Hi hi. Chaos talking.
Ok, sorry this took a little longer then expected, I had a bit of writers block on it.
But here it is! The ShikaXSakura chapter.
Anyways, here are all the people who commented:
Cluelessninja: your just going to have to wait and see.
RyuMiko: heh heh. Thanks. Go ahead. The place needs more female Naruto stories.
PhebePINK: oh, funnies happen when Garra shows up. and you have to wait, just like Ninja up there.--
Willowwhite: good. i was a little worried that I made her a little too violent.
ILoveItachihessohot: yeah, she can be smart when she wants to be. But I think that the real Naruto could be too.
Ws1140: grins. Yeah, that will be an… interesting scene. Evil laughing.
Black moons: thank you. ;)
Ddd: good. I like making people laugh.
FirieGurl: they are… slight trouble makers. Naruto more so then anyone. The other two just are on accident.
Haza: did I get that right? Hope you like this one.
Udhinasasa: I have no idea. The name just poped into my head.
Thank you all and I hope you like this chapter. I haven't read that many Shika/Saku pairings, so I hope their all right.
Alright! First, warnings!
Warning: I was feeling a little loopy during the second half, so it ended up a little strange.
Next, disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I do… … … NOT! Own Naruto.
OK, now that that's all done, on with the program.
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Teacher's war, part 3: science vs. genius
Sakura was sitting at her desk as the other students were starting to come in.
Sigh. A new teacher. She thought sadly. She was missing the old one. He had nearly let HER run the class.
Oh well, it should be nice to meet someone else. She thought, brightening up her mood a little. Then looked at the window.
Uh oh. Looks like it'll be pretty cold today. Hope Naruto and Tenten remembered to take their coats this morning. She thought, already dredging the answer. Naruto never remembered to even pay attention to the weather let alone prepare for it, and Tenten just saw it as a way to push herself.
I hope they don't think I'm going to take care of Naruto if she gets sick again. She already knew that she would if she did. Tenten had her mother, but Naruto had no one. It would bug Sakura's conscience till she went over and took care of her old friend.
Besides, it was a good reason to get out of the house and away from her mother.
"Sigh." Turning her attention out of her mind and back to the class. It was almost time for the class to start, so everyone was getting back to their seats, even if they were still talking.
Well, almost time to meet the teacher. She thought, trying to look as pleasant as possible. First impressions are important, after all.
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Shikamaru was currently walking behind another teacher that worked at Five Leaf High. While the other teacher was saying something or another, Shikamaru was preoccupying himself with much more important matters.
Or in his opinion, was looking at everything around him lazily and not listening to some old guy's mindless chatter.
"Ah yes, if anything happens, don't hesitate to shout." He told Shika, unaware that he was paying absolutely no attention to the man.
Finally after some walking, they arrived at the science room.
"Mr. Nara?"
That shook Shikamaru out of his daze.
"Are we there?" he asked, looking at the older man. The other teacher got a veeerry cheesy fake smile on his face.
"Why, yes! This is science class 318!" he told him, turning around to open the door. Shikamaru nodded his head.
Weird teachers, here. How troublesome. He thought with a sigh. The other teacher was opening the door.
Yes, call at the top of your lugs. So the rest of us can get out of here. The other man thought, as he walked though the door.
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Sakura look to the door when it started opening. One of the teachers came out of it, calling the rest of the class's attention to the head of the room.
"Very well, students! Today you'll be meeting you new teacher for the rest of the semester. Come in, Mr. Nara." He said, looking at the door. The rest of the class turned their attention to the door.
And in walked a very good looking young man.
Most of the female students blushed when they saw him. Sakura, however, just looked intrigued.
He was fairly tall, but Tenten could probably look him in the eye. He had light brown hair pulled back in a pony tail high on his head. He had his left ear priced, with a small silver sleeper. He had a light tan and noticeable build. He was wearing a plain plaid button up shirt and jeans.
Sadly for him, she also saw his light brown eyes looking rather lazy at them, like he would much rather be sleeping then here.
She felt her eye brow twitch. Looks like someone shouldn't have volunteered to be here! She thought, getting a little cross. She knew all about the college student transfer, and she knew it was strictly voluntary. He was acting like he was forced to be here.
Oh well. Might as well make the best of this. She thought, putting her best 'good little girl' face on.
No sense in judging so soon, right?
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Shikamaru looked at the class. They all looked like your average high school kids, eager and ready to learn.
Not.
They all looked like they would rather be at home in their beds then here. He could sympathize. He just wanted to watch the clouds outside.
The other teacher left him alone with a cheerful good bye and one very strange skip in his step.
Oook. That was troublesome. He thought as he looked at the door where the teacher left.
Then he sighed. Well, might as well start teaching them something. He thought, looking back at the class. And saw what he expected.
Most of the girls blushing, while most of the boys were falling asleep.
