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AN Chapter 4! I wonder what'll happen during class….I'm really sorry this took so long! I had this bio project, we made tetris in comp sci….and I can't just get on and start typing whenever I get struck with inspirationWarning: I think language only this chapter…You know how Kiba talks xD
Disclaimer: I only own the story idea…….I'll trade for Naruto!! Or Sasuke
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Naruto's alarm clock went off, jerking the sleeping teen awake. He flailed around for a moment in his pile blankets, coming perilously close to falling off the bed, before he got his head untangled. Yawning, he sat up, glancing over at the other bed. It was freshly made and empty. Denied the satisfaction of annoying his roommate, Naruto sighed and started getting ready for the first day of class.
Picking his boxers, socks, shirt, and a pair of jeans for the day, Naruto headed down to the end of the hall. As he had discovered last night, the last room on the right, across from Kiba and Shikamaru, was the bathroom for the floor. He was unsurprised to find it empty. Judging from the sleepy silence, broken only by a few snores, Naruto guessed that the only people up yet were his roommate and himself. He showered, dressed, and brushed his teeth before 7, then headed down the stairs to wait for Kiba to get up.
Finding Gaara sitting in one of the comfier chairs listening to music, Naruto walked over and sat across the coffee table from him. Naruto, not expecting Gaara to start talking, was unsurprised when the teen only glanced at him before closing his eyes again. Naruto mentally reviewed his schedule, having memorized it a few days before. His first class, College Algebra, was at 9, which gave him plenty of time to wait for Kiba to get up and then get breakfast at the cafeteria.
The faint music he could hear coming from Gaara's headphones lulled Naruto into a doze, his head slumped back on the couch and his mouth slightly open.
"Hey! Wake up!" Naruto jerked upright. Kiba was pounding down the stairs, yelling at him. "How long have you been down here? Fuck, why didn't you wake us up?"
Naruto glanced at his watch. Eight o'clock. "Let's go get breakfast. We can talk on the way," he suggested. "Anyone you want to bring?" Naruto remembered Gaara sitting behind him. "Have you had breakfast yet, Gaara?"
Rather than answer, Gaara just stood up, continuing to listen to his music. Taking it as a yes, Naruto turned back to Kiba, who had been thinking of people to invite. "Um, Shika, Shino, Choji, and I'll call Hinata and have her meet us at the caf."
"Ok, go get them, I'll wait here," Naruto said, sitting back down.
"Everyone's already down here, idiot," Kiba said. Naruto looked around. It was true; the lounge had filled up while he had been asleep. Shikamaru, Shino, and Choji were sitting around the next table over; Itachi was leaning against the wall next to Sai, who was getting something out of one of the vending machines. Even Lee was there, doing push-ups in a corner. "And I just got Hinata; she said she'd be at the cafeteria waiting for us. Let's go! You're a slow-ass today," Kiba added.
Grumbling, Naruto got back up. Kiba had run over to Shikamaru and Shino, who were talking. They headed over toward Naruto as Kiba finished talking to them. Kiba then went to Choji, who followed him back over to Naruto.
"I suppose we'd better get breakfast," Naruto said, looking at his watch again. Quarter after 8. "We have a half hour," he continued, leading the group out of the building. They walked over to the cafeteria, talking about what they were going to do over the weekend.
"Aww, fuck, look who's here," Naruto said, entering the cafeteria. He had caught sight of a head of raven colored hair; his roommate was sitting by himself in a corner. "He must have been sitting here all morning."
"Just ignore the bastard," Kiba said, looking in the same direction as Naruto. The group of boys got their breakfasts, then sat around a large circular table that was next to the windows looking out on the main street.
"Hey, Naruto," Choji called across the table, "I heard you consider yourself a ramen expert. There's this great ramen place at the edge of campus. You want to head over there for lunch and see who's more of an expert?"
Naruto, who had already finished his breakfast, had been staring out the windows. Turning to look at Choji, he said, while grinning, "You really want to challenge me to anything to do with ramen? You're on! We can meet there at noon; I'm off for a while then."
"Sounds good," Choji mumbled through a mouthful of food.
