~Konoha High School Art Club~
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Enter: The Delinquent That Changed My life!?
It was...
Just another typical day of school...
"Saseme-chan...if you don't pay attention, you might fall the class again..."
Gaa-chan silently scolded her while while sketched.
Gaara Tsunkagakure...the youngest male of three from Wind Valley. Big name families often did business together...Uchiha Industries was the biggest known name next to Hyuuga Estates. Technically he and Sasme have been friends since they were kids, meeting for the first time at the age of 6. Little were they aware such a meeting was prepared with the intention for a set marriage between Tsunkagakure and the Uchiha Heiress. Initially it's the oldest male that tends to get married off with the chosen female, but his older brother was two years older than she was, where as Gaara and Saseme were the same age, with hime holding the 6 month age gap of being older than her. According to the family's decision, he was the better choice to take her hand in marriage.
That's right.
Marriage.
So if one wanted to be more technical...
Gaa-chan is more like...
Her Fiancee?
The families planned to have them be contracted into an arranged marriage. In hopes to increase the attraction between the young betrohed, he was transferred into their school from Wind Valley, in hopes of giving them enough time together to get used to married life in their future, pot graduation.
Of course...marriage was the last thing on their minds.
"I've gotta hand it to you, Saseme-chan~" Gaara whispered,"I feel you have really captured your brother's essence in this one~" he snickered.
"Pffft..." she acknowleged him with a light chuckle. Down on her desk was an open sketchbook with some pencil scratch lines forming the image of her twin brother...Spacy and dazed as per usual for Sasuke Uchiha.
Also lazy. He often slept through his classes. Not an uncommon trait among geniuses so they say...
Though, for whatever reason, the ladies loved him.
Not that he noticed it, or even cared too.
She turned with a side gaze toward Gaa-chan who met her eyes with a shy smile.
That's right...
Marriage was the last things on their mind.
Still though...they remain the closest of friends.
Besides that...
Someone else had her attention...
"All right, peers, listen up!"
The ever lively, and loud, Neji Hyuuga.
Older brother to her best friend, Hinata.
He was sharp.
He was firm.
He was talented in multiple everythings
A Gifted Student.
Strong and athletic too.
On top of all else...
Handsome to boot.
He was King of the Drama Club...
Master of the Karate Club...
Head of the Mathletes...
And Head of the Student Body of Konoha High School.
There really wasn't much Hyuuga Neji couldn't do...
and every angle and curve of his design held tightly to Saseme's attention.
Neji-Senpai...
Please notice me, someday~
Hinata knew of her crush, and secretly, she was rooting for her too.
"...Yep. That's the face to make as you look at other men in front of your husband to be~"
She nearly choked on her own breath, having forgotten, if for but a second, that Gaara was seated right next to her.
"O-Oh, I didn't mean- I was just-"
"Relax~" said Gaara as he gave a playful grin,"You know I'm joking... all though~" he would snicker,"That face you made was kind of worth it~."
She didn't bother with any further words, at the chance of not putting her foot in her mouth once again.
"You know what gets to me..."
Here we go.
"You stare at him like a full course meal on the daily and yet he doesn't seem to notice you at all!"
Knife to the heart.
Gaara loved teasing her.
"And more so..." he went on,"You have still yet to say anything to him!"
"I-I have reasons why I can't!" she tried to speak up in her defense.
"Our contract isn't signed yet, you know." Gaara blinked,"We still have a chance to get out of it..."
"Yes, well..." she blushed,"Even with that...I just..."
The truth of it was...She was just way too shy and awkward to even try...
Well, that and...
Uchiha Industries and Hyuuga Estates were well known rivals in the bussiness world. Naturally they were supposed to be low key rivals. Though...they keep it civil. Hinata and Saseme's fiendship however, was genuine. Which may have played a part in their seemingly alliance.
But as far as the girls in the Upper Class were concerned...
"She simply knows her place~ as it should stay!" a palm slammed hard on the sketch of her brother, now wrinkled up beneath the curled manicured fingers of Yamanaka Ino, daughter of the owners of the the most well known Flower Shop in Konoha City. In fact, their shop was known even in lands beyond. Saseme would gasp in a struggle of trying to retrieve her art piece, without risk of having it destroyed further.
"Awww~ Look at Saseme~ Aiming for those big fish, huh? Sorry, Hunny, but he's way out of your league."
Ino Yamanaka...
