"Okay class listen carefully," said the dance teachers but the chattering still went on.
"Listen," she shouted over them and everyone grew silent and turned their heads towards the teacher.
They were all in a big dance room. Everyone from Sakura's year group was there. Dance wasn't her favourite class but she dealt with it. It was usually 2 hrs.
"Okay now today we are going to be working in groups," said the teacher. "Each group is going come up with their own routines and perform. You can mix all sorts of style like hip hop, ballet, street and something else you fancy."
Ten Ten raised her hand. "How long do we have?" she asked.
Dance was Ten Ten's favourite lesson including PE and taijutsu. She was an athletic person who liked being active. Her dream was to be a famous choreographer in future.
"You have one hour of this class and I want teamwork and no challenges," the teacher said looking at the members of Kitsune and Hebi.
As everyone was getting into their groups Sakura found out that the whole class was splitting in two. Other people from other gangs were joining Kitsune or Hebi but they were splitting up as they gave different people different routines. She couldn't believe that Sasuke was going dance as well. He didn't look really happy about that. Hebi weren't the dancing type they were mostly emos in that group where as the Kitsune were right opposite. They loved clubbing and dancing.
Spotting Sasuke, Sakura quickly went towards him while Ten Ten, Ino and Hinata started talking about the dance steps. She quietly crept behind him and closed his eyes with her hands.
"Guess who?" she cooed.
"Is that you again?" he said in an irritated tone. Sakura was a bit taken aback.
"Okay. That wasn't so friendly," Sakura said taking off her hands. Sasuke looked a little shocked to see her.
"I'm really sorry I thought you were someone else," he apologised looking very apologetic.
"Well I'm not and I accept the apology," she said smiling.
"Haruno, Uchiha stop talking to each other and get back to work," they heard their shout. A lot of heads turned towards them.
"I'll be get going. See you around," she waved at him. She could hear murmurs behind her back.
During the whole lesson Sakura's mind was occupied with Ten Ten's new dance steps which always went horribly wrong. Then Ten Ten became quite kind giving them simpler steps which were still quite hard for them but they still manage to put everything together and make it better.
On the other side of the class everyone seemed to be getting along just fine. There were no name callings or cat calls like there was last time. Sakura also saw Naruto doing a street style dance and she never knew how flexible his body was. She laughed as Kiba tried to get the step right and Naruto slapped his forehead countless times because of him. On the Hebi's side she saw Sasuke do a dance with a girl partner. He was good at it.
Sakura felt a little jealousy burn in her as she saw the girl dance with her body rubbing against his. She was surprised at her own feelings. She felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and met Hinata.
"Do you still like him?" she asked.
"Of course not," Sakura answered hastily.
"Then stop staring at him like that because it looks like you still want him," she said.
"Does it?" Sakura asked frowning.
"I don't know," Hinata said after a short pause.
Sakura rolled her eyes and Hinata giggled. Her friends really liked getting under her nerves.
Practising time was up and everyone was ready to perform. A guy from Kitsune gang was playing the tracks. When the groups were ready the teacher went out saying she'll right back.
Ten minutes past and she still wasn't back. The students were starting to get annoyed now. Then a girl from Kitsune gang stepped forward.
"Shinji?" she called sweetly to the guy playing the tracks. "Hit it."
He gave her a thumbs up and started playing the tracks as her friends got into their position all facing towards Hebi. The boys and some girls from Kitsune didn't join in.
Yeah by Usher
They started with great timing. They went with the rhythm. Their body was very flexible. The Hebi were watching closely and some were jeering.
"Like you can do any better," one of the members shouted back and they all laughed.
The dance went on until the track stopped and Shinji started playing a different track. This time it was the girls from the opposite group.
Fast and Furious by Teriyaki Boyz
The Hebi girls' bodies weren't as flexible as the Kitsune's but their routine was worthy to challenge the earlier group. Their bodies were quite stiff for they didn't dance much like the others.
The class went without the teacher. The groups went out and the other stepped in. The tracks changed countless times. This time the boys stepped in. They all showed their hip hop and street dance skills challenging the other group to out do them. Sakura got quite worried as Sasuke and Naruto both stepped in at the same time at Ne Yo's because of you. But everything went well. They acted like they didn't know eachother. She never knew Sasuke could actually dance. There were a lot whistles, cheering and wolf whistles. The competition felt like it was never going to end and where the hell was their teacher?
"I can dance better than them," Ino joked as she saw them dance now with partners.
"Well why don't we show them?" Ten Ten said enthusiastically.
"I was only joking," Ino said with a blank face.
"Well I'm not," Ten Ten said already walking up to Shinji.
"This girl is going to kill us," Sakura said walking towards Ten Ten who giving instructions to Shinji.
Suddenly the track stopped and everyone looked around surprised. Ten Ten was first to step in between the two groups. The others nervously stayed in their position. Everything was so dead silent that you hear a pin drop.
