Chapter 4
Although she didn't show it, Sasuke was feeling a bit better about how her day was going. She was sitting here in her favorite class, listening to Naruto go on about the school. It was fun to argue with him again. It was fun to be around people her own age.
She couldn't help but wonder about the dinner plans they had for Friday. Obviously he was going to end up paying for the both of them, but it was clever how he just stuck that little bet in there, like they were kids again.
She was also curious to hear what Iruka had to say to her. She probably worried him sick the night she ran away. She remembered how much Iruka cared about his students and the kids at the orphanage.
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled "Are you spacing out?!"
"Hn, dobe. Stop screaming in my ear" Sasuke responded, "What do you want?"
"The bell rang, I'll wait outside for you" Naruto said standing up
"You don't have to, I'm not senile, I can find my way to the next class" Sasuke answered
"Oh? But I want to…" Naruto smiled at her an walked out
Sasuke's heart skipped a beat, and her face turned pink again. She tried her best to ignore all these feelings the charming blonde idiot made her feel, and waited for the class to exit.
She approached Iruka's desk.
"You wanted to speak to me sensei?" Sasuke asked
Iruka stood up, walked around his desk, and put his arms around Sasuke. He couldn't help it. For years he wondered what happened to her, if she was in any danger, if she was dead or alive. He prayed that she was being taken car of and looked after. Now, he knew she was finally ok.
"Oh my god Sasuke, when you ran away I didn't know where you go." Iruka whispered letting her go and pushing the hair away from her face like a father would "I didn't know if you would be ok out there in a cold harsh world. The day you disappeared, I was so scared, but now I know you're ok."
"Yeah, I did come out ok" Sasuke responded softly
"Are you sure you're ok now? You look too skinny. Are you living alone?" Iruka frowned "Come over for dinner sometime this week and I'll feed your favorites" Iruka paused "I can remember them if they're the same as before…."
Sasuke smiled. Even though they always had an academic and professional relationship, iruka still cared about all his students, he was probably still in contact with most, if not all, of the kids at the orphanage.
"Sensei, I have a guardian now" Sasuke responded softly
"Oh good invite him too!" Iruka said cheerfully while walking to the door "The more the merrier. I'll see you tonight around 7. You can just come home with Naruto, he's probably listening by the door anyways" Iruka opens the door revealing that Naruto had his ear pressed against the door.
Little did Iruka know, he might just regret insisting Sasuke come to dinner when he finds out who her guardian is.
Oh great… now she was forced into dinner at Iruka's. Normally she would just not bother going, but this was Iruka, she owed him at least this much. He was probably one of the few who were truly worried about her well-being. Well, maybe today wasn't that bad, it was starting to look up, even the rain coming down that bad. Now she would have to tell Kakshi they had plans for dinner, lovely. Maybe he won't come.
Naruto was excited. Sasuke was going to come over for dinner! He would get some time alone with her today! Today was turning out to be pretty great. Just 3 more class period until lunch, where he could introduce her to all his friends. There next class was science, which shouldn't be as intolerable as math.
Asuma Sarutobi was their physics teacher. Asuma is the cigarette-addicted father of another teacher's, Kurenai Yuhi, baby. They were constantly seen together, multiple times outside of school, but Kurenai's pregnancy still surprised all their friends.
Naruto was not surprised to see Shikamaru sitting in the back of the class. Despite his laziness, Shikamaru was brilliant. He was amazing at figuring out problems in math and science.
"Hey Shika!" Naruto called out while walking to the back
"Troublesome" Shika murmured "How can you be so loud this early in the morning?"
"It's already second period!" Naruto laughed
"Too early" Shika muttered
"Shika, this is Sasuke Uchihha" Naruto said pointing to the girl next to him.
"Yo" Shika greeted
"Hn" Sasuke replied
"Wow I'm so lucky to be surrounded with such talkative friends!" Naruto responded sarcastically
The bell rang signaling the start of class.
"Alright class" Asuma welcomed gruffly "I'm Asuma Sarutobi, and this is Physics class. I'm not going to lie to you, this is a very tough course. I won't be offended if you guys choose to drop the class after this week, but please tell me if you decide to leave. I'm going to go over guidelines, syllabus, and safety."
Naruto was on the verge of falling asleep. Science was fun, but mostly on lab days. Lectures about science bored him to death. Today's lecture, on the rules, was seriously putting him to sleep. Shika was already asleep, so it wouldn't hurt to sleep, just for a little while. He put his elbow on the table and rested his head on his palm dozing off.
