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Chapter One: The Beginning
It was early. It was a sunny morning. Two students were standing in the empty hall of Konoha High. One being a boy and the other being a girl. The boy wore the usual uniform; a long sleeve white button down that was tucked in though he has his sleeves rolled up, a red tie, black pants, and black shoes. He has fairly long jet black hair tied in a spiky ponytail, narrow brown eyes, and small loop earrings in both ears.
He had a rather bored expression as he yawned, "How much longer do we have to wait?"
The girl turned to him. She was wearing the usual uniform for the females; a white button down t-shirt tucked in, a red tie, a black and red plaid skirt, knee hig white socks, and black shoes. Her pink hair came down past her shoulder and her green eyes stared at the bored boy next to her.
"Until Principal Tsuande tells us to enter." She said.
He yawns and stretches, "Man what a drag." He said.
Stepping out was an office worker of the principal. She had short red hair, dark eyes, and was sweating a yellow sweater with dark pants.
"Nara Shikamaru and Haruno Sakura, the principal is ready for you two." The office worker said.
The boy, Shikamaru, motioned for the girl, Sakura, to go first. She smiled at him for letting her go first. To be honest, the reason Shikamaru let Sakura go first was because he didn't want to deal with the principal. Once entering the office, they see their principal finishing up some paper work. She shut some file and looked up at the two students in front of her.
"Thank you for coming in this early." Tsuande said.
Principal Tsuande had blonde hair shoulder-length that she usually keeps tied in two loose ponytails and brown eyes. She was wearing a black jacket over top a dark colored top, black pants, and black dress shoes. She had a diamond on her forehead which was some kind of tradition in her family.
Shikamaru sighs, "So what's going on?"
Sakura turns to him, "Shikamaru-! This is the principal we're speaking to!"
Tsuande smiles and shakes her head, "No need to get worked up, Sakura. I might as well get to the point since I asked you two to be here so early." Tsuande said.
The two students watch Tsuande fold her arms on her chest, her massively large chest. She is the first female principal at Konoha High, but just because she is a sexy women doesn't mean she doesn't take crap. Any man who talks about her in a negative way or makes her feel less than a man because she is a women, she teaches them who is boss.
"As you are aware with a new semester there will be new exchange students," Tsuande said, "We have three siblings coming in from the Suna Academy. The three siblings will be placed in different classrooms of course but, these three are from a noble family in Suna and have a serious social status."
Sakura looked a bit shocked, "Wait? How high of a social status?"
Tsuande looks at Sakura, "Their father is in charge of the Suna Trading Company." She said.
Shikamaru's eyes narrowed, "Why would their father want to send his children to Konoha High? Sure, we have some averagely high scores in our exams, but we aren't always at the top for exam scores." Shikamaru spoke.
Tsuande's eyes drifted to Shikamaru and sighed, "I haven't figured it out. However, the siblings will be coming by today for a tour. So I expect you two to do the tour." She said.
"Not to sound rude, ma'am, but why us?" Sakura asks a bit nervous.
Tsuande smiles and stands up, "Sakura, you've grown since your first day at Konoha High. You were a little girl with a school crush and had no idea what kind of person you wanted to be, but now you are the Student Council Vice President. I would have assigned the Council President, but Neji was busy with martial art."
Sakura nods, "I see."
Tsuande turns to Shikamaru, "Picking you was simple. Shikamaru since the first day I read your file I was impressed but also disappointed. You have such potential and yet you don't try harder, maybe giving you some extra work will help you find what it is your searching for." Tsuande said.
Shikamaru nods.
"Dismissed." Tsuande said.
-KONOHAHIGH-
"Jeez," A girl says, "This is Konoha High."
Standing outside of the gate where three teens. All three of them were dressed in regular clothes. The girl was wearing an off the shoulder purple top, black skinny jeans, and purple flats. She has teal eyes and sandy blonde hair, which is gathered into four consecutive ponytails. Standing next to her was the middle sibling. He was wearing a black hoodie, black jeans, and black shoes. He has brown hair and dark colored eyes.
"This place is going to be a piece of cake." The middle brother said.
The youngest points, "Look, I am assuming they are our welcoming party." He spoke.
