Hey Guys :D I might update a little later now, cuz I'm going 2 Band Camp …And no, it's not like in those stupid movies where every1 is a nerd ! I'm also gonna be doing another story. I already have it all written, so imam upload depending on the reviews, so keep a look-out for my next story !
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And now, without any more delays, I give you chap. 6 !
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Payback
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Sakura's P.O.V.:
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Physics and French were finally over! Sakura was practically skipping towards the Gymnasium as she prepared to go to her favorite class.
'P.E. has to be easiest class of all!' She thought as she rounded the corner. And guess who was standing outside the door.
"Idate," she called as she neared the door. "Hey. You have P.E. now too?"
He nodded. "Hey, Sakura." Idate said with a brilliant smile. "And yeah, all Sophomores have 8th period together."
'So cute,' Sakura thought as she gazed at his handsome face. 'And he's so sweet.'
"Oh, I didn't know that. Is everyone inside already?" she stood on her tiptoes to peer into the small window in the upper half of the door.
"Yeah, just about everyone."
Peering within the Gym, Sakura saw that indeed, everyone was inside. She could see a few of the girls sitting in the bleachers, talking. As she continued to view her fellow Sophomores, she spotted Kiba and Naruto along with the other guys in the corner of the room. Apparently, they were arguing about something because every once in a while, Naruto would gesture to himself and the other boy would shake his head in disagreement.
"Why aren't you in there too?" she asked as she turned back to Idate. "Won't you get in trouble with the teacher or something?"
She swore she felt her heart skip a beat as he flashed a lopsided grin. "I've been in worse trouble, Sakura." He said in a low, seductively bad boy voice. "It's cute that you're worried about me, though."
"Just keep telling yourself that, Morino." She said, walking into the Gym as she felt her face heat with a blush.
'He's so cocky,' she thought, glancing back to see him watching her walk away. 'But in a charming way.' She glanced back again and he winked, causing a darker blush to spread across her cheeks.
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Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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Sasuke felt as if he was going to go crazy any second. He was used to Naruto being an idiot, but he'd thought that Kiba was smarter. Especially after the whole Sakura thing earlier that morning, but he was very wrong.
"Just admit it, Kiba," Naruto shouted as he pointed an accusing finger at the brown-haired boy. "You know I'm way better looking than you!"
The other boy laughed loudly. "In your dreams, Uzumaki; everyone knows I'm better than you in every category. Especially in looks! I mean, my body alone is enough for you to lose!"
"You're such a liar!"
"You're just saying that 'cause you know it's true!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Dog-boy!"
"Blonde idiot!"
'Someone please make it stop!' Sasuke's eye twitched in annoyance.
"Sasuke, tell him!" Naruto shouted to his best friend, even though he was right beside him.
"Sasuke knows that I'm right!" Kiba looked to Sasuke expectantly. "Right, Sasuke?"
'How can I stay out of this, but also end it?'
An idea popped into his head. It was so simple! Why hadn't he thought of it ten minutes ago?
"Ask a girl." He said curtly.
"Great idea bastard!" Naruto said as he looked over to where the girls were. "But which one?"
Sasuke was really starting to get pissed off. The idiot had practically blown his eardrums with his yelling. Couldn't he talk like a normal person for once in his life?
"Yo! Sakura!"
'Oh God, no.' Sasuke's mind begged as the pink-haired girl began walking towards them.
"Hey, Sasuke," Kiba said smugly. "Try to get a hold of your hormones, okay? I don't think you want a repeat of what happened in Geometry."
He growled menacingly when Naruto opened his mouth to start yelling all over again. "Don't."
Neji smirked tauntingly. "I don't know, Kiba. I think he liked when she was straddling him."
"Shut up, Hyuuga." The Uchiha said in a warning tone.
Kiba, apparently, wasn't done though. "C'mon Sasuke," he said in a suggestively low voice. "Is that what turns you on? When the girl gets a little… rough?"
"I swear to God, Kiba, if you don't shut up about that I-"
"Shut up about what?" Sakura asked as she stood outside their semi-circle. All eyes turned to her as she stood there, bright green eyes shining warily, twirling a strand of her long, pink hair.
Her eyes fell on each of the guys before she looked back to Kiba, staring boldly. "You called?"
