Fire High
Chapter 2
Gangs, New Friends, and Skanks
Normal P.O.V
"Go ahead and take a seat, Sakura."
She nodded to the receptionist lady and sat down if front of the huge wooden desk. After the lady left she looked down and her folded hands and frowned in worry.
Oh my god, I am so stupid! Why don't I ever think before I do something? I'm never going to hear the end of this from mom. Getting expelled on the first day before even entering a class room she thought bitterly. She clenched her teeth in frustration. But someone had to do something! The boy could have seriously gotten injured if I hadn't interfered! I know I did the right thing! She clenched her fist in anger.
"Miss Haruno?"
she jumped in surprise and looked up at the man on the other side of the desk. He had long tied up white hair and coal colored eyes. As he smiled warmly at Sakura she became confused. Wasn't she in trouble? Does he not know of what took place not thirty minutes ago?
"Miss Haruno, don't be nervous. You're not in trouble" Guess that answers that question.
"I-I'm not?"
She couldn't believe it! She wasn't going to get expelled and sent to boot camp! Her mom wasn't going to hate her! Oh happy day!
"No you aren't, in fact I called you here to warn you about some things that involve my school." Mr. Jiraiya said, suddenly becoming serious, and to be honest, it kind of freaked her out. He didn't seem like the type to be so serious. Cautiously, Sakura asked;
"Warn me? Warn me about what?"
Jiraiya leaned back in his chair and sighed.
"Our school isn't exactly what one would call a normal high school; in fact it's anything but normal. Ion the outside others view our school as a friendly place full of students with bright futures. Though that may be true in some cases, it's not for others. You see, our school had a bit of a gang problem, well more specifically, four gang problems."
Okay… not happy day. Sakura stared at Mr. Jiraiya in disbelief. The hell? A gang problem? No way, but I guess it does explain why no one did shit this morning to help Lee.
"Why doesn't somebody do something about it?" He leaned forward slightly and held up one finger.
"Because of one thing, the Akatsuki."
"What the fuck is an Akatsuki?"
"Akatsuki is the top gang here that consists of nine members, all of whom are rich or well connected. They use these things to put up a front for the public, and also to cover up the gang activity. Akatsuki aren't a harmless gang either. There's been suspicion that they are involved in killings, thefts and much more."
Sakura's eyes widen in disbelief. Before she could officially freak out he spoke again.
"But they aren't the only gang here, there's Hebi, Konoha, and Sand. All of which are powerful and not on good terms with one another. In fact, there was a dispute between Akatsuki and Konoha this morning."
Sakura couldn't believe it. She was trying to stay away from all this and here she was, smack-dead in the middle of it all.
"Okay, so why tell me all of this? It's not like I'm going to associate myself with them."
Mr. Jiraiya shook his head and looked up at Sakura's confuse expression.
"But you did, in fact you had fought with them this morning, between Konoha and Akatsuki."
She had thought back to the two guys with matching black jackets with red clouds.
You mean… oh Kami she knocked an Akatsuki member unconscious this morning. Her jaw dropped to the floor and her eyes widen in horror.
Mr. Jiraiya nodded in confirmation.
"W-What do I do? Are they going to kill me?"
Sakura was on the verge of hyperventilating.
"There's nothing you can do and as for killing you? No, they wouldn't do that on campus. We have an agreement of sorts about that with all of the gangs. I think it would be best to just lay low and not bring attention to you."
Sakura scowled in anger.
"Yeah, easy for you to say, you don't have bright pink hair and green eyes!"
Mr. Jiraiya laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly at the angry aura she was radiating off of her in waves and escorted her out of his office.
"If you need anything, don't hesitate to stop by."
He said cheerfully as he pushed her out of the front office with his goofy smile that looked more in place than the serious expression he had on earlier.
"B-But you can't just leave me with the sharks."
Sakura would laugh later at the irony of her words.
She stomped her foot and crossed her arms childishly as she started down the empty hall. "Well, it looks like I missed first period." She mumbled as she looked down at her schedule.
