Chapter 4: the fourth
The next day Sakura's legs and chest still hurt quite a bit, like a bunch of needles stuck in her muscles, going through her skin, digging in deeper as she walked to her locker
"Hey! Sakura-chan, how do you feel?" came an approaching masculine voice filled with enthusiasm
"Hi Naruto, besides my legs and chest, I feel fine, thanks" replied Sakura as she finished her combination and opened her locker
"Stupid teme, he was forbidden to use more than two fifths of his demon power, yet he used almost half with you" said Naruto closing his eyes and frowning, the enthusiasm never living his voice yet a tint of anger was notable
"What? You mean that he didn't even use half against me?" Asked Sakura closing her locker and turning to the blond wearing the school's uniform with a few unbuttoned buttons and his tie lazily put on.
"Yeah, but he shouldn't have" Said Naruto placing his hands behind his head
"Wow, that's pretty strong" Said Sakura as she started to walk with Naruto besides her
"Yeah, well Gaara and I also have demons" said Naruto, the dark tint in his voice disappearing completely
"Really?" asked Sakura starting to get interested in what Naruto was saying
"Of course, everyone knows that, but you're new, so you don't, and of curse mine is the strongest" Naruto smiled widely as he said this
"If it's the unbelievable she wants to hear, there are books like reply's believe it or not" said Sasuke butting into the conversation and walking towards them, hands in pockets and wearing casual clothes and not the school's uniform. He had a black and blue long sleeved shirt and black shorts up to his knees with a silver chain hanging from his belt to his pocket
"You were not in-" started to say Naruto turning towards the newly arrived friend
"Come on, don't fight over that guys" eased Sakura as she placed one hand between the boys as the other held the notebook and pen she had took from her locker
"Tell that to the teme" Said Naruto pointing an accusing finger towards Sasuke
"She already is, when she said guys she referred to both of us" said Sasuke.
Sakura noticed that his voice sounded tired and his posture was not as cool as always when he talked.
"Sasuke is wearing cities!" suddenly screamed a girl that had both her hands clutched by her chest as she screamed. She was pretty, she had blond hair and brown eyes, her nose was medium sized and her ears were pettily adorned with small flower earrings
But when she screamed girls from the next hallways came running into the hall that Naruto Sasuke and Sakura were in
Both boys tensed up as they saw how girls approached them in a huge herd
"Wow he is wearing cities, he's looks so cute!" one screamed
"I bet I can touch him this time!" said another one
"I love his t-shirt!" commenter a fat one
"Naruto is also here!" said one blushing with excitement
"Sakura-chan we have to run" said Naruto worried at how fast the fan girls were approaching them
Sakura didn't want to get involved so she said "why me? The ones they're after are-"
"Shut up and run!" exclaimed Sasuke as he took her hand and pulled her along with them
As soon as Sakura started running on her own Sasuke let go and sped up along with Naruto and Sakura
As they did this Sakura turned back and watched how the heard of girls stepped on anything on their path, including students, which were left on the ground covered in footprints
"turn right!" exclaimed Naruto as he turned right, Sasuke followed and so did Sakura, the sudden turn they did made Fan girls fall and trip in trying to follow them on the sharp corner.
Being glad to leave half the girls behind, they kept on running as fast as they could, leaving the remaining fan girls behind a few meters.
'These girls sure run quickly, and they seem to never get tired' thought Sakura as she breathed heavily 'yup, like a dog after a nice juicy bone' added her inner self
"Heck" cursed Sasuke as they came to a sudden stop; Sakura was pretty distracted in her mind to notice and bumped on the wall, falling down.
"Oww, hey how come we stopped?" asked Sakura standing up and looking at the boys
"We're at a dead end" replied Naruto taking a fighting stance as he heard the screams and steps get closer. A few seconds later the heard of girls arrived at the hallway the three had ran into and launched at them
"Oh joy" said Sakura closing her eyes and stiffing up
"Stop" came a voice in front of them
Sakura opened her eyes slowly and focused her view on the person that had spoken
"Kakashi sensei" she said looking at the man in front of her happily
"You have to head to your classes, it's not time to chase cute boys" the said teacher said in a bored tone.
