Chapter 3-Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?
****Ren's POV****
****Dream****
This is kind of nice. I think laying in the grass and watching the clouds floating by. There was also a body lying next to me with their hand encasing mine. "Ren!" I hear Naruto call in the distance causing me to groan and curl up into the persons side. "Ren!" Naruto calls again closer this time causing the body to disappear. A shadow appears above me and Naruto shouts "Ren!"
****End****
"Let me sleep in!" I yell waking up as Naruto jumps on my bed yelling "Ren!" over and over again as he jumps. "No chance! Today is our orientation! We can't be late!" He yells pulling the blanket off me so I kick his legs out from under him saying "I can. And I will." He falls to the floor with a thud but he's not effected as he quickly pulls the pillow out from under my head and starts hitting me with it yelling "Ren!" over and over again, again. I yell in frustration and grumble "Fine. You win."
****Time Skip****
We're walking side by side to the academy when I spot a fence cloth sidewise and pause. "Ren?" Naruto questions, pausing too, just before Konohamaru drops the cloth and yells "You're mine Naruto!" before stepping forward, but on the cloth, causing him to face plant, again. "Uh, what do you think you're doing Konohamaru?" Naruto questions as we look at Konohamaru as he stayed on the ground. "That was a slick move. That's why I respect you as a rival." Konohamaru says as he sits up causing me to say "But he didn't do anything." "O-oh h-hi R-Ren." Konohamaru stutters as his cheeks get a pink tint while he looks at me before he looks back at Naruto doing a hand sign adding "Now fight me, Naruto, fair and square. For Ren." "For me?" I question as Naruto says "Sorry. We've got an orientation." "Orientation?" Konohamaru asks causing Naruto to scratch the back of his head saying "That's right. As of today Ren and I are ninja. Believe it." And then pointed to his headband he placed around his forehead. Mine was on mine too but my bangs were covering most of it. Konohamaru gasps causing Naruto to chuckle so I question "Fight for me? What does that mean?" Konohamaru's face gets red as he quickly yells "I-it's nothing! Forget about it!" before running off. "I think he has a crush on you." Naruto says then causing me to exclaim "Eh?!" and look at him. He nods saying "Yup." Causing me to groan "Oh man."
****Time Skip****
I have my forehead resting on the table while trying to figure out what I did to cause Konohamaru to like me like that. "It's okay Ren. He'll get over it." Naruto says patting my head before I hear Shikamaru ask "What are you doing here Naruto? This isn't for drop outs. You can't be here unless you graduated." "Oh yeah? Do you see this? See this, open your eyes Shikamaru, it's a regulation headband. We're going to be training together how do you like that?" Naruto says causing Shikamaru to hump before asking "Ren too?" I look up at Shikamaru surprised that he mentioned me while Naruto places a hand on my head again and says "Of course. Let me put it to you this way. We look great in this headgear, like it was made for us. Believe it!" "Whatever." Shikamaru says looking at me once before going to sit.
Sakura and Ino then burst into the room both shouting "I'm first!" and start bickering of who won. Naruto is now staring at Sakura blushing so I roll my eyes. "Hi Sakura! What's up?" Naruto asks standing a little as she runs towards him but she orders "Move it!" and pushes him out of the seat before saying "Good morning Sasuke." Sasuke? I think and look next to me to see that the black haired boy was in fact sitting next to me. When did he get there? I wonder as he doesn't spare me a glance as he looks at Sakura causing her to ask "Mind if I sit next to you?" causing Ino to run up and say "Back off forehead I'm sitting next to Sasuke." "I was here first!" Sakura counters causing Ino to counter back "I walked into the classroom before you did. Everyone saw it." Then the fangirls start bickering over who gets to sit next to Sasuke obviously not noticing me already sitting there. I'm not that invisible am I? I think before asking "Are you okay Naruto?" as Naruto gets up, crouches on the table in front of Sasuke, and glares at him.
****Naruto's POV****
They're completely ignoring Ren! And Sakura's completely ignoring me. It's all Sasuke's fault! I think before getting on the desk in front of him and glare at him causing Ren to ask "Are you okay Naruto?" "Naruto! Stop glaring at Sasuke!" Sakura yells so I look at her a moment before glaring at Sasuke thinking 'Why are they so obsessed with him? Sasuke, Sasuke! Only Ren isn't like that. What's the big deal with this guy?' I then get bumped from behind causing me to fall forward and kiss something. I lean back and realize Ren blocked me from kissing Sasuke with her hand as she's wiping it on her pants frowning. "Eh?! When did he get there?" Ino asked causing Ren to mutter "I was here the whole time." still wiping her hand on her pants. But like normal she's ignored as a girl just says "He saved Sasuke from kissing Naruto." causing another to say "He's a hero. But have we seen him before?" Ren sighs as she sits back down muttering "You need to be more careful, Naruto." So I yell "It's all Sasuke's fault, not mine!" Causing he girls including Sakura and Ino to yell "Don't yell at him and accuse Sasuke!" before beating me up, Ren not even bothering to help but stifling a laugh instead. Probably finding this the funniest thing in the world.
