Hey there all! Me again with another chapter of '9th School'. Sorry for the short last chapter, I just couldn't get it extended. (*Apologizes like Kakashi).

So here's a brand new chapter for all of you! Enjoy all!

Disclaimer: I'm not Kishi.

"Okay, so line up everyone. Girls on the right and boys on the left." The teacher called out. He had white standing hair that inclined at one side, mask covering his face till the nose, and a head band that covered one of his eyes.

It was their sports class now. Sasuke stood in the line, watching some of his class mates wearing sports kits with their names and numbers boldly on their backs. It wasn't the day when they had to wear their sports uniform, which were Wednesday and Saturday, and as much as Sasuke remembered, the kit they were wearing wasn't their sports uniform too.

"I see there is a new student in your class this year," the teacher said looking at Sasuke "and so I think I will first introduce myself. I'm Hatake Kakashi, your sports teacher. I'll be in charge of every sports activity held in and by the school." he said turning to everyone.

"I think that's enough of introduction. Okay now, boys and girls, get on your respective pitches." He called out to the two lines of boys and girls.

Sasuke saw his fellow classmates scattering about the grounds.

"C'mon Sasuke, let's go to the soccer pitch. Naruto told me you play amazing soccer." Kiba said pulling Sasuke with him.

"I did not!" Naruto called out from nowhere.

"Ignore him." Kiba said, ignoring Naruto, "He just doesn't want to admit it, that's all. And anyways, sensei wants to see your play."

At present, Sasuke didn't care what Naruto said or did, nor was he interested in what his new teacher wanted. He just headed towards the soccer pitch with Kiba leading the way. He saw that Kakashi was already talking to the boys on the pitch.

"So, Sasuke Uchiha huh," Kakashi said as Sasuke joined the boys. "I've heard you play nice soccer. Let's see some of your skills." And he tossed a ball towards Sasuke. As soon as the ball reached Sasuke, he rolled it on his chest, bounced it on his thigh, then rolling it on his back he kicked it back to Kakashi.

"Hmm. Good one, I would like to see you play Uchiha Sasuke." He said, stopping the ball with his foot. Sasuke smirked.

"Okay boys, split in two teams." Kakashi said to the boys. Sasuke joined the group that was near him, only to notice Naruto wasn't there in his team. He looked at the opposing group, and saw Naruto smiling at him.

Now it's my time to show you Sasuke, what I'm made of, Naruto thought, as he looked at Sasuke.

"Okay, take your positions everyone, and Start!" Kakashi said and blew the whistle.

Naruto had started the game, moving alongside the ball and passed it as Kiba confronted him. Shikamaru received the pass, dribbling past a boy on the opposition and passing it back to Naruto. Naruto headed to the goal only to be stopped by Choji. Choji threw himself on the ball, grabbing it as fast as he could, and threw it across the ground at Sasuke's direction. Sasuke stopped the ball with his leg and dribbled it across two boys of the opposing. He trickily went through the defender only to be stopped by Sai.

The game went on, with none team scoring any goals, though Sasuke missed two by inches and Naruto's would have been counted if it hadn't had been offside.

Kakashi blew the whistle and boys slowed down, breathing and panting heavily.

"Okay, take a little rest for now boys." He said as the boys left the ground heading for their bottles. "Uchiha, come with me. You too, Shikamaru." He said, looking at two panting boys.

They headed to the sports room, apparently, which was, Kakashi's office. He sat down on the chair behind the table, as the two boys entered the room.

"I liked your game, Uchiha." Kakashi said, cleaning the mess of papers on his table. "It's good. Good enough," he said, now looking at Sasuke, "to get you on the school Soccer team."

Sasuke looked at him, eyes a bit wide then the usual half closed.

"I see that you are a transferred student, hm" he said, looking at a document, probably, Sasuke's school data sheet. "So, have you played soccer before in any of your other schools?"

