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'Words that should be enunciated (spoken/read with more force or emotion to be able to express emotions better, in a way)'

'SAME AS ABOVE, BUT WITH EVEN MORE FORCE THAN THAT.'

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Chapter three: Enter the Snob


"Don't you know it's rude to stare, Sakura?" Tenten walked over to me and Ino, panting slightly from her vigorous workout. "Oi! Earth to Sakura! You still there? The light in the attic still on? Or did you suddenly become paralyzed from the neck up or something…"

"Huh?" I looked over to Tenten, "You say something?"

She rolled her eyes, "You were staring Sakura. It's rude to stare at someone."

Ino recovered from her fit of the giggles. She straightened up and gave a wave to the boy, who nodded back and continued talking with Anko.

"I thought this was an only girls class." I gave a questioning look to both Ino and Tenten.

"It is an only girls class, but some of the guys who have spare time this period like to come and talk to sensei about their training. He's probably asking about warm-up drills or something."

I gave Ino another blank stare.

"Anko teaches both the girls and guys weapons classes, as well as supplies as a sub for the other teachers when they're sick or something."

I snickered, "Well I'm sure the guys must loooove that. Being taught how to use weapons by a—"

"Actually, she's a really good teacher," Tenten butted in. "And if any of them don't respect her, they learn soon enough."

"Why—"

"Because if they don't, she spars with them. They all end up getting knocked on their sorry little asses, so it's more of toying with them than sparring for her…Although there are some, like Naruto who just refuse to give in and let her teach."

I laughed. Naruto was exactly the type of person who would do that. Though his ego had been broken many times, it probably just kept coming back because of his stubborn mind. "So…Who was that guy talking to sensei?"

"Uchiha Sasuke." A voice came from behind me. A girl slightly taller than myself, but not quite as tall as Tenten stood there. Her long, light purple hair was tied in a ponytail like Ino's, probably for the lesson. A layer of bangs fell over her forehead reaching just past her cold aquamarine coloured eyes. She grinned evilly, "My boyfriend, and don't you dare stare at him, noob. I'm Suzume Shitahe by the way."

"Oh, hey shit-head." Ino didn't seem phased by the girl's attitude in the least. I, on the other hand was thoroughly pissed off. What kind of guy in the entire freaking world would choose to date someone like that bitch? Suuuuure, she might be pretty on the outside, but no amount of makeup could cover what was obviously under her evil, white skin. I felt my hand clench into a fist, ready and willing to smash her face in if she said anything else to offend me.

"Did someone shove another stick up your ass or something?" Ino looked at Shitahe, hands stuffed into her pockets.

I laughed inwardly, hand still clenched. Shitahe was exactly like this girl who I used to know…and didn't like very much, mind you, in my old school. A bossy, prissy snob that thinks the whole world revolves around them. Although back then, I'd still really been at the age where boys ran around with cooties and wearing pink frilly things was still considered "in".

And although I knew my parents didn't like me judging people off of first appearances (they went by the rule "don't judge a book by it's cover"), being in Shitahe's presence for about two minutes had already given her a spot on my 'ten people to loathe' list.

Shitahe sniffed at Ino. Then she gave another evil smile, "Well at least I have someone to go to the dance with, unlike you, Ino-pig."

"I do to!" Ino blurted out without really thinking; she wasn't the type to give up on things so easily.

The lavender-haired girl flittered her mascara coated eyelashes at us, "Oh reeeeally? Who? Your teddy bear?" She laughed, and then said in a fake baby voice, "Mr. Giggles?"

Tenten turned a laugh into a snort and covered her face with her hands as if coughing. Whoever 'Mr. Giggles' was, I didn't think too many people knew about him, but Tenten was obviously one of the few who did.

Ino's face flushed a bright cherry-red colour. "Noooo…" She protested.

"Then who?" Shitahe smirked, ready to enjoy her victory.

I could tell Ino was furiously going through a list of boys in her head. "Shkmru…" She muttered.

"Sorry, piggy, didn't hear that last thing."

"Sh-shikamaru" Ino stuttered out the boys name with almost as much of a tremor as Hinata's voice normally had.

Shitahe cackled, "Pinapple-head? Pfft, I'm sure you and him will enjoy your time there…on the buffet table! Piggy with pineapple on the side!" She giggled, but her giggles soon turned into full scale laughs. She hugged her arms around herself, cheeks red from cackling, although to me it sounded more like some kind of forced, pain-induced snorting.

insert cricket noise here

No one laughed along with her. I snickered in my mind; it was a pity she hadn't known that she was laughing alone a little later. Maybe her embarrassment would have shaken some sense into her. Instead she merely went 'ehehehh…' and stopped laughing.

She walked stiffly off, leaving a red-faced Ino and several smirking people in her wake. Perhaps being the most popular person with the best boyfriend in the Academy wasn't necessarily a good thing. Whoaaaaa there Sakura! Best boyfriend! I mentally slapped my self several times. Bad thoughts!

Ino slapped a hand to her forehead. "Ugghhhhh…What have I done?"

