Disclaimer: I own nothing except my character and if I owned Naruto then he'd be real and living with me in a nice fairy tale world. Hahaha!
Warning: Course language and Sasuke-bashing for this part. Enjoy to those who get it!
Put in their Place
When we pass by Iruka-sensei, Naruto stopped and asked Iruka-sensei something that he just remembered.
"Hey Iruka-sensei, Roxanne was so busy showing me the right techniques, that she never got a chance to practice herself. Can she it before the first group goes? Please?"
He begged him but I on the other hand was stumped. My back facing Naruto and Iruka-sensei, whereas my front faced the crowd and all could be seen is my face shadowed.
Tensing up with my eyes shut and saying a pray in my head that I wouldn't go up because I don't really want to show everyone how precise my aim is. I'm hoping against hope that he says no and for us to move right along but I guess no one is listening.
"Well, now that you mention it, Naruto, I would love to see how well she does if she can get you to do a great job on the first try. So Roxanne, please come back and give us a little demonstration"
Iruka-sensei asks walking to the target and removing the five kunai from the target board and walking back to his spot, holding out the knives for me to take.
"Damn" I silently said under my breath and turn back to the dup standing by with a smile as I said out loud:
"Sure. Why not" Handing my jacket to Naruto who looked excited and taking the kunais from Iruka's our stretched hand and when he moved aside, I got ready.
Standing sideways, with my left side facing the target, I held 2 knives in one hand and 3 in the other as I wrapped my arms around my back and my tail hanging low to the ground. I stood still, breathing deeply and listening to the quietness of my surroundings, then like a slingshot my arms swung forward fast.
In a blink of an eye, I am done and I could see all the five kunais pierced the bull's eye perfectly in the center. Gasps and whispers started up as I straighten up and turned around with a victorious smirk on my face.
As loud as he could Naruto cheered for me, Iruka-sensei smiled and clapped, and everyone else just stood there quietly.
The Sauce-Guy and his fan club were wide eyed and open mouth in surprise but then his groupies started whispering among themselves and the dude's expression went back to his normal dull looking one.
I could hear praises from most of the crowd but the rest are mumbling about me getting lucky.
Lucky! Right! Luck does NOT put dinner on the table every night, only nonstop practicing and hard work gets the job done.
I made my way to Naruto who is standing next to the crowd with a smile so bright, it almost hurt my eyes.
"Wow that was Awesome! The way you threw them and how they ALL hit the target dead on is amazing. You are really good at this and you wiped the floor with Sasuke, can't wait for the shurikans to come up so you can do it again. I don't think I know anyone who could hit a target as well as he can but then you show up and did just that. I am so glad I met you, Roxanne. Maybe later on we can train together, if you want. If you ain't busy or you know…" He rambled on.
Oh! So cute looking all shy and everything and so I looped my arm with his and he stopped.
Naruto saw our connected arms, than at me as I smiled at him is when he blushed and adverted his eyes to his feet, smiling.
Sometimes my tail has a mind of its own and it decided to wrap itself around Naruto's waist, in which I looked down in surprise.
'Well what do you know, eh? It likes him' Naruto's blush deepens and tried to speak but I saved him the trouble:
"Yes I would love to train with you; I just hope you can keep up" Naruto looked me in the eyes and nodded.
"You know what? I'm so glad I sat next to you this morning and getting to know you later on and believe me when I say this: we will be best friends in no time" Naruto's eyes lit up when I said this and his smile grew bigger.
Indeed I made the right decision when I choose to sit next to Naruto this morning on my first day of the academy.
I turned my head to see if the first group was up and throwing but am met with all eyes, except Iruka's, gawking at us as if we were from space or something. Silence once again overcame the crowd, except for the sound of kunais being pulled from the target boards by Iruka-sensei, and I felt this little tingle sensation on the side of my head and looked towards it.
The Sauce-Guy is standing there glaring daggers in our direction and looks like he might actually kill someone, but I just smirked at his strange behavior. He could be jealous, but of what I have no idea, could be the attention Naruto's getting or my perfect bull's eyes?
I don't know but it did make me feel superior that I am the cause in both events. Before the Sauce-Guy could see my expression, the teacher called out to get the first group to actually start since most were just gawking at us.
The call shook the Sauce-Guy out of his glaring and his face return to his bored, uninterested one. I wonder how much will it take to rile him up out of his normal expression to make a total different one, but time will tell. Is he going to do the same technique as earlier or change it up?
