Mannequin's Plastic Heart
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Chapter Two! At the Beginning
Another beautiful morning came in Konoha. It's obvious that all people were having a good mood since most of them had a smile plastered on their lips.
A girl with silly rose colored hair with bangs framing her beautiful emerald eyes stood in front of a huge gate of Konoha High. She let her long hair down since she wasn't really used to tie it up. She clasped her hands together and continued to stare at the people walking towards their destinations. She lifted up her right foot then decided to walk around. She noticed some students were giving her weird glances but some guys were actually smiling to her charmingly.
A sigh escaped her rosy lips as she continued to walk and find her way to the Faculty Room. She looked around her and shook her head slowly. Now, now… how can she find her destination in this huge place?
Flashback
"Yes, you should. I enrolled you yesterday and I repeat, you.are.going.there whether you like it or not." Tsunade muttered in a commanding voice as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"B-but—"
"No more buts! Sakura, you should be thankful that I was doing this to you. You're so lucky, I'm telling you." she said, patting the girl's head.
"Hai, hai. Arigatou, Tsunade-sama." Sakura said in a very low voice.
Tsunade can't help but smile for a moment, "You don't need to be formal. A plain Tsunade would be fine."
"O-Okay. Eh? You told me that you're having a dinner with you friend tonight? Why are you still here?" Sakura asked, returning the smile.
"Oh, that? I called Mikoto-san a while ago and cancelled it. It's fine, don't worry." She explained slowly, amused at the girl in front of her.
End of Flashback
And now, how would I know where that room is? She thought cautiously. Suddenly, a hand touched her right shoulder.
'Look for a new friend, I suggest.' Her inner self spoke. She was quite surprised hearing her inner self talking to her again.
'Miss me?' Inner Sakura asked sweetly. Before she cold utter any single word, a hand touched her right shoulder.
Without any second, she looked back to see who the person is and met a pair of beautiful blue eyes.
"He-he… relax, relax…" the stupid looking blonde-haired boy said, grinning like a mad man.
Silently, she observed his features. The boy was a few inch taller than her. He has blonde-hair, blue eyes, and…whiskers? "W-who are you?"
"What! You don't know me?!!!" the boy shouted as if he was about to die. The weird thing is the students are not looking at him though he was shouting really loud. She shrugged. "Gomen, but I don't—"
"Hah!! I understand, and I bet you're new here so since, you don't know me, I'll just introduce myself… ehemmmm…. I am Uzumaki Naruto the Grreeeeaaat! The most handsome, famous and intelligent student in this school! Now, you know me. What's your name?"
Sakura frowned for a moment before answering, "Nice meeting you. I'm Haruno Sakura. As you mentioned before, I'm new here, Uzuma—"
"Naruto." The boy interjected.
"Alright. As you can see, I'm new here, Naruto." She continued, trying not to shout at him for not letting her finish her statement. Why would she make a bad impression to the very first student she met in this huge school?
"Yeah. I can see that. So Sakura-chan, where are you heading now?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"Oh. Actually, I'm searching for the Faculty room." She muttered, pretty embarrassed. "If you don't mind, can you help me?"
Naruto grinned even more, if that's possible, and nod. "Of course! I would love to accompany my Sakura-chan!" he said and dragged her to God-knows-where.
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As soon as they entered their classroom, they approached a silver-haired man comfortably sitting on his chair while reading an orange book.
"Kakasshi-sensei!"Naruto called out loud as if the man wasn't older than him or something.
"Hey! I'm calling you!" Naruto screamed. He shook the teacher's shoulders as he continued to shout. Her eardrums were now screaming in pain.
Sakura sweat dropped when the teacher didn't even flinch. She can't help but get curious about the orange book since the teacher was blushing madly, and even chuckled sheepishly!
What's that book? And it's a little strange for a teacher wearing a mask. She thought mentally. Her inner self was telling her to check it out. At first, she wouldn't agree, but it's just intriguing or something. She bent down a little but as soon as she realized what it is, she straightened up herself and tried not to take another look at the book.
"Stop reading that porn book, you pervert!" Naruto ordered. "Can't you see, I'm with my Sakura-chan? Can't you see!?"
Finally, Kakashi moved for a moment. He raised his head and observed the pink-haired girl standing in front of him.
"Aah. So, you're Haruno Sakura, right?" he asked patiently, closing his book and shoved it inside his pocket.
