Chapter Four
"You took down every single kunoichi in your grade," Jiraiya said, looking down at me from behind his desk, "and I don't know whether to reward you or punish you."
"A reward would be nice," I said.
The smile was wiped off Jiraiya's face. "Don't joke around, you really are in trouble."
"Oh," I couldn't tell because you seemed more amused than pissed off. Standing behind me was Iruka and Kurenai. Iruka was pissed off, but Kurenai wasn't so much.
"It's my fault for putting her with Sasuke," Kurenai said. "All the girls love Sasuke."
"Yes," Jiraiya murmured.
"She should be severely punished for what happened," Iruka snapped. "This is unacceptable. She could have killed her own classmates!"
"I wouldn't have done that," I said. "Besides, you just need to punch a girl down once to make her stop. Boys aren't that smart – they'll keep on coming and coming – I might kill a boy, but not a girl."
"You're still making light of this," Jiraiya snapped.
I shrugged. "I'm already in trouble. What, do I get an extra demerit for sarcasm?"
"Enough, Midori," Kurenai said, putting her hand over my mouth. I tried glaring up at her but it just hurt my eyes. "I'll take responsibility for it this time. It was my fault."
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes. "But those girls do need to learn Sasuke isn't theirs to fight over…"he stroked his chin. "Alright, she won't be punished as long as you continue to partner her with Sasuke. And you, no more fighting, understand me?"
I raised an eyebrow. "Mrrff?!" as in, "you do realize what you just said is a total contradiction?"
"Yes, I agree – Midori is the only girl that doesn't drool over Uchiha," Kurenai said. "She can still train while keeping him away from the other girls."
I wasn't the only girl that wasn't Sasuke crazy, but Tenten had her reasons.
"Hhurrmah," I said. Kurenai removed her hand so I could speak again. "That's ridiculous!"
"I agree!" cried Iruka.
"You do realize putting me with Sasuke was the reason I was attacked?"
"Everyone has a lesson to learn here," Jiraiya said. "And if you're so great at taking down all the girls in the school, Midori-chan, why not try simply dodging their attacks without fighting back?"
I reflected on the fight when one of the girls came out and punched me right in the jaw. She almost knocked me out with just that one punch. I shook my head.
"If I'm attacked I'll fight back," I said. "I'm not immortal and I'm no one's punching bag."
"She'll consider it," Kurenai said, grabbing me by the arm and pulling me up to my feet. "Thank you so much for your time, headmaster."
"We're not done here," Iruka snapped.
"If you have any other complaints feel free to speak to the headmaster," Kurenai said.
"Seriously?" Jiraiya whined.
Kurenai closed the door and pulled me down the hall.
"Thanks," I said.
"No problem," Kurenai said. "Honestly, those girls deserved it. No guy is worth that much attention."
"And he's an asshole," I said.
Kurenai and I laughed.
"Please try and cut him some slack, though," Kurenai said on a more sober note. "He has been through a lot."
"Yeah, yeah," I muttered.
Continued…
