(I rewrote this chapter because it was way too long…just so everyone knows) Hello! This is my first Naruto fanfic! YAY! The pairings are SasuSaku, NaruHina, NejiTen, ShikaIno. So this story will have 40 CHAPTERS! Yes, I said it! There will be 10 chapters for each year in high school. Yup…many many many chapters, I know. So take a seat because this is gonna take a while. Have fun! Chapter 1 begins!

"talking"

thoughts

inner thoughts

Chapter 1: Uchihas are annoying…

It annoyed me when he ignored me. It bothered me when he wouldn't pay attention. It was a problem when I grew angry when he made me feel unnoticed...but the ironic thing was that it was that same unnoticed feeling that led me to love him.

Sooo…I know this is pretty random but I think my life is about to change within these few years. I never knew what was going to happen in my school days but until I stepped into high school, something would change forever.

My name is Haruno Sakura and I never knew that one day Uchiha Sasuke would be able to notice me.

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"Sakura, we are here." Tsunade-sama said.

Woo!

What are you happy about?

You'll see…

"Sakura, aren't you even listening?!" she always gets angry easily.

Note to self: listen to Tsunade when she's talking.

"Uhhh…please repeat?" I smiled and laughed nervously.

She glared at me and I saw a vein pop up from her head. I guess it was important. "Sakura…unless you want to get killed…Pay attention?!" She shook her head, "So, as you know, this is a ninja training high school, but since everyone wants to be the best you have to watch your back."

"If you get into a fight with a student, it doesn't matter who started it, you both will be expelled depending on the circumstances. This school is training, not real life. We have a strict policy about non-fighting. Arguments are okay but as long as they are not fights, got it?"

"Yes Tsunade-sama…"

Oh…man…how boring…

For once, my inner self was right…

Aren't I always?

I sighed. I felt like I was stupid when my inner self was stupid.

"Come, Sakura. I need to head to the office immediately. Find your friends and chat…or whatever you kids do these days." She started talking to herself, "Damn I feel old…I need some sake."

Uh-oh…Not again… "Tsunade-sama, please don't drink too much."

"Yeah, yeah…" and she walks off.

I arrived really early to school and I began to become curious about who's came this early. I began to walk around school to look for at least for someone.

All of a sudden, I hear someone call out my name, "Sakura-chan!"

I turned to see Hinata and Neji, "Why are you guys so early?"

"W-Well, my f-father d-dislikes the i-idea o-of being l-late," said Hinata.

There she goes again, stuttering. No matter how many times I tried to make her stop and tell her not be shy around her friends, she still does it no matter how long I've known her. Maybe it might be a disorder.

"So what do you guys do for an hour?" I asked.

"Nothing basically… I usually meditate, train with Hinata, or improve my control over my chakra."

"I-I do t-the s-same, but I-I d-don't meditate."

I sighed. Why do the Hyuga have to be so proper and strict? Can't they take a break for like a minute?

Neji and Hinata do that already. They just do what they're told.

Oh…

"Sooo…anything else we could do?" I asked. There has to be something else.

"Ummm…we could find our classroom?" Neji said, not sure about the idea.

Hinata and I nodded, agreeing with the idea.

We started to walk to the classrooms and I was talking with Hinata. I guess I wasn't paying attention about where I was going because I accidentally bumped into someone.

"Oof!" I groaned and landed on my butt.

"Oops, sorry it was my fault! I was—" the girl said and paused in mid-sentence. "Sakura-chan! Uh…why are you here so early?"

The girl I bumped into was no one other than Tenten and she seemed distracted. I think she was looking for Neji…who was right next to Hinata.

Then Chouji pops out of nowhere, "Hey Sakura-chan, want some chips?"

"Hey Choji, you know, you should stop eating so much. Especially right before you go to sleep… It isn't good for you," I told him.

He looked at me with a blank expression.

Uh-oh…

"Sakura-chan, HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT?! HAVE YOU EVEN TRIED IT BEFORE?!"

"Uhhh…yeah! I did and I ended up sleep waking, carry a kunai in my hand, walking in the streets, in the middle of the night, and the ANBU arrested me! What happens to you, huh?"

"Nothing actually…I sleep peacefully knowing that I have eaten food." Choji smiled.

I sighed, "Forget I ever said anything…anyway, Tenten, were you looking for someone? Usually you always get mad when someone bumps into you even when it's your fault."

"Uhhh…no actually…I was waiting for the others to show up…" She was in deep thought.

Yeah right, Tenten…She's thinking about her beloved Neji.

"By the way…Hinata and Neji are here too."

