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there are like a million ways to disclaim! I made it my goal to write a new way every single chapter!
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"YOU ARE SO DEAD MEAT JERK-SAMA!" she yelled ferociously. Every pore in her body is screaming with hatred as she lifted her fist to punch his pretty face. How she despises his smirking face!
'Wanna bet? Big Forehead-chan!' he thought to himself amused. He never bothered with honorifics with other people besides teachers but she was a special case. Of course he will never add the honorific out loud.
Her fist went zooming so fast that he barely saw it move and her punch made contact with his beautiful eye. She removed her hand and a nice red surrounded his beautiful right eye. She had a smug look on her face when she removed her hand. He was totally pissed and he wanted to punch the daylights out of her but he wanted to wipe that smug look on her face even more.
'That felt good! He must hate me now! Oh happy day! Man he gotta be so pissed off that he wants to punch me so hard! Of course I will humiliate him by blocking the punch! Oh yea! This is so good!' Sakura thought smugly to herself. She was so proud that she damaged his pretty face.
"That hurts so much!" he whined mischievously. "You know Big Forehead, that there is a saying that says you hurt those you love and ignore those who you hate. I didn't know you loved me that much!" He said oh so sweetly and innocently but everyone knew better to buy that tone.
She didn't expect that answer! 'No! He was supposed to be so mad! This is….AARGH! HE'S DEAD MEAT!'
"YOU WANT LOVE? I'LL SHOW YOU LOVE JERK-SAMA!" Sakura was ready to punch him again so hard until she heard a shout from a familiar voice.
"Sakura-chan! I didn't know you were in our class! I am so happy Sakura-chan!" a late, loud blond with clear blue eyes came running to her waving and smiling that bright carefree smile.
"Oh great! Just what I need now! An idiot with a loud mouth!" she muttered under her breath.
"SAKURA-CHAN!" he yelled happily in a singsong voice. He really is nuisance! She was in the middle of giving Jerk-sama hell!
"What is it! Can't you see I'm busy!" she snapped at him.
"You busy?" Naruto looked at the direction Sakura is looking at and saw Sasuke with an ugly black eye. "HAHAHAHAHA! SASUKE-BASTARD IS GETTING HIS ASS WHIPPED BY A GIRL HALF HIS SIZE! THE GREAT UCHIHA BASTARD CAN'T HANDLE A PUNCH FROM A GIRL! HAHAHA! THIS IS GREAT! WAIT UNTIL THE SCHOOL HEARS ABOUT IT! HAHAHA!" Naruto went to his seat laughing and scheming to embarrass Sasuke.
Sasuke turned to Sakura seething with anger. It was okay with the class because no one would dare tarnish Class C's reputation but Naruto would do anything to tarnish Sasuke's reputation. He wouldn't hesitate to make a laughing stock out of him.
"Big Forehead! This is war! I swear I'll make your life hell here until you drop out!" he promised.
This is exactly what she wanted. A chance to humiliate Jerk-sama. "Bring it on! Narutaro! No! wait! What was his name again? Narito? Noriko? Norumo? Nemo?"
"Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto!" a voice came from behind her.
"Thanks!" she thanked the voice and turned only to see none other but Kiba. "KIBA! WE ARE IN THE SAME CLASS! THIS IS AWESOME!"
"Wow! You managed to get in trouble on your first day to school! Only two ever did that!" he remarked although he was happy to see her.
"Really? Only two? Who are they?"
"Sasuke and Naruto!" he told her with a grin.
"Che! Did it have to be them! Oh well at least we have something in common!" she said annoyed. "Anyway thanks for helping me out with his name! You are always there when I need help!" she beamed happily at him. Kiba blushed, Sasuke rolled his eyes. He was looking at the two with curiosity.
'When did he help her?' he suddenly was annoyed and angry. 'Now why in hell am I getting annoyed and pissed off? This girl is bad news!'
"Naruto! Let me handle this! I'll show Jerk-sama big time!" Sakura told Naruto.
Naruto beamed over the thought that Sasuke will be having more trouble at a little girl's hands. 'This is even better than telling people about it! This is great!'