Sasuke saw Naruto dozing off and sighed. The dobe didn't have the attention span to pay attention. No doubt he was going to suffer for this later. She decided to let him sleep and watch him suffer later.
Asuma noticed his class was dozing off. He expected it, lecturing was boring. This is exactly why he lectured. So he could bring out the catapult and show them what projectile motion was all about. He was originally going to pick the puzzle solving legend all the science and math teachers are talking about, Shikamaru, but Asuma noticed that Shikamaru wasn't actually sleeping, he was pretending to sleep. Asuma could tell by the deathly still way he chose to sleep, like he was expecting to be attacked. So Asuma chose to hit the blonde next to Shikamaru. That kid was really sleeping.
Asuma decided to wait 5 more minutes before he would bring the catapult out. He had softballs ready for launch by the catapult. Asuma turned around to take a look at the class again while he continued talking about the rules. The raven-haired girl next to Blondie was wide-awake and paying attention to what he was saying. She would notice him aiming the soft balls at Blondie, but for some reason, Asuma felt that she wouldn't do anything to save he blonde kid.
Asuma kept talking about safety while going over to reveal the catapult. Students who were feeling droopy woke up at the site. Sasuke was amused. This guy was going to wait up the entire class like that. Good thing she was wide-awake and paying attention. Sasuke watched the teacher set it up, while still managing to continue his boring lecture. He was probably lecturing this dully on purpose.
He caught Sasuke's eye, looked over and Naruto, and winked at Sasuke. Oh this was too good, Sasuke thought smirking. Naruto was going to get a beautiful wake-up call.
More students started to become attentive as Asuma began preparing his machine.
"Now boys and girls, I will be showing you how physics can be used in practical purposes of everyday life" Asuma said smirking and aiming for the unaware blonde.
With that, he cute the rope and launched a softball right at the blonde.
Naruto was in the beginning of a beautiful dream. It was after dinner and he was hanging out in his room with Sasuke. They were talking, laughing, and fighting like old times, but the argument got a bit sexier. Just when things were really getting heated, something hit arm, and made his head fall right on the desk.
Naruto woke up to see half the class laughing, and the other half coming out of a daze. Sasuke was next to him chuckling.
"Wha…?" Naruto asked confused, his voice raspy from the short nap.
"You were asleep dobe" Sasuke responded smirking
"And remember kids, projectile motion will be out to get you when you sleep in my class!" Asuma stated grinning "Now since I know basically none of you paid attention, make sure to pick these packets up on your way out and study them for tomorrow. For those of you that did pay attention, pick them up anyways"
The bell rang signaling the end of class. Naruto stretched and yawned. He really was having a good nap.
"Aww man, I could use another hour" Naruto said sleepily
"Now you know how I feel" Shika added "I won't see you until lunch Naruto, I have Calculus and Honors Stats next."
"Hey! How do you know I don't have that?!" Naruto replied indignantly, while getting up.
"Because last year when we were making schedule you stated that you'd "Never take that junk!""
"Oh yeah…." Naruto replied sheepishly
"Hn…. Dobe" Sasuke said "Lets get out of here now, to gym next"
"Alright, see ya later Shika!" Naruto said walking out.
"Hn" Sasuke said nodding to him.
Shika gave a short wave.
"Alright, you have to go to the girl's locker room and buy a gym uniform" Naruto stated
Naruto was excited. The girls's uniform was hot, and Sasuke was going to look sexy. Unlike the boys, girls had a tank top designed for gym class. It was more ideal when they had to run outside, but optional. They had a gray t-shirt similar to the boys, but they also had the choice of wearing longer shorts, instead of the standard short shorts. Naruto wanted to see Sasuke in those short shorts.
"Hn, I'm not an idiot dobe" Sasuke stated. Even though she really didn't know she had to buy one, she had brought her own just in case.
"Hey, not all schools work the same" Naruto replied "I thnk Sakura-chan is in this class"
"Hn" said Sasuke walking towards the girl's locker room.
"Well, if she is, feel free to just walk up to her. She really nice." Naruto said walking towards the boy's locker room
"Hn" Sasuke said at the entrance of the girl's locker room.
Oh great, now Sasuke had to talk to Sakura. She didn't know what to say to her. Where to begin, or whether to tell her at all? No, she couldn't tell anyone about her previous life style. It was embarrassing and just straight out bad. She would talk around it.
