"Excuse me?" Kimimaro asked after an extended silence.
"I. Want. To. Be. Part. Of. The. Mirohaaku. Do I have t spell it out for you?" Naruto nearly shouted. Temari burst out laughing while Kimimaro covered his mouth with his hand and tried to control his chuckling. Sasuke sighed, then pushed himself off of the lockers with one foot.
"There is no Mirohaaku, dobe," he stated, sounding bored. "And I don't think you'd be accepted even if there was." More laughter. Naruto growled.
"You listen here, asshole-" Naruto started, holding up a threatening finger, but he was cut off by Kimimaro, who smacked away his hand and poked him in the forehead. Hard. Hard enough to send him flying back into the opposite line of lockers. When Naruto looked up, the group was gone. Muttering curses, the blonde stood up and headed towards his class, English (1).
"Okay, students, I have a meeting, so I will not see you again until tomorrow. Be respectful to your substitute, and I expect him to be respectful to you as well. He's filling in for me because he was caught in the act of a school violation. Again," Iruka finished. "Understood?"
"Hai, Iruka-sensei," the class chorused. Naruto sighed, opting to scribble random… scribbles onto the cover of his notebook. Iruka walked to the door, conversed shortly with the class's sub for a brief moment, then carried on his way, waving a cheerful goodbye to his students. That's when the sub entered.
Multiple gasps echoed through the room as the person walked in, followed by a second figure. Naruto glanced up. No way. Uchiha Sasuke stood at the front of the room while Anko, head of the detention program, walked to the back f the room and sat down at a table. Sasuke glared at the students, then wrote a series of stuff on the board. After deciphering the words, Naruto discovered they were definitions.
"Memorize these before they are erased, and then there will be a test on them. See how much you can remember," the Uchiha told the class. Naruto hurriedly dug a pen from his backpack, then inked the definitions onto his arm while Sasuke's back was turned.
"Naruto, you're cheating again?" Kyote whispered. Naruto rolled his eyes.
"There's no way I can memorize them," he answered quietly. Kyote sighed, the turned back to the board. Naruto glanced up again, seeing Sasuke still turned around and scrawling more definitions across the blackboard.
"Uzumaki, bring that pen up here," the raven suddenly called in his smooth, soft yet sharp voice. Naruto hastily pulled his sleeve into its proper position, then scurried to the teacher's desk (2). Sasuke finished writing, then turned around, holding out his hand. Naruto handed him the writing utensil, giving a questioning look. "Now go wash off your arm. The test will begin in six minutes. If you don't make it back by then, you're failing this assignment."
"Oh, sure! You know, just because you 'rule the school' doesn't mean you can boss me around in the classroom, too! You think-"
"Uzumaki!" Anko yelled. Naruto froze, then turned around slowly. Anko was standing right behind him. Letting out girly cry, Naruto jumped back and scurried behind Sasuke, clutching the teen's arm to pull him in front like a shield. The blonde vaguely noticed how Sasuke's entire body tensed at the contact, but soon dismissed it as Anko grabbed him and dragged him away from the Uchiha. "As you seem to have failed to notice, Sasuke is your substitute teacher, and is ranked the same as any other substitute you have had during your educational studies, meaning school. He has the right to fail you on this assignment if he needs to!" Naruto nodded quickly, terrified. Anko sighed, then grabbed him by the shoulders and spun him around to face Sasuke. Said Uchiha was staring at his arm where Naruto had grabbed him. Naruto followed his gaze to find hundreds of tiny scratches and scars, glowing harshly in discoloration from the already pale-white skin. Sasuke then snapped his head up, pulling his shirtsleeve back into position.
"Go wash your arm, Uzumaki. You now have three minutes to get back here before the test starts." Naruto didn't need to be told twice. His feet rushed him out of the room and down to the nearest source of water, which happened to be a drinking fountain. He scrubbed at his flesh with a handkerchief (3), then sprinted back to the classroom. Sasuke was jut handing a pile of papers to a random kid to pass out. The obsidian-eyed teen turned to Naruto. "Just in time." He held out a paper. "Go take your seat."
Naruto did so as fast as he could, not wanting a confrontation with Anko a second time.
"Oi, Kimi, is Karin coming back from vaca?" Tayuya slurred in her normal slang. Kimimaro looked over at the flame-haired girl.
"Karin, Suigetsu, and Juugo (4) should all be returning in a few days or so," the silver-haired boy answered. Tayuya nodded.
"Think Sasuke will be happy to see them? I mean, they've been gone since before the school year began," Sakon put in. Udon nodded.
"I bet. I mean, Karin, Suigetsu, Juugo, Sasuke, and you, Kimimaro, have all been friends since… you were like, three," Tayuya directed towards Kimimaro. Said boy nodded.
"Since third grade, actually," he replied.
(1) English as in learning a second language.
(2) Not referring to Sasuke as the teacher, really. Just a desk that Iruka normally uses. And yes, Naruto's guardian is his English teacher
(3) I have encountered many people who do not know what a handkerchief is. For those of you who do not know, it's like a bandana or a tissue, take your pick.
(4) these three appear after the time-skip in the manga. You may not know them if you are not current in the comic. They are Sasuke's new "team"
Ok, I am so sorry for not updating at all in a long while. I have to find the written chapters of this fic and Our Differences. I have them written down on paper, locating them is the trick! XD anyways, it is now summer! Can I get Whoot whoot?!?!? Ahahahaha just kidding. Still, YAY!!! I can update lot faster now. What sucks is that I'm taking a Transitions class for three weeks this summer (yes, summer school) and it starts on Tuesday. No, it is not because I need continuation classes, it's because I want to see what my high school will be like and because I want to earn 10 credits before thee school year starts. I'm gonna be a freshman… there's a rumor going around that all the seniors are gonna trashcan us… … …
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy your summer! I should be updating before Friday… if you all review, that is! XP
