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Chapter 2: After School
Sasuke, Neji, Gaara, Naruto, Shikamaru and Kiba all rode their skateboards down the street. They couldn't be happier that school was over. Now it was time to head to the skate park, to enjoy their favourite past-time. Discussing the events of the day, they zoomed towards the now in-sight park.Shikamaru told them about how he and Temari had to sit next to one another.
"What a bummer!" exclaimed Naruto,"I have to sit next to this really shy girl, I think her name was... Hina-something".
"You mean my cousin, Hinata Hyuuga?" asked Neji, annoyance in his voice.
"She's your cousin?! She's way too hot to be your cousin!" remarked Naruto, gaining an evil glare from Neji and laughs from his friends.
"Isn't she like, a nerd?" asked Gaara.
"Well, I guess so..." muttered Naruto.
"Well, you know the rules Naruto, popular guys date popular girls. End of story" stated Gaara sternly.
Naruto frowned,"It's not like I was planning on dating her! Geez!" he snapped,"Why do you have to such a by-the-rules fuckwit?".
"It's what I'm good at" said Gaara, calm as ever.
"If you guys would stop fighting, you would notice we're at the park" sighed Shikamaru. Naruto realised he was right. They began to skate around the park, doing tricks and falling on their ass.
Sakura rollerbladed ahead of her friends.
"Sakura wait up!!" yelled Ino, who was riding her bike.
Temari sighed and pedaled her bike faster. They had agreed for Ten-Ten, Hinata and Kimiko to come along. The three were rollerblading and riding their bikes behind the others.
"I'll never get those girls..." sighed Ten-Ten.
Kimiko sighed as she moved her rollerblades back and forth.
"I think they're rather funny" Hinata said quietly. Ten-Ten raised her eyebrows and shot Hinata a funny look. Hinata giggled at the look on her face.
"SASUKE!!" they heard Sakura call out up ahead.
"The predators have found prey" muttered Ten-Ten.
"Let's go see" suggested Kimiko.
Ten-Ten and Hinata nodded, then rode up to join the other girls. The boys had stopped skating and were waving to them. Sakura, Ino and Temari ran down to them, with Ten-Ten and the others close behind.
"What are you girls doing here?" asked Sasuke, wiping sweat off his brow.
"Just passing by!" giggled Sakura.
Ten-Ten rolled her eyes and made a throwing up action. Kimiko and Hinata laughed.
"What are you three doing here?" asked Gaara, giving Ten-Ten, Hinata and Kimiko the 'Get lost' look.
"We don't know either" muttered Ten-Ten.
"Hinata!" exclaimed Naruto,"What's up?".
"Uh... nothing really..." muttered Hinata, blushing.
"Oh hey Kimiko!" exclaimed Kiba, noticing her.
Kimiko waved and smiled at him.
'Oh god... it's Ten-Ten...'thought Neji going red. Neji liked Ten-Ten, but he could never tell his friends that, especially Gaara.
"Let em' stay Gaara" suggested Kiba.
"No, they can go elsewhere" Gaara snapped coldly.
"Don't mind Gaara girls, stay as long as you want!" exclaimed Naruto.
Gaara glared at Naruto with a glare so cold it could turn the sun to ice. Naruto flinched a little, then picked up his bag.
"I gotta go anyway, why don't I escort you guys home?" asked Naruto, turning to Hinata.
"Y-you don't have to!" stammered Hinata.
"Don't worry! It's no problem!" laughed Naruto.
"I've gotta go to work" stated Kimiko, turning to leave.
"Ah! I can take you!" exclaimed Kiba.
"You will not!" snapped Gaara, pulling Kiba down to the ground.
"I-it's allright! I wouldn't want to anger you Gaara" said Kimiko, with a quick bow, then she skated off.
Kiba snorted in annoyance. "I know you like her, but forget it" stated Gaara.
"Who died and made you boss?" muttered Kiba.
"It's the rules of the social chain" stated Gaara, before dropping his skateboard and returning to skating.
"It's the rules of the social chain" mimicked Kiba in a mocking voice.
Kimiko skated along. She knew that Gaara was a cruel person, and he had the strength to back up those words. She decided to stay out of his way. She came to a halt outside the reptile and insect museum. She removed her rollerblades and switched to normal shoes. She walked inside and into her manager's office.
"I'm here for my first day of work!" she declared merrily.
"Ah! There you are! I have a uniform ready for you" said the manager,"You can change in the staff room out the back".
She did as she was told then came back to her managers office. A young boy was standing there. He turned around as she entered. It was Shino!
"Shino-kun!" she exclaimed as she entered the room.
"Hello Kimiko" greeted Shino.
"Do you work here?" asked Kimiko.
"Yes, I do" stated Shino.
"Shino here will show you around" explained the manager.
Shino pushed his glasses up his nose,"Follow me"he said, before walking out the door, Kimiko close behind. Kimiko thought about what Gaara had said. What did he mean by 'The social chain'? He was so tough and cruel, and he seemed to have juristiction over the others. Suddenly she bumped into the back of Shino. He turned around with a snake in his hands.
"This is Marco" stated Shino, handing her the snake.
"He's a pygmy python right?" asked Kimiko, as she watched the snake go up her arm.
"Yeah! You know alot about snakes don't you?" asked Shino, giving Marco the evil eye as he slithered into her shirt.
"Yeah, I've always been fascinated with them" laughed Kimiko, as the snake was slithering around inside her shirt. Marco popped his head out her collar.
"Gotcha!" said Shino as he reached to grab it, but accidentally groping Kimiko in the process.
Shino went bright red and quickly pulled his hand away. Kimiko blushed furiously and pulled Marco out of her shirt, handing him to Shino. Marco looked rather pleased with himself as Shino glared at him and put him back. 'Lucky bastard' thought Shino, turning back to Kimiko.
"Sorry about that" muttered Shino.
Kimiko laughed,"It's ok" she said.
"Shall we move on?" asked Shino. Kimiko nodded eagerly.
Theres my second chapter. I didn't really mean to make Gaara that cruel, it just sorta happened... Anyway, they will all start to like each other more in the future, but for now there is still lots of tension... anyway review and keep reading!!