Tenten rolled her eyes, laughing a little. "Well it is your fault for getting carried away again. And it seems that shitty's given you a new nickname, huh?"

I laughed at her last comment, but was curious about the one before it. "Again?"

Tenten smirked, "The last time it was stupider. Shitahe was all full of herself and her new dog, this ugly little Chihuahua. She kept saying how cut it was, and that its breed was the rarest in the world, and Ino said that her Bald Chinese Feng Shui was better."

"What the heck is that?"

"Don't ask…I think she made it up, huh?" Tenten looked over at the blonde, whose face was still covered by her hand. Perhaps she was trying to strangle herself. Ino nodded, and Tenten turned back to me. "She ended up getting out of it…by shaving Akamaru."

"She shaved Kiba's dog! And he let her!" I snorted. As if.

"Well she did have to bring him loads, and like pay for Akamaru's feeding and stuff for a really long time."

"I HAVE TO WHAT!"

Naruto choked and started gagging on a piece of dango. Jin slapped him on the back until he coughed it up. He looked at ared-faced Ino, disbelief in his watering eyes.

"WHAT!" Shikamaru made an exasperated sound and slapped his hand to his face—exactly the same reaction Ino had had. "Innoooooooo…"

Tenten grinned at me, "I told you he'd do that," She whispered.

I scowled, forking five dollars out of my sleeve into her waiting palm. From what I knew from everyone else, Shikamaru was the smartest person around, but to someone who knew him for as long as Tenten apparently had, he was as easy to read as a book.

"Please? Just for me, Shika?" Ino gave him a puppy face.

He frowned, "So troublesome…"

"Please?"

"Fine."

"Really? Ohmigosh thank—"

"You cannot ever again call me 'Shika'."

"Agreed." She gave him a happy smile, patted his ponytail and flounced out of the hall before he could demand anything else of her.

He rolled his eyes. "Typical Ino…"

I laughed at him. He seemed so…hopeless. Maybe he was still the type who thought everyone of the opposite gender had cooties…but I could tell he would do anything for a friend. A thought came to mind, "Tenten, what's so important about this 'dance' thing anyway?"

She smiled, "I'll tell you later tonight. We're gonna be late for Geo." And with that, I once again found myself dragged down endless hallways and across large rooms to reach the classroom. I found it hard to believe Tenten had ever memorized where all the classes were.

"Hi Jin!" Tenten waved to the tall orange haired girl, who returned the wave and patted two empty seats next to her. I followed Tenten down the rows until we reached the seats that Jin had left empty for us. Kaida sniffed my hair before burrowing back into Jin's pouch for him.

Jin gave an evil giggle. "New teacher this year, Tenny. You know what that means." I could almost see 'evil planning' written across her forehead.

Tenten snickered. I crinkled my nose at them. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"We get to break him in."

DINGDONGDING

I could see the entire class leaning eagerly towards the door at the front of the room that the teacher always seemed to enter through. My eyes scanned the class room on both sides. Every single person was looking at that door. Then I looked beside Jin.

My face paled. It was that Sasuke person! He looked bored, but all the same, was still intently staring at the door. I know Tenten didn't like me staring, but I just couldn't help it. His onyx eyes were like pools of black liquid, and I was trapped, drowning in them. I felt eyes on the back of my head. Turning, I met the aqua eyes of one of the people I'd have wished I'd never met.

Shitahe drew a slender white finger over her throat, and mouthed to me, "You're dead."

I rolled my eyes at her, and turned to stare at the door like everyone else. I grew bored, switching my eyes to the clock. 3 o'clock…3:01…3:02…I felt my eyes grow droopy, and I rested my head on my right palm. Out of the corner of my half closed eye, I could see the door open and close.

A man stood there, running a hand through his grey shock of hair. He walked over to the teacher's desk, and then looked at the class. I stared at him. He was funny…looking…His left eye was covered by a sweat band, and he wore a mask on the bottom half of his face, leaving only the right eye exposed to the rest of the world. "I'm Kakashi-sensei, your geography teacher. And if you could be kind enough to open up to page 10 of your textbook, we would be able to begin the lesson."

He put his feet up on the desk before him and lazily flipped through the book, apparently not awkward at all with the fact that he had over 30 new pairs of eyes staring at him, and he was supposed to be teaching.

I saw Jin frown at him, her amber eyes narrowed in distaste. Apparently education wasn't something to be bent when it came to being taught properly. I elbowed her, "Come on, don't be so mean to a new teacher."

"That's not the problem," She hissed back at me, opening her textbook to the required page.

"Then what the heck is!"

"That's no new teacher." She flicked a piece of candy into her mouth, pulled out of some unknown pocket in her shirt. "That's the old home economics teacher from last year."

I felt my eye twitch yet again. "Home economics! Didn't that class like…die a couple of hundred years ago? My grandma used to take it! No one in my entire old school even knew what it was!"

She gave me an odd stare, "This place isn't your average school, girl. And don't have you have it on your schedule anyway?"

