"Suigetsu you baka your still doing it wrong" Sakura huffed looking over her friends math homework, they were both seven now and to say her friend sucked at math was an understatement, he was absolutely terrible at it.
In response to this said boy scowled and crossed his arms over his chest "Then how exactly am I supposed to do it Sakura" Suigetsu grumbled looking less than pleased, it wasn't his fault that he sucked at this sort of thing.
With a long suffering sigh, Sakura sat in her vacated seat "I'll teach you again, to complete these equations we have to have an understanding of the position this person in point A is and the distance the person in point B has to throw in order to hit the person in point A" the pinkette began.
Off to the side Mangetsu looked more than amused at the antics of the duo "Okay then what" the pale blue haired seven year old leaned over his work to watch Sakura calculate out the correct answer to the question he was having massive problems with.
"You calculate out the trajectory range and bam you have your answer" Sakura finished in record time, the correct answer being 32 feet, obviously the smarter one between the two of them as she went back through and found other answers that weren't correct.
Before returning the homework to her friend, who sulked but focused on hopefully answering the questions properly this time "Here I'm done" Suigetsu shoved his work at Sakura again, who looked it over for the fifth time.
Finally she nodded in acceptance "Just be grateful that she's like that Suigetsu, otherwise you'd probably be failing every class at the academy" Mangetsu snorted as they packed up their belongings to head to the academy for class.
They always had an early morning study session to review their homework and make sure they had everything completed on time "Yeah, yeah I know" the pale blue haired seven year old huffed lightly making sure he had all his stuff in his backpack.
"Right see you after academy lets out you two" the white haired twenty eight year old waved watching the duo until they were no longer in sight, then he took to the rooftops to trail them on their way to the academy.
Eight minutes later the duo arrived without incident "Come on Suigetsu, if your extra good today I'll share some of my lunch that Auntie Mei made for me with you" the pinkette offered to give the seven year old incentive to behave while they were in class.
Until it was time for the physical portion of their lessons in which he got to run around and burn off that excess energy, without another word of complaint, because he really wanted some of that delicious lunch, he turned forward to pay attention as best he could and not cause trouble.
For the next almost four hours, they listened to their sensei drone on endlessly, all while taking notes diligently, all the way through their math, history and genjutsu lessons and just as it was getting nearer to lunch.
A special guest showed up in their classroom "Ah your right on time Chojuro, this here boy is a newly graduated genin from the academy and has been given the honor of being a member of the Legendary Swordsmen" their sensei announced.
Most of the students were in awe while two just shared a look with each other "Do you know which sword you'll be trained on how to use" Sakura asked raising her hand and waiting for the nod of acknowledgement from her sensei to speak.
Onyx orbs flashed her ways "H..Hiramekarei the great tw..twin sword" Chojuro stuttered out nervously, fidgeting beneath the curious gazes of the academy students, he still wasn't sure how he'd got stuck doing this.
"Cool, my Ni-san is a member of the Legendary Swordsmen as well, maybe he'll become your senpai and we can all hang out together sometime when he gives us our kenjutsu lesson on the weekends" Suigetsu grinned.
Helping to ease Chojuro's nerves a little, but not by much considering he still stuttered horribly "Yes m..maybe" the blue haired preteen ducked his head and just like that they were let out to eat lunch and like promised Sakura shared her bento with her friend.
Partway through eating they were joined "Oh Chojuro-senpai what brings you over here" the pinkette glanced up and caught sight of the genin, who was looking a lot more paler and nervous than before when they'd been in the classroom.
"Y..Your cl..classmates ar…are really row..rowdy" Chojuro admitted quietly joining the duo on the bench, both seven year old's before him seemed a lot different than the rest of their classmates and were less rowdy and more calmer.
Sakura grimaced "We know that, that's why we tend to keep to ourselves" the pale blue haired seven year old shrugged lightly, before chowing down some more on the food he'd been given from his friends bento.
Chojuro blinked at them "R..Really so y..you haven't made a..any friends besides e..each other" the blue haired preteen frowned and it deepened when both kids shook their heads, but it wasn't up to him to tell them what to do.
