HIGH SCORE

Chapter One

"I'm at the end of my rope, Naruto." Iruka, the teacher, stands at the front of the classroom with his hands crossed over his chest and a disappointed look painted across his face.

Naruto sits crisscrossed right in front of the teacher with a dazed expression, his upper body is bound with some uncomfortable-looking old ropes.

"You failed the graduation test last time and the time before that." Iruka lectures Naruto in front of the entire group of students and as far as you can tell, he isn't too happy.

"Tomorrow you've got another chance, and you're messing it up again." He sighs.

You're sitting next to Kiba, a frown plastered on your face as you listen to Naruto get scolded by Iruka. It's an awkward situation for everyone in the room, but some students are laughing amongst themselves.

"Hmph!" Naruto looks away from Iruka in defiance (big mistake), which leads the young brown-haired man to lose his temper:

"Fine! Since you missed it, everyone will review the transformation jutsu, Naruto!" Iruka yells, pointing to the left as he glares at everyone in the room.

Almost everyone in the classroom (you included) lets out a loud groan of annoyance as your teacher reveals this displeasing information.

"I swear..." Kiba grumbles under his breath, giving you a mean-looking stink eye. "I can't believe you don't hate that kid, (Y/N)."

"I don't see a reason to hate him." You shrug at Kiba, fixing your (h/c) hair before preparing to stand up to showcase your super awesome and cool (mediocre) transformation jutsu.

"Weirdo." Kiba rolls his eyes as he follows suit, standing up right after you do. The brown-haired boy  lets out a long and tired sigh as he walks down the small set of stairs leading to the front of the classroom.

You stand next to Kiba and the two of you wait for your turns to review the transformation jutsu in front of the classroom (and Iruka).

In all honesty, you were a bit stressed out to use your ninjutsu in front of everyone since you hadn't exactly gotten the best sleep the night before.

"Sakura!" Iruka's voice pulls you out of your worry as he points to the young pink-haired girl, gesturing for her to step forward.

"Sakura Haruno!" She yells her name, sneaking a swift glance at Sasuke as she begins to speak once more, holding up the required sign for transformation: "Let's do it! Transform!"

With a quick burst of smoke, the twelve-year-old girl has turned into a copy of Iruka, she looks proud of herself.

"You transformed into me. Good." Iruka nods as he writes something down on his clipboard. Sakura turns back into herself with a big smile.

"I did it!" She turns out and looks to Sasuke, holding both of her arms up against her chest, her knees are partially bent as she jumps up and down: "Sasuke! Did you see that?!"

Sasuke doesn't even bother acknowledging Sakura, his attention is glued to the front of the classroom and Iruka.

"Next: Sasuke Uchiha!" Iruka exclaims, and the said boy steps forward. The raven-haired Uchiha quickly transforms into Iruka and reverts back to himself.

"Uh, good." Iruka scribbles something down on his clipboard once again and Sasuke walks away, brooding his ass off.

"Next: Naruto Uzamaki..." Iruka sighs he looks at the mentioned blonde. He's standing in between Ino and Shikarmaru, hunched over with his hands on his hips.

"This is a total waste of time, Naruto..." Shikamaru sighs, his hands in his pockets with his weight pushed onto one side.

"We always pay for your screw-ups." Ino shakes her head, glaring at Naruto.