Lucky Charm

by EikoDoll

Chapter Two: So Damn Confused

Naruto couldn't stop thinking about what happened yesterday.

That Haruno girl kissed him out of nowhere!

If this had happened back in first grade, he would have been the happiest boy alive. He had such a crush on her back then...

But now, Naruto Uzumaki disliked her with a passion.

He never imagined his first kiss would be with her after what happened so long ago. In fact, he never imagined a first kiss at all after that witch broke his heart. Sakura Haruno was his first and last crush up until now. It made him even angrier knowing she tasted like cherries!

He loved cherries.

Emphasis on loved. Naruto made a mental note to himself: stop eating cherries and convert to...

strawberries.

Thoughts like this plagued his mind as he walked to school. He stopped halfway and leaned against the brick wall where it all happened. For a few minutes he tried to think of explanations as to why he had such a stupid crush on her anyway. Well, the fact that she was the cutest girl in elementary school and that ALL the boys liked her was one thing. Other than that, she's nothing but mean, bossy, superficial and conceited.

Naruto snorted rather loudly; he should have realized that sooner. He was blinded by her cuteness, and after she completely screwed him over, he promised himself he would never fall for physical beauty ever again.

"Um. Hi, Naruto."

The blue eyed boy nearly choked.

Speak of the she-devil...

Sakura stood several feet across of Naruto, looking unusually nervous. Apparently she had been waiting by this particular brick wall for quite a while now.

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in class?" Did she come to verbally harass him? Weird. Her usual routine usually consisted of ignoring his existence. She left the harassment to the rest of the student body.

"Er...about yesterday..." she started uneasily.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone what happened. Wouldn't want to ruin your precious reputation." he said spitefully and attempted to walk away.

"That's not what I meant to say!" Sakura quickly exclaimed, stopping him in his tracks. Although she truly didn't want anyone to know what happened...

All of a sudden, he realized something. "Wait a minute. School started two hours ago. You waited here for nearly two hours just to tell me something."

Sakura was a little offended by that statement. She waits for no one. Well, Naruto was an entirely different case. "That sounds a lot worse than it is. But yeah."

Waiting for an explanation, Naruto stood there silently with his arms crossed.

"I just want to..." Sakura looked at his lips with curiosity in her eyes, which caused Naruto to look at her suspiciously. "...see if this works."

Naruto was way beyond confused. He didn't realize he was backing away as she moved in towards him. When his back finally touched the brick wall again, his eyes widened as Sakura's face moved closer and closer to his.

He could feel her breath.

"Whoa! Hold up! What do you think you're doing!" he raised both his hands in front of Sakura's face to stop her from coming any nearer.

She slapped his hands away and growled at him. "Just hurry and kiss me! I need to know if this works!" her eyes blazed with determination.

"WHAT THE FU-!"

Naruto ducked before Sakura would lay one on him.

Her lips met with the brick wall and she quickly turned around to see Naruto slowly backing away from her in horror. "Oh no. She's had a taste of me, and now she wants more." he said to himself, attempting to make a run for it.

"Will you just be still and let me kiss you! Third period starts in ten minutes and I'm late enough as it is!" yelled Sakura.

Just when Naruto was about to make a break for it, Sakura forced herself on him, grabbing his face with both hands and pulling him in for a kiss.

Their lips met once again.

Naruto struggled to free himself; her hold was just too strong. Was she some kind of superhuman freak? Sakura literally shoved his face away when she felt she was through with him and quickly got back on her feet. Feeling the adrenaline pulse through in her body, she ran for it without even realizing she was going in the wrong direction.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Naruto heard her laugh all the way down the street.

His eyes were wide open and he stood frozen in shock as Sakura ran in the direction that obviously wasn't Konoha High.

"Fuck." he gaped after her. "She tasted like strawberries."

What luck!

Sakura observed carefully through the glass window of her next class, and it seems like the teacher didn't start the quiz yet.

After about five minutes of running, Sakura found herself back in her neighborhood, therefore realizing she had gone the wrong way. Well, sixteen tardies didn't really make a difference to her, but she knew Tsunade would probably be on her case again. Sakura hoped getting an A on her math quiz would lighten the case, even by a little. She had high hopes, especially after kissing that outcast for the second time.

