Due to the amount of confusion bound to be present, here's a tiny quick note from us.

~+o.o+~ : This signifies the beginning/end of another person's perspective.
Line breakers : Due to the fact that I love overusing them, this time I will limit myself to separating 'memories' and the 'present happenings.' There will be no line breaker before and after this '~+o.o+~' as I'd usually do.

Actually, just pay attention and don't just 'go through' this huge chapter. It'll be complex.

Onward, my steed!


Do You Remember?


GIRLS DO WHAT THEY WANT~ BOYS DO WHAT THEY CAAAN~

A beep, some grumbling and a groan later, Sakura rose herself from the floor, Dracula style. Her eyes were scrunched up and her hair was a mousy mess. Dimly, she slapped off Ino's foot from her legs and slowly opened her eyes. Luckily, the curtains blocked out the sunlight and somebody had the mind to shut lights.

6:30 in the morning. What the hell? She surveyed the surrounding.

Temari was sleeping on the bed, all cozy and tucked in and comfy with her sleeping hat. Her eyes were half-lidded though, probably because of the alarm.

Tenten's feet were on the bed, and the other half on the floor, her mouth drooling all over the sheets. She was mumbling with a smile on her face. Probably about the Neji something.

Hinata was curled up into a ball on the floor, her body tangled in sheets. The girl looked like a newborn born baby, her face all round and cute.

Karin and Ino looked like one person. The pinkette shuddered at the thought. The two were tangled in feet, sheets and arms. They were sound asleep, the alarm not affecting them one bit.

Forget all of that, there was litter all over the room! Why are there so many juice cartons all over the place? WHY?

Sakura sighed. And then sat reminiscing the past day's events.

House tour by Aagwa and Kakashi.

Schedule of school timings and dates given by Anko.

Some wooing from Sasuke…

Crazy wild sleepover after dinner.

Crazy wild sleepover ending at 3.

Predictions from Karin the Great and it involved a lot of love shit, ew.

And well, comments from the Inner as well.

Yeah bitch, now go to sleep.

But I got school, you son of a rifle!

Said rifle doesn't care.

And before Sakura could reply back, another voice interrupted her.

"As much as I'd love to hear you continue the conversation, I can't bear a morning headache in the forsaken school. So shut up and get ready, Saku." Temari grumbled as she got off the bed, ripping the sleeping hat off her head.

Sakura just showed her tongue at her and ran to the bathroom, already calling dibs.

"Damn girl, I was gonna go!"

~+o.o+~

Hinata slowly opened her eyes as she saw a pair of feet run towards Sakura's bathroom. She yawned and then grudgingly rose from the bed. A quick onceover at her thighs and she noticed the lumps still there. She sighed in relief; nobody tried to steal her needles at night. Tenten tried to the last time, but failed miserably. The only thing that stopped the brunette had been the instinctual kick from Hinata.

It was Ino's lightning fast catch that had stopped Tenten from crashing into the ceiling.

Hinata quietly chuckled at the memories and then sat and relieved last nights memories as well. A second later, she blushed like the high school girl she happened to be.


Firstly was the 'Great Cussing Session' in which Hinata had to wear ear plugs throughout. It was when the six boys finally realized that they had holiday from school the past day. And that was only when Sasuke had taken out his messenger bag to check for homework.

The girls were silently discussing why they hadn't realized it when they were wearing their school uniforms. And didn't reach school.

Aagwa came and patted Sasuke on the back when he froze in the study/music room. The news was so bad that even Suigetsu and Naruto, the two passersby, froze in the room.

DAMN, WE COULD'VE WRECKED HAVOC IN SCHOOL AND WE WERE HOME ALL THIS TIME?

Hinata giggled at his expression. She realized that he looked more cute when he was comical.

What she didn't expect was Naruto pulling a gun from underneath his school trousers and shooting Sasuke's school planner. It was littered with holes. Sasuke swore while Hinata and Sakura stared from their position of touching the violins.

