(A/N) ELLO MINNA-SAN! This is my second story! Thank you everyone who's been reading my other story 'Don't Judge A Book By its Cover'! It's actually a request from Kiku-Ai! So enjoy!

Disclaimor: I do not own Naruto.

ART

IS

A

BANG

CHAPTER 1:

Sakura Haruno was not having a good morning. Getting out of bed she had fallen off her bed and now had a headache. She slipped getting out of the shower, and ripped her favorite pink strawberry towel. After getting ready and dressed in her favorite outfit (white baby-doll top, black skinny jeans and a pair of black pumps) she had slipped walking down the stairs, causing her to mess up her pretty long pink hair and it had to be redone again. Once she finally got down the stairs to eat breakfast she had only just sat at the table when her little brother threw cereal at her, a piece hitting her left emerald eye (which teared up and eye liner had to be reapplied). She walked out of her house and drove to school without any incidents.

As soon as her black shiny mustang hit the parking lot she realized she left her sketch book at home (which was supposed to be used for the first day of art). She once again had to see the face of her ex-boyfriend Sasuke, as she walked through the halls of Fire High (they had broken up 2 weeks ago and since have harbored a strange hate relationship). She was complimented and admired everywhere she went, which was a good thing, she loved her attention. She walked to her new locker (top, as she had called 3 days before the first day of school) and saw her friends waiting for her at said location(she had IM'd them her locker number and hall the day before).

"I have had the worst morning in the history of worst mornings!" Sakura practically screamed out as she put her books in her locker. Her best friend Ino Yamanaka (who was totally perfect in everyway imaginable) raised a perfect blonde eyebrow and snorted. Her shiny blonde hair was put up in the usual pony tail, her blue eyes still sparkled with mischief and overall she hadn't changed much over the summer. Only she did have a new pair of red high hills that Sakura would have to borrow one day…

"It can't be worse than my situation," Ino started. "My cousin got a job as the school art teacher this year, he's starting today." Ino pouted and huffed.

"He can't be that bad…" Hinata Hyuuga (who was loaded with dough) stuttered. Hinata was very shy and often stuttered around people she didn't know very well. It was a very cute trait (as Sakura put it) that the violet haired girl had, along with her unique pearl eyes.

"Yeah really, is he hot?" Ha! TenTen was always on the prowl and she had every right to be! (She was beautiful and dangerous, a very sexy combination as Ino would like to say) TenTen had long brown hair and hazel eyes that would make the coldest of hearts melt (except for some certain Uchihas…).

"How would I know, he's my cousin!" Ino countered. The three of them gave Ino the 'You flirted with your hot 2nd cousin at last year's Christmas party, so spill' look. She sighed and crossed her arms. "Yes he's irresistible."

"See that wasn't so bad now was it?" Sakura asked and then laughed mesmerizing all the boys in the area. Ino glared at her and then flicked her forehead. Sakura easily caught onto the 'forehead' message and poked Ino in the stomach which meant 'pig'. They glared at each other for a second before laughing, TenTen and Hinata could only sigh. Suddenly the bell rang and they all had to part ways to get to their respective classes.

Sakura fixed her bag on her shoulder and walked into the art room with a certain authority. The classroom was filled with juniors, sophomores, a couple of seniors and she, a senior, was supposed to be a teacher aid. She had finished all the art classes, passing them all with the highest marks; she had long been given acceptance letters to many prestigious art schools. The school had recommended she be a teacher's aid, it would look good on her resume and she had the opportunity for an art scholarship if she did well.

She walked up towards two desks, sitting herself on the smaller one. The larger one was for the art teacher, who had yet to appear. She organized her belongings and cursed once again at the fact that she forgot her sketch pad. Some teacher's aid she is. The room was filled with chatter and the students were becoming rowdy, seeing as it was the first day, and the teacher wasn't present.

Suddenly the door opened and everyone went silent, not wanting to get in trouble the first day of school. A tall young man with long blonde hair (put up in a strange floppy pony tail…thing.) and dazzling blue eyes walked into the room. He was very handsome, that Sakura could admit and she just had to wonder how old she was. As he walked towards his new desk, Sakura stood up to shake his hand and introduce herself.

"Hi, I'm Sakura Haruno. I'll be your aid for this class period." Sakura said brightly with a smile as she held out her hand. The young man smiled back and grabbed her hand. "Deidara, just Deidara and it's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Haruno."

"If I can call you Deidara, then you can call me Sakura. No need for formalities!" She said perkily. Deidara gave her a salute and a wink before putting his suitcase on the desk in front of him. He turned around to face the class and mentally counted his students. His eyes widened.

