A/N: Yeah. I skipped Day 17: Cards Against Humanity. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Naruto and its characters belong to Kishimoto; this fanfic, however, belongs to yours truly.
Day 17: Entropy
The position of Student Body President was no easy feat; Uchiha Sasuke massaged his temples as he read the reports in front of him. 'Damn, who knew that he'd be found out so fast?' He thought in exasperation when he heard muffled shouting from the teachers' faculty a few rooms down… Just what was going on?
Konohagakure High School, aka Konoha High was a school that had a 30 percent delinquency rate. Why was Uchiha Sasuke, the second son of Police Chief Uchiha Fugaku there when he could have gone to a much better school? Well, if Sasuke was asked, he would reply that he attended Konoha High because it was rather near his home. He would then argue that Konoha High wasn't really that bad of a school after all since it maintained some of the highest academic results around. And lastly, the school provided him a good challenge to reduce the delinquency in the school seeing that he wanted to follow his father's footsteps in law enforcement; that was why he was the Student Body President anyways. And although slightly reluctant, his father had honoured his wishes anyways.
Coming back to the present, Sasuke stood in front of the teachers' faculty, the shouting blasted through the doors. Sasuke knocked on the door before sliding it open, the scene that greeted him was nothing out of the ordinary; a teacher admonishing a trouble student. What surprised him was the victim of the verbal abuse…
Haruno Sakura rolled on the balls of her feet, bored, as the teacher continued on about her blatant disrespect for him. Her wavy pink hair in side shave was tied up and it showed off the multiple ear piercings that swayed with her movements. The teacher stopped in his tirade to catch his breath. Sakura struck,
"Are you done yet, sensei? I've already told you that it wasn't me. Yet, here you are yapping your head off. If you have so much free time to scold me for something that I didn't do, why don't you use it wisely to find the real culprit?" She stated carelessly. The teacher turned red in anger, and he raised his hand,
"You little-" He started and his raised hand was suddenly swung in her direction. Sakura never flinched but stopped his hand instead before it struck her,
"Sensei, I would advise against physically assaulting a student." She told him, her green eyes staring intensely at him. She let go of his hand and turned around,
"I've enough of this; I'm not going to stand around any longer just so you could wrongly accuse me of something." She declared when suddenly a hand shot out and grabbed her by her pink hair.
"And I have enough of your disrespectful attitude and pink hair! I've told you many times to stop dyeing your hair! In fact, everything about you is against school regulations!" The teacher exclaimed as he yanked her backwards and she fell. He reached for the scissors on his desk with the intention of chopping her locks off when a firm hand stopped him. He turned to glare at the interruption, only to find the dark grey eyes of Uchiha Sasuke staring back at him.
"What do you think you're doing, Uchiha-kun?" The teacher asked angrily. Sasuke let go of the teacher's hand, after prying the scissors from it. He sat them down on another desk,
"Arai-sensei, I would like to know what Haruno Sakura has done to have angered you." Sasuke requested. The teacher let his grip and Sakura's hair slack and she immediately backed away, all the while soothing her painful scalp. Arai Toru gave her a glare before he shifted his attention back onto Sasuke,
"This troublemaker here vandalised my car yesterday evening, I'm sure of it!" He declared as he pointed a finger at her. Sakura rolled her eyes,
"I've told you so many times that it wasn't me. I wasn't even on school grounds after lunch hour." She argued. The teacher rolled his eyes,
"I remember very clearly that you're the only one that received punishment from me. If it wasn't you getting even at me, who else could it be?" He accused. Sakura heaved a sigh,
"Sensei, I wouldn't be surprise if another student did it… You aren't exactly the most well liked teacher around here, you know." She explained with a shrug. Sasuke agreed with her silently, Arai-sensei was notorious in dishing out the most outrageous of punishments. Arai-sensei fumed,
"I know it was you since you were the only one that wasn't at after school club activities! My car was fine before school before club activities; you must have vandalised it then!" The teacher insisted. Sasuke decided to step in then,
"Arai-sensei, then you have accused the wrong person. Haruno-san over here is not responsible for vandalising your car. I know this because I was out on an errand for the Student Body Council and I happened to pass by Haruno-san who was at the riverbank, far away from school. There is no way she could have come back to the school to vandalise your car and then back to the riverbank in the ten minutes that the errand took me. After all, it takes at least twenty minutes to even get to the school from there." Sasuke defended.
