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Sasuke walked up to the doors of Konoha High. He was nervously fingering the wristbands that clasped his wrists.

Two things were for certain: 1. He was the new kid 2. He was "emo".

"Hey! We got a new emo to play with!" a popular looking student shouted toward his followers.

"Leave me alone…" Sasuke silently pleaded.

The students formed a ring around him and began to punch him, when someone yelled.

"Break it up!" shouted a teacher that was dressed mysteriously casual. Then the teacher turned to Sasuke. "Hello, Sasuke. I'm Kakashi. I was assigned to show you around the school.

"Thanks, I'd love to…" Sasuke mumbled, staring at his converse and hoping that he would be forgotten soon.

After he endured the long tour, Sasuke math class was dismissed to lunch. He walked into the lunchroom and expected no one to like him, but then he saw a table of kids dressed in black and slouched in their chairs.

He almost ran over to them, but he didn't want to seem to eager to see some of his people at this awful school.

"Hey, I though this was another preppy school that no one like us attended!" he exclaimed, only to realize how poser he'd just sounded.

"Yeah, the other students wish we were 'normal'." A red-haired boy with what appeared to be a gourd on his back that was used for a backpack said.

"By the way, I'm Sasuke." He said, hoping that they would accept him.

"I'm Gaara," the red-haired boy said. "And that's Naruto," he motioned to a blond-haired boy who looked like he was having a very hard time remaining calm.

"H-Hey S-Sas-suke-e. I-I'm-m H-Hinata-a." A girl who was blushing profusely and staring at Naruto said.

"Salutations, Hinata and Naruto." Sasuke said, gaining confidence.

"You probably don't care, but I'm Shikamaru." A dark haired boy said, staring at the ceiling.

"That's basically the group." Gaara said.