A/N: This is where the real story begins! Sorry if it's kind of...strange and confusing, but I'll explain at the footnote. By the way, to fit everything together, I had to edit some chapters beforehand. See paragraph 22 of Chapter 1: The Hunt. KK, ENJOY!
"I'd like to introduce you to a new transfer student…" The brunette teacher proudly presented a timid looking girl who looked no older than fifteen. It was senior year in the Japanese Institute for the Gifted, but younger, more advanced students weren't rare. She had straight, dark brown—almost black—hair that protruded from underneath her hoody. She had watery grey eyes hidden behind square yellow framed glasses. She had a petite figure and pale skin, giving her the 'young and innocent' look.
A slight twitch of the lip indicated a shy smile, but slowly faded after Iruka-sensei continued with his sentence.
"…Hirai Sonomi." The teacher placed a hand on her shoulder and followed up with a request. "Sonomi, would you like to introduce yourself?"
The small girl twitched at the contact, but went on anyways. Her fingers tapped nervously at her side, as she stuttered a few opening words. "Um…hi, my name is…Hirai Sonomi. I'm sixteen and a half years old and I-I came from the Tokyo Technical High. My interests are reading and some art, and my dislikes are liars and violence." She explained almost inaudibly.
"Um, okay, very good Sonomi. Please take a seat beside Tenten. Tenten, raise up your hand so Sonomi can find you."
A chocolate haired brunette who held her hair in two buns on her head lifted up her hand accordingly. Sonomi walked to the open seat at the corner of the class. As she made her way their, a blonde with her hair up high in a ponytail gave her a dirty look.
Sonomi tipped her head forward, letting her hair fall past her face. Again, the corner of her lip twitched slightly. She fingered a gold and emerald ornament which fell by her chest. 'Works every time.'
"Sonomi, we were discussing the semester project before you came in. Now that this class is an even number, I can now put you in pairs instead of threes." Iruka explained, scribbling on the clipboard in his hand. "Here are the pairs: Yamanaka Ino and Hebi Karin; Akimichi Chouji and Nara Shikamaru; Kunai Tenten and Rock Lee—" Tenten let out an aggravating groan at that point. "—Inuzuka Kiba and Uzumaki Naruto; Kiri Sugietsu and Oto Juugo; and last, Hirai Sonomi and Uchiha Sasuke."
The class was whispering around, and the new girl was shot more dirty looks from the pair of girls in the front of the class. "New girl gets Sasuke-kun? Why is Iruka-sensei so mean!?"
"The project is to create a brochure on the basic points of astronomy. It has to appeal to future seniors who don't favor astronomy as a science course." Iruka went on, explaining the mechanics of the project to the teens.
Suddenly, the bell rang and interrupted the teacher. The students raced for the door, wanting to get away from the learning environment as soon as possible. Sonomi was in the crowd and dragged in the last few. Behind her, a hand tapped her shoulder again. She turned, expecting it to be Iruka. Instead, she found the tall, pale, raven haired heartthrob of the year at her side.
"Tomorrow after school. Uchiha estate. Go ask around if you have to." He deadpanned, then walked away casually.
Still trying to comprehend, Sonomi was ambushed by a loud and eager sounding Tenten. "Sonomi-chan!" She cried. "Eat with us during lunch, 'kay?"
--
Tenten dragged little Sonomi to their loud and violent lunch table. She introduced the group as her 'Boys', because apparently, she has been the only girl present at that table for four years.
"We were one big group before. Ino, the bitch that kept on snubbing you, was actually a very active part of this group before the Uchiha moved here for high school." She commented as she constantly shooed Naruto away from her chocolate fudge. "THAT'S MINE, BAKA!" She bonked the blonde on his head before he could attempt to touch her lunch tray.
Shikamaru, as Tenten described, was a lazy ass, but had a 4.0 average. He wiggled in his seat beside the orange clad teen, then shoved him away. "Naruto, you're so…troublesome."
"ITAI!!" Naruto exclaimed as he rubbed his head repeatedly. "You guys are so hurtful…" he sobbed.
Rock Lee, an avid admirer of Tenten, raised his fist in the air with flaming eyes. "THAT'S IT TENTEN-CHAN! USE THE POWER OF YOUTH!!" He continued with his speech of youth, and kept on comparing the brunette to a lotus or something like that.
"Anyways, to continue," she ignored the rumble of the bickering boys and turned to the other girl. "Since you've been paired up with the Uchiha-teme, Ino and Karin are going to be all over you. Do you have a phone?" She asked and put her hand out.
The other girl nodded and pulled out a yellow blackberry and put it in the outstretched palm.
"I'll give you all these idiots' numbers, plus mine. If Uchiha, Ino or Karin give you any trouble just text or call us, 'kay?" She instructed, and handed the phone back to its owner.
"Hai. Thanks, Tenten-san." She said, smiling slightly.
"Hey Sonomi-chan, has anyone told you you're so kawai?!" Kiba, the dog-lover, said, inching closer to the new girl. She slid away uncomfortably on the bench. He caught up to her and wrapped an arm around the girl, but a scary look from her told him to do otherwise.
