Konoha High School

Chapter 1

Note of edit, 28/2/17: I was bothered by a lot of things in this chapter, but of course, this is not the final product. Now enjoy

Authors note!! Before the story begins, I just want to say that I have nothing against Ino. In actuality, I think that she's a really nice person (and gorgeous when she's in adulthood.) But for this story, I needed a bitchy character that can rival with Sakura for Sasuke. Ino was the only one that came to mind for a rival since she is kinda the only known one. Also, I prefer shipping SasukeXSakura than SasukeXIno. And if you are a SasukeXIno fan, then I'm really sorry but it's SasuSaku all the way for me. Now, enjoy the book.

17 year old Sakura Haruno was standing in front of a tall mirror, seeing something she was not used to seeing.

Her cherry blossom coloured hair was kept shoulder length with strands acting as bangs to cover up her abnormally large forehead. Her face was kept makeup free since she didn't find the use for it. She was wearing the standard Konoha High school uniform which consists of a white and mint coloured sailor uniform with a matching ribbon on the front, black knee high stockings and black shoes.

The uniform set also came with a light green blazer with the school's crest on it. Considering how hot a day is was, Sakura decided to skip it. But brought it along just in case it was necessary.

However her outfit, to anybody , didn't look correct.

Her sailor blouse was a few sizes too big, with their bagginess making her look fat as well as hiding her slim figure. Her skirt was a tad bit longer than normal, so it was covering her knees. And lastly, she had a pair of thick rimmed black glasses on her face.

In actuality, Sakura could function just fine without the glasses. It was her first day of school, and to her first impressions don't really matter. Why is that you ask? You'll know soon enough.

Sakura looked around her room one last time before grabbing her bag and heading down the stairs. Her room was fairly large and was comfortable and welcoming. After heading down the stairs, she said a quick goodbye to both her parents and headed out the door as quickly as she could. She knew that her parents would question on her clothing and would get her the right size of clothes. But since Sakura's parents left all the shopping to her, she had to make sure they had no knowing of it.

After a few minutes of both walking and running, Sakura stood at the front steps of Konoha High school. Before stepping in she took a look at it. A large red and orange building was located at the base of a mountain, with the famous crest on the rooftop. She stepped in and marvelled at how big the interior was. There were lockers on each side of the walls and classrooms with classes taking place. Students were going in and out of the classes, supposedly waiting for their classes to begin. After a few more seconds of being amazed, she walked up the flight of stairs to the top floor towards the principal's office.

Sakura knocked on the door, waiting for the approval to enter. After hearing it, she stepped into the office. Ahead she saw two women, one with short brown hair standing beside a long wooden table and one with long blonde hair sitting behind it. Behind the blonde woman, who Sakura assumed was the school's principal, were large glass windows, with the view of the whole estate.

She looked around and saw that the oval shaped room was filled with stacks of unfinished paperwork. On the desk itself was a symbol of the school. Sakura was admiring the view from the glass windows when a voice brought her back down to earth.

"Good morning. You must be Sakura Haruno. I'm Tsunade Senju, Konoha High School's principal. It's nice to meet you." Said the blonde haired woman.

"Yes ma'am" she replied.

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After an explanation from Tsunade, Sakura quickly left the office. She was told what were the expectations of Konoha High, the rules and such. Tsunade appointed Shizune, who was the other woman in the office earlier, to lead her to her new classroom.

"Hello Sakura. We haven't properly introduced ourselves yet so hello. My name is Shizune and I'm the school's counsellor. Nice to have you here." She said before handing her a sheet of paper.

"Here's your timetable. You will have all your classes with a girl named Hinata Hyuga, so ask her to help you if your stuck on anything. Okay?"

"Yes. Thank you" Sakura answered with a smile.

Shizune smiled back. "And now let's go to your classroom, follow me!"

The two went back down the stairs and stopped in front of the classroom nearest to the staircase. Before going in, Sakura was handed a piece of paper.

"Give this to the teacher when you go in. All the best Sakura!" Sakura waved back, before slowly turning the door's handle and gently pushing it forward.

All chatting in the classroom stopped and all eyes turned to her. She took a deep breath and closed the door behind her. Whispers could be heard in every corner of the room. Like she expected a few insults, possibly directed to her, were heard.

Sakura turned to where the insults were coming from. It only took Sakura one look to know who they are. Fancy clothes, designer bags, makeup, loud laughing, and texting. (She could see that phone under that table.) No doubt the popular girls.

The group consisted of three girls. The first one had long brown curly hair, which obviously did not look natural. The second one had short brown shoulder length hair, and was holding her phone up and kept opening and closing her mouth. Possibly using the snapchat dog filter.  The third and last one, which Sakura assumed was the leader, had long blonde hair with strands hanging loose from the front. She kept giggling to her friends, giving Sakura a disgusted look before turning back to them not caring.

Sakura heard a soft cough and turned her head towards the sound. There she saw a man with a mask and eyepatch covering about 3/4 of his face. He had gray gravity defying hair and was holding a green coloured book titled Make Out Tactics. She handed him the slip of paper she got from Shizune and after a few seconds of scanning it, the man showed a hint of a smile.

"Ah, hello nice to meet you. My name is Kakashi Hatake but call me Kakashi Sensei. Class today we have a new student. Her name is Sakura Haruno, make sure she feels welcome." Kakashi said to the many people in the classroom before continuing.

"Sakura, you can go sit next to hinata." The teacher pointed to a girl with short purple hair. She wore a furry light brown and white jacket and had lavender eyes. Her eyes kept darting around the room, and Sakura did not miss her stealing glances at a nearby blond, who was a few seats away.

As the pinkette took her seat next to the girl, Hinata murmured a few words of welcome.

"Alright everyone, now turn to page..." Sakura tuned out the voices and took a look out the window.

"This is going to be a long day."