Now she had to look for room 409 for algebra II with Sarutobi-sensei.
After a couple of minutes wandering around she finally found it and stood in front of room 409, hearing all sorts of noise behind the door.
She ran her fingers though her pink hair and straightened her clothes before taking a deep breath before knocking on the door, everything had quieted down inside. A few seconds later the door opened to reveal an older man with live spots, but he had a kind smile.
"Hello, and who might you be?" He asked with a warm smile.
"Um, I'm Sakura Haruno, the new student."
His face lit up and his smile became brighter after hearing her words.
"Ah, yes, Haruno-san. Please come in and welcome to Fire High."
Sakura nodded and smiled in thanks as she followed the man into the class room..
She ignored the gasps of shocked whispers as she proceeded to the teacher's desk I guess news travels fast around here.
The teacher handed her a math textbook and assigned her to a seat in the back right next to the windows. She mentally thanks Sarutobi-sensei for not making her introduce herself in front the class.
She quickly took out a spiral note book and started following along with the lesson. About half way in a paper ball landed on her desk. She looked around for the person who threw it and stopped when she saw a group of girls giggling behind their hands.
Shaking her head she opened the ball of paper and read what it said.
"Don't get too comfortable bitch, the Akatsuki are going to kill you. I'd be surprised if you lasted a week. ~ Yours truly, Karin ~XOXO~
She raised her eyebrow in amusement. Threats already and it's only my first day. I'd say that's a new accomplishment.
She grabbed her pen and wrote her reply with a smirk.
"Oh yeah? If they do I'll be sure to bring you down with me ~ Love, the-girl-who-doesn't-give-a-shit-Sakura ~XOXO~
She tossed the paper back to Karin and snickered as it hit her head. At first she looked surprised that Sakura had even written back but then blushed as she read the reply.
Karin hurriedly stuffed the paper back into her purse and went back to pretending she was listening to Sarutobi-sensei.
Sakura continued taking notes.
After the bell rang Sakura gathered her things and went in search for her locker.
"101, 102, 103, and 104, here it is."
Ignoring the constant staring she turned the combination in her locker and with a creek of the hinges it opened. It was a good size locker and to make it even better it was a top locker.
She put her math book inside then shut it close. What she didn't expect was for someone to be on the other side.
"Uh, hello?"
"What? You don't fucking remember me bitch?"
He smirked down at her as he openly checked her out. Sakura gritted her teeth trying to contain her disgust. Kami I hate it when guys do that!
"No, should I?"
Then she actually looked at him. Slicked back silver hair, violet purple eyes, tall lean muscular build, BLACK JACKET WITH RED CLOUDS! FUCK! IT WAS THE GUY SHE KNOCKED OUT!
Her realization must have shown on her face because the mans smirk grew even wider.
"Um, sorry?"
Sakura chuckled nervously as she noticed that people began to stop and watch as they talked.
"Don't fucking apologize, it was the best fucking thing I've ever felt, seriously."
What the hell? Was he crazy? She knocked him out for fucking sakes! Shouldn't he be mad at her or something? But no, all he did was leer at her as she gave him a what-the-fuck-you-stupid? Look.
"The names Hidan, and don't you fucking forget that, bitch!"
Sakura tried not to cringe at his use of the words "fucking" and "bitch."
"Yeah, nice to meet you, my name is Sakura"
The warning bell rang and Sakura quickly took out her schedule to see what her next class was but before she could even read it, Hidan snatched it from her hands and looked it over. She tried to hide her annoyance in his actions,
"Shit, you have art next; I'll take you there since some of my friends have that class too."
Hidan started to walk off with her schedule so she had no choice but to follow. After taking a couple of turns and a flight of stairs, Hidan stopped at a colorful door. He opened it and held it there. Sakura was confused then she realized he wanted her to go through the door under his outstretched arm. She sighed in defeat and walked in.
