Kiko stood in the mirror and fumbled with her hair.

"Do I want it down or in a ponytail? Argh! Why is hair the hardest thing to decide on?" she asked herself.

She was wearing a white, sleeveless button up shirt, a long white skirt, and white heels. She had jet black eyes and hair to match that went down to her lower back.

"Kiko dear, hurry up or you'll be late!" Her mother called from the living room.

"One minute mom! I'm finishing up my hair!" she called from the bathroom.

Her mother walked in, looking like an older version of her,"Honestly child, you look pretty either way."

"You're my mother, you're suppose to tell me that." she said laughing.

"Would you like me to ask your older brother? I'm sure he'd have something to say about it." she smirked as Kiko laughed.

"If you want my real opinion, it looks much better down. Now hurry up, I have to be at work by 8:00." she said walking out.

Kiko followed her mother's advice, brushed her hair, then ran down the stairs after her mother, who was on the phone. She was nervous, she didn't know what to expect from this Konoha High, she heard new reports about gangs there and frequent fights, and wasn't all that excited to go. She calmed herself through constant reassurances that it was her last year as a high school student before she was off to college, so she wouldn't be there long. They pulled up to the school, with a farewell to her mother she walked inside.

"So far so good." she thought walking into the school, which was pretty calm, probably because it was only 7:30, so everyone wasn't here yet. She ended up finding the auditorium five minutes later, got her program, and headed out.

"Okay let's see, Per. 1, history, Mr. Hatake, room B8...where is B8?" she said looking around. She turned around and began backing up to get a better look at the buildings and backed into someone. She quickly turned around.

"Oh my gosh! I am so sorry! I was just trying to find my first period, and I don't know where everything is-"

"That's alright, I completely understand." said the girl with pink hair.

Kiko sighed,"Thanks, I'm Kiko Umeshii." she said extending her hand.

"Saskura Haruno, and let me be the first to welcome you to Konoha High." she said in a professional tone.

"Thanks Sakura. Um, maybe you could help me, I need to find B8."

"Oh, History with Mr. Hatake? I have the same period." she said smiling.

"Thank you universe!" she thought happily. This school wasn't so bad after all.

"So Kiko, what brings you here?" Sakura asked as they walked to class.

"Senior year, hoping to get this one off to a good start." Kiko said looking at the tagging on the walls.

"Well, more power to ya. This school can become a jungle real quickly." Sakura said,"Ah, B8."

They walked in. A man with spiky white hair was writing his name on the board.

"Good Morning Mr. Hatake." Sakura said brightly walking in.

"Good Morning Sakura. And what's this? A new student?" he asked as Kiko walked in.

"Yeah, I'm Kiko Umeshii." She said with a bow. She stood back up and noticed he was wearing a mask that covered everything on his face but his right eye.

"I see you've noticed my mask. I like to be as mysterious as our history." he said brightly.

"Oh, O.K." she said.

"Weirdo..."

"Umeshii...Umeshii...ah! Here you are, sitting right next to Sasuke Uchiha, in the corner over there." he said pointing.

A boy with black, somewhat spiky hair wearing a black shirt, jeans, and shoes sat in a corner in the back, looking out the window.

"He looks friendly..." she though sarcastically sitting down in the seat next to him.

She took a deep breath,"Hi! I'm Kiko Umeshii."

"And?" he asked snidely without looking at her.

Feeling taken aback, she turned around and faced forward.

"Jerk..."

When the rest of the class began to file in, Mr. Hatake told them where to sit. A boy with blonde hair sat on the other side of her. She learned his name was Naruto Uzumaki, he seemed pretty dense.

Once the bell had rung, everyone sat down as Mr. Hatake stood up.

"Welcome back everyone to Konoha High. I know this is a big year for all of you, it being the last. I'd like to start the day off by introducing a new student, Kiko Umeshii. Stand up Ms. Umeshii."

Slowly, she stood up and gave a weak smile.

"Welcome to the school!" A chubby boy in the first seat yelled.

"Um...thanks." she said shyly.

"At least some people here like to make friends."she thought throwing a glare at Sasuke, who was still looking out the window.

"Other than that, today's a free day. You may all get up and walk around the class to chat, but don't throw anything, no profanity, and keep it down while I read my books." he said.

Kiko took a deep breath and decided to try again.

"So...Sasuke, is it?" she asked.

"I should tell you now so you'll stop bothering me. I don't like to talk to people so buzz of!" he said fiercely.

Angered, Kiko gladly took his advice and ignored him the rest of the period. Instead she looked at her program card to see what other classes she had.

Per. 2: Physiology

Per. 3: A.P. English

Per. 4: Gym

Per. 5: Arts and Crafts

Per. 6: Counselor's Office (ran out of ideas)

The bell rang for second period, and along with Sakura, Kiko went to the next class. As they entered the room, Sakura bowed to the teacher and said,"Good day, Mr. Morino."

"Good day Sakura. Ah, you must be Kiko Umeshii. Your seat will be next to Sasuke Uchiha, back there."

"Again?!"

"O.K." she said with a smile.

She sat down and buried her head in her hands.

"Why universe! Why do you curse me with such a jerk? Does my suffering make you laugh? Well does it?" she thought in despair.

Sasuke walked in, without saying anything to the teacher, and sat down next to Kiko, much to her displeasure.

"Didn't think you'd be in here." she said again trying to start a conversation.

He didn't answer, instead looked out the window as he did in first.

"A box of napalm is comin your way my emo friend..." she mentally threatened him.

When everyone entered and took their seats, the bell rang and Mr. Morino stood up in front of the class.

