Yori looked around the classroom for the last time as a student. She wasn't sure how she felt about that particular realization; however, she knew that she was ready to face any future with Naruto. Even if she died a terrible death as most ninja's were wont to do, she had lived one of the most fulfilling lives she even knew was possible just being a kid with Naruto. She knew that the achievement of genin was a troublesome and hectic thing in the manga, but surprisingly enough, it was rather clean-cut; she could only assume that this was due to her own intervention.
She had waited patiently in the woods while Naruto acquired the scroll- as he did in the manga- and when he arrived they immediately got to work on its innards. Naruto simply got to work on the first one he saw- unsurprisingly enough, that was the shadow-clone jutsu- but she had something much more ambitious in mind. She decided that she would take a looksie at all the rest of the scroll; after all, she was just a confused academy student who only wanted her important person to succeed and become a ninja as she just had earlier that day, and with the teacher who had recommended this scroll. She didn't have to read the whole thing to realize exactly why all the techniques in it were dubbed 'forbidden'.
Marvelling at the stupidity of Mizuki, she wondered if he only wanted the scroll due to its label as 'forbidden', that he didn't even have the vaguest idea about what was inside of it. Even now she shook her head at the ridiculousness. Honestly all of the techniques were potentially lethal, but not in the way that Mizuki had likely planned for them to be. They were all intensely varied in their functions, going from cloning, to element-based, ranging from E, to S ranked in difficulty; the only thing each Jutsu had in common was the amount of chakra necessary to accomplish them.
If any ninja not at or above high chunin level chakra control or intensity even attempted these techniques, it was obvious that there was a very high probability of death- at the very least hospitalization. She didn't spare a glance at Naruto, knowing that his levels were more than above average- she did all she could to commit the scroll to memory. All of these techniques would be fits for Naruto because of the fact that he had such monstrous chakra levels. She was feeling giddy just thinking about his future.
No more clever ninja with only three moves, he would be so well rounded people would be incapable of seeing all his sides at once. Yori briefly wondered at the phrasing of her own thoughts, but was promptly distracted.
When Iruka arrived- and Mizuki as well- she became little more than boring wallpaper. She supposed it was good for her as a ninja but still. The beans were predictably spilled, however during the distraction later provided- touching moment that it was, and she felt for Iruka, Mizuki had just attempted to skewer her most important person!- she managed to wrap the silver haired menace in ninja-wire.
After that Naruto felt properly incensed and used his newly acquired clones to beat the hogtied Mizuki. She ignored this in favor of tending to the shell-shocked Iruka sensei.
Ahhhhh, memories. Yori was reminiscing the whole thing like it had happened long ago, when really it had literally just gone down the other night. She had celebrated when Naruto got his forehead protector and then they had stayed up all night in their apartment, but really, sitting here in the classroom, next to Naruto who decided to come with her and wake up early for a change, she wished she could be as fresh faced as him. Heck, she would take a tailed beast any day if it meant she would miraculously become a pristine morning person. She might wake up early and be proficient but beautiful cheery princess she was certainly not.
Watching as all the students filed in, eyes bright with the brilliance of their assumed futures, she could only fight not to scowl. She would have dunked her head in cold water this morning, but Naruto had been frantic. Almost as much as on their first day at the academy, he had been jumping all over the place talking about how he was that much closer to hokage, and how they had been so awesome the other night it was obvious that they would make a great team and she would be the best right-hand when he became hokage, and hey I know we already discussed this but how do you think we will be grouped as genin, the old man and Iruka will put us together if they know what's good for them, after all the future hokage deems it necessary that we be on the same team… and so on. As a self proclaimed master at patience, even she was put to the test. Especially when he started to repeat himself.
Waiting she knew she was nervous but what was there to do? She honestly didn't know how to answer some of Naruto's questions and much the same as Naruto, she was panicking as she had on the first day at the academy; a mixture of excitement and nervousness. Sitting next to him now, as he roughhoused with Kiba and bumped her every now and then by accident- and sometimes in reassurance she thought- she tried to breath deeply.
