1ST PLACE ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST
-CHAPTER ONE-
It's Saturday…isn't it?
Haruno Sakura was a normal 16 year old girl.If you excluded the fact that she was extremely talented in the arcade and video game department and that she was extremely pretty,even if she never DID admit it.She was also highly known as a rich family's latest heir.But both her parents didn't receive money by the billions in the confinements of their home in Hong Kong.They traveled all over the place for business and other things since they owned various companies all over the place,leaving poor little Sakura to live in her newly bought condo in Osaka that was apparently a birthday present from her parents.
She didn't mind living alone at all,but she wished that she had at least stayed in Hong Kong where her friends were.It didn't completely matter to her that boys would be swarming over her in crowds,as long as her friends were there with her.Here,she was just a stranger and was expected to go to a new school.As you could probably tell,the expectations from her parents were rather high.Sakura or course never complained since she didn't want to trouble her parents since they were constantly busy.
Now,our pink haired heroin (or rather,main character) is apparently sleeping in bed at 8:30 in the morning.
IN SAKURA'S HEAD…
It was a normal day and Sakura was walking to school.She was humming to herself until a raven black lamborghini pulled up beside her near the side walk.
Inner Sakura: Wow…I always wanted one of those cars!
She was standing there dumb-founded until the car door opened and a cute boy got out.He had the most handsome face features and he had short,messy raven colored hair that matched his car.He stood in front of Sakura and gently kissed her hand.The pink haired girl blushed and said,
"What is your name?"
Inner Sakura: would you care to add your number too!
But when the boy opened his mouth to reply,a shrill ringing came from his mouth.
"What the hell…?"
BACK TO REALITY…
She woke up not being able to witness the ending of her dream and sighed.She hesitantly opened her eyes and sat uo in bed.
"I wonder what time it is…?"
She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes before she glanced at her alarm clock which was ringing like hell.Her eyes grew wide as her brain registered what time it was.
"8:30!I'm going to be late for school!"
Sakura hurriedly jumped out of bed,not caring to fix it and ran to the washroom.She successfully combed her hair and brushed her teeth.She was about to put on her new uniform until her cell phone rang.
Inner Sakura: Why the hell does everyone decide to call me when I'm really busy!
"I better answer that…it might be mother…"
To her surprise,she was completely right.It was her mother who was obviously unaware just how busy her pink-haired daughter was.
"Hello,mom?Yeah,you're not disturbing anything…"
Inner Sakura: Yeah,right…more like you're disturbing my desperate rush to get out of here.
"Oh,well okay sweetie…I'm just calling to apologize for me and your father forcing you to live alone in your new condo."
Sakura chuckled to herself,"It's okay mom,I'm fine.I'm pretty much used to this condo already!Just go back to work and don't worry about me!"
She said bye to her mother before she left out the door of the condominium building's lobby with her book bag slung over one shoulder.She didn't notice where she was going until she bumped into a boy that was about the same age as her.He also had the same raven colored hair,dark eyes and ice-cold look as the boy that was in her dream.
Sakura scratched the back of her head and a slight blush grazed her cheeks.
Inner Sakura: Isn't that the boy in my dream!
"Uh…gomen…"
The boy looked at her weird and said absolutely nothing.
Inner Sakura: Must be shy or something…wait…I'm going to be late for school!
Sakura got up without the boy even saying a word to her and ran to where her school was.Apparently,there were no students walking along side with her or even near her.People walking were looking at her weird too.What was even worse was that a whole crowd of guys were basically stalking her.The crowd grew and grew,but the poor pink-haired girl hadn't noticed.She was completely used to it by now.
"Uhh…I guess that every student in my new school owns a car…a.s.d "
But it still seemed really weird to her that not one whole crowd of cars were driving past her heading in the direction of the school.Now,Sakura was full-out panicking.
"What if I'm completely lost and I'm never found!Wait…I'm on a street with people walking in the same direction as me…go figure…"
She asked the nearest person where her new high school was and the person pointed in the direction where she was heading.
"That's weird…"
But before she could usher a word out of her mouth,she came across the gates of her new school.
Inner Sakura: finally!I was getting worried!
