Kings and Queens
By: asteriskjam
A/N: I'm extremely surprised with how many reviews I received in such a short amount of time! AH, it's just so great, how much support this story is getting even though i wrote in on a whim. It urged me to write the next chapter. I'm also equally surprised to find how much I actually enjoy putting this story together--since it's totally for myself, I don't have to worry about people whining about OOCness or reviewers thinking this part to be a little awkward. I can manipulate the characters with total CRACK, I can put them in the oddest scenarios imaginable, I can torture--AHEM, maneuver actions and feelings however I see fit. Ah, the joys of humor fanfiction.
Well, without further ado, enjoy!
WARNING: Again, un-beta-ed and again, pretty RAW and AGAIN, un-endingly unapologetic. :)
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the titans meet, greet, (and almost beat each other up)
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-click-
"ATTENTION! STUDENTS OF KONOHA'S KUNOICHI PREPARATORY FOR GIRLS!"
"Ah, it's Tsunade-sensei!"
"DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT RETURN TOMORROW FOR THERE WILL BE NO CLASSES HERE!"
-cheers-
"FOR THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD…DUE TO…UNFORSEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES!"
"…Eh?"
"YOU ARE ALL BEING TRANSFERRED TO WHAT WAS FORMERLY, KONOHA'S SHINOBI ACADEMY FOR BOYS, KONOHA'S NEWLY INSTATED NINJA INSTITUTE!"
"…Hm?"
"YOU WILL BE JOINING THE STUDENTS ALREADY SITUATED THERE IN STUDY AND WILL CONTINUE THERE FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!"
"…What?
"DESTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING IS SCHDULED TOMORROW, APRIL 24! THE LAND IS TO BE EXCAVATED AND A MINI MALL IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN ITS PLACE!"
"…Huh?"
"PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR PARENTS OF SAID CHANGES! THAT IS ALL!"
-click-
"…"
"…EEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHH???"
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-click-
"ATTENTION! STUDENTS OF KONOHA'S SHINOBI ACADEMY FOR BOYS!"
"It's the old pervert!"
"THE PRETTY GIRLS FROM OUR SISTER SCHOOL WILL BE COMING HERE TOMORROW AND THEY SHALL BE STAYING FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR! SO LOOK YOUR SHARPEST, BRING BREATH MINTS, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR PICK UP LINES, BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL'S GOING CO-ED, BABY! THAT IS ALL!"
-click-
"…"
-scoff-
-sigh-
"Troublesome."
"HHHHEEEEELLLLL YYYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH!"
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"I can't believe this! Tsunade-shishou is notorious for her bad gambling, yet she still risks the school building in a game of high-stakes poker?"
"…Poor Tsunade-sensei…"
"That's our principal for ya'!"
"Please. Like you didn't expect that from the woman who taught us how to drink. And geez, Forehead, would you look at the bright side for once? WE ARE SURROUNDED BY BOYS! How can that not make you forget Tsunade-sensei's minor transgression?"
"…I didn't say it was a bad thing, Pig! It's just…our building…"
"Sakura's got a point, Ino. We've had two years worth of good memories in that building."
"And it will be missed. Sort of. …At least the land is being put to good use!"
"…And we're all still together…"
"That's right!"
"…I guess. …At least it's cleaner than I expected a boy's school to be. I had nightmares last night of garbage in the halls and rooms that smelled like B.O."
"…Oh Sakura."
"…Ano, Sakura-chan, it'll be okay. My cousin goes here, and…um, he doesn't complain about it so…I guess…it's alright?"
"Your cousin goes here? …Oh right! Neji, huh?"
"Oooh! Hinata! We should meet up with him! Tell him to bring his friends!"
"…Ah, Ino-chan, I don't know about that. Neji-san and I…aren't too close."
"Oh come on, Hina! It would be such a waste if we didn't meet him! From what I recall from those brief times he visited while we were over, he was a fox—"
"Would you quiet down, Pig? People are looking at us!"
"…Uh, Sakura, I think they've been looking at us."
"Yeah, Forehead. It seems like we're attracting the same kind of attention. Looks like the Ninja Institute is still ours, girls. Hm, I'm pretty sure the students wouldn't mind one of the 'Queens' being president, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. You're the only one really interested in high school social hierarchy, Ino."
"Please! Like Sakura doesn't use her influence over teachers to fund museum field trips and her book club."
"Hey! Books are great! If you'd pick one up every once in a while, Pig, maybe you'd see what I mean--!"
