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Author's Note- FINALLY! CHAPTER 5! Woohoo!
Five
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Team Seven
"Onii-san…"
"Oonii-saaann…"
"Onii-san, get up," a soft voice sang, "It's time to go to school."
Sakura frowned slightly as she loomed over a giant bundle of blankets, her brother buried somewhere inside the great mound of fabric. It fascinated her how Sasuke could be considered a ninja genius and yet be so stubborn when it came to waking up.
"Sasuke," Sakura warned, "If you don't get up this instant I'll shuriken your butt out of bed."
"Hn," was his muffled reply.
Sakura's eyebrow twitched, "Alright, I warned you!" As she reached down near her leg to pull out a handful of the spiky little stars, a shadow suddenly popped up out of nowhere and tackled her to the ground, pinning her wrists above her head. Sakura gasped peered up to meet the face of her attacker. "S-Sasuke?"
Her brother was wearing nothing but a pair of black, silken boxers, and his face was so close to hers that she could practically feel his breath fanning her face. Cold, onyx eyes pierced into her bright, emerald ones. Finally, after a long silence, Sasuke spoke, "…You're annoying."
She pouted, "Mou, you're mean."
"And you're annoying." Sasuke smirked and rolled off her.
A small smile crept up on her lips as Sakura snuck up behind him and draped her arms around his neck, "But you like my annoyingness." She giggled and rested her chin on his firm shoulder.
Sasuke felt his normally hard features melt slightly at the contact. It had been four years since the massacre. Four years since Itachi betrayed them. But even though four whole years had passed, the incident still remained fresh in Sasuke's and Sakura's minds, replaying over and over. The slaughtering, the blood, the loneliness… it was all so vivid. Even though Itachi hadn't killed them, Sasuke and Sakura felt as if they were already dead on the inside.
…However, it wasn't all hopeless. They still had each other. After the massacre, Sasuke wasn't the same. He shut off everyone and everything, becoming extremely cold and hiding his emotions behind a stony mask. He rarely spoke and seemed to be constantly filled with hate and anger, scowling at almost everyone and everything he saw.
But there was one exception to that rule.
Sakura.
After the incident, Sakura had shut herself inside her room, going an entire week without food or water. She stayed in there, sobbing and wailing until her body burned in agony. But… after the week passed, Sakura finally came out of her room with a bittersweet smile on her eight year old face, saying it was time to "grow up." About a month later, Sakura turned back into her old self, except something seemed to be missing. Her smiles just weren't as bright, and her laughter wasn't as melodic as they used to be.
But it was enough for Sasuke.
Just being herself again made Sasuke happy. She was his light- the only thing that kept him "human." The only keeping him from being entirely emotionless.
Sakura tapped her foot impatiently, "Are you ready to go yet?"
"Aa," Sasuke strapped on his ninja sandals and nodded.
"Alright!" Sakura grinned, "Then we're off!" the pink haired genin then raced out the door, eager to attend the graduation ceremony and see which team she was sorted in. Sasuke merely shook his head and followed after her.
As soon as the two siblings had arrived at the academy, giddy little fan girls squealed at the sight of their beloved Sasuke-kun. Their eyes instantly turned into little hearts as they clasped their hands together dreamily. Genins of all ages were gathering in the classroom, some chatting and some sitting all by themselves. One such person caught Sakura's attention.
"Neji-kun!" she grinned and waved to him. (A/N: In this story, Neji is part of the rookie nine. Why? Because I am the author and decided it! Ahaha!)
The coffee haired boy looked up and nodded, "Sakura-san."
Blushing slightly, the pink haired girl timidly made her way towards him, "A-Ano, is t-this seat t-taken?" Even after four years, Sakura still harbored a crush on him.
"No." Neji said.
"C-Can I s-sit here?" god, she sounded like Hinata. She stared at him hopefully, with glittering green eyes.
"Go ahead."
Inwardly, Sakura cheered and plopped down eagerly next to her 'true love.' Reluctantly, Sasuke took the seat next to her, instigating a glaring contest with a certain Hyuuga while he was at it.
"Uchiha," Neji spat the word out almost as if it were venom on his tongue.
"Hyuuga," Sasuke returned the gesture with equal vigor.
"Uchiha."
"Hyuuga."
"Uchiha."
"Hyuu-"
"Would you just give it a rest already?" Sakura huffed and threw her arms in the air, "Honestly I thought you two matured a little."
Sasuke grumbled and turned away. Neji merely blinked and smirked, but before he could say anything the door to the classroom swung open and a familiar chuunin made his way to the front of the class.
"Good morning class," he said.
"Ohayo Iruka-sensei." The now genins echoed.
"As you all know, today is the day you will be receiving your assigned teams. You will go on missions together and train together. Treasure these teams, for they will become your closest friends and allies. And there will absolutely no switching of teams. Am I clear?"
"Hai."
"Alright," Iruka cleared his throat, "Team one will be…"
In the back, Sakura bit her lip anxiously. This was it.
"Team Five: Ino Yamanaka, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji."
Ha! Sakura grinned inwardly. Ino got paired with the ones she didn't want to be paired with.
"Team six: Uzumaki Naruto, Inuzuka Kiba, and Hyuuga Hinata."
A loud thud was heard as a certain violet haired Hyuuga fainted.
"Ano?" Naruto hovered over her worriedly, "Is she okay?"
Iruka sweat dropped and continued. "Team seven!" he shouted, "Will be: Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Sakura, and Hyuuga Neji."
Almost immediately, a certain pink haired kunoichi shot up from her seat, "Yay!" Sakura grinned and cheered, ecstatic over the fact that she was actually going to be on Hyuuga Neji's team. Her and Neji. The Hyuuga Neji!
Sakura sighed dreamily before sinking back down in her seat, oblivious to the many glares shot at her.
Ino frowned and turned away gruffly. No matter the situation, Sakura and Sasuke were always together- they were even paired up for projects! It wasn't fair. I mean, the two were siblings and lived in the same house- did they have to be together in everything else, too? It was almost as if fate wanted them to be together.
Sasuke and Neji shot each other brief glares. Out of all the genins, they just had to stick the two rivals together. How lovely.
"Alright," Iruka said while finishing up, "Now that you all know your teams, your senseis will be here shortly to pick you up. And with that last note, Iruka performed a couple hand seals and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
GAH. I HATE HIGH SCHOOL. ALL THIS WORK IS DRIVING ME NUTS! And I don't get time to update anymore. Sigh. I apologize for the length of this chapter, since it's two to four pages shorter than my usual lengths. But with all the work I have this is about as much as I can get on right now, so please bear with me. Thanks!
Oh, and some of you might be like "WTF?" because Naruto-kun isn't part of Team Seven. Well, that's the surprise! Haha. But if you'll notice, the title of this fic is "Uchiha", so that's pretty much self-explanatory. Oh, and here are the teams if any of you got confused.
Sasuke, Sakura, Neji
Naruto, Hinata, Kiba
Chouji, Ino, Shikamaru
Shino, Lee, Tenten
Now guess which teams got which teacher. Haha.