--
The brown-haired new girl drove her yellow Honda Jazz® on the driveway of the Uchiha Estate. For a family that's only been here for four years, it was a pretty dominating sight. It was a large, Italian-style bungalow that sat on top of a large hill. It overlooked a large, all-around garden with extended into a forested area. As she neared the house, she saw the Uchiha Fan displayed proudly above the front door.
She knocked on the door, only to be met by a stoic and fed-up looking butler. "Sasuke-sama's project partner, I presume?" He asked with a blank face. Then, he bent forward and extended an arm towards the inside of the house. "This way please."
He led her to the parlour and sat her down on one of the golden couches.
"Please wait for Sasuke-sama here. He will be out shortly." The butler left through where they entered from, leaving her alone in the room. It gave her time to admire the décor of the parlour. The main theme was gold and brown. Decorated in a Victorian style, antiques and ornaments imported from all over Europe were scattered here and there. There were three golden couches around a mahogany and gold detailed coffee table. Everything faced the large archway leading to the main hall.
She studied the family photograph on the table. It consisted of the typical family—a mother, a father and two sons. All were pale and had raven black hair, and (she would probably be the last to admit this) unspeakably beautiful.
Again, she fingered the gold and emerald pendant hanging by her chest.
'Kind of suspicious, don't you think?'
A low grumble interrupted her train of thought. She expected it to b Sasuke, but was instead greeted by his older brother. "Who are you?" He asked in an even more velvety and suave voice than his brother. He was even more attractive than the teen, even if there was a lot of resemblance. His features were sharper—more matured. His hair wasn't in a chicken-ass style, but in a low ponytail at the base of his neck. He wore the Uchiha fan at the back of his black shirt, and white slacks.
"Hirai Sonomi," she answered, standing up and bowing.
In turn, he studied her. She was a strange girl. For a mere human, they will only see the Henge Charm's spell, creating a visual of a small brown haired girl with grey eyes and yellow glasses. She wore a black hoody over a pair of yellow skinny jeans and ballet flats. But being a more highly developed creature, he saw past the little green and gold necklace she wore.
Almost like a subliminal message, he saw pink flash from the dark brown. Green was the dominant color in her eye. Instead of the little 5"1 figure she had, the girl was standing straight and tall at 5"5. Like he could hear her little inner voice cry, "Haruno Sakura."
--
"I think we made her wait long enough," Sasuke remarked to the two girls in his room.
"But, Sasuke-kun, she was mean to us!" The redheaded one cried as she stumbled around with her glasses.
"Yeah," The blonde one added as she slipped on her coat. "She gave us dirty looks and everything." She whined.
The boy smiled darkly as he put on his uniformed Uchiha shirt. "C'mon, cut her some slack." He opened the door, shedding a stream of yellow light into the dark room. He stepped out the room, followed by his two 'girls'. "After all, she's just new."
Three steps out into the corridor, and he found the parlour empty.
"ANIKI!!!!!!!!!!!!"
--
In his own dark room, Itachi raised an eyebrow at his brother's guest. She lay on top of his chest, stroking it in turn for him caressing her soft pink (as he saw it; brown for what she thinks he sees) locks. "I think my brother's looking for you."
"ANIKI!" Sasuke screamed as he barged in through the door. "WHAT THE HELL!?? YOU STOLE MY FUCKING PROJECT PARTNER!"
At that moment, Sonomi stood up and replaced her glasses on the bridge of her nose. Proudly striding across the room, she bumped Sasuke's shoulder as she passed him. "I'm finished with the research." She said, handing out a pile of pad paper to her partner. "You can compile it." She explained with a slight hint of a smirk and a glare.
Sasuke stared wide-eyed, shifting them between his older brother and his project partner, who was 5 years her senior. He accepted the papers silently and watched her as she shoved past Ino and Karin. Then she turned around and faced the older Uchiha.
"Bye, Ita-kun." And she left.
Sasuke has realized that he has come face to face with his older brother. "A…ni…ki?"
There were three things Uchiha Sasuke learned today: One, never disturb your older brother. Two, Uchiha Itachi has had a lot of experience slamming doors in other people's faces. Three, Hirai Sonomi had green eyes.
--
Sonomi entered her yellow Jazz and heard a shift in the wind.
'Weather here isn't as stable as other places.' She told herself.
Deciding to ignore it, she continued with turning the key in the ignition. She was feeling slightly uneasy, so she took a double take before backing up. Turning to her right, she saw a glimpse of black that didn't belong in her car's beige interior.
"SAI!"
The other vampire smiled and raised a hand in greeting. "In that disguise," He started. "You look even uglier than before."
The girl fumed a blazing red and angrily ripped the Henge Charm pendant off her neck and threw it to Sai. "Happy?" She asked as the small and timid girl morphed into the full form of a pink haired woman with emerald green eyes and sharp yet feminine and beautiful features.
The viridian orbs pierced into Sai's own black ones as he mouthed, "Welcome back, Haruno Sakura."
A/N: Explanation time!! Okay, for all that are STILL confused, Sonomi is Sakura in disguise. The part where Sasuke is like 'Sonomi had green eyes' was a bit of her vamp-ish ways showing.
And, yes, Itachi is a vamp. further explanation in the next chap, which is probably soon because I'm halfway done with it.
KK. Love ya Lots (IF YOU REVIEW. *insert evil face here*)!
Bella