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Chapter 2 Settling In.
Sasuke's PoV
" Don't you remember?" Naruto asked me. I just don't know how to answer something like that!
"What are you talking about?" I spat out, not thinking clearly. He burried his face in his hands, " Why don't you two remember this...?" He whispered to himself.
I wanted to cheer him up, because he looked like he was having a bad day... "Well," I started, "I suppose you'll have to get used to life here, if you're not lying that is!" I chuckled, and he looked up. " Get used to this?" He yelled as he pointed at my TV, " What?" I questioned him, " They don't have TVs in Ninja World?" Sakura asked him flatly, then growned. "This is so weird."
"Do you have a place to stay?" I asked, but he repied with a soft 'no'. "Why don't you stay here? My parents are away on a Business trip for about two weeks and my brother surely won't mind! It's just Him, Myself, and his blue friend Kisame here." "Blue?" Sakura asked me, looking dumbfounded. "Don't ask..." I sighed, "He says it's a birth defect, but I don't know. Stay here, and I'm going to talk to Itachi for a minute or so..." I said as I walked out of the room.
I wanted to ask Itachi if Naruto could stay, On my way to the living room, Sakura stormed past me-- "Byesorryit'slategottago!" She yelled, while she ran down the stairs and slammed the front door on her way out. 'Fangirls...' I looked at the clock, 10:30... Yeah, it's late. and school starts tomorrow. I walkes into the living room and saw Itachi in his favorite bathrobe, slippers, and a hairnet. Kisame saw me immediately, "Hey, Uchiha Junior!" Itachi looked my way, " What d'ya want, li'l bro?" I looked into his eyes, the lines under them were thicker than usual, and I could tell he was tired. " Can my friend stay for a few days?" He nodded, " I don' care..." An, with that, he rolled off the couch and started to snore.
I ran back up the stairs and saw Naruto playing around with my Cds.
"Naruto?"
"Hn?"
"You can stay."
"Uh-huh..."
"But, there's a catch." Naruto turned to look at me.
"What catch!"
"You have to go to school with me. Starting tomorrow!"
"WHAT!" I rubbed my ears, "ow, You're going to Konoha High starting tomorrow!
He scoffed, "I've already graduated from the ninja academy. I don't have to go to school." I shrugged, " Then I guess I'll have to drag you there, tomorrow!" there was a brief silence. "I'll go."
Naruto's PoV
Damn you Sasuke! He's so damn stubborn! So, I guess I have to go to school tomorrow. I try to sleep, but can't. There're so many questions running through my head. And staying with Sasuke doesn't make it any easier... 'Why am I here? And where is here? Where're the Sound nin? Why is everyone else clueless about Konoha and ninjas? But wait-- Sasuke mentioned that our school is called 'Konoha high'- strange... '
I dozed off after pondering an hour or so. I woke up at 7am sharp to the beeping of Sasuke's alarm clock, he mustn't have been in a good mood, because he flung it at the wall, and I watched as it smashed into peices."Shut up...damnit..." and he began to snore. I got up and went through his closet. I picked out an Orange tshirt and black jeans, along with a pair of tennis shoes. 'I'm sure glad that we're the same size...'
I ran down the stairs and found his brother in the living room eatting miso ramen and pocky. He offered me some and I gladly accepted. We sat on the couch watching a man jump on strange animals yelling 'Crickey!'(anguess who!) 'I could get used to this!
Sasuke walked in just as the man was in the middle of yelling "Crickey!". he was wearing a plain blue shirt and blue jeans, paired with shoes just like the ones I 'borrowed'. Itachi stood up and showed us to the 'car'. I got in, and felt nervous... especially as Itachi began to question me,
"Who're you?"
"Naruto."
"How do you know Sasuke?"
"Uh... School?"
"Okay, where're you from?"
"Konoha."
"This is Konoha... where do you live?" Sasuke found the perfect time to interrupt-- "Itachi, We're here." I looked out the window and looked at the school. it's at last three times as large as the ninja Academy, with three times the people! Sasuke poked me, and stared at me, my mouth wide open staring at the building. "You okay?" I nodded. "Then let's go!" He pulled me towards the school and inside the building. He pushed me in front of him, so no one would see who he was (anSo he could stay out of the veiw of fangirls!) and he lead me to a room, I pushed open the door.
