I don't own Naruto and never will…

Thank you so much for the reviews! –I get hit by tomatoes- Happy Maria?

Story is completely AU…Flames will not be allowed, but constructive criticism is welcome…Some characters will be OOC…Be warned of bad grammar…

First it started with As then Bs and now Fs. This is unacceptable for the heir of the Uchiha family; Sasuke cannot be failing a class! Not in senior year. It's time to call in the experts, Sasuke say hello to Sakura the French tutor. Sakura x Sasuke

French Kiss

Chapitre Six

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"Ah, good Sai you're here."

Deidara walked over the young man and rest his hand on the boy's shoulder. The blond smiled, "Sakura-chan, I want you to meet Sai. He will be your tour guide. Any questions about Leaf High, I'm sure he'll answer." Sai nodded to his, but still remained silent.

The pink headed girl looked over at the boy. He looked around her age, short black hair, black eyes, and pale skin. 'He's a vampire….' It was the first thing that came to Sakura's mind.

Itachi walked towards the student and teacher, "Well I'm sure Sakura won't have any trouble. I think it's time to take our leave."

The blond man nodded in agreement, "Yes, you're right." He looked down at his student, "Sai before you have to leave to class, please take Sakura to Sarutobi-san's office."

"I will." Sai had finally spoke, his voice in a cool and emotionless tone. Sakura couldn't help, but be a little freaked out.

"Bonne chance…" (Good luck) Itachi called out as he walked away with Deidara.

"I left Sasori waiting too long." Stated the teacher, Deidara knew it wasn't a good thing to keep the red headed man waiting.

"Sasori?" Itachi asked amused, "Doesn't he still have those puppets of his?"

The two men left, leaving the teenagers behind. There was an awkward moment of silence between them. Sakura didn't like it, she looked away. 'Talk!' Her mind cried out. Her ears then caught the sound of footsteps. She looked up to see that Sai was walking away.

"Une seconde!" (Wait a second)

Sai stopped and looked over his shoulder, the smile that hung on his lips earlier disappeared. "I suggest you follow or you can just stand there like an idiot." His voice still held no emotion.

Sakura was taken back by his words. Her hand curled up into a fist. Her green eyes widen as anger started to boil within her. 'This boy! How dare he?!'

Sakura opened her mouth to speak, but was quickly interrupted by her tour guide.

"Sakura-san, please do remember that we are in a school." Sai smirked, "I don't think it will be wise to start screaming." He watched as the girl twitched.

"You're right, Sai-san." Sakura said sarcastically, "It would have been rude of me." She continued in her mocking tone. Even though, Sakura didn't want to admit it, he was right. She was in school and she was a guest. The last thing she wanted was to leave a horrible first impression.

'He won this battle…' Sakura thought to herself, 'But as the old saying goes, the war is not over. I will get him back.' She started to follow his steps.

"So Sai…" From the corner of her eyes she looked over at the boy. "Where are you leading me too?"

"Since you will be working with Madame Yuuhi, I'm taking you to the language department. It'll be best if you know that section first. Don't you think that would be good idea?" Sai stated as if it was the most obvious thing.

Sakura rolled her eyes; she bit her tongue in order to stop herself from bash talking. Sai noticed this and smiled. "Ah, the lady wishes to talk, but can't. She knows she will get in big trouble if she says something bad." He was teasing her.

'Ignore him…He's just a jackass…' Sakura counted in her head in order to calm down. She heard him chuckle.

They still continued to walk, by now they were away from the offices and lockers in the front. The noise of talking students and teachers was heard. Sakura looked around to see classrooms. "Science department?" Sakura asked as she noticed the walls of the hallways, the bulletin boards displayed works of science.

Sai stopped and turned around, "Correct…It looks like that French tutor is not blind." Like the majority of the school, Sai was well informed that the Uchiha heir was in need of help and had called for a private tutor.

