Emerald Slipper Chapter 2: The First Day, a naruto fanfic

A/N: I POLISHED the first chapters before posting this second one; it's nothing major; I just edited some stupid grammar mistakes, added a little details here and there, and changed the wordings slightly.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm NOT going to make a fuss about Sakura's PINK hair. Yes, it is unnatural in the real world, but that's not true for the manga/anime world. (There are even people with green hair…) Kishimoto never made a big deal out of her hair colour, (only her forehead) so I won't either.

This story will not make sense if pink hair is so unusual that you'll never meet a second person with such hair colour… It's kind of like someone with silvery blonde hair, yes it's a nice and unique feature that is not very common, but it is not abnormal.

Remember to vote on my poll later!!! (Who is the best man FOR Sakura? Can provide for her needs, etc.)

Episode Two: The First Day

Sakura stood rooted in her spot. She couldn't believe it. Her temper was never that great towards guys, especially arrogant ones… and it really screwed her over this time.

As she recalled, the Uchiha owned the most prestigious security and insurance company in Japan, and ranked top ten in the entire world. Not only that, they are known to produce exceptional members within the police force.

Sakura gulped before trying and failing to regain her bravado.

"Hey, Sasuke-teme I'm talking to you!" The loud voice continued.

"I'm surprised you made it into "A" class… I though you would end up in "L" class for sure." the Uchiha said, "Guess they messed up your score at the entrance exams again."

A blonde boy with blue eyes walked pass Sakura and swung his right arm around the raven haired boy's neck; his left hand was holding the black uniform jacket. He wore goggles but no tie, the collars of his inner white shirt were unbuttoned, giving him a unruly look. Glancing over at Sakura the blonde boy asked, "You know her, teme?"

His friend, the one that Sakura yelled at, wore his tie loosely and didn't bother to tuck his inner shirt in, but at least he had on his black jacket on. Peering at her with a bored look on his face he replied, "No. She's no one important. Stop choking me Naruto, you dobe."

Turning around, the Uchiha left without another word… leaving Sakura felling extreme stupid behind him. She didn't know if she should feel relieved or insulted.

"Hey Hinata," called the boy known as Naruto, "What are you waiting for? Come over and get a spot." He motioned to the seats beside the window at the very back of the room.

Hinata started to blushed madly as she glanced at Sakura, who recognized that look on her face immediately. This girl had a huge crush on the blonde boy. And it seemed that they are friends as well.

'Go figures,' thought Sakura, 'Most people here knew each other since primary school. And I'm just an outsiders.'

Konoha Academy was divided into four sections: primary school (ages: 3-6), elementary school (ages: 6-12), junior high school (ages: 12-15), and senior high school (age: 15-18).

Sakura's eyes lit up when Hinata was about to say something to Naruto, probably telling him that she already got a seat. But before she even opened her mouth, another loud voice erupted behind them, "Yo, Hinata!"

A boy with messy brown hair walked in. If Sakura thought Naruto's uniform was badly wore… well, this guy was worse. Though he had on his black jacket, they were unbuttoned. Not only was his inner white shirt half tugged into the pants, they were unbuttoned down to the chest. Worst of all, he had tattoo on his face and was wearing a pair of dark blue running shoes.

"O-oh, Kiba-kun," Hinata said meekly.

Kiba smiled evilly before pushing Hinata towards Naruto's direction, "Go stake your claim. We don't want a fan girl taking your seat now do we?"

"Stop teasing her, Kiba," said someone else coming from behind.

'It seems like everybody really do knows each other,' Sakura thought sadly.

The new person who came in wore a white tuque and dark glasses that covered his eyes. He had on the sleeveless sweater that covered his inner white shirt instead of the jacket. The black sleeveless sweater was V-necked and had the Konoha Academy's logo on the left chest.

Sakura was thankful that at least someone wore their uniform properly… though hats really shouldn't be allowed… Yes, Sakura was the picky girl that actually cared for the dress codes.

"Shino-san," Hinata greeted him, "I haven't seen you since the entrance exam."

