1ST PLACE ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST
-CHAPTER SIX--
Uchiha Sasuke!
Sakura didn't remember any of this.She didn't even remember Gaara telling her to meet him anywhere to say goodbye to him before he left.
"Gaara…?"
"…"
"What are you talking about?"
"…"
"Uh…I'm sorry?"
The taxi pulled up beside Sakura and she loaded her bags into the car.That was the first time that Gaara was ever mad at her.Ever.
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Tons of thoughts were racing through the very confused pink haired girl's head.
'Gaara actually told me to meet him somwhere?I think I would've remembered a crush's request to meet him before he left the country!'
-Don't worry your little head,it's alright.You'll see him tomorrow,unless you plan on skipping.-
'Hey,don't even try to persuade me.It's not going to work,I have to see Gaara,no questions asked!'
-Sabaku no Gaara,huh?I wonder if he has a brother…-
'Why?You're still part of me no matter how hard I wish that it wasn't true.'
-Right…right.But that doesn't mean that I can't persuade you to go out with both.-
'I'm just sickened by the way you think,inner self.'
-Hey,I get it from you.-
"SHUT UP!"
Sakura looked at the bus driver hesitantly when she noticed she had just yelled out a random word in reality and she saw a weird look on his face.
"Excuse me miss?"
"Yes?"
"I didn't say anything."
"Right…sorry"
A tinge of red spread across Sakura's face as they neared her condo building.She couldn't wait to kick back in a warm bath.She gathered her bags and paid the driver as she made her way to her condo while having yet another heated discussion with herself.
"Look,the Uchiha condo buildings are the best hands down!"
-No,they are not.Remember that condo building in Hong Kong?-
"Which one?The one that father said he'd buy for me if I wanted an extra job as a condo owner?"
-Yeah,that one.That one was the best!-
"What are you talking about!They use too many scented candles and too many stars rent those condos.I just hate being near them.They're all so snooty and stuff.Especially the models!"
-You're one to talk!You are a model!-
"Don't throw that at my face!Mother and father wanted me to pay for myself so I needed a job!"
-So what?It's not like you didn't have the option of turning down the offers that those magazines were giving you and go get a job at a fast food restaurant!-
"Then how the hell would I be able to rent a room here!"
-I give up!-
"Good!"
She rewarded her victory over …uh…herself with a nice warm bath and got dressed into her pajamas.By the time she had climbed into bed,her inner self had decided to have another argument with her.
-Gaara was mad at you because he wanted you to follow directions that he didn't even tell you!What a JERK!-
"Gaara didn't mean it,so I forgive him."
-Or maybe you forgive him since you're so in love with him!-
"Shut up okay?Gaara's in the past…or he was since I'm going to see him tomorrow."
-Gaara's a jerk and that is that.He never even called you when he settled down in Osaka!He didn't even give you his cell phone number!-
"Give it a rest!He gave me his number!"
-Yeah…uh-huh…that's why you were hassling your best friend,Temari for it?-
"I'm going to bed,so could you shut it,please?"
-Whatever…-
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Sakura's alarm rang and she woke up immediately.
"It's a new day!"
A big smile formed on her face at the thought of starting out at a new school without worrying about that immature jerk she had met on countless occasions.She fixed breakfast in hopes that she would at least make friends with a lot of people in her class.
"I just hope that I can talk to Gaara too (grin)."
-What makes you think that he'll wanna talk to you-
"Because we've been buddies since pre-k."
-Hm…let's see if that smile lasts long.-
"We will!"
Sakura finished up breakfast,brushed her teeth and pulled on her uniform.Before she knew it,she was walking to school,book bag in hand.
"This day seems so perfect!"
-How much do you want to bet that it won't turn out that great?-
"Firstly,if you did win,how would I give you the money?And secondly,okay,sure."
-Heh…whatever.-
She rushed past the gates of her new highschool and opened the door leading to her classroom,room 10-A.When Sakura walked in,a few heads turned and a whole group of guys swarmed over her.
"Gomen…uh…I have to get to the…teacher."
Inner Sakura: Get out of my way you baka!I need to find Gaara!
She stopped dead in her tracks when a very bubbly blonde boy approached her,sticking out his hand.
"Hi,I'm Naruto."
Sakura nodded and shook his hand.
"Konnichiwa Naruto-kun.When does class start?"
Before he could reply,a blonde girl butted in.
"HI!I'm Ino!"
"Hi…Ino."
"You're that fashion model,right?"
"Yup."