The youngest sibling has fair skin, green eyes, and short red hair naturally spiky. He has a weird birthmark of the Japanese word, kanji meaning love, on his left side forehead. He was wearing a black t-shirt, black pants, and black shoes. The three siblings stood in a row awaiting for the two,
being Sakura and Shikamaru, to greet them.
Sakura bows her head and smiles, "Sorry we were late. We were just getting your schedules so we can show you around." Sakura then stood up fully.
"We were instructed by Principal Tsuande to be your guides." Shikamaru said sounding bored.
Sakura then pointed at each of them, "So you're the Subaku no siblings? I am Haruno Sakura and I am the Student Council Vice President." Sakura said.
The middle sibling joked, "We're not good enough for the actual president?"
The youngest sibling looked at his brother, "You don't need to be a jerk about it, Kankuro." The boy spoke.
Shikamaru looks at the youngest one and then to the one called Kankuro, "Principal Tsuande would have instructed our president but something came up, but Sakura is a great tour guide." He said.
The female sibling looks at the bored Shikamaru, "If she is the best tour guide, what does that make you?"
Shikamaru sighs, "I'm just the guy who got pulled into this. It's really too troublesome." He mutters.
Sakura took the lead, "This name is Nara Shikamaru and he is currently the assistant to Principal Tsuande." She said.
"Wait? A student is an assistant?" The female sibling spoke.
The boy named Kankuro didn't seem impressed, "How would a lazy guy like you be an assistant?"
The youngest stepped in again, "Sorry for my brother's behavior. Also excuse our behavior, we know your names but you do not know ours. My name is Subaku no Gaara, this is my brother Subaku no Kankuro and my sister Subaku no Temari." Gaara introduced.
Sakura shakes her head, "No need to apologize," She smiles at them, "Besides Shikamaru and I were already aware of your names."
As Sakura was beginning to hand the Suna students their schedules, more students for Konoha High began coming to the gate into the school. Temari watched as the students began socializing in such a normal manner, the environment was clearly different here at Konoha than Suna. Sakura still had a smile on her face as she was beginning to explain some history about the school.
"-Oi! Sakura, what's going on over here!" A rather loud voice shouted.
Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro glanced over at the source of the voice. It was a loud blonde male. He had blonde spikey hair, blue eyes, and whiskers on his cheeks. He was wearing the usual Konoha uniform much like Shikamaru, although he was wearing a black cloak over his uniform, and a black headband with a orange swirl image on it.
Shikamaru looked really annoyed, "Ah man, I was really hoping for once you'd be home sick." He sighed.
The boy turned to Shikamaru, "That's rude, Shikamaru. I thought we were friends!"
Shikamaru covered his ears, "We are you, idiot. It's just your screaming is giving me a headache." He said.
Sakura turns to the boy with an angry expression, "Naruto! We're in the middle of giving the exchange students a tour."
The boy named Naruto looked at the Suna siblings with a blank expression, "Why do we need exchange students?"
Sakura sighed and turned to the Suna siblings, "I'm sorry about him."
Gaara forms a soft smile, "It's not big deal."
Sakura motioned for Shikamaru and the siblings to follow her. They reached their lockers where they changed shoes. There were a lot of students than Temari expected. She was looking around and saw a boy with a bored look much like Shikamaru but he was more dark and closed off than the bored boy helping the Vice President with the tour. Around this bored teen was screaming fangirls. Temari sighed.
The sighing gained Kankuro's attention, "You okay, Temari?"
Temari nods, "I didn't expect Konoha High to be a stereotypical high school."
Kankuro grins, "What did you expect? Suna Academy?" Kankuro asks.
Temari shakes her head, "I just never expected this."
Temari and Kankuro joined back up to the front. Sakura was continuing with the tour without even noticing it was only Gaara she was speaking to and Shikamaru not even listening to her speak. The five stopped upon reaching the second floor, they stood in the hallway in front of a classroom. This classroom was labeled classroom 3-1 and this left Sakura to start flipping through her notes to remember who had this class.
"This is Kankuro's homeroom," Shikamaru spoke.
All eyes shifted to him.
Sakura smiles softly, "Thanks, Shikamaru." She mutters.
Kankuro nods, "Alright."
Sakura motions Kankuro to the classroom, "Your sensei has been notified about you being here today without uniform, so there won't be punishment about it. I'll warn you, however, Gai-sensei is an interesting character." Sakura said.