And as she expected, everyone stopped talking and stared at her. Again.
What the heck, does she have something in her hair, on her face? Is there a booger on her nose? I mean really, what the hell?
"Hey, all you fucking low life pieces of shit need to mind you own damn business."
Everyone immediately turned away and continued chatting, Sakura sighed on relief and thanked Hidan.
"Of course babe, after all, that's what boyfriends are for."
Hidan quickly walked to a table and high fived a blond dude and nodded to a red head. The blond one had blue eyes and his hair went past his shoulders. He was currently smiling as Hidan said something.
Then there was the red head, he had brown eyes that showed nothing but boredom. Sakura noticed that they all had one thing in common, they all wore black jackets with red clouds.
Damn, more Akatsuki members, just what I needed.
Hidan motioned for her to join them. She shrugged her shoulders and complied.
Hidan quickly out his arm around her shoulders and grinned.
"Sasori, Deidera, this is Sakura, you know, the bitch that knocked me out this morning, she's also my new girlfriend."
Sakura couldn't take it anymore, she was sick of hiding her temper and her true self.
"Wait a second, I didn't agree to that! I dint even know you! Besides, you didn't exactly make a good first impression, as a matter of fact; you didn't even make a good second impression."
The room went deadly silent after someone, a little girl no less, told off an Akastuki member. No one breathed as they waited for Hidan to react. Sakura began to grow nervous; maybe it wasn't such a good idea to say that.
What happened next completely surprised everyone in the room.
All three Akatsuki members smiled. That's right, smiled. Not a smirk or a grin, a fucking smile.
"I like her, un. She isn't afraid to say what she feels, not to mention she's hot, un."
Sakura blushed at his compliment.
"I agree with the brat, she is quite beautiful and… unique."
"I knew you'd fucking like her, who the hell wouldn't? Well I gotta split, take fucking care of my girl, and make sure no damn scum touched her or their dead."
Sakura was about to say she wasn't his girl and to give her schedule back but before she could, he kissed her cheek and ran out the door.
Sakura could feel her face heat up.
Deidera and Sasori chuckled at her flustered state and agreed, it was cute.
"Sit down Sakura-chan, un."
Seeing as how there were no other choice she sat at the end of the table. Right as she sat down the teacher came in and introduced herself as Kurenai-sensei and said to just paint whatever we were feeling at the moment and sat down at her own area with her own paint and canvas. She told up where we could find everything.
Sakura waited till everyone had grabbed their supplies before grabbing her own. Looking down at the assortment of colors she grabbed the black, purple and blue. But as she reached for the blue another hand reached for it. Looking up she saw a guy with brown spiky hair and upside down triangles tattooed on each of his cheeks. He quickly withdrew his hand from the paint and rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"Um, sorry, didn't mean to grab you there."
Sakura smiled up at him, he's kind of cute.
"No problem, do you want to share the blue?"
Sakura asked with hope. She didn't really want to sit next tot eh Akatsuki and this guy seemed nice enough.
"Yeah, that'd be great!"
He answered a little too enthusiastically. Sakura nodded unsurely but introduced herself with a smile anyway."
"My names Sakura, it's nice you meet you…?"
"Oh, I'm Kiba, Kiba Inuzuka. It's nice to meet you too."
"Right, well I'm going to grab my stuff and meet you at your table."
She walked up to her table and started to grab her things when Deidera asked where she was going.
"Oh, I'm going to go and work with Kiba, were sharing the blue paint. She explained.
Deidera glared in Kiba's direction and Sasori frowned. Sakura ignored their reactions and sat down besides Kiba.
"Hey Sakura, this is Hinata, Sai and Chouji. They've been my friends since diapers."
Hinata was a shy girl with beautiful indigo hair and lavender eyes, she was extremely timid. Sai was a pale boy with black hair and a creepy ass fake smile, but he didn't speak much.
