Bloody Blossom
Konohagakure no Sato
The sun shone brightly, greeting the earth as the day began, not a cloud in the sky. The morning was peaceful, people from the market readying to open up their stalls, early birds already out for business. The sky was blue and clear promising a perfect weather.
Among the people scurrying around the market preparing themselves, a little girl walked passed them not even sparing a glance.
Pale snow white skin, her cold and hard calculating beautiful emerald eyes framed with long lashes, graceful movements that made her seem to be floating on air put even nobles to shame, long cherry blossom locks that passed the small of her back and framed her heart shaped face, A calm and mature air surrounded her yet there was a veiled aura of danger. She wore black skin tight biker shorts that ended up mid thigh a kunai holster on each leg along with the standard knee-length black ninja boots, a long sleeved fishnet shirt beneath a black tank top, and a silver chain around her neck hidden from view with a crescent moon hanging from it.
This girl was Sakura Haruno.
An aspiring genin at the age of twelve who was one step closer to being a true ninja, after all, today is graduation day for the academy students.
She kept on walking as she saw the familiar gates of the Hyuuga compound. A jacket clothed figure standing alone in front, back hunched over and her head faced down as she twiddled with her fingers.
As soon as she came close into hearing range she couldn't help but let a small smile grace her features at the sight of the Hyuuga heiress waiting for her patiently.
"Hinata-chan."
Said girl snapped her head over to the direction of the voice and smiled widely a blush ever present on her cute little face. "S-sakura-chan!" she ran towards the rosette and hugged her arm close to her chest. If it weren't Hinata, any person who dared initiate human contact to the cold pinkette would've been dead by now.
Hinata Hyuuga was one of the few people that Sakura tolerated; no one had ever seen her talk to any other of her classmates other than the pearl eyed heiress. Some of her classmates would always wonder why a strong and capable Kunoichi like her would befriend the meek and quiet Hyuuga. One time a very brave or rather stupid girl insulted the Hyuuga about not being fit enough to befriend the amazing Sakura, in which sakura came into her defense, when the girl asked why she gave the answer to everyone's question:
"Because you are all idiots."
No one dared to harm Hinata Hyuuga after that incident.
"N-ne, S-sakura-chan?" Hinata, as always, was the one to start the conversation, not that she didn't mind she quite enjoyed talking to the girl even though she would answer with less words as possible, as it was the same for sakura, despite her dislike for talking when not essential she quite enjoyed the presence of the Hyuuga, and it was a good practice for her to come out her little shell.
"Hm?"
"W-Whose t-team do y-you think y-you'll end up in?" She asked blushing a little when she saw Sakura's eyes were now on her. "I-I h-hope I-I'll be on y-your t-team." She continued a little hopeful, not wanting to be separated from her friend.
Her train of thought was abruptly stopped at Sakura's calm voice.
"I highly doubt that we'll be on the same team."
"H-huh?" Did she not want to be placed on the same team as me? Hinata thought frowning at the idea of Sakura not wanting to be with her.
"Think about it," She started eyes remained focused in front the road as they walked. "Statistically speaking the ratio of the newly graduated genin from boys to girls are disproportionate, my guess is that we will be split into three man teams, with one girl for every two boys." She finished as soon as they both made a turn.
"O-Oh . . . I-I g-guess you're r-right." Hinata smiled a little relieved.
'I thought she didn't want to be on my team . . . well that would be understandable, after all, she is the top Kunoichi of this year's graduating batch and I'm just a weak and pathetic hardly even a Kunoichi.'
Sakura paused in mid step at seeing Hinata's usual happy face flicker into a form of distress. She frowned and took a step closer to the blue haired girl.
"Hinata." As soon as she looked up her forehead was met with a light flick of her finger. Hinata who looked puzzled at the sudden action looked at the rosette with wide eyes as she touched the sore spot with both of her hands.
"Hinata, don't think of insignificant little things," She scolded lightly her facial expression not once changing thought her voice had a tint of worry as she spoke. "I know you're saddened by the thought of us not being able to see each much anymore." She gave her a comforting pat on the head.
"But that doesn't mean we won't see each other forever." She said and walked ahead leaving a dazed Hinata behind.
"S-Sakura-chan . . ?"
"Hinata, I'll leave you behind." Sakura called out as she made a turn on the next corner.
"H-Hai!" She stuttered and ran over to the girl hastily catching up to her.
They arrived in the classroom the same time as they always did every day.
