Entry #001: We need to protest!
Welcome, ladies! From henceforth, this journal will be our new weapon against the war that is our senior year of high school since our tyrannical school board has decided to take away our cell phones. Within this journal you will be able to write all your humiliating experiences, memories, rants, journals, whatever floats your boat. This way, even though we're not in class together (ie: the three of you in all your AP classes and me in my regular Regents class), we can still stay inside the bubble of our friendship. But first things first, we need to come up with codenames. We cannot risk a Harriet-the-Spy-esque mishap so I expect to see all of your names by the end of fourth period!
-Your Only Sunshine-
Gym Field A, Obstacle Course 9:52 A.M.
"You're joking."
In front of the class of fifteen seniors was an elaborately laid out obstacle course that had certainly not been there the year before. But unlike a regular obstacle course, it was as if a military training ground had been placed right on the very field that used to be home to the many wild animals in Konoha. There was a six foot wall in the middle of the grounds, tightly twisted ropes hanging from a a beam that stretched across from one pole to another, a barbed wire field that was raised about a foot off the ground, a triangular ladder with huge gaps in between steps, and tires laid out side by side.
"Are you recruiting soldiers or do you just want to make our lives miserable?" Ino asked out loud.
Gai shook his head and smiled. "This is your basic training course that will help you build strength, endurance and agility. Tsunade had it built after some of you scalawags decided to get into a fight and break into other peoples' property. She was the one who said if you wanted to fight so badly, you can train for it right here."
Simultaneously, all the girls glared at the male members of the class. That fight had occurred right before school started, and almost got half the upcoming senior class expelled or arrested. No one except the ones involved knew what happened, but everyone refused to talk about it. Tsunade threatened them with everything possible in her power, but no one spoke up. It came to the point where Tsunade had to ask Sakura to spy on the delinquents, but even that turned out bust.
"Today, I just want to introduce you to some of the equipment out here." Gai began walking over to the wall, and everyone grudgingly followed. Sakura, Ino, Tenten and Hinata moved to the back of the crowd, knowing Gai wouldn't notice much after he started talking about the equipment.
"First our cell phones, now this." Ino kicked one of the tires on the side. "Ow! That hurt like a mother-"
"Seriously, this has got to be the worst senioIr year ever. When do you think they'll give our phones back?" Tenten asked.
"Never." Sakura adjusted the ripped sleeves in her shirt. Everyone in the school was assigned the same gym uniform of tan and green, but there was only so much girls could do in heavy shirts and baggy shorts. Ino had redesigned their uniforms for the four girls, each fitting her own style. While cutting everyone's shorts into short shorts, she spent days on their shirts. Ino's resembled an uneven crop top, and came dangerously close to violating the school code. Sakura's resembled an off the shoulder top, and Hinata's had a v-neck cut and slits in the sleeves. Tenten's shirt was the only one that looked relatively the same as the original - only the sleeves were cut so they came to her biceps, not her elbows. It was after designing these shirts that Ino declared her intention to go into fashion instead of horticulture like her parents.
Hinata looked around at the training course uneasily. "Do you think they'll really make us do this?"
"If they can take our phones away, I'm pretty sure they can force us to be enlisted under Gai's army." Ino scowled. "That reminds me, you guys need to think of codenames."
"For what? In case we actually go to war?" Tenten sounded amused.
Ino stomped her foot. "No, for the Vent Journal!"
"You were serious about that?"
"Yes!"
"Ow!" Someone had moved back so suddenly, they bumped into Sakura without any warning. Instantly Sakura fell, and her foot caught Naruto's leg while she reached for Ino's arm. Through an odd chain of events, almost everyone in the class was on the floor within ten seconds. When Gai finally tore himself away from the wall, he only saw fifteen seniors struggling to get up from the dirty floor.
"We haven't even done anything, and you're already tired?" Gai was highly disapproving. "Next week is when we start the ropes, so I suggest you start exercising now."