Chouji was a well rounded fellow who was currently munching on a bag of potato chips. As time went by, Sakura learned that Kiba was a class clown type. He always did funny things and made her laugh. Sai was very good at art, and Hinata likes a guy named Naruto. Kiba was teasing her about it so Sakura playfully hit him upside the head. He faked a whine and they all laughed.
Sakura enjoyed being around them. What she didn't know was that Deidera and Sasori were glaring in their direction. Or at least Deidera was, Sasori just looked pissed as hell. The bell rung, signaling it was time for lunch and Kiba had invited her to eat with them. She happily accepted.
On their way to the lunch room Karin and her little posse intercepted them.
"Well, if it isn't the little dead girl Sakura."
Karin soon set her eyes on Kiba and put on a seductive smile. Or at least, a failed attempt of being seductive.
"My, my, aren't we looking sexy today? Why don't you ditch the dead girl and come with me? I can show you a good time." Sakura almost gagged in disgust as Karin poked out her chest up at Kiba as he took a step back.
"Okay Karin, I think Kiba gets it, you boob are right there, or lack there-of, oh and I do believe he would like his breathing air back. I highly doubt he wants to breathe in skank before he eats." Sakura said with a sweet smile as she got in front of Kiba. He gave her an appreciative look.
Karin gave a shriek in anger as she lunged at Sakura in mortification and embarrassment. Sakura reacted quickly and grabbed Karin's outstretched fist and twisted it so that it was behind her back.
"I wouldn't mess with me again if I were you, I don't really play well with others." Sakura whispered in her ear. With a harsh push, she released Karin to her worried friends. Sakura left behind a whining Karin and her friends.
"Damn, Sakura that was awesome. Oh, and thanks by the way, you were right, I didn't want to breathe in skank before eating, I would have loosed my appetite." Kiba said with a huge grin.
Sakura smirked, "No problem, the girls was asking for it."
"I-I ag-ree with Kiba." Hinata said with a shy smile.
Sakura smiled back at her.
They entered the cafeteria and Sakura followed them to a table that was already half full.
"Hey everybody, this is Sakura, She's new here and now my friend. So be nice to her."
Kiba said as her sat down and motioned for Sakura to sit down beside him.
She looked at everyone as they were introduced.
Tenten, Neji, Lee (the guy she saved), Naruto (Hinata's crush), Ino and Shikamaru.
Lee prostrated himself before Sakura and proclaimed her his goddess and said that he would be honored if she agreed to be his girlfriend. She respectively declined. There was a moment of awkward silence before Sakura broke it.
"Heh, didn't think I'd see you again, Shika." She said teasingly.
"Eh, you guys met?" Ino asked curiously.
"Yep, he showed me the way to the infirmary to help out Lee."
"Wow, he actually volunteered to do something?" Ino asked in disbelief.
"Shaddup, troublesome women." He mumbled under and closed his eyes.
"Anyways you guys totally missed it, Sakura told off Karin just a few minutes ago. It was awesome!"
"Now way! Seriously?" Ino asked happily. Kiba proceeded to tell them what happened.
Across the lunch room sat the Akatsuki. Two of them were openly glaring at the Konoha gang where Sakura sat.
"Why the hell isn't she sitting with us, yeah?" Deidera asked with a pout.
"What are you guys moping about?" Kisame asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Hidan's girlfriend, she's sitting over there with those Konoha losers." Deidera answered angrily.
"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute, Hidan has a girlfriend? Since when? And who the hell is she?" asked Kisame in surprise.
"Her name is Sakura; she's the one with the pink hair and green eyes. She's also the one who almost broke his nose this morning. I suppose he fell in love in that moment." Sasori said as he stared at her from across the room. Kisame, Itachi and Pein all looked over at the Konoha table and spotted her.
"Seriously, that's her? She's hot, never would have guessed she would be the type to agree to be Hidan's girl." Itachi said as he watched her laugh at something one of the boys beside her said.
"That's the thing, yeah. She didn't agree."
They all looked up at her impressed.
"What the fuck are you bitches all staring at?"