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Chapter Two- I Hate You

"Thanks for the lift, Arashi," Sakura called to Naruto's father. (A/N: The Yondaime Hokage's real name is Arashi Kazama.)

"No problem, Sakura," he smiled. "Naruto, you done unloading yet?" He turned to his son, who was busy trying to drag his bag out of the car. As he did so, Chouji stepped out of the Dodge Ram. Suddenly, the whole car bounced up as if a huge weight had been lifted from it.

"Eh?"

"Wasn't me." Chouji grumbled.

"Sure," Arashi smirked. "Naruto, you'd better hurry up before I drive off with you still half in the truck."

"Okay, okay," the blonde threw his hands up, "Wow Dad. You care so much about my safety." The elder Uzumaki frowned and revved up the engine. "Gah! I get the point!"

Sakura giggled. "See you later, Arashi!" The older male merely waved as he drove off. Naruto grumbled and walked over to Sakura. Chouji opened his backpack and pulled out another bag of chips.

"How many bags do you have in there, anyways?" Naruto quirked an eyebrow at him.

"I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM! GET OFF MY CASE!" Chouji snapped.

Whoa. Sakura and Naruto scooted back a few inches and sweat dropped.

"Well, we've still got thirty minutes before school starts. Let's go take a look at it!" Sakura bounced happily towards the academy but froze in her tracks when she finally got a good look at it.

Naruto and Chouji stared with gaping mouths.

The place looked as if someone had gone back to the dark ages and pulled out a medieval castle. The exterior of the school was made out of a faded, burgundy brick, and had thick, black iron bars lining the perimeter. Every single tree was gray or blackened, and was sparsely covered in leaves. A few kids were outside, but all seemed bored as hell and looked like they'd rather jump off a building than stay there any longer. Konoha Academy looked more like a prison than a learning institution… Maybe they were learning how life was like in prison?

Sakura gulped and Naruto and Chouji shivered from behind a tree.

"Erm," Naruto started, "Looks like nobody's home. Let's go back now, ja?" He quickly turned to run away.

"Come on you guys," Sakura tried to pull them out of their hiding place, "It doesn't look that bad."

"Are you kidding me? That place looks like hell! No, you can't make me go in there! I won't!" Naruto whined and held onto Chouji, who grasped the tree for dear life.

"You lied, there's probably no good food in there!"

The Haruno girl growled and gave up, falling back on the ground and panting. She huffed and picked up their backpacks. "Fine, I'll just take your stuff in for you." As she tried to lift their bags, she ended up dropping them with a huge thud. "Oof, these things are heavy! What the heck is inside of them?"

"Potato chips…" Chouji muttered.

"Ramen." Naruto mumbled.

"Pbfft," Sakura said. "You men and your food."

"What?" they looked offended.

"Come on, let's go in."

"No."

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes."

"No."

Sakura muttered something under her breath. Suddenly, she caught sight of a group of boys leaning casually against a tree. There seemed to be four of them. Sakura couldn't see them very well but noticed one had flaming red hair; and another had long, straight coffee colored stresses; another had sleek, raven hair that spiked up in the back; and the last was sitting on the ground, drawing.

"Look!" Sakura tugged on the boys' sleeves. "Civilization!"

"Huh?" Naruto and Chouji looked up. Sakura sweat dropped. Naruto was on top of Chouji, trying to grab a chip while the Akimichi boy attempted to bite him.

"You're bluffing." Chouji said as he slapped Naruto to the ground.

"Where?" Naruto poked his head around and saw the group. Aha! He climbed up the fence and started shouting at them. "OI! OVER HERE! HEY, HEY! YEAH YOU!"

"Naruto," Sakura tried to pull him off the fence, "Get down from there before you get us in trouble- and on our first day of school too!"

Neji's ears perked up as he heard an annoying voice hollering in the distance. White eyes peered over to see a boy clinging to the iron bars of the gate, a girl with pink hair at his side trying to pull him down.

…Wait a minute. Neji blinked. Pink hair? Pink? He rubbed his eyes and looked again, this time whirling around to get a better look at them. Okay, he knew his eyes were abnormally colored, but that didn't interfere with his vision… did it?

"Uchiha," he tapped his friend on the shoulder, "You see that girl over there? What color hair does she have?"

"Why should I care," he snorted.

"Who are they?" Gaara narrowed his eyes at them. He had never seen them around before.

"Probably new kids," Sai said as he brushed a few eraser shavings off his sketchbook.

