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Chapter 2: School Assembly

The tardy bell rang as Naruto ran down the hallway to his first period class. "Damn it! I'm late!" It wasn't his fault that he fell asleep outside… Okay, maybe it was. He slammed the door to his classroom open, all heads turning to him. He rubbed the back of his neck and caught his breath. "Ehehe, sorry."

"It's nice of you to join us, Naruto." Kurenai said gesturing for him to take a seat.

Embarrassed, he quickly took a seat. He looked around, recognizing Shikamaru in front of him. "Hey Shikamaru!" Naruto whispered loudly. The lazy genius's eyebrow twitched.

"What do you want? Talking right now is too troublesome." he said, not turning around. Naruto frowned and slouched back in his seat. Kurenai pushed back her hair and cleared her throat, giving everyone the 'listen now or face the consequences' look. All the students who were whispering snapped to attention. She smirked.

"Well class, welcome back. Mrs. Tsunade, our principal," she said closing her eyes. "Has arranged for an assembly at the gym. So, quietly get up and head over." She finished and opened her eyes, finding the classroom empty. Kurenai shook her head and went as well.

Students pushed their way into the gym and took a seat in the bleachers. Catching up to Shikamaru, Naruto said, "Hey, you want to sneak out before the assembly starts?" Shikamaru sighed.

"Sneaking around is troublesome." he said rubbing his forehead. He looked up at Naruto, smirking. "Let's do it."

They quickly made their way out the back door of the gym.

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Meanwhile, a certain pink headed girl fiddled with the emerald colored ring on her pinky finger as the principal continued with her speech.

"We hope you all have another great year at this grand school and for you freshmen, have a good first year. Some activities we'll be having are the annual plays." Tsunade said, disappointed she had to make these announcements, instead of the vice-principal, Shizune. The students groaned. "I know what you're thinking. That's it? Fortunately for everyone, it's not. We'll have the first and hopefully not the last, Battle of the Bands, a Konoha High festival, Halloween parties, and the junior/senior prom, and much more!" There were cheers of excitement from the students and a few hollers from the teachers as well.

"Did you hear that? There's going to be a prom!" Ino practically yelled in Sakura's face. Sakura covered her ears, nodding.

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Shikamaru stuffed his hands in his pockets as he and Naruto headed to 'The Spot'. Naruto was up ahead, tending to the scratches he received from a cat, who God knows where, came form.

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Flashback

"Here kitty, kitty." Naruto cooed to a fat, gray cat. The cat hissed, its ears flattened back against its head.

"Naruto, leave it alone and let's go." Shikamaru said, sighing.

"Hold on, I think it's hungry!" He replied, pulling out a piece of candy. "Here kitty, come eat this." Naruto grabbed the cat, which instantly yowled and scratched Naruto's arm. He winced but cooed at it again only getting a growl in return. The cat lashed out at his face, scratching him again. It clawed fiercely at whatever it could reach. "OW!" Naruto dropped the cat and ran.

"Told you, baka." Shikamaru muttered, as he followed.

End Flashback

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They reached their destination, a spot of green grass that stretched a good way with a huge redwood tree in the middle. When they first found 'The Spot', they were surprised it was part of the school property. Everyone was already there, who apparently looked like they stayed at the assembly for a while since they were chatting away.

Ino looked over and waved. "What happened to you, Naruto? Looks like you've been in a fight." Sakura asked, brushing off a leaf from her white mini skirt.

"Cat fight to be exact." He replied, folding his arms and sitting on the ground. "How boring was the assembly?"

Lee explained some of the activities there would be through out the school year in the most youthful way possible. "It's going to last the rest of first period." he finished.

Suddenly, two arms wrapped around Shikamaru's neck.

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End of chapter two! Yeah, wasn't very exciting, but there's cliffhanger.

It may seem boring at first, but the story will get better as it continues, trust me. Oh and, reviews keep me alive. So please review! :D