Author's Note
This is a filler chapter on Sakura's stupidity in my book
"Sasuke lets have lunch together shall we?" Sakura asked as she started unpacking her bento set
"Sakura?"
"Yes?"
"What do you think of Naruto?"
"Hmm...He knows about my feelings and purposely gets in my way...He enjoys getting in my way…. But You know one thing Sasuke, all I care about is you….."
"Back to Naruto, Sakura…" Sasuke got a little angry but still inquired.
"There you go changing the subject again….forget about Naruto, you know why he is annoying its all because He wasn't raised right. He doesn't have parents to teach him right from wrong , think about it , he does whatever comes to his head"
"if I did things like Naruto, my parents would get mad, and I would get in trouble so of course I don't do it"
"he is selfish and bratty, he is all alone"
Sasuke got too angry at this point as he started speaking
"Alone… isolated….., it is not about your parents scolding you….., you have no idea what it means to be alone"
"Sasuke, why are you saying that?" Sakura asked realising she made a huge mistake.
"Because.."he looks her in the eyes as he says
"You are Annoying"
("It is getting really hard to fight them... are they really part of the nine rookies? More like well seasoned team that have faced real ninjas,..... tsk….I can't believe they forced me to use my Sharingan. I can stop the practice match now, but that would be no different from straight out declaring them as winners, they are certainly lacking something…..")
"Sakura" Kakashi murmured as he appeared right behind her, He unleashed a gen-jutsu onto her,
Sakura felt dazed for a moment before coming back to her senses again, she searched for Kakashi's figure at the spot where the blast happened, But there was no one there.
"Sakura…." A boy riddled with kunai appeared below a tree further away,
"Sasuke….." "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Sakura screamed and fainted upon seeing Sasuke with injuries all over his body.
Kakashi then turned towards thr trio and said "We are going to do tree climbing without hands…"
Two hands were raised at the same time,
"Sasuke first" Kakashi said.
"Is it the one in which you focus the chakra to the feet and climb?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto and Sasuke nodded to each other tacitly as they raced to the top, leaving Sakura at the bottom.
"But I wanted to…." Kakashi stared at Sasuke, no longer surprised at Naruto while Sakura totally lost her mind.
"How about walking over water?….." Kakashi suggested to which Sasuke and Sakura agreed, while Naruto headed towards the bridge to take the first watch.
After an hour Naruto saw Tazuna up-close as he walked with a long iron bar.
"What happened to stuck-up boy and that useless girl?" Tazuna asked.
"They are in middle of water walking training." Naruto replied with a weird expression as he thought to the question earlier.
"You don't have to do that?"
"What are you talking about old man, I defeated the guy yesterday over water…. Besides I have to guard you"
"Ah!, thats true" Tazuna remembered while he kept carrying the iron bar.
"Excuse me, why is there a torn picture hanging here? Inari was looking at this all through dinner, this torn part looks like someone who was deliberately torn off, thats the feeling I get" Sakura commented.
Kakashi at this moment wanted to face palm himself, to Sakura's stupidity, but also looked expectantly for an answer in the the direction of Inari's mom who was busy in the kitchen.
"Its my husband…."
Haku flew back as he landed on the ground with a thud causing Zabuza's face to twist
"To think Haku would lose in terms of speed" He murmured as he looked towards Sasuke.
"It seems that I'm faster than you…." Sasuke said with a mocking tone.
Kakashi proud on Sasuke having won the battle of speed he said "I can't have you mocking our team calling them brats…." "He may not look it but Sasuke is the number two rookie in the village hidden in the leaves."
"and as you already know Naruto here is the number one rookie and hyperactive knucklehead ninja, while Sakura is the one with the biggest forehead….."
Sakura stared at Kakashi weirdly ("Biggest forehead? Do you have a death wish, you probably have something even more embarrassing, that's why you have covered up your entire face") she thought while glaring at him.
Kakashi knew it was no longer wiser to continue being in a standstill with Zabuza so he decided to finish it faster…..
Zabuza knew the situation just became more disadvantageous for him as he looked towards Naruto once again.
("Looks like this kid wont be making a move anytime soon…..") Zabuza concluded as he turned towards Kakashi.
"Even if you are able to defeat me, you can't defeat Haku…"
"Kakashi-sensei cannot win?" Sakura thought as she looked at Naruto as if asking for help.
Naruto looked at Sakura as he thought of her changes compared to how she was back in his world
("was she this useless?") Naruto thought as he shifted his gaze towards Zabuza once again.
After leaving the Hokage's office Naruto walked towards the spot where he and the team were supposed to meet.
Sakura and Sasuke were already waiting by the time Naruto arrived at the small bridge.
About an hour later…..
"Well...Good Morning, everyone..."
("Oh boy, here we go again...") Naruto and Sasuke thought.
"Today, I got lost on the path of life..." Kakashi started giving excuses only to be struck down by Sakura's glare.
"Ahem!…." Kakashi coughed.
"Today we have to do a bunch of D-Rank missions..."
