Out with Old, In with New

A/N: Plz read my stuff at the end of the story. Thank You!:

Sakura looked outside her window and sighed. In the distance she could barely make out the images of her friends, who now, finished waving their arms tiredly, walked sulkily home.

Of course he wasn't there… why would he? He no longer had to show his commitment and besides it wasn't like it bothered her. Well it did sort of tick her off! The nerve of that bastard! She and him weren't exactly on stable ground but he could have at least come to say goodbye. Oh, well he was always stubborn… Temari and Kankurou came, though. Although they were friends with her only because of him, showing up despite that showed that they valued her friendship, as she did theirs.

Sakura sighed once more and looked at the town around her for one last time. She would miss it and its nice people. Thinking that this would probably be the last time she would see it, tears came to her eyes. Thinking about the way her time here ended made her finally breakdown and brawl.

Flashback:

"Well Sakura… I guess this is goodbye."

"Temari! Quit crying! This isn't a soap opera! Stop the waterworks!"

"I'm not crying!! I just got something stuck in my eye!" Temari said defiantly looking at her brother Kankurou, "I'm just going to really miss Sakura! Aren't you?"

"Of course I am but that doesn't mean I'm just going to have a mental breakdown at the bus stop!"

Temari blushed when she realized that the people around her were staring. "Uh… nothing to see here people…"

Sakura almost giggled at her friend's actions. Temari could always make a awkward situation have a casual atmosphere. And Kankurou did a good job too. Needless to say this was an awkward situation. He didn't show up, though he very well knew she would leave today. Sakura snapped back to reality when she realized Temari was saying something again.

"Sakura… I'm real sorry he didn't show up… I guess he just… well anyway I'm sorry."

"Don't worry Temari. I don't blame you and I don't really mind that he didn't come. It would have been awkward!" Sakura said cheerfully and laughing.

Her friends could see right through her though and felt pity for her. He had to make things worse didn't he? And right before she left too! They were planning to throw a big party to bid her farewell but he had to come and make things all awkward. Damnit!

Sakura finally bid them farewell and told them she would try to visit but they knew it wouldn't be possible considering her financial problems. Konoha was just to far away from Suna…

Saying goodbye they watched Sakura leave back to Konoha and her hometown. And also, they hoped, someone who would treat her gently and always pay attention to her. Someone who would mend her broken heart.

End of Flashback

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Sakura woke up early for today was the first day of school… yay. She combed her pink, waist-length hair and brushed her teeth after taking a hot bath. She was determined not to draw attention to herself like at her last time where everyone would look at her. At first she was worried if it was her forehead but then remembered she had grown into it the past year. Mostly boys looked at her and when she asked Temari why all she said was, "Ah… innocence."

This year would be different though she was going to make sure she was invisible! Then no one would hurt her. She would find friends who would like her for who she was not how she looked.

While thinking this Sakura got out her old uniform form Suna High. It had consisted of a red sailor tie, white collared blouse and a mid-thigh red skirt. The badge had a badger on it with an 'S' in the middle. The blouse was long-sleeved though it was optional to have it short or even none due to the heat. Sakura had ordered the long-sleeved since whenever she got bored she could play with the cuffs. She didn't wear the tie though since hardly anybody over there did and the teachers could care less.

She wondered what the dress code for this school would be. She signed up yesterday but they said it would be a week until they got her uniform. They only asked her size and dismissed her. Funny but she didn't even see the principle. Was that supposed to happen? The secretary at the desk had told her not to go inside the office, that the principle was busy. From behind the door she could here: " This is… ridiculous… how… raised you? Sit… disappointed… cafeteria… fumigated… pick up… Naruto! Uchiha! Nara! What did… think? Get away…?" It was obvious she was disciplining some students so Sakura left it at that and left. So now she was free to wear whatever she liked.

Sakura carefully picked out her clothes for that day. Loose cargo's that flared out and black t-shirt were soon ironed and ready. The shirt had a pink cherry blossom tree in the distance with petals blowing gracefully in the in the wind. She put her pink hair up in a tight bun with only a strand or two loose at the front shaping her face. She sighed, even if she did pick out her lamest clothes(everything else if bright and mostly pink) she would never blend in. She had PINK hair! She really should have dyed it…

Sakura quickly ate some toast and walked out of her apartment. She didn't bother to check the mail. Nobody here knew her and Suna would take at least two days to get their mail over here. Quietly Sakura continued to walk to school wondering if she would recognize anybody here. She moved when she was four now she was sixteen. That was a twelve year difference. Even if she could recognize somebody here they probably would have forgotten about her. Come on, the only thing distinguishable about her when she was four was her FOREHEAD. Everyone teased her so her parents decided to send her to Suna where she could have a new environment and another chance to make friends. Unfortunately it didn't totally work… she still was teased, and pushed around but she didn't dare tell her parents after all the money they spent to get her to Suna. Everything wasn't a total waste though. When she was twelve she met Temari and Kankurou not to mention HIM. She had the best four years of her life there and she met someone she was sure she could love for the rest of her life.

However fate intervened, her parents, who lived in Konoha for business, died in a car crash last week so on short notice she was to come back for the funeral. She did not, however, have the money to buy a ticket back to Suna so she was to attend school at Konoha. When she turned seventeen she would be handed half of the business her family owned and when she was eighteen she would be fully entrusted with the Haruno estates and businesses. For now though she was only to be given a thousand a month for daily living which was hardly enough to pay for food and bills not to mention rent.

Sakura rounded a corner and gasped at what she saw. It was huge! Man wouldn't she love to live here! In front of her stood the biggest mansion she ever saw. It was probably bigger than a town! She was impressed although she could only see directly in front of the house and none of the garden. The walls were high and had camera's everywhere but the gate stood ajar. Sakura peered down the sidewalk and noticed a blonde shouting at the mansion. She strained her ears to catch what he was saying which wasn't very hard to do.

"Hurry up teme! Stop staring at the mirror and let's go!" the blonde shouted impatiently.

"Shut up dobe! If you want to get to school so early then buy your own damn car! I don't know why I have to be the one to drive you all to school!" a deep voice shouted back.

"Cuz' Shikamaru's too lazy to drive. Neji can't drive until Hinata can and the stupid driver's ed teacher doesn't pass me!" the blonde shouted back.

"Then walk! You were born with legs so use them!"

"Hey, Uchiha, Naruto quit arguing, we'll be late." Another voice said from inside a black jeep. Soon after this was said the blonde shouted, "Yeah Sasuke, were gonna be late cuz' of you!"

"Naruto it wasn't just him it's you, whatever it's too troublesome to deal with you so early in the morning…" the voice said lazily.

The blonde obviously called Naruto just ignored the voice and called out again, "Teme! Hurry up- oh hello Mrs. Uchiha!"

"Hello Naruto, dear. What are you doing?", the lady asked.

"Nothing much, just telling teme to hurry up and get down here so we could get to school." Naruto said cheerfully.

The lady was obviously used to this action so she just said, "Sasuke honey, could you hurry up and get down here?"

Sasuke or Uchiha or teme appeared at the front door. Sakura nearly gasped when she saw him. He was wearing her new school boys' uniform which was black slacks and a simple white buttoned shirt. There was supposed be a dark forest green tie but the boy deliberately left it off and left two of the button on the shirt open. The shirt was tucked out and the jacket was no where in sight. He held keys in his hands and had a bored expression on his face. His eyes were onyx and aloof. He looked well built and his hair stuck out at the back. His face was smooth and pale but not sickly pale. All in all he was gorgeous!

"Mother please don't call me 'honey' and Naruto try not to wake up the rest of the world." Sasuke said indifferently.