Attempting to put herself in the moment, in a way to calm herself, she focused on her surroundings, all of her senses. She could hear the milling of people waiting excitedly; fangirls squealing, wondering who would be on the same team as the famed Uchiha, said Uchiha scowling so hard she could almost hear it, the sounds of children laughing and the movement of Naruto and Kiba next to her. She breathed in and smelled the scent of chalk and, lightly, sweat- as per usual for the academy. But under that she could make out Naruto's spicy earthy scent next to her, somehow being both calm and arousing. She could smell some perfumes, undoubtedly from the fangirls, for no one else would be so foolish to be a ninja in training and wear such a thing.
There was a slight aftertaste of mint in her mouth, from when she had brushed her teeth after breakfast. Her clothes were soft on her skin. The combination of a dark burgundy, sleeveless, short kimono dress, and black ninja wear shorts underneath resulting in a most efficient and comfortable ninja garb.
Opening her eyes at last, she felt more refreshed and her mind was pleasantly blank. Early morning mood good-bye. Hello world.
As soon as that thought crossed her mind the classroom door opened and a slightly worse for wear but smiling Iruka walked in. Here it was, the moment of truth. She reached over and couldn't help but grab Naruto. She managed to grab his arm, and it seemed to get his attention. As Iruka was commanding the class to silence and giving yet another speech- she noticed he gave a lot of those, she figured it was his thing- Naruto moved her hand so that her smaller one was grasped in his. She looked over at him as their fingers intertwined and he smiled so confidently at her she couldn't help the giggle that came out at his goofiness. The confused look that followed at her laughing only made her feel better.
As they were having a moment together, Iruka began to call out groups. She immediately began to pay more attention, the more groups he called out that didn't include her or Naruto she became more and more nervous. She prayed that she could be in a group with Naruto despite the fact that in her dream he was in a group with Sakura and Sasuke. Clenching her eyes as Iruka called out group six, she squeezed Naruto's hand so tight she could feel his concerned gaze on her face.
"Team seven, Naruto Uzumaki,"
This was it, Yori felt her heart stop beating, she stopped breathing, she felt as though the world had slowed down.
"Yori," After this Iruka paused. More like he was forced to as Naruto was screaming and celebrating so loudly his next words would have undoubtedly been drowned out. Yori herself had snapped her eyes open and her head had snapped up from a bent position she had not even remembered getting into. She felt her eyes become more and more wet, so much so that they were threatening to overflow. Her hand that was still clenched in Naruto's was being flung around limply as Naruto expressed his happiness excessively. Her arm was flopping around and she didn't even bother with it, she only met Iruka sensei's eyes and shell shocked, incredulously grinning, met his conspicuous one.
Clearing his throat loudly, he gave a pointed look to Naruto, one that was promptly ignored by said Naruto until she yanked him down, seemingly to give him a hug but mostly just to get him silent for a moment so that they could hear who their third partner would be.
"Ah-hem, as I was saying, team seven: Uzumaki Naruto, Yori," Naruto gave a muffled yell as she practically strangled him in her hug; her enthusiasm not even faked as she continued to squeeze him.
"Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka, unlike when he revealed Yori's name, she noticed that he had a mischievous glint in his eye. She could only think a belated 'oh no' before Naruto stood up indignantly.
Because she had such a death grip on him, she was partially pulled up as well. She made a rather undignified picture, she thought, seeing as her own shock had caused her to freeze up and release halfway through Naruto standing up; meaning, she was dumped back into her seat, and with her balance upsetted the way it was she fell right down past her seat and to the ground, her feet sticking upon the seat and desk. She heard Naruto screaming about how ridiculous it was for him the future hokage to be paired with such a person as Sasuke. Through the sound of the fangirls outrage, she heard Iruka smartly reply that the top boy and girl were to be paired with the bottom of the class… meaning Naruto.