The four boys, Neji, Sasuke, Gaara, and Sai, were Konoha Academy's most popular and hottest boys, and also the most feared. Sasuke andNeji were the ones who had the money, since they both came from prestigious clans.Gaara was slightly lower in society than them, but was still loaded nonetheless. Sai was middle class and of average status. The only reason he joined was because he was a ruthless bully and posed a threat to the boys.

Everyone feared them, and their names were practically known everywhere- even the teachers cowered in fear of their glares. And they weren't all talk either- they could do some major bodily harm if necessary.

"HEY! ARE YOU JERKS EVEN LISTENING TO ME?" Naruto's boisterous shouts invaded their conversation.

Instantly, all four heads snapped threateningly in their direction, a glare adorning each eye. Nobody had ever dared speak to the dreaded four like that. Nobody. Sasuke smirked and stepped towards the hollering blonde, posse in tow.

"Looks like they're coming our way," Naruto grinned, "Let's go Sakura-chan!"

"I'm not so sure about this…" her voice trailed off as she looked uncertainly at the boys. They didn't look so happy… Chouji sensed the tense aura about them and hid behind Sakura.

"Hey guys!" the Uzumaki boy took a step towards them but was suddenly cut off by another boy. A vein popped in his forehead as he glared at the male. "Oi, what's the big idea?" He wore a jacket with fur-trim, and had two red marks running down his cheeks.

"Sasuke-san! Good to see you," the boy pat the Uchiha heartedly on the back, "I noticed you were heading in this direction and wanted to tell you something." Kiba pulled Sasuke's head down and whispered something in his ear. "Between you and me, they're new here." He motioned towards Sakura, Chouji, and Naruto. "Obviously they don't know who runs the place, so could you please let them off the hook? Just this once?"

Sasuke sneered at him, "You really want to know my answer?" The Uchiha then punched Kiba on the cheek, sending him stumbling backwards. "That's my answer. You should know better than to try to change my mind, Inuzuka."

Suddenly, the other students of Konoha Academy slowly began to gather around and watch the scene.

"Yeah," Neji loomed over him, "I thought a dog was supposed to be smart. Obviously not this mutt." He kicked Kiba to emphasize his point. Gaara joined him.

"What the hell are you doing?" Naruto yelled as he stepped in between them.

Sakura clasped her hands over her mouth and ran over to examine Kiba. "Are you okay?" The Inuzuka boy merely grunted and tried to pull himself up. Sakura looked at him with concern.

"This guy didn't do anything," the Uzumaki boy growled, "And yet you hit him. What kind of sick people are you?"

A certain girl with white eyes gasped at his outburst. This newcomer actually had the nerve to yell at the dreaded four: Gaara, Sai, Sasuke, and Neji. The girl had always dreamed of standing up to Neji, yet never had to courage to- even if he was her lower-classed cousin. Instantly, Naruto had captivated her.

"What'd you say, dobe?" Sasuke cracked his knuckles threateningly.

"Well, well," Sai smirked, "Looks like we've got another bundle of troublemakers."

"Leave them alone," Kiba panted, "They're just new kids."

"So?" Gaara looked at them and licked his lips, "To me it just means they're fresh meat." He stared intently at them, especially Sakura. He smirked when he saw her gasp and draw back.

"And I thought we told you to shut up," Neji said as he picked Kiba up by the collar. By now there was a decent size crowd gathered to watch the fight.

Naruto clenched his fist. Those jerks! How could they be so cruel? "I hate people like you."

"Good," Sasuke assumed a defensive stance, "Then the feeling's mutual."

The Uzumaki boy growled and started circling Sasuke. Gaara, Neji, and Sai got behind the Uchiha boy. Four against one. Naruto gulped. 'I-I can take this. Yeah, no problem! I'll do it to protect Sakura-chan.' The crowd behind them started chanting something. At first it was barely audible, but gradually it grew in size. Sakura's eyes widened when she realized what they were saying. "Fight, fight, fight!"

"Naruto, stop!" Sakura pleaded, "This isn't right."

"Yeah," Chouji said with a shaky voice, "Listen to Sakura. She's the smart one."

"Really?" Sai mocked. A fake smile was plastered on his face. "To me it looked more like she was the ugly one."

The pink-haired girl twitched. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me."

Sakura screeched as Chouji lunged forward, desperately trying to restrain her from pummeling Sai into a bloody pulp.

"Nobody insults Sakura-chan," Naruto yelled as he ran towards Sai, a fist poised. Suddenly, Gaara appeared in front of him and socked him in the face. As Naruto was being thrown back, Sasuke ran up behind him and snap kicked him on the small of his back. The blonde landed with a grunt as Sai, Neji, Gaara, and Sasuke all circled around him. By now the crowd was cheering and roaring, bets going around like wildfire.