"Like Hinata doesn't use her powers to raise money for her little animal-saving initiatives."
"…It's for a good cause…"
"Like you don't use your authority to convince your teammates to compete in every type of sports tournament known to man."
"…you got me there."
"Even if you aren't conscious to it, Ten, we relish in this power! We put that power to good use! We made our last school a better place! And seeing as how the boys here can't seem to resist my natural charms, it looks like we'll just have to rule again!"
"…"
"…Ok, fine. You have a point, Pig. We'll all probably take advantage of our status sometime in the future. For now, let's just find our lockers before the bell rings."
"…Ah, I hope they're all together…"
"They will be, I think. I'm pretty sure people would move if we asked them nicely—"
"Because of our power!"
"SIGH. Shut up, please. …This is it I think."
"…They're together…sort of…."
"Yeah, what's with this weird setup? There's one locker between each of ours…"
"…Is it just me? Or has everyone's whispers just gotten louder?"
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"Oh wow! Girls! In skirts! Heehee."
"Shut up, dobe."
"Shut up, Naruto."
"Shut up. Please."
" WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SHUT UP! Quit acting like you aren't super happy about this school becoming co-ed!"
"…we're not."
"…I get it. You're all gay!"
"…"
"OUCH!"
"Tch. …It's annoying. The fangirls can stalk me on school grounds now."
"…Women are so troublesome."
"Whatever. It doesn't really matter that much to me. My cousin Hinata was from the sister school, and if she's anything to go by, I wouldn't get too excited."
"What?! You have a cousin here?! Why the hell haven't you introduced us, Neji?"
"We aren't exactly on close terms. …And besides, why would I set her up with an idiot like you?"
"WHAT?"
"Would you shut up, dobe? God, with all the girls around us squealing and your fucking yelling, I can't concentrate."
"…The attention's even more troublesome than before."
"HEHE. Looks like our 'King' status stays the same!"
"Though our following has doubled."
"So annoying."
"Psh, get off your high horse, bastard! Don't act like you won't be using this influence to your advantage someday!"
"Hn."
"…For once, Naruto makes some semblance of sense. ("HEY!") We all use the school's glorification of us to benefit us in some way. I'm using it to run for president this year. Sasuke, you can immediately give the go or no-go on whatever school event you see fit and people will religiously follow."
"…I don't like any fucking school activity besides the tomato festival and the onigiri snack shops."
"As long he tells them it's his 'good luck food', Naruto can get any random student to cook Ramen for him during a game."
"HOHOHO! I LOVE RAMEN!"
"And because Shikamaru keeps our test scores up so high, we have those extra several minutes of break."
"…I get to sleep."
"Neji's so right! Man, I love the power!"
"…I guess. Whatever. Let's just get to our lockers."
"…Shikamaru, that was a good idea, spreading our lockers apart by one. No one usually has the gall to use the lockers between us and we always have extra space."
"…Mmm, it would've been too troublesome, too constricted to have lockers side by side."
"Yeah, Shikamaru! No one yet has dared to—"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"What the hell."
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Sakura stared.
Hinata blushed.
Ino squealed.
Tenten blinked.
Sasuke glared.
Naruto grinned.
Shikamaru sighed.
Neji scoffed.
And so the titans meet…
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"Hinata, isn't that your cousin?" "Neji, is that your cousin?" Both blondes uttered loudly and simultaneously.
Ino and Naruto sized each other up in that one instant and instantly deemed each other competition for attention.
"…yeah." "Yes." The two Hyuugas said lowly and at the same time.
Hinata quickly reverted her stare to the ground, going red in the face as Neji scoffed and observed her with cool eyes.
"Introductions then, I guess?" Sakura piped in after a quick moment of inexplicable tenseness.
Shikamaru sighed rather rudely, "…So troublesome." And the pink-haired girl responded with furrowed brows.
"Guys…let's all just get along." Tenten tried, offering a hesitant smile.
"Speak for yourself." Sasuke muttered, rolling his eyes.
There was another short, edgy pause.
"Ok, I'll start!" The blonde female exclaimed, grinning. "I'm Yamanaka Ino. Natural blonde. I like boys, pretty things, and most especially, pretty boys." She quickly looked over to Sasuke, obviously the most attractive guy in the bunch, and batted her eyelashes.
When he returned with an uninterested snort, she gave a rather scandalized gasp, before inwardly deeming him a good-looking asshole.
"I'm Haruno Sakura. …Naturally pink-haired. I like, um, reading books, I guess."
