Author's Notes: Yeah… I'm writing a NaruSaku one-shot just for the hell of it. And, even though I'm still working on a sequel to "How Could He Love You More?" and I need to update "Who Knew What Summer Vacation Could Bring", this idea popped in my brainless head and I thought, "Bah, I'm going to write this thing if it's the last thing I do!". So, yeah.
Disclaimer: If I DID own it, why would I be writing this if I could put it in the anime, huh?
I accept flames for this fic, I mean, this isn't one of my best works… Un!
Nobody shall eat the flames for I shall be burned in them, hmm.
Oh yes, comments and suggestions are GREATLY appreciated, un!
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"True Colors"
Summary: Naruto Uzumaki is the punk at school, while Sakura Haruno is the little goddy-two shoes girl. Can two opposites possibly attract?
Word Count
Including the Author's Notes, Summary, Title and Word Count: 1,763 Words
The Story Itself: 1,548 Words
Main Characters
Uzumaki Naruto
Haruno Sakura
Other Characters
Uchiha Sasuke
Yamanaka Ino
Hyuuga Hinata
Inuzuka Kiba
Uchiha Sasuke
Nara Shikamaru
Tsunade
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The boy known as Naruto Uzumaki walked in the cafeteria. Knowing his outfit of a simple orange t-shirt and blue jeans would stand out amongst the uniformed people, he smirked. 'My principal didn't even notice, Tsunade-baa-chan,' He thought grinning to himself. Though Naruto was the one to brag, he didn't always mention his awesome skills on the guitar. He wanted to be a rock star when he grew up, and that's when his eyes moved from in front of him, to his right side. He then noticed the new girl, Sakura Haruno. She was happily chatting with her 'friends' at the popular table. It wasn't a surprise, though. She was pretty, pampered and basically a boy magnet. It wouldn't be unusual to see a whole bunch of boys surround her.
That was why they were so different.
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Sakura Haruno sat on her table with her group, something made up of some stuck-up bitches. Technically, she didn't really consider all of them friends. Unless you counted Ino Yamanaka, her best friend since kindergarten. That girl she could trust. And Hinata Hyuuga, she made the group because Ino said she had to, for the two to hang out. Even though Hinata was shy, she was slowly getting out of her shell and began expressing her feelings more openly.
"Hey, Sakura, look, it's that Naruto kid," Ino quietly whispered to the pink haired girl beside her. Sakura's jade green eyes darted towards the blonde Uzumaki, and suddenly, she felt her heart leap. She noticed the boy grinning at her and finally realized how cute he was. Only after a few seconds could she distinguish the next piece of dialogue spoken. "That guy is really weird. I mean, look at those whiskers! And he has a stupid tatoo on his stomach! I don't know how ANYONE would actually like him!" Ino shouted. Sakura, finally realizing her friends didn't like the Uzumaki, sighed heavily. She had to fit in, no matter what.
Naruto scowled darkly as he heard the words, 'weird', 'whiskers' and the phrase, 'how ANYONE would actually like him'. He was a normal person, like everyone else. And why did they still scorn him? When he was technically one of them! Not a girl, of course, but a person. Who had feelings, even though he hid them under his idiotic potential. His eyes moved from Sakura and he started to look for his group. They had made a band called, "Konoha Demonz", and it consisted of, Kiba Inuzuka, Sasuke Uchiha and Shikamaru Nara. Though they weren't the bad boys in school, they still caused a lot of trouble. Sasuke remained quiet most of the time though. The bad boys were the Akatsuki, a bunch of seniors and juniors known for their in-school fights and times when they skipped their classes. Even so, Naruto, Kiba, Sasuke and Shikamaru, did cause some troublesome deeds that earned them the place to stay in juvy for a while.
It was not like Naruto hadn't been there before. He had painted the monuments of the former principals of the school and was sent to juvy then. He caused trouble quite a lot, thinking they were just simple pranks, even though they were crimes against the school.
"Hn, took you long enough," Sasuke said while leaning on his locker.
"Yeah, the wait was so troublesome," Shikamaru muttered and sighed heavily, "I could've used that time to watch clouds."
"Akamaru was getting pissed 'cause you took so long Naruto!" Kiba practically shouted. Naruto just waved it all and mumbled, "I'm skipping the rest of class for today."
"Why, Principal Tsunade said if you skip even more classes, you might even go to jail," Sasuke replied, slightly worried about his friend and rival. "So what, the old lady won't care," Naruto retorted.
"Any plans for later? 'Cause I'm going to be starved," Kiba asked, trying to take Naruto and Sasuke's minds off of Principal Tsunade. Her damn rack was too much for the Flirt Machine.
