Sorry again for taking so long to update, I was the lion in a production of the wizard of Oz and then I went on holiday, and once again: I do not own Naruto, Kishimoto sensei does, I'm still upset that he does, but if I did own Naruto, I would ruin it, so it's for the better that I don't...sob Y-Y


City of angels

Chapter 4: Frantic

After walking home, eating some dumplings she found in her fridge and changing into her pyjamas, Sakura padded downstairs to call Ino. Nine o'clock. Ino. Oh noes.

"Hi Ino!"

"Hi sweet person who needs to be flicked on her massive forehead."

"What did I do this time?"

"Why didn't you tell me that you were going out? I tried to call you like, a billion times!"

"(Here we go…) Gomen , Ino, what did you want?"

"I'm allowed to bring a few friends to my cousin's party, y'know, Yua, she's a bit, well, on the suggestive side, but boy does she know how to throw a party! Just wondering if you wanted to come?"

"Well, I don't know what my mom would say, I'm not even gonna mention my dad! By the way, Ino, you have an amazing singing voice, and I know that you love me and…"

"Cut to the chase; what do you want?"

"Do you want to be in a band?"

"Like, a famous one?"

"Not yet."

"I can fix that, who else?"

"Sasuke Uchiha, and maybe Neji Hyuuga, one of Sasuke's friends."

"Cool, see you tomorrow at school, my memory foam mattress awaits me!" Ino hung up. Typical.

After brushing her teeth and hair, Sakura climbed into her bed and picked up a book, after reading it for about an hour, she put it down and turned off the lights. Sakura's alarm clock let out a shrill ringing, after slamming her hand down on the snooze button, it fell silent. Immediately falling into her daily routine, Sakura stumbled into the bathroom to take a shower, after getting dressed, she packed her bag and was out of the door by eight.

Mounting he bicycle, Sakura started to ride to school, "Yoo-hoo! Sakura chan! Room for one more?" Sakura peddled over to where Ino was standing, "Thanks hime Sakura!" (a/n hime is Japanese for princess) Holding onto Sakura's shoulders, Ino stood on the pegs attached to the back wheel. "You lazy ass, Ino, letting me do all of the work!"

"Aww! I thought I was your best friend!" Ino pouted, sliding her hands over Sakura's eyes. The pink haired girl screamed as the front bike tyre jammed as it slipped into a pothole, sending both girls flying, Ino was lucky enough to fall backwards, landing on her butt, whilst Sakura flew straight over the handlebars, landing on her front. She heard foot steps, growing louder, she then noticed a pair of worn black Converse all stars in front of her, Sasuke bent down to help her up.

"Well you'll probably end up with bruising on your chin, arms and legs, and apart from that nosebleed, you'll be fine." The school nurse dabbed some antiseptic onto the grazes on her limbs and face, "has your nose stopped bleeding? Good, you'll be alright to go back to class now, shoo!"

Sakura walked down the corridor, her footsteps echoing off the walls. She turned a corner, almost at her science class, she saw something that surprised her. Sasuke was sat on stack of chairs, throwing a baseball and catching it when it rebounded off of the opposite wall. "What are you doing here?" Sakura stood looking at him with her arms folded, the sound of her voice seemed to take him off balance when the ball flew back to the boy and smacked him in the forehead. Jumping off the pile of chairs Sasuke ran to retrieve his ball; "Got sent out by doctor nut job, he's high or something!"

"Why?"

"For writing something, 'inappropriate' on the board."

"What did you write?"

"I drew his outline with arrows pointing at it saying '*?%&*!' (a/n stuff that doesn't come under the rating for this story)"

"…Why did you do that? You don't want to see Orochimaru when he's really angry."

"Hn, oh well, what's done is done."

"Well…bye then, I'm late for class." Sakura pushed open the door and silently walked to her seat. Orochimaru failed to notice her late arrival, and continued to drone on about how fascinating, but dangerous, but still fascinating, it was to mix a bottle of bleach with ammonia. Then he got to the point, that the class would have to make a non poisonous, but interesting chemical reaction. "Sasuke! Come back in and I'm pairing you up with either Zaku or Sakura."

"What's up Sakura?" Sasuke sat at the lab table, put on some glasses and a white jacket, like the rest of the class.

"Lets burn some magnesium, it give off a bright, white light, that can sear your retina!"

"Bo-ring! Lets put a ton of this, in some of…this!" Sasuke had mixed some white powder with a green chemical in a beaker and set it on a tripod over the lit Bunsen burner. The solution began to bubble and spit, then rapidly change colour, it was fizzing so violently, the tripod began to shake, then, it exploded, covering both Sakura and Sasuke in a glowing green mixture, which then began to corrode both of there hair, causing both students to lose random chunks of hair. Sakura screamed.

"Geez! I said I was sorry!" Sasuke ran to keep up with Sakura's speed.

"You made my hair snap off!"

"Mine snapped as well! Look, my bangs look all weird now."

Sakura stopped violently, causing Sasuke to walk into her back. "That made you sound really gay, say it again and you're forgiven." Sasuke rolled his eyes,

"Look, my bangs look all weird now!" he made his voice higher and examined his nails for emphasis. Sakura giggled and high-fived him, "Okay, you're forgiven."

"I'll meet you at Ryu's studio tonight, then we can call Neji and beg him to join our band."

"Well, okay, see you at lunch!" Sakura walked into her Japanese class,

"SAKURA!" The blonde girl wrapped her arms around Sakura, who was turning an attractive shade of purple, due to the lack of oxygen, "I-Ino…y-y-you're -cho-choking me!"

"Oh, sorry, I just wanted to apologize for this morning."

"It's okay, by the way, come to my house at about half past four, it's our first band practice!"

"YAAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAY!" Ino yelled, attracting way too much attention to herself. "Crap" thought Sakura "What have I done?"