A/N: High School was a bitch. Glad I got out of there. Soooo, I'm doing this gap year thing because well….my parents are just ugh. Anyway, I have a strong resolution to FINISH MY FREAKIN' stories…no matter how badly written the first ones were. (They're honestly not that bad…..) and having a slow-ass laptop takes the joy out of writing.
** Future chapters might be a little different, I wanted over the top comedy during the first part but I think I've improved a bit so it's not as full of "BASH BOOM BAM" as it was before. (Though I tried to keep the feel of it as close as possible to my earlier chapters.)
Chapter 13: Issues, Detention and a Ramen Festival.
Math. Funny how one noun could lead to an increase in stress levels and self-shame. "Teme…" Naruto groaned as he banged his book closed. Why would MATH require such big books anyway? Oh yes, because it was filled with topic that were much too complex for everyday human activities. It's not like you'd use FUNCTIONS while doing the damn groceries.
Sasuke turned to his blonde friend and glared at him. If he didn't like MATH, why'd he take an AP class? HOW did he get into this AP class? Some things should just be left unsaid –no matter how badly you want to know- "Dobe, how'd you get into this class?" Ok, Sasuke is an impatient bastard.
"Your faith in my skills is quite endearing, Teme-kun." Naruto drawled sarcastically, throwing a crumpled piece of paper at Sasuke, who caught it instantly and started opening it. "Idiot, Pi is three point fourteen, NOT three hundred fourteen. What are you, ten?"
The embarrassed blonde let out a stutter. STUTTER?! Such an uncharacteristic trait! Never shall he stutter again people would start to question his masculinity, and his ability to talk but more importantly, HIS MASCULINITY. "So I need a little help, I don't think that warrants a stupid-ass smart comment from you, asshole."
"You need a LOT of help."
"TEME."
And class went along like that, Naruto badgering Sasuke and Sasuke calling him an idiot. Such a show of love and friendship the two displayed, oh so affectionately. Warranting them a detention when they started throwing punches of love at each other.
"Great teme, you got us detention."
Sakura ambled quickly to the bathroom in search of her friend, who was MISSING. TenTen had left for the bathroom a little more than twenty minutes ago, thus making their teacher think that she was either attacked by a serial killer or skipped out early, with the bathroom pass, mind you.
"Don't act so miffed about skipping class. Who the hell listens to Asuma-Sensei during Home Ec.? Even HE doesn't look happy to be there" Her inner chimed in helpfully-NOT.
"You know you have a—"HOLY SHIT." She yelled out loud as she came to an abrupt halt. There in FRONT of HER were two of her friends, technically from this angle, they looked like one big alien thing considering the position they were in. COULDN'T THEY MAKE OUT BY THE BLEACHERS?! "Oi, if you would please give each other back your tongues, I have a message from Asuma-Sensei." Sakura looked away as she muttered, the wall was a very pretty shade of dull green with hints of This-Is-Better-Than-Looking-At-Them yellow.
"Haruno." Neji muttered. Signalling that his tongue was back IN HIS OWN MOUTH. "What did Asuma want?" TenTen chimed, fixing her hair and makeup. Considering it safe to look at them, Sakura shifted her gaze to the couple. "If you were murdered by an axe wielding freak, you don't need to do homework and that he will send your parents a cake but if you skipped out early…" she shoved her hand in her pocket and pulled out a pink slip. "You get detention, biatch."
TenTen's mouth went agape. "WHY WOULD I BE MURDERED?! Does someone want me dead?!" she yelled as she grabbed her detention slip. "It is NOT your destiny. I will have a three man squad guard you, should you want to be protected from your impending doom."
That was basically Neji speak for 'I will kill whoever touches you before they even look at you. Don't worry, I'll protect you. MY LOVE." Ok, so the 'MY LOVE' part was a slight exaggeration, but the rest was accurate.
"I have to go. Kurenai will want my ass if I don't come back with the files she wanted me to get." Neji swooped down to give TenTen a kiss on the cheek before waving to Sakura and turning to leave.
