"Come in." An elder voice sounds. The door slowly opens as a man with a large scroll walks in. The man had brown hair and a scar across the bridge of his nose. The scroll he had was the very thing half the village had just spent the night looking for.

"Lord Hokage." the man greeted.

"Ah, Iruka. It's good that you're alright. I trust Mizuki is in custody?" Hiruzen Sarutobi sat, elbows on the desk with his hands together in a presented manner.

"He is, or what's left. Naruto did a real number on him." Iruka stated, slightly down that his one time friend was a traitor.

"Is the scroll intact?"

"Yes." Iruka sets the scroll onto the Hokage's desk.

"Good, and how's Naruto?"

"..." Nothing. No response.

Hiruzen's mood darkens. "Where is he?"

Iruka looks away. "He. . .disappeared after what he did to Mizuki."

Hiruzen snaps out of his chair. "WHAT?!"

(DAYS LATER)

"Class, quiet! Settle down!" Iruka yelled upon entering the room. "Today we will be assigning you your teams."

"I call Sasuke!" Ino

"ME AND SASUKE ALONE!" random slut.

"He's mine. CHA!" Sakura.

"HE'S AN EMO!" A random guy calls out to try to shut them up, only to be mobbed by three girls around him. Suddenly, everyone shivered as they felt killing intent flooding from Iruka.

"SETTLE DOWN!" They all fall into their seats in silence. Iruka coughs to clear his throat. "Due to a few problems in the past few days, there have been a few issues with team placements."

"Tch. What problems? Did Naruto raid the records again?" Kiba chuckled. "I swear the dead last loser has a habit of pissing off the ANBU."

"Where is he, anyway?" One guy asked.

"Who cares, you know he didn't pass." A girl answered as whispering started.

Iruka coughed once more to gain attention. "Naruto actually passed very well, but has been missing for the past week. You were all informed of the incident with your former teacher Mizuki?"

Several students gasped a bit while others nodded.

"That is what complicated today's events. However we must continue. We have someone to fill Naruto's spot for the team selections, so let us move on. Team 1 will be. . ."

Up in the seats, one student in particular was panicking. One Hinata Hyuga. "N. . . Naruto?"

"Ehh, he's fine I'm sure." She hears behind her. She turns to see Shikamaru, half asleep. "He's such a drag."

"Uh. . um. Yeah." Hinata looks forward.

"Team 7 will be: Sasuke Uchiha-" Cheers of joy! "Sakura Haruno" Cries of pain and horror! "And our fill in for Naruto."

Hinata looks down, saddened. She wasn't going to be on Naruto's team anyway it seemed.

"COME ON! Why does billboard brow get him?!" Ino was yelling.

Iruka replied less angry than usual. He seemed to reply like a smart ass to shut her up. "Because you're on Team 8 with Shikamaru and Choji." He must be affected by Naruto's absence too.

"GAAHHHH!" Ino screamed.

"Heh. What was that earlier about not being on a team with a guy like me?" Shikamaru spoke to Ino beside him smugly. Choji of course munched on chips.

"Team 9. . ."

Hinata looked over to Sasuke, who seemed to be looking around room subtly. Sakura, sadly, did notice.

"See something you like, Sasuke?" She finished with a wink. He didn't even begin to notice before he continued to stare out the window.

"Team 10 will be Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame."

She moves to join Kiba and Shino, just in time to hear Kiba mutter. "We'll be fine as long as I don't get fleas."

(ONE HOUR LATER)

Sasuke and Sakura were the only two left in the room. Sasuke seemed to still look around every once in a while. Sakura seemed to only annoy him further and further every few seconds until they came to a complete silence.

. . .

"Soooooo, Sasuke. . ." She tried to start.

"No." The first time he responded to her today! She hunched over in immediate defeat.

"At least we don't have that idiot here."

Sasuke glares at her a moment, but nonetheless, keeps quiet. They begin to hear footsteps from down the hall.

"Oh please let that be him."

The door opens. . . revealing someone their age. Pale skin, short black hair, black pants. Sleeveless gray undershirt with a one sleeved unzipped black jacket. He had scrolls and brushes instead of shuriken pouches. He look at the two, a complete fake smile.

"Hello, our sensei sent me to get you two. We're meeting on the roof."

Sakura was taken aback. "He couldn't even come by himself?"

"He is quite lazy. By the way, I am Sai. You seem like a nice girl."

Sakura blushed from the complement.

"Ugly girls usually need to be nice." He finishes.

If Sasuke had been a man of more emotion, he may have chuckled.