Updating might get a bit hard for me since I now started school. I just started on Sept. 1, so it hasn't been long. I promise I'll try to update but if I don't, it just means that I haven't come up with anything for the next chapter.
I'm a freshmen, so wh00t. Since I'm now in high school, I might get more work, so don't freak out if I don't update. The lyrics in this chapter, I made up since we're not aloud to put lyrics from a song that is already written in chapters. If any questions, email me.
'' Thoughts
Inner Sakura
'Song lyrics'
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Sakura sighed. 'I wanna go home..'
Sakura stared out the window of her class. Her Chemistry teacher, Yuuhi Kurenai was busy correcting the student's papers, while the students were taking notes that were written on the board. Yuuhi Kurenai was a beautiful young women, at the age with charcoal black wavy hair to her shoulders and piercing red eyes. She has a specialty when it comes to Science.
Sakura had already finished her notes and was now boredly looking outside. Like her, all the students were wearing their uniforms. The girls were wearing what Sakura was, a dark grey pleated skirt, white collared long sleeve shirt with a red tie, red vest above it, and a black collared jacket to top it off, and their white knee length socks and brown school shoes of course. The boys were wearing a similiar attire. Instead of a grey skirt, they had on black pants, the rest was the same.
'I wanna go home..' whined Sakura. 'Yeah! It's so boring here!' Inner Sakura whined as well.
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Meanwhile in Saiyuko High, quite the opposite was happening...
The classroom was noisy, a few paperballs were thrown across the room, and everyone was talking. Well, mostly everyone.. there was one boy who just sat quietly in his seat, his arms perched up; fingers laced, chin leaned against, looking out the window.
Yep, you guessed it. Uchiha Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun!"
Sasuke turned his head to the right. Infront of him was a light blonde-haired girl with aqua blue eyes. Her hair was tied up in a high pony tail with one bang hanging off on the right side of her face. The uniform she was wearing is Saiyuko High's girl's uniform. A short black pleated skirt, that reached about middle thigh, white short sleeve collared shirt with a blue ribbon, and a black long sleeve collared jacket, with knee length black socks along with brown school shoes.
"Sasuke-kun, hajimashite?"
Sasuke remained silent, adding a silent 'annoying' in his head. This 'annoying' girl is Yamanaka Ino. She has known Sasuke since they have started high school together. You can say that Ino is Sasuke's #1 fangirl. She tells everyone that he will one day love her back and be her boyfriend. Ino could be called snobby but unknown to everyone, she does have a kind heart. Ino remembers when she was young, a small girl about her age was being picked on by a group of kids. Ino helped the crying girl and scared the bullies away, after telling her, her name and helping out with the girl's forehead 'problems'. They soon became good friends. But that was a long time ago, and Ino hasn't seen that girl for years, they had only known each other for a few days. But the past is the past, and Ino has moved on. But still, she still carried that kind-hearted Ino.
Only a few know about the kind-hearted Ino. Tenten, one of Ino and Sasuke's classmates, has known Ino for a while. They had met during their middle school years, and known each other till now, in high school. You would think that they are friends, but are really a small aquantice with each other. With their status at school, no one would ever have guess that they would be atleast within a small distance of contact.
(I would like to make a note that the skirt is short on purpose. Some schools have different uniforms, and Saiyuko's have short skirts.)
Ino opened her eyes, and looked at Sasuke when he didn't responded. He had his head turned back towards the window with the same stance.
"Ano.. Sasuke-kun?"
He didn't respond nor moved.
"Sasuke-kun?"
Again, no movement or noise from the boy. The classroom was still noisy, and no teacher had step in yet.
"Sasuke-kun?" Ino tried again.
But yet, yet again, the boy made no responce. His gaze was still out the window.
"Sasuke-kun!" Ino screamed out this time.
"Ino, could be please be quiet."
Ino and Sasuke both turned their heads to face the one who just spoke. It was Hyuuga Neji.
"What?" He asked plainly, slightly annoyed at their stares at him.
'Neji.'
Sasuke just turned away but instead of gazing out the window, he looked up at the clock infront of the classroom. His sensei was late.. again.
"Oh! Neji.. I was just talking to Sasuke-kun, that's all." Ino slightly retorted, knowing Neji is another cute boy but also one not to mess with.
"It doesn't seem much of a conversation to me."
"Ah, well you see.."
"Nevermind."
Ino gave a small 'Eep' at the sound of Neji's voice.
Hyuuga Neji, a boy with long chocolate brown hair tied into a ponytail. But what was really interesting about the boy was his eyes. Neji's eyes were pupil-less, and the color of his eyes was strangely in a white glow. Anyone could be in fear by just looking at his eyes. Neji isn't very social like Sasuke. But that didn't mean that he had friends like Sasuke. His trust, his future, his path, all of it, he believes it that it's all suppose to happen because of fate. Fate is what decides what, and why it happens because it's suppose to happen. That's what Neji believes. Neji is a martial arts fighter was well. It mixes in with his believe that fate controls his life.