Ino snorted. "If a thirty percent sale on shoes can't get me running, I doubt a man in green tights will."
"Maybe if he came at us." Sakura laughed.
"Okay, maybe then." Ino agreed, snickering.
"Oh, and I see the two lovely ladies in the back are excited to start! Then you two can be the first ones to go on the ropes next week." Gai beamed.
Sakura held her hands up. "Oh, I'm so sorry but I can't risk any injuries. See, I signed an agreement at the hospital saying I would stay away from any activity that might cause me bodily harm."
"And I get allergic reactions to rope." Ino added. "But I'm pretty sure Naruto said he wanted to go on the ropes first."
"Oh really?" Gai turned his smile at Naruto, who recoiled.
"What? When the hell did I say that?"
Sakura jabbed him with her foot. "Two seconds ago, when you shoved into me."
"No, I'm pretty sure he said it months ago after he got into that fight with Oto." Tenten said sweetly. "You can use that energy to pull yourself up."
"Yes, I'm sure your vigorous energy will be most helpful to you when you're climbing the ropes. Alright, then who else would like to go?"
Naruto raised Sasuke's hand for him. "Sasuke wants to."
"The hell, dobe?" Sasuke snatched his hand away.
"Sasuke really wants to, but he's shy. Right, Sakura?" Naruto turned to Sakura for help.
Sakura froze, her green eyes widening with surprise. "Um, I guess so?"
"Of course he does." Naruto encouraged, sounding a little confused by Sakura's lack of conviction.
"So it's settled. Naruto and Sasuke will start off all the new exercises for the training grounds." Kiba announced gleefully as Gai gave the two a thumbs up.
By the end of the period, Kiba had bruises lining up and down his arm.
Black Ivy - Hinata
Cotton Candy - Sakura
Sunshine - Ino
Carrot Top - Tenten
Entry #002: What the heck is with your names?
First of all, you guys are the most uncreative people to have ever walked this earth. Ivy, okay well, this is different from your normal image so you're good. C.C, do you want everyone to know who you are? Making a codename after your hair is NOT cute. It's flat out asking for social suicide if anyone happens to find this journal. And Carrot Top, what the hell is up with your name? First of all, you're a freaking brunette. Second, your hair looks nothing like carrots. More like meatballs.
Well, whatever. It's better than naming it after animals or having matching codenames. Anyways, do you guys have any tampons?
-Sunny-
Philosophy 11:14 A.M.
"Remember when we thought Philosophy was a legitimate class?"
Everyone was talking when the late bell rang, mostly about the cell phone detecting device that was waved in front of every student's body everytime they came into the school. Apparently twelve phones had been confiscated that very morning, even when concealed in the most intimate places. Kiba was describing to the class how it took him five minutes in the morning to conceal his phone in the exact inner pocket of his boxers, much to Sakura's disgust. Tenten, however, was highly interested in the result.
"They got me." Kiba said sadly. "I actually had to stick my hand in my boxers and give it to the guy."
"Way too much information. That poor man." Sakura made a face and scooted her seat away from Sakura. Kiba grinned and edged closer to Sakura.
"Did I mention I forgot to wash my hands?"
"You're sick." Sakura shooed him away. "Remind me never to touch you again."
Asuma rapped his hand on the board, calling for everyone's attention. "Quiet down so I can at least hear whose voices are present or not present."
At this, everyone settled down and opened their books to a new page. Ino's seat was empty, and Sakura reached into the pocket of her bag, only to be reminded that her phone was taken away. Tenten sighed, loud enough for Sakura to turn around. "What is it?"
"I think Neji's still mad at me."
"What's he mad about this time?" Sakura asked sympathetically.
Tenten fiddled with her pen. "I told him I didn't want to be introduced formally to his uncle."
"And?"
"And nothing. He just asked why, and I said that I felt like he wouldn't approve of me and I wanted to do something that would be worthwhile in his eyes before meeting him."
Sakura clapped her hands. "What's wrong with that?"
