Black and White
The Goddess and The Dragon
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto (I forgot to do this in the last chapter)
Summary: Sakura has always been home-schooled. Now her mother is sending her to a boarding school. What will happen? Romance of course. My first fanfic here. GaaSaku pairing. Written in Sakura's POV.
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It took me two buses and a train to finally get to the school. All I had brought with me was my guitar, which I took everywhere, and my simple suitcase filled mostly with clothes. My mother had given me money and I had that in my jeans pocket.
I was very impressed with the building, the top in particular. It was a crooked spire, which gave the whole place a sort of past century Gothic look. The building itself had a Romanesque Cathedral architect design. It really creeped me out, but at the same time fascinated me.
Standing in front of the school I began to feel nervous. This place was huge! I could only guess at how many people would be attending. And to make matters worse I had arrived in the middle of the school year.
"Hmm, okay let's go in there and act like we've done it a thousand times." I said to myself. Making sure my guitar was strapped to my back securely, I grabbed my suitcase and started to walk along the sidewalk leading towards the entrance.
When I reached the front door I wasn't sure if I was supposed to knock or just go in. I decided on the latter, but did so hesitantly. Pushing open one of the giant double doors I stepped inside the dimly lit corridor.
The inside of the place was even more spectacular than the outside. There were pillars lined up on either side of the hall way trailing all the way to the end. On my left there was a huge arched doorway leading to another hall lined with doors. On my right I could see the beginnings of a spiral staircase leading high up to the next floor and those beyond that.
Since there was no one to ask for directions I decided to go straight forward. Walking down the hall I saw many paintings. Some were scenery, others people, and still others were of mystical beings. One painting in particular caught my eye. It was one of a fierce dragon breathing fire into the stars. Upon his back was a beautiful woman, it seemed a goddess of some sort. She was leaning into the dragon and smiling in a soft, enchanting way, as though she knew some sort of secret that no one else knew. Perhaps she did, I thought.
Suddenly I heard a loud bell sound. Spinning around I saw kids running all around coming out of every door the building had, it seemed. People were running and screaming. I wondered what they were doing in such an unorganized fashion. I pressed myself to the wall behind me to keep from getting trampled and squeezed my eyes shut to block out the noise.
"Hey, what are you doing there? Shouldn't you be going to class?" I opened my eyes and saw a boy standing there, just staring at me. He had blond hair and blue eyes, and wore simple blue jeans and an orange T- shirt. "Hello? Are you okay?"
I remembered he had asked me a question so I tried my best to answer. "Um, well I'm just trying not to get crushed, and no, I'm new here." I said.
"Oh, so you're the girl Tsunade was talking about. Right?"
I had no idea who Tsunade was or anything else he was talking about for that matter. I just gave him a blank look and said, "I don't know."
"Well have no worries!" he said in an excited tone. "I'll help you get to the office so we can get you everything you need."
"O...kay?" I said, sort of freaked out my his sudden outburst. "So what's your name?" I asked. Apparently this is what he was hoping I would ask because he got even more excited and shouted out, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki! Believe it!" I could only nod my head in understanding at this. He then turned to me and said, "What's your name?"
"Sakura Haruno," I replied bluntly. "Oh," he said, his voice changing back to normal. "So, where do you come from?" he asked. "Well I live in Iwagakure if that's what you mean." "Oh, really? I live in Konohagakure." I just nodded, not really wanting to talk at the moment. I guess he caught my mood, because he stopped trying to make a conversation.
It turned out that I wasn't too far off from the office. It was only a couple doors up and a few over. We went into the waiting area on the left of the door. There were two benches, side by side, against the wall. Naruto took a seat on one of the benches so I sat down too. We waited for about five minutes when the door opened and two boys came out. The first one had blueish hair cut short and spiked up in the back. He had black eyes and light skin. He walked out fast and acted as though he were angry.
The second boy came out slower. He had an easy stride as though he didn't have a care in the world. His short hair was blood red and stood in a spiky disarray. His eyes were a dull shade of jade green and his skin was even paler than the boy before him. Above his left eye was a tattoo of the kanji for love. He was dressed in all black with chains strapped to his pants. As he walked by he looked at me and stared straight into my eyes. It seemed like that moment lasted for hours when, in reality, it was only a second.
I still stared at him when he turned around and kept on walking. "Hey, Sakura, c'mon." Naruto said. Tearing my gaze away form the red head's back I stood up and followed Naruto into the office.
Upon our entrance a sandy blond haired woman lifted her head and said, "Ah, Naruto, what do you need?" Naruto looked at me and said, "Uh, this is Sakura and she says she's new here." "Oh, of course! The new girl! Well Ms. Sakura, was it? Ah, well come here and I'll give you your room and your schedule." I walked over to her and she gave me a manila envelope and a folded sheet of white paper.
"The piece of paper is your map of the school and your room number. The envelope has your classes and teachers and the bell schedule. I have an assigned person to show you around the school," Naruto frowned at that, "And if you have any problems you can ask said person. If that person cannot help you, you can come to me. Did you get all of that?" I nodded my head yes. "Good. Now, let's see." She began to search through a drawer full of folders. Finally she pulled one out and opened it. "Well, it seems that your roommate and your guide will be Gaara Sabaku."
"What?! She has to room with a guy? And why does it have to be him of all people?" Naruto shouted. I wondered what made him say the word 'him' so vehemently.
"Yes Naruto. She does. And because that is the only room on the floor that she needs to be on that has a vacancy. So will you please calm down?" Tsunade glared at him effectively.
"Fine" Naruto grumbled. "So," Tsunade said, "Sakura you are free to go to our room and unpack. You don't have to go to classes today since they're almost over anyway, and we will allow you to be late tomorrow, but that's all. Understand?" Again, I nodded yes, "Good, good, now you can go."
I walked back out into the hall and looked at my folded paper. It said I needed to go to room C:321. Naruto looked over my shoulder and said, "Do you want me to show you where that is?" I looked up and smiled at him and said, "Yes, that would be great, thanks." We started to walk back down the way we came. When we reached the main entrance Naruto turned toward the spiral staircase. He said, "Your room is on the third floor."
I said nothing and kept following him. We went up the two flights of stairs needed and turned right. We walked untill we found a door on the left side of the hall labled C:321. When we got there I could tell Naruto was reluctant to leave. Finally he said a simple, "Be careful." and left.
I wonder what he meant by that.
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I hope that was long enough. Sorry that this chapter had almost no Gaara. I at least put him in a little. He will be in the next chapter, I promise. If you had any problems with this chapter please let me know in a review. Also I'm planning on making Sakura cut her hair short. Should I? r&r please.