Senko: O.o what can I say? Welcome to 'The Art of Love!' We all know this is a story(duh) but written by ME! MWAHAHAHA -gasps- oh wait that's not the laugh for this fic Hehe forgot this isn't supposed to be one of my super-mega-ultra-hyper-insane-and-crazy-stupid ficcies. oh well on to the ficcie now!
I am only in middle school! O.o Is that shocking? LoL well since I'm only in middle school, I don't know much about high school. Though I will be going to high school in like-er...well let's just say I graduate from middle school in June of 2005 I don't know anything about clubs and I have never joined on-in real life! O.O I don't know what you do, what the purpose is, or when it is - So I'm making it that Sakura and the others are joining an art club! I don't know why…um…I guess it's cause I draw and I know more about drawing than I do about-some stuff so yeah.
By the way, I'm not sure of how I'm suppose to make the characters address the teachers cause like…I don't know if I should make them address the teachers as Mr./Mrs./Ms. Or sensei yeah….
Summary: AU Sakura attends an art club meeting with her best friend Hinata and ends up becoming a member! But what happens when she is paired up with the rude and cold Sasuke? Will they ever get their project done?
Disclaimers-puts on a Masashi Kishimoto costume- I own Naruto! LOL nah just kidding I don't…wish I did… -sighs and goes into depression-
Chapter 1
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Where love does not matter
Will our love shatter?
Though strong as metal
Yet soft as a rose petal
Pure as glass
Will our love last?
Will our love shatter
Where love does not matter?
"That was good," praised a young and attractive woman as Sakura finished her lines. "Thank you Tsunade," Sakura replied shyly.
The blonde woman smiled and then spoke," However, there is just something about it…it doesn't have enough emotion in it. Don't get me wrong, it was excellent but I just didn't feel it, Sakura. You have to be the character, not just say the lines, alright? The school year has just begun and you are one of the very few to be quite talented in drama. I'm considering making you the main character in the end of the school year play so you should practice hard. "
"A-Alright," Sakura answered then placing the script book back into her back pack and left. She exited the classroom and once outside, she met up with Hinata, her best friend, whom she met in middle school and is attending high school with.
"Hey Sakura," Hinata smiled. Sakura greeted her back and the two began to exit the school. Both lived in the same direction of their school so they had always walked to and from school all the time. Sakura was walking a few steps before Hinata. She always was. Sakura would always be skipping or trotting cheerfully. Hinata, though, was always walking normally and calmly.
"Sakura?" Hinata began.
Sakura stopped her skip like-walk and waited. "Hm? What?" She asked once Hinata caught up.
"Um…well…you see my cousin's friend is trying to establish an art club and they need members. They'll be doing a lot of stuff…I was wondering if you'd….you know…" her words drifted off, assuming Sakura knew what she'd say. "But it's alright you don't have to join!" She added, "Since…I do know you gave up…drawing…and yeah…"
Sakura shifted from her normally cheerful self and stopped talking. Decisions of joining or not was running through her head and the two walked in silence. Hinata was disturbed by this silence for she knew exactly why Sakura was not talking. It all happened a couple years ago. Sakura had a passion for art and she was skilled and talented in it, whether it be drawing, painting, music, or poetry. It was almost as if Sakura was born with the gift of art.
Though, things did not go well. She was entering an art contest and finished her drawing on the day of the deadline. Sakura had wanted to win very badly because the grand prize was 125 dollars(Senko: I don't know ok? I entered an art contest in the 6th grade because my vice principal wanted me to-yeah yeah I was one of her favorites-and I got third place so I received 25 dollars and I thihnk that the first place winner got like 100 or 125 dollars yeah). Once she finished her drawing, it was about an hour before the deadline and so she urged her father to send the picture. Her father finally agreed and was on his way to drop off the picture but was delayed due to traffic problems. He rushed to get to the place to drop off the picture but had gotten in an accidentally because he was speeding to beat the deadline.
From that day on, Sakura barely drew. She gave up on drawing.
"Uh...Sakura?" Hinata said, breaking Sakura's trance.