Inner Sakura: (asd)that's the only name people know me by these days…
"Hey,I was talking to her,Ino!"
The blonde boy pushed Ino out of the way,but Ino pushed back,
"Naruto!Just because we're friends doesn't mean you get to make friends with more people than me!"
"Please,Ino-chan,Naruto-kun,stop fighting."
"SHUT UP ROCK LEE!"
The boy who they had screamed at in unison seemed to shrink back into the corner that he came from.Sakura started to get uncomfortable and went to go sit beside a brown haired girl with her hair tied up in buns who was playing darts with a boy with long,black,silky hair.
They both smiled at Sakura as she neared them.
"Hi,I'm-"
"Haruno Sakura.Yeah,I've seen you in a couple of my mother's fashion magazines.Plus,everyone seems to be talking about you a lot."
The girl with her hair tied up in buns had interrupted and smiled at her.
"I'm TenTen,and this is Neji."
Sakura bowed and Neji began to speak,
"I see that you've met Ino-chan and Naruto-kun.They're really good friends,really."
"Yeah,right.You mind if I play darts with you?"
"Go ahead."
TenTen tossed Sakura a couple of darts and let her take a shot at it.Sakura focused all of her concentration on hitting the target and threw the dart.It landed dead center.
"Wow,you're pretty good."
TenTen's smile broadened as she said,"I haven't met anyone who could hit the target on the first try."
Inner Sakura: Is that an insult because she expected so less of me or a compliment?
"Thanks…I guess."
They resumed the game and Sakura ended up tying with TenTen,which surprised Ino-chan and Naruto-kun,who had eventually stopped bickering and watched Sakura and TenTen face off in darts.
"Wow you're really-"
Someone sharply clearing their throat had interrupted them.They all looked up and saw their professor up at the front,about to start the lesson.
"Everyone,take your proper seats!"
Everyone that she had met had bowed and said,"Hai,Kakashi-sama!"
They all took their seats and left Sakura standing quite alone in the corner a the back of the room.She looked around for an empty seat at one of the tables,but the teacher stopped her before she sat down.
"Everyone,we have a new student joining us this year.Her name is Haruno Sakura."
Most of the guys clapped and some of the girls smiled at her.But the person whom she had knocked out at the mall yesterday was there,and she did not look happy.She was whispering to the girl next to her,who was the same girl she
had seen at the mall yesterday who half-dragged her friend out of the store.
"Rika!Stop whispering in class!"
The girl stopped whispering and continued to look at Sakura spitefully.The teacher began to speak again,
"Sakura,you may sit at the empty table near the back of the room."
She nodded and sat in her seat.
'I wonder who my seat-mate is.Maybe it's Gaara!'
-Give it up,hon.Gaara's in the front of the class,do you see him?-
'He is in this class?I didn't see him at all!'
Sakura continued to look for him but her view was blocked by a couple of tall people in front of her.She gave up when Kakashi-sama started writing some equations on the board.When the all equations were on the board,he told them to work on them till their free period.While Sakura was copying the questions down,the door had opened and everyone's head turned to the direction of the door.Sakura,however,was still looking up a the front as she had noticed a mistake in one of the questions.
"Ah…Mr.Uchiha Sasuke.We are more than pleased to have you in our presence.Please take you seat."
But the boy stood in the doorway and both him and Sakura opened their mouths to say something,
"There's something wrong with question 12.It's not solvable. "
They both looked at each other once they heard both of their voices.
"You…"
Sakura narrowed her eyes at the same raven haired boy that she had been in the presence of for the whole weekend.
Sasuke gave her the same cold look.
"Why are you in the seat beside mine?"
Sakura looked beside her and mentally gasped.
Inner Sakura: DAMN IT TO HELL!
"I see that you two have met.Now,Sasuke,please take your seat."
Sasuke pulled out the seat beside Sakura's and gave her an annoyed look.
"Just don't bug me.Your brother does that enough."
Almost instantly,the boy fell asleep and most of the girls started staring at him like he was the most interesting thing in the world.
'Oh my god…his last name is Uchiha,right?'
-Yeah,why?-
'Because he owns the condo building that I live in!He can automatically get me kicked out!'
-No he can not!Just go focus on your questions!-
Sakura sighed and got back to work,but although the raven haired boy appeared to be sleeping,he really wasn't.To his surprise,he had been observing Sakura ever since he had first entered the room.Her vibrant pink hair had caught his gaze almost instantly.The color pink was so annoying to him,and this cute girl,who was the sister of his worst enemy, sitting beside him made pink seem more annoying to him.