"I was captain of two or three school teams." Sasuke said, "But couldn't make it to the matches of the last one because, I transferred before they were held. Other than that, I've played soccer in every school, though they didn't hold any inter school competitions."

"That's good enough." Kakashi replied, "As you see, Shikamaru, here, is the captain of the team. He'll tell you all you need to know. Shikamaru," he looked at Shikamaru, "I hope you know what to do."

"It's a drag, but I'll do it, since I have no choice." Shikamaru replied, scratching his head.

"Good." Kakashi said, "I'll arrange a jersey for you Sasuke. I hope the one we have fits you. You both may leave now."

"Hn." Sasuke said and left with Shikamaru.

"You really have some skills to impress Kakashi sensei." Shikamaru said as they walked through the corridor. Sasuke looked at him with his non expressive eyes.

"I think the first thing you got to know, is who your team mates are." Shikamaru said looking in front of him instead of at Sasuke. "I guess you already figured that out. All the boys with jerseys on, are on the school team. As about the jerseys, we have to wear them for every practice, even in sports class. But our actual jersey, the one we wear for matches, is actually a different one."

Sasuke remembered the boys with jerseys as he was standing in the line at the start of the class. It suddenly clicked him that Naruto too, had a jersey on.

"Yes, that means Naruto is on the team too." Shikamaru said, watching Sasuke grunt out of the corner of his eyes.

"He plays forward. And is, you might notice, hard to handle case, but, his game is really nice." He said as Sasuke was hearing Shikamaru's review on Naruto.

"Anyways, next thing is your position. Which one you used to play on?" he asked Sasuke.

"Centre forward." Sasuke replied.

"Well, our defense is best, and we have got good mid fielders too. And we do need a good centre forward." He said, holding his chin thoughtfully, "I guess you can play that position here too."

"Which position you play on?" Sasuke asked Shikamaru.

"Me?" Shikamaru said looking at Sasuke, "Well, I'm mid fielder."

They reached the ground and saw the boys getting ready for continuing their half left game.

"Hey Shikamaru! Come on fast! We are going to start!" Naruto called out, running towards the ground.

"Sorry Naruto, I've to be with Sasuke. I have to explain him about our school soccer team."

"And why does he need to know that?" Naruto said, coming towards the two boys. "Wait! This means he is in our school team, isn't it?" he exclaimed, the sudden reality dawning on him.

"Yes, Naruto." Shikamaru replied.

"Urghhh!" Naruto said and left the ground, smiling a little with his back towards them. Sasuke smiled a little too, knowing that it was Naruto who had told sensei about his skills.

"Okay, so- Whoa!" Shikamaru exclaimed as he turned to talk to Sasuke.

Sasuke felt a string of pain in his head. Something had hit him on the side of his head, and he saw a ball roll beside him. Sasuke stood there, scratching his head, where the ball had hit him, and looked around to investigate from where the ball had come.

"Hey, you alright?" Shikamaru asked Sasuke, who was busy searching the owner of the hit. Sasuke gave a short yeah, holding the ball in his hand.

He saw a pinkette running in their direction.

"Hey, I'm sorry! Did you get hurt?" she asked, coming towards them.

"Hey, Sakura. So it was you, was it?" Shikamaru asked turning to the pinkette.

"Oh yeah, I'm sorry." Sakura replied, smiling apologizingly at the two boys. "We were playing and I just put on too much strength in that shot."

"Ofcourse, strength." Shikamaru said, rolling his eyes.

"I'm sorry about that hit. It was pure accident. I hope you don't mind giving us that ball back?" she asked Sasuke.

Sasuke looked at her. The pinkette with amazing volleyball skills. So, her name was Sakura. Maybe that's why she had dyed her hair pink, he thought.

"Hm." Sasuke said passing the ball over to her.

"Thanks," she said, catching the ball, "Uhh… Sasuke it is, right?"

"Yes." He said, giving a short smile.

Sakura gave one in return and left with the ball.

"Girls, geez." Shikamaru said. "Anyways, we better continue where we stopped."

