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CAUTION: if you have read/seen the anime/mangas called Death Note, Bleach, and of course Naruto you will DEFINITELY like this chapter :)
Beautifully Ugly
Quote of the Day
"Come on Flappy, let's go to Candied Island!" – Captain K'Nuckles, Misadventures of Flapjack
Chapter 3 – Absolutely
The classes flew by like a golden maple leaf tossed in the blowing breeze, bell after bell, and soon enough, it was what every student in Konoha High hoped for, lunch. The cafeteria crowded different tables, usually by grade or stereotypes. The rosette girl sighed as she dumped her bag lunch on the table, taking her usual seat in between Sasuke and Naruto who just stared at her strangely. "What's up with the attitude Hitai-baka?" Ino sneered, calling the pink haired girl by the usual aggravating nickname 'forehead' followed by the ending 'idiot'.
Sakura just tossed a meaningless glare at the blonde, then turned to see the other blonde, "Ne, Naruto, so when's the blind date?" She muttered, taking a small nibble on a turkey sandwich her mother messily made for her. She heaved a sigh and decided to toss away the disgusting sandwich. She wasn't that hungry anyways…
Naruto gave her his trademark fox-like grin, "Right now! We've got plenty of time during lunch! It'll be a speedy blind date!" He grabbed her wrist and pulled her over to an empty table, "Just sit here, and I'll do almost all the work for you, just you know… talk. If you don't like the person, just yawn and stretch your arms out, then I'll give them the signal to go and leave. Easy right?" He kept grinning, as if this would work out; which most likely wouldn't.
The pink haired sophomore just stared blankly at him for a few moments, her entire thoughts were empty but had one comment in mind, "You're an idiot Naruto."
He just sweat-dropped, patting her head as she sat down, "You'll do great… Just be yourself." He gave her one last reassuring smiling before walking off. Sakura heaved another sigh, probably sigh number thirty-two for today so far. She looked down at her folded hands in her lap, noticing how bony her fingers were, and how wide her palms were… She bit her lip, 'You got to stop thinking these negative thoughts now Haruno. You're fingers and palms are perfectly fine. Everyone's hands are like that… right?' She turned slightly to see Naruto give a thumb's up at her from afar, and to see Ino's perfectly shaped hands. 'I guess not…' She sighed, number thirty-three.
"Oi…" A slightly deep voice murmured, then soon grew impatient, "Oi!" He called out again, this time catching the pink haired girl's attention.
Sakura quickly turned around, only to see nothing but then moved her head down just slightly to see a boy with unusual white hair and narrowed serious looking icy-turquoise blue eyes. She shook her head out of her daze and stared, surprised, she's never seen him before… He must be a freshman for being so short… She could've mistaken him for a middle-school student instead if he wasn't here. "A-Ah, I'm Haruno Sakura." She gave a small smile to the boy—err, young man.
He huffed, crossed arms, "I'm Hitsugaya Toushiro, a Junior." He gave an approving nod towards the pink haired girl.
She couldn't help but gape, "Eh? A Junior? Y-You mean a fr-freshman right?" She just couldn't help but just feel how unbelievably short he was. There was no way he's a Junior, a YEAR ahead of her. Toushiro just glowered at her with his penetrating icy eyes and furiously stood up and left, muttering curses and colorful language, something about, 'Matsumoto', 'blind date', and 'terrible idea'. She couldn't agree with him any more.
She shrugged, the little man had a temper that she absolutely hated anyways. Did she have a temper? Thinking back on all those times she's beaten up Naruto and rarely Sasuke for acting either conceited or just plain stupid, she bit her lip in guilt, maybe she needs a change, maybe she should change for the better of everyone else…
"What are you thinking about?" a nearly monotone curious voice asked her.
She looked up to see the oddest looking man ever. He sat on the chair with his knees close to his chest, like he was crouched and had an orange lollipop sticking out of his mouth. He wore a plain long-sleeved white baggy shirt with baggy blue jeans and terribly beaten up sneakers. What caught her attention most was his unruly deep onyx hair, wide panda-like dark eyes, a pale complexion and a curious expression on his face. "You may call me Ryuzaki." He introduced himself.
Sakura just slowly nodded, "Yeah… I'm Haruno Sakura, sophomore year." She gave a small smile, his aura seemed to be calm, and he actually didn't sound as creepy as he looked.
Ryuzaki just nodded, taking the lollipop out of his mouth and inspected before sticking it back in his mouth, "It's nice to meet you, I'm in the senior year, so I hope that doesn't bother you." She noticed during this entire conversation, he would keep inspecting his candy and sometimes bit his thumb nail in an odd fashion.
Sakura just quickly shook her head, "Uhm, its fine. So… why do you sit like that?" She asked curiously, not many people do sit in a crouching position with their knees all the way up.
The panda-like man just gave her another blank stare, "If I sit like you, like everyone else, my deduction skills will decrease to 40%. You should try sitting up like this once in a while, and did you know that using your brain helps you burn calories as well? It is considered a muscle." He noted the fact.
