Sakura and Ino-chan stood across from each other, the air tense as they seemed nervous, yet determined at the same time.
Ino-chan finally looked away with a somewhat saddened expression. "Sakura... I never thought I'd be fighting you."
Sakura didn't reply, and instead grabbed ahold of her headband. She undid it and quickly pulled it off of her head, making Ino-chan look at her in surprise.
"Wh... What?" Uzumaki-kun asked, confusion leaking out of him in waves.
"Those two? This could get annoying..." Shikamaru-san grumbled.
"Is Ino gonna be alright?" Chouji-san asked as he leaned against the railing.
I'm worried, too, I thought as my mind drifted down memory lane.
Sakura was sobbing next to me as I gently rubbed circles into her back.
A blonde-haired girl began walking over to us, earning a sharp glare from me as I hugged my sister close. She knelt down and said, "Everyone always calls you "Billboard Brow," and picks on you."
My little sister flinched as I growled angrily at the blonde. "Who are you...?"
"My name is Yamanaka Ino. What's yours?" She asked.
"I'm Sakura... Haruno Sakura..." My sister answered shyly.
Yamanaka then looked at me expectantly.
"Haruno Ren," I stated simply.
"So, are you cousins or something?" Yamanaka questioned.
"W-we're twins," Sakura replied, making the other girl's blue eyes widen in surprise.
"Twins, huh?" She then brushed it off and turned her attention towards my sister. "I can't help noticing..." She put her index finger on my sister's forehead. "You do have a high forehead, so of course you get teased." She put her hairband under my sister's bangs and pushed them up a bit as my sister began to cry even more. "And you hide behind all of that hair... like a sheepdog... or a shy little ghost."
I growled at her for insulting my sister and was ready to shove her away, maybe beat her up to get a point across.
However, before that, she gave a surprised look before suddenly smiling. She turned heel and began walking away while looking over her shoulder. "Tell you what, Sakura-chan... Meet me here again tomorrow, okay?"
"Huh?" Sakura asked as I narrowed my eyes suspiciously.
"I'll make it worth your while... so don't stand me up," Yamanaka explained.
Sakura looked at me in confusion. She clearly wanted my opinion on the subject.
I gave a small shrug in reply. "She doesn't seem to want to tease you..."
"Should we...?" The girl trailed off while looking away.
"I guess..." I mumbled
The next day we came back, and Yamanaka fixed up my sister's hair and added a cute red ribbon. She had parted the bangs on my sister's head, making her forehead clear for all to see.
'How is this worth her while? You just made it easier for the bullies to pick on her,' I internally growled as I watched on with crossed arms.
"It's much cuter like this, Sakura-chan," Yamanaka stated before adding in, "You can keep the ribbon."
"Th-thanks... But..." Sakura trailed off, her thought process clearly the same as mine.
"But what?" Yamanaka asked, her hands on her hips.
"People can see my forehead!" My little sister exclaimed.
"The only reason they tease you about it is because you've made it obvious you're sensitive. Don't play their game. Show it off! Let the world see that pretty face! Strike a pose!" Yamanaka demanded, really boosting my sister's confidence level.
I blinked a few times as admiration became clear on Sakura's face. I then frowned and looked away. 'Why didn't I ever think of that? I'm such a bad big brother.'
"Hey! You!" Ino-san yelled while pointing at me.
I blinked before looking over at her while pointing at my own face. "Uh, me?"
"Yes, you! Come here! Let me fix your hair too!" Ino-san demanded.
"My hair is fine," I said as I covered the top of my head with my arms.
"It's a rat's nest!" The blonde yelled at me accusingly.
"Ren..." Sakura called out, making me turn my attention to her. She had a pleading look, so I broke down.
"Fine," I grumbled as I walked over to her. I sat down and put up with her brushing my hair. I allowed my face to show my displeasure, but the two girls just giggled at my discomfort.
"Hm... Your hair is pretty soft," Ino-san said softly as she ran her fingers through my locks. "I think it'd look better if you cut your hair in the back and kept your bangs as long as they are now."
"Why bother? It'll just grow back," I pointed out, making Ino-san sigh.
"How are you going to get any girl's attention with an attitude like that?" The blonde snapped.
"Why should I care about that?" I asked with great confusion.
Ino-san gave a deep sigh as she facepalmed. "Boys." She then straightened up and asked, "What kind of girl do you see as pretty?"
"Sakura," I replied without missing a beat.
"Yeah, but choose a different girl," she demanded.