Shino pushed his dark glasses, "I was in Amazons with my parents. We were giving names to some new breeds of flies that were discovered."

"T-that's nice," smiled Hinata nervously.

Shino peered at her then at Naruto, "You really should take that seat."

"E-eh…" The poor girl started to blush madly again.

"Let's go, let's go!" Kiba cheered, smiling so widely that both his tiger teeth were showing.

"B-but," Hinata started, casting Sakura an uncomfortable glance.

Just then, three more people came in. In the lead was the blonde girl Sakura met earlier, behind her was a fat boy and a skinner boy. For a split second, Sakura thought that Ino's two goons from earlier cosplayed themselves again.

"Sasuke-kun!!!" Ino cried, completely ignoring Sakura, and rushed over to the "jerk". She then suddenly paused and peered behind her. Sakura's heart jumped, 'Will she recognize me?'

Rushing back, Ino gripped onto Hinata's other free hand and pulled her away from Kiba, "Hinata, come sit with me."

"A-ah, Ino-san…" Hinata peered back at Sakura again. Gathering her strength, Sakura flashed her best fake smile, reassuring Hinata that it was okay if she couldn't sit with her in the front as they originally planned. Truth be told, Sakura felt guilty as well for putting poor Hinata in this kind of unpleasant situation. She should have knew better, 'You're the only one without friends here…'

Giving Sakura an apologetic look, Hinata allowed herself to be dragged away by the blonde girl.

"Women are so troublesome," grunted the skinner guys that came in with Ino. He had his hair in a pineapple like ponytail and was dressed in an entire that just screamed out, "Slacker!" Though his inner shirt was tugged in, his tie was badly made, and his jacket was only buttoned on the second button.

'Well, he was still better than the Kiba guy,' Sakura thought dryly.

"Ino can't help it," said the fatter boy with thick hair. He wore the sleeveless tank top like Shino, but his inner shirt was not tugged in.

'He's wearing his tie around his head!!!' Inner Sakura screamed.

Munching on his potato chips, the fatter boy offered one to the pineapple head, "Want one, Shikamaru?"

"No thanks, Choji," his friend replied before walking over to the big group as well.

In the end, the seating arrangement became like this: Sasuke sat beside the window at the very end of the room with Naruto sitting beside him. All the seats were in pairs. A very happy Ino sat directly in front of a very annoyed Sasuke. Hinata sat beside Ino and in front of Naruto, which was probably the reason why she couldn't stop blushing… but the dumb boy was completely oblivious to this. Shikamaru sat beside the window, and in front of Ino. Kiba sat beside him, in front of Hinata. Choji sat in front of Shikamaru, and Shino sat in front of Kiba. The guys sat that way because it was easier to turn around and talk.

'A tightly knitted… there's no way I could be accepted here…' Sakura thought sadly as she made her way to the back of the room to hang up her coat. 'Not like I want to be friends with Mr. Attitude over there… but he is kind of good looking, hot maybe? Hmm… he's definitely sexy. Oh, dear God!!! What the hell am I thinking!?!??!'

By this time, more students started to arrive. The classroom had two entrances, both were double doors. Yes, it was a very large classroom.

Silently, Sakura sat by herself in one of the middle seat at the front row. Students were chattering all around, so many of the girls were wooing after Sasuke and Naruto. Sakura twitched, 'Are they here to learn or to drool over the first hot guy they see?' Of course, Sakura found the young Uchiha very attractive, but that was about it. He was a guy with no manners whatsoever.

The room was getting filled, and everyone seemed to belong to a group already.

Sakura sighed, at least she got the front row. The real reason she wanted to sit here was because back in junior high, her classmates had a tendency of tripping her as she made her way back to her desk after completing a question on the blackboard.

"May I sit here?"

Sakura looked up. A beautiful girl stood in front of her. She had long, silky black hair and pair of rosy lips. But why was she dressed in a the guy uniform?

"Are you alright?" She asked.

