How To Catch Someone's Eye
Ch. 9 "Oh Dear! Seating Arrangements."
I don't own Naruto, but I wish I did.
"H-Hey!" Naruto caught the passed out girl before she fell on the floor. "Wh-what's wrong with her?"
Tenten and Sakura ran over to Naruto and felt helpless. They could do nothing but watch.
Naruto heaved and positioned her in his arms, carrying her bridal style.
"Naruto! Where are you going?" Iruka popped his head out of the doorway. "Class is about to start!"
"Like I pay attention anyway!" Naruto shouted as he was walking away. "I'm headed to the nurse's office. This girl fainted!"
Ino knew that Hinata would be furious at her if she found out, but then again, Hinata rarely got angry.
She'll thank me one day. Ino deviously smiled and opened her mouth. "Hey, Naruto! Take good care of Hinata, okay?"
Naruto looked back at Ino who gave a quick wink before she was pulled in by both Tenten and Sakura.
Naruto turned his attention to the person he was carrying. Hinata, as in Hinata Hyuuga?
"What was that?" Sakura placed her hands on her hips.
"You made things worse for her!" Tenten hissed.
"Relax! I know what I'm doing!" Ino giggled. "Plus, guys like him hate not knowing. And girls like her just need the push to help her out."
"I'm still debating whether you actually do want to help us, or are just making fun of us." Tenten grumbled, her brown eyes boring holes into Ino's face.
"Okay I have had it with your—!" Ino was about to say but was interrupted.
"Okay, students!" Iruka tapped an ink pen on a clipboard. "Since you are all chatty this morning, I bet you would enjoy taking a test today!"
The class groaned, shooting Ino and Tenten hateful looks.
"And that's not all!" Iruka curtly smiled. "You guys get a new seat arrangement! Go line up in the back."
A few cheered while others jeered.
"Sensei! Come on!"
"Don't be a pooper!"
"Troublesome."
"Finally. I hated my spot."
"It matters not where I am seated."
"I'm not even in this homeroom!" Tenten mumbled, crossing her arms as she followed her underlings to the back of the class, forming a line. "I'm not even in this grade!"
"You're attitude is really something you know that?" Ino was ready to strangle her. "It's not my fault that you don't know how to get a guy. Oh wait, it's because you yourself are practically one!"
"Why you—!" Tenten did the motion of puttng imaginary sleeves back as she clenched her fist.
"Oh, dear." Sakura sighed as she positioned in between Ino and Tenten.
"Okay." Iruka tapped the clipboard loudly on the desk nearby him. "First thing, Tenten, please report to your homeroom."
"Gladly!" Tenten took heavy steps out the room, slaming the door behind her.
"Second, this will be your seats for the remaining semester and the school year." Iruka gave them the death glare. "No switching or requesting to change, even if there is substitute."
A boy nearby Ino muttered, "Like you'll even find out."
"Oh trust me." Iruka smiled grimly. "I will know."
That received silence from everyone.
"Now," Iruka changed from grim to cheery. "Let's begin, shall we? In these two desks in front of me, I want Shikamaru and Kairi."
"Sensei! Why the front?" Kairi groaned. "And why this lazy bum?"
"I have higher grades than you, troublesome girl." Shikamaru slinked to his seat. "I'm your tutor."
"That's right." Iruka nodded at Shikamaru's last statement. "You will all be paired up with people who can help you bring your grades up."
"Now, no more interruptions."
"Behind them, Kenji and Nana."
"Chouji and Hikari."
"Kitora and Shino."
"Kiba and Chiaki."
"Sensei! A guy?" Kiba roared refusing to sit with him. "Come on."
"What did I just say?" Iruka loomed over Kiba, following Yamato's method. "This will be your permanent seats."
"Oh well," Chiaki shrugged and grinned at Kiba. "Let's make the best of it."
Kiba shuddered.
"And last row, Miki and Yuna."
Iruka looked up from his clipboard when he heard the desks' legs scraped on the floor. "Please put your desks back together."
At last Iruka finished seating the students who were standing in the back of the room.
Ino was seated with Sai, which she didn't really mind.
Sakura was seated with Pita, who was an exchange student from Germany. He was attractive, but was very much like Naruto and Shikamaru.
She was disappointed to see that Karin was partnered with Sasuke.
Much to her luck:
"Oh, it seems that both Sasuke and Karin are on the same level so I have to change you both." Iruka scanned his chart for another partner for each of the two.
"What?" Karin screeched. "No!"
"Sasuke, please exchange with Pita." Iruka placed his clipboard down and was satisfied when everyone was silent after Sasuke and Pita had exchanged.
Karin was grumbling, but one quick look at Pita made her stay silent.
Sakura felt her breath get stuck in her throat when Sasuke sat next to her, his arm brushing hers a bit.
"H-hi, I'm Sakura." She held her hand out for him to shake. Thank you very much, Kami! I will forever stay faithful!
"Hn." He merely glanced at it and paid his attention back towards the front of the class.
Sakura felt stupid for putting her hand out and quickly put away her hand underneath the desk.
"I suppose that's all." Iruka got the piece of chalk and was about to write on the green board when Ino spoke up.
"Sensei, what about Naruto and Hinata?"
"Oh," Iruka looked at his clipboard. "Well, they can be partnered up, since Naruto is the lowest and Hinata is the highest. They can take the seats in the back."
The whole class erupted in laughter.
"What's so funny?" Iruka placed his hands on his hips.
"I feel bad for the Hyuuga girl to be partnered up with Naruto." A girl tittered.
She then a received a glare from Sasuke.
I know, I know… This chapter sucked! Well, it's just not the best...
And that is why I updated this one, cause I wanted to get it out of the way.
:P
I am so totally losing my pen!
(Meaning my writing abilities.)
Maybe because school is just around the corner?
Mehhh…
And I was just watching American Dad and was surprised to hear "Monochrome Effect" by Perfume play…
Haha~! I was brought back to my academy years… Wow…
"Japanese funk from the future~!"
Thanks for reading~!
:))