Dejavu by Beyonce
Ten Ten was the first to start then Ino, Hinata and then Sakura. Nobody spoke or shouted. It was a good sign. They had the class' complete attention. Sakura saw Naruto give a smirk. She even saw Kiba's mouth falling open like some other students.
"I remember this routine," Naruto said to himself tapping his feet constantly.
Sakura and Hinata turned towards the Kitsune and Ten Ten and Ino towards Hebi. To everyone's surprise Hinata walked towards Naruto caught him by the collar and pulled him towards the dance floor. He looked shocked. Hinata looked over at Sakura and gave her a wink. Sakura looked over at others who smirked. Shortly the five of them changed position. The two of them were doing a different routine than them.
Sakura saw Ino walk towards Sai in Hebi group. Sometimes she felt sorry for Sai, not because of Ino but because of his two friends from different groups. She had seen Sai do a toss with a coin to decide whom to choose.
Sakura's mouth fell open as she found out that she was the only one without a partner. Ten Ten had already pulled Neji with her. She felt a little embarrassed now. She just wanted the floor to open up and swallow her to save her from the misery. She saw her friends give her a "get a partner now" look as a different track was played. She remembered this track. They used to practise it with the guys when there was no Hebi and Kitsune. She looked around to see if there was anyone. It would have been easier if Gaara was there and there was no way she would pick Kiba. Once he stepped on her foot she was crippled for the rest of the day and she remembered how Sasuke had carried her around the school. She smiled to herself as she remembered old days.
Suddenly she felt an arm snake around her waist. She quickly looked behind and met onyx eyes. Sasuke was there to save the day. She couldn't believe her eyes that Sasuke was helping her. He remembered each and every step and he did not step on her foot. She glanced over at her friends who had questioning look on their faces and Naruto didn't look happy at all. Then they heard the cheering and shouts. When they danced Sakura felt a lot warmer from the inside and outside. She couldn't remember the last time they had danced together. Shiver went through her spine as she her back was pressed against Sasuke's chest. She could smell his fragrance. Then she was spun to face him for the next step. She felt his hand on her hips doing a slower dance.
"looks like you still remember," Sakura said.
"Ahem," suddenly the track stopped and everyone broke apart looking confused. They all turned their heads to find their teacher standing in the doorway with her arms folded. "Having fun are we?"
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"I don't hear scrubbing," Kakashi said as he was sat on a chair in the wrecked cafeteria. He was asked to check on the students who were involved in the fight in the cafeteria few days ago now doing the cleaning.
"We are," they all grumbled.
The door of the cafeteria burst open and ten people came in.
"You're late," Kakashi said looking at his Rolex watch.
"Look who's talking," Naruto murmured.
"Sorry we've been talking with our teacher," Sakura said putting her bag on a clean table.
"Can't you be a lot quicker than that we have been cleaning last fifteen minutes," complained a guy with pineapple shaped head.
"Shut up Shikamaru and besides Chouji could use the exercise," Ino said looking at the fat guy cleaning the windows.
"Enough chit chats get on with your work please," Kakashi said opening an orange book.
"Oi Kakashi-senpai put that book away," Naruto hissed.
"You read porn?" Ten Ten said aloud looking amused.
"Who reads porn?" Sai asked turning his head and so did the others.
"Thanks a lot Ten Ten," Kakashi said sarcastically.
Cleaning in the cafeteria was a hard job especially when someone (i.e. Kakashi) made you work like anything and they couldn't even have any fun. It took them the whole lunch but still the cafeteria looked messy. They were quite lucky they didn't have to come back tomorrow.
"What class do we have next?" Ino asked as she swung her bag on her shoulder.
"I've got PE," Ten Ten said looking at her time table.
"Me and you have medical studies next," Sakura said and Ino groaned. "I hope you have done your homework."
"Home work? What homework?" Ino panicked.
"Only kidding," Sakura laughed and ran in the hallway with Ino chasing her.
"Hey be careful," Hinata called.
"So what do you have next?" Naruto asked Hinata wrapping his arm around her.
"Free lesson," Hinata answered softly turning her head towards him.
"Get a room," Neji said as he walked ahead of them.
"They're not even doing anything," Sasuke said walking beside him.
"Still, I hate it when they're like that," said Neji.
"Get used to it man," Kiba said as he went past them but Neji ignored him.
"By the way have you read the newspaper this morning?" Neji said looking a little serious.
"No. Why?" Sasuke asked. He some how felt it might be about Shishiu.
"They found out about Shishiu," He answered.
Bingo.
Sasuke took a deep breathe. He knew this was coming.
"It's all over the nation now and maybe in the neighbouring nations as well," Neji said.
"God I knew this would happen," Sasuke said lightly shaking his head. "What did they say?"
