All it Takes is a Name
Chapter 2 – Know Your Literature
"Sakura! Wake up! You're already late for school!" shouted Sakura's mom.
"Yes mom I'm already dressed up so you can stop yelling now!" Sakura shouted back.
"Bye mom!" as Sakura zoomed and ran to school.
"I have no idea why I'm always waking up late these days. My trusty alarm clock isn't so trusty at all." She said to herself while running and dodging people along the way.
Sakura finally arrived in school and decided to pass by the library to look up at the different types of literature so that she will be ready for her class later. She grabs a book and sits down at a near by empty table.
"Hey Sakura!"
Sakura looked to her right and saw that Hinata, Tenten, and Ino who were also reading for their literature homework. She got up from her chair and decided to join them.
"So are you girls ready for the recitation later?" Ino asked them.
"Yup, I think I memorized each kind of literary form already. But I don't get it though because Kakashi-sensei is making us recite on basic information." mused Tenten.
"Yeah, that's right. He should have given us a story to report on or something." Hinata said in a quite voice.
"Well maybe Kakashi-sensei wants to see if we mastered the basics already. Let's all think of this as a review." Sakura said in response to the complaining of her friends.
"Well forehead-girl, that maybe true but I still think that we don't need to do this review session." retorted Ino.
"Ino-pig, don't start an argument with me this early in the morning. If you don't want to read then go some place else." Sakura retorted back.
Tenten and Hinata went on to calm the two down and told them that they have to go to class soon. Sakura told Hinata while they were walking that she needs to talk to her later. Hinata said that it's ok and they can talk after dismissal.
Room 209, Konoha University 10:00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Doesn't Kakashi-sensei have any sense of time? It's already past 11:00." Grumbled Sakura.
"Hey maybe he is absent. I want to go and lie down under the clouds again." Shikamaru said lazily.
BANG!
The classroom door slammed against the wall and came in a huffing and puffing Kakashi-sensei. His clothes were all rumpled and he definitely needed to sit down and catch his breath.
"Sorry for being late class… My wife asked me to do the laundry today and it took a long time to wash the clothes…" Kakashi said weakly.
The class looked at him weirdly. They didn't know if they were going to believe his excuse or not. Suddenly Naruto shouted,
"Liar! You're not married sensei. If you are then where is your wedding ring? I don't see you wearing one."
"Darn kid. He's so sharp he noticed that I don't have a ring. I guess his head isn't all ramen." Kakashi thought.
"Uh well… Let's now all forget why I was late and let us now start with our graded recitation for today."
"I'm sure they won't be expecting what I will be asking." Kakashi smiled slyly.
Shikamaru was the first one to be called. He was asked a very simple question but he failed to answer it. Kakashi couldn't believe why he didn't get that one and all Shikamaru could is that it was too troublesome to even read and review.
The rest of the class was able to answer the succeeding questions that Kakashi was asking. Ino was already getting irritated because the questions were so elementary. She felt that her intelligence was insulted. Kakashi noticed this and decided that it was time to spring his surprise question.
"Ok, next question class, and I want Miss Yamanaka to answer this."
"Whatever it is I am ready to answer it." Said Ino. She was thinking that it was going to be another kinder garden question that will only make her feel dumb.
"Ok then, based on the pocketbook series Come, come Paradise what were the literary forms that you would find?"
This caught the attention of the class. Everyone was starring at Ino waiting for her to answer the question. The boys were snickering while the girls were shocked and at the same time worried about Ino.
"Hahaha! Let's see now if you can find your way out of this one Miss Yamanaka." Kakashi thought,enjoying the discomfort that his student is in.
"Well Miss Yamanaka?" Kakashi smiled at his already sweating student.
Ino's POV
"God damn it! That question caught me off guard. I really didn't think that he would ask something like that."
"What should I do? I really can't answer that question because I never read such books and another thing is if I did get to read one of those dreaded books, I will certainly not tell anybody for my reputation will be ruined!"
"Please give me a moment Kakashi-sensei." Ino looked pleadingly at her friends and was hoping that they could give her something to say. But alas they couldn't help her for they also don't know anything about perverted books.
