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N: Haha I loved you super long review it made me smile :D Agreed that Deidara is a total hottie with a body, I have a thing for blonds, but you never know she could end up with anyone at this point. Pein, Zetsu, and Konan will be mentioned in this chapter and be brought in more later but not very much, I'm making them be already graduated and what not. Sai again will be more active later. I HATE KARIN AS WELL! Dumb hoe…tehe. And if you continue to give me long reviews like this you will be my number one fan :]
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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She sighed with relief, "Thanks Tobi," she replied as he put her down, "You're a good boy."
She kissed his cheek and ran off the food court.
"Tobi, Run." warned Kakuzu.
"I'm going to kill you Tobi, YEAH!" yelled Deidara.
Sakura smiled as she heard all the commotion from Deidara. The rest of the time at the mall was spent at the food court just hanging out with all of her new friends. Sakura just knew that this was the place she wanted to be.
Ch. 4 Well get going!
"I swear, if you ask me what I'm wearing to Homecoming one more time I will hurt you," stated Sakura as she took a seat in her homeroom desk.
"But-but….I need to know!" yelled a distressed Ino.
"You'll see at the dance, jeez!" she replied as she laid her head on her desk.
"I'm sure you'll look really pretty Sakura," smiled Hinata.
Sakura turned to Hinata, "Thanks," she grinned.
"I am!"
"No you're not!"
Sakura picked up her head to find Naruto and Kiba fighting about something she assumed was not too important.
"What are you or are you not doing?" She asked.
"Don't even concern yourself. It's a stupid argument…" stated Sasuke as he took a seat.
"Ok then?" she was confused but obviously it didn't matter that much.
"S-so Sakura what are your plans for the weekend?" asked Hinata taking a seat next to her.
"Eh I still have to finish unpacking a bit then I'll just sit around watching TV and what not, why?"
"Well I'm having a movie party Saturday night if you want to come," replied Sasuke.
"Hm sounds fun, I'll be there!" she exclaimed.
"Hn," replied Sasuke.
"One thing though," retorted Sakura.
"What?"
"I have no idea where you live," she stated sheepishly.
"Oh right," mumbled Sasuke as he wrote down his address, "Be there at seven."
"Awesome, thanks!"
The bell rang to continue the day.
'Finally a decent social event!'
Classes went by and pointless conversations continued as Sakura tried to keep her focus.
As Sakura sat in history she really could care less what Kakashi was talking about she just wanted to get to her last class.
"Psst Sakura," whispered Kiba.
She turned to him, "Yeah?"
"Who do you have for study period?" he asked.
"Study period?"
"Yeah, we have study periods on Friday, remember?" reminded Naruto.
"Wow I totally forgot about that," she mumbled, "I think I have Asuma or something. You?"
"Aw I have Anko," Kiba replied sadly.
"I thought Ino said study periods were ran by a group of seniors," Sakura questioned.
"Technically it is but there is a regular teacher that supervises now and again," explained Sasuke.
Sakura groaned, "So you're basically saying that I could get stuck with your idiot older brother with occasional supervision? That is in no way a safe situation."
"It's ok Sakura-Chan! I'll be there with you!" exclaimed Naruto with a thumbs up.
"Oh good, I'm glad you can protect me from sexually frustrated seniors," she smirked.
"What?" the three boys replied in shock.
"Do you boys have a question about my lecture or may I continue?" retorted Kakashi with a raised eyebrow.
"C-continue," mumbled Kiba.
Sakura repressed a giggle.
The bell rang ending class and Naruto walked Sakura to study period.
"See you guys later!" she waved.
"Good luck Sakura," remarked Sasuke as he and Kiba sadly went off without their beloved pink haired friend.
"So Naruto how many seniors teach study hall?" Sakura asked.
"Eh it really depends on the originally assigned senior but it's usually three or four," he explains.
"Oh joy..." she replied.
As they reached the classroom Sakura peaks her head inside, "Of course! Just my luck!" she grumbles as she sees the faces of Itachi, Sasori, Deidara, and Kisame.
"Nice to see you as well Sakura," greets Sasori as he appears in front of her and kisses her hand.
"Hey! Back off creepy dude!" yells Naruto as he pulls Sakura to his side.
"Well that's no way to treat your teacher is it?" asks Sasori with a small smirk.
Sakura brushed past him, "Don't abuse your power Mr. Sasori," she smiled and took Naruto's hand to find some seats.
They picked out a couple of seats near the back so that they could be as far away from the 'teachers' as possible.
A couple minutes later Ino, Neji, Sai, and Kankuro joined the class and found seats next to them.
