Heels clicked and clacked down the hall furiously, a tall woman walking down the hall, being escorted by a cop. She came up to a holding cell and looked at her daughter, giving her the most disappointed look she could muster, before she began signing the release forms. "This is the last straw, Sakura."
Said girl had pink hair held up in a loose but high ponytail, horizontal bangs stopping just above her thin pink eyebrows. In her hair was a black bandana, tied as if it were a headband, the knot in the front. Her ears were noticeably pierced many times, spikes in place and gauged. Her nose was cute and upturned. She had pale skin, and black thick and long eyelashes curtained big beautiful emerald eyes morphed with teal. She was about 5'3 and petite, and wore a white t-shirt that was baggy and stopped above her naval, showing her belly button piercing. For pants, she had red boxers and dark, denim skinny jeans sagging with a black buckle belt. On her feet were red vans. "But it wasn't-"
"Yes, it was vandalism. Wait 'till your father hears about this." Her mother was tight lipped as they walked out of the police station; not even bothering to comment on her daughter's ridiculous taste in clothing. Sakura trailed behind her mother Mebuki Haruno quietly, her eyebrows furrowed. They got into the car and made their way back home, too slowly for Sakura. It was too much of a long drive for Sakura; ignoring her mother's rantings about what she did. "You used to be such a good child. You aren't the same Sakura! You are a trouble maker and I can't tolerate this anymore."
"So what are you going to do? Send me away?" Sakura bit, glaring at her mother with hard, doe like eyes. Her mother had a twinkle in her eyes that Sakura didn't like, so she stared back up at the passing clouds in the bright blue sky. "The year is half over, it's not like you can anyway."
Her mother smirked, humming as they pulled into the driveway. Glaring at her mother as she got out of the car, she slammed the door behind her and dragged herself inside, walking past her father without a single look.
Sakura stayed in her room as her mother talked with her father, obviously about her. "It's just getting out of hand-! I don't know what to do with her anymore." Her mother complained, face palming. Kizashi Haruno agreed and continued to read the news paper.
"Well, I've read about a new disciplinary school a few weeks back. Actually, I read about it in the paper. It's in the next town over; only an hour drive from here. It's in the middle of Ame and Konoha. Apparently, Konoha's Board of Education worked together with Ame's, and they made a disciplinary school. The school has a high education rate since both of them have the best education systems in all the counties." he said. "And they have strict codes of conduct."
"It sounds good to me. Call them." Mebuki said as she got up, walking over to the stove and pulling a pot onto one of the burners. She got out some things and began throwing them into the pot. Soup from the night before, being heated up.
"Sakura!" Mebuki called. She heard her only child trudge down the stairs, coming in the kitchen and staring at her mother.
"What?"
"Time for dinner. Sit down." her mother called, glancing up at her. Sakura stared at her, sitting herself down as a bowl of soup was placed in front of her. She leaned back into her seat, her gaze flickering from her mother's to look down at the soup place in front of her. She wasn't really thinking about the soup, though. More so what her mother was thinking about earlier.
The poor pinkette watched her usually goofy father as he dialed a number on his phone and held it up to his ear. She knew it rang a few times before someone actually cared to pick up the phone. "Yes, hello?" He began. "I'd like to enroll my daughter into your school. ...How much would that be? ...Oh. Perfect. Well, when is the soonest I can send her? ...Tomorrow? Is it the beginning of a new semester or something? ...No? ...Oh, oh, I see. Okay, thank you so much. I will call that number later. ...Yeah, thanks, bye."
Sakura was enraged, her face flaming red. She got up and violently pushed her chair back, turning and storming up the stairs. The sound of the chair scraping against the floor didn't stop her from being so dramatic. She wanted them to know how she felt about this, damn it!
She didn't want to go to some strict school for stupid idiots who don't know how to act!
She liked the high education she was given!
To her, there was no school better than Konoha Academy. They taught her everything and she craved the knowledge. She probably wouldn't even be taught anything at that other school.
Now she wasn't even hungry. Her mind was miles away from that bowl of soup she had left cold on the table. How could they do something like this to her? She was their princess, damn it!
"Wow, I can't believe your parents are actually doing that," said Ino, looking to Sakura with a frown on her face pretty face. "I thought they loved you too much to even think about it."
"Yeah, you thought. Apparently they don't care enough for me to graduate from one of the best schools. How am I supposed to be one of the best doctors in the world if I can't even graduate from one of the best schools in the world?- And what if they see that I graduated from a school for rotten kids, anyway!?" Sakura complained, throwing a folded shirt in her suitcase.
