Beautiful

AN: Hey y'all! I am going to make this introduction brief so that you can get to the action and drama of Beautiful. Thanks again for the support and without further ado… here is the next chapter of Beautiful!

Oh and also I do not own any of the characters of Naruto, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Shonen Jump.

Chapter 4

"You are despicable creep who uses his status as justification to act like a jerk! You're sick Sasuke Uchiha… You really are full of yourself, if you think that I would ever give a rat's ass what you think of me. You are not worth my time."

Sasuke's fist clenched as those girl's words rang through his head. The look of pure hate in those jade eyes as they looked into his own burned in his mind. How dare she? Who was she to talk to him like that? She was nobody and yet her words still burned; no girl has ever affected Sasuke as much as this girl and he hated it. He angrily shoved his arm through his jacket and tied his tie loosely around his neck then stomped downstairs where he sat down in his usual seat between his mother and father. His mother frowned slightly at the way Sasuke was angrily cutting his pancakes,

"Sasuke, honey, are you OK?" she asked kindly as Sasuke stopped murdering his pancakes and sighed.

"I'm fine mother. I'm off to school, ja ne." Sasuke answered in a cold voice as he got up and left the kitchen table before his mother could ask him anymore questions. He put on his helmet and sped away toward school all the while trying to push out Sakura's words out of his head. Sasuke calmed down a bit when he remembered her face after she got feathered,

"I wonder if she is going to show herself today." Sasuke muttered as he sped up so as to get to school on time. But what he did not understand is that you don't mess with Sakura without some consequences, and he was going to learn that the hard way.

Sakura walked into school and glared at people who were still snickering about the feathering she received yesterday. She ignored them and walked determinedly to her gym locker where she stashed a large water balloon filled with ice cold water.

"Sasuke may have won that round but this round is all me. He messed with the wrong girl." Sakura thought evilly as she giggled devilishly and walked out to the main hallway toward her homeroom. While walking in she bumped into the ass himself. He gave her a cold glare and frowned slightly,

"I thought that you would listen to my warning Pinky. You are even more stupid than I thought…" Sasuke said in a disapproving tone which made Sakura clench her fists, she wanted to punch this jerk so hard but she promised Tsunade that she wouldn't get into anymore fights. So Sakura took a deep breath and gave him a smirk,

"What exactly was I supposed to be warned about? That you are an immature, pathetic jerk? Because I knew that already, so if you would excuse me I would like to actually learn. See you later, Chicken ass." Sakura retorted as she pushed aside a pissed Sasuke and side stepped him and continued walking to her class all the while her smirk turned into a smug smile as she walked into her homeroom. She sat at her desk next to Hinata who noticed her friend's triumphant smile,

"S-sakura? A-are y-you o-ok?" Hinata asked warily as Sakura just nodded,

"I am having a good morning that's all Hinata. I have a feeling that today is going to be a good day." She predicted in a deviously optimistic way and started humming to herself as she thought about the water balloon in her locker.

Hinata sighed as her hope of Sakura just ignoring Sasuke dwindled a bit, judging from Sakura's behavior it was going to be big. Sasuke walked in and shifted his eyes toward the happy pinkette and sat at his normal seat by the window. He looked back at her, more like glaring daggers at her for which she returned with a glare her
own and a sly smirk which made Sasuke uncomfortable. He quickly turned around and clenched his fists under the table; he had a feeling that Sakura was planning something and he knew that it would be big. He frowned,

"Bring it on Sakura." Saskue thought as he looked out the window and ignored his fan clubs squeals and attempts at starting conversation by declaring their love for him.

(Gym)

Sakura walked into the gym with Ino, Tenten and Hinata and walked over to the bleachers with the other students and waited for their gym teacher. Sakura was anxious and was clenching and unclenching her fists which perked the interest of Ino,

"Hey Sakura you OK? You seem a little bit jumpy." Ino asked in a curious tone arching her eyebrow while Sakura just smiled and rubbed the back of her head,

"Oh yeah I'm fine. I think it was the coffee I had this morning, Naruto was an idiot and switched my decaf for caffeine."Sakura said while shrugging, she lied but Ino bought it and went into a long story about how one time at Starbucks they gave her decaf instead of caffeine and she almost passed out from lack of sleep and caffeine.

The doors opened to reveal the strangest person that Sakura had ever seen in her life. He was wearing, wait for it, a green spandex biking outfit with orange legwarmers. And as if his outfit was not ridiculous enough his appearance only added to his oddity; his black hair was in a bowl cut and he had the bushiest eyebrows, they could not even be called eyebrows they were more like two fuzzy caterpillars resting above his eyes.

