The Gift of Sight

Chapter FIVE

Chapter FIVE

By the first month into the Academy, Sakura had literally left a trail of chakra going everywhere. By her third year, she could make her way around the school without trouble.

Naruto and Sasuke had made it their self assigned mission to follow her everywhere, and that hadn't changed at all.

In turn, Sakura had made it her mission to see if she could sneak away without being caught.

In the past two years, she had succeeded twice.

The two boys, it seemed, had chakra vision when it came to her.

They would grab her wrist when the thought even crossed her mind, without even looking around.

They had planted her in her usual spot between the two of them the moment they had stepped into the classroom. Greetings were cast between students, and Sakura could see that everyone seemed to be more enthusiastic today.

The door opened again after a while, and Iruka stepped through. He welcomed the students back into their third year. Then, like every year, he gave them an introduction of what they were hoping to cover this term.

Cheers of excitement broke out when Iruka listed the physical lesson that were now open to them.

Seems like they weren't the only ones excited.

In their first ever Taijutsu class, Iruka went through the katas they had learned in their previous years.

He told them of the two seals, the Seal of Confrontation and the Seal of Reconciliation.

Finally, two weeks into the Academic year, they held the spars.

Iruka paired the students up with people he thought would be a good match.

Naruto and Sasuke were paired together, while Sakura and Ino were put together.

Ino glanced at Sakura with a frowned.

In class, Sakura didn't socialize with anyone apart from Sasuke and Naruto, which earned her a lot of enemies. Ino happened to be one of them, drawn to the two boys for their social position and their looks, jealous of Sakura simply due to the attention they showered her with.

Sakura could see the anger in her chakra and flinched back just a little.

Chakra full of emotion felt like it burned her eyes.

Sasuke and Naruto knew of this very well, and they shot her worried looks.

Sakura shook her head to clear her thoughts and focused on something else. It wasn't hard, for the whole entire room was full of excited chakra signatures.

The pairs went one at a time, so that Iruka could keep an eye on all of them in case something went wrong.

Things went smoothly at the beginning. Shikamaru gave up immediately. Shino's opponent did the same, well aware of the bugs hiding under the Aburame's clothes. Choji beat his opponent.

Naruto and Sasuke beat the crap out of each other.

As always.

The girls cheered for both of them.

As always.

In the end, Iruka had to pull them apart.

The two had been fighting all morning because Naruto had pranked him last night, and their parents had dragged them home before Sasuke could get revenge.

Uchiha Sasuke was the type of hold a grudge.

The two refused to do the Seal of Reconciliation, and in the end, Iruka gave up and sent them back to sit down.