"Um..." I looked at the ground in confusion while trying to think of another girl that I saw as pretty. Nothing really came to mind, so I shrugged.
"Okay... What do you think looks good on a person?" Ino-san tried.
"What does that mean?" I muttered.
"Long hair, long eyelashes, things like that," the blue-eyed girl answered before motioning for me to list few things off.
I hummed as I closed my eyes. With my brows furrowed and my right index finger on my lower lip, I said, "Well... I like Shisui-senpai's eyes and his long eyelashes... Hmm... And I guess I like Itachi-senpai's smile... I also think beauty marks are pretty cute."
"So... You like boys?" Ino-san finally inferred.
"Eh?" I mumbled as I looked at her in confusion.
"You like boys," she stated, a bit firmer that time. It was a definite statement that time, and not a question.
"I guess..." I said with a small shrug before asking, "Is that bad?"
"It's kinda weird, but-" Ino-san gave a shrug. "-whatever. Now follow me."
Sakura and I looked at each other for a moment before following after the blonde. We followed her to a place were two other people were.
My sister hid away behind me at the sight of people she didn't know.
I, as a strong big brother, stood up as tall as I could while trying to make myself seem even bigger.
"Hey, Ino-chan! Who're your new friends?" The girl asked.
"This is Ren-kun and Sakura-chan," Ino-san replied before looking over at us with a smile. "Say hello."
"How do you do?" Sakura asked sheepishly while peeking around me, a shy smile on her lips.
"Hey," I stated as I crossed my arms.
The girl gave a small blush as she waved at me.
I hesitantly waved back before Ino-san grabbed my sister and I. I was dragged over to the others, my sister right at my side.
We were then forced to socialize and get to know the group.
A little while later, after Sakura and I had become more comfortable with the group, Sakura had begun to develop her self-confidence. She no longer needed to rely on me as a shield, so I was starting to feel down.
"Where's Sakura-chan?" Ino-chan asked as she saw me walking towards the group's usual meeting spot with my hands in my pockets.
I gave a shrug. "She's coming."
"Why are you all sad?" The other guy of the group asked.
"This is just my face," I said as I gave him an unamused look.
Ino-chan sighed before pulling me aside. "You've been really sad lately. What's up?"
"Nothing, really," I insisted.
"It's about Sakura, right?" Ino-chan inferred, making me internally groan.
"Yeah..." I saw that she wanted me to elaborate, so I begrudgingly explained the situation to her. "Sakura doesn't need me anymore, and I'm always being left out of the group."
"What? No you're not," Ino-chan replied before pausing. She suddenly seemed to realize that my words help truth to them.
"Exactly. I never get to suggest anything, and I'm always watching you guys play without me," I grumbled with crossed arms.
Ino-chan gave a hum before pointing the way I came. "Then you need to find someone to hang out with."
"I'm not leaving Sakura," I objected, putting my foot down.
"You can't follow Sakura around forever! It's time to bloom!" Ino-chan yelled at me.
"What does that even mean?" I asked, only to be forcibly turned around. I was shoved towards the road I walked here on by Ino-chan.
"Go! Now!" She yelled at me.
"But I-"
"Bloom!" The girl repeated before kicking me towards the road.
I rubbed my lower back and grumbled as I walked away, my brow furrowed. 'What the heck does bloom mean?'
Several months later, my sister came back from playing with Ino-chan looking angry, yet sad.
"What's wrong?" I asked as I closed the book I was reading.
"I heard that Ino-chan likes Sasuke-kun, too," she muttered, making me roll my eyes.
"Then I guess you're rivals," I said, disinterested in the turn of events.
"Rivals?" My little sister repeated questioningly.
"Love rivals," I clarified as I opened my book up once again. "If you both like the same boy, then you two are going to have to compete for his heart."
"Rivals..." My sister repeated as awe filled her voice. She then came to my side and asked, "Do you have a rival?"
"No. No one sees me as a rival. I'm a boring person," I explained as my eyes continued to scan over the many words in my book.
Sakura pouted before poking my cheek. "Didn't you say that you liked some person named Itachi? Does anyone else like him?"
"Yes, but I don't love him. He's just an acquaintance," I mumbled.
"Acquaintance?" She repeated questioningly.
"We're not really friends, so he's an acquaintance," I explained before flipping the page of my book.
The pinkenette huffed at me before dropping the conversation entirely, leaving me behind once again.
The next day, I was watching over the house while Otou-san was at work and Okaa-san was buying groceries. I looked over at the door as Sakura entered with a stern expression. "What happened this time?"
