A/N: Hey guys, thanks so much for the reviews! They help me so much in continuing this, so keep up the support!
This full chap is taken place a day after last chapter's scene between Sasuke and Sakura, but don't worry; I'm not turning this story into a high school fic. I need to work on Sasuke's past and also Itachi's, so I can bring in the ties that bring us to the present day...
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Sasuke walked out as he passed the school entrance gate, the sunset dropping ever lower by every step he took. He had just finished the detention Gai had set up for them; it consisted of punishments that could've made anyone a bboy overnight. His best friend, Naruto, was trailing behind him, walking like a drunken man. He tripped as he stepped on a pebble, catching himself just in time.
"Hey, teme!" slurred Naruto. "You haven't said anything since three hours ago. What's up-"he tripped again.
Sasuke wasn't paying attention. His head was focused on the ground below him, his bangs covering his face. Despite his posture, he walked perfectly as Naruto attempted to catch up to him, tipping slightly.
"Is this about Sakura?" Naruto asked. "C'mon, she always insults you when even when you're around her. I mean, she practically hated you from Day 1, so what's the problem-"
Sasuke glared at him. "You think I want her to hate me?" he asked, turning toward him. "Do you think I want her to shout at me every time I get detention or every time we get into a fight?"
"Teme, why do you care? You two were never really friends, so why do you even bother?" asked Naruto curiously, wondering what had caused his best friend to act like this.
Sasuke shook his head. "Never mind, Naruto…"
Next morning
Sakura was walking along the sidewalk to school, slowly waiting for her best friend, Ino, to join her. Ino had a bad habit of being tardy to school, and this was, Sakura assumed, one of those days.
She reached the pedestrian walk, stopping when she saw the red light. After several seconds, it turned green, signaling her to walk on. She landed her first step when she was interrupted by a shout.
"Hey Haruno! Hold it right there!"
Sakura turned around, suddenly facing three fly girls with too much make-up and flashy clothes that violated the school dress code. They were all glaring at her with intense animosity. Shit…
"What do you want?" asked Sakura, putting on a cold face.
"I heard you landed our Sasuke-kun in detention yesterday. You planned all that, am I right, loser? You're gonna-"
"What?" Sakura cut in, her temper slightly rising. "Did Uchiha tell you that shit-"
"Yeah, he did. And don't talk about Sasuke-kun that way, bitch," interrupted the girl in the middle with crimson hair, named Karin. The other two were causing Sakura to back up the other way, toward the brick wall behind them. "You do that to Sasuke again, and then we practically kill you by making your life as miserable as possible. But we can't let you go off that easily…"
Sakura tried to push the other two and run toward the crossing, which had been flashing for quite a time now. They reacted quickly and pushed her hard against the wall, getting a hold of her shoulders. She tried to shake them away, but their grip was too strong on her. "Let me go!"
Karin smirked as she walked toward her, enjoying the helplessness of Sakura. Cars were passing by, ignoring the scene. Sakura looked around for help, only to witness the empty sidewalks.
Karin, grabbing Sakura's tie, raised a ringed fist and struck Sakura's face, making a cut on her cheek. She raised her fist again for another blow-
"Leave her alone," said a cold voice behind them. Karin turned around, and her smirk faded as she saw who was witnessing her act. Sakura's eyes, which were closed a moment before, slowly opened as she looked toward the person that had come to her rescue.
"S-Shino-san," stuttered Karin, suddenly backing up from Sakura. "U-um, how was your d-day-"
"Get out of here," stated Shino, his eyes cold through his shades.
"H-hai, we'll just g-go-"with that she turned with her two friends, turning the other way and running toward the wrong direction for their lives. Sakura sighed in relief; Shino was one of those lawful guys.
"You okay?" he asked in a lighter tone, addressing Sakura.
"Y-yes, thanks to you," she replied, a bit shaken. She rubbed her cheek, which had started to bleed.
"You gotta get that patched up, better head toward the nurse when we get to school," said Shino. The lights turned red again, making Sakura groan. Shino just turned the other way and started walking. Sakura looked at his back confusedly.
"Um, Shino, aren't you going-"
"C'mon," indicated Shino. "There are faster ways to get to school than the main road, you know."