"Sorry Sasuke. Won't happen again, unless I feel like it." The woman said cheerfully and mischievously. The blonde behind her laughed and said, "Teme oh I mean honey… ow!"

Naruto clutched his head where Sasuke hit him, whimpering. "Uchiha come on before your fan girls come looking for you. That boy we forced to look like you won't hold all of them off for long. Let's go- awww man. Just great, one of your fans has found us…" a boys' voice said. Suddenly everybody turned to look at Sakura as she turned red with embarrassment.

"Oh? Who's this Sasuke? Your girlfriend?" the woman next to Naruto asked.

"No, I have no clue who she is, let's go dobe, get in the car before I leave you behind." Sasuke said uncaringly looking away and heading for the driver's door of the jeep.

"Wait Sasuke! Hey girl, yes you with the pink hair! Come here for a minute!" Mrs. Uchiha said calling over to Sakura. Sakura was confused for a second and looked around to see if she could have meant someone else but she mentally kicked herself after realizing that she was probably the only girl in town with pink hair. Sakura considered taking off but decided that would be rude so she obliged and headed toward the group.

"Y-yes m-ma'am?" Sakura said nervously looking at the woman and others.

"Man, she sounds just like Hinata, troublesome…" the lazy voice said again.

"Hello dear. What is your name?" the lady asked politely.

'My god woman, I'm nervous not four!' Inner Sakura yelled.

"Sakura." Sakura said simply trying to think of anyway to get the hell out of that situation.

"Where are you headed?" the lady said in the same talking-to-4-year-old-tone. It was irritating.

"School. I just moved here. I'm headed for Konoha High." Sakura replied.

"Konoha High? Do you need a ride? Sasuke here can give you one, right Sasuke?" the lady asked/told Sakura while looking at her son. Sasuke opened her mouth to protest but thought better of it when he saw the look on his mother's face.

"Whatever, let's go girl." Sasuke said motioning her to the back seat. Sakura then opened her mouth and said, "N-no it's alright. I can walk, I'll just be going now." She turned to leave but the blonde gently grabbed her wrist and said, "No! You can come! Don't mind teme he's just ticked cuz'… well never mind come on!"

Naruto pulled her towards the back seat door and encouraged her in. Sakura climbed onboard only to find two more guys in the jeep. One was on the passenger side the other farther down to the right in the backseat. The one in the front had long brown hair tied at the back. He was also wearing the school uniform but he had the tie on with the jacket. Sakura guessed he was probably the most responsible out of the three. His eyes were white and they narrowed slightly when she came in. The other one had brown eyes that had a lazy look in them. His hair was up in a ponytail. He was wearing the uniform too and also had on the tie, though he left it hanging around his neck with one button undone. The jacket was lazily put around his shoulders and he didn't bother to put his arms in it. He stopped mid-yawn when she came in.

"Hey, since when did Sasuke let broads get in his car?" the lazy one asked.

"Since my mother invited them to." Sasuke replied with a tint of anger as he climbed into the drivers seat.

"Oh shut it you guys! She's new so don't worry about her being a fan okay?" Naruto said as he sat next to Sakura. His uniform wasn't even totally buttoned up. It stopped halfway up though he did have a simple white shirt underneath. His tie was nowhere to be seen and he jacket was now currently laid down on the floor of the car. He had cerulean blue eyes that were full of excitement and determination. He seemed to be friendly since he so easily invited Sakura into the car.

"So… Shikamaru?" Naruto asked with a sly look on his face. The lazy boy opened his eyes in response.

"How's Ino been lately?" Naruto asked trying to stifle a laugh while the boy named Shikamaru turned slightly red.

"How would I know? Anyway Uchiha…" the boy nervously said trying to change the subject.

"Don't even think about it Nara, and don't drag me into your relationship problems" Sasuke said stopping at a red light.

'Nara? Uchiha? Haven't I heard these names before? Also Naruto… Hey these were the names of the people who got in trouble with the principle when I went to register! Haven't I heard the name Uchiha before that also…' Sakura thought while the four guys continued to talk.

"So when are you going to finally going to ask Ino on a date with you? Or are you to chicken? Better not be, you need to hit it with Ino so I can get closer to Hina…" Naruto cut off when he looked at the boy in the passenger seat.

"Uzumaki stay away from my cousin or I'll beat you to a pulp." The guy said calmly with a dangerous tone.

'Ino…' Sakura thought.

"Relax Neji, I'm just playing. Anyway back to Ino, so are you asking her to the dance next week or no? If you plan to you better do it fast because I heard she's in high demand right now…"

"Ino? Do you mean Ino Yamanaka?" Sakura said suddenly, breaking there conversation. All eyes turned on her, even Sasuke looked at her through the mirror.

"Hey Naruto, I thought you said she was new. How is she supposed to know Ino?" Shikamaru said, angry that Sakura found out that he had feelings for some girl.

"Um… I knew Ino when I lived in Konoha. We were best friends before I left to Suna…" Sakura said hurriedly trying to explain.

"Best friends?" Sakura nodded.

"Hey Nara, she can help you score with Ino!" Naruto shouted at Shikamaru. He looked as if he just had the greatest idea in the world. Too bad that Sakura was too good of a friend to do that.

"Hold on! What do you mean 'score' if your planning to do something with Ino then hurt her I'll have nothing to do with it." Sakura said defiantly looking at the boys.

They all looked at her with astonishment. They thought that she was a quiet girl like Hinata but she was turning out to be just as tough as Ino…

"Don't worry, I don't plan to do anything. Naruto just says stupid things without even thinking before he says them. Don't blame him though, it's tough to manage without a brain…" Shikamaru said.

"Yeah what he sa- hey!" Naruto said looking at Shikamaru.

"So you lived in Suna?" Sasuke spoke up suddenly looking at Sakura through the mirror.

Sakura met his gaze but he suddenly turned away to look at the road. "Yeah, for twelve years."

"Hn."

Sakura was confused. Didn't he want to know something about it? It seemed like he was really interested in it.

"What Sasuke really wants to ask you is if you ever met a guy named Gaara?" Naruto asked bluntly getting to the point.

Sakura went rigid. Should she tell them? No they wouldn't understand being guys. They would probably make fun of her. Besides they just met her. Instead she replied "N-no"

The other guys continued talking on random subjects, finally leaving poor Shikamaru alone. Sasuke however kept on looking back at Sakura, who was currently looking out the window. He knew she knew more than she let on but he wouldn't push the matter, yet. Instead he asked, "Hey pinky…"

"WHAT!!"

All of the guys stared at her. One is shock, another annoyed, another interested, and the last sleepy. "Uh… girl?" Naruto asked coming out of his shocked state.

"My name is Sakura! Not girl, not forehead, and definitely NOT PINKY!!!"

"Okay, okay, we get it! It's Sakura, nothing else kay? Now could you please stop shouting, I'm trying to sleep…" Shikamaru asked as he yawned and blinked lazily.

"Hn… Hey pinky, like I was saying, why did you move back here. Why not stay in Suna?"

"I told you not to call me pinky!" Sakura shouted, ticked beyond belief at the raven-haired boy.

'Chyaa! You're lucky you're in the front seat you bastard or I would have demolished you by now!!!" Inner Sakura screamed.

"Like I care, just answer the question." Sasuke said sending a death glare at her.

Too bad Sakura was used to death glares so it didn't faze her. She actually sent one straight back at him. In her mind Inner Sakura was going multiple ways of how to kill the bastard without getting any blood on her clothes. It would be a pain to take it to the cleaners.

"That is none of your business, chicken-hair!"

Sasuke slammed the breaks suddenly and turned around to look at Sakura. "What did you just call me?"

Sakura was scared the shit out of his tone but she wouldn't let him know it. "What's the matter, are you deaf or something?" she said in a mocking tone.