A few minutes later, Naruto, who had noticed that it was ten to nine, got up, swinging his bag onto his shoulder. "I'd better start heading to my first class, see you all later," he said, walking towards the door. Shikamaru and Shino both looked at the clock simultaneously. Shikamaru sighed, picking up his bag and following Naruto. Shino rushed past Naruto, almost running when he had gotten by the door. Smirking, Naruto asked Shikamaru what his and Shino's first classes were.
"I have College Algebra, he has English Comp." The boy was so quiet Naruto could barely hear him. Naruto guided him away from the edge of the sidewalk; he was staring at the clouds again. Naruto understood why Shino had been running; the English department was on the completely opposite side of campus from where the cafeteria.
"I have algebra too," Naruto informed the absentminded teen as they entered the lecture hall. Shikamaru only mumbled something about waking him up at the end of class and sat in a seat at the back, immediately putting his head on the desk and starting to snore lightly. Naruto shook his head and sat down next to the boy, pulling out a notebook just in case he needed it. He looked around at the other people who were spread around the hall. He saw Gaara on the far side of the hall, still listening to his music and not paying attention at all. Naruto swept his eyes over the rest of the students, some of whom were still settling in.
"What is he, my personal stalker?!" Naruto exclaimed, almost slamming his head on his desk. He had seen Sasuke sitting in the second row, next to Sai. Shikamaru only twitched slightly at Naruto's outburst, then continued snoring.
At that moment, the math teacher walked into the room. Dropping a large pile of papers on the corner of his desk, he turned to face them. He had brown hair and a prominent scar across the bridge of his nose.
"I am Iruka Umino. This class is College Algebra. If you don't have this class or don't know where you are, leave. If you're here to say hi, come back after class, please. I see you back there, Neji," Iruka added, looking past Naruto, towards the doors. Naruto turned around to find a teen that looked to be his age leaning against the doors. He had pale gray eyes, almost exactly the same shade as Hinata, and long black hair. Neji grinned and turned, leaving quickly.
"Now, we won't be doing anything today. I'll leave the syllabus for you to get after class," Iruka said, pointing at the stack of papers he had dropped on his desk, "and I'll answer any questions you have, but make sure you have a notebook and the required textbook on Monday. We will be doing stuff.
Naruto tuned out the questions that were being asked and started doodling in his notebook. It sounded like Kiba was right: They weren't going to do anything productive in class today.
The bell rang, jerking Naruto out of his semi-trance. He found he had been staring at the back of Sasuke's head. Kicking Shikamaru in the shin, making him snap awake, Naruto glanced at the doodle he had made in his notebook. It was a spiral surrounded by abstract characters that looked almost like Japanese.
Wondering why he had drawn that, Naruto led a yawning Shikamaru out of the room, heading for his next class.
"What class do you have next, Shika?" Naruto asked Shikamaru, who was rubbing his eyes, still trying to wake up.
"English Comp," he said, yawning hugely again. Naruto was surprised, his next class being English Comp, too.
"I have that, too. Two classes in a row together, that's pretty cool," Naruto said, arriving at the building that housed the English department. Their class being upstairs, Naruto and Shikamaru climbed the stairs. They almost ran into Shino, who was practically falling down the stairs in his haste to get to his next class.
"Why haven't you left yet?" Naruto asked him as he rushed by.
"I was distracted!" Shino yelled, already at the doors. Naruto caught a glimpse of a slight blush spreading across his face before he disappeared outside.
Naruto wondered what could have distracted Shino like that. He had seemed straight-forward all the times Naruto had talked to him. Shikamaru climbed the last step, just behind Naruto, and sighed.
"Looks like we have this class with your dog," he said to Naruto. He continued into their classroom, walking past Kiba, who was talking to a blond-haired girl.
Naruto walked up to Kiba, who was saying something about a party he was going to have that night at his apartment.
"What's this, a party? Why haven't I heard about it?" Naruto asked. Kiba jumped.
"Holy shit, don't sneak up on me like that!" Kiba gasped, clutching his chest.
Naruto laughed, saying, "Who's this, Kiba? Do you know all the girls we've met so far?"
"Maybe," Kiba said with a smirk on his face. "Yeah, I decided to throw a party at my place tonight for anyone who wants to come. You in?"
"Sure, sounds like fun. You still haven't told me who this pretty lady is, though," Naruto said, smiling at the girl Kiba had been talking to.
