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Confused

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Chapter One: Frosty Morning

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The frost hung from the trees, sparkling in the morning light. The ground was covered in a light layer of snow; but was nearly all gone due to people walking by and salt being sprinkled by the janitor at Hazelnut School. To some, the snow was beautiful weather; a blessing, meaning snowball fights, hot chocolate and pink faces. However, to Miss Beckett's PE class, the snow meant doing netball in the freezing cold, which nobody enjoyed. Least of all me and Teri, the slowest runners; we hated PE even when it was warm, so in the cold it was torture.

'They cannot be serious.'

'You've said that five fucking times already.'

'Yes, and I mean it. They can't be. Who in their right mind does netball in the snow?'

'PE teachers.'

'Well, yes, but PE teachers are naturally insane. But what about us?'

My best friend gave me an oh-come-on look and muffled a giggle; I was doing my pouty face, and that was enough to make anyone laugh. The two of us were like sisters; Teri had black, layered hair that reached her shoulders, and I had brown hair that was long and wavy. Both of us had brown eyes, and both had an undying love for anime; and we were near-inseparable.

'Girls!' Miss Beckett exclaimed from across the playground, looking cross. We realised that the rest of the class was running around the playground, their faces frozen with the effort. We jumped into action immediately; Miss Beckett was famous for her after-school detentions which were worse than her PE lessons themselves. Following suit of the rest of the class, we joined the back of the group, feeling the cold more than ever. When we eventually screeched to a halt, I was shaking with cold and Teri kneeled over and clutched her heels, panting in clouds of white frozen air.

Miss Beckett then split us all into groups for small games of netball, typically separating me and Teri into different groups, but I was hardly concentrating. I could hear the teacher but was not taking anything she said; my mind was far away, in the Village Hidden in the Leaves. It wasn't much, but it helped with the cold. When we were dismissed to go and play the netball games, I quickly put on my light-blue bib and went into a corner, as far away as I could from the damned teacher and the game. I didn't dare sit down; the ground was too cold anyway. I just stood, shivering slightly, with an unfocused look on my face. I went through the episode of Naruto I'd watched last night in my head; it had been the one where Gaara faced Lee in the preliminary round of the Chunin exams.

Images flashed through my head – Gaara standing in the middle of a puddle of sand, looking bored; Lee taking off his leg weights and exploding the stadium; Lee kicking Gaara's head down; Gai-Sensei stopping Gaara from killing Lee, and Gaara not understanding, and –

A loud whistle bought me back to earth. I shook my head and glanced over to the teacher, and sighed in relief when I saw her shouting at another girl for wearing her bib wrong. Miss Beckett turned, done shouting, and I assumed a crouching, defensive position, and the teacher passed on by. Once she'd gone, I relaxed again. Hoping she hadn't noticed the fact that I wasn't defending. Still, teachers were stupid. I hated them. I hated school. I hated the human world. I'd give anything – even my life – if it meant I could join the anime world. Or at least, Naruto world.

A sudden breeze made the freezing cold overwhelm me again; but this time, it was so bad I could barely breathe. My whole body seized up, and I couldn't move; but I was shaking violently. The breeze got stronger, and picked up snow with it; and within seconds, I was surrounded by white. I twisted my head from side to side, looking for someone, anyone, but I couldn't see anything. I tried crying out for help, but I still couldn't move. I closed my eyes, replacing the white for black, and started to fall…

Strong hands gripped my arms, holding me up; arms I didn't recognise. Strong ones like an adult male's hands. But who?

I felt my consciousness slipping away, and the black darkness pulling her in, and I surrendered.

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Lo-Chan: YAH! My first Fanfiction! The rest will be on the way soon!

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