Daring beginnings Chapter 3: Of Cheerleaders and Singing, a naruto fanfic

Daring Beginnings

DG32173

Sarah: okay, chapter 3 is gonna be a bit fluffy, folks. But not enough to get all hyper about. I have no claim on the Naruto anime, manga, or cast. I just borrow the cast to write little fanfics for fans. Don't get mad at me if you're a cheerleader and I say the wrong thing in a move. I've never been a cheerleader, and I doubt I ever will be. I just don't like doing that kind of stuff.

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

-chan: a suffix used for females and young children

Hai: yes

Hentai: pervert(s)

Iie: no

Kazuo: harmonious man Japanese name

-sensei, sensei: referring to a teacher

!!!EXTRA NOTE!!!

In this chapter, Sakura and the twin brother of hers I made up are gonna be singing a duet, so here's some extra info:

"Sakura Singing"

"Kazuo singing"

"Both singing"

Kazuo is the name of Sakura's twin brother. And Kazuo is a big troublemaker and loves getting Kiba and Sakura into embarrassing moments. So yeah, be warned. Oh, and I went ahead and made up a name for Kiba's mom. You'll see it near the end of the chapter.

Chapter 3

Of Cheerleaders and Singing

Sakura punches Naruto in the head. "HENTAI!" she screeches. Naruto had been peeking in the girls locker room… again. It's been two weeks since Sakura sent Kiba flying into a wall.

"BAH! You're mean!" Naruto says, rubbing his head.

"You deserved it, Naruto," another voice says.

They look up to see Anko. "Anko-sensei!" Sakura greets. "Could you do something about him? He's peeked five times in the last hour!"

Anko shakes her head. "Naruto, you have after school detention for three days. Starting tomorrow," she says. Naruto pales drastically. Nobody likes the detention teacher. Morino Ibiki is not only the detention teacher, he is also the leader of the of the Examination and Interrogation ninja unit in Konoha. "And don't ask for another form of punishment; you've peeked in on the girls far too many times and have got by with only a warning. Now you will have to pay for your actions."

Across the field, Naruto's friends watch in amusement as the poor boy gets handed a heavy punishment for being such a pervert. Jiraiya has definitely rubbed off on the boy, in a very bad way. At least Jiraiya makes sure not to get caught. Naruto is far too blatant about his perversion.

In the girls locker room

"Thanks Sakura-chan!" a girl with violet hair and bright blue eyes calls from near the back of the locker room. "Ibiki-sensei will teach that hentai a lesson in humility!"

Sakura laughs. "Hai, you're right, Masiki-chan," she calls back to the girl. "He deserves it!" she says, slipping on her cheerleading outfit. The outfit includes a one piece leaf green leotard with the emblem of their school right on the chest. Also, an extremely short dark green skirt goes from their hips barely past the end of the leotard. And since Sakura is the lead cheerleader, as usual, her outfit also includes silver stripes on her skirt.

"That leotard looks great on you, Sakura-chan!" a freshman calls out. This girl has shoulder-length red hair, bright blue eyes, and lots of freckles on her face.

"Thanks, Cary-chan!" she chuckles. She glances around. "Everyone ready?" she asks. Many variations of yes come forth. "Alright, on the field gals! Let's see what kind of talent we have this year!"

The girls laugh and head out the locker room. They notice Naruto and his friends are in the stands. "Ugh, what a bunch of hentai," Cary mutters.

Sakura laughs. "Iie, many people watch practices," she informs the freshman, motioning to the jocks that are waiting for their cheerleader girlfriends to finish their practice and students and teachers there purely for the entertainment. "Alright, girls, lets go through the basics as warm-ups first! Let's see if we can beat the fastest time for warm-ups of twenty minutes. Ready?" she grins.

The other girls laugh and nod. Sakura holds up her stop watch. "GO!" she says, pushing the start on her watch. The girls go through cheerleading basics: back flips, hand springs, leaps, pirouettes, and splits. All of which done in unison. Sakura keeps her eyes on her fellow cheerleaders, checking for anyone going too fast or too slow or if one of the girls is off course.