"Can you stop with the insults?" Sakura said having enough of his little attitude. "I don't see why you have to be rude to me. This is our first meeting and you right away insult me."

Sai shrugged, "It's a habit. I say what's on my mind." He took a step towards her, "I normally don't interact with people. However, since you are Sasuke-kun new playmate. I must as well try to be nice or friendly. I'll also test out what they say in the books."

Sakura was bit confused by his words. However, she brushed it off. "Shall we start over?" She suggested. The green eyed girl was stuck with him for a while might as well be friend. 'I wouldn't say friend, since I still think he's an asshole….'

"Sure why not…" Sakura was about to smile, however his next words didn't please her. "Just to make the old hag…sorry I mean lady happy." Sakura stared in disbelief at the smiling boy.

Before Sakura could respond back with an insult of her own, Sai quickly changed the topic. "The school is divided by its subject." Sai referred back to her earlier words.

Sakura slowly forgot about her anger as she listened. "The main building -which is this one, is made up of four floors. The fourth floor is music and art. The third is history, government, business, and technology. The second is writing, grammar, literature and language. The first is math, science, research and of course the offices. Remembering everything?" Sai asked wondering to himself if the girl will be able to know everything.

Half of the students still didn't know where their classes were and the school year was already ending.

"As for the small buildings you saw around the campus…" Sai went on with his little explanation about the school, "The gyms and field are on the east side, the auditorium and lunchroom are on the west. By the way, seniors are allowed to leave for lunch."

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It was truly unbelievable.

Sasuke still couldn't believe that his brother and father agreed to have his tutor come to school with him! Didn't they know what this will do to his reputation?! Heck, half the school already knew he needed help and had a tutor, thanks to Naruto. Sasuke wasn't deaf, he already knew that everyone was talking and after what happened this morning, he was sure the gossiping increase. It annoyed him to no end. Last thing he heard was that his fan girls were already plotting a rid of the cherry blossom. Sasuke couldn't help, but smile, maybe his little army will be useful.

It was the last year and Sasuke wanted to leave normally, well someway close to that. His own father didn't think he was able to raise his grades on his own. No, he thought his son was stupid and needed help from another. Sasuke was sure he wasn't going to hear the end of this. The senior continued digging himself deeper in his thoughts; he wasn't paying attention to what the teacher was saying.

'She's going to be a big distraction.' Sasuke thought as he began to play with the pencil in his hand. He sat back into his seat and stared at his blank paper. 'After the little display today, the brat will probably be following her.' He thought back to Neji and how he was too friendly with the French girl. He stopped twirling his pencil and held it in a tight grip. 'Him and the rest of those idiots.' His own thoughts made Sasuke angry, the same anger he felt before.

Now Sasuke Uchiha wasn't jealous, oh no. He couldn't be jealous! Yes, Sakura is a girl who will be living with him for sometime and yes, she is attractive in her own way. She did make a few admirers very quickly. Sasuke's friends (if you want to call them that) were interested in her, Naruto and Neji right away flirted with her in front of Sasuke. The boy did have an urge to punch them, but that didn't mean he was jealous! Sasuke just didn't like when people touched what was his.

'Where did that come from?' Sasuke quickly questioned himself. Sakura wasn't his, he didn't own her. However, she was his French tutor, who was instructed to teach him and only him. She was brought from Europe to serve him, not Neji or Naruto or anybody else. He shook his head wanting to get rid of such thoughts.

'Her life is none of my business.'

"Hey, Sasuke-kun…" The girl beside Sasuke started to whisper however, her words didn't reach his ears. "Sasuke-kun…" She said a little louder, her eyes looked back at the teacher who was busy writing on the board. She knew once the teacher turned around, he was going to pick on Sasuke.

Since the beginning of the class, Sasuke didn't show any sign of paying attention or taking notes. The brown haired teacher noticed and had kept a close eye on the boy. The girl beside Sasuke also noticed this and right now she was doing her best to save her crush from getting embarrassed by the teacher.