Kankuro rolled his eyes, "Oh whatever."
Kankuro waved goodbye to his siblings and entered the classroom. They walked a couple of feet before stopping at the next classroom. This classroom was labeled classroom 3-4, Sakura was about to start flipping through her notes but felt a hand on her shoulder. It was the lazy Shikamaru who calmed the nervous girl down.
"This is Gaara's homeroom." Shikamaru said.
Sakura nods remembering it now, "Right. Your sensei is Asuma-sensei, he isn't weird like Gai-sensei but he can be strict." Sakura said.
Gaara nods, "Alright," Gaara turns to Temari, "See you later."
Temari nods.
Sakura turns to Temari, "Well follow us. You, Temari, share the same homeroom as us."
-KONOHAHIGH-
Classroom 3-6, the door opened. Temari stood by watching Shikamaru enter and barely listened to Sakura talking to her. Sakura smiled at her. Temari turns to Sakura and nods. Sakura then took that as a way of excuse so Sakura walked to her own desk. Temari walked into the classroom and then bumped into the sensei at his desk. He was leaning against the desk.
"Yo," He spoke, "You must be new."
Temari nods, "Subaku no Temari."
The sensei before her has silver spikey hair and dark eyes. He wore a white button down t-shirt with it tucked in, a blue tie loosely around his neck, black pants, black shoes, and a white mask covering his face. From what Temari could notice, the sensei was reading a book and as she stared at it more she realized it was one of those books she'd kill her brothers if they have. Her new sensei was reading porn.
"Class!" The sensei yells.
Temari watched as the loud classroom slowly began to get silent. Temari sees Sakura, she was once talking to two other girls, get silent. One girl had blonde hair, and one had dark blue hair. Temari also spotted Shikamaru, he was laying his head on his desk, while a chubby boy next to him was eating chips. She also spotted the boy the girls fangirled by the locker and even noticed Naruto.
"This is Subaku no Temari, she is our exchange student from Suna Academy." The sensei said.
Temari snapped out of her trance, "Nice to meet you all." She bowed.
The students all welcomed her and then returned to talking among themselves. This was weird for her. In Suna Academy, the students wouldn't be caught dead talking in the classroom. It was school, it was the time to be focus. Not to be social. Temari felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned around and noticed her sensei giving her a weird look.
"You okay?" He asks.
Temari nods, "Yes, sensei."
He smiles underneath his mask, "The name is Kakashi-sensei. Now, why don't you sit next to Shikamaru." He spoke.
Temari nods. As she walks by, she heard some students mutter about her. She wasn't surprised, she was an exchange student from a well-known school studying at Konoha High for a year. Temari sat in her seat next to Shikamaru, he didn't seem to mind nor care. Next to him was a friend of his, since Shikamaru seemed less annoyed talking to the chubby individual.
Kakashi then stood up straight, "Alright. Let's start with attendance. When I call your name, please stand up so Temari can get familiar with you all." He spoke.
Temari sighs, 'Being new sucks.'
"Akimichi Choji!" Kakashi-sensei spoke.
Standing up was the chubby boy with markings on his cheeks in the form of swirls, he has spiky, brown hair that sticks upward, and dark colored eyes. He was wearing the typical male uniform much like everyone else in the classroom. Although, what was different is that Choji was carrying a bag of potato chips with him. Temari was shocked, in Suna the sensei would have taken the chips away and sent the boy to the principal's office.
Choji stands, "Here!" Choji yells.
"Hyuga Hinata!" Kakashi-sensei spoke.
Standing up was a very nervous and shy Hinata. She had lavender eyes, dark blue hair kept just above her forehead with chin-length strands framing her face. She wore the typical female uniform that Termai had seen Sakura wear. Hinata stood awkwardly and from where Temari sat, she should see the girl blushing from fear of public speaking.
"Here," Her voice was sort of loud but not as loud as Choji.
"Haruno Sakura!" Kakashi says.
Sakura stands, "Here." She said.
A couple of names came by and they did exactly what Kakashi-sensei asked. Temari was beginning to forget some of the names of the students as this continued.
"Nara Shikamaru!" Kakashi spoke.
Shikamaru sighs and does as he's told, "Here." He muttered and sat back down.
