Senko: Okay now so far, I think the story is boring v.v fear not for an art contest will be announced in the next chapter(well most likely) and two people are going to be paired up for it :D Oh the suspense...oh geez you all know who'll be paired up anyways -.-
By the way, I know I didn't update this for like a long time. I had the third chapter in my mind but I didn't know what to do about the second one. I had wrote the first of this chapter up to halfway when I realized it was too damn boring so I decided to create some humor XD Enjoy!
IMPORTANT: I HAVE CHANGED THEIR GRADES! THEY ARE NOW 8th GRADERS!
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Joann-Thanks so much for reviewing!
Tsuki Angel-Really? You like my poem? YAY! It made you feel sad? Hmm I didn't know the poem was that poignant (n.n)
Ori-Sorry! I'll stop the author notes in the middle of story LoL
Kuraiko- Sasuke's background? Hm I'll explain that in the next chapter or the chapter after that LoL for now, I'm still thinking about it too. If you, or ANYONE who is reading this, want to, you can tell me what you want his background to be like! That would really help me! Bet? Hmm...er that is for you to think up! XD I really don't know what kinda bet LoL I just needed a reason for Sasuke to go to the meeting. If you want, I can make one up!
Demoneyes 14-Hmm well lets put it this way: in the Naruto world, the real one, Gaara is really strong! So in my fic, instead of being talented with stuff related to ninjas, Gaara is talented in art! Er but picturing him painting is kinda...unbelievable o.o OMG! What have I created! LoL
Fractured wings 01-Thankies so much for you review!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
Disclaimers: -sighs- Look I'm flattered you all think I'm talented and…the truth hurts but it's gotta come out...I do not own NARUTO!
Chapter 2
Ding Dong……..Ding Dong……..
Sakura immediately swallowed her breakfast(which was toast of course) and grabbed her backpack at the sound of the doorbell. She rushed to the front door and opened it. Hinata was there, just as she expected. "Bye mom!" she hollered and closed the door.
"Morning," Hinata said with a smile.
"Morning!" Sakura smiled back. Sakura was never a morning person but there were a few mornings in which she just felt energetic.
The two high school girls walked to their school together, discussing topics that were started and finished quickly, like what happened the other day when Sakura's mom tried to chase a flying bird that was fleeing away with her diamond earring. Sadly enough, her mom couldn't catch the bird. After all, the bird was flying high in the sky and then joined with a big flock of birds.
Sakura was laughing hard at the event. Such moments like these were the ones that would remain with us after all, such moments that made us laugh in joy. Suddenly, Sakura's laughter died down.
Hinata noticed how her friend Sakura had gone quiet. "Um...hey I'm really sorry if anything didn't go well yesterday...Sakura. I know you do um..."
"Oh stop worrying, Hinata!" Sakura grinned,"I keep telling you, I'm over it! Just because I lost my father to art doesn't mean that I should give up art! That part is erased from me forever! Gone!" Sakura only beamed, though Hinata could tell that it was a fake beam. She knew that inside of her friend Sakura, a pain was rewakens again and again at the thought or action of drawing."Oh I better go now so bye Hinata!" Sakura seperated from Hinata and ran towards her first period class.
Hinata watched as her friend left, her voice whispering what she wanted to tell Sakura but couldn't,"But Sakura...to move on is to let go, to let go is to accept, and to accept is...never to forget..."
Sakura was cheerfully walking to her class.'Hm I wonder what school those people go to. Maybe that other high school or perhaps even that private high school? What would really be scary is if they suddenly transfer into my school and into my classes! Haha as if that could happen! I must be psychic if it does!'Suddenly, not paying attention to where she was going, she had bumped into someone.
"I'm so sor..." She couldn't finish apologizing when a cold voice interuppted her, walking pass her and away.
"Watch where are going."