I shook my head, having memorized the names and times of the classes perfectly. Jin poked Tenten on the shoulder.

"Oi, Tenny, don't you have home-ec?"

She thought for a minute, and then nodded. I looked at her, frowning. "Yup, but not till like 1:30 tom—"

There was a weird sound, like some kind of vibrating, and then the weirdest song I'd ever heard began playing;

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.

"OH SHIT." Tenten grabbed her knapsack and groped around inside it, pulling out a vibrating, noisy cell phone. "Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap…"

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

The entire class had now focused it's attention on a red faced Tenten—including a very startled sensei. I started off giggling, but I couldn't help it. Soon I was laughing like I hadn't a care in the world. First Tenten's shocked face, and then the absurd look that Kakashi-sensei had on the only visible spot on his face…it was too much for me. Jin laughed along with me, her husky voice sounding almost like an odd cough more than a laugh. She jabbed her finger on the off button; the freaky song stopped playing.

Tenten's face grew redder, but I could see the corners of her mouth up-turned in a smile. Then she giggled slightly, still embarrassed. I looked at Jin, and made the mistake of once again looking too far beside…right at Sasuke.

Though his mouth wasn't very happy looking, his eyes laughed along with us. He wrinkled his nose at me, and then returned to reading the textbook, a small grin on his lips.

"AHEM." The laughter ceased immediately, though out faces still showed the tell-tale signs. Kakashi-sensei frowned at us, his visible eye blank and annoyed, although I swore I could see a smile beneath his mask.

I heard a snicker from behind me, and when I turned around, I could see Shitahe mouth the word 'Immature' to the lavender haired boy beside her. They were obviously related, as I saw him look at me, that same evil expression in his cold eyes.

I ignored his look; I wasn't going to let people like that affect me anymore then they already had. I was fed up, and annoyed…but actually no longer cared. I opened the textbook to page 10. Oh woohoo. Now we're learning about the shapes of the countries…I gave Tenten a bored look, resting my head on a hand once more.

I awoke to the poking of a sharp object on my shoulder. I opened one tired eye at the clock. It read 3:50 pm. I slapped a hand to my head; I'd slept right through geography! I looked back towards my left side again; where the poking had come from.

Dark onyx eyes looked back at me, on eyebrow raised. I noticed Jin was gone, no longer sitting between us. "Your name's Sakura, right?"

I nodded.

"I'm Uchiha Sasuke. You fell asleep, and Jin told me to wake you two up before class ended if she wasn't back."

Us…two? Well if Jin was gone…that meant…I looked to my other side. Tenten's head rested on her desk, an opened textbook propped up to hide her face from where the sensei sat. I gave her a sharp jab in the stomach. She made a funny noise and jerked away, rubbing her belly where my finger had poked her. She looked at the clock.

With a yawn, she muttered, "Thanks for waking me up…" and put the text book flat on her desk, tired eyes staring at the blackboard.

"It wasn't me. Sasuke woke me up, and then I woke you up." She gave a surprised look to me.

"Where's Jin? She's usually the one to wake us all up!"

I shook my head; how would I know where the orange haired ferret owner had gone? I turned back to Sasuke, who I noticed was still looking at me. (I blushed slightly when I noticed this.) "Do you know where Jin went? Tenten wants to know."

He shook his head, blue-black bangs swishing in front of his face as he did so. "I think she went to a guidance appointment or something. No clue, really."

His voice was husky…sort of like Jin's, but in a much more masculine way. I found myself staring at his eyes once again…as if willing myself to fall into them or something. Bad Sakura! Bad bad BAD! I forced myself to look away, and purposely kicked my desk…hard. I could feel him looking at me, but I forced myself to look straight ahead.

I lay awake that night, staring at the ceiling. So much had happened…this was only my first day here! I smiled a little, listening to Tenten snore. I'd made friends…and an enemy for that matter, but that didn't really matter. I turned over and stared out the window. The moon shone brightly tonight…almost a full one if you asked me. The trees were pretty; just starting to turn those awesome colours that only come out at this time of year. I was going to enjoy my time here, and I didn't care who was going to try and stop me.


Sorry if the ending sucked…

You know what? I just noticed that I'm on chapter three and Sakura's still on her first day at school! Stupid, stupid, stupid Citree slaps self Oh well, I promise the next chapter will have time go by more quickly smile and fluffy sasusaku goodness :D

Q: How can that happen if he's going out with someone?

A: You'll see :)

Q: Is Shitahe's name supposed to mean anything?

A: Aside from being an easy way for me to give an evil character a bad nickname, nope. So I guess it doesn't mean anything?

Reviews are greatly appreciated (and I know I wouldn't normally put something like this in) and because I tried to make this chapter slightly funny (I'm more of an adventure writer than funny) so I'd like to know what you thought of it.

Haha, if any of you know the song Daiten Karen by Morikubo Shoutarou (yes, the dude that does Shikamaru's Japanese voice sings things) it inspired most of this chapter. That was completely random and out of context, but whatever.

Citree