Disclaimer: I didn't put this on the first chapter, but i DONT own Naruto cries dramamtiaclly
A/N sorry for all those who don't want sakura to be goth/punk, but she's not scary i promise i wrote this like...four or five months ago, and i'd rather not go back and change all of it.
It was Monday of Sakura's second week. As she rolled out of bed she gave a look of pity towards her smashed alarm clock. Damn her insane strength! She took a quick shower and looked through her new wardrobe. She wanted to impress her new friends, so she looked over this shirt, glanced at those pants, and eyed that mini skirt. Thanks to Temari, Ten Ten, and Hinata her new clothes were all very fashionable, but she wanted to look great in her new style, so she tried to find the best outfit possible. Sakura smiled as she found it.
The shirt had been picked out by Hinata. It was a dark red V-neck shirt. The sleeves were short and just barely hung off her shoulders, leaving her black bra straps exposed. A small guitar was sewn by the bottom edge of the shirt in black thread. The pants had been picked out by Temari. They were black cargo pants with the Chinese character 'hope' on the back pocket in red. She wore her new Converse. Finally came the black fishnets for her arms, a skull bracelet, and a black choker necklace with a tiny guitar on it (courtesy of Ten Ten's amazing accessorizing abilities). Sakura quickly applied some black nail polish and some eyeliner to complete her look. As she looked at her overall reflection, a small gasp escaped her. She looked nothing like she had before. Oh my God! She thought I look…well…I look hot! I wasn't allowed to dress like this before! She knew her mom wouldn't approve much, and her dad would hate it, but she decided she wasn't going to change her new look anytime soon, at least not willingly. Smiling gladly she silently thanked Ten Ten, Temari, and Hinata. They had really known what they were doing.
Sakura grabbed a power bar and a glass of juice before heading out the door with a quick (but cheerful) "good morning and bye!" to her mom and dad, giving them no chance to question her outfit. She climbed into her car and drove to school. Upon reaching the school she saw Ino knocking many people (mostly girls) out of the way to get to Sasuke. Sakura made a noise of disgust and parked. She got out of the car and went to the tree where she could clearly see her new friends already waiting.
As she walked towards them she heard distant wolf whistles. Some were coming from her friends (Kiba, Kankuro, and Naruto) but some were coming from different directions. Sakura blushed and resisted the urge to look at where they were coming from. She was still a good ways away from the tree, so she sped up her walking a bit.
"Holy shit! What did you girls do to her?" asked Kiba.
"Nothing! We just took her shopping is all!" came the voice of Temari.
Gaara sat on a tree branch leisurely, out of view from others. His friends' comments caught his attention. Peeking through the branches he looked for what they were talking about. Sakura was walking towards them. He only recognized her from her pink hair; the rest of her outfit was completely different. As her body came closer he found himself inching closer and closer to the edge of the branch to get a better look at her. She looked amazing! Her curves! He hadn't noticed her curves before! And she looked so… Holy shit… He felt his cheeks and chest becoming warmer as he looked at her. He took in her beauty as she walked briskly, closer and closer to the tree…
"Humph!" the group's attention was diverted when they heard a loud thump from behind. They all turned to see Gaara lying on his back, groaning from pain and surprise. Neji gave him a hand to help him up, and they all laughed lightly at him. Gaara had been distracted by Sakura, and his hand had slipped, leading him to fall from the tree. He landed hard on his back, and the wind was knocked out of him. His coughing made the group stop laughing. They all asked if he was alright and he nodded to them. Sakura emerged from the group. When he saw her look of worry he felt his cheeks reddening again, so he turned his back on them to hide it.
As soon as Gaara regained his air, his arms flew up and with one swift jump, his hands grasped the tree branch. Sakura watched as his strong muscles pulled him up to sit on the branch once again. He did it like it was nothing, and Sakura could've drowned in her own drool (eww), had Temari not pulled her aside so no one would see it.
"Sakura! Snap out of it!" she said lightly slapping Sakura. Her eyes grew wide as she found herself staring at Temari. Temari laughed as she wiped away her drool. "Don't worry, Sakura, I won't say anything. Right now you have admirers."
Sakura turned back to the rest of the group (who had started conversing among themselves once more) and told them good morning.
As if on cue everyone's attention snapped back on her (except for Gaara who was out of sight, though he could still hear and see them). Kiba wrapped an arm around her shoulder like he had done the day before. Gaara growled with jealousy. "Wow Pinky! You look hot! What happened?" he grinned stupidly. Akamaru leaned outward a little and licked Sakura on the cheek. She muttered thanks, but then realized exactly what he said and hit him in the arm, leaving everyone else to laugh at him.
"Naw, Sakura he's right." Kankuro said, leaning against the tree. "Last week you looked like one of Ino's posse."
"It is an improvement." Shikamaru mumbled (Temari shot a quick glance towards his complement).
"Sakura you look great! Didn't you hear all those whistles?" Naruto asked loudly, swinging on a tree branch with his arms (Hinata made a small sound but looked away).
Neji nodded. "You'll quickly become the most wanted girl in school if you keep dressing like that. I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing, if you like that kind of attention." He said (Ten Ten gasped but quickly recovered).
