Chii: Here is the second chapter.

Chapter 2: Lunch and the Dreaded Changing Room!!


"I can't believe how fast today went," Naruto stretched.

"Yeah," Sakura agreed. She then looked at me. "So, how do you like the classes so far?"

"Well," I started. "English was okay I guess. Kakashi-sensei was very nice. Um…Social Studies was a bit weird. Jiraiya-sensei…well, I really have no comment for him. And, math, with Asuma-sensei…I fell asleep half was through it…"

Naruto laughed at the last part. "Well, now, we can go eat lunch! You wanna come to the cafeteria with me, Tomoko-kun?"

"Sure," I stood up, along with Naruto.

"Ino and I are gonna stay in the classroom," Sakura said.

"Fine with me," Naruto smiled.

Naruto got up and made his way for the door.

I gave a quick goodbye to the girls and followed Naruto.

"Yo, Usurutonkachi," called a deep voice.

(Chii: This is what Sasuke calls Naruto in the Japanese version. 'Usuru' means 'small' and 'Tonkachi' means 'hammer'. So, basically it means useless. Technically, Naruto is useless.)

I looked over to see a boy with onyx eyes and just as dark hair spiked back, walk up.

"What is it, Sasuke?" Naruto growled.

"Well, aren't you being very friendly to the new kid. You finally switched over?" he asked, obviously insulting Naruto.

"NO!" Naruto shouted in anger.

"Well, it looks like to me the shorty here has already clung to you," he said, pointing to me.

In my mind, there seemed to have been a PING sound behind me.

My hands started to twitch a bit. I was beginning to steam up.

"Sh-shorty…!" I repeated.

Sasuke cocked an eyebrow.

Now I was really pissed off. I went over to him and started to poke at his chest to try and get my point across. "Okay, look you bastard, I may be short, but that doesn't mean you should be going around making fun of my height."

Okay…I admit I am not so proud of my height. At five foot two, I was usually called short. So, I am a little embarrassed about it. Especially, if I am trying to portray a boy here.

Sasuke grabbed my hand and gave it a firm squeeze. "Do not touch me, unless you wanna get hurt."

He applied a little more pressure to emphasis his point. I winced in pain, just as he threw my hand off to the side.

"Tch, you're not even worth my time," he said, an evil glare in his eyes as he pushed me out of his way, leaving the classroom.

Naruto went over to me. "You might not wanna not mess with him. He's my friend, but, he is not very social with other people. He is kinda the person who thinks he's all high and mighty."

"Wait…" I lifted an eyebrow. "'Your friend'?"

"Yeah, me and him have been friends for a while," Naruto started, leaving the classroom with me following close behind. "But as I said, he's not very social."

"So, you said his name was…Sasuke?" I asked, remembering him and Sakura bring it up earlier.

"Yeah," Naruto looked at me.

Both Naruto and I were walking in the hallway of the school. We were heading just pass the shoe lockers to go to a different building of the school.

"So, he was the one that Haruno-san compared me to?" I questioned.

"Yeah," Naruto had a disturbed look on his face. "Sakura-chan has a huge crush on him."

"Why does he look upset?" I asked myself. "Maybe he likes Haruno-san?"

We had just made it to the cafeteria. Naruto got in one line and I just followed behind. Truly, I did not know where I was going.

I saw Naruto pull out a coin pouch in the shape of a frog.

"What's that?" I asked, pointing to the frog.

"This?" he lifted it up, a blush resting upon his cheeks. "This is Gama-chan. He holds all my money."

"Okay…" I sad, looking away. "Anywho, what line is this for?"

"Ramen!" he said happily.

I looked back at him. "Ramen? I guess I'll get that, too."

I stuck my hand in my back pocket to pull out my wallet. Then my other pocket and my front ones. I even checked the pockets of the uniform coat.

"Arg…I can't find my wallet!!" I growled in frustration.

"Do you remember where you last had it?" Naruto asked.

My head slummed down. "I know where it is…I left it in my luggage…"

I heard Naruto rummage through Gama-chan. I looked up and saw him pull out a dollar bill.

"Here…" he said with an adorable pouty face.

Wait, did I just call him adorable…? I think I have some issues.

I lifted my hand and pointed at myself. Gesturing just to make sure it was for me.

"Take it. It's one thousand yen, so, it should be enough for miso ramen with pork," he said, a blush forming on his face.

Okay, I do have a problem. I just met Naruto today, and he is already starting to be so…so…damn cute!

A smiled formed on my face. "Thank you so much! I promise to pay you back!" I took the money and held it tightly in my hand.

Once we got our ramen we headed towards a table, taking a seat.

At the table were two other people. One who looked like he had not slept in days, and another one on the heavy set side.

"Shikamaru, Choji," Naruto called to them.

They both looked in our direction.

"Hey, Naruto," the chubby one said.

"What's up, Naruto," the lazy one greeted in a monotone voice.

"I'm doing good," Naruto grinned at them. "Oh, this is Tomoko. He's new to our school."

The lazy one looked my way. He had a doubtful look in his eyes. "Name's Shikamaru."

