I sat in the same room I had spent the majority of my time in at the academy, my new headband tied securely around my forehead. My hands were intertwined, fingers laced in front of my face as I waited for Iruka to get here and inform us of where to go from here. I heard an annoying voice that could only be depicted as Naruto's, but why the hell was he here? I thought that idiot failed. Whatever the case, I just didn't want him anywhere near me.

"Sakura, hey!"

He called out, his face lit up like the fourth of July, he was in love with the girl and it was obvious to everyone on the damn planet. But she clearly didn't want anything to do with him, she was still following me around wherever I went, she was like some razed stalker.

"Sasuke!"

Again with the shriek, she roughly shoved Naruto out of the way and came to my table. Her cheeks flushed a deep red color and she rubbed the back of her neck nervously.

"Uhh...Hey, Sasuke...mind if I sit next to you?"

"No way! I'm sitting next to him!"

Sakura turned only to see a vicious mob of females forming around her, all fighting for the same thing, the chance to sit in the seat next to mine, as if I cared.

"Back off, he's mine!"

"Not even!"

I paid them no mind, whichever one of them sat next to me was going to be equally annoying as all of the other girls, so why not ignore them?

But my thought process was suddenly interrupted when the loser hopped up on the desk right in front of me, our fierce eyes met in a harsh glare. Sparks erupting between the two of us, I really disliked this guy, he was always trying to make himself seem like he was better than me, and even though he failed every time, it was still bothersome.

"Naruto, get away from him!"

Sakura shouted, a vein pulsing in her forehead. I hadn't even noticed that Sarah had quietly entered the room, adorning her head band which was in the same place as mine. She peered at the sight from the top of the room and arched her brow before coming closer.

"Wow, that's crazy – oh sorry, man, did I bump you?"

A male in front of Naruto leaned back and elbowed him, causing the buffoon to fall forward and our lips to meet in a kiss. Our eyes expanded drastically, his wet mouth slobbering all over my own, the group of girls screamed at the top of their lungs after a long moment of silence. Sarah gasped and placed a hand over her gaping mouth, but that didn't last long because only second later she burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"Ugh!"

We immediately parted and I held my throat, coughing and spitting out whatever germs he left in my mouth. I stuck my tongue out and hacked incessantly, before grumbling.

"I'll kill you, Naruto!"

My first kiss with a person was Naruto? I was for one, completely straight and was disgusted by the thought of kissing another male, and secondly, I despised that little freak! Rage bubbled within me as I had this irresistible urge to strangle the life out of him.

"NARUTO!"

But it seemed like I didn't to, he was swept into the mob of blood thirsty girls within moments, being beaten to a pulp. I wiped my lips of all the remaining disease and groaned, I couldn't believe that just happened to me. Of all lips to lock onto my own, they were Naruto Uzumaki's.

I resumed my original position and soon noticed that someone was sitting next to me, I only shuddered to find out who it was. But when I glanced out of the corner of my eye, I could see that it wasn't one of the fangirls, but it was Sarah, and she was just fiddling with her fingers impatiently. Seems as though she took the chance to sit here when all of the other girls were preoccupied.

"Sarah! How dare you sit next to him? He belongs to me, that seat is mine!"

Sarah blinked when she was confronted by a vengeful Sakura, but she merely smirked and laughed.

"I'm allowed to sit next to whoever I want, this seat doesn't have your name on it, and last time I checked Sasuke didn't belong to anyone. So back off."

Towards the end of her sentence her tone became firm, and her smirk turned into a sinister glare. As I listened to her words, I smirked only a little, she was the only one who seemed to grasp the concept that I was my own person and not a trophy. Sarah hated these girls, especially Sakura, they clashed worse than Sakura and Ino did, and they used to be close friends.

"Everyone take a seat! It's time for me to inform you all of your next step to becoming a ninja!"

Iruka finally entered the room and we all perked up, giving him our full attention, Naruto sat next to Sarah and Sakura sat on his other side.

"Now that you all have graduated it is time for the next step! Here on this paper I have a list of all your names, you will be put into squads under the training of a jounin."

'Squads? That will only slow me down.'

I thought, I didn't want to be stuck in a group with anyone, I needed to be concerned with myself and that was it. If I had to spend my valuable time helping out others who weren't nearly as strong as me, than it was going to take me forever to reach my brother.

"One of the squads is going to have one extra person due to the odd number of people in the class."

"Isn't that an unfair advantage?"

Ino called out, secretly hoping that her team had one more person, she was also most likely hoping that I was going to be on her team. If that happened I would kill myself.

"Well, you are all placed on these teams according to your skill level and abilities, so if you harness them properly and learn to work well together, it shouldn't matter how many people are on the team so long as you have a successful dynamic."

That made sense, however, I still wanted to work alone. I tuned Iruka out as he called out the teams, it would only matter when my name came up, and I perked up internally when it did.

"Team seven, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sarah Sukiyaki."

So this was my team, I was paired with the biggest idiot in the class, the most irritating, snobby know it all, and Sarah. I cursed myself under my breath and my body tensed, this was going to be a nightmare.

"You all will be meeting with your jounins tomorrow."

We all departed after that, once again I was left to my own thoughts.

'I'm on the same team as Sarah, this will be the first time since we were ten that I will be spending time with her again. It might be awkward.'

But why did it matter to me?

'Whatever, she at least has some form of talent unlike the rest of them.'

It seemed as though I was going to be spending more time with my childhood crush, as if I cared.

Or did I?