"Oh contraire, my friend. I've actually looked the school up in my phone, and since Amegakure also has one of the best reputations for their education system, they are competing with Konoha and Ame Academy." Tenten said, throwing some shoes into her best friend's suitcase.
"It's still a discipline school." Sakura shot back. Why would she want some disciplinary school to be on her resume? How was she going to get a job? They wouldn't want some bad acting person working with them! Quickly, Sakura continued on.
"I'm going to miss you guys so much.. Can you believe it? I'm going to be in the next town over- that's an hour drive!" Sakura shrieked, throwing her arms up in the air. Her face was getting all red with anger.
"Calm down, Sakura-chan. Everything will be fine; I promise." Hinata smiled, placing a hand on Sakura's back. Sakura stared at the carpet for a second, sighing. "Besides, we can still see you for the annual sport festivals our schools hold. And then we can visit and stuff, because my father is getting me a car on my birthday, and I already have my license.." Hinata was like an angel to her - she always managed to cheer her up a little.
"Hinata-chan, we all have our licenses." Ino giggled, flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder before she placed Sakura's laptop in one of her suitcases. Hinata blushed a pretty red and scratched the back of her neck.
"Y-yeah.."
They all laughed some, and when they were finished with putting Sakura's things into her suitcase, they did a group hug. "We're gonna' miss you, Sakura." Ino said, squeezing Sakura with her left arm. Sakura squeezed them back.
"I'm going to miss you guys too.."
Sakura lay in her bed that night, staring up at the ceiling. She couldn't help but wonder if she'd make any friends at her new "school." The pinkette was pretty awkward at first, but if you really got to know her then she was a wild party.
She loved to do many things. She liked watching movies, drawing, playing computer games and learning historic things that have happened. Japanese History was even her favorite class, and there was a rare time that she'd even get B's. Always A's. Then, next to that class, there was Japanese. She loved learning how to correct her grammar even better than it was; and she loved reading. They always allowed them to read once they finished their work. Sakura loved to read.
But.. would they do that at her new school? Or would they just pile even more work on her shoulders than before..?
Turning on her side and gripping her covers, she stared at the flashing red colors of her alarm clock. It was scheduled for her to wake up at three thirty, and it was only twelve. She wouldn't be able to wake up anyway. Sighing, she turned back over and stared out of her window and up at the black sky, stars shining as much as they could in a town like hers. The town's lights at night were never too bright.
Sighing for the fiftieth time that night, she got up and walked around in her room tiredly. What would she do? She was so bored..
Sakura woke up, half of her body slung off of her bed. Fisting her hand and rubbing her eyes of crust, she slowly maneuvered her way off of the bed without falling on her face and slowly stood, feeling a bit groggy. Her alarm had blared and she turned it off, stretching afterwards. Her morning consisted of brushing her teeth, taking a shower, throwing on her clothes from yesterday, and then dragging her things down stairs. It took a while, but she managed. Luckily, she was granted three waffles when she hopped into the car - courtesy of her mother.
"You get your skateboard?" asked her father. Luckily her father knew she'd have a fit and order them to bring it back to her if she forgot it. Sakura sighed, unbuckling herself and walking to the side of her house, picking up one of her prized possessions. Apparently, she had almost forgotten her baby. Her lovely prized posession.
Soon enough, Sakura found herself back in the car and pushed the skateboard aside, buckling herself in.
The girl stared up at the sky, watching as rain drops hit her window. She frowned. Don't get her wrong: the girl loved storms and the rain and what not, but it just matched her mood right now. She didn't even get what she did so wrong; okay, she painted a giant frog on one of the walls of the school, but that was their school's mascot! What is so wrong with that? It looked fine, either way. She didn't understand why they had to wash it off. -And that's another thing; she didn't even know how they got it off.
In her haze of thoughts, she hardly noticed it when they drove past big silver gates and down a long driveway with cherry blossom trees that were soon to bloom. Spring was only a month away. She looked out the window as they drove around a giant fountain; there were three buildings! The one in the middle was the largest, having four floors, while the other two only had three. Her eyes widened some; the place was more beautiful than she thought it to be. Isn't this supposed to be a school for delinquents? Do they put them in their place or something?
Sakura got out of the car with her skateboard, her phone in her back pocket. Her mother and father got out of the car, and as her mother hugged Sakura goodbye, her father took her things out of the trunk for her. He gave her a hug and her parents hopped back in their car, making their merry way home. Sakura frowned and watched the car disappeared from behind the now closed, shining gates. They were happy they could finally dump her off somewhere, hunh? She bet they were.
Her frown deepened. Sakura slung her backpack on her shoulders and grabbed her two large suitcases, and with slight struggle, made her way inside of the main building (what she assumed, anyway) and wandered around until she found the main office. The door was already propped open luckily, so she walked in without a problem. The woman behind the desk looked up through her glasses, her pitch black hair up in a high braid. "Can I help you?"
