Sasuna Uchiha

Chapter 3 - Sunny Boy

Chapter 3

Sasuna sat in the back of the cafeteria, gnawing obnoxiously at a stick of gum. Her nose was buried in a book, her eyes scanning each page with the same ferocity she did everything else.

Sakura sat besides her, pink ear buds extending from her cherry-blossom iPod. Her head bobbed slightly along with the music, her mouth taking tiny bites from her baloney sandwich. Her eyes occasionally drifted over to stare at Sasuna, who couldn't have looked any less amused. 

"Hey Sakura!" A group of three girls began migrating across the room towards the couple. A blonde waved, a grin spread wide across her face. To her left was a raven, her long hair swaying well below her waist. And on her right was a brunette, brown hair tied up in two high buns.

"Hey Ino! Hinata! Tenten!" The pinkette waved back, pulling an earbud from her ear.

"Care to join us?" They offered, stopping a few feet away, motioning towards a conveniently empty table.

Sakura stiffened, looking from Sasuna to her best friends and back to Sasuna again. "S-sure!" She chirped, picking up her lunch. "B-bye Sasuna!"

Sasuna didn't even look up, seeming even further immersed in her novel then before.

Ino scoffed, pulling Sakura in close. "Drop her." She mumbled. "She's not worth your time."

Looking up with pleading green eyes, Hinata and Tenten both nodded in agreement. "It's for the best, Sakura." Hinata comforted.

"Yeah." Sakura mumbled. "For the best." Her hands tightened around her lunch tray before she placed it on the tabletop. "I-I have to use the r-restroom, be right back!" And with that, she ran off.

"Hey Naruto." Shino intoned, pulling an apple from his paper lunch. "Where's Hina?"

Naruto shrugged, sipping some milk through a colorful straw. "With her other friends." He set his drink down to observe the cliques about him. He easily spotted Hinata's dark hair, swaying freely about her.

Kiba elbowed Naruto in the gut, causing the blonde to grumble and turn towards his dog-obsessed friend. "Sasuna." He nodded his head in Hinata's direction. "Over there."

Naruto squinted, observing the three girls who had been chatting furiously. "Where?" He asked, facing his friend for the second time, "and why?"

"Well, since Sakura wasn't interested in your manly charm, I think Sasuna is the second best bet."

Naruto stood quickly and shook his fist in an intimidating way. "Hell no! You remember what went down in class last time! I'm not going to get embarrassed like that again! No way!"

"Oh come on." Shino placed a hand on Naruro's shoulder, pulling him back down. "It wasn't that bad."

"Why are you playing match maker all of a sudden anyways!? I'm not that lonely!" If he had been in a cartoon, steam would be shooting from his ears.

"Besides," Kiba added with a smirk, ignoring the blonde's brutish complaint, "she's hotter."

"Much hotter." Shino nodded.

Naruto was suddenly interested. Yeah yeah, he didn't pick girls just for looks, but that Sakura chick had been pretty good looking. And if Kiba thought this Sasuna was 'hotter', she must be the real deal.

"Fine." Naruto stood and stretched, suddenly calm, "point her out."

Shino and Kiba both extended a finger towards a hunched figure, her hood pulled up all the way, and a book covering the rest of her face.

If her posture said anything about her, it would be screaming "leave me alone!"

Naruto rolled his eyes, "why do you always have to pick the hard ones?" He began to make his way towards the shady figure, slyly strolling past Hinata's group.

Tenten giggled, pointing at Ino, "Hina's right! You DO look like that dude from that rock band... what was it... The Akatsuki or something?"

Ino blushed, "at least he's hot!" She fiddled with her bangs before suddenly becoming serious. "Uh... Hinata?"

"Yeah?" The girl finished up her Instagram post before looking up from her phone.

"Is that Naruto!?"

"Hey." Naruto smiled, leaning against the wall casually over Sasuna, who didn't seem to notice his looming presence.

"Buzz off." The hooded girl mumbled, lifting her hand to shoo him away without tearing her gaze from the page. "Can't you see I'm busy?"

Naruto twitched, who does this chick think she is!? I'm not going down like this! Two girls in the same day, this is pathetic! Did Sakura tell her something about me!? "Hey, whatever that Sakura nerd said about me isn't true! I am not-"

There was a soft shuffling sound as Sasuna stood, cutting him off mid-sentence; her dark eyes staring directly into his. She was the same height as him, "Had I not made myself clear before? I said: I'm busy."

Without realizing it, a small crowd had gathered around the two, several softly chanting for a fight while others mumbled, making rumors.

"Oh come on! Who are you trying to fool?" Naruto scoffed, taking his hand from the wall and placing it sassily on his hip. "That emo facade isn't foolin' anyone! You're really just another prissy dress-up doll, like all the other popular girls!"

Several girls snickered while others let out a low groan, NO ONE challenged Sasuna and got out alive.

A small laugh escaped the hooded girl, her arm raising from her side and sliding off her sweater, tossing it into the crowd; where a random fan magically appeared to snatch it: mid-air.

"Look sunshine," Sasuna smiled, agitated mirth obvious in her expression. She blew hair from her face, taking a threatening step forward. "You may think that drawl of yours is cute, but just know I don't let bumpkins walk on me much less tease me about my looks." She looked Naruto over one last time, her smile slowly fading away, replaced with a look of disgust. "If anyone walked on anyone, it would be me wiping my shoes on you this morning, you filthy doormat!"

Naruto stood there, slightly dumbfounded. He had never been called a bumpkin before, much less a doormat! Before he could even think of formulating a response, a path had already cleared where Sasuna made her dramatic exit.

Flushed and agitated, Naruto made his retreat, making sure to stomp hard on both his friends' feet.

"Ow!" Kiba wailed, rubbing his foot with an anguished expression. "What was that for?"

"I'm assuming it didn't go well?" Shino offered to his friend, who was still red in the face.

"I don't wanna talk about it." He grumbled, sinking further into his seat. "Worst first day ever."