Well, here's the next chapter! I hope you enjoy it~ :)

I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, but I do own Asa, Kaiya, and Mai.

~Ninjy


"Back off, Dog Boy." Naruto growls when Kiba gets a little too close. The boy in sunglasses doesn't even look in our direction.

"Don't mind him; he's not usually like this. He just likes to show off."

"Shut it, Shino!" Kiba snaps at him, but the boy, Shino, ignores him. Orochimaru walks over and puts his face close to mine. I resist the urge to back all the way against the wall. I think he'd find that hilarious.

"So, you want to join our organization?" he asks in an extremely creepy, power-hungry voice.

"Um, I was told to join a club, but hey, an organization works too, I guess." I say, unable to resist the power of heavy sarcasm. I expect him to melt me with a glare, but he grins instead. I kinda wish he'd glare at me instead.

Naruto's been glaring between Orochimaru and Kiba, and looking over at me, too. He doesn't seem to like this any more than I do, but I'm not gonna quit now. That's what they want, the jerkwads.

"So, do I have to sign a contract or something?" in blood? I think to myself. Orochimaru grins at me again. Like everything amuses him. Would a fist in his face amuse him? Naruto steps a little farther in front of me.

"Hold on, Asa. Before you go around signing yourself to these…people, maybe you should think about this." He says, concerned. I consider that. I mean, I think Kiba might not be so bad, once I get to know him. Maybe. And Shino doesn't seem that bad. But I'd really hate to spend any extra time with Orochimaru. Or Kabuto, who's just been studying me like he's looking for something interesting to file away. Creep. Maybe I shouldn't join…

"Ah, how bad could it be? This looks like a lovely group." I smile. Because I'd rather spend every waking minute with Orochimaru-sensei (shudder) than have them laugh at me because I ran away. Stupid pride.

"Ugh…come with me!" Naruto says, glaring at everyone in the room before pulling me into the hall.

"I don't like this. I mean, I didn't like it before…"

"I'm pretty sure you told me about it."

"Well, I wasn't thinking about it!" he snapped, frustrated. I tried to hide the slight hurt. I just met this guy today, and I didn't do anything to me, and now he's yelling at me for something he suggested. But I think he realized this, too, because a second later he looked guilty.

"I…look, I'm sorry. Really. It's just…people usually think I'm annoying, you know?" he looks at me sadly. I tilt my head. That's terrible, but I don't really see what this has to do with me.

"I'm sorry to hear that. I think you're pretty nice, when you're not all snappy."

"And that's my point! You're one of the only people here who even acknowledges that I even exist, not to mention that you actually want to be my friend!" then he looks at me, nervously. "You…want me as a friend, right?"

"Of course, Naruto. And I appreciate your concern, but…how bad can this be? Who knows, maybe Orochimaru-sensei has a good side."

"Huh! I doubt that!" he scoffs.

"Well, I…yeah, me too. Hey…dude, you're seriously late for your own club!" I tell him. He grins. His is a lot nicer than Orochimaru-sensei's.

"Yeah, but he probably doesn't even remember I exist."

"Usually, but today you're with me, so he's probably got your face on his dartboard."

"Harsh."

"Yup." I smile. He looks down at the ground, and then opens the door to the science room without looking up.

"Careful." He mutters. I walk in, looking confident, as I look them all in the eyes. Well, except for Shino, but he's got sunglasses so that doesn't count.

"Alright, so I'm gonna join this club. What do I gotta do?" I ask, hands on hips. Kabuto grins and jerks his arm like he's throwing something. My hands jerk out just in time to keep the toad from hitting the ground. Its cheeks bulge and deflated rapidly, like it's having a little froggy heart attack. Poor guy.

"What was that for?" I ask him. His eyes narrow in amusement, and then I get it. Duh. I'm a girl, so I'm supposed to hate frogs. But I don't. I think he's kind of cute. I secretly name him Kinoko. It means Mushroom. Suddenly Orochimaru-sensei shoves his hand in my face, and I see the dark green snake twining around his fingers. Its not that big, though.

