Pay no more mind
To the agony from the burn
Let yourself climb
To a height never reached before
Open to find
A path to the pure inside
Now is the time
It wouldn't take the girl long to forget what happened back at the corridor. It was almost as if it were her very first encounter with someone in her school, and she didn't find it that difficult to brush it off like it never happened. Saya walked to class, and sat down, opening the novel and began reading it from the first page. She's read it over three times already and every time she reads this book, she swears she feels stronger and more confident with what she was doing.
And what she had to do.
She was unaware of the boy staring at her from his seat, three seats behind hers. Sasuke found her even more amusing, knowing how she didn't even react like how he expected her to when she saw him. It was almost as if she didn't care, and some part of his insides told him she didn't. "Hey jerk, staring at Nakahara again?" Sasuke chuckled and Naruto continued, "Dude, I saw the scene earlier. She really couldn't give a rat's ass about wanting to know you, so drop it." Sasuke turned to his friend and said, "Have you seen Sakura around? I have a favor to ask her." Naruto's eyes widened.
"Sakura? What the-""If it was something I could do, I wouldn't ask for her help." Naruto glared at his best friend, not liking whatever the dark haired jock was thinking. "Take my advice Sasuke, and I know you won't. Stay away from Nakahara, she's…down on that mysterious level and no one wants to go there." Sasuke found that even more intriguing that before.
When Sakura heard that Sasuke wanted to see her, she hi-fived Ino, who was also a little jealous about her best friend, and walked to where Sasuke was. She saw him sitting at his desk, staring at something in front of him, and Sakura ignored whatever it was. "Sasuke!" She said and the said boy turned to her and nodded in acknowledgement. "I have a favor I need you to do." Sakura was sure she was in heaven.
"Anything!" Sasuke wanted to laugh at this girl's stupidity, but then again the reason for her so called affection was his fault, since Sakura was one of the smartest girls he knows. Other than Nakahara, who he wanted to know. And who he desperately wanted to prove that she was just like any other girl.
"I want you to get Saya Nakahara in detention." Sakura nodded and just when she understood what he told her, her eyes widened and she shook her head. "I'm sorry, I swore I heard you say something very bizarre-""Saya Nakahara. Detention." Sakura breathed in and looked behind her, and saw the girl reading. Sakura felt a sudden pang of sadness and jealousy. Sadness because Sakura knew Saya was always alone. Jealousy because Sasuke was showing interest in her. But Sakura was a girl, and whatever Sasuke was plotting was obviously going to be related with humiliating her.
"But Saya's a smart girl, no teacher's gonna-""Sakura-"Sasuke touched the girl's hand and smiled at her. "Do this for me. Please." For those who weren't smitten with Sasuke and those who knew him well, could easily make out that he was faking the sincere please-help-me act. Sakura, however, fell for it. "A-Alright. Okay." She smiled, reassuringly and Sasuke waited for the plan to take action.
He now had one more thing to do.
Get himself in detention.
Sasuke walked around the school corridor, ignoring the blonde next to him who was jibber-jabbering away about something and Sasuke turned to see a bunch of juniors sitting by the bench in the cafeteria. Sasuke sighed, not really liking the idea he got and he walked over to the boys, and sighed once more. "Get lost." He said, and the boys didn't listen. 'Obviously.' He thought to himself, and punched the one in front. The boy, whose nose was now bleeding ran off to the infirmary, and the other two yelled. In a matter of ten minutes, Sasuke was summoned by the principal.
"Mr. Uchiha, how nice of you to come visit us. Again." It was the fourth time this month. Sasuke sighed and said, "The brat was sitting in my seat." Tsunade Senju, the principal, wasn't amused. "A week's detention. And Sasuke?" The boy looked to the woman before he left. "I've got a word from your English teacher, and he said your grades are…below average." Sasuke frowned slightly. English was something he could care less about. "Yeah, I'll work on that." Sasuke lied smoothly and Tsunade shook her head. "No, you're getting yourself a tutor." Sasuke groaned and walked out, as he heard the principal say one last thing. "I'll talk to Kakashi about this, and arrange one for you."
Sasuke smirked. And now, if Sakura failed to get Saya in detention, then his plans were doomed. He walked into class and saw something he thought he wouldn't see in a million years.
During lunch, Saya ate her sandwich as fast as she could. Science period was next, and she had to do her quick round of final revision. She was in the cafeteria and suddenly noise erupted from the side and she turned to see because the noise was too loud, and she saw the black haired boy she bumped into earlier beating a few juniors. She frowned slightly, and turned back to her work when she felt someone tap her shoulder. She ignored it, since Saya knew no one talks to her. "Saya Nakahara?" A girl said, and this time Saya turned around and saw someone very familiar, someone she had seen countless times before, but she didn't know her name. "Can I help you?" Saya asked and the pink haired girl smiled and sat down next to her.
