SAKURA POV

The day had progressed quite slowly and after 5 periods of avoiding Kiba it was finally lunch time. I was so annoyed at him. I can't believe that he spoke to Naruto like that; I didn't want Naruto thinking that my boyfriend was a jerk and I didn't want my boyfriend to accuse Naruto for something that he never did.

I searched through the whole school in an attempt to find Naruto and avoid Kiba; I was starting to feel like a ninja with all this sneaking around. I walked around the back of the school were most people ate there lunch. There were several stone tables that dotted the concrete walkway that ran parallel to a large patch of grass that was surrounded by trees.

I bit my bottom lip; this is where my group normally sat at lunch time so I had to be extra cautious. If Kiba found me searching for Naruto or talking to Naruto he would rip him limb from limb. Luckily he was nowhere in sight.

As I scanned the back playground I finally found what I was looking for. I saw a mop of blonde spiky hair sitting at one of the far tables with three trays on it.

"Naruto kun!" I called from where I was standing as I walked over towards him.

He whirled around at the sound of his name "Sakura Chan!" He said smiling and waving.

I came toward him and sat down at the table. "Naruto Kun, I'm so sorry for what Kiba did, sometimes he can be such a dog, you have to keep him on a leash unless he will run off"

Naruto smiled "its fine" he said "but are you sure you should be talking to me, I mean wont Kiba San get pissed again" he said looking around to check if Kiba was anywhere around.

"Humph, I can talk to anyone I want to, just because I go out with that mongrel doesn't mean I have to obey his every command" I said.

Naruto laughed "The Sakura Chan I remembered used to be all about following rules and always did what she was told" he said smiling

"Well I have changed in 11 years you know that?" I said happily

"Whoa, has it really been 11 years since then? It seems like it was only a few days ago" he said with a remembrance sigh.

"I guess your right" I said in the same tone. Naruto had defiantly changed as well. I mean it was understandable we where no longer in preschool and had grown up and matured a lot but I was amazed that the goofy kid that used to piss me off had grown so much physically and mentally.

I looked back at Naruto "so how's your first day going?" I asked

"Meh, not bad, besides the accident this morning and the struggle to find my classrooms it hasn't been to bad" he shrugged

This reminded me of something "whose trays are these?" I asked "I didn't know that I was imposing on your lunch" I said softly.

His blue eyes snapped up to look at me "Of course not Sakura Chan, these trays belong to Shikamaru and Chouji Kun" he smiled "Shikamaru kun went to stare at the clouds over on the grass wile Chouji kun went to go get seconds" He reassured

I smiled as well "Well it's good that you have made some friends on the first day" I said

"Mmhhmm, I guess" He replied "Although there are still so many people I don't know" He paused looking over his shoulder "Like who is that" he said pointing to a girl with four pigtails who was fanning herself.

"Oh that's Temari Chan, she is in year 12 and is captain of the windsurfing team" I answered.

Naruto raised an eyebrow "Alright then" he said twisting around on his seat again "who is that?" he said pointing to the boy with spiky black hair eating his lunch alone "Yea who the hell is that guy, I saw him in homeroom what's with him?" Naruto asked

"That's Sasuke Uchiha, he is one of the last surviving of his family, he is always on his own although most girls seem drawn to him like a moth to a flame and yet none of them are interested, and I can't believe that I used to like him too" I said sadly. It was true; it was my first year in 9th Grade and he was placed in my homeroom and immediately fell head over heels in love with the young Uchiha. Looking back on it I couldn't believe how stupid I had been

"Uchiha?" Naruto said in an unsteady voice and had a distant look in his eyes as if he was remembering something. Although he just shook his head, cleared his throat and smiled again "Alrighty what about that bunch of people over there" he said pointing to the stone table that was furthest away from us.

I looked where he was pointing and then quickly snapped my head back around before they caught me looking "Stay away from that group Naruto trust me"

Naruto raised an eyebrow and looked at me curiously "Why?" he asked

I let out a small sigh and looked around in case people where listen to me "They are a bunch of rebellious teens that call themselves Akatsuki, each one of them is bad in their own way. They have all been suspended at least once, they don't really interact with anyone that much although if you get on their wrong side, they won't hold back against you"

Naruto's eyes widened in amazement "what kind of stuff have they done?" he asked leaning in

I leaned in as well "They have all done different things. The one with the blonde hair that looks a little bit like a girl is called Deidara, you might remember him from homeroom, he only joined the school on the last few weeks before school ended although he exploded the sound and light system during the end of school assembly."

"Whoa" Naruto said sneaking a peak over his shoulder although I grabbed him by the chin and twisted his head back around.

"Don't look at them" I whispered and he nodded solemnly "the one with the mask is called Kakuzu; he stole all the new computers from the computer lab and sold them on eBay. The short redhead in the back is called Sasori; I don't really know what he does although I have seen him steal random parts from all around the school although I know for a fact that he absolutely hates me" I swallowed

"Really why?" Naruto asked

"Well in 9th Grade I was late for PE so I was in a hurry, I tripped and fell down the stairs and Sasori accidently got tangled up in it. I accidently shattered his knee cap and bruised his jaw bone, he got me back for it of course although he has still always hated me" I admitted

"Ouch, where you okay?" Naruto asked

"After the fall, yea, Sasori kinda took all the damage for me but after he got me back" I paused as a small tremor rose up my spine "not so much" I said "but I was fine after a while"

"Wow" Naruto said still amazed

"Oh but it gets so much better" I said "See the one with the slicked back silver hair, he once snuck into the zoo and killed all the meerkats and apparently it was because his Lord Jashin commanded him to. I tell you he is a real wack job, since that little "accident" he has resorted in 'Killing' the school property and small animals he finds around the playgrounds" I said grimacing.

Naruto grimaced as well "he seems like a charming person" he said

"If you think that's bad don't even get me started on Itac-" I began to say before I heard someone call me from behind.

"Sakura Chan! Sakura Chan!" a familiar voice yelled "Sakura Chan!" It yelled

I turned around to face the person that was calling me. I let out a little sigh, I had been caught.

"Tenten San" I said "I can hear you"

"Sakura Chan we have been looking all over for you" Tenten puffed, she looked as if she had been running. Suddenly he eyes darted over to Naruto "what are you doing talking to the new kid? Didn't Kiba say he didn't want you to?"

"I don't have to obey him you know I am my own person to control" I said standing up turning back to Naruto "I will cya round" I said walking away with Tenten.