The boy in question motioned for her to come into the gathered group before explaining the argument to her, in detail.
"So you just want me to say which one of you I think is hotter?"
Everyone, except the two idiots involved in the argument, nodded in exasperation. Sakura had to spend a lot of time with guys, because she seemed oddly at home with the stupid antics of the blond and brunette.
Right when she opened her mouth again, Neji leaned down and whispered in her ear. All of the guys watched as she blushed and glanced behind her.
'What's she looking at?' Sasuke thought as he turned to follow her gaze, only to see the Gym door swing closed.
Sakura muttered something about being right back before she jogged towards the closed door.
"Wait, Sakura!" Naruto shouted after her. "Which one of us do you choose?"
"I'll tell you after school!" replied as she slipped through the door.
'I wonder where she's off to.' Sasuke thought, shooting Neji a questioning look.
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Sakura's P.O.V.:
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'How did Neji even notice that he was watching me?' Sakura thought as she walked out of the Gym. 'I didn't even feel him watching me.'
Sakura was a very attentive person. Years of having to watch you and your friends' backs did that to you. Ever since she started getting into street fights, her senses sharpened. Sakura could always tell when someone was watching or following her, it was second nature to her.
"Sakura," a voice called from down the hall. "I'm over here."
Instead of jumping, as most people did when startled, Sakura's head snapped towards the voice. There was no time to be shocked when someone jumped you from behind. You just react.
She moved to join him near the snack machines by the windowsill. "Hey, Idate." She whispered, not wanting to get caught if a teacher just happened to be roaming the halls. "What's up?"
"Nothing much," he said, equally quiet. "I just wanted to talk to you without your bodyguards."
Sakura raised an eyebrow at his choice of words. She told him that she didn't have bodyguards and was thoroughly surprised by his response.
"Damn," he exhaled, leaning towards her while still holding her gaze. "I really wanted a chance to guard your body withmine."
'Sooo sexy,' Sakura blushed. She was used to guys hitting on her, especially pretty boys. But she'd never liked any of them back like she did Idate.
"Oh, really?" she asked teasingly. "Well maybe if you take me out first, we can-"
Suddenly, five boys with hoodies popped in from each exit with balloons in their hands. Just as she was about to ask them what the hell they thought they were doing, the first one flung a balloon at them.
Blue paint splattered all over the wall and Idate. Sakura gasped when three other balloons were flying straight towards her.
'Shit!'
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Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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"Dude, I swear," Kiba said as they all continued laughing. "She was like, 5'1", it was hilarious!"
It was twenty minutes into their 8th period, but no one was really doing anything more than sitting around and talking- well, except for Lee. He was doing enough exercises for the entire class.
"Come, my youthful friends," he said as he climbed the bleachers continuously. "We must work hard and bloom into healthy young men and women!"
"Troublesome-"
"AAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
Everyone jumped as an ear-piercing scream rang throughout the entire school.
"That's Sakura!" Kiba shouted as they all ran through the doors leading to the halls.
The end of the hall looked like a paintball warzone. Splashes of paint decorated the walls, snack machine, window, floor and the two students that stood in the middle of it all.
'Oh shit,' Sasuke thought as the smaller of the two opened their eyes. He would recognize those bright green eyes anywhere.
"Uchiha!" the other one shouted, wiping the paint from his face.
'I told those idiots not to say my name,' his eyes flickered to Sakura, who was just standing there, shaking with rage. 'And they were only supposed to get Idate!'
Sasuke felt himself tense as Sakura started walking towards him, looking gracefully deadly. He expected her to run at him or shout or something- but she didn't.
She walked right past him and into the Gym, pausing at the door.
"You're dead." She said quietly before walking into the locker room.
The crowd immediately broke into a sting of 'oh's and 'damn's. Sasuke hadn't asked for all of this and, for once, he actually felt somewhat threatened by the petite girl. Or, at least, he felt more threatened by her than Idate, who was still standing there like an idiot.
The gathered students eventually dispersed and Idate walked over to Sasuke, who was finding it so hard to hold in his laughter that he was actually smiling in satisfaction. This was who he had been aiming to embarrass, after all.
"Wow, Morino," he said smugly. "What happened to you?"
The rainbow-colored boy scowled. "We know you did it, Uchiha, so just give up the act."