Sakura wanted to roll her eyes. Yes, of course. That's why she was in here. Pfft. 'Can I help you?' Sakura mocked. No, really? Of course! Has that woman seen any other female with pink hair? Did she not get a clue at her luggage she was kind of struggling with? "I'm a new student." Sakura stated, her tone not matching her thoughts. The woman just nodded.
"Your name." The woman - Sakura looked down to see a name tag on her desk. Ms. Horo - demanded. Sakura furrowed her eyebrows and wanted to glare at the woman. Who was she to demand things of her? She was almost eighteen, damn it!
"Sakura Haruno." The pinkette mustered. The girl was always one to get angry easily. She had the shortest temper in the pack.
"Okay, Sakura," The woman began, clicking a few things on that stupid little mouse of hers and typing away on that stupid little keyboard of hers. "Here is your schedule and room key. Your uniform will be on your desk in your room." She opened one of the desk drawers, pulling out a silver card with numbers and a name written neatly on it. She then grabbed something from the printer and handed both the key and the paper to Sakura at the same time.
Sakura grabbed the key and paper and shoved them in her jeans pocket. She was wearing the same exact thing as yesterday. Hell, she didn't know any of these people so she doubted they saw her. Besides, she was in the police station all day yesterday. And who cared about first impressions? Who would she impress in this hell hole, anyway?
She made her way out of the main building and into what she assumed to be the female dorm. It had a female sign on the right of the double doors, so she just entered it. Obviously it was the female dormitory.
Making her way to the elevators, she quickly entered it and took a glance at her room key card, and then pressed the button for the third floor. Once the doors opened, she began her search for her dorm room. She found it at the other end of the hall.
She swiped the card in the door and then opened it once the little light turned green. With little struggle, she dragged her suitcases inside. Finally she got to drop them- they were so heavy!
Looking around, Sakura noted that the walls were a pretty pastel blue, the carpet a light gray color. It kind of reminded her of the sky. There was a white couch towards the center that faced an oak coffee table, and behind the coffee table was a flat screen TV that Sakura adored. Then there was a small archway, and she could tell that it was a small kitchen, and next to her was the bathroom. The wall she faced had pretty bay windows, looking out to the fountain. It was covered by white laced curtains. The wall to her right had two bedrooms.
She assumed the one on the left was hers, since the door on the right was locked. Walking through her door, her eyes widened at the sight before her. It was pretty. The walls were a pastel green color, while the carpet was still gray. There was a large, sleek brown dresser to her left in front of a large window, a full sized bed pushed against the wall in front of her, and then a sleek brown desk with drawers and a black lamp. A closet was just beside her bed. Smiling some, she furrowed her eyebrows and set her suitcases down. This room was.. acceptable.
She unpacked everything. The clothes went in the dresser, her school supplies were in her desk's drawers, her laptop was plugged in and on top of her desk, her bed was made (and the uniform set aside), her posters hung and her picture frames on her dresser. Sakura hoped to hang a flat screen on the wall if she could buy one.. Maybe the principal would let her get one if she was good enough..?
She rolled her eyes. Never was she good enough.
With a sigh, the pinkette quickly dressed into her uniform and tossed her clothes into her pink laundry basket beside her desk that she hadn't bothered to point out and observed herself in the uniform. The skirt ended at her finger tips, while her socks ended at her knees. She had on a white silky blouse with Ame's insignia sewn above the breast pocket. Over that she wore a storm cloud gray tie and a black blazer. Her pastel pink hair was tied into that loose but high ponytail she loved, the black bandana with white intricate designs tied in her hair like a headband, knot in front. It showed off her many ear piercings, as usual.
A knock sounded at her door. "...Come in?" Sakura called, turning to see who would come into her room in the middle of the day. Quickly, the girl slipped on her new black penny loafers.
"Hello," A baritone voice greeted. Sakura's head snapped up, her eyes now trained on a tall man with spiky orange hair and purple ringed eyes. It took her a moment to tear her eyes away from his own, only to see he had three piercings on the bridge of his nose, on each side and many ear piercings. He wore a tailored, expensive looking dark blue suit and a red tie with black dress shoes.
"Yes?" Sakura turned and grabbed her backpack, which she had already loaded up with her books and what not. Her schedule and room key were also placed in her backpack.
"I am to check up on you, and then escort you to your third period. You've already missed half the day." He said. Sakura nodded, inwardly apologizing for that. "Your schedule?" When he asked this, it was then Sakura noticed his snake bite piercings.