"Welcome seniors, to Physiology. Today we shall begin a project. Oh stop groaning, you're seniors! You should be used to this kind of stuff by now. Now, we won't start today, since it's the first day, but we will start tomorrow. What I want all of you to do," he said pulling down a poster of a heart for everyone to see,"is to list all the parts of the human heart, and turn it in at the end of the period. Now get to work."

She would have to vent over Sasuke another time, it was time for her to shine. She finished with ten minutes to spare, and looked back over at Sasuke, who had apparently finished and was looking back out the window. She rolled her eyes and observed the rest of the class. Sakura was also finished, and was reading up on some books. She looked over at Naruto, who barely had three answers on his paper.

"Poor guy..." she thought.

The bell rang, and the class, moaning and mumbling under their breaths, turned in their papers and left the class. On her way to her A.P. English, she silently chanted,"Please don't let him be there, please don't let him be there, please don't let him be there..."

Upon entering the class and seeing him sitting in the back, she almost kicked the wall in exasperation. The teacher pointed her to her seat, which was once again by him, and she begrudgingly sat down. She was about ready to bang her head on the desk when the class started. The teacher only wanted them to read and discuss literature today, so she got up and went over to Sakura, who was talking to two more girls who's names were Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuuga. As the class went on, she casts look back at him to see what he was doing, not surprised that he was staring out the window.

The bell rang and she ran to gym, undressed and put on her gym clothes, which was a white T-shirt with black shorts, and went onto the basketball court. She froze, wishing that right then and there a bolt of lightning would strike her to dust at that very moment. Dribbling and shooting a basketball on the court, was none other than Sasuke Uchiha.

"No need to worry, he isn't even concerned with you so don't be concerned with him." she thought as she ignored him and walked across the court.

When the coach came in everyone lined up, Sasuke taking his time to join the line.

"Right, I'm Coach Gai, and we're gonna have some fun this year. Normally I just let you all run around and exercise in your own way, but today we're gonna do something that'll really work out those muscles...Dodgeball!"

Groans from the students.

"Oh don't groan, cheer and scream. Girls against boys, boys will be the targets, girls the shooters. Let's see who get's tired first. Okay...we'll get...Nara with Yamanaka, Haruno with Uzumaki, Hyuuga with Inuzuka, and..."

"Oh god no!"

"Umeshii with Uchiha. Man, we seem to be short on girls in this class this year. Well, everyone else, I want twenty laps around the court. Now let's play ball!"

Kiko hung her head, today wasn't going so well after all. Sasuke walked past her,"I hope your aiming is at least semi-accurate..."

"I'll show you semi-accurate you arrogant punk!"

The whistle blew and the game began. Ino took the lead, raining blow after blow upon poor Choji, who wasn't hard to miss. Sakura caught Naruto a few times, Hinata a couple, but Kiko wasn't getting anywhere trying to hit Sasuke.

"Your aiming sucks." he said coldly.

She felt like smashing the ball on his head. She threw it so hard that when he dodged it she cracked the wall. Coach Gai examined it,"Wow! That's some strength on you young lady! That's the king of energy and power you need for this class, good work!" he said giving her a thumbs up.

Somewhat confused on why a teacher congratulated her on destroying school property, she dismissed it and went back to change when the bell rang, quickly hurrying to her arts and crafts class. She nearly jumped for joy when she found out he wasn't in there, only girls were there. She sat down by a sewing machine, a bright smile on her face. Sakura sat next to her.

"So, how's your first day at school going so far?"

The bell rang, and the teacher stood in front of the class. "Good evening ladies, I'm Ms. Yuhi, and welcome to sewing class. Today, I want you to sew a normal item, like a sweater or clay cup, just to warm yourself up."

She decided she'd sew something while she talked to Sakura.

"There's this boy named Sasuke, he's a total jerk!" she seethed.

"Who Sasuke? He's a hunk!" Ino said joining them, nearly drooling at her comment.

"I honestly don't know what you see in him. He's rude and arrogant and just plain unfriendly. I tried to be friends with him, but he was just so...Argh!"

"Best not to let him get to you, he's been that way since ninth grade." Sakura said.

"I think he's just trying to look tough. I don't really see why he has too, he's hot enough as it is." Ino said.

Kiko and Sakura gave her an are-you-serious? look.

The rest of the class they began discussing other guys, and who are the popular kids in the school. At the end of the period, Kiko succeeded in making a wool cupholder. She'd give it to her mother when she got home.

He wasn't in her six period, since she was working in the counselor's office, but she did have to run alot of errands, errands the counselors there were suppose to have done before school started. Either way, in her eyes, it was better than having another class with him. After school she hurried home, ran upstairs to their apartment, closed the door and slid to the floor. Her brother came from around the corner.

"Well, how was school?"

"Ugh, where should I begin." she sighed.

That night, she messaged her friend from her old school, Keiko Nerami.

InnocentFlower: Yo. (In real-life, this is how me and my friends and family communicate.)

Keiko-chanbitches!: Hey! How was school?

InnocentFlower:Well, I met this jerk named Sasuke Uchiha, other than that it was fun.

Keiko-chanbitches!: Awww...potential boyfriend?

InnocentFlower: Ewww! Never! I'd rather date that kid from our school who use to eat paste!

Keiko-chanbitches!: Really?

InnocentFlower: Nah...I tried to be friends with him today, but he like, totally shut me down. He has my first four periods, and sits right next to me in every one!

Keiko-chanbitches!:Ouch...That's rough. Well, you only have one year there, so just wait it out. It's obvious he doesn't want to talk to you, so I guess the problem is already solved.

InnocentFlower: Yeah, I guess you're right. G'night, I have to get up early so I can eat breakfast this time.

Keiko-chanbitches!: Yeah, breakfast is like the most important meal of the day. G'night.