"Yeah but don't worry, Sakura! If you don't like that then we can take care of all the unwanted guys around you, ok?" Naruto dropped down and smiled at her. Sakura realized what was happening with her (girl) friends. Smiling sweetly she said, "thanks guys but I think I can protect myself (Kiba's new bruise should prove that) and you guys are forgetting the real people behind my new look! If it wasn't for Ten Ten, Temari, and Hinata I would still be dressed in my preppy clothes like before. C'mon! Give them credit too!" she smiled and walked over to hug each of the girls. They all seemed a little shocked but ended up smiling back at her.
"Well yeah! We were about to get to that too! You girls did great!" Naruto swung and arm over the shoulder of the nearest girl (who just happened to be Hinata) and she nearly collapsed from embarrassment under his arm. Neji momentarily glared at the dumb blonde half-way hugging his cousin before turning to Ten Ten and saying, "Yeah I suppose it was your doing after all. You guys did good." Ten Ten blushed and made a gasp/laugh/sound. Kiba and Kankuro agreed and Shikamaru smiled and nodded in the direction of Temari. She blushed but then recovered and smirked.
"Well how could you expect anything less?" she asked. "I mean, it is us after all."
"That's the problem." A voice from behind made Temari jump. She turned around to see Gaara hanging upside down from his branch. "She went shopping with you. We didn't know what to expect." Gaara smirked. Thanks to gravity, his loose black t-shirt and fallen to around his neck, exposing his well-toned chest and defined six-pack (Sakura felt light headed upon seeing it, and thought she might faint). Temari glared while the other guys sniggered.
"Oh shut up Gaara! I have a better sense of fashion than you!" she crossed her arms and mimicked his smirk. "And stop trying to show off your body to Sakura, I'm sure she doesn't care to see it." Gaara's smirk disappeared and a slight pink traced his cheeks. Temari turned to Sakura. "Right, Sakura?" right then Sakura felt she really would faint, and would've fallen backwards had Ten Ten not been behind her. Gaara glared at his sister and pulled himself back up into the tree. Fuck! He thought. Now I won't even be able to look at Sakura without blushing! Wait! What? I don't blush! Especially around Sakura! Her and her disrespectful attitude! But his mind wandered back to her reaction at Temari's comment. His cheeks became hot again. Dammit!
Sakura blushed furiously and she glared at Temari who inwardly laughed. Kiba and Kankuro smiled to each other. Naruto blinked stupidly (he didn't understand what was going on). Neji and Shikamaru seemed unfazed. Ten Ten smiled at Sakura and Hinata still seemed too overwhelmed with that fact at how close she was to Naruto. Sakura crossed her arms. She resolved to thinking back to her unplanned motto. 'When in doubt, throw whatever they said back in their face'.
"I don't know what you mean, Temari. I think he should show off his body more often. It's certainly not a bad sight to see, or so I think." Sakura was inwardly slapping herself for saying such a thing, but on the outside she had to focus all her power on not blushing. She kept her arms crossed and closed her eyes for the 'that's decided so shut up' effect.
Temari gaped. Kiba nearly fell over back wards. Kankuro did fall over backwards. Naruto was too shocked to say anything. Hinata was still unresponsive. Shikamaru looked like he had been slapped in the face. Ten Ten gasped. Even Neji looked surprised.
Gaara…well…he fell out of the tree again.
After an awkward silence, the bell rang, forcing the group to abandon the tree and go to class. They all decided to remain silent about Sakura's comment. The week went by the same as the one before (except for her little fight with Gaara and Ino) and it went by faster than Sakura had expected. There were some boys who she had caught looking at her, but whichever guy friend was near her at the time would glare them down. Even Gaara had participated in a glaring contest with one boy when he saw him looking at Sakura suggestively. Gaara won. Sakura didn't talk much to Gaara; she still thought he was a mean prick, but she couldn't ignore the fact of how hot he was, and every time she looked at him she blushed, thinking about the shirt incident.
As Friday ended Sakura waved good-bye to her friends and headed for her car. As she drew closer, much to her dismay, she found Ino waiting for her. She scowled at the blonde. "What do you want?" she asked.
Ino folded her arms and glared. "I want you to stop trying to over power me. Stop trying to become me because it will never happen." Sakura arched an eyebrow.
"Trying to become you? Why the hell would I want to be a nasty bitch queen?" Sakura asked, leaning back on her heals. Ino fumed.
"You know what I'm talking about! Ever since you came to school with that punker princess attitude people have been saying that you're better than me! I know that's not true! Look at you! You're hair's a weird color and your forehead's too big. Not to mention your style is totally stolen!" she glared again.
Sakura was hurt but she didn't show it. "I didn't steal this look, Ino! You're just jealous that it works with me. Also, you point out my flaws, but what about yours? The seventies are over! Stop trying to bring back the hippie look with your overly long hair! Stop being such a material bitch. If everything doesn't go your way then we're all doomed to hell. It's all about you, you, you. You're such an attention pig. Take your nose out of the air for a minute, would you?" Sakura glared with a triumphant smirk. Ino glared at her like there would never be another chance to do otherwise. Sakura had won that battle. She stormed past Ino and stepped into her car. Ino could only watch as Sakura pulled out of the parking spot. Sakura took the opening to stick an arm out the window and wave to the furious Ino and yell, "bye Ino Pig!" as she pulled out of the parking lot Sakura was extremely angry, but also proud of herself for successfully getting past Ino's attitude once again. Boy she was going to have hell on Monday for that.