Tsubame: I really should get to the point, right? Oh well! SasuSaku here I come! Yehey! I wrote the last chapter because I didn't want the events of the story to go too fast. I like a slow and steady pace…I'm sorry to those who are disappointed in me. I don't do it on purpose it is just that I have my own pace. I like NaruHina but not as much as SasuSaku so please trust me on this. That is all I ask. Don't give up on me.
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"Summer School"
By Tsubame Ongaku
Chapter 6: Uchiha Sasuke
Everything about Uchiha Itachi bothered Sasuke. The thought have the same blood flowing in his veins sickened him. He tried to ignore his brother's presence entirely as he watched the two girls battle it on. His existence is just a small stain in his life and nothing will ever change that.
He remembered a time where he used to idolize his brother but now the thought of it sickened him. He'd rather forget what happened all those years ago and just move on. He wasn't even worth thinking about.
He enjoyed the little display of sportsmanship before him. Two women couldn't be more different. It was training vs. street smarts. Hyuuga Hinata had been training for as long as she could remember and has become one of the best but due to the over-protectiveness of her life she never really used it in real fighting experience. Haruno Sakura was different, totally different. She wasn't afraid to fight and has been protecting herself for years against all the evil in the world such as snatchers, robbers, bullies and etc. She'd been alone most of her life so it was no surprise that this girl had a lot of experience.
This was going to be fun…
He never noticed Tsunade-sensei enter. She was pleased with what she saw. Haruno Sakura, her little ward was fighting with one of the best fighters in school. From the smiling face on the girl's face, Tsunade could tell that she was enjoying herself. Sakura's parents were good friends of Tsunade. When they told her that they were going to leave the child with her, she almost refused.
She changed her mind one day on her way home from school. She saw Sakura surrounded with big-looking guys with motorcycles. It didn't look like a fair fight. It was five against one. Strangely though she didn't look at all afraid. She looked annoyed.
Tsunade didn't know what to make of this girl. Sakura was carrying a large stack of books, wearing an all-girl-school private uniform and her askew. Her looks simply cried out nerd. Suddenly, Sakura calmly put down her books and advised the riders to leave her alone and that she wasn't in the mood. The teacher groaned, knowing that this kid was just looking for trouble.
The bikers laughed continued to harass her. Sakura shook her head sadly and said, "Don't say I didn't warn you." Minutes later the bikers lay on the floor in a heap.
After that, she simply picked up her books and went along her way. She was completely oblivious to the teacher watching her in both disbelief and amazement.
She watched the boy call Uchiha Sasuke. She knew his reputation very well. Tsunade didn't like it one bit. He was watching Sakura with interest and amusement, which didn't suit Tsunade well. He was going to have to go through her if she wanted to get anywhere near Sakura.
Tsunade was just going to inform him the basic rules of keeping his distance.
Sasuke couldn't help it. Each move she made was a temptation. He wanted to fight her. He wanted a chance to dance this dance with her. He wanted to see her fall…
He heard Hinata scream. Sakura made another hit. Hinata fought back with a flying kick and sent Sakura flying to some distance. The two of them were congratulating each other for a good fight. Hinata then said that she would win, while Sakura said otherwise.
"This battle is mine!" Sakura declared. The two combatants fought it out. The two of them were getting tired by the minute. He couldn't take it just watching.
He suddenly stood up. He didn't care that he was interrupting a battle. "Kurenai-sensei! Please…let me fight her!"
Naruto protested. "Sasuke! Are you mad? You can't fight Hinata!" Naruto grabbed his friend by the collar. "I'll kill you first."
Sasuke shrugged. "Whoever said I wanted to fight Hinata?" He pointed to Sakura. Her eyes widen in surprise. "I want to fight her. How about it, Sakura? Unless of course you're afraid, then I'll totally understand."
Hinata, who was fighting Sakura a moment ago, was now trying to restrain her from attacking the boy. "Sakura-chan, calm yourself." She did not look very upset that their battle was interrupted. They could continue that later but next time she'd win. Right now, preventing Sakura from committing murder was more important.
