Getting Reacquainted

"Ino?"

I couldn't believe it, Ino is here! She looks so different from when we were children. Her hair is no longer the boy-short length it once was, now it is at least reaches her waist, but I'm not so certain as it's held up into a high pony tail. Her bangs grew out so now half of her face is hidden. She has earrings and is extremely curvaceous. I think back to my lean body and barely there breasts with a small frown of jealously.

"S-Sakura?" Ino mumbles while she nearly drops the clipboard in her hands.

We stare at each other for a moment before smiles creep onto our faces, then we let out small shrieks of utter joy before basically teleporting to each other. My arms wrap tightly around her neck as hers are around mine.

"You know each other?"

I turn to see Kakashi-sensei staring at us with an eye brow nearly reaching his hairline.

"Yes we met when we were kids at the park by-"

"At the park by where she used to live," Ino cut me off. "I was visiting my aunt in Kiri when I met Sakura at the park. We played on the swings and I gave her a ribbon for her hair." She turns towards me and chuckles while patting my head right over my black headband. "You still have your hair styled the way I showed you! Hmm. Maybe I should help you get a new hair style?" She questions as she stares at me intently.

I shake my head, keeping a fake smile on my face to hide my confusion.

I know Ino doesn't have family outside of Konoha, but why was she lying and saying that she does? Is she…ashamed about the fact she went to the hospital?

Don't say anything…whispers in my mind and I freeze in shock.

Was that Ino? It sounded like her…

"Hey Sakura! Snap out of it! Ino's inviting you to hang out somewhere!" Inner shouts at me from her seat on some poor boys notebook.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" I ask Ino. She giggles before smiling at me.

"I was asking if you want to hang out with me at lunch. We have a lot to catch up on after all it's been forever!"

I almost accept, but Inner reminds me of my promise to Naruto.

"I already made plans with a friend but you're welcome to join us!" I'm grinning a truly happy grin.

"Deal! Meet you by the lunch line!" She has Kakashi sign her clipboard before the pineapple haired boy takes a thick green binder out of his box and hands it to my perverted teacher. With one last wave to me Ino and her boys leave.

With a sigh Kakashi motions me to take my seat next to Naruto.

"Now wasn't that fun! We got to see some heart wrenching emotional reunion and still have time to fill out the questioner of the semester to figure out teams! Now everybody take out a pencil and remember this isn't a test there is no need to cheat or try to manipulate the results. The principle and I will be in charge of choosing this is just your way to persuade us to put you with friends or crushes!" He eye smiles and chuckles as he opens the binder and hands out the paper work.

I literally have no clue what is going on. One look at Inner and I know she is as lost as me.

Naruto must have seen my confusion because he leans over and starts to explain what's going on.

"For the last few years this school and some other ones have been in this strange program. I can't remember what it's called, but anyway. Each semester we have to take this random questioner and whoever gets the most compatible answers have to work together for that entire semester! That means that if one of use gets in trouble we all do and all group events have to be with our teammates. It's something about learning teamwork and sharing responsibility or something. Anyway since Kakashi is our home room teacher that means he's in charge of us specifically. Each team has only three people on them and don't always end up on the same team next semester." Smiling proudly he then whispers, "I hope you and me end up on the same team Sakura-chan!"

My cheeks suddenly feel warm and my heart gives a thump.

What's wrong with me?

I don't get to think about it as I too get my own packet of stabled papers and start answering the questions.

A lot of the questions were easy, checking my GPA and asking about simple questions such as What's your favorite color? Some were the most random questions I have ever seen like, Which do you like better Digimon or Pokémon? I don't get what the difference is, except that I know Digimon actually speak instead of repeating their name. So I pick Digimon, trying to decipher the sentences Pokémon say to each other always gave me a headache as a kid. Other questions were just plain odd like, If you were transformed into a monkey and were forced to eat the bugs out of your teammates hair to survive, would you? Ew!

I finish my questioner a few minutes before class ends. It wasn't really that long just two pages of question's and the last two were lined pages for comments and requests on who I would like to be in my team. I say Naruto, Sasuke and Ino? Because I don't know if I can request someone from another class I ask about that as well.

When the bell rings I pack my bags and smile at my blond and ebony haired friends. Before I could say anything I feel my wrist vibrate. Looking down I see its time for me to take my immunosuppressant.

