Bright sun was resting on the blue sky looking down at the leaves which were turning red, orange, and brown. The grass was green and the squirrels are busying themselves, ignoring the people walking by and getting ready for the upcoming winter.
Children, with scarves tied around their necks, walked together in groups or with their parents. The older children laughed and ran around, finding old friends and quickly making new ones. The younger children stuck to their parents' side making sure not to make eye contact with anybody.
The bright sun, wonderful colors, heart-warming people, stupid squirrels and the seven-year old Uchiha hated it with a passion.
Not only did Itachi ditch him, now Sasuke was unprotected from girls. How is a seven-year old supposed to protect himself from twenty girls his own age? There was no way. Sasuke was in no man's land.
To make matters worst the sea of people parted and there came Uzumaki Naruto and all of his orange glory, "Teme!"
The Uchiha turned around and pretended he didn't hear the hyper blonde. That didn't stop said blonde from destroying his eardrums, "Did you see Sakura-chan?! I think her hair grew over the summer? Sasuke-teme, you should really stop frowning. You need to smile more, like me! Wait a minute, is that Kiba? Kiba!"
The blonde waved the other boy over. But something seemed different about the brunette. It wasn't his hair or his eye, it was his chest. It was... bigger. So being seven-year old boys, they did what any other kid did: they stared at Kiba's giant, moving chest.
"Morning," the puppy-boy yawned. He raised an eyebrow when a greeting wasn't properly returned. Then he noticed the two perverts weren't looking at his face, "Hey, Emo and Narutard. My face is up here. I expected this from the Uchiha, but not you Naruto. Looks can be so deceiving."
"What's wrong with your chest, you deformed freak of nature?"
The puppy-dog grinned and pulled down the zipper from his sweater, far enough so the puppy inside could stick his head out, "Dog's aren't allowed at school, so I had to find another way for Akumaru to come."
"What about your bookbag?" Naruto had a good point. For once.
Kiba growled and placed his bookbag on the floor. He took Akumaru out of his sweater than placed him inside the bag, "Are you happy now?"
"Hey it's Shikamaru and Choji! Over here!"
"Stay away from Akumaru, Shino! I don't want him getting fleas 'cause of you."
"Don't be troublesome Naruto. It's too early."
"You named your bag after your puppy?"
"Hey has anyone seen Sakura-chan?"
"I saw her on the other side of the school."
"No! Akumaru is inside my bag."
"I'm telling."
"Don't bother looking for her. The girl attracts trouble. If she's here, trouble follows."
"Don't do it Shino!"
"Hey Teme, let's go to Ichiraku after school. You can even bring that bastard of a brother."
Not the best way to start off a new school year for seven-year old Uchiha Sasuke.
Little Haruno Sakura was disappointed. Not only did her mother not allow her hair to grow during the summer, but she still hadn't seen her Sasuke-kun.
She spent all summer trying to persuade her to buy new outfits, let her hair grow and maybe try on some make-up. But no. Sakura was still too young. The pinkette huffed at the memory. She was seven. She was at a certain age were it's okay to try on new things. But that still didn't convince her mom. It didn't matter! She was still prettier than Pig.
But that didn't stop the seven-year old from trying to dress nice. The day before, the Haruno family had an all day shopping spree! She bought she cutest red dress. Well, she didn't but her father did! But right now was not the time to think about that.
She had to find Sasuke-kun soon and save him from Ino-pig's evil clutches.
Sakura looked determined as she ran around the courtyard. She pushed people out the way and had to go around the taller kids. The pinkette talked to some of the other students to get hints if they seen the little Uchiha. Sakura noticed other girls her age doing the same. She. Had. To. Find. Him. First! But nothing.
The little girl sighed from exhaustion and sat down on the nearest bench. She'll rest for a bit then continue looking.
"He's on the other side of the school Forehead."
Sakura knew that voice. Only one vile, disgusting creature could make that noise. The pinkette quickly stood up. A few feet away was her. "Ino-pig," she acknowledged. "I didn't think the school would allow an animal to attend."
Sakura had noticed the blonde wearing the same dress she had. The only difference was the color: purple. The blonde looked horrible in it... In Sakura's eyes.
The blonde had grown her hair and had it up in a small ponytail. "At least pilots don't mistake my forehead for a runway!"
The students around them watched silently. The wind blew by and the girls continued their staring contest. It was epic!
"Your hair grew."
Ino raised an eyebrow. "It did," She smirked when she noticed the pinkette's hair. "Did mommy not let you grow your hair Billboard Brow?"
"I don't need to grow out my hair to attract attention. I know I look great!"
Silence. Everyone around them waited for someone to attack the other. They waited. And waited. and waited. Until the duo ran to the other side of the school. That's when everyone decided it was best to get out of the way.
They ran side-by-side, ignoring the passerby's. The only thing that matter was their rivalry and the hunted Uchiha.
"You stay away from Sasuke-kun, Ino-pig!"