"Awww" was the reply of the girls as they turned around disappointed and dragging their feet
"Sasuke let's go" Kakashi said looking at Sasuke
"You're already leaving for the swimming competitions?" asked Naruto sighting in relief of being fan girl free
Sasuke nodded as he turned around to walk of
"You better win first place teme" called Naruto regaining his normal hyper self
"Good luck" called Sakura after Sasuke as in saying good bye
"hn" responded Sasuke not bothering to turn around
"Hey, what does hn mean Naruto?" asked Sakura as they began to head back to where they once were
"In the teme's language it means okay, thanks, whatever, yes, anything that goes with the occasion"
"So it has many different meanings?" she asked to reassure what was said
"Yup" said Naruto
The bell rang and Naruto stiffened
"Now what's wrong?...mmm, does it have something to do with your next class's exam?" Said Sakura kind of guessing what Naruto was worried about
Naruto nodded slowly
"Well come to think about it, I did wonder how you passed all the tests you've had up till now"
"because the past tests were go guess questions were you picked one of three, but now we have to write the answer" said Naruto gulping at the thought of writing his owns answers
"So I thought" She smiled at him as she walked off with a slight giggle. "Before the teacher arrives look in your book and try to memorize all you can" she called before turning the corner
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Once inside the classroom, Shisune walked in with a bunch of papers between hands and said "Kakashi is not going to be here, sense he is the one in charge of taking Sasuke to the swimming competitions, so here are your exams, you have twenty-five minutes"
Everyone started their exams and pretty soon after some students were finished, Shisune wrote some questions on the board and told the class they were to answer them.
Five minutes before the class was over Shisune spoke up again
"Kakashi already did the ninja skills exam, so during the hour of ninja skills do whatever you like, you may go"
The next class was chemistry and it was pretty boring, because the teacher spent the whole hour trying to explain the difference between a hurricane and a tornado, I don't know what does tornadoes and hurricanes have to do with chemistry, but the point is that it was pretty boring.
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At Lunch
Sakura arrived at the cafeteria, bought her lunch and stared at the table were was Hinata, Tenten, Neji, Kiba, Naruto, Ino, Temary, Gaara, Shikamaru and two blond girls she didn't know.
She approached the table slowly
"Um…Hinata" Said Sakura trying her best not to interrupt the conversation that Tenten, Ino, Naruto and Shikamaru were having
"h-hi Sakura" replied Hinata turning to her
"May I eat with you guys?" asked Sakura looking at Hinata straight in her white cute eyes
"y-you don't have to ask, y-you are always welcome with u-us" said Hinata smiling
"Thanks" replied Sakura heading to sit
"Sakura-chan, sit down between me and Neji" spoke up Naruto as he looked away from his conversation
"Okay Na-, what's wrong with Neji?" she said as she sat and brushed a bit against Neji
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto not getting whatsoever what Sakura referred to
"He's a bit… cold"
"Mmm?" Naruto was confused now
"Neji, show me your tongue" She said with a serious tone because she thought Neji was someone she had to be firm with when it came to asking something like showing her his tongue
"What –cough cough- for?" he said coldly and coughing in the way
She placed her hand on his forehead "you have a fever, you better go to the nurse"
She took his arm and helped him get up (or more like made him)
"Let me go, I can walk on my own"
"Even if it is not a very strong sickness, you coughed when you talked and you are cold wile you have a fever, so do head to the nurse and not somewhere else"
"Hn"
Neji walked out the cafeteria as the people in the table looked at his retreating back, by now the conversation once held between the three blonds and Shikamaru was over, so they turned their attention towards Neji
"Do you think he will go to the nurse?" asked Sakura to no one
"Yeah, he has pride, but it's not that big" said Tenten answering her question
When lunch was over and it was time for ninja skills each of them went out on different directions, Shikamaru went to watch clouds n the campus, Ino followed wining on why he didn't do something more interesting, Neji was in the nurse's office, Tenten went to practice her weapon throwing, Gaara and Temary went off to a missing by order of the hokage, principal, Hinata went to her dormitory to do some homework, Sakura headed to the library.
There she took some books and carried them to her favorite spot where no one ever walked, it was a nice place, and no one went there because the books in the shelves were really boring.
