Chapter 4

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Naruto felt oddly uncomfortable with all of the eyes staring at him.

"N-Naruto's Namikaze-san?" He heard sakura ask softly. Turning around, he saw her looking strangely at him, just like everyone else. It broke his heart into a million different peices. It was okay if the rest of the class saw him differently, but Sakura? He couldn't bear that.

Hushed whispers began flying around the room. Most of them were like, "I always knew he was different!" or "See, I told you Namikaze-san was real!" All of them were like buzzing bees in his ears.

RING RING!

The second bell rang but no one moved. The air was thick with...well, I can't really describe it. Like cake batter. It was all over and Minato seemed to be eating it like donuts.

"Ah, before I forget," He interrupted. It even sounded like he had a mouth full of food! Did he not see the tension? "I've gotta hand out your schedules. Stay right there! No one move!" He grinned wide again before reaching under the desk and pulling out a stack of papers.

"When I call your name, come get your scheduele," Minato said. Then he cleared his throat and began.

As each student walked up to get their schedule, Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, and Sasuke all overlooked their own sheets of classes. Each schedule included a small Bio of the student and a picture so your teachers could get to know you better.

Surprisingly, they were in all of the same classes. First they had Minato for Homeroom, Gai for gym, Asuma for health, Lunch, Minato for Math, and a free period at the end of the day.

"Hell yeah! We got the luckiest schedules ever! We get out of school before everyone else!" Kiba yelled. His eyes were bulged out in his excitement.

"Great, more time for a nap." Obviously Shika.

"No way! Band practice unti-!" Naruto began cut himself off. He just remembered that his father blew his cover less than five minutes ago. He stomped off in the direction of Minato's desk and stood expression wasn't very happy but Minato didn't seem to notice. He just looked up from his computer (where he was playing solitare) and gave his son a smile.

"Hey, Naru-chan! What's up?" He asked.

"One, don't call me that in public. Two, what the hell were you thinking?! Everything's gonna change now!" He hissed. His face was getting redder by the second and light smoke was coming from his ears. To his dad, he looked like one of those old cartoons that when a character got mad, smoke came out of their ears.

"IDIOT, WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO A WORD I JUST SAID!?" Naruto yelled. His face was redder now and he looked like he was going to explode. Even more smoke puffed out of the younger child's ears. Instead of showing his fear of his child, he placed a hand on Naruto's cheek. It made Naruto stop in all of his ranting and look at him with confusion. His cerulean eyes no longer held the anger from before. Instead, in its place, were the soft, blue eyes he was born with.

"Tou-san (father)," Naruto said quietly. "Why'd you do it if you knew how I felt?" His voice seemed to have shrunk down. There wasn't anymore anger in his voice. Minato grinned at that. He'd always been able to quiet the blond when he was younger. Oh, he missed those days when Naruto was smaller!

"Dad?" Naruto asked tentatively. He was acting really weird. One minute, he was this caring dad and the next, he's staring at him with tears in his eyes. The constant mood swings were creepy.

Minato shook his head and came back to the real world. "Sorry Naruto, what were we talking about?" He sniffled a few times and wiped at his eyes with his sleeve.

"Uh, you were going to buy me a milkshake at lunch and tell me all about why you felt the need to shout out my real last name," His son answered. His voice was filled with annoyance and sarcasm but Minato didn't sense any Anger.

He smiled. "Right. Seeya a lunch, Naruto."

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"Okay class, this semester we're going to try something new. Instead of practicing medical methods on test dummies, we'll be on the field, testing them out on boys your age," Kurenai was saying. Sakura immediately faced front. She'd always wanted to be a doctor!

"We'll all be using Gai-sensei's young men who volunteered to be your patients for the next nine weeks. If they get hurt while playing, you are to use the proper procedure to make them better. If they're hurt, they'll really be hurt, just like in a real hospital. If you do the wrong thing, they may be even more hurt. If you hurt your patient any more than necessary, your grade drops. This counts as your final grade this period so I suggest you study up on medical procedures. Any questions?" Kurenai asked. " Oh, I almost forgot. We are going to be spending the semester in their class. In other words, that means that you go to gym with your assigned patient. After that period is over, you're off duty and you can continue your regular schedules. Anything else?"

