Ourano Nox: This rewrite is going much better than I expected. I hope everyone enjoys the new content and the cleanup.

Murmurs floated through the classroom as everyone waited nervousness and anticipation. The class took whoever they were going to be paired up very seriously. Seeing someone for six months everyday was no laughing matter. Iruka held his list on a clipboard, running over the names one last time.

"The first pairing is Garra of the Sand and Rock Lee."he said with a smile.

That smile was soon lost when he saw Lee already challenging Gaara to a battle. Garra ignored him as he picked up a laptop and went to go sit back down in his seat. Maybe he should have thought that one through. He had never met a bunch of crazy personalities like he had in his class before.

"Okay. . .next is Hinata and Ino."he said, crossing the names off the list as he went.

Hinata's face fell slightly as she looked at Ino ,really wanting to paired off with Naruto. She didn't mind Ino but sometimes the girl was a bit intimidating and overbearing. She was also pretty loud while Hinata herself preferred being quiet.

"That's not fair! I wanted to be Sasuke!" Ino whined as she stood up to go get the laptop from the desk.

Sasuke glared at Ino and wanted to throw something heavy at her. Why did all the girls seemed to be in love with him? He knew he was hot but it did get annoying once it a while. Still, it was kind of fun to flaunt his hotness and not be touched at all. If he ever got a girlfriend, he would pick someone who could who their own weight.

"I would kill myself if I got Ino as a partner."Sasuke mumbled as he tried to suppress a shiver.

Naruto and the others snickered, trying to suppress their laughter. Ino wasn't as bad as Sakura and she was pretty cool when it came down to it. Then again, Sasuke always had a different experience with the girls than they did.

"Shikamaru and Temari."Iruka said, hoping he didn't get any complaints out of them.

He doubted that he would get any from Shikamaru, maybe a bit from Temari but that would be all. He was more than happy when he saw them getting along. Temari looked over from her seat at Shikamaru and smirked. In her opinion, she just hit the damn jackpot. Everyone knew that Shikamaru was a genius, even if he was lazy as all her. Temari knew that just meant she had someone who could pull their own weight and she didn't have to babysit them. Plus, Shikamaru was hot so it was an added bonus. She got up from her seat and grabbed a laptop, making sure she passed the group as she walked back to her seat

"Well well I got the smart one after all."she said cheerfully, giving him a wink as she passed.

She saw Kankuro looked at her skeptically for a moment before rolling his eyes. Temari shrugged and took her seat, knowing what he was probably thinkng.

"Wow. I bet your happy Shikamaru. Temari's really smart. . .like you. I think she likes you too."Masaki said with a small grin.

Shikamaru nodded, hiding his surprise and embarrassment at the wink. It would be nice to work with someone for six that was good looking and smart as him. Kiba saw the look that quickly crossed Shikamaru's face and gave an inward chuckle. He really had something to mess with Shikamaru. He usually never showed interest in anything. Even if it was something he was good at, he acted like it bored him. Iruka went through a few more partners before getting down to the last few. Luckily, most people were mostly satisfied with who they got. Everyone had mostly paired up who they had to be with and started to talk a bit. Looking at the last few names, he hoped the groups worked out.

"Kiba and Masaki."Iruka said as he looked up at the two at their seats.

Masaki tilted his head in surprise and gave Iruka a look. He didn't think that he would pair him up with Kiba. He had fully expected to be paired up with someone like Neji or Kankuro. Even Choji and Shino had been on his list of possible partners. Iruka gave a sheepish smile back before looking back down at his list.

"Yeah! I get Masaki as a partner!"Kiba cheered as he pumped a fist into the air.

Naruto pouted for the umpteenth time that day and crossed his arms. Nothing was trying to go his way today.

"I wanted Masaki to be my partner."he whined with a heavy sigh.

"Too bad, Naruto. He's mine. We get to work together, isn't that great?"Kiba said as he threw an arm around Masaki's shoulders.

Masaki's cheeks flushed with red and only mumbled a reply under his breath. He did not expect Kiba to be so forward about it. He got up from his seat and quickly grabbed a laptop. Iruka looked down on the paper to see who was left on the list. When he realized the names that were left, he cursed lowly to himself. He knew there was no way in hell that they would work together, even if persuaded by their friends. Still, he couldn't switch them up now.

"Naruto and Sasuke."he said, preparing himself for their outburst.

As he expected, the two stood up in a hurry.

"WHAT?"

Naruto glared at Sauske and quickly turned around to see Iruka.

"You can't pair me up with this asshole!" Naruto shouted, very displeased at the fact he had to work with Sasuke.

Well. . .he was a bit happy since that meant that he could work with Sasuke and see what his problem was with him.

"Your right. I refuse to work with the idiot. He cannot do anything right."Sasuke said simply before returning the glare he was given with a smirk.

He disliked Naruto with a passion and even started to dislike him more for the feelings that he was getting for him. That had set Naruto off and he attempted to leap at Sasuke. He didn't get that far as Shikamaru and Kiba grabbed his arms quickly.

"Hey! Let go! I want to wipe that smirk off Sasuke's face!"Naruto shouted as he struggled.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and went down to the front, grabbing a laptop. He put it under his arm and went calmly back to his seat.

"I don't need you to mess up everything for this project, idiot."he said seriously.

He took his grades seriously and if Naruot was not going to pull his weight, then he'd just ignore him. Naruto was still squirming around, trying to go after Sasuke. Iruka watched the events unfold and put his clipboard down. He knew that it was going to happen. He just had a feeling. Rubbing his temples, he let out a sigh. This project or Naruto was going to be the death of him.

Ourano Nox: In the next chapter, see which businesses everyone picks for their projects!