Summary: Neji x Sakura Meet Haruno Sakura, a typical junior high school prankster. When her prank got out of hand, the school principal decides to assign Sakura a mentor. Sakura thinks it's going to be hell but things might not be as bad as Sakura thought. AU and hopefully not too much OOC

Genre: Drama/Romance

A/N – Author's Note

Italic - thoughts and/or emphasis on the word

Bold – emphasis on the word

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Note: Sakura mom's name in this fanfic is Kaede. Kaede is currently dating a guy. His first name is Satoshi, last name is Fuji. Kaede called him by Satoshi, and Sakura called him by Fuji-san.


Troublemaker

Chapter 2: Loneliness

Sakura said her good-bye to Naruto and walked towards her house. Naruto house was on the opposite direction of Sakura. Naruto lived with Iruka-sensei because his parent died when he was really young. He said he was too young to even remember their faces.

It's a good thing that Iruka-sensei took him in ever since Kindergarten. Naruto told her everything about his life and how he lived in the Orphanage to the day when he got adopted. Even though they had known each other since freshman year, she felt as though she knows him all her life.

She can somewhat understands how he feels since she, herself don't have a father. Her father died when she was 12. She did not take the news very well. She felt great pain in her heart when he died, and so she thought it must be an even greater pain to not have both parent.

At least she still has her mother, whom she could still call as a family. Although sometimes she thinks that not having any memory of her father would be a better off.

Maybe her life now would be much better and she would willingly accept more things in her life if she doesn't have the memory of her father. But as it turns out that she does have the memory of her dad and nothing can change that fact.

Sakura was holding a yellow piece of paper on her left hand, and her backpack and books on her right hand. She has reached the house, and that place gave off a lonely aura, as usual. She reluctantly took out her keys and opened the door.

"I'm home." she said as she looked around the house. There was no sign of people in the house and it was so silence that her voice had echo throughout the house. And that's perfectly fine with her. Knowing that no one is home, she still called out for her mom just to make sure.

"Mom, I'm home. Are you there…Mom?" she said as she peak in her mom bedroom. And as she expected, her mom was not here nor would she be anywhere else.

"Honestly, why do I even bother looking?"

She made her way to the kitchen to look for something to eat. The first thing she did when she got there was to look in the refrigerator. But then she stopped in front of it because something has caught her attention. "A note. Must be from mom."

The note read: Dear Sakura,

I know you must be disappointed for I am not there. It turns out that Satoshi has surprise me with tickets to go to see an orchestra concert in Tokyo. He told me that the concert is tonight and so we have to hurry and leave right away. I'm sorry I didn't get to prepare dinner for you dear. I left in such a rush that I don't have time. Well at least now you know where I am so you won't be worry. I'm also going to visit Satoshi's family in Tokyo, so I will be back in 3 weeks. Take care.

PS. I hope you will please try to behave yourself while I'm away.

With love, Mom

"Great, how am I supposed to get that stupid paper sign now?" she said with a bored face. This comes to no surprise to her anymore. "That Fuji-bastard always pulls stunts like this whenever he can. Honestly how much 'fun' does an adult need?"

Well worrying about her mom won't help her get her dinner ready. But before that, she took a look of what to eat. She pulled her pack back off her shoulder and unzipped the zip.

"Let's see I have Math homework, Chemistry homework, and I have to write a report about Shakespeare. And all of it is due tomor…row."

She took a seat and look over her homework. Then she looked at the clock. It's now 4:13 pm.

"Oh what the hell with it. I don't give a damn."

She then process to open the refrigerator and looked inside. There's only a few selection of food in there. "The hell with dinner too. I'll just eat instant ramen."

Sakura went to the living room and turned on the TV. She flipped through the channels; wanting to find something interesting to watch. She stayed like that for about an hour and had fallen asleep on the sofa.

When she woke up, it was 7 o'clock. She reluctantly got up and made her way to the bathroom to take a shower. On her way there, the phone rang and she picked it up not knowing who was on it and she doesn't want to guess.

"Hello…" she said in a boring and tiring tone.

"Sakura-chan!! It's me Naruto."

"What do you want?" she said while yawning.

"Well I wanted to call you to see if everything is alright. So... is everything alright?"

"If you are implying about my mom; she's in France right now." she said with a tedious tone.

"Ohh, I see…" he just hit her weak spot and he knows it.

"Is there anything else you want to know?"

"No, that's all. Have a good night Sakura-chan."

"Aa, you too."

She hung up the phone and went to take a shower.

Afterward, she made an instant ramen and hopped on the sofa and watch TV while eating ramen.

It was 8:14 pm. There was nothing to watch so she turned off the TV. She just sat there to finish her ramen. When her ramen is done, she placed it on the desk besides her.

For some reason, she felt especially cold right that moment and therefore she brought her knee closer to her body for warmth. She stayed like that for about 30 minutes. The whole house was quiet within that time. Some people would find that the silence is unbearable, but to Sakura, it was just the thing she needs right now.

Just the thing she needed right…there…and…now. Peace and quiet.

Seconds had passed…and seconds had turned to minutes.

Minutes turned to more minutes. Until…

There was a faint and soft noises arise from the living room. The noise became louder and louder by each passing seconds. And pretty soon, the sobbing noise was echo throughout the whole house.

Right there and now, there seem to be nothing in this world that can make the sobbing stop

unless…

Ring

Ring

Ring

……………………

Sakura made no motion to pick up the phone this time. She would let the person who was calling to leave a message.

Beeeeeeeeeeee…………………

"Sakura-chan, it's me……… Naruto."

Sakura head suddenly jolt up but she only used half of her ear sense to listen.

"Now I know you're there. So pick up the phone already."

Still, Sakura made no motion to move.'

"I know that you can hear me. So I'm just gonna say what I call for."

"…"

"I know that you must be crying right now. You can't fool me. Now pick up the phone so we can talk!" he shouted.

"…"

"Fine then! If you don't want to talk about it then have it your way. By-"

"Wait, Naruto!"

"..."

"…"

"So, you finally picked up?"

"Yeah…"

"Want to talk about it?"

"Not really…"

"I understand."

There was silence among them two again. The clock was ticking and yet no one spoke. It is as if the silence says it all.

"Naruto…"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you."

"No problem."

"…"

"..."

"Good night, Naruto."

"Good night, Sakura-chan."

With those last words to the boy; she hung up.


Next Chapter: The Valentine Prank

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