The first time Sakura ever wanted to truly kill someone was when she saw a blonde haired woman staring at Hidan. The woman was a rouge color, lust, it disgusted Sakura. Sakura almost snapped and threw her one of her training kunai at the woman, if she wasn't trying to maintain her childish persona she would have done so.
"Something wrong? You have a dumb expression on your face dumbass."
Sakura scowled at Hidan, completely forgetting about her disgust for a moment. "Your face."
She got a good smack on the head in response.
"Stupid forehead..." She heard Hidan grumble, no real bite in his words.
"Hey?"
"What now?"
"...that woman over there, she's lusting after you." Sakura's eyes narrowed, focusing on Hidan's face in order to discern his reaction to her words.
Hidan glanced at the woman before turning back to her with a disgusted look. "She's not even worthy of a one night fuck." He bluntly commented.
"The proper term is 'one night stand' Hidan-baka." Sakura corrected.
Why did she feel a sense of relief?
Blinking out of the memory, Sakura focused on the meek girl standing in front of her.
"Is something wrong Hinata?" She found herself asking, despite not really caring much.
The girl seemed to pale. "N-nothing!" Hinata stuttered, closing her eyes. As if she had assumed Sakura would hit her.
Sakura arched an eyebrow, amused. While Sakura admitted to being a poor excuse of a human being, she had her own set of standards. Meaning, she would only indulge in her sadistic tendencies towards Hinata during their 'friendly' spars. Outside of their spars, Sakura would not lay a finger on the girl unless provoked.
Hinata peeked at her. "W-why didn't y-you hit me?"
Sakura tilted her head to the side, an almost mocking smile on her features. "Do you want me to hit you?" She asked, but in a tone that suggested she didn't want the meek girl to answer. "I'm not interested in hitting you unless we're sparring, where it's acceptable for me to do so despite the detention I get."
She was still a foreigner, so it wouldn't be good for her to unleash her sadistic tendencies. She didn't want to end up killed or something.
"T-then why d-do you let Ami b-bully you?"
"You're being quite bold." Sakura noted.
"..." Hinata seemed to shrink back.
'Good.' Sakura thought, a pleased smile on her features. "Ami's cute, so I let it slide."
"..oh."
"You're cute too." Sakura then said, earning a surprised look from Hinata. "Very cute." She added, recalling Hinata's pained yelps from when they would spar and the wide-eyed look she would give her filled with fear.
Hinata shivered, knowing full well that Sakura's compliment wasn't innocent. The Hyuga heiress tensed when Sakura's pleased look morphed into an indifferent expression as the pink haired girl gave her a pat on her head.
"Besides, out of everyone in this stupid academy, you and Naruto are probably the only ones who can take a beating and not give up. The struggle of a prey is the most pleasing part of a hunt."
Hinata's eyes widened.
"Oh, and I'm not stupid. I see the way you look at Naruto. So think of it as you taking a beating for him, okay?"
With those words Sakura walked off, leaving a stunned Hinata behind.
For once Sakura had an almost genuine smile.
Of course she noticed the way Hinata looked at Naruto. It was the same way she looked at Hidan after all. She and Hinata had something in common, they both admired a pair of knuckleheads.
O_O
Sakura twirled her double sided scythe on her right side before switching to her left side.
Then suddenly she swung it in a vertical motion, following it up with a roundhouse kick and finally flipping away. She continued her spar with an opponent that only she could see.
'Stronger.'
She ducked down.
'Faster.'
She threw her scythe towards the open air, quickly body flickering towards the other end to catch it.
The pink haired girl clicked her tongue in annoyance. Sure, the body flicker technique was useful, but the fact that she only knew that jutsu along with the Academy Three made her pissed.
She won't be able to get stronger if her skill set was so limited.
'Tsk, maybe I could ask the Idiot Duo for help...' Her thoughts wandered over to Izumo and Kotetsu.
Maybe they would even spar with her.
Hinata was an okay opponent, but the fact was she couldn't improve while fighting against someone who wasn't stronger than her. Izumo and Kotetsu on the other hand, were both stronger than her, something which she loathed to admit.
O-O
"What. The. Fuck. Are. You. Doing." Sakura slowly pronounced each word staring blankly at a brown haired boy. Judging by his distinct eyes, he was a Hyuga. Which confused her more, because the boy was picking on her prey.
"S-Sakura-san..." Hinata whimpered in surprise. One moment Neji was insulting her, then the next Sakura was standing between her and her cousin, with the most calm expression on her features. But Hinata recognized an underlying furry behind the calm facade, thanks to their frequent sparring matches.