"Uchiha Sasuke!" Kakashi spoke.
Temari heard some of the girls in the class squeak slightly. Temari was a bit confused but then watched this Sasuke stand. He has black eyes and spiky black hair with a blue tint, Sasuke's hair has hung over his face as bangs. He was wearing a typical male school uniform like Temari has noticed. He has this cold and closed off look to him. Temari glanced at him and then to Shikamaru, her first judgement of the two was that they were similar but now seeing this Sasuke and looking at the lazy Shikamaru, it is obvious they are different.
"Here," Sasuke said and sat down.
"Yamanaka Ino!" Kakashi says.
Standing up was the blonde that Sakura was talking to before hand. no has fair skin, blue eyes, and long pale-blonde hair worn in a ponytail, with bangs framing the right side of her face. She was wearing the Konoha female uniform on.
"Here," Ino said.
"Lastly, Uzumaki Naruto!" Kakashi-sensei said.
Naruto jumped up, "I'm here, believe it!" He yells.
Everyone in the class seemed less impressed with the loud mouth student. Kakashi sighs to himself as he begins to gather some papers.
"I'd like to welcome everyone back from summer break by passing out your spring exam scores. I'd like you to look at your results and maybe at the end of this week, your scores will go up." Kakashi said.
Kakashi began passing them out. Temari being new, didn't get one. But she could tell by the expressions of the students faces if they were happy with their results or not. It was obvious that Naruto was deeply upset by his marks, Temari got a quick glance and her eyes widen. She shakes her head and remains silent like she is suppose to as if she was in Suna.
"I'd like the entire class to congratulate Shikamaru on another perfect. He remains at the top of the entire school." Kakashi said.
The class kind of clapped, some seemed really annoyed. As Shikamaru grabbed his test results back, Temari could see the waver of anger from the young man. Temari wasn't sure why, she would be happy if her scores were perfect every time.
"I can't believe that Nara kid," A voice from behind Temari spoke.
"Yeah, being a genius is bad already but having our sensei wave it in our faces is just making us look bad." Another voice said.
Temari was about to say something but Kakashi had returned to the front of the classroom. Temari was not expecting the class to be strict, since her first impression of the school was pretty laid back. However, she couldn't help but look over at Shikamaru. This so called genius was sleeping through class. Temari sighed as she turned her attention back at Kakashi.
-KONOHAHIGH-
"A 95%, Sakura. That's great." Ino spoke.
It was lunchtime. Temari was about to leave to go find Gaara and Kankuro. She gets up and walks pass Sakura's desk.
"Oh, wait! Temari!" Sakura yells.
Temari stops, "Uh- yes?"
Hinata looks from Temari to Sakura, "You know here?" Her voice was almost like a mouse.
Sakura nods, "Shikamaru and I were giving her brothers and her a tour."
Ino turns to Temari, "Shikamaru, eh? I've known that lazy butt since we were kids and him giving a tour doesn't sound like him." Ino said.
"He was complaining about how troublesome it was." Temari said.
Ino smiles, "That's Shikamaru alright."
Sakura motioned to her, "You can sit with us for lunch." She said.
Temari felt unsure, "I should check on Gaara and Kankuro."
Sakura shakes their head, "After you eat. You'll have enough time to see them, besides this way they can make new friends." Sakura said.
Temari caved in and sat next to the girls. She joined their conversation. It was beginning where it left off, it was about the scores that Kakashi-sensei had passed out.
"Sakura, you should be beating yourself down about a 95%. I wish I was as smart as you." Ino said as she pointed her chopsticks at Sakura.
Sakura smiles, "Oh you are smart, Ino."
Ino sighs, "Not like you. My father is going to be wondering what I am doing with my free time since I got a 70%." She said.
Hinata turns to Ino, "If you need help studying we can all get today before the exam." Hinata suggested.
Ino nods, "Perfect! And we can include Temari since she is new." Ino said.
Temari had taken a bite of her sushi and looked up at them, "You guys are going to include me?"
Ino nods, "Of course! By the way, I am Yamanaka Ino." Ino formally introduced.
Temari nods, "I'm Subaku no Temari."
Hinata smiles softly at her, "I'm Hyuga Hinata." Hinata says.
