Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto!
A/N: This is my first fanfiction! So please read and review, thankz in advance! ;
Oh and I put in some Japanese words here and there if I feel it's necessary, and if it just sounded better to me, if you don't like it umm, tell me? Though I may not refrain
from using it forever, I'll think about it and if it really bugs a lot of you, I'll try to use it less.
The story is set in an alternate universe, were the characters attend High school in Tokyo (later the setting changes… you'll see ).
Anata
Chapter 1:
Sakura's apartment, they're all 16-17
Bring, Bring! The alarm sounded.
"Huh? Wha? What time is it?" Sakura 16 years old glances over at her pink alarm clock.
"Oh my GOD! It's 8:30! I'm sooooooooooo late! What the hell!"
Grabbing her pink alarm she furiously slams it against the door. Grumbling at the alarm, she slowly rolls off the bed.
"Why didn't you wake me up? I'm NEVER late; this is my first day of school, and look at what an impression I'll be making…"
She groggily looks at herself in the mirror before getting ready in a frenzy of toothpaste and water!
Afterwards, squinting slightly, Sakura looks at her reflection in the streaky mirror.
She tilts her head to better catch the soft rays of sun on her silky long tresses that were already past her waist, and instinctively touched her pale porcelin face while pouting her
dainty pale pink lips as she scrutinized her glistening jade eyes framed heavily with dark black lashes.
Sighing heavily she tossed her shiney pastel-pink locks over her shoulder and within a few minutes was walking briskly to school.
"Well at least the weathers nice, that's all I can say, I thought it-"
Sakura smiles blissfully, taking a big gulp of air, before nearly choking on it when she saw the charging black and orange THING coming at her at light speed!
"SAKURA-chyaaaaaaaaaaaaan"
Wincing, Sakura turns around, mouth slowly twitching into a forced smile.
Sakura: Oh no is that, yea it was, wasn't it? Naruto… Oh God, Kami-sama, anybody! Please, PLEASE make him be normal today! I don't want another-
"Sakura-chan! Wait up!"
Uzumaki Naruto 16 years old yells. Suddenly snapping out of her thoughts Sakura slowly musters a reply.
"…Eh hehe… Ohayo Naruto, umm… Don't tell me… You got into Kakashi-sensei's class... you passed?"
Sakura asked nervously, gripping the edge of her pleated uniform skirt.
"hahaha, you bet! I have to be with you, Sakura-chan or else that stupid Sasuke-teme would get you all to his greedy self…"
Naruto grumbled to himself.
Inner Sakura: DAMMIT! I thought Iruka-sensei failed him, wasn't he supposed to be held back! Then again… Iruka probably just let him pass 'cuz Naruto would totally
annoy the hell outta' him if he didn't…
"What was that Naruto?"
Sakura asked offhandedly, she wasn't really paying attention to Naruto only concentrating on speed walking quickly towards their school, Konoha Gakuen.
"Oh, nothing Sakura-chan! Just saying how 'lucky' we are that Sasuke is in the 'same' group as us againnnnn!"
Giving his best grin, he tried to keep his frustration to a bear minimum.
Inner Naruto: Damn that Sasuke-teme! Why'd he get put in the same class as us, he's definitely trying to win her back! Well I won't let him; he's got his chance, and
now Sakura-chan is MINE! Or she will be when she finds out how awesome and cool I am, Dattebayo!
Before he could completely finish his thought he saw Sakura rushing off in a mad sprint before calling back behind her.
"HURRY UP Naruto! We're already 3 minutes late, Tsunade-sama told us that if we're late on the first day, we'll miss out on some really important news! Move your ass,
Hurry!"
Nodding, Naruto quickly caught up and the two of them dashed full-speed ahead towards school.
...Meanwhile in Kakashi-sensei's class… Chaos ensues! cough I mean students are restless the usual stuff…
"Settle down class! Just because I'm a mere 2-"
Kakashi tries to begin.
