The Boy Guide
Summary: Haruno Sakura's parents are world famous surgeons, so she's always moving to different places. Finally, she decides to stay put, but she has to live with her parent's friends, the Uchiha's. It wouldn't be a problem……except for the fact that the Uchiha's have two gods for sons. Now she has to learn to get along with the youngest one if she wants to survive the summer, but what happens if they get along better than expected? Will Sakura decide to stay with the Uchiha's a little longer, or will they drive her insane?
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters, and I was inspired by the great book, Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowen Boys, by Kate Brian.
Prologue
"You're leaving me?!"
I swear if she screams in my ear one more time I'm going to throw the bottle of red paint, in my hand, at her head.
"For the last time Ino-pig, I'll write you, e-mail you, I'll even call you everyday!"
"But if you're not here, who's going to keep me from ripping Temari's ponytails out?!"
"Can't you at least try to stay out of trouble?"
Her expression saddened. "…No….I'm really gonna miss you Forehead-girl."
I turned my gaze away and set the paint bottle on the floor next to me.
I glanced at the map my parents gave me laid out on my other side. Ino had circled "Suna" in bright red ink and tried to cross out everything else in black but I had pulled it away. Unfortunately her perfectly manicured nails managed to rip it at the top.
Ino stood and pulled a picture off of my dresser. I could see her sapphire eyes brimming with tears.
Ino was the only real friend that I ever had. I moved around a lot with my parents, since they were world class surgeons and all, so I never had a real home town or real friends. Suna had been the place that we stayed in the longest.
She turned to me and handed me the picture before wiping her hand across her eyes.
I glanced at it. It was a picture we took together at the end of our sophomore year. Her platinum blonde hair was shorter then, now it was grown out to her waist.
I sat the picture on top of the map and stood up. "Look, I don't want to leave but it's not my choice."
Ino stamped her foot in anger. "You have to have a say in this. You're almost a senior in high school! You should be able to decide where you want to live on your own! There has to be some other option!"
"Ino I don't have anywhere else to go and my parents don't want me living by myself yet….although they did mention something…."
Ino snapped out of her rage and grabbed my arm. "What did they mention? Come on girl, out with it!"
I pulled my arm out of her grasp. "It's nothing; I mean it's not any better than moving 5,000 miles away."
"I don't care! Tell me what it is!"
I sighed and sat back down. Ino followed suit.
"Well, my parent's have these really close friends that live in Konoha, and they said that I could stay with them, but I'd still have to move."
To my surprise Ino was smiling. She jumped back up and started punching the air.
"This is great! There's hope for us yet!"
I leaned back on my hands to look at her, an expression of shock playing on my face. "What are you talking about?! I'm going to be living with some strangers!"
"Well you said they were friends of your parents didn't you?"
"Yeah, Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha, but I've never actually met them myself."
Ino paused with her mouth agape. "Your folks are friends with the Uchiha's? The Uchiha's?!"
"Yeah, so what?"
"So what?! They are the richest people in the fire country! And I heard that their sons were like, the hottest guys in the city!"
Now it was my turn to look shocked. First Ino was actually on board with the idea of me living with strangers, and now I find out that my only other option includes sharing a house with boys?! And Ino was happy about that?!
Okay, I'm Haruno Sakura. The pink-haired, loner artist who has no skills in the department of boys what-so-ever! I feel strange even saying the word "boy"! Plus I'm not all that girly either. I always wear t-shirts, hats, and jeans; Ino's the one who gets all the guys, not me!
"Are you kidding me?! You know how I get around guys!"
"Oh come on! This could be your big chance to get over that, and you could see what guys are really like! You know, get inside their heads!"
I didn't want to admit that that sounded pretty good, so I went back to the negatives. "But I'd still have to move, how is that an improvement?"
"Because Konoha's only an hour long drive away! I could come see you anytime I want! Plus, you'd get to live in a mansion with the richest family ever and the two hottest guys on the planet!"
I really hated to admit that all of her points were totally right.
"Come on Forehead-girl, you could figure out what guys really think about and create a guide….a boy guide! And you could send your entries to me every day! You'd be doing girls everywhere a humongous favor! Come on what do ya say?"
Ino looked hopeful but her eyes had a look in them that said that she had already won. She knew that I couldn't resist a challenge; and creating a Boy Guide while living with some hot guys was defiantly going to be a challenge for me.
I sighed and looked at my now half empty room and walked to the doorway. I turned back to Ino. "This is going to be a long summer."