Slowly righting herself, she could feel Sasuke's scowl and dark amusement at Naruto's public putting down by Iruka. She herself was still in shock. It was so much in such a short amount of time. Because she was in a group with Naruto she guessed she probably should have guessed that Sasuke would be included as well, but she honestly had not thought that far. She guessed that it was obvious that the three of them were going to be in the same group, as the top and bottom of the class were always paired together. But, slowly sitting up and pulling Naruto down next to her form where he was still frozen in soulless shock from what Iruka sensei had said, she organized her thoughts somewhat.
Looking at Iruka, she saw that he had meant what he had said to them, and maybe it was somewhat tradition, but as far as Naruto and Sasuke being on the same team, she wondered how much of it was actually political. Oh boy, now she really felt like a fool. She had derived a whole lifetime ago how the teams and students and practically everything ninja traced back to politics. She guessed it was just a shock to see it actually happen, to her, to be there to actually see it and realize it. Seeing the strings being pulled was an entirely new experience, rather than just watching the show she was now one of the puppets.
Blinking slowly she realized that team eight and nine had already been paired. Snapping back and forcing herself to pay more attention she listened as Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino were all sorted into a group. She worked up the power to smile somewhat at seeing the formation of the new Ino-Shika-Cho group. She had read of their parents' exploits and amazing accomplishments in one of the Konoha Ninja Library books. She guessed it was only obvious that they would be together, as they were in the dream.
Sitting there Iruka quickly finished up the rest of the teams. Curious about Sakura, she realized that with her, heck even with Naruto suddenly becoming a genin, how that would correlate in team numbers. She didn't even see Sakura in the class. Thinking, she remembered that top grades were indeed put with other top grades and bottoms. She couldn't help but think about how smart Sakura was, regardless of her obsession with Sasuke. Undoubtedly she was put in another class of genin, to be paired with another top-of-the-class bottom-of-the-class combo. She was happy, and she wasn't quite sure how this was going to effect the grand scheme of things, but much like the Uchiha clan she hoped that it would be for the better, this change that she had caused.
Sitting there, as Jounin took away their genin, she pulled out the lunch she had prepared for her and Naruto. It was in a rather large basket and she had made his favorite food. Although she hadn't informed him yet, she had no doubt he knew; his eyes were sparkling in anticipation, and she had no doubt that that sharp nose of his had caught the scent that morning, despite her attempts to be discreet. The second she put the first bowl in front of him he dug in, and she smiled fondly. Same old Naruto. It seemed like nothing had changed, and in his simplicity he appeared to have forgotten all about the ordeal with Sasuke; irrelevant to the fact that it had just happened.
Looking over she saw that the popular kid had taken his leave. She agreed with him in doing that, as already the fangirls were loudly exclaiming about his disappearance and their determination to have lunch with him at least this once to commemorate their last day as students- just before they joined their teams and officially began their journey as Konoha ninja. Of course, during the course of that lunch Sasuke would realise how different the girl he was eating with was from the rest of the world- how amazing and incredible she was, and how perfect they would be together, and he would fall madly in love. Or something like that.
Yori count help but find the idea comical and slightly manic. Well, she supposed that everyone had their eccentricities, and who was she to say something was impossible? She had dreamed that this was all a manga and still occasionally had periods of time where she questioned this very existence
. As naruto bulldozed through his food, and the rest of the class eventually trickled back in- including some seriously dejected fangirls- Jounin sensei began to enter and claim their teams. She saw quite a few acclaimed folks come in and quite a few underrated folks as well. She was especially excited when she saw Shikamaru and his group get picked up by the Hokage's son himself, Asuma. She patiently sat and when they were finally the last in the classroom, she looked over to see an annoyed Sasuke. I things went anything like they had in the dream manga, she was sure that they had their wait cut out for them. Thankfully she was prepared for such happenings.
Reaching into her handy pack, she pulled out a scroll. One of many she kept stashed. She put her hand to it and pulsed her chakra, with a cloud of white smoke and a subtle 'poof' books of all thickness and color appeared. Chuckling delightfully she looked to Naruto. A poorly attempting to get away Naruto. She slammed her hand down on his shoulder, making him visibly jolt.