"What did you just call me?"

"What you heard."

"What's the matter, to scared to say it again huh, pinky?" Sasuke said mocking her which got her even more pissed than she already was.

"Hell no, chicken-shit." Sakura said, trying to remember what Temari had taught her to do in situations like this. However she knew that this wasn't an ordinary situation, since Sasuke showed no intention of backing down.

Instead he suddenly reached out to grab her wrists, applying pressure slowly with each passing second. "Don't ever let me catch you call me that again."

"Sue me!!!"

Sasuke opened his mouth to retort again when the boy next to him finally spoke up and said, "Uchiha, you should know better than to hurt girls. Also, just because your in a bad mood over yesterday does not mean you can take it out on anybody else."

"Hn, whatever Hyuuga." Sasuke said as he roughly let go of Sakura's wrist and turned back to driving. Sakura looked at her savior to say 'thank you' but found he was looking back at the front. The other two boys looked calm but their eyes said they were alert. Sasuke was obviously not in a very good mood and they knew it.

Sakura thought about why he got mad at her in the first place. All she did was call him chicken-hair and he called her pinky. Both words reminded her of him. He would always call her that and she heard him call someone chicken-hair before. Who, she had no clue. He was always so mysterious, but that was partly the reason she… no don't think about it now. She'd break down and cry again. Too late…

The two guys next to her started to panic as they witnessed tears come to her eyes. Had Sasuke hurt her that bad? "Um… Sakura-chan? Are you okay? Was it teme cause I can hurt him if you like…" Naruto asked worriedly looking at her while occasionally looking up at Sasuke to glare at him. Sasuke didn't appear to be affected by any of it, he just looked annoyed.

"What? Are you going to start crying now? Damn you're really weak…" Sasuke said sneering at her.

Weak… "I'm not crying because of you chiken-hair! I just thought about something right now that's all." Sakura yelled.

"Yeah, right. Wow your parents must be so proud to have a wimp like you for a daughter." Sasuke said looking back at her.

Parents… "Yeah and yours must be so proud to have a dill-hole like you for a son, chicken-shit!" Sakura said as more tears started to flow out.

"I told you not to call me that, pinky!"

Stop… please stop… leave me alone… please… somebody help me… please… I don't want to cry anymore…

Sakura had it with him and his stupid ass attitude. Even if he was drop-dead gorgeous, his attitude ruined it. She was not going to put up with him. What was she going to do? She did the most sensible thing there was to do. She waited for the next red light, shoved Naruto out of the way, and walked out without looking back. She didn't care anymore, about anything. Why should she? She wasn't supposed to cry anymore either, she promised herself that, but here she was crying over some random guy she just met. How she wished that someone would come and heal her heart.

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"Damn Uchiha, why did you have to go and mouth off like that?" Shikamaru asked as he watched Sakura walk out of view of the window. "You could have been a little nicer."

"Hn, like I give…"

"Teme, why the hell did you do that!? That girl was really nice and she was pretty too. You just had to go and take your problems onto her didn't you?" Naruto said angrily looking at Sasuke.

Sasuke merely pulled into the school driveway and parked the car without saying a word. As he got out he was met by a very angry Ino. "Where is Naruto!?"

"Obviously not here so move." Sasuke said trying to get by. Naruto had in reality got out of the car on the opposite side where he had hoped to get away from danger, unfortunately he still met it. It went by the name of TenTen.

"Uzumaki! You have some explaining to do! Why did you even think about putting rabbit droppings into the cafeteria food?" TenTen asked pinning Naruto to the side of the jeep with a pin.

Flashback

"Man, I'm hungry! Note to self: never skip dinner and breakfast ever again. Wonder what they're serving for lunch. Maybe I'll actually eat something today considering my hunger." Ino said heading to the cafeteria with TenTen and Hinata. The two girls agreed with her and waited in line to get the food. After getting it they went to their usual table when a girl next to them suddenly shrieked and dumped food all over TenTen, who had just taken a bite out of the food.

TenTen got angry and grabbed some of her food and threw it randomly somewhere. Unfortunately it had landed on someone who loved food fights and soon food was everywhere. A regular food fight was fine but it was soon discovered that the reason the girl had shrieked was because the pellets in the food looked similar to the droppings her rabbit made, a little too similar for her taste.

So now everybody who was in the cafeteria at that time was now covered in rabbit poop and all because of a certain blonde and his two friends. However Naruto had forced them into it so it was mostly his fault, meaning he was to blame.

End of Flashback

"Hehe… sorry TenTen. I didn't mean for everyone to be covered in them. I just wanted the inspectors to fire the cafeteria ladies and hire someone who would cook ramen for me." Naruto said innocently.

"What kind of excuse is that? Naruto prepare to die!" TenTen shouted angrily.

"Yamanaka." Neji said suddenly, causing everyone to look at him. They were all friends here but Ino and Neji rarely talked to each other.

"Huh? What do you need Neji?" Ino said confused the Neji was talking to her.

"Do you know a girl by the name of Sakura? She said she knew you before she moved to Suna. She has green eyes and pink hair though I don't know if it's natural…" the prodigy asked Ino.

"Sakura? Not that I know of… a girl with pink hair? Is she some freak you guys met or is this just a distraction to get Naruto out of trouble, cuz it won't work you know!" Ino said looking at the boy steadily, trying to figure out if it was all a joke.

"I-ino-chan? I-isn't S-sakura the n-n-name of that g-girl you t-told me and TenTen about?" Hinata asked as she finally got the nerve to speak. All along she was behind the car waiting for her friends to quit arguing. Out of all of them, she was the most tranquil. She was sweet, and beautiful but she stuttered a lot, especially in front of a certain blonde.

Everyone turned expectantly at Ino while she tried to remember what Hinata was talking about. "Sakura? Of course, forehead girl! What about her? Did you guys meet her somewhere? I heard she was moving back to Konoha! Well?" Ino said, bombarding the boys with questions about her childhood friend.

"Well, we did meet her, actually we gave her a ride, but it didn't go very well…" Shikamaru said speaking up.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, Sasuke here was having one of those days and sorta mouthed off at her, so she decided to walk to school and got off two lights down."

An anger sign appeared at the side of Ino's head as she said through gritted teeth, "What exactly did Uchiha say?"

All the guys looked warily at her. It was common knowledge that Ino had had a crush on Sasuke Uchiha when she was a child. Even though she had eventually grown out of the crush, she couldn't quite demolish the habit of calling him Sasuke-kun. Calling him Uchiha was a sure sign that she was ticked at the boy and would hurt him if push came to shove.

"Nothing that bad, I think. All he did was call her pinky, weak, and… oh yeah, that she was an embarrassment to her parents." Shikamaru said as casually as he could.

"An embarrassment to her parents?" Ino said quietly. The boys nodded , a little frightened that Ino said something 'quietly'.

"An embarrassment to her parents?" Ino said a little more sharply glaring at the Uchiha.

"Do you realize what you have done Uchiha? My god, you're the stupidest, most uncaring asshole I have ever met! Sakura can't be an embarrassment to her parents and you want to know why?" Ino dared Sasuke to ask.

"No, why don't you tell me?" Sasuke said sarcastically and rudely grabbing his backpack from the trunk of the jeep.

"BECAUSE HER PARENTS ARE DEAD!!!!!" Ino said angrily clutching her fists when she saw that the Uchiha continued on ahead uncaringly towards the school building.

"Uchiha! Did you here me?!" Ino shouted at him.

"How could I not? You're so damn loud. Why should I care if some girl's parents are dead? It's not my problem." Sasuke said in an indifferent tone.

"Oh, that's right, you only care about yourself, you selfish bastard! That and trying to beat Itachi, which we all know will never happen!" Ino said, loosing her emotions.