As she was about to whisper his name one more time, the teacher's voice roared through out the classroom.

"Sasuke!"

The heads in the classroom turned towards the dark haired boy in the back. "Sorry to interrupt your daydreaming, but I wonder if you can solve the problem on the board." The teacher continued as he glared at the senior who stared back at him with an intense gaze.

"Very well Yamato-sensei." Sasuke didn't want to admit it, but he was relieved that something was able to get his mind off his little problem. Sasuke's black eyes read over the problem on the chalkboard.

What is the fourth term in the expansion of two x minus y to the fifth power? ((2x-y)5)

Yamato smirked, "This is exactly like the last problem. If you weren't busy day-"

"The answer is negative forty, x square, y cube." (-40x2y3) Sasuke interrupted, he watched as his teacher's grin slipped off. That boosted Sasuke's ego, outsmarting the teacher.

Yamato stared in disbelief; he quickly found his voice before his other students began snickering. "Please come up to the board and show your work, Mr. Uchiha." He held out his chalk and waited for the boy to come.

Sasuke sighed as he got up. He saw the girl beside him smile at him and a few others too. Like always he just ignored them and went to the front. He took the chalk and began to work on the problem. However, his eyes saw a flash of pink by the door. He blinked just to make sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. From the corner of his eye, he saw that pink color again, it was Sakura. She was walking down the hallway with someone else. Sasuke couldn't see who it was since Yamato moved, blocking his view.

"Please show us how you solved it." The teacher said wanting to see the work on the board.

"Hai." Sasuke began to write and he wrote quickly. "There…" He placed the chalk down on the ledge. His ears picked up the whispers of his peers.

Yamato sighed, "Very well…everyone copy it down." He looked over at the boy's work and everything was right. "Sasuke you can take your seat." He knew it was pointless to ask the boy to explain, Sasuke would just remain silent. He was always like that throughout the whole year.

"Sensei…" Yamato's dark eyes looked at the Uchiha, he nodded and the teenager went on, "May I use the bathroom?" Yamato was a bit surprised, Sasuke never asked for anything.

"Sure…" The older man held out the pass as Sasuke took it Yamato said, "Four minutes, I'm timing you."

Sasuke resisted the urge to roll his eyes and walked out. He took a few steps away from the classroom to make sure he was out of Yamato's view. He looked down the hallway and spotted the pink tutor along with another boy. He watched as they turned the corner and he followed behind walking in the opposite direction of the boy's bathroom.

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"Come on let's not waste anymore time." Sai start to walk again, "As you can see the building is pretty big, we have to pass the math department before going to the second floor."

"Ok…" Sakura continued walking the empty hall. The school was big, the halls were spacious, and decorated by the students' work. Little by little the surrounding started to change; the science projects displayed in the cases were replaced by math related projects.

Snapping Sakura out of her thoughts was Sai. He looked over his shoulder and repeated his request. "Let me see your schedule." Sakura nodded and pulled out the sheet Itachi had given her earlier. She didn't even look at it.

Sai read it over, "Ah I see you will be helping her third, fifth and seventh period classes." He handed it back to her. "I think Sasuke has her fifth and I think Neji has her third. Good luck with that."

'Neji?' The cherry blossom thought back to chocolate haired boy from earlier. Her lips curled up into a smile, she will be happy to see him again. Sakura was too into her thoughts to notice that she passed the classroom her own little student. She didn't notice the dark eyes that watched her.

"Quelle langue prenez-vous?" (Which language do you take?) Sakura decided to strike a conversation. She had finally caught up to the boy. She saw that Sai had a puzzled expression. She held in her laughter, "What language do you take?" She said in Japanese.

"Spanish" Sai told the girl beside him, they turned the corner. "I take it with Naruto, I'm sure you meet him already." If she already saw Sasuke earlier then she must have seen the blond. Everyone knew that those two have been friends for years. Many people ask how did they become friends. It was still a mystery until this day. "Shame…" Sai thought aloud. "I'm sure Naruto would have loved if you were helping our class."