****Sasuke's POV****
When the hell did he get there and who the hell is he? I think glancing at the brunette boy as they had their head turned as they watch Naruto get beat up. "Ren! Stop laughing and help me!" Naruto shouts then causing the brunette to sigh and actually get up and help the loser as I think He was laughing? Sakura took the opportunity to take his spot next to me so I turn my attention back to the front of the room. Whoever this Ren was didn't matter and trying to figure it out would just be a waste of my time. It was then that Iruka comes in and announces "As of today, you are all ninjas. To get here you've faced difficult trials and hardships but that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only Genin, first level ninjas. All the Genin will be grouped into three man squads, with the exception of one that will have four. Each squad will be led by a Jounin, an elite ninja." "Well someone's got to be in Sasuke's group. I wonder who?" Ino says from behind causing Sakura to say "I don't know." While I think Groups of three or four. That'll only slow me down. Iruka then continues "We want each squad to have a balance of strength and abilities. So that's how we set them up. I will now announce the squads."
****Time Skip****
"The next squad will have an extra person so squad seven: Naruto Uzumaki!…Sakura Haruno!" Iruka says causing Naruto to cheer and Sakura to groan before the roles are reversed as Iruka adds "Sasuke Uchiha!" Then it was only Naruto who reacted, with a cheer, when Iruka finished "And finally Ren Kuroko!" causing me to glance in the two's direction to see Naruto practically smothering the poor brunette. I sort of feel bad for him. I think watching him struggle against Naruto for just a second before looking toward Iruka again.
****Ren's POV****
So we're not with Hinata then. I think as I try and get away from Naruto's death/happy hug and Iruka-Sensei announces "Squad 8: Hinata Hyuga! Kiba Inuzuka! And Shino Aburame!" "How did you get in his group?!" Ino questions angrily as I'm finally released and look to see she's talking to Sakura. "I don't get it. What do you see in a guy like that? He's not so special." Shikamaru says causing Ino to question "You are so beyond clueless, Shikamaru. Don't you get it?" "No I don't get it cuz' I'm not a girl." He responds causing her to sigh and say "You're so full of yourself. Jealousy is a terrible thing. I'd hate to be on your squad." And then almost on cue Iruka-Sensei announces "Now squad ten: Ino Yamanaka! Shikamaru Nara!" causing Shikamaru to say "Ha. Didn't you say something about hating being on my squad?" causing me to have to stifle a laugh and give him a thumbs up even though he doesn't notice. "And Choji Akimichi! Those are all the squads." Iruka-Sensei says causing Naruto to stand up and ask "Iruka-Sensei why does a great ninja like me and Ren have to be in the same group as a slug like Sasuke?" Slug? Slug?! I think my whole body shaking as I stifle my laugh while Sakura gets angry at Naruto. Iruka-Sensei then hums before saying "Sasuke had the best scores of all the graduating students. Naruto, you and Ren had the worst scores. To create a balanced group we put the best student with the worst students." "Just make sure you don't get in my way, loser." Sasuke says causing Naruto to yell/ask "Hey, what did you say?!" "Hard of hearing?" Sasuke asks before Sakura yells "Knock it off, Naruto! Sit down!" Iruka-Sensei then clears his throat and says "After lunch, you'll meet your Jounin teachers. Until then class dismissed!"
****Time Skip****
Naruto and I were walking together to get lunch when he notices Sakura and calls "Hey Sakura!" She turns around so we pause as he says "Since we're in the same group. I thought maybe we could have lunch together and get to know each other." "Why would I want to eat lunch with you?! How could that thought even cross your mind?" Sakura questions causing me to sigh as Naruto explains "But we're in the same group. So you know…I just thought that uh-""Naruto. You're annoying." She says cutting him off before turning and calling "Sasuke! Where are you?" "Thinking the same as you." I mutter causing Naruto to half-heartedly laugh so I add "Hey, I still like you." "Me too." He says smiling at me so we continue what we were doing before 'the Sakura incident'.
****Time Skip****
"There's got to be a way to deal with this." Naruto says suddenly during our peaceful lunch so I question "Deal with what?" "Sasuke." He answers with a smirk on his face so I say "I still don't get it." "You don't need to. Just let me be alone for a minute." He answers looking at me so I breathe out an "Okay?" causing him to smile and say "Okay. See you later Ren." Before jumping down from our spot on a water tower. I don't know why but I have a bad feeling about this. Oh well. Not really my problem. I think leaning back on my arms and looking at the sky. A few minutes later I hear a commotion so I look down over the tower in the direction it's coming from to see a closed window. I raise an eyebrow when it stops. A moment or so later I think Sasuke? When the window opens and Sasuke jumps out and looks up with a smirk before walking away. Oh crap. Naruto! I think jumping up, then down, then in the room before I freeze seeing the unexpected on the ground. Sasuke, tied up, tape over his mouth, and looking absolutely pissed off. "Uh…Do you need help?" I question causing him to glare at me so I throw my hands up saying "Right. Stupid question."