But Neji needs to realize that not all things happen for a reason. That fate isn't always that controls nature, controls life. Soon, Neji realizes that fate isn't what it always was. His friends are helping him realize that. From his painful memory, he is starting to heal.
"Neji, quit scaring Ino."
All heads turn to face a girl. She has brown hair in 2 buns on top of her head and brown eyes. It was Tenten. She dodged a paperball that was heading her way.
'He's later than usual.'
Sasuke thought, ignoring the people that are popping up one by one. He thought that maybe now, was a good time to pop out his black iPod and start listening to music while ignoring the people infront of him and waiting for his sensei. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
"Hn." replied Neji, heading back to his seat while using his quick stealth to dodge more junk being thrown into the air.
Tenten sighed. "Always like that.." She mumbled.
Tenten was a good companion to Neji. Tenten is also a martial arts fighter, an excellent specialty in weaponry. She has known Neji for of years, ever since they both went to the same martial arts class. Tenten is a bit of a tomboy, liking sports, mostly training but mostly utterly, hating the school uniform. A skirt.. a skirt! Tenten dispied the skirt, not just because it was a skirt but because it was short! Hell, they could call it a mini skirt! The skirt is all mid-thigh or near the reaching of the knees.
But none the less, Tenten wears the damn thing. But besides hating, what she calls it, 'Someone-must-hate-me-up-there-super-short-evil-mini-skirt', she still has the girly girl-kind-heart. Tenten is loyal, she will help her friends when in need. Call it a girl trait, but that's what girls do. Though, Tenten may not be the perfect girly girl she may suppose to be, she's still a perfect friend. Many compliments have been said that her and Neji would make a good couple. But Tenten would just blush at the thought of it.
"Gomen, Ino. Just ignore Neji."
"Hai."
Meanwhile.. Sasuke was just ignoring everything. Wait.. is that.. is that Uchiha Sasuke staring off into space? No..
Sasuke is right now listening to his black iPod, listening to a Jrock song, his face devoid of any emotion whatsoever. He seems to be spacing out.. Uchiha Sasuke? Nah.. he's probably just staring out the window like usual. Instead of staring out the window, Sasuke just stared down at his desk, his hands and arms in the same position still.
The sound of the Jrock music playing in his ears, and might I mention quite loud but no one could hear with all the talking in the classroom.
'Douzo yoroshiku hajimemashite..'
Their teacher was late, very late.. as usual.
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'I'm free!' exclaimed a very exciting Sakura. 'Yes! Free from hell!' screamed Inner Sakura.
1st period was over. Sakura was bored to hell in that class. All they had to do was write the notes that were on the board while their teacher, Kurenai-sensei, was busy correcting their reports they had just done. Sakura was the first to finish as expected. Everyone else was still busy taking notes.
Sakura was in misery in that classroom.
'It was so boring!'
If you listened real closely, you could almost hear Sakura whimpering in boredom, or the mumbles of 'I'm really bored', 'God, someone save me..', 'Waah.. I wanna go home'.
So Sakura did the only thing she could do, listen to her iPod. Luckily for her, Kurenai-sensei didn't see her take her pink iPod out of her hang. Kurenai-sensei would kill her if she knew Sakura, star student, disobey one of her rules.
The lyrics of the song she previously listened to, still played in her head as she walked to her next class. Creative cooking.
'Wakari masen watashi warosuto desu...'
Entered the classroom of her cooking class. Only a few students have arrived and already wore the aprons they were suppose to wear.
Sakura walked over to the closets and placed her bag, and school jacket inside while taking out the white apron they had to wear for class. After placing her hair into a small ponytail, Sakura walked over to her table and sat in her seat while waiting for her partner to arrive.
Many agree that Sakura is a great cook. She makes wonderful baked treats, delicious appetizers and mouth-watering dishes. But of course, being the modest-Sakura that she is, she denies all statements.
Students began coming in through the door, greeting the teacher and heading over to put their things away. The class was set up in stations. There were 2 rows in the classrooms with 5 tables in each row, seating 2 and if more people. The Cooking teacher, Hitokaki Yuki, greeted the students as they passed by the door. The young women at the age of 27 had faded brown hair that reached down to her mid-back with grey eyes which was sometimes behind glasses she wore when reading the instructions. She paired everyone in 2, making the cooking experience more exciting.
A purple-haired girl came to the classroom. "Hitokaki-sensei, ohayou gozaimasu." She greeted her sensei, and walked over to the closets and placed in her black jacket and took out a white apron like everyone else did. She walked over to where Sakura was sitting, who was waiting patienly for her arrival, decided to look out the window.