"Hello my most youthful students! I am your youthful gym teacher, Gai-sensei!" the spandex man bellowed and stuck his thumb up and gave a toothy smile as if he was in toothpaste commercials. Sakura's eye twitched,

"This has to be a joke; there is no way that this guy actually is like this." Sakura muttered in disbelief, Ino shook her head and gave a grimace,

"No, he is like this all the time unfortunately... he only wears spandex." Ino muttered regrettably and Sakura only nodded because what happened next was indescribable. A boy who was basically the mini version of the spandexed gym teacher leapt up and ran toward the teacher with a look of awe,

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!" Lee shouted and when the two met they pounded their fists and struck the same ad pose and started crying hysterically, if this was a cartoon there would be streams running down their faces,(AN: Any Naruto fan knows what scene this is… one of the famous scenes in the series. Except no waterfalls or sparkles everywhere .)

"The power of youth is powerful in you Lee! Go and run 100 laps!" Gai-sensei ordered in a dramatic voice and the boy, Lee gave a salute and started crying even more,

"I will run 150 laps! I can feel my youthful spirit grow stronger!" Lee shouted as he ran off in his own green spandex to the track and started running his laps all the while shouting "The power of youth!" Everyone just stared at the energetic gym teacher and grimaced, no one knew what to say because there was no real words to describe what just happened except perhaps just plain bizarre. When Gai-sensei composed himself he cleared his throat and faced the group of confused teens and gave them another dazzlingly smile,

"All right my youthful students shall we begin? Today we will be splitting into two teams: boys versus girls! In a competition of youth, we will be playing the intense and extremely youthful game of capture the flag!"Gai announced in the same gusto as a game show host would when they reveal the prize that the winners have won.

There was some excitement among the teams as girls whined and complained about made up illnesses while the boys cheered and flexed their muscles as a way to intimidate. Sakura smirked; she was excited because this was the perfect opportunity to get back at the Uchiha who looked like he could care less. This was perfect because she was going to be able to humiliate the Uchiha both verbally, which she did this morning, but also physically during capture the flag. This was turning out to be a great day.

"I love the youthful spirit you guys are expressing" Gai exclaimed energetically as he pumped his fist in the air and the students separated into the two teams. Sasuke looked at Sakura then narrowed his eyes then smirked as if saying 'you are so going down', Sakura cracked her knuckles and narrowed her eyes saying 'As if' which made Sasuke chuckle slightly as they parted ways and headed outside to opposite sides of the field to prepare for the game. The boys wore blue pinnies while the girls wore red ones, before the game began each team got into a huddle to plan out a strategy to take down each other.

"Break!" both teams shouted and they got in positions, Sakura placed herself in the front and scanned the area for a certain raven haired boy, she found him closer to the right in the front, a determined expression on his face. Gai sensei walked in the middle and looked at both teams and beamed,

"Oh what youthful determination you guys have! It just warms my heart to see young people so determined! The rules are simple, capture your opponent's flag and bring it to your side and the team that does this wins. Also, capturing prisoners is allowed, and in order to 'free' your captured teammates you have to tap one of their hands then escapes. With that being said, let the game begin!" Gai shouted as he clapped his hands and then jumped out of the way as the two teams sprang into action.

Sakura watched as the boys formed three teams that served as a distraction while another team snuck in from the wings. Thankfully Ino and Tenten were as aggressive as Sakura and the boy's attack was swiftly defeated although the boy's jail was full of girls who were more concerned about their nails and their outfits getting muddy. The girl's strategy was similar in that they had their slowest act as bait while the quicker, being Sakura and this girl Artemis to blitz toward the flag. Sakura lost Sasuke in the confusion of the "battle" and kept scanning for him as her and Artemis dodged the boy's attempts to tag them,

"Artemis, you go free the captives and I'll go for the flag." Sakura ordered and Artemis nodded as she headed toward the "jail" where mainly Ami and her posse were giggling as they gossiped over boys. Sakura zeroed in on the flag but there was something off, there was nobody guarding it, all the other boys were either defending the front lines or were in jail. Sakura paused and looked around; it had to be a trap and as if on cue her suspicions were confirmed when she heard an annoyingly cocky voice come from behind her,

"Hello Pinky." Sasuke smirked as Sakura spun around to face him with his hands in his pockets and that obnoxious smug smile on his face.

"Hello Chicken Ass." Sakura retorted. Both of their eyes narrowed like in a old western movie showdown, jade met obsidian as the other waited for the other to move.