We both walked in and saw Shizune in a desk doing paperwork. Sasuke walked up to her and began talking. "We're here for Naruto's schedule." She nodded and handed him a paper. "Thank you, Shizune." We thanked her and stepped out. He handed the schedule to me and we both read over it.
Period 1 Algebra with Iruka-sensei
Period 2Literature with Kakashi-sensei
Period 3Science with Jiraeya-sensei
Period 4Art with Deidara-sensei
Lunch!
Period 6Gym with Anko-sensei
Period 7Music with Tayuya-sensei
Period 8Drama with Guy-sensei
My eyes were glued to the last line. " Drama class with Guy!" I yelled, and felt someone tap me on my back. I turned and saw a pair of huge, bushy eyebrows, and fell to the floor. "Lee! What do you want?"
"MY YOUTHFUL FRIEND, NARUTO! I ALSO HAVE DRAMA CLASS!" I rubbed my ear.
"I see that, Lee."
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FIRENDS! WE CAN HANG OUT AND EAT LUNCH TOGETHER AND STUFF!"
"Sure, Lee." I said as I began to walk with Sasuke to out first class, Algebra. I'm glad I have Iruka for first period, but i'm not glad that Guy-junior is following me. He's still talking, I'm just not paying attention, so I turn and look at him.
"Lee."
"YOSH!"
"Please shut up."
"OF COURSE I WON'T! THAT WOULDN'T BE YOUTHFUL!"
I groaned and mentally cursed Guy for teaching Lee about youth. We walked into the classroom and sat down, while Lee sat next to us and continued to talk. The teacher was currently working on something at his desk, waiting for the ball to ring. After about five minutes of listening to Lee, and seemingly five minutes to go, Iruka stood up.
"Lee."
"YOSH!"
"Please shut up."
"OF COURSE I WON'T! THAT WOULDN'T BE YOUTHFUL!"
"Lee... shut up now."
"OKAY!" Lee yelled, and began to talk in a normal voice instead of shouting, but he kept talking. ' He's like the energizer bunny. He keeps going... and going... and going...' Then, I almost yelled in joy when the bell rang for first period, because it meant Lee had to shut up. I saw some poeple in certain when everyone came into the room just then, I saw Hinata next to Kiba, the two of them talking, and Temari poking Shikamaru, who looked like he was asleep. And no one could forget Lee. I turned around to see where he went off to, and saw him in the back talking to the scary sand nin, Gaara Sabaku. 'Lee's gonna get himself killed!' and the teacher began to speak.
"I'm Iruka-sensei. Today we'll be taking a general knowledge test to see how much you know, and real class starts tomorrow. No Homework." Everyone cheered, excpet me. A test? On the first day? Damn!
After algebra, I decided geting a B- on the first day wasn't that bad. But that jerk, Sasuke. He got an A+. We headed for our next class.
Literature with Kakashi-sensei. I sat in my seat next to Sasuke and laid my head on my desk, we could be waiting a while. The teacher came in ten minutes after we did. His white hair looked like he'd forgotten to comb it this morning and he wore a mask over most of his face. "Come up here and take a book off of my desk. Your assignment is to read this within the week. We will have a test on it this Friday." We all got in line to get a book, " Where the Red Fern Grows...?" I read the title outloud, then sat down and started to read. I actually read the first chapter, and got bored. It's about a boy and two dogs, Hell if I care. I looked over at Kiba, who had his nose jammed in the book and was reading at the speed of light.
The bell rang. Thank you Lord!
Science with Jiraeya-sensei.We walked in and he handed us our textbooks. " i'm Jiraeya-sensei. We will not be doing the books' lessons in order, so flip to page 150, lesson 3. We will be learning about the Female anatomy." Most of us blushed, but a few boys laughed. He began to explain 'it' to us... You all know what 'it' is... He was smiling and blushing at the pictures of nude women... He's such a pervert! No, he's not just a pervert, he's a mega-perv!
The last period before Lunch, Art with Deidara-sensei. I saw that hinata was in this class, because she sat next to me. The teacher walked in and began t otalk, so I didn't get to say 'Hi. "So, class... Do any of you guys have room at your place where I can stay, yeah?" Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and the teacher mumbled, "M'mum locked me out again, yeah... Well, today we'll be playing with clay! I want you to make a figurine of a bird. Do as well as you can, no pressure." He pulled out some yellow play-doh and molded it into a bird very quickly, here's your model. It should look something like this. He set it down on the table and sat in his desk, he began playin with a wad of blue play-doh that he pulled out of his desk drawer.
