A/N: Phew! Here it is, and much longer than last time! Thanks for the reviews you guys .
Onto the next chapter!
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The first day of school: Dreaded by most, and considered the end to all things free. Except for those in the company of good friends.
The walk to the entrance was bustling with students returning to Rydell High School. Among those passing by was a group of roguish teens anxious for another year of reeking havoc.
"Watch it..!" A stocky boy grabbed a brown bag from the tallest of the three. "Kankuro you're supposed to bury this not eat it!"
The youngest snickered foolishly only to be pushed into the bushes by Kankuro, "You'd know a whole lot about food, wouldn't you Choji?" He taunted back, "It's a homemade lunch."
He smirked with dignity as though it made a world of difference. Konohamaru popped back up to rejoin the gang and take the bag. He looked it over. "Doesn't look special! Your old lady drags her butt outta bed for you?!"
Kankuro snatched it back and prodded it with his finger. "I get one every year on the first day, whatd'you expect?"
"Big deal."
"Yeahhh..." Konohamaru whined in agreement with Choji.
"Ahh. Both of you give it a... hey Sasuke!"
"Sasuke?"
"Hey over here Sasuke!" Choji waved his arm and headed towards where Sasuke was leaning on the edge of the building smoking enticingly in front of the "This is a DARE zone" sign. He took the cigarette from his pale lips and raised his head toward the calls.
They joined him by the wall and exchanged rough greetings. "Where were you all summer?" Konohamaru looked up at him with admiration.
"What are you...? My okaasan?" Sasuke let a cloud of smoke drift onto the kid's face causing him to cough slightly.
"Just asking!" He wheezed as Sasuke blew more smoke his way.
"I was working." He added an after thought and took another puff, "...Which is more than any of you could say."
"Hah! Working?" Kankuro looked at him with disbelief.
He gave a single nod.
"Nice way to spend your summer." Sasuke glared at the sarcastic remark. He took tossed the cigarette on the ground. "Bite me. Don't expect rides when I get myself a car."
The three were silent and thought this over. From the way the Uchiha was looking at all of them, he seemed serious.
"Doooo any of you wanna know what I did?!" The silence was broken by Konohamaru.
"NO." The three others snapped in unison. "Each year it's the same crap from your mouth. Get yourself a babe and then we'll hear..."
"Right on time Naruto." Choji interrupted Kankuro to greet the last member of the T-Birds.
Naruto strutted over and received a few friendly hits to his arm as he passed through the group.
"Hey Sasuke."
"Naruto."
"So Naruto, any new sights this year?" Konohamaru bounded over excitedly.
Sasuke answered for Naruto. "Same as last year, same girls everyone's fooling around with."
Naruto nodded in agreement. "It's been a while. What have you been up to Sasuke?"
Kankuro nudged Naruto in the rib cage. "He's been wor...oof!" From the innocent look on Sasuke's face you never would have caught the swift kick Kankuro was dealt. But the vexatious, sharp gleam in his dark eyes gave away his disguise.
"WORKING? Haha" He watched Sasuke flick his lighter on and off with aggravation and stopped. "I was at the beach."
"Yeah? Nice. But I gotta say it's hard going there with all the chicks hanging around you."
"Huh? Hahaha! Kankuro the only thing that hangs around you are flies!"
"You wanna mess Kono?!" Kankuro held up his fist threateningly.
"How was it at the beach?"
"Crazy." Naruto leaned back against the wall and lifted his head. "I met this one girl. She was kinda fun."
"You mean... ack... she put out? Hah." Kankuro got hold of Konohamaru and pushed him to the ground.
Naruto rolled his eyes at his look of triumph. "Is that all you think about Kankuro?"
His head bobbed coolly as he laughed, "Can't help it. Look at me! There's not a chick out there that doesn't want some of this."
"Ahh! You're sick."
"You're just as disgusting Naruto." The bell rang and Sasuke motioned for them to get inside. Narutos nose wrinkled and he stuck his tongue out at Sasuke's back.
"C'mon Suna!" He grabbed Kankuro's lunch bag and tossed it onto the steps of the school.
"Hey!" Kankuro grabbed the blonde and trapped him in a headlock until they reached the doors.
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"Sakura, um h-how do I look? I'm really nervous." Hinata cautiously walked up to the building. The first day at a new school was always intimidating and she wasn't sure of how to dress.
Sakura paused to look over her conservative outfit and shrugged, "You look fine, relax. I look pretty good myself..." Sakura smoothed the sides of her tight skirt and stared down at her matching pink heels.
"So this is Rydell High?"
Sakura and Hinata reached the doors, "Yep. You're gonna love it!" She held the door open and gestured her in.
What else could she do but take Sakuras word for it?
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The bell finished its ear splitting ring as a car pulled into the parking lot. A tall blonde with her hair pulled up in spikes. She took one look at the brick building and sighed.
"Here we are... Again."