Sakura held the boy's flag in her hand and rubbed it as she tried to think of a way to get around Sasuke, she saw that most of her team was in jail, mainly because Ami and her girls refused to leave the jail causing Artemis to wind up in jail as well. Ino, Tenten, and Hinata were busy holding down the fort with the remaining boys so she was on her own. Sasuke, noticing her anxiousness took a step forward as a challenge, both daring the other to make a move:

"Lets make a deal, you give me that flag and surrender. And in return for your wise decision, I will forget about your little outbursts and leave you alone." Sasuke offered in a smooth yet slightly forceful tone as three other boys circled behind him and were ready, one of them being Naruto who gave her an apologetic look. Sakura glared at Sasuke, there was a glint in her eye,

"So basically you want me to just give up and run away like a coward right?" Sakura stated in an even tone though it was clear that she was starting to get annoyed. Sasuke just stared at Sakura and smirked slightly,

"You would be wise to take the deal. I am not going to offer it again. The feathering was nothing compared to the hell I can make for you here." Sasuke said in a foreboding voice and his face was completely serious, Sakura's eyes hardened,

" Hm, this is so difficult. This is what I think, why don't you take your "deal" and shove it up your ass! I, unlike other people, am not afraid of you and I will not run away like a coward. I will beat you, starting with this game." Sakura shouted defiantly as tied the flag around her forehead and she ran toward Sasuke where at the last moment she jumped and used his shoulders as a spring board to jump over the group of boys.

She looked back and stuck her tongue out as she sprinted toward the girl's side. Sasuke turned around sharply and chased after Sakura. There was no way he would let her embarrass him again though there was a small part in him that admired her spirit and strength but he quickly ignored it as the annoyance overshadowed that feeling,

"Damn her. STOP HER!" Sasuke shouted as the boys all scrambled to catch the speedy pinkette who was almost half way to the other side.

"Yeah Sakura!"

"So close!"

"Go Sasuke!" both teams were shouting support for their teammate and Sakura was so close to the other side but at the last moment she felt herself falling and soon found her face buried in the ground. Both teams erupted in shouts as they flooded to the center where the two teens were on the ground. Sasuke had grabbed Sakura's legs at the last moment making her fall when she was only a few inches away,

"And the winner is….the boys! What youthful passion and athleticism on both teams!" Gai sensei declared and pumped his fist in the air and struck a pose. The boys whooped and cheered while the girls hung their head, well except for Sasuke's fan club who were squealing and congratulating Sasuke,

"Oh Sasuke is so cool! He is so strong! We Love you Sasuke!" they all cheered in unison, the loudest being this girl with bright red hair and glasses named Karin who was the fakest out of them all. Sakura pounded her fist in the ground and pushed herself off the ground, she wiped the mud off her face and turned to glare at Sasuke who was getting pats on the back and had a cocky smile on his face.

"Hn, looks like you lose again Haruno. Weakling." Sasuke said spitefully as Sakura was reminded of her childhood when she would be pushed to the ground and the other kids would laugh and call her weak, and she would cry making them laugh even harder.

Sakura turned away and ran toward the locker room, she couldn't wait any longer. She had to get Sasuke back now. She grabbed the water balloons filled with ice cold water and marched right out of the locker room toward the arrogant ass. Without missing a beat she thrust the water balloon right in his face and pressed hard to make it explode, causing everyone to gasp in shock. Sakura was panting as she clenched her fists and glared at Sasuke, she was doing everything in her power to hold back the angry tears as Sasuke wiped the remaining pieces of balloon and just stared at Sakura with a look of disgust and shock,

"Hn. You really are a freak." Sasuke said coldly, that was the final straw for Sakura and before anyone could stop her she launched herself at the Uchiha and began punching him, hard.

Soon everyone intervened, Ino and Naruto tried to pry Sakura from Sasuke while the guys were doing the same with Sasuke. Sakura was like a wild animal, tears flowed down her face as she wildly swung at the bruised Sasuke who also struggled against his restraints. In the confusion Gai ran to get Tsunade, Sakura was panting and had some bruises from Sasuke,

"Who the hell do you think you are? I am NOT A FREAK! I HATE YOU SASUKE UCHIHA! I HATE YOU!" Sakura screamed as Naruto and Ino struggled to bring the thrashing Sakura as far away from Sasuke who just stared at the wild girl with a cold expression.

"THAT'S ENOUGH! Everyone get to class, except Sakura and Sasuke! You two come to my office." Tsunade's commanding voice echoed through the field and the other students, valuing their lives ran for the hills leaving. Naruto and Ino hesitated in going because Sakura was shaking and was angled to attack Sasuke again. Tsunade's brown eyes glared daggers at the two,

"That includes you two, I can handle Sakura. Go now." Tsunade barked making Ino and Naruto jump as they nodded then left with the other students but first both gave Sakura pats on the shoulder. Sakura and Sasuke were glaring at each other with pure hate when Tsunade walked in between the two and looked at both,

"Lets move it you two, my office now." Tsunade ordered as she started walking back to the school with Sakura and Sasuke in tow who continued glaring at each other the entire way even when they were sitting in the two chairs in front of Tsunade's desk.