It was only then Sakura realized that she was staring and that her glasses was falling down. Quickly pushing her large glasses back up, Sakura smiled nervously, "Of course you may sit here."

The girl smiled and sat down, "Nice to meat you, please call me Haku."

"That's a weird name for a girl," Sakura blurted out without thinking.

Haku raised an eyebrow before smiling pleasantly, "That's probably because I am a guy."

"Eh?!" Sakura exclaimed loudly, greatly taken aback, "But you're so beautiful!"

Haku blinked before smiling again, "Thank you, miss…"

"Oh," said Sakura regaining her composure, "I'm Yagashira Sakura, Sakura will do. Pleasure to meet you as well, Haku-san."

Haku smiled then peered curiously at her.

"I-is something the matter?" Sakura asked uncomfortably.

"You have scotch tape on your glasses…"

Sakura froze to stone… exactly how she accomplished that remains a mystery. "I-it's a long story and not a very interesting one! So yah, Haku-san, are you new here as well?"

Haku blinked again, "Not really, what made you say that?"

Sakura motioned sheepishly to the people around the room and glanced at the Uchiha's group, "Everyone else seem very well acquainted with each other…"

The beautiful boy smiled understandingly, "It's hard to fit in isn't it."

Sakura blushed and nodded. 'I don't really plan to fit in… I just want to remain unnoticed… easier said than done… thanks to my stupid temper. It almost got me killed this morning!'

The bell rang, and everyone settled down. The students waited.

Five minutes passed.

Ten minutes passed.

Fifteen minutes passed.

No teacher came in.

"So the rumours are true, Scarecrow-sensei never comes to class on time," yawned Naruto at the back. Getting up, Naruto walked to the front of the room and picked up a chalk eraser from the blackboard. The students watched him in awe as he tiptoed to the door, and stuck the eraser on the top. The next person who walks in will be hit by it, and get covered by chalk dust.

"That'll teach him for being late," Naruto laughed and patted his hands, getting rid of the chalk dust. The class laughed with him.

'Great, not only is he an idiot, he's also an immature prankster,' though Sakura sullenly, 'I can get why he and the Uchiha get along so well. They both have issues.'

Five minutes passed.

One of the double doors at the front of the room opened, in came a tall man wearing a white flu mask and a black bandana that covered his left eye. He wore a black, turtleneck sweater and beige pants. Sakura got why Naruto called him Scarecrow-sensei; the man's silver hair was all over the place. He had this very "Shaggy" loo to him, especially when he had very long limbs.

Flop.

The chalk eraser felled on him.

The class giggled, and Naruto jumped up, "I can't believe he actually felled for it!!!"

The teacher paused before eyeing the innocent eraser on the floor. "My first impression of you guys is…" he said, "I don't like you."

The whole class sweat-dropped, so straightforward…

"You can still call me Kakashi-sensei though."

More sweatdrops… they seemed to have a very interesting teacher. Sakura twitched. Kakashi meant scarecrow, how very ironic.

Walking towards his desk, Kakashi suddenly paused in front of Sakura's desk. His only revealing eye widened slightly as he stared down at her, making Sakura very fidgety.

"What's your name miss?" He asked.

"Y-Yagashira Sakura…" The whole class laughed, "What kind of name is that? It rhymes!" Kiba shouted from the back. Sakura lowered her eyes in embarrassment, Haku gave her a sympathetic look.

"Hey, isn't that the girl from earlier?" Naruto said to Sasuke who only ignored him and peered outside the window.

"I-it's cause my mother wanted to have our last name changed when she remarried…" Sakura desperately tried to explain herself, which just made the class laugh harder.

'Sakura… interesting…' Kakashi thought.

"Yagashira-san," he said, "May I see your glasses please?"

Sakura looked up, 'Huh?' Awkwardly, she took off her glasses and handed to him.

Kakashi's eyes swiftly glanced at her face before turning his gaze to the glasses in his hands, "You have scotch tape on your glasses."

The whole class burst out laughing again. Sakura could feel shame crawling up her body, setting every single one of her nerves on fire. She hardly noticed when Kakashi handed back her glasses and grinned behind his flu mask.