"Well the papers said that Shishiu was found dead three days ago and that the situation between the two clans Uchiha and Yukemura is getting volatile."
"That's true," Sasuke said reaching for the door handle of his class. "See ya."
He could hear chatting and laughing and when Sasuke entered everything went silent. He saw one of the students holding the newspaper. He spotted Karin and Sugietsu. Seeing him Karin quickly made her way towards him. She grabbed his hand and took him to his place. He sat between Karin and Sugietsu. Then slowly the chattering continued but some of them were looking at him and whispering something in their friend's ears.
"Is this true?" Sugietsu asked putting the newspaper in front of Sasuke.
Sasuke didn't answer. He just went through the papers and found different pictures of Shishiu. One of the title said Violence broke out during the meeting. There he saw the pictures of his brother Itachi who was making his way out of the building with a cut on his chin and blood dripping from it. There was a clear view of his sword his was carrying. Then there was the picture of him getting in his car. The next one was few of the members making their way out urgently. Two of them were his parents.
He turned the page and found the pictures of the Yukemura. He saw the picture of Ume. She was being lead out of building with hands wrapped in bandages and she was being supported by a spiky haired guy whose shirt was stained in blood. The other picture showed the head of the clan with his body guards and the other members of the clan.
Sasuke tossed the paper at the side not wanting look anymore. He leaned back on his chair and stared at the high ceiling of the class. He had no idea what was going on within the clan.
"Sasuke are you okay?" Karin asked looking worried.
"What do you think?" he replied looking frustrated. "Can I just have a bottle of water?"
"Should we tell him?" Sugietsu said looking at Karin.
"Tell me what?" Sasuke asked taking a bottle of water from Sugietsu.
"Well, we thought you might want to know about what is going on right now," Karin said looking a little nervous.
"Just spit it out will you?" Sasuke asked looking annoyed.
"You know the fight you had with Naruto a week ago?" Karin said and Sasuke nodded. "Well you see …," she slowly took out a magazine from her bag. "… It's on the front cover."
Sasuke took the magazine from her hand and saw title saying Young Heirs Out Of Control. He quickly flipped the pages and found the one he was looking for. He read each and every word. He saw his picture in there. He was in his brother's car and his face was covered in bruises. The other was Naruto. He was getting into a car with Kakashi. His arm was wrapped in bandages and there was small picture of him kissing Hinata good bye.
'Once good friends now arch enemies'. He laughed at the sentence. What did they know?
"This day sucks," Sasuke growled handing the magazine back to Karin.
"Sorry," she said sympathetically.
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Sasuke finally reached his house. Like yesterday the house was quiet. His brother was still not there. He ran up to his room and slammed the door behind. He hadn't had a good day at school. Some people had taken the piss at him on the subject of Shishiu's death. He had told Sugietsu to take care of them. He would have done it himself but he thought it might not be sensible now. He got changed into comfy clothes and went downstairs to have his lunch.
"Young master I have a message for you," the house's butler said as Sasuke sat on the dining chair.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked.
"The message is that the funeral of Shishiu-sama will be held on Saturday and you are expected to be there. Someone will be here to pick you up and you are allowed to bring one friend as a company."
"Hn," Sasuke nodded. The butler nodded and made his way out of the room while Sasuke ate his food. When he had finished his food he went back in his room. He took his phone out and found out he had four voice messages. There were two from Karin, one from Gaara and one from Sakura.
Beep.
"Hey Sasuke it's me Karin. Called to check if you're okay."
Beep.
"Yo Sasuke, Sugietsu here calling from Karin's phone. Karin go away… yeah I just took care of those bastards. They'll end up in hospital if they don't watch their tongue again. Juugo's quite worried about ya. Ok I gotta go I think the police is here."
Beep.
"Hey it's me Gaara. Heard about today. Sorry about that man. If there's anything I can do to help let me know okay? Temari says hi. See ya mate."
Beep.
"It's me Sakura. How are you? I heard about today and your argument with some guys. Sorry you had to go through this. How's your brother?"
Beep.
"You have no messages."
He tossed the phone on his bed before getting in himself. It felt warm to be back in bed. It wasn't his bedtime yet but he felt like he was ready to sleep for the rest of the year and when he wakes up everything would be back to normal. He saw his flat screen TV. He thought of watching TV but then he thought it might just show something about Shishiu's death and he didn't feel like he could take it anymore.
Then his phone rang.
He brought his phone up his face and his eyes widened a little looking at the caller's name. He received it anyways.
"What do you want Naruto?" he asked ditching the hi and hello.
"Hey I just…" he heard him shout but was cut off by someone who he thought was Hinata.
"Icalloknoifyoureok," he murmured.
"What?" Sasuke asked frowning.
"Okay bye."
Beep.
Sasuke stared at the phone for a moment. Had Naruto just called for the first time in one and a half year after their big fight? He paused for a while then smiled to himself and put the phone on his bed side.