"Okay class. Everyone sit down." The white-haired man spoke as he walked in. I was sitting in the back next to Naruto and Sasuke. Well in the middle of them. We literally just came in, so I had no time to say 'Hi' to any of Naruto's or Sasuke's friends.

Naruto was saying he had a whole group of friends in this class. I was guessing that's how they met, but I was proven wrong by Sasuke. He said that they've been together since kindergarten. That only made me feel worse. I'm just a new girl trying to fit in with friends that have been together since they were 3 years old. Though Naruto assured me that they would love me and treat me as if I've been there the whole time.

The white-haired man, who I assume is our teacher, sat down in the chair at the desk at the front of the classroom. He held an open small orange book in his pale hand. "Please pass your homework up to the front." All the students in there soon complied and passed a piece of paper up. Once the stack of papers made it to me, Naruto tapped me on the shoulder.

He whispered behind his hand into my ear. "Sakura-chan. Tell him your new." I nodded and passed the papers to the boy in front of me. I was raising my hand slowly, but not high enough I guess because Naruto motioned for me to raise it higher. My arm wouldnt rise higher, I was just too shy. Something I've had since I was born and able to talk. Shyness.

Suddenly Naruto rose from his seat with his hand so high that I thought it would pop off and he practically yelled, "Kakashi-sensei! We have a new student!" Said man stood up from his seat and looked at the blonde. I looked over with widened eyes at Naruto and saw him pointing at me. "Her name is Sakura-"

"Naruto. We'll leave that for her to say." His mismatched eyes averted to me. Soon enough I felt my cheeks burn from the pressure. Despite the mask on his face, I saw a slight smile. "Sakura. Can you introduce yourself please." I slowly nodded and felt every pair of eyes on me.

I stood from my seat and crossed my hands into my skirt. My eyes made it to the man up front and I started my introduction.

"I'm Sakura Haruno and I'm 16." I smiled and looked down at the desk in front of me. I can't handle all the eyes on me. Ugh, why am I like this? I've always wanted to be the bright and happy girl. The one that when your around you can be just as happy. That's just not me I guess.

Kakashi nodded.

"Okay Haruno. Where'd you come from?" He asked while looking through a stack of papers on his desk. I blanked out and just stared at him. How am I suppose to answer this? I came from a middle school!

"Ehm...I came from..." Suddenly our teacher cut me off and waved at me to stop. He had a yellow document in his hand.

"That's okay Haruno. Just sit down." That must be my file.

I easily complied and sat down. Before I sat down I muttered a 'Okay'. Kakashi nodded."Well Im Kakashi. Your math teacher. I hope you enjoy your stay here."

I felt Naruto tap my shoulder, and I turned to see him with a confused look. I shook my head and turned away. Didnt he know? After the whole incident, Kakashi continued class.

"Okay that'll wrap things up." Kakashi said as he tapped the board with his piece of white chalk. The class was pretty easy in my opinion. He did reviews on what they have done, and I got how to solve them. Well most of them. It was fun but all the homework he gave us was overwhelming. Back in middle school, We only had 10 problems a night, but now its thrice as much.

I stuffed my math book into my brown bag and stood up. My hand swept my skirt free from wrinkles or any erasing shreds. That was a habit I had.

"Oi Sakura-chan!" My head turned automatically to my name. Naruto was next to two girls.

"This is Ino and Hinata. They've been my friends since kindergarten." He glanced over to said girls and smirked. "And I'm sure there happy enough to be your friend." I nervously smiled and looked over at them.

"You guys, this is Sakura."

"Naruto we know that. She said her name in front of the class." The blonde next to him protested with a hint of amusement. She was gorgeous. Her pale blonde hair was tied into a high pony tail that ended at her waist and had a bang of hair covering her left eye. Speaking of her eyes; They were a pale, light blue. Baby blue I believe.

Ino smirked and looked at me. "Heya Sakura."

"H-Hi." I stuttered. I was a little ashamed in a way. Ino seemed to be opening up to me and I cant return it.

She smiled. "Ah don't be shy! We already have a shy one in the group." As she said that, she motioned at the girl next to her with her palm. The girl next to her had dark blue hair with bangs covering her forehead. She was pale and that made it easier to spot her blushing, red cheeks. Her eyes were a pale lavender. She was darkly pretty in a way.

"This is Hinata Hyuuga." Ino elbowed Hinata lightly on her arm. The dark-haired girl flinched and turned to me. I noticed she was trying to avoid my eyesight by looking at the floor.

"H-Hello Sakura-chan. I h-hope we can be friends." Her voice was so soft that I could barely hear it. And yup, she seemed very shy. She finally met my gaze and smiled a soft smile. I couldn't help but return it. Everyone here was so welcoming. This is what it felt to have friends, huh?