That voice was familiar. Sakura turned around to see him walking away. It was him! That one guy from the meeting. What was his name? Sakura didn't remember. He was that cute one but he was so mean and rude! Say, when did he walk that way? It was about 2 weeks since school started and Sakura was sure that she'd remember a cute guy's face. Wait, cute? 'NO! Don't think that! He's an asshole! A cold asshole! I just hope he didn't suddenly transfer in to this high school and I've to be stuck in a class with him! What if I actually have to sit next to him? I would really be psychic if that happens! Oh geez now I'm scared what if that does happen!'
Sakura cleared her mind of what happened and of her scary "predictions" that could never be true and decided to head towards her first period class Algebra. Algebra was not that hard. Well to Sakura it wasn't. Sakura was very smart academically and always passed her classes with mostly A's and sometimes B's. She opened the door to her classroom and...
"OI! PINKY! Look look! It's Pinky!"
Sakura's eyes widened and she shifted her sight towards wherever the hell that voice came from. She saw a blonde-haired boy with blue eyes pointing his index finger at her. Sitting next to the boy was a sleeping black haired boy, a chubby boy, and a girl with long blonde hair tied into a ponytail. They were all from the art club. But how were they in her class? They weren't there the last 2 weeks of school! Sakura checked the classroom number and found that she was in the right room. 'Oh god...'Sakura awkwardly stepped into the class and went towards her assigned seat...which was just right next to the blonde haired girl.
"Hey Pinky! I didn't know you were in this class!" The blonde boy exclaimed. She remembered him...what was his name? Um...Na...Na something. Naru? Naru? Oh! It was Naruto! And that blonde haired girl was definately Ino. Sakura could remember her well. The lazy-looking one was Shikamaru and the other was...hm what was his name? Gaara? No that name belonged to that scary looking guy. It was something...
"I can say the same about you. Since when were you three in my class?" Sakura glanced over at Ino, Shikamaru, that other boy, and then to Naruto.
"We just transferred into the school," Shikamaru informed, his eyes were closed and his appearance could fool someone into thinking that he was asleep, "Choji stop eating."
"Ah I see..." Sakura smiled but inside, her innerself was screaming: 'AHH!
OMG! They just transferred here! On the day where I made a stupid
prediction about them transferring in too! Does this mean I'm psychic?
Oh so that boy's name was Choji!'
Sakura's first period was somewhat slightly more difficult than all the other times she was in her first period class. For one, Ino was constantly going on and on and on about how "hot" and "extremely cool" this Sasuke guy was. Sakura predicted it was that guy who bumped into her earlier and she totally did not agree with Ino. Then, Ino began making threatening comments on how she would hate and make whoever that takes Sasuke away from her suffer. Shikamaru was not paying any attention...er well she didn't know but he was just looking out the window and up at the sky the whole time. Naruto was loud as hell and Choji just kept eating.
Sakura soon discovered that in her classes, at least one member of the art club was there. In fact, Hyuuga Neji had changed his schedule and now instead of having Typing, he was in her fourth period Art class. Of course, he sat way across the room from her. Sakura was glad that he was not loud like Naruto or scary and obessed like Ino. However, he was quite distant and quiet. Sakura had fifth period and lunch and she was really thankful to be in the presence of her friend Hinata. The only class that Sakura and Hinata had was lunch, which pretty much sucked.
Her next class was sixth period Language Arts and what had happened was something not expected...at least to her it wasn't...
"Since when did you sit next to me! Heck since when were you in my class!" Sakura exclaim shocked. Sitting right next to her was that cold(or so she defined him) and rude Sasuke from that art meeting.
He didn't even look at her nor answer her.
"The world really must be coming to an end! Oh wait I shouldn't say that since it might actually happened!" Sakura remembered her previous predictions that she made earlier that day that had, surprisingly, come true. Still shocked mainly at the fact that her prediction about Sasuke was true, Sakura continued rambling on about how unbelievable it was that Sasuke was now in her class and also repeating how it was possible.
"Geez do you ever shut up?" He finally talked and interupted Sakura after a not-so-good two minutes of listening to Sakura complain. Yes, it was only two mere minutes but lets just say that Sasuke isn't the most patient person. To him, it felt like hours!