"This better work." she muttered under her breath. "If not, then my life really is over." Because she kissed the biggest loser she's ever known...TWICE! And the second time on her own free will!

Sakura slowly and quietly opened the door while watching Asuma lecture and scribble nonsense on the chalkboard.

Searching the room for an empty seat, she found one next to Hinata and grinned to herself. Hinata, along with everyone else, saw Sakura trying to sneak her way into class. They kept their mouths shut and pretended to be interested in Asuma's teaching. Hinata mouthed 'Hurry up' and Sakura gave her a nod. She went down on all fours and began crawling silently to the empty seat.

"Sakura, you're late again." Asuma retorted bluntly, still writing on the board.

CRAP! and she was halfway there.

She gave him a innocent smile and hastily picked herself up. "I have a good explanation for this." she retorted defensively.

"Uh huh." Asuma rolled his eyes. "Take a seat. The quiz starts in five minutes."

Sakura threw herself in the chair next to Hinata and sighed in relief. The purple haired girl looked at her friend with shame and shook her head.

"What?"

"Tsunade's going to have a fit."

"Not when she finds out I got an A on my math quiz." Sakura smiled, yet not entirely with confidence.

Hinata frowned. "Did you even study?"

"Well, a little. But you know I never understand math."

"What makes you so sure you're going to get an A?"

Sakura took in a deep breath.

She wasn't sure at all.

Naruto stumbled backwards, managing to hold himself. One of his eye was heavily bruised and a drop of blood trickled down his lip.

"Is that all you got-"

This time he fell painfully on the stone-hard floor after he felt the brutal impact against his face. After a bit of groaning, he sat up, leaning his right arm against his knee, and wiping away the blood with his thumb. Naruto looked up and found himself surrounded by five dark figures.

"Trying to sneak into school when classes started hours ago, huh?" said the boy who just punched him.

Another boy cracked his knuckles and smirked. "I think somebody needs to teach this guy a lesson."

Naruto stared at them for a while and scoffed out loud. "If class started hours ago, what the fuck are you guys doing here?" he said. "Maybe you should all teach yourselves a lesson." He grunted painfully when somebody kicked him in the stomach.

"S-Shut up!" said one of the boys.

Oh how Naruto hated jocks...

The boy attempted to kick Naruto a second time, until a familiar voice from afar was heard shouting violently at them.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?"

Everyone turned to the source and found Tsunade walking haughtily toward them. The boys looked terrified once they caught sight of the burning rage in her eyes.

Except Naruto. He was just really annoyed with the entire situation.

The boys who beat Naruto made no attempt to conceal their fear when the Principal finally closed in on them. Tsunade looked down to see Naruto's face bruised and bleeding. She then snapped her head at the rotten gangster-wannabes.

They quickly backed away.

"Somebody better tell me what happened here." she growled angrily. No one answered. "Or else." she added demonically.

"It was him!" the boy who threw the first punch pointed frantically at Naruto. "He started it!"

"Yeah! We were just minding our own business, but Naruto got all crazy and tried to fight us!" said one of the boys.

"We had to protect ourselves!"

Naruto rolled his eyes at them, but made no attempt to defend himself.

Tsunade didn't seem like she was convinced. "Don't you dare lie to me." she hissed.

"NO! Honestly we're not-"

"Suspension for two weeks, and detention two more weeks after that!" Tsunade roared. The gang of boys coward fearfully. "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"

They all scattered away quickly, leaving Naruto sitting up quietly by himself.

Tsunade looked down on him with weary eyes. "In my office. Now."

The blond haired boy gently placed a pack of ice against his eye and sighed gratefully when the pain began to recede. Tsunade let out a sigh herself. She carefully looked at Naruto and shook her head.

"I don't understand, Naruto." she began, gaining his attention. "Why don't you ever defend yourself?"

Naruto blinked.

"I saw everything." she replied.

About fifteen minutes ago:

Tsunade pretended she was doing paperwork, because if not, her assistant would be all over her ass.

Shizune.

Tsunade sincerely loved her like a daughter, but she's so damn bossy! She could never catch a break.

"Tsunade-sama, I'm going to xerox some papers. I'll be back in a a few minutes." Shizune announced.

"Take your time!" Tsunade faked a smile.