Quickly, the girl pulled it out of her backpack and handed it to him. He quickly scanned the contents of the paper with his hypnotic eyes before nodding, and began to lead her out of her dorm room. "The doors lock automatically behind you, so never forget your room key. You should also have your room mate's number just in case."
Sakura nodded, noting this and kept silent as he brought her to her first class- Advanced Placement Biology. It took a little while to get there, perhaps five minutes since they went through a maze of hallways, even if they were only on the first floor. When they got there, Pein knocked on the door. "What's your name?" Sakura got out, just before the door opened.
"Hello, Pein-san. Is this the student?" The bald, fat, and short man asked. Pein nodded and glanced at the short girl.
"This is Haruno, Sakura. Haruno-san, you have Tokohiro-sensei every other day for third period and the rest of first semester." Pein said, looking down at her with half lidded eyes.
"How am I supposed to get to my fourth period?" Sakura asked, her tone laced with concern. Pein handed her the schedule he previously held in his hands. She gracefully accepted the piece of paper.
"If you'd like, I can pick you up after class and show you. However, Tokohiro-sensei can also assign you someone to show you around the school." He said, standing straight once again. He was a well respected man, Sakura could tell without a doubt. He was also handsome.
"Is it alright if Tokohiro-sensei can assign me someone?" Sakura asked, an apologetic smile on her face. He seemed to be surprised for only a second- long enough for only Sakura to notice, before nodding.
"Of course." He said. Tokohiro-sensei laughed obnoxiously, snorting.
"Well, that's the first time you got rejected. By a girl, too!" Pein arched an eyebrow at the short man before giving Sakura and the teacher a short nod before turning.
"I will check up on you soon, Haruno-san." Sakura nodded and turned around, pushed inside of the room by the teacher.
"Class, this is Sakura Haruno. She is a new student and comes from Konoha Academy. Any questions?" He asked. A few people raised their hands.
The very first kid to raise his hand eyed her hair before asking his question. "Is that-"
Sakura's harsh, icy glare cut him off. She already knew what he was going to say. "Yes, it is my natural hair color. Don't ask anymore about it!" She snapped. Oh, Sakura has had enough with being bullied about her pink hair. It pissed her off to no end- and, couldn't they tell? Her eyebrows were pink, too.
"You come from Konoha Academy?" One asked. Sakura looked to find a short male with glasses on his nose. Now, what was a nerd doing in this type of school? Ame wasn't the best town ever, and there weren't many schools around so his parents probably made up some bullshit just to get him in to this place for dimwits.
"Yes."
"How is their learning system?" He asked.
"Go and see for yourself." Perhaps it was a bit rude, but she didn't care. She didn't even want to be here at this stupid school. And to be nice, while she was at it. She hated it here. She didn't want to be friends with anyone at this place.
"Anymore questions?" Asked the teacher. No one raised their hands, so the teacher continued. "Go ahead and sit where you'd like. I trust there will be no problems with you talking."
Sakura walked to a seat to the right of the classroom and towards the back, next to a guy with messy, blood red hair and mahogany brown hues. He was pale, and maybe he was a few inches taller than her. He also had a very young, though handsome appearance to him.
She sat down, pulling out a notebook and a led pencil. She had already learned this lesson back in Konoha Academy a year ago. So, with a silent sigh, the girl began drawing a girl who fell asleep on her desk. Sakura made the hair long and flow beautifully. It was how she looked back when she was just a little shy girl everyone could push around. That all changed when she met Ino.
She felt the mysterious guy's eyes on her and glanced at him, her her hand that held the pencil pausing. They continued to stare at each other for a little while until he slowly slid his half-lidded eyes away, his chin resting on his palm. It was as if he were determining her worth as a person. Furrowing her eyebrows and slightly narrowing her eyes, Sakura went back to her drawing, and soon enough, class was over with.
"Sakura, Maki-kun can show you to your class. He volunteered." Sakura looked over to see a bulky boy puff his chest up, and Sakura took the moment to figure out that she was only the fifth female in this class out of ten. The whole class was made up of about thirty. For some reason, it felt important to sum all of her classmate's up.
Frowning, Sakura nodded and gathered her notebook and schedule in her arms. "I'm Maki." He grinned, holding a hand out to her. Sakura hesitantly placed a hand in his and shook it, before letting go. He seemed like an odd, yet cheerful persona to her.
"..Sakura." Replied the pinkette as they walked out of the room.
"What class do you have next?" Asked Maki, curiosity apparent in his eyes.
"AP Japanese History with Zoy-sensei." Replied the girl, glancing up at him. He had curly brown hair, a single piece always falling in between his eyes and pretty brown hues, and he was tan as well. She often saw females trying to catch his attention- it was obvious because every time after they did something, they glanced at him. Apparently, he was a heart throb.
