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Chapter 3

The rest of the day went pretty okay for Sakura, Except for the part where she screamed her lungs out into Gaara's ear and made him half deaf. She had avoided him the rest of the day after that, Though sneaking glances at him when she was sure he wouldn't be looking. Sakura was currently walking down the hall, To her last class. She had made some new friends, Mainly Hinata,Ino, and Tenten. She had bumped into Ino during lunch and accidently spilled some juice on her skirt. Sakura had apologized repeatedly and offered to go to the ladies room with Ino to clean it up. Ino, at first, looked rather annoyed but obeyed nonetheless. While in the washroom, They had been cleaning the skirt in silence until Sakura finally attempted a conversation. They soon realized that they both had a love for flowers and were very fond of one another since then. Before they knew it, They had become practically best friends. Hinata had come in soon after, with Tenten by her side. She introduced Ino and Sakura to her and they soon became "the group". You know, that kind of "all girls group" where you have all your girlfriends hanging out with you and whatnot? So yeah, Sakura has now made her official gang in the school. Anyways, Let's get on with the story.

"Hey Sakura!"

A voice cut Sakura out of her thoughts of her first day of school, and she turned around, already guessing who it was.

"Hey Ino," She said, a smile forming on her face as she waved at her new best friend.

Ino stopped running infront of her and gasped for air. Placing a hand on her chest, She said,"I've been looking all over for you. Me,Hinata, and Tenten want to have a group hangout today at 5. Want to come?"

Sakura nodded eagerly and said,"Sure, Why would I miss a chance to be with my best friends."

Ino laughed and replied,"I'm glad we met eachother. Even if we only met today, I feel as if we've known eachother for centuries."

Sakura closed her eyes and smiled brighter, Feeling like god had blessed her to have such nice friends on her first day. The smile turned into a frown and then a worried look as she remembered Gaara. That red haired boy who seemed to appear alot in her dreams..Or were they memories?

"Hey, What's wrong, Sakura-chan?", Ino asked, now worried for her friend who had just been smiling a while ago.

Sakura shook her head and said,"It's nothing, Ino. I was just thinking..About things.."

"About boys?", Ino asked, a sneaky look appearing on her face.

Sakura blushed a bright red and said,"N-no, Ino-chan! Not boys.." But she only turned brighter for now strange thoughts appeared in her head like if she liked Gaara or how she really thought Gaara was kind of cute. No! Ino has poisoned my mind! I..I can't think of these things. Argh! Which was true since she had never thought about this before.

Ino smirked and said,"So, Who is it? Sasuke, the ever so popular one? Neji, the pretty boy? Or is it Gaara, the bad boy?"

Sakura flushed an even brighter red, Possibly the brightest red you'd ever see in your life. Ino's smirk widened.

"So it's Gaara, isn't it? Gee Sakura, I didn't know you liked that type. I mean, You're the nice little girl, Why go for Gaara?" Ino mused, Scratching her head and thinking while gazing at the cieling.

Sakura looked at the ground, Completely shocked and could not find her voice. What if Gaara heard Ino? Oh no..If that would happen...

"I-ino..Please, Don't tell him.." She managed to stutter out. "B-but! I don't actually like him!" Sakura was sure that she had no feelings. It was just Ino's crazy suggestions that made these stupid thoughts pop into her mind.

Ino made a "tsk"ing sound and waved a finger in Sakura's face. "Tsh, Yeah right. But fine, I won't tell him. Well, You did say that you didn't really like him right? So why would I go spreading rumors? I'm your friend aren't I?" She said, winking. As Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, Ino leaned forward and whispered in Sakura ears. "But you know, You could just tell me that you like him."

Sakura turned red again and smacked Ino on the arm. "I-ino! Don't joke about things like that! I don't like him," She said, pouting.

"Like who?"

Ino and Sakura turned to the direction of the voice and there stood Tenten and Hinata.

"Y-yeah, Sakura-chan...Who?" Hinata said shyly, tapping her fingers together, feeling uneasy and nosy for asking such a question. Though she was curious so what the heck..

Sakura turned away and said in a quiet voice,"It's nothing you guys. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING." She whipped around with a irritated smile on her face, twitching at the corner of her mouth and a vein popping on her head. Her fists were clenched and looked ready to punch Ino at the moment.

Ino's eyes widened and a sweatdrop appeared on her head. "Uh..Sakura..Chill. Heheh...You don't want to hurt anyone right now..Do you...Not your best friend, Ino..Right?" She laughed nervously and backed away.

Hinata and Tenten also began to back away, Feeling the angry aura surrounding Sakura at the moment.

She sighed and took a deep breath before letting it all out. Part of the anger management lessons she had with Tsunade, her godmother. Shizune, her aunt, had also helped with controling that bottled up anger inside of her.

"Right..Right...Sorry guys, I just kinda snapped there," Sakura said, Now finally calmed down and was scratching her head sheepishly.

Her friends sighed in relief and smiled at her nervously. "Sure, Sakura-chan. Anyways, Let's get to class, We don't want to be late now, do we?" Tenten said, pointing to the clock on the wall.

Sakura nodded and walked with her friends to class. As class began, She tapped her pencil against the wooden desk in boredom, for the teachers here hardly ever gave homework.

"Okay class, My name is Iruka and you can call me, Iruka-sensei. Now, Please take out your math textbooks and turn to page 132..."