"Okay Sakura-chan! I'll leave Bastard-Sasuke to you!" Naruto gave her a thumbs up and a wink. It was corny but still funny. She smiled a bit. It was good to know that she already had people backing her up and she made friends. A kind, fast, and handsome brown-haired boy and a loud, funny, kind yet cruel to his enemies blond boy.
Speaking of friends, she looked around the class but didn't see anyone familiar. 'I don't see my best friend from long ago! Pig-something! Maybe she isn't in this class but in another or maybe she isn't even…here' she thought to herself sadly. The last thought made her heart skip a beat. She really wanted to see her again. It was too painful to think she isn't here because even after all these years she still never forgot the friend who changed her entire life. She was absolutely pitiful back then. So weak…so useless…someone everyone picked on…someone who never got to see anything but the backs of people who are protecting her…always protected never the protector and the dependant. She really was a pathetic person back then but that was before she changed. She blossomed!
flashback
"Sakura you are really not like your name!"
"(name forgotten)-chan! You are cruel! You think I am ugly like everyone else! I have an ugly big forehead!" tears brimmed the pink-haired girl's eyes.
"That's not what I meant Sakura! Don't be so sensitive!" the girl scolded gently. "Hmmm…you are like a bud!"
"A bud!"
"Yes! A bud that is growing but needs certain things to make it blossom. Like water and plenty sun! Right! That is what it usually needs. It doesn't depend on anything but the necessary water and sunshine. It's like you! or rather you are like it! You really don't need anything but self confidence! You aren't ugly and you aren't weak! Why do hide your forehead with your hair? You should be proud that you even have a forehead no matter what's its size! Don't spend your life on petty things but strive for the best to bloom into a beautiful flower! If you are beautiful from the inside then people will think you are wonderful no matter what! And remember I am always there for you. I am right behind you pushing you foreword! Sakura!"
The little pink-haired girl looked at her best friend in the entire world in wonder. She was beautiful, talented, smart and the best friend in the entire world. She was amazing! "(Name)-chan! I don't want you behind me! If you were behind me then what good will it do to you? Or to me? I can't turn talk to you properly or play with you! I want you beside me hand in hand always! And together, we will be the best! Pulling each other up whenever we trip! Right? Don't you think that's better?"
The best friend looked at her pinked-hair best friend. 'She is already blooming and I will watch her grow and help her grow! I want to be the one who will make her change! Only me and no one else!' the little girl was protective of her blooming Sakura and she will always want to be with her forever.
"Yes! Sakura-chan! Together always! Forever and ever!"
The two little girl locked hands and walked together hand in hand, next to each other. They were heading to the garden to play together like always.
end of flashback
Those words echoed in her mind everyday. She thought of herself as a bud that is blooming and now it already blossomed. She became like a big and beautiful Sakura tree that's so healthy and strong!
"AHEM Now that you are done with your quarrelling I would like to start the class if you don't mind." Iruka said in a no nonsense voice that interrupted Sakura's thoughts. "Sakura! You will not argue! You will sit where I have told you to sit!" he told her when she was just about to complain.
"Yes sensei!" they all went to their seats and the class began. Sakura sourly went to her seat and paid the jerk no mind even though she was boiling from the inside. Oh how she loved to punch his other eye to make the right and left eye match! That sounded so nice that her lips curved into a slight smile.
'Now what in hell is she smiling about? Just a minute ago she had a murdering aura around her and now she is smiling like an idiot? Big Forehead-chan really is a weird one!' The raven haired one who is sitting next to Sakura thought to himself. He stole a glance intending to see a scowling face but he saw a smiling face instead.
AFTER FIRST PERIOD ENDED…
"Iruka!" Sakura said in an angry tone. She dropped the formalities when she was angry and also the class had no other person except them. "Why did you put me next to that jerk?"
"It was the only seat!" he said innocently but of course Sakura didn't buy the innocent act.
"You could have moved me somewhere else when you saw us fighting!"
"Yes I could have." He said slowly as if he was deep in thought and sorting everything out.
"So why didn't you move me somewhere else?" she yelled incredulously and her eyes seemed that they are about to pop out from their sockets.
