Imagination

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Chapter 3: Confrontation


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“Class 1A, please follow me to your new classroom.” The silver haired man said loudly, earning a few chunters from his new students. A desperate sigh escaped his lips. He didn’t know his new class for a minute and was already desperate. The mere thought of teaching those brats who couldn’t even say one, just one, coherent sentence, let him slump down in despair. Hell, most of them didn’t even seem to know how to say one word!

“Well then, let’s go…” Kakashi said, already counting the seconds to his knocking-off time as he trudged though the long corridors towards his new classroom. The crowd that followed him, just as unmotivated as himself, created the impression that they were going to a funeral instead of a simple classroom when all of a sudden the “mourners” were outrun by a green flash that stopped right in front of them.

“Aaah…. Why are you all looking so depressed? Enjoy your youthfulness and go, with your head raised, to our new wonderful classroom where we can enjoy our youthfulness together.” The young boy pumped his fist up in the air energetically. One could almost see the fire gleaming in his eyes.

Kakashi just stared at him, taken aback by the sudden outburst of youthfulness. Well, at least that young guy was able to speak a coherent sentence – more or less, that is. Wasn’t that what he wanted? The silver haired man thought for a minute. ‘Un… No… Not like that…’ He concluded, shivering at the mere thought that all his students would become like the young boy with bushy brows.
Upon noticing the awkward situation he was in, the silver haired man looked around. His other students looked just as dumbfounded as him as they stared at the young boy dressed in green in front of them.

The older man forced himself to smile; his visible eye turned an upside down ‘u’ as he closed it, smiling an awkward heartily smile. “That’s the spirit! Let’s go, my dear students!” He said to his new class, earning a few glares, sighs and some even grumbled; except for one.

A young blond boy pumped his fist in the air just like the green dressed, energetic youth had a few minutes ago. “Yoshi! Let’s go! Go! Go!” The whiskered boy said as he walked ahead, picking up his pace as he walked down the corridor and ignoring the fact that he didn’t know where his new classroom was. He was very, very enthusiastic, and, honestly, the sermon about youthfulness got to him easily, making him want to run around and showing off his own youth.

Bushy brows watched as the young blond ran ahead of them. His desire to show off his own youth grew the instant the other boy outran him. “That’s right! That’s the spirit!” The boy in green exclaimed, pumping his fist even higher in the air, before he ran after the blond; trying to outrun him.

The silver haired teacher watched puzzled as the two ran down the corridors in their attempt to run faster than the other before he turned around to face his remaining students.

“Well then, shall we?” he asked, walking ahead of the crowd following him.


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A few minutes later, Kakashi stopped in front of a classroom and with him, everyone else stopped as well.

“We are here! This is your new classroom, remember it well.” Kakashi said as he turned around to face his new students, smiling, when all of a sudden a tornado ran past the silver haired man.

‘A tornado?! Here? Eh??’ The usually smart man found himself dumbfounded. He fixed his eyes on the “tornado” as it came to sudden halt and transformed into two boys, gasping for breath. Kakashi recognized them as his students, ‘the two hyperactive ones.’ He looked around, remembering which direction they came running from. ‘Don’t tell me… they ran through the whole school building!’ The silver haired teacher thought, shocked to find that this was the only possibility and therefore the only possible explanation.

“I… won,” the blond boy panted out.

“No… I… did,” the other disagreed between his gasps.

They would’ve argued more about who won that little race, if it wasn’t for the fact that both of them slumped to the ground, totally exhausted.

Kakashi sighed, contemplating what he should do now. ‘Shall I take them to the nurse’s office?’ He regarded the two, still panting, boys.

‘Pros: I don’t know them. They might be ill. Plus, Tsunade-sama will kill me if she finds out that I didn’t stop them from running around.

Cons: They ran around on their own accord. They should know what they can do and not, and Tsunade-sama will definitely find out if I take them to the nurse’s office, unless…’

The silver haired man quickly wrote something down before he faced his two breathless students again. “You two,” he pointed at them, “You’ll go to nurse’s office immediately.” He paused. “And you and you,” he pointed at two other boys he randomly chose. “You’ll take them there.” (A/N: They would be dead by now if it really was that serious.)

Two similar “Hn” erupted from the chosen ones’ throats before they turned to look at the ones they were supposed to accompany. The meaning in their eyes could only be translated as “I don’t want to”. Kakashi gazed at the ones he chose. Although they didn’t look alike, they were similar in the way they acted, he noticed.

The raven haired youngster stepped forward, closing the distance between him and the blond. “Let’s get this over with, dobe.” He said coolly, waving his hand unconcernedly for the younger blond to follow him.

‘Not him… Everyone but him!’ Naruto protested in his mind, but was too breathless to say it aloud, and so he took a shaky step forward.

“Wait!” Their teacher exclaimed, stopping them in their track quite effectively. They turned to look at their silver haired teacher.

