The next morning wasn't any different from any other morning. No one talked to Naruto, Gaara, Shikamaru, and Chouji. They got a few glances, or pushed into a wall, but nothing really serious. At recess they went to their usual spot. They sat there for a few minutes, when Sakura came over. "Do you have my picture?" she asked Gaara.
"I said I'd give it to you after school, same time if you had the money," Gaara told him.
"Well I don't have the money that's why I was asking, so I could get some from someone if you had it done," she told him angrily.
Gaara sighed. "If you don't have the money by the time school it over, I'm burning it," he told her. She stuck her noise in the air and walked away.
After recess the teacher was late. He walked into the class about a half hour later. "Sorry class, a little girl got hurt and I needed to help her," he said.
"Liar, it wouldn't take that long to help her to the nurses!" Kiba yelled.
"You're right it didn't take that long, but there was a hurt little girl. The rest of the time I was in the staff room because I thought that excuse would work," he said with a sigh. "Anyways, we are having art class again. Now I want you to draw what you want to be when you grow up." And with that everyone took out a sheet of paper and a pencil, and started drawing.
"Do we really have to do this?" Shikamaru asked. "I mean we did it in kindergarten."
"I know, it's not like we are going to change our minds," Chouji said.
"Aw come on guys, its fun," Naruto said happily drawing himself as president. Shikamaru and Chouji sighed. "What do you want to be Gaara?" Naruto asked.
Gaara smirked. "You'll see," he said.
After about an hour, which is when the class started getting noise again and Kakashi couldn't stand it, he told them to come up and tell everyone what they drew. Kiba was first. "When I grow up I want to be a veterinarian, or dog trainer like the rest of my family," he said holding up his picture.
"And why is that?" Kakashi asked.
"Because I love dogs and other animals too, but mostly dog," he said. Then he handed Kakashi the picture and went and sat back down. Then everyone else went. Shino wanted to be a bee keeper, Hinata wanted to be a house wife, Ino and Sakura wanted to be nurses, Sasuke wanted to be police man, Choji wanted to be a chef, Shikamaru wanted to work in a lab like his parents,
and Naruto wanted to be president. Then it was Gaara's turn. He went up to the front and showed his picture. It was a picture of the world on fire, and Gaara smiling evilly looking down on it from behind it, and had his arms out.
"It's a very good detailed drawing Gaara," Kakashi told him. "But what does it mean?"
"Well it means that when I grow up, I want to be the evil dictator of the world and have everyone bow down to me and be my slaves," Gaara told him.
"Uh, ok very good Gaara. Give me that, and go sit back down," he said. Gaara smirked and did as he was told.
It was lunch now, and they were sitting outside were they usually did eating. The teachers didn't usually let the kids eat outside, but today was such a nice day that they said it would be alright. "That was a good drawing Gaara," Chouji said.
"We aren't going to have to be your slaves when you take over the world are we?" Naruto asked.
"Of cores you guys won't, but everyone else will," Gaara said with a smirk.
"The teacher didn't look to happy about the drawing though, what if he calls your uncle?" Shikamaru asked.
"My uncle will say it's the nicest thing I ever drew besides the one I did yesterday," Gaara said.
"Well as long as you don't get in trouble," Naruto said.
"Oh no, I won't, if anything I'll get a treat or something for doing better, I use to draw way worse things," Gaara told them.
Soon the kids were playing soccer again. Naruto watched the game and sighed. "What's wrong?" Chouji asked.
"Oh nothing," Naruto said.
"Are you watching the game, or a cretin girl?" Shikamaru asked.
Naruto stared to blush. "The game!" he yelled. Gaara raised an eyebrow.
"Naruto likes Sakura, ever since Kindergarten," Shikamaru told him.
"I do not, I hate her! She is so mean!" he yelled.
"Whatever Naruto, it's not like we care," Gaara said. Naruto crossed his arms and pouted, and then continued to watch the game.
They sat there is silence doing their own thing for a few minutes before Gaara's brother and sister came over to them. "What are you guys doing here?" Gaara asked.
"We came to see what you guys do at recess and the lunch hour," Temari said with a smile.
"Don't you have some friends to be doing something with?" Shikamaru asked as he laid there looking at the clouds.
"Yes, we have lots of things we could be doing right now, but Temari wanted to come see you guys," Kankuro said with a sigh.
"If you stay over here with us everyone is going to start to hate you," Chouji said sadly.
"It doesn't matter," Temari said sitting by Shikamaru.
"Why is Naruto so into the game?" Kankuro asked.
"Oh, just some girl he likes is playing," Shikamaru said.
"Shut up!" Naruto yelled throwing his lunchbox at Shikamaru, without looking from the game, and missing.
"So what about you do you like anyone?" Temari asked Shikamaru.
"No, girls are too troublesome," he told her.
"Ah I see, too bad. You're kind of cute," she said getting up. Shikamaru blushed faintly. "Well we better get going before we are seen with you losers," Temari said sticking out her tongue.
"See you after school Gaara," Kankuro said, and he and Temari walked away.
