On the day of team placement
A week has passed since the Mizuki incident, Naruko, could be seen, walking to the academy early in the morning. She has learnt that it was the safest time to walk in the valance as the villagers were either still in bed or setting up shop. She soon arrived at the academy to find her best friend, Sasuke Uchiha, already seated, looking bored. Sasuke Uchiha was the son of the late Fugaku Uchiha, leader of the Uchiha clan. Sadly, the entire Uchiha clan was eradicated a couple of years ago by Sasuke's older brother, Itachi. This caused Sasuke to change from a happy and friendly child to one cold-hearted and hateful. Naruko tried her best to be there for Sasuke, but he too slowly distanced himself from her. This action sent Naruko into a state of depression. Akeko was furious at Sasuke and would have killed him if it wasn't for Hiruzen and Naruko convincing her otherwise. Recently, Sasuke started to talk to Naruko more. Of course, Naruko was suspicious at first and, being her usual self, confronted Sasuke about this sudden change in attitude. Sasuke then proceeded to explain to Naruko about his mental breakdown after the Uchiha massacre and how it scarred him for life, forcing him to focus on his hatred. It wasn't until a visit from the Third Hokage about his behavior that he realized the pain he was inflicting on others beside himself. After telling his story, Sasuke truthful expected Naruko to hate him, but to his surprise, Naruko hugged him signaling the start of their renewed friendship. The two knew that they had to keep their friendship a secret to avoid the hassle from the council and Sasuke's fangirls. Now, they were the closest of friends despite their situation.
"Dobe," Sasuke greeted.
"You know that's not nice," Naruko replied, walking over to Sasuke and sitting down next to him," You know as much as I do that we are equal in skill since we both got rookie of the year."
"Yeah, but to me, you will always be my dobe," Sasuke responded, smirking. Naruko blushed at Sasuke's wording, but refused to be bested by Sasuke. Unknown to Naruko. Sasuke noticed the blush and congratulated himself.
"Well, I'm glad that I'm a dobe, teme. At least, I don't have fangirls after me," Naruko teasing, causing Sasuke to freeze up and slam his head against the desk.
"It's terrible," Sasuke complained, turning his head to face Naruko," The fangirls are always following me around and begging me to be their boyfriend. I mean just yesterday, a pink-haired girl tried to kiss me. I swear to Kami that I saw my life flash before my eyes. I mean I'm an Uchiha and yet, I am easily bested by a group of fangirls. How is that possible?" As Naruko listened to Sasuke rant about his terrible experiences with his fangirls, Naruko couldn't help, but giggle at Sasuke's misfortune, earning a glare from Sasuke. Watching over them through his crystal ball, Hiruzen smiled at the pair.
"I knew I made the right decision to confront Sasuke about his problem when I did," Hiruzen thought, leaning back in his chair," Naruko is smiling once again. I think I deserve a reward. Hehehe." Hiruzen then pulled out a hidden drawer. Inside he grabbed out a book, it was his student's latest work, Icha Icha Lost Lover. He then noticed a note on the front cover. It read," I know about your secret collection of Icha Icha novels. I took the liberty of confiscating all of the books. However, I felt it was best to leave this one as a reward. Thank you for giving Naruko her smile back. Akeko." Hiruzen stated crying fake tears at the loss of his collection of Icha Icha, but was grateful for Akeko's once in a lifetime act of mercy. He started reading.
2 hours later
Most of the class have arrived and were already seated. Sasuke and Naruko were still talking to each other. That was until the banshees arrived, Ino and Sakura. "SASUKE-KUN," the entire class heard. Naruko and Sasuke cringed when they heard the voices. "Crap, they're here," Sasuke and Naruko thought. Soon enough, Ino and Sakura barged into the room. "Sasuke-kun, where are you?" the two girls called out as the looked around for their Sasuke-kun. They quickly found Sasuke, brooding with a sniggering Naruko next to him. "What is she doing with my Sasuke-kun?" Sakura thought.
