+++++ Chapter 1: I hate tests +++++++
**** Sasuke's pov******
I opened the door and walked into the room. I walked down the row and stopped at the third row from the bottom. I took a seat and stared at the wall. Within about 7 minutes my classmates came pooring in.
"hahahaha I beat you again S-A-K-U-R-A" came an annoying female voice from the door. I didn't bother to look back. I just stared at the wall.
" No you didn't. I totally beat you Ino-pig" came a familiar voice. My eyes narrowed. I heard foot steps that stopped at my row.
"Excuse me Naruto may I please get past you?" Sakura Haruno said.
"YOU'RE no sitting next to MY Sasuke." Came a variety of voices from the girls in my class.
"Move this is my seat."
"No its MINE"
"Shut up and MOVE"
THUMP
This caught my attention.
****** Sakura's pov*******
" Move this is my seat" a girl with long brown hair said pushing her way to the seat in between Naruto and Sasuke.
"No its MINE"
"Shut up and MOVE" I felt two hands push my side and I fell hitting the floor.
THUMP
Tears ran down the sides of my face. I looked up and sucked in a deep breath. Sasuke Uchiha was looking at me. I stood up and whipped the tears from my eyes. I looked at the seat I was going to sit in. I was taken by a girl with short blond hair. She was staring at him. I sighed and took the seat right in front of Naruto.
***** Sasuke's pov*******
I watched her sit in the seat in front of Naruto.
"Alright everyone take your seats…NOW" Master Iruka yelled. They all took their seats. "Alright I will be splitting you up into 3 man squads."
"I hope I'm with you Sasuke-kun" The girl next to me said snaking her arms through mine. My eyes twitched. I yanked my arm away and she pouted.
"OK Squad 1 is Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga."
++++++ 5 squads later ++++++
" Squad 7 is Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha."
"NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO" screamed the girls. I saw Sakura glance at me blushing.
"Damn" I heard Naruto whisper. I chuckled and the girl next to me squealed.
++++++ 15 minutes later+++++++
"UGH what is taking our Sensei so long"
"Shut up Naruto"
I rolled my eyes. Naruto walked up to the black board and took the chock eraser. He moved a chair near the door. He slid the door open just enough to hold the eraser in between the door and the door frame. " A ninja would never fall for that" I thought. Naruto walked up and leaned on the desk next to Sakura. The door slid open and the eraser fell right on the man's head. He had white spiky hair and a head band covering his left eye. My sweat dropped. " Are you kidding me. He is our Sensei." I thought. Naruto laughed his head of and the man blinked while looking at Naruto.
"Well what a nice trick. I didn't even see it….*sigh* I can tell this is going to be a troublesome group." He murmured. Sakura glared at him. We watched as he put the eraser away and turned to us.
"Alright follow me so we can get to know each other." He said. With a smirk under her mask. We followed him to the roof. Our sensei leaned against the railing and we sat on the steps. I sat on the top set. Naruto sat on my left on the last step and Sakura to my right on the second step.
"Alright why don't we introduce ourselves?" He said. He looked at Sakura
"Why don't you give us and example Sensei." She replied. He sighed.
"Hello my name is Kakashi Hataki. My interests are none of your business along with my dislikes. My hobby is reading." Sakura's eye twitched. "why don't you tell us a little about your family aswell." Kakashi said. " Ladies first"
" my name is Sakura Haruno. I like flowers and I hate snakes. My hobby is solving puzzles…. I have no family…" I looked at Sakura Stunned.
"Wait what about your mother ummmm…. Doctor Haruno" Naruto said. Sakura's eyes saddened.
"About 6 or 7 years ago the last Haruno house was burned down…." " I was the only one who was able to get out." Sakura finished.
" Her mother was not killed by the fire but by a man who attacked both her and Sakura" Kakashi informed us. I looked at Sakura. She was doing her best to not cry. I felt a pull in my stomach.
