Finally, after spending a week on an uninhabited island, the students of the Advanced Nurturing Highschool were granted freedom. They could enjoy the luxurious cruise the school had rented for them for a couple more days!
Already, many of her classmates were milking that opportunity. Using the pool, going to the spa... All of their inhibitions were left behind at the island as they tried to make up for the week of suffering.
Perhaps they were being too rambacious in their enjoyment of their ship now that she thought about it...
Hopefully, that wouldn't backfire. Sakura didn't think she had the heart or the standing to tell her classmates to tone it down with their antics.
One day, this brief vacation was once more interrupted by an announcement from the school.
"Attention. This is an announcement to all students. All students should have received a message from the school, as indicated in the contact line. Please check your individual mobile devices-"
Sakura took out her phone and checked her messages as instructed.
'A special test will begin soon. Please gather in the designated room at the designated time. Anyone who arrives later than ten minutes after start time may be penalized. Please gather in Room 202 on the second deck by 20:40 today. It takes about twenty minutes to reach the area. Either silence your phone or turn it off, and make your way over.'
"Do we get no rest at all?" Sakura wondered, sounding rather perplexed. They had literally finished another special exam a few days ago!
There was still quite a bit time left before she had to make her way to the designated room, so she took the time to ask her classmates about their message.
"Hey, Kei, what time does your message say?" Sakura asked Kei, who had been eating in the restaurant located on the cruise.
Kei looked startled to see Sakura approach her, but she quickly collected herself. For some reason, she looked rather shaken to Sakura. She wondered if something happened...
"Hm? Oh yeah, mine said at 18:00 in Room 204. That means I should get going soon, right?" Kei hurriedly said, worriedly looking around the restaurant. Then, her eyes landed on three girls from Class C, and she hurriedly got up.
"I have to go now, Sakura. See ya," she called, already hurrying out of the restaurant.
'What was that about?' Sakura wondered, staring after Kei in surprise. Then, she looked at the three girls that Kei had stared at. They were also looking around the restaurant, as if searching for someone.
Sakura shrugged and got up. She figured it was a nice time to catch up with some of the girls.
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Kei hurried over to Room 204, not wanting to stay in the restaurant any longer.
'The look on that girl's face... it's exactly the same as what they'd looked like on that day...' She thought, fear filling her.
She had done everything to make sure that day didn't happen again. And now, something as stupid as bumping into some girl could cause a repeat of her junior high experiences.
Subconsciously, she clutched the old wound on her side. That was a scar that would forever be there to disgust her any time she looked at it. It was a reminder of thay day.
Why did I have to go through that? Why couldn't I have lived a normal life? Why me?
Kei asked herself that all the time. She'd promised to herself that this school would be different, that it wouldn't happen again.
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COTE x Naruto: New Beginnings
FanfictionHatake Kakashi didn't have much to live for, and he doubted attending the same school his dead father used to oversee would change that. He only enrolled in the Advanced Nurturing Highschool to find out what drove his father to commit suicide. Meanw...
