I hope you all are enjoying this one. Not sure, please do tell me what you think. I guess this is what happens when you've been out of the loop for as long as I have. Without further ado here is chapter 2. Please leave me a review. I would love to hear your thoughts. It gives me encouragement and helps me do better as a writer.
Chapter 2
Sakura's P.O.V.
SMACK! The sound of skin hitting skin reverberated in my sensitive ears. A stinging settled over my left cheek and my head remained turned to the right. My hair shielding my face from view.
I slowly turned my head back to the person who had hit me. A short girl with orange hair stood behind me her hand still raised from where she'd slapped me. She was wearing the red version of my white uniform and had tied the scarlet ribbon in her hair as a headband with the bow resting to the side. Surprisingly the color didn't clash with her hair.
"How dare you trip Naruto-Sama like that! Who do you think you are"?! Damn, for such a small girl she had a loud voice. My ears were ringing and I flinched back from the sound. Hadn't I just said a few minutes ago I didn't like loud noises? Is she deaf or something?
I pushed my hair back over my shoulder exposing the red handprint now clear as day and standing out against my pale skin. I slowly rose from my desk and the girl took a step back in fear.
"What are you blind or something? The guy clearly tripped on a pencil. A pencil! Who do I think I am? Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to go around slapping people"? I smacked my hand down on the desk and stood up completely.
"You haven't even been here one day and you're already throwing yourself at him"! She countered back ignoring most of what I'd said. This girl is really starting to piss me off.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Are you deaf on top of being blind"? She opens her mouth to speak some more but I just grab her arm and yank her away from my seat and down the stairs to Kakashi's desk. I make her stand in the spot I was before Naruto tripped us both.
"Okay look here girl. You see that pencil that is STILL on the floor"? She nods reluctantly. "That is what he tripped on, and just for your information he was dragging me in here. Not the other way around".
I sighed and rubbed my head before collecting my things and leaving. I waved at Kakashi and left. Not a second later the bell rang signaling next period.
I was looking for my next class when I heard someone calling for me. I turned to see a blonde running towards me.
"Sakura! That was pretty cool, you should have seen her face"! She grabs hold of my arm and tries to catch her breath but for some reason it seems a little fake to me. Like its been rehearsed. That and the fact that her heart is not beating fast.
"I'm Ino by the way. What class do you have next"? I pull my schedule out and hand it to her. She reads it over and a smile spreads across her face. "Ooh you have Sasuke's brother's class! Good luck. Hey I'll save you a seat in calculus, later"! With a flip of her blonde ponytail she was gone. I shook my head and went to my next class.
When I entered no one but the teacher was there yet. He was sitting hunched over the desk reading some papers. Long black hair was pulled back into a low ponytail. I stepped in and closed the door before walking over to his desk. He still didn't look up. "Excuse me Sensei"?
He hummed and set the papers aside before looking up. His dark eyes got huge and shock crossed his face and he dropped his pen. "Haruno-San"?! He exclaimed standing up. I blinked at him.
"No my name is Sakura Senju. I don't know a Haruno". He looked confused for a moment before an easy smile slid across his face. I stared into his eyes a frown on my face.
Why did people keep thinking I was someone else. Once is an accident, twice a coincidence, three times is fishy. Yet here I was at number four. What is going on here?
"Right the new transfer student. Well I'm Itachi Uchiha. Nice to meet you". He stuck his hand out to shake mine but I didn't take it.
"I don't think I can ignore this Sensei. This is the fourth time someone has mistaken me for someone else. Though it is only the third time today. What is going on"? I ask leaning in closer to him. I catch his scent when I breath in and my eyes go wide. It is slightly familiar and he has a wolfish smell to him. I fell my eyes go wide and the hair on my body stand on end.
Itachi's P.O.V.
The first class was finally over. I would be alone in the classroom for a few minutes so I decided to grade a few papers while waiting for my next class. Several minutes passed and the only sounds I heard was the distant chatter outside the room and the scratch of my pen on paper.
