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The sun infiltrated through a crack in the heavy curtains that hung over the window hitting Naruto in the face. Groaning she squinted at the annoyance and rolled over mumbling. The alarm clock blared dully in the silence before Naruto's hand smacked down over it thumping the snooze.

She wasn't a morning person and she wished that it would quickly change into a more tolerable time of the day. Mornings were sluggish and no human should have to go through them. She had learned to hate them while living with her Uncle Iruka, who was always cheerful and greeted her with a smile to show how much he wasn't human.

Scowling, Naruto turned back and glared at the stupid clock. "Stupid, dobe clock," she growled then pushed the covers back. She swung slender legs over the side of the bed and pushed her three foot fall of blond locks back from her forehead.

What is today? She thought through the haze of sleep. Hmm…Friday?

The thought that is was the last day of school for the week brightened her morning considerably. Now excited to get the day over with, she bounced out of bed and nearly landed on her face as the clothing that was strung about came alive and tripped her. Muttering darkly about killer cloths, she righted herself and went into the bathroom to get ready for school.

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The bell rang loudly signaling that it was time for class change. It was the last class of the day and everyone was gearing up for the start of the weekend. People stood at lockers putting away books and grabbing new one while talking about how so and so was having a party and would you be there? Or 'I'm going to our vacation home with Jenny Meyers and I'm going to get a home run'. Naruto over heard this and thought, Good luck with that, Jenny was the school bike and I hope you don't come home with the clap.

She had been here long enough to know who the most popular people were and who had the worst reputations.

Opening her locker, she took a sharp intake of breath and stared wide eyed at the inside. Slamming the locker shut, she darted up the hall taking deep steadying breaths until her stomach cramped and she broke into a run. Reaching the bathroom, she shove aside a body blocking the doorway and slapped her hands against the door to open it and plunged into the first stall to loose the breakfast of cornflakes she had eaten and the lunch she hadn't. Once the contents of her stomach were placed elsewhere she slumped weakly to the ground. She reached up and flushed the mess.

"Are you alright?" a familiar, dark voice asked.

Naruto closed her eyes in defeat and groaned silently before getting to her feet and leaving the stall.

She glared at Sasuke as she walked over to the sink and turned the cold water on. He was wearing his ever present 'I don't have any emotions and even if I did I wouldn't let a lowlife like you see them' expression. She bent over and swiped the cool liquid into her mouth, swished it around, then spit it into the sink. She did this a couple of more timed before she allowed herself to gulp some down. Feeling slightly better but no less embarrassed she turned to face him.

"Why do you show up when I'm at my worst?" she asked.

The corners of his full, lush and kissable mouth lifted imperceptibly. Naruto wouldn't have noticed if she hadn't been staring at it.

"Hmm…" Sasuke hummed, "perhaps it is fate telling me that I need to be your guardian angel?"

Naruto snorted before she tried to step passed him only to be brought up short by his arm shooting out and blocking her path.

"Are you sick?"

"No, I'm not sick so if you would please move your arm I need to go talk to the principal about a matter that seems more urgent than talking with you," she muttered snidely, proud of herself for not talking in breathless tones at his nearness.

His arm lifted and Naruto stalked angrily out of the bathroom and down the now empty hallway.

"Don't you have a class that you need to be in?" She asked him when she noticed that he was following her.

"No, I just thought I would hang out with you and find out why you're so upset that you puked," he murmured as he strode down the hall matching his longer stride to her shorter one.

Frowning, she decided to ignore him.

She pushed the office door open and walked inside. The receptionist sat calmly behind her desk and she filed her perfect nails into sharp points and looked up to frown at the people who just entered.

"Oh, Sasuke-kun," she gushed simperingly, then nail file dropping to the desk as her hands clasped under her chin and she fluttered her eyelashes at him.

Naruto rolled her eyes and stepped forward. "I need to talk to the principal, please."

The woman looked at Naruto with disdain and her eyes took in everything from the ripped at the knee black jeans and the white button up men's dress shirt complete with black and red bat tie. Her nose wrinkled but she stood up and moved to the inner door and opened it.

"Tsunade, there is a young lady and Sasuke Uchiha to see you."

"Go ahead and send them in," the calm, honeyed voice of the principal said.