"And, I'm Choji," the chubby one said, pulling out a bag of chips, I believe, from his lap.

"Nice to meet you," I said, wondering where the bag of chips came from.

I looked over at Naruto, whom had started eating his ramen.

He looked up and with a full mouth, said, "Hmm…?"

"Uh, nothing," I sweated a bit, beginning to eat my ramen.

"So, where you from?" Shikamaru asked.

I slurped my noodles, gulping them down so I could answer. "Tokyo."

"It's rare that we get new students at this school. How'd you get in?" he stared at me sternly.

"Is he on to me?" I thought.

"My Otosama is the owner of a big company. He heard that Konoha Academy was one of the top schools in Japan, so he sent me here," I said, twisting the true reason into a lie.

(Japanese lesson: Otosama- Very respectful term for Father.)

Yes, Konoha Academy was up there as one of the top High Schools in Japan. But, my dad only sent me here so he would not have to see my cursed being.

I sighed, thinking, "My whole life is just one big lie…"

"I see," Shikamaru replied.

"It's like he can read my mind," I glared at him only to look away.

With that, he just turned to face Choji.

I sighed in relief. It is almost as if he is getting close to figuring out my identity.

(Chii: Well, he is a genius!)

"Ahhh," sighed a very happy Naruto plopping backwards, extending his stomach.

"Naruto," I whispered.

"Huh?" he looked at me.

"Uh, oh, heh, you know, you look funny," I said, laughing a bit.

Naruto looked at me confused. "How?"

"Nothing," I said, getting back to my ramen.

Just as I finished up, the bell rang.

"Yes! PE is next!" said Naruto, happily.

"Oh, yeah, huh?" I remembered…sadly.

I quickly got up and placed my plastic ramen bowl and wooden chopsticks in the garbage.

Naruto waited for me as I walked over to him.

"Okay, I don't know if your last school had a locker room. But, here we don't," Naruto told me as it seemed we were walking back to the classrooms. "We change in our classrooms. The girls get our homeroom and we change next door."

Oh, PE. The dreaded class that would really require me to be extra careful. Especially changing in front of a bunch of boys.

"No need to freak, Tomoko," I told myself. "You have your chest bound. You're even wearing a tank top under the uniform. As long as they don't see your breasts, you should be fine…oh, I hope so…"

We got back to the hallway where our homeroom was, and went into a class across from it.

Naruto slid open the door and walked in.

Just as I was about to walk in, a teacher walked out with some clothes and a pair of shoes in his hands.

He was wearing a green polo shirt and green sweat pants. He had very bushy eyebrows and a bowl cut for a hair style.

I was taken aback by this. I backed up a bit to get out of the person's way.

"Are you Kuroume Tomoko-kun?" he asked me.

"Y-yes…I am," I nodded.

"Good, I am glad I found you," he cleared his throat, continuing. "I am Maito Gai. But, you may call me Gai-sensei. I will be your PE teacher." He handed me the clothes and shoes. "This is your uniform and the PE shoes that the school requires."

"Thanks…" I said, taking them.

"Also, the lockers to put your uniform are in the back. You might have to share with someone," he said, getting out of my way and pushing me inside; the door closing behind me.

Upon walking inside, some of the guys were already changing. Some were walking shirtless and others were putting on their pants.

"Hey!!" I heard Naruto call over to me, walking up. "I was wondering what was taking so long."

I looked over at him and started to blush. He had his gym shorts on, but he was not wearing a shirt. This was giving me a clear view of his toned torso.

"You okay?" he questioned.

"Yeah…I'm fine," I answered, laughing nervously.

I walked over to the lockers in the back of the classroom and saw Shikamaru by himself.

I walked over to him and asked, "Hey, Shikamaru-san, are you sharing a locker?"

"No," he said, putting on his shoes.

"Mind if I share with you?" I smiled.

"Ugh, what a drag. Fine, just don't be troublesome," he said.

I just shrugged and put my PE clothes on a desk. I looked inside the locker and saw an empty space on the bottom. There was one shelf, but that was occupied by Shikamaru's clothes.

I took off my blue uniform jacket. Because this was the month of October, we were in our winter uniforms. I folded the jacket and put it in the locker. I sighed to myself and took off my white collared shirt and blue tie.

I quickly put them in the locker so I could quickly put on my PE shirt.

When I stood up, Naruto was standing right next to me.

I jumped in surprise. "M-may I help you?"

"What's with the tank top?" he pointed at me. "You afraid to change in front of other guys?"

"N-no…!" I stuttered.

"Then why do you need to wear it?" he kept pressuring me for the answer.

"B-because…" I stuttered. "…I-I, uh, get cold easily."

"Tch, you keep getting weirder and weirder," he said, rolling his eyes.

I sighed quietly and quickly grabbed my shirt, putting it on. After that, I changed out of my blue uniform pants and changed into the PE shorts.

"Being a guy is so hard. Otosama, why…?" I thought.

Once changed, I closed the locker door and followed Naruto outside for PE.


Chii: Okay, this is where it ends! Longer than the first chapter, I've really worked hard on this one! Well, see ya next chapter.