I was about half way done when the door opened. This was surprising. My students didn't usually come in till seconds before the bell rang. I didn't look up as the door closed muffling the noises from the hall. Quiet clicks sounded as the person came closer till they stood by my desk.
"Excuse me Sensei"? A quiet female voice spoke sounding decidedly bell like. A flicked my eyes up and caught sight of white before resuming grading the page before looking up and setting the papers aside.
"Haruno-San"? I asked dropping my pen in astonishment. The girl in front of me was her spitting image right down to the silver streaked hair. Looking into her now confused eyes I knew instantly it wasn't her. This girl had jade colored eyes. Not blue and gold. She blinked at me before speaking.
"No I'm Sakura Senju. I don't know a Haruno". Her face held no recognition of the name so I brushed it aside. Then I remembered about the new transfer student and mentally slapped myself. How could I have forgotten she was coming today?
"Right the new transfer student. Well I'm Itachi Uchiha". I held my hand out to her but she didn't take it. Instead a frown settled on her face and she looked mad as she spoke again.
"I don't think I can ignore this Sensei. This is the fourth time someone has mistaken me for someone else. Though it it only the third time today. What is going on"? She leans closer as she speaks and her eyes narrow.
The pendant around her neck moves and starts to glow. I can hear the lengths on the chain clinking together but Sakura doesn't seem to notice. Either she's used to the noise or can't hear it. The glow gets a little brighter as she moves closer to me. Then I realize what she said. Someone else has mistaken her for that woman not once but four times? How am I going to get out of this? She breathes in again to speak and her eyes get huge.
She jumps back in surprise. "Who are you? Why do you smell so familiar"? She asks surprise and curiosity lace her words. The air is tense around her and I can see she has her guard up. Breathing in I get a good whiff of her scent. Cherry blossoms with and undertone of nature. Something flashes in her eyes and for just a second I catch sight of a bright blue with hints of gold. It passes quickly but I'm sure I saw it.
I hear footsteps coming this way so I straighten up and put a smile on. She does the same but there is a hard look in her eyes. She steps closer and turns to face the people coming in. She gives me a look before heading to a vacant seat.
Class flies by quickly. It seems like only a few minutes have gone by when the bell rings. I remind them of their homework and search for Sakura hoping to ask her to stay a minute. I spot her in the hallway for a second before she disappears into the crowd. Damn missed my chance.
Sakura's P.O.V.
Something weird is definitely going on here and I intend to find out what it is. I'll start with my new teacher Itachi-Sensei. I will just have to be careful. I can't reveal myself to anyone who isn't like me. That could be problematic.
I'm pulled from my thoughts when an arm is thrown over my shoulders. I turn my head to see a guy with messy spiked brown hair and red triangles tattooed on his face. He smells very strongly of dog and wolf, just great. There's another one.
"So beautiful how about me and you get together later"? He asks a smirk on his face. I roll my eyes and shrug his arm off. I give him a glance over. His white shirt is untucked and some of the buttons at the top and bottom are undone showing off a white shirt underneath. Instead of the jacket the school provided he's wearing a black leather jacket and his tie is nowhere in sight.
"How about you go take a bath and learn some manners"? I shoot back not missing a beat. "You smell like a dog". I say crossing my arms over my chest. I hear a chorus of oohs echo in the classroom. Followed by a shout of "man she just burned you good"!
The guy scowls in the direction of the voice and turns back to me. A fake hurt expression plastered on his face and an amused twinkle in his eyes. "You wound me! He says dramatically before a genuine smile slips across his face and he holds out a hand. "Names Kiba. Inuzuka Kiba. What's your name"?
I take his hand "Sakura Senju". I let a small smile come to my face at his wide grin.
"Your pretty feisty. I like that in a girl". He throws his arms behind his head and I was instantly reminded of Naruto. The boy I met this morning. "So what's your next class"? I look at my schedule and look up to tell him when someone tackles him from behind and he stumbles forward. I see bright blonde hair in the corner of my vision before I'm enveloped in a bone crushing hug that slightly lifts me off my feet. My books fall to the floor as I grasp his shoulder to steady myself.