Sasuke went rigid and stopped . "That's right! Poor Sasuke! He so caught up with trying to surpass his brother he doesn't care about anyone else. When are you going to realize that your father will never love or respect you as much as he does Itachi? Face it Sasuke, you're like dirt to him, and you always will be! Your totally useless to him and…"

Shikamaru clamped his hand over Ino's mouth. "Ino, shut it!" Shikamaru hissed as he saw the Uchiha open his mouth and say, "Don't waste your breath Yamanaka, I already know all that."

Sasuke continued walking towards his classes, uncaring and cold as usual. But what did you expect, he was Sasuke Uchiha, and his heart of ice would never melt.

Sakura forced herself to calm down before she entered the building. Going into school, crying, on your first day, would not make a good first impression. She didn't want to be seen as a weak little girl anymore. She was determined to not let anyone pick on her anymore. Technically the promise was already broken because of Sasuke but she shrugged that off and headed for the front office to get her schedule. The secretary quickly gave her the schedule and shooed her out again. Sakura looked down curiously at her schedule:

1st pd.- A/P English III – room 207- Kakashi

2nd pd.- A/P Chemistry- room 301- Anko

3rd pd.- A/P Geometry- room 501- Asuma

4th pd.- Gym(1st sem.)- gym- Guy

4th pd.- Health(2nd sem.)- 704- Ibiki

5th pd.- homeroom(15 min.)/lunch- 207- Kakashi

6th pd.- Art- 712- Kurenai

7th pd.- Spare

8th pd.- Medical Training(college course)- Leaf College- Tsunade

'Great my spare is seventh period… so much for doing homework then…' Sakura thought heading for her first period. 'Room 207? Is that on the first or second floor?'

Sakura was a straight 'A' student at Suna High so when she transferred here, she was automatically put in 3 advance placement classes. She was a junior but she only needed three more credits to have 29 although she only needed 24. She applied for more because she knew it would look good on her résumé when she applied for a job at the hospital. She wanted to be a doctor so she also applied for medical training at the local college. It didn't cost her anything so she was happy although she would have to ride a bus with another handful of students over there.

She wondered vaguely what her fellow students and teachers were like. At Suna most of them were strict about schoolwork, no matter how laidback they seemed about dress code. Suna was a top school because of it and Sakura being a top student in there automatically made her a genius in the governments' eyes. Sakura heard that Konoha was a good school too, but focused more on sports than academic work. Sakura fell short on these terms but she considered herself fairly good at volleyball, though she was more interested in basketball. Being interested in basketball is what got her and him introduced in the first place, so she wasn't so sure about her liking towards the sport now.

Sakura finally found the room and entered long after the bell rang. 'Hope he doesn't count me tardy since I'm new.' Sakura thought as she looked around for the teacher. Fortunately for her, he was nowhere in sight. Instead students were everywhere, throwing paper planes, wads and other stuff. Some were sleeping but most were talking. Sakura thanked god that none paid any attention to her, like she wanted. Now, where the hell was she supposed to sit?

As if god answered her prayers, the teacher suddenly appeared at the doorway, making all the students scram for their seats. He had silvery hair that was combed to one side and had a mask covering most of his face, only leaving one eye uncovered. In his hand he was holding an orange book. As Sakura looked closer she found that it was the latest version of Icha Icha Paradise, a dirty book that most of the guys in Suna loved to read. How could the school allow such a man to teach here? As Sakura pondered this the teacher began to speak, "Sorry class, my neighbor's cat was stuck up in the tree so naturally I had to go and…"

"Save it, sensei! Everyone knows it's a lie! Your neighbor has a dog not a cat!" the class said in unison.

"Yeah, how you guys know about my neighbor I'll wonder about later, it seems we got a new student. Will you please introduce yourself young lady?" the teacher said smiling and looking at Sakura.

All eyes turned towards her as Sakura opened her mouth and said, "Um… yeah, my name is Haruno Sakura, yes this is my natural hair color, I just moved back here from Suna."

"From Suna?"

"Yeah."

"Do you know about a guy named Gaara?" a random person asked.

'Why do they all want to know about him?' "N-not really." Sakura said nervously.

"Oh, do you play sports?"

"Just volleyball, and some basketball though I'm not very good at it…" Sakura replied wishing with all her heart that the teacher would just let her go and sit down.

"Why are you wearing a jacket when it's 90 degrees outside?"

"Uh… cause it just seemed like a good idea this morning?" Sakura said laughing nervously.

"Can you take it off? Looking at you makes me burn up and I'm not even the one wearing the damn thing!"

"Um… well… I don't really want to if that's okay?"

"No it's not…"

"Okay, Motoko. That's enough of harassing the new student okay? Sakura you can sit next to Sasuke at the back. I'm pretty sure you know where that is so I'll leave you to it." Kakashi said, gently intervening and motioning for her to go to the back of the classroom.

Sakura went rigid when she heard the name Sasuke but then thought that there was still a chance of it being someone else other than Uchiha so she obliged and headed for the back. Unfortunately it turned out to be the boy from the jeep so she nearly fainted when she got to her seat. 'Okay, this is a totally controllable situation. All I have to do is ignore the bastard for the rest of the year and I'll be fine. Yeah! That'll work! Now ignore, ignore, ignore…'

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Sasuke opened his eyes when he heard the teacher mention his name. What did the horny bastard want now? However as soon as he opened his eyes his vision was overcome with pink hair. 'That girl is in this class? Great, yet another annoying being I have to put up with. Honestly the only thing girls are good for is sex and reproduction, other than that they should just stay home and do everything we tell them to.' Sasuke thought. He watched as the girl suddenly walked towards him and was slightly alarmed as she came closer, but she just turned and sat down next to him without saying a word.

He raised his eyebrow slightly, he expected her to talk to him about what happened that morning but she didn't say anything. Guess she wasn't the type to complain, which he saw as good since he absolutely hated people who did nothing but complain about their stupid problems. Maybe he could live with her sitting next to him. So long as she didn't complain, he wouldn't kick her out of the school.

He looked forward again only to see that a certain blonde was looking at him with a look that said, "Don't hurt her bastard or you won't see the light of day!" Sasuke just ignored it and decided to look out the window. This was going to be a long day.

Sakura sighed when the bell finally rung. She ran for the door since she doubted the next teacher would take her excuses of being late was that she was new and didn't know her way around. Next was Chemistry with someone named Anko. She hoped she was nice and patient since chemistry was Sakura's worse subject. In Suna the teacher was constantly yelling at her for being so stupid even though Sakura really did try hard in the class. Back in those days he would always have to step in and tell the teacher to shut it and continue teaching in order to stop Sakura from crying. He was so sweet and nice but now he was as much as a bastard as… Uchiha.

The bastard didn't even apologize or anything! What was up with him? First he deliberately made fun of her, then hurt her, then went so far as to say that her parents were… Oh, well. It was not as if she could do anything about it. Besides he probably didn't even totally mean it. The Neji dude did say that he was having a bad morning right? So maybe he was actually very nice inside. Maybe they could be friends. She really wanted to be friends with those guys. They seemed so fun and happy. She wished she could join in the glee but they probably never wanted to see her again after this morning.

Suddenly Sakura was on the floor, face down, with something heavy on top of her. Not only was it heavy, it was loud!

"Forehead! Oh my god! Why didn't you tell me that you were coming back today?" the thing asked using Sakura's old nickname. However Sakura found that she wasn't totally annoyed by this, considering the tone of the girl who was saying it.

"I-ino? Ino! Wha..? I mean hey! How have you been?" Sakura said happy to find one of her old friends and happy since she finally knew someone in the cursed school.