"You were TEN minutes late, sensei!"
Ino screams accusingly at the teacher, pointing haughtily.
"Ah well you see I got lost on the-"
Kakashi tries AGAIN to redeem himself…
"On the road of life"
A/N: Is that right? I can't remember the exact translation…
"We know, we know."
The entire class sighs, thoroughly exasperated. Laughingly nervously Kakashi scratches his head and tries yet again to start off his class.
"Well as you all know, Tsunade-sama has informed you that this year will be VERY differ-"
"How?"
A boy with odd red markings on his face asked, his arm raised in the air. Kakashi looked up briefly towards the ceiling as if to ask God what he had done to get this class,
but then he simply looked blankly at his class again before starting (again, take 4!).
"WELL, Inuzuka Kiba-kun, IF you would listen to me, and let me FINISH, maybe you would all find out now wouldn't you?"
"Eh yea…"
Kiba laughed nervously before putting his hand back down.
"Anyway, as I was saying, this year will be very different because Tsunade-sama has created a joint project with one of Tokyo's elite err, writers and educator, Jiraiya-sama, he
wants to conduct some sort of research for a new program, and you my dear beloved cough class, will be our so-called guinea pigs, our proto-types."
Kakashi quickly wiped a tear at his success at finishing his own sentence without interruptions, the whole class simply rolled their eyes, or sweat-dropped anime-style!
"Now, before-"
A boy with course spiky brown hair in a high ponytail (resembling a pineapple!) raise his hand slowly and deliberately in the air as if to conserve energy.
"What is it NOW, Shikamaru?"
Kakashi sighed, this was going to be another LONG day for him, and hopefully he could get back to his Icha Icha paradise volume # 12 soon…
"Well, can't we opt to NOT do this 'project'?"
Shikamaru drawled lazily.
"HA, good question Shikamaru! As a matter of fact, NO you cannot, those who do not participate automatically FAIL, and thus attendance and completion is absolutely
mandatory. But don't worry this will be fun…"
Kakashi sensei positively beamed, he had completed his SECOND answer/reply without interruption, he should be getting the champagne bottle out any moment!
"How troublesome…"
Shikamaru replied to Kakashi's "happy-go-lucky" answer, before slumping back into his chair, ready to fall asleep any moment.
"Well now that we have that part settled, let me divide the class into groups, then I'll tell you what the project is REALLY about! Latecomers will have to be stuck in a group
together!"
...JUST outside Konoha Gakuen's campus…
"Ahhhh we're soooooo late Naruto! "
Sakura screams.
"hehe, Sakura-chan you're cute when you're mad."
whack
"owieeeeeee, why'd you do that Sakura-chan? Was it something I said?"
Naruto gave her his best tear-filled hurt and sad face. Ignoring him completely, she suddenly sees a few other figures striding slowly towards the Academy.
"Hey, Naruto, do you see those people?"
Sakura frowns slightly, turning her head to ask Naruto.
"Eh? Yeah, Isn't that Neji, Gaara, oh and Sasuke-teme!"
Naruto continues to yell and wave frantically to grab their attention.
"Huh? I know who Neji is, Hinata's older cousin right? I heard he studied overseas in England so now he has to stay back one year, but he's still smart isn't he? Ten-Ten says he
canbe pretty stuck up though; they were in the same class until he moved a few years ago. But who's Gaara? That redhead there?"
"Heh, yeah, he's my tutor Temari's younger brother, he can be pretty quiet but be careful Sakura-chan! He's really mean to people he doesn't like, crazy temper, AND he's
strong, not as much as me of course!"
Grinning madly, Naruto grabs her hand and they run the last few yards to school. Unbeknownst to them, a pair of obsidian eyes narrowed at that open display of
affection.
Back to Kakashi's class…
"Well so here are the final groups!"
Kakashi clears his throat dramatically.