At this, Sasuke's smug look dropped back into his normal, passive one. "And how would you know that?"
"Your little flunkies gave you up." Idate said, sneering. "One of them said that you were gonna let them into one of your 'legendary parties' if they did you a favor." Idate scoffed at the legendary part, clearly stating that he didn't consider them anything more than mediocre.
'I bet it was that idiot who didn't want to do it in the first place.' Sasuke thought.
"Consider this as payback for your little paper bullet." Shaking his head in disgust, Sasuke turned and cautiously walked back into the Gym. He half expected Sakura to jump out from behind the door and strangle him, again, but what he found instead was actually very interesting.
There she was, sitting in the bleachers, surrounded by most of the class- the majority were boys.
The only reason that Sasuke recognized her was because he could see her bubblegum colored hair.
'She must have rinsed the paint out.' He thought as he moved closer to the laughing group. As he got close enough, he realized that she hadn't just washed her hair. She was half naked!
Her hair was in a high ponytail, ending mid-back. She had taken off her paint-covered uniform and was now wearing white Nike running shorts- that were very short- and a green sports shirt that stopped above her navel and green running shoes too.
'It should be illegal for anyone to show so much skin.' He thought as he took her in. But, surprisingly, Sasuke liked it. The skimpy little workout outfit showed off her figure. 'Wait a second,' He froze for a second. 'Sakura has a tattoo!'
"Sasuke! You're back!"
He felt his eye twitch at the boy's endless stupidity. Did he have to attract everyone's attention?
Sasuke glanced at Sakura before going to sit beside Naruto, who was a row behind her. "Shut up, idiot." He said emotionlessly.
"Bastard, you missed it!" Naruto said loudly. "We were all talking about how tough Sakura is! She's been in, like, a million fights!"
He glanced at the girl who was relaxing as everyone else was talking around her, asking her questions.
"Have you ever been cut?"
"Wow Sakura! You're so brave!"
"How many people have you killed?"
"Are you wanted in Suna?"
"You must be pretty hardcore, Sakura!"
"She's amazing, right guys?"
"Yeah!" "Totally!" "And hot!"
Sasuke shook his head. They were all acting like fan boys, suffocating the girl. She didn't seem too frazzled, though. It was almost as if she was used to the attention. It was only then, when he looked at her laid-back attitude, that he realized that Kiba had his arm casually draped on her shoulders.
"What's with Kiba?" he whispered to Naruto and, for once, the dumb blond didn't yell his response.
"I dunno," he said hesitantly. "I think he likes her."
Sasuke scoffed before asking yet another question. "So, is she in some kind of gang?" he gestured to the tattoo on her lower left side.
Almost immediately, the boy's eyes bulged.
"Sakura," he shouted over everyone else. "You have a tattoo?"
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Sakura's P.O.V.:
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I felt a blush creep across my face at Naruto's observation.
'Dam,' I thought as everyone's eyes scanned my body. 'I forgot that this shirt shows my tattoo!'
"Uh, yeah," I said, trying to shift discreetly so I could hide it from view. "It's nothing, really."
The guys shrugged at my response and continued their previous conversations- well, all except for Neji and Kiba. Of course the Hyuuga prodigy had already discovered its hiding place, but Kiba was still clueless.
Suddenly, the arm that was on my shoulders moved down to my waist as he pulled me to him. "Can I see?" he whispered in my ear.
I have to admit, that was a huge turn-on for me. I just love it when I can feel a guy's breath tickle my ear.
I shivered in his hold and placed his hand over my left hip.
"You're touching it." I whispered back. Kiba leaned towards my hand to peek at the place his hand was covering and I felt my cheeks heat up again at the feeling of his warm hand so low on my side. "That tickles." I murmured as he moved back to his original position and started tracing circles over the inked skin.
"I know." He said with a cute, boyish grin that had me blushing all over again- then the Gym door opened.
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Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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I was really starting to wonder about Sakura. Was she some kind of slut? First she flirts with Kiba and Neji, then Kankuro, then Idate, and now she's back to Kiba?
'What's with this girl?'
He was beyond grateful when the door crashed open and she jumped out of Kiba's embrace. Then he actually saw who had opened the door.
'Great,' he thought as Idate strode into the room. 'It's boyfriend number four!'