"Sakura! Do you want boys following you and declaring love for you? Do you want girls hating you and annoying you? Do you want to be considered an idiot or an airhead or everything you are not?"
"Of course not but I would just punch someone until a KO when they annoy me or do something stupid! Anyway I am strong and I don't need their approval or whatever to know I am strong! They will know that either the easy or hard way!" she declared.
"Sakura, you forget that you are in class C! The most dangerous class and toughest. The boys and girls here aren't any pushovers! You may have amazing strength and speed but they also have that and believe me when I say if Sasuke wanted to block the punch he would have done so even if it was a bit difficult for him due to your amazing speed and power! He ranks one of the top 5 but not number one. He has to overcome a few difficulties but as soon as he does he will be more powerful than most chunnins and a few amateur jonins! He has an amazing bloodline technique! The sharingan! So Sakura don't underestimate him! He is strong plus if he wanted to hurt you he would even if you are a girl."
"Che! I don't care! He pisses me off! He pisses me off! HE PISSESS ME OFF!" she exploded.
"Don't get mad at me! Anyway I did you a favor! The boys now will be too busy cheering you on to follow you around declaring love and whatever of that sort. I know that annoys you the most but Sakura you are beautiful!" he said it as if it was a known fact. Sakura's eyes just widened in astonishment. 'Big brother Iruka thinks I am beautiful! Am I really?'
"Thank you Iruka for saying I am beautiful." She said shyly.
"Sakura don't forget I am your older brother and whatever I do is for your own good. You are the most important person to me and the only person I can truly think of as a real family. It's true that everyone in this village treats the other person as family but still I don't share the memories I have or feelings with anyone but you. You are like a real little sister to me by blood. I want to make up for the last five years when I wasn't there for you. I want you to depend on me and relax with me. Please even though back then I was a poor excuse for a big brother I know I can't make up for that but please give me a chance again. Open up to me. Depend on me!" he held her as if she was going to disappear in any second if he didn't hold her tight.
He really felt horrible. Every time he saw her scars he felt pain in his chest. He thought of a little, fragile, lonely girl crying in a dark forest from a cut and no one was there to hold her and say it's alright and wash her injury and tell her she could do it. No one to support her and no one to rely on and release her from all the burdens she carries. It pained him. Every time he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He never regretted something in his life as much as this and he never felt this horrible even when his parents died because when he was given another family that was so pure and innocent he let it slip for long painful years and then gave up on that family only to have that family return one day all scarred and cold. Full of hatred and anger growing with no other emotion to extinguish that fire of hatred. He felt lower than a piece of garbage.
"It's okay Iruka. I was the one who left you and brought everything upon me! Don't blame yourself! I want to see that happy smile again not sad face. Come on! Show me a smile!" she told him in a soothing voice. He smiled at her. A weak smile but a smile nevertheless. "That's better! Yikes! I'm late for my next class!"
She left in a hurry and charged through the door to the hallways. "What do I have now? Ah! PE! We have PE in school and Taijutsu training! Cool! PE is for endurance and fun I guess. Builds teamwork and sportsmanship and something of that sort. Hmmm, who is the teacher? Ah here he is Zabuza. Zabuza-sensei! Ok! I gotta move fast or I will be late for my next class!"
I am so sorry for taking so long to update! I feel awful for making you wait so long! My stupid laptop wouldn't connect even when I bought a new card and then when it did whenever I enter this site it would have a 504 gat…blah whatever they call it timeout! Bummer! Plus we had a festival! I was so busy with buying new clothes and accessories and all. Plus all the tests and tae kwon do training plus a healthy diet and workout schedule because I gained weight from eating a lot of chocolate and food while doing nothing but sit and study. What can I do? I LOVE food and food LOVES me! I want food! I guess I am like Miaka from Fushigi Yugi and Goku from Saiyuki when it comes to food! Sigh! It's tiresome and I am barely getting enough sleep! Only 4-5-6 hrs a day of sleep! I am really stressed out but please bear with me! Love you all and please review! It makes me happy and I feel my work is really appreciated. Oh yeah! See when Sakura is trying to remember Naruto's name! She says Narutaru, right! That's my teddy bear's name! Narutaru! I love him so much!