That was their parents job "How hard to you think physical's will be today, remember last week sensei said he was going to up the difficulty a bit since he thinks we're getting lazy" Suigetsu asked of his friend suddenly.
Who shrugged but made an attempt at answering Suigetsu's question "No idea Suigetsu, we'll probably be stuck running ten laps instead of eight, begin sparring against each other in both taijutsu and kenjutsu and also learn how to throw other types of weapons" Sakura guessed.
"I..Is your b..brother really a member of the L..Legendary S..Swordsman g..group" Chojuro piped in with a question of his own six minutes later after silence had settled around them as the younger duo focused on eating their lunch.
Both seven year old's nodded and without further ado headed in as the bell rang signaling the end of lunchtime, then it was time for their physical lessons "Last week I mentioned upping the difficulty of your lesson so ten laps, we'll work on sparring, kenjutsu and taijutsu and throwing more than one needle at a time" their sensei explained what he had in store for them.
At least it wasn't to bad and most of that stuff they already knew "Can we do it in any order Sensei" his only pink haired student called wanting to get the taijutsu and kenjutsu spars out of the way first so she could focus on her laps and finally throwing skills.
He raised a brow then made a shooing motion, which indicated that they could do as they pleased "Awesome, come on Sakura, let's get our swords" the pale blue haired boy cheered excitedly as they scrambled for the weapons rack.
Grabbing a dull sword each and then settling into a stance across from each other their sensei watching closely to avoid having any accidents happen and like that they were lunging at one another, their blades clashing and creating little yellow sparks.
Before jumping back to circle around each other trying to find a weakness in the others stance just like Mangetsu had taught them when they'd told him part of the curriculum in the academy focused on kenjutsu, not that he was surprised much, but he'd still taught them.
Their sensei was a little surprised at their willingness to spar against each other, not only that the girl's viciousness was shocking, he knew she got good grades, but beyond that she hadn't really showed much in the way of being a prodigy.
It wasn't just the girl but the boy as well, he was adept at wielding a sword as well as they lunged swinging their swords properly and landing hits on the other, just barely there scratches exerting control over the power of their swings.
Until the girl emerged victorious five minutes later, before they commenced with their taijutsu spar, Sakura proving resourceful in a fight and taking her friend down in a manner of ten minutes to his displeasure.
"Good get on with your laps" their sensei ordered now that they were finished with the spars, deeply impressed with both of his rather taciturn students, more the girl than the boy, before today, they'd chosen to listen rather than participate in class, other than that they spoke very little and were very quiet.
Most likely due to the girl's presence it kept the boy from causing to much trouble, he snorted and watched them get started on their laps, keeping even with one another for the entirety of their ten laps and chattering back and forth quietly to one another.
Without disrupting anyone else, all of whom were now focusing on their kenjutsu and taijutsu spars "By the way why did you want to do the spars first instead of laps" Suigetsu inquired when they passed the finish line for the eight time in six minutes.
Both of them wanting to finish before fifteen minutes so they had a little extra time to work on their throwing skills "Didn't want my arms to feel like they were going to fall off, doing that first and laps second gives our arms a little bit of a rest so they aren't totally useless" Sakura answered.
Suigetsu blinked at her, thought over what she said and then just stared because he hadn't really thought about what would happen if they'd tried to work with their arms after doing both kenjutsu and taijutsu "Your right" the pale blue haired boy nodded.
Accepting the fact that his friend would always be super smart no matter what they doing "Of course I'm right Suigetsu" the fuscia haired girl quipped with a giggle as they finished off the remaining two laps with five minutes to spare.
Then they simply headed towards the wooden targets and grabbed up their throwing needles, first one, then they added another and finally a third, when they tried to throw all four, they found it easier said than done so worked on practicing just throwing three at a time.
Until it was time to go in for their final lessons on jutsu theory and hand signs "Phew glad that class is over with today" Suigetsu sighed in relief packing up his belongings, knowing that they were only going to go straight to the library to complete their homework.