Sasuke calmly watched as she smiled at him before settling back into Kiba's welcoming arms. And even weirder, he swore that he saw Idate grin back before he strode into the boys' locker room.
'What the hell is this?' He thought confusedly. Shouldn't Morino be mad? 'I would probably beat the shit out of any guy who was holding the girl I liked!'
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Sakura's P.O.V.:
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'I knew he was a player!' Sakura thought excitedly.
Everyone knew the rule of the players. If you know someone wants you, and you want to be considered a challenge, you have to make them work for it. They have to prove that they're good enough for you, and that's exactly what Sakura was doing. And by the grin he gave her, she knew that he would do exactly that.
She and Kiba were talking about their football team, which he was going to try-out for, when the room suddenly a loud squeal echoed throughout the Gym.
"OH MY GOD," this girl named Ami screamed. "IDATE'S SHIRTLESS!"
'He can't be serious!' Sakura giggled as a small group of girls ran and started talking to him, blocking his body from her view.
She met his gaze over the girls' heads and raised an eyebrow, as if to say "You wouldn't dare."
"Yo, guys!" he called to the bleachers. "Basketball; Shirts vs. Skins."
All of the guys, including Kiba, rose from the bleachers and made their way to the court.
Idate, Kiba, Naruto and that Suigetsu kid were on skins; Neji, Sasuke, Jugo and Chouji were on shirts. Shikamaru, Gaara and a few others didn't want to play.
"Hey Hinata," Sakura called to the talking girl. "Naruto's on the skins team."
Sakura burst out into a rolling fit of laughter as she watched the pale-eyed girl's face go completely red when her eyes landed on the half naked blond. She laughed even harder when Naruto waved to them and Kiba flexed.
'Wow,' she shook her head and giggled. 'Are they still caught up on that stupid argument?'
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Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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Gym was finally over and Sasuke dreaded the idea of running into Sakura as he left. He could still remember her angry tone after she was caught in his prank's crossfire.
"You're dead."
He shuddered subconsciously as he remembered her deadly tone. She hadn't said another word to him since then. The only sign of acknowledgement he received was the dirty glare he caught when he pushed Naruto down while trying to get the ball from him.
'She can't like Naruto too, can she?' he'd thought.
Now, he felt semi-guilty as she strode the halls to get her stuff from her locker, still wearing her very exposing gym outfit. Guys whistled and made catcalls as she walked towards the entrance of the school.
He followed closely behind her, trying to decide if he should try to apologize or just leave before she snapped on him.
They had just pushed through the doors and he was about to apologize, when a shiny red Dodge Viper convertible came into view. There was one guy with hair as red as the car, sitting in the driver's seat and another with grey hair- though he looked young- leaning on the side.
They were both watching Sakura closely, and the grey-haired one had a huge smirk plastered on his face.
'Those guys look like they're about to eat her,' he thought as he walked a little faster to try to catch up to her.
She was a little further ahead of him, descending the few steps at the front of the school, when one of the students did something that had Sasuke scared for the guy.
He watched as Sakura turned to the guy- he realized it was Suigetsu- and pushed him, saying something that he couldn't quite hear. Suigetsu just kept grinning as she turned back around and began walking towards the Viper.
'She knows those goons?' Sasuke thought in shock. There was no way a girl like Sakura would hang out with people like that. Weren't girls who were thugs supposed to be… ugly, or something?
Sakura was maybe a dozen steps away when Suigetsu came up behind her and grabbed her ass again. This time, before she could even react, the medium-height redhead was out of the car and between him and Sakura.
'She really does know them…'
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Sakura's P.O.V.:
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I was pissed when that guy groped me the first time.
"If you want to keep those, I suggest you keep them off of me!" I growled. I thought that the news of what I did to Uchiha had spread throughout the school already, but apparently, I was wrong. That or he didn't think I could hurt him.
If that was the case, he was dead wrong. I've put guys that were twice his size in the ICU before; he would be a piece of cake.
My mood lifted a little when I saw Hidan and Sasori waiting for my by Sasori's Viper. I love that car!
But, just like that, my mood dropped again. The pervert grabbed my ass again! I felt my eyes widen, but before I could react, Sasori was out of the car and had the guy's hand in his death grip. We exchanged a meaningful look and I nodded.