Kiba shook his head. "I knew this was going to happen."

"Naruto!" Chouji hollered and released Sakura.

"You jerk!" Sakura screamed as she ran over to Naruto and knelt beside him. "Are you okay?" She pulled him onto her lap.

Gaara spat. "Get out of the way, we're not done yet."

"No," Sakura retaliated, "If you mess with him then you mess with us. Isn't that right, Chouji?"

"...Chouji?"

The Akimichi boy was hiding behind a random member of the audience. "Maybe."

The Haruno girl sweat dropped. "Gee, you're no help."

"Aw," Neji sneered, "Did fatty and pinky want a piece too?"

Instantly, Chouji and Sakura froze. Their bodies went rigid and their heads hung low, a shadow forming over most of their face. Sakura's shoulders shook ever so slightly and Chouji's fingers twitched.

"Hmph," Sasuke smirked, "Looks like they're about to cry."

The boys laughed at their weakness. They didn't laugh long because Sakura and Chouji looked up, a murderous gleam in their eyes. Sakura stood and it looked like she was having a muscle spasm in her eye. Chouji's face was red and he was practically inhaling and exhaling like a train engine. Suddenly the boys didn't feel too safe anymore…

"Pinky?" Sakura repeated, "Did you just call me…pinky?"

"And fatty? No, no, no," Chouji glared at them, "I did NOT just hear that."

Naruto stared at them and started snickering. Those words were taboo to them. "If you value your lives," he said, "Run."

"RAWR!" Sakura sprinted like a mad woman and tackled a shocked Neji to the ground, roaring and yanking his hair.

"AH! Get this bitch off of me!" Neji tried to shove her off but Sakura grabbed his arms and tore the leather cord from his ponytail thing and used it to tie his hands behind his back. He cried out as she pulled harder on his precious coffee tresses.

Sasuke jumped forward and attempted to grab Sakura but Chouji beat him to it. "Oh no you don't!" The brunette sucked in a huge breath and inflated himself to resemble a giant beach ball. Sasuke's mouth gaped open as he ran for his dear, little life, Chouji rolling after him- hollering something along the lines of "I'M NOT FAT, I'M JUST BIG BONED!"

Sai snuck up behind Sakura and tried to pull her off Neji. As soon as his fingers touched her skin, the Haruno girl whirled around and landed a well-aimed punch at his cheek. The artist boy yelled as the force of the punch threw him back a few feet.

"THAT," Sakura glared, "Was for calling me ugly!"

Everyone watched the two single-handedly beat the most feared boys in all of Konoha Academy. Their jaws nearly touched the floor and their eyes had expanded to the size of dinner plates. Even Kiba was left dumbstruck. They watched with disbelief as an inflated Chouji chased after Sasuke and Gaara like a bowling ball, and how Sakura was simultaneously tearing Neji's hair out and beating Sai at the same time.

Naruto sat up and laughed. "I told you to run."

"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" the voice of a woman boomed.

"Crap, it's the Headmistress! RUN!" Kids screamed and ran off in every which direction. Kiba scrambled to his feet and hobbled away. Sakura, Chouji, Naruto, and the boys were the only ones oblivious to the situation.

A hand shot out and grabbed both Sakura and Chouji by the collars. Neji moaned as he slowly pulled himself together and inspected the damage she had inflicted on his scalp. Sai glared and clutched at his face, which was stained with hideous, black and blue marks. Sasuke and Gaara gasped for air as soon as they were released from Chouji's merciless body slam.

"Oh my god," Sasuke choked out, "The air tastes so sweet."

"Tell me about it." Gaara started hyperventilating.

Tsunade glowered at Sakura and Chouji, both of whom she still had a firm grip on. Her golden eyes pierced into them. Sakura squeaked and Chouji shrank back in his scarf. "Um…Hello?"

"All of you," Tsunade barked, "I my office. NOW." She then turned and dragged Chouji and Sakura behind her. Sasuke, Sai, Gaara, Neji, and Naruto followed along. The boys stared at the trio with the utmost and complete loathing. They glared at Naruto and started flexing their muscles, as if they were secretly going to pummel him as revenge.

Naruto sweat dropped and went over to his friends. "Man, you guyswere awesome!"

Chouji grumbled. "All that fighting made me hungry. Where's my backpack?"

"Never mind that. What about you, Sakura-chan? You were great out there! You totally made those guys look like little sissys!"

Sakura whimpered. "Yeah. What a great way to start off the year."


Yeah, there wasn't much humor in this chapter but I wanted to establish a basis for hatred. A bit repetitive on most parts. Well, that's about it. No flames please. Thank you very much!