Author: Yes, this is my first SasuSaku fic, but its not my first time writing, I've done stories on Death Note and such, so I hope you enjoy another fic by me, Soul-Jazz:)

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Seventeen is just a test
Yeah and I would recommend
That you live with no regrets
And even if it seems

Like the world is crashing on you
You shouldn't let it hold you down
Shouldn't hold you back oh no, woah oh

-Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Seventeen Ain't So Sweet

1 WEEK AGO, SUNDAY:

Sakura Haruno sat on a chair beside her study table, she opened her laptop and began to check for new mail, there was nothing that important, only Ecards sent by Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru, and Naruto. It was her 17th birthday today, and they remembered it, she was pleased at the fact that they did. She walked to her bed and lay flat on the mattress, staring at the ceiling, thinking of what she wants for her birthday, then suddenly a chat window popped out and a little "ding" was heard. She raised her head to see who it was and saw that it was Naruto. She smiled as she stood from the bed and sat down on the chair and began to reply to Naruto:

RamenLuvr: Hey Sakura-chan! How's it there? In Chicago?

CherryBloom: Fine as usual…

Ramen Luvr: Hey, happy birthday…again:)

CherryBloom: Thanks Naruto, how is it there in New York, and how is the others?

RamenLuvr: Its fine here, the others are too, and we're all classmates and went to the same schools, and right now, we enrolled in a music school called "NY Academy of Music and Arts" it's pretty huge here, it's the best of the best around New York AND our school's Arts Academy, for those students..who..you know, wanna uleashed inner talents, we just figured its just for fun, you know, practicing music and stuff, Sakura-chan, when are you coming back?

NY Academy of Music and Arts…I've heard about that school before, are they serious? I'm so jealous…thought Sakura, she always wanted to enroll in a school like that, and she missed her friends so much, 6 years had passed, and it would be fun to be with them in that school, but she knew that fantasy would never happen. Then she read Naruto's next question, When are you coming back?

It made her pause for a second, that question made sad inside because she knew she could never come back, her parents had great occupations here and they wouldn't want to let it go since it makes good money. She closed her eyes, sighed and typed:

CherryBloom: I don't really know Naruto….

RamenLuvr: Oh, ok…but I hope you really do Saku, you don't know how much we miss you here…

CherryBloom: I miss you guys too

Then Sakura heard her mother calling her name from down stairs "SAKURA! COME DOWN HERE" her mother yelled she turned back to her laptop and typed:

CherryBloom: Gotta go Naruto, mom's calling me…

RamenLuvr: Alright Sakura, see ya…

RamenLuvr went offline.

CherryBloom went offline.

Sakura closed her laptop and ran down the stairs just to see her mom and dad holding out a chocolate cake with the words "Happy 17th birthday Sakura" written in white icing. She smiled, she loved chocolate since she was little, then she smiled at her parents. "Happy Birthday Sakura" they both said, Sakura smiled at them in thanks and pulled them in to a tight hug.

"Not too tight Sakura, you might get icing on your clothes" said her mom "And you look pretty by the way…"

"Blow out the candle now Saku" said her dad, Sakura closed her eyes and said a small wish in her mind I hope I get what I want for my birthday then blew out the candle.

"Alright Sakura, what do you want for your birthday, oh my gosh, you're almost eighteen, one year more, you're all grown…" said her mom, Sakura sighed, she doesn't know what she wanted for her birthday, but then, what Naruto said earlier made her think that it was the best thing that she could have if only they approve of it.

"Well Sakura, what is it?"

She looked at her parents and took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and said the words:

"I want to move back to New York, and continue my studies there, and enroll in a music and arts school…"

4 Days Later, THURSDAY:

Four days had past and Sakura couldn't still believe it, her parents actually approved of her wish to move back to New York and continue her studies there and enroll in NY Academy of Music and Arts. They approved because they think that she's coming of age, and she deserves a reunion wit her friends. Now she's staring at the window of the condo her parents bought her in New York, she looked at the streets and realized how much she missed this environment, this busy environment. Then she smiled as she remembered her auditioned in NY Academy of Music and Arts, how she passed, and the joy it gave her, and now the only thing left was to enroll to the NY High, NY Academy's High School, the school Naruto's talking about. Which she'll handle tomorrow….

