Previous comments included this fic being similar to this other awesome fic called "Once Upon a September" by snowmaiden13. Yes, this fic was inspired by her work but I assure you this fic is going to be a lot different than hers despite SOME similarities.
Chapter 4 - Opposite Attraction (Part I)
Ino was furious with Sakura. Since she came, everything had turned from simply perfect to chaos. One of her faithful followers had told her everything that had happened on the day she was absent.
Her dear Sasuke and the bitch getting partnered together?!
It's not fair!
Sakura had gotten herself all the attention from Sasuke while she didn't even after trying so hard. Sakura had her very own fan club while no one made one for her. She had managed to gain more popularity than her, the most glorious person alive – how is that possible?!
She made her eyes black and now her followers told her she had a detention with Sasuke??
It's just not fair!
It has always been Sakura this Sakura that lately when it should've been Ino this Ino that!
I have to make her life miserable…that little bitch…
A little sinister grin began to form on her lips as a devious plan already began forming in her mind. Yes, she'll start with fan boys first...
"Ughh…"
Sakura today, grudgingly woke up at the noise outside her room and miraculously not by the beep of her stupid annoying alarm clock. In fact, she was shaken up by something even more stupid than her pet rock. Getting up in a very pissed mode, she checked the time which read 6:30 am in the morning.
Inner Sakura: ONLY 6:30 am IN THE MORNING?! WHO DARES INTERRUPT MY SLEEP?!
Looking out her window with a murderous intent, her eyes widened as she saw her one and only fear: fan boys.
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"Hey Sakura!"
"Good morning!"
"It's kind of early but will you please go out with me??"
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Sakura hit herself on the head and wondered how in the world they knew where she lived. Did that damn Sasuke tell them?!
She thought they would start to hate her by now after what she did to them. Well, apparently not.
"Why oh why! God! How could you? I mean thank you for making me outrageously glamorous but that doesn't mean you need to send your army of idiots to me! I never opposed to you! What the hell is wrong with this school?"
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"Ha! Everyone I had a bruise on my stomach that MY SAKURA made during dodgeball!"
"Mine is bigger!"
"I shall cherish this bruise as long as I live!"
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Sakura just sweat dropped at their stupidity and did her usual routine trying to ignore her fan boys outside.
"Psh Yuki, I wish I was you… Well actually I don't but you're life is so much easier than mine!" She said scratching her beloved cat's chin and brought her down to eat breakfast.
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong!
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong!
"ARGHH!! SHUT UP!!"
But her doorbell continued ringing every second after she finished her breakfast and it drove her nuts. Actually CRAZY!
"Aargh I can't stand this anymore!! I'm going to call the police! Better yet THE PEST CONTROL!" Sakura screamed in frustration hoping the boys could hear her. Angrily, she ran upstairs and looked out her window again. It was 7:30 and they were still there.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!"
"You!"
Inner Sakura: Ok, that was a stupid question.
"I'm getting her!"
Inner Sakura: Ok, THAT was a stupid answer.
"I will cherish my Sakura forever!"
Ahhhh what to do, what to do!
Sasuke rode down the road on his motorcycle like he does everyday. It was 7:45 and he suspected Sakura to be walking down the sidewalk like usual. However, she was no where in sight even after he arrived to school.
Where is she? Sasuke wondered going back to his bike. A lost rival won't do him any good. Twisting the handle, he sped off towards her house to see if everything was alright. If he was lucky, Sakura was late today because of bad hair day. When he arrived, his eyebrows furrowed as he saw boys in front of her house and Sakura leaning halfway out her window throwing what looked liked...pencils!
"Here's something that you can cherish forever! PENCILS THAT I USED AND TOUCHD!" Sakura yelled throwing the pencils as far away as possible. "There are only 15 of them so go quickly and CHERISH THAT AND FINALLY LEAVE ME ALONE!"
The fan boys screamed in excitement and all ran towards the pencils like a pack of hungry dogs and started fighting over them.
Now's my chance! As fast as she can muster, she ran out of her house and locked the door so absolutely nobody can go in and raid it. "BYEEE YUKI!! I TOLD YOU THEY'RE IDIOTS!"
Yuuki? Sasuke echoed in his mind curiously as he watched Sakura run past him in a hurry. She seemed to be so caught up with fan boys that she didn't even notice him. How nice…
"Yo Haruno!"
"Sasuke?!" She gasped, still running with Sasuke riding relaxingly by her side.
"Watcha doing?"