Sakura giggled, her memory with the blond resurfaced. "Yo sé cómo hablar español pero no mucho." (I know how to speak Spanish, but not a lot.) Sai raised an eyebrow. "I took it in high school for my first year." She explained, "In my second year I changed to English, but I'm hoping to take Spanish lessons after I'm done with English."

"Great…" There was bit of humor in his voice, "So you will know how to curse at men and break their hearts in different languages." Sai commented, he watched as the girl covered her mouth to hold in her fit of giggles. Sai also noticed something behind them as they reached the stairs, he looked around. He saw two girls, but they were walking in the opposite direction, they didn't notice them.

Sasuke mentally cursed at himself, he was almost caught. He leaned back against the wall for a moment. He watched as two girls passed by him, they flashed a smile at him. Sasuke quietly like before followed the two as they went up to the second floor. Sasuke concluded that they were going to the language department. He continued to listen to their chat.

"By the way, how did you learn Japanese?" Sasuke couldn't help, but wonder who that was? He wasn't able to get a good look of the boy before. Sasuke wasn't jealous! He was just curious and bit irritated. He just wanted to know who was showing his tutor around the school. "Were you born here and then moved to France? Sakura isn't a French name." The boy still asked questions.

Sasuke's ears pecked up to hear the answers.

Sakura stopped and stood there on the stairs. Sai noticed a change in her mood and voice. "No, I was born in France. I think my parents were Japanese." Her last sentence was almost a whisper.

"Think?" Sai repeated her word, "Why that doubt?"

Sasuke also wondered that as he listened.

Sakura felt a wave of heartache as she heard that question. "I'm orphan, I was adopted by Tsunade." She rarely told anyone that part of her life; she was surprised that she was telling Sai. Sakura climbed up the stairs passing Sai and walked towards the hallways of the second floor. "She and Shizune taught me Japanese, since they have Japanese background. I picked up the language quickly." She looked over at Sai who didn't move. Her pain was blown away as her mind recalled a funny memory. She started to laugh, "They always told me that I spoke better Japanese than French. My primary teachers always told me that my pronunciation was horrible."

Sasuke was bit taken back by her words. She never met her parents. In Sasuke's mind a picture of his mother flashed quickly. A feeling of pity was growing within him for her. Sasuke was also amazed, the girl went from a broken and sad tone to a cheerful one within seconds.

Sai didn't really care for her last comments. He walked towards her, without even thinking the words escaped from his lips. "Ah, so we have something in common."

"Excuse me?" Sakura blinked.

"I was also adopted; I never met my parents or any of my family." Like Sakura, Sai was also shocked that he revealed something from his past. But that wasn't the only thing that shocked him. He was talking normally, without screaming, or without using bad language to her. It was as if they had become friends, a silent agreement between the two of them.

Sakura looked down, "I'm sorry to hear that."

"Don't be…" Sakura stared into emotionless black eyes, Sai went on, "I'm sure you don't like when people pity you, right?" Sakura understood perfectly want he meant. She remembered how people looked down on her when they found out she was adopted by Tsunade. She didn't want or need their pity. She nodded and walked beside him.

Sasuke watched from afar, 'Those two are already friends.' He thought grimly. He didn't like the attraction between them.

"Here we are…" Sai said, "This is the language section, your working area. It's goes down to the end of the hallway." He pointed towards the direction. "However, this will be your classroom." He pointed to the door next to him.

Sakura peaked inside through the open door, there was no one inside. As if Sai read her mind, he started to talk again. "First period Madame Yuuhi has free, no class. I was hoping she would be here, so you can meet her. I guess we can wait; she normally spends her free period in the classroom. Well not on Wednesdays."

"Why not?"

Sai chuckled, "She's always with Asuma-sensei on Thursdays." Sai leaned back against the wall, since they were waiting; why not pass the time getting information out of his new friend?