The teacher looked stumped at the Uchiha's words,
"Are you sure about that Uchiha-kun? Maybe you mistook someone for her?" He tried desperately. Sasuke thought back to the previous day, where he saw Sakura happily playing with a cat at the riverbank, she had even nodded at him in greeting when their eyes met. Sasuke smirked,
"I'm sure that it was Haruno-san; after all, it was easy to recognise her from her pink hair, you know?" He mentioned and the teacher slump his shoulders in defeat. Arai-sensei knew that the Uchiha was a responsible student; he wouldn't lie for a delinquent. He waved his hand at the pair in a shooing motion and Sakura was more than happy to get out of there. Sasuke followed her as the two of them made their way towards the door. Sakura turned around,
"Oh and Arai-sensei, my pink hair is totally natural. So could you please stop insisting otherwise?" She established before she disappeared beyond the door; leaving him in stunned silence. Sasuke bowed in respect before he shut the door.
Outside, Sakura turned to him and grinned widely,
"Thanks, prez! You really saved my hind back there! I owe ya one!" She declared as she bowed at him. He shook his head before he started walking down the hallway and she followed him,
"It's nothing, I just stated the truth. You weren't at school in the first place anyways." He shrugged. Sakura chuckled well naturedly,
"You know, you're a good guy. You don't judge people by appearances and that's a good quality to have there. Keep at it, and when you become a cop, it's going to get you far in life." She advised him with a pat on his shoulder.
"But you know prez… It's not good to hang around a delinquent like me. The teachers wouldn't want your academic life to suffer, you know? Influence and all…" She wiggled a slender finger at him. Sasuke chuckled softly, for someone who had one of the highest scores in the school; Sakura was not somebody to be taken lightly.
Suddenly, she yanked at his shoulder, effectively tumbling him to the ground. 'What the hell?!' Sasuke thought as he landed on the ground with a wince. He opened his eyes and was shocked to see Sakura punch the lights out of a male student who came at them with a sharp blade. The boy instantly crumpled to the ground unconscious and Sakura kicked the blade away. She whistled low as she spared their attacker a glance,
"Prez, correct me if I'm wrong; but was the attack meant for you? I mean, everyone in school knows not to mess with me… And he did aim that blade at you, after all." She evaluated with a slight frown. Sasuke thought back at the reports that he had received,
"I believe that it was meant for me, Haruno-san." He theorised. Sakura casted a confused look at him, she was about to ask when more students appeared along the corridor. They snarled at the pair and started running full speed at them. Sasuke inwardly groaned; this school was slowly sinking deeper into chaos…Sakura turned her head towards Sasuke,
"I don't suppose you know how to fight, prez?" She questioned as she got into a fighting stance. Sasuke nodded his head,
"I'm a black belt in both Judo and Karate… But the instructor always instructs us to use it only in self-defence." He told her. Sakura chuckled humourlessly as the first of the group of students reached them. She brought her knee into his abdomen before throwing his slumped form at another student,
"Uchiha, I'm pretty sure that this situation warrants for some self-defence from you!" She instructed as she ducked from a punch. Sasuke gave a quick apology before he started fighting back.
Twenty minutes, a heap of unconscious students around them and a couple of fresh bruises later, Sakura squatted in exhaustion while Sasuke leaned against a wall, both panting hard. She peeked around; funny there weren't any teachers around with such a loud commotion. Where did that obnoxious Arai Toru disappear to anyways? She gave up wondering about it before she turned her attention back to Sasuke,
"Uchiha, what did you do? I haven't seen such rage from the student gangs before… There was definitely more than one gang in the mob that attacked us." She quizzed as she gestured towards their fallen attackers. Sasuke pursed his lips; maybe she could help him with the situation before the school fell into pandemonium,
"I believe that those students might have been under an influence of some sort that causes them to be especially aggressive and adrenaline fuelled…Drugs probably." He informed her. Sakura tilted her head when she heard footsteps coming, 'Shit it's probably the teachers!' She thought and she hurriedly pulled Sasuke up. He gave her a confused look and she resisted the urge to sigh,
"We need to get away from here! It won't do both of us, especially me, any good if the teacher's find us here! Now, get moving, I know a quiet spot for you to explain in peace!" She whispered hurriedly, all the while pushing Sasuke towards the staircase. He relented.