"Alright then, see you in a couple minutes" Naruto said walking into the boy's locker room.
Sasuke walked down the girl's locker room to the gym teacher's office to pick up a uniform and locker. Anko Mitarashi took care of the girl's gym locker room, as well as being a gym and health teacher, but Sasuke wasn't excepting her.
Sasuke knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Anko yelled
Sasuke opened the door and was completely surprised to see her. She was older, but it was definitely her. Sasuke saw pictures of when she was younger in the Snakes brothel. Her pictures were in a giant album the snake kept.
"Yes?" Anko asked
"I'm new." Sasuske replied
"Locker and uniform?" Anko asked
"Hn" Sasuke responded
"What's a matter? Cat got you tongue?"
"….."
"Small your size?" Anko questioned
"Yes" Sasuke nodded
"Here you go. These are your options" Anko said pulling out a different gym clothes. Pick what you want and leave. I'll mark you down, give you a receipt, and you can go to the office to pay. You know Shizune, right?"
"Hn"
There was everything from sweatshirts to short shorts. Sasuke took a t-shirt, tank top, and the longer shorts. She wasn't go to run around showing half her butt to the world.
"You sure about the long shorts? They get intolerable in the summer"
"Are there any basketball shorts?" Sasuke asked
"For boys. You'll have to ask Gai for a pair"
"Hn"
"Here's your lock, and your locker is 696, right next to Sakura, the pink haired girl."
"Thanks" Sasuke said walking out.
Great. Now he had to approach Sakura.
Sasuke walked to his locker and saw the ink hair girl changing with her back turned. Sasuke took a deep breath, and decided to call her name.
"Sakura" Sasuke said
Sakura turned around and smiled. She was shirtless, and had her gym shirt in her hand. Without even putting that shirt on, she put her arms around Sasuke and hugged her.
Sakura was just so happy. Sasuke actually came to her. She thought that she was going to end up chasing Sasuke again like last time. When Sasuke ran away, she missed her so much.
Sasuke was feeling slightly uncomfortable. Sakura was in her bra, and short shorts, hugging her in the middle of the girl's locker room. Just a bit uncomfortable, but she tapped her back anyways. Sasuke had missed Sakura. She never got close to another female like she did with Sakura.
"Umm forehead-girl" a platinum blonde haired girl cut in "You're in your bra hugging the new girl, you're going to scare her away!"
"Shut up Ino-pig" Sakura snapped playfully letting Sasuke go "Me and Sasuke here go way back! Sasuke, this is Ino."
"Nice to meet you Sasuke" Ino said smiling
"You too" Sasuke replied
"Sasuke! It's been so long! We have so much to catch up on!" Sakura announced happily.
"Hn" Sasuke frowned.
"But…." Sakura noticed frown "We can talk about the past later! Right now, let me actually tell you about the school. I bet you, Naruto probably talked about the sports fields all day."
"Yeah" Sasuke replied giving a small smile "The dobe didn't even notice I wasn't responding"
Sakura giggled. That sounded just like Naruto. She noticed Sasuke called him "dobe" like she use to before. That was good.
Saskue finished changing and put her hair up in a pony tail. The small t-shirt fit her body closely, and the shorts hugged his hips and thighs, perfect for working out.
"Alright, lets get out there!" Sakura stated brightly "Come on Ino-pig! Where's Hinata?"
"She's using the bathroom forehead" Ino replied "I'll wait for her, you guys go on ahead"
"Sasuke, you'll love Hinata! She's really shy, but once you get to know her she's just so interesting" Sakura said while walking out of the girl's locker room. "Oh yeah! You'll get to meet Kiba and Lee right now too."
"I already met Shikamaru" Sasuke said nonchalantly
"He's so lazy" Sakura giggled, "But Ino-pig has the biggest crush on him"
Skaura went on about all her friends and gossip until they got near the boys.
"Hey guys!" Sakura yelled, "This is Sasuke! She's new"
"Hey Sasuke, I'm Kiba" Kiba approached her grinning and sticking his hand out.
Damn, this girl is hot, Kiba thought. He could get use to having her around pretty quickly.
"Yosh! I'm an Rock Lee!" Lee yelled "It's nice to have a youthful addition in our group."
"Hn" Sasuke replied.
"Dog-breath! You're scaring her away with your nasty breath!" Naruto bellowed.