Naruto and I watched from our spots as the first group lined up once again with the targets. As Sauce-Guy lined up, his groupies nearby, he held all the five shurikans in one hand and stood there not moving. The fan club looked on anxiously but the rest of us already knew the end result. I could tell Naruto wanted to call out to him and tell him to hurry the fuck up but didn't when we saw Sauce-Guy lower down a bit. The hand holding the shurikans closed in near his torso and the other hand rested on top of it for easy access. Then one by one, the shurikans flew swiftly at the target and with a thud, hit its mark.
Cheering and screaming ensued and groaning and mumbling came next. The girls huddled together complimenting Sauce-Guy on his excellent throw from a few feet from where he's standing.
Before Sauce-Guy could turn around, I started walking towards him, and grabbed the shurikans from Iruka-sensei on my way.
"Hey Roxanne it isn't your turn yet" He exclaimed out load and got the attention of everyone.
I ignored him as I kept walking until I came face to face with the Sauce-Guy and the target he used could be seen to the side of us. I smirked when he looked at me.
"You think you're good?"
"No. I'm not good. I'm the best"
"Hmm so if you're the best, can you do this?"
Not breaking eye contact I threw each star to the target with a speed quicker than lightening and without looking at the target. Sauce-Guy's eyes widen in shock when I didn't look at all.
Silence blanketed our surroundings and nobody made a move when I finally looked at the target.
I smiled when I could see the exact center of the bull's eye filled with the stars all lined up in perfect order.
I looked back to Sauce-Guy's face and my smile widen when I saw astonishment written all over his features, totally worth it to see a different expression on him.
Damn! I wish I had my camera with me today.
"THAT'S how it's done, son!" snapping my fingers in his face as I walked away.
Nobody moved yet, even the teacher stood stunned as I walked by him, looking smug.
Naruto woke everybody up with a loud cheer and hands in the air and that is when everyone, even some of the fan girls, rushed over to me and congratulated me on an excellent throw.
Bowing and waving appreciatively at them all I said "Thank you Thank you. I don't know what came over me but I'll be here all week. Tip your waitresses and stay in school"
Smiling I weaved my way through the crowd who patted me on the back and laughed but I only had eyes for one person whose face I want to see and whose voice I want to hear.
Way in the back of the crowd he stood looking like he didn't belong in the happy crowd. A slight pain flashed through my chest at seeing and feeling this and I so didn't like it at all. So standing close to Naruto I whispered:
"Got nothing to say about Sauce-guy's defeat or what?" Smiling he chuckled but before he could say anything, he looked behind me and scowled, so I turned to see what it was.
Sauce-Guy stood behind us, glaring and hands clenched in a tight fist.
"You, new girl, what's your problem?" He asked trying to glare a hole in my head. I turn to face him with a smirk on my lips.
"I have a name you know and I ain't got no problem. What's yours?" One hand on my hip and Naruto by my side with his arms crossed over his chest, smirking also.
"Problem. You know what's my problem is, new girl? It's the fact that someone, let alone a girl, beat me at something I'm excellent at. I'm the top student in this academy and no one and I mean no one beats me" His fan club heartily agreed.
"Well you know what: The world does NOT revolve around you, out there in the real world , past those gigantic walls, are people who are Stronger, Faster and highly more skilled then you could ever imagine to be. So don't come crying to me just because you lost at something that should be like second nature to you. I've been out there in the real world for the longest time and there is only one rule, just one: Go hard or go home. There is No second chances, No do overs and I'm sure as Fuck know for a fact that there are no gold stars for doing a good job. As for being 'the top student' you are about to be knocked the Fuck down to # 2. So my suggestion to you is Bring It! Bring whatever you got to the fullest because I will Bring It, anywhere, any time and with whatever you got" Getting nose to nose with Sauce-Guy after my little speech and him glaring at me with fire in his eyes and breathing heavily.
Before he could open his mouth to lash right back, Iruka-Sensei showed up and put his hands on our shoulders to separate us.
"Okay enough and settle down, Sasuke and Roxanne. Both of you have perfect aim but I'm sorry to say, Sasuke that Roxanne did a very impressive job on her last throw. Let's forget about this and give the other group a chance to practice, okay?" My eyes lit up at this statement and I looked up at Iruka.
"So it's Naruto's turn then?" Iruka nodded but Sauce-Guy scoff at it.