"Hmm, Yagashira," Kakashi said before taking a look at his clipboard, "Oh, you must be that student our academy accepted under full scholarship. Very impressive indeed."

Feverish whispers filled the room.

"What?! A student on scholarship? Unheard of!"

"Our academy have scholarship programs?"

"And she got accepted into the "A" class?!"

"Must be a geek."

"Indeed, she must be one of those people who always studies and do nothing else."

"So that's why her glasses have scotch tapes on it! She couldn't afford to buy new ones!" Kiba shouted again. The whole class burst out laugh… yes, again. There's always that one person…

Sakura couldn't say anything. All she could do was sit there, doing her best to pretend to be invisible.

"And while I'm at it…" Kakashi continued flipping the papers attached to his clipboard. Inner Sakura was screaming, "Shut-up sensei, you talk too much!!!"

"…I'll now announce the class representative of this class. "

The classroom immediately fell silent, which slightly made Sakura feel better. In fact, she was distracted by this as well.

"The male class representative…" Kakashi dragged on, his one revealing eye stared fervently onto the clipboard. Dramatic drumroll filled the background.

"…oops, I'm on the wrong page."

Half of the class fell down from their seats. Ino rubbed her sore head as she climbed back onto her chair, "Just what kind of teacher is he? Right Sasuke-kun?"

"Hn."

Kakashi flipped a few more pages. "Now then, the male class rep selected this year is," Kakashi said before taking a deep breath and bellowed, "UCHIHA SASUKE!!!!!"

All the fan girls cheered as the guys mentally rolled their eyes. They didn't dare to do so openly in front of Sasuke. Ino was swooning and Naruto was pointing a finger at his friend's arrogant face while yelling, "Don't get so cocky teme, you only beat me by an inch!"

Sasuke smirked and cross his hands together, "I doubt that… dead last. And remember our bet, you own me lunch now."

A vein popped on Naruto's forehead, "You wanna go?!?!?"

"Boys, boys," Kakashi said smoothly, "We still need to hear the female representative."

Naruto fumed and popped down, back to his seat.

Kakashi's eye rolled back down again as he cleared his throat, "And the femlae class representative of this year will be…"

"…YAMANAKA INO-CHAN!!!!" The whole class broke into enthusiastic applauses as Ino jumped up with joy. "Thank you, thank you everyone!!" She cried with sparkling tears in her dazzling eyes. She looked sly back at Sasuke behind her and grinned, flashing a victory sign. Sasuke smiled warmly at her and stood up to trap her in his tight embrace. Together, they made their way to the teacher's desk and claimed their class representative tags. Years later, they walked down the wedding aisle together, with everyone wishing them a happy future. They exchanged vows and wedding rings, then Sasuke lifted Ino's face to deliver his sweet kiss.

"…Yagashira Sakura-chan, ne?" Kakashi smiled happily at a frozen Sakura in front of him.

Ino's fantasy took a brute halt. "WHAT?" She yelled, shooting up, causing people to turn her way. "How could this little girl be class representative!? She's only a…" Ino's face had a nasty look as she spat out the word, "…commoner."

A few of the students nodded their heads in agreement, which was all it took to edge Ino on, "How can an outsider be class representative?"

Sakura stiffened.

Kakashi raised his only revealing eyebrow, "But she received the second top score for the entrance exam. In fact," Kakashi flipped his paper again, "Her score was 693 out of 700, that's only two marks lower than our top ranked student Sasuke-kun here."

The whole class gasped. Ino's mouth was hanging like a goldfish. Sasuke's eyes slightly narrowed.

"What's the big surprise?" Kakashi asked, sweat-dropping, "It's January and these results were posted on the bulletin board in front of the academy's main office since December."

The class, "…" People started to fidget and look nervously at their feet.

Kakashi sighed, 'Yup all these rich kids must have gotten their servants to ran the errand for them… not bothering to go to check it up themselves…'

"Anyways," Kakashi said, clearing his throat, "May Uchiha-san and Yagashira-san step up to receive your class representative arm tags please."

