Five Flowers in the Midst of a Thousand Thorns

'Damn' Sakura thought as she was being pinned to the ground due to her opponent's foot.

Her opponent smirked "You're weak. Just what I'd expect from a girl." He said emphasizing the last part. "The fight's over. I won. Girls are and always will be weaker than boys. You'll just have to accept that." He chuckled and walked away.

Sakura got up and whipped the blood off her cheek.

Her worried friends stayed where they were while they were watching the fight. Knowing Sakura she wouldn't want their pity.

Sakura walked over to her friends remaining silent until she finally said, "I'll get that chicken haired bastard." (You all should know who that is so I won't spell it out for you.)

(Later at the already planned sleepover at Sakura's house)

"Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn." Sakura kept cursing angrily.

"Uh, Sakura?" TenTen asked.

"What?" She growled.

"Are you still upset about that fight?"

"Duh! I mean what the hell? Why couldn't I beat that bastard! I mean where the hell did he get off? That fucking bastard! I hope he dies and burns in hell then comes back and then dies and burns again!" Sakura finished her rant. Her friends remained silent. They all had known each other almost their whole lives… But Sakura was surprising them by really scaring them. "Worse of all that wasn't the first time I've heard a guy say those things. I just get tired of all these sexist prejudices that girls are weaker than boys." She had calmed down so her last comment was just full of sadness.

Flashback

Sakura, Ino, TenTen, Temari, and Hinata were just talking and walking along on their way to a sleepover at Sakura's house.

Sakura was talking, "You guys, I think I want to join a sports team. Do you think I should try out for football?"

The girls heard a mocking chuckle. They turned to see a guy with raven hair walking past them. "You? A girl? Play football?" He chuckled again. "Girls are too weak. You would just get hurt. Stick to healing people, cooking, or something else that girls do."

"Excuse me? Since when did I ask for opinion? What I do is none of your business. And Girls are not weak, we can do anything boys can and maybe even better." (She said maybe even instead of always because she's not sexist)

The guy stopped walking and turned around to face her. "All this is just talk. Can you prove that girls aren't inferior to boys?"

"Well, for one thing. At least we have some fashion sense." He cocked an eyebrow. "I mean we don't walk around wearing an oversized rubber suit with chicken butt hair to match." She smirked. (Sasuke was wearing the same outfit he was wearing when he fought Gaara)

His eyes narrowed into a glare. And within a split second he was gone, and before Sakura could react he punched her hard on the face and she fell to the ground. He smirked. "Normally I don't hit girls but you were pissing me off. Girls like you need to learn their place."

"Oh yeah? You want a piece of me, bastard?" Sakura lashed out with her super strength she had inherited through heredity from her mother Tsunade. But unfortunately it was useless Sakura didn't know any taijutsu. So Sasuke won the fight in the end.

End Flashback

"Sakura, its not your fault. The only ninja academy is an all boys' boarding school. That's way boys are stronger than girls. We just don't get a chance." Hinata informed her.

"I know that." Sakura looked down at her hands "I wish my mom hadn't taught me medical ninjutsu. I rather fight with the super strength she won't let me use."

"It sucks that we can't just go and ask them to make the school co-ed." Temari
sighed.

"Fate thou art cruel." Ino said.

"Ino, shut up. Don't go Shakespeare on me." Sakura said,

"So I guess we could be ninjas and enter that school if were boys right?" TenTen asked.

An idea popped into Sakura's head.

"Thank you TenTen!" Sakura attacked her with a super strength tackle hug.

"Hey! Get off me!"

"Oh sorry." Sakura got off of her and apologized.

"What was that all about?" TenTen asked rubbing her injured neck.

"Why don't we try to enter the ninja academy as boys?" Sakura asked and when everyone answered with a 'WTF?' she decided that was her cue to continue. "We can cut our hair, and disguise ourselves as boys and enter the school and learn to be ninjas!"

Everyone else was thinking, 'Sakura has lost it'

"Uh, Sakura? Did you happen to hit your head really hard during that fight?" Ino asked.

"No! I'm serious! Its worth a shot!" She pleaded.

"…"

"Oh, come on. It wouldn't be that hard!" Sakura continued. "Please!" She gave them puppy dog eyes.

"Tell me one thing. How will we get into the school? How will we disguise ourselves as guys? What will our parents think? And what would happen if they find out that we're girls while we're in the school?" TenTen asked showing Sakura the needed logic in her plan.

Sakura paused and thought about it before answering. "We will tell our parents that we want to go a boarding in Konoha that is co-ed. Get them to sign the needed paperwork for that school and copy over all their answers and signatures over to the Shinobi academy paperwork and send it in." (A/N: I thought that I might want to explain that Sakura, TenTen, Ino, Hinata, and Temari live in Suna. Sasuke was visiting he lives in Konoha.) "For the disguises we will cut our hair short and the school has a uniform that we will have to wear. But we will also need to buy some boys clothes for the weekends. And no one will find out our secret because we will be careful."

"Okay?" Sakura stuck her hand out in the middle of the circle the girls were making.

Everyone sighed.

"Sakura. If you're about to do some crazy-ass and spur of the moment plan, you are not leaving me out of it." Ino told her and put her hand on top of Sakura's.

"I'm for it. I guess." Hinata also agreed. She put her hand on top of Ino's.

"I wouldn't mind learning ninja techniques! Count me in! " TenTen cheered and put her hand on top of Hinata's.

Temari chuckled. "You guys are crazy. But I guess I'm crazy too because I'm agreeing to this." She put her hand on TenTen's.

Everyone's hands flew into the air and there was one big group hug.

A/N: Yeah, I know that was a cheesy ending to the first chapter. But the first chapter was originally longer but I decided it was too long so I ended the first charter here. So do you guys like the story? I don't have much else to say except-

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