"Huh…?" Tenten turned her head toward them and sweatdropped, "Oh…Hello guys!" She chuckled nervously.

"Are we all in the same room?" I asked.

"Room 301?" Neji inquired.

We all nodded.

Tenten cheered out loud and exclaimed, "Ha!"

"Damn, Tenten, do you have to be so loud?" Shikamaru said. It was like he came out of no where.

"Hmp!" Tenten crossed her arms. "You're just still mad at me because I saved your butt when you were in sixth grade."

"In case you forgot, Neji was there too."

"Yeah, but I did most of the work!"

"I was just cut off guard, that's all." Shikamaru crossed his arms.

"Face it! You got your butt saved by a girl!"

"Enough, you two! Let's just go to class. Shikamaru, are you in Room 301?" Neji asked.

He nodded.

"Let's go then." He said.

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When we arrived at room 301, we stopped and stared at the door.

"So are we going in or what?"

"It's still too early…" I sighed, "I didn't realize I woke up so early today."

Everyone shrugged and Neji opened the door.

"W-Where do w-we s-sit?" Hinata asked.

"Anywhere, I guess, for now that is." Shikamaru said.

The classroom looked like a college classroom. Each section of seats could seat three people in each row. In between those sections were stairs. I sat in between Tenten and Hinata while Neji, Choji, and Shikamaru were sitting in the row next to us. We were basically waiting for other people to arrive.

"Sakura-chan…do you still, you know, think about him?" Tenten asked.

I knew who she was talking about and it brought up Hinata's attention. I replied, "No, not that much anymore like it used to be."

Tenten just nodded and looked toward the door. I bet she was thinking about the same thing as me.

Is he going to be in this class?

A few moments later, the door knob started to turn all of a sudden. I could feel tension between us girls. For Hinata, it could be Naruto. For me, it could be him. For Tenten, I think she was just curious about who was coming into the room. So… who would it be?

The door knob turned all the way and the person it turned out to be was Ino-pig.

"HEY, YOU GUYS ARE THIS CLASS?! Wow, I wonder who else is in this class! I hope Sasuke-kun will be in this class! Oh man that would be awesome!"

I just sweat dropped. I know this is all an act for Shikamaru. I retired from being the leader of the fangirls so basically, Ino took my place. She doing all this to make the freaking Pineapple head jealous, and to me, I think it's working. I mean, he always gets annoyed when Ino says something great about Sasuke and if she even talks about him.

"Hey Sakura, awww…you didn't save a spot for me!" she whined.

Oh, I forgot. After I retired, Ino and I made up and now, we are the best of friends again.

"Sorry, we're probably going to get seating arrangements anyway, so let's just talk."

During our conversations, we just talked about our summer and how we survived some of the boring days not doing anything. We didn't notice that some people have entered the classroom and went to take a seat before class started. I looked at the clock and noticed that classroom was going to begin soon.

"Fifteen minutes until class starts." I said. Everyone sighed.

"Naruto's gonna be late again… I wonder where Sasuke-kun is." Ino said looking around.

Hinata started to twiddle her fingers at the mention of Naruto. I looked at Hinata, "Who knows what class they're gonna be in."

We looked toward the other guys. Neji had his eyes closed. Shikamaru had his head laying face down on the desk. Chouji…well, of course he was eating chips. "Dang, they're boring…" Tenten said. We just nodded.

A few minutes pass and suddenly a kid with a dog came up to us. "Hey ladies, my name is Kiba and this is my dog, Akamaru."

"Hi," we all said. I just stared at him. He was paying attention to Hinata and that made me overprotective of her.

ONLY NARUTO CAN BE WITH HER!

"Hey Kiba, why don't you go sit in that desk way over there?" I said glaring at him. The others just looked at me with confused faces.

"Excuse me? I was being polite enough to even say hello. Why all of a sudden do you have anger toward me?"

"Don't you dare use that tone with me!" I yelled.

"You're not my mom!" he yelled.

"Will you keep it down!? I'm trying to sleep!" Shikamaru yelled.

Ino looked at him, "Shikamaru! Chouji! I didn't see you guys!" She ran toward them.

Shikamaru sighed and I heard him say, "What a drag…"

I continued to glare at this so called Kiba. He just glared right back at me. Hinata and Tenten just kept looking back and forth at him and me.

Maybe you should calm down, Sakura. Give him a chance.

"Okay, you're off the hook for now, but I'm watching you!" I said.

He just shrugged and walked off. Jerk…

"S-Sakura-chan, w-why d-did you g-get s-so mad a-at that g-guy?" Hinata asked.

My eyes widened. I had to think of an excuse quick. "He stunk and it wasn't nice to come up to us smelling like that."