Heh. Let's hope those boys are like me. He already knew the answer to that. He fell asleep lots, too. Different was, he had an IQ of 200. Needless to say, he doubted any of them could pull off sleeping in class and not worry about passing..
Well, time to get to work.
"Ok, everyone, today we will …."
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So far the class had been fine, apart from every time Shika would ask a question, Sakrua Haruno would answer them all. They were all correct, so it wasn't like she was wasting time, but it was still starting to annoy him.
Huh. Looks like there's another genius here. Only this one hasn't grown out of the 'answer every question' stage. How troublesome. He thought, knowing he used to be like that. Difference was, he threw that out the window when he was still in the 3rd grade.
Right now every one was finishing their experiments. Sakura had finished hers a while ago. She sitting at her desk with her hands clasped on the top, looking around.
He sighed. But what was strange was, normally when people answer all the questions, the other students got mad at them, but it looked like the others didn't even bother to try and answer the problem.
Hmmmm. Looks like I'm going to have to do an experiment of my own. He thought, thinking of a way to test his theory.
How troublesome.
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Everyone was almost finished their experiments, while Sakura sat back and waited. She had studied the new teacher enough.
From what she could tell, he was a lazy man who wanted to watch the clouds go by.
Of course, he also has a lot of smarts. Other wise, I don't think he would pick science to teach. She thought, looking out the window. She could see why he liked to watch the clouds. She did herself. But not when it was work time.
Sigh. Well, he should be a good guy. Right? She thought, turning her attention back to the class. Everyone had just finished their assignment, and were now showing the teacher. That's when she noticed it.
He was looking like he had a plan. One that the student body was not going to like.
And something told Sakura, that while she was different from the rest of them, neither would she.
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"Ok, everyone. Seeing as today is my first day, we will be doing a pop quiz." Shikamaru told them. Has expected, a good lot of them groaned. But the Haruno girl just looked ready for it.
He smirked. Well, let's see if you're ready for this. "However, there will be one twist to this. There has to be more then one hand up. Not enough hands, and tomorrow, it'll be a test that will be about, hmmm, let's say 20 of your grade."
Jaws started to drop after that. Even Haruno looked a little struck. But they all recovered after a bit.
"Uh, isn't this, like, your first day? Can you even do stuff like this?" a girl, Ino, asked. (Sorry, but it had to be some one.)
Shika smirked. "As a matter of, like, fact, I, like, can." He told her, feeling very evil right now. (Again, sorry. He's having a moment.) Ino just pouted.
Well, this should be interesting. He thought, looking at them.
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Sakura couldn't believe it.
What is he thinking?! Doing something like this on the first day, he was defiantly up to something.
Oh, why do I get the feeling this is not going to end well? She thought, a feeling of dread beginning.
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Well, so far, his plan had sorta kinda worked. There were more hands up, but Haruno still answered every question.
Ok. Time to mix this up. He thought, getting a little annoyed at the girl.
"Alright, can anyone tell me what blah blah, means?" (Ok. reeeealy sorry for this one. couldn't think of anything to ask.)
As expected, Haruno was waving her hand with the answer, but he wasn't about to go to her.
"Yes? You, in the back!" he said, pointing at the kid in the back with his arm up. The boy got a panicked look on his face.
"Uh, err, I…don't know?" he told Shika. That was pretty much the same answer he got for every other student.
Finally, after running though all the other kids who had their hands up, it left only Sakura.
"Sigh. Ok. Anyone else? Anyone?" he asked them, really not wanting to pick Sakura.
But, after a few moments, and some of the students looking in Sakura's direction, he gave in.
"Sigh. Miss. Haruno?" he called. She put her hand down, smiling.
"Blah is the consistency of the blah." She told him confidently. He just sighed.
"Good, miss. Haruno." He said, not sounding all to pleased.
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Uh oh. So that's his game, huh? Sakura thought, looking at her new teacher. She had now figured out that he really didn't like her answering all the questions asked.
Sigh. Why, of all the substitute teachers for Mr. Bloodbank, did I have to get a stubborn teacher? She thought, thinking of her old teacher. At first he was a real Meany, but after a little talk with inner Sakura, he was a nice old softy.
"Sigh." She had her head propped up in her hands. Looks like this one needs to learn that she is a genius. Let her answer all the questions and not worry about looking for students who know the answer.
Besides, with her he wouldn't have to repeat anything he said.
Oh well. Might as well start running the class. She thought, starting to feel the "inner her" bubbling up.
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After that, the class just went to Tim buck two. (Again, looks like you're stuck.) Sakura would have interrupted him to say the rest of the problem, or would correct him if he wrote something on the board that "wasn't how Mr. Bloodbank explained it".
Ugh! I can see it now. She'll be doing this every. Single. Class. And I'll be hauled out in a straight jacket. He thought, writing out something else on the board.
He was ready to send her to the principles office. If only to make sure that this doesn't happen again.
Hey! That's not a bad idea. He thought, a light bulb going off on top of his head.
