Returning Uchihas
For the next week and so on, Sasuke's campaign of attempting to teach the Konoha Ninja Academy Student did not go well. All he did was made the students read books and run around the track. Never teaching anything to them. Never saying a single word to them except "Keep moving" or "Now read." Obviously, Sasuke was a very dull teacher.
Sasuke stared at the whole class reading the same books. He was bored, but it was better than teaching kids. He sat on a chair against the wall with his feet on the desk. The only sound that could be heard was the occasional page flipping and sometimes a yawn. Probably the only time life came to the class was when the bell rang where they were free to have fun and eat.
Sasuke sighed to himself. Kids are good when they're silent as dead, he thought to himself. Yet the silence is annoying, but I don't wanna teach. Heck, I don't know how!
"Hey rooster-head, when are we going to do something fun like kunai training or something?!" Kitsumaru exclaimed. "I'm tired of reading these stupid books and running around the track all day! It's boring!"
"Yeah!" The whole class chorused.
Sasuke merely glanced at them.
"Really? I didn't realize." He said sarcastically. "What on earth did your teacher Kiba do?"
"At least he used the board and showed us diagrams and let us have fun!" A boy answered.
"And TAUGHT us something!"
"Or didn't ATTEMPT to kill somebody in the class!"
"And didn't just sat there!"
"Or didn't even SLEEP throughout the whole day!"
For what seemed like hours, the whole class continued to shout out complaints at Sasuke for his dull teaching style. Sasuke knew this was all true but heck; he didn't give a crap. He just wanted it to be all over. It didn't matter what happened no matter what-
BAM! A small rock hit Sasuke right on his head as he fell of his chair.
"What the hell?!" Sasuke cursed loudly.
As Sasuke stood up, the whole class began to burst in laughter and pointed at him jokingly. The Uchiha rubbed his head as he glared at the whole.
"All right, who was the brat that flung a rock at my head?!" Sasuke asked darkly.
Immediately, he turned to the one kid who was the obvious choice: that bratty spikey-red-head Kitsumaru. Not unexpected, Kitsumaru stuck out his tongue at Sasuke.
"Na na na na na! Sasuke-sensei can't even dodge a rock! Ha! Some ninja you are!" Kitsumaru taunted victoriously.
The laughter grew louder as Sasuke grumbled under his breath. "Damn kids..."
Suddenly, a smirk grew across Sasuke's face.
"How about this, you little brats? The class is over for today!" Sasuke exclaimed loudly.
Quickly, the laughter drowned away. Instead, it was replaced with the wide eyes of all the kids.
"Seriously, Sasuke-sensei? We've still got 2 hours before school ends!" One boy asked.
"Yep!" Sasuke replied with a hint of evil. "At least, all of you except Kitsumaru."
Kitsumaru stood up angrily. "What? What did I do?"
"All of you can go home while me and your classmate Kitsumaru have fun doing 500 push ups, 500 sit ups, and a few others, eh?" Sasuke said completely ignoring Kitsumaru.
"YAY! THANK YOU SASUKE-SENSEI!" The whole class cheered.
The whole class started to run towards the door and disappeared like lightning. The only ones left in the classroom was one smirking Sasuke and a rather angry Kitsumaru. The kid glared at him.
"Darn it, what the heck did I do? Why can't I get out?" Kitsumaru asked angrily.
"Want me to review all the pranks and taunts you did to me over the past week or so?" Sasuke asked plainly.
"This is not fair! Why the hell am I doing 500 push ups and all of that shit?!"
"Hey, no pottymouthing. You can only do that when you hit my age." Sasuke teased.
"I don't give a crap! What kind of school is this?!" Kitsumaru spatted annoyed. "How am I suppose to do that much?! There's no way you're gonna help me!"
Again, a evil smirk grew upon the Uchiha's face.
"See, I have others instore for you."
