A/N: Hello everyone! I made this chapter in advance, just in case I won't be able to update for a while so you guys can have the latest chapter! I really care about my readers cause you people are my inspiration. Alright, let's get on with the show!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so I'm really disappointed.
Chapter 12 - The chosen ones
It was an early Monday morning which just meant one thing, SCHOOL. And in Konoha high school, the gang is in the middle of a discussion while waiting for their next teacher.
"He's late again, as usual." Shikamaru sighed as he placed his chin on his left arm with a very lazy expression.
"You're still not used to it yet? I mean, we all know that he works part-time in various places all the time so let's cut him some slack." Kiba retorted, trying to reason for his best friend.
"Yeah, we all know that but he's ALWAYS late…he should try going to school early for a change, you know?" Lee butted in.
"I agree, homeroom's already over and he's still not here. It's as if he's not planning to go to school at all today." Choji added while munching on his barbeque flavored potato chips.
"Well, yeah. But I know he'll come. This already happened before and he still went to school nonetheless." Kiba insisted.
And at that exact moment, the classroom doors slid open, revealing an exhausted Naruto. He walked to his seat and sighed as he placed his stuff on his desk.
"Yow! Good thing you didn't scream something embarrassing like 'Yippee! I'm not late for school' or 'I'm just on time'." Neji looked sarcastically at Naruto. Naruto glared at him and just sighed.
"Hey, you okay there?" asked Sai.
"Yeah, just tired but I'm fine." Naruto gave Sai a big goofy grin. Sai smiled like he was relieved.
"That's great!" a voice from behind Naruto said which surprised him. He looked at the person and saw a smiling Sakura.
"Oh, hey there Sakura!" Naruto tried to sound energetic but that wasn't really convincing.
"Hey, good thing you didn't get sick cause we'd be so worried about you." Sakura giggled, Naruto had a really faint blush on his cheeks.
"Oh, yeah." Naruto chuckled.
"Oh, hey Sasuke! Good morning!" Sakura saw Sasuke and greeted him. She was probably unable to greet him earlier this morning because his fan girls were probably swarming all over him.
"Hn." was Sasuke's only reply and worse is, he didn't even look at Sakura. He just continued on reading his manga.
"Hey jerk! Would ya quit the attitude already? It's irritating!" said a very agitated Naruto.
"What's your problem, idiot?" Sasuke glared at Naruto.
"What's my problem? You're my problem, moron! You and your stupid attitude!" Naruto glared back at Sasuke. They both started a glaring contest.
"Whatever. I don't have time to deal with a stupid idiot like you." Sasuke resumed reading.
"Why you bastard!" Naruto was about to punch Sasuke when he was stopped by Kiba and Shikamaru. Sakura looked upset and walked out of the scene. Naruto wanted to chase after her and apologize but he thought that it's not the right time yet.
"Look at what you've done!" Naruto focused on Sasuke again. Kiba and Shikamaru let go of his arms seeing that Naruto has calmed down a little.
"Don't blame me, moron. Everything's your fault. You get angry at every single thing when that girl talks to me." Sasuke hissed but still kept his attention on his book.
"What! And that girl has a name, stupid! Her name is Sakura and you should respect her!" Naruto retorted.
"Hn. Whatever." Sasuke was so tired of arguing with Naruto every single time this kind of event happens.
"Darn you!" Naruto was so mad he had to punch a wall just to calm down. Good thing no one heard it and the wall didn't crack.
But as much as he'd hate to admit it, it was partly his fault and he knows it. Naruto is blaming himself for being so mad at Sasuke that they had to argue over it, in front of Sakura. Well, Sasuke doesn't really care about it, at least in Naruto's point of view. But since Naruto really really likes Sakura, he can't help it but get angry when Sasuke treats her like that.
"Alright everyone, take your seats and we'll start our classes!" Sir Azuma ordered as he entered the now quiet room.
Classes proceeded smoothly. Although there's still a tiny bit of tension between the two guys. It was now the last subject before lunch time and their teacher hasn't shown up yet.
"Hey there guys!" Ino walked to the guys.
"Oh, hey." Sai hugged Ino as if they hadn't seen each other in days.