Shizune wasn't convinced. "I'll be back as fast as I can." she said knowing very well Tsunade was a slacker.

When her dark haired assistant was out of sight, Tsunade abandoned her fake smile and replaced it with a sneaky smirk. She quickly stood up and faced her window, pulling a flask out of her sleeve. She opened it and inhaled the smell of sweet, sweet alcohol. Just when she was about to take a sinful sip, her eyes caught a blond haired boy sloppily dressed in his school uniform. Tsunade tsked and shook her head disappointingly.

"Late again, Uzumaki." she muttered.

As he made his way towards the building, out came a group of five boys surrounding him. Seemingly jocks. Everyone knew jocks ruled the school.

Tsunade noticed they were making conversation with Naruto, and a conversation with Naruto usually meant 'trash talking'. Naruto merely stood there without a response, and that's when she witnessed one of the boys punching him directly in the face.

She quickly gulped down some alcohol and slipped it back into her sleeve before hastily making her way towards the scene.

Presently:

Naruto's eyes followed a fly buzzing around the office.

Tsunade's eyebrow twitched.

"HEY, PAY ATTENTION!"

He snapped out of his trance and scratched the back of his head. "Uh. What were you saying again?"

Tsunade sighed. "Naruto, I know you can defend yourself. After all, Jiraiya made you take self-defense lessons. So why do you hold back?"

Naruto acted like he was surprised. "Wow. I didn't know you encourage violence, baa-chan! If I'd known that-"

"I'm serious, you little brat." she mentally waved a fist at him. "And I told you a million times not to call me that!"

The blue eyed boy shrugged. "What's the point?"

"..."

"I mean, people beat me up everyday-"

"Everyday?" Tsunade's eyes widened in shock.

"Okay, well not everyday. Usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays for some reason. But anyway, I'm tired of defending myself." he lifted up his feet and placed them on Tsunade's desk, leaning lazily against his chair (which annoyed her greatly). "I decided to just let it come." said Naruto casually, as if nothing mattered.

The big-chested woman looked at him sadly, but quickly shook it off and swatted his feet off her desk.

"All right. Get to class." she excused him. "You already have about a hundred tardies." that wasn't an exaggeration.

Naruto lifted himself up and began walking away. For a second, he stopped at the door, and Tsunade wondered what was wrong. He turned to face Tsunade with a sheepish grin on his face. "What class am I supposed to be in now?"

That didn't surprise Tsunade. The only reason he came to school at all was to pull pranks on people. She wondered how he ever became a senior this year.

'Luck, I guess.' she inwardly shrugged. "Math class with Asuma. Room 110."

"Right." he waved a hand. "See ya later, Tsunade baa-chan!"

Naruto quickly escaped the room before Tsunade would throw something at his head.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"

Sakura couldn't believe it.

Asuma collected all the quizzes and corrected them right away, which is what he normally does. After he corrects it, he passes it out to the owner so he/she would learn from their mistakes.

Sakura stared at the grade on her quiz and gaped. Was this some kind of mistake? Was Asuma toying with her or something? She continued to look stupidly at the quiz she had just taken; she couldn't believe her eyes.

Apparently, Hinata couldn't either.

"A+." she was completely flabbergasted. "B-But how?"

Sakura shrugged.

Although deep down inside she knew exactly how.

The image of blond hair, blue eyes, and weird tattoo whiskers entered her mind.

That boy had a power.

The power to bring her good grades with the touch of his lips!

Sakura had never been so amazed in her life. She NEVER received an A in math. She was helpless against the subject. The highest Sakura ever got in math was a C! Naruto Uzumaki's power corrupted her. She needed more! Not only was it math, she needed help in all subjects: science, spanish, history, even gym for goodness sake! And why the hell did she sign up for Spanish? Two full quarters trying to learn the language and she still didn't understand a damn word of it!

The girl casted a glare at Sasuke Uchiha because obviously it was all his fault. Before he came into her life, she had the best grades in school. Now she's lazy and is willing to do anything BUT study. Now her only hope was to receive good grades through...Naruto's...lips...

Shiver.

"Well, look who decided to show up today."

Sakura turned her attention to Asuma, who turned his attention to a boy with whisker tattoos leaning against the frame of the door.

