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Chapter 2
Naruto woke up to the sound of his alarm clock ringing at the loudest possible setting. It was six thirty in the morning and Naruto had about an hour to get to school before the first bell rang. He sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes. 'This is what I get for working so late,' Naruto thought grudgingly. He removed his blue pajama hat and let out a loud yawn. He lifted himself off of the bed and made his way over to the bathroom. After he showered and brushed his teeth, Naruto decided to head downstairs to grab a quick bagel before making his way to school.
When Naruto went into his kitchen, he noticed that the hourglass he had spent twenty dollars on was glowing blue. It was the sand that was glowing blue, not the hourglass itself. 'Well that's certainly weird, maybe it's a lamp.' Naruto grabbed a blueberry muffin as he stuffed it in his mouth.
After a few seconds of thoughtful chewing, Naruto sighed and left the house without giving the hourglass another thought.
The walk to school was about ten minutes, and Naruto took that time to think back on whether he had homework to turn in that day. He couldn't remember anything, and figured that it didn't matter anyway. He was a senior, and he already sent out college applications.
After shoving his backpack into his locker, Naruto heard a voice call out.
"Yo Naruto, how's it going?" Kiba grinned as he approached Naruto. He was wearing his usual hoodie. He was walking next to a guy with a short, brown ponytail that was worn high up on his head.
"Hey Kiba, Shikamaru, you guys ready for some good old mythology fun?"
Naruto, Kiba, and Shikamaru had been roped into taking a mythology course since they were short on their social studies electives. Since it was senior year, they were all catching up on classes they had not been able to take yet.
"I just want to stop learning about werewolves. Kakashi-sensei even had the nerve to ask me if I was a werewolf. Can you believe that?" Kiba growled.
Naruto couldn't contain his laughter. "You do kind of look like a dog hahahaha" Even Shikamaru cracked a smile at that. Kiba growled again, showing his slightly sharp canines, which caused Naruto and Shikamaru to continue laughing.
When they entered the classroom, the teacher was absent. They waited for about ten minutes before a tall, white-haired man ran in like he was late to his own wedding.
"Sorry I'm late class, I was making copies of your homework."
Half of the class rolled their eyes. Even though it was only a month into the school year, they were able to see through Kakashi's made up excuses for being late every day.
Kakashi coughed. "Good news class, we are finally moving on from our unit on werewolves. Sorry, Kiba"
The whole class snickered. They had been learning about werewolves for three weeks now, and Kakashi would not stop commenting on Kiba's werewolf attributes.
"We are now moving on to genies." Kakashi opened his book and was about to speak when some girl raised her hand. Kakashi nodded, giving her permission to ask her question.
"Do you mean genies like in that one Disney movie?" The girl had pink hair and green eyes. Her voice was overly sweet, almost in a sickly way.
"No Sakura, the genie myth differs from the cliché children's version. Any more questions?" Kakashi scanned the crowd in search for another raised hand. When there wasn't any, he continued.
"Now, there are a limited number of genies that are said to exist on Earth. They all came into existence simultaneously when a special meteor crashed to Earth sometime in the Cenozoic Era. They supposedly came into existence shortly before humans did, meaning they have been around a long time." Kakashi was about to continue before he was interrupted.
"Sensei, don't genies live in magic lamps?" Sakura did not seem to want to give up on the Disney version.
"No, genies have roamed the land for hundreds of thousands of years. They are immortal and do not have to live in lamps or grant wishes to humans. Now if I could continue, please." Kakashi was about to continue lecturing before the bell rang.
"No homework tonight, but come prepared to learn tomorrow. And the next person who asks a question about the animated blue genie will have Kiba attack them on the next full moon." Kakashi smiled behind his mask.
"I'M NOT A FUCKING WEREWOLF" Kiba ran out of the classroom. Naruto sweat dropped as he followed his angry werewolf friend.
After mythology was over, Kiba, Naruto, and Shikamaru all parted ways for their second class. After the fourth bell rang, the three met up again and walked into the cafeteria for lunch.
They all sat down at a large, but empty table together. The three were definitely not the coolest kids in school. The peaceful lunch was interrupted by a boy with long, brown hair and white eyes.
"Well what do we have here? Whiskered freak, the lazy shit, and the werewolf." Neji sneered as he stopped in front of their table. He was standing with two other people. One was a girl with brown hair styled in two buns on top of her head. Her name was Tenten, and she was Neji's right hand. The third person was a guy with short brown hair and a green jumpsuit. Lee was nice but usually just followed the other two around.
"Can't you just leave us alone, Neji? And cut the werewolf crap. What happened to calling me dog face?" Kiba asked.
"After hearing about Kakashi's lecture, I figured werewolf fit you better. Enjoy your lunch." Neji said sarcastically before shoving Kiba's lunch tray all over his lap. The three students walked back over to their table where a blonde girl and pink-haired girl were sitting.
Naruto stared dreamily over in the direction of the table. He was staring at none other than Sakura Haruno, the pink-haired beauty.
"I wish Sakura didn't hang out with those guys. Sakura…." Naruto trailed off.
Shikamaru snapped and brought Naruto back to reality.
"Neji just insulted your birth marks and all you can think about is Sakura? She's never going to like you. And I hear he's after her. And Neji has a lot better of a shot at her than you do, kid." Kiba sneered.
Naruto ran his hand over his cheek. He had three black lines that ran across each cheek. He was born with them and was constantly teased for having them.
"Well maybe she'll realize that I'm better for her than Neji or Lee or any of those bastards."
Kiba scoffed. "As if, kid".
"Okay, watch this." Naruto stood up and walked over to the popular kids' table. He stopped just behind Sakura, who was animatedly talking to her best friend Ino. Naruto watched Sakura longingly and waited for her to notice him, effectively getting the attention of everybody else at the table. Once Sakura turned around, she sent him a dirty look.
"What?" She hissed.
Naruto blushed as their eyes met, and replied, "You look pretty today, Sakura-chan."
Both girls burst out laughing and turned back around to face the rest of the table again, who joined in with the laughter. Naruto listened as they started a new conversation, completely ignoring what Naruto had just said.
Neji, who sat to the left of Sakura, watched Naruto stand there awkwardly and eventually decided to say something. He stood up and gently pushed Naruto away from the table. "You saw that right? You know you don't belong anywhere near her."
"You get jealous easily, Neji."
Neji burst out laughing. "Jealous of what?"
Naruto ignored that comment and looked at Sakura again. "She deserves better." Naruto said flatly, keeping eye contact with Sakura, who had turned back around to see what Neji was doing.
"You don't know what she deserves. You don't even know what girls like. You've never had a girlfriend, have you?" Neji said, pushing Naruto a little further toward the table where Kiba and Shikamaru sat. Most of the cafeteria was listening in and watching them cross the floor.
Naruto shook his head. "I can still tell she deserves better."
"Fuck. Off." Neji smirked, pushing Naruto down into his chair at the table, and walked back off to his own. Naruto felt tears start to form in his eyes. He got up from the table, not wanting anyone to see him cry. He ran all the way down the halls of the school and out the door. Once he was outside, he began walking back toward his house. He didn't care if he got in trouble for skipping. He just couldn't be at school right now.
Naruto opened his house and slammed the door once he got inside. His parent wouldn't be home until five. Naruto was about to head upstairs to go to sleep when he heard a noise in the kitchen.