Sakura cocked up a brow and gave TenTen a questioning gaze. The girl only shrugged. "That's why I make out with him, he can't mumble that destiny crap while my tongue is in his mouth now, can he?" she grinned.
"Please keep the gross details to yourself. I have enough of that crap in Sex Ed." Sakura mumbled before grabbing her wrist. "Let's go, class is probably over but you need to give back that bathroom pass."
"You like Sex Ed., ADMIT IT."
"Contemplating jumping off a building just to shut you up."
"You'd be dead."
"A price to pay for silence."
Lunch was a vital component to every student's life. It is where the tortured souls converge to meet with their friends who they have been oh-so annoyingly separated from due to the absurd schedules the school system had provided them with.
"How much do you think Tsunade would agree to, to switch my Math from the morning to afternoon?" Ino asked; slurping her milkshake. "Two hundred bucks tops." Shikamaru answered lazily. Everybody was out chattering away, creating a buzz throughout the cafeteria. He was getting a head ache.
"Sake." Sakura mumbled, setting her tray down next to Ino and taking a seat. "Give her sake." She repeated, although not liking the fact that her best friend was going to bribe the principal. "Don't you think she'd be pissed? I mean, c'mon. This is a school for stinkin' rich kids. She probably gets like…" TenTen who popped in out of nowhere, with Hinata in tow, took a bite out of her sandwich before continuing. "At least 3 bribe deals a day."
"And accepts NONE." A male put in as he slid his tray next to Shikamaru. "I've tried." Sakura raised her eyebrow. "What could you possibly want from her?" she asked Naruto who grinned widely. "Ramen Festival. I wanted one."
The rest of their friends slowly filled the table with the exception of one.
"Hey! Where the hell is TEME?!" Naruto asked loudly; looking around the table to make sure he hadn't just overlooked him. Of course, only NARUTO could over look such a piece of phenomenal genetics that was Sasuke, although he was way too quiet sometimes. Naruto's eyes roamed the entire table then switched to the entire cafeteria. Sasuke was nowhere to be found.
He gripped the phone tightly as he listened to the harsh murmur from the other line. "No, I didn't get it." He repeated the second time. "I've told you over and over. The only package I got was from the school!"
Sasuke glared at the football field as he shifted his weight to his left leg. He had gotten six missed calls and one urgent text and had to skip lunch to settle the issue. Sadly, the only place that wasn't full was the football field and so he had no choice but to stand on the bleachers and talk to his caller.
"Maybe YOU sent it to the wrong address." The Uchiha listened to a protest on the other line. "Well, have your secretary track it." He ground out before shutting his phone angrily. Honestly, that package did not hold his interest, he detested it.
A black-haired male stared after the Uchiha. His hand still gripping the phone, he had followed the Uchiha to the football field and hid behind one of the few sports equipment racks that were left out from practice. "Karin, we need to find it before he does." He muttered.
The phone rang loudly throughout the office earning an exasperated sigh from the woman. "Yes?" she answered breathlessly, with a hand on her forehead. Paperwork did NOTHING for the soul. Her amber eyes widened slightly as she listened to whoever was on the line. "Ramen festival? You have got to be insane." Another moment of silence as she continued to listen. "Fine."
The line went dead.
Mumbling a string of curses, Tsunade shot an aggravated look towards the phone before slamming it down. "SHIZUNE! WE'RE THROWING A RAMEN FESTIVAL." She yelled; slumping down to open a drawer and pulled out some sake. This would be an intense year. "Blasted kid using his father to get to me."Oh how Tsunade hated politics.
The buzzing in the cafeteria was cut abruptly as the sound of static blared out of the PA system. "ATTENTION STUDENTS, we will be having a…There was a pause. Sakura could've sworn she heard a growl and a weak 'Relax Tsunade-sama' before the announcement continued. "A Ramen Festival to be held three months from now, to be headed by Uzumaki Naruto. The Events Committee, together with Uzumaki-san, will be having a meeting to discuss who else will be joining them for preparations, in Class Room 2B. That is all" another wave of static and the speaker went dead.