"Hai, sensei." Sakura answered briefly.
"Okay. Tsunade told me all about you." Kakashi stated, standing up. He cleared his throat and said, "Well, let me introduce myself. I'm Hatake Kakashi. I am the principal here. And by the way, Welcome to Konoha High where you can study peacefully and happily forever and ever! Welcome to Konoha High where you can study peacefully and happily forever and ever! Welcome to—"
"Argh! Enough! My ears are bleeding! Look!" Naruto protested madly, covering his precious ears which weren't really bleeding. He would always hear that lines whenever a new student comes. It's just so…degrading.
Kakashi's eyes twitched. "What a very distracting comment, Naruto."
"Geez, thanks." Naruto said sarcastically, glaring at the teacher.
Kakashi shrugged then opened his drawer and searched for something. After a moment, he nods. "Well, it's good news. You don't need to search for your classroom since Naruto was your classmate."
"Reaaaallllyyyy???" Naruto asked loudly, shocked.
Kakashi's eyes twitched for the second time. "I don't think it's really shocking news, Naruto. The two of you can go now. The first subject would be starting in a few minutes. And oh, Naruto, I wouldn't be able to attend to our class today. But Gai would be my substitute for now, as usual, don't worry."
"What? G-Gai-sensei?!" Naruto asked.
"Yeah. And please stop over reacting. Sakura, I hope you would have a good time."
"Thank you, Kakashi-sensei." Sakura smiled beautifully.
"Let's go, Sakura-chan." Naruto said and dragged her outside. "You know, Kakashi-sensei's our homeroom adviser."
"Really—"She wasn't able to finish her statement since she saw the familiar blonde-haired woman walking towards the faculty room.
Tsunade-sama? Why is she here? Sakura thought mentally as her emerald eyes followed the said woman then shrugged. Oh well, maybe she has some things to do.
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"Kakashi—"
"So, that's Sakura, huh?" Kakashi asked, trying to be clueless.
"Yeah, do you think I made the right thing? Or do you think…" she wasn't able to finish her statement since she doesn't really know what to say.
"If you want to hear my answer, then I can only give you the word yes. You did the right thing, alright?" He closed his favorite book and put it inside his drawer.
"But you still don't know the consequences." Tsunade muttered, clearly problematic. She took a sit I front of Kakashi's table and looked straight into the gray-haired man's eyes.
"Who told you I don't?" Kakashi smirked. "In case you have forgotten, as of now, we're on the same situation."
Tsunade nodded as she remembered what Kakashi was talking about.
"Do you think they would be able to pass the test? And what if they wouldn't?" she asked, emphasizing the word them.
"Don't you have faith on her?" Kakashi asked without a blink then smiled a little. "She looked so weak because of her thin body. But, I know with those beautiful eyes of hers, she isn't the one who would easily give up."
"But she still didn't know about her situation." She said, looking down at her feet, embarrassed.
"Nani?"
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Naruto noticed her and poked her arm, "Hey?"
Sakura blinked. "Yeah?"
"Is there something wrong? It seems you're thinking about something." he stated slowly, observing the girl's reactions.
"No, no." Sakura shook her head and smiled a little. "None at all. Sorry for that."
"That's fine. So, as I was saying, Gai-sensei would be always Kakashi-sensei's substitute whenever he's busy. But I don't think he's really busy. He's such a lazy teacher, I'm telling you."
Sakura chuckled. "Hmm… and this Gai-sensei—"
"He's also our P.E. teacher." Naruto interjected while grinning. "Well, here we are."
As soon as they entered the room, all the students looked at them for a moment.
"Hmmm!!! You're the new student, right?" a teacher wearing all green attire asked.
"Ahmmm… hai." Sakura answered quietly.
"Introduce yourself, beautiful young lady. You shouldn't be shy. We'll not gonna eat you. Only vampires do that, dear princess." The teacher stated while grinning like a mad gorilla.
"That's Gai-sensei. Good luck." Naruto whispered before walking away.
Sakura cleared her throat before saying, "I'm Haruno Sakura."
"Sakura? A cherry blossom? Oh my. Sakura-san, you look a real flower with that shiny pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty hair of yours. I'm just wondering how you managed to take care of them. Can we have a date afterwards, my lady?" a student with thick brows asked enthusiastically.
"I can live, I can love, I can reach the heavens above! And by the way, Sakura-san, I'm Rock Lee at your service!" he even stood up and vowed. With this, she was able to notice his attire.