"Was that bastard bothering you Sakura-Chan"? He asks still hugging me. I don't answer because he's holding me so tight I can barely breathe. He spins around and I see a guy coming this way. I silently plead with him to help me out when he stops beside Naruto. He sighs before knocking Naruto upside the head.
"Dobe I don't think she can breathe. She's turning red". Naruto sets me down on feet so quickly that my hair falls into my face hiding it from view. A huge gulp of air rushes into my lungs. I reach my hand up and brush my hair back and shake the kinks out. It falls perfectly back into place and I fix Naruto with a mock glare and cross my arms under my chest.
"Naruto I don't mind hugs I just like breathing. So if you could refrain from squeezing the life out of me I'd appreciate it". I sigh and bend down to pick my books up. I look around for my schedule and see the guy who helped me has it.
Now that I'm not needing help I give him a once over. He has midnight black hair that spikes up in the back. Dark black eyes stare back at me and I almost feel myself sucked in. In a word he's the most beautiful person I've ever seen.
Like the other two his shirt isn't tucked in and the top three buttons are undone at least he's wearing the tie. Even if it is loose. A chain can be seen around his neck sporting a red and white Uchiwa. I step over to him and hold my hand out for my schedule. He gives it to me after glancing at it briefly. I turn back to Kiba who is still on the floor and give him a hand up.
He grins and takes it. Once standing he takes advantage of the fact that my hands are full again and drops his arm around my shoulder. I sigh and shake my head.
"Um I have AP Physics with Namikaze Minato". I tell him finally answering his question from earlier. Naruto walks over to me and shoves Kiba off before taking his place. What am I a personal arm rest? Kiba obviously doesn't like the fact that Naruto did that so he gets into an argument with him. Right in my ear.
I feel my eye twitch before smacking both of them upside the head with my book. "What did I say about the loud noises"? I ask Naruto who seems to shrink under my gaze. His face gets pouty and he taps his fingers together and mumbles sorry but I pretend not to hear him.
"I said I'm sorry Sakura-Chan. Please forgive me"? He makes a puppy dog face and I can't turn him down. So I nod.
Sasuke's P.O.V.
This girl is strange. She sat beside me for an entire class period and didn't even look at me. Don't get me wrong its a refreshing change not having her throw herself at me like all the others. In fact its a damn blessing. It just the first time this has happened.
Then there was in the hall. She looked up and saw me coming towards them when the Dobe was practically squeezing the life out of her. Relief flooded her face as she silently begged me for help. I expected her to fawn over me afterwards but she didn't.
When Naruto set her down her hair had fallen into her face and you could see thin streaks of silver spread evenly throughout her hair. She didn't get mad and yell at Naruto for messing her hair up. She pushed it out of her face and shook her head a few times and it was like the incident never happened. Not a single strand was out of place.
All she said was for Naruto to not kill her when he hugged her. Then she gathered her things and I saw a sheet of paper by my foot. Picking it up I saw it was her schedule. Sakura Senju was at the top of the page followed by her grade, locker number and combination. The list of her classes and teachers was the last thing on the page. I noticed she shared most of my classes.
The only class she didn't have with me was second. She'd gotten stuck with my brother. I feel sorry for her. His class can be brutal.
I handed it back to her and she tucked it into the stack of books in her arms and turns around to face Kiba and Naruto. She sees him still on the floor and gives him a hand up. He then drops his arm around her shoulders once she shifts her books more comfortably in her arms. She shakes her head and answers Kiba's question from earlier.
"Um I have AP Physics with Namikaze Minato next". After she speaks the two morons get into an argument over who gets to claim her shoulder. Unfortunately for them it takes place with her in between and they aren't very quiet. Is it that hard for them to remember she doesn't like loud noises? Hell I remembered that.
She knocks them both upside the head and I see the both wince and its not pretend. This girl is packing some strength in her tiny body. Not completely a surprise, just unusual for someone with such a small body.