"He thinks I have attachment issues." Tenten rolled her eyes. "He thinks I'm trying to make an excuse to get out of meeting the family."
"I mean, you already know one member of the family." Sakura pointed out. "And there's Hanabi, but I don't think she really counts as a part of the family that really has a say in affairs."
"I don't know. Maybe I should just go meet Hinata's dad." Tenten doodled at the corner of her page. "But why am I always the one giving in? There's no reason I should have to do whatever he says. This isn't the eighteenth century."
Sakura opened her mouth to say something when Asuma spoke to the class at large.
"Has anyone seen Ino?" Asuma called. "If not, then I'm starting class. Today's conversation is about-"
"Fuck my life." Ino announced as she entered Philosophy. Everyone looked up. "I just got a week's worth of detention for mouthing off to Tsunade about this whole cell phone ban. Then I asked her for a tampon that she pretty much threw it at me. Of course, when I went to the bathroom to stick it in, the freaking string fell off and –"
"Ino, why don't you go take a seat?" Asuma hinted. Ino held up a finger for him to wait.
"So I'm like 'oh crap, what do I do?' And then I hear-"
"Ino?" Asuma cleared his throat. "I don't think we need to hear about what goes on in the bathroom."
Ino glared at Asuma. "Are you restricting my freedom of speech? I just had a damn conversation about Tsunade about my rights and I will go there again if I have to-"
"Alright, alright I'm sorry. Please take a seat." Asuma resigned. Ino huffed and made her way to the back of the classroom next to Sakura and Tenten. Sakura raised her eyebrow and took out the pink marble notebook Ino had nicknamed the "Vent Journal". When Asuma wasn't looking, Sakura threw it to Ino.
Ino sighed dramatically and began scribbling away once she opened the book. When Ino looked up to see the time, she saw Asuma staring at her. Ino ripped out the page she was writing on, crumpled it up and scowled.
"Alright, we're going to be discussing one of the really big questions of life that is being argued to this day. Does anyone have a clue as to what it is?"
Ino raised her hand. "Why is life a bitch?"
"Why don't women still have the same rights as men?" Tenten called out.
Sakura slapped the table. "Should cocaine be legalized?"
"Why isn't certain types of porn legal?" Someone from the side of the classroom asked. Everyone turned to Sai, who stared back at the class.
"I didn't ask that." He said calmly.
Asuma clapped his hands. "Those are all, somewhat relevant questions…depending on the topic. But the big question today is does the present really exist?"
He wrote it on the board, and turned to the class. "Think about it. In the past, this would be the future. In the future, this would be the past. So do we really exist in the moment, or is this time playing with us?"
No one answered. Suddenly, Sakura raised her hand excitedly. Asuma grinned. "Yes, Sakura?"
"So technically, you're saying this could be the past right now?"
Asuma nodded.
"So everything that's happening now, is in the past?"
"Well what you just said is now part of the past."
"So right now, we're living in the future?"
"Get to the point!" Ino griped. "I hate being in a cul-de-sac."
Sakura smiled triumphantly. "So the cell phone ban is technically in the past, and since Tsunade promised us that we would get them back in the future, that's right now. So the cell phone ban is null!"
The entire class went quiet, before breaking out into conversations. Sakura winked at Ino and Tenten, who in turn began drumming their desks. Asuma opened his mouth, trying to sound out words that weren't coming out of his mouth. Then he clamped it shut and closed his eyes tightly.
"Alright kids, we need to get a few things straight. This is Philosophy class, where we discuss deep and meaningful questions. We don't use Asuma-sensei's lesson plan for the day to try and find a loophole in the cell phone ban. "
Tenten raised her hand. "But we are answering your question. Sakura just gave a basic example of how there is a chance that the present doesn't exist."
"Then give me more examples on how it may or may not exist."
Tenten stared straight at Asuma. "But you just told us we found a loophole in the cell phone ban. You can't expect us to not think about that and just focus on your lesson."
