Reborn!

4: Plans to be Made

"Are the two of you that surprised to see me?" Naruto asked cheekily.

"..."

"How in the world did you just stand on thin air?" Sakura exclaimed while checking if there was a transparent staircase or something that Naruto used to prank them, Naruto wasn't known as the prank king in his younger days without reason, after all.

Sasuke was still in shock.

"I told you, didn't I? I was working on some chakra control exercises. This is one of them!" Naruto explained to his two dumbfounded friends.

The two could only nod their heads dumbly.

"So let us begin our discussion about our plan of action to save our friends," Naruto stated commandingly.

His friends couldn't help but stand up straighter at the tone of his voice.

"Let's start with the plans for our course of action while we attend ninja academy. So do we show our true power and graduate early or do we mask our true power and keep to the original timeline?" Naruto asked his friends for their opinions.

"I'd say keep to the original timeline. That way we would know what is going to happen," Sasuke said, going straight to the point.

"I agree. Although it is possible to get more things done if we graduated early, too many things will likely change and we will not know what to expect. We don't even know if our actions have repercussions," Sakura added, at the same time stating her views.

"I agree. So we shall attend the academy while masking our true power. However, I believe that our team placements were based on our results as well as our personalities and attitudes toward one another," Naruto said.

"Yes, that was the case. So now what?" Sakura asked impatiently.

"You blockhead! We would have to act like our old selves again and hope that we don't screw up! That's what!" Sasuke practically yelled at her for being denser than Naruto was at times.

"Yes, that's right. I am sure that I can do it perfectly fine, having been doing it the whole time I was in the academy, but can you do the same?" Naruto stated nonchalantly before asking in concern.

"Wait what? You were never an idiot?!" Sakura and, surprisingly, Sasuke yelled in astonishment.

The old Sasuke would never have done that.

Naruto merely nodded his head before rolling his eyes at how his teammates did not notice his act even after so long.

"I think I can do it. I mean, acting like I hate everyone isn't that hard. I do hate my fangirls anyway..." Sasuke stated before trailing off and shuddering at the mere thought of the rambunctious bunch that called themselves his fans.

"I don't know how I'll manage, though... Well, if I can not break up my friendship with Ino as I did before, I may manage somewhat. How do you expect me to act like 'Suke's fangirl even?" Sakura fretted in worry.

"We will drop our personality masks and reveal a bit more of our abilities after team placements, if that helps," Naruto said simply, surprising the two.

"We can? But doesn't that mean that the snake will change his plans?" Sakura asked.

"No, he wouldn't. I'm sure he will try harder to get me to join him this time. Do we kill him in the forest before he can do anything?" Sasuke replied before asking.

"That will change many things, but it will not be that important. The only thing is, we will spend more time in the village and the others may not get the incentive they had last time to get stronger," Naruto replied.