Sakura stood up immediately to receive her tag with a deep bow. Sasuke on the other hand lazily made his way to the teacher's desk, snatched the tag without a word and stuffed it into his pocket.

'No respect!' Inner Sakura huffed. Returning to her seat, Sakura slipped the tag onto her left arm and secured it with the silver safety pin. The tag was maroon, with a black border and the Leaf symbol in the center was also in black.

"Congratulation," said Haku beside her.

"Thank you," smiled Sakura, but she knew that life would only get harder from now on. However, because her eyes were hidden behind the glasses, it was impossible to tell that she was faking her smile.

Walking around, Kakashi passed out the timetables. Sighing softly, Sakura looked down at hers. In elegant lettering, it read:

-----------------------------------Monday--------------Tuesday--------------Wednesday--------------Thursday--------------Friday--------------

I)--------8:20-9:10------------Japanese---------------English--------------Social Studies----------------Math-----------------English-------------

II)------9:20-10:10-------------Math-------------------Math------------------Geology-------------Home Economics-----------Math---------------

III)----10:20-11:10-----------English---------------Japanese-----------------English------------------Japanese--------------Japanese-------------

IV)----11:20-12:10-----------Biology--------------Physical Ed.-----------Physical Ed.-----------Social Studies----------Physical Ed.----------

---------12:10-1:00----------------------------------------------------------------LUNCH------------------------------------------------------------------

V)-------1:00-1:50---------Social Studies-----------Chemistry----------Home Economics-----------Physics------------Home Economics-----

VI)------2:00-2:50-------Home Economics-------Social Studies---------------Art------------------Physical Ed.----------------Art---------------

----------2:50-3:00---------Class Meeting---------Class Meeting---------Class Meeting---------Class Meeting---------Class Meeting--------

VII)-----3:00-3:50-------------------------------------------------------Extracurricular Activities-------------------------------------------------------

It was a typical timetable for any high school students, and Sakura took some comfort in that fact. With the animosity that she was receiving from her fellow classmates, it was nice to known that there was at least something familiar to cling on.

Wrapped up in her own self-comforting thoughts, Sakura nearly jumped out of her seat when the door swung open with a loud clash.

"Ah, looks like we have another student," Haku said beside her.

Rubbing her chest Sakura stared nervously at the doorway. A red haired boy stood in the doorway. Sakura noticed the footprint left on the white door, and mentally sighed. 'Another trouble maker.'

Sifting her glasses slightly, Sakura took a good look at the boy and almost gasped in fright. He wore the most frightening face she had ever seen. His face was twisted in an ugly sneer and the dark eye bags under his turquoise orbs only made him look more menacing, not to mention the red tattoo above his left brow, or at least, above the place where there was suppose to be an eyebrow.

It was no surprise that someone like him did not wear his uniform properly. The inner white shirt was not tugged in, and the few buttons at the top were undone. His tie was no where to be seen, and his black jacket was not buttoned up at all.

"Well, well, who may you be young man?" Kakashi asked.

The new boy threw him an death glare and grunted, "Sabaku no Gaara."

"Great, all thirty-nine students are present, now I don't have to do the attendance," Kakashi said, smiling behind his flu mask. "Please find yourself a seat, Gaara-kun."

Sakura swallowed hard. She knew perfectly well that three sets of seats behind her and Haku were unoccupied. 'Please don't let him sit here, please don't let him sit here!' She begged while doing a little prayer inside her head.

But Gaara didn't even look this way. He walked to the very end of the room and glared at the two poor guys that were sitting at the corner, beside the wall opposite to the window. The two boys gulped and scattered all the way to the two empty front seats at the other side of the room. They were not the only one, now everyone around that area scattered to empty seats as far away as possible. It caused such a ruckus.

Impassive to what just happened, Gaara sat down in the seat right next to the wall and placed his feet onto the desk.

'How rude!!! But it would have been interesting if he went up to that Uchiha-jerk,' Inner Sakura cackled evilly.

