Dimensional Clashes
Chapter 3
First Day
Sakura's first day at Juuban was fairly simple. Usagi had made sure that she had the right clothes for Juuban High School, the blue-necked, white-bodied shirt with a red bow, as well as the blue skirt. For her non-school clothes, she wore a red skirt and shirt, so that she would feel comfortable. It had taken some time to convince the pink-haired kunoichi to not take her shuriken and kunai with her to school, which would surely cause trouble.
When she got up that morning, she walked to her closet, took out her uniform, and put it on, and then walked down to the kitchen.
"Good morning, Usa-chan, Ikuko-san, Kenji-san." Sakura said, bowing to each in turn, starting with the person who had invited her into the home.
"Good morning, Sakura." The three replied.
She calmly pulled a chair and sat down, planning to ask to make dinner.
After finishing breakfast, Sakura realized that she had about an hour until it was time to be at school, and she planned on jumping anyway. It wasn't like she couldn't be quick and quiet simultaneously.
"I'm going to go out. I'll be on time." She said monotonously, and did a fake hand seal for Usagi's benefit.
"Okay, just be careful." Ikuko said.
Sakura quickly jumped to the park, where she began to practice various ninjutsu techniques that she had picked up since Naruto left to get Sasuke back. Although she was having no formal training since Team 7's last mission together, she had spent hours watching genin training sessions, especially after Sasuke left. She wanted to impress the raven-haired boy. But something… Wasn't quite right.
She decided to try one simple jutsu that she had seen a new genin perform. That had been a family jutsu, she knew, but it was necessary for her to build up her ability to mold chakra.
About a half an hour later, Sakura began jumping from rooftop to rooftop in quick succession. She had planned to leave the park later, but found the training to be tiring. She also knew that she would need to get on school grounds in this manner without getting spotted by any staff members or students.
Meanwhile, in a strange room, a sort of intermediate dimension, two figures were clashing wildly. They were round spheres of dimensional energy – the two dimensions that were threatening to combine.
"Class, we have a new student today. Her name is Haruno Sakura." Hotaru's teacher, Mr. Yokohara, said. He was tall, with black hair and green eyes, and always wore a suit.
The door opened, and Sakura walked in, doing her best to fake a smile. She quickly glanced around the room, searching for both threats and friends. "Hello, everyone. My name is Sakura." She said, and bowed.
"Take a seat next to Hotaru. Hotaru, raise your hand, please." Mr. Yokohara said.
"No, that won't be necessary, Yokohara-sensei. I am acquainted with Hotaru-chan." Sakura replied, and walked over to the violet-haired girl, dropping her mask of happiness.
"Well, then..." Mr. Yokohara muttered, shaking his head at the pink-haired girl's antiques. He had also taken notice of Sakura's sudden change in demeanor, and made a mental note not to upset the girl.
"Kakashi, have you located Sakura yet?" asked the current Hokage, Tsunade.
"No, Hokage-sama. It's as though she vanished." Kakashi responded, his one visible eye showing a tinge of worry.
Sakura and Hotaru had lunch in the same room, so they decided to sit together.
"So, Hota-chan, what is this school like? I mean, I see that it's a bit rough, but besides that." Sakura asked, and noted a slight hardening in her friend's demeanor.
"I don't like it. Too many hard memories…" Hotaru replied.
"I see…" Sakura replied, but her friend's tone suggested that the kunoichi change the subject. "Well, it looks like it's time to go to class."
"Right." Hotaru replied, and they walked back to class.
"Hey, Haruno!" yelled a voice from behind the two girls. They wheeled around, and spotted a rather muscular ninth-grade boy who was wearing a black windbreaker, green jeans, a muscle shirt under the windbreaker, and green-tinted sunglasses. "I heard you're friends with Tomoe."
"That is correct, Fujita-san." Sakura replied, gazing confusedly at the boy.
"Well, in that case, you may want to reconsider!" the boy, Umihadano Fajita, yelled, his hand pulled back in a punch. Sakura dodged, and delivered a quick spinning kick to the boy's head, sending him flying.
"Why you-" yelled the other boys behind him, but Sakura just quickly performed a hand seal.
"Nami no Gekido!" Sakura yelled, as she flared her chakra. A sharp wave of it came out, sending all of her attackers flying. "That was easy. Let's go, Hota-chan."
A/N: This chapter was merely to show how Sakura is adapting to the dimension. Now, to reply to what I gathered from the reviews:
Serenity-hime: You bring up some good points, but it would undermine what I had in mind: for the reader to be confused by not revealing how Sakura ended up in the Sailor Moon universe. Of course, the process I used is also similar to how Chibi-Usa arrived from the future in the beginning. I also took some liberties with the shows to allow Sakura to understand what happened. Still, it's not too far out of reality to think that the Naruto world has a jutsu that would allow the bending of dimensions, since some of the action is pretty out-of-this-world.