A day in the life of Sasuke.
Sasuke woke up and knew that something would go wrong that day. It had nothing to do with outward appearances. The sun was shining and the birds were singing their little hearts out on the cherry blossoms. It was just a gut feeling. He'd learnt to trust his gut feelings.
As usual, he was the first to arrive at class. And as usual, Kakashi was last, with Naruto and Sakura shouting at him in unison again. Nothing unusual yet. When Kakashi had finally settled down for class, he pulled an envelope out of his jacket. Sasuke gulped. His feeling had just gotten worse.
"What's that, Kakashi?" he asked cautiously.
"Tsunade-sama has decided that all the genins have to prepare talks for their sensei and team-mates. Don't ask me why. But anyway, each sensei has been given a topic at random. Our topic is sealed inside this envelope," Kakashi replied.
With carefully slow movements, Kakashi opened the envelope and pulled a white card out of it. He read it, before re-reading it, looking rather tired the second.
"The topic of your prepared talks is . . . family," the sensei eventually sighed.
Instantly, Naruto and Sasuke put their hands up.
"I know what you're going to say. Sasuke, you HAD a family, say something about them. Naruto . . . we'll think of something. You have 3 hours to prepare your talks, at which time we'll meet back here again."
With that, their sensei vanished in a puff of smoke. Sasuke stared at the place Kakashi had just been, eye twitching. Family. Of all the subjects . . . .
3 and a half hours later (Kakashi had gotten lost on the path of life again) Sasuke stood up and faced the rest of his team, page of notes in his hand.
"When I was little, my family ignored me. So I can't really tell you much about my family life at that time. Then one day, Itachi fell out of favour. So my family finally paid me some attention. But that didn't last, as they were all killed. By Itachi . . . ZOMG I'M GONNA KILL HIM!!!!! I'M GONNA GET THE BIG CARVING KNIFE FROM THE KITCHEN, AND I'LL CUT YOUR STOMACH OPEN AND PULL YOUR INTESTINES OUT! . . . ." Sasuke said, getting more and more agitated until he was finally foaming at the mouth and cackling insanely.
Kakashi moaned and let his hand fall into one of his hands, Sasuke's continued ramblings grating in his ears.
". . . AND WHEN I'M FINISHED, I WILL GET ALL THE LITTLE PIECES AND JUMP ON THEM! FOR I AM THE AVENGER!!!!!!!!" Sasuke yelled, ending with an insane laugh and a huge splash as he jumped into the river.
A tense silence hung in the air for a moment. Naruto and Sakura were clinging to each other in terror. Kakashi peered over the side of the bridge, wondering how Sasuke aimed to get out of this one.
"Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke-kun is scaring me. Make him stop," Sakura whimpered.