Meaning not much students were there yet, but seeing as it was graduation day some people actually cared to come to school early, so that meant that they were free to do whatever they liked until their sensei arrives.
The two looked up hoping to find their usual spot empty but of course they weren't, they quickly scanned the room for open seats only to find the closest seats to each other were on completely different rows, but chose to occupy those than rather be away from each other. Hinata took the second seat on the third row while sakura took the fourth seat on the second row, a seat away from a brooding raven haired boy.
"O-Ohayo U-Uchiha-san." Hinata being raised as the Hyuuga heiress was taught manners of a noble that should be present at all times, that meant greeting people even of you don't want to.
"Hn."
Sakura ignored the exchange of the two not really caring who she sits with as long as she wasn't being bothered, she was fine with it.
Minutes passed and the room began to fill in with more students by now Sakura was really getting irritated, seeing as the boy next to her was being surrounded by the noisiest bunch of the class and she slowly found out that this Uchiha-person she was sitting a seat away from was the cause of the daily disturbance that happened in the classroom every single –fucking- day. And here she thought these girls were just plain dumb.
"Oh Sasuke-kun, you're so hot." Squeals erupted from the group next to her.
"Marry me!" Sakura cringed at the sound of their annoying screeching.
She was almost getting impatient it was almost eight and Iruka-sensei has not showed up yet.
! SLAM !
"I MADE IT!-!" all heads whipped to the direction of the loud obnoxious voice only to reveal a blue eyed blonde clad in an orange jumpsuit, scoffs and other unpleasant noises were heard around the room as he closed the door behind him, not seeing any available seats left he took the fifth seat on the second row.
Which happened to be between, the very pretty Sakura Haruno who was also the most popular and cool girl in class who was really awesome because she was a great ninja and had her own fan club which he doubts she even knows about and who was also his longtime crush, and the very annoying, ugly, stupid, ugly, arrogant bastard that is Sasuke Uchiha who also had his own fan club and considered a rookie among the other academy graduates but was really a mean jerk who thinks he's better that everyone.
Despite the hatred he felt towards the Uchiha he plopped himself down in between them blushing slightly as he took a closer look and his crush's face.
"NARUTO YOU BAKA!" Ino Yamanaka, the president of the 'I LOVE SASUKE UCHIHA' fan club growled at the ramen loving boy. "GET OUT OF THAT SEAT! I'M SUPPOSE TO BE SITTING THERE!" She screeched and grabbed his arm attempting to remove him from the chair.
"NO! I WANT TO SIT THERE!"
"NU-UH! I AM!"
"NO ME!"
"ME!"
!BAM!
The room grew silent as everyone stared in shock at the usually silent pinkette. Her hand was balled in a fist and the table was almost threatening to crack.
"Urusai." She said in that detached emotionless voice of hers. "Idiots."
"W-why should we l-listen to y-you?" Ino stuttered out as she put up a brave front. Sasuke-kun might like me more!
"Hmm?" Sakura lazily turned her head to give the Yamanaka a bored look. "Are you seriously going with that, Yamanaka-san?"
"O-OH SHUT UP! EVERYONE IS SICK AND TIRED OF YOU A-ACTING LIKE YOU'RE BETTER T-THAN EVERYONE! Y-YOU'RE NOTHING BUT AN UGLY GIRL WHO CAN'T EVEN HAVE SASUKE-KUN TO NOTICE HER!" She inwardly cursed her stutter but smirked at the sight of the other girls siding with her.
"Yeah! Ino-chan is right! You're nothing special!" The girls started to form a line in front of her desk and Ino who found some courage stepped up and glared at the rosette, their faces inches apart.
"Listen here you little Kunoichi wannabe, I'm the number one Kunoichi in this class, and I'm the one who get's Sasuke-kun, and I'm not letting some ugly pink haired bitch come in here and take both." She reached for the collar of her shirt and pulled it harshly. "You got that?"
In a blink of an eye Ino found herself hanging a few feet above the ground pressed against the blackboard a hand on her neck keeping her in place. Gasps of horror filled the room as everyone eyed the scene with awe and fear.
"Didn't I tell you before?" Sakura asked her eyes darkening with rage. "Do. Not. Touch. Me." She tightened her grip a little more and Ino began to choke clawing on her fingers begging for release.
"And if you think you've got what it takes to be even called a Kunoichi, then your sadly mistaken, Yamanaka-san." She spat her name out like mud that had left an unpleasant taste in her mouth.
