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Chapter 17

Their teacher guy sensei stood at the clearing. The rest of the class was already out there. A mass of black and grey. They stood near the track. Some shifting uncomfortably. Other chatting.

Girls looking at themselves trying to vainly fix their makeup. Sasuke rolled his eyes mentally at this and glanced at the indifferent blonde. They were doing it for him of course. When weren't the fan girls trying to get Naruto's attention.

Guy cleared his throat a bit. The class turned their attention to their spandex brightly grinning teacher wearily. Guy grinned even more brightly blinding a couple of students.

"Ahh my eyes!!!," One unfortunate girl cried out in the background. Sadly for the unfortunate nobody paid attention.

"HELLO MY YOUTHFUL CHARGES! TODAY IS A BEAUTIFULLY YOUTHFUL DAY AND I THOUGHT IT'S BE A GREAT DAY TO DO SOME EXCERCISES."

Guy beamed at his less than enthusiastic class. "OKAY CLASS LET'S GET TO STRETCHING SHALL WE!?!!!"

Naruto rose a perfect blond eyebrow at sasuke as if asking if the teacher was always like this….well eccentric was a soft word for what he was thinking.

Sasuke shrugged. Hell if he knew the answer. He'd only be here one day. From their right, as they lined up, Sasuke could clearly see Kiba.

He was grinning at him again. Sasuke felt a vein pop at the top of his head though a blush accompanied it as the memory resurfaced. Naruto had been…really, really close. A dry cough at his side brought him back down to earth.

"Uchiha do you always space out like that?" Naruto asked with an amused chuckle.

Sasuke glared half heartedly and began to stretch with the rest of the class. Sasuke glanced at Naruto from the corner of his eyes.

The blond had his eyes shut and was stretching languidly. His shirt rose and Sasuke turned away from the tantalizing sight.

Hoping to god Naruto didn't open his eyes so wouldn't see him blush. Sasuke growled inwardly though when he noticed a couple of girls giggling and blushing near him.

"Eek! look at Naruto he's so hot Chihiro!" a blond girl squealed.

"Hey you know the rules Satsuki! It's Naruto san! We'll get in so much trouble if we get caught calling him by his first name!" a brunette hissed.

Though she added dreamily. "We're so lucky we got the same gym class with him."

"Yeah." the blond sighed dreamily.

Sasuke ignored the irrational urge to throttle those fan girls as Guy sensei called for the class to form a circle. So the class followed. If a bit reluctantly.

"Okay class today we'll be doing some laps! Except you have to run in a group! I have paired you off already!"

"Meet your team when I call out your names okay! I'll only call out three at a time first though and don't worry these aren't permanent!" guy beamed again and started out calling out names enthusiastically.

"TEAM 1; Naruto, Satsuki, Chihiro, Ichigo and Takumi!" Naruto rolled his eyes at the squealing fan girls and the others crying out at the unfairness.

"TEAM 2. Sasuke, Kiba, Shikamaru, Ino and Sakura!!" Kiba grinned at Sasuke and Shikamaru who were glad they had ended up on the same team.

"TEAM 3, LEE!, Gaara, Neji, Shino, and Ten-ten!" Sasuke glanced at them, he forgot they had gym together.. Naruto looked coldly indifferent. Kiba and Shikamaru glanced at each other wearily.

"Okay now you three teams go stand out on the track and decide who's going to run first! Isn't this exciting!" Guy exclaimed .

Lee, who looked like a mini guy sensei, shouted out "Yosh!" the class remained wisely kept quiet as Lee and Guy had their 'moment.' and dispersed into their groups. The rest of the class moved up to the bleachers to watch.

"So who wants to go first?" Sasuke asked his group but his eyes were trained on Naruto who was with those two girls who had been ogling Naruto while stretching. Sasuke's eyes narrowed as they tried to approach Naruto more closer than necessary.

Damn it he's mine! Sasuke thought possessively without realizing he had. He looked away when Naruto's amused eyes found his and all thought seemed to drain away as he stared into those cerulean eyes.

So vast. It felt like they were sucking him in…into the murky abyss.

"Sasuke…Earth to Sasuke!,…SASUKE!" A holler from Kiba brought him back to his senses.

"Geeze Sasuke the least you could do is pay attention! It's bad enough Ino and Sakura are in 'die hard' fan girl mode but now you as well!" Kiba chided mockingly with a grin and evaded Sasuke's fist as it swung toward him. Kiba seemed to be doing that a lot.

"Shut up Kiba!" Sasuke hissed with a touch of embarrassment.

Was I really zoning out so obviously!? What if Naruto noticed!?

Kiba just chuckled.

"Don't worry he didn't notice a thing." Shikamaru said with a bored drawl ,laying on the ground, as if reading Sasuke's thoughts. "He's too focused on trying to keep a safe distance from his fan girls. Man this is troublesome."

Sasuke looked again and found it to be true. The blond and the brunette were giggling around an annoyed Naruto who had kept a safe distance from them.

He seemed to glare every time they decided to get too close. Naruto's eyes found his again and Sasuke looked away quickly. He didn't want to be caught ogling again.

"So who's going first?" Kiba asked. Ino and Sakura were still in Naruto la-la land so the guy wisely chose to ignore them for the time being.

"I'll go first less troublesome." Shikamaru said standing up lazily with a flick of the hand.

"Ino and Sakura should go next. So if they slow down you and Sasuke will be able to pick up any necessary slack."

"As smart as ever aren't you Shika!" Kiba exclaimed with a wolfish grin. "No way we're gonna lose with you on our team!"

"Hmm no we still might lose…" Shikamaru began contemplatively.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow in question and Kiba too looked lost so Shikamaru decided to elaborate. "I've never seen Naruto run ever so he's a wild card. We don't know what to expect from him."

"And we shouldn't forget about Lee. He's the fastest runner we have on our school track team. We can't underestimate him. Those two will be a problem."

"Don't worry about pretty boy! Bet he's as slow as a snail! He can't be good at everything!" Kiba exclaimed cockily and loudly catching Sakura's and Ino's attention.

Sakura and Ino glared. "Shut up Kiba! You don't know a thing about Naruto san! He's perfect in everything he does!"

"He can't be perfect at everything!" Kiba countered with a scowl. "He isn't no superman!"

"Is too!" Ino and Sakura screeched. " Don't you dare bad mouth Naruto-sama Kiba!"

Luckily for Kiba that is Guy sensei decide to intervene. Beaming brightly he called out. "ALL RIGHT LET'S GET STARTED NOW SHALL WE!!"

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TBC…..