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high school circumstances

Chapter 5

things gained through blood and tears

Turn alarm clock off….

Force self out of bed….

Take a shower….

Change into uniform….

Do hair ….

Grab breakfast….

Get books….

Leave house….

Normal. A nice, simple routine. Everyone has it. We leave our houses; some with parents wishing them luck, and head off to school. Some meet friends, people that they have known for ages. They walk to school together, talking about boyfriends and other facts about their daily life. Most girls probably meet their boyfriends and hold hands on the long walk to hell. Some girls just leave by themselves and meet no one to walk with to hell.

All those people….are lucky. Until a few days ago I, Haruno Sakura, had been one of the few who had silence to hell. Most girls meet their friends or if their lucky their boyfriends. But in the whole world I am probably the only girl who has her own personal escort to hell….

Flashback…

Sakura quickly grabbed her books. She took her sketch pad from the corner desk in her room and placed it in the bag. As she turned to leave Sakura took one quick glance at herself in the mirror. She had spent the last night placing an ice pack to her ankle. It had started to swell once Sasuke had left. In the morning Sakura had bandaged her ankle tightly; the swelling had gone back down. Over the bandage Sakura had placed on a pair of dark black socks to hide it from view.

Once she was sure it was hidden completely Sakura took her bag and left the room. Sakura went to the kitchen, grabbed a piece of toast, and shoved it into her mouth. Sakura took her shoes and pulled them onto her feet.

With one last glance at the house Sakura walked to the door. She pulled it open and headed out. Before she was even out the door frame Sakura stopped in place.

What the hell?

Sasuke stood at the door step. His right hand was held up in front of her face, indicating that he had been about to knock a split second before Sakura had opened the door.

"Hey," he greeted. "You look better now."

Sakura flustered at the comment.

"What's wrong with the way I look?" Sakura spat. "Not to your liking?"

Sasuke smirked and tilted his head to the side.

"Look's like you haven't lost your energy."

Sakura regained her composure and glared at Sasuke square in the face.

"What are you doing here?" Sakura questioned.

"On my route," Sasuke replied.

He stole a glance at his watch and turned to leave. He was half way down the entrance when he called to her.

"We're going to be late if you don't hurry up."

Sakura still stood dumbfounded.

What is with this guy? First he plays mister cold ass, then he's mister knight in shining armor…wait where did that come from!

Just cause he let me draw him sleeping doesn't make him some hero…though he did help me home. But now he's back to being just strange…oh what am I going to do?

"Oh!" Sakura yelped.

While Sakura had been stuck in thought Sasuke had approached her and scooped her up in his arms.

"Hey!" Sakura uttered. "Let me down Sasuke!"

Sasuke ignored Sakura's shouts and continued down the block. After a few minutes Sakura cooled down and stopped yelling loud enough for the whole block to hear her. Instead she focused her attention on Sasuke. He looked pretty much the same. But Sakura felt like something was wrong….or something like that. It was probably just her imagination getting the better of her.

"Hey you're actually quite?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura turned towards his face and felt his gaze turn to her. Their eyes met for a moment, emerald and deep onyx. Sakura looked away and Sasuke followed suit.

This continued through out the whole walk. Sakura would steal glances at Sasuke, thinking about what was wrong with him. Meanwhile Sasuke kept his eyes on the path, but took quick glances at Sakura whenever she got too into her thoughts. Every time they would stare at each other for a moment and then turn away. At the right moment Sakura could have sworn that Sasuke had turned a little red.

Is he…no he couldn't have been. Maybe. But defiantly not.

"Hey," Sasuke muttered. "You should probably get off now."

Sakura looked at him questionably. She slowly left Sasuke's arms. She placed her messenger bag to her shoulder and turned to face him. Sasuke placed his left hand in his pocket and the other, still holding his books, followed the first. He turned his face to the ground and started to walk towards Sakura.

Every step that he took was very slow. It was almost as if he was savoring every moment. Sasuke stopped just next to Sakura. Their faces were just inches apart. Sasuke kept his face to the ground as he spoke.

"It's for your own safety."

He continued walking to the school's entrance. Sakura paused for a moment. After a moment Sakura let out a breath that she had been holding in for some time. Slowly Sakura turned to face the school and looked after Sasuke.

As he walked on Sakura couldn't help but look at his backside. At first glance it looked powerful and protective; nothing could penetrate it. It stood noble and strong but it had one little weakness. His backside hid something…truth.

Sakura started to walk to the school behind Sasuke. She sped up her walking until there was almost no distance between them.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke kept his eyes ahead and his face low.

"If you keep following me than you'll find out soon enough."

Sakura didn't stop walking but increased her pace at his comment. Sasuke looked at her with an unreadable expression. Sakura smirked at him and continued onwards.

"I can't wait to find out."