I reach into my back pack ignoring Naruto's questions and pestering me to hurry up as I reach into my pouch filled with little sections for m medicine. I double check on which one I'm about to have then grab my filter water bottle and drink some before putting the pill in my mouth and swallowing.

I sigh and look up to see Naruto has already left. Sasuke is watching me with a blank expression but that fine. What I want to know is why is he waiting for me?

"Where's Naruto?" I question as I readjust my backpack.

He grunts and leads me out of the now empty classroom into the crowed hall.

Inner once again takes place behind me and growls at all the stars and the whispers that surround us.

"Pink hair?"

"How dare she walk with our Sasuke!"

"Who is she.."

"What a billboard brow.."

"No fair! I've been trying to dye steakss of my hair blue yet she can have her whole head pink?!"

"Walking with Sasuke-kun! I don't believe this! I can't wait to tell In.."

"Damn I want a piece of that bubble gum…"

Gah! Won't they shut up! Why does everybody notice the hair!

Sasuke doesn't talk to me as he leads me to my next class. Trigonometry if I remember correctly.

We aren't seated next to each other in this class. In fact I sit in the middle row while he sits in the back again. I again have to introduce myself but unlike in Kakashi-sensei's class I don't have to give a descrition of my likes and stuff. Mizuki-sensei gave Inner the creeps but he seems fine to me.

That class ended a whole lot quicker than Homeroom did. However right after Trig it was back to Kakashi-sensei's class. Luckily enough I ran into Ino.

"Ino-pig!" I exclaim as I see her walk into the room.

With her head held high she saunters her way over to my seat and sits next to me in the back. Switching seats with a dark long haired busty girl with greyish purple eyes for the hour.

"Forehead! Don't call me that! I have a rep to uphold here." She hushes at me.

Again confusion bubbles up inside me and I lean in close and finally ask her the question that has been bugging me all morning.

"Why don't you want others to know about us meeting outside our old hospital?"

Her face freezes. I swear I can feel the strain coming off her as she forces herself to keep that smiling mask on.

"Forehead it's better if no one knows about you ever being in a hospital for you know…And anyway you're still on your meds so there is no reason for us to be giving out details and such. I mean the past is past. I'm fine and so are you! By the way where did you transfer from? I mean school in Kiri has got to be rather creepy. Especially with the way they used to run their exams."

"She doesn't want anyone to know." States Inner.

I look towards my demon companion. Her face is furious as her pink eyes glow and her teeth clench.

"She said it before. She has a reputation to uphold so it's better for her to not say she was once in a nut house like you. Piglet here wants you to keep quiet about being in the hospital so she won't have to say she was friends with a crazy person." Inner's fists crack as her frustration grows. "Thing is you kinda have to tell people otherwise the annoying hair questions and the reason for why you have pills on you at all times. You don't have to say you see my or the others but Shizune always said it was better for you to have people who understand your condition around you than having people who don't."

"Saakkuuraaaa!"

I turn my attention back towards Ino and remember her earlier questions.

"This is my first school Ino." I mumble.

Sympathy flashes across her face before she is once again smiling.

"Ah so that means you didn't have to suffer at the hands of some of those blood thirsty Kiri teachers! That's great!"

Kakashi-sensei walks in then and class begins. I sigh, getting reacquainted is harder than I thought.

A/N:

Sorry it took me so long to update! I wanted to update earlier but I got reunited with an old friend while some of my other friends suddenly had some free time! So that took a lot of my time surprisingly and with Christmas on the way I have to work on getting some last minute presents and stuff.

I would like to shout out to Q for all the reviews and Q's friend for telling Q about my fan fiction. It made me so happy and helped motivate me to write this chapter faster!

Now still don't know the mascot and now I don't know what to name the program that Konoha High uses! Please PM me or review me some idea's. And no Kyuubi will not be the Mascot I don't want to piss of Kurama by making him a joke. And besides Kurama has a big part coming up.

Kurama: *glares*…

Sorry there was no SasuSaku scenes in this chapter, I couldn't write one. Sasuke wouldn't let me make him that OOC. Sigh. Damn Prima Donna.

Sasuke: *grunts* I'm not a Prima Donna.

Me: Fine! Damn you Cave-Man!

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