It's Just Training
By: matou and meow
Chapter 1
Invitation
Normal POV
Tsunade pushed back her chair from her desk, which seemingly had been invaded by unorganized papers, folders, and an outlandish wooden box during the long night. Empty sake bottles littered the perimeter of her desk and chair, covering piles of bills she still had to pay off.
Her eyes were puffy and bloodshot, showing that she had stayed up all night; something she obviously wasn't use to. Just as she thought that she could close her eyes and take a nap the door flung open, revealing a wheezing and sputtering Shizune.
"Tsunade-sama?"
Tsunade, too lazy and tired to lift her body and greet her young attendant lifted one arm in response.
"Hai, I'm here."
Taking a swig of cold and lumpy coffee to give her strength, Tsunade slammed her chipped, orange mug on top of a stack of important papers. Standing, she made her way erratically towards the door.
"They're done...They're in the wooden box on my desk. Now I have some to go and do some last minute things before the Orientation."
Shizune smiled gleefully as she watched Tsunade exit the room. Her stomach didn't feel like it wasn't there any more, now that she knew that the invitations were done.
Sliding toward the desk she opened the handsome box and laid eyes on the carefully decorated yellow envelopes. Every one of the nine students' named sprawled out in perfect calligraphy writing across the front and on the back was sealed with the Konoha leaf symbol.
The door opened and shadows of three figures entered the room, each one completely silent. Shizune than declared in a serious tone,
"The invitations should be sent out quickly."
Naruto's POV
BEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEP
A deafening and foreign sound tore me from my peaceful slumber. I buried my face in my feathery pillow and groaned. That was when I realized that I don't remember setting my alarm clock.
I looked up towards my calendar but nothing indicated that I had anything important going on this month, let alone today. I strained myself trying to remember if today had any implication of my alarm going off.
BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEP
The sound continued; the stuffy atmosphere of my room added to this earsplitting beeping sound making it almost impossible to think straight. I slammed down on the button making it peaceful at last. I straightened up and declared sleepily,
"I didn't set my alarm...So-"
"No, but I did."
The interrupting voice was sort of soft, yet obviously male. I swiveled around and stood, but I quickly realized that it was a mistake. The sheets wrapped tightly around my legs, and I began to sway back and forth fluttering my arms preventing me from toppling to the ground.
But gravity had its way with me and I landed face first onto the floorboards. After the 'oof' of my head bouncing up from the floor I turned my head and glared daggers up at Kakashi-sensei.
"Yo."
Kakashi responded in that voice that irked Gai-sensei. I decided that it irked me as well. I tore the covers off my legs, demanding,
"What do you want?"
Kakashi handed me a decorated yellow envelope that had my name sprawled out in the middle. I took it and quirked an eyebrow up at him.
"Congratulations."
Was all he said before disappearing.
Sasuke's POV
That dream…
I awoke to sunlight on my face and a cool and gentle breeze on my skin- it would have been a blissful awaking had not one paranoid thought entered my mind. 'Who opened my window?'
I opened my eyes, glancing at the foot of my bed, and nearly jumped at the horror sight before me. I was also stunned too see the nuisance standing in my room. It was Uzumaki Naruto, jumping around holding something yellow in his hands and gloating,
"Look what I got Sasuke! Let's see who's stronger now!"
I didn't care what he was holding, but he put one hand behind his head and the other held out a piece of paper. This pose was like his signature move I swear it. "You are cordially invited..." I didn't bother reading the rest for I stood up and narrowed my eyes into slits as I growled,
"Get out Naru-"
Before I could finish I heard a cheerful knock, followed by the door being thrown open, inviting Sakura in. 'Oh yes Sakura, you can come in,' I bitterly said in my head. I looked away and continued thinking, 'Now that we're all here let's have tea and crumpets.' A small smirk flickered across my lips at that thought.
The bubblegum-pink haired girl paid no attention to Naruto as she skipped inwards and handed me an envelope similar to the one Naruto had. I looked at it. 'What time did these guys wake up, at the crack of dawn?' I thought as I took the envelope from my over eccentric teammate.
I would never admit it out loud, however, these envelopes sparked some curiosity deep inside me, and if Naruto was gloating about it to the point where he had to break into my apartment just to brag; it had to be something interesting. I carefully opened it with my thumb.
I heard Naruto jump back I felt his body tense up, and from the corner of my eye saw him point an accusing finger toward Sakura and then I heard him start sputtering question after question,
"Nani! Kakashi never mentioned that Sasuke was invited! Why did you deliver it? Why didn't Kakashi just deliver it himself? Since they're such good buddies an all!"
His voice deteriorated into bitter grumbling that irked me to no end.
Was Naruto still mad over the training Kakashi and I did during the chuunin exams? I thought we were even since he got to train with one of the legendary Sannins, Jaiaiya.
I knew Sakura could only take so much of Naruto before she exploded, and I was right for within seconds Sakura began to shout back her hands on her hips,
"Kakashi was at my place earlier! He had some urgent business he had to attend to. So he asked me to deliver Sasuke's invitation. I mean why would he trust you? You'd just tear up the invitation and pretend you never saw it, which would prevent Sasuke from coming, just because you're jealous!"
I finished reading the paper and looked up at my two annoying teammates. Naruto had his hands folded over his chest, while Sakura was sticking out her tongue, her hands never leaving her hips. I opened my mouth to say something when Naruto interrupted rudely a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"As long as I'm not on the same team with him I'll be ecstatic!"
With that Naruto leapt through my open window ranting about something under his breath. Using this as an opportunity Sakura flashed me a peace sign and started to talk about how great it would be if she and I were on a team, and how great it would be if Naruto weren't with us.
My only thought was, 'Note to self: Lock doors and windows before I go to sleep.'
It took a while for me to convince Sakura to leave. The invitation said the Orientation started at noon, and it was already nine o'clock. I had to assure this hysterical girl that I would met her at the Orientation, and I had to assure her I could find the building with out her having to escort me.
Closing the door I leaned against the hard wood, and combed my calloused fingers through my hair. I looked toward the ceiling; thinking about my dream. I had completely forgotten about it in the chaos in which I awoke too; until now. I started to wonder if it was a dream my mind created to get me through the night.
Then a horrifying thought occurred to me. What if this was some sort of suggestive dream? Perhaps it was something hidden away deep inside me, some sort of unknown urge that was surfacing…?
Before I knew it I was bent over my sink and splashing cold water on my face. Shaking my head I stood up and pivoted, gripping the sides of the sink tightly; I chastised myself out loud,
"How can you think such immoral thoughts?"
A/N: If you enjoyed it please review! Hmmm…I wonder what immoral thoughts Sasuke-seme was thinking? .
3 meow
Footnotes:
Chinkyaku: Welcome visitors
Kawaii: Cute
Kami: God
Bishi: Good looking male
Hai: Yes
Nani: What/huh
