what's this?! two chapters in one day?! you know what that means!! I'M HOME ALONE!! not much of news, but it's good for me!! yeah, someone tell me if the whole speech is confusing, i had to rewrite it about 5 million times just so that I understood it, and i already know what's going on. but yeah, for those of you who don't get the joke about the essay topics: Shikamaru's main justus include shadows, Gaara and sand... well... duh, Sasuke and fans (that little symbol on his shirt is a fan, though i thought it was a fishing bobber at first), and for those of you who know about rasengan (sp?) in it's new and nifty little form, well, you get the wind thing.
Monday was here again. Sasuke had almost forgotten about the speech in the insanity of the weekend, but he was nearly done as it was. He just added a few more notes and typed up his main ideas so that he could give it to Kakashi.
Just the other day, there was a boy that sat outside his front door for hours, crying. But Naruto couldn't be forgiven so easily, Sasuke wouldn't allow it. The older boy was sick of having his emotions thrown around on a whim based on how Naruto felt that day. Sasuke had already figured that the other boy was probably bipolar, but this was nuts. Friday he was a sex-maniac, Saturday he acted like a complete stranger, and Sunday he ended up being a ball of emotion that popped in front of Sasuke's eyes. The teen didn't even want to know what the emotion of the day was going to be. After all of the yelling and screaming, there was a ninety percent chance Naruto was going to be pissed, which Sasuke wasn't looking forward to seeing. But despite how much he wanted to call in sick, he knew that he couldn't hide forever. So instead, Sasuke packed his things and got ready, making sure to take the back alley once more. Upon arriving, the dark eyed boy managed to ignore anyone that he didn't want to see, which included everyone in school. He took his seat in the English class and waited for everyone else. Naruto came to school that day, entering with Shikamaru before taking his seat. They both were quiet, silently wondering what the other was thinking.
"Alright everyone," Kakashi looked up from his book, eyeing the class. "Today, we begin speeches. Everyone pass your papers to the center and I'll draw randomly."
The class complied as all the papers to passed to the few in the middle, then to the one person directly in the front of the class. The teacher took all of the notes into his hand and shuffled them a little, the first one picked was Gaara. He stood in front of the class room, not moving an inch while he went on in his monotone voice. The entire essay was on sand, which wasn't too interesting. Most of the class was half asleep by the end. After that was about 5 other classmates and Shikamaru, all talking about birds, grass, or in Shikamaru's case, shadows. Finally, Sasuke's name was called. Naruto and the rest of the class listened in slightly as he talked about why he was like a fan. There was some point about being a decoration and another about being an 'unneeded necessity', which most of the people in the class didn't catch. But Naruto listened to it all, every last word. And after a few more classmates went by, Naruto's name was called. The blond took a deep breath, going over his notes from last night as he approached the front. He wasn't really into the essay before, but he figured this was the only time that Sasuke would be forced to listen to him, so he took advantage of it.
The class was silent as he stood between the teacher and the rows of desks that were filled with lifeless students. He knew that most people wouldn't listen, but hopefully, if there was a god, Sasuke would.
"When we were asked to do this project, I figured my best shot would be to do something about Raman since I know a lot about it. But then a friend of mine told me to find something else. So, on his suggestion, I found a new topic based on him, Sasuke. But this was a paper about what I'm like, and in reality, Sasuke and I are completely different people. So as I wondered this, a girl told me I was like the wind. In the dictionary, wind is described as moving air, which is what most of us think when we hear it. But the wind is so much more than that, it's a source of life. Without wind, there'd be nothing cooling down the earth, nothing providing comfort to people on a hot day, nothing to knock seeds down from trees so that new life can start. The wind means so much more than it's given credit for. It's so complex, but so simple when we think about it. We can measure it's speed, we can watch as it makes hurricanes and tornados that rip apart cities, but who here can actually touch it? Who can catch wind in a jar and observe it? Wind is energy that is transferred into the air so that it moves. But nothing more than that."
"After thinking this, I couldn't help but be a little offended. The girl basically said that I don't exist, though everyone thinks I do. But when I heard the speech about the fan, I realized something very important about being compared to the wind. Fans create wind, though they can be used as decoration. But at the same time, wind can come from a fan, though the earth moving does the job a whole lot better than a fan," Naruto looked to his right, smiling upon seeing that Sasuke was listening. The dark orbs were clearly on him as he spoke in metaphors, both of them hoping the rest of the class wasn't really following, "In the end, when it actually came to writing this speech, I had no idea what was going to happen. I didn't think about the fan at all, only that the wind was important but never really recognized. But when I heard what the fan had to say about it's purpose, I couldn't help but think about the wind as well. It was true that the wind is more powerful when the sky pushed it along, but it has no direction. And while the fan thinks that it's only good for decoration now and again, the wind knows it's not true. It knows that it needs the fan, more than anything. And while the fan may not need the wind, it might find some place for it someday."
Their eyes were still set on each others. The most of the class wasn't paying attention, but the people who did were very confused, well, most of them. Kakashi understood everything, making him smirk under the scarf where no one could tell. Karin also caught on to what Naruto had just said, making her smile without noticing it.
"Good job Naruto, ok, next is..." Kakashi pulled out another piece of paper, another classmate going up to the front of the room while Naruto took his place in his desk beside Sasuke's. They stared at each other for awhile before the blond mouthed out 'after class' to the other boy.