****Sasuke's POV****
I let my guard down. In class he couldn't do a single replication. How could he combine a replacement jutsu with a full shadow clone jutsu? I think before hearing Ren's voice ask "Uh…Do you need help?" I glare in the direction it came from causing him to throw his hands up saying "Right. Stupid question." Before coming towards me and helping me get out of the ropes. Once free I get up and start to walk out causing Ren to question "No 'thanks' or anything?" I turn to look at him, but there's only an empty space where he was, so I look around only to see the room was empty. Where did he go? I think before a hand waves in front of my face as he says "I know I'm normally ignored but that's a little much." causing my eyes to widen a little, at the fact that he was right in front of me and I didn't notice, before I quickly cover it as I scoff out a "Thanks." "Okay…that was a little hostile." He says in a 'matter of fact' tone with his strange eyes staring into mine so I glare at him again. Again he throws his hands up in defense saying "I didn't tie you up but helped you. I won't do it again unless you ask me too okay?" How can this guy be annoying but not? I think staring at him now causing him to wave his hand in front of my face again questioning "Earth to Sasuke?" I was wrong. He's only annoying. I think turning around and actually leaving this time ignoring the fact that he says "Okay…bye?"
****Time Skip****
"Sasuke you're back! Don't be so shy you bad boy! Are you ready now you know mentally prepared? Because I am! I'm raring to go! H-hey wait a minute!" Sakura says blushing madly noticing me as I search for Naruto so I pause and question "Where's Naruto?" "Oh see there you go changing the subject again. Anyway, Naruto always picks fights with you. You know why he's so annoying? Cuz' he wasn't raised right. He doesn't have a mother or father. No one to teach him right from wrong. Think about it he just does whatever comes into his head." She says causing me to glare at her, her words hitting me hard, but she just continues "If I did things like Naruto. Forget it! I mean my parents would get mad and I'd get in trouble. So of course I don't do it. But if you don't have parents to tell you how would you know? He's selfish and bratty he's all alone." "Alone...isolated." I start causing her to question "Huh?" "It's not about your parents scolding you. You have no idea how it is to be alone." I tell her causing her to question "Wh-why are you saying that?" "Because…" I start and look at her while I finish "You're annoying." She gasps so I continue my search for Naruto.
A few minutes later I spot him coming out of the bathroom before running towards me. He comes to a stop in front of me and questions "Sasuke! What are you doing here?! How did you get loose?!" "I used the Escape Jutsu. No sweat. It's a very basic technique." I tell him, not revealing the truth since I was actually planning on doing it before Ren showed up. "Eh…" He says so I question "Why'd you do that? Transform into me?" "I thought it'd be fun to try my moves on you so I did!" He yells before jumping back and doing his shadow clone jutsu again causing me to say "Ah. The same technique again?" annoyed that he was wasting my time. "This time you'll see what I can really do. You're going down for the count. Then you'll have to admit that I'm the best. Get ready, Sasuke!" He says but he stops in his tracks and held his stomach before he and all his clones raced back to the bathroom. They all start fighting over who gets to go in first causing me to watch shocked before I turn around thinking What a loser. But pause when I hear Ren's voice yell "Eh?! Naruto?! Just undo the jutsu you moron!" I look back and there's a poof as all but one Naruto disappear and he goes into the bathroom as Ren starts laughing as he walks in front of the door. "It's not funny Ren!" Naruto yells only for Ren to say "But…it…is…it's…so…funny…it…hurts." laughing between each word and holding his stomach as he laughs harder, his whole body shaking. He's kind of cu-Stop! No don't go there. I think stopping myself before I thought something I'd regret and rip my eyes away from his form as I turn and walk away.
****Kakashi's POV****
"So this is where Naruto lives." I say so the third Hokage says "Yes. He'll be on your team along with Sakura, Sasuke from the Uchiha clan, and Ren Kuroko. Good luck, you'll need it." I then look at the milk still sitting on the table, walk forward, and inspect it thinking This milk is way past its expiration date. I shake it and hear chunks slosh around so I think One sip of this and he'll be running to the bathroom all day. Seems like this kid is just one big problem. I then turn it over and see Remember to put me away or I'll go bad written on it causing me to chuckle a little. "Ah...Ren's place is just next door." The third Hokage says in an 'I just remembered' tone so I look at him and question "Did you really just remember that now?" "Yes…it seems poor Ren has in fact inherited her late mother's strange ability. Though Naruto seems to be unaffected by it and can always find her just like how Kushina could always find Toru. They've become close friends just like them too." He responds nodding as if he was remembering something else and then chuckles a little as he adds "Ah…I wonder if it will be one of them or another not yet here." "What do you mean?" I question only for him to say "Oh it's just the ramblings of an old man."