Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Under such high pressure, Naruto suddenly shouted: "I will definitely learn to swim! Whether it's a river, lake or ocean, I can definitely survive! Because my dream is to become a Hokage!"

The dead silence was suddenly broken. Ino looked back in disbelief: "That guy... is such an idiot..."

I couldn't help but laugh: "Because it's Naruto."

The teacher glared at Naruto, but he said nothing more, "Alright, today's lesson is simple, but also very important! Let's warm up first!"

After the warm-up and stretching, the teacher asked us to form groups of three, and then several groups linked arms and went into the water together.

Ino, Shika and Chou usually form a team by default. Naruto and I aimed at each other the moment the teacher said to form a team. I wanted to pull Shino into a team again, but the Aburame family and the Inuzuka family seemed to be close to the Hyuga clan, so he and Inuzuka Kiba had to form a team with Hyuga Hinata.

Otherwise, given the young lady's introverted and shy personality, she probably wouldn't be able to find teammates on her own.

Naruto was a little distressed: "Who else can we find?"

I said, "How about we go look for Ying?"

"Where is she?"

As a result, just when we were about to look for Haruno Sakura, the teacher suddenly said, "Uchiha Sasuke, you go to be a group with Chaolu and Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto and I were both surprised.

Although I know that Sasuke and Naruto will definitely be a group in the end, but... is it okay for them to be a group now?

Naruto: "Huh!? Why!?"

He followed everyone's line of sight and found Sasuke - he had obviously been fiercely fought over just now, and was now surrounded by many people, but no one could get his favor.

I guess the teacher felt that he was standing alone in the crowd and was unwilling to form a team, which would slow down the progress. Naruto and I just happened to be short of one person, so we could just get together.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up! Teams, stand together!" The teacher clapped his hands, "I have time for you to waste on team formation, but the ninjas from other ninja villages won't give you time! Just when you relax, future enemies won't relax!"

The people around Sasuke dispersed reluctantly. Naruto stood there and glared at Sasuke for a long time, but when he found that he had no intention of coming over, he had to pull me over angrily.

I looked at Sasuke, then at Naruto, and wasn't sure whether it was a good or bad thing to team up at this time.

The two of them seemed to hate each other now, but Orochimaru's scroll clearly stated that they were very good friends.

What will happen in the future that will cause a drastic change in their relationship?

However, Naruto doesn't hate Sasuke because of me, and their bad relationship right now is not because of me. I didn't interfere with Naruto's growth, nor did I interfere with Sasuke's growth, so they should naturally become good friends in the future, right? I shouldn't have to do anything extra, right?

After everyone formed their teams, the teacher arranged for our group, Ino-Shika-Cho's group, and Hinata, Kiba, and Shino's group to go into the water together.

The nine of us had to hold each other's arms, form a human wall, and walk in the pool to get used to the feeling of being in the water.

This behavior is said to eliminate children's fear of water.

Naruto and Sasuke didn't seem to want to have physical contact with each other, so I stood between them and looked around: "I stand in the middle?"

Sasuke frowned, and Naruto hesitated: "But..."

"Okay, I'll stand in the middle."

Without waiting for them to continue struggling, I took each of their arms.

Seeing this, Ino turned back to look at Shikamaru: "If Chaolu was on the side, I would let you stand on the side, but this time Chaolu is in the middle."

Shikamaru:"……"

She cheered, "I want to stand by and hold Sasuke's arm!"

So Shino's group can only rely on Naruto.

Shino looked at me in the middle, then looked at Naruto.

He had a blank expression on his face, wore swimming goggles, and said nothing, but Naruto couldn't help but asked, "Why are you looking at me like that!?"

Hinata was also looking at Naruto, stammering and unable to speak: "I...I..."

Inuzuka Kiba asked, "Where do you want to stand, Hinata?"

"me……"

Before she could finish a complete sentence with a blushing face, Shino had already put her arm around Naruto's arm. Hinata looked a little disappointed, but also seemed to be suddenly relieved, and quietly put her arm around Shino and Inuzuka Kiba.

Even during swimming lessons, Kiba had Akamaru on his head, and Choji said sadly, "Why can we bring dogs but not potato chips?"

Ino: "...That's enough! That's the Inuzuka family's ninja dog!"

But the lack of snacks made Choji restless. Since he could remember, he had never experienced a situation where he didn't have snacks at hand at any time: "For the Akimichi clan, snacks are equivalent to the ninja dogs of the Inuzuka family!"

Fortunately, the teacher blew a whistle on the shore at this time, and we immediately walked forward. This action distracted Shikamaru's attention to a certain extent.

The water in the swimming pool was about waist-high. Even when walking normally without any obstacles like this, we could feel a gentle resistance underwater, which was completely different from the feeling on the shore.

But because there are companions around, the slightly cold pool water does not make people afraid of loneliness. Instead, it makes people feel safe and even interesting.

Ino held Sasuke's arm and the expression on her face looked very sweet.

When we reached the end and turned around, we needed to let go of each other's arms and hold them again. Shino suddenly switched positions with Naruto. Hinata saw Naruto being pushed in front of her and was so scared that she screamed "Ah!" and stumbled back, almost falling into the water. Fortunately, Ya quickly supported her: "Wow, Hinata, are you okay?"

Seeing this, Ino immediately pushed Shikamaru over and tried to pull Sasuke over.

I looked around blankly, thinking they were joking, and started laughing because it was very interesting.

But Sasuke pulled his arm out of Ino's hand. He stood beside me without moving, and his eyes met Shikamaru's for a moment.

Shikamaru looked at him, then looked at me, and muttered, "No way..."

I looked over curiously and asked, "What do you mean 'not really'?"

Shikamaru held onto Sasuke and said calmly, "Nothing."

I could tell that he was deliberately not wanting to tell me, so I couldn't help but ask, "What is it?"

The teacher on the shore blew the whistle several times in anger: "What are you doing? I just turned around, but why is there such a mess?!"

Everyone stopped joking and linked their arms again in a new order. The teacher then gave new orders, still angry.

After our group obediently followed the instructions and completed all the content, after finishing the study, the teacher arranged for us to practice holding our breath freely.

I held my breath in the water for a long time, and when I came out to breathe, I heard Shikamaru talking to Shino not far away.

It's rare to see the two of them together, so I couldn't help but pay more attention to them.

Shikamaru was saying, "Did you see that just now?"

Shino said, “Yeah.”

"Do you think he...meant that?"

"do not know."

"If so, will you tell her?"

"Why tell?"

So Shikamaru said "hmm", seeming to agree.