The pink-haired female turned her head around and looked up, sensing someone staring at her.
"Oh, Hinata-chan, you're here!"
"H-hai, g-gomen nasai for b-being l-la-ate." replied the timid Hinata.
"Iie. It's ok."
Hyuuga Hinata, known for her shyness. She had short purple lavender-ish hair with bangs hanging out, and her eyes.. a white glow to them. Yes, she is related to Hyuuga Neji, they are cousins. Not many people know of their relationship of being relatives. Unlike Neji, Hinata is more quiet and is timid around others. Hinata stammers alot, but once you get to know her, she still stammers but is more open. She is also a martial arts figher like Neji. But Neji treats Hinata unkindly, thinking that change will not change anything at all. Hinata wants to change and become a better person, but Neji doesn't seem to support that idea. Other than that, Hinata is very kind and will do anything to support her friends.
"Ano.. Sakura-chan, h-have you s-seen Naruto-kun l-lately?" asked Hinata as she sat down on the stool next to Sakura.
"No, not lately. Why? Missing him already?" Sakura smirked.
"Sakura-chan!" Hinata blushed.
Sakura gave a small laugh. "Don't worry, Hinata-chan. I won't tell him, I promise. But you have to tell him soon though!"
But Hinata has another secret. A crush. But not just any crush, Hyuuga Hinata has a crush on Uzumaki Naruto.
"Demo.."
"But what?"
"What if he doesn't like me?"
"Don't worry, Hinata-chan! I'll make sure he does."
That's another thing. Hinata and Sakura have been friends for a while. They've been friends since they have started high school. Sakura had got the shy, timid Hinata to talk. They both became very close, and could tell each other anything. Hinata has told Sakura about being cousins with Neji, though never to have seeing him.
"Yosh! Minna-san, may I please have your attention?" Yuki or Hitokaki-sensei as everyone else called her, was now standing behind her staff infront of the classroom.
Everyone turned their attention towards infront of the classroom and became quiet.
"Arigatou. Today's lesson will conclude on what you have learned last week. Which is basically preparing a dish of your choice but I'll be choosing the key ingredient." stated Hitokaki-sensei.
A bunch of nods reacted to the annoucment. Last week, they had to prepare atleast 1 or 2 dish with a key ingredient they had to use, while making sure all of their skills that they had learn throughout the year was put to use. Cooking is just not about creating food, but learning the nutrients of the food that we are eating.
"I-I wonder w-what-t kind of i-ingred-dient we will be u-using.." Hinata whispered to Sakura.
Sakura shrugged. "Who knows.."
"Ah, I almost forgot. Otouban-san." Hitokaki-sensei said.
A girl with long black hair and brown eyes stood up from her kitchen station. "Kiritsu." At the command, everyone stood up from their seats. "Ki o tsuke." Everyone's back was straight, no one was slouching. "Rei." Everyone bowed to Hitokaki-sensei at the command, and Hitokaki-sensei said, "Minna-san, ohayou Gozaimasu." The students replied, "Sensei, ohayou gozaimasu." The girl, Yumi, called out the last command, "Chakuseki."
"OK! Today, you have to prepare 1 dish, it can simple dish or spice it up a bit. Remember, I give points to creativity and tastes. Your key ingredient is.. strawberries!" Hitokaki-sensei said as she gave the start for everyone to begin.
"Strawberries? Ita! I love strawberries!" Sakura went a starry-eyed at the thought of her 'beloved' strawberries that she would eat.
"Sakura-chan." Hinata called out to the starry-eyed girl.
"Sakura-chan." Hinata called out a bit louder. But still, the pink-haired-strawberry-eyed girl kept spacing out, whispering 'Ichigos.. ichigos.. ichigos..'.
"Sakura-chan!"
"Huh?" Sakura snapped out of her thoughts and turned to face Hinata. "Sakura, we have to start." explained Hinata. "Huh. Oh, oh yeah! Gomen nasai, Hinata-chan."
Everyone was already busy thinking up desserts for their assignment. Some have already started getting out their ingredients needed for the assignment. Sakura and Hinata were still busy thinking about what to make with the strawberries.
"Hinata-chan, come up with anything yet?" Sakura asked, getting frustrated that she couldn't think of anything.
"Iie. We h-have to t-think of s-something s-soon, we're t-timed on t-this." Hinata replied.
Hitokaki-sensei always timed their students, telling them how long they are needed to cook. Today, they had 1 hr and 30mins to cook and still Sakura and Hinata haven't figured out what they wanted to do yet.
"H-how about s-strawberry s-shortcake?" Hinata suggested.
"Nah, some people are already doing that. I want to think of something different."
Already, 15 mins were into their cooking time and they still hadn't come up anything yet.