"Okay, sweet. I have that class too!" He grinned down at her. Sakura wasn't exactly one to fall for looks, but so far this kid was okay personality wise.. so far.
Sakura didn't bother to reply, she only followed him. She saw other girls glaring harshly at her, probably with the intent to intimidate her. Sakura only smirked internally and kept her hardened eyes ahead. No female in this world could intimidate her. She used to be a street fighter, oh she knew no female could intimidate her after that one white trash girl. Sakura even managed to beat her as well, even though the girl had pulled a very dirty trick on her indeed. She used a rusted, poisoned nail on Sakura during the match, punching her on the cheek, but the effects were late, and Sakura had managed to beat the bitch.
He shoved his hands in his pockets and continued to lead her to their next period, and soon enough they were across the school and on the third floor."Hey, Coach Zoy. This is Haruno Sakura, she's in our class now." He introduced. Sakura deducted that this Coach Zoy was obviously a coach, and the football one at that seeing as he had a football trophy on his desk. Since Maki had called him coach, Maki was probably a football player.
"Nice to meet you, Haruno-san. Name's Zoy-sensei. Go ahead and sit next to Maki. Maki, tell Fuka to just move." Maki nodded and they made their way over to their seats. Apparently Fuka wasn't here today, because the seat was open for Sakura to take. Sakura sat, and the whole class she payed much attention to Zoy-sensei about Japanese history.
"And then, in 1934.." He droned on and on, and Sakura couldn't get enough information. But soon enough, she realized that she had also already learned this as well. So, she dragged her eyes around the classroom. Only one person looked moderately interesting enough, and that was a male with a black mask on and some type of white hood as well. She could tell he was tall, had plenty of muscles and was tan. The most noticeable feature was his eyes.. Red sclera's with electric shock green hues, no pupils. He definitely looked like he belonged in a jail cell besides this place, but that was only his looks. She didn't know how he really acted. One thing Sakura noticed was that he had turned his gaze upon her, just as Zoy-sensei had called her out.
"Sakura, can you repeat what I just said?" Asked Zoy-sensei. All eyes were turned upon her. Without blushing, Sakura turned to look at her young teacher.
"This next assignment will be due a week from today. You are to go onto your computers or whatever device you have in your dorm rooms and research the edo period. Type up a six paragraph essay and make sure to indent and use correct grammar." Her eyes focused and she blinked; her memory was top notch, and even though she wasn't watching him, she was definitely listening to him. Her response was even automatic, and she had said it word from word.
He gave a thoughtful expression and nodded, and Sakura took out her notebook and began to draw once again. A crumpled, small piece of paper landed on her desk. 'How did you do that?' It read. It was also very messy. Sakura looked over to see Maki look at her with a confused expression.
'I pay attention.' Replied the teen, sending the paper flying back over to him. He seemed okay with the answer and shoved the piece of paper back into his backpack.
Sakura guessed it was the end of the day when the bell sounded. Standing, the girl grabbed her things and was on her way, eyes searching for where she needed to go in order to get out of this place. Maki caught up next to her and grinned at her. "Need help finding the exit?" He offered, smiling down at her. Sakura shrugged.
"Sure."
They made their way to an exit of the school, and over to the female dorm. "Thank you," Sakura said, glancing over at him. He nodded and waved, turning around.
"Hey, I have to go to football practice," So she was right. She knew it. "So maybe I'll catch you later?" It was more like a question. Sakura pondered this and shrugged.
"Maybe." Replied the girl, pulling open one of the heavy doors. He grinned and waved once again, making his way away from her. Sakura turned and went through the door, making her own way up to her dorm room. It took a crowded elevator and two stops on the way up, but she had made it without much of a fuss. The girls were all staring at her hair for its pink color, but Sakura ignored them. She knew they admired the look of it, since it looked so silky. Maybe they thought the color was a little stupid, and she didn't admire it much either but it was okay. It's what made her, her.
Pulling out her card, she slid it in the door and then entered when it beeped twice, and the small light turned green. She entered, but was surprised at what she saw.
Probably the most gorgeous woman she has ever seen in her life. She had pretty, dark blue hair with a small bun to the left side, a light blue oragami rose in front of it. Her eyes were an amber color with a lot of gray mixed into it, and she also wore lavender eyeshadow and had a labret piercing. She was pale and seemed to stand at 5'7, and wore a suit with a black pencil skirt, her nails also painted an orange color. She wore black high heels, and now Sakura stopped.