"How is life in France?" Sakura looked away from the tests on the bulletin board, "Live in Paris? Shouldn't you be in school?" He was asking quite a lot, but it didn't seem to bother her. But it did bother Sasuke who stayed by the stairs. He was still in close range to hear their talk.

"I have been to Paris many times during my mother's business trips, but I don't live there. I live in Marseille, south of France." Lucky for her on the board there was a map of France. She pointed out the city; she turned toward Sai and answered his other question. "Yes, I should be in school right now, but we aren't doing anything important at the moment. In two days it'll be winter vacation over there, so the teachers are going easy. I have all my work for the vacation, so you can say I'm prepared." (1)

"Ah…" Before Sai had the chance to say more, a female voice interrupted. Both Sai and Sakura looked over at the stairway. They listened, but didn't move. The voices were low so not much was heard.

"Sasuke!"

The said boy didn't have to turn around to see who it was. What got him very ticked off was that, she had to scream his name. Sasuke forced a fake smile and turned to see his French teacher. "Good morning, Madame Yuuhi."

"Pourquoi êtes-vous ici?" (Why are you here?) Kurenai knew the boy had class right now. He wasn't one that would be cutting; her eyes looked over at the pass in his hand. No, he wasn't cutting, but what was he doing here?

"Salle de bain."(Bathroom) He said it too quickly and Kurenai wasn't buying his excuse.

She narrowed her red eyes, "There's one downstairs close to your math room." The woman wondered if Yamato knew that his student was walking around.

Sasuke remained calmed, "The one downstairs was closed." It was a reasonable explanation.

"Je ne pense pas (I don't think so)…I think you're lying." The female teacher said, "If you really needed to use the restroom, you wouldn't have been standing there as if you were eavesdropping. Instead you'll be running to the bathroom." She watched as the boy became tense, "Go back to class, Sasuke."

Kurenai started to walk up the stairs and into the hallway, "I'll see you later." The Uchiha heir did what he was told; there was no point in talking to her. However, he stopped as he heard her question. "Did your tutor arrive?"

Sasuke didn't turn, "Yes, she did."

"Ah, good…" The teacher walked away as the boy took his leave too.

"Madame Yuuhi…" The woman looked up to see a familiar face and a new one as well.

"Sai, nice to see you again." Even though, she didn't have the young man as a student, he was a helping hand around the language department. "And who might you be?" Her red eyes looked over at the petal headed girl, who stood beside the boy. Maybe she was a new student? It was the first thing that came to mind.

"Bonjour, je m'appelle Sakura Haruno. Le précepteur français d'Sasuke. (Hello, my name is Sakura Haruno. Sasuke's French tutor.) The girl held her hand out to greet the older woman.

Kurenai's eyes widen, 'This girl is Sasuke's tutor?' The woman was expecting someone older, not a seventeen year old. Her lips curled up into a smile, "Ça me fait plaisir de vous voir," (I'm happy to see you.) She took Sakura's hand.

"Sensei, I was hoping you would explain to Sakura her job." Sai said

The teacher nodded, "Entrez, je vous en prie." (Come in, please.) She led them into the classroom and she closed the door behind her.

-

The red haired boy laid in bed, sleep had not gotten to him. His blue eyes stared at the ceiling above him. His mind played over the short conservation he had only a few moments ago with the older woman.

"Since you're going to Japan, it would mean a lot to us if you could check up on our Sakura."

Gaara smirked as he remembered the cherry blossom. She was quite a girl; in school she did turn heads. Gaara was of course one of those who took interested in the flower. The pink flower was also interested in him, Gaara can remember clearly the day he asked her out to the winter dance. She was blushing; the strong attitude she played in front of others fell apart when she was under his gaze.

The teenager also remembered when Sakura called him telling him she wouldn't be able to go with him. Gaara was angry, he couldn't deny that. She told him that she had some business to take care of and would be leaving the country.

"I feel bad that I won't be able to go with you."

