Konoha Baller's Life-The High Schooler

#20

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2 months later- End of December

New York, NY, USA

Naruto's POV

I was in New York, on a bed in Pervy Sage's apartment after my school went on a break. It was 9 o'clock, and I just got here yesterday night from the Tokyo airport, and I was kinda tired, but not sleepy cuz of jet lag. Since I was wide awake, I started thinking way back a couple months ago when I called him.

*FLASHBACK*

"Hello," Pervy Sage answered.

"Hey Pervy Sage!" I was excited to talk to him.

"How are you doing, my boy?," he asked.

"I'm good," I replied. "So, what are you up to right now?"

"Me? Oh, I'm just at a club, doing research," he told me. I rolled my eyes as he continued. "You know, they have good chicken wings there, and they have some juicy breasts and thighs too."

I snorted when I heard that, cuz I knew he wasn't talking about chicken breasts or thighs. Pervy Sage always has had a penchant for cracking dirty jokes, y'know? "Nice," I simply replied.

"Ok, but on a more serious note, I need to talk to you," Jiraiya then said.

"Ok," I replied.

"Look. You need to improve your grades." That was true. I have started to slack off a bit in school, and now I'm getting some B's and C's. "Look, I'm only gonna say this once. If you don't get at least all B's this semester, you're off of the basketball team."

When I heard that, I just stopped. Getting off of the basketball team? I was balling over there, averaging 10 points, 5 assists and a couple steals per game, and I cemented myself as a key player for the best team in the league so far at that point with only 1 loss in 5 games. No way in hell was I going to get kicked off. "Ok. I promise I'll get them up, Pervy Sage," I replied.

After that call, I literally asked everyone I knew if they could help me with class. Everyone rejected me, until I got to the last person, which was Hinata. I don't know why, but I felt kinda nervous, like I really wanted to be with her, but I felt like she doesn't want me bothering her, y'know? Eventually, I mustered up some balls and asked her. And to my relief, she actually agreed to help me out. I got this happy feeling inside me when she said yes, the kind of feeling that you don't want to leave you. Afterwards, I started hitting the books.

The next day, Hinata was available, so after school, I went to her apartment. It was kinda awkward, since her sister was also there. Her name was Hanabi, I think, and she seemed to be a bit different than Hinata. But Neji wasn't there, so I guess that didn't hurt.

After we got settled, we got to work. Our first subject we worked on was biology, and we was learning about the reproductive systems. While Hinata tried explaining to me what it was and showing diagrams of them, both of our faces were beet red, because, well, it's the reproductive systems, y'know?

However, we managed to get through that. She explained it really well, and made it easy for me to understand. And every time she smiled when I got something right, that feeling came back again. And now that I think about it, every time that I was with her, that feeling came back.

We managed to knock out as all of the subjects that day, and I felt good and I had a better grasp of everything. And also, it turns out that Hinata is actually a pretty cool person. She likes South Park, and she also sometimes listens to Drake and Rihanna, and she also likes basketball, but I already knew that.

After we were done, I started packing up. As I was about to leave, I turned around. "H-hinata?," I heard myself say.

She seemed kinda surprised, and perked her head up. "Y-yes, N-naruto-kun?"

Before I could stop myself, I heard myself say, "Thank you so much, Hinata. You're a really cool person, and you've been a lifesaver for me. And I really like people like you." I couldn't believe I said that out loud, and I could feel my cheeks going red.

"O-oh," she started, a little surprised by the sound of it. "T-thank y-you," she then said, and she sounded kinda happy, which made me feel happy too, and that feeling came back once again.

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

She continued helping me out, and I ended up getting all B's and even some A's, and after I passed finals for the semester, Pervy Sage told me I could stay on the team. And I continued to ball out, and right now, we've lost only 2 games in 10. And I owe that all to Hinata. Her birthday's December 27, which is three days from now, but since I can't be there for her party, I managed to find a James Harden jersey here at the official NBA store, which costed about $50, equivalent to about 6000 yen. I hope she'll like it, cuz I owe her one, y'know?

Suddenly, I started feeling a little sleepy. I closed my eyes, then went to sleep.

A/N: I hope you like the series! If there are any suggestions, please put them in the comments section. If you don't like this story kiss my ass. Thanks