Watching Naruto and Ino chatting and laughing over there, Sasuke Uchiha kept a cold face, though he secretly curled his lip.
Unable to stop himself from rolling his eyes, he grumbled inwardly, Tch, why is Naruto always playing house with girls?
As for Naruto Uzumaki, who ranked first in the grade in both theory and practical training, Sasuke considered him a genius just like himself.
But Naruto always hung around with that bunch of brats and barely paid him any attention.
That gave Sasuke an incredibly strong sense of frustration.
And ever since school began, Naruto had always managed to stay one step ahead of him.
In every spar, Naruto would use his monster-like stamina to advance and retreat, eventually finding an opening and finishing him with a single blow.
Damn Naruto. How can a ninja be so obsessed with romance between boys and girls?!
Gritting his teeth, Sasuke thought, Just wait. I'll show you how much I've improved this past week!
He had often gone to his brother for extra lessons and training this week, and he had even learned a tremendously powerful ninjutsu!
Still, the atmosphere between his brother and father had been strange lately. Several times, when he went looking for his brother, all he got was an answer of "next time, for sure."
"Naruto really does whatever he wants."
Just as Sasuke was feeling a little troubled, Shikamaru lazily sprawled over his desk and looked at Naruto enviously. "If I could, I'd like to get up later too."
His dream now was simply to sleep until he woke naturally.
Unfortunately, his mom would never agree, and neither would his henpecked dad.
Crunch, crunch~
While eating potato chips, Choji said, "If you were Naruto, you'd have a whole bunch of girls pestering you."
At that, Shikamaru immediately