Slowly, as everyone began to get over their initial shock, the buzz began to set back in.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru mumbled; Neji nodded in agreement and threw a condescending glance at Naruto whose face was stuck in some kind of shocked expression then broke out into full on grin.
Sakura stared at Naruto who was still grinning smugly, waving at some freshmen who congratulated him. "I thought bribes didn't work?" she questioned, ignoring the other students who came by to offer their congratulations. Apparently, Naruto's been pitching it to Tsunade ever since he started Leaf Academy as a Freshman. "Dad's Hokage and this is his birthday present." He answered simply. "I would've done something about it myself if it wasn't for him badgering me about what it'd do to my college recommendations-TEME!" he exclaimed when their missing friend finally came. "Here!" Naruto shoved his two bowls of ramen at the stoic boy before standing up. "I've got a festival to plan!"
Sasuke sat down and stared at the blonde's back. "The idiot's request got approved?" Ino huffed and crossed her arms. "AND I CAN'T GET MY SCHEDULE CHANGED?!"
"I did." Sasuke mumbled with a shrug. Ino gaped at him, "YOU DID?!" How on earth was a stoic Uchiha able to get Tsunade to change his schedule? THIS WAS AN INJUSTICE! She had way more charm and people skills compared to him, the human equivalent of an ice block. Oh how the Universe loved her.
"Forget it!" she yelled before pushing her lunch away. " C'mon Hinata, I need you to help me plan!" she dragged the pearly-eyed female away from the table. This signaled for everyone to start getting up. "See ya!" TenTen yelled before dragging Neji out.
"I suppose you're leaving too?" Sasuke asked Sakura who was packing her things. "Yep!" she jumped up and twiddled her fingers. The raven-haired boy rolled his eyes.
Sakura left the boy alone with his two bowls of ramen, a small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. He liked her. The smile quickly disappeared when the realization hit him, a frown graced his handsome features. This was bad.
School went by in a blur and soon the students of Leaf Acadrmy heard the sweet sound of salvation, the dismissal bell.
"Answer page 345 to 348, we'll check your answers tomorrow." The teacher was met by withering looks from the entire class, after all, it was their first day. Kakashi smiled behind his mask, oh how he loved the irritated looks he got from his students, it made his life as a high school teacher a little more worth living.
"Sadistic jerk." Sakura muttered as she marked her page. "That's all you can come up with, Miss Haruno?" her ear perked up at the sound of her Sensei's deep, kind of sexy, voice. "Maybe you could use the time in detention to come with something smarter." He waved a pink slip in front of her. Her eyes narrowed when she grabbed the paper from him. "Do you want that along with the assignment?" she asked sarcastically.
"50 names, without using Ass, Perv, Idiot, Tardy idiot, and the most common Gray-Haired freak."
Sakura stared at him; Dumbfounded. She sincerely hoped that everyone else was having a better day than she was.
"Oh my God, Shikamaru! This is the most boring detention EVER." Ino complained loudly as she shifted in her seat. Shikamaru sighed, "Ino it's DETENTION. When is it EVER FUN?" he mumbled. Because really, he wasn't supposed to be in here but seeing as she wanted him with her, he had stolen a couple of Anko's dango and got himself detention.
Such a sweet boyfriend.
The doors slid open revealing Naruto, Sasuke and Neji. "Causes?" Ino asked in a bored tone. She didn't deserve this! She was sticking up for the PEOPLE! After all, she was sure no one wanted to wear these stupid uniforms. So she led a protest in front of the school, she should totally be getting an A for leadership or something.
"Called the teacher an incompetent human being who had no business teaching Chemistry." Neji mumbled. "I'm pretty sure that his destiny is to be a hobo."
"Attempting to strangle the Hokage's son during math." Answered the Uchiha with a pointed look at Naruto who glared at him and turned to Ino.
"Punching Sasuke in the gut during Math." Naruto grinned, gesturing to Sasuke with a jerk of his thumb. He turned to the glaring Uchiha and gave him a smug look "And it was WORTH IT."
"Why is that, that the only time you choose to say something lengthy, it is to insult someone?" Shikamaru asked the Hyuuga prodigy who took a seat next to him.
