Into the Light
DG32173
Sarah: here's chapter one. This will be much better than the depressing prologue. I don't own the Naruto series nor anything included within said series.
NOTE
(Authors note)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Scene change
POV change
MemoryScene change in memory
TRANSLATIONS
Chapter 1
As Much As A Vampire Likes Garlic
"Haruno Sakura?" the elderly teacher says during roll call.
"Here," says a beautiful young woman with long pink hair and bright emerald eyes.
"Hatake Kakashi?" the teacher calls. No answer. "Hatake Kakashi?" she says again, sighing because she knows he is late, again.
"Here!" pants a tall drop-dead gorgeous young man with silver hair and mix-matched grey and red eyes as he runs into the room, fifteen minutes late.
"Your late. Again," the teacher states, scowling at him.
"Sorry, I got stuck in traffic on the way to school; then a streetlight was out and the traffic cop took forever to let me pass," he says, grinning as the rest of the class laughs at his obviously made-up excuse.
"I see," the teacher (okay, I'm tired of writing that. Her name is now Marina-sensei) drawls. "Take your seat," she says, pointing at the empty desk beside Sakura with her pen. Marina-sensei likes to keep her class seated in alphabetical order using surnames, despite that it often puts a group of troublemakers together.
"Yes ma'am," he says, making his way back to sit in his desk. He winks at Sakura, who just rolls her eyes and ignores him. The other girls in the school have no idea how she has stopped herself from falling for Konoha High's number-one heartthrob and are extremely jealous that he has become interested in her because of it.
"Alright class, let's begin," Marina-sensei says.
Three hours later, lunch
"Go away," Sakura says, trying to get away from the pain-in-the-ass she is stuck with for the entire school day, having the exact schedule he does.
"Oh c'mon, gorgeous, you know you like me," he says confidently.
"About as much as a vampire likes garlic," she snaps.
"Ooh, that's low!" one of his friends laughs. The whole school knows that the top two heartthrobs in Konoha high are part of a group of hot pranksters. They hang out every chance they get, getting into trouble whenever no one is watching.
"Aw, don't be like that, babe," Kakashi says, grinning as his gloved hand cops a feel of her butt.
She twirls around and slaps him, hard. "Don't touch me!" she shouts. Kakashi is left rubbing the sudden pain on his cheek while the gorgeous girl continues her way to her girlfriends
"She'll come around," he says confidently.
"I doubt it," several of his friends say.
"She's been avoiding you like the plague since grade-school; I say you should give up on her," Naruto says. "Her and her group will never like guys like us."
"And lose out big-time on winning the love of the hottest girl in school? Never!" Kakashi shoots back, his laidback grin seemingly super-glued to his face.
"You do know she has a boyfriend in Suna High, right?" Shikamaru puts in.
"Well, I'll just win her from him," Kakashi says confidently. His friends laugh as they all make their way to their usual lunch spot.
With Sakura and her friends
"He's been after you since grade-school, Sakura," Tenten says. "Maybe you should give him a chance? He is very hot."
"Never!" Sakura shrieks. "I will never go out with such a freak!"
"Ya'll used to be best friends in kindergarten, what happened?" Tsunade asks.
Sakura scowls at the memory. "He became a pervert and a freak!" she exclaims. "And I refuse to hang out with such a person."
Her friends laugh. "Well, almost all Konoha women would kill to be you," Shizune states. The other girls nod their heads in agreement.
"I don't see why. Sure, he may look good, but that's only the surface! Looks aren't everything," the roseate declares. "Besides, he's late to every class, he's a prankster, he is always flirting with every cute girl in sight when I'm not around, and then he bugs me to near death when I am around!" she says. Then she takes a breath, her face softening. "Besides, I have Gaara-kun. He's so much sweeter and kinder. Did I tell you …"
The other girls groan, knowing that Sakura loves talking about and being with Sabaku no Gaara almost as much as she hates Hatake Kakashi.
Sarah: that's it for chapter one. Yeah, I know it's short, but tough luck. Review and I might update soon.