A small hand tugged on the end of her shirt "S-Sakura-chan" Hinata walked up to the girl and held her free hand with both
"Y-you s-should l-let g-go o-of Y-Yamanaka-san" She started with a small voice her hands squeezing her hand in a silent plea. "I-Its n-not nice to h-hurt people."
Sakura looked at her blankly before turning back to the Yamanaka who was near the point of fainting. Giving one last painful squeeze she let the girl drop on the floor and made her way back to her seat, Hinata trailing behind silently. Ignoring the looks of awe and hate around her she calmly sat down and nodded her head to the Uzumaki in silent greeting.
Naruto blushed at the action and he smiled back holding the scream of joy he so wanted to let out, why? Because Sakura-chan noticed him!
Sasuke, not liking the interaction between the two muttered out a quick "Dobe."
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME TEME!-?" He growled standing up and glaring at the raven haired teen. For some unknown reason Naruto thought it would be okay to stand up on the desk and crouch down, eye-leveled with Sasuke and start a glaring match.
"Naruto! Stop glaring at Sasuke-kun!" A girl called out.
'Grr. Stupid Sasuke! He ruined the moment! What's so great about him anyway!-?'
During their little glaring match a boy accidentally knocked Naruto's back sending him falling forward.
"Ah! Sorry about that –"
Well it seemed that when Naruto was falling Sasuke had the decency to catch him –not—wherein they ended in a very compromising position.
Lips to Lips.
Fan girls screamed out promising death to the blonde seeing as he 'defiled the lips of their precious Sasuke-kun'
The two separated immediately wiping the remains of the contact away from their lips spitting out in disgust every now and then.
"Yuck! My mouth is rotting!" Naruto exclaimed wiping his mouth off excessively.
"NarutoOoOo . . ." The enraged fan girls called out forebodingly promising pain and suffering for the blonde as they cracked their fists in a harmonious 'CRACK'. The genin turned and shuddered at the angry glares.
Thankfully before anyone could do anything else Iruka-sensei picked the perfect time to make his entrance effectively saving Naruto from a world of hurt.
"Ohayo minna!" He greeted cheerfully. "Congratulations on everyone for graduating!"
"As of today, you are all ninjas," Iruka lectured his face serious. "To get here you faced difficult trials and hardships. But that's nothing. What comes next is going to be far more difficult. Now you are only Genin, first level ninjas. All the Genin will be grouped into three-man squads. Each squad will be lead by a Jounin; an elite ninja.
As soon as Iruka uttered the word grouped into three teams the whole class was already wishing to be placed in the team of the Cherry blossom and the Uchiha.
"We want each squad to have a balance of strength and abilities, so that's how we set them up. I will now announce the teams," Iruka announced, looking over the list in his hands.
". . . Team 7" Iruka started eyes still glued on the list.
"Uzumaki Naruto," He immediately perked up at the mention of his name fingers already crossed wishing for the best.
"Sakura Haruno," Naruto jumped up from his seat and started gloating about being on the same team as Sakura, enjoying the glares that the other boys sent him.
"And Uchiha Sasuke."
"NoOoOo!-!-!" Naruto cried out in despair as he clutched his head and threw his head back in an ear piercing howl.
"IRUKA-SENSEI!" he yelled out to the older male. "Why does a great ninja, like me, have to be in the same group as a loser like Sasuke?" Sakura smirked at his comment.
"Because Naruto," Iruka began running a hand over his face to contain the bubbling anger in him. "Sasuke had one of the best scores of all the graduating students; where as you unlike Sasuke had the worst scores." Naruto's face fell at that last part but continued to listen. "To create a balanced group we had to put the lowest grading scorer into a team with the highest scorer to even in out, this is where Sakura-san comes in." He motioned towards the impassive pinkette who seemed to careless about what was happening around her. "She is the top Kunoichi of today's graduating class, so she was placed with Sasuke, the top shinobi, and you, the worst."
Sasuke frowned and looked over to the pouting blonde. "Just don't get in my way Dobe."
"What did you say Teme?"
"Hard of hearing dead last?"
"WHY YOU—"
"Enough, you two!" Iruka cleared his throat and proceeded to the next teams. "Team 8."
"Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga and Shino Aburame." At the mention of Hinata's name Sakura sent the girl a small glance to see her a bit sad seeing as she doesn't do well with anyone she hardly knows.
"Team 10" Iruka called out. "Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akimichi." He finished as he placed down the scroll.
"After lunch, you'll meet your new Jounin teachers. Until then, class dismissed," Iruka announced.
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