"Yeah like that total loser will be lucky enough to hit the target a second time" Crossing his arms over his chest, he smirked at me.
"The only 'total loser' here is you Sauce-Guy when I kicked your ass in a simple target practice"
I took a step forward when I finished taunting him and his arms fell to his sides, clenched into a fist and glaring at me with all his worth, which did nothing to me.
Before he could open his mouth, I turned and grabbed a laughing Naruto, pulling him along to the targets. I left him to his antics as I went forward and grabbed the shurikans off the target boards and went back to Naruto's side as he finally calmed down.
Smiling at him, I hand over the stars and laid both hands on his shoulders.
"Naruto, do the same thing as you did earlier with the kunais and you can prove to that emo pansy ass fuck face that has all the girls going rabid, that he is wrong. Would you like that, Naruto? To show that Fucking jerk how wrong he is? I know I would love to see it" Naruto nodded with determination and smiled.
"Okay then. Relax, let go and you'll do great. I'll be standing over there when you are done. Go for it!" Patting him on the shoulders, I walked back to the side of the crowd and waited excitedly.
Taking a deep breath like before and relaxing his shoulders, Naruto got into position.
Some of the fan girls thought it necessary to distract Naruto in favor of Sauce-Guy, so they started whooping and hollering loudly. Catcalls and whistling all around from the rest of the class grinded on my nerves, but it didn't affect Naruto one bit. So I relaxed and waited for the result.
Breathing deeply for a couple more seconds, Naruto crouched low with one hand holding the shurikans and the other over them. With absolute quickness he didn't have before, threw each one after another at the target and it thudded hard on impact.
Silence happens a lot today because once again everyone's tongue is caught by some stray cat.
Shit! Even Naruto's eyes are out of their sockets.
Looking around me at the stun faces of our class mates, I smiled when Iruka-sensei recovered first but the rest, still as a statue. So me being me, I just won't let this silence go on much longer.
Gesturing to Iruka to cover his ears, in which he did so, I took a huge breath and yelled out at the top of me lungs:
"Yea….!" That shook everyone out of their stupor and even made some jump a little bit.
Laughing, clapping my hands and jumping for joy as I ran to Naruto and jumped on his back. I caught him by surprise but not enough to fall over.
Laughing with me, Naruto started jumping, whooping and hollering as he spun us around.
The rest of the class looked back and forth between us and the target and started to clap lightly at first, then it became louder with whistles and yelling.
When we stopped spinning, we both looked at the target with a shit eating grin: there, right dead on in the center of the bull's eye, are the five shurikans lined up neatly in a row. We turned back to the crowd and I yelled out:
"Lucky my Ass! This kid is a Fucking natural!" Jumping off Naruto's back, I stood in front of him and clapped both hands on his shoulders, looking him in the eyes, smiling with all my worth.
"I knew it! I knew you could do it. I knew without a doubt that you could hit that target a second time. So tell me (dropping one hand) how does it feel to know you proved that Sauce-Guy wrong?" By the time I finished asking, the class minus Sauce-Guy, surrounded us but remained quiet to hear the answer.
His smile grew bigger and it might just split his face in half but he didn't care as he replied:
"It feels GREAT!" Throwing his hands in the air and laughing out loud.
Everyone that surrounded us laughed with him and patted him on the back while praising him on his awesome throw. Literally beaming with happiness, it just made his day by being surrounded by his class mates that are congratulating and smiling at him.
I looked around us to see who all there is when I spotted Sauce-Guy being consoled by his 2 die-hard fan girls: Pinky and Blondie, off to the side of the crowd and he is scowling something fierce towards our direction.
I smiled even more knowing that we: Naruto and I were the cause of such disturbing features. Turning back to Naruto, Iruka-sensei stood next to him and ruffled up his hair and told him he is so proud of him on doing an excellent job. Naruto laughed and thanked Iruka.
"Okay since everybody did a great job in today's practice, mainly Naruto (He laughs and smiles) we'll go back in and put our things away for you can an early dismissal. Excellent Job everyone!" The whole class applauded at the early out and rushed back in to finish as fast as they can, so they can leave right away. Sauce-Guy started in with his fan club at his heels but glared at us one last time.
Shrugging Naruto and I were the last to go in but before his hand landed on the door knob I stopped him. He turns towards me with a question in his eyes and so I answered:
"Naruto can I ask you something? (He nodded) Would you like to go with me to the Hokage's office and ask him where I'll be living from now on, since he said he'll let me know after class is out for the day? Then after that is done, we can start our training. So what do you think?" I wanted to laugh at the many expressions coming from his face: confusion, realization and finally, utter happiness.
