Chronos Chronicles: Battle Academy

by Terms2k1

Follow the story of Sakura, a young student that enrolls at one of the most prestigious schools in all of Chronos. Watch as she discovers her past and walks the road to her future.

2. Settling in and RAMEN?

Chronos Chronicles: Battle Academy Chapter 2- Squadron: Settling in and RAMEN?

"SAKURA ARE YOU DONE PACKING YET?"

"ALMOST! GIMME A FEW MINUTES AND I'LL BE DOWN!"

"OK. I'LL BE OUTSIDE WAITING FOR YOU!" And with that Sakura ran her last checks on everything she'd need for the school year. 'Pillows… check. Blankets… check. Toothbrush…check. Towels…check. Writing tools…check. Shampoo… err why am I making all these checks again?' Sakura wondered as she skipped the rest of the list and brought her suitcase down the stairs. She rushed out the door and met up with Karin who was already outside with her suitcase. Sakura nodded at Karin and they headed for the school again.

One hour had passed by and the sun was starting to set, however it was still a beautiful day out, nothing but the sun and the occasional cool breeze that floats through town. Around that time Sakura and Karin had made it back to the designated area where Gaara told them to wait. As they neared the spot they noticed other students around the same area waiting as well. From what they could make out, there was a dog, somebody with a hood, some guy and girl bickering about stuff, another girl, Sasuke and some other person. Sakura and Karin quickened their pace a bit and met up with the big group of people.

"Hey is this the group for Gaara's barrack?" Sakura asked, everybody responded with either a yes, or a nod.

"Sasuke why are you in Gaara's Barrack? I thought you were a year up from us," Karin asked her boyfriend as he sighed.

"It's because Naruto and Gaara are the squad leaders for the barracks. And besides, most of the other people in the barracks I remember them from last year."

"Well then introduce us you dummy," Karin pestered her already tired boyfriend.

"Introductions can wait till we get to the barracks Karin," Gaara said as he approached the group.

"So Gaara-sempai, where's Naruto-sempai?" the kid in the hood asked.

"He's over at the barracks getting everything nice and tidy for tonight since we're expect more than you guys over at our barracks for the night. Anyway let's go," Gaara said as he walked off to the north of the group, which followed suit. But Gaara then came to a sudden abrupt stop. He turned around and said, "Oh yea, put your suit cases on the suitcase area over there," Gaara said as he pointed to the area where a lot of suitcases were.

"Why? I don't want my stuff to get stolen," the girl that was bickering with her friend asked.

"Well, apparently the school hired some people to help the students with luggage and stuff like that. To give it a hotel like feeling apparently," Gaara said as he scratched his head. "Anyway, let's get a move on,"

It was a good 15 minute walk down to the barrack area. They walked up a pretty steep hill but it was short so nobody complained. As soon as they reached the top of the hill, they stood in the presence of a gate community. Karin counted at least 10 Barracks through the gate, but the area was decently large so there was much more inside. The group made their way to gate. That's when Gaara stopped and asked everyone, "You all go the keys right?"

"What keys?" Karin asked checking her pockets for the key that Gaara asked for. Gaara and the returners laughed a bit before Sasuke explained that Gaara's question was directed to the returners. Karin flushed red out of embarrassment for a second while Sakura gave her some reassuring pats on the back. All of the returners nodded and Gaara opened the gate and everyone walked in. Karin and Sakura just looked in awe at the amount of space one Barrack took. Most of the Barracks built in the school where generally five stories high 20 feet long and 25 feet wide. Karin and Sakura were looking on in awe at the many Barracks that where inside while everyone else kept on walking until they stopped in front of one. It practically looked the same as most other Barracks, dark grayish, windows only on the upper floors and one double door main entrance.

"Ok this is Barrack Z-13, our Barrack for the year, feel free to 'attempt' to make it stand out," Gaara said as he turned around and heard some small laughs or smirks from everyone. "Alright then, let's head on in."

The doors sung open and they first thing they saw was, nothing but wooden floors and wide open space. Gaara turned around and began handing all the returners keys, "If you got a key go ahead and go to your rooms and start putting your stuff away. Your suitcases and stuff should be in the room that you're stationed in. When you're done with that, the afternoon is yours," Gaara said as all the returners left for their respective rooms on the top levels. Gaara then shifted his attention to Sakura and Karin, the two non returners for the year. "Alright so let me give you two a tour of the Barrack. So starting off, we got the training floor or dojo floor as some students call it. Most of the combat training will take place here or outside depending if we're using fake or real weapons."

