The Four of Us

Testing and Reconnecting

"Why would he do that?"

"Because I was his first friend"

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Naruto POV

It was the day of our genin test.

Last night, a note was on the front door to our apartment. It said "Come to Training Ground 3 at 8am sharp. Don't eat breakfast and don't be late. - Senseis ". I knew Kakashi was always late, so I was going to make food for everyone.

I woke up at seven in the morning to prepare food for both teams. I put on a light blue apron Sasuke got me last month and began cooking. I made two onigiris for each team member, and packed apples along with them. Each person had one with sha-ke (salted salmon) and one with tarako (salted cod) filling each.

I learned how to cook a couple months after moving in with Sasuke since he managed to burn and overcook everything he tried to make. He even managed to make scrambled eggs and pasta catch on fire one time.

While I was putting the food into a picnic basket, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist and a head on shoulder.

"What are you up to Naru-chan?" Sasuke mumbled, his head still on my shoulder.

"I'm making everyone food for today." I answered. I looked at the clock on the wall, and saw it was 7:45. I slowly looked over at Sasuke, who was still in his pajamas, eating the omelet I made him.

"Sasuke," I began creepily while walking towards him. He froze and turned around to face me. "Please inform me as to why aren't you ready yet?"

"Uhhh- It's still early?" It sounded more like a question than an answer.

"Do I need to drag your lazy ass back to our room so we won't end up late, or can you manage to do that on your own?" I yelled at him, waving a wooden spoon at him threateningly.

He got the message and ran to get changed.

I was wearing an outfit similar to yesterday, only this time the sleeves went to my elbows and I had fingerless gloves on to hide the seals on my wrists. Sasuke came back wearing a dark grey sleeveless hoodie over a black short sleeve. He was also wearing white shorts with white fingerless gloves like me.

I walked to the door. "You gonna come or what?"

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When we arrived it was 8:05 so we weren't all that late. Hinata Sakura and Sai were there already, so we were just waiting on Menma to arrive.

"Did you guys eat breakfast?" I questioned our group.

Sakura was the one who answered. "I planned on bringing a snack, but I woke up too late to get anything good. All I had was some water before I left."

"Same with me and Pale-eyes over here." Sai added on.

"Lucky for you guys I made us food." I pulled the onigiri I had made earlier. I had wrapped them in plastic so they would be both easy to eat and easy to hold. I had also labeled them so it wouldn't be a problem identifying the flavor.

When I gave Sai his food he told me, "Thanks Shortie."

"Why am I called Shortie?" I whined.

"Because you are by far the one of the shortest people our age. Only Hinata is shorter than you, and she's the youngest of us." Everyone began cracking up at his words, while I was whining into Sasuke's back.

Suddenly, Sasuke pulled me into his arms and everyone made a defensive circle around me. I turned around, wondering what was happening, and then I saw him.