Later on when Naruto found herself alone, he grabbed her hands, squeezed them between his palms and said an apology for the 'show of assholism,' as he put it. Hinata's own conscience would've reacted by dropping low and swiping a kick but for now Hinata just blushed hard and stuttered, the ice-cream craze now faraway from making her feel brave. She tried to pry her hands away and somehow managed to say it was alright. Naruto only smiled and then was about to tell something else when Suigetsu wolf-whistled. Naruto turned and Hinata took her queue to vanish as quick as Ino. The Uzumaki was more than surprised when he turned.


Hinata nodded the thoughts away and then stared at the closet. She was dimly aware of replying to a 'Good morning,' kicking someone's shins and walking. But she definitely didn't remember getting over with her morning rituals and even put on the school uniform. The Hyuuga sighed and sat in front of the vanity mirror, a brush in her hand.

~+o.o+~

Tenten opened the door to her room, and imagined that it was the door of another room instead.

Yesterday was a day she'd rather forget but then again, the girl rather liked the experience, even though her head woozy from the remembering and the juice inhalation she had done previously.


Tenten had wandered away from the house tour, interested more by the doors and what they held instead of Aagwa's talks and warnings. Ino had warned her and a glance from Hinata had told her much but she had gone by then. The adopted Mitarashi thought it'd be rather pleasant. It turned out to be a nice experience.

The study room adjoined with the pianos, violins, guitars of all kinds made her glee. Tenten couldn't wait to get her hands on the semi-acoustics. The library room, as she dubbed, had rows and rows of books, along with couches, chairs and tables. While the girl found it pretty to look at, she really wasn't the type to be interested by reading.


Tenten stared at the uniform laid out on the bed. She didn't remember that before there and neither did anyone inform about them to her. She smiled, thinking it was Aagwa's work and then got along to dressing up.


She wandered to some unknown place in the house, going through tearooms, bedrooms, guestrooms and even a mini kitchen on the second floor. And that's when she happened to come across the weapon room. She stared, somewhat miffed but also amazed at the sheer number of weaponry in one house. Guns, rifles, even a cannon; swords, knives, sabers, katanas, foils, grenades in a crate, casings of bullets of all sizes, maces, spears, axes, throwing stars, everything. The girl's eyes widened at the arsenal, shocked that someone even had enough to supply a small army. The room itself was huge to contain so many. Tenten's adventure didn't stop though; she heard heavy pounding behind a door she didn't notice.


The brunette stared at her look in the full-length mirror.

Not too shabby.


Tenten took a peek through the door, expecting a gym or so. What she didn't expect was a training hall, draped and sparsely furnished with colors of sand and white. There was a graffiti art on the wall that read 'Inori.' The colors were so vibrant, it was the only thing standing out in the entire room. There was a rack for a few select weapons and there were doors on the other side of the room. One glace around, and the brunette realized that were many more on her side too.

One other thing that made Tenten think over the men's sanity was the fact that someone was hearing to hardcore rap. There was the pounding and then there was the other cause too.

Neji, wearing nothing but a loose shirt and some pants was flitting through moves, his hands and body nothing but a blur. His moves were precise, deadly and pin-pointed. She stared at him and after a while realized that all his moves were aiming at the pressure points of a human body. Tenten saw each move and then imagined if anyone else was there, the person would've been dead by now.

He aimed more towards the neck, the heart, the shoulders and between some moves, the stomach. They were all lethal points and were more aimed at instant kill and if not, at least a knock out. Or mild pain.

Yeah, right.

Tenten didn't know what she was thinking, but she actually fell, fell through the door. That was enough to grab the attention of pokey-fingers; he just turned sharply and looked like as if he was gonna attack Tenten.

You're only gonna be in for a rude awakening,
Cause sooner or later you haters are all gonna face me.
And when you face me, with all the shit you've been saving,
Then say it to me.

Tenten awkwardly got up from the floor, dusted off herself and then looked around, a slight blush for being caught. Neji raised an eyebrow.

"Umm, nice moves?" And the brunette was mentally calling herself names of all sorts.

Ugh, how much more lame can I become?


