"Aren't you excited? We are genins now!" I smiled, walking backwards so I could properly face my bored brother.
"Yeah, I guess it's alright." He gave me a small shrug, taking his hands out of his pockets.
"You're no fun, Sasuke-chan." I teased him, smiling. He only rolled his eyes, stretching his hand forward to poke my forehead.
This action made him stop and freeze, and so did I. He did it without thinking of him, which I think is a good sign. He's finally starting to move on? Oh, who am I kidding, he'll never move on until he gets his revenge. I didn't know what to say, so I just grabbed his index and middle finger, intertwining them with mine, pulling him to start walking again.
He was awfully quiet, more than usual. I can barely remember the last time my brother and I laughed and didn't care about anything else. I am really trying to get close to him, he's my only family after all, but every time when I finally get close, he pushes me away. Why can't he understand it's hard for me too? We are twins, we share the same pain, ache, the same laugh, happiness. The day I lost my big brother, I lost my twin brother too. What hurts most is that they didn't die, but sometimes I can't help but wonder; would it hurt as bad if they did?
Here I go again, with the depressing thoughts. Of course it would hurt worse, at least I see Sasuke's face every day. We live opposite to each other, there's only two meters between us. He's cold even to me and it hurts, but I love him and at least I get to see him. Here's one thing you'd never hear me say out loud.
Anyway, leaving aside the sadness, I was really excited for today. We're going to get divided in teams of three members, led by a sensei and it's really amazing! I can't wait to see who my team mates are.
"Ah, this is so exciting." I said for the millionth time, as Sasuke and I entered, for the last time perhaps, the classroom at the Academy.
A lot of looks were already on us, well, more like on my brother. The girls were already gazing at him as he was making his way to a desk, sitting down, placing his elbows on the table, fingers intertwined and chin rested on them. He was meditating again. I sighed, letting him be, looking around the classroom after my friends. I quickly spotted Naruto, waving at me.
"My my, I can't believe that you graduated." I teased him, crossing my arms.
"Well, you better believe it! I am a certified shinobi, y'know!" He smiled.
"I am proud of you, Naruto." I smiled, fist-bumping him.
"Thanks, Akira. This is really exciting."
"I know, right?! I can't stop saying it!"
We continued to fangirl about passing the class and becoming genins, but soon the door burst open, Sakura and Ino entering out of breath. Oh no, they raced to the Academy again. These girls have honestly got to stop being so competitive for each other, especially for my brother. There isn't a girl in this class who hasn't tried becoming my friend just because they wanted to get close to Sasuke through me. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing personal with them, but I'd rather try to avoid becoming friends with girls who are desperately in love with my brother. If I end up on the same team as a fangirl of Sasuke's, I'll do my best and try to cooperate with her, but let's hope it won't be the case.
And that's why I have only like two friends. Naruto and Shikamaru. As for the other boys... I get along well with the boys in my class, but only Naruto and Shikamaru I can call my friends. The rest of them are just classmates.
When Naruto and I were younger, all the other children chose to avoid him most of the time, but I stood there by his side. We did a lot of stupid things together and I really wouldn't have it any other way. And Shikamaru is really cool. Whenever I just feel like doing nothing with someone I reach him out and we just relax, talking.
I noticed that Naruto was quiet, so when I looked back at him, he was blushing and his gaze was stuck on Sakura. It was easily readable, his crush on her. He never talked to me about it, but I always saw it. The way his cheeks became a slight shade of pink rose as her long hair, his eyes would be on anything else in the room, just not on her, his fingers started easily shaking and fidgeting... Oh yeah, he has a crush on her, alright.
Sakura smiled, and rushed towards us. I frowned, being confused at her sudden happiness to see us, but I soon realized that she was happy to see Sasuke, who was meditating as per usual, on the left side of the desk we were talking at. Naruto raised his arm, waving at her saying Hello, but as soon as Sakura approached us, she pushed him out of the way, making him stumble into my arms, as she looked at my brother.
"Uh, good morning, Sasuke." She smiled, blushing a bit. Oh dear. He looked at her, waiting for her to continue, "Mind if I sit next to you?"
"Back off, Forehead, I am sitting next to Sasuke." Ino said, grabbing Sakura's arm.