" My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I like tomatoes and I hate a certain someone. My hobby is training. I don't have a family." I stated.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like Ramen dn I don't like people who betray their friends and family." I narrowed my eyes. " My hobby is eating ramen. My father is the fouth Hokage… and my mom is dead." Naruto said.
"Alright go home and get some sleep. Tomorrow I expect you at the training grounds by 9:00 don't be late and don't eat breakfast." Kakashi said disappearing. I watched Sakura walk away.
"Damn I didn't know she didn't have a family anymore." Naruto said standing next to me aswell as watching her walk away. I stood.
" Me neither…..i remember her mom taking care of me after the Massacre." I said walking away.
"Hey Sasuke. wait." I stopped and looked at him with blank eyes.
"Let's make a deal" he said. I blinked and looked at him curiously.
"what kind of deal." I asked raising an eye brow.
"To always protect Sakura and keep her happy….it hurts to see her like this." He said I blinked and thought about it. I continued walking away.
"So you're not going to protect her?" Naruto asked. I stopped
"I didn't say no did I" I said. I looked back at Naruto. He grinned and gave me a thumbs up. I put my hand up waving bye and walked away.
++++++ Kurenai's Pov+++++++
I watched her kick rocks while walking home. I had thought about taking her in but I never went through with it. "I'll find a way to train her." I thought.
" Kurenai Sensei" little Hinata called.
++++++ Sakura's pov+++++++++++
I walked through the door of my apartment. I packed my bag and went to the kitchen. I grabbed some ham, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and bread. I was half way done with my sandwich when I spotted Sasuke training. I quickly finished my sandwich and grabbed a tomato. I walked outside and toward the training grounds with my sandwich in my left hand and a tomato in my right. When I got close enough I threw the tomato at Sasuke. He caught it without looking and turned to me. He looked at me then to the tomato then back at me again. He walked up to me and sat down in front of me. He took a bite and I sat down. I took a bite of my sandwich.
"Thanks" he said. I nodded and kept eating.
"When did it happen?" he had stopped eating and looked at me. I looked up in confusion.
"When did what happen?" I repeated the question.
"Your mother when was she killed?" he asked. I blinked.
"…..10 days after the Uchiha massacre." I finally answered. "…. It was a sound ninja…he still freaks me out just thinking about it." I shivered. "What do you think Kakashi-sensei will have us do tomorrow?" I asked.
"I don't know. I'm sure it will depend on if we go back to the academy or not." He said biting into the remains of the tomato.
"I think it is going to have something to do with team work."
"What makes you so sure?" he asked.
"It's a three man squad, everything is about team work otherwise we wouldn't be in a squad but on our own." Sasuke looked at me. "I have to go…. Bye Sasuke."
"Hn…bye Sakura…..get some sleep." He said. I nodded and walked home again. After an hour Sasuke went home and I went to bed.
**Dream**
"Run…get out. RUN" my mother screamed. The man towered over me. The man had long black hair with purple liner around his eyes. Those deadly snake eyes. He skin so white you felt like it was winter but a very scary winter. He hissed in pain and turned to my mother who had just thrown 10 star shudikun into his back. The man lunged at my mom and grabbed her by her tough and slammed her into the wall. I gasped and took off running out of the house. I turned to see the whole house blow up and I fell to my knees as a flood of tears spilled from my eyes.
**end of dream **
I julted up and looked around. I was in my apartment room. I let out a deep breath. Not in my old room.
Beep beep beep beep beep.
I looked at the clock. 7:00 am. I had and hour to get ready and an hour to get there.
Beep beep beep beep beep click.
I got up and got dressed. I brushed my hair and put my head band on. I looked once more at the clock. 7:20. I slowly walked out of my house and made my way down the street to the training ground. When I got there Naruto was pacing and Sasuke sat down next to three polls with his eyes closed. When he heard me set my bag down he opened his eyes and looked up at me. He then looked at Naruto and rolled his eyes. I giggled and stood next to him.