"What class do you have next? If you don't mind me asking..." Hinata said as she picked up her bag.

"Oh...Let me check." I said as I dug through my organized bag. My mom always taught me to keep everything organized. Seriously everything.

One time my room was completely messed up and I didn't bother cleaning it because I had more homework than usual from my teacher. It was harder especially since I was about 6. My mother came home and once she saw the mess, she nagged me about keeping everything clean and organized no matter what. It was almost a 30 minute lecture. But for some reason I listened intently and its grew on me to organize everything.

I pulled out my schedule sheet and scanned it quickly before answering Hinata. "I have social studies next. What about you guys?" After I finished Ino squealed and hooked onto Hinata's arm.

"Oh sweet! Hinata and I have the same class!" Soon Ino's free arm found mine and hooked onto it. I looked over at Naruto and saw Sasuke standing next to him now. I didn't even notice him or hear him come over. Naruto had an exaggerated sad expression and was slumping his shoulders.

"I don't have the same class..."

"Well that sucks for you Naruto. We'll see you guys at lunch alright?" Before the two boys could answer, Ino pulled Hinata and I out of the classroom.

"Okay Sakura. Let me inform on the whole group. Hinata here has a huge crush on Naruto-"

"Ino-chan!" I heard Hinata shriek and I looked over to see her usually pale face a tomato red. Ino was snickering. My lips formed an amused smile at her reaction.

"Anyways. Naruto and Sasuke are best friends as you can tell. Speakin' of Sasuke..." Ino suddenly stopped talking and I looked over to see her gazing into space with a slight blush on her face. I'm guessing she likes him. Hinata giggled.

"What Ino-chan is trying to say is that she has a huge crush on Sasuke-kun." I was waiting for Ino to protest or yell at Hinata, but that didn't happen. Just a sigh of content came from her lip-glossed lips.

"Yeah, I can tell." I said with a smile. Ino tugged on my arm.

"Oh you. Well and there are others too. I can tell you after class." I gave her a confused look but it was wiped away when we were in front of a classroom. Soon we went in. It was the same as the last one. Desks everywhere and a teacher's big desk with a chalk board behind it. The teacher was sitting at said desk. It was a women with curly black hair and ruby-red eyes. Her lips were coated in matching red lipstick. She was reading papers in front of her, completely ignoring the talking and noise in her classroom.

Hinata, Ino and I all went to the desks in the back and leaned on said objects. Ino crossed her arms and looked around the classroom. With an almost hushed voice, she said-

"Alright Sakura. Let me tell you about people in here. People you should know about." I looked around and didn't really see anyone stand out, so I waited for her to speak. "Okay you see that red-head over there." Her finger was pointed towards a girl with medium-long hair. Her hair was a bright-red as she said, almost like Kushina's hair. Her hair had a really unique style. On the left it was spikey and short, but on the right it was mid-back and straight. Weird. She had red eyes aswell and brown glasses.

"Her names Karin Uzumaki." Uzumaki? Is she Naruto's sister? I stared at her like she wasnt even human. She must've noticed because she turned around and simply glanced at me.

"Yeah I know what your thinking. Shes Naruto's cousin."

"That makes sense." I muttered and ripped my gaze away from her. "She seems pretty nice though. Should I say hi?" Immediately the two girls shook their heads. In response I raised my eyebrow.

"Okay look. She seems friendly and welcoming but she's a demon in disguise. Seriously though, Hinata and I were once great friends with her but she started a horrible rumor that Hinata got her boobs worked on and I was a slut." I gasped. How could she?!

"Yeah. I know right? Just don't even talk to her. Naruto doesn't even like her!" That actually made me truly believe she was a demon. Naruto loves everyone, but he doesn't even like his own cousin. Sheesh! "And plus shes dated Sasuke. They broke up two months ago. Sasuke couldn't handle her."

"What happened?" Curiousty got the best of me and the question slipped out. Ino sighed and continued-

"She cheated on him. Karin is a slut and bitch. Damn her for taking Sasuke Uchiha for granted. " The words came from her mouth so casually that it almost surprised me. I'm not the type to cuss and plus I'm not old enou- Wait I'm 16! I should be able to! I mentally face palmed myself. I came back to the conversation and simply frowned.

"Jeez. Thanks for telling me." I looked around before continuing. " Is there anyone else I should know about?" Both Ino and Hinata looked around. Hinata let a little 'oh' and elbowed Ino softly in the arm. The blonde turned to her and Hinata shook her head indicating a no and turned to me.

"No. I think that's it Sakura-chan."

"So it's just Karin in this class?" Suddenly she gasped. She hurriedly nodded and was opening her mouth to say something but the teacher interrupted us with a ring of her bell. There was someone else.