"She should be punished," inner Sakura suggested.
"Yes, she should be," Sakura thought as he started walking toward Sasuke. Ino on the other hand noticed something as Sasuke started talking to Naruko. "I never seen Sasuke-kun talk to someone in class before," Ino thought. Then, she noticed the slight blush on Sasuke's face. "He was never my Sasuke-kun in the first place," Ino realized before slumping her shoulders. She walked over to sit next to Hinata. Choji noticed this and asked," Why aren't you trying to sit next to Sasuke?"
"Sasuke has already picked a girl," Ino answered, sighing as she waited for comforting words from her friends.
"Finally, you realized," Kiba replied, shocking Ino.
"W-W-What do you mean?" Ino stuttered.
"Everyone knew that Sasuke liked Naruko," Kiba explained," Even before the massacre, those two would always be seen together. I'm surprised they haven't tied the knot already."
"That can't be true," Ino responded, looking around her for confirmation.
"It's `munch~ ture, Ino," Choji stated, eating his chips.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru commented. Shino remained silent, but Ino could see Shino shake his head at her statement. She laid her head on top of her desk to process this new piece of information.
"Though, I am curious. Why aren't you with Sakura, demanding for Naruko to move?" Kiba asked.
"If it is true that Sasuke likes Naruko then he wouldn't be very happy if I do something to her," Ino answered," I want to be in his good books, so in the future, I might have a chance if he breaks up with Naruko." The others could only nod at Ino's statement. Then, they heard a scream. The group turned around to see a sight they would never forget.
Sasuke was in heaven. Naruko, the girl of his dreams, was kissing him. To be honest, it was an accident, but Sasuke enjoyed it. Earlier, he was enjoying a pleasant conversation with Naruko as they talked about their training.
"Hey, Sasuke. I finally mastered the spell I found in my grandma's book," Naruko stated, smiling.
'That's great, dobe, as if magic is real," Sasuke taunted. Sasuke saw Naruko twitch before he felt Naruko's hand on his stomach. He blushed. He then heard mutter some words. Suddenly, he felt an intense pain in his stomach. It was the most painful thing he has ever felt. He tried his best to hold in his pain, but he couldn't.
"I'm sorry, Naruko. Please don't do that again. I never want to go through that again," Sasuke apologised. Naruko laughed and the pain in Sasuke's stomach instantly vanished. She blushed as she realized her hand was touching Sasuke's stomach. She quickly removed her hand.
'That's nothing. You should see what my grandma does. She can make the Hokage bend to her will like that," Naruko stated, causing Sasuke to go pale.
"If she can do that, imagine the power she will have when she is older," Sasuke thought," I must get this power to kill my brother. Wait, I have to stop thinking like that. Itachi never got his power through hate, but through his love his family and the village plus he was played like a fool." Sasuke then noticed Sakura walk towards them. Sasuke let a small groan, which was easily heard by Naruko. She turned around to see Sakura behind her.
"Hi, Sakura," Naruko greeted.
"Get away from my Sasuke-kun," Sakura screeched, temporarily deafening Naruko and Sasuke.
"Kami, what did I do to deserve this?" Sasuke thought as he turned to see Naruko glare at Sakura.
"Why should I?" Naruko questioned, receiving a vicious glare from Sakura.
"Because Sasuke-kun is mine," Sakura screeched, nearly forcing the two seated to cover their ears. Sasuke was pissed off.
"That bitch only wants me because I am an Uchiha," Sasuke thought as he clenched his fists.
"As if Sasuke would want to be with you," Naruko scoffed, shocking Sakura.
'Naruko, it's moments like this that reminds me why I love you," Sasuke thought as he smiled. Sakura noticed the smile and was quickly enraged.
"As if Sasuke would want to sit next to a demon like you," Sakura insulted, causing Sasuke to glare at her.