Sakura did not reply for the bell rung, signaling that sixth period had begun. She had, somehow, found that she enjoyed the presence of Sasuke and Neji most. No she did not like them. It was just that they seemed more normal than all the others. Naruto was god knows how loud. If there was a God somewhere up in the clouds, he'd be covering his ears at Naruto's every word! Ino was most annoying though. Sakura could've swore Ino was diagnosed with a powerful Sasuke-obsession syndrome. It wasn't just Ino though. Sakura was assuming that the girls in her class who established the Sasuke Fan Club was also diagnosed with it!
Sakura chuckled to herself. 'The ever-so-powerful Sasuke Syndrome...trapping females and possibly males in his web of brainwash making them fall in love with him. Heh I should go alert the doctors!'
Sakura was snapped out of her thoughts when a worksheet was handed out. She was not listening to the teacher at all but she didn't care. All that mattered was getting her work done and getting the credit for it. Sakura soon regretted this though. She should have listened to everything else...and avoided this one other than avoided all the others and listening to...
"Now I want you all to work on this with the person sitting to your right. This is not only an assignment for critical thinking but also an assignment of cooperation. You must always be able to work with anyone, anytime, all the time."
Sakura's mouth hung open in shock as she slowly and slightly turned to her right to see a gorgeous...no...a gorgeously cold-hearted jackass sitting there. She should have saw this coming! She should have...
"Oh and Miss Haruno? Mister Uchiha is new here. He just transferred in and I'd greatly appreciate it if you could help him and go over all the lessons we've learned so far. You will be receiving extra credit. Now, begin your assignment class."
Now, Sakura's mouth hung so low from where it should be that it was only a couple of inches from the floor. No, not literally! At least, that was how Sakura felt her mouth hanging. 'This is school...I come here to learn...not to be picky about my partners...just...learn!' Sakura chanted in her head over and over.
Deciding that she should be a mature girl, Sakura took a deep breath and read the directions. 'With a partner, come up with a solution to repair the neighborhood. Be sure that your solution will be a possible one. Keep in mind that just commanding the residents of the neighbor to clean up will not work. Hmm...'
Sakura reread the information. This was meant to be a critical thinking assignment. It seems that this neighborhood is very trashy. You are the Mayor of the city and a resident of the neighborhood has sent a letter requesting for a way to help the neighborhood. The letter children playing in the dirty streets, residents litering, unclean parks...
"Oh! Here's the solution!" Sakura heard one of her loud classmates exclaimed. "We should establish a group of residents who will help beautify the neighborhood! We could make them be in charge of planting flowers at the park!"
Sakura smirked in amusement. That solution was too cliche and wouldn't work. Why would the residents do that? For them to do that, you'd have to practically pay them! After all, there isn't many people who would agree to just clean up the neighborhood when residents would just...wait a minute! When residents would just liter!
Sakura immediately took her pencil and wrote down her solution. 'Fine the residents who are litering.' Sakura was about to hand in her paper when...
"Thank you," a not-so-grateful voice said, snatching her paper from her and copying down the answer. Sakura was about to protest but almost as if reading her mind, Sasuke continue in a playful voice, "Cooperation, Haruno."
'What the...that...that bastard!' In her head, Sakura was mentally beating up Sasuke.
That's it for now folks :D About the assignment, that was not created by me. That was the first assignment that my English teacher gave us. It was designed to help us with critical thinking. That answer that someone said about making the neighbors clean it was on of my classmate's idea. Few had that idea while most(including me) wrote down that the neighbors would pay a monthly 25 charge to beautify the neighborhood. In my English class(second period), there was only one person who came up with the right answer...fine those that are litering. Sucks LoL other assignments from my teacher included the Martian Colony project, Budget of Seymour, and many more. I plan to maybe use more in the near future...maybe.
Also, remember that I changed their grade! They are now 8th graders!
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