"I told Ino-chan that we're rivals now!" Sakura declared, making me deadpan.
"Oh... Well, have fun," I said before continuing on with staring at the ceiling.
"Also, there's some guy named Shisui outside," Sakura said as she walked towards the kitchen.
I quickly rolled off the couch and landed on my face. I ignored the pain that coursed through my nose as I rushed over to the door, my sister snickering in the background. "Watch the house for me! Thanks!"
"Have fu~n!" She yelled at me, her voice hinting at something I didn't quite understand.
I shook my head, snapping myself out of my thoughts that were running ramped.
"Right now, I have no intention of fighting over Sasuke-kun with you," Sakura stated.
"What was that?!" Ino-chan yelled angrily.
"You and Sasuke-kun don't go together anyway. And I'm completely stronger than you right now. I don't even need to be concerned with you," Sakura boasted, a slightly less cocky expression on her face than what I would have worn.
"Sakura... Who do you think you're talking to?" Ino-chan growled, "Don't get ahead of yourself, Cry-Baby Sakura."
"Umm... Hey! Sakura-chan is going too far... Ino has really scary eyes..." Uzumaki-kun said as he looked down at the two worriedly.
"Hah? She's not going far enough," I muttered before yelling, "You tell that bitch! Duckass is your man, and everyone knows it!"
"Haruno-kun?!" Uzumaki-kun exclaimed in shock. "What's your deal?!"
I clicked my tongue before glaring at the idiot. "Sakura isn't the type of person to brag about her strength or hurt others. She just wants Ino-chan to take her seriously, and not show mercy."
"Why are they all serious like that?" The blonde asked as he looked at the two glaring females.
You and Uchiha do that all the time, I thought as I looked at him with slight disgust.
"Well, you could say that rivalries are strange..." Kakashi-sensei stated, making Gai-sensei look at him with surprise.
"But they're also good for motivational purposes," I added in as I leaned my upper body against the railing. "For the sake of catching Sasuke's attention, those two have always fought to keep ahead of each other in terms of looks, grades, and the like. They always tried one-upping the other, getting some sort of advantage." I looked over to the shortest guy on the team and said with a grin, "In a way, it's like how you and Uchiha always duke it out, except they're more evenly matched."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Uzumaki-kun yelled at me.
I chuckled before looking back down at the two in the arena.
Ino-chan suddenly gained a look of realization before she untied the hitai-ate around her waist. She smiled as she put it on her forehead, Sakura doing the same.
They were going to fight as equals in that battle. And so, they began running towards each other.
Sakura quickly made two bunshins, causing Ino-chan to back off.
"This isn't the academy graduation exam. You think you can beat me with a textbook jutsu like that?" Ino-chan snapped before looking at the clones and Sakura carefully.
My sister smirked as she summoned her chakra to her feet. She then rocketed towards the blonde, surprising her opponent with her speed. Her clones each made false hits towards Ino-chan before disappearing, allowing Sakura to punch her rival with a clear shot to the face.
Ino-chan went flying back with a small cry of pain.
"If you think I'm the same Cry-Baby Sakura, then you'll be hurting! Get serious, Ino!" Sakura demanded.
Ino-chan smirked as she sat up and wiped her face. "I'm glad you said that. As you wish, here I come..."
"Wow! Wow! Sakura-chan rules!" Uzumaki-kun cheered, causing me to smirk.
"Her basic chakra control is perfect for a rookie. Sakura has greatly evolved," Kakashi-sensei stated, making me nod in approval.
"So she's better than me?" Uzumaki-kun asked as he looked back at Kakashi-sensei with a frown.
"Duh," I said with a roll of my eyes.
"Well, yes," Kakashi-sensei answered at the same time. "The ability to gather chakra from every part of the body and then using it with great timing... In just that, she's above Sasuke. Well, in Sakura's case, from the beginning, she was always great at the control of chakra."
Said girl quickly began to dash towards Ino-chan.
The blue-eyed girl also began to run, her determination clear on her face.
They swung punches at the same time, only for the other to catch their punch. They growled as they tried pushing the other back, only to be evenly matched. Therefore, both girls retreated and pulled a shuriken from their holsters. They threw the stars at the same time, but the weapons to hit each other and prove to be ineffective after deflecting off of the other shuriken.
That kind of thing went on for ten minutes, and I was starting to get tired. I had laid my head down on my arms and was starting to drift off to sleep when they suddenly punched each other across the face.
The two of them flew back from the impact, but quickly sat up while panting.
