Sakura was dressing in her room, a simple black top and black shorts.
"Sakura, you're going to be late!" Mikoto called this down the halls as Sakura finished wrapping the bandaging around her torso.
Sakura grabbed the pack from her bed and sprinted toward the kitchen. She had pinned her pink tresses up into an ornate bun leaving only a few strands hanging in her face.
Swerving to avoid Itachi, Sakura rammed head first into a wall. Picking herself up, she ran into the kitchen, stopping dead when she saw Fugaku sitting at the table.
Sakura bowed her head and walked toward the sliding door silently, her footsteps never making a sound.
After Sakura left Fugaku let out a roar of laughter, her meekness amusing to him. The sound sent Sakura running.
Sasuke was waiting for her at the gate. He looked up and grabbed her hand; he dragged her toward the school, running.
"We have class with Iruka-sensei all day today, tomorrow Kakashi-sensei is teaching us Jutsu." Sasuke explained briskly the school now in sight.
"My best friend, Naruto is sitting next to us; you'll be the only other girl other than Ino in the class." Sasuke scowled when saying the girls name.
"What abut Tenten-san?" Sakura asked keeping pace next to him.
Sasuke pulled her into a room and he showed her where to hang her light jacket, explaining that Tenten and Neji were tutored privately. He pointed to where she was to keep her shoes. He took her into the actual classroom and he took her to the corner desk. He threw her bag and his onto the desk and sat down.
Sakura looked at him and sat down as well, idle conversation followed as the classroom filled up with other children.
"Who is in my chair?!" a shrill voice cried splitting through the chatter in the room.
Sasuke sighed and turned his head toward the window. An angry blonde girl stomped over to Sakura and poked her in the chest; Sakura reeled back and hissed, that spot was still sore from Fugaku's assault, Sakura glared at the blonde wench.
Swiftly Sakura walked back over to Sasuke, grabbing her stuff she placed it against the far wall and sat swiftly next to it.
The girl shook her head and walked cockily over to the seat next to Sasuke; she sat down huffily and brushed back her air staring at the board with a cocky expression.
"Hi you guys!" Naruto yelled entering the room.
Sasuke stood up and walked over to Naruto, they talked silently for a few moments before they both moved over to the blonde girl's chair, together they picked up her bench and dragged it down the way, leaving three spots open.
Naruto ran over and grabbed Sakura while Sasuke fetched a large bench. Before class began a new seating chart had been established, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke sat next to one-another.
Iruka-sensei threw the door open, his arms full of papers.
Iruka stumbled down the steps into the open area at the base of the class, after throwing the papers onto the desk he wiped his brow and turned toward the class, a smile on his face.
"Good morning class, it seems that we have a new student. Come down here please." Iruka motioned for Sakura to come down.
Iruka had her face the class and introduce herself.
"My name is Haruno, Sakura. I live in the Uchiha compound and I'm training her to become a bodyguard for Sasuke-sama." She said all of this with a big smile on her face.
Sakura turned to Iruka and motioned for him to bend down to let her tell him a secret.
"Training will be held first this morning." Iruka said while straightening up. Sakura scurried back to her seat.
The class as one stood and they filed out of the classroom into the training yard. Since Sakura was a new student Iruka gave her the privilege of working with him that day.
As all the students found places to begin working Sakura and Iruka stood facing one another, they bowed respectfully to one another.
Iruka, thinking that Sakura didn't know many moves, went easy on her his left arm swung out only to meet air as Sakura ducked and slid under his legs. She sprung up, landing squarely on his back, the impact was much stronger then Iruka though possible.
The class stopped and turned in awe, Iruka laid face first on the ground Sakura was crouching next to him, checking his vitals.
Many of the little boys snickered behind their hands and the girls ran over to check on their beloved sensei.
"I think I fractured his spine." Sakura said solemnly.
The hands resting on his spine glowed a soft green and she pulled away after a few minutes. Her eyes had gone dull and her normally peachy skin had lost all its color. She smiled and turned him over she rested her index fingers over each of his eyes.
"Sougishiki." She whispered her own eyes closed softly.
Iruka blinked a few times and his head turned toward Sakura who was brushing off her hands looking elsewhere.
Iruka jumped to his feet and ordered the class back to their exercises. Sakura walked around watching the other kids, stopping every so often to copy a move.
The children were ordered inside for snack and written work time.
Naruto and Sasuke ate their snacks and Sakura placed her head on the table, beating herself up mentally for not grabbing her bento box.
After Iruka-sensei passed out all of the papers Sakura set to work. Her mother used to ask her complex questions to keep her mind ample.
Naruto sat with his ramen pencil half sticking out of his mouth; he scratched his head and stared at the paper, begging it to solve itself.
"Hey… hey, Sakura, What's the answer to number 5?" Naruto said, his eyes following Iruka-sensei's back. Sakura looked at him for a moment before hold out her hand, he passed her his work.
After 5 minutes Sakura had finished his packed, the writing even looked like his own writing, she had taken care so that neither of them got caught.
They spent the rest of the day going over the packets of work, they also took time out to review on the many hokage's and what they were known for.
Naruto stood up when Iruka instructed him to Naruto told the class of his fathers current reign. He was by far the best Hokage.
As the school bell rang the scraping of benches filled the room along with the stamping of feet. Sasuke and Naruto helped Sakura gather her things and together they set off for Sasuke's house, it was tradition that Naruto came over after school so they could struggle over homework together.
As the long walk to the Uchiha compound grew longer Sakura's eyesight began to fade. And her feet stopped working and her eyes saw nothing but black.