Sakura, trusting Shino, followed him. They walked along a narrow sidewalk, heading toward a bunch of bushes. On the way, Shino asked, "What did those girls want?"
"Sasuke," muttered Sakura furiously. "They said he told them-"
"He didn't," cut in Shino straightforwardly. "Whatever they say he told them, I know that guy; he's not the type to talk to those fangirls. He practically hates them."
Sakura bit her lips, not sure whether to believe that or not.
"He's a good guy, you know," continued on Shino. "Not the average-"
"Stop, or you'll go on about all the good things about Uchiha Sasuke," said Sakura, covering her ears. "To me, he's a jerk who likes being cocky around every girl he encounters-"
"Actually, he acts like that only around-"
"I said, stop!"
They reached a small path leading to a fence. As they got closer, Sakura noticed that a portion of a fence had fallen down, letting them through the gap. They went through and reached the-
"Back of the building?" asked Sakura in awe. She turned to face where they had come from; the gap was hardly visible because of the trees around it. The path had led them to the school so quickly that Sakura couldn't believe it.
"Yep, the school officials haven't figured out why me or the others haven't been caught trespassing or skipping class. Sasuke found out about this one and a couple others. You gotta go around the whole campus to reach this spot if you took the normal way…"
They walked to the side of the building that led them to the top of the steps leading to the entrance. Few students were coming up the steps, many not having arrived yet. The two turned, facing the entrance.
"I gotta play some hoops with the guys before class. Think you can handle it from here?" asked Shino.
"Yeah, thank you," replied Sakura. She entered the building as Shino walked down the steps. She turned to a hallway that led to the nurse's office; her cheek was bleeding badly now. Sakura cupped her hands around it to stop the flow. "Damn you, Karin…"
She turned and entered the office at the end of the hallway, smelling the usual scent of Tsunade's advanced medicines. When she entered, she heard an irritated voice that sounded like a certain foxy boy-
"Tsunade-obachan, I really need some aspirin! That last detention with Gai-sensei seriously gave me a migraine! My head freakin' hurtss like hell-"
"Teme, stop being a sissy and let's go," spoke up a voice.
Sakura stopped and faced the back of Naruto, who was sitting on the chair directly in front of Tsunade's desk. Sasuke was leaning against the wall, his arms crossed and balancing on his foot that was also touching the wall. He looked tired than usual, as if he didn't get enough sleep.
Tsunade, her face on her intersected fingers, brightened up when she found an excuse to focus her attention on something other than Naruto.
"Sakura! What bring you here-oh no, is that blood all over your hand?" exclaimed Tsunade.
Sasuke and Naruto turned their heads toward Sakura, who wasn't pleased to see the them this early. "Um, Tsunade-sama, you see, I, er, fell when I was walking to school-"
"Fell?" said Tsunade, standing up. "That's quite a fall, right there. You have to clean that up before it gets an infection-"she led Sakura to the sink near the beds, which was covered up by a series of stands.
Naruto groaned, clutching his head. "I wonder how much Tsunade-obachan paid Sakura-chan to interrupt…"
Sasuke could tell the pink haired girl was lying; he had been in too many fights to dismiss the fact that the cut on her check was made by fist, probably with rings. He also could tell by the stuttering that Sakura was lying. He silently waited for his friend to get up.
"I wonder how she fell?" Naruto asked stupidly, stretching his ached body.
"She didn't fall, dobe," said Sasuke simply. "She got hit."
"Hit?" said Naruto. "Come off it, Sasuke, no one would hit Sakura-chan."
Sakura and Tsunade came out, the former's cheek patched up with a bandage. Naruto started asking Tsunade for some aspirin again, only to be dragged away by Sasuke.
"Sakura-chan," said Tsunade. "Do you want to stay here for first period?"
"No thank you, Tsunade-sama," replied Sakura kindly. She tried to exit the office quickly to avoid Sasuke, whose eyes told her that he knew what had caused her injury. Unfortunately, he was too quick for her.
"So, Haruno, who did that to you?" asked Sasuke as he came behind her, letting go of Naruto.
"None of your business, Uchiha," replied Sakura, taking her anger out at him.