Sakura was glad that he didn't come over, and now that he forced the other students to move up to the empty seats behind her, she doesn't have to feel so isolated anymore.

"Now we have that settled," Kakashi said in his happy voice, "Everyone please look here for today's schedule." The silver haired man said, pointing at the blackboard.

8:20-8:50----------Class Meeting

8:55-9:55----------Opening Ceremony

10:00-10:30-------Japanese

10:35-11:05-------Math

11:10-11:40-------English

11:45-12:15-------Biology

12:15-12:45-------LUNCH

12:45-1:15--------Social Studies

1:20-1:50----------Home Economics

Early dismissal

Everyone sweat-dropped, 'When did he write that down?!'

"It's a bit chaotic today, but starting from tomorrow everything will follow the regular timetable," said Kakashi before checking his watch. "We have less than ten minutes until the opening ceremony, I'm suppose to preach about our academy's regulations… but I guess we won't have time for that."

Red, animated veins popped out of everyone's head, 'And who's fault is that!?!??!?!'

"Well, you have ten minutes to yourself," Kakashi said care freely and then leaned against the desk and took out a small, orange book and started reading. The title read…

"ICHA ICHA PARADISE!!!"

Half the class felled off their chair… again.

'What kind of teacher is he!?!?!?' Raged Inner Sakura, 'He's reading porn in class, right in front of his students!!!! I thought this was suppose to be an elite school!!!!!!!'

Sakura sighed, causing Haku to look at her curiously. "Are you disappointed, Sakura-san?"

Sakura flashed him a weak smile, "Well, I thought this was going to be a serious school with solid regulations since it's so prestigious."

Haku blinked and then smiled, "Sakura-san is very naïve, ne?"

A huge stone carving of the word "Naïve" dropped onto Sakura's head, crushing her face onto the desk.

Haku sweat-dropped before smiling again at the tearful Sakura who was rubbing her head. "Most people in this school are children of powerful families. Even if they don't study hard, they will receive their family's fortune. Fathers will hand their jobs down to their sons and daughters no matter what their report cards are. They have no reasons to worry about their future. School here is, more or less, only for show. Their true studies rest with their home schoolings which mostly includes knowledge on how to manage companies and such."

Sakura's widened and she stared at Haku's cool and composed form, "Wow… you know so much."

Haku smiled back with closed eyes. "It's common sense here."

Sakura blushed. Noticing her embarrassment, Haku quickly tried to soften the impact, "But of course, you wouldn't know this since your circumstance is very different. Actually, I think Sakura-san is amazing. You were able to beat all odds and receive an scholarship at this academy. It really is impressive."

Emerald eyes widened as Sakura's blush deepened, but for totally different reasons.

At the other side of the classroom Naruto was whispering to Sasuke, "Hey look, that Haku kid is making pass on the scholarship student."

"So?" Sasuke asked with a bored tone, still staring outside. A few cloud passed overhead and cast their shadows over Sasuke's face.

"Aren't you interested in her? I saw you guys in the morning so don't even pretend that nothing's up."

"Stop being a moron. Like I'll ever be interested in a girl like her."

Sakura gave a huge stretch at the sound of the bell that dismissed the students for lunch. Everything went quite nicely this morning. The ceremony might have been boring to most, but to Sakura, it motivated to do her best in this academy. Sakura paused a bit and recalled their academy principle.

'Ah, Tsunade-sama is really cool… but scary. I still can't believe she's actually sixty something. The magic of plastic surgeries I guess. I really like her black business suit. If I work hard I might be able to afford one of those in the future.' Sakura giggled. Maybe school wouldn't be so bad after all.

"Yagashira-san?" Said a voice in front of her. It was their biology teacher.

"Y-yes, Shizune-sensei?" Sakura stuttered, shooting up from her seat.

"Aha, you don't have to look so nervous," Shizune giggled, "Kakashi-sensei said he wanted to see you in the office right when lunch starts. He said it wouldn't be long."