"Na-ru-to" she sing-sang, not forgetting to add a tone of innocence.
Naruto just seemed to be more unsettled. Appearing terrified, really he was so dramatic; he had to learn to become Hokage, and to learn he would have to study. She had hammered that into his skull one word at a time it felt like, and still he attempted to fight her on the subject. It was no small feat that he had even managed to solve any questions on tests. She didn't begrudge him his loathing or resent his difficulty learning things, but she did admit at times she felt some annoyance.
"We have some free time, it would seem. I'd say it's a perfect time to get some studying done, wouldn't you?" Naruto seemed to just get paler and paler as she continued to talk, honestly, such a drama queen.
"A-ahh Yori-chan, I don't think that now is really the best time, after all we need to be ready to meet our new sensei, eh." Naruto tried to get out of it, as always, but she was firm, also as always.
"If he has not come yet, I suspect that he will not be here any time soon either. Now you know the drill, and if you do good I'll make you more ramen for dinner." It was clear to see that Naruto was fighting with himself. He seemed split by her bribe. It seemed as though the Ramen vs. Study debate had caused conflict within him. It always did, no matter how many times she proposed it. Yori didn't fight the fond smile that wanted to come out.
Sighing hugely, Naruto reached out for one of the books, acting as though it was going to strike out at him and attack at any moment. Huffing she placed the one they had left off on last time in his hand. Pointing to the front of the classroom she grabbed her own book. Dejected Naruto went with her to the front. Sasuke ignored them the whole time, but whenever he thought she wasn't looking, she could catch him in her peripherals eying them with haughty curiosity.
Getting down in the push-up position, Naruto waited for her to seat herself upon his back before he began. Yori had discovered that Naruto would learn better if he had the opportunity to keep his body in motion while he tried to read and learn. It also helped that it could be considered training in the more traditional sense. Steadily doing push-ups while reading the book situated under him, switching to do a one armed push-up whenever he needed to turn a page, Time seemed to pass them by.
Reading her own book, sitting in the classroom with the two boys, the three of them seemed to enter a serene state. It was very peaceful to Yori and like she often did at home she lost herself in the knowledge and words of the book cradled within her hands.
It was all peaceful that was, until Hatake Kakashi, the one and only copy- cat ninja, slid open the door. Naruto was so startled his rhythm was cut off and he caused Yori to clumsily fall from his back. She didn't make much of a sound, but she did squeak a bit when she hit the floor. Naruto himself had fallen into a sprawl with his face smooshed into his study material, half underneath her. Sasuke, of course, was still stoically seated in the very same seat he had taken that morning. As Yori began to rise, Naruto was already on his feet and pointing at their supposed new sensei. She didn't think she ever would get used to his unpredictable speed. He had talents but seemingly only in the most inopportune moments.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto screamed. Yori of course, being the closest to him, smacked his leg in reprimand, her other hand raised to her ears in an attempt to get the ringing sensation to subside. Seriously, nothing had changed about the knucklehead at all since they were kids- still a loud simpleton to the core. That, and it was always her ears.
Although she didn't want to discredit their new sensei, even though she wanted to say she had been expecting his tardiness, she herself was also annoyed, so she didn't care to say anything. Even Sasuke looked skeptical and irritated at the man. Perhaps that was just his resting face though? The surprisingly gravity defying shock of silver hair upon their new sensei's head swayed with the man's movements, especially as he sighed heavily, his already slouched shoulders giving the impression of a shrug. She wondered if he used some sort of jutsu for that hair?
"My first impression of you:" he said pointing to them with his bored demeanor, eyeing Naruto especially skeptically. "You're annoying. Meet me on the roof." With a soft 'pouf' and a swirl of leaves he was gone. Shunshin it seemed.