"Hm." Sasuke replied.

Sasuke was removing his shoes when his mother greeted him home.

"You look worn out today." She said.

"Yeah, had sports class today." Sasuke replied blankly as usual, keeping his shoes in rack. "And by the way, I have to go to school again in the evening. I have soccer practice."

"That's great!" she cheered, "It means that you have made it to the school team!"

"Yea, I have." He replied heading to his room.

"Well, atleast you will have something to do now." She said, going in the kitchen.

Sasuke freshened up and changed his clothes, and although he didn't feel like it, immediately got down to his studies. He wasn't going to get time later, so he decided to them already. Though all he did was complete his homework.

"I heard from mom you have joined the school soccer team." His brother said, entering their room as Sasuke was closing his books.

"Yes, you heard right." He replied.

"Hmm, that's good." Itachi said, scratching Sasuke's head. Sasuke shove off his brother's arm from his head. He didn't like anyone touching his hair other than himself.

Itachi smirked, his one very like Sasuke's, and went on to do his work.

"When is your university going to start?" Sasuke asked.

"Not yet. I guess in the next week." Itachi replied not looking at Sasuke.

Sasuke turned his head in other direction, looking out of the window.

Sasuke was lacing his shoes. He had put on sports shorts and an adidas tee.

"I'm leaving." He called out grabbing his side bag.

"Okay. And don't be late." His mother called from the kitchen.

He opened the door and saw that Naruto was coming out from his one, his practice jersey on. Naruto looked at Sasuke and then in other direction, trying to say something, but couldn't get anything out. Sasuke thought Naruto was looking a bit hesitant. He climbed down the stairs, ignoring Naruto.

"Let's go together." Sasuke heard Naruto ask him, as he was unlocking his bicycle.

"Ok." Sasuke replied to Naruto's politeness. Naruto gave a big smile.

They pedaled to the school grounds instead of going straight to the bike stand. Kakashi was already there with some of the boys from the team.

"So, you are here." Kakashi said as he saw Sasuke and Naruto join the ground. "There are still two more to come, and then we'll start."

Sasuke saw that Shikamaru and Choji had still not come.

"Until then," Kakashi continued, "I'll go watch over the girls." And he left towards the Volleyball ground, where the girls were warming up. Sasuke saw a familiar face in them. Sakura was there too.

So, she is on the girl's volleyball team. No wonder she plays that good, Sasuke thought as he saw Sakura stretching her arms. She turned to stretch her waist muscles and saw Sasuke looking in her direction. She gave him a smile. Sasuke smirked, turning his head and joining the boys.

"He's staring at you." Ino said, watching Sasuke look at Sakura.

Sakura turned, pretending to stretch her waist. Yes, he was looking at her. She gave him a smile, and got one in return. But then he turned again, and Sakura didn't think he was actually staring at her as Ino suggested.

"He probably must have been looking around. Nothing much I guess." Sakura said, doing sit ups.

"Yeah, yeah. I hope so." Ino replied, bending to touch her toes, and up again. "He's mine anyways. So you better stay out of the way."

Sakura gave a 'who-cares' look to Ino, and continued her sit ups.

"He's so awesome!" Ino said, seeing that Sakura was ignoring her.

"What's so awesome about him?" Sakura asked, blankly.

"He's here for soccer practice, which, obviously means he has got in the school soccer team already. That too, just in one day!" Ino exclaimed joyfully.

"You better work on your awesomeness now. You know you are still weak at your passes." Sakura said, getting up.

"I don't in the right world know how you are going to get a boyfriend." Ino said, annoyingly.

"That's least of my worries right now." Sakura said, picking up the ball and pressing it between her hands to check the air in it.

Ino rolled her eyes, as Sakura shot tennis serve with a smack, the ball perfectly landing on the opposing court.

Shikamaru and Choji joined the boys who had already started their warm up. They saw Kakashi was busy training the girls.

