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Sasuke got out of the shower and shook his head violently spraying the mirror with particles of water. He then picked up the towel and wrapped it around his waist and stepped out of the over-condensated bathroom. The sharply cold air stung his bare skin and caused him to shiver as he walked into his bedroom. There he picked out the first shirt he saw, a blue polo hanging on a doorknob, some boxers, jeans and remembering how cold it was yesterday a jacket as well. He put the clothes on silently thinking hard about a movie he had seen a few nights ago.

He walked into the kitchen and looked inside the refrigerator for any scrap of food. He was unsuccessful. So instead of breakfast that morning he could write his mom a note reminding her to get groceries. He was bored and it was only 6:50 so he had time to read another chapter in his book "Childhoods End". It was a science fiction novel by one of his favorite authors and reading it brought his mind away from the subtle displeasures of life.

Usually by the time that Sasuke had finished the chapter he could have made himself breakfast and lunch but thanks to his mothers forgetfulness he would be fasting that day. His stomach was already grumbling. Ill have to bribe Chouji for some food, that will be hard seeing how much he loves his lunch. But if I cant get him to supply me with something then Ill be going' Hindu. Sasuke was anything but religious and subliminally laughed at anyone who told him to join their church but he did believe in something beyond atheism. He often thought about the concept of religion late into the night and occasionally Chouji and him conversed about their views.

As Sasuke arrived at school a feeling of vertigo overtook him. He felt faint and dizzy and had to sit down on the curb to regain his balance. Eventually, a sense of stability returned to his mind and he could stand up once again.

"You okay man?" Chouji's voice came from behind him and Sasuke turned around drunkenly.

"Yeah." He walked with him regaining balance as he went.

"What happened there?"

"I have no earthly idea."Sasuke responded. "I just got all dizzy and my vision went black."

"Ah, that's happened to me before, usually right after I am way too tired or something like that." Sasuke nodded with interest and walked into the warmed up entrance hall of Twilight High.

Morning meetings were never fun but today Mr. Redari was being especially annoying. He decided to go over the entire years sport schedule that very morning. By the end of it all the 10th graders were groaning with disgust and boredom. Sadly, when Chouji and Sasuke split to go to different level math classes he forgot to ask him for a snack and would have to suffer through the next few hours.

"Today, we are going to be doing a unit 4 pop quiz. Hope you've been studying your Pythagorean theorem." the class groaned emphatically to the teachers cruel delight and she began passing out the papers. Sasuke was actually somewhat prepared for the quiz, he had a hunch about it all of yesterday and had reviewed for five minutes that night. Occasionally Chouji and he would nimbly swap test papers and edit each others mistakes but he wasn't in Sasukes math class and he had no support this time. Not that he needed it, Sasuke wasn't bad at math at all.

The questions were simple enough, just easily dissected problems dealing with one or two variables. Soon after getting the test done Sasuke was bored out of his mind and began to doodle. Being in art class every semester he had become a very seasoned artist he could sketch quite well and decided to draw a scarf. He based it on the girl he had seen the day before and before he knew it he was drawing her as well. He focused intensely on the back side of his test paper and soon forgot entirely about his surroundings. She was facing away from him in the picture but Sasuke could already tell that she was beautiful.

Just as he was finished the blaring bell rang and surprised everybody in the classroom especially Sasuke.

"Turn in your tests before you go!" The teacher screamed over the stomping of the fleeing students. Sasuke was saddened by the loss of his portrait and walked out the door in a disheartened mood. As he was stepping out the door to go to his locker he was knocked to the floor. He looked up as a snickering Naruto raced through the crowd with his assistant Hayner. Sasuke shook it off and picked up his textbooks on the outside but internally he was harvesting a burning hatred for the boy that had been building from since the day that they met.

Chouji waved as he walked into English before him. Sasuke sluggishly followed him inside the room with as little gusto as he could muster. When he entered it seemed as if he had been hit by a wave of adrenaline and lust. The girl was sitting before him. She entranced him by simply sitting there looking like anyone would down at her English vocabulary sheet. Sasuke eventually sat down but still kept his eyes on her out of fear that she might dissipate into thin air as she seemed to do earlier.

Chouji tapped him on the shoulder and said "damn, who opened the pearly gates of heaven and let out this angel?" Sasuke would have smiled at the joke but was too busy gazing at the goddess that sat in the back row. But he wasn't alone in his infatuation, almost every guy in the room was eying the new girl and calculating the potential of a girlfriend opportunity in their mind.

Then Naruto strutted into the room, he also spotted the nymph-like girl who sat next to an empty seat and sat down casually. She didn't look up. He motioned to Hayner to keep away from his space and proceeded with small talk.

"So I hear you're new in town," He mentioned smoothly. She nodded.

"What do ya think so far?" Naruto and everyone listened intently for some reply.

"Seems nice." She replied calmly. Her voice was quiet but possessed a certain quality that made it stand out over the buzz of talkative chatter.

"Good. I have to warn you, Mrs. Hazer can be kinda' strict." She looked up and proved that her face was as pleasant as her body and smiled at him kindly.

"Thank you. I'm Ino by the way."

"Naruto. Happy to help." Naruto grinned smugly to himself and got a thumbs up from Hayner while every other boy in the room burned with jealousy.

Another point for Naruto. Sasuke told himself that there would be others, but then asked who? and when? There was another new kid in class, a guy. He was concerned with his Ipod and was wildly bobbing his head to the beat. He wore underarmor and a loose T-shirt that said 'UP' sideways on it. Sasuke didn't get it, but he knew that there was something strange about the fellow and would soon find out.

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