"I am your roommate." Said the woman. She had a neutral expression to her. "The dorm room was filled so they placed you with me. My name is Konan." Sakura bowed slightly and nodded.
"Haruno Sakura." Replied Sakura, holding her stare on the woman.
"Nice to meet you. Please, do not be too loud when I am home. I enjoy my peace and quiet." The woman reasoned. Sakura nodded.
"I am also one for peace and quiet. Thank you." Sakura didn't know why she thanked Konan, but she felt that it was needed. "Please excuse me while I retire to my room for a little bit." Sakura walked past the woman, almost tensing as she felt her aura. Ignoring it, Sakura walked into her room and locked the door behind her, kicking off her shoes and getting dressed into a regular white tank top and some sweat pants rolled down to show her hips off.. even though she wasn't planning on showing anyone.
Hearing her phone ring, Sakura pulled it out from her backpack and answered it, walking to her window. "Hello?"
"Ohayo Sakura-chaaaan!" Three voices yelled. Sakura had to hold the phone away from her ear so she didn't get any hearing problems, though she still had a small smile on her face. Once they finished, Sakura leaned over on the window sill and pressed the iPhone up to her ear once again.
"Hey guys." Replied Sakura, her hues searching the crowds of teens playing around in the courtyard and what not.
"What's up, Sakura-chan?" Asked Ino. Sakura could hear the smile in her voice.
"Did'ja make any friends yet, huh huh huh?" Interrupted Tenten. Sakura furrowed her eyebrows as she stood up straight, walking out of her room and through the living room, all the way into the small kitchen.
"Not very much. You all know how I am." A warm smile spread onto Sakura's face as she opened the fridge door, crouching down to peer into it to search its contents. Some apples, saved ramen, cheese, lunch
"Sakura, you really need to open up! You're so.. " Ino paused. Sakura frowned and pulled an apple out of the fully stocked fridge. "Closed... up..?" She sounded unsure.
"For your information, I'm not closed up. I just don't like a lot of people." Sakura put the phone on speaker and placed it down on the counter. Sakura pulled out a knife and a cutting board, and then Hinata spoke out.
"You know that's not what she meant, Sakura-chan.." Smiling at the sound of one of her best friend's shy voice, Sakura pulled out a small bowl and then began chopping up the apple.
"Yeah, yeah, I know." The pinkette replied, grabbing the chopped up apple slices and putting them in the bowl. She grabbed some sugar and layered it on the slices before putting everything else away or in the sink. Taking her phone off of speaker, Sakura grabbed the bowl and walked into the living room, sitting herself down on the couch. She grabbed the remote and turned the TV on, flicking through the channels.
Soon enough, Sakura settled on Comedy Central and munched on her apple slices. "So Sakura-chan, we know you've probably been feeling down lately.." Tenten began. Sakura narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"Go on.."
"And since we're at school still-"
"You guys aren't out yet? What are you doing?" Sakura interrupted. What were they doing, anyway? School's been out for a small while over there.
"We were planning this call with you, with the guys! When we mentioned it at the lunch table this morning, they volunteered and all. Said they wanted to call, so-"
"SURPRISE SAKURA-CHANNNNN!" Sakura, once again, had to hold the phone away from her ear. Giggling, Sakura replied back when Ino and Tenten finished yelling at them for rudely interrupting them.
"Hey, guys! What's up?" She asked, leaning back into the couch, eyes trained on the TV but not really watching.
"You're asking what's up with us? What's up with you! You haven't even called since you got to wherever you are!" She heard Naruto bark at her. Sakura furrowed her eyebrows.
"Ah, Naruto... I just got here this morning." Silence engulfed the phone call, but Sakura broke it by giggling.
"ANYWAY, how is it there, Sakura?" Ino began. Sakura pondered this question for a small moment.
"It's.. all right." Replied the pinkette, shrugging her shoulders. "Nothing like I expected, though. It's very strict and clean. I thought it would be dinky and ugly. In reality, it's relatively nice here." Sakura nodded, agreeing with herself.
"Is it? Well, do you know if the sports festival is going to be there or here?" Asked Ino. Sakura arched an eyebrow. She sure was talking a lot. But that's just Ino. She talks too much for her own good anyway. Sakura reasoned.
"I'm not sure yet. I've only been here since this morning and only attended two classes. If I've gotten to know any people, it would probably be one person. But this one kid was staring at me in class. Real creepy like." Sakura whispered before she popped an apple slice in her mouth.
"Ew, do us a favor and keep away from the creeps over there." Tenten spat. Sakura nodded even though she knew they couldn't see her.
"Yeah," she chewed and then swallowed an apple slice. "I'll do that."