"So you are here, both of you." Kiba said as the two of them joined the boys for running.

"Yeah, all of this practice is such a drag." Shikamaru said, jogging around the ground.

"Hey, you are the captain! You shouldn't say things like that Shikamaru." Naruto said.

"Yeah, whatever." Shikamaru replied, continuing the rounds.

The boys stopped after 10 rounds of the soccer pitch.

"Start warm up, don't waste time." Kakashi called out, coming towards the soccer pitch.

The boys stood up, panting because of the already long rounds.

Sasuke and the others collapsed beside the pitch as their game ended. They were breathing heavily, their clothes all sweaty. Sasuke sat with his arms holding the weight of his back, legs outstretched.

"Eee-WOW!" a red head exclaimed, watching Sasuke.

"What happened to her?" Sakura asked, panting and wiping her sweat off her arms.

"Sasuke's looking so HOT!" the same red head exclaimed.

"Not again." Sakura said, wiping her forehead.

"Hey, stay away from him, you got that, Karin?" Ino called out angrily, "He's mine!"

"And who decided that?" Karin responded in full anger.

Sakura shook her head out of pity as she heard the two girls fight over Sasuke, calling each other names. She turned her gaze away from them, only to notice Sasuke resting beside the soccer pitch. For a second, she just couldn't take her eyes off him. She blinked, on noticing that she was actually staring directly towards him.

"H-hey, S-Sakura-chan." A voice called out to Sakura.

Sakura turned towards the voice. She knew whose it was. It belonged to her best friend.

"Hey! Hinata!" Sakura called.

"I j-just thought I would d-drop by a-and see y-your p-practice." Hinata said, poking her fingers. The girl smiled, her white orby eyes creating a sweet charm around her. Her dark blue hair nice and long, some falling on her shoulders.

"That's nice of you, Hinata." Sakura said smiling at her best friend. "I just wished I could get a sane company, you know. I'm damn happy to see you. But the practice is just over."

"O-Oh." She said, smile fading a little.

"But it's okay. You can accompany me home!" Sakura said cheerfully.

The girl gave a smile in agreement. She looked at the boys pitch. She blushed as she saw a blonde stretching his arms and requesting for more practice.

"I'm damn sure you wanted to see him play more than meeting me, don't you?" Sakura teased her.

Hinata blushed even more and looked at the ground in front of her.

"He he. It's okay." Sakura said, smiling sheepishly, "I don't mind when anything you do involves him."

"N-no Sakura-chan. I-It's not l-like that." Hinata said.

"Aww, it's okay. I understand. I told you, I don't mind it anyways." Sakura said.

Hinata smiled at her best friend's reply.

"Why don't you just ask him out?" Sakura asked her friend who was walking beside her. Sakura and Hinata were walking home, Sakura with her bicycle. They were on the back road of the school, which was abandoned except by students going to school.

Hinata blushed heavily. "Y-You k-know I c-can't d-do t-that." She said.

"Hmm, yeah. That's right. You almost lose your breath when you see him." Sakura said.

Hinata looked sideways.

"Anyways, sometimes I wonder why don't you join Volleyball team Hina." Sakura said, "You could make a fine player. I have watched your game."

"Y-You know I'm n-not m-much interested, S-Sakura-chan." Hinata said.

"Yeah, but still. You could be really strong player. You are not easily distracted, except for his case." Sakura said.

Hinata blushed on Naruto's mention.

"Anyways, I don't want to force you into it. It's your call." Sakura said, smiling.

Hinata smiled in return.

"You know-" Sakura said, and was cut off in middle as something heavy collided with her side, making her loose her balance and fall flat on the side of the road. Hinata sensed the motion and skid out of the way, only to realize her best friend was lying flat on the ground, and on top of her, none other than, the new kid, Sasuke Uchiha.

"Get the hell off me!" Sakura exclaimed, trying to push the figure away from her. She opened her eyes, and saw two onyx orbs staring in her green ones.

