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Two days Later...
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Sakura could barely contain herself as she quickly mowed down her cereal and toast like a starving gazelle. Though she didn't have to be at the schoolhouse for another sixty minutes, she zigged and zagged through her room, picking things up...setting things down... All in all, just trying to release all of her pent up energy, all because of her newest achievement.
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Finally unable to stay in her room without breaking something, Sakura grabbed her qiqao and leggings, as well as her headband. putting on her clothes in mere seconds, she was soon out the door.
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Jumping from skyscraper to skyscraper, Sakura jetted through the air at a quickened pace, allowing the breeze to whip through her hair. It wasn't too long until she reached the schoolhouse. Landing onto the ground, she took a look around, and walked in through the schoolhouse front door.
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"Well if it isn't the Princess!" Ino mocked as Sakura walked into the schoolroom. Ignoring free sounded face in the room ,she squinted her eyes towards rival ninja. Grinning devilishly, Ino walked up face to face to Sakura sneering. "Here to grace us with your presence?"
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Sakura,not even skipping a beat: "A lowly commoner as yourself? You would think yourself so priviliged." Keeping her head high into the air, she walked off, looking for her one and only. You know the one. That guy with the raven toned locks, piercing eyes, and magnificent chin. Sakura's eyes were almost ready to glow with passion when she saw him at the front of the class.
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"Sasuke-kun!" she whispered, slowly walking down the class step towards the first row. Her breath falling ever so short, each step caused her to repeat the steps to make the best piece of prime rib this side of Konoha hers:
1. Sit next to Sasuke-kun.
2. Get on same three man cell with Sasuke-kun.
3. Kiss Sasuke-kun. *slight daze upon thinking*
4. ????????????
5. Profit!
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Before she could sit next to him however, the gods chose then to spit on her plan: Not even a warning, just a rush of air zipped past Sakura, and Ino was sitting next to her man. At first, not a sound could be heard from Sakura-chan, then violent gnashing of teeth. Looking around, she noticed just about all the girls in class were surrounding him. If she tried to fight for an opening, she'd have to fight them all!
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"Sakura-chan!"
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HIM. Sakura turned to find Naruto motioning for Sakura to sit next to him. His over emotions were very annoying. She would have just ignored him, if Hinata wasn't on his other side. At that, Sakura, head held high walked past the seat Naruto was pointing at, and sat on the opposite side of Hinata, greeting her warmly. Dejected, Naruto turned over to the Uchiha chump,who was still scowling at the chalkboard like a moron, ignoring all the girls who were ready to climb mountains for him. That ass.
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"What a prick. I better not get on his team." Though he had the spontaneous urge to piss off Sasuke, Naruto held firm, settling for a thousand kunai rushing Sasuke in his mind.
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Dammit. thought Hinata as she lost all of Naruto's concentration as he stared into space with an evil grin. Quite literally prepared herself all yesterday for this moment, Hinata used one ounce of courage to actually sit next to Naruto-kun, and another ounce to strike up an interesting conversation on Taijutsu techniques. And just when Hinata was ready to ask Naruto what ramen he enjoys so she could buy some, the gods throw a monkey wrench named Namikaze in her plans. Though Hinata enjoyed Sakura's company, she was very frustrated with today's outcome.
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Soon enough, Iruka walked into the classroom and the class calmed down, stating "Good morning, Sensei." He smiled at them and also said good morning as he made his way down to the front of the class.
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"Starting today you are all ninja." called out Iruka-sensei. "But you are still only Genin." He added as firmly as possible. Everyone here will break into three man cells, and will be overseen by an older, more experienced Jonin. They will be your instructors from this point on." Iruka looked around and when no one said anything he continued.
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"With careful balancing, the teams have been decided. Starting with team one..." As Iruka started to name off Genin too unimportant to the story, the gears in Naruto's, Sakura's, and Sasuke's head started spinning.
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The pink haired ninja looked past Hinata, and peered at Sakura who was wearing a dreamy expression. "I sure hope Sakura and I get together." He said with a smile.
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"Sakura Uchiha? or Sasuke Namikaze?" Thought Sakura, blushing bright pink and slumping down on her desk. "Either way, we need to get on the same cell." She soon closed her eyes, and started to pray.
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"Three man cells? Sounds like two too many." Thought the scowling Sasuke, ignoring Ino's lustful gaze, which is in fact, an exact mirror of Sakura's.