The four girls were socializing over at their spot. Whereas, Naruto and Sasuke were having some kind of glare off while they ate. The girls that were obsessed with Sasuke were also glaring at Naruto. Nearby, Shikamaru and Choji ate by the window. Shikamaru was just staring out the window looking at the clouds, while Choji snacked on some more chips. Every so often Shikamaru would take a chip or two from Choji, but Choji didn't mind.
"Shikamaru," Choji spoke with a mouth full of chips.
Shikamaru glanced over, "Huh? Yeah?"
Choji frowns, "Are you mad at me because I got you in trouble with Principal Tsuande and she made you her assistant?" Choji asks.
A small smirk appeared on Shikamaru's face, "I don't think it was your doing. I think the women had an eye on me since junior high. Man, its such a drag." Shikamaru said.
Choji glanced from the laughing girls, "So you and Sakura helping the exchange students out?"
Shikamaru nods.
"Are they nice?" Choji asks.
Shikamaru shrugs, "Haven't really gotten to know them." He said.
Choji turns back from his best friend then to the girls, "Wanna go talk to them?"
Shikamaru sighs, "It's too troublesome."
"Come on, Shikamaru." Choji begged.
Shikamaru turns, "Fine."
As the girls were talking, Ino noticed Choji and Shikamaru walk over. Temari noticed it as well. As the two boys came over, she noticed some kind of chemistry between Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru. She seemed really confused, but she did remember Ino mentioning how she's known Shikamaru since they were kids. So Temari brushed it off as long time friend.
"Hi," Choji said, "I'm Akimichi Choji."
"Subaku no Temari," Temari introduced herself.
Temari's eyes met Shikamaru's, he just nodded as her as his way of noticing her. Choji and Shikamaru then sat down next to Sakura and Ino. Shikamaru laid his arms on the desk with his head on top, Choji was handing Shikamaru some bar bq chips and eating some for himself, Ino was scolding the two boys, Hinata and Sakura laughing awkardly, and Temari was just lost.
Sakura turns to Temari, "When Ino said that she's known Shikamaru since they were kids, that also includes Choji. Their dad's have known each other since they were in high school and still go drinking with each other." Sakura said.
Overhearing it Choji added, "Shikamaru and Ino are like the brother and sister I've always wanted."
Shikamaru groaned, "Not me. All she does is nag and nag, you're worst than my mom." Shikamaru complained.
Ino began to yell more. Naruto had noticed this and then joined over with their lunch, Sakura and Ino didn't mind though Hinata grew pink from her own nerves as Naruto sits next to her. It was obvious to Temari that Hinata has a crush on Naruto. As the group began talking and getting along, it ended when the fangirls from where Sasuke ate squeeked again. The lone Uchiha walked over, Sakura and Ino had practically hearts in their eyes.
"He's coming over!" Ino spoke.
"Right this way!" Sakura spoke.
Then the two frineds turned to each other, "Like he'd like you, forehead!" "You're one to talk Ino-pig!"
Sasuke stopped next to Shikamaru. The two silent guys stared at each other. The fangirls to Sasuke were going crazy, and Shikamaru was getting a headache from their none stop screaming. Sasuke was also annoyed, which was something Temari picked up. Sasuke had put his hands in his pant pockets as he was about to say something. Although, Naruto was growing more impaitent.
"Here for a fight!" Naruto yells.
Shikamaru remain his gaze at Sasuke, "So what do you want?"
"I got a text from my brother, he was told that our fathers will be working late tonight. So he's inviting you over for dinner." Sasuke said.
Temari seemed confused.
"Tell Itachi I'll pass this time," Shikamaru leaned back in the chair, "I am kind of busy."
Sasuke raised his eyebrow, "Doing what watching clouds?"
Shikamaru glanced at Sasuke, "You know me too well, but no. I do have some work to tend to, maybe another time." Shikamaru said.
Sasuke shrugged after that and returned to his desk. The girls followed Sasuke back and continued to scream at everything he does. Ino and Sakura exchanged looks and then turned to Shikamaru in awe. Choji didn't seem at all impressed, so it goes to show that Choji already knew about Shikamaru and Sasuke on some sort of speaking terms. Temari was so lost and as she glanced at Hinata and Naruto, she found out she wasn't the only one.
"How come Sasuke and you are on good terms?" Ino asks.