"YOSH! KEEP IT UP MY FRIEND KITSUMARU-KUN!! THIS IS THE SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH! TAKE YOUR TIME! YOU CAN DO IT!!"
At the training grounds, Kitsumaru grunted by each time he did a push-up...with a guy who happens to be in a rather disturbing green jumpsuit yelling out a whole bunch of "springtime of youth" stuff to him. Yes, Kitsumaru was doing push-ups with none other than Rock Lee, thanks to Uchiha Sasuke, who was standing by the side smirking at the sight. Sweat began to fall off the the kid's forehead. His face seeming rather tired compared to Lee, who was hyper as ever.
"Damn it, I'm almost at my limit..." Kitsumaru grunted.
"DON'T GIVE IN, KITSUMARU-KUN! IF YOU CANNNOT DO 500 PUSH-UPS, THEN NEITHER CAN I! WE ARE TEACHER AND STUDENT! IF ONE FAILS, WE ALL FAIL! IF YOU CAN'T, WE MUST DO 1000 SIT UPS!!" Lee shouted cheerfully.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU FUZZY BROW?!" Kitsumaru protested. "IF YOU CAN'T DO 500 PUSH-UPS, HOW THE HELL ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO SIT UPS 1000 TIMES?! GET THAT IN YOUR HEAD, STUPID!"
Sasuke smirked once again. He really is like me and Naruto.
Suddenly, Kitsumaru fell face-first to the ground. He gritted his teeth loudly and cursed to himself.
"Damn it.." He cursed softly.
Immediately, Lee stopped his push ups and crouched besides Kitsumaru with a worried face.
"Kitsumaru-kun!" Lee exclaimed. "Are you all right?"
Kitsumaru only replied with a grunt. His face was covered with scratches and dirt. Lee's face sadden as he turned towards Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, I think he went over his limits. It looks like he's extremely tired." Lee confirmed.
"No, I did not realize that Lee." Sasuke remarked sarcastically. "You can leave now; I can take care of this kid."
Lee bowed down to Sasuke as he said his good-byes to the two and walked away. Sasuke stared at Kitsumaru was laid there on the ground, breathing heavily.
"Hey, don't you wanna finish up your push-ups?" Sasuke asked coldly. "If you don't finish up, you won't be able to go back home in time to your family."
"I have no family!" Kitsumaru exclaimed angrily. "They're all dead! There's nobody to go home too!"
Of course, Sasuke thought. I forgot Shikamaru told me about this guy.
"Then where do you live and get your food to eat?" Sasuke asked plainly.
"Why are you so interesting, rooster head?!" He barked. "You just make us do all these boring stuff and nothing else! You don't care about anybody or getting stronger!"
"Actually, I do." Sasuke answered darkly. "And don't you dare taunt me with that kind of stuff again."
Slowly, Kitsumaru tries to get up grunting in the process. "Ha! Don't make me laugh! What's your reason to get stronger?!" He asked taunting in the process.
"What's yours?" Sasuke replied.
"I ask first, now answer!"
"Are you trying to get stronger so you won't see your family die again?" Sasuke guessed with a straight voice.
Immediately, Kitsumaru's eyes widen. Then, they turned into an unusual sadden ones as he sat up. It didn't take a second for Sasuke to understand why.
"H-h-h-how do you know about my family's death?" Kitsumaru stuttered sadly.
"The invasion from Orochimaru three years ago. A friend told me all about you." Sasuke replied. "Besides, I was fighting in it myself."
Again, the kid's eyes widen. "Y-y-you fought in it?" He asked not believing it. "But if you look like this now, then-you must have been young to fight in a war like that."
"Around twelve, I think." Sasuke corrected. "Some of my friends were around that age and fought too. Your family died in that invasion, am I correct?"
Kitsumaru turned to face the ground. "Yeah, you're right." He answered softly. "Even since then, I've been trying to get stronger so I can protect them. Have enough power just so I won't let them die."
