Chapter 7

Waiting in this line is such a pain, Sasuke mentally groaned as he slowly inched his way forward along with others standing in line. Looking around he couldn't see an familiar faces in the crowd meaning they'd already done it or perhaps more likely with Nara and Uzumaki were waiting until later. Ahead of him he could see the signing room and resident chūnin manning each of the stations. It was so frustrating to see especially since he'd just made this great breakthrough only to be thwarted by mere traffic for becoming registered and starting his true work. How troublesome...now he sounded like that Nara kid oh crap.

Finally after what seemed to be an eternity he reached the sign-in table and a very bored looking chūnin handed him a paper to write his name and personal information on. It was a relatively easy task to do but it still didn't dull the fact that he'd been waiting for what felt like an eternity and for what? Ugh how annoying. It was times like this that he really missed Riza. At least her nagging made things interesting when he was trapped with paperwork.

Sighing Sasuke quickly signed the forms placed in front and then all but dashed to the photo line for his I.D. photo. That fortunately wasn't too long of a wait since it was mostly posing for most. Once he'd finished he walked to the Hokage's office for his final approval. Fortunately that again didn't take too long considering all he did was nod and approved of the I.D. Finally with that out of the way Sasuke left the office into the village proper. Once he was outside he stretch his arms and looked around the courtyard allowing his thoughts to drift around. It was now mid-afternoon which meant that if he headed back now he'd be able to nap for the rest of the day and get some sleep before turning up for team assignments and shopping can't forget that. Yes that sounded like a sound plan given his eventful night last night.

Yawning he made his way back to the apartment with little fanfare. He quickly set up his alarms and traps with a slight flicker of chakra. Once they'd turned on Sasuke all but flung off his shoes not caring where they went. Clearly his lack was catching up with him. Yawning he collapsed upon the couch and quickly went to into a dreamless sleep...


The next thing Sasuke knew he was blinking as the first rays of the next day were boring into his eyes. Rubbing his eyes he got up from the couch and quickly showered and groomed himself in the bathroom in preparation for his team meeting. Once he'd finished with that he looked at his wardrobe for the proper attire for what he'd need for meeting his team for the first time.

Nothing to flashy, Sasuke thought as he looked through his wardrobe. I'm not out to impress them just show them I'm competent. Finally he decided that his usual attire would do for now...until he bought better clothes that is. Sighing with annoyance at the state of his attire he straightened his shirt as he dressed.

He really needed some variety in shirts considering most smelled like chemical factory. His shorts and pants had for the most part only were suffering from minor permanent markings. His shoes were shot but there was little he could do for that regard. Nodding with approval as he finally walked to his refrigerator to see if he could find something he could use as lunch. Fortunately there was enough for lunch. He'd have to go shopping if he wanted food for later.

Note to self after team meeting I'm shopping for food and later I'm going for clothes and shoes...huh I have a boatload of things to do now. He thought as prepared his food and soon walked out of his apartment. It was not expected considering how much time he'd dedicated to his research and working his Alchemy. Now that the herculean task was now with his grasp he could now focus incorporating it into a functioning jutsu and doing things that he'd neglected over the time. Provided missions didn't proceed to eat up the rest of his time.

"OI OUT OF THE WAY!" A shout from his left made him quickly jump out the way as Hibachi raced to the school building with his posse in tow. Sasuke sighed at the boy's immaturity. He really hoped that the boy would drop out of the program. His impulsive behavior and not to mention his arrogance could get someone killed.

"Troublesome fool," someone's voice commented. Sasuke looked to his left to see Shikamaru walking to his right accompanied with Chōji as usual. "Fools like him make me sick."

"I'll be surprised if he isn't booted out of the program," Sasuke said.

"He will be," Shikamaru yawned as Chōji munched on his chips quietly following the conversation. "Either the training will drum him out or he'll spectacularly mess up."

"We can only hope it doesn't get someone hurt," Sasuke agreed.

With that said Shikamaru, Chōji and Sasuke walked forward in silence until they finally reached their classroom which was filled to the brim with students that had passed including...

"Naruto," Sasuke greeted the blonde with a nod. "I see that you passed."

"You're right I did," Naruto crowed. "I told you guys I was becoming Hokage someday dattebayō!"

"So you fancy yourself as my rival eh?" Sasuke smirked. "You'd better not disappoint me then."

"I won't!" Naruto barked back. "I'll beat you and become Hokage dattebayō!"

"We'll see about that," Sasuke playfully retorted before he continued his climb up the classroom. Finally he spotted a seat next to the window and settled in for the wait for Iruka and the team placements. This was going to be an eventful day to say the least.