"ahem Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Akimichi Chouji, Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, and Hyuuga Hinata. You'll be team #2 …"
Kakashi continues to list down the names until-
boom
"Ahhh, gomen nasai, Kakashi-sensei! We didn't mean to be late! We ran here as fast as we could!"
Sakura wails, as she flings herself on him weeping. If it weren't for that mask, you'd be able to see Kakashi's face going redder by the minute. Clearing his throat again slightly,
Kakashi gently but awkwardly pets her head.
"Eh, it's okay Sakura-chan-"
Kakashi starts to comfort her but Naruto suddenly interjects, finger pointed at Kakashi accusingly.
"Hey! You can't call Sakura-chan, Sakura-chyaaaaan! Only I can call her that… Oh no! Kakashi-sensei you like her don't you? Well I like Sakura-chan more than you!
Besides we all know Kakashi-sensei is a hentai!"
After the whole class sweat-drops, an awkward silence engulfs the class as Sakura stares at Naruto at a loss for words, utterly embarrassed, and Kakshi-sensei simply chuckles
quietly behind his mask. The silence is finally broken by the soft creaking of the door and this time, three new students enter.
"Ah, Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Neji, and well well, Sabaku (no) Gaara… Nice to FINALLY have you here."
Kakashi beamed at his latecomers, secretly glad the awkward not to mention embarrassing silence was broken. Receiving the various short grunts as replies, he waited patiently again for
the noise to quiet down. Moreover, since the whole class was now here, he decided to finally brief them on their "much-anticipated" new project.
"All latecomers, that's Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Neji, Sabaku Gaara, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura, you will be put into the last group, group #7 by default. Now I won't
give you punishments for being late this time, but please try to be more or less on time. Like me for example, I'm an excellent example of impecc-"
"Shut up Sensei!"
"Yeah, Kakashi-sensei, you're NEVER on time, and you make up those crappy excuses!"
The whole class was against him now, seeing as he was outnumbered Kakashi thought quickly and decided to-
"SHUT UP!"
The whole class stares stunned at their sensei's sudden outburst.
"Anyway, as I was saying, now that we have our groups assigned I can brief you on your project and we can all be on our way."
Slowly he reaches for a folder on his desk and flips it open scanning the pages briefly before addressing the class again.
"By, err 'order' of Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama, Kakashi's form 3 class will participate in project "Shorai" aka. Future. Now the exact purpose will be announced
after a few days, maybe weeks, or perhaps even months, but that's not important. What project Shorai is, is a project to put each of the teams, that I just named for you all, into
different habitats, you will all be sent off into different towns and will live TOGETHER and receive your respective homework via. E-mail and postal mail if necessary. Now
your group can decide how things work out, such as who does certain chores etc, we don't care about that. Oh and by the way, we'll only be paying for your utilities and
housing, but food and clothes will have to be earned BY yourself! And we'll be giving you updates as soon as eh; Jiraiya-sama finishes his recent research… By the way for all
you lucky rich bastar-cough I mean for all you blessed students who are more fortunate and affluent than me- I mean society… ALL your money such as allowance, credit cards, whatever, they're all to be taken away. You have to EARN you own living and maybe even your group/team members as well, depending on your plan. Good Luck!"
And with that Kakashi dashed out the room full sprint with Icha Icha Paradise in tow... That is-
"Oh yeah, and here are the envelopes they'll contain your keys, maps, and money to start off… Bye now!"
Kakashi popped back in and out of the class before they could berate him with a million questions and a few beatings or two.
"Uh oh, NOW what do we do?"
Sakura exclaimed, clenching her silky long hair in fists. Shikamaru was the only one to reply, the other students seemed to be stoned, at a loss for words perhaps…
"How… Troublesome."
TO BE CONTINUED!
A/N: Ummm, I'll try to update as soon as possible, please read and review, as it'll make me go faster! cough Okay, Okay, that was a ploy to get you to review… But hey, I
tried… PLEASE review! Thank you all for reading thus far.