Shikamaru looks at him, "Because his uncle is my dad's coworker." Shikamaru said.
Choji looks at Ino, "I thought you'd know that Uchiha Obito is Sasuke's uncle." Choji said.
"Well- um," Ino stopped speaking.
Naruto joined in, "So you're telling me you friends with Sasuke?"
Shikamaru seemed annoyed, "I never said I liked the guy."
Both Ino and Sakura jumped in, "What's wrong with him?" They both asks.
Shikamaru sighs, "I don't hate him but I don't like him. I just know him because of my dad. I've been over to his house once or twice for dinner and it was really awkward, the only one really talking was his uncle, my dad, my mom, and sometimes his older brother." Shikamaru said.
After Shikamaru said that, Ino and Sakura were more interested to know more about Sasuke. Shikamaru seemed less and less interested, Temari watched as Shikamaru lowered his head on the desk and began to fall asleep.
-KONOHAHIGH-
Temari left Gai-sensei's classroom during break after checking in on Kankuro. He seemed fine and seemed to be fitting in well. Temari walked down the hall to Asuma-sensei's classroom, she opened the door to be surprised to see Shikamaru sitting on the intructor's desk with the intructor playing shogi. Temari sighed as she catch sight of this.
'I feel like he's following me,' Temari thought.
"Temari," Gaara spoke.
Temari turned to see Gaara talking with two other boys. One has messy brown hair, sharp black eyes with vertical slit-like pupils, and he also has the distinctive red fang markings on his cheeks. Temari assumed the fang markings were some tradition in his family. Next to the dog boy was a weirder guy. He has dark, bushy, brown hair and dark, narrow eyes which is covered by dark sunglasses. Both boys were wearing their high school uniform.
"Hi, I was checking on you." Temari said.
The boy with the sunglasses looks at Gaara, "A friend?"
Gaara shakes his head, "My sister."
The boy who looks like a dog slammed his hands on the desk, "Wow! Your sister!"
Temari seemed a bit thrown back by that, "Uh- yes."
The louder one calmed down, "Sorry. Just when Gaara here was telling us about his siblings, I was picturing more looking like him." He said.
Temari awkwardly smiled, "Well I'll take that as a complitement." She said.
"I'm Inuzuka Kiba." Kiba said.
Temari smiles, "Nice to meet you."
Kiba points to the one with shades on, "That's Aburame Shino." Kiba said.
Shino nods at Temari, "Nice to meet you." He said.
Temari was listening to Kiba begin to chat more, she was uncertain how her brother could befriend someone as loud as the blonde in her classroom. Temari could understand Gaara being friends with Shino, but Kiba seemed like a total opposite. However, Temari shakes her head and just ignores whatever protective vibe she had over her brother. She looked at the time and realized she should be returning back to class.
"I should be heading back," Temari said, "I'll see you after school."
Gaara nods.
Temari walks toward the door when she hears, "Lost again." It was from the sensei.
Asuma is a tall man, with brown eyes, olive skin, short black spiky hair, and a beard. He was wearing a black long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up, dark khaki pants, and black shoes. As Temari looked at the student and the instructor, she realized that it was Shikamaru that had beat Asuma in a game of shogi. The game was played by older people, so she was kind of confused why a lazy person like Shikamaru would be playing it.
Shikamaru grins, "Looks like you loose again, sensei." Shikamaru hops off the desk.
Asuma snickers, "You've become a pro at the game in less than a month." Asuma said.
Shikamaru shrugs, "I wouldn't say that." He starts to walk out of the classroom, "See you later."
Shikamaru and Temari exit the classroom at the same time. As the two walked side by side, others would whisper and assume they were an item or something. Temari knew that she was just imagining the thoughts and whispers but she wondered if it would bother Shikamaru. Shikamaru glanced at her finally.
"Oh," Shikamaru spoke, "Didn't know you were following me."
Temari glared, "I was not." She said.
Shikamaru shrugs, "Alright, whatever." He said and continued to the classroom.
Temari frowns, "That guy."
This isn't my first attempt of doing a Naruto High School fic. I did two before but deleted them due to my lack of interest, but I've been re-watching Naruto and Naruto Shippuden and I've been wanting to write a new Konoha High fic for a while. I hope everyone enjoys it!