"Grr. Damn it! I can't think of anything!" Sakura whispered to herself.
'You're damn right! Come on, damn it! Think of something!' Inner Sakura yelled.
Sakura sat down on her stool, and placed her arms crossed on the table with her head down. Hinata, seeing this, rushed over to her side.
"Sakura-chan?"
She received no answer.
"Sakura-chan, it's ok. I-I'm sure we'll t-think of s-something, and if we c-can't, we'll just d-do something s-simple like Hitokaki-sensei said."
Again, the purple-haired teenager didn't hear a responce from her pink-haired friend. Hinata sighed, thinking that Sakura gave up.
"Ah ha! I got it!" shouted Sakura, jumping up from her seat. The sudden eruption caused the purple-haired teen jump back in surprised shock.
"Yes, now I know what to do, Hinata-chan!" Sakura said in full determination.
"Nani?" Hinata asked, still recovering from the sudden eruption from her pink-haired friend.
"I know what we're going to bake!"
"Oh. What is it?" Hinata asked, curiously.
"We're going to bake a wedding cake!" smiled Sakura, happily.
"A w-wedding c-cake?"
"Hai! Think about it! No one really makes a wedding cake unless there is a wedding. So no one would make anything like it in a Cooking class!" explained a cheerful Sakura.
"Ah, that makes s-sense."
"Come on, Hinata-chan! Let's get started." Sakura said as she started to get out the ingredients needed for the wedding cake.
"Demo, Sakura-chan. W-we don't have t-time to make a w-wedding c-cake." Hinata was confused with the pink-haired girl's intention. Sure, a wedding cake would be a great idea and not to mention, an original idea but stacking all the layers will take time. Time, that they don't have.
"Don't worry, Hinata-chan. We'll just do a three-layer wedding cake."
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An hour has passed since then and already, many were done. Sakura and Hinata was just putting the finishing touches to their cake.
"Finished!" exclaimed Sakura.
"Just in t-time t-too." whispered Hinata, as Hitokaki-sensei came over to check on their dessert.
"Hinata-san, Sakura-san, what did you made?"
Thetwo stepped aside, showing their creation to the teacher. The sensei looked back in surprised, as was everyone else.
The three-layered wedding cake was beautifully decorated in white, creamy whip cream from top to bottom. Small pink icing flower with jade green vines designs flowed through the side of the cake. Decorated around it was white cream designs on the edges, and on top of each layer was strawberries dipped in chocolate. White plastic beads decorated around the edges giving it a elegant-wedding-like feeling to the cake.
"Very original. Beautiful designs of the cake, a nice touch." complimented Hitokaki-sensei, taking a look at the cake.
"Arigatou gozaimasu, sensei." The girls spoke, revealed that their cake passed through the creativity part, but there still was the taste.
Hitokaki-sensei took a knife and cut down on the cake. Taking the piece out, you could see the inside of the cake. The inside of the cake looked ofthree layered pieces, and the filling was of sliced strawberries with chocolate on top of it. Instead of using whip cream frosting as the filling, Hinata and Sakura poured chocolate into the cake mixture and then baked it, causing the chocolate to go down at the bottom.
Everyone held their breath as Hitokaki-sensei took a bite out the wedding cake. After a few minutes, everyone awaited of the arrival of their grade. Hmm.. must be interesting hearing someone else fail, no?
"Beautiful designs and delicious. Good job, both you, you both receive an A."
Hinata and Sakura let out their breath. Both were gracious that they passed.
"Ita! We passed, Hinata-chan!" Sakura cheered for joy.
"H-hai." smiled Hinata.
"Yosh! Now everyone, time to clean up your stations and get ready for the bell." commanded Hitokaki-sensei, returning back to her desk.
Groans could be heard in the classroom and murmurs of 'Do what have to?'.
"Oi! That means now!" Hitokaki-sensei shouted.
In a snap, everyone was busily cleaning up their stations before the bell ring.
'It's good to be the Home Ec teacher. You get free food!' Hitokaki-sensei screamed for joy.
Lame ending, couldn't think of anything else on how to end it. Well, atleast this chapter is longer than the 1st chapter. So far, it may seem a bit of a slow start and that it may not be getting anywhere but hopefully soon, it might or err.. it will. This chapter had some Japanese terms which some of you may not know, so at almost every chapter the terms will be translated at the end of the chapter. Also, shoutouts will be answered to a link on my profile page, please check there.
Japanese Terms
Hajimemashite- How do you do?; What's up?
Douzo yoroshiku- Please to meet you
Wakari masen- I do not understand
Watashi wa rosuto desu- I am lost
Yosh- Ok
Ichigo- Strawberry
Hopefully, chapter 3 will be as long as chapter 2.-Lone Sakura