"Oops," Aaron said, pulling his jacket back on. But, by that time, everyone was asking how he had gotten such a large scar, giving Aaron a headache. As if fate was giving Aaron a hand, the bell rang, and Aaron literally grabbed his items and ran out of the door, flinging it open so that it slammed against the wall.
"Careful with the door." Kakashi said.
"Sorry!" Aaron shouted, still running in the hallway. He smashed into another student, however, and fell backwards.
"Who are you-un?" Deidara asked, then smiled as he noticed who bumped into him. "Aaron-un!"
Aaron looked up and smiled at the blonde. "Hey, Deidara! What's up man?"
Deidara helped Aaron up, and they began to talk.
"Nothing much-un." Deidara said. "How are you?"
"Good," Aaron said. "I've been out of prison for a while. It's been good to be free. Committed any arson lately?"
"Nope," Deidara winked, and they both laughed. Aaron had met Deidara in prison, and he had became best friends with the Akatsuki member. They'd become best friends in prison, a running joke developing between them due to Deidara's insistence that he was innocent. Deidara had been sentenced with arson when, in fact, he had created a bomb of explosive clay. The fire, he had told Aaron, was an unwanted side effect. "Have you made any friends-un?"
"Nah. I met up with my old friends, though." Aaron said. He couldn't help but think of Deidara as an older brother of sorts. Deidara had helped Aaron in prison when he had first moved in, when Aaron was too depressed to even move without Deidara's help.
"Aaron! Get away from him!" Neji shouted, grabbing Aaron's arm. Naruto latched onto his other arm, trying to pull Aaron away.
"What are you two doing?" Aaron asked, not budging.
"You're heavy!" Naruto grunted. "Deidara's in the school gang!"
"School gang?" Aaron wondered. When he had left school, there were no gangs; in fact, the only times the rules had been broken Aaron had seen was Naruto's pranks, and nobody really got hurt.
"We're not really a gang-un." Deidara said. "We wear the same style jackets and sit at the same table."
Aaron noticed Deidara's jacket.
"Nice jacket." Aaron said.
"Yours isn't very good-un," Deidara said. "It looks like prison clothes."
Aaron sighed. "I got that a lot. I took it off, and my scar showed and everyone asked what happened."
"That's always annoying." Deidara agreed. He was about to say something else when the bell rang.
"Aw crap, I gotta go." Aaron said. "See ya', Deidara."
Deidara nodded goodbye and walked the other way. Aaron walked to his class, followed by Neji and Naruto.
"You know Deidara?" Neji asked.
"Are you in the Akatsuki!" Naruto shouted.
"I just got out of prison!" Aaron said. "I couldn't have joined them there! And wouldn't I be wearing one of those awesome jackets?"
Aaron's two friends backed off. "Aaron, I know you just got back and don't know much about them, but I want you to stay away from the Akatsuki." Neji said.
"I wasn't planning on joining them, anyways." Aaron shrugged. "What's our next class?"
"Gym, with Asuma-sensei." Neji said.
"Does he still smoke?" Aaron asked, and Naruto nodded. "Man, he needs to quit. I mean, this is a High School! How is he allowed to smoke?"
"Tsunade shows up drunk every Monday and Friday, so it doesn't seem like much a big deal." Neji said.
Aaron's eyes opened wide. "Tsunade gets drunk?"
"She didn't today because it's the first day of school." Naruto said.
"This school's gone downhill." Aaron sighed, walking into the gym. Immediately, Rock Lee stood in front of the three.
"Hello, Aaron-kun!" Rock Lee said, giving him a thumbs-up and smiling. His teeth shined, and Aaron smiled, nostalgic.
"Hey Lee." Aaron nodded, walking by him. "So, what's gym like this year."
"Because you're late," Asuma said. "You get to be the first to fight."
"Fight?" Aaron asked, surprised. "Don't we just train with dummies?"
"Not anymore! The Eternal Flame of Youth is burning brighter than last year!" Guy shouted.
"Hinata, you can fight Aaron." Asuma said.
"Crap." Aaron murmured.