"Yeah um, who exactly assigned us?" Sakura asked.

"The boys who volunteered of course. They should at least be able to pick who they want to test on them. Anyway, no more time for anymore questions. The boys are waiting. Lets move out!" The woman cried and walked out of the door. The girls all got out of their seats and followed.

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"Hurry and finish your laps my youthful students! Your nurses in uniform will be here any minute!" Gai called to all of the erm 'youthful' boys. Naruto was leading the race. If it wasn't for Sasuke and Lee, he'd be lapping every single one of them.

"Youthful...my ass," Sasuke panted.

"Do not let your...youthful fire burn out because of...unyouthful profanities Sasuke-kun," Lee said between pants.

"Are you freaking gay, Lee? 'Cause I'm starting to wonder about you," Naruto said.

"I'm not gay Naruto...-kun! I'm just youthful!"

"Yeah, and you hang out with the unyouthful pedophile otherwise known as Gai-sensei," Sasuke smirked.

"DON'T YOU DARE QUESTION SENSEI'S YOUTHFULNESS! HE IS THE MOST WONDEFULLY YOUTHFUL PERSON I KNOW!" Lee yelled. His expression had changed from happy-go-lucky to go-screw-yourself in less than a minute.

"Right, Right. Sorry..." Sasuke said.

"THAT'S ENOUGH MY YOUTHFUL STUDENTS! GATHER AROUND FOR YOUR NURSES HAVE ARRIVED!" Gai bellowed from the soccer field. Half of the guys behind them groaned.

"I feel bad for those guys," Naruto said as he hurried and jumped the fence surrounding the track. He landed on soft grass before taking a step and going toward the staircase. Once he was on top of it, he jogged down, pacing himself so he wouldn't get too tired.

"Finally lose all that energy, Dobe?" Sasuke asked. He still sounded a bit out of breath but at least he wasn't panting.

"No, Teme. It's called pacing myself. Maybe you should try it."

"shut up, dobe."

"Teme!"

And with that, they both took off, seeing who could get there first.

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When they finally arrived to Gai-sensei's position they were out of breath and putting their heads between their knees to try to breathe.

"You stink, Dobe." Sasuke panted.

"It's called sweat, Teme. It's what men do when they run," Naruto wheezed back. Soon later, they fell to the ground and lay in the soft springy grass of the lawn.

"Okay kids, Kurenai has already explained it to her girls and I have already explained it to you. Now, go to the nurse you have chosen and begin getting aquainted. Afterwords, the boys will play a game of soccer to test their youthful skills! You all may begin...now!" Gai yelled.

Naruto and Sasuke stood up. They dusted themselves off and walked in different directions. Naruto to find Sakura and Sasuke to find Hinata. Since there was a shortage on nurses, he volunteered to double with Kiba.

Naruto scrambled around, searching for the head of pink hair that he knew was all his for nine whole weeks. He walked around in circles for a while, asking some of her friends. He'd seen Hinata, Ino and Tenten but still no Sakura.

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Ten minutes passed without him seeing the pink head. Right when he thought she was doing something else, a soft voice said into his ear, "Looking for me?"

Naruto jolted a bit and turned around, face to face with his Cherry blossom. "Sakura-chan! Where have you been!?" He asked.

"Well, I was thinking under that tree for a while until I got a really great idea!"

"What?"

"Do you have the last block off?" She asked with a secretive smile.

"Um...yeah? Kiba, Shika, Sasuke and me all do. Why?" Naruto wondered why she was being so secretive. This wasn't like her.

"Make sure they're occupied until school really lets out and meet me in my room as soon as fifth period is over, okay?"

"Um okay..." He was still utterly confused but didn't say anything.

Okay, so the ending was sort of rushed and stuff. Don't hate me if you think it's bad. I promise to make up for it later! 'Til then,

Ja ne!