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Part II, Prologue
Strange
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"Naruto, you called?"
Naruto spied Shino at the end of the hallway and grimaced. He tried not to associate with the Aburame too much, as he had a tendency to be weird and slightly frightening. But still, he needed to know what he told the Sakura. It was very unusual for Shino to be so welcoming to new students.
"What did you tell her, Shino?" Naruto asked, watching as Shino tilted his head to look through the window. "I saw you talking to her-"
"Naruto," Shino interrupted, placing his gaze back on him. "Have you met Sakura before?" Naruto shook his head. "Strange..."
"What do you mean 'strange'?"
"I told her," Shino said, ignoring his question. "That she should stay away from your friend." Naruto frowned.
"Who? Sasuke?" he asked. "I know Sasuke can be a jerk, but he's not that kind of jerk."
"It's a pity you weren't raised here, Naruto," Shino said, turning to leave. "Maybe if you were, things could have been different."
Naruto froze and stared at Shino's retreating back.
Something is definitely up.
Part II, Chapter I
of perverts and hormones
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Sakura
"Oh. My. Gosh. Wasn't the Halloween party awesome?"
"Yeah, I know! Do you think the teachers noticed the punch was spiked? Again?"
I roll my eyes at the girls walking in front of me.
"It's not the punch," Ino says, suddenly walking beside me. She's clutching a cup in one hand, taking a big gulp and sighing contentedly. She gives me a look. "Believe me." I stop as I reach my locker and she leans on the one next to mine. "Oh!" she says, tilting her head and looking at my uniform. "You're still wearing that?" I look down.
"It's a uniform," I say bluntly. "So yes, I'm still wearing it." Ino laughs and covers her mouth.
"No offense," she says, gesturing at nothing in particular. "But the uniform code here is pretty slack, as you can see." A girl passes us by. She's wearing a dark gray button down jersey, a black skirt with a belt, and that ridiculous bright red ribbon bow. "We only wear the actual uniform when there's a new student or those guys that, you know, check the school and stuff." I look at her uniform. A gray shirt that slowly fades to white at the hem, a black skirt and the red bow in her hair.
"Uh, okay." I say, clicking my locker door shut. She sighs and shakes her head.
"Didn't anyone tell you?" she asks. I give her a look.
"Well, someone was supposed to," I say, rolling my eyes. "But she just gave me the school rules and walked off." She laughs nervously.
"Oh yeah."
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Ino
I watch Sakura walk away. She's a good kid. A goody-good, but that's okay. I take a sip of my hot chocolate.
"Ino," Shikamaru says, sauntering up to me. I feel my muscles tighten before I can drop my cup. I sigh in relief.
"Thanks, Shika," I say as my muscles relax. I take a sip. "Whatcha doing here? You're usually over on your side of the forest." He shrugs.
"Why are you still talking to the new girl?" he asks, glancing at Sakura's retreating back.
Is he checking her out?
I hit Shikamaru on the head, suddenly feeling irritated.
"Ow!" he says, rubbing his head. "What did you do that-" he stops, raising an eyebrow. "Are you jealous, Ino oink oink?"
I wrap my arms around him and grin.
"Yeah, I'm jealous," I say leaning close. "If you go and check out other girls I might get so jealous I'll want you for myself." He shakes his head, but he has that smile on his face that makes me want to kiss him.
"That will be the day," he says almost sadly. I kiss his cheek.
Yeah, I know.
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Sakura
I hurry to my next class, feeling Gaara's gaze on my back. He's been following me all day. It's driving me crazy. The hallway clears up quickly, and soon it's just the two of us. He's so close he might as well be breathing on the back of my neck. I turn around to face him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I ask, annoyed. He just keeps on staring at me and I scream in frustration. "Can you stop following me?"
"Something happened during the Halloween party," he says, brow furrowing. I roll my eyes.
"It was probably just the punch," I say. He shakes his head.
"No, it's not the drinks," he says.
Like I haven't heard that one before.
"Whatever," I say, turning to walk away. He grabs my arm-
leaves crunching i see-
"Get away from me!" I yell, pushing him away.
"Let me touch you," he says. I turn beet red.
"Do you have any idea what you just said?" I ask. The tips of his ears start to turn red, as images probably-
"You pervert!"
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Ino
I tell the teacher I feel sick and walk aimlessly around the school. I'm about to turn the corner when I hear Sasuke's voice.
"What am I doing here?" he asks. Someone sighs.
"You're here to help me." Naruto says. "Now, shut up so I can tell you the plan. Tell Neji you want to talk to him privately-"
"About what?"
"Will you let me finish? Okay, you want to talk to him about that project in Science-"
"I've already finished it."
"Screw you. Tell him you haven't even started and your group ditched you, which isn't a surprise since you've got that stick up your-"
"Do you really want my help?"
"Shut up. Okay, ask for his help after school. Go to your house. Waste two hours of his time so I can take Hinata out to the movies." I hear Sasuke grunt. I Peer.
Hinata? My Hinata?
I stifle a gasp, my stomach churning.
"Ino?" Sakura says, walking up to me. "You're not ditching class are you?" From a distance I can see Gaara with his arms crossed.
"No, not at all."
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