The bell rang and the four boys headed to class. "I think Gaara's sister likes you Shikamaru," Chouji said teasingly.
Shikamaru sighed. "I don't care, like I said, girls are troublesome," he told him.
"What do you think Gaara?" Naruto asked. Gaara didn't say anything. "Gaara," Naruto said again.
"No comment," Gaara said as they got into the class room.
When they got in Kakashi popped his head into the room and told them to go to gym. Then he disappeared. So they all got up and started to walk to the gym. When they got there Guy asked were their teacher was, but no one knew. "That Kakashi has been avoiding me all day! When I find him he is going to get an ear full!" Guy yelled clenching his fist. Everyone looked at him scared. Guy laughed and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry about that," he said. Then he got serious. "Today we will be playing a youthful game of Dodge Ball," he told the class. "Now the object of the game is to get the whole other team out. Sounds easy right?" Everyone nodded. "Well it's not, because you see. When you get someone on the other team out they can get back in. When you get out you go against the wall, and have to stay in this area," he said pointing. "But you don't stay on your team's side, you go to the other team's side and continue to try and get them out. If you get someone you get to go back to your team, and the person you hit goes out. Got it?" he asked. Everyone nodded. Then he explained a bit more about the game and they started.
When the teams were chosen Guy blew his whistle and told them to start. Naruto, Gaara, Chouji, and Shikamaru were all on one team, along with Hinata. The other team was Sasuke, Shino, Kiba, Sakura, and Ino. "This should take them a while," Guy said to himself. "I think I'll go get a snack from the teachers' lounge." But before he could walk out of the door, Gaara's team told him they were done. "What that can't be," Guy said looking over to them. "How did you guys win so fast?" he asked looking at all the kids crowed around on their side of the gym.
"Gaara is really good at this game," Naruto said happily.
"Yeah too good, he shouldn't be allowed to play! It's not fair!" Ino and Sakura yelled.
"Gaara, you took them all out?" Guy asked. Gaara nodded. "Well you did a good job, why don't you sit out and rest a bit?" Guy asked. Gaara nodded.
"And that's how you get out of gym class," Gaara told his friends with a smirk as he went and sat on the bench. Then Guy blew his whistle again and everyone started to play.
Naruto thought it was unfair that the other team had one more person then them. "It's ok Naruto, Sakura and Ino don't do anything. So it's more like we have an extra person," Shikamaru told him as he stepped out of the way of a ball.
"Still, it's not fair," Naruto pouted.
Shikamaru sighed. "Watch this," he said picking up two balls. He threw them at Sakura and Ino who were talking away, and they went to the out area and continued to talk. "Is that better for you?" Shikamaru asked him.
"What if they come back?" Naruto asked as a ball just missed him.
"They won't, now come on we can beat these guys," Shikamaru told him, and they started to get serious and play.
It took the whole gym class to finish the game, just like Guy though, and in the end Naruto's team won. "That can't be, they cheated!" Kiba yelled.
"No, cheating would have been getting Gaara to play again after the teacher left," Shikamaru said.
"I can't believe we got beat by you losers!" Kiba yelled.
"Well maybe if Ino and Sakura weren't off talking then you might have won," Chouji said.
"Nah, they would have lost anyways because they suck," Naruto said.
"Your team, after school, beating," Shino said.
"W-What about m-me, I w-was on t-the team," Hanta said.
"Not you Hinata, I know you never cheated. But they did," Shino said.
"Yeah," Ino and Sakura said.
"N-No they n-never, leave t-them alone," Hinata said.
"Yes they did!" Kiba yelled.
"No they never!" Hinata yelled at him and started to cry. "I was on the team I know, now leave them alone! You're just sore losers!" Everyone went wide eyed.
"Wow," Ino and Sakura said.
"Fine," said Shino. "We will trust that they never because you were watching. We must just be having an off day."
"Thank you Hinata," Naruto said in a whisper as she walked by. "You were always the nicest one out of all of them." Hinata blushed and followed her friends back to the class room.
It was the end of the day now, and Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Chouji were waiting at the front of the school. "If she doesn't get here before my uncle then she isn't getting the picture," Gaara said. They waited a few more minutes before Sakura finally came.
"Sorry I had to go home with Ino and then run back so she didn't suspect something," she said panting.
"Where do you live?" Chouji asked.
"None of your business, but its close," she said.
"Then why did you wait for your mom here yesterday?" he asked.
"Because I had a dentist appointment ok, and Ino didn't want to stay here and wait for my mom to come get me," she said angrily. "Now here is the money, where is my drawing?" she asked. Gaara pulled out some paper from his backpack and handed it to her. When she looked at it she went wide eyed. "This is the most beautiful cherry blossom tree I ever saw!" she yelled happily as Gaara's uncle pulled up. "Thank you," she said walking away.
"She is one strange kid," Temari said.
"Yeah, what do you see in her Naruto?" Shikamaru asked.
"I told you I don't like her!" he yelled.
"Sure you don't," Gaara said as him and his siblings got in the car.