"Same old, same old. More importantly Sakura, how have you been? I heard Sasuke Uchiha mouthed off at you about some stuff. Are you okay cause Sasuke can be brutal when he's in a bad mood." Ino asked her friend worriedly checking for any sign of tears. She knew she wasn't likely to find any sign cause this was Sakura and she had always been an expert at hiding her pain.

"Oh, I'm okay. He just… anyway, how do you know about that?" Sakura asked quickly changing the subject. She wanted to forget about that as soon as possible and an interrogation from Ino wasn't going to help her memory. Besides, didn't Ino say that the Uchiha was just having a moods swing?

"Oh the Neji asked me if I knew you and I said yeah and then he said that the guys had given you a ride and then I didn't believe them cause they usually distract me and the girls…" Ino jerked her head to the back of her where a girl with white eyes and purple hair was timidly waiting and a girl with a pair of scizzors and her hair in two buns was playfully threatening a freshy for staring at her for too long, "… when were about to punish Naruto, but then they explained what happened, and then I got mad at Sasuke-kun and told him stuff that he doesn't like, I'll have to apologize later… Anyway now were here!!!" Ino cheerfully threw her arms in the air after the long but quick explanation. She then roughly grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her over to the two other girls, the one in buns had finally stopped harassing the student and looked up at her expectantly.

"Sakura, meet TenTen, TenTen, meet Sakura. Sakura, meet Hinata, Hinata, meet Sakura. TenTen is great with sharp objects so don't worry about her accidentally stabbing you, if she wants to she will. Hinata here is very shy and stutters a lot but once she gets used to you she'll stop." Ino explained introducing the girls.

TenTen nodded her head in greeting as she looked around for another freshman to harass while Hinata said, "H-hello."

Sakura smiled brightly and said, "Nice to meet you two! What are your next classes?"

Ino answered for all of them and told her that she and Hinata had chemistry while TenTen had Archery. She also told Sakura that TenTen was already a Senior though she was going to take all college courses the next year so that she could stay in Konoha High with the group and still get credits. Sakura smiled happily when she learned that two of her friends were in her class and was impressed when she learned that TenTen was the top archer in the school.

The bell rang signaling the end of passing period, and students out in the halls hurriedly ran to their next class. After saying goodbye to TenTen the three other girls quickly walked down the hall into room 301. Sakura was relieved to find that once again the teacher was late and cautiously followed Ino to the back of the classroom. When Ino sat she beckoned for Sakura to sit next to her while saying, "Some annoying girl used to sit here but don't worry about it. She'll move, so long as we get Sasuke-kun to ask her when he comes."

"Sasuke?" Sakura repeated. 'So he sits on one of the other seats?' Sakura thought as she glanced at the two seats directly in front of Ino and her. The labs each held four people in total. Since she and Ino took two of the seats already, and Uchiha the other, she wondered who would sit in the last seat. If she had a choice between any of the other boys in the jeep earlier this morning, she would pick the blonde, since he seemed very nice but she had neither saying nor right to think that.

"Yes, Sasuke-kun. That girl was his fangirl so he should have no problem getting her to give up her seat in an exchange for a few words with her. The most damage is that he'll probably have to French her but considering how he whors himself, it shouldn't bother him." Ino explained, having no clue how her words were affecting Sakura right now.

'Fangirl? French her? Whor himself? What type of guy is he?!' Sakura thought, however all she repeated was simply, "Fangirl?"

"Oh! Right! I forgot to tell you that most of the female population in this school is part of the Uchiha Fanclub. They're all a bunch of zombie girls trying to get Sasuke-kun's attention by whoring themselves too. Although I think he deserves it anytime, the way they treat him is brutal! They jump on him every chance they get and start to coo his name. Some of them even have the nerve to hug him from behind and squish him while asking him on a date. Usually he turns them down but if he's in a horny mood he'll say yes and invite them to stay the night if you catch my drift." Ino explained once again. To Sakura it sounded as if this guy was one big player, and exactly the type of guy that she hated. She thought of what it would be like to have a bunch of people swarm and squish you, trying to get you to go out with them although they barely even know who you are. Suddenly she felt very sorry for the Uchiha and reasoned that he was probably uncaring because of this. She even considered forgiving him for what happened earlier this morning and start over with him. She knew what it was like to be judged by the outside of you and not by who you truly were. Uchiha was probably very lonely inside…

"Lately the girls have been keeping clear of him since he has a girlfriend but now that they…" Ino continued.

"He has a girlfriend?" Sakura asked suddenly.

"Huh? Uh, her name was Ami but yesterday she broke up with him, saying that she didn't want to go out with some poor bastard who was obsessed with some dude named Gaara. She said that he never paid attention to her instead and that he was probably some gay guy deep inside. She also said that she didn't want to be seen with a guy who looked like he had a chiken-ass for a head. What's worse is that she said it over the intercom so the whole school heard it. Honestly Ami…"

"What about Ami?" a cold voice asked behind the two girls, breaking Ino's explanation off.

The two girls slowly turned around, both praying that it wouldn't be Sasuke they saw, unfortunately fate wasn't on their side because when they turned around they looked straight at the face of an angry Uchiha Sasuke.

"H-hello Sasuke-kun." Ino stammered out trying to laugh. It didn't work.

"What about Ami?" Sasuke repeated, staring intently at he blonde girl, not bothering to even acknowledge Sakura.

"Um… well… you see… I sorta told Sakura here about her and you." Ino confessed in a small voice.

The raven-haired boy finally looked at Sakura, who in turn studied him closely while she could. She could tell that this boy was very athletic because of his skinny yet muscular build. She could also see that he was quick and agile. His arms revealed muscular forearms and before she could catch herself she wondered what he looked like underneath the shirt. She slowly raised her gaze from his stomach his face that was smooth. She attempted to look into his eyes but as soon as she spotted them he looked somewhere else. His voice suddenly filled her ears, "Look pinky, if your planning to sit there you better not talk or else. And don't ask Yamanaka here about me or anything that involves me got it."

"Oh come on teme. If she does that then she'll never learn about the ropes here." A friendly voice said coming from behind of Sasuke. Suddenly Naruto's head popped out behind of Sasuke and smiled warmly at Sakura. "Don't mind anything teme here says okay?"

Sakura looked at Naruto and couldn't help but smile when he turned around at Sasuke and said, "Now honey if you're done bullying the other children can you please sit down." For emphasis Naruto pushed Sasuke towards the other seat and gestured for him to sit down while taking out the seat for him. At this Sasuke whacked him on the head and retorted, "Shut up, dobe. And never call me 'honey' again or I'll tell Hyuuga about last week."

Naruto miraculously shut up, but Ino seemed interested in this latest piece of gossip that could even make Uzumaki Naruto shut up. "What? What happened Sasuke –kun?" she wined tugging playfully at his sleeves.

"Stop it Yamanaka."

"Hell no Sasuke! Not until I hear what Naruto did." Ino said while she continued to woo Sasuke.

"You're evil Yamanaka… Anyway, you remember when Neji told everyone that someone had broken the window of Hiashi's room while he was away and left Neji in charge?" Sasuke asked relieved that Ino stopped touching him when he started to explain. Ino nodded.

"Well, it was Naruto who broke it. He was trying to ask Hinata out and started to throw pebbles at the window to get her attention, you know like in the stupid chick movies? Well he accidently threw a huge rock and missed her room and hit Hiashi's." Sasuke explained ignoring the blue-eyed boys begs for him not to tell anymore.

Ino looked evilly at Naruto. "Wow, Neji would be pissed if he ever found out about that. The head of the family finally left Neji in charge of he estate and you ended up breaking up a window. And on top of that the reason you broke the window was because you were trying to ask out his cousin, ignoring his order to stay away from her." Ino whistled. Apparently this was a very bad thing to do.

