We sat in the row right in front of Choji, Shikamaru, Sauske and his two main meat riders: Ino and Sakura, along with some nameless NPC's in my row with Naruto.
Over the years, me, Naruto, Sauske, Choji, Shikamaru and Into grew pretty close, meeting each other frequently, my dad being the Hokage and their's being clan heads, we played in the kids room during their meetings. By the way, since Minato was alive, and had the balls to tell Danzo to learn his place, meaning the Uchia survived. Now you probably wonder Ladies and Gentlemen, what is Sauske with a family like?
Annoying.
Think of that one, rich, handsome, smart, sporty adored popular kid in the class. Without depression Sauske was that one guy who thought he was all that. During those meetings, me and him had quite a few scuffles, it was like a routine at this point, he was arrogant and pompous, and I was not having his insults, so during our fathers' meetings we fought. A lot.
The first time he bodied me with fireball jutsu, that was until I learnt Rasengan, Naruto learning it soon after me out of determination not to be left behind, all I could say is, we were promising prodigies all three of us, and when it comes to academics... Well I reached up to middle school in my past life before that bullshit disease nuked me, so I was good, Sauske was naturally gifted, and Naruto was actually smart... At some degrees at least. You could tell in the show when he instantly learnt the multi-shadow clone jitsu with just a scroll. He was smart, and now with the resources and privileges of a family, the fourth's no less, he was a total prodigy. And yet again I must say it, Naruto was obviously dumb because of Hiruzen in the OG show, him and his old ass every two week handing over rent money and ten shillings, but I won't dig deep into all that.
As we sat, Sauske smirked "Menma"
"Sauske." I smirked back
"Ready to get left in the dust?" See? totally arrogant.
"Glad to know you're prepared" I retorted.
"Okay" Choji cut in "You two are NOT fighting on the first day, seriously."
"Yeah, I'll wait a couple of weeks before whupping his arse" Sauske said smugly, God, I wanted to wipe that smirk off his pretty little face. (Don't over think)
I growled, some trait I inherited because of Kurama while in the womb.
Sakura would immediately jump in "Hey, Menma, stop it, Sauske is trying to get along on the first day, show some respect"
I rolled my mismatched eyes "Whatever"
Oh yeah by the way, if I didn't mention earlier, one of my eyes is the shade of blue in Minato's eye the other Kushina's, and half of my head's hair was red, other side blonde.
Choji, munching some chips would begins opening his mouth for something besides food "She's kinda right Menma, don't wanna fight on the first day, not when you live with your Mom"
The whole table shivered at the mention of Kushina, all aware of my dangerous mother, and I took Choji's words to heart.
Shikamaru shivered, leaning back in his seat "Don't remind me of that lady Choji, I still have nightmares"
"Scariest play date ever" Sakura added, believe it or not, the ordinary kid in a group of prestigious blood managed to worm her way in the friend group, mostly because of Sauske, meat rider devotion truly knows no bounds
(Side note: Meat riding– the act of simping, glazing and centering your existence round glazing someone else, good examples are Sakura, Ino, Goku fans and last but not least your average Drake fan)
As we kept yapping, Iruka would walk in soon, and so the lesson began, with introductions, then our education, tutoring and ninja training