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Chapter Two
Of New Friends and Cherry Blossom Trees
No point of view
(With Pein)
Pein sighed; this class was so boring it could make saints go mad. He glanced at the clock that hung on the far side of the wall, mocking him with its ticking tune.
'Just a few more minutes and it will be over,' he kept repeating over and over again just to keep himself sane. Who ever invented math must have been insane!
Come on, he stared eagerly at the clock, just a little more! Suddenly, something pushed on to him; it probably would have knocked him off his chair if he wasn't the leader of the most feared gang in Konoha.
Pein turned his head to glare at the thing that was leaning against him, only to find that it was the new student, Naruto, who had fallen asleep and got pushed off of his chair by the two twits that were laughing their heads off.
Who are these twits you might ask? Well they're none other than Suigetsu and Mangetsu Hozuki. They are the most idiotic assholes you never want to meet.
Pein growled; this is going to stop NOW. No one shall laugh at him and live. He threateningly stood, knocking Naruto off of him in the process. "Aw, is little Pein mad?" cackled Mangetsu, using a mocking baby voice.
Pein didn't respond just kept creeping over to them. A deadly aura consumed him more and more as he stepped closer to his prey. His eyes were washed over with a murderous glow.
Mangetsu and Suigetsu both laughed nervously. Looking at each other, they debated on whether they should run like hell or stay and scream like hell while they get the beating that could and probably would end their lives.
They nodded to each other, running like hell was their best option. Pein inwardly smirked, they were planning to run. This is too easy.
The two brothers screamed at the top of their lungs and lunged for the door. Only to be caught by Pein's stone-hard arms. "You know, when you trying to run, don't scream. It's annoying," Pein hissed, swiftly knocked them out with a quick strike to the neck.
Their unconscious bodies clunked to the floor as Pein strolled out of the class room just as the bell rung, leaving a cry of horror in his wake. He chuckled. 'How pathetic.'
Pein waited for Konan outside her class room, he had something to tell her. He didn't have to wait long before Konan walked out of her class.
"We are going to have dinner at Gin's sushi bar tonight, make sure everyone knows. There are some things we all have to discuss," He explained, walking passed her. Konan nodded and went to her locker.
'Now that that's done, it's time for the next class,' Pein inwardly moaned. He would skip but he has a feeling that this class is going to be interesting.
The lavender-eyed teen inwardly smirked as he sauntered down the halls, his gut was never wrong.
(With Sakura)
The rosette nodded as Naruto told her what happened in his class. She was right; the apricot-haired man was very interesting. From what Naruto told her, this man could take on two men with ease.
He must be a very good fighter. The blonde says he's strong with a body made of stone. This is very interesting news indeed. They made it to Naruto's next class and said their goodbyes.
Sakura promenaded to her class. She pondered on why Naruto would what to go to school; it didn't fit his personality at all and she knew that it wasn't because she killed the assassin or because he wanted friends, the reason was way deeper than that. It was a mystery that she was going to solve and she wouldn't stop until the pieces fit.
Unexpectedly, someone bumped into her, making her stumble backwards but she didn't fall; she was too well trained for that to happen. She heard a thud indicating that the person fell.
"Forgive me, that was an unyouthful thing for me to do," a manly voice mumbled from below her. Sakura glance down, gazing at the man, he was strange; he wore an evergreen-colored spandex suit with a maroon belt strapped around his waist. He had midnight-black hair in the shape of an upside-down bowl and big round eyes.
The rosette helped the guy up. "My name is Lee, what's yours," asked Lee, looking at Sakura for the first time. Lee staggered back. "Y-you're so youthful! I'm sorry for bumping you, it will not happen again." He bowed, almost touching the floor with his nose.
"It's okay, I'm Sakura." The rosette was a little startled by Lee's behavior. Never in her life has someone bowed to her, it was a little awkward for her.
"Really?" Lee asked with a sniff. Sakura nodded. "Oh thank you!" Lee hugged her and Sakura became aware of the powerful soul that was in this man. 'Very interesting,' she mused, waiting for Lee to stop hugging her.