"Yeah, seriously, you should really stay in your lane!"
And her groupie TenTen...
Daughter of the owners of the armory. They made metal weapons mostly. COnsisting of Knives and swords. It was popular with collectors.
"Take it easy Ino!"
Then of course we have the third pest, Sakura Haruno...
"She's still Sasuke's sister...he might get really pissed off if he finds out you're picking on her!"
She speaks as though she is defending the girl, but truthfully Saseme knows she is only doing it to shine like a saint in front of her beloved twin brother Sasuke. She liked him, as did most girls in their year, especially Ino. He's only 3 minutes older than her...
But still very over protective. He was leader of the Kendo Club and a very scary man to anger.
Not nearly as much as the oldest one of them though...
Their older brother Itachi was very doting and protective of them both.
Ino thinks she rules Konoha High School, and claims to be popular with guys.
TenTen wasn't so bad by herself, really. She wasn't exactly nice...but not entirely mean either. She only really acted that way in hopes of being liked by Ino. On top of this, she also liked Neji...same as Saseme. So naturally in her eyes, this also made them rivals.
"Man...that Ino is such a drag...Does she ever shut up about herself?" Shikamaru Nara gave a heavy sigh. He was probably the smartest guy in their class, but he was also the most lazy. Sharp as a tack though. A Genius like her brother...
If not more so.
The Nara Family ran an apocothary. They made much coveted medicines, blends, herbal suppliments.
"Cut it out, Ino...get off her art, will ya?" Despite his demanor, he, along with his best friend Choji, were actually pretty nice.
"Oh please!" Ino huffed as she swiped away her sketchbook.
"Hey!" This time Gaara stood up and tried to get it back, but he wasn't doing well,as she decided to play a game of keep away with it.
"You call this drek, art?" Ino laughed," It does Sasuke no justice at all!"
"All right come on Ino, that's enough!" said Choji.
The Akimichi Family that Choji is from were great cooks...but they also kept butterflies.
To be honest, despite Ino's over confidence, a lot of the guys actually found them all kind of annoying. But...
Some of the guys can be pretty annoying too.
"Don't you worry about a thing, Saseme~" Kiba grinned,"You can just go out with me~"
Kiba Inuzuka often flirted with her. But it was hard to take him serious. Part of her thinks he only did it to get a rise out of her...or out of Gaara. But all and all he wasn't bad...just a little bit wild for her taste. He was loud and obnoxious, and enjoyed a good party. His family owned an Animal Hospital. They also kept, sheltered, and fostered dogs.
"FINE!" Ino huffed as she finally threw the sketchbook hard against Saseme's chest,"I was just making a point, anyway!"
"Saseme-chan!" Gaara called out as he saw her stumble to her feet from the force, but he managed to catch her in time while she hugged her sketchbook to her chest and tried to flatten out the damaged piece of her brother inside of it.
"See? look at that~ I did her a favor." Ino scoffed,"At least there's one guy who wants to touch her~" she laughed,"She should just stick to riding it out with Emo-boy...Freaks of a feather should flock together after all~" she scoffed and leered down at the girl with crossed arms and a cocked hip,"Being Sasuke's sister is all she has going for her...she lacks in everything else!"
Gaara sighed heavily as he held her close while she still trembled about the damaged darawing of her brother...
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Oh, Saseme-chan...
Hinata thought to herself sadly watching the scene. Normally she would have intervened, but with her own over protective brother present, he wouldn't have even allowed her to get near it, rather, he handled it himself.
"ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH!" Neji snapped, which startled the entire class into attention," I suggest you settle down right now before I have the right mind to take each name for your teacher to make a detention slip for you ALL!"
A chorus of whimpers and unhappy groans echoed all around as each student finally settled down into their own seats.
...Thank you, Brother Neji...
Hinata thought to herself with a smile.
"Now then!" Neji scoffed as he straightened out the papers on the desk,"Since your homeroom teacher is going to be late...again it is my duty as your student body president to introduce your class's new student-"
A new student?
Gaara and Saseme exchanged glances when suddenly a loud bellowing male voice sounded above the crowd.
"NO NEED!" he said with a grin in his voice, and all attention was turned to a blonde male with a headband tied around his head, decked out in what looked like a gangster long coat that he wore over a disheveled school uniform.
"My name's Uzumaki Naruto!" he stated,"And I suggest you get used to this face~ because pretty soon I'M gonna be RUNNIN' this joint!"
To Be Continued...