Don't Care!

With a hasty apology, Naruto jumped to his feet and ran off, not even looking at who he'd knocked over. But the collision had gotten him mixed up, and he ran off in the opposite direction from the academy.

He made it just in time after figuring out which way he was going, just beating Sakura and Ino, who'd been racing. He plopped down in a seat in the back of the room and waited for Iruka to start.

About five minutes later, Iruka, looking worse for wear from their fight with Mizuki yesterday, walked in with a long sheet of team assignements. "Once again, I'm proud of all of you for passing this exam. Hopefully it will be just one step in your shinobi careers."

With that, he started calling of names and assignments. Naruto's ears pirked up when he heard his name. "Team Seven is Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Yamanaka Ino. Sensei is Yuuhi Kurenai."

This drew an outraged squak from both Sakura and Ino, both yelling something along the lines of "WHY AM I WITH HER?! AND HIM!?"

Iruka made a calming gesture. "It's for precisely this reason that we have put you both on the same team. We cannot afford to have shinobi distracted by petty squabbles, so you two will be learning to work together. Naruto is with you because he is the most versitile, while both of you have vary one-track, straight forward skills."

Both the blonde and the pinky glowered and hunched back into their seats. Soon, team assignment was done and they were dismissed for an hour for lunch. As soon as Iruka dismissed them, Sakura and Ino stormed off in opposite directions.