Naruto saw how cute Sasuke looked, even if she wasn't wearing skimpy clothing's. He also saw how Kiba eyed her and did not like it at all. Yeah they were best friends, but there was no way in hell Naruto was going to let Kiba have Sasuke.
"Shuddap!" Kibda retorted "You're going scare her with your nasty-ass body odor!"
To Sasuke, everyone seem to be getting along pretty nicely. She was happy with these people, and then, Hinata Hyuuga came out. Hinata was a complete sweetheart. Kiba was clearly in love with her, despite how he leered at Sasuke. But Hinata's attention appeared to on Naruto. Sasuke saw the shy glances she gave Naruto. How she blushed when he spoke to her.
She is not taking Naruto away from me! Sasuke thought. Uh-oh… where did that come from? Naruto wasn't hers. She had run away when he asked her out. And did she really still have feelings for him? She thought about him everyday during these seven years, but they were miserable years, and he just mad her happy. Well…. whatever. It was only still the first day of school. It wasn't completely horrible, it was just alright.
Gym class ended pretty quickly. The gym teachers went over rules and regulations, then they did stretches and talked about the proper way of stretching. It was a regular first day. Apparently, Sasuke and Naruto's section had to endure sex education with Anko first. That would be for the entire first marking period.
Class ended 5 minutes before the bell rang so everyone can go change back into their uniforms. Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, and Hinata began to walk to the girl's locker room, when Naruto appeared.
"Hey Sasuke! I'll meet you out side the locker rooms, ok?" Naruto yelled walking to the boy's locker room.
"Hn" Sasuke replied walking into the girl's locker room.
"Uh-oh! Sasuke! I think someone's crushing on you!" Ino said excitedly, opening her locker.
"Nah, he's suppose to show me around" Sasuke replied.
"Did you see the way he smiled at her forehead!" Ino giggled to Sakura
"I sure did Ino-pig! And the way he kept looking at her!" Sakura added just as giggly changing her clothes "Hinata! What do you think?!"
"Ummm, I think he's just trying to help Sasuke" Hinata said shyly putting her uniform on.
Sasuke was shocked! Hinata really was crushing on Naruto. Why wouldn't she part take in this giggle fest and teasing?!
But that was Sasuke's irrational side. After changing and saying bye to the girls, Sasuke realized that maybe Hinata was just more mature instead of sneaky. She didn't look like an underhanded bitch. And anyways, Sasuke shouldn't be worried; Naruto probably wasn't even into her.
Of course, there that dobe was, waiting outside of the boy's locker room leaning against the wall for her.
"Hey!" Naruto called out "To history, then lunch!"
"Hn" Sasuke replied.
They walked over to the history room together. Naruto kept babbling about something or other. Sasuke was still preoccupied thinking about Hinata.
They walked into class just as the bell rang.
Jiraiya Sennin was a crazy old teacher. As a senior, all students had to learn about Konoha's rich history, and who better to tell it then the oldest man alive. Jiraiya was also Tsunade's "friend". He did have certain benefits with her. Their relationship was complex.
Jiraiya was also Naruto's tutor for a quiet a while. He saw potential in Naruto, when he was in the orphanage, to strive academically and chose to help him with no cost.
"Hey ero-sennin!" Naruto called out to the white-haired man.
"Dammit gaki!" Jiraiya yelled "Do not call me that!"
"Whatever old man!" Naruto yelled back cheerfully "I'm ready to hear your life story! This why you teach the history of Konoha right?"
"Not even one minute in my class and you're already a pain in my ass" Jiraiya retorted "And oh my… who do we have here" Jiraiya leered are Sasuke
"HEY YOU OLD PERVERT!" Naruto bellowed "DON'T LOOK AT HER THAT WAY!"
"Oh? Is she your girlfriend gaki?" Jiraiya asked amused
"W-w-w ell ummm nn-n-o, but…" Naruto stuttered
"Then stay quiet!" Jiraiya cut in "Now young lady, what is your name?"
"Sasuke Uchiha" Sasuke replied
"Uchiha?" Jiraiya thought for a second "Well she's all yours gaki!"
That was… odd, but Sasuke was glad the old pervert stopped leering at her. Maybe he knew her family? Whatever it was, she was relieved.
Naruto on the other hand, was confused. He wondered why he lost interest all of a sudden, but that didn't matter. As long as that old pervert stayed away from Sasuke. Naruto loved him like a father, but still.