"Whoa," Uzumaki-kun muttered.
This is going to take forever at this rate, I thought before giving a loud yawn.
Ino-chan released a small growl before yelling, "There's no way you could be even with me!"
"Heh. Of course! How could I be even with someone who only worries about growing her hair and looking pretty?" Sakura taunted.
Ino-chan grit her teeth before pulling out a kunai. "You! You better stop disrespecting me!"
"Idiot... Letting the trash talk effect you... I don't know what she's gonna do," Shikamaru-san grumbled.
"I don't like that Ino..." Choji-san added in worriedly.
Ino-chan suddenly reached up and grabbed her ponytail. Without a second thought, she cut the majority of her ponytail off.
"Heh, so simple," Sakura said aloud.
"Oraaa!" The blonde yelled as she waved her hair around. She then chucked it towards my twin while yelling, "I don't need this!"
As all the hair scattered and fell to the ground between the two girls, Uzumaki-kun muttered, "Scary."
"I'm going to end this right now!" Ino-chan declared as she made a certain handsign. "I'll make "I give up" come out of your mouth!"
"Oh shit. Here comes the kekkei genkai," I mumbled, making the blonde boy look over at me in confusion.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
I turned his head back down towards the fight and simply said, "Watch."
"Hey! No way!" Shikamaru-san gasped.
"It can't be..." Choji-san muttered as Asuma-sensei looked down in shock.
Ino-chan thrust her arms outwards, making it obvious what jutsu she was about to use.
"I knew it... She's gonna do shintenshin!" Shikamaru-san yelled.
Asuma-sensei, meanwhile, facepalmed. "Geez... That idiot..."
"I can understand your desperation, but... that's useless," Sakura stated, knowing all about that technique.
"Bah. We'll see about that," Ino-chan replied bitterly.
"NinpÅ : Shintenshin no Jutsu. A jutsu that, by projecting your own spiritual energy at your opponent, you can use to take control of their body for a few minutes," Sakura said, displaying her knowledge to all. "But that terrifying jutsu has an important weakness... First, that projected spiritual energy flies at your opponent at a slow speed. Second, if you miss your target, it takes a few minutes to return to your own body. Basically, during that time, your body will be no more than an inanimate doll."
"So what?!" Ino-chan yelled, "We won't know until we try!"
Sakura smirked as she got ready to start running. "If you miss, it's over. You understand that, right?" And so, the pinkenette started running as Ino-chan tried following while looking through the opening she made with her hands.
"Idiot! Don't!" Shikamaru-san yelled.
The blonde appeared to ignore Shikamaru-san and slumped over. However, her chakra was stable as she put her hands to the floor.
"A ruse," I muttered, making the others look at me in confusion.
"Which one?" Shikamaru-san asked as he looked down at my sister worriedly.
Sakura began lifting her head with a smile. "Hehe... Too bad... Ino..."
"Hook, line, and sinker," I noted as I held my face in my palm.
"She's finished..." Shikamaru-san stated.
"It didn't work," Choji-san said, falsely at that.
"It's over now," Sakura said before trying to walk forwards, only to fail. She looked down and noticed the chakra that was wrapped around her ankles. "Huh?! This is...!"
"You fell for it, Sakura..." Ino-chan teased as she sat up, revealing her little ploy.
"Whoa! How could you tell?!" Uzumaki-kun asked as he looked at me with wide eyes.
"By her chakra," I replied simply.
"Phew. Finally caught you!" Ino-chan chirped.
"...No way..." My little sister said in shock, everything falling into place for her.
"Hehe... Exactly. That was an act to get you to fall into this trap," the blonde explained proudly. "So, you can't move, can you? It's a special rope using my hair and chakra."
Sakura tried breaking it, only to fail.
The blue-eyed female put her foot on her chakra string and controlled the "rope" through the sole of her sandal. She stood up confidently and began to make her special handsigns again. "Now, I just enter your body and have you give up." She extended her hands out and looked through them at my sister. "There's a 100% chance I'll succeed this time."
"I see..." Kakashi-sensei mumbled.
I gave a sigh as I stood up and put my foot on the railing. "Sakura!"
The girl looked up at me fearfully, only for her eyes to widen as I put my left hand on my right bicep, my right fist in the air. She was then hit with Ino-chan's jutsu, allowing the other female to slip inside of her mind.
"Hehe... To bad, Sakura," Ino-chan said from inside of my sister. (Wow, that sounded dirty.)