"Actually, I do. All of you, this cell phone ban has only been going on for three days. If you keep this up, all of you will end up failing every single one of your classes."
Kiba called out, "But that'll just prove a point. Without our phones, we're hopeless."
"Our entire graduating class will have to be held back because Tsunade is a totalitarian." Sai remarked.
Asuma let out a groan of frustration and slumped in his seat. His head was in between his arms on his desk.
A few seconds passed before Kiba asked, "So can we go steal our phones back now?"
Asuma waved them away.
Entry #003: Shut up, Sunny.
At least my name doesn't sound like a prostitute. And you're the one who freaking gave us five seconds to come up with these names. I don't understand why we can't just pass notes like the good old days. I mean, yeah, this journal is a lot less noticeable (especially since you wrote CONFIDENTIAL on the cover, good job. that's definitely not hinting something). But really, a pink notebook? Did you think of me when you bought it? And, Tsunade pretty much hates me I hope you know. She's gonna kill me when I go to the hospital today. I knew I shouldn't have gone with our entire Philosophy class.
This is for you, Hinata, since you missed out on the action.
Tsunade: What are you brats doing in here?
(Entire class basically pushes innocent C.C to the front)
C.C.: Okay, well we were discussing with Asuma sensei and decided that this cell phone ban is completely null.
Tsunade: What?
(I literally expected flames to shoot out from her eyes.)
C.C: Let me explain. Let's say the present doesn't exist – because in the past, the present would be the future. And in the future, the present would be past. So the present cell phone ban is in the past, and since you have promised us our phones in the future, that is right now. So we peacefully ask for our phones back.
Tsunade: Okay, now let me explain something. If you brats don't get out of my office in ten seconds, all of you will be receive detention for the entire week.
Sunny: Fight the power!
(You stupid idiot.)
Class: Fight the power!
Tsunade: Shizune, get Kakashi and Asuma to get these brats out of here.
Sunny: Not until we get our phones back!
CarrotTop: Everyone, form a human chain!
(Class proceeds to link arms, with yours truly unwillingly part of this protest. Tsunade is furious and is brandishing her chair. Kakashi and Asuma enter)
Kakashi: Are these your students?
Asuma: Unfortunately.
(Class links arms tighter. Sunny proceeds to suffocate CarrotTop and C.C.)
Kakashi: I think we're going to need Gai for this.
(Class remains firm and linked. Of course, there are only like fifteen of us.)
(Gai enters.)
Gai: Oh dear! A group of youthful rebels. Do not worry, Tsunade. I'll straighten them out on the training course.
(Gai starts getting closer to the crowd to take note of faces. Class screams and moves out as one linked human chain)
(End of Act I)
So there you go. Everything you basically missed out on. By the way guys, does anyone know what room detention is in?
-C.C-
Cafeteria 2 12:34 P.M.
"Oh gross, it's Taco Tuesday."
There weren't a lot of people in the cafeteria, a normal occurrence on Tuesdays where the food was beyond the regular grossness of a school lunch. The good news was that since there weren't a lot of people buying lunch, there were more dessert options open that would have been gone on any other day. And since Ino had her car, they could eat desserts first and go out for lunch.
"I don't see Ino." Hinata looked all around the cafeteria. "Maybe she's already in her car?"
"Or in the bathroom, primping herself." Sakura looked at the dessert counter. "Should we get jello, ice cream, fruit salad or funnel cake?"
"Sakura!" A loud voice called from across the cafeteria. Sakura and Hinata turned around to see an upset Naruto making his way over to them.
"What's up Naruto?"
"Didn't you see the English assignment group sheet?"
Sakura stared at him blankly. "No. Why?"
"We're not in the same group!"
Sakura tilted her head. "And that's bad news for me because…"
"Sakura!" Naruto whined. Sakura laughed.
"Who are you with?"
"Kiba and Sai."
Sakura stopped laughing. "Who am I with?"
Naruto pouted. "Sasuke and Shino."