After several seconds, he finally stopped his wailing of joy. "Sorry about that, Sakura-chan. You're just the first person to ever treat me with kindness and after I bumped into you too!" Lee apologized for the billionth time since she met him.
She nodded, inwardly chuckling, isn't it bizarre that she-a killer, wanted by thousands, the daughter of the most famous and fearsome gang leader in the world and someone who was said not to have a soul- was the first person to treat him with humanity?
Everyone said she was a demon but if she was the first person to show goodwill to someone who was clearly a person of good than they were more of a demon than her.
"I have to go, class is about to start." Sakura waved to Lee while walking away. "Okay! See you later, O youthful one," the round-eyed teen shouted, making everyone in the hall stop and stare.
Sakura glanced behind her, something didn't feel right. Something was following her. The rosette turned down a now abandon hallway and hid in the shadows, invisible to even the most skilled eye.
She pulled out one of her kunai as the person walked passed. Without warning, she grabbed the person by the neck and held the kunai to their throat. The diamond-shaped knife glinted in the flickering light, just waiting to draw blood.
"Now that's not nice. I was simply heading to class and get a knife at my throat. How wonderful," the person remarked, uncaringly. That was the first time Sakura noticed the blazing apricot hair and the piercings.
The rosette disarmed her weapon and receded from her place behind him. He didn't seem like a threat for now anyway. She remained silent as she passed by and headed for class.
'He was not the person who was following me. So who was it? Could they have known that I was going to attack and slipped out of my reach just as I was about to grab them?' Sakura looked out of the window, the clouds were coming together and the once soft breeze picked up into a fierce wind.
'A storms coming, one that's darker than the pits of hell. And when it comes no one will be save.'
(With Pein)
Pein saw a pink and black blur out of the corner of his eye. 'Weird, you would think she would already be in class,' he noted, turning down one of the deserted hallways that led to class.
Abruptly someone grabbed him by his neck, which was surprising because he was six feet and four inches. A cold and sharp object was shoved at his throat, fantastic. The scent of cherry blossoms hung in the air. He could see a flash of a rosy-pink in his vision. There was only one person who had pink hair.
"Now that's not nice. I was simply heading to class and get a knife at my throat. How wonderful," Pein stated. He watched as she withdrew her knife from his throat and wandered passed him, clearly deep in thought.
Pein stood there for what seemed like a year, thinking about this strange woman. She seemed to be hiding something and for some reason he felt as though she was going to be the reason for everything that was going to happen from here on out. The lavender-eyed teen inwardly shivered, having the sudden feeling of being watched. He rushed to class, barely making it before the bell rung.
He was greeted by the teacher who was surprised to see him since he normally skips this class. Pein's emotionless eyes glanced across the class room, landing on the mysterious rosette.
'It's not what I originally thought but, this day is going to be interesting.' He watched from his seat as the rosette stared out the window, her mesmerizing emerald dipped over in thought.
(Lunch time)
Pein found out that the rosette's name was Sakura, it suits her. Everything about her reminds him of a cherry blossom, the way she would sort of stroll but seem like she was gracefully waltzing like a twirling cherry blossom petal in the wind.
Or like the way she would talk, it was like her voice was coated in honey but so deadly. The apricot-haired teen mentally chuckled. 'I sound like a love-sick puppy, gnawing just for a chance to see her.'
Suddenly, Yahiko slapped him across the face. Pein growled. "What was that for?" He shoved Yahiko into a wall while holding his neck. "Calm down, I was trying to get your attention," his brother began while pointing at someone behind him. "Konan wants you to meet some people."
Pein nodded and loosened his grip. He then turned around and sat down at his seat under the cherry blossom tree. With a flick of his hand, he ordered: "Proceed."
Konan nodded; calmly motioning over to two people he recognized to be Naruto and Sakura. The blonde looked like he was about to explode with excitement. Sakura on the other hand seemed like she could care less.
