Wind and Leaves!!
Chapter Two
Temari walked through the halls of the academy, wearing something similar to what she had on when she came home. In her hands were a stack of papers she had to pass out to every teacher.
Why Lord Hokage asked her to fill in for an academy helper today was beyond her, but if it would help she'd be there.
She received some glances for a few early students. Mainly from the boys. It seemed like they never saw her before. Like they didn't know who she was. For once she felt like she...belonged.
She returned the glances with a friendly smile, making most of them blush.
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"Naruto? What are you doing here? This class is for people who passed!" a boy told Naruto.
"Can't you see the headband?" Naruto told him.
"Hey, can I get through please?" came a feminine voice.
The two turned to see a pink haired female by the name of Sakure Haruno. "Move, Naruto! I'm trying to get around you!"
He took a glance to his other side. 'Of course.' he thought to himself. 'She wants to sit next to the class heartthrob! Sasuke Uchiha. I hate that guy. Thinks he's so cool.'
"You say something?"Sasuke asked.
"Good morning Sasuke! This seat taken?" Sakura asked trampling over Naruto.
'What's so good about him anyway?' Naruto asked himself squatting in front of him.
"Beat it." the two said in unison.
Someone in front of them moved their arm causing Naruto to lose his balance. Sakura's world blew up to oblivion as her crush's lips met the ones of the village idiot.
"NARUTO!!"
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After completely decontaminating his mouth Sasuke resumed his seat. He began to over hear conversations going on around him.
"Hey, did you see that hot new academy helper today?" asked a student to his friend.
"Of course I did! I was with you remember? And she smiled at me."
"No stupid! She was smiling at me!"
'A new academy helper?' Sasuke thought. 'And a female? So what? All girls ever do is think about boys. Never something interesting. And they always get in the way.'
Naruto rubbed his bruises. 'Man, Sakura hits hard.'
The classroom door slid open as Iruka walked in. "Good morning everyone. The next step is the assignment of official duties to you all on behave on our village. I will divide you into three-man cells. Each team will be mentored by a Jonin, a more senior ninja, who will guide and coach you as you become familiar with your various assignments."
"Now.." he turned around to his desk. "Where did I put my clipboard?" He began to search as the door slid open.
"Excuse me, Iruka-sensei..."
All eyes went to the person walking into the classroom. Iruka looked up. Sasuke's eyes trailed the guest as she walked over to their teacher.
"I was told to report here. Plus you forgot your clipboard in the lounge."
"Thank you, Temari." He gladly took his clipboard checking to make sure everything was in place. She gave him a smile as she held her own clipboard close.
"Alright, Team One is..." Sasuke's mind started to zone out as he kept watching the helper.
'They were right. She is hot.' he thought. 'Wait, did I just think that? Have to stay focused.'
"...and Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke looked up.
"What? I have to be-" Naruto stopped. Temari was giving him that look. "Never mind."
"Okay everyone. I'll be introducing your Senior Ninjutsu Instructors this afternoon. You're dismissed until then."
As everyone left the classroom, Sasuke couldn't stop looking at her. She looked up from her clipboard, starring at him as well. He put his head down but only low enough that he could still see her. She...she was smiling...at him. He felt his face heat up.
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Sasuke munched on his riceball. 'What the hell is happening?' he asked himself. 'I can't stop thinking about her. Her golden hair. Her lush lips. Her smooth sides. Her big-wait. No! No! No!'
"Is something wrong?"
He turned behind him to see her. Temari, was it?
"Sasuke, right? Are you okay?" she asked.
"Y-Yeah. Fine Temari-sensei." His heart throbbed.
"Please, call me Temari."
"Temari." He took a deep breath. "What a beautiful name for a beautiful woman."
She blushed. "Sasuke. I'm only a few years older." She walked over to him and sat down next to him. "It's a nice view isn't it."
"Sure is." He worked his hand around her shoulder.
He pulled her close but to his surprise she didn't pull away. "Sasuke..."
She licked her lips as he licked his. He looked deep in her eyes as she looked deep in his.
He pulled her closer, closing his eyes. "Temari..." Their lips met in a full fledged kiss...until the taste of rice and seaweed came back to his mouth.
He opened his eyes to see no one there. Just him and his lunch. 'Damn daydream.' Too caught up in his thoughts, he didn't notice the rope that pulled from behind him.
"Hey! What the Hell?!"
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"I see you've been getting along with so many of the students here Temari."
"I don't think so Iruka. All I do is smile and look nice. It's like almost no one knows me."
The two were in the Teacher's Lounge having their lunch with other teachers and staff.
"Well I think you've gotten yourself off to a good start? You received a lot of eyes today."
"Excuse me?"
"Nothing, Temari. I said nothing."
Iruka let out a sigh. This was harder than he thought. He understood Naruto a lot more easily, but his sister wasn't as open. How was he suppose to do this?
Flashback:
"I see your bond with Naruto has grown stronger Iruka. I'm proud."
"Thank you Lord Hokage."
"But you know you didn't do it alone."
"...? I don't follow."