"Huh?" said Naruto, clueless. "What? Who did what to her? She lost her virginity?"
Sakura's vein popped out, ready to beat Naruto up into a pulp. She aimed a punch on his head, only to have it blocked as Sasuke grabbed her wrist. "Easy there."
One more year and I don't have to face these guys, that's right, she calmed herself down. No more Uchiha and his little fangirls…
"It's you, Uchiha," spat Sakura, looking at Sasuke. "And let go of my hand-"she broke free from his grip.
"What did I do now, Haruno?" asked Sasuke defensively.
"You were born," retorted Sakura as she started walking again. "You make my life miserable, that's what."
"Hey!" said Naruto. "That's not nice! Iruka-sensei said every human being has natural rights and that they have the right to live!"
"Shut up, teme," said Sasuke, at the same time pushing Sakura against the wall. He asked again, with more concern in his voice, "Who punched you?"
"No one punched me, Uchiha," replied Sakura, looking away as tears built up in her eyes. "Now leave me alone." She pushed Sasuke's arms away and walked quickly away from the two. Naruto whistled, impressed at Sakura's resistance.
"The Uchiha rejected yet again," he said admiringly, patting Sasuke. "There's a first time for everything, don't feel-"
"Shut up, teme," repeated Sasuke as they walked toward the side exit, planning on skipping their first class.
"Ne, Sakura, do you want to try out for the girls' basketball team?" asked Ino as her best friend, Sakura sat on their lunch table. "Can you please try out with me? I don't want to be alone when they try out."
"Ino, you know basketball isn't my thing. My only sport is tennis," replied Sakura, sitting down and sighing. "I'll probably get laughed at…"
"C'mon, please, for me?" asked Ino again, using the helpless puppy eyes. "Please, please, please, I'm begging you Sakura. I will never call you names if you try out with me! Please-"
"Alright, I will!" gave up Sakura, throwing her hands up.
Ino grinned. "Thanks so much, Sakura! That's my girl!" She looked up as their two other friends, Hinata and Tenten, sat down as well. Hinata was about to greet them as usual when-
"Sakura, what happened to your cheek?" asked Tenten, looking carefully at the bruise on Sakura's cheek. "Did someone cut you or something?"
"H-huh? No, no, I, um, fell down this morning. You know, clumsy me…"
Ino, unconvinced, asked, "Where were you this morning, anyway? I couldn't find you."
"I got here early today, you know, had to do some extra credit…"
They were all looking at her accusingly, and Ino simply said, "Spit it out already, Sakura."
Sakura sighed again, fully knowing that her friends weren't going to give up until she told them the truth. "Alright; you know that bitch Karin? She punched me. Got it? Good."
"She WHAT?" shouted Ino, standing up. People around them turned away from their lunches and stared at them.
"She punched me," repeated Sakura.
"Well, did you punch her back?" asked Tenten hotly. "Maybe I can chop off her hair off today by throwing a couple of shuriken knives-"
"Why did she punch you?" asked Hinata worriedly.
"She…thought I planned the outburst on Uchiha yesterday. You know how she is-"
"That little stuck-up bitch, thinking that Sasuke will ever like her," said Ino furiously. "She's going to pay big for this, I'll make sure about that…"
3:00 After School
There was a tremendous amount of noise in the gym that afternoon. There were about a couple hundred of girls sitting in the bleachers, all waiting for the basketball tryout. But most of them, for some reason, were no basketball types and a lot of them even had skirts and girly shoes on, but had come to the tryout for some other reason…
Ibiki Morino, the basketball coach for both boys and girls, looked out at the hundreds of girls gossiping and giggling. He called over the assistant coach, Iruka Umino, as he stared at the massive crowd.
"Iruka! Tell me why there are two hundred kids trying out for basketball? Last year it was about thirty."
"Er… sempai, you do know that the school can't afford to provide them with their own jerseys-"
"That's why I'm having them wear the boys' jerseys from last month! Basketball isn't about beauty-"
"Um, that's the problem you see, it's that…"
"Iruka, don't try my patience!" said Ibiki as he crossed his arms.