Another 4 Days Later, MONDAY:

A tall boy with bluish-black hair leaned on the walls of NY Academy of Music and Arts. He was wearing a grey fit t-shirt, and a black leather vest along with loose black jeans and combat boots and a guitar strapped on his back. He about 17 years old, extremely good looking, and had this rebellious feel on his appearance. He sighed as he waited for his friends/bandmates.

His name was Sasuke Uchiha.

"Ugh, where the hell are they?" he muttered as he looked around, then he saw a familiar ramen loving blonde boy about his age who was walking happily to him along with another man.

"Hey Teme, you're early!"

"You're late Dobe…as usual"

"You should've been used to it already by now Teme…"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, since he and Naruto met 6 years ago, he's been given the nickname "Teme" by the ramen lover. He smirked as he looked at the other boy, who's none other than his other friend Shikamaru, then he turned to the blonde and said "You've gone to a Ramen Shop again didn't you Dobe?"

"Uh huh, you know me well now Teme, well, you should've since we known each other for years now, and yeah, I went to a newly opened Ramen Shop, and man they cook good stuff…you should try eating Ramen teme…"

"Yeah, like that'll happen, c'mon Dobe, we'll be late for class…"

"Alright"

Their classroom was a huge auditorium, all the lights we're turned on, and the other students we're chatting with each other as they waited for the teached. Sasuke motioned to a seat and Naruto and Shikamaru doing the same thing. Naruto, who's beside Sasuke faced him and said "Hey Teme, have you heard? We got a new student today! And guess what? She's a girl…"

Sasuke, bearing no enthusiasm at the news, rolled his eyes as Naruto told the news. "Hn, like I care about that, she's probably another obsessed fangirl like Karin or something, every girl is, except for Ino and Hinata that is. Other than that, girls are nothing but obsessed fangirls, nothing new at all, she's might just be also one of them…"

"Hey Teme, maybe she's different…"

"I doubt it…"

Naruto looked at his watched and said "Hey, Ms. Tsunade is late today, ugh, what takes her so long? I wanna meet the new girl already!"

"Isn't she always late? Women want to look pretty, so it's natural..."

Naruto looked at Sasuke and grinned "Hey teme, the way you say it, its like you know a lot about women…"

Sasuke shrugged "Its just pure common sense Dobe…which sadly you don't have…" Naruto was just about to react when Tsunade entered the auditorium. She walked to the stage and faced her chattering students and cleared her throat, which silenced the whole crowd.

"Sorry for being late class" said Tsunade "I had to take our new student to a little tour of the whole academy, and its time you get to know her…"

Chatters of excitement filled the auditorium, and only a black haired girl who was crossing her arms didn't have the enthusiasm. Her name is Karin, she used to wear glasses, but then she preferred contacts since it showed her "pretty face". She was one of the Academy's top students, and also, New York's richest, meanest, mean girl. Her obsession with Sasuke was keeping her from being enthusiastic. Her friends were looking at her in complete confusion and said "Hey, Karin aren't you happy?" one of them asked. Karin shook her head "I'm happy as long as this girl doesn't take my Sasuke from me…but she'll always be a loser in my eyes, whoever she is…"

"Silence Please!" Tsunade interrupted "Now let me introduce her to you" she motioned a hand at the right side of the stage and a girl walked out and stood beside Tsunade, everyone but Sasuke saw. But, Sasuke can't help but to be curious on what she looked like, every now and then he would steal glances to look at the new girl, and saw that she had bubblegum pink hair that was up to her elbows, and emerald green eyes, she was tall, athletic-looking, and not to mention pretty, but Sasuke held that thought off as Naruto looked at the girl with an open mouth "No way…" he said. Sasuke raised an eyebrow in confusion as he tried to decode the expression Naruto held.