"Let me kill him! Kurenai-sensei! I will fight him!" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs. "I'm going to murder him!"
Kurenai-sensei was shocked. It was unusual for Sasuke to actually request for a fight. Fights usually come to him and he certainly had enough to go around everyday. She nodded and gave them her permission. She was going to be on the look out though just in case Sakura wanted to really draw out blood.
The calm Hinata took the wild Sakura aside and talked to her. Nobody really knew what Hinata told her but by the time their talk was over Sakura was smiling and calm.
Sasuke and Naruto were another matter…
"Are you nuts?" Naruto paced back and forth in front of him wondering if his friend truly went out of his mind to got through with this challenge. "Why would you go and challenge Sakura-chan? You know she is not as good as you!"
Sasuke simply yawned and shrugged. "I have my reasons."
"Are you going to tell me what these reasons are?"
"No."
The blonde groaned. "You're out of your mind, you know?" He folded his arms and watched the two girls across the fighting mat. "Sakura-chan might be serious about killing you."
The dark-haired boy grinned. "I certainly hope so." Naruto's jaws dropped. "Wouldn't that be more of a challenge then?" He walked towards the mat and left a startle Naruto on the sides.
Sakura joined him at the mat. "Are you ready to die, Uchiha?" She flexed her fingers and joints. "I'm definitely not going to go easy on you."
"Try to kill me, if you can, Sakura." He slowly removed his jacket and then tossed it to Naruto. The blonde grumbled something about a bratty jerk. Sasuke smirked and took position. "Why don't we make this a bit more interesting?"
Sakura took the first punch, which Sasuke caught reflexively. "Why not?" She said. "What do you have in mind?" She twisted his arm and tried to flip him but he retaliated by grabbing her arm and mirroring her move. Fortunately, Sakura was better than that. She kneed him on the stomach. He loosened his grip and it gave Sakura a chance to get away.
Sasuke rubbed the sore spot where she kicked him but she was surprised that he was grinning. "Interesting," he drawled. "Now how about we make a little bet?"
"A bet?" She slid under him trying to sweep his feet. Sasuke jumped back. She missed. "What kind of bet?"
"If you win, I'll do whatever you say for a whole month." Sasuke stepped back trying to avoid her series of kicks. It annoyed Sakura that he was only being defensive. He wasn't trying very hard to fight her at all. "Even do all your homework."
"Okay." She finally hit him again on the stomach. He fell back but was up on his feet almost immediately. "What if you win?" She almost smirked. It doesn't seem like Uchiha was much of a fighter.
"I won't ask for much," he said.
"What is it?"
"If I win, I get a kiss…"
"What?" She made a misstep and tripped. He looked up at him with shock and suspicion. "What kind of girl do you think I am!" She stood up and began to walk away. "No way, Uchiha. You can forget it!"
"Are you that afraid that I'll win, Sakura?" Sasuke made the tsk- tsk sound as he shook his head. "I thought you were better than to turn down a challenge."
Sakura froze and turned to him. "Me? Afraid of you?" She laughed. "In your dreams! Let's do this!" she returned to position. "You're going down!"
Sasuke smiled. "That's what I've been wanting to hear." Before Sakura could even blink, Sasuke disappeared.
"He's fast!" she realized. "What was that earlier? Was he just faking?"
"Over here, Sakura!"
She turned. Sasuke was there. "How?" She demanded. "How did you move so fast?"
Sasuke smirked and began his attack. Too bad for Sakura that she didn't know that he studied Taijutsu under Kakashi-sensei with Naruto for years. She never stood a chance.
"You think you're so good, Uchiha?" She fought back trying to match his skill. She couldn't even fight back. Her defenses were failing her. He was too quick, too strong and too skilled.
"I'm not going to let you win!" She tried to kick his face but he ducked. He grabbed her leg and made her immobile. She tried to use her other leg but Sasuke was already one step ahead of her. He calmly placed his hand on her throat and squeezed lightly. "Game over," he whispered. Her eyes widen in surprise.
"Bu---bu---but---" she stuttered.
"What?" He folded his arms.
"You made that bet with me under false pretenses!" she accused. "You…cheater!"