"Please don't tell Neji! He'll never forgive me or let me talk to Hinata again!" Naruto begged literally getting on his knees.

"Naruto! Show some pride! Get off your knees, I'm not going to tell. Actually I think that was sorta romantic how you tried to ask Hinata out." Ino said laughing. Naruto got up and shrugged shyly.

"Who are you?" a voice behind them suddenly asked. The group turned around to see a girl with dark black hair and brown eyes.

"Oh. Hello Mizuki, this is Sakura. She'll be sitting here from now on." Ino said smiling wickedly at the girl.

"Wha…? Says who? Besides, I sit with Sasuke-kun!" Mizuki exclaimed while she looked longingly at Sasuke, who ignored her.

"Well too bad. Now leave!" Ino said harshly looking at the girl. Sakura was about to say that it was okay and that the girl could sit there but then the girl screeched out, "In hell I'll give up my seat next to Sasuke to some pink-haired freak!"

Sakura narrowed her eyes at this. She knew sooner or later somebody would hate her but she didn't expect it this soon.

"Hey. Mizuki, if you give up this seat, Sasuke agreed to take you out for dinner later, right Sasuke?" Ino said looking at Sasuke and daring him to object. She mouthed: you owe me. At this Sasuke sighed and looked at Mizuki and said yeah and his eyebrow twitched when she hugged him and yelled out loud in glee.

"Told you sitting here wouldn't be a problem!" Ino said happily as if nothing had happened.

Sakura felt slightly sorry for Sasuke. He had to go out with some girl he didn't even like. Again Sakura found herself wondering what the Uchiha was really like. She knew he was lonely since he had insolated himself from the rest of the school.

"Hey, where is the girl that used to sit here?" another boy's voice asked from behind the girls.

Sakura turned around to see the lazy boy from the jeep in the morning. He was pointing at Sakura's chair while looking at Ino.

"I wanted Sakura to sit here so I made Sasuke take here out on a date as payback for agreeing to put rabbit droppings in the lunch food yesterday. Speaking of which, you also owe me." Ino said looking at the boy.

The boy just shrugged of what Ino said and said, "Aww man. That girl was sorta cute and she also took extra notes for me, now I'm going to have to write them down, how troublesome…"

Suddenly Ino's eyes narrowed and she turned back towards the front so sharply her hair hit both the boy and Sakura. She was muttering incoherent words to herself and didn't bother to apologize to both of them. When Sakura strained her ears she couldn't even totally make out what Ino was saying. All the guys surrounding the girls sighed and Naruto said, "Damn Shikamaru. You should really think about what you say before you actually say it. And here I thought you were the genius."

Sakura suddenly remembered the boys name was Shikamaru and based on what she heard earlier on what she heard the boys gossiping about in the jeep, she guessed that he liked Ino. Also based on what she saw when Ino turned around suddenly she guessed that the blonde too had certain feelings for Shikamaru. And now judging from the reactions she concluded that Shikamaru hadn't grasped the fact that his crush liked him, therefore she guessed that he hasn't made a move on her. Wow what you can figure out in less than five seconds.

She turned to Shikamaru when she heard him call her name.

"Hey, uh… Sakura, can I talk to you for a minute?" Shikamaru asked kindly and gently trying to avoid a breakdown from Ino for making it seem as if he was going to ask Sakura out.

"Uh, sure." Sakura replied, uncertain if she as a loyal friend, force him to say it in front of everyone or not at all. Or oblige to his gestures and speak to him privately. She decided on the second one.

Slowly she got up and followed Shikamaru to the back of the room but before she went she did notice that Ino had thrown her a hateful look which hurt her.

"Yes, Shikamaru?" Sakura asked politely trying not to sound rude.

"Yeah, I know it's kinda weird to ask you this since we barely know each other but could you… well, what I'm trying to ask you is… can you…" Shikamaru broke off hesitantly and stared at the ground. Anyone who didn't know the poor guy would have guessed that he liked Sakura and was trying to ask her out but Sakura knew better and waited for him to finish.

"Do you know if Ino… well likes anybody right now?" the shy boy asked turning slightly pink at what he had just asked the girl. This wasn't like him at all but he had gone over a million ways to find out if Yamanaka Ino had liked him and this seemed like the best one to him (A/N: boys…). After all, didn't everyone say that getting closer to the best friend got you closer to the actual target.

Sakura thought about this question a lot. Her first reaction was no, but then she thought about the way Ino looked at Shikamaru when he came in and then about how she was jealous when she heard Shikamaru calling another girl cute. It was safe to say that the girl liked Shikamaru but she couldn't give the boy false hope. It would be better to wait a little longer before she answered. Besides, she didn't think it was right to give out something like this to Shikamaru. She decided that she wanted to make sure that Ino did like Shikamaru and then ask her if she had the right to tell him so. "Well, I'm not sure. I haven't seen her long enough to be sure… Is it alright if I tell you after school?" Sakura asked trying to sound as if she didn't know anything.

The boy just nodded and then headed further to the right before he took his seat and laid down to sleep. Sakura noticed that the other boy- Neji- looked strangely at him and lifted an eyebrow. Then he just turned back to talking to Hinata, who sat across from him. Funny Neji looked older but was in this class, well never judge a book by it's cover. She also noticed how similar the two looked. She shrugged it off and headed back towards the table where thankfully Ino was over her little tantrum. Instead she smiled at Sakura mischievously.

"So, Sakura, so you know Neji has a girlfriend. It's TenTen, so don't even think about it or the next thing you know is that you'll wake up in a hospital with needles up your ass."

Sakura turned slightly pink when Ino made this accusation and went even redder when she noticed that Sasuke, Naruto, and oh-my-god Neji heard it too. However she mustered whatever dignity she had left in her and managed to say coolly, "No, I was just wondering why he and Hinata-chan looked so much like each other."

Ino twitched an eyebrow. Slightly because Sakura didn't even bother to play along with the damn story and another because Sakura was supposed to be a genius. "Damn, Sakura! I know you're new hear but even a newborn baby could tell they're related! And here I thought you were smart."

"They're related?" Sakura echoed, clearly not understanding that she had just been made fun of.

Ino sighed. "Okay, I'll go over it slowly with you. Neji and Hinata are cousins. Their fathers were twin brothers but Hiashi, Hinata's dad, is the head of the family since he was born first. Anyway, it's Neji's job to protect Hinata and all that stuff so he takes most of his classes with her, even though he is a senior." Ino explained very, very slowly, which ticked off Sakura. Sakura was about to retort when a loud 'BOOM!!!' was heard in the class.

Sakura looked up to see that there was a lot of smoke at the front of the room. A lot of coughing could be heard also. "Oi! Anko! What's the problem? God, you need to go to a therapist or something! Why the hell did they even hire you for chemistry anyway? Was Tsunade drunk when she hired you?" a voice called from the room.

The teacher looked innocently around at the classroom and said "Maybe."

"Anyway, you're late! You've been hanging around too much with Kakashi!!!" Naruto yelled out pointing accusingly at Anko.

"Shut up Naruto" Anko said uncaringly whacking him in the head like it was a usual routine. "Anyway, kiddies and new girl, we're having a pop quiz today. And don't give me that! You knew very well that we have been working harder so naturally we have to take a test. Oh and new girl, sorry but you should know all of this." Anko gave them each a sheet of paper and said, "Good luck."

Sakura looked down at the paper and tried to remember what she learned at Suna, which wasn't so hard since she had good memory. Sakura realized that Konoha was two weeks behind Suna and sighed. This was going to be so easy…

Maybe not. Sakura barely finished question ten out of thirty when Anko yelled out, "One more minute kiddies!"