"Okay students." Her red eyes were looking at all us and she stopped on me. Oh no...Here we go again. "Are you new?" Once again everyone turned to me. The teacher had a raised eyebrow at me. I gulped and nodded. Afraid that'd I would mess up my talking by stuttering.

"Care to introduce yourself to us?" The black-haired women looked around. "Everyone sit...Besides you mystery girl." Hinata patted my shoulder comfortingly before sitting to the desk to my left. I once again nodded. I think this is gonna happen in every class. Just please don't ask where I came from...

"I'm Sakura Haruno. I'm 16 years old."

"Okay Haruno. I'm Kurenai" Her pale hand motioned for me to sit down, but it suddenly stopped and I looked up at her for an explanation. "Where'd you transfer from?" Shoot...

"I..uh..came from-"

"I'm sorry for being late Kurenai-sen-"

I was interrupted when the door slid open and a very familiar boy walked in. Kurenai looked over and sighed.

"I'm surprised your late Uchiha...Just go ahead and sit down." He started walking to the empty window seat in the middle section. Just a desk to the upper-left from mine. "Our new student Sakura Haruno was just introducing herself." Itachi glanced over at me and merely nodded at me in acknowledgment with his stotic expression. He continued walking and sat down at the blue chair.

"You can just sit down Haruno. Were already 5 minutes into class." She said with a smile. I nodded and sat down, completely relieved. She turned around and picked up a piece of chalk. "Okay class, today were gonna learn about World War II. Today were gonna-"

"Psst." I looked over and saw Ino looking at me. "That's Itachi Uchiha. Sasuke's brother as you can tell. Both hot in their own ways." I blushed from her bold language and nodded for her to continue. She occasionally looked over at Kurenai to see if her back was turned and once it was she continued. "Itachi is the president of the student council and he's 19...I think" I found myself staring at Itachi's back as she talked.

"It sucks though. It seems like he's not interested in his love life. So many girls have confessed to him, but he just brushes it off. But his personality is just perfect! He's nice,caring and-"

"Yamanaka."

Kurenai's voice made us both jump and look to the front.

"Yes Kurenai-sensei...?"

"Stop talking or you'll clean after school...Again." A couple of laughs erupted from people in the room. Ino nodded and frowned.

"Alright, I'm sorry." Kurenai turned around continued. Ino turned to me and stuck her tounge out childishly. I smiled and started writing notes in my open notebook.

As I was writing, I had a weird feeling to my left. I looked up out of curiosity and got lost in his stare. Itachi was staring at me with such a deep gaze. Once I met his eyes, I expected him to turn away or something, but he kept it.

"Haruno." The teacher's voice pulled me back into reality and I jumped slightly.

"Y-Yes."

"Can you answer the 2nd problem please." I nodded and answered.

"You guys! Over here!" Naruto yelled from across the huge quad. We were having lunch outside and it was perfect weather. The sun made me warm all over and it was just comfortable. I felt so accomplished today. I'm almost done with the first day of High School and I've already made friends that I could trust. Still the only thing that's ruining this is...in the back of my mind my parents aren't here.

It's just so weird. I can't put it into words. But from now on, I'm promising myself I wont shed a tear about it or even talk about it. I just have to move on...

"Alright Naruto! We see you." The three of us were walking to where Naruto and Sasuke occupied. They were under a big tree. It was just perfect scenery.

We finally made it and sat down. I sat in the middle of Hinata and Ino.

"I just found out TenTen and Neji are absent today...Guess you'll meet them later Sakura-chan." I shrugged and untied the knot of my lunchbox. Mikoto made them for Itachi,Sasuke and I. Sasuke told me she makes the best bentos and everyone he knows agrees with it. I took my chopsticks out and picked up a pickled vegetable and stuffed it in my mouth. I sighed loudly in approval. It was amazing!

I picked up more and soon finished all the vegetables. My cheeks were stuffed like a chipmunks and I looked to see everyone staring at me. My cheeks burned in embarrassment. Naruto broke the silence by laughing out loud. Very out loud.

He fell back and was laying on the grass shaking in laughter. Ino shortly joined in by giggling. I saw Hinata laughing quietly. I swallowed my food and grinned nervously.

"S-Sorry." Naruto sat back up and crawled towards me. His face was right in front of mine.

"Sakura-chan, you looked so cute!" He said as he patted my head lightly. I glared at him and sighed.

After that we just talked about random things. It was amusing. Ino and Naruto would bicker the whole time and Sasuke would just insult Naruto, making him more fueled. It was just fun to watch.

The bell rang, signaling our next class. We all panicked and fled to our classes. Unfortunately I had none of them in my next class. We all said bye and departed.

My feet tapped in the hallway. The windows were showing the sky, which was orange and pink, signaling the sunset approaching. Signaling that I finished my first day of high school. I smiled to myself and walked down the hallway outside to meet Sasuke and Itachi. Well I think that's what I'm doing. Sasuke said to meet him and Itachi out in the quad.