"Hn."he said in a Sasuke-esque manner. "Why do you say troublesome?"
"Touché"
"Oi, is everyone in detention?!" Sakura asked, entering the room with an armful of books. "What're you in for?" Sasuke asked.
"Called Kakashi a 'Sadistic Jerk'." She answered with air quotes. Sakura slid the door further, revealing Hinata. "You should ask her why she's in."
They all turned their questioning glance to Hinata. "I sort of, u-uhm." Yet another victim of the stuttering disease. "She punched Kin in the face!" Sakura answered for her. Little SHY HINATA JUST PUNCHED KIN! Sound the trumpets, alert the villagers, this called for a celebration!
"SHE PUNCHED KIN IN THE FACE?!" Ino yelled blatantly as she ran to glomp Hinata. "We're not even in that part of our "Bitch Lessons" yet! You little advanced student, you!"
Sweatdrop
"You're…teaching her how to be a BITCH?!" Sakura and TenTen yelled in unison, eyes glued to the sweet girl. "WHEN?!"
Ino stuck her tongue out. "Yeah, what of it?" she glared at them as she hugged Hinata tighter. "Hmmm, around the summer, I think, right Hina-Chan?" she asked sweetly-talking to a child kind of sweetly- Sakura could only roll her eyes at this. "Well who better to teach Hina-chan to be a bitch than the queen bitch herself." Naruto stated. Shikamaru let out an amused snort.
BAM!
"What the hell was that for?!" Naruto yelled as he clutched his head.
"FOR CALLING ME A BITCH!"
"Aren't you just contradicting yourse-"DON'T get philosophical with ME, Pineapple head!"
"Like I've never heard THAT one before."
They all argued among themselves when Sasuke stood up, his eyes locked on his phone and went straight for the door that opened as if on cue, Tsunade entered the room. "Uchiha, you've been excused. Someone's waiting for you outside." Before anyone could protest, the young man was out of the door in a flash.
Naruto's nervous blue eyes met Neji's pearl colored orbs, conveying a silent message to each other.
A shiny black Ferrari parked in front of the school's drop off point. In most schools, cars like that only meant that: 1.) The C.I.A. was going to arrest or recruit someone, 2) A Yakuza boss wanted someone dead and 3.) The driver was obviously lost.
But here in Leaf Academy, it did not look out of place, since most of the students were driving expensive cars , so expensive that you could already feel your wallet deflate depressingly at just one glance of the price. And don't forget, you need gas to power up that baby.
Sasuke looked at the car he knew too well. A window slid down to reveal a handsome man who looked similar to Sasuke "We need to talk." Itachi muttered quietly. "Get in."
The younger Uchiha obeyed (MIRACULOUSLY), as soon as he slammed the door shut, Itachi floored the gas and sped out into the streets.
The car's leather interior calmed Sasuke from his current agitation. He was now just, Fucking Annoyed compared to FUCKING PISSED. The siblings were quiet for quite a while, both not knowing what to say to each other about the current situation. They had once been inseparable but sibling rivalry caused Sasuke to push his older brother as far away from him a possible. Itachi, in return, chose to ignore his younger brother. He had stopped tutoring him, taking him to school and helping him train during their martial arts classes. He stopped being a brother. Then he moved out.
"You're back." Sasuke stated the obvious. "Why?" he was staring out the window, watching the city blur past him with forced fascination as his brother drove at a speed that could rival his. "We need this settled." Itachi curtly replied, looking at Sasuke out of the corner of his eyes. The younger of the two brothers sighed. "I don't want to do this." He said softly, allowing his brother to see through his barriers, just this once.
Bwahahahaa DOOOONNEE guys be proud of me, I really am going to finish this. I even brought my laptop to the clinic to write while I was waiting. I'm back. OFFICIALLY =) I'm going to finish my stories then post new ones soon. I'm writing chapter 14 right now.
Of course I need some reviews for this one before posting it =D Sorry, but I love reviews hahahahaha I'm in an elated mood so, I LOVE YOU GUYS :D