A/N Whoot! Second chapter is finally out! I thank my 6 different reviewers out there, and beg that the ones who I know not to mock yaoi. People out there actually like it you know... Yeah, and here is the second chappie!

Disclaimer: BoredNeko owns nothing but her beloved anime/manga collection... And she doesn't even really own that.

Right, so Sasuke got the bright idea to pass Crimson around. We did Rock, Paper, Scissors, and guess who the lucky bastard who gets to write in you first is? That's right, it's me, Gaara! ...I'm basically talking to myself using this as an excuse, aren't I? Tch, whatever.

Temari left for college a while ago. Now, it's just me, Kankurou, and Yashamaru. I'll miss her... maybe. She wished me good luck in the new school year. As if. The other kids find it all too easy to torment the quiet kid. School starts in a few hours, can't you just feel my enthusiasm?

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"Gaara, get up. Kankurou's going to drive to school now, do you want a ride there?" Yashamaru poked his head into his nephew's room. "Gaara?"

" 'M coming." Gaara mumbled, climbing out of bed. "Give me a few seconds, okay?"

"Alright. Your lunch is on the table, the keys are by the door. Be a good boy, and don't cause your teachers trouble."

"I know, I know." The redhead rolled his eyes. "Don't worry so much, oji-san, I'll be find."

"Famous last words." Kankurou smirked. "C'mon Squirt, we gotta go."

"Coming." Gaara tugged his shoes on. "Bye!"

"Be safe!" his uncle called.

" Be safe? That's ironic, since you're sending me to school with Kankurou."

"Hey, my driving isn't bad!"

"Of course it's not. Now, come on, we're going to be late."

Fifteen minutes of life-threatening driving later, and Gaara was back on safe, solid ground.

"I...feel...sick..." The younger boy mumbled, leaning against the car for support.

"Hey! I told you already, my driving's not bad!"

"How do you explain that tree?"

"It popped out of nowhere."

"Into the middle of the road?"

"Yes!"

"...You keep thinking that."

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The first day wasn't worth mentioning. I mean, there are an interesting bunch of people in my homeroom, my writing teacher is a freak a green spandex, my Geometry teacher's a shameless chain-smoker, and my gym teacher is a 'top notch perv.' But, there was no real egging on. Class was all rules and regulations.

There are a lot of conflicting personalities in homeroom though, so it should be interesting to see how things progress as the year goes on...

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"Hey, are you going to the dance?" Sakura paused at their lunch table, and gave them all a quick once-over.

"What dance?" Sasuke asked, ever so intelligently.

"The Welcome Back dance, duh!" The bubblegum-pink haired girl glared.

"...I don't dance." Shino muttered.

"Same!" The other boys choroused.

"Come on, you guys HAVE to go! It'll be fuun." She wheedled.

"Define fun." Gaara mumbled.

"Fun-enjoying oneself." Neji recited dutifully. "As in, reading manga is fun."

"Oh... I see..." Shino nodded wisely.

"Aw, come on... Itachi's going." Sakura baited.

"I'll go!" Kisame volunteered immediately.

"See? Now Kisame's going too. Please?" She pleaded desperately.

"Why are you so desperate to get us to go?" Sasuke asked, annoyed.

"Uh... yeah... Well, you see... I, uh.. Sort of bet with Naruto about you guys actually being able to dance, and well... In order to prove that you guys can actually dance, I sort of need you guys to go." Jade green eyes looked down, as Sakura mumbled out her explaination quickly.

"...You bet with the idiot of the basketball star we have." Gaara said slowly.

"Yes." Was his meek reply.

"Not only that, but you bet that we could dance..." Shino squinted, confused.

"Uh-huh."

"I'll go." Neji offered.

"Seriously?" Everyone turned to stare.

"Sure, why not. It sounds interesting." The pearl-eyed boy shrugged. "Plus, I can drag along my fellow artists, and we can crash the party."

Gaara groaned. "That means I have to go too..."

"Why?" Kisame asked.