The call was finally over and Sakura was lying on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. She had absolutely no idea what to do, so she got up and grabbed some baby blue slippers and key card, and then made her way outside. Yawning, she stared at the woods, her hands in her back pockets. The woods were so ominous. So.. interesting. The trees looked like they belonged back in the edo period, huge, thousands of feet tall. If she could, she'd like to explore them one day. Yeah, she'd like to do that.
The woods, for some odd reason, brought her to think about those two kids; she noticed out of all of them those two just seemed kind of unordinary. Even if it was just by coincidence, it was odd that they both had been looking at her. Maybe the second guy only stared at her for a short period of time- well, even if he didn't, the fact that it seemed like he knew Sakura was staring at him was weird. She hadn't ever met two human beings like those two- or the guy Pein. The one in her Biology class almost creeped her out the most though, oddly enough. She felt like the guy with the red and green eyes would creep her out the most, but it was like the red haired guy refused to stop staring at her- the red haired one.
Frowning some, Sakura decided she would stop pondering it and just made her way back in front of the dorm. She got stopped right when she was about to open the door. "Maaa'! Sakura-san! I thought you said I'd probably see you again today." Maki began, grinning some. Sakura raised her eyebrows.
"I wasn't entirely sure if I was going to see you again. I said maybe." Her head cocked to the side, a small frown on her face.
"Oh, well, sorry. I just wasn't sure if I was going to see you or not. I just wanted to know if you wanted to watch me at football practice tomorrow, or hang out with my friends tonight." He offered. Sakura did ponder this for a small moment. It seemed like a chance she could make some friends, but she wasn't entirely sure if she could go. Besides, she didn't know Maki well enough.
"I'm not sure." Sakura said, her hands clasped behind her back. "I was planning on making a call to my friend tomorrow. It's the only day she's free." It was a quick and a good lie that she was sure she could use probably once more before they became suspicious of her lying.
"Oh, well what about tonight?" He asked, the smile he wore on his face only dimming slightly.
Now, Sakura had a lie for tomorrow. Not tonight. She didn't even know what she was going to say. "I'd love to, but I was going to spend some time with my room mate to get to know her well, since I just got here during lunch hour. I've only seen her once, but that was while I was on the phone and she was heading out the door just as I was coming in." That lie seemed believable.
"Oh, well who is your roomie?" He asked. The look on his face told her he was curious, but the look in his eyes told her that he was a little jealous. Sakura didn't like that too much and decided that she wouldn't tell him.
"As said, I was on the phone and she was on her way out. I didn't catch any names." He nodded slowly.
"But, if you didn't even talk then how are you busy tonight if you didn't even talk to her?" He asked. Sakura didn't even blink when she replied.
"She left a note for me on the counter that said we would talk after school." He nodded and frowned some, and Sakura felt a little bad. "But I could try and text her and tell her that I am hanging out with a friend for a little bit. She left her number on the note if I needed her." He instantly smiled and nodded, and Sakura pretended to text Konan. When she nodded, he grabbed her arm and dragged her all the way behind the school and across two feilds before getting to the football one. Sakura's eyes furrowed and she stared at the large field. "Wow. Pretty big football field." He looked to her and grinned.
"Uh, Sakura-san, all are this size. Or, high school ones at least. Anyway, we all meet here before we hang out. You can meet my friends and their girlfriends, too." He grinned and gave a thumbs up. Sakura smiled slightly and nodded. She thought it was really kind of him to be willing to introduce her to his friends.
"Uhh, sure." They trekked across the field and to a group of teens her age hanging out, some girls having their boyfriend's arms hooked around their shoulders. Sakura felt a little uncomfortable but ignored her feelings and followed him to them. They all seemed to notice her behind them.
"Hey guys. This is Sakura, and she's new." He grinned and motioned her to stand next to him. She arched an eyebrow at him and stood even a little in front of him.
"Hello." Sakura almost grounded out. She hated introducing herself to people. She liked it when they introduced themselves to her first. Why should she take the time out of her day to introduce herself to people who probably weren't even interested in her? "I'm Haruno Sakura. Nice to meet you." It wasn't easy to force things out of her.
"Hi," One of them began, jerking their head in an upward motion. There were three girls and three guys, six in total and Maki and Sakura making eight. "I'm Karin." Karin had red hair that was pretty and straight on one side and sort of choppy on the other. She had brown eyes framed by rectangle black glasses hung on the bridge of her nose. She was skinny but her thighs were a bit thick, causing an illusion of her having a big butt. She wore black yoga shorts with some sort of purple top that was a V neck and also showed her stomach in an upside down V cut as well. She wore white flip flops with her outfit as well, and had calculating eyes. Sakura nodded and offered a small smile. Karin didn't smile too much back, but more gave a sarcastic one if that was possible.