+++++++ 30 minutes later+++++
"UGH WHAT IS TAKING HIM SO LONG" Naruto yelled for the 10th time.
"ugh would you shut up Naruto we got that the first 50 times you said it." I groaned.
"sorry but I can't help it. He tells us to be early and yet he is late. He is such a d…." Kakashi-sensei appeared behind Naruto and raised his eye brow.
"I'm a what?" he asked.
"NNNothing"
"Anyways sorry I'm late. I got lost on the road of life." My jaw dropped.
"That is your excuse."I said. Sasuke rolled his eyes and stood. Kakashi-sensei took out a timer from his backpack and set it on the poll next to me. He then walked back to where he originally was.
"Alright you have one hour to get these from me. *chime, chime*" hanging from Kakashi-sensei's fingers where two small bells. In his other hand where two lunches.
"Why are there only two lunches Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Don't you get it Naruto. Only two bells and only two lunches can only mean only two people can win." I said. Kakashi nodded.
"oh" Naruto said.
" Alright begin." We all disappeared. I reappeared on the other side of the training field. I looked around and spotted Sasuke to Kakashi's right and my left. "Where is Naruto" I thought.
"BRING IT ON" "found him" I thought. I looked in the direction where the o so loud voice came from. My gaze landed on a boy with yellow hair waring an orange jump suit. He stood in the middle of the training field looking at Kakashi-sensei. I slowly moved toward Kakashi-sensei. Once I was right next to him I stopped and watched. Naruto charged and attempted to punch or kick the clone. "There"I thought. I disappeared and reappeared next to Kakashi's clone. I punched him in the face and dove into the water before anything happened. Sure enough Shudikun flew everywhere.
"WOAH" Naruto threw himself to the floor and Sasuke took cover behind a tree. I got out of the water and sprinted into the tree and down to the other side of the field.
"not bad" I turned to see Kakashi-sensei behind me. He slowly started disappearing into leaves. "but not good enough." And he was gone.
"sakura…..help….me" came a voice slowly breaking up. I moved to where the voice came from. I froze with wide eyes at what I saw. There leaning against a tree was a very beated Sasuke. He was smothered with kuini and Star sudikun. Blood trickled down his chin and dripped onto his shirt. He had a twisted leg and was very bloody. I gasped. I wanted to throw up. "wait" I thought.
"Release" I said and he was gone. "just an illusion" I thought. I sighed and walked through the trees. I entered a clear to see Naruto hanging upside down with a rope laced around his ankle. Then I realized he had fallen asleep. I blinked and slapped my palm to my forehead. I walked up and cut him down.
THUMP
"OWWW Sakura-chan what was that for." He whined.
"Well it isn't my fault you fell for a trick and then fell asleep tied upside down before I could cut you down." I rolled my eyes and walked away. I reentered the woods and wandered around again. I came into a second clearing and I just stared. I was staring at a certain Sasuke Uchiha who was stuck in the ground with only his head above ground.
"Do you mind helping me out instead of staring…..it is not doing much" I blinked and nodded making my way toward him. But I was stopped when Kakashi appeared in front of me.
"not quite yet Sasuke" I blinked. He threw a punch at me and my hand shot up and caught hit. He kicked me and I fell. I groaned and stood back up. He threw a second punch and I dodged it.
"YEAH GO SAKURA YOU CAN DO IT. COME ON. YEAH SAKURA GO SAKURA." My inner yelled in my head giving me a head ache. I dodged a second punch and attempted to punch Kakashi-sensei.
"would you shut up I CAN'T CONCENTRATE WITH YOU SCREAMING AT ME IN MY HEAD" I though. My inner giggled and didn't say anything else. I dodged most of the kicks and punches thrown at me but did get hit like 6 times. I groaned. "just one punch" I thought. I threw the punch and hit him just under the chin sending him flying out of the clearing and through the trees before being crumbled into the ground only to disappear. I groaned.
"Damn" I said. I turned to see Sasuke struggling to get out of the ground. I walked up and helped him out. He dusted off his clothes and looked at me.