"It doesn't concern you." Neji coldly said.
Sakura smiled, a smile equally cold. "Hinata is mine. Mine. So it very much concerns me, fucktard."
Hinata flinched at the possessiveness in Sakura's tone. The Hyuga heiress knew from experience that having Sakura show some protectiveness towards you was not a good thing. It meant that you had a psychopath, which Hinata classified Sakura as, interested in you. Though the Hyuga heiress was sure that Kiba, Ami and Naruto failed to notice. They only classified Sakura as odd after all.
"Nii-san, p-please back o-off..."
Neji had an almost smug expression, not realizing that Hinata wasn't scared for Sakura, rather she was scared for him.
But before either Hyuga could do anything, Sakura struck with her fist.
Having not expected that, the fist connected, sending Neji skidding back a bit. A bruise was forming on his cheek. "Very well, I see there's no peaceful way to end this."
Sakura gave him a cold smirk in response. No one messed with what was hers.
Hinata gulped, taking a few steps back. Hinata frequently sparred with Sakura, so she knew the girl was strong. But at the same time she knew Neji was stronger than Sakura. Yet, if there was one thing Hinata was sure about when it came to psychopaths was that they would not back down. Seeing the sharp look in Sakura's emerald eyes, Hinata knew without a doubt that Sakura was not going to back down.
Not until she had Neji on the floor.
Which meant both would be severely injured by the time their match ends.
Making a hasty decision, Hinata turned back and ran to get help.
"Tsk, it seems I only have a few minutes to teach you a lesson."
What Hinata didn't know was that Sakura never fought seriously in their spars. Or rather, Sakura was banned from fighting seriously due to their 'rules' for when it came to sparring.
Which meant Sakura and Neji were equally matched.
O_o
"What the hell were you thinking?!"
Sakura didn't even flinch as she limped towards the couch and took a seat next to a more nonchalant Kotetsu.
Izumo, however wasn't deterred in the slightest, and continued to lecture her. "You attacked a clan kid! Not just any clan kid, you attacked Neji! The nephew of the Hyuga Clan Head!"
Sakura gingerly placed her hand on her nose, flinching slightly at the pain she received in return. She was consoled with the fact that Neji had to stay at the hospital, while she was allowed to go home. Though she would have to work harder. If an academy kid could beat her, she had no chance of ever becoming Hidan's partner in crime. Or worthy enough for Jashin.
"And Kotetsu!"
Kotetsu startled slightly, apparently he too was tuning out Izumo's rant. "What?"
"Don't you have anything to say to her? We're both her guardians." Izumo hissed.
Kotestu nodded and turned to Sakura who merely arched an eyebrow at him. "No wonder you look like shit."
In response Sakura smirked, as if telling him that her opponent looked worse.
Kotetsu flickered her forehead.
Izumo gave a resigned sigh. "One day, I'll get a girlfriend and move out. Then you two can destroy the building with your insanity."
"Guys?" Sakura finally spoke up earning their attention. "Train me."
O_o
"So then, Kiba and Akamaru started gagging because it smelled awful."
"It's all your fault, you didn't warn us about the stink bomb."
"Arf!"
Sakura expertly ignored Naruto and Kiba's ramblings as Choji offered her some chips.
The girl gratefully took a few and then munched on them. Completely ignoring the fact that Naruto and Kiba started fighting.
"What happened to your nose?"
Sakura didn't even bother to look at the boy who was sitting next to Choji in front of her. Just like she didn't pay any mind to the boys fighting next to her. "I fell off a flight of stairs."
"Troublesome."
He obviously didn't believe her.
'Smart boy.'
But he didn't pursue the manner any further.
'Wise boy.'
Out of the corner of her eyes she saw the girl who was still trying to become her friend, Rio, talking to her prey. Sakura arched an eyebrow in interest, but she didn't want to stick her nose into it.
"...hey, did you hear what happened?"
"...Sasuke-kun..."
"...everyone he knew..."
"...poor Sasuke-kun..."
"...massacred..."
Sakura yawned, ignoring the gossiping going on around her.
She was sure it was nothing important.
o_O
Chapter End.
Author's Note: To be honest, I'm getting kinda bored of writing Sakura's Academy Days. Simply because nothing really interesting happens. So I guess I'm just going to write one or two more before the main story kicks in.
Questions:
1. What's happening with Hidan?
2. How did Hiashi react to Neji getting his butt in a hospital?
3. How did Neji react to getting beaten?