I couldn't believe it. I graduated, well, I could still be sent back to the Academy, but either way.
"This is such a drag." Shikamaru and I whined as we sat down next to each other in the classroom. Looking around we were one of the firsts to arrive, so we both slouched forward and closed our eyes. Then Naruto entered and Shikamaru looked up.
"What are you doing here, Naruto? This isn't for dropouts, you can't be here unless you graduated." nice going, brother.
"Oh, yeah? You see this?" Naruto pointed at his headband. "You see this? Open your eyes, Shikamaru, it's a regulation headband!" he retorted, then he smiled. "We're going to train together! How do you like that?"
"Hm?" my brother looked surprised.
"Let me put it to you this way…" and he kept blabbering.
"Oh, forget it, both of you." I rolled my eyes and they looked at me. "I'm trying to sleep, alright? Hey, brother." I told Shikamaru. "Wake me up, when something important actually happens." yep, Shikamaru's laziness rubbed on me.
"Ah, man… What a drag." Shikamaru whined at that. Naruto turned and went to find himself a place to sit. Others came in, and we were almost all there. That was when I shut my eyes…and the door burst open.
"Troublesome." I muttered, Sakura and Ino came in, face in face.
"I'm first!" they shouted and then they started panting. Seriously, did they choreograph that? Then they started their arguing once again… I sighed and so did my brother.
"Such a drag." we both whined.
"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" Shikamaru asked.
"With those two it's impossible." I pointed at Ino and Sakura, Shikamaru nodded.
"Then wake me, alright?" I nodded at him.
That was when I turned to see a bunch of girls standing and by trying to see past them I saw Naruto on the desk, facing Sasuke. Oh, man, I knew what was going to happen.
"Hey, brother." I nudged Shikamaru, as I climbed on the desk, to get a better view.
"Hn?" he looked at me.
"Come, let's see what's going on, I have a hunch it's going to be good." he grunted and muttered a 'troublesome girl' but did as I told him.
Naruto was intensely watching Sasuke, who was glaring daggers at Naruto, I could swear there were lightning sparks between their gazes. Every other girl, except me and Hinata, was there and throwing a fit, and then it happened. The boy who stood at Naruto's back accidentally pushed him into Sasuke. Silence. Every fangirl stopped, but Shikamaru and I were both laughing our assess off. Gosh. Priceless! I was dying of laughter and so was Shikamaru. Such a priceless moment.
Later on, Iruka-sensei came in.
"As of today, you are all ninjas. Together you'll face…" I dozed off, not really caring what was going on. "…all the genin will be grouped into three-man squads. Each squad will be led by a jonin…" I looked away, watching the others. Most of the class was surprised at the news, after all, we weren't told that we'd be in squads, but given the fact that ninja always deployed in teams, I thought it would be quite clear that we'd get squads also. Apparently only I thought so, the only ones who didn't react to the news were my brother, who had a bored look on his face, typical, Shino, who was as blank as always, kinda unnerving, and Sasuke, who looked grim leaning on his elbows. I closed my eyes… Shikamaru nudged me. Gosh, I just wanted to sleep a bit! "I will now announce the squads." oh, perfect. "Squad one…" oh so there were other squads, interesting. "Squad seven, Uzumaki Naruto, Sakura Haruno, and Uchiha Sasuke." oh, so the teams remained the same, oh no, that meant I was going to be part of a filler team. Troublesome. That meant that I'd end up thrown back into the Academy for at least another year. Damn it! "Squad eight, Hyuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Nara Shikanai." What. I looked at Iruka with wide eyes. Did I just mess up the plot? Oh boy. But what about Kiba?! "Squad nine, Inuzuka Kiba…" oh fuck, he wasn't going to make it. I felt so bad. Gosh! Why did I have to mess up the plot! Damn it!
"Gaah! How did you get in his group?" Ino asked angrily and Sakura turned to her making a peace sign and smiling. Ino groaned and Shikamaru sighed.
"I don't get it." He began. "What do you see in a guy like that? He's not so special." he leaned on his elbow.
"You're so beyond uncool Shikamaru, don't you get it?" Ino turned to him.
"No, I don't get it, 'cause I'm not a girl." Ino sighed and looked at me. I looked at her with a panicked gaze, she cocked an eyebrow, then looked at Hinata, then to Shino.
"You got bugs." She shivered. "I'm so sorry for you." Huh? No! Be sorry for Kiba! And for the entire plot! She turned back to my brother, leaving me with my internal struggle.
"You're so full of yourself, jealousy is a terrible thing, I'd hate to be on your squad." She began talking to my brother and I leaned forward, clutching my head. Fuck!
"Now squad ten, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru..."
"Huh. Did you say something about hating to be on my squad?" Shikamaru snorted.
"...and Akimichi Choji." well, at least the other teams remained the same. Gosh… How the fuck did I mess it up so badly?! "Those are all the squads." Iruka finished.
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto got up. "Why does a great ninja like me have to be in the same group with a slug-like Sasuke?" seriously Naruto?! The entire plot went to Narnia and you are focusing on the little part... That actually had to happen!? I took a deep breath, not listening to whatever Iruka-sensei was saying. Alright, maybe I should plan from that moment on.
"After lunch, you'll meet your new jonin teachers, until then class dismissed."
Oh boy.
We're here Ladies and Gents, the second part of the story.
Not that big of a part, but I just had to stop it here. Kiba's out, sorry for the Kiba fans, and yeah, I didn't put her in Team 7, even though Kakashi is like a brother to her, you'll see why later on.
I don't own Naruto.
And yeah, this is an early update to the story, but I won't be this early from now on, I'm really struggling with expanding some parts of this story, that weren't expanded before and rewatching the anime... Plus next week uni starts again so, I won't have much time, but I'll try.
Hope you like it, we're starting slowly, and don't worry it'll get interesting...and there'll be some dark elements... You'll see XD
Have a nice read!
