Sakura felt that Naruto and Sasuke's hands were tense in her own. With a small shake of her head she gave them both a reassuring squeeze.
They both glanced at her.
"It's alright, we'll definitely be in the same class." She said to them.
Naruto gave her a doubting look, "But what if Bitch-sensei somehow tampered with the lists and switched it out so we'd all be in separate classes?" he could seriously imagine Anko doing that after all the pranks they pulled on her. He'd be surprised if she didn't hold a grudge.
"I doubt that she could do that despite how high ranking she is." Sakura said resisting the urge to snort in amusement, Naruto really did have an active imagination.
"Or if the council members decided that our influence is a negative one for Naruto, and decide that we can't be with Naruto anymore?" Sasuke asked the more logical theory.
"They can't do that. Sandaime-san would use Yondaime's sacrifice as an excuse and emphasize the fact that the Yondaime would want Naruto to make friends." Sakura quickly came up with a half ass reasoning, but they didn't need to know.
Even though they knew that the Yondaime was Naruto's father, all three agreed without words that they wouldn't give the Yondaime the honor of being referred to as a father. A father raised their children, and as far as they were all concerned no one raised Naruto.
Naruto raised himself, at least up until the point he met Sakura-chan and the Teme.
Sakura could feel Naruto and Sasuke relaxing, both trusting her words to an impossible degree making Sakura wonder if she one day told them to jump off the Hokage monument while assuring them that they'd live, would they do it?
Knowing these two fools on either side of her, she quickly realized that yes. Yes, they would. Because she too would do the same without any hesitation.
'We've gotten too attached with each other.' She already knew that. 'It doesn't matter.' It didn't matter one bit. 'We belong together after all. Just like a three-pieced puzzle.' Perfectly fitting into each other.
A poetic way of saying they're dangerously dependent on each other to the point of it being a borderline obsession and possessiveness.
"Let's go see the lists." Sasuke stated walking forward.
And just as he expected everyone cleared from his path. He was an Uchiha. The second heir to the clan as well. Respect and intimidation came hand and hand when it came to the civilians and him.
Some adults shot nasty looks at Naruto.
But with one glance from him, with his eyebrows quirked in a mocking way of asking them if they'd dare continue what they're doing in the presence of the second heir who would one day inherit the Uchiha police force, they'd wilt away. Like ugly wildflowers.
'I dare you to look at my belonging with your ugly faces. Chances are, you'll be thrown in jail for a crime you thought I didn't know about or something that your family did. Either way, made up reason or valid reason, its behind bars where chances are minimal of you ever looking at Naruto like that again.'
And he gave them a cruel smirk that had them paling.
'Good muts.'
Naruto was completely oblivious to his friends' less than spectacular train of thoughts, because unlike them he needed the assurance that his name was in the same list as them.
Blue eyes, that Sakura keeps reminding him are beautiful every day, scanned the lists in front of him. First the kids in a man named Teraka Yuzuko's class. Neither of them was in his class. Secondly a man named Ren, still none of their names.
Frowning Naruto's eyes landed on the third list. Iruka. And surprise, surprise their names were all there.
'Regardless, Naruto and Sasuke have already stated their intentions in courting me, I just have to get rid of any future ri—'
'And that boy over there. A civilian lowlife daring to look at Sakura with a love-struck puppy look. I'll just have to teach him not to let his eyes stray to something that's out of his league, give him a lesson—'
"Guys, look!" Naruto excitedly said pulling the two out of their dark thoughts, the huge grin on his face erasing their negative thoughts.
"Yes?" both asked raising a calm eyebrow at their blond friend.
"We're in the same class!" Naruto's grin became bigger if that was possible.
Sakura's lips tugged up into a smile of her own, "Is that so?" she asked in amusement.
"Wasn't that a given?" Sasuke cockily asked.