'maybe the reason of why Sasuke went to the contest and not Neji was because he felt sick, I felt like he was going to faint, or maybe he looked that pale because of his natural color of skin'
She lay on the carpeted floor and read the entire hour, putting Neji aside. After the hour of reading Sinuhe the Egyptian she went to history class (boring), geography, swimming class and embryology.
at first she thought embryology was going to be cool, she had never had it in the past years and it turned out to be boring and a bit frustrating, most of all because the teacher was an old lady and everyone talked in her class, so she couldn't listen, and worst of all because they had no books on it, everything was on videos and clips that only the teachers could manage.
She went to her room right after her lessons, did her homework, took a bath, drew a bit as she listened to music, read more and finally wrote on her diary.
'Today it was pretty calm, nothing out of the ordinary except that today was the swimming competitions at the rain village, Sasuke didn't show himself all day, I bet he won the first place, I think he may be kind of nice, sometimes the boys sit with us, and I sort of get to know them a little better, they probably sit with us because our group is one of the few that they can stand for more than five minutes, I bet they like some of the girls too. Now I should get to sleep, so good night.'
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Sakura woke up the next day in a hurry, she hadn't prepared her things yesterday and was running around her room as she combed her hair, she put her uniform on as she stuck the toothbrush in her mouth and once she was finished a wave of relief struck her sense she was back on schedule.
Her first class was chemistry, she arrived at the classroom and she sat by Hinata, lately she started to hang around the girls more, she felt comfortable with them, maybe because she had met them before, by view.
"Hey Hinata" she stopped to look at Neji who was next to her
"Recovered already or menaced the nurse to let you go?"
Neji glared but tore the glare looking at the front and said "treated in time"
"Glad to hear"
"Hn… thanks" he replied
Sakura smiled, happy to hear an answer longer than hn coming from Neji
"You're welcome"
"Hn"
'Well it was nice while it lasted' Sakura sweat dropped as she smiled
After the short response Ibiky walked in.
"Everyone head to the laboratory"
Everyone did as told; they entered the laboratory and sat on a chair
"Okay, you'll work on partners today… Kiba and Sai, Neji and Tenten, Shion and Ayame, Naruto and Karin, Yuugo and Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura, Rin and Pain, Shikamaru and Temary… each partner has to make a poison, acid or any toxic thing you like, but also its cure, you have till the end of the class to at least make the sample"
Some minutes later Sasuke was about to poor some particles of mercury in the practice tube, but as he did so his elbow clashed with Neji's arm making him tip over his almost finished sample.
"Uchiha, look at what you did"
"It's not my fault you alone take over three fifths of a table"
"Look who's talking, Sakura is nearly falling of her seat because of you" pointed out Neji as he stood from his seat
"Stupid Hyuga" Sasuke said keeping his cool
"Arrogant Uchiha" responded Neji starting to get frustrated
"White eyed sissy" said Sasuke standing up from his seat too
"Try me" Neji said to Sasuke as the whole class was starting to pay attention to both boys
"Fine" stated Sasuke as he took the acid he and Sakura had been preparing
"Fine" responded Neji as he too took the poison that he and Tenten had been mixing
Sakura and Tenten stood up to try to stop them but it was to late, both prodigies had taken their samples and spilled them on each other, one covered in acid and the other one in poison
Ibiky saw the whole thing and spoke "Tenten, Sakura, take your partners to the des intoxication room"
"What about the next class?" asked Tenten raising her hand and putting it down quickly
"Don't worry about it, I'll talk to your teacher, just make sure that the Uchiha and Hyuga don't kill each other"
"Yes" answered both girls in unison
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Sakura and Tenten were waiting out of the des intoxication room, meanwhile…
"selfish Hyuga, this is all your fault" growled Sasuke as he came out of the room he had went into to take of his clothes, wearing a single towel wrapped tightly around his waist.
"You were the one who tipped me over, ruining my job" replied Neji grabbing a powder that was on the side of the room
"That was because I barely had space to move" said Sasuke taking a step forward
"You're a ninja, you have to be able to get used too little space quickly, but it seems that you haven't learned that" said Neji putting the powder down
"That in training or missions' smartass, not in the class rooms" said Sasuke grabbing a soap bar
"Forget it; you're just little kid trapped inside a 17 year old body"
"What…did…you…just…say?" asked Sasuke darkly as he looked at Neji
"Aren't your ears working, I said you're just a-"
Neji was hit straight in the face with the soap bar Sasuke was once holding
"Now what were you saying?" asked Sasuke with anger
"This" replied Neji throwing back the soap bar
Sasuke the bar he threw at Neji, to be hit with a bottle filled with liquid right after
"Hyuga" he growled
"Uchiha" Neji growled back
A battle began inside the room, making racking sounds as they slipped in the floor that had water from the big type of pool tub were they were to des intoxicate themselves, and also from the sound objects made as they crashed to the ground.