End Flashback…

Sakura grabbed her bag and headed out of her room. She took her books and stole a quick glance at her sketch book. Every day after classes she had been putting all her effort into the art work. She had finally managed to finish retouching the outlined image and now had to blend the colors, which would take most of her time and energy. But it was well worth it; she really wanted to finish it. Sakura placed a white sheet over the drawing and headed out to the kitchen.

Wow. I think I'm actually running early today. I might actually have time to grab some juice too.

Sakura popped the fresh piece of toast in her mouth and headed to the fridge door.

DING DONG!

Damn it.

I can never make it there and back.


Maybe he can work with out fuel in the morning but the rest of us normal people can't.

Sakura headed for the door and made it before the second ring.

"Listen Sasuke…

"Get here later," Sasuke finished. "If I get here any later we'll be there after Kakashi arrives."

Sakura scowled.

New goal in life…beat Sasuke to a pulp before homeroom.

Sasuke smirked and closed the door behind Sakura. Sakura followed him as he walked to their usual path. They walked through the path in silence, which was perfect bliss for both of them. When they arrived at the school Sakura stayed by Sasuke's side. Ever since the second day of school Sakura had followed Sasuke to the building.

They entered the shoe room and went to their individual lockers to get their shoes. Sakura went to her locker, turned the lock and opened her locker. She reached in took her shoes and traded them with her sneakers. Sakura placed her right foot in the opening of the first shoe and pushed it into the sole.

"Ouch!"

Sakura felt a stinging feeling at the bottom of her foot. Sakura tried to pull it out but felt even more pain in her foot.

"OUCH!" she cried even louder.

"Sakura?" Sasuke called. "What's wrong?"

Sasuke walked over to her and knelt beside her. Without waiting for an answer he looked at her foot. He gently tried to pick it up which only made it hurt more. Sakura winced and could feel tears brimming her eyes. Sasuke looked towards her other shoe and lifted it up. He turned it upside down and shook it. Instantly a few shape pointed objects fell out; tacks.

Sasuke's face grew tense as he looked at the ground. Sakura looked at his face and instantly grabbed his arm. Sasuke turned to face her and looked at her foot.

"Guess you can't walk huh?" he asked.

Without another word Sasuke placed his hands under Sakura's legs and behind her back. Slowly he started to rise and avoided touching her foot. Sasuke headed out of the locker room and down the hall. He turned the corner and passed the gym doors. After what seemed like and eternity Sasuke stopped in front of an oak door.

Sasuke shifted his hands and opened the door. The room was empty and very….white. The floors, beds, and tables were all white. Sasuke slowly placed Sakura on a bed close to the door. He placed a pillow under her foot and leaned down.

"Ok," he started. "This is probably going to hurt but try not to scream or anything."

Sakura nodded. Sasuke held out his hand for Sakura to grasp and placed the other on the sole of the shoe. Sakura took his hand and closed her eyes tightly. The next moment Sakura found herself holding Sasuke's hand tightly. Her foot was enveloped in pain. Sakura bit the bottom of her lip until she felt some disgusting liquid; blood.

Sakura slowly opened her eyes. Sasuke was holding her shoe up against her foot. He glanced from her face to his hand. Sakura realized that she still held his hand in hers and let go. Sasuke walked over to the supply cabinets and took some bandages along with some type of creamy liquid.

Sasuke gently pulled Sakura's sock off of her foot and Sakura looked away. Sasuke took some water on a towel and gently wiped away the blood from the area. Then he used some of the cream to wipe along the edges. Afterwards he unraveled the roll of bandages and started twisting them around Sakura's foot. After he was done Sasuke stood up and held out his hand. Sakura took it and started to get up from the bed.

Oh damn. It hurts!

Sakura dropped to the ground but didn't hit it. Sasuke caught her just before she hit the ground. He placed his arms just as he had done before and picked her up. Sasuke slowly walked out the door and back towards the locker room.

He placed Sakura on a bench and bent to the ground. He picked up her books and placed her shoes onto her feet.

Arigato Sasuke-kun.

Sasuke than picked her up again and headed out of the room. Before he left Sasuke turned towards a row of lockers and glared menacingly at them.

But wait someone must have done this…damn. I have to find out.

I will make them pay dearly. But I did get to spend some time with Sasuke-kun…but I will still kill them!

Nothing is fiercer then a woman scorned!

Hell yeah!

Mean while someone stepped out from behind the lockers. The figure stared on as Sasuke headed to their homeroom. The figure clenched their fists and gritted their teeth.

"That bitch…that bitch will pay."

Authors note

few...a lot of blood. i almost didn't write this chap but did on a whim. please tell me what u all thought. i'm tryin to beat every chaps reviews with each new chap i add...so help me do it! and tell me who u think the figure is...if u don't know...than u don't watch the show or know me! every review gets me closer to updating...lets beat 15 reviews from the last chap!