"Oi! Ino-chan~!" I called out, making Sakura look up at me. I grinned widely before yelling out, "You're about to see real hell~! Shannaro!"
"Ren, you know Sakura can't hear you, right?" Kakashi-sensei asked.
I chuckled as I looked back at him with a sadistic grin. "You think I don't know my own sister, and her Inner Sakura?"
"What does that mean?" The jÃnin asked, making me chuckle.
"There are two," I stated as my smirk widened.
His brow furrowed as he looked back down at Sakura.
"What? What's up with Ino? Plus, plus... Sakura seems strange!" Uzumaki-kun asked before throwing his right fist into the air. "But this is your chance! Do it Sakura-chan!"
"To use shintenshin there... It's over," Kakashi-sensei said, clearly not taking what I said to heart.
"Shintenshin? So right now, Sakura-san is...?" Lee-senpai trailed off.
"Yeah. Sakura's mind has been completely taken over by Ino. Ino is inside Sakura," Kakashi-sensei said, making it sound significantly dirtier than need-be. "Well... Ino's plan is most likely..."
Sakura began to smirk before raising her hand. "I... Haruno Sakura... would like to for-"
"Don't! Sakura-chan!" Uzumaki-kun yelled. "You've come this far! If you lose to that Sasuke-liking idiot, you're not a woman!"
"Bitch! How insensitive and sexist are you?!" I yelled as I kicked his side. I then pointed down at Sakura and yelled, "Exploding shampoo!"
Sakura suddenly jolted and began shaking. She lifted her hands up to her head as a pained expression filled her face. She released a small noise of shock as she shook even harder.
Heh heh... I know the best way to get Inner Sakura riled up. And don't you doubt me on that, Ino-chan, I thought as I watched on with my hands on my hips.
"What is it? You want to forfeit?" Hayate-san asked.
Sakura suddenly jolted up and began punching the air. "Forfeit?! Like hell I'll forfeit! Shannaro!"
Kakashi-sensei's eye widened in surprise.
"Huh?! What's wrong with Ino?!" Shikamaru-san exclaimed.
Inner Sakura is beating her ass - that's what, I internally answered as my smirk widened.
Sakura made a handsign as her eyes were squeezed shut.
And with that, Ino-chan returned to her own body.
"Ren! You said they're two of her?!" Kakashi-sensei asked quickly.
"There's Sakura, and then there's Inner Sakura. This kind of multiple personality disorder runs in our family, you see," I said as I stared down at my sister proudly.
"Does she also have a sado and a maso?" He inquired, making me shake my head.
"No, just the two. I'm the weirdo with three," I said before motioning for him to be quiet.
"Two minds... What are you?" Ino-chan asked through her panting.
"Didn't you know? Women have to be tough to survive," Sakura replied as, she too, panted.
The two began to smile as they got their panting under control. They than ran at each other with their fists drawn back. When their fists slammed into each other's faces, their headbands ended up flying off from the force. They were both sent skidding back from the punch to the face and tried getting up, only to flop down unconscious.
I smiled softly as I looked down at the pinkenette. You proved yourself today, Sakura. I'm proud of your strength, and I'm proud to call you my sister.
"Both fighters are unable to continue. This is a double knockout. The 4th preliminary match has no winner!" Hayate-san announced.
"What?!" Uzumaki-kun yelled in shock.
I immediately jumped down and landed next to my sister. I carefully looked her over before patting her head. "You've done well, Sakura. I'll be sure to let you brag about it for the next month."
Kakashi-sensei and Asuma-sensei jumped down to collect their respective students, each of them still looking surprised from the outcome.
"Now..." Asuma-sensei grumbled.
"Geez..." Kakashi-sensei said at the same time.
I collected the girls' headbands before following the two teachers back up to the second floor. I laid their hitai-ate's down next to the individual it belonged to before stepping back.
"Hey, Ino!" Shikamaru-san yelled as he and Choji-san ran over.
"Are you okay, Sakura-chan?!" Uzumaki-kun asked loudly.
"Quiet down," I ordered as I sat on the railing with crossed arms. "They'll wake up in about half an hour. None of their injuries are serious, so the medical nins don't need to check them out."
"How do you know?" Uzumaki-kun asked with a small pout.
"After all the years of abusing me own body, I should know about these kinds on thing," I replied with a casual shrug.
"What do you mean?" He pressed.
"How can I say this...?" I asked as I closed my eyes and tilted my head back. "Mmm... I suppose the simplest way of putting it is this: I've literally been fucking my own body up for many years. I can make proper diagnoses based off of that, as well as the many medical textbooks I've ready when I was a child."