Shiver. Shiver.

She was so lost. Why did it have to be him of all people!

Asuma looked pleasantly surprised. "Let's celebrate, everyone!" he announced. "The great Naruto finally decided to grace us with his presence." he said with a smirk.

Everyone groaned when Naruto confidently stepped inside.

"Asuma-sensei, I prefer being addressed as 'The Amazing Naruto' if you don't mind." the boy grinned slyly, walking to the farthest seat in the classroom.

Asuma grinned back. "Yeah, yeah. Pull out a pencil; you're gonna take the quiz you just missed."

Naruto looked at him in grief. "Whaaaaat?"

"Unless you want to stay in after class for being late."

"Can I borrow a pencil?"

As soon as Asuma handed him the quiz, Naruto had a strange feeling somebody was staring at him. He lifted his eyes for a moment and saw green eyes staring intensely at his crystal blue's. He quickly looked down on his quiz, lost in confusion. And it wasn't because the math questions were like a different language to him.

Was she trying to mess with his mind or something?

Why him all of a sudden?

There's definitely a dirty trick she's hiding up her sleeve.

But why now?

What happened to the good old days when she used to pretend he didn't exist?

Again, he slowly lifted his blue eyes. And quickly looked back down again.

SHE'S STILL STARING AT HIM!

Naruto couldn't completely analyze the look in her eyes, but he saw a bit of confusion in there.

Well join the club, he's confused too!

However, he also saw something that looked like greed...

Greed for what? What could he possibly have that she wants!

Any guy in this damned school would be jumping for joy knowing a girl like Sakura Haruno only had eyes for him, but not Naruto

because he knew deep inside her heart was evil!

So what was she planning?

Before he would finally start the quiz, he bravely lifted his head once again to look at green.

Naruto threw Sakura a glare, letting her know he was on to her.

Sasuke didn't exactly know what was wrong with Sakura. As of lately, she's been acting very strange.

Of course he assumed it was because of the breakup. She was hopelessly in love with him, as many are...

Still, this wasn't the reaction he was used to. The girls he dated usually stalked him (forever), and tried to kill the other girls that got in their way. Although he did notice Sakura staring at him on a few occasions...it actually looked more like glares. At first he thought she was angrily obsessed with him, and he may be right. But there was a bit of doubt there.

And then he caught her staring at that stupid Uzumaki kid.

Now that really confused him.

It wasn't a loving stare,

or an obsessive stare,

not even a hateful stare...

He wasn't sure what it was, but it bothered him a lot. He'd have to keep an eye her,

and that loser, Uzumaki.

On his way home, Naruto thought he had a pretty successful day. He got to prank two teachers without either of them knowing, and he was surprised when the basketball team didn't know he was the one who inflated all their balls. Naruto laughed out loud by the time he reached the street he lived on.

The only thing that unsatisfied him was his conflict with Haruno. Staring at him all period long in class was one thing, but tracking him down and forcing him to kiss her this morning was just plain creepy!

He was so damn confused!

Naruto was certain she held absolutely no feelings for him. She didn't even like him a little! Not even as a friend.

Not that he would ever accept her as a friend anyway.

"Naruto!"

Aw shiiiiit.

He stopped in his place and felt an evil aura walking near him.

Yup, it was definitely the devil.

And hey! She didn't even have the decency to say 'hi' this time. How rude...

Slowly turning around, he found the pink haired girl standing behind him with much more confidence than she had this morning. It was as if she had confirmed something...

"W-What do you want?" Naruto cleared his throat realizing he was stuttering. He opened his mouth again, but nothing came out.

Sakura didn't waste any time. "Listen. I just want to make one thing clear."

She sounded dead serious.

"Huh?" he was so damn confused!

Sakura crossed her arms and glared at him. "From now on, I don't want you kissing anyone but ME. Got that?" her voice was venomous.

The wind blew heavily that day. The sky darkened. The wolves somewhere out there howled. Naruto's jaw literally fell.

"Huh?" The poor boy stood there frozen.

"If I find out you so much as pecked a girl, you will die. Understood?" she threatened.

"HUH?"

A/N: Well, there's the second chapter! I just want to thank all the people who gave my story a chance and to those who reviewed! reviews are very much appreciated :D Merry Christmas!