"What does it look like bastard? I'm running away." She rolled her eyes.
"Want a ride?" Sasuke smirked in amusement.
Sakura bit her lips and thought about the situation. If she rode with the bastard, she can escape from her fan boys… "Fine."
He nodded and slowed down his bike just so Sakura could easily hop on. "Heh, now you owe me!"
Sakura pushed his head playfully and wrapped her hands around his stomach. "Jerk."
As they arrived, Sasuke parked his motorcycle and followed Sakura to her locker who paused just when she was about to open it. "There better not be anything in my locker when I open it!"
"What makes you think I would actually put something in your locker this time?" Sasuke grinned innocently.
She raised an eyebrow and swung open her locker finding nothing inside just like he said.
"Sakura!"
"Oh no, not again!" She groaned and turned around to see who it was. Did the fan boys catch up to her that fast? No. It turned out that it was Lee carrying a bouquet of flowers.
Inner Sakura: Oh my…
"Sakura I've been looking all over for you. I need to tell you something before you decide to go with Sasuke!" Lee said in a serious tone.
"WHAT?" They exclaimed in unison and grunted mockingly.
"As if." Sasuke muttered.
"Here, this is for you." Lee smiled giving Sakura the flowers while Sasuke eyed them and pretended to be bored.
"Um...thank you Lee. They're really beautiful."
"Really? Thanks! And here's something I made up while thinking of you." Lee got down his knees and cleared his throat before reciting.
"Sakura, Sakura, Sakura,
For you I would give up my time.
Sakura, Sakura, Sakura,
Will you be mine?"
Sakura looked at the mushroom-head boy in shock as Sasuke was trying his super best not to laugh out loud.
"Uh...I...um." She stammered with pink cheeks. She never experienced someone confessing this serious to her before.
"Um…thank you very much Lee, the poem was very…touching I really appreciated it but um...I'm sorry. I still don't know yet…oh look at the time! Sasuke and I really have to go uh...we promised our teacher to arrive there as soon as we can. Um, thanks again!" Sakura quickly gave Lee a big hug and grabbed Sasuke by the arm who smirked at Lee and willingly let Sakura pull him away. He knew Lee was no match for him in anything. Even if they were to fight over Sakura, he would win obviously.
Poor Lee just stood there gaping.
As they got to the second floor, Sakura sighed audibly and let go of Sasuke's arm while slowing down her pace.
"Why don't you just say no and reject him right off the bat?" Sasuke asked.
"I didn't have the heart to and I think Lee-san is really sweet." She answered.
"Oh? You can throw thousands of dodge balls at people like him but you just can't say no?" Sasuke teased putting his arm around Sakura jokingly. "So you gonna hit me now for acting like them?"
"No, because unlike some other people I have a heart." Sakura countered placing her arm around Sasuke's neck playing along.
"Sakura, Sakura, Sakura..." Sasuke mimicked mockingly.
"JERK! You're so mean! Okay I admit the poem wasn't exactly the best in the world but it was still really sweet! I never had someone do something like that to me before. I'm touched…except I'm just not interested in him that's all but... maybe I will gradually." Sakura laughed truthfully.
His arm sure feels warm around me…eh? What am I saying? He's still a jerk whereas Lee is a gentleman. Yeah…a gentleman… I guess I'll just look towards Lee instead...
Sasuke frowned at her statement as he replayed her reply over and over again in his mind. Maybe I will gradually? Maybe I will gradually?! What's that suppose to mean? Does she have feelings for that thick eyebrow?
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"OH MY GOD! Forehead girl! You have gone too far!" A feminine voice suddenly interrupted their thoughts. Sasuke and Sakura quickly let go of each other and turned to see Ino's angry face that was about to explode.
"I-I..." Sakura stammered and turned red.
"Ino, we were just joking around!" Sasuke took over.
"Joking? You never held a girl as long as I can remember whether you're joking of not! And what's with the flowers! Did you give it to her!" Ino cried with tears welling up in her eyes.
"N-No! Lee gave them to me!"
Inner Sakura: What! Is that true? Am I really the first girl he had ever held?
"Whatever Forehead girl! That still doesn't explain why you were so close to him!"
"Chill Ino! We were just joking! And you know why I didn't touch other girls? It's because they're all like you!" Sasuke snapped angrily.
Inner Sakura: Go Sasuke! Crush that Ino-pig!
"Aargh Forehead girl! What have you done to my boyfriend!" Ino exploded stomping towards her.
"She didn't do anything! And I'm not your boyfriend for the last time." Sasuke growled, glaring at Ino.