"But they're already dead, who else are you gonna protect?" Sasuke asked.
"My friends who can't even enter this Academy." He responded sadly. "I don't want to see somebody I care about die again in front of me."
Though he kept his calm face, inside Sasuke was shocked. Those were the similar words he said to Naruto when Sakura was about to get killed by Sakura. He remember how scared he was at that moment. How Sakura was slowly dying in the clutches of Gaara's beast. Thanks to Naruto, Sakura was still living to this day...and punching Sasuke. Now, Kitsumaru was starting to remind Sasuke of himself. He smirked.
"That's the same reason for me too." Sasuke said. "What kind of friends are these that you have to protect who can't enter the academy?"
"They're pretty much don't have the money to enter, so they won't be able to learn anything." Kitsumaru explained. "If they can't learn, they won't be able to protect themselves. To keep them safe, I plan to grow stronger and protect them."
Sasuke nodded.
"Especially...my girlfriend." Kitsumaru added with a smirk.
There was long silence...
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" Sasuke laughed. "YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND! STOP MESSING AROUND, YOU KID!"
"WHAT?! IT'S TRUE! I DO HAVE A GIRLFRIEND! HER NAME IS A-"
"OF COURSE YOU DON'T! YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND THESE STUFF!"
"HOW ABOUT YOU?! I BET YOU CAN'T EVEN ASK A GIRL OUT!!"
Immediately, Sasuke froze. After what Kitsumaru said, he couldn't help but remember the time Shizuka blackmailed him into asking Sakura out. Of course, the mighty Uchiha Sasuke didn't even have the courage to achieve that. Heck, he was also stuttering, which is a rare sight. Kitsumaru, on the other hand, couldn't grin any wider.
"OH...hehe..." He chuckled. "Looks like you did try to ask a girl out, but couldn't."
"What?" Sasuke exclaimed rather surprised that it looked like the kid could read his mind. "That is SO not true!"
"I bet it is!" Kitsumaru shouted. "I even heard over at Ichiraku, this blond boy with a stupid face starting yelling and laughing about his teammate Uchiha Sasuke was SO shy to ask this girl out!"
Sasuke cringed. Damn you Naruto...For the second time! (AN: refer back to earlier chapters)
"And you are Uchiha Sasuke, eh sensei?" The kid teased.
Sasuke gritted his teeth. "Why you little-"
"Sasuke-san!" A voice yelled out.
Immediately, the two turned around. There was the weapon mistress Tenten jumping towards them. Once she reached them, her bubbly face turned into a serious one.
"Tenten?" Sasuke said dumbfounded. "What's going on?"
"The village! It's been invaded by rain ninjas!" Tenten explained rather loudly. "You're needed at the South Gate. am I clear?!"
"An invasion out of all times?" Sasuke said rather surprised. "Fine, I"ll be there!"
"All right! Now get a move on Uchiha! And hurry up!" Tenten commanded harshly before she disappeared.
As Sasuke prepared to jump towards the South Gate, he was suddenly stopped by Kitsumaru.
"Hey, is it true there's an invasion going on?!" He asked rather worried.
"Yes, kid now go run somewhere safe!" Sasuke ordered quickly.
"I can help!"
"No! This is no time for an academy student to be of any use! You'll get killed now go warn others to find somewhere safe!" Sasuke retorted.
"But-"
"Are you disobeying an order?!" Sasuke asked harshly. "Now go!"
Immediately, Sasuke jumped off from branch to branch towards the South Gate, leaving Kitsumaru there. Immediately, his face turned into a smirk.
"Sorry, Sasuke-sensei!" He yelled. "But even since you've gotten here, I've never obeyed a single order from you, rooster head! Heh!"
"Ah choo!" Sasuke sneezed as he was jumping off a branch.
He wiped his nose and glanced behind him. Nothing. Just a whole bunch of trees.
"Who on earth is taunting me when the village is being invaded?"
To be continued...