The Book of Nariko Hayashi | Naruto OC

Team Amaya

When my parents found out about me getting kicked out of the Ninja Academy, they were disappointed as they should be. I didn't say anything else to them when I got home that day because I didn't want them to be more upset. I avoided them by isolating myself in room, just sitting on my bed looking dead at the ground.

My mother though.. she went to my room to talk to me about it.

"Sweetie? What exactly did you do to get kicked out?"

I didn't want to tell them about Naruto, so I came up with a dumb lie. "I was disrespecting Iruka Sensei. I know now that it wasn't very nice to do."

Knowing my mother, she definitely bought the lie. "Well I'd never think of you to be disrespecting teachers. Do you even want to become a ninja?"

To be honest, I didn't know what to say. Of course I wanted to become a ninja! I always thought ninjas were cool.. but- what if I don't know what I'm capable of? I could probably be more than a ninja.. maybe.. maybe I can be a baker. Who knows?

"Yeah, I want to be a ninja."

"An aspiring ninja wouldn't get themselves kicked out of their academy, would they?"

My eye twitched at her words. Great, a smart remark from my own mom. "I'll figure it out, mom."

She sighed. "How will you do that? You don't even have your teammates or Sensei yet."

"I said I'll figure it out", I got up and went out of the room, leaving my mother in there alone on the bed. "I'll be back."

~*~

The next day, I was in the forest with Sasuke, who was sitting down in front of a tree throwing kunai at it; he had like 20 of them.

"I still don't get why you had to take the blame for that loser's doing", he groaned.

"Sasuke, I don't know how many times I have to explain the dumb story to you", I watched him throw the weapon at the tree one by one. I started to think that it was a way of him showing his anger. "You would've done the same if you were me."

"Yeah, but now you're not going to be ninja."

The raven haired male stopped after throwing his 10th weapon. "Now that you'll be gone, I'll be stuck on a team with two idiots", he said with his head down. "You were one of the most tolerable people I knew."

Now that I think of it, he never really talked to anyone as much as me at the academy. He rarely spoke to anyone other than me. Maybe I am the only one who gets him, considering the fact that we've known each other since childhood. Of course Sasuke doesn't know that this'll be a great opportunity for him, but he'll realize eventually.. soon. Maybe he'll be thankful for the team he gets tomorrow, along with his sensei.

I patted his shoulder, trying to get his mind off the negatives. "Hey? Think of this as an opportunity to get to know other people. Just because we won't be going on missions together doesn't mean we won't be able to hang out."

Sasuke then started to feel better, nodding at my reassurance. "I guess you're right. I'll manage to work with whoever I'm stuck with. After all, you were just someone I've known since a kid.. I can't just rely on you.

Oh, yeah? Apparently he didn't know the definition of a friend. I didn't comment on his choice of words, only glaring at him.

The Uchiha lift his head and turned to look at my glare. He squinted and said "Did I say something wrong?"

"..No, not at all."

Sasuke got up and went to the tree, pulling out every kunai he threw at it. "So.. I guess I'll see you?"