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"Team Seven." boomed out Iruka as affectionate as possible: "Sakura Namikaze, Naruto H-...Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha." Several members of the class weren't too happy.
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Ino and Hinata, the poor souls, were the most visibly upset. Sasuke was hard to read as usual, and Sakura and Naruto were mostly bittersweet about the situation.
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"Hey Sensei, timeout!" called out Naruto as he stood up. "How the heck did I get with this guy on my team?"He was pointing at Sasuke rudely, ignoring the class stares. Iruka sighed and started.
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"Sasuke is the top ninja of all the graduates. You are the lowest. His strengths will hopefully rub on you, making you more of an effective ninja."
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"Just stay out of my way." said Sasuke loud enough for everyone to hear. "Stinky Pinky." At this, Naruto's face turned as bright as his hair.
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"What you say?" He shouted, causing everyone to laugh, and Iruka to roll his eyes.
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"Shut up!" shrieked Sakura, chucking a genjutsu manual at Naruto's head, causing him to grudgingly sit down. When the class finally settled down, Iruka continued on with the other teams. When he was done, he smiled real big and stated:
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"In two hours, your Jonin instructor's will arrive. Congratulations, and good luck." With a poof of smoke, he was gone.
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Later...
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Sakura was soon sitting down eating her lunch. She would have asked Sasuke to share a bit of his time with her, but when Iruka disappeared, so did he. Now Sakura is trying to get to formulate a strategy to get Phase 3 of her plan up and running.
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"Even if I do find him, how can I get him to notice me?" Sakura's eyes were filled with boredom as she stared into the clouds. "It's not like I have anything worth looking at." However her eyes peered down, and noticed her love, with lustful eyes.
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"It's Sasuke-kun!" Suddenly Sakura's head is filled with the idea of Sasuke speaking of her forehead, mentioning how bad he wants to kiss it. "But he'd never-"
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"Your forehead is so cute the way it's shaped." While Sakura was still dreaming, she didn't notice as the slightly off Sasuke rushed her figure, and is already standing above her with his devious smile.
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"Dreams...do come true!" Sakura could barely even speak, and soon Sasuke was sitting cooly next to the hot blooded blonde.
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"Sakura?"
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"Yes Sasuke?"
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"What do you think of Naruto?" The words caused her to lose her train of thought of trying to develop several strategies to get that kiss.
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"Naruto? I think he's a boy with no brain." Sakura said eyes closed, not noticing Sasuke's somewhat hurt eyes. "He loves getting in my way...He enjoys watching me struggle...He's just annoying. Not like you. He's a dork, he's callous, and useless. He's not like us. He's just a nobody."
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"Eh?" Sasuke's eyes were starting to go out of focus.
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"Sasuke-kun, we're meant to be together. You, a member of the Uchiha. I, the daughter of the Fourth...The greatest ninja this village has ever known. We're are the elite. You and I-Sasuke?"
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Sasuke had already gotten, up, and walked off, shaking violently "Sasuke, what wrong?"
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"So that's how you feel about me, huh!" In a poof of smoke, the imposter, revealed himself. Sakura didn't know what to say or feel.
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"H-how dare y-
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"Get off it, Princess!" Interrupted Naruto too point of shouting. "You think I'm nothing? You think I'm useless? Well I'll show you You and that prick Sasuke! I'll show you both that the elite is nothing but crap!" At this he ran off, leaving a shamed Sakura behind.
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A few hours later, Kakashi was at the schoolhouse, quite late as usual. Placing his head on the door, he heard silence.
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"It's too quiet." He said to himself. According to the report from the Third, his students were the last member of the Uchiha, a hyperactive child of a mediocre clan, and daughter of the Fourth Hokage, who was also Kakashi's Jonin instructor from back in the day; Kakashi was expecting a rowdy bunch. When he opened the door, he found quite the opposite:
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The Uchiha with the giant scowl on his face staring out a window; a pink haired boy that also had a scowl on his face and was muttering to himself in the back of the empty class; and the Fourth's daughter, whowas almost close to tears slumped over her desk in the front row. Auras of anger, jealously, and regret ran rampant through the entire team.
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Kakashi rolled his eyes, annoyed that out of all the groups of fresh Genin, he had to get the brooding depressing bunch that obviously hated each other.
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"Sigh. Looks like more work for me..."
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To be Continued
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