Memories Back Then

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Chapter 9

Lunch & Recess

"Now boys and girls after break we'll have an overview for math and review our math skills from last year." Mr.Iruka addressed the rowdy class sternly finally able to silence the class who were much more interested in going somewhere other than another staying an hour more for a lecture.

After he was done talking he walked away from the center to his desk off to the side signaling that he was done speaking. The class erupting chatter and scuffing of seats waiting for the bell to leave.

Sakura yawned tirely shutting her notebook grateful that she didn't endure more boredom from their latest lesson of being lectured and taking notes. She wiped at her eye and turned to Sasuke who was more content than anyone else in class. He already had his lunch bag out and a new notebook prepared on his desk.

"Sakura are you tired?" The raven hair boy asked looking worried at her.

The pinkette shock her head and grabbed her lunch bag from her book bag and set it on the table. "I'm not tired, but I'm really hungry."

She looked on her other side and noticed Naruto just start to wake up from his nap that went unnoticed by their teacher who already having a hard time with his antics.

"Sasu-cake are you ready for lunch?" She asked her friend who responded with a nod. Before she could ask anything the bell sounded along with Iruka announcing they could go to lunch and also reminding them to come back to class on time or they'll be punished with more homework on top of the ones he already assigned. That remark alone had Naruto and his friend with sharp teeth running out the door before the teacher's sentence could be completed.

"Come on Sasu-cake or we won't find a good spot!" She exclaimed pulling at the boy's shirt sleeve who held his bag while being dragged.

"Okay Sakura."

She walked to the cafeteria only to see it crowded with kids in the lunch line or sitting down or running around. Her lips formed a line as she began dragging Sasuke outside to the courtyard where there were fewer kids due to the extreme heat outside, some where off at the third through fifth grade playground, and others where off playing with a ball.

"Sakura!" A girl shouted from a circle table that had other kids sitting around.

The pair walked over and sat in a spot that the two would fit in without a problem.

"Say Sakura gonna introduce us to your friend?" The same girl who called them over asked.

The table was filled with the ratio of girls and boys. Sasuke noticed two boys and the blonde girl from homeroom immediately. They all had a friendly atmosphere that the raven hair boy felt comfortable with.

"This is Sasuke I met him during the summer at the park by my house." The pinkette told them with a smile.

"I'm TenTen and we are the band of misfits." The brunette girl said out loud with a smile.

"TenTen shush that won't be a thing, no one will follow!" The blonde Ino huffed out with her arms crossed.

"I'm Shikamaru, don't let these girls scare you off." A brunette boy beside Ino spoke as she and TenTen began to bicker. "This is Choji."

He gestured to a boy who sat beside him scarfing down a bag of chips who only spoke an inaudible hi between his bites.

"I'm Kiba, aren't cha in my homeroom?" The boy with sharp canine teeth who sat beside Sakura spoke up. Sasuke nodded with a smile. "Cool. Well me and Shino are in the same homeroom with ya."

Kiba pointed to the boy eating from his packed lunch who wore a winter coat in the sun's heat.

"Hey you guys!" A voiced called out silencing the table.

A frantic looking Naruto ran to the table huffing and puffing. "C-could you-u g-get Neji!"

Sakura looked back the way Naruto came from to see an angered boy with a girl who ran after him blushing madly.

"Naruto I told you to stop touching Hinata!" The angry boy spoke calmly yet still kept his enraged expression.

Naruto ran behind Kiba trembling at the enraged boy. The boy named Neji tried to approach the blonde while the lavander hair girl stuttered her pleads for him to stop.

Everyone at the table laughed at the site even Sasuke who laughed at the knuckle heads pleads.

"That's enough don't you say?" TenTen asked the enraged and whimpering boy. She throw her arms around the long hair brunette boy and smiled. "How about we all go play soccer?"

Neji nodded and looked away from the girl with a small blush on his cheeks.

The others who were finished with their lunch automatically agreed running off to the open green field leaving few at the table.

Sakura looked out happily at her group of friends dividing into teams while nibbling at her vegetables. Sasuke ate his food content with the silence that came. He looked around his surroundings until his eyes landed on Shikamaru who stared lazily at him.

"Say Sasuke you look awfully familiar now that I look at you." He spoke up opening a bag of chips. "But I know this is the first time I seen you."

The said boy pondered the thought for a minute before speaking again. "You must have met my cousin Sai."

"That must be it. I never noticed you around before." Shikamaru commented eating the chips slowly.

"I tend to stay quiet mostly. I don't make friends easily so I hang out with my cousin of my big brothers friends." Sasuke said smiling proud of him being friends with older kids.

"What? No way. What grade is your brother in?"

"He's in middle school."

"Wow that's big." The brunette boy commented with wide eyes.

Soft giggling interrupted Sasuke's thoughts, he turned his head to see the pinkette beside him smiling brightly at the brunette boy's reaction. He turned back around and smiled happily.