Naruto clapped his hands together in a begging kind of way to me and asked:
"Really? Like really, really?" Giving me his best (I guess) puppy dog face, I smiled at him and covered my hands over his as I looked him right in the eyes.
"Naruto, you are my first friend and probably my only friend in this village and there is one thing you should know about me: I Don't Lie, ever. I hate lying and despise liars. Why lie when the truth is SO much better. So yea I'm serious about wanting you to come with me to the Hokage's office. Still want to come?" Nodding his head vigorously in reply, I let go of his hand but entwine one and hauled him inside in his zombie-like state.
Probably because I'm holding his hand and it might take a while before his brain reboot. As we went inside to our classroom, everyone is just about to head out when Iruka called out to them to say that they can leave for the day.
Standing in the doorway, I only saw one other person looking in our direction: Sauce-Guy and he is still glaring but this time at our joined hands. I smirked and started walking out with Naruto to the exit/entrance and this time he is by my side instead of me dragging him.
Opening the doors and walking out, I let Naruto lead us the way to the Hokage's office.
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On our way to the office, we went through the village and I started to notice some of the villagers were staring and whispering I so didn't like it at all. Naruto has yet to speak a word since we left the academy and is keeping his head down the entire way. Maybe he noticed also but why are the people acting like this?
Staring back at most of them, well the ones that are glaring, I gave them all a dirty look.
"What the fuck are YOU staring at?!" I said out loud and most of them looked away but the bold ones kept on staring.
As we passed a small group of 2 or more near a vegetable cart, they too are glaring in our direction and it is starting to piss me the fuck off. Glaring right back at them all, I squeezed Naruto's hand to let him know I'm still here.
At that moment, in a split second, a hail of rotten vegetables came sailing our way. Letting go, Naruto covered his head with his arms and turned away, waiting for the impact to happen.
But nothing came. Uncovering himself, he looked and his jaw hit the ground when his eyes came upon an unbelievable sight: there in midflight, a couple feet from where we are standing, are the rotten vegetables floating in mid-air.
That is the 'whoa' part, the 'holy shit' part is me, with my hands out in front of me, controlling the veggies in the air.
Silence overcame the entire street that could see what is happening and the people responsible for throwing the veggies, stood in utter shock at the sight.
"Hey Assholes!"
That got the attention of the throwers. Swirling my hands in a circular motion, the veggies started moving in the same motion as my hands. The peoples started trembling with their eyes wide as I yelled:
"Why don't you Pricks pick on someone your own size instead of picking on kids!" with that I thrust my hands forward and let the veggies sail back at them in full speed, not enough time to dodge them.
When the target hit its mark with a splat, I turned and grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him away from the scene to the direction we were going.
Shocked beyond belief, Naruto didn't put up much of a struggle as I lead him down the street, where others saw what happen and gave us space to walk by. Throughout all this, I had a smug smile on my face as we walked hand in hand away from the crowded streets to a deserted one and only then Naruto stop walking.
I stopped when I felt a slight pull of our connected hands and turn to look at him. He stared at our joined hands for a while, probably didn't know what to say and when he finally did look up at me, I smiled and squeezed his hand in a support kind of way.
"Why did you do that to those people? Why are you being so nice to me when I don't deserve it?" Naruto cast his eyes downwards as he asked me this question.
Releasing our hands and laid both of mine on his shoulders and waited until he looked up.
"Listen to me Naruto and listen good, those people deserve what happen to them, they deserve it because of the way they were treating us. How could they, as adults, do that to us kids when they are supposed to be the older ones, the role models? They were Assholes and needed to be taught a lesson. As for why I'm being nice to you is because you are my friend and a first one at that. Most people won't talk or come near me when they first learn about my tail. In their eyes, I am Not Normal. But when I met you, you actually said hi and shook my hand and even went to lunch with me, when you didn't have to. That little act of common decency made me so happy to know that I can actually make a friend. So you deserve the niceness I give and the protection that comes with my friendship. Besides, I always wanted a cute friend" Smiling I gave Naruto a hug and he went stiff at first, then relaxed and hugged me back. I could feel his smile on my shoulder.
"Thank you, I always wanted a friend too" He whispered quietly and so I hugged him tighter before I let go and took hold of his hand once more.