"Just because I didn't show you how good I am earlier, doesn't mean I cheated." He shrugged. "That is called strategy, my dear. I was just waiting for the right moment."
"Why you---" She tried to punch him but he dodged her each time with the ease of a jungle cat. He was chuckling the whole time.
"Too late, Sakura." He caught her hand, which was flying towards his face and pulled her towards him. "I win…"
He pulled her towards him and covered her lips with his before she could event begin to protest. Her eyes were wide and her whole body froze. She couldn't believe that this was happening.
The whole room grew silent. Nobody knew how to react. Uchiha Sasuke was usually very private with his relationships and there he was practically flaunting his relationship with Haruno Sakura. Wait…were they even having a relationship? After a while, Sasuke pulled away. Sakura just stared at him and was torn between hitting him and killing him. Then whispering began.
"They're going together?"
"Isn't she new girl?"
"What is going on here? How do they know each other?"
Sasuke pretended to not notice them around them but Sakura certainly did. She felt humiliated. She wanted to keep a low profile in this school and thanks to this…Uchiha Sasuke that won't be happening for a long time.
"I hate you," she whispered.
Sasuke nodded. "Good. Hate is the closes feeling to love, my cherry blossom, never forget that."
She pushed him away, disgusted. Sasuke shrugged and walked away. He didn't care. He was planning to leave anyway.
"Naruto, let's go. Kakashi-sensei wants to speak to us about something."
Naruto nodded and followed him. He wasn't sure what just happened and he certainly planned to talk to Sasuke about that. Before they left, they bowed respectfully to Kurenai-sensei, who was just as puzzled about what had just happened.
On the way out, Sasuke passed his brother. Itachi was watching Sasuke as he passed. So, this was the Haruno Sakura his brother had been talking about with his friend, Uzumaki.
He inspected the girl head to foot. She certainly looked lovely. Soft-looking bubblegum pink hair and sea-foam green eyes weren't his brother's usual types. He usually went for blondes. Itachi could only conclude that there had to be something special about this girl to make Sasuke pay such special attention to her.
He was curious now. He wanted to know more about his brother's current interest.
Sasuke touched his lips. He kissed her. He really kissed her on those sweet-looking, pink lips. He couldn't believe that he really did that. He closed his eyes and almost groaned at himself. It seemed like a good idea at that time. Those lips certainly tasted as sweet as they looked.
"Oi, Sasuke." Naruto followed his pace. He was looking straight with his hands in his pockets and his face serious. "What just happened in there?"
"You saw." He wasn't in the mood to explain himself to Naruto. He wanted to do it. That was already enough of an explanation. He never hesitated to do what he wanted even if he was going to regret it afterwards. "Need I expound?"
"You kissed her."
"So?"
"So what was that all about?" Naruto demanded. "You don't usually act like that, Uchiha. You know better."
He shrugged and kept walking. Naruto knew he wasn't going to get an explanation now and kept quiet. Sasuke was stubborn. Naruto knew that much so he wasn't about to waste his breath. They reached the principal's office in silence. They didn't know what their sensei wanted but he said that it was urgent. It better not be the "clean the bathrooms after class" thing like the last time. Sasuke swore he'd just kill him.
They entered the office. It was empty. Shizune-sensei should have a class to teach around that time and as expected, the Kakashi-sensei was late again. Naruto rolled his eyes. Why in the world did they decide to come on time when they knew very well that he was going to be late again?
Sasuke just sat patiently on the sofa provided, while Naruto ran towards the principal's desk. The chair was the kind that rotated. Naruto began to play with the desk like rotated the chair around and around, pretended to be principal and tried to act like Kakashi and making fun of him in everyway he knew how. Meanwhile, Sasuke just watched the boy in disgust. He was acting like his old immature self again. Naruto was just looking for trouble.
One hour later, the teacher still wasn't there. Sasuke wasn't really keen on patience and Naruto was getting more and more bored. He tried doing many strange things to keep himself occupied. In other words, annoying Sasuke more and more and tempting him to just murder the blonde.
