Right behind him, a scruffy, middle-aged man walked in, a cigarette butt dangling from his lips.
"Team 10, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, come with me."
Ino made no effort to hide her feelings. Her disappointment was written all over her face.
Why did everyone else get teammates who were either geniuses or top students, while her own team was made up of her childhood friends, a lazybones and a glutton?!
Well, she could live with that. She knew the Ino-Shika-Cho trio was destined to stick together, and she hadn't had a choice~~
But why was their team leader also a scruffy, middle-aged man?
And a chain smoker, at that!!
Oh my god~~ What had she done wrong to end up stuck with them when she was such a gorgeous girl everyone adored?!
What was worse, just before leaving, she caught Sakura giving her a smug look. That made Ino so furious she practically bared her claws, but her two teammates still dragged her away.
Once Team 10 had left, only Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura remained in the classroom.
Sakura was fidgeting excitedly.
After all, the best-looking guy in the class was on her team. How could she not be happy and thrilled?
It would've been even better if Naruto weren't there getting in the way!
Suddenly, Sasuke stood up and walked over to Naruto. He looked at Naruto's bruised and swollen face, snorted, and said, "I can't believe I ended up on a team with you. This time, I'm going to widen the gap between us for good!"
"Hmph~ You arrogant Sasuke," Naruto retorted disdainfully. "So far, our duels are at 6–5, and I'm one win ahead!"
That was right~~
You hadn't misread that! Naruto really was stronger than Sasuke at the moment.
Ever since the two of