End of POV
"I'm waiting for your answer Miss Yamanaka. If you don't give me an answer in the next 5 minutes then I will call one of your friends to answer and you will get a failing grade for this session." Kakashi was loving every moment of this little surprise that he conjured. He was really making Ino sweat a lot and it was obvious that she was very much pressured by the situation.
"If you don't know the answer, then just say so and I will place a red mark in your record for today." Kakashi said to Ino.
"No! I must not let my school record be tarnished by some perverted teacher! I must take this risk for the sake of my reputation and grades. I'll just take a wild guess and hopefully I'm wrong and at least I get a grade for effort." Ino thought to herself.
"Uhm… I think that the pocketbook… Come, come Paradise uses many kinds of literary forms sensei… So I really can't specify anything in particular." The girls gave a heavy sigh as they realized that Ino gave an unclear answer to save herself from the red mark.
"Oh please say that I am wrong. I will take effort points as long as it is not a red mark."
The thought kept on running overtime in Ino's head.
"Miss Yamanaka…" Kakashi started to say in a disappointed face.
Ino and the girls were relieved when they saw the disappointed look at Kakashi-sensei's face for Ino has saved herself from utter humiliation.
"I'm afraid to tell you that your answer is… RIGHT!" Kakashi said laughing. The class was in shock particularly Ino who turned pale.
"That is the correct answer Miss Yamanaka. I had no idea that you have an interest in reading such perverted books." Kakashi was really pushing it now. He was really enjoying this moment.
Ino who was getting really pale now sank back to her chair as most of the guys in the classroom were teasing her. Even some of the girls in the classroom were giggling. Sakura and the gang went over to Ino to comfort her.
"NNOOOOOO! My reputation is ruined! sobs I can't believe I let myself fall into a stupid situation like that. sob sob Now what will my dear Shikamaru even think of me? What will the boys say about this? WAAHHHHH!" Ino was really down now. She couldn't bare the shame of everything.
"Don't be too hard on yourself Miss Yamanaka. This serves as a lesson for those who think that this subject is all about what you learned in grade school and high school. This is the college level already and I expect that each and every one of you will now exert some effort in knowing the different kinds of literature." Kakashi said in a more serious tone.
"Class dismissed." (Whips out his trademark book and walks out of the classroom.)
At the usual hang-out place --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Ino stop crying. I'm sure that what Kakashi-sensei did was just a way to let everybody realize that his class shouldn't be taken lightly." Hinata said in comfort to her friend.
Tenten was persuading Shikamaru to do something so that Ino would stop crying. Shikamaru was too lazy to get up from his usual position but he decided that it was indeed time for him to do something even if it were troublesome to him.
"Come here Ino." Shikamaru placed his arm around her and held her close. Ino was surprised at first because this was unlike Shikamaru.
"Shika-kun…" Ino rested her head on his chest and cried softly.
Sakura called out to Hinata that it was time for them to leave. "Ino deserves her privacy." whispered Sakura to her friend.
Konoha University, benches -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Hinata, remember I went to yesterday?" Sakura asked. "Well I met this really cute guy who works there and I thought that maybe I could try to get to know him."
"That's good for you Sakura-Chan. But I don't quite get why you want to tell me this privately." Hinata said with a confused look.
Sakura sighed and proceeded to explain to her friend what she experienced the other day. She made sure that she said the details right so that Hinata wouldn't think of any weird things.
"And that's about it." Sakura finished her story.
Hinata was surprised on how animated her friend gave the story. Usually when she does that, the thing she is talking about meant something to her. In this case, Hinata deduced that Sakura likes this guy she was rambling about.
"Sakura-chan, I think that you should go and see this nameless guy again." Sakura looked at Hinata and just nodded.
"I want to Hinata but with that kind of attitude that he has, it is not going to be easy. First thing that I want to know is his name. I can work something out from there I guess." Sakura just gave a shrug.
"Well if you want to get this guy's name then here is what you should do…" Hinata and Sakura moved closer and began mapping out a plan in order to get the name of this mysterious boy.
After a few minutes of planning…
"Alright! Mr. ice-cold mystery boy here I come!" Sakura jumped and raised her fist in the air.
"I sure hope she gets this one right…" Hinata whispered to herself.