She reached out to open the gates and….
They were chained together.Sakura almost went ballistic!
"WHAT THE HELL!I COME TO SCHOOL AND THEY LOCK ME OUT!IT'S NOT EVEN 9 YET!"
She pushed the gate to try and probably rip the chains apart…and not surprisingly,it didn't work.
She finally gave up and yelled,"BAKA DOBES THAT LOCKED THE SCHOOL GATES!"
Then she felt a tug at her clothes from below her knees.She gave out an immediate scream and yelled,"What the hell was that!"
She looked down to see a little kid tugging at her red skirt and looking up at her.
Inner Sakura: Phew…it's only a little ankle biter…
"Miss…"
"What do you want…hm?"
"There's no school today….it's a Saturday…"
A sweatdrop formed at the back of her head as she looked at the little girl with astonishment.
Inner Sakura: how could this little kid even remember what day it is and I can't!
Sakura smiled sheepishly as she ruffled the little girl's hair and handed her a handful of candy that she had stashed for herself.She started walking home and it started drizzling.
"Just my luck…I hate this…I can't believe that it's a Saturday…I should be down at the arcade!But then the gamer fan boys would be after me…"
That gave her an idea…
"I know!I"ll just go home,put on really guy-ish clothes and go down to the nearest arcade and beat the hell out of those gamers!"
She was so 'giddy' at the thought of it all that she hadn't notice the rather large fanboy group behind her.They were all running up to her asking her out,but she was completely lost in her thoughts.
'Let's see…I have that really big pair of jeans and that triple XL sweater that mother thought would be handy (don't know why though).But then my hair's pink…and guys don't exactly have pink hair asd.I know!I'll just have to use that big cap that my older cousin gave me!'
It wasn't until she was halfway home that she noticed the crowd of guys.They had started running to catch up with her and she wasn't exactly happy about that since she could barely breathe now.
Inner Sakura: Bakayaros!I'm trying to get home now!
She started to run as she turned the next corner.She finally lost them at about noon and headed for home.
Inner Sakura: baka temes! I was already tired from running around my condo trying to get to school!
When she finally got home,she plopped down on her bed and sighed heavily.Guys would always chase her when she was out in public.That was the downside of appearing in more than 100 fashion magazines.Well,it wasn't something that she would always want to do,but at least it paid the bills…When she finally caught her breath,she brought out the clothes that she had planned to wear.
"Hey,at least those bakayaro won't be bugging me or anything…unless something blows my cover of course…"
She carefully tied up her hair in a bun and made sure that it wouldn't fall apart on her.She didn't exactly succeed after the first couple of tries,but she eventually got it.Then she pulled on the rather large jeans and secured them on eith a belt.
"At least they weren't as big as they were when my cousin gave them to me…"
Sakura then sighed as she pulled on the sweater cautiously as if not to get lost in it.
"Finally…the transformation is complete!"
She glanced at herself in the mirror before she stuck the big cap on her head.She looked rather skinny for a guy and quite short for one too.She sighed heavily and pulled on the cap which covered at least half of her face except for her mouth and nose.
"What would mother think if she saw me like this!"
Inner Sakura: she would think that you were some thug trying to mug her.
"Shut up,will ya!"
-Huh?Why!-
"Because I said so,baka!"
-Why are you calling ME baka!I basically AM you!-
She continued the inner debate with herself as she readjusted her clothing.
"Why don't you ever shut up!"
-Because I can't if you won't!-
Sakura locked the door behind her…
"And who made up that stupid rule?You!"
-DO I HAVE TO KEEP ON TELLING YOU!I AM YOU!-
"Oh,right…sorry…self…?"
-You better be!-
"Mental note - try to find a way to shut up inner self before she starts thinking of suicide"
-Writing down mental note…wait…if I kill you…don't I kill myself too?-
"Yes,miss Haruno sakura's inner self,you do."
-Alright then,I promise to never do that,okay?-
"Okay…"
She finally emerged victorious from her battle with her self and was very surprised to find herself finally at the arcade.
Inner Sakura: wow…I'm here already!
She instantly took a seat at one of the racing games and swiped her power card in the slot.
"This is going to be one long day!"