Tenten and Hinata just tilted their heads and nodded slowly. I smiled and scratched my head, smiling.

Again, I heard the door knob turning and I looked at the clock. Maybe he wasn't going to be in this class. The door opened and a boy with a bowl haircut in green spandex appeared. It was a frightening sight…

"I AM SO EXCITED! I GREET YOU MY YOUTHFUL CLASSMATES!" He yelled with such enthusiasm, I couldn't believe someone could have. He looked straight at me and immediately, I had goose bumps. The scary kind of goose bumps. "Hello, you are Sakura, am I right?"

"Yeahhh….?"

"You are so youthfully beautiful! Would you please go out with me?"

"Youthfully?"

"Is that a yes?"

"No."

"What?"

"No, I'm sorry—"

"Hey is this Room 301?" A girl with blonde hair that had her hair up in four pony tails said.

"Yeah, you got here on time also. Class starts in five minutes," I replied.

"Okay, thanks." And she walked away with two guys following her.

I looked at Hinata and she was twiddling her fingers again. I was guessing that she was afraid that Naruto wasn't going to be in our class. AGAIN! The door knob began to turn.

Why can't someone just keep the door open?

Some guy with brown hair and kept it up in a pony came into the classroom and was looking around. His eyes landed on me. He walked up to me and said, "Hey."

"Hi," I replied.

"My name's Idate. What's yours?"

"Haruno…"

"Well, Haruno, why don't you and I have lunch together? We could talk or something."

"That's a nice offer but—"

"Idate, she's rejecting you. Would you care to step aside? Class is about to start," said a boy with black hair and onyx eyes. That boy could be no one another than…Uchiha Sasuke, but he was right; class is going to start in three minutes. Fangirls started fainting and cheering for Sasuke. I thought Ino was going to— never mind she is drooling. Idate glared at Sasuke and walked away but stopped. He looked back at me.

"By the way, Haruno, I'm still waiting for an answer." And with that he walked away.

"Oh my God, he's not serious, is he?" I asked Tenten. She just shrugged and pulled out a kunai. "Whoa! Take it easy!" She sighed and nodded.

"And I thought I was going to have some fun." She laughed.

"So you gave you're last name again, huh?" Sasuke sighed, "Looks like Naruto's gonna be late again."

Hinata turned a slight red, "H-How d-do you k-know N-Naruto i-is going t-to b-be in t-this class?"

"Trust me, he'll be here…just not on time."

We waited even longer and it was already ten minutes after eight. I was getting angry. I got here at seven o'clock sharp and the teacher is late? Plus! Naruto is nowhere to be fou—

"Am I late?! Am I late?!" Naruto screamed as he burst through the door.

"Actually…loser, you're late but the teacher is too." Sasuke said.

Naruto glared at Sasuke and then sighed, "That was close…I…Uhhh…over slept by accident….so when is our teacher coming?"

Everyone just sweat dropped. "Ugh! Naruto, you are so annoying!" Ino shouted.

I looked at Hinata. She is blushing now but Naruto's too stupid to notice. It was so obvious from the start. Naruto's the dumbest blonde I have ever met…

"I won't be so annoying when I'm Hokage!" Naruto yelled.

"Uhhh…yeah, you would."

"I can't believe you! You shouldn't even insult the future Hokage! I'm going to beat every single one of your butts! BELIEVE IT!"

"Naruto, don't you think you should keep it down? The teachers next door might hear us," Tenten advised.

"Fine…" He walked up to us and said, "Hey Tenten, Sakura, Hinata, and Sasuke."

"Shut up, dobe…"

"H-Hello N-Naruto-kun…" Hinata said looking at her fingers, playing with them.

Naruto grinned widely at her and she gasped and blushed, but she smiled in return.

"Hey Naruto," Tenten and I said. He waved at us in return.

"You know, you should at least try to come here five minutes earlier. So you can get here on time for once," I suggested.

"Every time I try that, I always fail…"

"Naruto, to be Hokage, you have to be responsible, if you don't learn that, then who knows if you're going to be Hokage?" Tenten said smartly.

"Yeah Naruto, believe it." Sasuke said, very annoyed.

"You know what Sasuke, why don't you get a haircut so people don't mistake you for a chicken's butt?"

"Naruto…"

"Oh, I forgot, Uchihas love their hair!" Naruto smiled.

"NARUTO! That's it?! Chidori!" Sasuke yelled and suddenly, lightening appeared and grew in his hands. I think his eyes turned red due to his Sharingan but I couldn't tell by the fact that the lightening was so bright it could blind me.