"D-Rank?" The trio stared at Kakashi.
About a few missions later…..
During the river clean-up, Sasuke stared at Naruto picking up trash from the water as he threw it to the bin at his back using tweezers.
("Shit, This is extremely frustrating") He thought
("They're plenty of guys outside who are stronger than I am....not to mention Naruto himself…..")
("I'm stuck here, always doing this kind of lame mission...") Sasuke thought as he continued picking the trash.
Sakura and Naruto were also picking up trash nearby, meanwhile Kakashi was up on the tree reading his novel.
Later…
The trio and Kakashi were looking at each other as Kakashi said…
"Perhaps we should disperse."
"I do need to submit a report about this mission."
"Sensei!" Naruto called as he ran over.
"What is it Naruto?"
Naruto moved closer as he whispered, "Sensei, is there anything Sakura could learn, I am sure she has potential..." Naruto said.
"Hmmm…"
("Sakura is a genjutsu type.... Even though she failed in that training badly") Kakashi thought as he saw Sakura beside Naruto who was fawning over Sasuke.
Sakura walked over to Sasuke as she asked
"Hey, how about…."
"Why don't you and…."
"Why don't we work on improving our teamwork together?"
Sasuke turned towards Sakura as he contemplated a bit before saying…
"If you have time to spend on me, why don't you practice a jutsu!"
"To tell you frankly, you are the weakest in the team right now…."
Sasuke said as he started walking about his merry way.
Sakura felt completely abandoned at this point completely slouching while she stood.
"Sakura!" Kakashi called out
"Yeeessss..." Sakura answered without any spirit as she turned about weakly.
"Meet me in the training field by evening at 4pm!" Kakashi said as he flew away, leaving Naruto and Sakura behind.
"Sakurchan!" Naruto said as he tried to cheer her up.
"Do you want to go on a date with me?" Naruto asked.
Sakura became wild at this moment as she immediately reacted by smacking Naruto in the head.
"Who the hell would want to go on a date with you!" Sakura shouted almost turning into a demon.
"I only wanted to cheer you up..." Naruto said while feeling wronged.
"Oh…sorry!" Sakura said as she turned away starting to leave.
"I want to help you improve your abilities." Naruto said, upon which Sakura stopped.
"How?" Sakura asked with fire almost burning in her eyes.
"We need to talk this over….." Naruto replied.
"All right then, I will hang out with you, but this will not be considered as a date" Sakura said as she held one of Naruto's hand and marched away with him.
The following morning,
"He's late again!" Naruto said looking at the stream flowing under the bridge.
"If anything, its always those lame excuses" Sakura commented.
"Say! Say! Say!"
"Why is that he's the only one who, calls us out, and then makes us wait?!" Sakura complained.
"Well…..We are his subordinates Sakura…." Naruto said
"Naruto is right Sakura….." Sasuke also supported.
"What is he going to do about the feelings of a maiden who accidentally overslept and resigned herself to no blow drying?!"
("Sakurchan, I don't think you could be classified as a maiden though you would be one in the future, as of now I can only think of you as a Pink Demon") Naruto thought
("Why are these guys so hyper, first thing in the morning") Sasuke thought.
Meanwhile Naruto was day dreaming for a bit since he had finished solving all the questions.
Sakura kept staring at Naruto
("Naruto, Why don't you raise up your hands?")
("You want to become a Hokage don't you")
("I'm sorry Naruto….I don't want to…..crush your unachievable dreams") Sakura thought as she raised her hand in the air.
At this moment Naruto felt bored as he looked around upon which he almost had his EYES Pop Out!
("Sakura, What the hell are you doing by trying to raise your hand??)
Back at the exam hall…..
("Why?Why?Why?....Is this my punishment for getting reincarnated?…..") Naruto thought as he was frantically thinking of a plan.
"Mmmm...You there what is your number?" Ibiki asked as he pointed towards Sakura.
At his point Sasuke also saw Sakura standing up.
Sasuke almost fell of his desk from receiving such a shock
("What the hell is Sakura thinking, even my sharingan is useless against this kind of stupidity….")
Sasuke thought as he looked towards Naruto.
Naruto at this instant stood up
"Is This a Joke?" He asked.
Ibiki turned towards Naruto who faced him with a glare.
"What do you mean?" He asked with a grim expression.
Sasuke and Sakura were both stunned at this new development.
"What do I mean?" Naruto asked as he gave a one-eyed look towards Ibiki.
"Look at my answer sheet" Naruto showed proudly to Ibiki.
"It looks complete…."
"What about it?" Ibiki asked with a puzzled expression.
"Its way too easy ya know" Naruto complained.
"Is that all?" Ibiki asked feeling irritated.
"I don't want the tenth question to be too easy…..It's like all of you are underestimating me!"
"So don't you dare underestimate me!"
"Because I won't quit, After all I'm gonna become Hokage ya know."
Naruto declared.
Meanwhile
Sakura also sat down quickly realising that she had almost committed a major blunder.