I walked to the middle, and happily they were waiting next to each other. They really did look-alike. The two brothers were talking and Itachi seemed completely out of it. He was reading a book in his hand, while Sasuke was talking. I walked up and Itachi put the book away in his bag and smiled at me.

"So how was your first day Sakura?" I smiled at him and the three of us started walking.

"It was...fun." Honesty spilled from just that one word. I loved how today went actually.

"Well that's good." He said and I glanced at him. He was gazing off to the side. I suddenly remembered when he was staring at me. Should I ask him about it. I don't know... Maybe sometime soon.

"Sakura-chan!" Mikoto said as we walked inside my new home. She hugged me and this time I didn't really flinch. I think I'm getting used to touches now. Thats good.

"How was school? Did you make any friends?" She said with her arm around my neck. Her raven hair was mixing in with my light locks due to how close we were. Her perfume was filling my nose too. It had a pleasant flowery smell.

"It was fun and yes, I made friends." Immediately after saying that. Mikoto squealed.

"Thats great Sakura-chan!" She let go of her grip on me and was heading towards the kitchen. She was still in her business-looking attire. I'm guessing she recently got back from work.

"We can talk about the details over dinner. It's almost ready. Go change and take showers you guys." She motioned for us to leave. "This might take a while."

"But mom, you said it was almost done-" Sasuke said as he stopped in front of her.

"Hush! Just go change." Mikoto said as she put her hands on her hips, giving her a stern look. Sasuke groaned loudly and walked upstairs. I followed and went to my own room.

I walked in and went towards my closet to pick out a over-sized, yellow, long-sleeved dress and undergarments. Walking swiftly to the bathroom in my room, I walked in and sat my clothes on the sink like usual.

I turned the shower on before stripping my clothes and jumped in. The cold water soon turned warm and I sighed in content. As I was standing the shower, I was thinking of the events that happened today and what was to come.

Walking down the stairs, the smell of food wafted into my nose and it smelled amazing.

"Mikoto-chan, is it ready?" I asked as I looked into kitchen. She was in front of the stove. Steam was rising all around her.

"Ah. No I'm sorry Sakura-chan! Just a couple more minutes. I'll call you when its ready, alright?"

"Okay. Thank you." I turned to walk away but she suddenly said-

"Hey, you can go sit out by the garden to wait. Its pretty calm and you can watch the sun set." I looked around and didn't know where this garden was. I remember seeing it when Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi showed me around, but I forgot where it was.

"Uhm, Where is it?" Mikoto let out a soft laugh.

"Its to your right. You'll see a door." I looked over to my right as she said and saw a door behind the staircase.

"Oh! I see it. Okay I'll be out there." She nodded. Mikoto seemed to be too busy to answer. Oh well. I walked to the door and slid it open. How'd I forget this? Its right here.

It was beautiful. The floor was bamboo-mats, the walls were a dark oak and there was a wall-sized open space in the wall exposing the whole garden. The flowers were shining from the sun and the little pond glistened aswell. It was breath-taking. How could someone have this in their home?!

I walked to the edge of the opening and kneeled down. My eyes were admiring everything. I was so lost in it, that I almost didn't hear the door slide and someone kneel next to me. I glanced over and saw Itachi.

"Its relaxing, isn't it?" He moved so that his legs dangled off the railing and his arms were behind him. "I always come here when I have nothing to do. I suppose that's why your here?"

"Yeah...Your mother suggested it to me and I might as well check it out." I said with a small smile. We sat there in silence for a couple more minutes. The silence wasn't awkward like you would guess, it was relaxing. We both looked at the orange sky. Itachi shifted a little, but I didn't pay attention to where he was going.

"Sakura." He suddenly said. "I need to ask you something." I was taken back by his serious tone of voice. It wasn't harshly stern, but it was a little lazy too.

"Y-Yes." I need to stop stuttering...

"Do you still remember your mother?" My eyes widened a little. Why would he ask that? Of course I did.

"Yes I do. Why do you ask?"

"No reason..."

"But why would you...?" I stopped the sentence when he turned his gaze to me. The intensity in his dark orbs got me mesmerized once again. I didn't even notice his rising hand.

I flinched when it reached my cheek. His surprisingly warm hand grasped my cheek, which is now turning red.

"What are you...doing?" My mouth hung open when he was inching towards my face. His hot breath was fanning on my lip. His and my own eyes were locked and not even moving.

"Can I ask you something else?" I didn't answer. Not a nod or a movement. I couldn't do it. Itachi inched closer and the gap between was almost gone.

"Do you remember me?"

OOOOH Cliffhanger! Hahahahahaha..haha..ha.

Im sorry! :( What does Itachi mean by that?! You'll found out next chapter!

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