"Cary-chan! You're going to fast, sweetie! You'll run into Ino-chan and Hatari-chan if you keep up that pace! Slow it down! Misa-chan, you need to pick it up a little, you're falling behind! A little more to your left Hatari-chan, we don't want a collision! Masiki-chan, you're jumping a little too far forward, pace yourself and push gently when you need to get off the ground! Kiki-chan, slow down and straighten up your body fully when doing the stunts. This isn't a race; we're supposed to be in unison girls! Remember that! Pace yourself to the cheerleader to your right and left! Good! Keep that up girls! You're doing great! Alright, time!" Sakura calls out, clicking the stop button on her stop watch. She glances at the time. "ALRIGHT GIRLS! WE DID IT! SIXTEEN AND A HALF MINUTE WARM-UP! GOOD JOB!" she calls to her fellow cheerleaders. They laugh and grin; Sakura had found out long ago that keeping her spirits high and encouraging her fellow cheerleaders helps a lot better than getting in their faces about their mistakes.

"Alright girls, we have forty-five minutes of practice time left today. Let's choose our routine for next week's pre-season game, ne?" Sakura calls out to the other girls. The other girls agree and the girls sit down in a circle, tossing ideas off of each other for what they should do next week and in what order. Twenty-five minutes later, they have the basics of their routine set up. Now they have twenty minutes to practice it. "Alright girls, let's give this a try. I'll watch for this practice and tomorrow's practice to help you gals with your mistakes, ne? Then I'll join in for Monday's practice," Sakura says. The other cheerleaders nod and begin the routine they had chosen.

Thirty-five minutes later

Sakura sighs as she takes a gulp of her bottled water. She wraps a towel around her damp hair. She had taken a shower after practice to cool off her body. She glances around and realizes she's the only cheerleader left in the locker room. She rubs the towel fiercely against her head to dry her hair. Then she walks around the locker room and picks up stray towels to put in the hamper. She shakes her head to fluff her hair up some and then grabs her backpack before leaving the locker room. She locks the door behind her and puts the key in her purse.

"Wow, took you long enough," a voice says from behind her. She jumps then whirls to slap Kiba on the cheek. "Ow! Hey! That hurt!" he says, rubbing his cheek where she slapped him. A bruise in the shape of her hand is already forming on the shinobi's face.

"Then don't sneak up on me!" she retorts.

"I was standing here the whole time," he growls. "Remember? You and Kaz are supposed to spend a few weeks at my place since your folks are on some mission or other."

She sighs. "I remember," she says angrily. She really hates Kiba. They've been rivals for as long as they can remember, and it's not always a friendly rivalry either. They've been known to go all out on each other in sparring, not holding back even the slightest bit; much to the dismay of their teachers and parents. But they weren't always rivals. Something happened between the two when they were much younger, though they can't remember what, and they've hated each other ever since.

Kiba scowls. "C'mon, we gotta go get your bro from detention hall," he says, heading for the student parking lot. Sakura and her younger brother, Kazuo, ride the bus to their schools usually, but Kiba lives farther out in the outskirts of Konoha, and so he drives to school in his own car.

The Inuzuka and Haruno families have been friends for several centuries, since before the feudal era that ended a few hundred years ago. The Haruno family actually split off from the Inuzuka family hundreds of years ago when one of the younger women married a young, prosperous farmer. Most of the Haruno family can make just about anything happen when it comes to working with plants.

The two families remained extremely close ever since. Well … except for some rare individuals, like Kiba and Sakura. Sometimes, two children are born close in age and grow up hating each other. Often times, the two end up marrying each other. That's what Kiba and Sakura's parents hope for them. But Kiba and Sakura doubt that will ever happen.

Kiba unlocks his silver '06 Kia Sedona. Sakura slides into the front passenger seat while Kiba slips into the driver's seat. Akamaru hops over to lie down in Sakura's lap. The dog is almost too large for Kiba to carry on his head. Another week or two, Akamaru will have to walk beside Kiba. Sakura pulls a homemade CD out of her purse and puts it in the minivan's CD player. Cascada lyrics flow out the speakers and Sakura turns the volume up very loud. Kiba and Akamaru wince against the loudness but quickly grow accustomed to it. Sakura likes her music loud, and won't turn it down for anyone except her parents and brother. Unluckily for Kiba and Akamaru, Kazuo loves the same type of music Sakura does and likes it just as loud as Sakura does.