"Everyone this is Sakura Haruno" said Tusnade "From this day onwards, she'll be joining us, and make music with us. So please give her a warm welcome…you can sit wherever you want Sakura…"

Before Sakura could say her thanks to Tsunade, voices yelled "SAKURA?! SAKURA! YOU'RE HERE!" everybody turned around and saw Naruto, Ino, Shikamaru, and Hinata yelling and smiling at her. Sakura looked at them and saw there was a rebellious looking boy beside them, he had bluish-black hair and onyx black eyes, and he was the only person who seemed to be not interested at what was going on.

He's cute Sakura thought as she looked at the boy then to her friends, who gave her a signal to sit by them. She smiled as she walked over to them and sat down beside Ino and Naruto.

Sasuke looked at his friends, and felt out of place, he was the only person in the group who seemed to not know the pink haired girl named "Sakura", he sighed as he looked away.

"I thought you'd never come back Saku!" said Ino as she hugged her best friend so tight "You changed a lot over the years, look at you, pretty at 17!"

"Thanks Ino" said Sakura "Nhh, I can't breathe…"

"Sorry Sakura, its just that I'm so happy, you being here and all" said Ino "And hey Naruto, its time to introduce her to our E.T" she said as she raised her hand up and placed her index finger and her middle finger together, and her ring finger and pinky together, making a V on the middle, an alien hand.

"E.T? Extraterrestrial?" said Sakura, puzzled, her friends just smiled at her and said "Naruto?"

"This…is our E.T" said Naruto as he grabbed the cute bluish-black haired boy she saw earlier by the arm and made him face Sakura. Sasuke, who was surprised by this sudden move said "Hey, dobe, what the-"

"This is Sasuke Uchiha" said Naruto "Our E.T, well it's just a nickname because he is so…something, well, we met him a week after you left, and man, he's rich…"

"I get the point Ramen-head" said Sasuke as he rolled his eyes "Hn, who's the bubblegum head?" he said dumbly, even though he knew her name. Naruto smiled and said "Teme, this is Sakura, she's our long lost friend, she moved to Chicago 6 years ago, and now she's back and she's with us…didn't you listen to Tsunade earlier?"

"Like I care" said Sasuke "Now let go of me dobe before I whack you with my guitar and you might not even remember your name…"

"Hi. I'm Sakura Haruno, nice to meet you…Sasuke" said Sakura, as she held out her hand, she was curious about the Uchiha. Sasuke looked at her hand and said "Like I care about it…"

"Now you said it…likewise"

Sakura stared with her insides burning with anger at Sasuke What a jerk! No wonder Ino and the others call him an E.T, he's so, so...something she thought He isn't a human-friendly type kind of thing…he so, so…something.

"Today, we're doing groups" said Tsunade "perform your own music, OWN SONGS, each group by the order I give you, understand?"

The class nodded and Tsunade looked at Sakura "And you Ms. Haruno, since you don't have a group, you can perform tomorrow, because tomorrow is solos…and since you're new you could just watch and see what we do here…"

"Huh? Solos? But why?" said Naruto, confused "We never did solos before…"

"Alright first up!" said Tsunade "Ino and Hinata…stage, now!"

"It's us Saku" said Ino as she and Hinata stood up "Wish us luck Saku!" she said as they both ran down the stairs and walked up to the stage. They both grabbed microphones then began to sing:

("I Hate This Part" – Pussycat Dolls)

(Ino)

We're driving slow through the snow on 5th Avenue
And right now radio's all that we can hear
Now we ain't talked since we left, it's so overdue
It's cold outside but between us it's worse in here

(Hinata:)
The world slows down
But my heart beats fast right now
I know this is the part
Where the end starts

(Ino and Hinata:)
I can't take it any longer
Thought that we were stronger
All we do is linger
Slipping through my fingers

I don't wanna try now
All that's left's goodbye to
Find a way that I can tell you

(Ino:)
I hate this part right here
I hate this part right here
I just can't take your tears
I hate this part right here

Everyday, seven takes of the same old scene
Seems we're bound by the laws of the same routine
Gotta talk to you now 'fore we go to sleep
But will we sleep once I tell you what's hurting me?

