"C'mon, Shu-san! We might be late!" Miharu urged her partner to hurry up. He had taken a longer time in the shower than she had. She sighed, sitting on her bed, rubbing her wet hair with her towel. She looked at the door to the room. At least he's not annoying us anymore, she thought. Actually, I wonder what did happen to him... Her curiosity brought her just inches away from the door, her hand reaching for the knob. She placed her hand on the cold, piece of metal. Her fingers wrapped around the knob. And just before she could twist it to open the door, the loud noise from the outside returned.
"HURRY UP!!" Yukiru-sensei's voice boomed from behind the door. Miharu was tossed back from the sound, landing on Shuichi's bed. A loud groan came from the bathroom. "YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE!!" Yukiru-sensei shouted, and continued to rant about things that Miharu couldn't understand.
"Yasu-sensei! I thought you weren't going to shout anymore?!" Miharu stated. The ranting outside quieted down for a bit. Miharu gave a sigh of relief. "OH, YEAH... BUT YOU SEE, WHEN I SAID THAT..." Yukiru-sensei paused. Miharu could hear him taking a deep breath. "I WAS LYING!!" Yukiru-sensei shouted louder than before. Miharu was again tossed back. An even louder groan came from the bathroom. And the ranting continued, louder and more annoying than before.
Shuichi suddenly popped out of the bathroom, completely ready with his ninja gear, save for his Kumogakure headband. His face was covered with something that looked like a mask of wet, brown hair. He walked towards the door. Miharu's eyes carefully followed his every movement. Shuichi opened the door. Silence filled the room once again. Student and teacher locked eyes, glaring at each other. Miharu realised that Shuichi held a bar of soap in his hand. Yukiru-sensei opened his mouth. "I'm glad to see you're ready, Shu--!" And out of the blue, Shuichi raised his hand which held the soap, and stuffed it into Yukiru-sensei's mouth.
"Good going, Shu-san!" Miharu said in between her laughing fits. She was rolling on Shuichi's bed, laughing, stopping for a while, then laughing some more. She was laughing so much, she was crying from laughter.
After a while, Miharu managed to control her laughter. She stood up from Shuichi's bed, still teary-eyed, and walked to the small table beside her own bed. There lay her forehead protector, embedded with the image of a cloud, a pair of gloves and a black vest. She slipped the black vest on top of the white shirt she was wearing, pulled on the gloves, and tied the headband around her forehead. She turned to Shuichi, who was doing the same thing.
"Finally, you guys are ready," a muffled voice spoke. Miharu and Shuichi looked around to find where it came from. "Here!" the voice shouted. A tapping sound came from the window. The Genin looked to find Yukiru-sensei crouching on a tree branch just outside their window. Miharu ran across the room, and opened the window.
"Sensei, how long have you been there?" Miharu asked.
"Since Shuichi stuffed that bar of soap in my mouth..." The teacher glared at the brown-haired boy. "Well then, let's get going!" Miharu nodded, ran to get her backpack, and jumped through the window. Shuichi picked up his back, looked at Yukiru-sensei, and asked, "Why are we going through the window?" Yukiru-sensei smiled. "With all that noise we made, if we go through the lobby, they're obviously gonna make us pay extra!" Shuichi sighed. He jumped through the window, and closed it.