Ch. 2 Shikamaru-sensei.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Kenji….
After Sakura left, the rest went inside their classroom. When Naruto and Sasuke took their seat, Sasuke noticed Sakura was rubbing her eyes. Suddenly, Sasuke had the urge to ask her if she was alright; unfortunately Naruto beat him to it."Nee, Sakura-chan, daijobu?" Sakura smiled.
"Hm…yah. Thanks for asking." Naruto grin his goofy grin. Just then, their former teacher Iruka had walked in followed with sudden gasp and shouts of, "Nee! Isn't that Iruka-sensei?", "Uh…you're right! IRUKA-SENSEI!", "Ohayo, Iruka-sensei! I haven't seen you for a long time!" Their teacher smiled.
"Okay, quiet down please." Their teacher said. Then Naruto gasped and shouted,"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Again their teacher smiled.
"Morning, Naruto." He paused, as silence fell."Well, as you all know that you're all here to begin your training again, and this is just a simple gathering. I thought that you all would just love to visit the academy again and see all your friends, since all of you have been busy with missions." After he had finished his sentence, the room was suddenly filled with low whispering. "You all should know that the chunni exam is coming is 6 months. For those of you who had participated in the chunni-exam that was held two years ago should have an idea what it will be like. I understand that it was very hard indeed, and that barely any of you had passed. I would like to congratulate the one who had passed the exam, using his pure skills and intelligence, Nara, Shikamaru. Come on up." Their sensei had motioned his hand indicating to Shikamaru to come up. Shikamaru grumbled while doing so.
"Tch…" – Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru, I'm very proud of you, seeing as you were one of my students, and now you are a chunni. You are in the same level as I, and I would love to give you this." Iruka had held up a box, which Shikamaru took. He opened it and lifted up what was inside so everyone could see.
"Eh?" Shikamaru started at it, his eyes twitching."Nani?"
"Don't you like it?" asked Iruka, staring at him. Suddenly, Naruto stood on his chair and pointed his index finger at what Shikamaru was holding up, eye twitching the same as Shikamaru's.
"Nani? Isn't that the uniform what Iruka-Sensi is wearing!" – Naruto.
Iruka smiled. Then he noticed that Sakura had her hand up."Hai, Sakura?"
"Nee, does that mean that Shikamaru-kun is going to be a sensei like you?"
"Hm... depends if he want to be one. He does have to choice, if this is not he wants to be, he can just continue what he is doing now, taking on missions, but probably doing B rank missions."
"Aww! No fair, we're always stuck with the lousy, D rank. Why does he get a B rank?" screeched Naruto.
"Baka… Shikamaru passed the chunni exam and you didn't. Remember?" said Sasuke is a low, but cool voice.
"Hm…" grumbled Naruto."I could beat that lazy butt over there any time I want."
"…" – Sasuke.
"So, Shikamaru, have you made up your mind?" – Iruka.
eye twitch - Shikamaru.
"If I say no, I would be continuing the B rank missions I have been doing now. That last mission nearly killed me. It would be so much less work if I be a sensei like Iruka-sensei over here. But… the thought of having a student like Naruto…don't even want to think about it." Shikamaru thought.
"Haha" Shikamaru laughed lazily,"Why not? I'll give it a try."
"Great, you can start by giving me a hand with the new students that are dropping by." Iruka smiled, Shikamaru sighed."Class…dismissed,"
"Ja ne! Iruka-sensei" shouted the kids as they passed Iruka.
"Good luck, Shikamaru-sensei." Ino said bidding her good-bye to her former teammate with a tease in her tone.
"Mmm…." growled Shikamaru, as he placed his hand over his face.
sigh -Sakura."Isn't today's training hard?"
"Hm…yah. I'm beat." complained Naruto.
"Sakura!" A voice called, as Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke turned around.
"Kenji-kun? What are you doing here?" asked Sakura.
"Nee, you forgot already? I said I would walk you home." smiled Kenji.
"Uh…." Gasp Sakura. "Sakura! Anata no baka! How can you forget that Kenji was walking you home today? How could you let this slip your mind!"
"Hehe…" Sakura chuckled nervously."I'm sorry…."
"No need to be, as long as you remember now. Let's get going now, shall we?" Sakura nodded her head.
"Ja ne, Naruto. Sasuke-kun." Sakura cried bidding her goodbyes to her fellow teammates.
"Nee nee, Sakura. This silence is very awkward isn't it? Say something to him! Hold his hands! You two clearly doesn't look like a couple right now!" Sakura shook her head"Nee, Kenji-kun, let's talk." Kenji looked at Sakura with one eyebrow up. "Sakuraaa! "Let's talk"! What were you thinking?"
"Mmm… sure. What do you want to talk about?" said Kenji coolly with his hands in his pockets.
"Mmm….I had this question I really wanted to ask you." said Sakura nervously.
"What is it?"Sakura gulped.
"What do you see in me? I know this might be really weird for you, but… I really want to know." Sakura tried to smile, while blushing furiously.Kenji laughed.
"Mmm?" –Sakura.
"Well, whenever I look at you, you make me happy. Especially the way you smile. It soothes me. You're not afraid of expressing your feelings. That's one thing I really admire. When you're happy, you laugh, you smile. Sad, you look down. Mad, you go crazy…." Sakura's eye twitched.
"Crazy! He thinks I go crazy!"
"Ne? Nani?" asked Kenji stopping his sentence midway.
"You…you think I'm crazy!" said Sakura louder than her usual voice. Fist clenched tight. Kenji laughed.
"How can you laugh about it!" yelled Sakura throwing her fist towards Kenji. Kenji easily caught her wrist.
"Just like now. That temper of yours is cute." He smiled, Sakura blushed."Anyway, this is your home right?" Sakua nodded."Well, bye. Hope I'll see you tomorrow. I really enjoyed that little walk we had." smiled Kenji. Sakura laughed, before she knew what had just happened, Kenji leaned in towards her and gave her a small peck of her cheek. Sakura's mouth fell open a bit, as she watched Kenji slowly walk away. She hurriedly went inside her house, shut the door and leaned against it. Placing a hand to where that kiss was. She blushed.