Sakura stared at him oddly, "Are you suggesting that I'm fat?" She glared at the unmoving man. Before Sakura could yell at him any more, Naruto already took notice of the tension in the air between the two and stepped in before either of them could say anything and ushered Ryuzaki away. "Naruto… This isn't working so well." She heaved a sigh.
Naruto gave her a miniscule sympathetic smile, "It'll work out, you looked like you were getting along with him for the first five minutes… Just keep talking!" He flashed her one of Lee's "good guy" grins that made her shudder as he left to return to view the blind date from afar.
Sakura shook her head and stared at her stomach, maybe she was a little too fat… Was she stupid too? She immediately felt someone sit in the chair in front of her and sighed, "I'm Haruno Sakura, sophomore year." She looked up to see a surprisingly normal looking boy compared to the other two blind dates she's had so far. Maybe this one had a chance.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Yagami Light, senior year." He held out a hand for her to shake, a proper greeting. Sakura smiled and gladly shook his warm hands, 'not sticky or sweaty… good so far Sakura-chan, don't screw this one up!' She thought to herself.
"So you plan on going to the Fuyu Seisoku Odori?" She gave him a light smile, resting her chin on her hands, showing she was interested in what he has to say. She noticed his neat proper clothing, neatly trimmed light brown hair and dark brown eyes.
Light nodded, "You could say that. So I hear you'll be needing a date to the formal, am I correct?" He asked, just in case.
She nodded, "Yeah, my good friend already has one, and apparently he felt bad so he set up this blind date for me," she gave a small chuckle, "Not really working out so far, but you're pretty much the normal one compared to all the others." She complimented, hearing his light chuckle.
"Tell me… Have you heard of Kira?" He asked, an odd glint appeared in his eyes, "He's been killing off evil people… What do you think of that?"
Sakura gulped, 'You thought he was normal, but he's JUST as crazy as everyone else! Yawn and stretch girl, HURRY!' She panicked and quickly did as Naruto has told her and soon enough, the young man was hurried away as Naruto returned back to his seat. She closed her eyes and heaved a sigh, "Now what?"
"Me," a deep soothing voice filled her ears as she looked up at the oh-so-familiar face. "So what are you here doing sitting by yourself? Did my brother say anything?" He raised an elegant black eyebrow.
"I-Itachi?" By his question, apparently he didn't know anything about the mischievous fox's blind date set up. Sakura sighed, answering, "Naruto just set up a blind date for me, since I have no other date." She rolled her emerald green eyes, running a tired hand through her silky smooth hair.
Itachi just lightly chuckled, "Knowing him he didn't give you any say to this." He's known Sakura since the first week of school and was probably the one that had defended her when she got her first detention. Later on, the two had grown close and she was introduced to the infamous Akatsuki gang, always causing pranks now and then and they would always have a red and white cloud stitched onto the black straps of all their backpacks, symbolizing who they were. They made sure to always give Tsunade and the school board a hard time. Why Itachi joined? She would probably never know.
The rosette just nodded, "Yeah… I met a shorty with a big temper, a disastrous looking guy, and neat-freak that likes to talk about death." She sucked in breath then didn't hesitate to let it out, "Doesn't Naruto pick the best people for me to talk to?" she grumbled, sarcasm laced between every word.
Itachi just gave a small smirk, "Well, if you're having trouble finding a date, I can always be your date if you would like." He offered her by holding out his hand, almost as if to shake it, to seal the deal and keep the promise.
The girl looked shocked, "B-But I thought you were going with that new girl… Kiyoura her name was?" Sakura could remember the ivory complexion easily, long black hair, bangs that nearly cover her right eye, and dark trademark red eyes. (A/N: Don't worry :) Kiyoura's one of my OCs and she RARELY plays a big part. She'll be mentioned now and then, but she won't even talk or do anything big that will harm the story.)
Itachi shrugged, "She's very quiet, rarely talks and most of us are wondering if she even speaks at all… I still wonder how Pein accepted her into the Akatsuki." Silence invaded the air as they were both thinking the same thing, but then he interrupted the silence, "I wouldn't mind taking you anyways. I'd rather go with someone I know than someone who won't talk, or a random girl that WON'T stop talking." He admitted.
Sakura gave him a wide smile, "Great!" Just as Itachi was about to get up and leave towards the infamous gang, she muttered with narrowed green eyes, "Are you… Sure Itachi-san?" She mumbled, not knowing how Sasuke would feel about this. Back at the table, the youngest Uchiha couldn't help but glare deeply at his brother, just what was he saying to Sakura? Why was there always a smile on her face whenever Itachi was with her…
The eldest Uchiha brother just gave her a small smile, nodding, "Absolutely."
Behind the Scenes
Sakura: I actually don't mind that I'll be going with Itachi
Author: Really? O.O
Sakura: Yeah… Heheheh, show Sasuke-kun that his brother thinks highly of me enough to take me out!
Author: -_- Of course…
Sakura: Besides… I sort of have a thing for bad-guys like Itachi-kun!
Author: O.O
Author's Note: Well, there you go! :D Check out my other story called "A Teacher's Pet"! It's a SasoSaku fanfiction that I think will go REALLY well (despite the fact I only have one review… :O) Haha, I love you all my anonymous reviewers! I love all my readers too!
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