"You need to stay away from Sasuke-kun. We don't want him to get forehead disease now do we?"
"Pig!"
"Forehead!"
And off they ran. A trail of dust behind them.
Hyuuga Hinata was receiving a lecture. Again. She kept her head down and started to twiddle her thumbs. The blunette couldn't help but feel a little envious of Hanabi. Her little sister had a few more years to go before she went off to school.
"And don't slow anybody down. If you're in a group don't let anybody push you around. You're a Hyuuga. Act like one."
"H-hai Father."
Hyuuga Hiashi sighed as he looked at his daughter. He turned and headed back to the limo. He had no time for this. He had a meeting in two hours. He couldn't handle the pressure. If he stayed there any longer, he was sure he would have grabbed his daughter and headed back home.
It wasn't because the Hyuuga didn't want his daughter there. No. He wasn't like those parents that would video tape their crying children. And he definitely wasn't an Uchiha. He'd seen those weird videos where their oldest just wants to ditch them and Fugaku's crying in the background. Itachi even covered his face in embarrassment when his classmates approached him.
"No. We aren't related... He's just some bum I bumped into... Just because we look alike doesn't mean we're related. Besides, I'm good-looking," You can still hear Fugaku's crying.
Of course that was all in Hiashi's imagination. Mikoto's the one crying while Fugaku's filming. But inside the Hyuuga's mind he liked to think it was Fugaku that was crying. It makes sleeping so much easier.
The Hyuuga just didn't want his daughter socializing with... commoners. But when he heard that the Uchiha with the chicken butt hairstyle was going to this school, it sounded like a challenge. And it was also his deceased wife's last wish before she passed away.
"Hiashi, please promise me one thing. Promise that you'll allow Hinata and Hanabi to go to a public school. This family isn't normal when it comes to socializing. Remember when we first me?" Hell yeah, he remembers. It was awkward as shit.
But he wasn't going to say that out loud. The Uchihas might hear and laugh at him.
Hinata however was terrified. She looked up at the enormous building in front of here and she immediately wanted to cry. She would have cried too, if she didn't get run over by pink and blonde!
The blunette fell face first. Tears started to leak from her eyes as she stood up. Her face hurt and here hands ached. The little girl was sure she was covered in dirt. She wanted to go back home and crawl back into bed. Pretend this day never happened.
"Hinata! I'm so sorry." The blonde immediately turned to the pinkette, "Look at what you did Billboard Brow!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there. And don't blame this on me Pig! You weren't looking ahead."
The duo started to argue while helping the blunette. Hinata started to sniffle as the duo stopped bickering to clean her up.
"Sorry about that Hinata. I'll see you later okay! Gotta find Sasuke-kun. See-ya," The Hyuuga shyly waved as she watched Ino run off.
"It's nice to meet Hinata-chan. I'm Haruno Sakura. I need to go to the front entrance to find Sasuke-kun. Bye," Hinata watched as the pretty pink-haired girl ran off.
The blunette looked around in confusion when she remembered something, "I-Isn't this the f-front e-entrance?"
Sasuke hated sharing a desk. Especially with the pink-haired girl next to him and the dumb blonde beside her. They wouldn't keep quiet! They kept talking and talking and talking. The pink-haired girl just kept staring at him, which made him very uncomfortable, while the dobe stared at her then glared at him. It's not his fault!
"S-Sasuke-kun? Isn't it beautiful outside?" No, it's raining. And why are you stuttering?
"Hey Sakura-chan! Why don't you come to Ichiraku with me and Sasuke-teme?" I'm going home dobe. Can't you see it's raining? Idiot can't even see out the damn window...
"Are you really going? I'd love to come if you're going. It'll be like a date." If you're going I'm definitely not going. And it's raining.
"I'm going too," he heard the blonde mumble. The Uchiha raised an eyebrow as he heard shuffling, "Kiba. Are you going to come too?" No. I don't want my ramen to have fleas. And that girl's going. And it's raining. I'm not going.
"Yeah I'll go! Why don't you come Hinata-chan?" What?
"I-I don't know..." Don't go. You'll have fleas in your ramen. And Sakura's going. And it's raining. Don't go.
"You should definitely come Hinata-chan! Sakura-chan's going, right?" No...
"N-naruto-kun..." Don't do that. You sound so sad.
"I'm going if Sasuke-kun's going! You are coming right?" No. It's raining. And you're coming. And the fleas are too.
"Hinata-chan? Are you okay? Do you have a fever?" Don't touch her.
Sasuke immediately turned to the thump! He rolled his eyes as he watched the dobe and the dog start to freak out over an unconscious Hyuuga.
"Look at what you did!" Shame on you.
"I didn't do anything! I only touched her!" You're dirty. Stop touching people.
"Naruto! What did you do to Hinata!" Why are you yelling! He's right next to you!
"I-I didn't mean to Sakura-chan. It was an a-accident." You and your LIES!