The kids left in the classroom were more annoyed than shocked. Well, Yori was. She couldn't say the same for Naruto, who looked like he was fuming. Sasuke had that glint in his eye, but as usual his determination to be stoic and utterly Uchiha was making him harder to read. Yori simply was simply stunned at the man's seeming hypocrisy. He had made them wait hours to meet him, only for him to arrive and tell the patiently waiting future students they were annoying? There had to be more but from what she was knowing of as an academy student she was clueless at the man's actions.
Well as a ninja there was always something underneath the underneath, so she would simply think on it until she came up with something- or she would pigeonhole it for later. Mayhap he was having a bad day or they reminded him of someone in the past who had annoyed him. If she remembered the strange past life correctly, Naruto was the son of Minato, who was Kakashi's jounin sensei.
Either way time was a wasting and they needed to make their way up to the roof. Yori decided to walk, while Naruto and Sasuke dashed off, neither one wanting to be second and both wanting to get the situation over with. She figured what with all the time the man had taken to arrive, the bit of leisure to stretch her legs would be excusable.
Her footsteps sounded too loud in the empty building, so she opted to practice her stealth, and make no sound at all. She was still in need of practice as there was still a whisper of sound- completely unnoticeable to those who didn't know how to look, but she was never one for taking chances or not mastering something to the best of its ability.
Opening the door to the rooftop was a shock to the senses. Naruto was yelling loudly, over something Sasuke had said no doubt- although it seemed like their new sensei was also going to be an instigator if the way he had introduced himself with was anything to go by. The sun was also blaring, almost more than was usual for fire country.
She squinted as she walked over to sit between the two boys, prepared to mediate. Kakashi, for one, seemed bored as he sat on the railing. He eyed her but didn't remark on the amount of time it took her to arrive. Naruto, however, was not so silent.
"Yoooooriiiiiii~ why did you take so long, I've been waiting forever with this bastard." Naruto whined and pointed at Sasuke, whose only reaction was a slight twitch and a deadly glare. She could practically hear his teeth grinding.
"Well Naruto I just wanted to take my time and stretch my legs, we were waiting for a long time after all, and I had gotten a little tired." She was not completely lying, but she could see how her explanation at least slightly put off their sensei- well if the raised eyebrow was anything to go by. She was admittedly quite annoyed at his lateness. Being late meant a lot of things, one of them being a lack of care, and in the ninja world that was a double edged sword. If their jounin sensei didn't care for them enough to be on time, would he care enough to risk his life for them on the field? Actions spoke louder than words, and Yori was scared.
She was scared out of her mind; one simple mistake, one perfectly aimed shuriken, and Naruto would be dead. Being a ninja was a dangerous occupation, and the life expectancy was never very optimistic to begin with, but with her weird future dreams things seemed even more grim. If her future dreams were to be taken as fact, then she had nothing to worry about with Naruto's survival, but then again where would her presence play in? She had too much to think about and not enough time or answers. She was yanked out of her thoughts by Kakashi interrupting an'ahhhhhh'ing Naruto. Clearing his throat, Kakashi proposed they introduce themselves.
"Seeing as we will likely be stuck together in the unforeseeable future, we should learn the basics about one another." His posture and tone implied that he wished to do anything but.
Sensing the buildup in the two hormonal boys sitting next to her, Yori quickly interjected with an unimaginative question of her own.
"Why don't you introduce yourself as an example sensei? The way you described is a two-way street after all." Although the boys beside her relaxed, their sensei had no tell of emotions whatsoever.
"My name is Hatake Kakashi. I have lots of things I like and things I hate; I don't really feel like telling you them. My dreams for the future- I haven't really thought about. I have many hobbies." All said in a monotone voice, the perfect ninja answer. Giving away nothing yet covering the bases. Yori was both stumped and slightly peeved. Being slightly cheeky she came back with,
"So your name is Kakashi." She figured it was her turn, and even then she would be very unlikely to prevent a dispute, with the way Naruto was pouting and Sasuke was silently scowling - read, also pouting. Clearing her throat she began, "My name is Yori, I enjoy learning, and I hate injustice; and ignorance I suppose. I guess my dreams for the future would be to become someone who works closely and freely with the Hokage." Sending a bright smile and sharing a happy glance with Naruto at this, at which he puffed up like a peacock, "and my hobbies would probably be reading, cooking, cleaning and training." Listing each hobby on a finger as she spoke, she gave a thoughtful hum, then said, "also I will do everything in my life, with my life, to protect those who are important to me."