"So let's go to the Hokage's office so I can unpack and we can chill before our training starts"
As we walked through the corridors of the Hokage's building, there is a buzz going around and with my heighten sense of hearing, I can hear whispering of what happen earlier but the buzzing stopped when we walk by. It starts up again as we go out of sight and Naruto notices as we ascended the stairs.
"I guess word got around, eh Naruto?"
"Yeah, I guess it did. I just hope the old man doesn't get mad about it though" Scratching his head in wonderment, we made it to the floor of the Hokage's office and instead of stopping at the desk of his receptionist; I breeze right by to the door with Naruto right behind me.
Opening and closing the door, we stood in front of the desk and the Hokage stared right back at us with a wrinkly brown raised.
"Well Roxanne, I see you have met Naruto and seem to me that you get along quite alright" I nodded and smile at Naruto as he too smiled and blushed.
"My sources also tell me of what took place earlier in the market. Care to explain?" Naruto was about to explain the situation but I held my hand up to silence him.
"Hokage, those people were looking at us as if we were the plague or a disgusting bug that need to be squashed right away. Then this group of people had the Audacity to throw rotten, ROTTEN vegetables at us. These were Adults whom acted like children? So I set them straight with a little show and sailed the veggies right back at them instead. I may have cursed at them in a vulgar language but they deserve it for the way they acted" Hand on my hip, I waited for the Hokage's rebuttal and felt Naruto sweating through our still connected hands.
The old man scrutinized us with his wise filled eyes and then burst out laughing!
I smiled as Naruto's jaw dropped at the Hokage's reaction and when he calmed down and wiped a tear, is when Naruto rebooted his brain and closed his jaw.
"So you're not mad about what happen?"
"Oh I'm disappointed but at the people NOT you two and so I'll have a word or two with them when they come to complain later on. Now, how can I help you?" leaning back in his chair the Hokage smile warmly at us.
Releasing the breath he was holding, Naruto wiped away the little sweat that gathered on his forehead waiting for the old man's answer and smiled back.
"Well I was hoping the situation for my living arrangement is settled so I can unpack and also where are my bags?"
"Yes that's right, it has been settled and here are the papers for a tenant's agreement that need signing. After that is done, you'll get the keys to your new place"
Taking out a bunch of papers out of his drawers and sliding them over with a pen, I let go of Naruto's hand and sat down to begin reading before signing. Everything seem to be in order so I sign my name and slid it back across to the Hokage, whom stamped it with his seal and placed the papers back in his desk. Opening another drawer, he took out a set of keys and unhinged one.
"One key is for your door and one for a storage unit in the basement. I'll keep a spare here, just in case" Holding them out for me, I reached over and took it, smiling.
"So where am I living at and where are my bags?" Before I could get an answer out of him, the door open and our sensei walked in with my 2 bags in each hand.
"Ah! There are right here. Iruka, would you please hand those bags to Roxanne, they belong to her" Handing them over when I stood back up from the chair, I lifted one over my shoulder and hand one to Naruto so he may help me.
"As for your living arrangement, I do believe Naruto knows where that is" Naruto looked up in confusion as I looked at him in confusion.
They stared at each other as if communicating silently until Naruto's eyes grew big in question and the Hokage nodded in what seem like confirmation. Then just like that Naruto jumped, fist pumped in the air and hollered his happiness. A little surprised at this display, I stared at the Hokage who smiled at us all.
"Yes! Oh Yeah! Right on old man!" Naruto jumped around for a bit before standing next to me and held onto my hand with, what is probably the biggest smile I've seen so far.
"Holy shit Roxanne, I just can't believe it's possible but it is. it really is!"
"Um…okay?"
"You will be living in the same building as I am! How Freaking Awesome is that!" My jaw dropped, actually dropped when he said this and I looked towards the old man to see if this was for real and when he nodded, I laughed and jumped on Naruto, hugging the life out of him.
"Awesome? Its Fucking Fantastic is what it is! What's my room number so we can go and I can start unpacking?" Slinging an arm around Naruto's shoulders as we both waited for the Hokage's response.
"You, Miss, will be one floor below Naruto own apartment, as in directly underneath his own" I nodded at this and turn to Naruto as I slipped my arm off him.
"So where do you live?"
"About a couple blocks from here, on the top floor, 4B"
"4B eh, then that means I'm in 3B. Cool, let's go then"
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