"Don't get so excited Temari. Geez!" Moegi giggled.
"But this time we're seniors, thank you very much! We have a right to be excited." Ino slammed the car door and pulled on her pink jacket.
"And we're gonna rule the school..and all the low-lifes in it. Haha."
"Hehe!" Moegi hopped and twirled around in circles. Temari and Ino went quiet, "Moegi that is so adolescent."
"We are adolescents Ino."
Temari bopped her on her head with a black purse, "We don't have to flaunt it! C'mon. Let's get inside you two."
The three strutted out of the parking lot with matching jackets embroidered with the words "Pink Ladies".
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"Shizune! Where are those schedules for this year?!" Tsunade stormed around the attendance office after her assistant.
"Oh! Here they are..." She held out a crumpled stack of papers. Tsunade took them with caution and frowned when she realized what they really were.
"Shizune... these are the ones that went missing last year. Maybe next year you'll find the ones for this year. Ugh, will someone please get me some sake for this migraine?"
"Yes Tsunade."
The teachers began to file into the office to sign in. Kakashi checked over his list of students and leaned against the counter. He sighed, "I have the Uchiha again." Anko sipped a cup of coffee and signed her name on a sheet, "Does he ever learn anything?"
"It's not the learning," Kakashi signed the chart and muttered underneath his breath, "He's a genius with no drive."
"Ah I see. I'll take it you're ready for another year with the gang Hatake?"
"As ready as I can be Anko." He gathered his things and held the door open for Hinata when he left.
"First day of school and my healing elixir is already missing!" A medic-nin grumpily pushed past the newcomer to fill out a form. Anko smiled and poured herself more coffee, "How many more days 'til Christmas break?"
"Eighty-six." Hinata joined her at the front desk.
Anko looked taken back and almost choked, "Eighty-six?! Well that just ruined my day." She left her mug on the desk and headed towards her own room.
"Never mind Shizune! I have the... Shouldn't you be in class?" Tsunade reappeared with a large box.
Hinata bit her lip and fidgeted, "Um... well that's just it. I-I'm not to sure wh-where to go. It's my first day..."
Tsunade watched her play with her books nervously and smiled, "Oh well in that case, welcome to Rydell. Here, you'll have to fill out some... great, one minute. SHIZUNE!"
"Coming!" Hinata stepped back to watch the crazy morning traffic. A dark haired woman popped into the room with various colored sheets and a glass. "Here you go. Oh and here's the sake you called for."
Sake? The new student glanced warily at the glass handed to the principal and took the sheets. Rydell sure isn't what I thought it would be. It's so different than my last school. How am I ever going to fit in?
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Soon the excited halls were cleared once again as students bustled past one another to get to their first class.
"Damnit." The T-Birds were gathered around Kankuro's locker. They were the only ones left in the hall.
"Hn?" Choji took a handful of chips from a bag and munched happily, "Can't read your schedule again?"
"No." Kankuro shoved his schedule into his pocket and slammed his metal locker shut. "Every teacher I got flunked me at least once."
Konohamaru grinned toothily. "Looks like another year with Tsunadeee." Kankuro snorted, "That's what you think. This year she's gonna wish she never pulled me into that hell hole of an office."
"Why's that?" Choji swallowed.
Kankuro closed one eye and pointed at himself proudly, "I'm not gonna take any of her crap. I don't take any crap from nobody so why should she be treated any different?"
Naruto grinned and nudged Sasuke who grumbled with annoyance. The five guys went down the hall where they ran into none other than...
"Tsunade-sama."
She nodded sternly, "Kankuro-kun, boys."
They looked in all different directions but hers. "What are you doing in the halls?"
Kankuro tried putting on a blameless look but her brown eyes saw through it. "You mean procrastinating."
"Looks that way ma'am."
"... Why are you all just standing here?"
"Because we're... umm."
"I'm waiting."
Kankuro shrugged helplessly. "Maybe a trip to the detention room would jog your memory."
"Uh yeahh I..."
"Hn?" Tsunade craned her neck. "I think you meant yess."
"Sure. Yeah I gue" She cleared her throat impatiently, "YES!"
Kankuro gave her a look of pure confusion, "Wha?" Tsunade rubbed her temples and pointed her finger down the hallway, "Get to class...all of you!" Sasuke leered and strutted along the tiled floor followed by the rest of the boys.
"I'll see you around!" Kankuro saluted her and turned on his heel.
When they were all out of ear shot Tsunade let out an aggravated groan. She was thankful she only had one more year of dealing with those five. Any longer and she'd no doubt take early retirement.
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"Way to not take any crap Kankuro." Choji tossed the empty bag into a trashcan.
"I'll say!" Konohamaru ran ahead of them and stood at the top of the stairwell to reenact the scene, "Tsunade-sama uhhh...yeah... uh... uhh... yes! Hahaha you were so pathetic!"