(Hinata:)
The world slows down
But my heart beats fast right now
I know this is the part
Where the end starts

(Ino and Hinata:)
I can't take it any longer
Thought that we were stronger
All we do is linger
Slipping through our fingers

I don't wanna try now
All that's left's goodbye to
Find a way that I can tell you

(Hinata:)
I hate this part right here
I hate this part right here
I just can't take your tears
I hate this part right here

I know you'll ask me to hold on
And carry on like nothing's wrong
But there is no more time for lies
'Cause I see sunset in your eyes

(Ino and Hinata:)
I can't take it any longer
Thought that we were stronger
All we do is linger
Slipping through our fingers

I don't wanna try now
All that's left's goodbye to
Find a way that I can tell you

(Ino:)
That I gotta do it
I gotta do it
I gotta do it
I hate this part

I gotta do it
I gotta do it
I gotta do it, oh

I hate this part right here
I hate this part right here
I just can't take these tears
I hate this part right here

After the song ended, the crowd clapped at the beautiful performance done by Ino and Hinata. And Sakura noticed that only a certain group of girl didn't clap, she saw that it was a black haired girl who was crossing her arms and rolling her eyes at the performance. Sakura turned to her like-a-brother friend Shikamaru and said "Shika, who's that girl…?"

Shikamaru grinned and said "That's Sasuke/E.T's number one admirer, or obsessed fangirl. Her name's Karin, she's one of the Academy's top students, and also Sasuke's number one fangirl…right Sasuke?"

Sasuke, who was just sitting there quietly, rolled his eyes and said "Whatever, I don't give a shit…" as he looked at the stage blankly. Sakura frowned, What the hell's wrong with this guy? She turned to Shikamaru and whispered "Why does that moron have fangirls?"

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow and snorted "Why don't you tell me? You're the girl, well, even though I'm not, isn't it obvious? He's got the looks, why wouldn't he have fangirls? Jeez Saku, did six years in Chicago make you so innocent? What a drag..."

Sakura gasped "I'm not innocent..just…just…confused"

"Alright then…" said Shikamaru as they watched Ino and Hinata walk back to them and back to their seats. Sakura smiled at HInata "Good singing Hina! I never knew you had it in you!"

"Thanks Sakura" said Hinata, Sakura gasped once more "Hina! You're not that shy and shaky when you speak anymore!"

"Oh, Saku, it took a lot of work to…persuade her to do so" said Ino as she leaned on her seat "She still fancies Naruto, but the git doesn't seem to notice…" she said in a lower voice. Then Tsunade yelled:

"KARIN and your friends, YOU'RE UP!"

"Here we go…again" said Ino as she shook her head, Sakura saw the other groan, and Sasuke mouthed Shit.

"Ugh, my iPod's in my locker…" Sasuke muttered as Karin and her two other friends stepped onto the stage, Karin was wearing top that shows her cleavage and a mini skirt, her friends were by her side, with their hands on their hips. Karin looked at crowd and said:

"Music"

Then her friends started shaking their hips, and Karina also did too, then she started to sing:

(Too Cool – Camp Rock)

I'm too cool for my dress
These shades don't leave my head
Everything you say is so irrelevant
You follow and I lead
You want to be like me
But your just a wannabe
love it or hate it

I can't help the way I am
Hope you don't misunderstand

Cause I'm too cool
Yeah I'm too cool
To know you
Don't take it personal
Don't get emotional
You know it's the truth
I'm too cool for you
You think your hot but I'm sorry, you're not
Exactly who you think you are
Can't tell you what you haven't got
When we walk into the room
I'm too cool for you

Lucky I'm so nice
Even I'm surprised
You are still allowed to be in my crew
Show you how it's done
If you want to be someone
Just watch me and you'll learn some

Me, myself, and I agree
You'll never catch up with me

Cause I'm too cool
Yeah I'm too cool
To know you
Don't take it personal
Don't get emotional
You know it's the truth
I'm too cool for you
You think your hot but I'm sorry, you're not
Exactly who you think you are
Can't tell you what you haven't got
When we walk into the room
I'm too cool for you

You see I'm all beauty, brains, and talents
I got it all
Well others have to try all their lives
Still they never get the call
That's the difference between you and me
Obviously
I'm a natural
I'm the real deal