Kiba starts the minivan and pulls out the nearly empty student parking lot. He sighs as Sakura starts humming to the music blaring from the speakers. He always liked listening to her singing; he has to admit that much to himself at the least. She has a nice voice. He always wonders why she'd never be found in the chorus club, or whatever the hell it's called. He never bothers to learn the names of the clubs except the ones he joins. He waits until the lyrics start. She always sings to Cascada, no matter what song.

"I'm waiting for the night drifting away
On the waves of my dreams to another day
I'm standing on a hill and beyond the clouds
The winds blowing still and catching my doubts
I'm hunting on the night, the slave to my dream
an illustrated scene descends in the sleep
We're playing for the fights emotional games
I'm turning off my eyes and hiding my shame"

Yep, she's singing again, as usual. He pulls into the detention hall's parking lot. A young man with shoulder-length black hair and emerald eyes that matches Sakura's runs up. He opens the back door and jumps into the middle seat. "Hey Kaz!" Kiba says as the boy slams the back door shut.

"Hey Kiba! Hey sis!" the boy says, grinning as Sakura seems to ignore him in favor of singing. Kiba just sighs and pulls out of the detention hall's parking lot, heading for his place.

"A never-ending dream a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
tonight I want to hide my feelings too
as you do and I want to be with you

"I'm waiting for the night drifting away
on the waves of my dreams to another day
I'm standing on a hill and beyond the clouds
the wind's blowing still and catching my doubts

"I'm watching all the flowers dying away
in heated breath of life at the dawning day
I'm waking up in spring and kissing your face
the sweet moving thing I feel your embrace

"A never-ending dream…

"A never-ending dream
a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
tonight I want to hide my feelings too
as you do and I want to be with you

"A never-ending dream
a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
tonight I want to hide my feelings too
as you do and I want to be with you"

Kazuo grins and taps Sakura on the shoulder. "Got any two person songs on that un, sis?" he asks.

"You know it!" she says cheerily. She changes the track to number seven.

"Woah, huh, huh!" Sakura sings, grinning at her twin. Kiba groans as he recognizes the song. 'Dammit, I hate country music,' he thinks 'How can they stand it? Geez, this is gonna be hell!'

"Aww baby!" Kazuo joins in, grinning back.

"I'm having me a party!
I don't think I can come
Uh, uh, this ain't just any kind of party
Nah, I think I'll stay at home
Uh, oh, no It's gonna be really, really hot
Startin' to sound good
I'm gonna put you on the spot
Baby, maybe I should
Yeah, there'll be lots of one on one
Guess I could be there
Come on and join the fun
What should I wear?
I'll tell you that it…"

"It doesn't matter what you wear
'Cause it's only gonna be
you and me there
Whoa!

"I'm having a party
A party for two
Invitin' nobody
Nobody but you

"You'll be sexy in your socks
We could polish the floors
In case that anybody knocks
Let's lock all the doors
Yeah, all the things I'm gonna do
I'm gonna do with you
I wanna try something new
I wanna try it, too
I tell you that it…

"It doesn't matter
Uh, uh
What I wear
Cause it's only gonna be
You and me thereUh, uhYou and me there

"I'm having a party
A party for two
Yeah
Ain't invitin' nobody
Nobody but you
Yeah
Yeah, you

"I'm here
You're there
That's all
we really need
We're gonna
We're gonna party hearty
Just
Just you and me
Don't
Don't think about it now
Don't
Don't even doubt it now
I'm inviting you to a party for two
Whoa!

"Shake it, shake it!
Come on baby!

"Aww, all the things I'm gonna do
I'm gonna do with you
I'm gonna try something new with you, boy
I wanna try that, too
I'll tell you that it…

"It doesn't matter what you wear
'Cause it's only gonna be
It's only gonna be you and me
Awwwww, yeah

"I'm havin' a party
A little bitty party baby
A party for two
It's just me and you
That's right
Invitin' nobody
I ain't inviting anybody
Nobody baby
Nobody but you

"I'm having a party
I'm having a party
A party for two
A party for two
Ain't invitin' nobody
Ain't invitin' nobody
Nobody but you
Nobody but you
Yeah, you
Yeah you

"Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, yeah
Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on, Come on, yeah
Just you and me there

"That was great!" Sakura says her last line.