"What's going on back there?" Iruka-sensei finally noticed all of this? What has he been doing for the last three minutes?
"Hinata fainted!" Kiba's bag started to whimper and move around.
"S-she fainted?!" No, she passed gas. Of course she fainted.
For the next two hours the little Uchiha watched as the whole class went berserk. Kiba's pet escaped the bag and ran around. The pink-haired girl and the blonde girl started to fight over who was going to sit next to him.
"You left your seat Forehead. Move!"
"I did not! I just stood up for a second. Move your giant butt Pig!
"Everyone calm down! Your future Prime Minister can handle this!"
"Naruto sit down! The chairs are for sitting not standing. Can somebody go get the nurse?"
"Akumaru get back! Stay!"
Choji jumped as the puppy ran towards him. His bag of chips flew and landed on the sleeping Nara. The boy blinked a few times before sitting up and shaking the chips off him. On the other side of the room, Shino was staring at everything and everybody. He slowly petted the cockroach that was sitting on his desk, shaking his head at his classmates and teacher. If anybody had looked at him, it would seem as if he was planning world domination.
The only normal child in the classroom was the boy who was staring out the window. He watched as the rain slowly stopped and the clouds parted making way for the sun's rays. The boy tilted his head to the side as he heard the birds start to chirp and watched as the squirrels came out. He would have kept enjoying the scenery... if he wasn't hit with a marker.
"Sasuke-teme get out the way! Your fat head's blocking the view of the window! Teme!"
Recess was stupid. School was stupid. Everything was stupid. But it was true. Recess is stupid.
What's the point of going to a building that taught you things that you might not even use, then going outside to play? Sasuke was pretty sure he was going to forget everything. Wasn't he going to school to learn? What the hell was he doing? It didn't matter anymore anyways. Here he was, outside.
Sasuke watched as everyone else ran around and laughed. He, however, was confused. What was he supposed to do? The only person he laughed and ran with was Itachi and he wasn't even here.
From the corner of his eyes he saw a majority of the girls huddled together looking at him. They were either trying to become one giant blob or trying to hide behind one another. It didn't matter. Girls were confusing.
"Sasuke," The Uchiha turned to the voice to see Kiba waving at him... ew, "Come play soccer with us!"
The boy was about to run over there, until he heard her giggling. He stopped and looked around the playground. He did hear her, he was sure of it. He then turned to the sandbox and was surprised to see her with the boy who always wore specs. Strange kid.
He was about to go over there, if the weird boy in the sandbox didn't look at him.
Sasuke stood there for a few seconds before shaking his head and walking away. He would just find another way to get to the girl without the other boy noticing him. The dark-haired boy spent the rest of recess to get close to the sandbox of doom.
Go in from behind. Failure.
Pretend to mind your own business. Bees ended up chasing me.
Get the ball for the soccer game. Fangirls ended up getting the ball.
Run really fast. Tripped on the rock.
Man-up and just walk over there. Got intercepted by blonde and pink.
Hide in the bushes. Bushes love the ground.
So by the end of recess Sasuke ended up sitting on one of the swings. He wished he ended up by himself, but not all wishes get granted. He ended up surrounded by the rest of the girls that aren't Hyuuga.
"Isn't recess fun?" Everyone agreed with the pink-haired nuisance. Except him.
Recess is stupid. School is stupid. Everything is stupid. And Hyuuga, for not paying attention to him, is stupid.
Itachi knows everything. And everything is a lot of things. But Itachi knows things, so Sasuke assumes his older brother doesn't know people. Sasuke is wrong. Again.
"What did you do?" So accusing.
"I didn't do anything." The little boy looks away from his brother's wise eyes. His eyes, however, land on the crying Hyuuga girl who was being fussed over by the Inuzuka and Aburame. Sasuke quickly looked ahead and started to walk. "Itachi let's go. I wish to get a nap when I get home."
Sasuke gives himself a pat on the back for dodging Itachi's question. He wasn't going to tell him that he politely asked her to walk him home. It's getting dark and there are predators roaming the streets. It's either her or him and Sasuke loved himself more. But she had the nerve to decline his offer and said she was waiting for N-n-n-naruto-kun. So he pulled her hair.
The older Uchiha shakes his head at his brother and looks at the girl, who is now calming down thanks to a... puppy? His brother was just entering the first stages of having a crush and Itachi couldn't help but pity the blue-haired girl.
Out of everybody in the world, fate decided to be a bitch and mess with the shy Hyuuga.
Itachi sighed and walked over to his younger brother, who was glaring the blonde boy next to him. He decided it was best to stay back and let Sasuke figure out that "weird feeling in his stomach."
"Yay, Itachi's here! Let's go get ramen now!" And now he was going to sit back and watch the money in his wallet disappear.
I'm writing again and I updated... I've been into Greek Mythology lately and Super Sentai Gokaiger. If you actually go read Greek Mythology there's alot of stories with Hades and Persephone. First page... that's all you see... Review!