The figure stood up hurriedly, and Sakura noticed that it was Sasuke Uchiha, the new kid. Sakura heard someone laughing, but that wasn't one of her concerns right now.

"What the hell was that?" Sakura called out angrily at Sasuke. She heard the laughter die.

Sasuke was brushing himself off. He looked at Sakura and Hnned.

"What d'ya mean by that!" Sakura called out, showing her fists.

Sasuke didn't answer. Instead, he went to where his bicycle had fallen and tried to untangle it from Sakura's.

"Hey! Look at me when I'm talking to you!" Sakura said, still angry.

Sasuke was not showing any effort of listening to Sakura. He picked up his bicycle and started pedaling.

"Hey wait!" Sakura called out, making a dash towards Sasuke only to be held back by Hinata.

"S-Sakura-chan, p-please, stop." She said.

Sakura stopped, watching angrily at the moving figure that had collided with her. She saw Naruto follow him. She picked up her own bicycle, lying on the road, still angry at Sasuke. What did he mean by all that? Well, he'll not escape next time! She thought and cursed Sasuke all the way to home.

Sasuke and Naruto headed for their bicycles, tired from the day's practice. They said bye to their friends and headed for their home. They had just started pedaling and Sasuke saw that Naruto was trying something crazy.

"What are you trying to do?" Sasuke asked him, not at all getting what Naruto was up to.

"Just- a-little something-" Naruto said, stretching his leg towards Sasuke's bike. He was probably trying to push Sasuke off his bike.

Sasuke was getting frustrated by Naruto's craziness now. He was about to yell at him when suddenly Naruto stopped. Sasuke hadn't expected that one, and waited for Naruto to catch up.

"What happened?" Sasuke asked, seeing Naruto stand still on his position.

"That's Hinata over there." He said, watching the two walking figures in front of him. Sasuke didn't in the least know who the hell was Hinata.

"Who's she?" he asked, "And what's up with her?"

Naruto blushed and Sasuke was shocked by it. Did he really saw Naruto blush?

"She's-, well-, umm, how should I say-" Naruto stuttered, scratching his chin with one finger and looking sideways.

Sasuke was waiting for Naruto's answer, patiently looking at him. And suddenly he smiled.

"Okay, I got it. You don't need to blush more." He said, "Anyways, let's get on. I'm way too tired and want to rest as soon as I can."

"Okay." Naruto said. "Hey wait. It's Sakura-chan with Hinata isn't it?" he said looking closely at the girls.

Sasuke turned. It looked like Sakura to him. Only she had those shades of pink hair.

"She hit you with a ball, didn't she?" Naruto exclaimed. Sasuke got red.

Okay, so who told Naruto about it? Of course, Shikamaru. Shikamaru, you are so going to pay for this.

"Shut up." Sasuke said, ignoring Naruto.

"I would have paid a thousand dimes to watch that!" Naruto called, laughing as he said it.

Sasuke made one of his annoyed faces, trying to ignore what Naruto was saying. No one had seen him get that hit, so it didn't matter then. Now that Naruto knew it, it was getting way too humiliating.

"I'll leave you behind if you don't catch up." Sasuke said getting on his bicycle, trying to cut out Naruto's remarks.

"Hey, wait!" Naruto said, hurriedly getting on his one. They started moving and Naruto was not able to control his laughter. He constantly, puffed and huffed, gaining Sasuke's glare when he did that. Naruto slipped a remark and Sasuke gave a deep glare at the blonde behind him, his focus diverted and he toppled off his bicycle, probably because of a ditch, and losing his balance fell on someone. He sensed soft skin make contact with his. He opened his eyes and saw two struggling ones in front of him, pink bangs covering the sides of her face. It struck to him suddenly who he was on top of. He stood up hurriedly as the girl kept on struggling underneath him. He had heard Naruto laugh, and he controlled the urge to kick him on the face.

