Simple as That!

A/N: When you are finished reading, please see the note at the very bottom.

First day of the term and there's already trouble…

"Mom, I don't need a bright BLUE bow in my hair, don't you think?"

That was Sakura, my little sister, who's in Grade 7 this year. Her best friend/rival is and will always be Ino Yamanaka. She used to have long pink hair but she cut it to her shoulders – a good choice in my opinion. They are crushing on the 'hottest boy in the class' (quote from my little sister herself), whose poor name is Sasuke Uchiha. I laugh every time I see his hair. Seriously, he should get a better hairdresser. Or does it grow naturally like that? The world will never know…

"But…oh fine then, Ayaka…?"

Oh dear, that was my mum. Crap…must think of an excuse…I hate that bow!

"Umm… the blue bow would blend into my hair? …sorry Mom…"

There… now, I don't have to be so mean to my dear Mom.

By the way, I'm Ayaka Haruno, daughter of Kizashi and Mebuki Haruno, and older sister of Sakura Haruno. I have shoulder-length light blue hair and the standard green eyes of the Harunos. I have a handful of friends and hate the Uchihas…except for Mikoto Uchiha though. She is the only sociable person out of the entire clan. Why do I hate the rest? Well…

1: They are stuck up and think they are better than everybody else.

One day I was visiting them with my little sister and they shut the door in my face and said that no one other than clan members is allowed inside the compound. Then Sasuke came up to us and said that we were weird. Seriously – he is 'so' creative… Actually, he is the one that is weird, what, with the duck-butt hair and all… I don't know what my sister sees in him… I asked her exactly that and she retorted with:

"Why do you have a crush on Itachi?"

Of course, I answered that I had a crush on him, but not anymore.

2: Their fangirls are horrible!

This one is obvious. Maybe not my sister…no, wait, she still fangirls about Sasuke but she is still…how should I put it…sane...in a way? Well, for the others, you try getting through their walls of stupidity!

"Er my GAWD! Sasuke-kun is like so my future hubby!"

"No, he's like, totally MINE!"

"Nuh uh, I stole his sweaty socks from his locker when he was at soccer practice!"

"Really, that is like…so awesome!"

Okay…that was gross… I mean, who steals sweaty socks? From him, nonetheless! Blegh! This was the time when I was walking past the Sasuke Fangirls Clubroom (aka, the soccer field) to get to the volleyball courts. Now, that was annoying!

So in total, I have…two reasons? Really, is that all I can think of? I thought I had more…

Oh, did I tell you that my sister and I attend Konoha-Suna Academy; the school full of all social cliques and talents. In fact, my sister and I came here through academics. You could also get here through sports, music, art, photography – you name it and if you are talented enough, they'd let you in. I'm in my final year and Sakura is in seventh grade, as already said. I'm just really excited because that would be her first year of junior high! *sighs* They grow up so fast…

So, we caught the bus to school and met some of our friends inside.

"Hi Hana, what's up?" I grinned, seeing my awesome brunette friend.

"Hi Ayaka, nothing much, I guess?" she replied.

"It's the sky actually… Did you find anything on Sasori?"

She reacted with a huge blush and a light punch.

"Ayaka, he'll never like me back…so why should I even try?"

This is the dealio… My bestie, Hana Inuzuka, likes Sasori Akasuna, who is in the same homeroom class as us. Every single time Sasori glances, talks or waves at us, she blushes so much that her whole face becomes red. It's a funny sight, but she always comes back with my – must I add, long gone – crush on Itachi; which I'm perfectly fine with brushing off. So, in other words, I tease her, she teases me back. That makes us even, I think?

With Sakura – Sakura's POV:

I looked around for Ino and my other friends. After, five minutes, I finally found them.

"Hey guys, anything new?" I asked.

Ino instantly bounded up and jumped high into the air.

"Yeah, I heard that Pein got hooked up with Konan!" she exclaimed.

Tenten and Temari sighed; Matsuri sweatdropped and Hinata gave a small, shy smile. I just facepalmed; sometimes…my best friend can be slightly gossip-y, which can get on my nerves from time to time.

"Really now Ino, we don't need to know about hormone-raging twelfth graders!" Tenten stated, "I, for one, have decided to join the local soccer team!"

A round of 'whoops' were heard.

"That's great, Tenten!" I congratulated, "I'm planning on joining the student council here, who knows; maybe I could persuade the other members to throw a school disco?"

"Go for it, Sakura!" Temari grinned, "I'd really want to see you up there! Oh, and I'm going to join the intensive gymnastics club – apparently, I'm good with paper fans…?"

"I-I'm going to join the Physics c-club," said Hinata in her shy little voice, "W-what about you, Matsuri?"

"Well, I haven't really decided…probably the Arts club…" Matsuri replied after looking up from her sketchbook then going back to drawing.

Pretty soon, the bus arrived at its destination and suddenly we were hurled into a new year of torture, work and problems.

A/N: Okay, if this gets enough reviews/views, I will drop one of the other stories and go with this one... Depends on what happens... THE FATE OF THIS STORY IS IN YOUR HANDS!