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Chapter 1
"What do you mean? New students? How many? Are there any males?" Sakura overheard Ino's conversation with Hinata and groaned.
"How much do you wanna bet they moved here to see us?" Naruto whispered to Sasuke as he watched Sakura out of the corner of his eye.
"Hn. Who cares? It's not like we're gonna care anyway."
"As talkative as ever, Sasuke," Sakura grinned, getting a playful punch in the arm from said man.
"Like you can talk, you hate interviews and then when you get them, you just sit there smiling, charm the camera crew and then escape," Sasuke said smirking.
"Hey, at least I don't wink at the female interviewers to make them flustered so they embarrass themselves on TV," Sakura said acting defensive.
"Hey, calm down pinky, no need to make a scene. You never know when the paparazzi are watching." Sasuke's smirk got even wider when he saw his pink haired best friend start to turn red with anger.
"UCHIHA!" Everyone in the classroom turned just in time to see the great Sasuke Uchiha get pummelled to the ground by Sakura.
Hey! Hey!! You two, quit it. At least act civilised. And Sasuke stop baiting Sakura, you know her anger span is tiny. She's got an –" Kakashi didn't get to finish as he suddenly got pushed to the ground and sat on.
"What the hell?" Kakashi exclaimed as he felt pressure on his back.
"You know Kakashi, I would've thought that after 1 and a half years of living with us and 5 years of knowing us you would've realised not to say she's got an anger problem." Naruto laughed as he pulled Sakura off of their sensei/guardian. Kakashi had developed a liking to them as soon as they entered his classroom at Konoha High. He had been their homeroom teacher all the way through high school.
"Yeah, apparently they're siblings. Two males and a female. The female is apparently 20, but got held back 2 years because of her bad language and attitude. Her name is Temari. The two males are Kankuro and Gaara. Kankuro is 19, but got held back a year because he always groped the female teachers and molest his female peers. Gaara is the same age as us." Everyone sat in awe as they listened to Shikamaru talk.
"Shit Shika, you need a life. If this is how you pass your time you really need to get a girlfriend." Ino snickered, hitting shoulders with him playfully to show she was kidding.
"I just do research Ino," Shikamaru answered haughtily, promptly going back to sleep.
"Why are they changing schools in the middle of Yr 12?" Kiba asked, picturing the new girl, his imagination running wild.
"Gaara got into a big fight and nearly killed the guy's he was fighting," answered Shikamaru, his eyes still closed.
"Sounds like a charmer," Tenten grinned. Tenten, Neji and Lee were a year older than the rest of their friends, but asked to be held down a year in year 8 so they could stay with their friends throughout high school.
"Wait a minute here, 'guys' as in plural? That Gaara dude was fighting a group of guys and nearly killed them?" Sai asked in disbelief, but his face not showing anything. It was the way he was brought up.
"Yeah, apparently he is the real tough guy," Shikamaru said, his head still on the table.
"God, we have enough of them already," Ino said with a huff, looking towards the three surfers. As if she had known Ino was looking at her, Sakura turned around with a glare.
'Eep', Ino quickly averted her eyes as both Naruto and Sasuke looked at her too.
"Hmm, I don't really think I want to meet that Kankuro person", Hinata said quietly.
"Yeah, he sounds fishy to me," Tenten agrees leaning back on Neji's arm as he put his arm around her.
"Don't worry, youthful Tenten, Neji and I will be there to protect you," Lee said with an eye burning smile and pose.
"Err, I'd take that pervert on any day over being rescued by two egotistic men." Tenten said with disgust as Ino burst out laughing and Hinata let out a few giggles. That comment even brought a smile to Sakura's face. Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi and Sakura had been listening to the group's discussion with open ears.
"Hmm, two new dudes, huh? I wonder if they will be anything like the assholes we already have at this school." To emphasise her point, Sakura pointed at a group of boys who promptly started leering and flexing their imaginary biceps when they saw her looking their way.