'I didn't know this was a timed test! How the hell am I supposed to finish twenty questions in one minute?' She thought worriedly. She looked at her watch. It had only been about four minutes since the start of the test. A five minute test huh? If she had known that she could have timed to do six questions per minutes now she was just going to have to use back up.

As soon as she thought this Inner Sakura cheered and yelled in her mind.

'Okay let's do this!!!' Inner Sakura screamed and took over Sakura temporarily and started to rapidly answer the other twenty questions.

"Time's up!!! Okay pass the papers up and do whatever the hell you want for the rest of the period, you'll get your results tomorrow." Anko said grabbing the papers and grinning when she saw Naruto hurriedly try to put in random answers.

Sakura sighed and inwardly thanked her inner self for the help. Now what was she supposed to do for another fifteen minutes? However Ino took care of that and said, "Hey Sakura! I'm going to go to Hinata's table want to come?"

Sakura nodded her head vigorously, did Ino expect her to refuse? Excitedly she stood up and followed Ino across to the other table, where she saw that the guys had already gathered. "All I'm saying is that why can't they serve ramen? I mean is it that hard to make. I can cook it so I'm guessing no…"

"Naruto shut up! I don't want to here about your stupid ramen. There are bigger issues you know. Like what are we going to do for are game next week? Suna postponed it cause Gaara was having some emotional problems our plans are going to be totally useless against the other schools!!" Shikamaru said in a frustrated voice.

"Don't worry about it. We'll win it for sure so long as teme here doesn't have a sprain or something." Naruto said cheerfully gesturing at Sasuke.

"I'm not as stupid as you dobe. I know not to get a sprain." Sasuke said glaring at Naruto.

"Even if he got a sprain I doubt he'll skip any game." Ino said butting into the conversation and sitting next to Neji which seemed to attract a little bit of noticeable attention from Shikamaru. She gestured for Sakura to sit next to her which happened to also be next to Sasuke who she didn't think she was on good terms with. But Sakura was determined not to show any fear and sat down anyway raising an eyebrow or two in the table. She was determined also not to look at the bastard so she concentrated on the conversation which Naruto was talking again.

"So do you guys think that they'll be good? I heard they're a new school and to already have a team good enough for our division…"

"Are you kidding? We've got to win or we'll never be able show our faces in town again!" Shikamaru said defiantly. It seemed as if whatever they were talking about was very important around here.

"Still, to have no strategy, no knowledge of the opposing team, and no time to practice another routine are definite advantages against us." Neji said finally speaking up.

Sakura thought about all of the possibilities of what they could be talking about. It was obviously a sport and it was the season for both volleyball and basketball so that definitely narrowed it down a notch. She doubted that the guys would be so interested in volleyball so she settled for basketball and continued to follow the conversation.

Sakura suddenly became acutely aware that the rest of the table staring at her and felt Sasuke's eyes burning a hole through her. Feeling herself get slightly pink she looked at the others and said, "What?"

"You're touching me." Sasuke's cold voice came from beside her. Sakura was confused for a second and then realized that her shoulder was slightly touching Sasuke's. 'Damn, picky much?' Sakura thought as she mumbled an apology and moved away from Sasuke. The guy had an attitude problem.

Awkward silence… "Soooo… what are going to do?" Naruto said, coming to Sakura's rescue.

"I have no idea, for once." Shikamaru letting out a frustrated sigh. Why did he have to be the one who make up plans. "The most we could do is just go and hope for the best."

"Why don't you guys just practice on the basics? You can never go wrong with that stuff." Sakura said thoughtfully.

Everyone turned to look at her. Man what was with these people? Every time she spoke it seemed as if they all thought of her as an alien.

"Hey! That's a good idea!!! But where did it come from?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Um, well back in Suna he said that and Gaara is never wrong when it comes to basketba…" Sakura trailed off and kicked herself in the head. How could she let them know that!! They'd never follow that advice, they hated Gaara!!! Well at least for sure Sasuke did.

"Gaara?" they all said accusingly at the same time.

"Hey! I thought you said you didn't know Gaara! Why didn't you tell us the truth?" Naruto asked sounding so hurt that Sakura felt a twinge of guilt flutter through her.

"W-well…"

Riiiiiiiiinnnnggg!!!!

Sakura sighed in relief at the sound of the bell signaling the end of second period. She hurriedly ran out of the room and the awkward situation. However she could not outrun the ubiquitous Ino, who grabbed her arm and pulled her to face her.

"What was up with that back there?" Ino demanded.

"N-nothing." Sakura said nervously, trying to look for a way around her. This was unsuccessful since Ino spread out her arms immediately when she saw this.

"Spill it, forehead! If you don't some pics of you when you were four will mysteriously appear on the school bulletin." Ino said in a threatening. The girl really did love to butt into business, didn't she?

"Okay, okay in truth I was, uh, friends with Gaara. He was in my group of buddies at Suna and well, he is sorta well kind of maybe, I'll tell you after school!!!" Sakura said nervously. "Promise." She added.

Ino raised an eyebrow but shrugged her shoulders and said, "Well, after school it is then. What do you have next? Geometry? With Asuma? Oh, that's too bad. I have Genma about two doors away. Come on I'll show you. But man Asuma! He's brutal! Half of his class fails! In fact I had him but my mom paid the school to switch me. So did the others except for… Sasuke. He's the only one smart enough to stay in that class, except for maybe Neji, but he had to go to Genma with Hinata."

Ino led Sakura to the second floor and showed her the room and then ran off to her own class. Sakura sighed heavily and walked into the doorway and sat down on a random seat. She only raised her eyes when she noticed someone standing next to her, the person's eyes were burning into her so she needn't guess who it was. She looked up and saw Sasuke. His eyes never looked directly at her but she could guess his attention was fully onto her. "Yes?" She asked bluntly and in a rude tone.

Sasuke just turned away and sat down in front of her. Then he suddenly turned around and asked, "What do you know about Gaara?"

She raised an eyebrow. Ami was right, he was obsessed with the guy. "Probably just as much as you." Sakura lied.

"I know you know more than that so tell me now." He demanded.

"No I don't, and even if I did I wouldn't tell a jackass like you." Sakura hissed, slightly losing her temper at his tone.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes then simply turned around when Asuma came in. however, once the teacher began the lesson he turned back towards Sakura and said, "Tell me now or I'll make you regret it."

Sakura ignored him and tried to look past him to take notes on whatever Asuma was teaching. Sasuke blocked her view though, so she said, "Oh, really and how would you do that?"

"Uchiha, Haruno, this is strike one. Two more strikes and you have detention till five after school." Asuma said catching the two talking. He didn't linger but simply turned back to the board and continued teaching.

Sakura hurriedly took some notes and tried to pay more attention to the teacher instead of the boy in front of her, who now turned around and said, "Look girl…"

" 'girl' has a name. It's Sakura." Sakura said annoyed by the way he was treating her.

"Whatever. I could kick you out of this school you know, I own it." Sasuke said "And then you'll have no other place to go to. If I kick you out the next time I'll see you if probably in a corner."

This was a shocker. She had no idea he owned the school. Why didn't Ino tell her that before? Wait a minute don't panic! That's just what he wants you to think! He can't really kick you out of school. Can he?

"B-but, I don't, I'm…" Sakura said, lost and confused by what he just told her. Sasuke smirked.

"However, if you tell me what I want to know…"

"Uchiha, Haruno, second strike!"

"Hn. Anyway tell me what you know about Gaara and I promise I won't kick you out." Sasuke said.

"Damn, you are obsessed with him…" Sakura mumbled.

"What?" Sasuke said in an angry tone. "Haruno, you don't know anything about me so keep your mouth shut."