"That bitch," Sasuke screamed in his head and saw Naruko stand up to leave her seat. He couldn't make out her face because of the shadows of the bangs gave out, but Sasuke knew Naruko was the verge of breaking down. He clenched his fists again. This time so hard, blood started to come out.
"That's right demon scum. Leave. Sasuke-kun wants me not you," Sakura taunted, enraging Sasuke. Sasuke then saw Sakura push Naruko to the floor. Knowing Naruko wasn't prepared for this, Sasuke rushed to stop Naruko from hitting the ground. Pushing Sakura aside, he rushed over to stop Naruko from hitting the floor. Naruko crashed into Sasuke as he stopped her from hitting the floor. As he stepped back to regain his balance from catching Naruko, he stepped on an ireregular-shaped rock (Akeko heheheh..) and he and Naruko fell. Next thing, Sasuke knew Naruko's lips crashed into his lips.
"Am I kissing Naruko?" Sasuke wondered as his eyes widened. He saw Naruko's eyes widen as well. He ignored the Sakura's scream. Neither, he or Naruko moved to stop the kiss. Eventually, the two separated. The two quickly stood up to find the entire class looking at them with a smile?. Sasuke and Naruko blushed from embarrassment. It was the Iruka entered the classroom to start the day. Sasuke and Naruko quickly sat down. Luckily, Sakura was dragged off by Ino to sit somewhere else. No one in the class saw the look Hinata was giving Sasuke or a laughing rock before it disappeared.
Naruko touched her lips as she listened to Iruka's speech about the responsibilities and requirements of being a genin. "Did I kiss Sasuke?" Naruko thought as she blushed at the recent memory of her first kiss," Of course I did. Did he enjoy it? What. Why do I care if he enjoyed it? He's my best friend. I mean I can't like him. Can I?" Naruko's blush deepened as she thought about her situation. Somewhere else, a certain white-haired man with a red jacket was killing some demons when he felt the sudden urge to kill a black-haired boy. "What was that about?" the man thought, before attacking demons. In another location, a man was lying in bed coughing up blood before suddenly, feeling the urge to kill a black-haired boy. He smiled. "It seems like my daughter has her first crush," the man smiled before coughing up blood. In Konoha, Sasuke was having similar thoughts to Naruko. Six figures watched the pair before groaning.
"This is so cliche," Kiba thought as he rubbed Akamaru's head.
"Just confess already. We have been watching this fiasco for years," Choji begged in his head.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru mumbled before falling back to sleep.
"Sasuke-kun confess your feelings," Ino thought as she looked away, afraid of crying.
"That Naruko, trying to steal my Sasuke-kun from me," Sakura said angrily in her mind.
"N-N-Naruko-kun," Hinata thought as she started blushing at the thought of Naruko.
"Ok, here are the team placements," Iruka called out, forcing the students to start paying attention.
(I don't know the team members except for team 7, 8, 9, and 10)
"Ok, team 7 is Naruko Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha," Iruka started to call out. Naruko and Sasuke smiled at each other before blushing and look away from each other. Six figures could be heard groaning.
"And Sakura Haruno," Iruka finished. Naruko and Sasuke paled as they had the worst kunoichi in the academy in their team and it didn't help that she was a banshee. Sakura was ecstatic.
"Ha, take that Ino-pig. True love does win at the end," Sakura screeched. Everyone covered their ears even Iruka.
"Yeah, it did," Ino replied, chuckling at the situation Sakura is in. Sakura didn't notice the chuckle and smiled at her situation. She was about to speak again when Iruka cleared his throat again.
"Ok since everyone is quiet," Iruka stated. Everyone glared at Sakura, who didn't possess the common decency to look embarrassed. Iruka cleared his throat to gain the class' attention.
"Ok, team seven. Your jounin sensei will Kakashi Hatake. Team 8 will be Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame. Your jounin sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi. As there is still a Team 9 in circulation, Team 10 will consist of Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka. Your jounin sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi. I advise you to gather into your genin teams and wait for your jounin sensei," Iruka finished. The entire class shuffled around. Naruko and Sasuke looked at each other, knowing full well the danger coming. Soon enough, Sakura came charging towards them.