Stupid Sasuke…I think he needs anger management…

You do too!

"Whoa! Sasuke, calm down!" I shouted.

He glared at me and the lightening suddenly disappeared, "Sakura, you're annoying…" and he went over to Neji.

My mouth was hanging open and I crossed my arms. I immediately got mad and screamed, "I'M ANNOYING!? LOOK WHO'S TALKING CHICKEN BUTT!?"

Now everyone in the class was looking at me. Sasuke turned around and all he said was, "Hn…"

Naruto looked at me and said, "Whew, thanks a lot, Sakura-chan! I thought I was going to die!"

"Ugh! Naruto!"

"Be quiet, you two, the teacher might come soon. Let's just sit patiently until he or she comes," Tenten said.

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"Gosh! How long does this teacher take to get here?!" A very impatient Tenten shouted. Everyone was actually impatient and was ready to start the class. I've never been so bored…

Suddenly, a poof of smoke appeared at the desk of the teacher. There, stood a man with white spiked up hair with a mask covering his face. He held an orange book in his hands but put it in his pocket. "Hello class, my name is Hatake Kakashi. I will be your homeroom teacher." Everyone in the classroom was glaring at him. "What? Is there something wrong?"

"You're late!" Naruto yelled.

"Oh! You see, there was this old lady crossing the street and she was taking forever so I just had to help her. The old lady caused the traffic so it took a while to get here."

"Yeah! It took almost an hour!" I shouted.

"She was very slow." Everyone sighed. The teacher continued, "So since no one else wants to continue arguing with me, I will give you your seating arrangements. Hmmm…let's see…Ah! Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, you guys will sit in section two, row three."

I have to sit with Naruto and Sasuke…wow, life couldn't get any better…

YAY! SASUKE-KUN!

"Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Hyuga Hinata, you will sit in section one, row three."

"Great," I could hear Kiba say. I looked back and glared at him.

"Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Choji, you will be seated in section three, row two. Hyuga Neji, Tenten, Rock Lee, you will be seated in section two, row two. Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, you will sit in section three, row four."

Kakashi continued with the list of people still in needed to be seated and he eventually ended. "I have one more thing, the people you are sitting with are going to be your group and your group will have a teacher."

"What?!" Naruto, Ino, and I screamed. Naruto and I screamed because we didn't want to be in Sasuke's group but Ino screamed because she wanted to.

"You can't be serious?!" Ino shouted.

"Oh, I am…and one more thing, your groups will have separate teachers. For example, I will be the teacher for Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke for some of their other classes."

"NOOO!" Naruto and I screamed again.

"Hey, I find that insulting," Kakashi-sensei said. "Anyway, now, will all the teachers come out now?" A bunch of teachers came into the room and lined up against the wall. "Kiba, Shino, and Hinata will have Yuhi Kurenai. Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji will have Sarutobi Asuma. Neji, Tenten, and Lee will have Gai. Got it?"

We all nodded. Kakashi smiled, "Now go to your seats!"

We all ran to our seats in a flash. I noticed that in the order he said them was the order we were supposed to sit. I looked over to Hinata. She was blushing again because Naruto was talking to her. Good, just like I wanted. She's sitting next to Naruto. I looked over toward Tenten in front of me and she was trying to get Neji to open his eyes since he was trying to meditate. I found it funny and giggled. Sasuke looked at me like I was weird but I didn't care. I looked at Ino and Shikamaru. Pineapple head was sleeping and Ino was trying to wake him up…just like a married couple.

"Sakura-chan!" I heard someone said. It turned my attention away from my friends.

"Huh?" I looked toward the voice and I saw the guy with the bushy eyebrows. I sweatdropped.

"Sakura-chan! You still never answered my question."

"Well…no."

"What?!"

"No, I don't even know your name!" I said. Sasuke chuckle a little, that's weird.

"My name is Rock Lee! Please be my girlfriend!"

"I still don't even know you!"

"Awww! Please?!"

"No!"

"Please!"

"N—"

The bell rang.

Saved by the bell…

"Class, you are dismissed." Kakashi said and everyone ran out quickly…expect for, you know, us.

"So we go to our next class, huh? Does that mean we have to split up?" Ino asked.

"I guess…" Shikamaru said. We've never had to split up before because we only had one main teacher and shared the same classroom. Iruka-sensei did say we would have different classes one day.

We began to walk out of the classroom until Sasuke was stopped by Kakashi-sensei. "Sasuke!" It stopped him in his tracks. "It's nice to see you again." Everyone looked backed at Sasuke.

Huh?

"Hn…" was his reply.

I wonder…

THE END! Thank you all for reading! Please review!