Jiraiya did not want to mess with an Uchiha. There was just something about them in general, and he knew from past experiences, that he just didn't like. Especially when she ran away leaving Naruto in pieces.
The bell rang signaling the start of class.
"Alright brats! Have a seat" Jiraiya bellowed "I'm going to be teaching you about the history of Konoha, lets start"
And with that, he started the class. Jiraiya wasn't much for the rules, so he just got right into it.
The class was interesting and the stories were good. It was an engaging class. Jiraiya was very knowledgeable and time just flew by. Before Naruto and Sasuke knew it, it was time for lunch.
Naruto and Sasuke made there way over to the lunch line. Sasuke thought the food looked decent. It wasn't horrible like at her other school.
"Sasuke, I want you to meet my friends!" Naruto said walking over to his usual table. "Hey guys! This is Sasuke" He announced point to Sasuke.
"Sasuke you know Kiba, Shika, Lee, Ino, Hinata, and Sakura already" Naruto stated "But this is Ten-ten, Neji, Chouji, and Shino."
"Hn" Sasuke said sitting down.
This energetic group of people amused Sasuke. They seem to know each other very well and got along just fine. Naruto seemed to be very comfortable with them. They were teasing each other and what not. Sasuke felt a bit like an outsider, but of course, they did engage Sasuke into the conversation. It was actually pretty fun.
Naruto was having a blast. He was just so happy all his friends got a long with Sasuke. Even thought he and Sasuke are still a bit mixed up, things were looking good. He was hoping tonight, he would get her to talk to him, and tell him about why she ran away. They just had to get through the rest of the day.
After lunch was there introduction to business course, taught by Kakashi. In addition to the bump on his head, Kakashi now had a second bump. This time, Sasuke didn't even want to know what happened. He was probably hitting on a straight guy or something, that pervert. Sasuke decided that she was going to tell Kakashi about the dinner after class.
Naruto was wondering what the hell was wrong with this man? Was he just super clumsy? What a weirdo. This is who they were suppose to learn business from?
Kakashi was very happy right now. He just knew Iruka still loved him. He could just tell by how ruffled Iruka was after their lunch "date". He couldn't wait to have Iruka back, but he needed the perfect opportunity.
The class went smoothly, despite everyone's curiosity to his injuries. It was now the end of class, and everyone was just relaxing.
"So Sasuke, I have to meet my soccer team after class, do you mind waiting for me?" Naruto asked
"Hn dobe, I'll be right back" Sasuke said
Sasuke had to tell Kakashi about dinner with Iruka tonight.
"Kakashi-" Sasuke started
"That's sensei to you!" Kakashi cut in
"… whatever" retorted Sasuke "One of my teachers use to take care of me at the orphanage when I was younger. He invited you and me to dinner tonight. I don't care if you don't come, I'm going after school to his home with Naruto."
"I'll come with you" Kakashi said happily "I can't let my precious Sasu-chan go off with two fully grown men alone. Even if she has an eye for the blonder one" Kakashi said putting his hand on Sasuke's shoulder.
"Hn" Sasuke shrugged his hand off.
"And by the way, who is this teacher?"
"Iruka Umino" Sasuke said walking back.
Kakashi was blown away. This was his chance! No! It was too soon. He'd take it slow tonight. Bring dessert.
"Sasuke!" Kakashi called out "I'll drive you and Naruto to iruka's tonight. And we'll pick up some dessert!"
Naruto watched her curiously, while she walked up to Kakashi. They seemed to be talking about something, and Kakashi was grinning like a fool. Then he put his arm on Sasuke's shoulder, and turned to catch Naruto's eye.
What was this guy playing at?! Who was he?! Sure he was good looking, but e couldn't be… interested… in Sasuke could he?! Naruot had to figure out who this man was to her!
"Sasuke, what were you and Kakashi talking about?" Naruto asked curiously
"Jealous, dobe?" Sasuke smirked "he's my guardian"
"Whoa! He's your guardian!" Naruto said surprised "He's super weird…"
"Tell me about it, now lets get moving"
There was pre calculus and study hall left. Naruto slept through pre calc, so he had no idea what his teacher was talking about. And he goofed around through study hall, so that went by in a breeze.
Sasuke paid attention in pre calc, and got some of her homework done in study hall. Even if Naruto was particularly annoying. Today wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be, but there were still sometime left for the day to collapse.
Dinner might just b full of surprises.
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