Sakura blinked, a sign of showing that she had been off thinking in her own universe.
"Sakura? So…um are you?" Hinata asked again.
"Am I what?" Sakura replied.
Hinata sighed. "Look its okay, Sakura. You don't have to pretend that you suddenly forgot. I understand completely I just though you'd be ready but oh well."
"What! No! I didn't mean it like that! Look I'll go to the first meeting and see how it turns out! Who knows it could be really fun and interesting," Sakura said, her voice insisting for Hinata to believe that she was not one to be stuck in the past.
A smile beamed on Hinata's pale face(Senko: well her face is awfully light and pale).
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Sakura examined the hallway as Hinata led her to the room where the first meeting was held. She had been to Hinata's place before but she was still amazed by Hinata's large house every time she visited. In fact, Sakura hadn't even gotten a chance to explore Hinata's whole house since she is as small as a bug in Hinata's house. 'I guess wealth must run in her family,' Sakura thought to herself.
Hinata stopped before a door and opened it; a garden came into view. Sakura stared in awe at the beautiful garden. Tulips, daisies, lilies, and many more flowers were grown there and the grass was greener than green! The garden was circular and in the middle stood a beautifully designed, circular table and two chairs. Sakura was even more shocked when Hinata guided her to the other side of the garden and opened another door which led to another hallway!
"Don't worry we're here," Hinata assured Sakura, as if reading Sakura's mind. Hinata came to a door in the hallway and opened it, revealing a white room. There weren't many people there-only 3 to be exact. One had reddish hair(Gaara) and something about him rather scared Sakura; another was a girl with long blonde hair(Ino) who was staring dreamily at a very cute dark haired boy; lastly there was the extremely good looking, dark haired boy who sat in the corner of the room to himself, not that any of the three people there sat close anyways(Sasuke).
Hinata walked into the room and pulled over a chair; Sakura followed her.
"HURRY IT UP I'M LATE FOR MY OWN CLUB!" a male voice shouted.
"SO WHAT! IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S ANYBODY SPECIAL I'D LIKE TO BE ACQUIANTED WITH ANYWAYS!" another male voice shouted.
"WAIT UP!" a different male voice shouted.
"SHUT UP AND KEEP RUNNING!" a female voice scolded.
Footsteps running could be heard louder and louder with each second. Soon, four figures appeared at the doorway, panting and breathing heavily. Sakura studied them. There were three boys, a short black haired one(Shikamaru), a blonde haired one(Naruto), and a chubby one(Choji). Then, there was a girl with black hair fixed into buns(Ten-Ten).
"Hey!" exclaimed the blonde boy. "There is someone I'd like to be acquainted with after all! Shikamaru why didn't you tell me!"
"Moron I didn't know she'd be here!" the boy, supposedly known as Shikamaru, exclaimed. He looked around the room."Okay, well, welcome(he looked over to Sakura) to my art club! I am Nara Shikamaru, founder-"
"Founder of the art club with the help of me, Hyuuga Neji," a boy with long black hair suddenly appeared at the doorway out of the blue and interrupted.
"Yes," Shikamaru continued. "-founder of the art club with the help of my friend, Hyuuga Neiji(he looked over to Neji). So far, our members are, starting from there(he adjusted his sight to the red haired boy), Gaara the scary guy, Ino the annoying girl, Sasuke the loner, Hinata the shy girl, girl with long pink hair, Ten-Ten the normal girl, Naruto the moron, Choji my friend, and Neji my friend."
"Um my name is Haruno Sakura," Sakura pointed out. 'So his name is Sasuke,' she thought to herself, thinking of the cute dark haired-boy.
"Okay, though I know all of you-now, I haven't even the slightest information on most of you, considering that Neji and Hinata recruited some of you. So let's start with telling the club a bit of your likes, dislikes, backgrounds, or anything you wish to share. We'll start with me," he declared. "I am an only child and find women troublesome. Your turn, Hinata."