"Wait a minute, a REAL weapon? You mean the kind that can kill?" Sakura asked, somewhat terrified. Gaara laughed a bit as Karin kinda understood why.

"Sakura, the real weapons are for weight and stance training, we'll only be fighting each other with the fake ones," Karin explained. Gaara gave Karin a small applause and praised, "Sasuke musta told you a lot about the first year over the summer." Karin nodded and Gaara continued, "Alrighty, well then, nothing much more to see here so up to the next floor." Karin and Sakura nodded and the three headed up the stairs to the next floor.

"Alright, next up is the living floor as called by protocol or as most students call it, the hang out area," Gaara declared as Karin and Sakura saw the living room. It was really big. Much bigger than the small apartment Karin and Sakura were living in at the time. The area was really open, no walls separating the two areas. On the left side of the stairs was the living room area with the couch, tv, speaker systems etc. While on the right side was the kitchen with everything you'd find in a kitchen. There were also three doors opposite the stairs on the far side. One was a shower room and the other two where bathrooms.

"Alright rules for this area is pretty simple, don't be too loud and force me down here to shut you up. Otherwise, do whatever you wanna do except wrecking the place, cuz it's not ours. That understood?" Gaara asked Karin and Sakura who just nodded because they were in complete awe of this floor. There was no real room for a living room so Karin loved that side, while Sakura was a good cook and loved to cook in her spare time. Sasuke and Karin both praised her good cooking so it was only natural that she'd spark of joy at a better equipped kitchen that she could use as the one in their apartment is fairly bad. "Alrighty then, the next three floors are rooms, don't go into one without knocking unless it's yours," Gaara stated as he handed Karin and Sakura their room key with a respective room number. Karin and Sakura ran up the stairs and started looking for their rooms. The third floor was just a hallway with four doors to four rooms. Neither Sakura nor Karin would be bunking it here. The fourth floor had a hallway with four rooms again. Karin's room was the room the closest to stairs on the left.

"Well it looks like I'm here," Karin said as she found her room.

"Well I'm gonna find mine and let's meet up in the living room in an hour?" Sakura proposed.

"Yea sure, sounds great. You plan on cooking something tonight?" Karin asked.

"Well a little bit,"

"Ok then, I'll be looking forward to it. See you in an hour then," Karin said as she walked into her room. Sakura then ran up the stairs again to the last floor. She was expecting that she got one of the bigger rooms as she expected that this floor would house the two biggest rooms in the Barrack because since there were ten people to a barrack and eight rooms on the other floors only left two more rooms so this means that the rooms must be pretty big. 'Finally something nice and well deserved comes my way!' Sakura thought as she entered the last floor. However, there was only the stairs and then one door in front of the stairs. Sakura walked up to the door and checked the room tag with her key. They matched. Sakura scratched her head and began to turn the doorknob. She noticed that the door was unlocked. Sakura then started to get scared that someone broke into the room.

"Hey is that Sakura?" she heard from behind the door.

"Uh… Yea it is," Sakura responded quite nervous. Not only were there thieves, they knew her name.

"Ahhh don't be afraid, just come on in," the voice behind the door requested. Sakura sighed and opened the door. When she opened the door she looked around and saw a pink room with two beds on the left and right. She then saw a flat screen 42 inch across the room already on and a small desk in front of the TV. The strange thing about the desk was the fact that the surface it was on, didn't match the flooring that the rest of the room was. Sakura then took a step into the room and closed the door. She turned around noticed two closets behind her. One was closed while the other one was opened with her suitcase inside.

"Wow this is amazing!" Sakura exclaimed as she was extremely happy with the room.

"Yea it is," that voice from behind the door said. Sakura jumped and grabbed a small pole in the open closet and held it like a baseball bat.

"Who are you! Show yourself!" Sakura demanded.

"Woah woah woah! Hey put that down,"

"Where are you! And who are you!"

"Would you just calm down! Gosh I'm under the bed, kinda trapped,"

"What the hell were you doing under the bed?"

"What do people do under beds?"

"How the hell am I supposed to know?"

"They scare the living shitz and gigglez outta people," the voice joked, but Sakura was not amused. She slowly approached one of the beds and looked under. Sakura saw what looked to be human under the bed.

"Ok now help me get out of the bed?" the voice asked.