"Yeah but we'll have it again tomorrow and the rest of the week remember" Sakura had to go and burst his bubble with a giggle as they left the academy behind and weaved through crowds with ease to reach their destination.
Like always Mangetsu was there waiting for them "Brought dinner for you guys, Sakura your Aunt said she was going to be busy so you'll be spending the night again" he informed the duo, who found an empty table, gathered books for research and got started on their homework.
At the news Sakura looked up "I hope Auntie Mei accomplishes her goal someday of becoming the Mizukage" the bubblegum haired girl sighed looking a little forlorn, not that she minded spending the night with her friend, but she wished she could spend more time with her Aunt sometimes.
Who was all the time having her pictures taken "Someday she will Sakura, that's why she needs your support, mine to" the pale blue haired seven year old patted his friend on the back knowing the current subject was a bit of a sore point for her.
Mangetsu shook his head "Better get started you two" the white haired adult gestured at their books and work and with that they threw themselves into getting their homework done, by the time it was five it was all done.
So with that they headed to the Hozuki brother's house and had dinner, where the next day they repeated the day by going to the academy and coming back with tons of homework "Very sorry Sakura-chan, I know your sad sweetie" Mei met them at the library with an apology on the tip of her tongue.
Her lips curved upwards when the girl shook her head "Nu-uh Auntie Mei, I'm happy see" Sakura smiled as wide as she could hiding her true feelings, she didn't want her aunt to think she wasn't grateful for all she'd done for her so far after all.
Green met green and Mei knew the truth hidden deep within the depths of her nieces viridian irises "Well we got lots of homework to do so see ya" Suigetsu grimaced eyeing his friend warily, hoping that she didn't suddenly start crying.
Then ushered her into the library, Mei sighed 'From this moment on I'll work harder' the auburn haired woman vowed inwardly marching down the streets of the Hidden Mist Village, bound and determined because she didn't want to upset her niece anymore than she already had.
~Leaf Village~
"Everything alright boys" Mikoto asked when she entered her youngest son's room and heard a groan, both Sasuke and Asagao were studying for their next test, they got the best grades in class and had good marks in the physical lessons as well.
Both boys looked up at her with bloodshot eyes, indicating it had been a long day "We're fine mother, just don't understand this part" Sasuke glowered at his jutsu theory homework, he should understand but he didn't.
Mikoto bent placing the tray on the table to figure out the problem "Aha I see, if you memorized all the hand signs you'll know which jutsu it's depicting" the raven haired woman hinted, not giving away the full answer.
Immediately Sasuke bent over his worksheet again, onyx orbs scrutinizing the problem "Got it Sasuke it's the hand signs to the Suiton: Raging Waves Jutsu" Asagao burst out figuring the problem out first now that he understood what he was looking at.
"Thanks Mother you're a life saver…is that dinner" the raven haired boy beamed at her brightly pleased that they got the answer all figure out before trailing off and sniffing the air before his gaze honed in on the tray.
She rolled her eyes lightly in response and placed the tray down for the two boys "Your the best Mrs. Uchiha, thank you for this meal" the pink haired boy grinned eagerly digging in but with manners unlike his friend.
Who got food everywhere as he tried and failed at working on the rest of his homework "Eat first then finish homework Sasuke, and remember at nine it's lights out" Mikoto shook her head then reminded the two boys of bed time.
They nodded their heads eagerly "Understood Mrs. Uchiha, we promise to go to sleep this time" Asagao ducked his head sheepishly remembering other nights spent in the Uchiha Main Family House and how they hadn't gone to bed and got scolded horribly.
"Yes we promise Mother, plus we don't want to be tired for the test tomorrow" Sasuke reiterated, then focused on eating and when they were done the tray was put out in the hall and they focused their efforts on finishing up their homework.
Like they promised at nine they crawled underneath the covers of the futon bed at opposite ends to get some shut eye "The academy should have more tests if this is the result" Itachi shook his head spying on the two boys.