"Only 17 of you? But art is a bang! I just don't get high school students these days…" Deidara muttered the last part to himself and grabbed his attendant sheet. Sakura quickly took it from him and handed him his student register. He could only raise a confused eyebrow.

"There was a call this morning that the attendant sheets had the wrong names printed and that over the next couple day's students will be pulled in and out of different classes. They said to move on to the student register instead, sorry if I interrupted." She whispered sheepishly and went back to her desk.

"Thanks." He whispered back smiling. Sakura blushed and turned her head the other way to hide it.

"Helooo class! Welcome to Art!" Deidara smiled. "You all may call me…Deidara-sensei." He finished off mysteriously; he then pushed some hair out of his eyes (an action that made girls swoon) and sat on his desk.

"Any questions?" Almost the whole girl population raised their hands.

"Are you single?" One girl peeped out. He raised an eyebrow but smiled non-the-less.

"Yep!" The girls held back their squeals. Another girl raised her hand.

"Um how old are you?" this question even caught Sakura's attention.

"Hmmm a bit older than you are…" The girls squealed.

"Okay enough about me; I want to know more about you guys. We'll start in the front row here and end with my lovely aid Sakura here." Deidara stated and Sakura blushed when he called her lovely.

"So uh, what do I say?" The first student, a junior, asked.

"Tell me your name, likes and dislikes, oh and your favorite art medium."

"Right, I'm Yazu…" The students went around the room introducing themselves until they reached Sakura. She smiled and stood up from her sitting position.

"I'm Sakura! I like strawberries, music and friends. I dislike liars, mean people and tomatoes. I can't really choose one art medium, I really like them all." She introduced herself. All the male population (besides are darling Deidara) had hearts in their eyes.

"Right, um, Sakura. I hate to work you on the first day but do you think you can make me copies of this worksheet? I didn't really have time before I got here…" Deidara asked her. Sakura took the paper that he handed to her with a smile and walked out of the room. Deidara followed her movement until she was gone. He then turned to the rest of the class and told them to get out there sketch pads.

"I want you all to draw the one thing you want the most. The one thing you are most passionate about getting. To respect and do will in the art critique you need to have a passion for it. Now you can draw an object, an animal, a person." Deidara winked at the class and a couple of chuckles were heard here and there. He walked around observing the class's progress, analyzing each student's skill and mentally taking down the ones who had the talent.

Sakura soon walked through the door with a small stack of worksheets and she laid them on Deidara's desk. Deidara walked over and looked through them, he then smiled at Sakura. "Thanks" Sakura smiled back and sat on his desk beside him.

"It's no problem. So what are they doing now?" she pointed towards the class and looked back at him.

"They're drawing the one thing they want the most. The one thing they are most passionate about getting." She gazed into her emerald orbs and looked back towards the class.

"Oh I get it! Without passion, there is no art right?"

"Exactly. You know you surprise me more and more." Sakura blushed at his comment(?).

"Nah, I've just taken art all my three years is all. I'm expected to know." She explained and Deidara nodded.

The bell suddenly rung and Sakura hopped off the desk and grabbed her messenger bag. She waved bye to Deidara and he gave her another wink and salute before she walked out the door to her next class; Literature. She grabbed a seat in the back with Ino and Hinata, taking out her notebooks and a pencil.

"So how was Art class forehead?" Ino asked as Sakura.

"It was okay…" She trailed off blushing. Hinata and Ino saw her blush and smiled knowingly at each other.

"SAKI'S GOT A CRUSH! SAKI'S GOT A CRUSH!" Ino sang out for all to hear. Sakura blushed even more and slapped her hand over Ino's mouth. Hinata then poked their shoulders.

"Pssst, Ice-bastard at 3 o'clock." Hinata whispered to them, pointing at Sasuke and his two friends. Sasuke Uchiha was the most popular guy In the school. He had any girl he wanted and all the guys feared him. He was unearthly possessive and had a cruel temper. Though they had to admit that he was good-looking. Black spiky hair, onyx eyes and a hot body. He was formally known as Sakura's ex. They had dated for about 5 months before they broke it off. Sasuke was a good boyfriend and all, she had even come to love him at a time, but that was all lost when she found him cheating on her with the school slut Karin.

"So?" Was all Sakura said and kept her gaze at the board in the front. "What I want to know is where is our new teacher?"

"Um, right there." Hinata pointed out when a figure walked through the door.

"DAMN, HE'S HOT!" Ino yelled out when the figure walked through the door.

"Hello, I'm Uchiha Itachi. I'll be your new Literature teacher. "

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DONE! Okay this is the end of chapter 1! Hope you liked it Kiku-Ai! (If you have any suggestions or changes just PM me!)

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