"I want your help with my science assignment. Please don't say no, I really suck at Physics." Saya didn't want to help her, but the girl's pleading was too annoying. "I can help you for ten minutes only." She said, and Sakura nodded. "My name's Sakura Haruno, by the way." Saya didn't care. The girls walked to the classroom and Sakura made sure people were watching. Saya sat down on the bench and saw Sakura do the same. Something about this, seemed very off and Saya regretted saying yes to Sakura's pleas. "What's your question?" She asked, wanting to get things done as quickly as she could.
Sakura didn't like picking on Saya. She seemed so serious with her studies, and there has to be so many reasons why she was working so hard. Sakura always sees her alone, and that made her heart melt. 'I'm so sorry, Saya.' Sakura thought to herself as she whistled. "Boys." She said, and Saya looked at Sakura's face with confusion. Someone grabbed Saya by her shoulder and pinned her to the ground abruptly. Saya squirmed against their hold, and her glasses fell to the side. The boy Sakura hired to assault Saya was a senior, who apparently loved Sakura. The boy then fell backwards, pulling Saya to him, making it seem like Saya was the one assaulting him.
Saya couldn't see anything clearly without her glasses, and she desperately wanted to get out of the person's hold. She squirmed and struggled and grunted but the boy was stronger. Her novel was on the table, unattended and her glasses thrown aside.
Sasuke couldn't help but smirk at the scene before him. He shot Sakura a smirk and winked at her. Sasuke knew that the boy was doing all the work and that Saya wanted nothing more than to get out of his hold. Then a minute later, the teacher walked in.
Kurenai Yuhi was a strict woman, who demanded discipline wherever she was in school. Seeing Saya and the other boy in that very suggestive position made her blood boil. Right at that minute, she didn't care whether Saya was a top rank student or not. "Stop this! You! Let her go, and Saya get a hold of yourself!" Saya immediately grabbed her glasses and turned to look at the teacher, ignoring the boy who assaulted her. "Saya Nakahara. Detention." Somehow, Saya expected her to say those words.
Sasuke's eyes were wide. Saya wasn't crying, she didn't even try talking herself out of the detention. Her face remained stoic and expressionless, and it seemed as if nothing happened. A sudden pang of guilt washed through his veins and Sasuke swallowed a rock. Saya grabbed the book she left on the table and walked out, ignoring the mean whispers and crude comments she was receiving. Somehow, even after Sasuke got what he wanted, he felt angry. Angry for insulting a girl like that, who even after being insulted, walked away taking the pain.
During detention, Sasuke saw to it that it was only him and Saya in the classroom. Saya was reading the same book again, even though it was her first detention, she didn't look like it bothered her. 'She's strong. I'll give her that.' Sasuke thought to himself as he approached her. "I saw what happened in class today. You're feisty, Nakahara." Sasuke meant it as a joke, but the girl ignored him. He sat back down on his chair and he finally heard the girl speak. "It isn't something I'm not used to." Sasuke's eyes widened.
'That girl…she's-'he didn't even want to think about it. Just then the door opened, and in came the silver haired English teacher. "Sasuke, you're in detention again." Sasuke frowned and saw Kakashi turn to see the girl. "Saya? Saya Nakahara? Detention?" Saya didn't pay attention to the teacher. "I see another teacher made a mistake in making you come here. Listen, it's a good thing anyway. Sasuke, you need a tutor for English and seeing as how you two have already met, I'm going to assign Saya as your tutor." Sasuke suddenly smirked and the girl looked unamused. "I won't do it." Kakashi sighed and Saya continued. "I got into trouble today for trying to help someone. I won't help him." Kakashi turned to the girl and said, "You're people skills are beyond poor Saya. You're in high school. If you don't do this, then they'll find you a counselor and that'll get in the way of your studies. Tutor him for a month, after school, and I'll let you off the hook." Saya didn't have another option.
Sasuke was amazed at how the girl spoke. So calmly, as if she were a saint. "And, no more detention for the two of you. I'll swipe Saya's record clean, not yours. Tutoring starts tomorrow." Kakashi said, and walked out. Sasuke chuckled slightly and saw that the girl was back to her reading. "You should be tutoring me right?" Saya didn't answer. "It starts tomorrow." She said, and walked out.
Sasuke chuckled loudly after she left, but the burning feeling in his chest made him stop immediately after. He hurt her, even though she didn't show it, he knew it. And when he hurt her, what he never thought would happen was that he hurt himself.
A/N: Sasuke's a jerk? Yes? Well, that's how I portrayed him to be. And is Saya mysterious or what? Read and tell me what you think of the story so far! The song is Scar by Broken Iris. They're songs are good! Review~