"That's ok, Kiba," she said. Kiba had opened his mouth to introduce her, but now he shut it. Naruto smirked at him. "I'm Ino Yamanaka. I met Kiba over the summer. Turns out his family's farm is right next to mine, and we never knew it!"
"Wow, that's pretty cool," Naruto said, taking a closer look at her. Other than the obviously blond hair, she had light blue eyes and a piercing in her left ear. "Are you going to be at Kiba's party?"
"Yeah, and I'm inviting my friend Sakura, too. If that's all right," she added, looking at Kiba.
"Sure, the more the merrier," Kiba replied, smiling.
"Hey, does your friend Sakura have bright pink hair?" Naruto remembered the girl who had been working the front desk the day before. "I think I've met her."
"Oh, we'd better get in the classroom before the bell rings," Kiba warned them, looking at the clock that was behind them.
The three of them hurried into the room, finding Shikamaru and sitting around him just as the bell rang. Naruto looked around, but he couldn't find the teacher.
"Great, we're on time but the teacher's late," Naruto grumbled. Shikamaru had already fallen back asleep. Naruto and Kiba talked for a while, with Ino chipping in every so often, but that eventually devolved to games of hangman and tic-tac-toe being littered throughout Naruto's notebook. Halfway through the class period, a man with white hair walked in. Naruto didn't notice who had followed him in, because he was too busy staring at the man. He had white hair, even though he looked to be in his late twenties. The most noticeable part about him, though, was his left eye, which was blood red, with a faded scar running through it. All of the students in the class merely stared at him.
Naruto, shifting his focus from the teacher, caught sight of the boy who had followed the professor into the room. This time, Naruto did actually slam his head into his the desk. Hard. The bang reverberated through the room, causing everyone to jump and stare at him.
"What? I have to let my feelings out somehow, don't I?" Naruto growled to the other students, a comically large red mark on his forehead. Everyone glanced at each other, then turned back to the teacher, who was reading a book. Sasuke had sat down in the center of the first row, scowling at the man, who was apparently engrossed in his book.
After another minute of awkward silence, during which everyone watched the teacher turn three pages in his book, Sasuke cleared his throat loudly. The professor looked up.
"Oh are you all done? I didn't want to interrupt whatever you were all talking about, and this is a good part in my book," he said, closing the book and laying it next to him, on his desk. "I am Kakashi Hatake. I will only answer to Kakashi. Mr. Hatake is my father, and anything else is too formal. Expect me to be late most of the time. But if you understand Murphy's Law, don't ever be late. Here is the syllabus for the year," he continued, pointing to a stack of papers on the opposite side of him from his book. "It includes the list of books for required reading. You must have the first by Monday."
At that moment, the bell rang. Naruto walked to the front of the class with Kiba to get a syllabus. Kakashi was introducing himself again to each student individually. Naruto grabbed a syllabus off the top of the pile, then moved over to Kakashi. He noticed Sasuke standing off to the side, and wondered how he knew Kakashi.
"Kakashi Hatake," Kakashi said, shaking Naruto's hand.
"Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto said.
"Is that so?" Kakashi said in an odd tone of voice. He sounded both surprised and musing. Kakashi glanced in Sasuke's direction, before continuing, "I hope you like my class, and enjoy the reading material."
Naruto and Kiba stood of to the side, waiting for Shikamaru and Ino to join them so they could leave for lunch. Kiba was looking at Kakashi strangely.
"He's weird, isn't he?" Kiba asked Naruto, still staring at Kakashi. "I wonder what happened to his eye. What do you think?"
"I don't know. If he feels like telling us, he'll tell us. But yeah, he is pretty odd," Naruto replied.
Shikamaru and Ino walked over, talking quietly. Ino was actually doing most of the talking, with the lazy genius merely grunting at the required pauses.
"Let's go meet up with Choji. I really feel like kicking someone's ass today, even if it is only in ramen eating," Naruto said, walking out of the classroom, the rest of the group following him.
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Party at Kiba's! Party at Kiba's! Have to get through lunch first, though. And the rest of the classes. Who do you think'll win? This was a pretty long chapter……But I'll be quicker! Sorry it took so long. I'll try to make them about this length, or longer in the future.
Review, please! Reviewing makes a cycle: You review, I get warm/fuzzy, I want to update faster, I update, you review, repeat!