Sasuke sat in his spot again the next day. He was going to miss this spot, and he would have to make a new one at the training ground where they would meet every day after the bell test. Or was it a bridge? He really couldn't remember.
Naruto walked in with his forehead protector, and Sasuke could literally feel the happiness coming off of him in waves. His good mood wouldn't last though, Kakashi would see to that. And maybe Sasuke would see to Kakashi.
Iruka went to the front of the room and started to give everyone their teams. Sasuke already knew where everyone would be, so he just zoned out. He looked out the window, and from his vantage point he could see the Hokage monument. He suddenly wondered why Naruto cared about this place so much, it wasn't like the village had done anything for him. He would never fully understand his friend.
He could here Sakura's shout of victory when they were put on the same team, but it was almost drowned out by Naruto's loud protests. When Iruka told him about the dead last thing, the entire room was filled with snickers and chortles. What an odd word, "chortle".
Naruto deflated, and Iruka went on announcing teams. After he was done, he congratulated them, then left them to wait for their new jounin sensei's. That had all been two hours ago, and of course, Kakashi was late. Sasuke had fallen asleep on Iruka's desk, and Naruto and Sakura were both sitting down, having quit pacing.
"Hey, Teme," Naruto asked suddenly. Sasuke lazily moved his head in the direction of the Dobe's voice.
"Hn?" he murmured, still half asleep.
"Did you know what was going to happen last night?" Sasuke nodded. No point in lying. Lies always ended up trapping their makers.
"Prove it!" Naruto got up in Sasuke's face. Thanks to his knowledge of how things had turned out last time, he had been able to avoid kissing Naruto in front of the entire class. He shifted away slightly, no point in taking chances.
"Well," he drawled, slurring the word. "It was the Fourth's scroll, and you got the kage bunshin down," he listed. "Then there was the part where Mizuki told you about Mr. Cuddles. Iruka gave you his headband." Naruto's face had always been easy to read, and right now it was an open book. It was practically screaming, "How!?". Sasuke chuckled, proud of staying a step or three hundred in front of the Dobe.
Naruto walked off, probably to think something over in his head. Sakura had been watching their transaction, but hadn't asked about it. She had already asked Sasuke on a date, since they were on the same team, she'd said. He was already going to ask her on a date though, so he had to refuse.
He drifted back to sleep, and was having a wonderful dream. It didn't exist, and Sasuke loved it when he didn't dream, they always reminded him of things that would never happen. He almost threw a kunai at Kakashi for waking him. As it was, he smirked his most evil grin at his sensei, who had chalk covering his already white hair. He thought of the upcoming meeting, and tried to decide how he wanted to play it. Moody Sasuke, Broody Sasuke, or Kooky Sasuke?
"My first impression of you. Hmmm. You're a bunch of idiots." Sakura and Naruto's shoulders both sunk in disappointment. Sasuke sat up and swung his legs off the desk.
"Just remember you brought this on yourself, sensei," Sasuke said in a tone that would worry any sane person. Sadly, not a single ninja could be called normal.
Kakashi had been late to the meeting for a different reason than the memorial stone, which had surprised him. He'd slept in, it had happened because of a bunch of cat nightmares, all of which Gai somehow managed to get into. He had to suppress a shiver, he couldn't let his prospective team see anything like that. Though prospective was a huge stretch, he preferred the word failing. He'd never had a genin team to this day, and he wasn't about to start now, even if Minato-sensei's son was on it. The kid looked almost exactly like him, and where he didn't Kushina took over.
He smiled at them as they all gathered on the roof, though they could only see his eye crinkle. "Well, I think we may as well start introducing ourselves." They all looked at him quizzically. Well, not all of them, the Uchiha sat staring at the ground. Another moody emo kid. Hasn't the Hokage gotten bored of trying to shove them on me? Kakashi would have preferred his brother, or that was, he would have before the massacre.
"What do you mean, sensei?" Pinky asked. A ninja with pink hair, that was honestly just too much. The team was doomed, before it had even started. He still had to play along for a couple days though, so he had to freak these kids out for tomorrow. He loved to watch the teams fail, it was evil, but that just made him chuckle more about it.
"Oh, just a couple things about you. Your name, your hobbies, what you like and dislike. Your future dreams. Things like that." Cue an eye crinkle. He'd confused the kids even more, so he gave himself some bonus points.
"Could you perhaps give us an example?" Maybe they weren't the huge idiots that he thought they were. Asking for an example wasn't exactly crafty, but it was one way to try and find out something. Oh, wait, never mind. They were actually wanting an example to find out how to do it. It was honestly just your name.
"Maa, alright. My name's Kakashi, I have many hobbies. I like many things, and dislike others. And as for my personal dreams? I don't feel like telling you that." He had to try not to laugh as the girl and Naruto both huffed in annoyance. The broody black haired brat was still staring at the ground. He couldn't even see his face.
"Alright, I gave my introduction. It's your turn. How about you, Pinky?" The girl's face turned a couple shades darker than her hair. For a minute, he thought she was going to hit him, then she ducked her head.
