"YES! IN. YOUR. FACE. INO!"
Iruka used his ninja chalk throwing skills, beaning Sakura in the middle of her forehead.
"-sorry," mumbled Sakura as she rubbed the sore spot.
Iruka flipped another piece of chalk up and caught it again several times, eyeing the classroom. Nobody else moved. "Okay. As I was saying. Team Seven consists of Sakura Haruno as the top scoring kunoichi, Sasuke Uchiha as the Rookie Of The Year, and as the underperformer of the year - Tobio."
"WHAT?!" asked Tobio.
ker-thwak!
"Ugh," said Tobio.
"Why?" asked Sasuke quietly.
"It's a tradition to team those three together," said Iruka. "Yes, it sounds stupid. However, in the past it HAS worked - with a few notable exceptions. Your jonin is Kakashi Hatake."
"Ugh," said Shikamaru. "Tradition. That's a pain."
Iruka checked his desk. "Someone stole all my chalk? I walked in with a fresh box."
Several innocent looks were directed his way.
"Okay," said Iruka with a shrug. "Team Eight is Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka. Jonin Kurenai Yuhi."
"Cool!" said Kiba with a fangy grin.
"Genin Teams Nine, Eleven, and Twelve are still deployed from previous years," said Iruka. "Team Ten is under jonin Asuma Sarutobi. Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, and Shikamaru Nara."
"Ugh, I told you tradition would be a pain," mumbled Shikamaru. "This will be troublesome."
"You telling me," said Ino. "I'm stuck on a team with the biggest slacker in class and Chubby the Clown."
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" yelled Choji, rounding on the kunoichi on his team.
"You don't hit girls," said Ino, waving a hand at him dismissively. "What are you gonna do, lard lips?"
"HUMAN BOU-"
WHUCK!
Choji sat down as Ino tried to dislodge the piece of chalk that had become imbedded in her nose.
"What do you know," said Iruka. "I found a piece. Ino, I don't want that one back."
"Yevv ffenffei," managed Ino as she tried to pluck the object from her left nostril without looking too gross about it. Finally she just went ahead and yanked it.
Iruka finally got a chance to go over the remainder of the team assignments without any other interruptions.
"Uhm, what about me, Iruka-sensei?" asked Naruto.
"Your skills have you tracked a bit differently from the rest of the class," said Iruka. "The debate is still going on, but it looks as though you'll be placed with the Torture and Interrogation Unit."
"Eh?" asked Naruto as everyone stared at him. "Why them? I don't have any particular skill at torture OR interrogation."
"You'll just have to see," said Iruka. "Last I heard, Ibiki Morino wanted to see you at fifteen-hundred hours this afternoon."
"Aren't genin teams composed of three members, and isn't it usually two males and one female member?" asked Terutora.
"Well, yes," admitted Iruka.
"Hmmm," mused Naruto.
Hours later, Terutora sighed as he really had known this was coming but he hadn't quite expected the result taking shape.
While the sketches of the big bruiser type he'd named Al or Alphonse were still being considered, it was the third member of their team that Naruto was working with the assembling of.
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