"Kankuorou's in Neji's group of fellow artists, and I have to go to make sure that he doesn't get arrested." The redhead stated, matter-of-factly.

"Okay then... What about you Shino?" Sakura asked.

"..." Shino just looked at her. And, this look clearly said 'what do you think?'

"Please?" Sakura was clearly getting desperate. "Uh... I think Kiba will be there."

"...Fine."

Everyone gaped. Surprisingly enough (not), Itachi was the first to recover. "Really?"

"Yes."

"Really, really?"

"Yes."

"Really, really, REALLY?"

"Itachi?"

"Yes?"

"Kindly shut up."

"Of course... Hey, wait a second. Why hasn't Sasuke been dragged into this?" All eyes turned to the raven-haired boy.

"Thanks a lot, aniki." He mumbled, glaring at his older brother.

"Please Sasuke, go for me?" Sakura turned hopeful eyes on him.

"No."

He wasn't budging. Time to bring out the heavy artillery. "If you don't go, I'll tell you-know-who about you-know-what."

"Ooooooooooooooooooh." The others chorused.

"You. Wouldn't. Dare."

"Try me."

"You're efficiently doomed, Sasuke." Neji smirked.

"I hate you all, you know that right?"

"I love you too, Sasuke. Bye!" She skipped off.

"We are so skewered."

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... I never knew that Shino could breakdance, nor did I know that Sasuke could rap... Apparently, you learn new things everyday. Needless, Sakura has a fresh new twenty tucked into her pocket thanks to us. Of course, we're not counting what she gave to people who were mindscarred. God knows I am... Or was according to the ten in my pocket.

Yeah, I spent most of the time in a nice, dark corner with Sasori. He and Kankurou had this whole conversation about the 'art of puppetry.' Then Deidara popped up, and dragged him off... Sucker.

You know something else I didn't know, Crimson? Our school has a pimp. His name is Shikamaru, and he spent most of the night walking around with three girls attached to his arm. Didn't look too happy though... I wonder why he became a pimp...

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"Shikamaru, my pimpin' friend!" Naruto shoved his way through a throng of people. "How's it going?" The blonde lowered his voice. "Keepin' your bitches in check?"

"Tch, no. Its too troublesome..." The pony-tailed genius yawned. His stalkers had gone off to get drinks, but they would be back in a few minutes, energized as ever.

"Then, why are you a pimp?"

"I'm not. You took the liberty of having the emo kid who runs the yearbook committee add the words 'Master Pimp Shikamaru' under my picture."

"Okay, first off, it was 'MASTA PIMP SHIKA', not 'Master Pimp Shikamaru'. Second, Sasuke's not emo, he's special."

"Damn straight!" Sasuke added, popping out of nowhere, and then disappearing again.

"Oh..." Shikamaru twitched. "I see..."

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Right, so September's over. This month was as boring as hell. Nothing happened, I found no interest, no creative sparks, nada! Maybe Shino will have more luck in October. After all, he gets to cover Halloween. Poor guy, he's going to be scarred once at school, once at the Halloween dance, and then once again by the brats that trick-or-treat.

I should probably warn him... Nah. He's coming over later to pick you up, Crimson. I'm going to laugh at him...

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"Here." Shino blinked as Crimson was shoved into his hands. The notebook looked relatively unscathed, save for a few new doodles... Weird.

"...Thanks?" The emerald-eyed boy glanced at his friend. "Are you okay, Gaara? You look... unsteady."

"Me? Unsteady? Of course not!" Gaara smirked, then giggled, then broke into all but insane laughter. "You poor sucker! You have no idea what's coming up!" More insane laughter, and the redhead fell to the floor clutching his sides.

"Right... I'll leave now..." Shino backed out of the house slowly, clutching Crimson to his chest. Gaara's hysterical laughter followed him down the street. The dark-haired boy couldn't help but feel an eerie sense of foreboding looming overhead.

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A/N Ha! I am finished! Okay, anyone who can successfully guess what you-know-what to you-know-who is, will get a special appearance as a 'trick-or-treating brat' in the October chapter! Review, it makes me happy!