“What?” Sasuke asked slightly annoyed. He was the one who said that he should take the blond to the nurse’s office. Well, he didn’t say it like that, but who cares whether he chose to accompany the blond only.

“First, I want you TWO,” the silver haired teacher pointed at the red haired youth solely this time, “to accompany THEM!” His finger wandered to the panting young boy dressed in green who was now lying on the floor, still gasping for breath. (A/N: OOC, ahoy! Bear with me, please.)

“Hn,” the cupper haired boy stepped forward, gripping the other boy’s green spandex and dragging him through the corridor, ignoring the protests from the other one. “What? Are we going there now or not?” he asked in a cold voice.

Kakashi cleared his throat, indicating that he hadn’t finished talking yet. “Wait, please. I see that you want to get this over with quickly, but please wait. When you arrive at the nurse’s office give her this letter, please.” He handed the letter over to the raven haired boy. ‘He seems to be a little more trustworthy,’ Kakashi thought, gazing at the other, red haired youth who was still dragging the protesting boy by his spandex.

“Hn,” the raven haired boy answered shortly as he took the letter from the older male.

‘Yep, they’re indeed alike.’ Kakashi thought, but settled to a smile instead of saying his thoughts aloud. “And now, you may go,” he said, dismissing his four students, before he turned to his other students, saying “Please go into your classroom. I’ll then announce your seats.”

Some grumbled again, but they all went into their new classroom eventually. Kakashi waited for his new students to enter the room, praying to the heavens that his decision was right, before he too entered the rather big room.

Meanwhile his four other students went to nurse’s office in silence. Three of them walking, the other one was being dragged by the red haired youth who obviously enjoyed his youthfulness this way. Oh, how much Lee would’ve loved to just scream and kick the red headed boy’s butt.

“Dobe,” Sasuke interrupted the awkward silence they were caught in, earning a hoarse protest from the blond next to him. “Don’t… call me… dobe!” The sentence came out as a mere whisper, despite the fact that it was supposed to be a shout.

“Whatever. Just what did you do that I have to take you to the nurse’s office?” the raven asked, not stopping his walk towards the office.

“I… umm… we… ha… did… ha… a small… race.” Naruto panted out.

“Small, heh?” the dark haired teen regarded the panting and sweating boy limping next to him. “Are you really such a loser?” He asked teasingly, earning a low growl.

“I’ll kick your ass, bastard!” Naruto shouted, his voice was still hoarse but anger was clearly evident in it.

“I’d like to see you trying but unfortunately…,” the raven haired older boy paused and came to a halt in front of a door that read “Nurse’s office”, “…we’re here.”

Sasuke opened the door, allowing Naruto to enter the room first before he went inside the small room. Gaara, on the other hand, carelessly threw Lee into the open room and then walked in, too.

Shizune looked up from a pile of documents regarding the student’s illnesses just in time to see Rock Lee landing on the floor, hard. She immediately ran to the young dark haired boy clad in green. “Are you alright?” she asked worriedly, looking for any injuries.

“Aa… I need to… train… more,” Lee panted out.

“You need to rest a little while first,” Shizune explained, smiling gently. She lifted the dark haired youth from the floor, so he could lean on her and guided him to a bed. When the young boy sat down on the rather hard mattress, Sasuke cleared his throat loudly, indicating that he was still there as well.

“Oh,” Shizune turned around to face the raven haired Uchiha offspring. “I’m sorry,” the young woman apologized. “What can I do for you?”

“Let him rest here for a while. He was stupid enough to run his lungs out.” He pushed Naruto towards the dark haired woman. “Oh, and I should give you this.” He handed the letter over to the young woman. “I’m off. See you, dobe.” Sasuke said, turning around to leave.

“Don’t call me dobe!!” Naruto struggled to get out of Shizune’s grasp as he wanted to run after the raven haired bastard, but to no avail. Shizune just dragged him to another bed and tied him down to it. The blond might be exhausted but was still too strong for her alone to handle.

Seeing that his work was done here, Gaara ‘hn’ed before he, too, left the small room slowly.

Naruto huffed, annoyed at the fact that he was tied down to the bed and couldn’t beat the shit out of the retreating raven.

Shizune skimmed over the letter the dark haired young boy had given her earlier. ‘Kakashi… wants to meet up with me?’ The young woman sighed. ‘It’s probably because he’s afraid Tsunade might kill him for something. Oh well, I have to meet up with Tsunade as well, so I can go to Kakashi first and then head straight to Tsunade.’ She put the letter away. “I’m sorry,” Shizune apologized to the blond haired youth, “but you see… I have to go.”

Naruto’s eyes widened at the dark haired woman’s statement and he struggled even more to get out of the bed. “Whaaat?!?!” The whiskered boy shouted agitatedly. “You’ve got to be kidding me! What do you mean, you have to go?!”