"Of course," said Sakura bowing before excusing herself.

The teacher's office wasn't so hard, and Sakura was glad for it.

"You wanted to see me, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.

Kakashi peered up from his perverted book and smiled at her before placing it down. "Yes. Our academy is aware of your condition. And we're offering to help you by giving you an opportunity to make some extra income."

Sakura's eyes lit up at the last word.

Grinning behind his mask, Kakashi continued, "You see, one of our students is falling behind in his studies and his father is not happy. And they were, er… unable to find him a home tutor. That's why the father requested help from the school."

"You want me to tutor him?" Sakura asked. She didn't mean to interrupt so rudely, but she couldn't hide her excitement either.

Kakashi smiled again. "Yes, you're the most suited candidate for this job. The tutor times is twice a week after school, on Tuesday and Thursday, for one hour. The pay is 35 000 yen per hour. Will you be able to do it?"

"YES!!!" Shouted Sakura who then became embarrassed when other teachers in the room glanced at her way.

"Ah, perfect," smiled Kakashi before peering over Sakura's shoulder, "Oh, here he comes"

Sakura cheerfully turned around to greet her future student, only to be frozen solid when she saw his face.

It was Gaara.

"What the fuck do you want to see me for?" He snarled at Kakashi who was totally unfazed.

"You'll be having private tutoring sessions every Tuesday and Thursday after school with Sakura-san here," Kakashi said, placing a hand at Sakura's direction.

Gaara took one look at the geeky girl in front of him and smirked evilly, "I doubt it." He then stuffed his hands in his pockets and left without another word.

"Well, Sakura-san," Kakashi said, "You'll be having your first tutoring session this Thursday. Have fun!"

"K-k-k-k-kakashi-sensei, I-I-I-I'm having seconds thoughts on this. Isn't jer- I mean, Uchiha-san's grade is also very good? Why don't we have him tutor G-gaara-san instead?"

"Because we can't have two problematic kids killing each other now can we?" Kakashi smiled pleasantly.

Sakura walked through the schoolyard, totally defeated. Walking beside the giant white poles that followed the Roman designs and supported the upper balconies, Sakura frowned. It wasn't fair, she was tricked into doing this awful job. 'No wonder they couldn't find him a home tutor. He scare them all away!!!'

Wrapped in her thoughts, Sakura didn't notice the person in front of her.

"Ouch!" She cried when she collided with someone's hard chest.

"Are you alright, miss?" A baritone voice asked.

"I-I'm alright," Sakura responded, gazing up at the person she literally walked into. A blush covered her face when she saw the stranger's handsome face. He had pale skin, long raven hair and mesmerizing silver orbs. A black bandana covered his forehead.

'And he wore his uniform perfectly!!!!' Inner Sakura cheered.

"I'm glad to hear it," the beautiful boy replied before giving a small bow and left.

'He kind of reminds me of Hinata… except he's a guy… a very hot guy with a very attractive attitude… unlike somebody.' Sakura started to shake her head madly, 'No! this isn't the time to be thinking about these stupid things! I need to find a way to get out of this tutor job!!!'

Suddenly a loud noise ahead startled Sakura. Someone was screaming in pain, and a crowd of people was gathered around him. Shocked, Sakura rushed over and squeezed through the other students. Sasuke stood in the middle with another kid at his feet. Sakura could see Naruto, Kiba and all of the other people in the gang behind him, including Hinata.

"Bastard," said Sasuke coldly, "I told you to wipe it clean."

The thin faced boy on the ground glared up at him with full hatred, "Fuck you Uchiha. You think you're better than the rest of us just because-ARRGHHH!!!!"

Sasuke stepped onto the boy's arm and started to crush it with his foot. Some people around looked away in disgusted, others cheered Sasuke on, and the rest just stayed silent, not wanting to attract attention upon themselves.

The boy screamed again, this time Sasuke kicked him in the guts causing him to spit out blood.

"Stop it!!!" Sakura shouted, rushing into the middle of the circle, "You're going to kill him!!"