"Oh, yeah! You wanted to be a medical ninja once, right?!" The blue-eyed boy questioned.
"Once upon a time, yes," I answered with a nod as I opened my eyes. "But I'm no longer interested, so I just have all this medical knowledge stored away for later use."
"But, anyway, that was surprising," Asuma-sensei interjected, gaining everyone's attention.
"Yeah," Kakashi-sensei agreed. "I could understand Sasuke, Naruto, or Ren, but even Sakura has grown this much... Many things have happened, but from the bottom of my heart... I'm glad I entered them in this chunin exam."
Oh yeah, because having your students targeted and attacked by an S-Rank criminal is something to be glad about, I thought while giving Kakashi-sensei the evil eye.
"Hey, Haruno-kun, how did you know Ino's plan?" Uzumaki-kun asked me, making me hum.
"Ino-chan, Sakura, and I used to hang around a lot when we were kids. Ino-chan and I still occasionally hang out, but it's for a very short while," I answered, making the boy narrow his eyes.
"So you're like best friends?" He questioned.
"No. I don't really have a best friend. I'm just, kinda, there with everyone," I explained with a shrug.
"Aw, come on. Everyone has a best friend," Uzumaki-kun objected, making me huff.
"Best friends know most of the other's secrets, right?" I questioned before crossing my arms and tilting my head to the side. "If that's the case, then no one can actually claim that title. Hell, I'm pretty sure Sakura doesn't know a good half of my secrets, so no one else can really compare."
"Yeah, but don't you hang out with another person a lot?" He pressed.
"Mmm..." I closed my eyes and thought about it. "Well... Not really. I spend equal amounts of time with everybody over the course of a few days. But to be honest... I don't think that I have a strong enough bond with anyone to consider it as being best friends. Besides, thinking about it logically, holding one person over others is bound to create conflict. I know that I hold Sakura over everyone else and that sometimes creates conflict with the team. If I did that with another person, surely more troubles would arise. It seems kinda foolish. Another point to be made is how all friendship bonds should be cherished just the same. It would really suck to put more focus on one bond and this lose the other."
"That's really weird," the boy with a tacky fashion sense commented bluntly.
"Thanks, write something similar on my grave. "The weirdest fucker in existence is buried here" or something like that effect," I ordered as I gave him annoyed expression.
"Sorry," the blonde apologized despite not actually feeling sorry.
"If you don't have a favorite friend, why do you have a favorite sensei?" Kakashi-sensei sassed me.
With a straight face, I looked at him and said, "Maybe because I can list off several ways Gai-sensei is better then you."
Gai-sensei released a triumphant noise in the background.
"Oh yeah?" The jÃnin asked, his hands on his hips.
I held up a single finger. "He's a better motivational speaker." I held up a second finger. "He's not an asshole." I held up a third finger. "He never shoved a kunai to my throat and threatened me with an "I was an ANBU member once"."
"When are you going to let that go?!" Kakashi-sensei yelled at me.
"Never!" I replied as I jumped up and pointed at him. "I was hungry and emotionally unstable, and you fucking whipped around and nearly killed me! I'm never letting that go!"
"Kakashi is that harsh of a teacher, huh?" Gai-sensei asked as he gave Kakashi-sensei a slightly disgusted expression.
"No, he's exaggerating things," the silver-haired man replied quickly, only to get narrowed eyes directed at him from his eternal rival.
"Mhm, It-Was-Reflexes-san," I sassed, earning a sharp glare from the sharingan-wielder. I held up four fingers and said, "Also, you read porn in front of children."
"It's not porn! It's a romantic comedy!" Kakashi-sensei argued.
"The fuck it isn't porn! 18 only and written by Jiraiya-sama himself, and you have the fucking balls to lie to my face and say not a single word in that goddamn story isn't porn-related?!" I yelled as I shoved my finger into his face.
"I-I...! It isn't like that!" Kakashi-sensei replied, clearly backed into a corner.
"You're two hours late to everything, unlike Gai-sensei who is always early!" I continued on. I saw that he was going to retaliate, so I shoved my index finger into his face and said, "That's also not mention the fact you don't encourage us to work together anymore. You just let us do our own thing. For someone who values teamwork as much as you, you certainly aren't enforcing it."
"Okay, that's enough," Gai-sensei stepped in before forcibly turning me around to face the arena where Tenten-san and Temari were standing across from each other.
"This isn't going to turn out well either..." I muttered as I facepalmed hard.