"I walked in first." The pink-haired girl argued.
Soon, a huddle of girls gathered around my brother's desk, arguing that they got here first, so they should sit next to Sasuke. Clueless... I heard Sasuke think, and I grabbed my head, as I felt a small pressure on my temple. I hate it when this happens. Because we're twins, I guess, sometimes I can hear Sasuke's thoughts and we can talk telepathically, but I can't focus enough and I end up feeling like my head is exploding.
I quickly forgot about that, as my heart skipped a beat when I didn't feel Naruto in my arms anymore. Oh no. I looked over on the desk to see Naruto squatting and glaring at Sasuke, who was glaring back at him. What are they even doing? I feel like this isn't going to end well.
"Guys, you're weirdly way too close for two dudes who aren't romantically involved." I said, trying to enlighten the mood and get their attention, but they continued they stare-off.
"Naruto! What are you doing?!" Sakura yelled, and she soon was joined by the rest of the girls.
"Come on, you two, cut it out." I said, sitting next to Sasuke, shaking him and Naruto to get their attention, but they got startled, and Naruto lost his balance, falling right onto my brother's lips.
The whole class stopped, looking at the smooch between Naruto and Sasuke shocked. All the girls lost it and Naruto and Sasuke pulled away, gagging, while the boys were just shocked, speechless and so was I. What the heck did I just witness? Some girls were glaring at me due to the fact that the boys kissed because of me, so I gulped in fear.
Five minutes later, I was sitting in the desk in front of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura with two ex-classmates now, catching my breath after a few girls ran after me through the whole class. Unfortunately, Naruto wasn't as lucky as I was, since most of the girls beat his ass, and now I think he was praying not to die until the end of the hour.
"As of today, you are all ninjas." Iruka-sensei, our teacher from the Academy announced. "To get here, you faced difficult trials and hardships, but that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you're only genin, first level ninjas. All the genin will be grouped in three-men squads, excepting for one, that'll be formed of four-men, since this year one student was in plus. Each squad will be led by a jonin, an elite ninja."
I am going to die if you end up with Ino or Sakura. I thought, telling Sasuke, struggling not to get a headache. Akira! He yelled, making my head buzz. God forbid, poor kid.
"Each squad has a balance of strength and ability, so that's how we set them up." Iruka-sensei explained. "I will now announce the squads."
The group will only slow me down. I heard Sasuke say, without intention. What does he mean? I don't think he wanted me to hear it, but it's hard sometimes for us to control this.
"Team 7." Iruka-sensei said, catching our attention. "Naruto Uzumaki." He paused, before reading the next name. "Sakura Haruno."
Before Iruka-sensei could say the next name, Naruto jumped up, smiling full of happiness. I couldn't say the same for Sakura, who clearly wasn't happy about the news.
"And Sasuke and Akira Uchiha." Sensei continued, making me turn to Naruto and high-five him, his happiness growing even more, and Sakura joined him, but Naruto soon stopped as her realized that he'd be in the same team as his first kiss- I mean Sasuke.
Sasuke and I looked at each other, but his expression was blank. He didn't really seem to care, but I smiled, raising my fist to bump his. He hesitated, looking at it for a second, and then bumped it. Miraculously.
"Next up, Team 8." Iruka continued. "Hinata Hyuga." I looked over at Hinata, the shiest girl I've ever met, but also the sweetest, who seemed a bit down, but quickly hid it. "Kiba Inuzuka." My glare moved to the kid with the cutest dog on his head, also known as Akamaru. I smiled at him, and his tail started wiggling adorably. I love this dog so much. "Shino Aburame." And the quietest kid. It's a pretty good balance that Team 8 has. Hinata and Shino are both quiet, but Kiba is loud for the both of them.
"Now, Team 10." I heard Iruka-sensei. "Ino Yamanaka. Shikamaru Nara." I turned to see Shikamaru smirking at Ino, telling her something. I heard her growl loudly and Shikamaru looked at me, as I gave him a thumbs up, muttering 'Good luck with that'. He scoffed, smiling. "And Choji Akimichi." I looked over at Choji, who was eating, as per usual. Ino was probably regretting every decision that has led her up to this moment.
I shook my head, laughing silently at the teams. This should be interesting.