"Let's do it again!" Kazuo says his last line in return. Then the twins laugh. "That really was great, sis!" he says.

Sakura grins. "Wish we could do it again, but I think Kiba is gonna kill is if we do!" she says.

"Hell, yeah I will," the brunette growls. That only causes the twins to laugh harder than before, though Kiba can't figure out why. He turns into a long dirt driveway that has trees lining either side. "We're almost there, anyways," he mutters.

Sakura strokes the sleeping pooch in her lap. Then she plays with his ears. "Akamaru, time to get up. We're almost there," she says softly. One thing she does like about Kiba is that he always has Akamaru around, and she adores Akamaru. The pup whines but obediently sits up and yawns. He looks her then decides its time for kiss attack. "AH! AKAMARU! STOP! HAHA! THAT TICKLES!" Sakura giggles as she is bombarded with kisses. Akamaru grins at her and yips excitedly. Kiba scowls at his dog. "What'd he say?" Sakura asks.

Kiba's scowl deepens. "Nothing important," he mutters. Akamaru turns a doggy glare on his master. Kiba merely rolls his eyes and continues driving up the very long dirt drive. A few minutes later, the trees suddenly stop and the Inuzuka manor lies ahead with a huge front yard, and even larger back and side yards. "We're here," he says, pulling to a stop in front of the full garage. And the garage isn't full of cars, but loads of junk instead. Kiba's mother's car, a teal Subaru, is next to his. "Mom's home," he says, smiling.

His mother is almost always out of the country. She's not a ninja, though. She's the proud owner of a large computer enterprise. Kiba's father is an Anbu. A damned good Anbu at that; the Hokage gives Kiba's father the best jobs available. Both his parents bring in so much money, Kiba and his siblings live a very easy life. Sakura and Kazuo's parents are both top ninja's as well. They make a very good team; so they usually get teamed up with each other, though it's usually against the laws.

Sakura grins. She loves Kiba's mother. Azilia Inuzuka is a great woman, and an excellent cook. Sakura keeps saying that if Azilia ever passed her enterprise on to one of her many kids, then she should become a world class chef. And that's one of the very few things Sakura and Kiba do agree on. Sakura is also surprised by how many siblings Kiba has despite his parents rarely seeing each other. Sakura and Kazuo decided that the times Kiba's parents are together are spent getting Azilia pregnant again. Kiba affirmed their suspicion that his parents do try to get him more siblings the rare times they are home together.

Azilia is actually Sakura's third cousin, making Kiba a fourth cousin. Azilia had been one of the Harunos that despised an Inuzuka for many years when she was younger. And that Inuzuka is Kiba's dad. Azilia also has the common pink hair trait of the Haruno women, as do many of Kiba's sisters. A few of his sisters and all his brothers inherited the dark chocolate hair of Kiba's dad, a common trait among the Inuzuka men. And all of his siblings have their own puppy like he has Akamaru.

One Inuzuka trait that was bred out of the Haruno family is the ability to understand and communicate with all canines, from dogs to wolves to jackals to foxes and all the other canine species out there. Sakura wishes that it hadn't though; she loves all animals and would truly enjoy having long conversations with Akamaru. Much to Kiba and Akamaru's annoyance, though, Sakura and Kazuo share a pet cat, Danny. Even though Akamaru is almost three times her size, Danny can easily take on the dog and often wins in their fights. Akamaru is still sporting a nice scar on his left ear from where Danny had bit him when they were only a kitten and a puppy. After a while, Akamaru gave up trying to beat the agile Siamese cat and befriended her instead. The two often laze in the sun together whenever Kiba's over at Sakura's place. They also enjoy watching Kiba and Sakura argue and spar.

Sarah: okay, this is now a 12 and a half page document, so I decided to end there. Next chapter will include Azilia and a bit of craziness in the Inuzuka household. And I'd love to thank nine-tailkyuubi for reviewing me and letting me know that I do have at least one person enjoying this fic! Thanks!