'This idiot deserves whatever Sasori gives him.'
Ignoring the gathering crowd, I went to stand beside Hidan and threw my bag into the car.
"Hey, kid," he said with a feral grin. "You're already causing trouble on the first day, huh? Breaking a few hearts?"
"Hey, Hidan," I said casually before turning back to watch my other best friend break this guy's bones. As I stood there, I noticed Sasuke standing at the top of the steps, leaning on the rail, overlooking the fight. Deciding to mess with him a little, I mouthed "You're dead" to him before turning back to Hidan, not waiting for his reaction.
Sasori's menacingly low voice could be heard from our positions on the car. "… And you're going to apologize to her. Now." He growled.
Suigetsu rolled his eyes. "No way am I saying shit to that little whore!" he shouted. "Now let go of me, you little freak!"
With lightning-fast speed, Sasori twisted his arm behind his back and pushed the shouting boy into a kneeling position in front of me. I felt a sick kind of satisfaction at the fear and pain in his eyes.
"It hurts when someone doesn't listen to you, huh brat?" Hidan chuckled darkly as he squatted down to Suigetsu's level and grabbed his chin, forcing him to look at me. "Now, you're gonna say sorry to the princess of our group before we really lose our tempers."
As scary as it sounded, this was Sasori and Hidan's good sides. They were angry, but not dangerously so.
Suigetsu was a stubborn little imbecile that was for sure. Even though Sasori was about to pop his arm out of its socket, he still refused to apologize.
"Okay, that's it." The blue-haired boy's eyes shone with relief at my words. He probably thought I meant that we were done trying to force him. "I really hope you'll consider listening next time." I said and, getting my meaning, Hidan moved away just as I swung.
Suigetsu's cheek made a satisfying cracking sound as it connected with my fist. Sasori released his arms, making him drop to the ground as he moved walked around the car and into the driver's seat again.
Without another word, Hidan withdrew to the passenger's seat. Sparing one last glance at Sasuke, whose mouth was curved up into a small grin while Naruto and Kiba cheered, before I jumped into the car and sat on Hidan's lap.
I could see that the majority of the crowd looked a little shocked, not by the fight, but the fact that a girl had fractured Suigetsu's cheek. Then again, they were guys. The girls were all wide-eyed as we pulled off at illegal speeds and I flipped them off.
'It's good to be a badass!' I thought, laughing as Kiba and Naruto burst into laughter.
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Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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Sasuke chuckled as Sakura sped off and flipped everyone off. It just wasn't something you'd expect to see in real life. Then again, it wasn't every day that a girl threw a punch strong enough to break someone's cheekbone.
'I should apologize tomorrow… nah.' Sasuke wanted to see if she would hesitate to body slam him or punch him in the face like Suigetsu. 'Maybe Neji was right about me liking rough girls…'
"Wow, Sakura's amazing!" Kiba said in an awe-filled voice.
They were all walking to one of Sasuke's many cars: his black 2010 Cadillac Escalade. The guys were always asking to borrow it for their 'dates' since it had so much room. Yeah, gross, right?
"Hey, bastard," Naruto yelled as he climbed in one of the backseats. "Did you see how much power she put behind that punch?"
"That was very impressive." Neji said from the passenger's seat.
"A girl that strong could be troublesome…" Shikamaru mumbled as he reclined his seat and got comfortable.
"Hn." Sasuke grunted. He was just about to take off when his phone chimed.
Sasuke? Where are you? I thought we were gonna have a little 'fun' during 8th period?
Ino
He shook his head. Looking at all of the messages before that one, he realized that she'd been texting him all day and he had only just realized that he hadn't seen her in any of the classes they shared.
'No wonder P.E. wasn't so annoying today,' he thought as he remembered how he felt like something was missing. 'I thought it was 'cause that crazy pedophile wasn't there today…'
Everyone thought that the P.E. teacher, Gai, was gay since he was always so… affectionate towards Lee. It was honestly just disturbing. They look alike, dress alike, speak alike, and they're both so bizarre-
"Eh, bastard, can we go now?"
Sliding his phone shut, Sasuke shifted the car into gear and started towards the Hyuuga compound.
'Today has been too weird.' His thoughts drifted back to the new girl. 'There's something different about her.'