Chapter 16: Cooking class
Iaf walked down a corridor looking for her classroom, so far she had taken a wrong turn 3 times but a little help from her map and a random person also late, Iaf had found the right corridor leading to her classroom.
When she found the class she sighed and cursed whoever made the school so big, opening the door Iaf found only the teacher in the room "where is everyone?" she asked herself, the teacher looked up "who are you?" she asked, Iaf snapped out of her daze and looked at the teacher "um, my name is Iaf Aros and I'm the new student in this class… but where is the class?" she replied "the kitchen, where you are going, now I'm Anko your cooking teacher" Anko said, pointing to a door next to her desk.
Anko got up and walked to the door with Iaf following, when she opened the door she called out to the rest of the class "oi maggots, this girl here will be joining our class so be nice" Anko moved out of the way and Iaf stepped into the kitchen "Iaf-chan!" she heard someone shout and looked around to see Naruto waving at her with Hinata, Sakura and Choji next to him "so you know this girl… great you can look after her" Anko said slightly pushing Iaf towards them.
"O-okay" she stuttered as she walked over to them "hi guys" she greeted when she stood next to Sakura and Hinata "Iaf-chan, what happened at recess?" Naruto asked "it's hard to explain…" Iaf replied trailing off "th-that's okay y-you don't have t-to tell us i-if you d-don't want to" Hinata stuttered.
"Oh I'll tell you but only when I find an easier way to explain it" Iaf replied "okay" Naruto said with his usual grin "we were only worried about you" Sakura added.
"Alright maggots, gat into your usual pairs and start making whatever's on your list that I'll put on your desk" Anko ordered.
Anko walk around to the desks and put a piece of paper on each one, when she got to Iaf she stopped "you work with the girls for now" she told her "okay" Iaf replied as Anko continued her round, Sakura pulled her over "how good are you at cooking?" she asked in a hushed whisper "uh… good, why?"
"We suck" Sakura stated "oh, well I'm sure that whatever is on the sheet won't be too bad" Iaf said and grabbed the sheet, she looked at it and read out loud "your task is to make something that is from another country, good luck and don't pick something that does not require the oven!" Sakura and Hinata dropped their heads in despair "we're doomed!" they complained in unison "I know! Let's make Hamburgers" Iaf said and watched as the two girls looked up at her in confusion "make what?" they chorused "Hamburgers" Iaf repeated "what are Hamburgers?" Sakura asked "I'll show you I ate a lot of these when I was in Australia" Iaf replied as she grabbed a packet of minced meat, some lettuces, tomato, a block of cheese and a bag of six rolls before she put them down on the desk "now Hinata, can you use a knife?" Iaf asked as she put the lettuce and tomato in the sink then turned the tap on "y-yes" Hinata replied, Iaf opened one of the cupboards that was at her legs and found a chopping board and some pots and pans "great then can you please cut the tomato into slices and then shred the lettuce, Sakura can you please cut the cheese into slices and when I ask can you put a pan onto the stove and turn the stove on high?" Iaf asked which sounded more like orders "yes ma'am!" Sakura and Hinata said and saluted, Iaf turned around with a confused look on her face before they all giggled "hey, can we try some of what your making when you're finished Iaf-chan?" Naruto asked from the desk behind them "sure Naruto there will be six so there is enough for one each and one for the teacher when we have to show her what we made" Iaf replied as she handed Hinata the tomato and lettuce.
When Iaf had almost finished making the patties she called out to Sakura "alright Sakura I need the pan on the stove"
"Okay" Sakura replied and got the pan out before setting it out on the stove and turning in on "is there anything else?" Sakura asked "in few minutes you need to put some cooking oil on the pan" Iaf replied "b-but we d-don't have any" Hinata told her "then ask another group if we can borrow theirs" Iaf said without looking towards them "Hinata can you do it please?" Sakura asked as she started putting the cut up ingredients on the plate "al-all r-r-right" Hinata replied as she looked around to see who had cooking oil before walking off.