Naruto begins asking for her forgiveness and making that hard to resist puppy dog face. So far I'm the only one immune to it. The moron says its because I have no heart. Tch, yeah right. I'm just not that damn gullible. I watch to see if she will be able to ignore it.
The corner of her mouth twitches as she tries to fight a smile. It appears as she nods her head. Naruto grins brightly and grabs her arm pulling her down the hall. He hasn't bothered to tell her that his parents were teaching her next two classes. What an idiot. He told her my brother was teaching the class she just left so why not tell her that? Because he's a moron that's why.
The last thing I notice as we walk down the hall was the crystal on her necklace. It's glowing brightly and moving around. I suddenly remember seeing that happen when she came into the classroom with Naruto this morning. Only it wasn't as bright. Once again she doesn't seem to notice. Naruto and Kiba do though. They glance at it and back at me briefly, I just shrug. Maybe it has a light inside of it.
Sakura's P.O.V.
They continued to play tug of war the whole way to the classroom. I didn't realize we were in the classroom when I exploded. I ripped my arms away from both of them and hit them upside the head again shouting "I AM NOT A HUMAN TUG ROPE. STOP PULLING ON ME"!
I noticed the other people in the room when I heard snickering. Looking around I realized everyone already there was laughing. The teacher was sweat dropping and both boys were rubbing there heads.
"Sorry Sakura-Chan". Naruto mumbled rubbing his head while fake tears streamed down his face. I wanted to bang my head against something but settled for glaring at the two of them.
"Are you the new student Senju Sakura"? I looked up and had to do a double take to make sure Naruto was still beside me. His spitting image was standing in front of me. Blonde hair in messy spikes like Naruto's though it was a bit longer. Blue eyes and a slightly more mature face. He was also slightly taller then Naruto as well.
"Ah yes! Nice to meet you Sensei"! I said quickly and gave a little bow to him. He smiled kindly at me but I could see uncertainty in his eyes. Most people find my swift mood changes unsettling at first.
I introduced myself to the class and recited the same things for the third time that day. Then I found a seat. In front of this girl with bright red hair and thick black glasses. She glared at me all through class. I know I could feel the heat of her gaze on the back of my head the entire class. What is with the girls at this school? I can't even speak to a boy without making someone hate me
When the bell rang she hopped up and raced down the stairs faster then I could get up before slowing down. I went to walk around her when someone pushed me from behind, hard.
If I fell on my face it would really hurt and I don't want to bleed on my first day of school so I made a quick choice.
Dropping my books I used the momentum to do a hand stand and flip down the stairs. Bringing one foot down before the other as I landed on solid ground. I felt my hair settle around me as I opened my eyes. Needless to say I had everyone's attention, but I focused on the one who had pushed me.
A girl with short dark purple hair and black eyes was glaring at me. A scowl on her heavily made up face. I raised my eyebrow at her and collected my things and made to exit the room. Not even noticing the five pairs of eyes trained on me in scrutinizing gazes.
Minato's P.O.V.
I half expected something like this to happen on her first day. Kakashi had already mentioned the warm welcome given to her by one of the girls in his homeroom. A slap to the face. A welt had formed before class was over yet when I looked at her face not a trace of it remained.
That was to be expected of a wolf. We heal fast and if Itachi was correct that girl was a wolf.
A classmate pushed her down the stairs hoping to embarrass and possibly seriously injure her but neither happened. In fact Sakura dropped her books and went with it. Turning it into a handstand with a front flip, even landing on her hands with perfect balance. No doubt about it. Only a wolf has such perfect balance like that. Then there the fact that she only looked exasperated. Not a trace of fear or surprise.
She gathered her things and left the room. Not saying anything. Even if she hasn't been hurt the girl who pushed her still needed to be punished.
"Ami come here". She put her head down and stalked over to me.
"Yes Sensei". This wasn't the first time she'd been in trouble. Ami had the habit of trying to get rid of anyone she saw as competition for her friend Karin to lay claim on Sasuke. They found Sakura competition and wasn't hard to guess why, two reasons to be exact. She'd talked to him and she was pretty, they hated girls like that.