Sasuke peered up and stared at the pink haired girl icily, "You're from earlier… I thought you learned your lesson, but I guess I was wrong."

Sakura ignored his comment. She was too mad to think for herself, "Why are you doing this?!??! What did he do to deserve it?!?!?"

Sasuke smirked, "He spilled his drink on me and refused wipe it clean." He pointed at the black jacket that was covered with orange liquid."

"That's it?! You hurt people just because they spilled a drink on you?! What's the big deal!!! Did you have to beat him up so badly!? Who gave you the right!?!?"

"I like her," Naruto whispered to Kiba who chuckled.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "If it's no big deal… then you wipe it clean."

Gasp filled the crowd, a few fan girls were screeching, "Why?!?! How come she gets to touch Sasuke-kun?!!?!?"

"W-what are you talk about?!" Sakura shouted back. Her face was all red.

The arrogant Uchiha smirked again, "You heard me. You want to save him really bad, don't you? If you fix his mistake then I might let him go. Or are you just all talk and no bite?"

He knew exactly which buttons to push on self-righteous bitches like her.

"FINE!!!" Sakura screamed. Taking out her pink handkerchief, Sakura started to wipe Sasuke's jacket furiously, causing more jealous squeals from the fan girls.

Within seconds she was done, "There! Are you happy now!?!?"

Sasuke smirked at the small female, greatly amused. Taking her chin in his hand, he lifted her head up. "Almost," he said in a seductive voice, "But I really want to see your face, why hide it behind those ugly, scotch taped glasses?"

Lifting his other hand, Sasuke attempted to remove Sakura's glasses.

FLAMB!!!

Time froze.

Sakura had just flung the juice filled handkerchief at Sasuke… right in the face.

The crowd gasped.

Sasuke slowly turned his head at her. His eyes were filled silent rage, but Sakura was too angry and huffing too hard to care.

"It appears you do not understand our academy's hierarchy…" He's voice was surprisingly calm but deadly all the same, "…from this day, I declare this girl to be an outcaste."

Visual of the Classroom

Before Gaara Came:

w--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

i-----------------------------------------Sensei's desk------------------------------------------door

n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------door

d--(empty)--(empty)------Person--Person-------Sakura---Haku--------Person--Person

o---Person--Person------Person--Person-------(empty)--(empty)-------Person--Person

w---Choji----Shino-------Person--Person------(empty)--(empty)-------Person--Person

s---Shika----Kiba---------Person--Person------(empty)--(empty)------(empty)--(empty)

s----Ino----Hinata---------Person--Person--------Person--Person--------Person--Person

s--Sasuke--Naruto-------Person--Person--------Person--Person---------Person--Person

s----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------door

-------------coat hangers and backpack storages along this wall--------------------------

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After Gaara Came:

w--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

i-----------------------------------------Sensei's desk------------------------------------------door

n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------door

d---Person--Person------Person--Person-------Sakura---Haku--------Person--Person

o---Person--Person------Person--Person-------Person--Person-------Person--Person

w---Choji----Shino-------Person--Person-------Person--Person-------Person--Person

s---Shika----Kiba---------Person--Person------Person--Person-------(empty)--(empty)

s----Ino----Hinata--------Person--Person-------(empty)--(empty)----(empty)--(empty)

s--Sasuke--Naruto-------Person---Person------(empty)--(empty)------(empty)--Gaara

s----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------door

-------------coat hangers and backpack storages along this wall--------------------------

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A/N: So, yah, I plan to make this a light-hearted, happy, happy drama. It act as a balance for my other story, "Angels are Sinful," because that one is way too dark. Okay… how was this chapter? Please review!!!

::Please Review!!!:: (This is suppose to be a "sign", so I'm not actually saying "please review" two times. -smiles- Yes, I know that was very lame.) xD

Lidiya

By the way, after you review, please check out my deviantart account, or the "Other" section for Emerald Slipper under "Story Status" on my profile. I drew the uniforms for this fanfic. I also updated a little "spoiler" thing for next chapter, 'kay?