"Oh!" Naruto stepped up, grinning widely, "You're one of those cute nerds, aren't you, Sakura-chan?"
She twitched. He did not just—"How dare you call me…Sakura-chan?" She withheld the angry 'you damn imbecile!' for propriety's sake.
"…Ah, I'm Hyuuga Hinata. …mmm, I l-love animals…and…caring for them…"
"...Ugh, please let's just move on with this troublesome thing."
Sakura, Ino, and Tenten all glowered fiercely at Shikamaru.
"Tenten. No last name. Really. I like the outdoors and being active."
"…Big surprise." Neji mumbled, rolling his eyes, his usual politeness slipping in the hostile atmosphere.
The brunette girl turned to the white-eyed male, carefully, "…And what is that supposed to mean?"
He shrugged, eying her slightly mussed brown locks, "I guess you don't really need to brush your hair in these 'outdoors.'
She threw him a cool look, "And you are obviously the expert on hair care. What kind of conditioner do you use? Pantene?"
Neji's eyes narrowed at her.
"Ah, well, the name's Uzumaki Naruto! I love Ramen!" The blonde smiled brightly.
"Well, you certainly smell like it." Ino said, grimacing.
The whiskered teen's smile quickly turned down at the corners as he growled, "What did you say?!" The teen 'hmph-ed' and gave him a flippant wave, her nose in the air.
"I'm Hyuuga Neji. I like order."
The girls waited in short silence, for him to elaborate. When he didn't, Sakura erupted in short, uncontained laughs, "That's it? You seriously need to get a hobby, Hyuuga-san!"
Neji shot her a very un-amused gaze.
"Uchiha Sasuke. What I like is none of your business."
The females of the foursome then exchanged looks as they each (Hinata surprisingly included) privately labeled the dark haired teen a total douche-bag.
Finally, they came to the last member of the group. And when he didn't step up to the plate in the next few minutes, Tenten urged a quiet and slightly irritated, "…Well?"
Shikamaru sighed heavily, "Nara Shikamaru. I like avoiding troublesome things. Like this."
Again, there was a short, charged silence, before each of the eight individuals turned away from each other to head for their lockers.
Sasuke absolutely seethed as the pink-haired Sakura came up to his right. She glowered with sharp green eyes in return. She also managed to switch to her right every so often to throw annoyed looks at Naruto who was incredibly eating Ramen at a time like this.
Hinata, who was on Naruto's right, buried her head into her locker, thankful for a space to hide her embarrassment. Shikamaru effectively ignored her, but wasn't quite as successful with the loud blonde at his right who wouldn't shut the hell up.
Ino found it hard to bite down the urge to hurl insults at both the boys at her sides, so her comments came out like poorly veiled slurs. Neji, at Ino's right, could only roll his eyes and attempt to disregard her. The female brunette looked quickly over the line of her best friends and the rather rude young men. She was annoyed sure, but Tenten was generally good with people and she didn't really want to start off the year with enemies.
She gave a haggard exhale before gathering up all her patience and saying, "Well, it's…nice to meet you guys. We're obviously going to be locker neighbors from now on, so let's just keep it civil, all right?"
"No." Sasuke muttered succinctly and immediately, "You four will find new lockers."
"What?!" Ino and Sakura cried out, in sync, "You can't make us, asshole! Why don't you guys move, instead?!"
Naruto then piped in, angrily, "But hey, we were here first!"
"What about chivalry and ladies-first?" Tenten demanded, seething.
"I don't see any ladies here." Neji mumbled.
"WHAT?" The blonde girl screeched, furious, "You fucking jerk, do you know who we are?"
"Question is," Naruto shot back, "Do you know who we are?"
Ino gave the other blonde her fiercest look, "We have power. We were the four most influential people at Kuno. Prep. And like hell, have we lost that authority coming to this shithole school!"
Hinata, though mostly non-confrontational, nodded vigorously in support for her friends.
And Sasuke replied harshly in turn, "We have control over this entire school. We've had it for two entire years. Like hell, are we going to relinquish our power to you four idiot girls."
Shikamaru, though usually uninvolved, shook his head, agreeing in his spot.
"We're Queens." Sakura urged.
"We're Kings." Neji answered.
There was one final moment of intensity where death glares were exchanged and silent threats were made before it was cut short by the ring of the starting bell.
"We'll see who reigns supreme in the end."
…And BOOM, the titans clash.
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Locker Placement!
Sasuke | Sakura | Naruto | Hinata | Shikamaru | Ino | Neji | Tenten
A/N: To be continued! ...Maybe! :)