Sakura frowned at this. Is this green student and this green teacher were best friends? Acquaintances? Childhood friends? Father and son? Or…or… lovers?
Sakura shivered and forced herself to think about another thing.
"Shut up you!" Naruto suddenly shouted.
"The two of you, stop it." Gai said while scratching the back of his head. "Well, welcome to Konoha High, Sakura-san! Where you can study peacefully and happily forever and ever! Welcome to Konoha High, Sakura-san!!!!!!!!!! Where you can study peacefully and happily forever and ever!"
The whole class groaned.
I really do hope sensei. Sakura thought cautiously. "Thank you, sensei."
"Now, now. Where should I assign you?" Gai asked, tapping his chin, faking a thought then looked at Lee who was looking back at him tearfully. It's quite obvious that he can't assign the new student to sit beside Lee since all the chairs near him were already occupied.
Lee sighed dramatically, trying so hard to catch the people's attentions but failed miserable.
"Aha! What about the sit beside… Neji-kun?" Gai asked out loud.
For the second time, the whole class groaned.
Some girls fumed.
"What! No way!"
"No!"
"Don't you dare!"
"Awwww!!! I'm gonna die."
"She's so lucky!"
And the other boys said:
"Sit beside me!"
"Don't sit beside Neji's chair! You'll get pregnant without noticing it in just one snap of a finger!"
"Sit here!"
"Damn, there's a vacant sit here, sir!" a chubby student said while eating chips.
"OK! Say all you want but I don't care! Please raise your hand, Hyuuga Neji-kun,"
The white-eyed student raised his hand lazily but his odd expression of a mixed frown and raised eyebrows didn't go unnoticed by the new student.
What's wrong with him? She thought while taking her own sit beside him nervously.
"O-Ohayo." Sakura greeted quietly, hoping to hear his reply.
"Hn." He grunted like he didn't care at all.
'Hmp. Snobbish, aren't we?' Inner Sakura said sarcastically. 'If I were you, I would be shouting at him for being rude at us a while ago. It's not forgivable, for crying out loud! He ignored us, he ignored us!' her inner self said, or rather screamed.
She was snapped into reality when she heard the other girls of the class giggling and murmuring to each other with their eyes focused at the door as if it's the most fascinating thing in the world.
She, also, looked at the door and saw the raven-haired guy scowling. "Excuse me."
"Wait a precious moment, Uchiha-kun!" Gai-sensei called out dramatically while stretching his right arm to add some effects. . "Why were you late then? You could tell it to us."
"Yeah, that's right, Sasuke-kun!" Lee screamed. This time, Sakura was able to notice his thick eyebrows for the second time. She shook her head and listened more. "Maybe, you also got lost to the road of life? Or maybe, there was an old lady asking for directions? Or maybe there's a turtle walking in front of you that made you stop and wanna watch it walked for a while? Oh Kami, you're influenced by Kakashi-sensei already?"
After that loooong statement, Naruto laughed out loud. "Haha! Teme! Is that true?!"
The whole class especially Naruto started laughing but some girls was just fighting the urge to kick the hell out of him. He cleared his throat and suppressed a nervous laugh. "All right, I'm just kidding. Maybe he has a reason… I mean… come on."
"I…overslept." The student with onyx eyes reasoned lamely, ignoring Naruto.
"That's nothing." Gai shrugged. "You've been acting like my rival now. Oh well. You may take your sit."
Sakura's heart pounded when she saw him walking towards her. She didn't know, but, it's just so refreshing to look at him.
'Eeeh! Hot! Hot! I'm burning!' Inner Sakura screamed in joy and performed at the chicken dance.
She was about to say something when he sat in front of her without any words.
'Why are there so many rude people in here? Are they ice cubes or something?!' her inner self asked.
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What's wrong in this world today??!!
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"You didn't tell her about her past?" Kakashi asked and crossed his arms across his chest.
"No. I didn't mention a thing." Tsunade chuckled nervously, and then sighed. "Now what?"
"Okay. Maybe you should wait for the right time before telling her about it." Kakashi shrugged before reaching for his beloved book.
"But when would be the right time?" she asked.
"You should be patient for a while, Tsunade. Be patient."
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A/N: there you have it! Chapter two!
Sorry for the late update. I wasn't able to post this earlier since my computer had some problems and my schedule was quite full. Feh. As if.
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Thanks!