"Ami what you did was dangerous. Sakura could have been seriously injured. Would you want to be the one to explain to her parents why she's in the hospital and for what"? She shook her head no and I sighed. I gave her detention for two weeks and sent her on her way.
I was moving papers aside and getting things ready for my next class when something green glinted in the light. Picking it up I realized it looked exactly like Tsunade's, but what was it doing here? I vaguely remember the transfer Sakura was wearing a necklace when she came in, this was possibly hers. Tsunade could have given it to her. After all her last name is Senju.
Sakura's P.O.V.
As my luck would have it my next teacher was Naruto's mother. Turns out the woman I met this morning in the office was his mother. Go figure. What's next? Am I going to get Kiba's sister as a teacher?
The latter was an amusing thought but highly unlikely as his family owns a dog training business and his sister is currently in charge of it.
Finally lunch rolled around and I was glad. My stomach was growling at me. I felt restless too. I really wanted to go run, but it would have to wait till after school unfortunately.
After I entered the cafeteria I spotted the blonde from this morning. Her name was Ino I think. Anyways she was sitting with Naruto, Kiba, Sasuke, that red head from earlier, and several others I didn't know. As promised there was a vacant seat next to her. Oddly enough it was in between her and Naruto. This should be interesting.
I got my food and made my way towards the table. She saw me coming and waved wildly at me. Which in turn prompted Naruto to start shouting. I fixed a glare on my face that told him to be quiet before I got to the table. As soon as I sat down my senses were overwhelmed. The scent of wolf was coming from every one of them.
"Hey Sakura how is your first day going"? She asked a bright smile on her face and a twinkle in her eyes.
"Well let's see. You mean apart from the slap to the face from this morning right"? She nodded and I recounted the story even telling her about how I met Kiba when she proceeded to introduce me to him.
I was in the middle of talking with Kiba when I felt tugging on my hair. I turned my head to see Ino.
"What are you doing"? I asked not really bothered by it. People in my other schools used to mess with my hair because of the colors. They found it hard to believe it was natural. Ino was separating the silver strands of my hair from the pink and combing them together with her fingers.
"I just think your hair is so pretty. Where do you get it done? I've been looking for a good stylist for awhile now".
I feel kind of bad now. "I'm sorry Ino but its natural. My hair has always been like this". As soon as I spoke the redhead who's name I still couldn't remember snorted. A sneer coming to her face.
"Please. No one has hair like that. Not even you". She said snottily and crossed her arms over her chest. Ino didn't say anything but just tilted my head to the side. After a few moments she spoke up.
"Hate to brake it to ya, but her roots are both silver and pink". Ino said a smirk on her face as she she went back to pulling the silver strands up. Finally after she got bored with that she dropped all of it and gather the silver strands from the sides and pulled them back. Then she grabbed the scarlet ribbon from the table and tied my hair in place with that.
She rearranged my longer bangs to hang down over my shoulders and nodded satisfied.
"Are you done playing hairdresser"? I asked undoing my ribbon from my shirt and handed it to her since she'd used hers on me.
"Not really but you look cute like that. Don't you ever where your hair up"? I shook my head.
"Not really. Its easiest to deal with down". Her jaw practically dropped at that.
"Then what's the point of having your hair so long"? She asked flabbergasted. I shrugged my shoulders and reached up to scratch my neck.
I froze when my hand didn't encounter my necklace. I pressed my hand flat against my neck trying to feel it but I couldn't.
"Its gone". I whispered not even realizing everyone at the table had there eyes on me. I jumped up and ran out of the cafeteria retracing my steps hoping to find it before someone else did.
I think here is a good spot to end it. What say you? I don't normally do this but I'm going ahead with the second chapter. I usually try of update once a week or once every two weeks. It all depends on my schedule. Don't expect another freebie though. I need some encouragement here. How about a review or two? That would make the best welcome back to me.
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