I can't help the way I am
Hope you don't misunderstand

But I'm too cool
Yeah I'm too cool
To know you
Don't take it personal
Don't get emotional
You know it's the truth
I'm too cool for you

Too cool
Yeah I'm too cool
To know you
Don't take it personal
Don't get emotional
You know it's the truth
I'm too cool for you

She ended the song with a slut-ish pose and the crowd had open mouths, Sakura just stared, Ino shook her head, Naruto closed his eyes, Hinata tapped her shoes on the floor while Sasuke just said "Hn"

Karin smiled sweetly at everyone then gave a blow kiss to Sasuke who just crossed his arms, keeping his cool even though everyone was looking at him. "Beat it" said Sasuke as he glared at the crowd as if they're always shocked, aren't they used to the fact that, that Karin always does that to me in every end of her performance?

"The others didn't sing at all..." commented Sakura "It was only that Karin girl who sang it through…"

"To be the star of the show, of course" said Ino rolling her eyes

"Alright next up, Uzamaki, Shikamaru, and Uchiha, you're up!" yelled Tsunade. Sasuke stood up and turned to Naruto "It's us dobe, let's go" he said as he watched Naruto and Shikamaru stand up.

"Move it bubblegum head" said Sasuke as he pass in front of Sakura. Sakura crossed her arms and muttered:

"Jerk"

"Thanks…I appreciate the compliment, now I feel all fuzzy and warm in the inside…"

"Retard…"

"Likewise"

Sasuke smirked once more before he, Naruto and Shikamaru went up to the stage, Sakura groaned "Jerk, Jerk, Jerk, that E.T…"

Not to mention hot she thought, but she kept that thought off and watched them perform. Sasuke started to play his guitar, and Shikamaru also, then Naruto playing his drums. The crowd started cheering, and for the first time, Sakura saw Karin cheering for her beloved, she rolled her eyes at this, who would like a jerk like him?

(False Pretense – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus)

(Sasuke:)

Oh, it's time to let it go

The world's got a funny way of turning 'round on you
When a friend tries to stab you right in the face
Losing faith in everything I thought I hoped I knew
Don't sweat it, {it was} set on false pretense

(Sasuke, but Naruto is singing in a low background voice :)
Betrayed but not gonna be willing to change
And it doesn't seem likely to fade
Betrayed but not gonna be willing to change
Cu-cu-cu-cuz you know...

(Sasuke:)
It's sacrifice
False pretense you'll hurt again
Stop pretending to deny
False pretense you'll hurt again

All along you know you thought you got the best of me
{But} you were wrong and I'm laughing right in your face
I cannot believe you claimed you were my family
Don't sweat it - it's set on false pretense

(Sasuke, Naruto and Shikamaru singing low background voice :)
Betrayed but not gonna be willing to change
And it doesn't seem likely to fade
Betrayed but not gonna be willing to change
Cu-cu-cu-cuz you know...

(Sasuke :)
It's sacrifice
False pretense you'll hurt again
Stop pretending to deny
False pretense you'll hurt again

Oh, it's time to let it go

(Shikamaru:)
I can't seem to understand it how you turned out to be so cold
You tried but were caught red handed, are you happy with your role?
It's funny to me how you've turned into such a joke...

(Sasuke:)
It's sacrifice
False pretense you'll hurt again
Stop pretending to deny
False pretense you'll hurt again

So play the game until you run out
And play the game into my hand

.The whole crowd clapped and even Sakura too surprisingly, she was so amazed on how good they play and how good Sasuke sang, but again, she tried to put that thought off, but it was too true to ignore. Naruto smiled at them, and Hinata was blushing mad and Ino was clapping. Karin was jumping for joy, (which was an awkward scene) and Tsunade had a small smile on her face.

These boys never failed to impress me, especially Uchiha…one my best top students…you'll do well Tsunade thought. Then she walked to the back of the auditorium and went to Sakura.

"Ms. Haruno" said Tsunade, Sakura jumped when she heard the voice, she turned around and saw Tsunade with a clipboard on her hands, and a pen.

"So, do you think you can do it?"

Sakura looked at the stage where the three are thanking the crowd for their performance, then back at Tsunade, with determined eyes, she said:

"I Can Do It"

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