Room & Board
Ch. 2 - Roommates and Judgement Day
Sakura looked down at her wristwatch. 8 o'clock, it blinked in big, digital numbers. There was going to be a meeting for all incoming genin at eight fifteen. Sakura swept the room with her jade eyes once more. It was so different from her room at home. She would have to get used to it, definitely. With a huff, she lay down on her bed, her stuff only partially unpacked. She picked her head up with another girl walked in. It was the rude girl on her cellphone from before. Not a word was exchanged between them. It was a silent aggreement; hate eachother.
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Sasuke finished unpacking his
things quickly. He wanted at least a brief moment to sit down and let
his nerves settle. This was a big place, and even he felt the
intimidation from the older students. But he had to shake it off, he
just had to. Make a lasting first impression; He wasn't the one you
wanted to fool around with. Just as he sat down, there were loud,
hurried knocks at his door. Wincing, he stood again. Perhaps it was
his roommate. 'Let's hope it's someone I can tolerate...' he
thought bitterly. His eyes wandered to the rather small clock mounted
on the wall. 8:05. He opened the door, and the hopes of having
someone he could tolerate shattered to the floor as quickly as they
had risen. The boy that stood in front of him was panting. He looked
rushed and ruffled and all around disheveled.
"M... Morning
roomie!" The blonde said between breaths, and grinned. Sasuke
twitched. ''Roomie'?' he thought. If Sasuke weren't so
great at controlling his emotions, he surely would eventually kill
this kid. He had blonde hair, blue eyes, stupid grin; this was going
to be hell. Sasuke gave him an annoyed look, but against his better
judgment, he stood to the side to let him in. A thought struck the
raven-haired boy as the blonde walked past him. "…Shouldn't you
have a key..?" The blonde froze and quickly turned to him, laughing
nervously. "I uhh… kinda sorta... lost it..." Again, the blonde
let out a nervous laugh. 'Oh, for the love of…' Sasuke thought
and he twitched again. The blonde's voice interrupted his censored
thoughts, "So, uhh… My name's Naruto! Uzumaki Naruto!" he
flashed a grin and extended a hand for Sasuke to shake. Sasuke
ignored it and just gave him a glare. After a moment of uncomfortable
silence, Naruto let his hand drop. 'Jeez... What an uptight kid'
Naruto thought. "Uchiha Sasuke…" Sasuke finally spoke, "My
name's Uchiha Sasuke…" Sasuke winced and grimaced at another
one of the boy's great, stupid grins. "Well alright then! …GAH!
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE TIME WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!" Naruto shouted,
causing the Uchiha to wince even more. Indeed, some time had passed
during their little chat. Now the clock read 8:12.
Throwing his
bag onto the free bed, Naruto bolted out the door, dragging Sasuke
along. When they finally reached the grand auditorium, they found it
packed with students of all sorts. Tall, short, skinny and some not
too skinny. Some isolated themselves from others, already dubbing
themselves as 'too cool for the rest of the n00bs [Author's
Note: Yeah, right…'. A kind enough looking man with a scar
across his nose told them what section to sit in. In fact, he also
told them what row, and what seat. 'Wow, they're got everything
planned out, haven't they?' Sasuke pondered as he sat in his
seat. Naruto expected to have the seat directly next to Sasuke, since
they're names were similar when it came to the alphabet and it
seemed to be in alphabetical order. However, there was a single seat
between them. Sasuke noticed this as well, but didn't think about
it for long.
"Attention. Attention genin!" An older man's
voice crackled over the PA system. The wandering students rushed to
their seats. The one who sat between them walked calmly over, and
quietly she sat down in her seat. She had brown hair, pulled back in
a ponytail, and black eyes that were fierce and determined. Like
Naruto, she had the whisker marks, but there were only two on each
cheek. "I would like to congratulate you all for being accepted
into our wonderful boarding school. Based on your acceptance test
scores, you'll all be sorted into academies. There will be no
transferences, unless under extremely special circumstances. When you
hear you're name called, you may stand until the rest of your
academies' names are called before you may all depart. We'll
start with the Sand Academy…"
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Sakura paid great attention to the older man on the stage as he rattled off names, and people stood. After a while, her name had not yet been called, so she relaxed a little bit. The new genin of the Sand Academy left the auditorium. He continued on with the Rain Academy, but still her name was not called. The Sound Academy came and went, followed by the Mist Academy. Still her name hadn't been called. There were three Academies left, of that she was sure. The Waterfall, Stone, and Leaf Academies. He called out the names for the Waterfall Academy. Another large batch of students got up and left. "… Now for the Leaf Academy. Again, please stand when your name is called. Hyuuga Neji, Hyuuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto, Inuzuka Kiba, Yamanaka Ino, Rock Lee, Tenten, Aburame Shino…." More and more names were called. There were many that Sakura knew. "… Uchiha Sasuke, Ukon Saya.." At the last name, the girl between Naruto and Sasuke stood. "Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, and Haruno Sakura." The last name. She was the last name. 'Way to give me a heart attack!' Sakura's inner shouted, but Sakura was calm when she stood. All the names that had been called, all the people, filed out of the room, and the remainder were filed into the Stone Academy.
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