"Oh look Sakura your favorite people are our new teachers. Can you put in a good word for me?" asked Ino sarcastically.
Sakura glared and leaned back in her seat staring at the ceiling, "I swear I'm going to get a restraining order," she mumbled.
"Aw but Sakura-Chan I wouldn't like that, yeah," whined Deidara.
Sakura's head shot forward to find Deidara standing next to her desk with his arms crossed and a smirk plastered on his face.
"Do you guys enjoy bugging me?" she asks
"Yes, but we all are quite fond of you," replied Sasori as he walked up to her desk.
'Great.'
"Alright everyone take your seats we are going to begin," announced Asuma, "My name is Asuma and I will be here maybe once a month tops just to see how your senior teachers are doing. These four gentlemen will be your regular instructors for study hall. I expect you to treat them with the same respect as you would a normal teacher," he turns to Itachi, "Good luck."
'Kill me now…'
With that explanation he leaves the classroom.
"Alright kiddies listen up," announces Kisame, "Study period is for you to get extra help on work from your previous classes. We are here to answer any questions," he turns to Sakura and flashes her a toothy grin, "Or assist you in anyway we can."
"Before we start we have a seating chart, yeah," remarked Deidara with a little glint in his eyes, which Sakura took note of.
'I'm going to be up front with none of my friends even remotely near me.'
She called it.
Sakura was placed in the front of the classroom right in front of the desk which had all four teacher's chairs around it, Sai was about two seats away but he didn't talk much.
"Just my luck," she mumbled.
"We expect you to be silent unless you have a question. You may begin," stated Itachi.
Sakura immediately went to her math homework. Yamato told the class that there may be a pop quiz next week and she had no idea what was going on.
'Ugh! I don't get this at all. Stupid Akatsuki keeping me unfocused…'
Sakura leaned her head on her hand and continued to attempt some problems.
She was so concentrated on her problem that she didn't notice the person standing next to her desk until they put a hand on her shoulder.
She jumped a bit and looked up to find Itachi.
"Do you need any help?" he asked smoothly.
'I need help but I don't want to ask him. Uh! Fine I need to pass math…'
"Yes," she grumbled, "I have no idea what's going on in math. I'm so incredibly lost."
Without another word Itachi pulled a chair up to her desk and begin explaining everything she missed. She found it quite helpful.
Once he went over everything she felt better about the material, "Thanks," she replied as the bell rang.
"You're welcome, but next time maybe you should pay attention in class," he smirked.
"It's your guys fault!" she yelled as Naruto and Neji dragged her out of the room.
Itachi let a small chuckle escape his lips.
As they exited the room Neji put his hand on Sakura's back, "Don't linger on it just keep walking."
Kankuro put his arm around her shoulders, "Yeah they're just ass holes don't worry about it," he replied with his funny grin.
"They aren't worth your energy," stated Sai plainly.
"Yeah yeah," she mused, "Thanks guys. So I'll see you this weekend then?"
"Yup, see ya Sakura," waved Ino as she and the others walked away.
"Hey Sakura-Chan,"
She turned to find Naruto looking at her sheepishly, "I was wondering if you needed any help unpacking this weekend?" he asked quickly.
"Actually that would be really helpful," she replied with a smile, "Why don't you come over tomorrow afternoon then we can go to Sasuke's together since I have no idea where he lives."
She wrote down directions to her house and gave him a hug good bye.
Unknown to them Deidara was listening.
He walked over to his friends as Sakura left, "So Itachi I hear you're brother is having friends over Saturday night, yeah."
"Hn, What of it?" he replied uninterested.
"Sakura's going, yeah."
"I'm coming over on Saturday Itachi," remarked Kisame with his shark-like grin.
"I'm inviting myself over," replied Sasori.
"Party at Itachi's house so we can fuck shit up," yelled Hidan.
"Agreed, yeah."
"Tobi gets to see Sakura-chan again!"
"Hn," He suddenly felt slightly interested, "Sasori call Pein, Konan, and Zetsu and tell them they can come over as well."
"Right."
On Saturday Sakura finished unpacking all of her and her mother's clothes earlier on.
'Naruto doesn't need to see that.'
She told Naruto to come over at four and it was about 3:15 at the time. She decided to take a shower.
Once she was presentable she came downstairs wearing denim cut-off shorts and a Konoha high school t-shirt. Their school colors being green and white.
She had about ten more minutes until Naruto arrived so she figured she should pick-up a bit since she needed to occupy her time.
A little while later the door bell rang and she greeted Naruto.
Hey was his usual orange shirt with baggy black shorts.
