I don't own Naruto.
The cleaning staff was removing the last bugs from the classroom. Team 10 was waiting outside, deciding what would be the class topic.
"I think we should talk about team work! That is what we do best!" – Ino suggested.
"Chomp. Chomp." – Chouji was eating his snacks, giving a damn for the girl's suggestion.
"Troublesome….." – Shikamaru was also giving a damn for that whole crap.
"Come on guys! We must do something marvelous! To surpass Naruto's ramen class!"
"You (chomp) want to (chomp) surpass Naruto (chomp) or Sakura (chomp)?"
"Of course is Naruto's class. I don't care about that big forehead pink haired bad dressed out of fashion excuse for a shinobi Sakura"
"Are you sure?" – Chouji asked again, opening his always closed eyes. What is her idea of bad dresses, since she is the one dressed in bandages?
"OF COURSE!" – Ino shouted.
Students started to go inside the classroom, commenting about the teachers.
"Man, only weirdos today…."
"Yeah, Iruka is a little sissy, but is a good teacher."
"Those guys are major freaks. Ramen theories, bugs, and now a fatso, a nymphomaniac and a guy with a hedgehog in his head…."
"Yeah…..Maybe genin life leads you to madness…"
"Probably…."
The children sat on their places and Team 10 walked inside the classroom: Ino was the first, Chouji eating another snack's bag, Shikamaru slowly walking with his hands in his pockets.
"Good Afternoon Students!" – Ino saluted with a smile that went across her face, ear to ear.
Crick crick crick crick crick crick crick (only the crickets in the yard answered her salutation)
Ino looked furiously to the kids and tried again:
"GOOD AFTERNOON STUDENTS!" – She shouted, fire burning in her blue eyes.
"Good afternoon sempai….."
"Ahem…That is better! My name is Yamanaka Ino, and these are Akimichi Chouji and Nara Shikamaru. We are going to talk about team work!"
"Uhh…another lame class…." – Somebody whispered from the fifth row.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" – Ino, with an insane expression, pointed to the unfortunate kid who whispered those words.
"Nothing…." – the kid answered from below his desk. Probably was this kid that pissed when Sasuke flared hisKaton Gōkakyū no Jutsu.
"Anyway, team work is the most important thing in a shinobi life. When you need help, you can always count on your teammates…" – Ino was making her speech and Chouji and Shikamaru only nodding in agreement behind her.
"Besides, knowing your teammates' abilities can be very helpful to accomplish a mission. For instance, Chouji, Shikamaru and I have a combo attack that saved our lives many times…" – she continued her talk and the boys nodded.
"You must know when to use the combined arts…" – she abruptly stopped and stared the boys behind her.
Chouji and Shikamaru were leaned on the blackboard, looking at her. Ino, turned to see them better:
"Are you ok?"
The boys nodded.
"Shikamaru, aren't you tired?"
"Nope." – He said.
"Chouji, aren't you hungry?"
"No."
Ino walked closer to the guys, analyzing their faces. Both smiled at her, and she smiled back. The blond girl turned again to see her young audience, walked a few steps forward.
"Well….where were we…Ah! Combined arts can't be used in some sit…." – she turned again to see her friends, who were nodding. Even when she was not talking anymore, Shikamaru and Chouji were with his eyes closed, smiling and nodding. Ino continued – "Some teammates are stupid and lazy. Others are fat and clumsy…."
The boys were still nodding. The students couldn't understand a single thing, except that those people were as crazy as the previous teachers.
Shikamaru and Chouji were still nodding…
Flares erupted from Ino's eyes and body (she looked like the Phoenix from X-Men).
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SHIKAMARU! CHOUJI! YOU BASTARDS!" - and in an enraged attack, Ino threw two kunai, hitting her teammates' bodies which vanished in the air.
"Oww! Awesome! A Shadow Clone! Cool!" – A student said.
"At least, someone showed something really useful for shinobi life!" – A girl spoke.
"Yeah, but the lady took a lot of time to figure out! I knew since the beginning of the class!"
"Besides, if they are teammates, she should have known that those clones were not her partners!"
"How she managed to get the genin rank?"
Ino was listening to those comments and mentally cursing all generations of Nara and Akimichi families.
Suddenly, she turned to the classroom, looking possessed by some kind of devilish entity and said in a spooky voice:
"Class is over. Free time."
The students stared each other and ran away from the classroom.
Meanwhile, at the Academy's rooftop, Shikamaru was watching the clouds, Chouji was finishing his snacks and said:
"She figured out."
"Too troublesome…."
"She will be here anytime soon…"
"What a pain…."
Ino left the classroom, walked through the corridor in heavy steps (you can hear Darth Vader's theme echoing in the background). She climbed the rooftop stairs and opened the roof's door.
"YOU!"
Chouji ate his last snack and slowly moved his head to look at his blond teammate. Shikamaru didn't bother to look.
"YOU" – Ino menacingly walked closer to the boys. –"How could you do that to me?"
"Ino, teaching is too boring…." –Chouji tried to defend himself and Shikamaru (who was still looking at the clouds).
"WE were supposed to teach those kids! Iruka sensei will get mad at us! Asuma sensei will get mad at us! And Team 7 and that big forehead girl managed to teach something to the kids! We can't be behind them!"
"Nah…Troublesome….Iruka will get mad, but he won't do anything. Asuma will laugh and light his cigarette. And what good will do ramen culture to those kids?"
Ino calmed a little. Well, Shikamaru couldn't be wrong, he was a genius, after all.
"Come here, seat with us and look at the clouds, Ino-chan." – Chouji invited, moving a little to the side, so she could seat between the boys.
"Well, it was not like the kids were interested in the class anyway…." – she sat with her friends.
"Want a snack?" – Chouji offered. As Ino moved her hand to the snacks' bag, he frowned and warned – "Only one, OK!"
"'Kay, Chouji…" – she got a single chip.
Shikamaru smiled and whispered:
"That is the kind of team work I like!"
In the Academy yard, the students were playing and practicing their shinobi abilities when the bell for the last class rang.
Well, another lame chapter. But I can't help, I must write this stupid fic until it gets out of my mind!
Anyway, if you had the patience to read, please review.