"Sasuke-kun, now do you believe we were meant to be?" Sakura called out. Sasuke sighed and just ignored Sakura. Naruko looked at Sasuke to see one of his eyebrows twitch. She giggled and Sasuke glared at her. That was the moment Sakura tried to hug Sasuke. Naruko suddenly felt something in the pit of her stomach. "Don't let her hug him," a voice said in her head. Naruko listened to the voice and used her telekinesis to stop Sakura as she was mid-air to tackle Sasuke into a hug.
"HUH!" Sakura screeched, forcing Sasuke to turn around. He saw Sakura was suspended in mid-air. He looked at Naruko, who was shocked as well. Sasuke then decided to use this opportunity to move away from Sakura. He got up and grabbing Naruko's hand, causing both to blush. They moved to a different area of the room. Iruka noticed this, just before he left, and smiled. Sakura ,on the other hand, was furious.
"How dare the demon still my Sasuke-kun from me?" Sakura raged in her head.
"Yea, you should punish her," inner Sakura agreed. Sakura fumed as she stayed suspended in the air.
3 hours later
Naruko, Sasuke, and a floating Sakura were the only students left in the classroom. Naruko and Sasuke were still talking to each other in one part of the room. Sakura could be seen glaring at the duo with hate and jealously. For the three hours she was stuck in suspended animation, she was formulating a plan to humiliate Naruko. Suddenly, she noticed that she could move her body again, but was still stuck in position. After a few minutes, Sakura could move again.
"This is the perfect time to commence my plan," Sakura thought as she prepped her plan. Naruko and Sasuke were too engrossed into their conversation to notice Sakura.
"So where the hell is our sensei?" Naruko stated, laying her head on the desk in front of her.
"This is sensei is an embarrassment to all shinobi," Sasuke stated, annoyed," He should be punctual like a true shinobi. I bet he was made jounin by accident."
"Actually, I think he is allowed to be late because he is the best of the best from what I can remember Jiji telling me," Naruko responded.
"That's more sense," Sasuke sighed. Then, they heard a thump. THe two looked at the direction of the noise. In front of them, there was a silver-haired man, known as Kakashi Hatake, with his hands in his pockets. On top of his head, there lay a whiteboard eraser. The man looked inquisitively at them.
"This must be our sensei," Naruko and Sasuke thought.
"Looks like Naruko was wrong about Kakashi-sensei being the best of the best," Sasuke thought.
"Why did he allow that eraser to hit his head,"
"May I ask who did this?" the man asked in a lazy tone.
"I'm sorry, was all Naruko's fault. I tried my best to stop her, but she insisted on doing it," Sakura blamed, pointing at Naruko.
"WHAT!" Naruko and Sasuke shouted.
"I/She didn't do it," they both said in unison. To the students, Kakashi seemed like that he didn't care, but inside, he was different.
"That demon filth," Kakashi thought as he kept his face of indifference," If it wasn't for the Hokage, she would be dead."
"My first impression of you guys …. You're boring," Kakashi stated in his usual lazy voice," Meet on the roof in 5 minutes." Then, he poofed. Naruko, Sasuke, and Sakura walked to the roof. On the stairs, Sakura tried to trip Naruko, but Naruko seemed to be able to dodge all of her attempts. The trio were on the roof in the allotted time to see Kakashi leaning against the railing, looking bored. He motioned for them to sit down in front of him. The trio soon sat down in silence.
"Ok, it seems like the best time to get to know each other. Introduce yourselves and state your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams," Kakashi ordered. He noticed that none of the genin moved to speak.
"Ok, I will give you a demonstration," Kakashi stated," My name is Kakashi Hatake. There is not a lot of things I like. I dislike a lot of things. My hobbies aren't worth knowing about. My dream is none of your business."
"That was lame," Naruko thought.