Inner Sakura: He's actually angry…
"No you are not my boyfriend but you are my fiancé!" Ino shouted, obviously hurt.
Inner Sakura: Ahhh I can't stand this! I kind of feel sorry for Ino. I am going to SO regret this...
"I am so sorry Ino, we really didn't mean it! It was really all just a joke! Don't blame Sasuke because I started it!" Sakura apologized shocking Sasuke. "I promise I'll stay away you're your fiancé in the fu-"
"So it was you! You creep! If you hadn't came here everything would've been NORMAL! HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY SASUKE AWAY FROM ME!"
"Shut up Ino! I was never yours and never will be! If you want to be mad then be mad at yourself! If you really want to know the truth Sakura was just taking the blame and it was I who started it! I could never be with someone as annoying, selfish, and arrogant as you retard" Sasuke hissed.
Everyone from each class across the hall peaked out the door observing the fight. Even some teachers were too but didn't say anything because 'Uchiha' Sasuke was involved in it after all.
"You're lying! I don't know what you did to him Forehead girl but I swear… your life's going to be a living hell once I'm through!" Ino seethed and stomped away to her classroom.
"Come on Sakura let's go." Sasuke muttered quietly. Sakura didn't say anything and followed the pissed man. People made way for the pair as they passed and all was silent. Even people as stupid as fan boys knew to stay silent.
The bell finally rang after they got in and Kakashi came in notoriously late as usual. "Yo, why is everyone so quiet?"
"..." Nobody answered.
Kakashi just sighed know perfectly why for he too had witnessed the fight just like most others did. "Well class…please turn to page one hundred-six in your textbooks."
When recess came everybody hurried out and without thinking Sakura grabbed Sasuke and went to the rooftop.
"Listen we need to talk."
"..."
"We…shouldn't talk to each other anymore." Sakura choked out courageously. As much as she hated to admit it, she had a lot of fun bickering with him and wished it would continue that way.
"Why are you saying this?" Sasuke asked with a stoic expression.
"Look, it's just that you and Ino are fiancés. Ino is right! I can't just butt in all of the sudden and ruin your relationship." Sakura said bitterly. "I feel guilty."
"Goddamnit! Not you too…Why do you care if Ino's my fiancé or not? Her relationship with me were no better than before you cam! It wasn't my choice to be her fiancé! It was my parents, not me!" Sasuke argued angrily.
Sakura just looked away and crossed her arms, "Whether or not it's your decision, Ino is still your fiancé and you can't change the fact! It is not my right to be in both of your way!"
"I don't care if Ino is my fiancé or not." He growled hotly.
"You don't but I do!" Without further words Sakura left the rooftop.
"Idiot…" Sasuke hissed in frustration and punched the wall hard feeling no pain.
"Sakura!" Tenten called out as soon as she saw her pink-haired friend.
"We've been trying to find you everywhere!" Katie cried.
"Look you guys; I don't want to talk right now." Sakura said emotionlessly.
"S-Sakura…did something happen between you and Sasuke?" Hinata asked quietly
"Sort of." She replied coldly looking away. "I'm going home. I feel sick."
"No, Sakura wait!" Tenten stopped her by the arm.
"What?"
"Listen…we've been thinking a lot and well…" Katie trailed off.
"Have y-you ever heard of opposite attraction?" Hinata asked straightforwardly.
"No." Sakura answered with absolutely no interest at all.
"Opposite attraction is when two totally opposite people who hate each other starts getting attracted to each other." Tenten explained.
"So?" Sakura stared at them with annoyance. What were they trying to get at?
"Aargh you're so dense Sakura! Obviously, we're telling you this because we think you and Sasuke are going through opposite attraction!" Katie flailed.
Sakura blinked at them with a blank expression.
Really? Is this true? I'm pissed because I just got into a fight with a person I'm attracted to?
"S-So Sakura…go make up with Sasuke despite whatever things had happened. You might seriously regret it later. We don't want a c-crying Sakura at our heels." Hinata said gently.
I should?...but…I still feel guilty about him and Ino…I wonder…how does Sasuke feel about me?...
Fin
Okay, end of revising chapter four. I was semi-satisfied with the first version of this chapter since I actually found a SLIGHT improvement in my grammar and corniness…not much though haha.
I kind of made Lee act a little bit stupid so I apologize to Lee-lovers out there. I also apologize for Ino-lovers out there, but bear with me. Happy readings, ciao for now.
Revised on April 19,2008