"Naruto has also been getting care from his older sister, as you must already be aware of."
"Sister? Oh, you mean Temari!"
"Yes. The two are fairly close though not blood related."
"Their not?"
"No. Temari was found wondering the streets in her younger age. She was taken in and met Naruto. After that the two refused to separate."
"I never knew that."
"Most people don't."
"But what does that have to do with me?"
"Temari seems a little too focused on her brother that she hardly has any time to enjoy yourself. She needs to find her joy. She needs friends. I was thinking maybe you could help her with that since she is always shutting out people like they've done to her. Maybe a few male friends..."
"I get you Lord Hokage...wait, what? You what me to help her find a boyfriend?"
"No, no. Not as much as a significant other, but just maybe someone that could ease her and her pain a little bit. That's all."
End Flashback
"Iruka? Iruka? Hello, are in there?" Temari waved one of her hands in front of his face. This snapped him back. It wasn't everyday someone who kept their whole arm and hand covered all the time would actually use it to bring someone back to reality. She was like a certain ninja he knew...
"Huh? Sorry Temari. I zoned out. What was it you were saying?"
"I said I was going to get the papers for your next class. I want to make sure I finish everything before I leave today." With that said she exited.
'Wow. She's so well organized.'
Temari walked down the halls alone. They were so quiet with the students gone. She held her clipboard close. She just had to get out. Away from everyone in that one room at once.
Bump Bump Bump
She looked up.
Bump Bump Bump
What was that sound?
Bump Bump Bump
She listened for a while until she realized it was coming above her. As if something was going on. What if someone was in trouble?
Bump Bump Bump
"I'm coming!!" she yelled turning around and running toward the stairs. "I'm coming!"
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'Damn idiot! Running around as me! Wait til I get my hands on him!'
Sasuke flailed around the floor of the gym closet. His arms and legs were tied and his mouth was taped shut. He stopped as he thought he heard a voice calling.
'Must be the wind.' he thought as he started making noise again.
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'The sounds are getting closer!'
Temari ran up the stairs and down the halls, listening to every door that she came across. Then she came to the one containing the noise.
'The Gym Closet?'
Without thinking she opened the door...
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Sasuke stared up. His face as red as it could ever be. There she was. Temari. The one he had been dreaming about. Here, looking at him tied up on the floor of the gym closet. Pathetic.
"Oh my!" she gasped as she fell to the ground beside him. "Are you okay?" She removed the tape. She saw his face red. Was he sick? Did he have a fever?
"Yeah. I'm fine."he told he in the calmest voice he could get. She quickly untied him.
"Are you sure your okay? You feel as though you have a temperature." She pulled her sleeves down hand placed her hands on opposite sides of his face, not noticing she was making him hotter. His eyes caught hers as she looked deep into them. 'They look so familiar. Like his.'
She could see the past all over again. He was there in front of her. With those same eyes.
She snapped herself out. Now was not the time. This student could be hurt.
"No, really. I'm fine." he told her. He reached for her hands. They felt so...soft. He looked up at her to see her blushing.
"You can let go of my hands."
He pulled them away. "Sorry." A breeze began to blow in from the window. As if it were pushing him too her.
For Temari, it meant otherwise. The students would be back soon and she still didn't have those papers. She got up.
"Is something wrong?" Sasuke asked as he got up too.
"No. I just remembered I had to do something."
"Oh, okay."
"Your sure your alright?"
"Yes."
She turned and left Sasuke alone in the closet, her face still a little red. She ran into Iruka in the hallway.
"Temari, someone said they saw you running down the halls. Is everything okay?" he asked
"Yes, everything's fine." Temari told him, her clipboard up against her face. She walked around him. "I'm gonna get those papers now." She slowly disappeared down the stairs.
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Sasuke looked out the window. 'If only it lasted a little longer.' He put his hands to his face. He was never washing them again.
He turned back to the door where the girl of his dreams disappeared out of. He also saw the rope on the floor. He jumped out the window.
'I have to find that ass Naruto.'
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"This is Naruto's house, huh?" asked a male ninja as he looked around the apartment.
"Yes." the Lord Hokage told him as he watched him wonder around the apartment.
"Seems a little too clean for him." the ninja added opening a door that looked like it lead to Naruto's room. "Except his room."
He closed the door and walked down the hall again and opened the door on the opposite wall. He was pretty surprised at what he saw.
It was a perfectly clean room with black and red sheets on the bed along with a rather large fan. He walked in and looked on top of the dresser that was there and looked at the picture of a little blond boy laughing as he was getting tickled by a little blond girl that looked a little older.
Curiosity took over him as he opened the drawer to find neatly stacked piles of female underwear in the drawer. His hands began to shake with excitement as he lifted one up.
"Kakashi, what are you doing?" Lord Hokage asked peeking his head through the door.
"Lord Hokage! What's Naruto doing with something like this?!" Kakashi asked as if he was drooling through the mask he was wearing.
Lord Hokage placed a hand on his face. "That must be his Temari's."
"Who's?"
"Naruto's sister."
"What?! He has a sister?!"