"This is Sak-" Konan stopped when Pein raised his hand for silence. "I know who they are. What I don't know is why they're here." Pein was inwardly interested in why she brought them here. Was it because she wanted to or was it something else?
He glanced at Sakura. She didn't seem to have forced Konan to bring her and her brother here. 'Maybe I'm just over thinking it.' Pein nodded, 'that's it.' Still he couldn't get that uneasy feeling out of his stomach. It was like a rock deeply imbedded into his skin.
He was suddenly knocked out of his thoughts when a startled yelp echoed through the humid air. The apricot-haired teen turned his gaze to where the yelp was sounded.
It was quite the sight to see, Hidan and Naruto were arguing about whom's head was bigger. Like it was in slow-motion, Naruto punched Hidan when he called ramen nonsense. Even though Hidan was in the Akatsuki, the blonde seemed to have the upper hand in the fracas so far, pinning his opponent to the ground like it was nothing.
Although Pein enjoyed seeing Hidan get the shit beat out of him, he needed to break up the fight before it produced unwanted attention.
He roughly round-kicked the blonde, making him stumbled backwards and fall on Kisame-who was eating his lunch with Itachi peacefully-. Once Pein saw that Naruto was out of the way, he brutally slammed Hidan up against the outer wall of the school.
The force was great enough to put a giant crack in the wall. Blood oozed out of the ashen-haired man's head as Pein let go of his hold on the man's neck. Hidan slumped to the dirt floor, unconscious.
The lavender-eyed teen then proceed to calmly lift himself up into one of the branches of the cherry blossom tree, almost invisible accept for his eyes that gleam in the shadowy light.
The rest of lunch was spent in silence besides for the hushed voices of Konan and Yahiko.
(With Sakura)
Sakura grabbed the hand that landed on her shoulder, throwing the person roughly to the ground. Dirt swept across the floor representing that it has not been cleaned in a while.
The person she assumed was a male from the deep groaning had chocolate-brown hair that was spiked, deep brown eyes and two crimson fangs tattooed on his cheeks.
He wore a leather jacket with fishnet beneath it. His ebony pants had cuts in them and what seemed like a phone number was written with a sharpie on the left pant leg. He also had dark combat boots on. He was what she liked to call a street player.
"Why did you do that?" the man moaned, holding his hands to his head in pain. "Now you know not to touch random strangers," she told, emotionless.
For some reason it sent shivers down the chocolate-haired teen's spine. It was quite pathetic; he was supposed to be a fighter not a wimp. "S-sorry but I was just going to ask you if you knew where your brother was," the teen explained, bowing his head so she wouldn't see the fear in his eyes.
"How do you know I have a brother?" Sakura questioned, glaring at him. "He told me that you were his sister and if I couldn't find him then I should ask you," informed the man. He slowly stood up, shaking slightly as he did.
'He's acting,' she thought. "Well I don't know where he is at this moment of time but my guess would be he's in the bathroom," she assumed, pointing to the bathroom close to her. The man nodded and rushed away.
'Whatever he has to tell him it must be important,' deemed the rosette. She strolled over to her locker only to have someone step before her. Sakura noticed the navy hair and found it was Konan.
"And what do I owe the pleasure of your presence?" asked the rosette, glancing at her briefly before side-stepping her to get to her locker. She threw her books in and turned to face her acquaintance.
"Lunch with me and my friends," explained Konan. She tried to push Sakura towards the back doors but the rosette wouldn't move. She nodded. "Is it alright if my brother goes as well?" Konan dipped her head at the request and followed her in the direction where Naruto most likely was.
Just like Sakura thought, Naruto was in the boys' room. She found the man from earlier and asked him to go get the blonde for her which the man did at once.
After they got Naruto, Konan dragged them to her friends' meeting place which was a cherry blossom tree near the school. The navy-haired teen told them all about her friends along the way.
Konan tried to get the attention of Pein; the man with the blazing apricot-hair and the sharp lavender eyes. He seemed to be too deep in his thoughts to detect their existence.