Iaf had started making the patties into their round shape when Hinata came back "I g-got some o-oil" she said "cool can you put some in the pan please?" Iaf asked "how much?" Hinata asked, Iaf turned around and walked over "just put some in a circle going inwards, you know like a spiral" Iaf told her as she motioned with her finger "like this?" Hinata asked as she poured the liquid onto the pan "yep just right" Iaf said and went to pick up the patties to put on when Hinata interrupted her "can I please put them on Iaf-chan?" she asked "sure, I'll return the oil while you do that, just make sure to spread them evenly" Iaf told her "now where did you get this oil from?" she added "the desk at the b-back on the right s-side" Hinata told her, Iaf looked over at the desk to see the backs of two people "okay thank you Hinata" Iaf said and walked over to the desk "um, excuse me?" Iaf spoke up when she reached the desk, the two people turned around and Iaf nearly dropped the bottle of oil "K-Konan-chan!" she exclaimed quietly "what am I invisible?" Kisame complained from next to Konan "oh sorry" Iaf apologized "I take it you are here to return that" Konan said pointing to the bottle "oh yes, thank you for letting our group borrow it, the hamburger patties would have stuck to the pan if we didn't use oil" Iaf said holding it out "the Ham-a-what?" Kisame asked as Konan took the bottle from Iaf "Hamburger patties, I'm teaching Hinata and Sakura to make Hamburgers and…. Oh crap, I need to go I'll talk to you later" Iaf said before she ran over to her desk, grabbed a spatula and flipped the burgers to see that they were nearly burnt. Iaf sighed "lucky I remembered on time" she said before turning around to Sakura and Hinata who had confused looks on their faces "I forgot to tell you that you had to flip them or they'll burn" she explained.
A few minutes later Iaf put the patties onto the rolls and took one of them to the teacher in the other room "Anko-sensei, we're done" she said as she closed the door to the kitchen, Anko "well what did you make?" she asked "Hamburgers" Iaf replied as she put the Hamburger she brought with her down on the table "oh I think I've heard of this once from a buddy of mine who traveled around the world" Anko told her before taking a bite from the hamburger "not bad, not much had to be done but you did well with the limited resources you had…" Anko trailed off as she wrote stuff down in her book 'we had limited resources?' Iaf wondered "your group is you, Hyuuga-san and Haruno-san right?" Anko asked "who?" Iaf questioned, Anko sighed "Hinata and Sakura" she said "oh! Yes they are my teammates" Iaf replied "okay well considering everything you've done to make this, the right amount of time to make it and how good it is you and your group gets an A-, good job" Anko told Iaf who bowed "thank you Anko-sensei" she said before walking back into the kitchen.
When Iaf got back to the desk Sakura and Hinata crowded her "so, how did it go?" Sakura asked "we got an A- which I think is good" Iaf replied "what! An A-!" Sakura exclaimed while Hinata just looked shocked "what?" Iaf asked "Anko-sensei has never given out that high a score before" Sakura told her "really?" Iaf questioned "y-yes the highest s-she's ever given out before i-is a B" Hinata replied.
Iaf shrugged "well let's eat anyway" she said making her own hamburger, the girls nodded "hey, what about us?" Choji asked "hurry up and get it then" Iaf scolded playfully, the boys rushed over and quickly made theirs before scurrying back "thanks Iaf-chan" they chorused "that's okay but how is your food coming?" Iaf asked as she started cleaning up the bench "good we've almost finished" Choji told her as Naruto ate his hamburger "cool let's hope you do well" Iaf replied.
15 minutes later class ended and everyone was exiting the classroom "a C?" Naruto said glumly "well, Anko-sensei is tough" Sakura said trying to cheer him up "Naruto, what can you cook" Iaf asked "Raman" he replied "…anything else?"
Naruto shook his head and Iaf sweat dropped "why am I not surprised?" she muttered to herself and after saying bye to her friends she headed off to her locker to put her stuff away.