"Do you two really have to do this every time you meet? Don't you get tired of doing that all the time?" Tenten laughed. She was also heading towards the guys' direction along with the other girls.
"Awww…Tenten is jealous." Ino stuck her tongue out at Tenten.
"No way." Tenten also stuck her tongue out at Ino.
"You girls are so childish." Neji smirked which caught Tenten's attention.
"Oh, hey Neji." Tenten smiled. Neji shook his head but the smirk is still on his face.
"The teacher is so late. He's already 10 minutes late." Kiba sighed.
"Yeah, it's such a drag." said Shikamaru while putting a book over his face and putting his feet on his desk.
"Hey Shikamaru! Sit properly would ya?" Temari ordered while taking the book off Shikamaru's face. He just looked at her and did what she said. But you can hear him sigh and murmur a quiet 'such a drag'.
"Oh hey, where's Sakura and Hinata?" Kiba asked. And when the name Sakura was mentioned, Naruto flinched, remembering the bad event that happened earlier between him, her and Sasuke.
"Sakura is helping Hinata and they're doing something about the school festival and stuff like that." Tenten explained.
"Do you think she's mad at me?" Naruto mumbled.
"Sakura won't stay mad for long. She's not the type who holds grudges against people when she knows that they didn't mean it." Ino comforted the worried Naruto. Naruto sighed.
"Uhmm…excuse me everyone!" Hinata called out to the class. She was standing in front of the blackboard with Sakura on her side.
All of the students immediately paid attention. All of them respects Hinata.
"Well, we would like to discuss some matters with you. Our teachers are in the middle of a meeting right now and we were granted permission to use this time for our preparations in the upcoming school festival." Sakura said professionally. Some students said something like 'whoa' or 'wow'.
"Well, just like what Sakura said, we would like to discuss some matters with you." Hinata scanned through some papers she was holding.
And so the class had a meeting about the event they'd hold next month. They were talking about some props, costumes, food, decorations, activities and other things associated with the school festival.
"And so now, to finish our meeting, we'll have an election to see who'll play what role. Our class will be cosplaying Romeo and Juliet as our main roles and also the anime Special A." Sakura stated while going through some papers.
"So, let's begin voting." Hinata said and so they gave their votes.
After their election, Hinata was chosen to be Juliet and Kiba was Romeo. Naruto felt a throbbing pain in his chest but he shook the feeling off. He still has a lot of other matters to worry about.
Sasuke was voted as Kei Takishima, Sakura as Hikari Hanazono, Neji as Yahiro Saiga, Tenten as Megumi Yamamoto, Sai as Jun Yamamoto, Ino as Sakura Ushikubo, Shikamaru as Tadashi Karino, Temari as Akira Toudou and Naruto as Ryuu Tsujin. [A/N: If you don't know the pairings of the anime Special A, here they are: Kei x Hikari, Yahiro x Megumi, Jun x Sakura, Tadashi x Akira and Ryuu is a Lone Wolf. ^_^ Special A is an awesome anime, you know!]
The other classmates who weren't chosen to be in the main roles are going to wear dresses and suits or tuxedos. Because the theme is royalty and nobility.
Even the main characters (Naruto, Hinata, Kiba, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, Sai, Tenten, Temari, Neji) are going to wear dresses even if they're playing roles. Choji, Lee, Shino, Gaara and Kankuro will do the same.
Naruto just sighed, he's not so happy with his role. Suddenly, someone approached him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"If you think I'm mad at you, please don't think that way." Sakura said. She was smiling at him. Naruto just stared at her with confusion.
"Don't give me that look. I'm not mad at you or at Sasuke. But please, avoid fighting, okay? Or I'll be really mad and you won't want that, would you?" Sakura's voice was gentle and Naruto could listen to it all day long. Naruto smiled at her and grinned.
"I will, I promise!" Naruto said cheerfully. Sakura smiled back and went to the girls.
Naruto was so happy again. He started imagining Sakura in a dress and that would make her look 5x prettier. He started daydreaming, not caring about what's happening around him.
So what do you think? This is a neat chapter huh? I'll have some more Naruhina in the next chapters but I hope you liked this! I might not be able to update soon so I'm apologizing early.
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