(A/N) I updated sooner than I thought! I hope you all enjoy this chapter! The Akatsuki show up! -cheers- Anyway, review!
Notes:
Italics: Dreams, thoughts, flashbacks, emphasis.
Bold: Inner Sakura (she doesn't really show up)
Disclaimer: I own Naruto…merchandise. Kubo Tite owns the real deal.
Criminal Minds
Vandalization is a Bang!
"You look like crap."
Leave it to Ino to be so blunt.
She stared at me as I walked to homeroom with her. It was unnerving, but I knew I did look pretty bad. Having Naruto as a wake up call at four in the morning can do that to you. He was excited about the first day, to say the least.
"So, Forehead Girl, what do you think our homeroom teacher will be like?" Ino asked, opting for a venture in subject.
"Hopefully, sane," I retorted.
Our last homeroom teacher, when we were sophomores, was slightly off his rocker. Let me restate that. He was freaking insane. He often mumbled to himself about nonsense that was incomprehensible. He didn't care about what the class did, so he was dubbed as the best homeroom teacher, but he scared the living crap out of most people.
So when I entered the classroom, I was disappointed and disturbed.
"Welcome, students!" bellowed a man in a tight green jumpsuit.
"Hello, Gai-sensei!" a miniature version of him called back.
"You two, please take your seats!" the Jolly green Giant said, pointing to the two of us.
We exchanged glances and took seats next to each other in the back of the class.
"Why do we always get the crazy teachers?" Ino muttered.
"Because God hates us," I answered.
She nodded in agreement.
The door opened and Naruto walked in with a satisfied grin on his face. I knew that grin. He clasped his hands behind his head and took a seat next to me.
"What did you do?" I asked.
I drove with Ino to school, leaving him behind to walk. I regret leaving him alone for I know he caused some kind of mayhem.
"Nothing," he answered.
A second later, Sasuke walked in with a glare. Well, it wasn't very unusual for the Sasuke Uchiha to have a glare on his face, but I knew there was some ulterior reason for it. And when he turned the glare to Naruto, it clicked in place.
"How can you cause so much damage in such a short amount of time?" I asked with a sigh.
"Hey, I only put a sign on his back that said 'I'm gay'," Naruto said, his grin widening as he recalled the event.
Sasuke walked to the back of the classroom where we were sitting and stopped at Naruto's desk. In one quick movement, he whacked Naruto over the head, leaving the blonde to rub the protruding bump.
"Hey, at least he got the fan girls off your back," I stated, standing up for my dimwitted brother.
Naruto, Sasuke, and I were childhood friends (which had conceived a rivalry between the two boys). As a matter of fact, I had a bit of a crush on Sasuke in my younger days. But, it was only a crush, and I now care for him as a brother.
"Okay, is everyone here?" our new (and creepy) teacher asked.
He looked down at the sheet he was holding.
"Hmm, it seems like we're missing a few people…"
At that moment, the door came crashing down.
"Tobi, you moron…"
"Oww, Tobi's head hurts…"
"That's what you get, un!"
"Can you two shut the fuck up?!"
"Yeah, you're giving us all migraines."
"It's his fault for ramming his head into the door, un!"
"Tobi didn't mean to! Deidara kicked Tobi!"
There was an explosion and the class headed to the back of the room.
"They're here," Naruto said.
The entire class was stunned. As the dust cleared, four people appeared in the front of the classroom. Deidara, Kisame, Hidan, and a boy I didn't recognize. They made up part of the group called Akatsuki.
"My classroom!"
The cry came from Gai, who was on his knees in tears. Looking around, I realized that the place was a mess. Papers were scattered all over, some burned to a crisp. The chalkboard had a large black mark on its surface. On the ground there was an identical mark. The desks in the front of the class were smeared with the black substance.
"Uh, sorry about that, un," Deidara said, scratching the back of his head.
I didn't know the Akatsuki personally, but everyone knew their names. And feared them. The group sat down, the students backing up out of fear. The new guy sat as far from Deidara as he could, a fearful look on his face. Deidara had a maniacal smile on his face and his eyes had an evil glint.
"Okay…everyone…take your seats," Gai said slowly.
We all sat back down rather hesitantly. The students put a lot of distance between them and the new arrivals. Gai gave them all detention for two weeks.
The Akatsuki is the group that reeks havoc on the school every year. The group that was now shooting spitballs and scaring the hell out of the other students. They're distinguishable by the rings they wear, and the fact that most of them wear black and red.
"Hey, where're the others?" Naruto asked, more to himself that everyone else.
Everyone knew there were nine of them.