Yeah, that's what I'll do. Threaten to send her to the principles office, and make sure that it isn't an empty threat. He thought, getting a bit of an urge to rub his hands together. Like some kind of evil villain.
OK! Time to lay off Garra's crazy tea. He thought, shaking his head.
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Sakura caught that light going off. Uuuuh oohh. What's he planning this time? She thought, growing worried.
Oh, why can't he just be one of those teachers that just ignores, rather then makes things difficult?
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"Alright, everyone, who can tell me what you get when you mix blah with blah?" Shikamaru asked, looking over the class.
Right on que, Haruno raised her hand.
He looked around the rest of the class, trying to ignore her.
Then, her patience's broke.
"You get nitroglycerin." She said, not waiting for him to give in and ask her. She had given that up a long while ago.
He turned to her direction. "Miss. Haruno. How about giving the rest of the class a chance?" he begins, looking directly at her. Then got a smirk on his face. "Or it'll be principles office for you."
Sakura's jaw dropped and her eyes went wide. "b-but you c-cannn't…" she trailed off, in shock. Shikamaru nearly laughed at this.
"You heard me, and to answer your question, yes, I can." He told her, making her go a little paler. Then she just crossed her arms and pouted.
He sighed. He really didn't want to treat her like that, but he had to give the other students s chance. Something the old teacher obviously hadn't done.
While getting back to teaching, he realized that if it wornt for the fact that he was teacher and she was student, he would probably be able to be good friends with her. He had caught her more then once looking out the window, and he had some experience with being a young genius in high school.
Now that the other students were currently writing notes, or sleeping, he decided to get a better look at the young girl.
When he actually looked, the first thing he saw was her bright pink hair.
Well, so much for being a little on the smart girl side. He thought, taking in the rest of her.
The rest of her actually fit in with what Shika thought she would look like. Though her face didn't have any make up, she was quite beautiful without it. She was dressed in a button up white blouse, with a black knitted vest over it, and a knee length dark blue skirt, with white socks and black loafers. No jewelry or anything fancy.
Huh! Wonder why she would dye her hair pink? He thought, scratching his head. Then he shrugged.
Oh well. To troublesome to figure out. He told himself, even though it would bug him for a while.
Get back to being the teacher, Nara. He told himself firmly, when the students finished their works.
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Gah! The principles office?! Sakura thought angrily. She had finished her work a while before the others, same as usual. Right now she was currently thinking of her new science teacher. Or rather, wielding all the thunder of the world to come crashing down on him.
Sadly, for some reason or another, it wasn't working.
Huh? I wonder why? She thought.
Then she looked at the teacher, still charred free.
Then got a dead look on her face.
No substitute is going to tell me whether I may answer the questions or not!! She thought, getting an eeevviill look on her face.
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It was getting close to the bell.
Now it was Shikamaru's last set of questions for the class. So far Sakura hasn't managed to raise her hand, but who knows how long that will last.
"Ok, now tell me what blah mixed in with blah will evaporate into?" he asked, now dropping his guard.
But, now the whole class looked like they didn't know the answer. Just has he was about to call some random person in the room, Sakura couldn't resist and raised her hand.
Shika ignored it, and started asking random students.
It took till about half the class for Sakura to snap.
"It turns into blah." She said, before she could even stop herself. Shikamaru looked at her curiously.
"Miss. Haruno, didn't I tell you not to answer any more questions?" he asked, looking a little disapproving.
Sakura's eye brow twitched.
Yeah, but you weren't serious when you said you would send me to the principles office. She thought, looking him in the eyes. Then she got worried. Right?
He sighed. "Well, I gave you a warning." He said, starting for the door. The whole class looked at him funny.
"Come on, Miss Haruno. Principles office for you." He told her. The whole class's jaws dropped in record time. THE Sakura Haruno is going to the principles office!
The thought on everyone's minds?
Does this guy have a death wish?!?
As for Sakura, inner her vowed revenge, while the average her just calmly got out of her seat, or got very worried.
After leaving the class, they both started walking slowly down the hall. One because Shikamaru is lazy and just walks slow, and two because Sakura thinks while she walks.
I really didn't want to do that, but she has to learn to give others a chance, even if they aren't as smart as she is. Shika thought, walking down the hall. What he didn't know, was that Sakura was just always told to do that by the students and teachers alike. Otherwise she would let other kids answer; she hated talking while everyone was listening.
Oh, I hope Naruto or Tenten got into some kind of trouble. I don't think I want to stay in the office alone to deal with Mr. Nara after I get out of his little threat. Sakura thought.
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Well, what do you think? Sorry about all the blahs. Couldn't think of anything scientific to say.
Sakura get's a little loopy towards to end, then snaps back to being shy smart girl. Reason for that is when, for this story's case, inner Sakura starts to come out, she starts to go more and more loony. So sometimes people can prevent it. or not.
Well, I'm off to get more sleep and get started on the next chapter. Hopefully this one won't take as long.
Bye bye.