Her eyes drooped slightly as the teacher went on and on about math. Sakura had read the textbooks earlier and memorized everything in them. She was a gifted student but she hadn't wanted to go to the classes. I mean, what fun is going to gifted class and not being able to hang out with regular students? Plus, They gave more homework there. Who wants to do homework?

"Psst, Sakura, PSSTT..."

Sakura snapped her head up from the desk and looked around quickly. "Wh-wha..?" She mumbled, Rubbing one of her eyes. She was feeling quite sleepy and had almost managed to doze off until that voice interrupted her.

"Sakura, It's me..Lee. Will you go on a date with me?"

Sakura blinked and thought, Lee? Who the hell is Lee?

She looked at the seat beside her and found a tall bowlcut haired boy with big eyebrows and weird eyes. Weird eyes as in, Freakishly elmo-ish. And..Was that SPANDEX? GREEN SPANDEX. Were students even allowed to wear spandex to school and not the uniform? Apparently so since Iruka-sensei apparently didn't mind. Okay, Well, To fully describe what he looked like, We could use TWO words. Butt. Ugly.

No offense to green spandex wearers.

"Um...Excuse me but, Who the hell are you?" Sakura asked bluntly.

Lee blinked at her response but then this huge grin appeared on his face. "I'm Rock Lee! Konoha's Green Beast!"

Before Sakura knew it, Lee had stepped up onto his desk and was flashing everyone a good view of his spandexy-self, his shiny white teeth, and something he called "the good guy pose".

Everyone gave him a weird look while Sakura looked horrified. Iruka was still staring at him with mouth wide open until he finally realized what Lee did and coughed to get everyone's attention.

"Lee, I advise you to stay off the desk. Desks are for working on. Not for standing on. Please sit down and get back in your seat. Also, Konoha does not allow spandex. Please wear normal clothes tomorrow."

A devastated look struck Lee's face. "WHAT? But...But Guy-sensei said that green spandex looked best on me! He said I looked cute! And..And, He said I could wear whatever I wanted!"

Iruka gave Lee the "Don't-argue-with-me" look and said,"Well Lee-san, I am not Guy-sensei, now am I? The rules say that all students must wear their proper uniforms. I do not care if green spandex looks like a piece of crap for that matter, because all I care is that you follow the school rules. Now please sit DOWN Lee-san."

"B-but..-"

"No more buts."

A devastated silence followed after.

Until…

"HE SAID BUTTS! AHAHHAAHHAHA!"

The silence that Lee had made was broken by none other than, the class clown, Naruto, who was currently laughing his head off over a single word.

"Oh, oh my god, Did you hear that, Sasuke-teme? Iruka-sensei said BUTTS! AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAH!" He screamed, slapping Sasuke in the back, HARD, causing the raven haired Uchiha to fall out of his seat and onto the ground, causing his fanclub to gasp and run over to him to help him up.

Ino shook her head while Hinata blushed brightly, seeing Naruto. Sakura looked disapprovingly at him, though trying to hide a giggle since well, Seeing someone laugh that much made you want to laugh, especially figuring out what was so lamely funny about it.

Iruka coughed even louder into his hand this time. "Naruto-san, I suggest you SIT DOWN."

Naruto stopped laughing and squinted at Iruka through his fox like eyes. "Suggest? Well then, Iruka-sensei, I SUGGEST that you keep your BUTTS to yourself!"

…Which caused even more laughter from him and some from the class. The rest of them just thought he was a retard for making such a bad joke.

Iruka looked irritated and a bit embarrassed as he said sternly,"Detention after school, Naruto."

Naruto again stopped his laughter and whined,"Wh-what? But Iruka-sensei..That's the 43d time you've ever given me detention.."

Iruka glared at Naruto and said,"Even though you've got detention numerous times before, Doesn't mean that I'd stop giving you more. Now, I'll be expecting you at detention."

Naruto was now using his famous puppy dog face and pouted. "But Iruka-sensei...Aren't we friends...? I mean..We're really close aren't we? Cause I think we are..."

Iruka's look softened MAJORLY and said,"Yes, Naruto. You're like a son to me and I'd never want to harm you. You do remember that I always treat you to ramen right..." Naruto's puppy dog face was now replaced by an eager one. "...But that does not mean you are not like anyone else who deserves detention." Naruto's eagerness faded.

A student raised their hand and said,"Ano, Iruka-sensei, I think we've had enough of your bonding moments with Naruto-san here so can you like, get on with the lesson?"

Iruka looked embarrassed and said, "Oh yes, Sumimasen, We'll get started right away."

"Good, cause we just wasted 10 minutes."

Iruka looked up at the clock and a surprised expression appeared on his face. "And so we have. That means there's going to be homework for you tonight!"

The class groaned as Iruka ordered them to flip to another page and started handing out sheets of homework.

Sakura looked lazily at the homework on her desk. Guess I was wrong..They do give homework here.

Sighing, She started reading her math textbook again and went off to Lala land.

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Hm..I kinda liked it..Though it wasn't exciting..I don't know what you think about it but.. Give me suggestions? I can't find my story good if it has no humor in it..But I somehow found this chapter interesting...I just wanted to give the other characters some spotlight...Anyways... I hoped YOU liked it. Please review. x) I'll add more GaaraxSakuraness next chapter!