Sakura walked around the school garden. She had thirty minutes to kill, and she didn't want to be the first in the classroom.

"…Huh?"

She noticed someone in the playground not too far away, and sitting on the swing.

Someone with red hair and green eyes. He was also carrying a gourd.

Instantly, being a ninja like she was, she noticed something about him.

Something angry. There was killer instinct, too.

And… sadness?

Sakura blinked but slowly backed off. She knew that he could kill anytime.

I hope he's not in my class. Sakura walked back nervously.

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After another twenty minutes of drinking coke from the school canteen, she walked to the classroom, her heart pounding.

T-This is just training, girl! How can you be a real teacher if you feel like this? A teacher has to be calm and composed…

"ARRGH!" Sakura yelled as a duster fell on her when she opened the classroom door.

There was roar of laughter.

Sakura coughed, chalk dust all over her.

"He fell for it! Ha-ha, I can't believe he fell for it!"
Sakura looked up angrily as the smoke cleared. "Who did that?"

There was silence.

"You're… a girl?" One of the boys with thick eyebrows said in shock.

"Hey, didn't I meet you just now?" Naruto said, also shocked.

There was a stampede as all the boys in the class rushed to her aid.

"I'm so sorry little girl!"
"We thought you were a male teacher! We never have female teachers, see…"

"Did you lose your way? The girl's school is next door…"

"HOLD IT!" Sakura yelled. "EVERYONE, STOP!"

Everyone stopped.

"I am your new teacher for this class! Get it?"
There was silence again. Then laughter.

"Is she joking?"

"Miss, you're about the same age as us!"

"SHUT UP!" Sakura yelled, blushing. "Everyone back to their seats or I'll…"

"You'll do what?" A boy with scary white eyes smirked.

Sakura hesitated, and giving one of the boys in the class a chance to grab her.

"What the-?" Sakura gasped as she stared at the boy in shock.

He had pale skin, with raven - colored hair.

In other words, he was cute.

"Do I really have to do this?" He muttered to the other boys.

"It's the tradition." A boy with a dog said, grinning.

The pale boy sighed and kissed Sakura on the lips before she had a chance to react.

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"W-What the heck!" Sakura yelled as she pushed the boy away.

No one responded. All the boys went back to their seats, sniggering.

"Someone tell me what's going on!" Sakura shouted, blushing.

No response.

Sakura clenched her fist and banged it on the table.

"Am I talking to a wall? Someone respond, or else I'll give the whole class detention!"

Everyone stopped sniggering. Then the boy with the dog responded.

"It's the tradition, miss. Don't you know? If a class has a female teacher, the best-looking guy in the class has to go kiss her."

"W-What kind of sick tradition is that?" Sakura muttered, wiping her mouth furiously.

She consulted the file that Iruka had given her.

The guy who'd kissed her was called… Sasuke.

The white- eyed guy was called Neji.

The guy with the dog was Kiba… The blonde guy she'd met earlier was Naruto… Thick eyebrows… Lee… Fat one was Chouji… The lazy-looking one… Shikamaru…

She counted.

Sasuke.

Neji.

Kiba.

Naruto.

Shikamaru.

Chouji.

Lee.

Sakura looked at her class. Naruto was looking particularly annoyed at something.

"Ahem. I'm called…"
She took up a piece of chalk and wrote on the blackboard.

"…Sakura."

"Sakura-sensei!" Lee said in a high voice, and everyone laughed.

Sakura took a deep breath and forced herself to smile.

Calm down. I can't go crazy in the first lesson. First… make introductions.

Sakura took deep breaths, then turned to face the class.

"Okay, like I've said, I'll be your teacher for three whole weeks. Any questions?"

"Yes." Neji raised his hand. "How old are you?"

"It's impolite to ask a lady how old she is."

"Ah, but teachers are supposed to answer the student's questions, Miss Sakura."

Sakura fumed inside. "I'm fourteen."

"You are the same age as us. So why are you here?"

"I, as a teacher, choose not to answer that question because I'm unable to." It's training…

"So… anyway…" Sakura pointed at Neji. "Since you asked me a question, I want you to introduce yourself first."

Neji stood up. "My name's Neji." Then he sat down.

SILENCE

Sakura sweatdropped.

"Um… What do you like? And… you know…" Sakura made a gesture for him to stand up and talk.

Neji sighed and stood up again. "I like exercising." Then he sat down again.

This is impossible… Sakura thought as she looked at the class. No one wants or seems to care about anything.

Sasuke stood up, startling Sakura. (He's sitting beside Neji.) "It's my turn, right?"

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