Yahiko who was Konan's boyfriend and also Pein's brother, decided to slap him to get his attention which probably wasn't the best of ideas. Abruptly, Pein grabbed Yahiko's neck and push him against the school wall.
'He has fast reflexes,' observed Sakura, watching as Yahiko franticly pointed to Konan. Pein let go of the poor man's neck and sat under the cherry blossom tree. His eyes filled up with questions as he flicked his hand and coldly ordered Konan to proceed.
The navy-haired teen bobbed her head calmly and motioned to Sakura and Naruto. "This is Sak-" Konan discontinued when Pein roused his hand.
'He seems to be the leader of the group.' 'And he's HOTT!' Sakura's inner came to life, yelling out with joy. 'I told you not to do that! I don't need you. Go away,' she hissed, pushing her inner back in a steel cage in her mind.
'I don't need that type of thinking, it will only bring trouble.' when Sakura was done with her inner battle, Naruto was having a fight with who she believed with Hidan.
Someone nudged her shoulder, it was Kakuzu. Konan told her that he was greedy and best friends with Hidan even though he would never admit it. "I'll bet you five dollars that Naruto will win." Kakuzu held out five dollars.
Sakura nodded. "I'll take your bet. I think neither one of them is going to win." The midnight-haired teen shot her a doubtful look but he's hungriness for money quickly took over.
The rosette gazed at the brawl that was taking place before her. She shortly glanced at Pein; if he was the leader he was going to be the one to stop it.
She was right. After several seconds, Pein stood up and violently round kicked her brother making him tumble onto Kisame. He then forcibly grabbed Hidan by the throat and threw him to the wall.
Once he let go of his throat, he calmly lifted himself onto one of the tree's branches and seemed to disappear behind the petals.
Lunch was over quickly and Sakura hurried to catch up with Pein. She didn't know why she was running after him but something told her that it was best to keep him under her watchful sight and that's just what she would do.
'It is not "something" its love you are feeling!' Her inner rambled on about how they would make a perfect couple and so on. Quite frankly, it was annoying.
It was not hard to get him for he was just strolling and against her power walk, it was no match. She slipped in front of him. "I'm sorry," she apologized, holding out her hand for a truce.
Pein nodded and she could tell he was trying to hide his surprise. "You know that is the first thing you have ever said to me. And it's fine; you probably had a good reason for it." He shook her hand, strongly.
Sakura nodded and turned to walk away but his firm hand stopped her. "Do you want to skip with me?" Pein asked. The rosette nodded. "I don't have anything better to do."
She observed him carefully as he smirked. "Great." Sakura followed Pein up some stairs and on to the roof of the school.
They both sat down at the edge of the top of the building, glazing at the area before them. It was stunning to say the least. Gary swept over the place like a blanket covering everything that had color.
Sakura glanced at Pein. "Why are you staring at me?" she asked, turning back to look at the wonderful scene in front her.
Pein blinked a few times, a blush slowly growing around his cheeks. "Sorry," he mumbled. 'Strange.' The rosette decided to break some of the ice that was growing between them.
"What is your favorite color?" she asked. Sakura had read in a book that it was best to find out as much stuff as possible about a person. She didn't know if that was true but if she was going to have a friendship, it is best to be safe and follow what the book said.
"I don't have one. What's yours? I doubt it is pink," Pein grinned, showing her a strain of her hair. "I don't have one either. Colors are not important to me."
They talked for a long time and enjoyed each other's presence. Only when the school bell rung did they leave for the day. "Master is going to be pleased about this." A shadow slipped out of its hiding place and climbed down the school's wall. It disappeared as it ran towards the forest.
(Somewhere unknown)
"I see. So you have found them." The leader's amber eyes glinted with rage. The spy nodded, waiting for a command from her master.
"Inform captain Iwao! He needs to get more men. We have a war upon us. We need as many as we can get." The spy nodded, disappearing into the shadows.
"I will avenge you, Master Kasumi!" The person growled, flashing her sharp teeth. "They will pay for what they did."
A haunting laughter filled the empty hallways, making everyone in the lair freeze in their steps. An eerie mist formed around their feet.
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