Sleeping soundly beneath the blankets "Indeed, all the chaos from before wouldn't have happened" Shisui snorted keeping watch with his best friend for a little while longer to assure themselves that the two were really sleeping and not faking it like they'd been known to do before.
Once they fully satisfied both Sasuke and Asagao weren't going to wake up any time soon they headed for the living room "Are they actually sleeping" Fugaku raised a brow at his nephew and oldest son.
"Must not want to fail that test they've been studying for all week" the fifteen year old said shooting a look down the hallway at Sasuke's closed bedroom door to assure himself once again neither seven year old was going to wake up and wreak havoc in the house.
Fugaku snorted "Probably for the best, if the tests were a constant every week thing it would keep them from getting into trouble all the time" the brunet Uchiha Patriarch grunted turning and heading towards his office to get some work done.
"I'm going to go patrol" the preteen Uchiha Heir announced then vanished in a flurry of black feathers from his crow summons, his best friend sighed and hurried after him so they could ensure the compound remained safe.
And soon morning was upon them and the two boys were heading off for the academy "We are so gonna ace this test" the little raven haired seven year old boasted confidently to the rest of his classmates as he and Asagao took their seats.
Near the back of the classroom "Of course only because we studied super hard" the pink haired boy scoffed leaning back and waiting patiently for their sensei to arrive and start class, wanting to get their theory of jutsu test over and done with.
Their boasting got a few scowls from some of their un-confident male classmates, while the girls went wildly mostly over Sasuke, but Asagao got a bit of attention himself for having unique pink hair and gorgeous dark blue eyes.
Less than a moment later their academy sensei entered the classroom "Okay settle down everyone, we'll start with roll call then I'll hand out the tests" Iruka clapped his hands as he stood before the podium and began reading off names.
Every student was there thank the kami because some of them liked to skip especially on days like this and then he was handing out the tests to all of his students "Begin" the brunet said five minutes later and for the next forty minutes the classroom was filled with the sounds of pencil on paper.
Thirty minutes later Sasuke and Asagao set down their pencils and flipped over their test to avoid any from trying to cheat off them "How did you find it, I thought it was a little hard" Sasuke lowered his voice to ask his friend a question.
"Eh kinda but not to hard, I'm sure that's only because we studied all week for it so we understood it better than we usually do" Asagao answered quietly, whispering back and forth with Sasuke for several minutes until their first lesson came to an end.
No homework was assigned for their theory of jutsu class and Iruka swiftly moved onto their history lesson "As you know there are other villages out there, can anyone name one of them" Iruka looked around hoping that at least some of his students were knowledgeable of this topic.
Sasuke and Asagao shared another before both raised their hands "Yes" the brunet nodded at the duo who were always together, and pretty much did everything together including studying at each others homes.
"Hidden Mist Village Iruka-sensei, my Aunt lives there" the pink haired boy exclaimed only knowing that much because he'd found a picture of his aunt and he wished someday that he'd be able to meet the woman, who hadn't once come to visit him or written any letters.
Iruka nodded before looking to Sasuke "The Hidden Cloud Village, my Ni-san told me we have a longstanding hate-hate relationship with them" the raven haired boy burst out proud that he knew a different village than his friend, because Mist was his first choice as well.
"Very good, how about anyone else, do you know any other villages except those that were named" Iruka looked around hoping that the rest of his students knew about the other village, for a few minutes they looked lost and he was loosing hope.
Until finally someone raised their hand "I..Isn't there a v..village hi..hidden in the st..stones" Hinata Hyuga stuttered horribly as she gave an answer, Iruka nodded, gazing around one last time in hopes someone else would participate.
Then ever so slowly "Ooh I know, I know Iruka-san the Hidden Sand Village cause that's our um..um sister nation" Naruto Uzumaki burst out surprisingly, it was enough that he had participated that Iruka let the fact he hadn't raised his hand slide before moving on with the lesson.
"Correct those villages with our own make up the five great nations and each of these villages have a Kage or shadow much like our very own Hokage which means fire shadow" the brunet explained glad that they were paying attention for once.
