Hehehe... so I decided to post these up (chp. 2 & 3) in one whole. To make up for the year it took me to update? ... Perhaps...

Yes.

So, go on now! Read!!

The next day at school was pretty nice. And Naruto found himself in third period, which happened to be biology. The teacher, Kurenai, was fairly nice, but she knew just when to be strict and stuff. Sasuke was there. So was Sakura. Naruto sat right behind Sasuke, since Kurenai sat the kids in alphabetical order. He would sometimes accidentally poke Sasuke with his pencil, or pull his hair, or kick his butt from behind the seat. But never on purpose. That was one of the reasons Sasuke hated Naruto. That, and the annoying first impression.

So on that very day, Kurenai decided to give the children a three-week project. ''Ok kids; find a partner within 30 seconds!'' As soon as she was finished with her sentence, maybe before, the kids scattered all over the classroom. Naruto and Sakura partnered up and were ready to go. At the end of the 30 seconds, everyone had a partner.

Except Uchiha Sasuke.

There happened to be an odd number of kids, and well, he wasn't the most social butterfly. ''Hhmm - what shall we do with you?'' She asked Sasuke as she walked towards him. ''I can work on my own.'' Sasuke said that so firmly, that Kurenai began to doubt her nearly-made decision. ''Nope, you're working with...'' She said looking around. ''... Sakura! You're working with Sakura.'' Sasuke walked over to her hesitantly and sat down.

Then he noticed her partner. 'That dumbass...' Naruto was impatiently tapping his foot. He didn't mind Sasuke, but he didn't know why the other glared at him so much. He just wanted to know the project already. ''I'm going to assign you each a topic, and in three weeks, you should have a 6-paragraph essay and should be ready for a presentation.'' Kurenai said. Then she gave the kids their topics. ''Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke'' she said looking at them, ''you guys have the nervous system.'' Naruto looked horrified. He wasn't the best with the nervous system.

And the day went on...

''Hey Naruto!'' screamed Sakura as she began running. ''Hey, we should go do this at your apartment. It'd be perfect!''

Naruto stiffened.

''Hehe... why not your house?'' he asked nervously. ''My aunt's there... I don't really like having friends over when my family's home...''
''Why don't we ask Sasuke?'' Naruto suggested.
''I'm busy'' Sasuke seemed to pop out of nowhere.
''Aah! Don't do that... well Sakura's place is off the list... and so is mine... why are you busy anyway?''
''My father has guests.'' He's such a prick...
''Why don't we just go to the library?'' suggested Sakura.
''OK'' said Sasuke and Naruto.

And off to the library they went.


A/N: Short? Yes. Review-worthy? Why, I don't know... you'll have to tell me that by pressing that one button that says "Go" :P