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Chapter 10
Morning came and Neji took his turn and picked everyone up.
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No one, except Naruto of course, tried to call shotgun. But Sakura and Ino managed to shut the blonde up and give up the position, "Tenten is supposed to be in the front seat with Neji if he's driving!" Sakura hissed quietly at Naruto- the three were hunched over, forming a small, a very small circle with just the three of them.
"But I called it first!" Naruto whined, earning him a slap on the head courtesy of Ino, "You idiot! The girlfriend should always be the one in front with the boyfriend driver!" she said.
Naruto looked confused, "I didn't know that," he muttered- he was still heard by the two girls though- they were about to say something when Tenten spoke up, "Oh, gosh, Naruto- everyone knows that! It's like a golden rule!" she said, turning her head. Everyone in the back noticed the pink tint on the brunette's cheeks. Then they heard Neji grunt.
The three, Naruto, Sakura and Ino, laughed nervously, "You heard?" Sakura asked, scratching the back of her head in embarrassment of being caught, "We all heard," Michiko smirked- it only made the blush on Tenten's face grow.
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Other than that nothing much happened to the gang during their ride to the school. Neji continued to pick up the rest of the gang- seeing that he picked up Naruto (much to the enjoyment of Hinata- irritation of Neji), Tenten, Sakura, Michiko, Ino first. Hinata seemed to have enjoyed the scene before her, smiling fondly at her cousin and best friend.
Sasuke was the next to be picked up- to the pleasure of Sakura. Next was Kiba, then lastly Shikamaru. With everyone present and in the car, Neji drove to their school. They were still early, by a couple of minutes. The elder Hyuuga parked the car in the students' parking lot and the group of teenagers in the car got off.
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"I can't believe it's almost September!" Michiko suddenly realized. The others looked at her like she was on some kind of high. Then it sunk in, what Michiko said, to the others, "NO WAY!" Naruto burst out. The others only had their eyes widen, "What day is it today anyway?" Shikamaru mumbled. Ino shook her head, "Expect the lazy ass genius to lose track of day," she said. Shikamaru ignored her.
"It's Thursday today- August 28th," Hinata answered, yawning a bit. The brown haired boy, with a pineapple shaped hairdo, nodded lazily, "So there's only around two weeks of training left," he muttered.
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Naruto was pacing back and forth, thinking deeply at the current situation. The others watched him cautiously, not wanting to get caught up with whatever it is the blonde boy was planning to do. And since Hinata was getting pretty worried about her boyfriend she asked the question the others dreaded to ask, "What is it, Naruto-kun?"
Sasuke and Neji slapped their foreheads; Ino, Tenten and Sakura were cringing away from Naruto while Michiko and Kiba were just acting normal- watching the whole scene expectantly.
"Ten bucks says that he'll rant about the harsh training Kakashi-sensei will put you guys through," Michiko mumbled to Kiba, who nodded, "Fifteen says he's gonna go off about the end-of-the-month exams," he said. The two looked at each other, each adorning their own smirks, "You're on!"
The others were ready and gave a go signal to Hinata who sweat-dropped at her friends' actions. She sighed before turning to her beloved ramen-loving boyfriend who was still pacing back and forth, "N-Naruto-kun?" she prompted.
The blonde boy seemed lost in his thoughts but when Hinata called out to him the second time unfazed him from the world he was at and brought him back to planet Earth. He looked at Hinata with wide eyes, and began shaking Hinata, carefully- as to not hurt her- and had streams of tears rolling down his face, "Do you have any idea how Kakashi-sensei is going to treat us at practice??"
The girls, who were cringing, fell down anime style- "Naruto has lost it!" they all thought. Neji and Sasuke shook their heads, "He does have a point there," they thought. Michiko was jumping up and down, "Victory!" she exclaimed happily. The others, including Naruto and Hinata, stopped what they were doing and stared at the blue haired girl with questioning eyes. They noted how Michiko was jumping happily up and down next to a sulking Kiba.
"What's going on with you two?" Ino asked, unsure why Michiko was all of the sudden so happy. The others finally understood when Michiko faced Kiba with a winning smirk on her face, stretching out her arm to her brooding boyfriend, "Pay up!" she said all too cheerfully.
All of them sweat-dropped towards their friend's actions, "Poor Kiba," were what all of them thought towards the brown haired boy who reluctantly handed the blue haired girl the money.
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Michiko only grinned at her boyfriend in a cheesy way and kissed the boy on the nose, "Don't worry Kiba-kun, I'll treat you and Akamaru-chan to ice cream on Friday after school okay?" she said. The boy finally stopped sulking and hugged the blue haired girl tightly, a grin on his face as well.
"Aww..!" were the girls' reaction to the sweet couple, the boys only smiled at them, except for Naruto who was grinning from ear to ear and wolf whistled. Before the couple had the chance to react to their friends' comments the bell rang signaling for homeroom period.
The group rushed inside the school building along with the other students filing in the school door.
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The class had to wait for a full fifteen minutes for their homeroom teacher, Kakashi-sensei, arrived. They were all shocked to see him not holding his beloved book- Icha Icha Paradise. The class was all staring at their silver haired teacher carefully, "Are you sure that's Kakashi-sensei?" Ino whispered, "It doesn't seem like it," Tenten muttered, "Why isn't he holding his little orange book?" Sakura asked confused. These sorts of sayings were murmured throughout the class.
Kakashi's visible eye, the right one, twitched, as he listened to all the murmurs in the class that were about him. He sighed, audibly- catching the attention of the students, "Good morning class," he said in an unenthusiastic tone- the sound of crickets in the background was heard as the students kept quiet and continued staring at the teacher.
"Alright..." Kakashi muttered, unsure, "I'm sorry I was late," he then said, a student raised his hand, Kakashi nodded, "Uhm, why were you late, sensei?" the student asked. Then all of the students cringed as they saw their teacher's eye, the visible one, twinkle with delight, "Well, class, it's because I was busy picking up the new students from Principal Tsunade's office," he said a bit too happily, making the students all lean back on their seats.
"Now presenting our new students!" he said as he clapped his hands together, a signal to let the new students come in. The door opened and jaws began to drop, not to mention squeals of joy.
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Our beloved group however was just as shocked at the newcomers as the rest of their classmates, though not enough to make them squeal or make their jaws drop.
The new students instantly noticed the ten teenagers at the back of the class, "They must be the infamous hotties of the school," they all thought. The girls in the new group had a suggestive smile on their faces- for the boys. And the new guys were looking suggestively at the girls.
But it was enough to make them go, "Oh wow."
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A/N: Omigosh! I'm finally done with this chappie! Things are going to get more interesting for the next one! Who are those new students? And what would that lead to our favorite couples? Tune in again for the next chappie! *grins* Oh and sorry for the very very very late and very very very slow updates... *hangs head in shame* GOMEN!
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