In a flash Konohamaru was slammed against the metal lockers. Kankuro pressed him into the hard combination. The young boy winced, widening the smile on Kankuro's face.
"Who's pathetic now?" The stared at one another with stone-like expressions. Naruto growled angrily, "Lay off Kankuro you know he didn't mean anything by it!"
"HAH! That's what you always think Naruto, but I did mean something by it... Kankuro's just a wuss!"
"What?! You munchkin!" He brought a fist back ready to meet his jaw.
Konohamaru shut his eyes tightly and prepared for impact. Sasuke caught the fist just in time. All the boys looked at him with surprise and waited for an explanation.
Sasuke cracked his neck, "We're wasting time..." This didn't seem to satisfy his group so from his pocket he took out a wrapped packet and looked at them all impatiently. "We haven't greeted Sai yet."
This received the reaction he was looking for.
"Sai this year? I was wondering when he'd get it."
"What's in the paper Sasuke?"
"Get to class and see."
Their traditional pranks weren't serious, just enough to get to the victim. Last year Sakura was the victim when the T-Birds decided on filling her purse with mutilated insects. She still hadn't figured out who it was.
"That's more like the Sasuke I know!"
"Since when have you known Sasuke, Konohamaru? I thought you knew me!"
The spirited bunch walked to their class with high hopes.
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Tsunade was back in her office with a second helping of sake. Shizune knocked timidly before entering.
"It's that time again!" She gave her a wide and hopeful smile.
Tsunade put her head in her hands; "I'd appreciate it if you'd keep your cycle to yourself Shizune."
Her frown disappeared. "I meant for you to address the students." Tsunade didn't look up.
"The announcements Tsunade-san."
Finally the principal comprehended what her assistant was saying. She bolted upright and searched through a huge pile of papers and candy wrappers.
"Right! I can't believe I almost forgot! Even though I doubt any of these brats would care... they'd probably be relieved. But we can't give them the pleasure of getting their way, now can we? If I could just find that micro- ah! Here it is."
The microphone was pulled from a wastebasket piled high with manila folders. Shizune hoped they weren't student records. The entire staff knew their principal wasn't the most organized.
"What are you staring at? I'm ready." Tsunade combed through her hair. "Oh." Shizune took a seat in front of a florescent orange poster that read: SCHOOL SWEET SCHOOL. She had always wondered who made it and why Tsunade kept it up; maybe to remind any druggies brought into the office where they were?
Before she could think about it any further, Tsunade flicked on the switch to the intercom. Instinctively Shizune took out a triangle from the bottom drawer and rang it.
"Stop!" She cried out in alarm.
"What's wrong?"
"What is that?" Tsunade pointed to the metal shape.
Her assistant looked it over; "Well for the new year I thought we'd try something different."
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The guys huddled around the package. Sasuke made the suspense painful as he opened the paper slowly, revealing...
A single red marker.
Disappointment was clearly visible on everyones face... all but Sasukes of course. They murmured about how simple the item was and how their leader wasn't the type to go with a cliche trick. Sasuke got up and snuck over to where Sai was talking intently with another student.
Still coming clear over the speakers of the school Tsunade continued to argue. "I don't care if it represents a fresh start! Where's those chimes?!"
"Sigh. I'll go get them..."
There was a long pause before the announcements officially began with the metal chimes.
"Good. All right, welcome back to Rydell High students. No doubt this year will be the best one yet..."
Sai reached into his bag at the edge of the desk and let out a surprised gasp. Red streaks nearly defaced the entire picture book he carried around constantly. Clutching it tightly to his chest he ran out of the classroom followed by a chain of laughs and taunting.
"Sai? Where do you think you're headed? SAI!" Kakashi raised his bored voice but made no effort to go after his student. Instead he leaned back in his chair and muttered something about a class full of mindless attention seeking gits.
"And to kick off the new school year we'll be having our first pep rally on Saturday. As usual proper dress is expected..."
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"Dang I guess we'll just hafta stay outta sight, hey Hinata?" Sakura filed her nails and pouted.
"Finally, later this year our school is going to be featured on Nation Talent as a representative of Konohagakure schools."
The entire class burst into fervent chatter about the dance competition. Hinata felt as she had all day, clueless and hopelessly lost.
She went through the rest of the school day shadowing Sakura. The strange pink haired girl was somewhat more vivacious than Hinata was used to, but so far she was the only one she knew at Rydell.
-BING-
The lunch bell didn't ring fast enough.
"Let's go Hinata! I wanna introduce you to the rest of the girls!"
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A/N: How's the story in comparison to the movie so far? I tried to put a few of my own ideas into it. I hope the characters are good.
I've decided to answer your reviews for this story!
loly101: as always loly, thank you for your help! It would have been a lot more confusing without your character insight XP
nmcrazy: i luv the movie too! I hope the story does it justice... thanks for reviewing it!
And of course thank you to my beta! I'm still waiting for your story hehe +