"Not scared of snakes either, Orochimaru-sensei." I say, then look over at the other two. Kiba looks like he's getting annoyed with their little "Let's Scare the Girl" game. Maybe he's not so bad! I'm secretly waiting for Shino to put a tarantula on my head. I might freak out. Okay, never mind. I WILL TOTALLY freak out. I. Hate. Spiders. Blech. But Shino doesn't seem like the kind of person to do that.

Orochimaru's finally annoyed with my lack of response. He shoves some papers into my arms, and I drop a few.

"Fill these out. They're sign-up forms, plus a quiz to see how much you know. And don't you dare cheat." He adds in a hissing voice. Gulp. He looks from me to the door, and I get the point. Fine. Jerkwad. I walk out the door and decide to head to the school gym, where the Karate club practices. They wouldn't mind if I sat on the bleachers, right? I open the gym door, and the first thing I notice is that they aren't wearing shirts. I don't usually notice that first, but I was expecting the white Karate Gi. Or maybe green, since Guy is the sponsor. Feeling a little more awkward, I walk into the gym and quietly climb to the top row of the bleachers. I glance over the papers they gave me, but I quickly get distracted by the sound of fists hitting…well, just about everything. I look for the spiky blonde hair, and I see Naruto in a sparring match with Sasuke. Sasuke's fist clouts Naruto across his face. I…I think they're just sparring. Then Naruto jumps, spinning, and kicks Sasuke in the side, causing him to turn before hitting the ground. He jumps right back up, murder in his eyes. I shouldn't get involved…I wad some papers into a ball and throw it, hitting Sasuke in the eye. I hunch between two bleachers. I know, I'm a coward. But that was a hard punch he threw!

"What are you doing here, Asa?" I hear pretty much every guy in the room ask. Ah, crap. I come out of my hiding place to see everyone looking up at me. I guess they had all noticed the fight? Or the giant wad of paper flying through the air?

"Uh…they told me I needed to fill out some papers before I could join my club, so I came here to fill them in." I say sheepishly. Naruto reaches down and grabs the papers from the ground, then raises an eyebrow as if to say, "You mean these papers?"

"You mean the papers you used to hit me in the freaking eye?" Sasuke snaps. I nod. Guy runs up the bleachers in like .2 seconds.

"Go apologize to Sasuke. That was their fight." He told me. I tried to keep the anger off my face, but I'm sure he saw it in my eyes.

"What?"

"He punched Naruto in the face!" I hissed, so only he could hear. The other boys were still looking at us, and Lee was standing halfway up the bleachers.

"…well, that's not allowed, but it's still not your fight. Please go apologize." He commands. I sigh, then stomp down the bleachers. As I pass Lee, he looks at me sympathetically. I get to the floor and march up to Sasuke.

"Look, I'm sorry I butted in, alright?" I say, trying to sound sincere. I know that I shouldn't have, but…he punched Naruto! That's not right! I glance in Naruto's direction, and he smiles encouragingly at me.

"Hunh. Whatever. Naruto needs all the help he can get anyways. But don't start what you're afraid to finish." Sasuke replies, not looking at me. My face flushes in anger as I nod.

And then I get myself into more trouble.

I sweep my foot hard against the inside of his, making him fall to the ground. And then I fall right on top of him, putting all of my weight into my fist as it falls towards his face. It makes a loud smack as it connects with his cheek, then Naruto's arms wrap around me as he pulls me away. Sasuke stands up, glaring furiously at me. Both Lee and Guy step between us and Itachi puts his hand on Sasuke's shoulder. Guy looks at me disappointed. I don't think I've ever seen him really mad, but his disappointed face is bad enough.

"Asa, go sit in the hall until practice is over."

"So I'm just supposed to stand there while he-"

"In the hall, Asa!" he orders. I sigh in frustration and stomp out of the gym. But instead of waiting, I go ahead and head home. I'm gonna have to face him anyways.