Hinata gasped a little, and Naruto stared at her curiously. Hinata blushed furiously under Naruto's gaze. Sakura elbowed Hinata.
"Thanks for telling me, Naruto. Hinata, I'm going to look for Ino." Sakura left the line, and Hinata and Naruto were standing side by side.
"Hinata," Naruto said seriously, "Is there something Sakura's hiding from me?"
"What do you mean?" Hinata asked in a high-pitched voice.
"Well lately whenever I ask her to hang out with me and Sasuke, she always turns me down. And I know she's doesn't volunteer at the hospital that much." Naruto's pure blue eyes stared into Hinata's startled lavender ones.
Panicking, Hinata pointed at the tacos the lunch ladies were serving. "Oh! That looks good!"
Naruto peered at the tacos and made a face. "Ugh. That reminds me, I'm going out to eat ramen. Have fun eating your tacos, Hinata!" He left the line with no recollection of what he asked her. As soon as Naruto went out the door, Hinata followed suit and headed for the courtyard.
Ino and Sakura were already sitting at one of the tables. Hinata sat down with a relieved sigh. "Sakura, if you put me through that again I'm going to cut your hair off and use it for experimenting new shampoo."
Sakura apologized. "Did he ask you anything?"
Hinata nodded. "He asked if you were hiding anything from him."
"And?" Ino asked impatiently.
"I got rid of him. But he knows you've been lying to him." Hinata informed Sakura. Sakura winced, and slumped onto the table.
"What do I do? I can't tell him what happened, or else he's going to be freaking pissed."
Ino stared at her best friend sympathetically. "You never know. Naruto might rise to the occasion."
"Or massacre Sasuke." Sakura shook her head frantically. "I'm so screwed."
"Well, it wasn't your fault." Hinata said consolingly. "You and Sasuke were both drunk."
"Oh, that's going to fly by Naruto well. 'Yeah, so Sasuke and I kind of got drunk at Kiba's party in the summer and had sex in his sister's room.' That's going to make Naruto feel so much better."
"Oh, God it was in his sister's room?" Ino's jaw dropped open. "I thought it was on the couch!"
"Ino! That's not the point!" Sakura yelled. "How do I work on a group project with him and Shino?"
"Do it online." Ino advised.
"Or split it up so you don't ever have to see each other until the actual day it's due." Hinata suggested.
Sakura took a deep breath. "Okay, you're right. It's not that big of a deal. I'll try to set up a schedule between the three of us."
"Good, because right now I need some help. I was gonna tell you this in Philosophy before Asuma saw me." Ino looked around to see that no one was looking. "Shikamaru broke up with Temari last night."
"What?" Sakura and Hinata gasped.
Ino took a steady breath. "And of course, I acted like a total idiot and told him he should apologize to her."
"What did she do?"
"That whore slept with some other guy because she thought Shikamaru was ignoring her." Ino's pretty blue eyes turned stony. "And he told me he wanted to rip the guy's throat out, but told Temari that he was okay with it. Temari got even more upset that he was okay with it, and they broke up."
Sakura was disgusted. "What did you tell him?"
"I told him he should tell her how he really feels. Sakura, tell me I'm an idiot and that I need to move on." Ino said mechanically. "I should have just sabotaged their relationship."
Sakura bit her lip. "Ino, there are more than enough guys in this school who would love to go out with you. It's not like Shikamaru has to be the one."
Ino smiled sadly. "But I can't imagine myself with anyone but Shikamaru."
"Mind if I join you ladies?" Hinata, Sakura and Ino shrieked when someone else joined their table. Tenten, who had sat down next to Ino plugged her ears. "God, you guys act like I'm some serial rapist."
Sakura threw her pencil case at at Tenten. "We need to put some sort of cowbell on you or something."
Tenten stuck out her tongue. "So what's all this secrecy for?"
"Shikamaru and Temari broke up, and I pretty much helped Shikamaru think of ways to get Temari back."