"Sasori was expelled," Sasuke explained. " Kakuzu and Zetsu have different homerooms. Pein, Itachi and Konan are a grade above."
Sasuke knew the Akatsuki through his brother, Itachi.
"And what's with the new kid?" Naruto asked.
"He's Sasori's replacement," Sasuke answered.
It seemed logical that they would replace one of their members. They ruled the school through terror, and if they lost a member, that reign might diminish. So, a new guy is exactly what they need to cause fear among the student body.
Though I don't know how the kid, Tobi, could cause anyone fear. Especially when he talks in third person.
"Well this sucks," I muttered under my breath.
"What is it, Billboard Brow?" Ino asked, using yet another 'affectionate' pet name.
"There are four Akatsuki in this homeroom," I said slowly, as if speaking to a child.
"C'mon, it won't be that bad," Naruto said, waving his hand in a dismissive gesture.
I looked over to Deidara who was mouthing 'you're dead' to the terrified Tobi across the classroom. Kisame and Hidan making spitballs and terrorizing their peers. I had a feeling in my stomach that Ino was terribly wrong.
The bell rang and we got up to leave. The students were hurried in their departure, not wanting to remain in the destroyed room any longer. I sighed, thinking of how the group had so much control over everyone.
-0-
"LUNCH!"
Naruto's shout was heard throughout the entire school. I smacked him on the back of the head, saving Sasuke the trouble, and walked to the parking lot. We usually ate off campus. But when I saw the Akatsuki, I froze.
They weren't eating lunch. No. Kisame was looking through the window of an expensive looking corvette, a wide grin on his features. He was surrounded by the other members of the Akatsuki, even the upperclassmen.
"Stuck up snobs…" I heard Kisame mutter.
"Yeah," Hidan said, looking in the other window.
"Um, Tobi thinks this is a bad idea!" the boy said, looking around nervously.
"Shut up, new kid," Kisame snapped.
"How about we blow it up, un?" Deidara said.
"What are you guys doing?" Sasuke asked.
I just realized he moved from my side. He was currently standing behind the two Akatsuki.
"Hey, Sasuke, wait up!" Naruto called, running toward him.
I stood there, dumbfounded.
"B-but…" I stuttered.
"C'mon, Sakura!" Naruto called.
I walked toward the Akatsuki reluctantly.
"We're going to vandalize the car, dumbass," Hidan stated.
"Jealous because your car is a piece of crap?" Sasuke asked.
He was very audacious, talking to him like that. He only knew them through his brother, who was currently standing behind us, watching the scene with disinterest. His gaze fell upon me for a moment, and I turned back around. Even though I saw him sometimes when I went to the Uchiha compound, I never talked to him. He was Akatsuki, after all.
"Shut the hell up, squirt," Hidan growled.
He pulled something out of his pants pocket. It was a pocketknife. He was really going to do it. He put the blade to the car and there was a sound like nails scratching on a chalkboard as he ran it along its length. He continued to do that while Deidara put a small clay bird on the hood.
"Stand back, un," he said.
The clay bird exploded and everyone stepped back further when debris came flying toward us. When the dust from the explosion cleared, I saw that the car was burnt out, a fire on the hood.
"Someone probably heard that," Pein, their 'leader', stated.
"Shit! We better run," Hidan said, putting the blade away.
The Akatsuki left hurriedly, leaving the three of us behind. I looked at the skeleton of the car bemusedly. And then I ran like hell.
-0-
"You know what my motto is, un?"
"Here it comes…"
"Art is a bang!"
Only moments after that statement, there was an explosion. Tobi shook his head from side to side
"Deidara…" he muttered.
I sat in my seat, wondering why I had to choose art as an elective. I wondered why Deidara and Tobi decided to sit next to me. And why -why- did the blonde have to be a bomb squad reject?
I was edging my chair as far away from them as I could. I did not want to sit so close to Akatsuki.
"Where're you going, Sakura, un?" Deidara asked.
I gulped.
"Um…I…I gotta pee!"
I got up from my seat quickly, taking a pass.
"Oh, Tobi understands," the boy said, thinking I wanted to skip class.
As a matter of fact, that wasn't a bad idea. But I shook my head. I wasn't like that! I'm not an Akatsuki. I'm a hardworking, straight-A student with two jobs.
At least, that's what I thought.
(A/N) So the Akatsuki really are juvenile delinquents. I feel sorry for whoever's car that was. Anyway, I promise I'll update as soon as I can! For now, I offer…clay! Blowing things up is fun! As quoted by Deidara," Art is a bang!"… un.