"I can tell that you want the guy. Ami was right you probably are gay…"

"Shut the f up! You don't know anything about my relationship with Ami so don't go assuming everything was like Yamanaka told you. And I'm not gay either, so don't go assuming that either."

"Then why do you want to know so much about the guy then?" Sakura questioned.

"None of your business, pinky. Now. Tell. Me." Sasuke said glaring at Sakura.

"Well it's none of your business to know what my relationship with Gaara was either so if you're done now, move or I'll make you." Sakura said showing her pissed side.

"Oh really and how would…"

"Uchiha, Haruno, strike three. Get out of the class and wait in the hallway. Oh and you have detention."

Sakura sighed angrily and put away her books, then left the room with Sasuke right behind her who looked like he was pretty used to this. 'Now what the hell am I supposed to do for another forty minutes?' she thought angry that Sasuke got her kicked out of a class on her first day. Way to make an impression.

A soft thud was heard and Sakura looked down to see Sasuke sitting down and taking out his ipod. He put on his headphones without bothering to look at Sakura and turned up the volume so that even Sakura could hear most of the song. Without a word she plopped down next to him and rested her head on her knees. 'Why did god want to punish her so?'

She was almost asleep when a shrill voice screeched across the hallway, "Sasuke-kun! What are you doing? Who the hell is that bitch?"

Sakura looked up to see a black haired girl with blue eyes glaring down at her. This was probably one of Sasuke's fans too, great she didn't want to bother with this. She waited for Sasuke to tell the girl to go away but he never told the girl anything. "I know what you want, Sasuke-kuuuun. Come on! Let's go to the roof already. I know you want to." It was obvious what this girl was talking about and Sakura had to use all of her will-power not to blush. What was worse is that for effect the girl leaned down and kissed Sasuke lightly at first then deeper until Sasuke stopped her. He stood up, took the girl's hand and stalked off without even saying one word to Sakura. 'Hmph. He is such a player! How can the girls here like him? Don't they have a shred of dignity?' Sakura thought angrily.

'You say that but I know that you think he is hot!!!' Inner Sakura cooed teasingly.

'Shut up! He may be gorgeous but his attitude is too stupid for my taste.' Sakura retorted defiantly.

'Whatever you think. So long as you know he is hot.' Inner Sakura said uncaringly.

Sakura rolled her eyes. No way was she going to admit that he was hot out loud, she would rather die than give Sasuke another girl to play around with!

She wondered vaguely how much time she had left to wait when Asuma came out of the room and asked her, "Okay, Haruno, I know Uchiha was the one to get you into trouble so, hey where is Uchiha?"

Sakura thought quickly. What was she supposed to do? Tell him the truth? No! That would be to cruel. He could really be in trouble if she told Asuma the truth. Plus, she refused to sink as low as that just to get back at him. If this was any of her other friends she would make up an excuse like he went to the bathroom or something, but that wouldn't do any good. Asuma was too smart for that excuse. "Some teacher wanted him to help her so he went with her. I think to put up decorations since she was so tall. She asked me to tell you but I wasn't sure if it was right to interrupt your class." Sakura said as sweetly as she could. She doubted Sasuke would even thank her for the cover when he found out, but she ignored that fact and watched as Asuma nodded his head and went inside, forgetting he was about to let Sakura off the hook. Oh well…

Sakura closed her eyes and sighed. Why did she do that? The guy was a jerk to her and she helped him get out of trouble. Was she that stupid? Why did she do that? But she knew why. He intrigued her. She wanted to know him better. She wanted to know why he was so sad when so many people loved him and he had a lot of friends. Why did he seem so depressed when he was seemingly the star basketball player in the school, and had the best looks than any guy for miles around? Why did he seem so angry all the time when he was rich and could buy anything he wanted to make himself happy? Why did he distance himself when he had a loving family, or at least a loving mother. Why was he so… lonely.

'I'm so selfish aren't I? Here I am feeling sorry for myself that I have no parents and no friends when he has everything but knows that he has nothing. At least I'm not surrounded by people who want me just for their personal pleasure and will throw me away when they found something better. I'm not a toy or fad to them, but he is. Everyone likes him because he has money, talent, and looks, but no one wants him for who he really is. At least I get to start over but he'll never stop having any of that so everywhere he goes it'll always be the same. I wish I could know the real him.' Sakura thought.

'No you don't! I know the real him! He is just a big jerk who cries when he doesn't get what he wants. Besides these were the exact same thoughts that got you all lovey dovey with him. And what came of it? Heartbreak. Remember?" Inner Sakura protested.

'I know! I know what'll happen if I think about that, trust me, you don't have to remind me, I'll never forget as long as I live…'

Riiiiiinnnnnggg!!!!

Sakura jerked awake at the sound of the bell and stood up as students began to filter into the hallways and walk to their next class. She took out her schedule and saw that her next class was gym with some Guy dude. She wondered if her lucky streak would continue and she would have her friends with her next period. It would be nice if all of her classes had at least one person she knew. She saw Ino heading towards her with the rest of the gang and as soon as they came into range Naruto shouted, "Hey where's teme?"

"Right here." A deep voice came from behind her. Sakura jumped, had he been here the whole time she was asleep? What if she said something while she was asleep? She wanted desperately to know how long he had been there but the Uchiha gave no sign of where he had supposedly gone and how long he had been there.

Naruto grinned. "So is everyone ready for gym?" Naruto asked enthusiastically. "Well all the guys I mean. Yup today is going to be a great day for today is volleyball tryouts!"

"Why the hell are you so excited about volleyball? I thought you were into basketball." Ino asked.

"Well, it's not the sport really but the people in the sport if you know what I mean. We guys get to do nothing all period but watch you girls hitting it harder, bumping each other, sweating, gasping…" Naruto explained, not knowing that his explanation implied something perverted. Damn, he is innocent. All he seemed excited about was a free period, but the guys around him worked hard not to get a nosebleed from the explanation.

A vein popped out in Ino's head but she, magically, stay quiet and turned to Sakura and asked, "So, you do have gym next right?"

Sakura nodded while Ino cheerfully hoorayed and pulled her towards the gym with the others following.

When they all got to the gym Sakura eyes were immediately blurred by green. She looked up and saw a man with bushy eyebrows and wearing green spandex, smiling down at her. "Well, I see I have a new student! Oh what luck and joy this is! For now I have another youth to pass on my wisdom of youth! What a day this is for me right Lee?"

The man looked down at a similar looking 'mini-him' with bug eyes while the person yelled out, "Yes, Gai Sensei!"

"But I heard that this new youth has already tainted her youthfulness! Asuma told me he had to take her out of class! What trouble it would be for another person to unwind this taintedness of youth but for me it will be absolutely no problem. Even Kakashi wouldn't be able to do it! The power of youth will guide me! Let's go Lee!" the man said then hurriedly ran off into the sunset.

The group minus Sasuke raised an eyebrow towards her. "You got kicked out of Asuma's on the first day? Even Naruto couldn't do that!" Ino asked amazed.

"Well, I can't say I didn't have help, right Uchiha?" Sakura said through gritted teeth. She was angry since she found out that she was the first person to get kicked out on the first day of class. Great…

"Hn."

Sakura had to work very very hard after that one. 'Don't get angry, don't get angry.' Sakura thought frustrated.

Sakura huffed angrily turned around and stomped towards the gym dressing rooms. She was not going to let Uchiha totally ruin her day. She opened the room and came face to face with a...

A/N: Cliffhanger! Actually this chapter was supposed to be longer but i couldn't wait to put the story on the net. lol. Anyway, this is my first story so i apologize if any of the characters seem OOC. Flames are welcome but if you have read my profile you know how i feel about them. Please review and so you know, the more reviews the quicker i'll update so review! . Thank you!