Tenten looked at Ino reproachfully. "When was this?"
"Last night."
Tenten sighed. "I don't know which one of us is more pathetic. We've got a girl who had drunk sex with her ex-crush, a girl whose crush doesn't even notice her, a girl whose crush is running back to some other girl and a girl who doesn't even know her relationship status anymore. Sakura, give me the Vent Journal."
Startled, Sakura handed over the notebook. Tenten began writing furiously, and the other three girls gathered around to see what she was writing. When Tenten finished, she slammed down her pen.
"If you guys have anything to vent right now, you guys are set."
Entry #004: We're a really messed up group.
Ivy's crush = Mr. Oblivious (Mr. O)
C.C.'s ex-crush = The Unavoidable
CarrotTop's guy = Devil in Disguise
Sunny's crush = Running Back
C.C – Who do you think you are, pretending you're so much better than me and then sleeping with me? Screw you, bitch. Oops, I mean the Unavoidable.
CarrotTop: I'm not your freaking ball and chain. Go mess with some other girl who has the time because I'm sick of wasting mine with you.
Ivy: You're not even worth venting about, Mr. O
Sunny: RB, just gtfo my life.
Sakura's Room 9:46 P.M.
To: SasukeUchiha's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SakuraHaruno's Email
Subject: Group Project
Hey guys! So I was thinking in order to be efficient, we can divide the times up on when we work on it. I was thinking it could be like that website that Kakashi showed us, where one person adds a word to a story and the people after also have to add a word and with enough words it could make a whole story. Tell me what you guys think!
To: SakuraHaruno's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SasukeUchiha's Email
Subject: Re: Group Project
That is the stupidest idea I've ever heard.
To: SasukeUchiha's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SakuraHaruno's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Group Project
Excuse me? I'd like to see you come up with a better idea.
To: SakuraHaruno's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SasukeUchiha's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
I do have a better idea - why not work on the project in class when Kakashi gives us time to?
To: SasukeUchiha's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SakuraHaruno's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
Obviously we were planning on that. I meant outside of class.
To: SakuraHaruno's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SasukeUchiha's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
Then why didn't you just say so? And why would we need to work outside of class?
To: SasukeUchiha's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SakuraHaruno's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
I didn't say so because I assumed it was obvious. And you obviously don't remember any of your assignments from Kakashi last year. There is no such thing as finishing everything in class when it comes to Kakashi's class.
To: SakuraHaruno's Email, ShinoAburame's E-mail
From: SasukeUchiha's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
Obviously you've never done one of Kakashi's assignment with me. I've finished all of his assignments in class. But maybe it's just you.
To: SasukeUchiha's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SakuraHaruno's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Oh yeah?
To: SakuraHaruno's Email, Sasuke Uchiha's Email
From: ShinoAburame's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
This is stupid. We'll talk tomorrow - and I have an idea about the project. If you guys can just hold in your sexual tension until tomorrow, that would be great.
To: SakuraHaruno's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SasukeUchiha's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
Fine.
To: SasukeUchiha's Email, ShinoAburame's Email
From: SakuraHaruno's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Group Project
FINE. And it's not sexual tension.
To: SakuraHaruno's Email
From: ShinoAburame's Email
Subject: Sexual tension
Maybe not for you.
To: ShinoAburame's Email
From: SakuraHaruno's Email
Subject: Re: Sexual tension
What is that supposed to mean?
To: SakuraHaruno's Email
From: ShinoAburame's Email
Subject: Re: Re: Sexual tension
Nothing.
Entry #005: Do you get the feeling that I'm missing something?
So I was talking with Shino and he made it seem like he knew about what happened last August. Does anyone remember seeing him at the party last year? I'm kind of creeped out because I'm almost positive there was no one around when the Unavoidable and I - you know. Is it possible he heard us talking or he was actually there? I'm getting more creeped out the more I think about it. I need to go take a cold shower.
-C.C-
I don't own Naruto!
**~R&R~**
-emptypages-