"This is a jounin," Sasuke thought critically.
"Naruko must die," Sakura fumed.
"Ok, Pinky. Your turn," Kakashi ordered, pointing at Sakura.
"Oh, ok," Sakura responded," My name is Sakura Haruno. I like (looks at Sasuke and squeals). I dislike no I HATE NARUKO UZUMAKI." Sasuke glared at Sakura while Naruko became depressed before smiling again.
"Hmmm, I can use that," Kakashi thought while Sakura continued on.
"My hobbies are (looks at Sasuke again). My dream is to (looks at Sasuke and blushed)," Sakura finished. Kakashi noticed that Sasuke looked at Sakura in disgust.
"This is getting better by the minute. I can manipulate the situation to make it seem like Sakura killed Naruko in a fit of jealous rage. That will work out for me as i get rid of the demon and an useless civilian girl," Kakashi thought.
"Ok, you duck-butt," Kakashi ordered, pointing to Sasuke. Sasuke growled at Kakashi, then smirked.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. There are very few things I like. I dislike many things. My hobbies are none of your business. My dream is not for you to know," Sasuke responded, smirking.
"Hey, stop trying to be like Kakashi-sensei," Naruko stated. Kakashi cringed inward when he heard call him sensei, but his outward appearance didn't change at all.
"Dobe, you ruined my introduction," Sasuke complained.
"Yeah, you ruined Sasuke-kun's introduction," Sakura joined in, hoping to impress Sasuke.
"Actually, you didn't ruin it," Sasuke quickly said, shocking Sakura," My likes are tomatoes and a certain person." Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruko noticed the blush.
"Interesting, it doesn't seem like he would betray the village," Kakashi thought.
"WHO IS THIS WOMAN THAT IS STEALING MY SASUKE-KUN?!" Sakura raged in her head.
"I didn't know Sasuke liked someone," Naruko thought, surprised. Sasuke noticed their glares and decided to continue.
"My dislikes are people who base their opinions on someone without getting them to know the person first and pompous assholes. My hobby is to tending to my tomato garden at home. My dream is to bring a certain someone to justice and to rebuild my clan," Sasuke concluded. Kakashi nodded, but was a bit confused by what Sasuke said.
"I thought he would want to kill his brother. At least, this means he is not a liability," Kakashi thought.
"Ok, blondie. Your turn," Kakashi ordered, pointing to Naruko. He had to bite his tongue from saying demon as he knew that Hiruzen was watching him through his crystal ball.
"My name is Naruko Uzumaki. I like ramen, my grandma, training, and my good friend, Sasuke," Naruko stated. Luckily, Kakashi and Sakura didn't notice the light blush on Sasuke's face. Naruko was too distracted by her introduction to notice.
"My dislikes are rapists, killers, and beaters. My hobby is to train. My dream is to have family that will love me," Naruko finished.
"Not a bad dream to have. Sadly, you will not live to see it fulfilled," Kakashi thought, an evil glint in his eye.
"Ok, since I know you guys now. I have something to tell you," Kakashi said," I want you to meet me at Training Ground 7 at 7 a.m tomorrow."
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"To see if you are worthy of becoming genin," Kakashi answered, surprising the three youngsters.
"But I thought we passed the genin test," Naruko responded.
With a forced smile, Kakashi stated," That was too see who had the potential to become genin. My test is to see if you can become genin." The trio nodded their heads in understanding.
"Ok, see ya tomorrow," Kakashi said. The trio got up to leave.
"Oh, don't eat breakfast tomorrow. You might puke if you do," Kakashi stated before disappearing in a puff of smoke. The three just looked at the spot Kakashi was at. Sakura was the first to recover.
"Sasuke-kun, do you want to eat together?" Sakura asked, jumping to hug Sasuke.
"No," Sasuke answered before dodging Sakura's hug," See ya, Naruko."
"See ya, Sasuke," Naruko responded before jumping off the roof to the direction of her house. They left Sakura on the floor.