The young woman quickly grabbed a few documents and smiled sweetly at the tied down blond. “Wait here, please.” She said before she turned around and left the room quickly.

“What do you think you’re doing?! Come back here!!! Hey, you hear me?!?!” Naruto exclaimed furiously.

But it was already too late. The young dark haired woman had left the room, ignoring the shouts directed her way and leaving the frantic young blond in the small, sterile room.

A low frustrated growl erupted from his throat when the blond noticed that the young nurse wouldn’t come back anytime soon. He lay back down on the hard mattress; it wasn’t as though he could get up anyway. He turned to face the young boy with bushy brows next to him, but found him asleep.

“He must’ve been really exhausted, huh?” Naruto said disappointed and slightly angry. ‘How can he be so fast asleep already?’ The whiskered boy sighed, closing his eyes in despair. ‘Help…’

“Dobe,” a low voice said, causing Naruto to snap his eyes open again.

“You!” Naruto struggled against his confinement once again. “Get over here so I can kick your ass!!” The energetic blond might have been tied down, but was still determined to beat the raven haired boy up.

“I’d like to see you try,” his raven haired counterpart smirked. “Dobe.” The dark haired youth walked over so he stood right next to the blond, provoking him, showing him that the tied down, blue eyed boy wasn’t able to beat him up in his current condition.

“Bastard! Untie me so I can whoop your ass!” Naruto exclaimed against the dark hared male next to him when he noticed there was something amiss with the raven.

“Why,” Naruto started, utterly confused, “aren’t you wearing your school uniform?” The blond haired boy could have sworn that he had been wearing it before he left the room.

Instead of his dark blue school uniform, the raven wore a red short sleeved shirt, adorned with a black cross on the front. The shirt didn’t have buttons instead there was a twine to knot, but the raven let it hang down in the front loosely. Naruto’s blue eyes travelled lower to see a dark blue lung-slung jeans and the pale midriff it exposed. Upon noticing that his eyes rested on the raven’s crotch for too long, the heat reached his cheeks, colouring them a dark cerise. His eyes travelled upwards again quickly, resting on the other male’s slender neck. A plain black collar covered it partly, a thin black silk twine dangled down from it, matching the appearance perfectly. If possible, Naruto blushed even more.

“Don’t you like my style?” The boy next to him asked; his voice low and seductive, as he bended down, his face mere inches away from the whiskered one.

“No!” Naruto lied; his face reddened more at the closeness and the intense look from those dark orbs above him. “You look like a sissy!”

A low chuckle escaped the dark haired man’s lips, knowing all too well that his blond counterpart was lying.

“Well then, I’m afraid I can’t untie you. Since I’m a sissy, I’m too weak to do so.” The dark haired boy said before he turned away, leaving the room… again.

“WAIT!” Naruto exclaimed desperately. “I lied! You aren’t a sissy! Come back here and untie me! Pleeeeeeeeeease…” The young blond whined. Why was he teased so much on his first day in this school?

The raven turned around, facing him again. His face looked so calm, but his eyes held so much sorrow. “You know I can’t do that, usuratonkachi,” he stated pathetically, his body fading away. “You should know this best.”

“See you soon, dobe.” The low voice echoed from the wall, despite the fact that the dark haired boy wasn’t there anymore.

Naruto stared at the spot where the other guy had been standing just a few moments ago. “I should’ve known it was him,” Naruto grumbled between gritted teeth as realisation struck him. It had been his invisible friend. That was the reason why he had worn different clothes and why he hadn’t been able to untie him. “Argh.” Naruto growled angrily. Here he was, tied down to a bed and the only one in the room slept like a log.

‘See you soon’ Naruto knew that those words were true when his invisible friend said that. He wouldn’t leave him alone… at least not for long.


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Author’s note:

They all acted so out of character, didn’t they? *sigh*

I’m sorry.

Why did both of them have to go with them, anyway?

Umm… Actually, I don’t know.

Let’s just say it was so Sasuke or Gaara couldn’t just go and leave Naruto and Lee alone.

Did you know I’m a cartoon duck?

My sister is a real duck.

Don’t worry, I’m not insane yet.

It was just a quiz.

I’m done writing the first tests for this semester. YAY!

Did I forget something?

I was surprised to see that I actually wrote a B+ in Mathematics.

After I wrote that test I committed vandalism.

Oh well. It only turned out to be a B because my teacher didn’t give points for several exercises.

I’m working on my book report right now.

I’ve chosen to present ‘Loveless’ which means that I have to sew and draw various things.

Please note that it isn’t necessary, but I hate ordinary things, so…

I don’t think they’ve seen something like that before.

Fufufu…

I wrote to a university in Kyôto a few days ago and asked them some questions.

Hopefully I’ll hear from them soon.

I really want to study there.

I know that I have to learn Japanese before I can go there and I’m determined to do so.

Yoshi!

Ja, mata ne.



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