By the end of class, I had the bird started somewhat, I had a ball of clay with a smaller ball for a head and two popsicle sticks for legs. The teacher accepted and said it 'needs more work'.
I ran out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang and went to the Lunch Hall. it's obvious where it was, because I'd passed it many times that day, and there was a sign by the door that read "Lunch Hall" I was upset to find out that they didn't serve ramen and that we had to eat our food outside. I groaned and took a plate of cooked vegetables. Then headed outside, I saw different people sitting in groups. Lee pestering neji, who looked like he was about to lash out any minute, even though Lunch just started, Tenten talking to Temari, who was trying to get Shikamaru to do something and stop trying to nap again, Sasuke being chased by girls, and Hinata sitting alone. I walked up to Hinata, she was sitting under a large tree, eating quietly. She seemed not to notice me.
"Hinata?"
She looked up immediately and started fiddling with her fingers when she saw it was me, it must be a nervous habit of hers. I sat down next to her and looked her way. She was staring at the floor as if it were the most interesting thing ever. "Do you know anything about ninjas at all, Hinata?"
"n-ninjas...?" She stuttered and continued to look at the ground.
"Ninjas! Like... um, they do missions and stuff and protect their country, they're really cool. They even have female ninjas!"
"Wow... Th-that's awesome..."
"You were one before, do you remember?"
"N-no...I'm sorry N-naruto-kun..." I groaned quietly, it wasn't her fault. It was that damn sound ninja's fault.I was confused, but snapped back to reality when the bell rang for 6th period. I looked at my schedule, "Anko-sensei... Gym..." I read to myself, I sighed and treaded off to the Gym. "NARUTO!" Lord, help me, anyone but him... I walked faster, but he found me anyways. He grabbed my shoulder and turned me around.
" What, Lee?"
"SASUKE GAVE ME THESE GYM CLOTHES TO GIVE TO YOU! THEY ARE OUR UNIFORM!" A uniform? I took the clothes and looked them over, a white shirt with our school's logo (the Konoha leaf) and a pair of black shorts. We were assigned lockers, changed, and sat on the bleachers against the wall. Anko slammed the door open and stood in the center of the school's basketball court so we could all hear her. "YOU CAN ALL HEAR ME, IF NOT, GET YOUR HEARING CHECKED BEFORE YOU COME BACK. YOU'LL BE RUNNING 10 LAPS AROUND THE COURT! NOW!"
We all began to run, I was racing Sasuke, but he barely won in the end. Shikamaru was only halfway done when everyone else finished, so we sat and waited for him to finish. Then we were told to do 100 pushups, again, I raced Sasuke, but he barely won.
"NOW WE'RE PLAYING BASKETBALL. FOUR PEOPLE AT A TIME, ONE ON ONE, EACH PAIR HAS HALF THE COURT, WITH THREE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK."
We're going in alphabetical order, so Shino and Choji was first, they tied at zero. I didn't pay attention to who won the remaining rounds, except for the very last one. "UCHIHA AND UZUMAKI!" All the girls cheered, some swooned, and others, like Temari, couldn't care less. I got the ball first, because the girls thought I should have a handicap against Sasuke. I tried to go around him, but he blocked me, I faked to the left, and he fell for it, I went in to shoot, missed, and caught my own rebound, then shot one more time and made it. "1-0, Uzumaki! 2:30 on the clock!" Sakura yelled out, as she was the self-proclaimed scorekeeper.
Sasuke got the ball, he tried to fake to the right, but I have mad neenja skillz and won't fall for that very easily! I almost got the ball from him, but tripped and hit the floor with a 'THUD', and everyone began to laugh.
"Tied at 1! 60 seconds left! Uzumaki has the ball!"Saskue tried to get the ball from me for 55 of those 60seconds, I realized how much time was left and shot the ball, it seemed to go in slow-motion, (anlike in those basketball movies) it hit the rim and fell in. I cheered, Not only did I beat Sasuke, but I beat him at his own game, thanks to my mad neenja skillz!
All the girls started to yell at me, but the boys (ansasuke included) started to congragulate me. Today isn't half bad. I looked at my schedule as I changed back into my...err... Sasuke's orange shirt. "Music with Tayuya-sensei? Who's she?" I finished changing and headed to the music class, to which I was lead by Hinata. Sasuke had told me that he doesn't take music, he'd chosen History instead. So it was me and Hinata.