He was about to go for the kill, when suddenly the door opened. A late Hatake Kakashi entered and carrying a few folders containing what looked like their applications and files.
"Gomen!" The sensei chuckled. "An old lady was in trouble crossing the street and I stopped to help her. Then a mob of girls stopped me and asked for my autograph. That took the most time. There were a lot of them."
"Oh really?" Naruto grumbled, not believing him. Sasuke and him were already used to Kakashi-sensei's lies. Kakashi was never on time for anything.
"Get to the point, Kakashi-sensei." Sasuke yawned. He wanted this over with. "What did you bring us here for?"
"Hmmm…" Kakashi-sensei walked towards his desk and nudged Naruto to get off. Nervously, Naruto walked off and sat on the sofa beside Sasuke. Kakshi's face was the vision of solemnity. "I called you here in a matter of great importance. Do you understand?"
The two boys too grew solemn. Whatever it was had to be very big.
But Kakashi's face suddenly broke into a wide grin. "But first! Let's meet your third teammate!" He called to the door. "Ne, Sakura-chan! Come in!"
Suddenly, a struggling Sakura being pushed by Kurenai-sensei entered.
"No way! I'm never going to work with him! There is no force on earth that can make me do something that idiotic!" Sakura was screaming. "I refuse."
Kurenai-sensei wasn't listening and smiled politely to Kakashi-sensei. "Hello, Kakashi-sensei. I brought the last member of team 7."
"Team what?" The three teens chorused.
The principal ignored them. "Ah! Thank you, Kurenai-sensei. It was much appreciated."
Kurenai-sensei gave one last push to Sakura. Pushing her to one of the sofas and as quickly as she came disappeared behind the door.
"Would you mind telling me what is going on here, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura demanded. "Why in the world did you suddenly call me in the middle of class!"
The silver-haired teacher gave her a look of innocence. "You were in the middle of something, Sakura-chan? I had no idea."
"Get to the point."
The teacher coughed and became solemn again. "The Regional Sports fest is coming up and I've gathered people to represent our school." He looked up to see the teens listening. They were annoyed but listening, so he continued. "I made teams of three and for the next month they will be under a teacher for their training. You three are team 7. Am I making sense so far?"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "I'm not bored yet."
"So who are we under?" Naruto asked. He hoped it was somebody cool.
Kakashi grinned again and pointed to himself. "Me!"
"What!"
Sasuke was burning up by the time he got out of the office. For the next month he was going to be under one of the most infuriating teachers of the decade. On the bright side, he'd be working with Haruno Sakura so it wouldn't be a total lost.
He looked at the time. It was late and he should be getting home
"Mr. Uchiha?"
He was surprised to see Tsunade-sensei, his Math teacher. She was looking at him angrily. He couldn't understand why. He wasn't one of the roughnecks in her class. Actually he was one of her best students. Naruto was one of those roughnecks but she seemed very fond of him.
"Tsunade-sensei." He bowed politely.
"May I speak with you for a few minutes, Mr. Uchiha?"
"Hai." He followed her to her classroom. Tsunade –sensei will teach night classes after the little talk so she didn't have much time.
"Mr. Uchiha, how do you feel about Haruno Sakura?"
The question took him by surprise. He never expected Tsunade-sensei to ask that question. "What? Why do you ask that question, sensei?"
Tsunade-senei folded her arms sternly. "Did you know that Ms. Haruno is under my care?"
Sasuke's jaw dropped. He didn't know what to make of it. He knew Sakura's parents were not around but he certainly wasn't expecting her to be one of his teacher's care. "Tsunade-sensei, what are you saying?"
"I will get straight to the point, Mr. Uchiha." Tsunade's brows creased. "Whatever you have planned for Ms. Haruno I warn you not to hurt her." She sat on her desk and crossed her legs. "If you ever hurt her in anyway or even make her cry, I won't hesitate to send you to summer school…"
Tsubame: Tadah! Another chapter of Summer School! Yehay! I hope the story makes sense now! WHHhhheeeeEEEE… I hope you like this new chapter! I tried my best. Poor Sasuke…I feel sorry for him. HAHA…Summer School! Constructive Criticisms please!
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