"Its Uchiha," Iruka replied in a lowered voice, purposely coughing between the words.
Ibiki's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Uchiha…"
"Uchiha!" Ibiki shouted as he located his star point guard that had won him the undefeated season. The said teen turned his head as he was about to leave school, giving his coach his trademark stare and raising his eyebrow.
"Uchiha!" repeated Ibiki, pointing at him. "My gym is filled up with hundreds of little girls because of you."
"And it's my fault because?" asked Sasuke dryly.
"And their precise reason for trying out is that they want a jersey; your jersey," said Ibiki. "I don't know why they want your jersey, but I want you to go there and fix this thing up for me." As he said it, he jabbed Sasuke with his fingers.
Sasuke, turning around, sighed. "Why not just burn it, coach?"
"Burn it?" said Ibiki, shocked. "That's the jersey that won the championship! I'm not going to burn that!"
"Alright, alright, just give me ten minutes with them; I'll have them out of your gym…"
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Sasuke walked into the gym through the boys' locker room, thunderous noise of conversations growing louder by every step. He witnessed a lot of girls, mostly consisting of his fangirls, chattering and talking loudly about a certain topic. He could spot Sakura and Ino, the former looking disgusted at the fact that this many girls had shown up for a boy's jersey and the latter glaring at a certain red headed girl with proportionate eyes. He followed her gaze and groaned when he saw Karin, an annoying fangirl.
When all the girls noticed he was approaching near them, the gym boomed as they screamed for Sasuke. Some of them were holding I heart Sasuke posters, and some of them were taking pictures of him on their cell phones.
"Sasuke-kun, you're like a light bulb!" screamed Karin, going wild. "You turn me on!"
When it quieted down and when Ibiki was at Sasuke's side, the teen put on his dangerous face, the one he used when he was about to nearly kill his enemies. Even Ibiki looked a bit worried. "Anyone who's wearing jewelry, dress, or anything other than normal, gets out."
No one moved.
"I said, OUT!" he shouted, glaring at them. The girls cringed as he shouted, and about a hundred of them left, scrambling toward the exit. About a hundred others remained, including Karin. He gave them his killer stare, and several more of them left.
"Alright then," he started. "Half of you on the right, get a ball and start to dribble it around the court." They did as told, and Sasuke began eliminating them quickly by pointing at them and telling them to leave. They pouted and stomped their foot, but left grudgingly, almost crying. About five of the fifty girls that dribbled remained. Sasuke told the other half to do the same. Ino and Sakura got up, both of them shocked by Sasuke's attitude and a bit scared.
"Sakura, you remember how to dribble, right?" asked Ino worriedly. "Just like the old days, you know, when we-"
"Don't worry Ino, I can at least dribble…" They picked up the balls and started dribbling as Sasuke started eliminating them, this time with a bit more hesitation. He was disappointed to find out that Karin was actually good at it; she was the person that he wanted to eliminate first. He took out several more fangirls that couldn't even dribble twice, kept Ino and Sakura because they were doing decent, and when he was done, there were about thirty to forty girls left.
"You can take it from here, coach," said Sasuke as he started to leave, patting his coach on the arms. "Good luck handling them…"
Ibiki looked quite impressed, and was quite speechless that in ten minutes Sasuke had eliminated the whole mob. He shook his head. Uchiha….
"Damn," muttered Naruto as he slowly got up and fell down again. His bike had just crashed under a bridge during a race. The five others, Neji, Lee, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Shino sharply turned around, stopping near the foxy boy. They all got off quickly, aiding Naruto. They put him aside, laying him down, and turned off the engine of his bike.
"Dang, Naruto, that was hell of a crash," complimented Kiba, his tiny dog, Akamaru, wagging his tail on his head. "What happened, man?"
"L-lost control," stuttered Naruto as he felt pain on his right leg. "Ass out, didn't I?'
"Naruto-san, are you alright?" asked Lee, concerned.
"Stop with the damn –san, Lee," said Naruto. "Daijoubu-datebayo."