"Sorry, gotta work," Naruto replied, "Which is why I'm skipping school."
"Ouch," Shikamaru said sarcastically, "Guess we can't practice this time, huh?"
Naruto just nodded and heard the lunch bell rang. He then separated from his group as well as the rest of the teenagers in the cafeteria. He quickly jumped out the window, which was only 3 stories high, mind you. Naruto was technically great in agility, so, to him, it didn't matter.
Why the boy had to work, well, his mother had died in a car accident and his father had left him since then. It seemed his father had loved Naruto's mother so much, he couldn't stand it without her. And since money didn't come out of his ass, he had no choice.
He had to work.
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Sakura waved her friends goodbye and decided to go to the restaurant next-door. She hadn't seen Naruto the rest of the day, so she figured he had skipped classes. 'For what reason though?' She thought and sighed. She told her friends to meet her at the restaurant in an hour, for she wanted to do her homework first. And with friends, no, stuck-up bitches there, she couldn't really concentrate, am I right? That's when she saw him from the window.
Sakura blushed as she noticed the blond haired Uzumaki sitting on a chair. He was currently smoking on a cigarrete, something Sakura didn't like for it's cancer problems. He looked absolutely divine. His sapphire eyes seemed to glisten, and his spiky blond hair added a little punk style to the troublemaker. Sakura wanted to sit next to him so badly. She knew about her friends, but since they weren't here…
No. But, her inner-self was practically screaming, "GO FOR IT! CHA!" And Sakura couldn't agree with her less.
Sakura finally thought she would go up to Naruto and say, "Hey there, can I sit next to you?"
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Naruto continued smoking when he heard the chimes of the restaurant ring.
"Hey there, can I sit next to you?"
"I don't care," Naruto replied and sighed heavily. He heard the person's footsteps and noticed she sat beside him, literally. His eyes darted to look at the girl, thinking she was female for the light footsteps she made. "S-Sakura?" He mumbled and took the cigarette out of his mouth. The Haruno girl turned to him and nodded.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked, rather harshly. The way her friends treated him earlier had not left his mind. Not yet. "I-I just wanted to say sorry about my friend's behavior earlier. Ino-pig prefers Sasuke over you, you know?" Sakura replied and blushed a fierce red, causing Naruto to be confused. He wasn't really in the expertise level of this feeling you call love. And the thing called compassion. It was all new to him, so he thought the girl had a fever. Naruto placed his hand on Sakura's, er, large forehead and felt heat.
"You have a fever," Naruto stated. Sakura nodded, she had it a few days ago and still went to school. Her parents had said that perfect attendance was a good thing. And that Sakura should always have it for the better of things.
"Ne, anyway, my break is over," The Uzumaki said and smashed the cigarette with his foot. "Wait!" Sakura called out and held Naruto's arm before leaving. "What?" Naruto muttered with a bored expression. "Let me get your number, so, we could hang out sometime… If it's okay with you," She said, smiling a little. "'kay, let me get your number too," Naruto muttered quickly. The two then exchanged numbers and Naruto left for work.
Little did they know they were slowly falling for each other.
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Their meetings were usually everyday, before Sakura's friends would arrive. Naruto and Sakura would talk about their lives, what happened and such. Sakura began to realize how wonderful it was to be with somebody who caused so much trouble. Naruto enjoyed the fact that Sakura was easily impressed. He didn't have to do anything special, in fact.
The next meeting they would have, Naruto vowed to make Sakura his. He knew, she would choose him over her friends. I mean, her friends WERE technically, stupid girls who hadn't had a soul in their whole life. He'd ask her to be his girlfriend, she'd leave her stupid friends and they'd live happily ever after.
Or so he thought.
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Naruto heard the familiar sound of chimes ringing. He knew it would be Sakura, considering the time. Luckily, her friends would be here, so he could ask, without being ashamed, and for putting Sakura to the test. Naruto then walked casually to the table and muttered a short,
"Sakura-chan?"
Sakura looked towards the blond haired Uzumaki and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh my god…"
"I can't believe he's talking to her…"
"What if he likes her?"
"We would have to kick her out of out group then."
Sakura inwardly gasped then looked at Naruto, glaring at him. The Uzumaki grinned in return and then asked, "Will you be my girlfriend?" He asked. Sakura's friends gasped and the Haruno closed her eyes.
'Naruto, the boy of my dreams, or my friends?'
She then opened her mouth to speak.
"No way, Naruto, I'm not weird like you."
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Author's Notes: I finished it… I'm sorry for the unhappy ending… Anyway, I might make a sequel. Thanks for reading, Reona out!