*Tora's POV*

The main office gave me my school schedule and locker number. As I strode through the high school trying to find my locker I noticed I was getting a lot of attention, it was slowly making me uncomfortable. When I found my locker it was surrounded by a bunch of students.

"Excuse me," I kindly interrupted their conversation.

"What do you want?" one of them snapped.

"My locker," I pointed to the one behind him.

He moved out of my way, I tossed my sweater in and locked it up. As I made my way down the hall toward my first period homeroom class I heard footsteps running my way. Someone bumped into me causing me fall to the ground.

"Sorry," said the male voice that helped me up "I wasn't watching where I was going chick-a-dee. I don't recognize you, are you new here? What's your first class?" I handed him my schedule as I dusted off "Looks like we have a few classes together including first period chick-a-dee. My name's Kankuro, quarterback of the football team."

"You're rather high on the social ladder," I said impressed, pushing a lock of dark purple hair out of my face.

"Does that turn you on chick-a-dee?" he added a perverted grin.

"My name's Tora Kaji," I answered taking back my schedule and walking off "And I would prefer it if you called me by my name, not by the one you made up."

"Wait up chick-a-dee," Kankuro yelled putting his arm around my waist "I'll walk you to class."

"Remove your hand before I remove it for you," I warned.

"A commanding chick, I like it," he gave a seductive growl "Here's our first class, come sit with me."

"No thank you."

I grabbed his hand, lifted it above my head and flipped him in one swift movement. I walked off toward a raven haired boy to get away from Kankuro.

"Is anyone sitting here?" I asked pointing to the empty seat beside him.

"No," he answered eyeing me as I sat down.

"Hey!" a pink haired girl yelled at me "You can't sit there!"

"I'm sorry is your name written on this chair?" I asked her standing up to look.

"Sasuke, tell her she can't sit there," the blonde next to her whined.

"She can sit there if she wants too," his voice was calm, cool, and dangerous "Go find a different seat, the bell's going to ring soon."

The two girls stormed off just as the bell rung. The teacher walked in immediately and everyone ran to a seat and stayed quiet.

"We have a new student today, would you please come down and introduce yourself," he announced.

I got up and walked down to the front. I faced the class seeing Kankuro smirk, the blonde and pink haired girl glaring and the one named Sasuke looking out the window mildly interested. The other guys in the class leaned in very interested when I took a deep breathe before speaking.

"My name is Tora Kaji," I stated heading back to my seat.

"Tell us a little about your self Tora," the teacher urged.

"Why?" I smiled "If someone wants to get to know me, they can do that on their own free time."

"Okay, thank you Tora, now to begin our chemistry class," he was taken back by my answer "My name is Kakashi, I'll start by handing out this assignment, and you'll work with who ever you're sitting beside. This assignment will be a competition, the team that makes the best periodic table will have a prize," he started handing out the assignment instructions "As you can see you can be as creative as you want, there is no limitation to how it is created. You have the rest of the class time to get started."

I raised my hand to ask a question, Kakashi acknowledged me. There was one piece of information he seemed to have forgotten.

"When is it due?" I asked reading the instructions.

"Thank you, I almost forgot. This assignment will be due next week, you have seven days to complete it. Now you can get to work."

Immediately I heard chatting from the whole room, some conversations were about the project, others about me and even some about gossip. I turned to my partner in time to see his head spin around; I could have sworn I saw a light blush on his face.

"It would be nice to know the name of my partner," I said.

"Sasuke. Sasuke Uchiha," he answered.

His voice was so chilling with a hint of kindness that was almost undetectable, it made me giggle, and I couldn't hold it back. He seemed to have a bad boy attitude that drew many girls toward him, wanting to learn more about the mysterious Uchiha.

"What's so funny?" his charcoal eyes stared at my dark purple ones.

"Nothing," I answered innocently "We should get started on this project."

I grabbed my pen to start writing but Sasuke placed his hand on mine. It was such an intimate gesture making me blush drawing my hand back.

"I want to know more about my partner," his voice was stern but playful.

I gave him a sly grin, leaning in toward his ear as a blush crawled onto his cheeks, this time more noticeable, I whispered "Hang around, you'll learn faster."

My lips brushed his cheeks as I leaned back up to see a sly smirk on his face. I smiled and went back to work. There had to be a way to make this project the most unique.

"I really don't know anything about chemistry," Sasuke admitted looking away embarrassed.

"Then why did you take this class?" I asked continuing my work.

"I was hoping to get away from the fan girls," I gave him a confused look "The blonde, Ino Yamanaka and the pink haired girl, Sakura Haruno are two examples of fan girls."

"That didn't work out so well," I smirked "I guess you'll need to have a personal tutor. I'll be glad to help you Sasuke."

He smirked, and then his eyes trailed down to the piece of paper I was working on. He took the paper from me and carefully examined it before giving it back. I had sketched out an idea about having each element on the periodic table to look similar to its element, like sulfur looking like a yellow stone and promethium will glow in the dark.

"Looks like we have a plan for our assignment," he commented "I don't know how we'll get all this detail right."

"How about you come to my house after school to work on it," I suggested.

"Um... sure..." he answered nervously.

"Meet me at the parking lot after school," the bell rung "See you later Sasuke."

I left before he could say another word, on my way out Kankuro put his arm around my shoulder. I wanted to find my next class before the bell but he was wasting my precious time.

"Hello again chick-a-dee, let me walk you to class," he suggested.

"I can do that myself," I shrugged off his arm.

"Then lets switch partners," I gave him a glare "Don't give me that look, you know you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you. Besides how else am I going to get to know you better?"

He put his hand under my chin making me look up into his eyes while his arm snaked around me. I sighed as I removed his arm from around me and flipped him yet again. Kankuro hit the ground with a loud thump.

"Forget it lover boy," I said bending down to pat his cheek "I'm sticking with my partner. By the way your social status does kind of turn me on, too bad your attitude doesn't."

I smirked then looked at my watch and raced down the halls to get to art class. I sat down beside a timid looking girl just as the bell rung. During class, taught by Kurenai, I learned that the girl beside me is named Hinata Hyuuga; she even invited me to eat lunch with her. The bell seemed to ring quickly and I followed Hinata to the cafeteria.