What looked to be her boyfriend grinned. "My name is Juro. Nice to meet you." He had brown hair in a cow lick and tan skin. He was relatively buff, and also had twinkling brown eyes. Sakura would have thought he was handsome if the red haired eye sore wasn't next to him. She dimmed his handsomeness down a bit. Now, Sakura couldn't stop these thoughts because she even knew she wasn't going to like Karin from the start.
The next girl just blinked and cocked her head back some. She had pretty long black hair held in a low ponytail and almost black eyes. She was pale and was probably the same height or so as herself and Karin. "Kin." The girl spoke. She also wore a green tank top and sweat pants that were camo printed. For shoes she wore black sneakers. On her forehead was a simple black bandana.
The man with his arm hooked around her waist had dark blue, almost black hair that spiked to the left. He was fair skinned and tall, and wore a simple tan shirt with red markings on it. His pants were matching Kin's, and same with the shoes. "Zaku." He only nodded once to her. Ew.. a matching couple? Who does that? That.. isn't cute at all, in her opinion.
"My name is Tayuya." Now, Tayuya had dark pink hair that could also be depicted as a light shade of red. Her eyes were a dark greenish brown, and she was kind of tan and was about their height as well. For clothes she wore a tan shirt with black skinny jeans and a purple belt. For shoes she wore black vans. Sakura didn't know what was up with these tan colors, but dismissed it easily.
It seemed she didn't have a boyfriend, but the boy next to her seemed friendly enough. He had bright orange hair and was way tall. He had fair skin and wore a dark blue shirt with black jeans. For shoes he wore black vans. His eyes were actually an orange color, and he had a soft look in them as well. "My name is Jugo." And he actually smiled when he looked at her. Sakura smiled slightly back.
"Well, it's nice to meet you all. I am Haruno Sakura." Even though her name had already been mentioned, she felt like she needed to mention it once again.
"All right, guys. Now that we're all introduced, we can go hang out somewhere!" He grinned.
Sakura trudged into her dorm room after she unlocked it, slouching as she walked. She was completely drained. They had went to go hang out outside of school since a few of them had cars and just made their way over to the mall. They had managed to stay there until 7:30. That was a good few hours that Sakura could have spent on her computer. She especially was embarrassed because she was wearing slippers and sweatpants. It made her feel ugly because the other girls still looked good even though two of them weren't really dressed up. Sakura just felt like she was all around ugly even when she was dressed up.
Walking over to the couch, she sat herself down and just laid back, staring up at the ceiling. Her eyes were really tired, she knew that. She could hardly even keep them open at the moment. Wiping her nose, she just laid there. "I am so tired.." The girl muttered, blinking twice. Her stomach then grumbled, so Sakura got up, walked into the kitchen and paused. A bowl of soup was lying on the counter, plastic wrap on top of it. Sakura touched the side and felt that it was still warm. Put out recently.
Smiling slightly, Sakura pulled out a spoon and pulled out a stool at the small bar in the small kitchen and began eating the soup, it filling her belly. When she was finished, she washed the bowl and spoon and then dried them, placing them in their respective places before walking out of the room.
As soon as she walked into the kitchen, Konan had walked out from her room. She wore a short satin looking night gown with her hair down and her make up taken off. Sakura offered a smile and stopped, resting on the wall.
"Ah.. Konan-san.. Thank you for saving me some soup. I really appreciate it." Sakura said. Konan looked up and nodded, a microscopic smile on her face.
"It was.. no problem."
Sakura nodded and stayed at the archway for a second, staring down at the carpet before she looked back up a moment later. "I wasn't planning to go to bed so soon. I'm sorry I can't have much of a conversation with you.."
Konan nodded and placed a resting hand on her room's door knob. "That's alright. Talk with me whenever you'd like." Sakura felt like this girl was being unusually kind to her, but that was just Sakura's persona. Not a lot of people were nice to her due to her odd looks. But this woman must know how it felt to have exotic hair and exotic eyes to match.
Sakura nodded and smiled a smile that was a bit more wide than the last. "Of course.. Ah, Konan-san.. If I may, what were you doing in that suit earlier? Are you a teacher, or..?"
"Not only am I a teacher, but I was also going out on a date.." Sakura felt like she had intruded too much and blushed.
"I'm sorry for asking."
"Don't be sorry. I am the one who chose to answer your question." Konan yawned, and Sakura followed her actions with a small smile.
"Yeah.. okay. Good night, Konan-san.." Sakura made her way into her room and shut it behind her, locking it as well. She changed out of her clothes and into a big t-shirt before falling onto her bed, hugging her pillow to her chest.