"Troublesome," said Shikamaru lazily. "Just had to crash right at this moment, huh? I'm sure you broke your leg."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, I broke my leg. Better call the teme to get over here, we don't wanna call the authorities. Tell him to bring his car, his crib is like right above here…"
They didn't need to; at that moment, Sasuke, on his blue and onyx sport bike, soared past them and turned sharply, avoiding passing cars swiftly as he skidded and halted beside them. He took out his helmet, and asked, "Did the dobe go suicidal again?"
"Hey!" protested Naruto. "Teme, where have you been? We were waiting for you for like five minutes but you wouldn't show up-"
"Yeah, apparently," replied Shino, addressing Sasuke. "You should get your car and take Naruto to the hospital. We reckon he broke his leg."
"Right," said Sasuke quickly before he put his helmet back on and straightly merged into the busy highway, turning into an exit that led him to his street of residence. He cut several cars quickly, nearly getting hit but expertly avoiding it. He jumped of his bike as he got to his house, in which he lived alone. Itachi also lived alone, due to the lifestyle of their father Fugaku and their mother Mikoto, who were diplomats and frequently had to travel around to negotiate. Fugaku was the head of the Police Department of Tokyo, and also the nation's top prosecutor, while Mikoto was in the office for the Homeland Security of Japan.
Sasuke took out the keys to his car, a sleek, black Jaguar, as his dog Kuro, a black lab, barked his friendly bark. "Later, Kuro, I gotta help Naruto."
He drove off in his car to pick up Naruto to the hospital.
In the hospital
The guys were fooling around when Naruto came out on crutches. Kiba looked joyful when he saw the condition of Naruto. Jumping around, he shouted, "Yes, because of Cripple here, one of us can leave classes five minutes early!"
"Hey, Crip," said Neji as he smirked. "Feeling better?"
"That's my name now, huh, Crip?" Naruto asked as he tried to move around the corridor on his crutches. "Damn, I'm thirsty."
A nurse, who looked a bit older than them, came up to Naruto at that moment. She didn't look too happy to see Naruto grinning. "Naruto-san, what would you like to drink before you go?" asked the nurse grudgingly.
Naruto's grin grew bigger. "You can get me anything, baby; just make it sexy."
The nurse looked as if she could've slapped him, but restrained herself and stomped off.
They laughed as the nurse entered a room and closed the door with a bang. That included Shino, who rarely laughed at anything, who asked, "Were you hitting on her all the time you were in there?"
"Pretty much," Naruto replied, satisfied with himself. Sasuke just shook his head.
In a chilly room, there were four people present, three standing up and one kneeling down on the floor opposite of the three. The shortest one standing, Gaara, had an evil smirk on, and his brother, Kankuro and sister, Temari were expressionless. The one kneeling down on the floor was shaking—shaking madly.
"What did you say?" asked Gaara, pointing a gun at him.
"T-that you kids shouldn't-"the man, a senior at Sand High, stopped abruptly as he saw the gun pointed at him.
"We don't give shit about what you think, and if you don't do what we tell you to do-"
"I'll never do it! Not if it means taking an innocent life-"
Gaara pulled the trigger, the bullet hitting the man's left shoulder that knocked him out of his position. Gaara shot him again on his right shoulder, causing the senior student to scream in pain. He took his time for the older student to register the pain, and then Gaara aimed at his torso this time, pulling the trigger as the bullet went through the man's stomach. He coughed up blood, not having enough energy to even scream now.
"Then die," said Gaara coldly, not showing any hints of remorse, disgust, or guilt but pure enjoyment. He approached the man slowly, his smirk getting bigger by every second. The older man's eyes were full of fear and pain as Gaara pointed the gun at the man's forehead.
BANG! The figure slowly fell as Gaara chuckled in amusement. He kicked the body toward the door, where his gang would take care of it. If there were anyone who was opposing his side, they were going to die. Die without mercy.
A/N: For those of you hate me for writing about the past and want more action, well next few chapters may be about the past but there's going to be action in it so don't worry… For those of you who reviews, let it be known that one single review haves me do military push ups and do a mile run without ever stopping once.
I started using the big lines to seperate scenes, and italicized words to change a little scene, which are used in The Drama High School Brings, and I thought it was really neat.
The next chap probably will be updated next week, and then I have the February break for a week so I should have a lot of time to write more then.
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