In the scuffle some of Sakura's under armor was torn and it exposed her various scars and bruises on both her arms and legs. Sasuke looked at them and his eyes widened slightly, he found himself unable to look away because he suddenly had an image of a young Sakura being abused and he felt a pang of sympathy for the girl with jade eyes but it was cut short when Sakura caught him staring. She glared at him accusingly and put on a sweater, he knew that he only had a glimpse of the damages the girl suffered from and he knew that he had seen something that he was not supposed to see,

"Don't look at me like that Chicken ass." Sakura snapped harshly, her voice was slightly cracked from crying, her eyes were red from the tears that were still running down her cheeks. Tsunade looked at both of them and crossed her hands in front of her face,

"This is the second time that you two were caught fighting and I am forced to take action." Tsunade said in a grave tone, Sakura glared defiantly while Sasuke glanced at Sakura with a confused yet cold stare. "Now with that being said, I don't care who started it but it is safe to say that both of you are responsible for its start. So I think it's only fair that you both get punished." Both teens opened their mouth to protest but Tsunade held up a finger and glared at them,

"No argument. You two will serve detention for three weeks, doing community service around the school after and before school. So you two better start making nice because from now on you two will be spending every day for the next three weeks in each other company. Understand?" Tsunade said in a voice that said that it was not really up for debate or discussion, Sakura and Sasuke glared at each other then turned away clearly displeased.

"There is no way in hell that I will spend another second in this jerk's company. I would rather you just suspend me, or him either way I won't have to see him." Sakura argued in a voice of disgust, Sasuke clenched his fist and gave Sakura the famous Uchiha glare,

"I actually agree with Pinky, I would rather be suspended then have to spend so much time with a psychopath." Sasuke said in calm, disapproving tone as Tsunade just sighed and shook her head,

"Three weeks of community service, no ifs, ands, or butts. Now get the hell out of office and go to the nurses to get treated then back to your classes." Tsunade said in a dismissive tone as she swiveled her chair around and poured herself a cup of sake while the two left the room. When they left Tsunade dropped and held her head in between her hands and groaned, why on earth did she become a principal? She hated kids, they were nothing but trouble and headaches.

The two walked down the hallway to the nurse's office in tense silence, Sakura's hands balled in fists while Sasuke's were in his pockets. Neither of them wanted to speak, because they were both pissed off because of this punishment the principal inflicted on them. Each of them was sending daggers toward each other mentally and when they got to the nurse's office the dam broke and insults flowed out,

"You are unbearable."

"You are annoying." Both glared at each other and it was almost like a spark of electricity developed.

"I hope you fall down a deep hole with foxes, I heard they like to eat chickens." Sakura spat maliciously, receiving another death glare from the Uchiha as the nurse applied Neosporin to Saskue's cuts making him wince slightly.

"Hn, whatever," Sasuke muttered as he ignored the girl as the nurse treated his wound, though occasionally he peeked over at Sakura and saw the scars once again having the image of her being abused appearing in his mind.

He frowned slightly and was snapped out of his thoughts when the nurse said that it was OK for him to leave. Sasuke just nodded and left and saw Sakura walking down the hallway toward the exit, before he realized what he was doing he followed her and soon caught up with her. Sakura froze and turned quickly around at Sasuke who had a blank expression on,

"Let me go Uchiha." Sakura threatened slowly in a deadly voice, Sasuke ignored her and just stared at her,

"Where did you get those scars from?" Sasuke asked plainly, Sakura's eyebrows rose slightly but then her face became a mask of hate,

"That is none of your business Uchiha, don't pretend that you care – it's pathetic." Sakura said coldly as she pulled her arm from his grasp and walked down the hallway and out of the building.

Sasuke watched the door and just stood there for what seemed like forever. He did not understand why, but something changed in him and for the first time he felt a pang of caring for someone other than his mother. This girl with the jade eyes was the most interesting and annoying girl he has ever met. After seeing her scars he suddenly felt guilty for the way he treated her and that he wanted to anything he could to heal her. He quickly shook off this thought and reminded himself that she was no different than any other girl, she was weak and a freak. He turned to walk to his math class but in the back of his head he knew that Sakura was anything but ordinary and that he was determined to know more about her and her scars.

AN: So there you go! Whew, things are starting to reach the boiling point with Sasuke and Sakura. Whats going to happen next? Will Sasuke and Sakura be able to handle three weeks of community service? Will Gai-sensei ever stop wearing spandex? And what exactly is the power of youth? o.O I don't know… why are people asking so many questions! At least one of these questions will be answered in the next chapter so stay tuned! Thank you all and don' t forget to brush your teeth at least two times a day and to tip your waitresses! :D