Fire High

Chapter 5

The Results of a Bet

The gym was in utter chaos.

Red rubber balls were flying everywhere, people were dropping like flies, and Sakura was having the time of her life. She dodged from left to right, catching balls and throwing them as hard as she could at the Akatsuki members, trying to get one out. But there was one tiny thing ruining the moment.

Damn it, stop moving! Sakura yelled in her mind.

Deidera, Sasori and Itachi were dodging everything she threw at them and it pissed her off to no end. At this rate she was going to loose that bet and suffer the dire consequences.

At the beginning of the game Sakura did something she's wanted to do for a long time, she knocked Karin out. While she was checking her make up, Sakura threw the first ball and got straight at her. It hit her perfectly in the middle of her stomach making her double over in pain.

"Karin you're out, take a seat!" Gai-sensei yelled with a blinding smile.

"Gladly." She wheezed out as she limped to the bleachers.

Sakura smirked in triumph. Karma's a bitch.

Sakura barley dodged a ball that was coming right at her face. Sakura looked to the other side of the court and saw Itachi smirking at her. He was throwing a ball up and down in his, almost in a challenge. Sakura grinned wickedly.

Oh, it's on.

Looking up she saw a ball flying through the air in her direction and intercepted it, taking the ball, she threw it with all her power straight at Itachi, unfortunately someone moved right in the line of fire taking the hit straight to the face. The poor guy fell to the floor groaning in pain.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!"

Sakura yelled as the boy got up and started walking to the bleachers while holding his nose. Sakura bit her lip in worry as blood started seeping out through his fingers.

Sakura jogged her way over to the guy and sat beside him.

"Are you okay?"

He held up a towel to his nose and looked up at her with a sheepish smile.

"Yeah it's cool. But man do you have an arm on you, that was an awesome throw."

"Thanks."

"Alright everybody, go and change." Gai-sensei's voice echoed throughout the gym.

"What?"

Crap, the bet!

Sakura quickly ran into the locker room and changed. When she got out, Sasuke was waiting for her with his permanent smirk in place.

"Time's up. Looks like you're going on a date with me." Sasuke said as he smirked down at her arrogantly.

"Tch, shut up Uchiha." Sakura snapped angrily.

"What are you guys talking about? What date, yeah?" Deidera growled.

"Well, Sasuke and I made a bet. If I got one of the Akatsuki out then he would have to ask out Karin in front of everyone, but if I didn't then I would have to go out on a date with him. But sadly I didn't get any of you out, I would have if you didn't move so damn much." Sakura said depressingly.

"Oh." Was all Deidera said.

"Oh? That's all you have to say?"

Deidera crossed his arms and smirked. Both Itachi and Sasori smirked as well.

"What are you guys smirking at?"

"Sakura Doll, you did get one of us out." Sasori said.

"What are you talking about? I don't remember that."

"You weren't paying any attention to realize you caught Deidera's ball to throw at Itachi, meaning you got him out."

"I-I did?" Sakura asked in shock.

They all nodded in confirmation, Sakura looked at Sasuke's scowling face in triumph.

"I do believe you have a certain someone to ask out, Sasuke."

He glared at her as she smirked at him. He scoffed and stuffed his hands in his pockets, then turned into the direction of Karin and her friends.

They were sitting in a circle on the bleachers giggling with each other.

"I'm getting that date with you one way or another."

Sasuke said before he started walking towards Karin. By the time he was half way there Karin had noticed his approaching form and started straightening her clothes, make-up and even checking her breath.

Sakura chuckled as Sasuke began to ask her out. Karin squealed in happiness with her friends and Sasuke walked away.

Sasori and Deidera already left for class, leaving Itachi to escort Sakura to her next class.

"Huh, I expected her to do more. Sakura said in wonder.

"It was better that she didn't, after all Sasuke is the leader of the gang Hebi." Itachi said.

"No way! Seriously?"

Sasuke is a gang leader? He doesn't seem like the type.

"Yep, actually Sasuke is known for his violent temper, I'm surprised he didn't do anything." Itachi said in thought.

"You know Sasuke well?" Sakura asked as they walked to her history class.

"I would hope so, he's my little brother." Itachi said with a chuckle.

"Oh? I guess I should have known, you do have a resemblance that could only be from family. At least you're not an arrogant prick like him. Sakura said, thinking back to the short time knowing him.

"You know, you amuse me Sakura. It doesn't seem to bother you that we're a part of a gang." Itachi said as the bell rang.

"Oh, thanks, I guess." Sakura said as she started to grow nervous. By now the hall was practically empty save for Itachi and her.

Looking up in the corner of her eye she caught Itachi staring at her, openly

."Um."

Sakura started, but was interrupted by Itachi throwing an arm in front of her, connecting to the lockers on the other side of her.

"I've also noticed you're not affected by our looks, which is unusual in itself."

He whispered into her ear as he pushed her up against the lockers. Sakura suppressed the urge to hiss as the cold hard metal collided with her back. Looking up at his arrogant form she grew mad.

"I'm not a shallow whore who would be so easily fooled by such trivial things."

Sakura said as she tried not to beat the crap out of him for invading her personal space.

Itachi only smirked in response. After a moment of silence he backed up and atarted to walk away.

"I think you should be careful, if you keep amusing me so much I just might snatch you up from everyone else." He said as he turned a corner.

Sakura just stared into the empty space where Itachi just left.

Well, that wasn't creepy at all. Sakura thought sarcastically. Sakura looked around and found her history class across the hall from where she was standing.

Taking a few steps as she knocked on the door and heard an "enter" from the other side of the door.

Taking the door knob in her hand she twisted it open and walked in. Everyone was sitting in groups of five all around the room.

"Hello, and who might you be?"

A man who could only be a teacher asked. He had a scar running across the bridge of his nose and brown hair tied up in a high pony tail.

"I'm Sakura, the new student."

She said with a smile. His face lit up in recognition and he smiled instantly.

"Oh, Sarutobi told me about you this morning. Well it's nice to meet you. My name is Iruka-sensei and right now everyone is split up in groups of five for an up coming presentation on a subject of their choosing. Luckily for you, there's a group with one person short, there in the far corner."

Sakura nodded and followed the direction of where Iruka-sensei was pointing to. See the group, Sakura groaned in disbelief.

God I cannot believe my horrible luck.

"Hey babe, you fucking miss me as much as I missed you?"

Why God, why do you hate me so?