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"The roof?" Sasuke questioned as he looked around. Sakura shut the door close behind her,
"What? No one comes up here anyways…" She defended as she leaned against the railing, overlooking the school grounds. Sasuke joined her side and Sakura nudged at him with a shoulder,
"So, continue your story… You were saying that the students might be under the influence of drugs?" She urged him. Sasuke nodded his head,
"Aa, something that simulates adrenal production and triggers aggressiveness in someone; it's quite the complicated concoction… It isn't like the type you get on the streets where dopamine production or hallucination is simulated." He explained. Sakura nodded thoughtfully,
"That sounds like something that snake Orochimaru might have come up with…" Sakura started. At Sasuke's confused stare, she elaborated.
"Orochimaru is a member of the infamous university gang, Akatsuki. The group's aim is the total domination of the youths in the area… There are a few members that specialise in drug distribution but Orochimaru would be the one that cooks it up. Knowing that guy's sadistic tendencies, he'll make the after effects of the drug as painful as possible…" Sakura trailed off. She turned her gaze towards Sasuke,
"Wouldn't it be better if you notify the teachers?" She voiced out. Sasuke looked at her with a sceptic brow raised,
"You think the teachers in this school will do anything besides report to the police? It would be much better instead if I informed my father directly." He provided. Sakura nodded,
"Good point, they're pretty much useless. Okay, so why don't you report it straight to the Chief of Police then?" She inquired. Sasuke sighed,
"He'd want me to provide some sort of evidence first before he'd take any action. It can't be baseless accusations; he'll just say that the aggressiveness is just due to the raging hormones in a teenager's body. And you know that they can't make a minor take a drug test without some form of consent from the parents or solid evidence that a drug was taken…" Sasuke provided. Sakura looked at him curiously,
"And how did you come across this finding, Prez?" She inquired. Sasuke produced a letter from his pocket,
"I had an informant and he told me all about it when I suspected something was going on. But as soon as I try to reach back, he turned silent… I think that he was caught." Sasuke explained to her as Sakura quickly read through the letter. She looked up, the sky above them cloudy. A strong gust of wind blew and Sakura could smell the scent of rain,
"So you're working on a tip? Well, that's just great. How do you expect to gather more information when you yourself are so clueless about the workings of gangs?" Sakura thought aloud and Sasuke closed his eyes in frustration. It was silent between them for a while, when a bright idea struck Sakura,
"Why don't you infiltrate Akatsuki instead? Maybe you could gather evidence from the inside?" She provided. Sasuke shook his head,
"I thought you said that I was pretty clueless about the whole gang working?" He argued. Sakura turned to look at him fully,
"Yeah, you are. But I'm not! I could help you out with the infiltrating thing! I could get us in while you gather the necessary evidence!" She supplied excitedly. Sasuke shot her a bewildered look,
"It's too dangerous for you! You're a-" He started before Sakura shushed at him.
"What? Because I'm a girl?! You've got to be kidding me! Darling, I'm perfectly capable of taking care of the both of us! Besides, the fight with the horde of students just now? That was just workout for me!" She declared, mildly pissed. Sasuke placed his hands up as a gesture to placate her but Sakura ignored him to continue on,
"I'm sorry if the pink hair makes you think I'm sweet and fragile, but I have to admit that I'm the total opposite. I was raised in a dangerous environment like this whereas you had the shelter of your father's position as Chief of Police. " She explained with a tensed tone. Sasuke apologised,
"Are you sure, Haruno-san?" He inquired. Sakura nodded her head as she crossed her arms over her chest,
"Yeah, I owe ya one anyways. And it's my code to pay you back in full and more." She announced, her eyes gleamed with ferocity. Sasuke nodded his head,
"Thank you, Sakura." He offered and her face softened. She grinned at him,
"No problem, Sasuke." She replied with a hand held out.
"So, we have a deal?" She continued, expectantly looking at him. Sasuke stared at her offered hand before he shook it,
"We have a deal."
~Up next, Day 18~