The receptionist stepped back and motioned for them to enter. Naruto straightened her shoulders and walked calmly past her and through the door. She felt more than seen Sasuke jump as he too followed her past the receptionist. She turned to see Sasuke frown at the woman who smiled up at him with hearts in her eyes.

Ignoring the two, Naruto turned back to the principal who was glaring at her receptionist. The woman closed the door behind her leaving the two students alone with Tsunade.

"Okay, you two, you had better had a good reason to be out of class," she barked as she shuffled papers on her desk and set them aside. Her hands clasped together waiting for the students to speak.

"Sorry, to disturb you Principal Tsunade, but there is a situation that I think you need to be informed about," Naruto started awkwardly trying to come up with the words to describe it.

"Oh? And what might that be?"

"Um…someone left something in my locker that I think you need to see," Naruto rushed out.

"And what does Sasuke have to do with this?"

"Nothing--"

"I found Naruto in the bathroom puking and decided that I needed to accompany her here just incase she collapsed," Sasuke interrupted.

"I see. Naruto, what was left in your locker?

Naruto paled even further and swallowed down the bile that rose to her throat. "I think it's a dead animal. Or rather I hope it's a dead animal and not something else."

Tsunade's eyes widened as her brows drew further down if such a thing were possible.

"Show me."

The trio made their way back to Naruto's locker where Tsunade gingerly opened it and stared at the thing inside. She closed the locker and turned to a very pale Naruto who had turned away from the scene before Tsunade could open it. She definitely didn't want to see that again.

"Do you know who would do this?" Tsunade asked, as her honeyed voice slipped into a tone with more heat in it.

"No," Naruto said, her head was beginning to hurt.

"Principal Tsunade," Sasuke said, "I fished Naruto out of the pool earlier this week, she doesn't know how to swim and she nearly drowned. When I asked her why she was in the pool in the first place she told me that someone had pushed her in. I didn't believe her at first because I didn't see anyone else around but in light of these circumstances, perhaps she was telling the truth."

Tsunade watched Sasuke in surprise, that was the most she had ever heard out of his mouth at anyone time. Then she decided on a course of action, she turned and stomped back to her office, motioning the students to do the same.

Tsunade was immediately on the phone to the police, explaining in detail everything that had gone on before hanging up and looking at the pair.

"Have a seat; the police will be here soon. Oh and Naruto, you need to get a hold of your Uncle because seeing as how you are a minor, his presence is needed to question you."

Naruto groaned, Just what I need, Uncle Iruka showing up. Naruto took out her cell, flipped it open and dialed Iruka's number as she stepped out of the office and then out of the front doors wanting as much privacy as possible for this conversation.

Uncle Iruka's secretary answered on the second ring in a voice that said she was running at a fast pace. The office must be very busy.

"Grace will you tell my uncle that I need to talk to him? It's urgent."

A few seconds later her uncle was talking at her in stern tones.

"Naruto what have you done now," he demanded. Naruto could hear the rustle of papers in the back ground.

"It wasn't me this time, Uncle, I swe--"

"I've heard that before," her uncle interrupted impatiently. "Just get to the point."

Naruto's shoulders fell in defeat as she said, "There was something in my locker, a dead animal I think. Principal Tsunade had called the police and they need you here to talk to me." Naruto wished fervently that her uncle would believe her just this once but she knew that it wasn't going to happen.

"Naruto, I told you that this was your one last shot and stepping up to your responsibilities. I told you that any more troublemaking and I would send you to a military academy." Iruka bit out harshly.

"Yes, Uncle," Naruto nearly whispered. She did know all of that and tears pricked at her eyes but she refused to let them fall. She knew that she was going to end up in that military academy and she wasn't even going to be able to send her friends a slow mail letter.

"I'll be there in ten minutes," her uncle stated before he hung up the phone.

Naruto dropped her head and looked down at the grey cement. She sat down on the top step as she waited for the police and her uncle to arrive.

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Okay new chapter for my readers coming soon. And I promise that there is going to be a lemon soon just wait and I hope it turns out well. Sasuke and Naruto both say hi and they urge you to leave a REVIEW when you are done. All comments welcome THANK YOU!!!!! *jumping up and down in ecstasy*

New saying: I wonder if a bird every wakes up in the morning and say to another bird…hold on just bare with me…today I am going to kill two humans with one stone.

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