In the classroom.
"Phew, I finally made it in time!" Naruto sighed in relief and, wiping the sweat droplets on his forehead, made his way towards his seat.
Hinata was sitting with her teammates on the second-to-last row. Sensing Naruto, she didn't dare to look to her side and chose to act as if she didn't see him.
Naruto didn't mind that as his attention was attracted by something absurd on the row ahead, where his team was sitting.
'Huh?...to think that she, out of all people, would be like this,' Naruto thought weirdly as he made his way to the side of the seat.
"Umm, weren't you sitting next to Sasuke in the morning? Why did you shift to my seat?" Naruto couldn't help but ask Sakura.
Sakura was resting her head on the desk while having her reddish face pointing in the direction opposite to where Sasuke was sitting.
When she heard Naruto approach her and ask that stupid question, she glared at him ruthlessly.
'Can't you see I'm avoiding Sasuke, you dumbass!' Sakura's inner figure roared in anger.
She didn't want to say such words in front of Sasuke and destroy her image, so she suppressed those words and tried to answer in as polite a manner as possible, "J-just sit in the middle now."
"Huh? But why? You were the one who told me to shift from there earlier so that you could sit with Sas-" Naruto complained with a frown, but before he could complete his words, Sakura's gentle face took the appearance of a bloodthirsty devil.
"Can't a girl have a change of mood?!" She latched onto one of Naruto's ears and piched it forcefully, "Why do I have to explain everything to you?! Stop asking annoying questions and just get your bloody seat!!"
Aieeeeeeeeee!
Naruto squeaked out in pain while trying to release Sakura's grip on his ears.
Realising something, Sakura immediately turned towards Sasuke, who was looking towards her with a frown.
'What the hell is wrong with her?' Something like this had never happened in the original, so Sasuke couldn't help but have a frown appear on his forehead when he saw Sakura's action.
'Fuck! I messed up!' Sakura thought that an expression of panic appeared on her face.
It was at that point that Naruto shouted, "Alright! Alright! I'll sit in the middle, so let go of me! It hurts!"
Sakura immediately let go of him the next moment.
Naruto looked at her with a frown, 'Just what's wrong with her...'
He couldn't point a finger at what exactly was going on with her and just made his way inside the row before sitting in the middle.
"You should have done it without complaining in the first place," Sakura muttered under her breath in irritation. She felt that her image in front of Sasuke was ruined because of Naruto's presence.
Her snarky remark was low, but it still managed to enter Naruto's ears.
Glancing towards her, a sense of irritation welled up inside him, 'How is it my fault? You were the one who leapt at me like a mad dog in the first place!'
Massaging his ear, which was still red and was paining, he couldn't help but make a mental comparison, 'Compared to her, the shy and mild Hinata is much better...'
When Naruto thought of this, he couldn't help but glance back towards the back row.
Behind him, Team 8 was sitting, and the moment Naruto's head turned around, he noticed Hinata, who had been looking towards him with a worried expression.
When their eyes met, Hinata's face flushed red, and she averted her eyes the very next moment.
Naruto also didn't dare to look at her for long and turned his head.
'W-was she worried for me?' Naruto thought in surprise as he remembered the expression on Hinata's face, as for some inexplicable reason, he could feel his heart beating faster.
Witnessing this small exchange between Naruto and Hinata, Sasuke couldn't help but smirk.
"Looks like my earlier words have started taking effect."
At that point, a group of jonins entered the room and started calling out team numbers.
"Team 1, come here!"
"Team 2, assemble here!"
One by one, every team was called and then taken out by their respective teachers, and the only one left in the classroom was Team 7.
Naruto, who was getting impatient because of this, whined loudly, "Argh! Why is only our teacher so lateee!"
"Just sit down and wait, he'll come in a few more minutes," Sasuke mentioned casually.
Naruto clicked his tongue in annoyance, "Just how many more minutes?! It's already been thirty minutes!"
Sasuke sighed when he heard him. Knowing that it was not possible to control him with words, Sasuke just placed his head down on the desk and decided to rest until Kakashi arrived.
Seeing Sasuke ignoring him, Naruto just snorted and stood up in his seat. The next moment, he leapt towards the teacher's table and grabbed the duster.
"Naruto! What the hell are you doing?!" Sakura asked with a frown.
Sasuke raised his head and looked at what was going on, 'Well, whatever,'
Knowing what was going to happen, he just sighed and placed his head down.
A few moments later,
HAHAHHAHAHAH!
Naruto laughed with all his might when he saw Kakashi's head covered with chalk dust.
Sakura was also rejoicing in her mind.
As for Sasuke, his attention was focused on a screen that had appeared in front of him all of a sudden.
-------------Ninja System------------------
Objective: Gain control of your Sharingan
Tasks
1) Pencil Push Ups - [0/10,000]
2) Eye Rolling(Clockwise) - [0/10,000]
3) Eye Rolling(Anticlockwise) - [0/10,000 ]
4) Palming eyes - [0/100,000]
5) Blink 3 times in 1 second - [0/100,000]
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'What the hell?!' Sasuke looked at the screen floating in front of his face and widened his eyes.
However, the very next moment, a piece of chalk slapped Sasuke's face. The system panel disappeared, and Kakshi's figure appeared a few feet away from him.
"Stop daydreaming in daytime and follow me to the rooftop," Kakashi said with a frown and turned around.