"Hn," Sasuke looked a bit offended at her comment, but said nothing. Sakura, noticing his expression, immediately grabbed his cheeks and said in a baby voice,
"Aww, don't worry Sasupoo, you're an exception." Sasuke shoved off her hands with a blush as she cracked up, tears of laughter trailing down her face. Kakashi chuckled at their actions and Naruto was rolling on the floor laughing.
"You know she meant you too, dobe!!"
"Don't call me dobe, teme, you – huh, what? Sakura-chan?" Naruto stopped laughing and pouted at his only female best friend, who was still laughing mind you.
"Don't –giggle- worry, Naruto –chuckle-, it excludes you –gasp for air- as well, and you too Kakashi." Sakura tried to slow her breathing down as Kakashi walked back to his desk grinning, but no one could tell because he had his face mask on.
Everyone turned to the front as Kakashi started talking. When Kakashi talked everyone shut up. It was common knowledge, because is you didn't… well, let's just say Kakashi has great torture methods without actually touching the person.
"Now as you know, three students will be joining Konoha High. They come from Suna Academy and, as you also know, one of them got kicked out of there, so they all moved here. I want you to be as nice as possible, that means no glaring Sasuke, no pranks Naruto, and no attitude or punching Sakura. Forget what you've heard about them and just judge them as you get to know them." Kakashi finished, looking at his three lodgers in particular. Sakura's hand rose in the air, "Yes, Sakura?" Kakashi sighed, knowing it was something smart.
"Can I kick them instead?" Naruto chuckled and Sasuke smirked at their friends comment.
"No Sakura, no physical contact at all, at least none that will hurt them."
"You're no fun Kakashi," she sighed grinning slightly. Everyone listened to their conversations with interested expressions. Everyone had grown accustomed to those three's' way of never saying –sensei at the end of their teacher's name. Everyone knew about them living together with Kakashi as their legal guardian, but figured it was because their families were living elsewhere, not because they were dead. No one knew about their pasts, they made something up about Kakashi being an old family friend and their own families living in Kiri(Naruto), Suna(Sakura), or even in Sasuke's case, away in America on business. No one thought about the fact that their families had not been back to visit them in so many years. For Sakura it was 2 years, for Sasuke 10 years and for Naruto his whole life. No one put two and two together when a man named Itachi Uchiha was arrested for the murder of Mikoto Uchiha. Those who thought about it just figured Uchiha was a common last name, but of course it wasn't. Not at all. And then when everyone heard about the Haruno murder that left a girl orphaned, they just figured it was someone else's parents with the same last name. Everyone was too Naïve to notice, to care. Everyone but Kakashi… and the new guy, Gaara Sabaku.
Kakashi was just finishing the roll when the school's secretary, Shizune, walked in. Kakashi's face (or at least what was seen of it) hardened as he faced the nervous woman.
"State your business and leave," commanded Kakashi coldly. Sakura always noticed Kakashi's change in personality when Shizune was around, as did Naruto and Sasuke. They had tried to ask, to weed it out of him, but even when he was drunk, Kakashi didn't budge. Just one of the many great Hatake secrets.
"S-sorry for d-disturbing y-you, K-Kakashi, b-b-but–"
"Spit it out already," Kakashi talked harshly over the spluttering woman.
"The new students are here," burst out Shizune in one hurried puff. And before she could utter another word, three people walked into the room. One of which was looking around the room in disinterest before finding Sakura's eyes and gazing into them. Sakura felt her heart race as she stared into beautiful aqua eyes.
'What's happening to me?' she thought as she quickly averted her eyes, her shoulder length hair covering her eyes as she looked down in embarrassment.
"These students names are Temari, Kankuro and Gaara Sabaku from Suna Academy, treat them well," Shizune introduced them and then quickly turned on her heel and practically sprinted out of the room.
'Can't wait to get away from me, huh Shizune?' thought Kakashi to himself as he watched the woman run down the hall with sad, hurt eyes.