I was about to say something to her and continue our lunch conversation, but the music teacher came in. She has read/orange hair, her bangs covering part of her face and the rest untied and flowing down her back. She looks very young, maybe in her early twenties? She has a flute in her hands and seems very ladylike.
"Afternoon, you Fuckers." I guess not... "Welcome to music class. I'm Tayuya-sensei, but you just call me Tayuya."
She raised her flute into the air, "Who knows what this is?"
She then pointed at Hinata to answer, "A flute..."
"Right, what's it used for?" She was about to point to me so I could answer, but someonein the back yelled out- "It's for hitting whores with!" And he snickered at his own joke, but stopped as the teacher approached. "No, Shithead, it's not for hitting people with, it's for making music." She pulled out a ruler, " This is for hitting people with!" And with that, she wacked him on the back of the head with it.
I now recoegnized him to be Kiba- Inuzuka Kiba. Serves him right. Turns out we have to chose any instrument to play and tell something interesting about that instrument. I chose the flute, and my answer was "It's not for hitting people with, it's for makin music." She smiled at me, "That's my best answer all day!"
I like this teacher, but the bell rang, so it's time for my last period. I pulled out my schedule. "Drama with Guy!" I yelled, and a certain boy with large eyebrowns and the spirit of youth must've heard me, because he flew around the corner and up to me.
"MY YOUTHFUL FRIEND NARUTO, FANCY MEETING YOU HERE!"
"Hi, Lee."
"I AM ALSO IN THAT CLASS! LET US GO TOGETHER!" And with that, Lee dragged me off to Guy's theater. His spirits lifted (even more) when he saw Guy. Lee ran up to guy and hugged him, "GUY! I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ALL DAY!"
"I'M SORRY, LEE!"
"ME, TOO, MASTER GUY!"
We all watched as they were about to run off into the sunset together, but Guy remembered he had other students.
"OKAY, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN ALL HEAR MY BEAUTIFUL VOICE, STOP SLEEPING NARA!" Shikamaru sat up and pretended to care.
"YOU MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER IN GROUPS OF TWO TO PRODUCE YOUR OWN SHORT STORY! YOU MAY MAKE IT ABOUT ANYTHING FROM LOVE TO YOUTH!" Every one slapped their foreheads in unison. He called out the groups, I waited for my name to be called,
"KIBA AND INO!" They both groaned.
"NEJI AND SASUKE!" They both glared.
"SHINO AND CHOUJI!" They couldn't care less.
"HAKU AND GAARA!" He surely wanted Haku to die or something, he hugged Gaara and squealed. Gaara already looked like he was ready to kill.
"ZABUZA AND KANKURO!" they both shrugged.
"TEMARI AND SHIKAMARU!" Temari smiled, but Shikamaru couldn't care less.
"SAKURA AND LEE!" Sakura stood up, " You set that up! I can't work with Lee!" Lee began to cry, and Guy cleared his throat, "IF YOU WILL NOT WORK WITH YOUR PARTNER, YOU WILL FAIL!"
Sakura sat back down and pouted. "THE LAST TEAM IS NARUTO AND HINATA!" I smiled and Hinata looked like her head was going to explode. "N-naruto-kun and m-me?" she looked my way and smiled.
We were filing out of the room after the bell rang. I searched for Hinata and was walking backwards when I ran into someone, and turned to see who it was.
"Yo, Super-perv!" I called you Jiraeya. "That will be Mr. Super-perv to you, young man!" He said with a grin. I pulled him aside.
"Do you know what a ninja is?"
"D'uh."
"I'll take that as a yes. Do you remember being one?"
"No, that's a stupid question!"
I sighed. "Nevermind, where's Tsunade-sama?"
"Her office." He said as he pointed in the direction Sasuke has taken me to get my schedule. I thanked him and ran off to go talk to her.
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NaruI'm still suck in this chapter!
HakuI don't wanna die!
--Gaara glares--
Haku --jumps onto Zabuza-- Save me!
LeeI LIKE BEING ANNOYING!
GuyME, TOO!
--they run off into the sunset--
Bre --hugs Gaara-- Don't be evil! You won' be in my next story... ;)
GaaraWhat's that supposed to mean!
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