"I will if you tell me your name,"

"It's Naruto," At that moment, Sakura froze. She froze out of happiness awkwardness and shyness. She was happy that she had a roommate. The situation was really awkward, her roomie was a dude and he was under a bed and she felt really shy because it's Naruto that her roomie.

"Ah… O-O-Ok!" Sakura said as she dropped the pole and tried to help Naruto.

"Great! Pull my arm as hard as you can!"

"Ok where is it?" asked as she started reaching under the bed.

"HEY DON'T GO THERE MY- AH THAT HURTS!" At that moment Sakura came across something soft and fluffy. She then realized what it was and immediately pull her arm out.

"AH! G-G-G-GOMENASAI!" Sakura said terrified that she touched the no touching zone.

"I'll forgive you if you can pull me out of here!"

"O-O-Ok!" Sakura said as she moved to the other side and started reaching blindly for something.

"Ok you're touching my forehead, just move on down." Sakura moved her hand down but suddenly she felt something strong and tuff. She then dreamed, 'OH MY! HIS ABS ARE TONED! I LOVE YOU GOD!'

"Ok you're touching my abs. just move up and pull out." Sakura moved her hand up and out. She felt some more tough skin as her hand pulled out of the bed.

"Ok you're touching my arms. Now pull me out!"Sakura nodded and gripped his arm with both hands and she pulled. Amazingly, Naruto came out with a few pulls. Naruto was dressed in a black A-shirt and orange and black sweat pants.

"Oh man you're a life saver Sakura! Arigatou!" Naruto said as he thanked her.

"ummm yea… about that," Sakura said as she shied away from Naruto.

"Heh don't worry about it, I've forgiven you. But anyway how do you like the room?" Naruto asked.

"I love it!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Heh, thanks. This is technically your room so I painted it your favorite color, pink right?" Naruto paused as Sakura nodded. "Alright! Score one for the good guys!" Naruto exclaimed. Sakura smiled and looked at Naruto. He was everything that Karin described him as and much more. She kept staring at him in a dreamy fashion. Dreaming what it would be like as boyfriend girlfriend, man and his woman, husband and wife, etc.

"Hey Sakura? Sakura? You there?" Naruto said waving his hand in front of Sakura trying to get her attention. Sakura then came back to reality and went, "Uhhh…. Yes?"

"You spaced out there huh. What you thinking of me?" Naruto asked playfully.

"N-N-No.. you-" Naruto laughed.

"Hahahaha. Your face is turning red! You like me huh?" Naruto asked again.

"I… I don't know…" Sakura whispered into the wind.

"Well if you wanna talk or anything," Naruto said getting off the floor before he continued, "I'll be on the roof."

"You can get on the roof?" Sakura asked a bit shocked.

"Yea, course you can. It's like the best spot to watch the sunset and maybe a nap," Naruto grinned.

"Alright, well I'm gonna get my suitcase unpacked and get everything setup on my side."

"Alright I'll be on the roof. See ya in a bit," Naruto said walking off to a small door next to the TV. Sakura sighed, she couldn't believe what had happened over the last few minutes. She met touched and talked with the man Karin described at orientation. But still she owed it to herself to get the room in order and everything, so she walked over to her closet, opened up her suitcase and began to take some stuff out. After about fifteen minutes of take stuff out and organizing her suitcase, she heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's Gaara. Naruto's on the roof right?"

"That's what I'd like to think."

"Mind I if I go an check?"

"Alright, I guess it's fine," Sakura said as she got up and opened the door. She opened the door and Gaara was there. Gaara didn't say anymore words then need so he quietly walked towards the door leading to the stairs and went in. Sakura shrugged and went back to organizing her closet. After fifteen more minutes, Sakura was finally done. She closed her closet and went down stairs to the family room area. Nobody was here. 'Huh, Karin's not done yet, o well time to make some food,' Sakura thought to herself as she began looking for the proper pots and pans to make some good miso ramen. About 10 minutes later, the ramen was nearly done. It just needed a few more minutes to boil and it would be completed. As Sakura was busy stirring the ramen, she heard some footsteps coming down the stairs. The sound started weak but eventually became louder. She looked to see who was coming down the stairs and saw Naruto Karin and Sasuke coming down.

"Hey what's up?" Sakura shouted.

"Nothing much just settled into my room and took a small nap," Karin answered as she looked in the cabinets for bowls.

"So you made miso ramen Sakura?" Sasuke asked taking his seat with Naruto at the kitchen countertop. Karin found some bowls, took them from the cabinets and put them on the countertop. Sakura was done with the ramen so she turned off the gas on the stove and carried the pot where the ramen was to the counter.

