura paused as if in contemplation, before frowning.
"Couldn't find anything positive?" I asked smiling when she shook her head sheepishly.
"What're you two laughing about?"
Tsuchi Kin, along with two other boys who stood behind her, regarded us with unexplainable annoyance. Her hair was in a tight bun and her uniform was prim, but not as prim as Sakura's.
"We have a project on The Digestive System due tomorrow, and I will be expecting it over and done with by tonight."
Sakura's face drained of colour and I was busy trying to make reason of what she told us to do. Seeing as she looked dead-serious, that she wanted the both of us to do her or their work, I turned to Sakura in question.
"Is there any problem, Uzumaki-chan?" she asked in a sugar-laced tone, and the two goons behind her smirked when Sakura subconsciously grabbed my hand in fear.
"I would do it truth be told," I said while tightening my hold on Sakura. "Buuuuut since that clearly is none of our business-"
I tugged Sakura before making a mad run for it. They gave chase might I add, and were really fast too, so I dragged Sakura to the safest place I could think of at that moment under pressure,
Kakashi-sensei's class.
Thank god he remained in his class at lunch hour, and didn't bother to lock the door. We pushed in noisily, though he remained calm and only regarded us with amusement, before the three sophomores caught up and followed us in thinking nobody was there.
"Yes?" the three sophmores froze. "Can I help you lot?"
"Erm, we were just playing a game! Yeah and we were having a blast before our new friends ran off without warning!"
"Is that so?" he directed this question to Sakura and I.
"They were bullying us!"
I stared respectfully at Sakura, who blushed and looked away. I didn't think she'd stick up for herself at all.
They were to stay and clean up after school for a week, and apologize to us, which was kind of harsh for someone like Kakashi-sensei who believed in writing punishments.
Lunch was already over by now and my Mars bar remained wrapped and untouched in my locker. I stared at it for a few seconds, contemplating if I could engulf it quickly, before shaking my head and pulling out World History. A note fell from between the pages and I scoffed at it before reading,
You have captured my attention.
"What in the actual heck?" I mumbled while scrunching up the paper.
I was not satisfied with this day as much as I wanted, and I just wasted twenty minutes of valuable sleep time. After rubbing my eyes tiredly, I threw the diary to the ground and switched off the lamp on my nightstand. Oh, and the lesson of the day was-
LESSON OF THE DAY: Pulling someone down will never help you reach the top.