"Not bad." He said smirking I blushed.
BBBBBUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZ
"damn" he growled. I sighed and we started walking back to the training field.
++++++ at the clearing.++++++
"aww man. Why am I always tied up..humph." Naruto whined. He had been tied up to a poll and was not allowed to eat because of how good he did.
"do you understand why you where tied up Naruto?" Kakashi-sensei asked.
"no"
"Because you fell so easily for a trick not even an academy student would fall for. You are not in the academy anymore. You don't have as much protection. Stupid mistakes like falling for the trick you fell for will get you killed. This is real life." He looked at Sasuke. " Sasuke you where selfish and thought you could do it all by yourself. That also would have gotten you killed in real life. I had you take this test to see if any of you understand the purpose of it and the only person who did was Sakura. This test was about team work. Going out into the world thinking you can do everything will get you killed. You will always need help at some point. Yes Sasuke you are a great fighter and Sakura you weren't so bad yourself and Sasuke you did touch the bells which was good….no one has done that so far but you would have had better luck with help. Here are your lunches. Naruto gets nothing or you fail." He set the lunches in front of both Sasuke and I. He walked away and leaned against a tree with is back to us. We started eating.
Grumble
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GRUMBLE
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GRUMBLE
"here have some" I looked at Sasuke and instantly realized what he was doing.
"Sasuke…."
"You know exactly what I'm doing seens how you where th-" "yeah I got that. But do you want to go back to the academy?" I asked.
"No but it is team work right. We can't work as a team if someone is complaining about not being able to eat." He said. I sighed and stood up. I walked up to Naruto and Grabbed some food with my chopsticks. I held it up to his mouth.
"here Naruto" I grumbled. I pressed the chopsticks to his lips.
"YOU" Kakashi yelled as he appeared behind me. That freaked me out and I acidentlly shoved my chopsticks into Naruto's mouth.
"offff hugh gofa ha" Naruto shouted gibberish at me.
"oops" I said pulling the chopsticks out of his mouth. He glared at me. I just smiled.
"pass" my jaw dropped and the chopsticks hit the floor.
"you pass the test….."
"really why?"I asked.
"Just like Sasuke said its team work. That includes your team mates well being. You can't fight as well with two people as you could with three." He said. Sasuke smirked and I crossed my arms.
"Humph" I glared as Sasuke who sent me his signature Uchiha smirk. I looked away.
"YEAH WE PASSED. YEAH IM A NINJA. YEAH" Naruto yelled. I rolled my eyes and stuck my hand over Naruto's mouth.
"UMF MM FSHS SAFUMA"
"shut up dobe." Naruto bit my hand and I instantly let go and held my hand.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME TEME" he yelled struggling to get out of the ropes. I fumed.
"N-A-R-U-T-O" I growled with venum in my voice.
"aww shit what did I do?"
"YOU BIT ME YOU IDIOT" I screamed at him. I hit him on the back of the head and he whined in pain.
"ooww Sakura"
"come on lets go home." Kakashi said. I looked up at him. Sasuke stood up and picked up his bag and then grabbed mine as well. I blinked and he started walking away.
"Hey wait for me" I yelled after them as I ran to catch up to them.
"Hey. Hey guys. HEY DON'T YOU LEAVE. GUYS DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME. YOU WILL SO REGRET THIS WHEN I AM HOKAGE." I heard him yell as we walked away. I eventually took my bag and we split up and went home. When I got home I ate and went to bed.
*** dream ***
" Don't go…. Please don't go." I sobbed on my knees. He turned and looked at me.
"GO home Sakura"
"NO don't leave me please-"
***end of dream***
I screamed as I quickly sat up in bed. Why the dream? Why him? I looked at my alarm clock. 3:00. "Damn I got no sleep." I thought. I sighed and went down stairs. I got an apple and started eating. My eyes narrowed. " I need to train. I want to be strong… physically and mentally." I thought.