His students blinked at him "Wait what you mean there are other outrageously strong people out there that have the title of Kage" Kiba Inuzuka shouted jumping up from his seat obviously shocked at the news.
Iruka sent him a look and he sheepishly sat back down to his classmates amusement "Exactly the Mizukage in Mist, Tsuchikage in Stone, Raikage in Cloud and Kazekage in Sand" Iruka cleared his throat speaking evenly.
For the remainder of the lesson his students were enraptured with his lesson, which was a surprising first and then it was time for their math lesson and finally theory of genjutsu before they were let out for lunch.
"Ugh I'm glad that's over and once we get done with lunch it's time for taijutsu lessons" Sasuke stretched his arms high above his head popping his back to relieve his muscles from tension as they headed for the roof.
Next to him was his friend "You know I've kind of been thinking Sasuke, Naruto seems lonely, why don't we invite him to join us and be friends with him" Asagao suggested suddenly and Sasuke stopped to stare at him in horror.
Before the horror morphed into resignation "Fine but only cause you asked" the ebony haired boy grumbled not wanting to be friendly with the class dunce, but because his friend was kind now he would have to be nice to.
Dark blue orbs lit up as Asagao sped back down the steps and out to the playgrounds to find the blonde haired boy "Oi Naruto wanna join me and Sasuke for lunch, I'll share since I have more than enough" the pink haired boy hollered catching sight of the blonde.
Immediately Naruto was right there at his sight "Would I ever, but are you sure Sasuke's okay with this" the blue eyed blonde asked when they started up the steps again, him becoming a little worried about what the Uchiha would do or say at his presence.
"Relax Sasuke knows and he's fine with you joining us" Asagao assured the blonde as they breached the top of the steps and were now stood on the roof of their academy building where a certain heir was waiting for them.
Knowing that now it would be impossible to get rid of the blonde he threw a forced smile at the over exuberant boy "Glad you could join us, we'll share, my mom always makes to much" Sasuke managed not to say anything insulting and together they sat down to enjoy lunch.
Then it was back in once the bell rang their new friend following them as they got started on laps and finally their taijutsu spars, lastly was their lesson on hand signs "Suppose I'll see ya tomorrow" Naruto waved heading in the opposite direction of his new found friends.
Who split up themselves and headed towards their individual homes "How was your day sweetie, do you know if you got a good grade on your test yet" Mebuki was there to greet her son like she always was unless he went over to Sasuke.
"Not yet Mom, say how come Auntie Mei never comes to visit or write any letters" the pink haired seven year old asked suddenly wanting to know the answer to his earlier thoughts, it was like she didn't even care she was missing out on his life.
Mebuki froze fumbling to find an answer "Your Aunt Mei is very busy trying to become the Mizukage, I'm sure someday you'll meet her" Kizashi saved her from having to lie, it was the truth after all, but a partial one.
Their son sighed "At the very least couldn't she like write a letter" Asagao sulked wanting to find out how his aunt was doing and with that in mind he became very determined to write a letter and send it off to the Hidden Mist Village.
Kizashi and Mebuki shared a look "Perhaps you could try it if you'd like, send a letter" the blonde woman offered knowing that if she didn't he would do it anyway and get in serious trouble Mist and Leaf weren't on good terms yet.
"In fact I'll even help you" the pale pink haired male suggested and with that they sat down at the table and Asagao wrote his very first letter ever, his parents promising to send it off as he got started on his homework.
Then it was time for bed "Goodnight Mom, Dad" the pink haired boy yawned tiredly exhausted from a long day at the academy and absorbing all the information that had been imparted on him and his classmates.
Once they were sure he was in bed, the letter was sealed away, promising to apologize someday for not sending it like they said they would, because as the Terumi Family tradition dictates no contact was allowed even if it was just his Aunt, Sakura could find out and that was forbidden.
So after putting the letter away they locked up and made sure their home was safe and secure, checked on their son, tucked him beneath the blankets better, flipped off all the lights and headed to bed themselves dreaming of the future when their family would be complete again.