bubblegum princess

chapter thirty

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the end of the beginning:
THE TURBULENT
FIELD TRIP !
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SHE FLINCHED as she watched their teacher tie Boruto onto the ceiling, she watched as the boy tried to scream through his duct-taped mouth, trying to wiggle himself free from the tightly wrapped ropes around him yet he didn't succeed. "What did he do this time?" Sarada asked out loud and Wasabi sighed "He tried to pull a prank on the principal yesterday," she answered, and Namida continued "That's his punishment."

Seiren looked at Boruto worriedly before her eyes gazed back at Shino and Sumire, the girl started to scribble down on the board while Shino made the announcement "This field trip outside the village is the first in the history of this academy. This will be very significant." he then eyed them carefully as he continued "I want all of you to be very careful."

"Land of Water?" ChoCho wanders, resting her chin on top of her palm "The ocean, seafood, grilled food.." she whispered, drooling as she imagined the food on her mind. Seiren awkwardly laughed as she listened to ChoCho's muttering the food on repeat.

"The Land of Water... Hidden Mist Village, huh?" Shikadai said with hesitance written all over his face as he read what Sumire wrote down on the board LAND OF WATER FIELD TRIP.

"I don't have a good image of it," his eyes then moved to Seiren "Ne, Sei. Does the Hidden Mist seem okay to you?" he asks out of the blue. He and Inojin watched how Seiren looked deep in thought, her eyebrows scrunched together with her thumb resting between her lips before her lips curled up into a small smile "I think so!"

Inojin chuckled, shaking his head with Shikadai laughing "I don't think 'I think so' is an answer worth reassuring me but I'll take it." Shikadai said, patting her hair.

Denki looked at them from below on his seat "All that happened in the past, right?" he asked, referring to the bloodbath history between the Hidden Mist and the Hidden Leaf. Shikadai looked at him with his droopy eyes "It doesn't really matter to us." he says.

Shino wasn't finished as the class quieted down he continued "You guys will be representing this village. Please take care not to cause any trouble. Keep in mind that if trouble occurs, this trip will end right away."

Seiren's smile twitches and starts to recall the troubles that the class has endured and did in the past months. Shino announced, "Now let's choose the leaders for this field trip. Any volunteers?" Upon hearing this, all the students quickly averted their eyes from his watchful gaze, each refusing to take on the responsibility of leading the field trip.

"None, huh?" Denki turned to look at him with a hollow smile "How many leaders do we need to assign then, sensei?" he asked Shino took a moment to look at his clipboard, analyzing the papers once again before replying "At least 2."

Shikadai thought long and hard before Denki raised his hand "Then, can I vote for Seiren to be one of our leaders?" he asked and immediately voices of agreement started to echo through the room as the girl he had mentioned flinched from the sudden attention "W-Wait! I-I..."

Shikadai smirked as he and Sarada seemed to catch each other's eye, he slightly turned his head to gesture to Boruto and Sarada held her grimace. She then sighed and looked away, raising her hand "Sensei ~" Everybody turned to look at her.