Daring Beginnings

DG32173

Sarah: me no own the Naruto anime, manga, or anything thereof. I do own my story and plotline, though! NO STEALING! Ya might could borrow PORTIONS the plotline, but I will report you if you take a lot of it! Story time!

NOTE

(Authors note)

"Talking"

'Thinking, a canine talking to Kiba'

"Radio, someone on the other end of a phone, singing, etc." you'll figure it out

Scene change

POV change

Memory

Scene change in memory

INDEX

Kunoichi: female ninja

Shinobi: ninja

Teme: bastard

Chapter 2

Of a Shinobi Saying the Wrong Things

"Ugh! Can you believe Naruto did that to our poor purses?!" Ino asks angrily. They are on their way to the gym to sign up for a few sports, and cheerleading of course! They've had a tradition since they each reached middle school: try out for cheerleading every year. And they've made it every year. Of course they'll make it this year; they're just too good to be passed up.

"The nerve of that teme!" Sakura says. "At least he didn't peek in any of them and got all the whipped cream off. If he had tried to peek, we've got little surprises for snoopers, ne girls?" she says.

Tsunade laughs. "Fingerprint fastener locks!" the senior giggles. "Snoopers would get a nice little zap!"

"Yup!" Hinata laughs. (Hinata is not a shy girl in this fic. I don't like people making her out to be shy all the time. So I changed it some, she speaks her mind and doesn't mind dealing out punishment when it's deserved.)

"We're here," Tenten says, pointing at the gym doors. The eight girls walk in and make a beeline for the cheerleader signup table.

Their names are written down in a flash by the cheerleading and softball coach, Anko-sensei. "Last year for some of you guys, ain't it?" the childish coach asks.

"Yeah, Tsunade, Shizune, and Temari are graduating this year," Sakura says. "But we all agreed to wait until we're all graduated before applying for a scholarship."

Anko grins. "Gonna miss you three," she says to the three seniors. "I can already tell you guys your going to make the cut. So, do any of you want to signup for softball as well?" she asks.

Tenten, Ino, and Kin grin. "We're in," Kin says for the three girls

Anko grins and writes down the girls' names "Alright," the purple-haired woman says, her grayish-brown pupil-less eyes watching the girls appraisingly. "Go sign up for whatever other sports you want, ne?" she says.

"Alright, Anko-sensei!" the girls laugh, leaving the cheerleading table to see other sports.

Sakura yelps in joy moments later. "VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS!" she screeches happily at the top of her lungs, causing every person in the large gym to wince and cover their ears as the gym makes her already loud voice even louder.

"Geez! Trying to make the whole school deaf, pinkie?" a gruff voice calls out from behind her.

Sakura clenches her fists and whirls around to glare heatedly at the junior who dared to say that, standing about two meters away. Everyone backs away from the pissed off girl. Everyone in all of Konoha knows not to call Sakura "pinkie". Otherwise they'd be in for one helluvia whooping.

"INUZUKI!" she yells, louder than her screech about the volleyball. This makes everyone wince again. Kiba winces the worst and the nin-dog on his head, Akamaru, uses his paws to cover his ringing ears. "I'M GOINNA KILL YOU!" she roars, running straight at the shinobi, performing speedy hand combinations as she runs. She slams her hand, palm out, into Kiba's stomach. Half a second later, a huge shockwave causes the junior to fly backwards and up off the floor to slam into the limestone wall ten meters behind him and two meters above the ground.

"Oomph!" he gasps before falling to land on his butt on the floor.

"Ouch," several of the students murmur in sympathy for the poor shinobi.

But everyone knows it's Kiba's own fault that he got whooped by the hotheaded prep. Everyone in the village, from the infants to the elderly, knows not to mess with this particular girl, she's too hotheaded and gets riled very easily. And everyone especially knows not to tease her about her intriguingly beautiful pink hair. You only tease her about her hair if you want to get pounded by the young kunoichi.

Sakura glares at the shinobi's pup when he nips her ankle, warning her to leave his master alone for a while, Akamaru had jumped from Kiba's head moments before Sakura's last angry statement. The nin-dog trots up to Kiba and gives him a look that clearly says, "You deserved it."

Kiba rubs his head and glares at his pup. "Traitor," he mutters so softly that that only his and Akamaru's acute hearing can detect it.

Akamaru merely grins at his master. 'You know better than to tease her about her hair … and ya did it anyways,' the pup says. 'YOUR fault you got whooped … by a girl no less.'

"Ha-ha, very funny, Akamaru," Kiba mutters sarcastically. The pup lets out a yipping laugh as Kiba gingerly picks himself up off the floor. He winces as wave after wave of angry pain assaults him, yelling at him for getting himself thrown against a LIMESTONE WALL! "Damned son of a bitch," he mutters.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ABOUT SAKURA?!?!" Ino roars. She had been right beside the Inuzuki and he hadn't realized it… until now.

Kiba pales as the pink-haired hot-head stomps right up to Kiba. Ino whispers in her ear what she had heard Kiba say … and he knows he's in big trouble when the girl gets a suspiciously calm face, her eyes glinting maliciously. "Kiba," she says in a deathly calm voice. Everyone in the gym retreats to the opposite side of the gym, including the hot-head's friends. Kiba is now so pale that even Sasuke would look like very burnt toast next to him. Kiba gulps as the girl starts cracking her knuckles, chakra whirling around her visibly. Only when someone is completely filled with one emotion does chakra appear to the naked eye … and that emotion usually is anger.

"Uh… Sakura-chan… don't do anything rash," he says nervously, backing away from the pissed girl as she advances on him.

She smirks. "Oh, and calling me a son of a bitch isn't rash?" she asks innocently. The group on the other side of the gym gasps. Okay, Kiba is in for a LOT of pain now…

Twenty minutes later

Sakura smirks, crossing her arms as she stares down at the battered, bruised, and bleeding Inuzuki at her feet. "You got off lightly Kiba. Don't mess up again. You might not live to regret it," she says calmly. Kiba's only response is a very low pain-filled groan. The rest of the occupants of the gym make sure to stay as far away from the girl as possible as she heads for the gym doors. "I'll sign up for sports tomorrow morning," she calls, opening the double doors and leaving.

Kiba's friends gather around the poor boy and help him get up. Supporting the majority of his weight, they help him to the nurse's office to have the school medic-nin help the beaten up shinobi.

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Sarah: ah, chapter 2 complete. Hehe, poor Kiba got whooped bad in this chapter. (shakes head) I should lighten up a bit on him. Maybe in a few chapters. (grins) Sakura does need to soften up on him a bit first. (looks pityingly at the boy laying moaning in pain on her couch) er … make that soften up a lot.