"Um…w-well...I don't like violence…." She stuttered. "I like calm and serene things…"
"Okay, your turn Ten-Ten," said Shikamaru.
"I'm a girl" she smiled proudly. " Go ahead Naruto."
"Well," Naruto began. "I am an orphan adopted by the principal of Konoha high school. I like ramen and dislike waiting the three minutes for ramen to finish. I don't like Kakashi's perverted "Come Come Paradise" stash. I think that Sasuke there(he pointed to Sasuke) is a self-centered, egotistical, arrogant, overconfident, snobbish, stuck-up asshole. Hmm...what else? Oh yeah! Pinky over there(he pointed to Sakura) is the first person I met with pink hair!"
Sakura glared.
"My turn!" Choji announced. "I like food and dislike being away from food. Neji's turn."
Neji glared at Shikamaru then Choji. "I don't like people who make me talk about myself."
There was a silence in the room.
"Uh…ok your turn Gaara," Shikamaru said.
"I'm human," he said, nodding his head down once.
"Ok I think that was pretty obvious and your turn Ino," said Shikamaru.
"Oh! I looooovvveeee Sasuke! He's gorgeous and cuuuuttteee!" she squealed. "I hate and will hate anybody and everybody who try to steal him away!" her last sentence was said in a deadly tone, unlike her first few sentences which were exclaimed as loud as that of a pig's squeal.
"I think this stupid club is a waste of time, I hate people in this room, and I'd like if I could leave," Sasuke stated calmly.
"No you can't leave," Shikamaru proclaimed. "A bet's a bet, lose or win, be a man."
" I didn't ask your permission to leave," Sasuke glowered.
"Whatever. Lastly, Pinky your turn," Shikamaru said.
"Well I like the color pink, I dislike people who annoy me, and my name is Sakura," Sakura purposely glanced over to Shikamaru, letting him know that her last information stated was meant for him.
"Okay thank you, Pinky-" Shikamaru began.
"Um…Sakura," Sakura corrected.
"I really don't care Pinky," Shikamaru resumed. "Pinky just fits you more. Anyways, thank you all for showing up. We will be meeting here every Friday after school. First meeting dismissed."
Sakura got up from where she sat and followed Hinata as Hinata left the room.
"Hey Pinky," Naruto's voice said from behind Sakura.
Sakura bristled in anger then turned around. "Can't you just call me Sakura?"
"Nope can't do. Pinky really does fit you better like Shikamaru said. Now, your assignment is to draw a picture since Shikamaru said he wants to see where your level of drawing skills are at," Naruto grinned.
"Fine, fine whatever though I'm not even a member geez."
"You're a member now."
Sakura glared daggers at Naruto as he left.
"Don't worry, they're all like that. Shikamaru calls Naruto 'moron' and calls Neji 'hey' you know?" Choji said to Sakura then hurrying off to catch up to naruto. Sakura wasn't any happier though. Pinky so did not fit her, or she thinks. Lost in her angry thoughts, she didn't notice when someone had bumped into her.
"Move it," a cold voice brushed pass her. It was Sasuke.
Sakura defiantly stared at Sasuke, who was now walking farther away from her. 'Damn him! He could have just said 'excuse me' or something! Geez! It's not like I'm some gigantic, ancient stone that won't move unless you demand me to! Naruto was so right! He is an arrogant, self-centered and-and all that other stuff Naruto said he was! Argh!'
"Sakura? Sakura?"
"Huh?" Sakura blinked. It was Hinata.
"Um you just looked like you were troubled or something…is everything ok?" Hinata asked worriedly.
"No! Nothing's wrong! I'm 200 percent ok! I was just thinking about this club and stuff!" Sakura smiled.
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Well first chapter done! How's that? Well I'll be posting the second chapter soon : D
WHAT! O.O Notice that my little smiley's mouth is done with a period rather than a dash. OMG! I can't use that little dash thing or that mark thing to make the smile facey! I can't even use the ">" or brackets or asterisk signs to state an action back up there before my story so I had to use the slashes! What is going on: (
Review everyone! I always want to hear what you think!