"I'm Sakura Haruno. My hobbies are, uhh.." she glanced at Uchiha here. "My likes, and uh, dreams for the future…" she exploded in a fit of giggles. Great, another reason to call them a lost cause. He resisted the urge to shake his head, either in disappointment or pity, he couldn't tell. He nodded over to Naruto.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" Somehow, Kakashi thought the kid could get louder. "I like ramen, but I really like the ramen that Iruka-sensei got me from old man Ichiraku! I dislike the three minutes it takes for instant ramen to be ready, and my dream for the future is to become the Hokage!" If the kid smiled any more, he could actually be a challenge to Rock Lee. Kakashi nodded, it was still better than what the girl had given him. He couldn't even remember her name. Next came Broody.
No answer was forthcoming. All of them peered over at the kid, Kakashi in his peripheral vision. It wouldn't do for him to leer, he had a reputation to keep, and he wasn't going to let these kids ruin it for him.
The two gathered around their "fallen" camarade, and looked at him. Kakashi suddenly realized what had happened, the kid had fallen asleep. He mentally shrugged, still better than a moody teenage boy. Naruto realized he was asleep a second later, and smiled. He shoved Uchiha over, and the boy fell to the ground. And he was still asleep. After about a minute of Naruto dragging the boy around and hitting him, Kakashi got bored and decided to intervene. He couldn't help but think back to what the kid had said before they'd come to the roof. "You brought this on yourself", something like that. He would say hate boy was faking sleep, but anyone would have stopped pretending after the sixth time Naruto hit him on the head. Anyone would have woken up too.
Naruto was aiming a kunai at Uchiha when he suddenly yawned, stretched, and sat up. He looked around at everything like it was completely normal. He muttered something under his breath, it sounded sort of like "time travel…permanent jet lag…" What was that? Then a quick, "no clue what that is".
Uchiha blinked the sleep out of his eyes, then nodded at each one of them in turn.
"Dobe, Sakura, sensei. Have we done introductions yet?" Kakashi grimaced, luckily it was hidden behind his mask. He nodded cheerfully.
"We're just waiting for yours now." Uchiha nodded.
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha. I dislike idiots, violence, and pinátas. I like tomatoes, wolves, and my family. My hobbies include things like wandering, sleeping, annoying people, and doing crazy things for the fun of it. My dream in the future is to figure out what the flames of youth are." That was… different than what he had been expecting, to say the least. And he thought that Sasuke would care more about reve-
"But I also really like cats!" Kakashi's eye had a seizure. It wasn't even fair to say it was twitching, it was a full blown seizure. Uchiha smiled down at him, happy and innocent, and Kakashi knew then that this boy would be a handful. He prayed to the gods that the child would fail tomorrow.
"How, nice." He finally managed to say. "Well, you all have some interesting personalities, and I look forward to seeing if you actually become genin." Oh, here came the real fun. Pinky and Naruto were both gaping.
"But we passed the academy's exam!" Naruto blurted. Kakashi nodded at him, reveling in their anguish.
"To be honest with you, only forty percent of you will actually become genin. The rest will be sent back to the school. I will be the one who decides if you pass or not. Your test is tomorrow, training grounds three. Oh, and make sure you don't eat breakfast, I don't need you to be throwing up." He left them with a teleportation jutsu, but didn't go far. He sat on the roof to a building beside where his team was sitting to watch.
Sasuke smirked as Kakashi moved off to stalk them. Naruto and Sakura were looking at him with almost worried expressions on their faces. He shrugged at them, then thought that he probably needed to reassure them, even if they were figments of his imagination.
"Relax, I was just doing that to get under his skin. He's a trashy teacher." Sakura immediately blushed and smiled, happy that her Sasuke-kun wasn't going crazy, while Naruto peered at him suspiciously.
"You know the future don't you?" the Dobe asked. Sasuke couldn't help but shake his head up and down as a yes. It went back to his philosophy on lies, and also because the Dobe was hilarious and unpredictable and he wanted to see where this went.
"Woah! So can I eat breakfast tomorrow? I don't want to miss out on any chance for ramen." Of course that was what he would worry about.
"You'll both want to eat a good supper and breakfast. Forget your diet Sakura, you'll lose plenty of weight by training." Sakura blushes a deep crimson. Sasuke guessed she was happy he noticed the diet, but also a bit upset about his reaction.
"Speaking of supper," Sasuke continued, "you guys want to go get ramen? My treat." Naruto couldn't resist free ramen, and Sakura would take whatever chance she had to get to hang out with Sasuke, so they both agreed.
"As long as we go to Ichiraku's," Naruto added. "That is the best ramen stand in the entire world!" Sasuke shook his head in exasperation, and went along with it. He still had to ask Sakura on a date though. It was kinda weird since he was technically a dead and more than twice her age, but she was the one that was always asking him on a date, so her loss.
"I was thinking Sakura, that maybe you and I could go get some dango or something afterward." He had maybe .2 seconds before he was enveloped in pink and surrounded by a happy squealing. What had he gotten himself into?