"What the hell was that?" Sakura spat at him angrily. She was the last person Sasuke wished to bump on at this moment. He ignored her with an arrogant Hn, which only made her even more angrier. He heard her throwing furious remarks at him, but he didn't wish to start anything here. At this point, first thing he wanted to do was rip off Naruto's head. He was going to deal with him as soon as they reached home. And, for the first time, he was feeling really good about the fact that they lived in the same apartment.

On the other hand, Naruto's amusement had worn off at the moment when he had heard Sakura's anger. He had seen her angry, and he had wished that time that he never got to see it again. Also, he had made Sasuke really mad by now. He didn't wish to follow Sasuke, but more than that, he didn't wish to stop with an angry Sakura too. All he could do now was pray.

Sasuke reached the apartment parking before Naruto, locking his bicycle furiously. Naruto pedaled slowly, not daring to go near Sasuke. Naruto reached the parking and his pleading eyes met the furious one.

"Ehe, sorry Sasuke!" Naruto called out and ran for the stairs, throwing his bike. Sasuke made a dash for him but was too late, Naruto had already escaped.

Sasuke grunted as he opened the door of his house. His mother wasn't around and he was thankful of the fact. He didn't wish to recite all the happenings with him, especially the Sakura one.

He went in his room, and saw Itachi dressed up.

"Back already." Itachi said grabbing his cell from his bed.

"Yeah. And where are you going?" Sasuke asked, eying Itachi suspiciously.

"I'm going to hang out with some friends."Itachi replied checking his phone.

"And when did you make any?"

"Silly brother, we were living here before. I had some friends then, and I'm going out with them. So, leave me alone and mind your own business."

"Hmph." Sasuke grunted.

Itachi left and Sasuke eyed him all the way to the door. He was thankful to have his room for his own for a change.

Sasuke was bored now. He lay down on his bed, blankly staring at the ceiling, thinking of anything he could find interesting to do. He was just laying, trying to get his mind on anything that might make him busy.

Sakura. It was a sudden thought, and Sasuke didn't knew why in the world that word would come in his mind.

Sasuke's POV:

It was getting boring. the thing I don't usually like to be. Wasting time, no, I didn't like that. Yet I was on my bed, thinking of something interesting.

I never thought and I still don't understand why that words entered my mind. Sakura, soft and unbelievingly pleasant. With that words came a face, smiling at me, her green eyes full of happiness, pink hair nicely done.

I grunted at her image. Maybe I was thinking of her because she caused me so much humiliation. I was angry, really angry. No girl had caused me that humiliation. Never in my life. And I was not going to let anyone do that.

The incidents flashbacked in my mind. The hit by the ball. Her running figure coming towards me. Her apologetic face. She looked just as her name suggested. My anger softened as I thought of her face. But why? No, I wasn't the types to soften up on anyone. My anger boiled up more on the confusion in my mind. I wasn't able to explain myself why I was doing this. which made me more angrier.

I remembered bumping on her, thanks to the fat-ass Naruto. I remembered my skin made with her's, sending chills through my body. My heart thumped again as I remembered her struggling eyes, confused by the sudden collapse.

Though no one noticed it, I knew I had blushed. Why had I? Sasuke Uchiha is not the person who blushes. Then why did I?

All these thoughts made me more angry. Angry on myself, rather than her. I could not explain all this, and the only way to get away from it was ignore it. And that's what I did. Ignore.

She was the reason I wasn't being myself, and I wouldn't be until I get rid of the humiliation she had made me face. Sakura Haruno. Tomorrow's going to be some day for you.

Okay guys, I know I have updated it really late, but I couldn't help it. I have got vacations and guests and all. Couldn't get time to write this at all. Also my sis takes the laptop so I hardly get any time to go on with this. So, mercy me.

And by the way I hope you liked the chapter, so I would LOVE to have reviews! Sasuke's POV, well, I don't think I nailed it, but I tried.

Anyways, overall, I hope you liked it. Have any suggestions or anything, reviews please…!