"Hey Naruto," she smiled.
"Hey Sakura-Chan," he replied.
She let him in and took him to the garage where all the boxes were, "So all of these boxes need to be emptied."
Naruto look wide-eyed at the large quantity of boxes and just nodded his head.
They worked for about an hour moving little knick-naks and pictures.
At one point they both reached for the same item which resulted in them grabbing each others hand.
They looked up at each other and both had a small blush on their cheeks. Naruto gave her his signature smile and she giggled.
Naruto picked up a particular picture, "Sakura-Chan is this your mom?"
She walked up next to him and smiled at the picture, "Mhmm that was taken a long time ago."
He could detect a hint of sadness in her tone, "You ok?" he asked a bit concerned as he put a hand on her shoulder.
She realized she was staring at the picture and looked up at him, "Yeah I'm fine. We actually got a lot of the boxes done so I think we deserve a break," she remarked, "Want to get something to eat?"
"Yes! Ramen!" he exclaimed jumping up and down.
She laughed, "Ok lead the way."
Naruto walked Sakura to the more downtown area of Konoha and showed here around a bit, he held her hand the whole way.
"And now for my personal favorite place in town, the ramen shop!" he exclaimed as they came up to a small shop.
"Awesome, you're buying!" she smirked as she stepped inside.
"Aw come on, that's not fair!" he yelled as he followed her in, "First I do manual labor for you and now I have to pay for dinner?" he joked.
"I'm kidding Naruto, It's my treat since you did do manual labor for me," she retorted with a smile.
"You're the best Sakura-Chan!" he yelled as he gave her a bear hug.
She laughed and hugged him back as she tried to keep her balance.
Once they finished they decided it was a good idea to start making their way to Sasuke's.
"Do you mind if we stop at Gaara's?" he asked.
"Not at all, let's go."
Naruto took her to a neighborhood with bigger houses, "Wow, Gaara lives here?"
"Yeah, His Dad's like super rich," he replied simply.
They walked up to a house which looked like it could hold the entire town.
'Looks like it could have twenty people spend the night and they could each have their own room and even some to spare.'
Naruto rang the doorbell and Kankuro answered the door, "What's up Naruto?" he replied as he looked behind Naruto, "Well hello there Miss Sakura," he purred in his 'I'm trying to be sexy' voice.
She laughed, "Shut up Kankuro," she stated as she playfully hit his arm.
"Wanna go over to Sasuke's with us?" asked Naruto as he walked in the doorway.
"Sure, Temari can drive us," he replied, "Go get her and Gaara and bring 'em down so we can go."
"Ok, C'mon Sakura," he exclaimed as he directed her up the stairs.
Naruto pulled her down the hallway after the staircase and to a black door, "Gaara open up!"
Footsteps were heard before the door opened revealing a bored looking Gaara. He was wearing a Black and red T-shirt and black baggy shorts.
"Who let you in my house?" he retorted to Naruto as he leaned on the door frame.
He looked over at Sakura and acknowledged her, she smiled.
"Aw that's not nice Gaara!" yelled Naruto, "Sakura-Chan and I came over to accompany you to Sasuke's party."
He looked at him Naruto, "Fine. Give me two minutes," as he shut the door.
Naruto looked at her sheepishly, "So I don't go near Temari's room, will you go get her for me?"
Sakura nodded.
"Go to the end of the hallway, last room on the right."
She walked down and knocked on the door. It was thrown open, "Kankuro I swear to god—Oh, hi Sakura."
Temari stood in the doorway wearing black shorts that went to her mid thigh and a plum colored tank-top.
"Hey! Naruto and I came to accompany you to the party tonight," smiled Sakura.
Temari smiled, "Cool," she looked Sakura over, "You're wearing that?"
Sakura scratched the back of her head, "Well I didn't really get the chance to change."
Temari shook her head, "Come on," she replied as she pulled her into her room and shut the door.
Back downstairs the boys were waiting for Sakura and Temari.
"Would you hurry up? We don't have all night!" yelled Kankuro with crossed arms.
"Would you shut up we're coming!" retorted Temari.
"What were you doing?" asked Gaara.
"Changing," replied Sakura as she walked down the stairs.
She was wearing her cut-off jean shorts and a black cap-sleeve shirt with a deep V-neck which showed her curves nicely.
"Wow Sakura-Chan, you look great," stated Naruto wide eyed.
"Agreed," mumbled Gaara.
"What a babe!" remarked Kankuro with hearts in his eyes.
"Ok now that everyone has had a good look at Sakura let's get a move on," stated Temari, "I'll drive."
"Shotgun!" yelled Kankuro running flailing his arms.