"Ok who's hungry for some Ramen?" Sakura declared as Sasuke and Karin grabbed some bowls and made a dash for the ramen. However, Naruto was their first much to Karin's dismay. Naruto took his bowl back to his seat and started enjoying the ramen Sakura made. Karin took her share and Sasuke after. Sakura then took a bowl full for herself and sat next to Naruto on the countertop.

"Hey Naruto… how do you like it?" Sakura asked, a bit nervous he might not like it.

"It's really good! In fact it reminds me of a place I used to go for ramen during the times I could," Naruto remarked.

"R-R-Really?" Sakura asked in shock.

"Yea I'm not sure if you know the place but it's Ichiraku Ramen Bar. Man the fun times I had at that place were amazing. And the old man that works there still gives me good deals," Naruto reminisced.

"Really? You're a regular at Ichiraku's? I used to work there during this last summer vacation! How come I never saw you?"

"Well I didn't have time to go during the summer, I was too busy here at the CBA," Naruto stated as he finished up his bowl before returning for more. As Naruto was getting seconds he asked, "So how's Teuchi and Ayame?"

"They're doing well. Teuchi was offered a place in a bigger area but he denied it saying that a bigger place doesn't suit the stand. And Ayame will be graduating from college this year with a masters in cooking."

"Ahh that's good. So Teuchi taught you well in the art of Ramen making," Naruto remarked as he sat back down and began eating his ramen.

"Yea, he always said to make more than the amount necessary. I seem to understand why," Sakura joked and Naruto laughed. For the rest of the time Sasuke and Karin were just whispering while Sakura and Naruto talked about other various topics outside the school life. They talked for about 15 minutes when the hooded boy and his dog came down the stairs.

"What's up people?" the kid asked

"Oh nothing much Kiba, just enjoying some dam good ramen made by Sakura," Naruto said praising Sakura who turned a bit red.

"So you're name's Sakura?" Kiba paused as his dog jumped on his head. "My name's Kiba Inuzuka, and this is my dog Akamaru," Kiba said as akamaru let out a cute bark that made both Sakura and Karin go 'awww how cute!' on the inside.

"Say Naruto," Kiba began as he went for a bowl of the moderately hot ramen. Kiba continued, "What's the plan for tomorrow?"

"No real plans tomorrow, although I said combat classes were starting tomorrow, I honestly don't have much planned," Naruto replied and scratched his head.

"That's not like you Naruto," Gaara said sliding down the stair hand rail.

"Oh? And Since when do you ever care?" Sasuke remarked.

"Since forever. Me and Naruto are like blood brothers. You can't separate us and kill us off cuz we bound in blood," Gaara said as he helped himself to some ramen as well.

"Tch, don't get over confident sempai, I beat you last year during the Barrack finals," Sasuke reminded Gaara of his unbelievable close victory over Gaara last year during the fight.

"That was a fluke Sasuke, if we were battling without a time limit you should know that I woulda beaten your sticky ass," Gaara argued.

"Tch, but there wasn't any so-"

"WOULD YOU TWO SHUT UP?" Naruto roared. Sasuke started backing down in fear while Gaara composed himself. "God you both ruined my appetite. Fucking assholes," Naruto declared as he finished his bowl or Ramen and went up stairs. Sakura tried to chase after him but Gaara prevent her from doing so.

"Why won't you let me?"

"He needs his space, he needs to vent his anger against something, something that won't die if he goes overboard." Gaara finished. Karin, who had been listening and lost the entire way, asked, "What could that be?" Gaara sighed and replied. "Tch, I don't even know that, but just give him his space and he'll be fine. Anyway let's clean up here and do not discuss this matter with anyone else, is that understood?" Everybody nodded, and Gaara continued, "Ok then nobody disturb Naruto for a while, give him his space or else you could wake up in a hospital bed tomorrow." Everyone nodded and cleaned up.

'Why does it feel like I have to go to him… Even Gaara says not to but still,' Sakura thought to herself as she washed the dishes and headed back for her room, to hopefully take a quick nap and think the past events over and through.

End of chapter 2

-A/N- Ok I hope you guys liked this chapter. It took me about a week of on and off writing to complete-just a fun fact. But yea… I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and hopefully I'll have the next one up soon. And surprisingly, it's much easier to write AU's than fics set in the Naruto universe… lol just a slight observation I made. Hahaha. Well until next time!

-TSX