Sakura and Tenten looked at each other as they stopped chatting and rushed in to see what was going on.
Both girls entered to see two almost naked boys a little wet here and there because they had slipped, fighting like six year old kids, fussing, saying mean things to each other and dodging objects
"i-i'll get Neji" said Tenten not taking her view off the white eyed boy and a small blush appearing on her face as she started towards the boy
"Right" said Sakura jogging to get
Tenten took hold of Neji and pushed him back against the wall from both his wrists
"Getting pushed back by a girl Hyuga" Sakura headed to Sasuke and also pushed him back against the wall a second after he talked
"You're one to talk" said Neji not moving because he didn't want to push back Tenten
"B-"
"Stop it Sasuke" ordered Sakura in a serious tone as she looked at him straight in the eyes
Sasuke glared at Sakura for a bit but quieted down anyways, he didn't like her looking at him in the eyes, and it was strange.
"Worthless weakling" murmured Neji turning away from across the room where Sasuke and Sakura were
"Neji!" fired up Sasuke moving forwards a bit
"po-" started Neji
"STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU" the girls yelled out together
The boys quitted talking and Sakura felt relief, as did Tenten that is until Sakura realized she was too close to Sasuke
"Comfortable are we?" asked Sasuke with a smirk, his angry voice vanished and a mocking one replacing it
Sakura looked down to see that she had her hands in both his shoulders pining him to the wall and that she was leaning on him from stomach to knees
"I, uh… 'snap out of it Sakura' in fact I'm not, leaning on you is pretty much the same as leaning on a cold lifeless rock and hurry up, we better go to class" she said standing up straight and walking to the door
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'Neji just recovered from a cold and Sasuke came back from the competition at the rain village and they are already at it' though Sakura as she stood outside
Tenten came out pretty soon with a deep red blush on her cheeks as Sakura finished her thoughts
"Are you feeling okay?"
"Yes, I mean no, I don't know"
"Why?"
"Well I…"
"Neji?" Tenten got redder as she slowly nodded
Sakura smiled "thought so"
"What about you Sakura?"
"Mm?"
"Do you like someone?"
"No, not really"
"You were way to close to Sasuke in there, anything with him?" she asked with a mischievous smile
"No, I don't think so" responded Sakura placing a finger by her mouth thinking
"Lucky you" responded Tenten, the mischievous smile disappearing and her arms falling by her side
Neji and Sasuke came out after about eight minutes and all of them they headed to their next class, Sakura went to home economics and the rest headed to science and trigonometry.
"May I come in?" asked Sakura poking her head though the door and looking at the teacher
The teacher nodded as he continued to talk
Sakura sat next to Naruto and he asked "so, is there one less prodigy in the world?"
"No Naruto, mission succeeded" said Sakura with a thumbs up
"Sight" why are you sighting Naruto?"
"Because when you left Karin went nuts because Sasuke wasn't there any longer, and she had no one to stare at, and boy did she make a fight"
Sakura fake smiled "c'mon it was only one class"
"Just promise to not leave me alone in that class again"
"Okay, but what could I have done?"
"I don't know, but I don't want to be left with someone like her again"
"Ah, you're saying that because we were sitting behind you?"
"Yeah, Hinata Shikamaru and Temary were across the room, so I had no one to help me calm that-"
"Naruto don't say that"
"But she is"
"Don't judge people would you?"
"Feh, when you get the chance to meet her, you'll change your mind about Karin"
"Maybe I will and maybe I won't"
"Poor Sakura-chan" said Naruto moving his head from side to side
"Yeah, now pay attention unless you want to fail another exam" said Sakura as she saw the teacher turn towards them
"Yup!" said Naruto in a whisper noticing the look the teacher was giving them
Hi, last time I wrote my own name wrong, I feel pretty dumb about it, but anyways I have two questions, is there any difference between a test and an exam? and did the mails i sent by my e-mail arrive to you guys?
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