Seeing as how much the last bit meant to her, she said it in a solemn voice. She meant every bit of it, and looking at Naruto with a determined gaze, She was met with his own slack jawed face. The silence was interrupted by Kakashi's proclamation of
"Next. You, the blond."
Naruto snapped out of it immediately, and with renewed vigor, practically yelled his introduction with a raised fist.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto; I love Ramen and Yori, I hate it when my ramen takes too long to cook, I'm going to be the Hokage in the future, and my hobbies are training, eating new ramen and hanging out with Yori!" At that, his self satisfied face made Yori want to clap for him, and so she did. When the preening Naruto sat back down, Yori nudged him with her shoulder playfully.
Last but not least it was Sasuke's turn, and after a nonplussed Kakashi gestured to him, he began; but not after a muttered 'Dobe'. Feeling Naruto reel up beside her she placed a hand on his knee.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I have many things I like. I hate weaklings, and I will overcome a certain person; no matter what it takes." This last phrase was said with a dark tone, making Naruto squirm beside her uncomfortably,
"I train." he finished as an afterthought.
She guessed that was all he was willing to give. Not wanting to leave him out, she also applauded his performance. It was much more awkward and uncomfortable than when she had applauded Naruto, but she persisted, because it simply wouldn't have felt right had she not. She was thinking while she was clapping that while situations can make a heck of a difference, Sasuke was still as emotionally vulnerable as he was in her dream. She guessed you could take the heartbreak out of the Sasuke, but you can't take the Sasuke out of the heartbreak.
Giving him a nudge as she had Naruto, she received a glare and a not so subtle shift away from her. Instead of hurting her feelings, she only smiled.
"Well now that we've all introduced ourselves, I've already arranged a mission we can do with the four of us together-"
WHAT-WHAT-WHAT-WHAT?!" Naruto exclaimed, almost jumping out of his seated position in excitement. Yori wouldn't be lying if she confessed to also being excited, even if she did sort-of know what was going to happen already.
"A survival mission." was the simple answer. Naruto although silent for a moment was quick to question,
"Didn't we already do those exercises in the academy? I thought we were going to do something NEW and COOL for once." Shaking his head and pouting slumped was Naruto's response.
"This won't be like what you went through in the academy, think of it as a sort of 'second exam' of sorts. Of the twenty-seven who graduated, only nine will move on to become true genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy." The indents of his face mask and his crinkled eye was proof enough that he was enjoying revealing this information.
"Meet in training ground 7 tomorrow morning at 5 o'clock sharp. Oh, and make sure you don't eat anything, unless you want to throw it back up." With one more evil chuckle and maniacal eye gleam, he was gone again with a whirlwind of swirling leaves. Yori sighed.
She looked at her teammates only to realise that one of them, the angstier one, was already moving away. Attempting to be subtle, she pulled him back down. It was as good a time as any for a first team meeting. Hopefully not the last. She politely ignored the scowling twitching Sasuke in favor of putting her game face on.
"Okay guys, we have a problem. None of us want to go back to the school, and we all want to pass this exam; and considering how hard he made it out to be, it's not going to be easy for any of us. What do you think about what he said about the food?" She found that particular aspect to be suspicious, if not because of her dream then because of the complete emphasis they place on the importance of food and proper consumption in the academy. One of Choji's clan members had even stopped by once a year to give a fun and food filled guest presentation.