A few hours after Sakura gave her bad news, Gaara found out that for vacation he will be going to Japan. And now he found that he will be going to the same country, same city as his little cherry blossom. It looked as if fate was placing everything on Gaara's lap for the taking.

The woman's words continued to replay in his mind, "Sakura at the moment is working for the Uchiha family. Their son who is about your age…" Gaara really didn't like that part, "is in need of some help in French. His father called Tsunade and Sakura volunteered herself to go. We would love if you could inform us how she is doing and how they are treating her. I'm sure that Sakura must be lost over there, its first time to Japan."

Her next words made Gaara more than happy, "I'm sure Sakura will be very comfortable if she saw a familiar face. She talked about you a lot; it'll make her feel better to see you again."

Gaara couldn't wait until he arrived to Japan. He wanted to see Sakura and also this boy who need help…

-

The bell in school rang, Sakura almost jumped out of seat. She was certain she heard Sai said something about her. She was certain it was witty comment.

"My class should be arriving any second." Kurenai said as she got up from her desk. A few minutes ago, she had just explained everything to Sakura about her job. The woman took a great liking towards the girl.

"You two can sit in the back if you want." Kurenai gather her things together, "My second period class are just beginners, first level. If you want you can help Sakura."

"I'm sorry, but I have to continue with the tour around the school." Sai interrupted as he got up and walked over to the door. By now students were entering the classroom and the hallway was full.

"Very well, then." Kurenai turned her attention towards the girl. "I'm happy that you're Sasuke's tutor. I'm sure he will learn a lot from you. See you next period."

Sakura gave a small bow and walked out the door. As Sakura walked down the crowded hallways, her green eyes met familiar black ones.

'Sasuke…'

Sakura remembered earlier, before they met with Madame Yuuhi. She and Sai heard the female teacher and her student briefly talking. Sakura at first was surprised wondering if Sasuke was following her, but he said he had to use the bathroom. Sakura let her thoughts disappear with that excuse and didn't think much of it.

Sasuke had run up the stairs to see Sakura, to see who she was with. Their eyes met for moment until she was pulled away by that boy.

-

"The bell is going to ring in five minutes and then I will have to get to my class."

Thirty-five minutes had passed and Sai had finished his tour with Sakura around the school. They were again where they first started from, the offices.

"You start third period?" Sakura asked, she stopped in front of the door that read Principal's office. Sai nodded before he knocked on the door.

"Deidara-sensei told me to leave here at Sarutobi's office." Sai saw that Sakura was playing with her fingers, she was nervous. "There's nothing to be scared about." Her green eyes looked up at him. "He'll probably just tell you the rules."

"Yes, you are right about that." At the door way was the old man himself.

Sai bowed in respect, "Good day, this Sakura Haruno the volunteer for language department. If you don't mind I have to go to my locker." Sarutobi nodded and Sakura bid him good bye and a thank you for the tour.

"Please Sakura come in; I just want to set the rules down."

-

Sakura sighed in relief as she exited the principal's office. She smiled the old man wasn't rude or anything. He reminded her of the stereotype grandfathers she saw on television. Their talk wasn't long only five minutes, just in time too. The school bell rang again and the hallways were full of students again.

Sakura tried to make her way towards the stairs that led her directly to the language department. However, with the pack of bodies running down the paths it was a bit hard. Sakura found herself being pushed against another.

"Excusez-moi! Jen ne voulais pas vous bousculer." (Excuse me! I didn't mean to bump into you.)

"Don't worry about it."

Sakura turned around, "Neji!"

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I should have mentioned this earlier but it slipped my mind. The story takes place in mid February.
In Japan school starts in April and ends in March. They have a three term school year. In the story the final exams will be in the first week of March.
In France, they start school in September and end in July. They have sereval vacations during the school year. The winter vacation which is two weeks off in mid or end February and return to school like first or second week of March.

If I'm wrong in the school information for either country, please tell me.

Until next time…

-Gets hits by tomatoes-