"Oh you suck!" replied Sakura running after him.
The car ride to Sasuke's was full of Kankuro wolf-whistling at every girl that walked by while Sakura and Naruto laughed in the back seat.
Gaara and Temari just thought their brother was a total idiot.
As they pulled up to Sasuke's house Sakura's jaw dropped.
It had to be the biggest house she'd ever seen, even bigger than Gaara's. They even had people who came and opened her door.
"Wow," she thought aloud.
"He's such a show off," mumbled Naruto.
"Welcome to the Uchiha estate," greeted one of the servants, "Sasuke-san is waiting for you inside the home theatre."
"Lets not keep Sasuke-san waiting," replied Sakura sarcastically as she hooked arms with Gaara and Naruto, "Well lead the way. I have no idea where I'm going," she smiled.
Naruto laughed and walked arm and arm with her into the house.
She was in shock and awe as she looked around the entry way.
The ceiling was incredibly high with a crystal chandelier hanging in the center. On the walls there were a wide variety of paintings and pictures. It looked like a house you would see in a movie.
Everything was impressing until she looked to the top of the stairs and rolled her eyes.
There stood Itachi leaning against the banister and all of his friends standing behind him.
She crossed her arms, "I just can't catch a break can I?"
"No," replied Kisame with his shark smile.
Sakura sighed and looked up to find people she hadn't met yet, "There's more?"
"Watch your mouth girl," replied a tall boy with half black and half white hair, "Or I'll watch it for you."
She rolled her eyes, "You're all the same, perverted with empty threats."
"You were right she does have an attitude," remarked a tall boy with orange hair and an excessive amount of piercings. He stood next to a girl with blue hair with a white flower in it.
'They actually have a girl who wants to be their friend?'
"And I was right when I said all of you were idiots," She pointed to them, "You, leave me alone."
"No fucking way," replied Hidan.
"See you soon," smirked Sasori.
She rolled her eyes and followed Sasuke into the home theatre to find that everyone else was already there.
"Hiya Sakura," greeted Kiba as he gave her a hug, "Long time no talk," he joked.
She giggled, "Agreed. So what are we watching tonight?"
"I want *munch* action!" yelled Chouji as he found the chip bowl.
"No! Romantic comedy!" yelled Ino taking a seat next to Chouji.
"Slasher," suggested Sai stoically.
"How bout a scary movie?" retorted Neji.
"Yes!" yelled Temari, "Put in The Descent."
"Hn," replied Sasuke.
"Oh lord this is gonna turn out bad," mumbled Sakura as she sat on the floor between Neji and Shikamaru.
"I shall make sure no harm comes to you my fair Sakura-chan!" declared Lee.
"Uh why don't you protect Ten-ten instead," suggested Sakura.
"Alright!" he exclaimed as he say next to Tenten, "Have no fear Tenten, I will see that no scary monsters get you!"
Shino and Hinata ended up sitting on the couch with Sasuke, Naruto, Temari, and Kankuro. While Gaara and Sai sat in their own chairs.
The movie consisted of the girls and Kankuro screaming every time something popped out.
Sakura was holding Neji's hand and hiding behind Shikamaru.
'Shit, shit, shit, Shit! Don't go over there!'
About half-way through the movie it began to get more suspenseful and Sakura would jump at just about everything.
Just as something popped out something grabbed her around the waist and picked her up, "Holy shit!" she screamed.
She looked quickly to see what had her and was pissed off to say the least when she saw Hidan's smug face carrying her away.
"Hidan you ass hole!" she yelled punching him in the shoulder, "You scared the shit out of me!"
He set her down, "That was fucking hilarious!" he declared high-fiving Kakuzu.
The rest of her 'senior friends' stood by and laughed at her misfortune.
"You all suck," she mumbled as she pushed through Sasori and Kisame, "Get a hobby!"
"But Tobi loves Sakura-Chan!" declared Tobi with little hearts in his eyes.
She peaked back into the room, "Love you too Tobi!"
"Why so much love for him?" yelled Kisame
"He's a total idiot, yeah," pouted Deidara.
Sakura laughed as she walked away to finish the movie.
Maybe they weren't so bad after all.
SOOOOOOOO this took longer, my apologies. And to comment on my mention of the movie The Descent, It was freaky. If you're looking for something scary to watch then I recommend it. Homecoming stuff will be mentioned probably the next chapter. I don't think I will be the actual dance but I think there will be a lot of mentions. BTW: I'm looking for ideas for Sakura's dress, all opinions welcome!
So READ and REVIEW! The more reviews I get the sooner I will update!