Of course she had her suspicions that at least a third of it was intended to remind the civilian girls how preposterous dieting was for a ninja's lifestyle- and how dangerous. Like much information however, it fell on deaf ears. She knew that Sasuke, being the top boy in the class, would know to be as suspicious as she was. She was promptly let down however when she received a dismissive
"Hn." He tried again to get up, obviously not expecting one of his only 'not a fan' girls to restrict him. "I dunno Naruto, remember what Mr. Akamichi said? About food? Iruka sensei was also very adamant about the importance of eating before and after ninja exercise. Kakashi sensei already seems suspicious but this is especially concerning…" At this both Naruto and Sasuke seemed to stop and think.
"Your right Yori, so you think we should eat?" Said Naruto, he still looked a bit confused; asking him to remember a lesson from their academy days was expecting a lot, despite the fact that they just graduated.
Sasuke, in favor of contributing to the conversation, instead just muttered
"Dobe" Of course, this in turn sparked an almost reflexive response of
"TEMEEE!" As soon as it started, Yori felt the exasperation come; but she supposed that at least they had managed to outsmart their teacher in one way. Vindictive satisfaction overcame her. That jerk that made them wait all that time thought they were just naive little graduates- Oh, she would show him!- or rather, looking over at her teammates, holding each other off, Sasuke with an arm locked straight out and pushing Naruto's face away, and Naruto with a handful of raven hair both of their spare hands bunched in each others shirts, trading insults and who knew what else- she couldn't help but laugh a little.
She was looking forward to their team, it was obvious that they would get along splendidly- with never a dull moment.
Yori immediately regretted her thoughts from the other day. It was approximately 5:30, meaning it was thirty minutes or so since they had all three of them arrived in training ground 7, and Naruto and Sasuke never seemed to tire of annoying one another. Yori was really starting to contemplate her own patience. Sure she was amused by their fox and the hound behavior and all its irony, but even she had her limits. She needed a distraction quick. Looking at her basket of food she had brought just in case, she had a stroke of genius.
"Okay guys how about we train and eat at the same time?" It would have been a genius plan- if either one of them had bothered to acknowledge her presence and words. Honestly, she thought.
Pulling up a few rocks and pebbles from the ground, she tested their weight and grip for a few seconds before hurling them at the two arguing idiots' heads. Naruto seemed to feel her killing intent; and, used to this sort of treatment when he was caught red-handed, ducked. Sasuke however got nailed right between the eyes, causing him to curse and whirl at her while Naruto began belly laughing. It didn't last for long however as soon after he began laughing, he was also hammered with projectiles. Yori's aim was not a thing to be dismissed.
"Oh, my. I wonder how that happened. Oh, well, now that we are all focused." Naruto seemed to want to protest and whine, and Sasuke just looked plain insulted and confused, "How about we train a little bit. If Kakashi-sensei is going to be anything like he was yesterday- and seeing as he hasn't yet shown up it's safe to say that he will be- we now have a lot of freetime. I propose we warm up and train a bit. Yeah?" Sasuke feigned looking bored with his hands stuffed deep into his pockets, and Naruto looked like he had just had the epiphany of the century.
"Heck yeah Yori, you're such a genius!" Smiling in response to Naruto's praise, Yori put up her hand that was not currently holding the basket of food, her pointer finger directed up toward the sky.
"I propose we set traps!" Yori couldn't hardly hold herself in with all the glee she had at her own genius. She would be effectively killing two birds with one stone with this idea. Sasuke would see that Naruto was not as entirely useless as he thought, and when Kakashi got there for whatever survival training he had in mind- and judging by her futuristic dreams they would be needing whatever help they could get- they would have an edge with their traps. Her smugness dropped down a little with Sasuke's nonplussed
"Hn" but she figured that he would come around, and if he didn't, she had her methods- Believe it or not Naruto and Sasuke were very similar, and she had figured out long ago how to bend Naruto to her will unwittingly.
disclaimer- i dont own naruto or nything else you recognise
Sorry i didnt really spend much time editing this one, so any mistakes just leave a note on, i probably will update this chapter with a revision later anyway
thanks for reading I hope you enjoy