Tenten waved a 'Hi' to Temari, Hinata and Sakura who was sitting at the table, already served their choice of breakfast. She wished Aagwa good morning and proceeded to serve herself, when the elder girl just slapped her hand away and asked for the menu. Tenten sighed, but still told her about cereal and chocolate milk. And they appeared before she could even grumble about self-service.

The brunette smiled and then ate a spoonful, rather happy that Neji didn't pokey-finger her to the ground floor. He didn't seem pissed, but he wasn't exactly happy as well. Tenten settled with the fact that he was…annoyed, yep, annoyed.

At least her choco puffs are better than that annoyed Pokey-fingers. Tenten was so gonna dub him that.

"Care-bear, Pokey-fingers is the next lamest thing to your 'Marie' nick."

"Shut up, Marie."

~+o.o+~

Karin stared at her breakfast. And then drooled. It was buttermilk! And toast! She was gobbling before she knew it.

"Careful, it might choke your fat throat~" Karin spit out everything on the person who decided to sit opposite of her. It just happened to be-

Suigetsu. ARGH. Due to the amount of carnage put into that single 'Argh' we are unable to display all the A's in it.

Karin laughed, wiped herself clean and then blushed. The red head was in now forever perpetually in a sour hissy mood whenever anyone had mentioned Suigetsu. When 'hissy' is mentioned, it should literally be taken as 'Hiss.'

However, when Suigetsu seemed to be present, it's another case of it's own.


Temari and Karin were walking over to their designated rooms to change their clothes to something more comfortable. It was dinner time and everyone was starting to settle down. Just when the two were actually discussing a topic, Suigetsu made his appearance. Karin blued while Temari smirked. She already knew what had happened; no one could ever hide secrets from the mistress.

Thank god for Temari's confidentiality.

"You're welcome, but I really gotta go change." And Temari whisked away while Suigetsu made his turn to smirk and approached her.

The motherfucker! He was purposely waiting here!

She combed through each and every emotions rifling through his head and concluded that he came only to annoy her, while taking pleasure at it too.

She sighed and he opened his mouth.

"You're coming with me." And he grabbed hold of her hand.

WTF? HE'S PLANNING TO RAPE ME NOW? Karin didn't feel anything of the sort from his antenna, but maybe he could hide his emotions? The red head was just getting more and more confused instead.

She opened her mouth to scream, but a door slammed shut. Karin was already hiccupping, her blush reaching down her throat and disappearing under her v-neck.

Such a wrong moment to wear this!

And she squeezed her eyes shut, instead all she got was another tug and somebody made her sit down on a cushiony seat. She peeked open an eye and only then she realized where he took her to.


Anko was driving them to school. She said that they were gonna get their licenses later. Of the seven who had to move around often, Temari and Tenten were the only ones who had a license. And even still they weren't allowed to drive because of Anko's 'insecurities.'

"Shut up, Temari, I'm just worried about you people. God knows when a truck might come and crash into your people when I'm not there."

"Don't curse my driving skills, Anko."

"Whatever."

At least they weren't driving the usual Dodge. The pervert handed Anko the keys to the Hummer, when the lady had asked for the 'car' keys. Said lady threw them back at his face and asked for keys to his very own Mustang. While Kakashi would've refused, the one thing loved more than the car was his manhood. So he grudgingly handed over the skull key-chained…key and then proceeded to sulk and grow mushrooms in the kitchen.

It was 8:00 now. The boys were all fed and ready with their uniforms, for school. Sai wasn't going and Motoki was just starting his breakfast. Sasuke, Neji and Suigetsu were the only ones who volunteered to drive early morning but all of them had licenses.

"And you're worried about us…"

"You're a girl, Tenten, I'm Anko, you're mom. Now shut up and follow. We're leaving by the way, Kakashi!"

The boys left first though, the girls waiting behind them to leave as well. Aagwa was waiting at the Grand door of Doom for them, holding the said door open. The boys, instead of exiting as they expected, stopped and Naruto stepped up front and hugged Aagwa. She kissed him on the cheek, told a few words on behavior control and then bid him farewell. She did the same for Sasuke and Suigetsu. Shikamaru and Neji got patted on their heads though, despite the height.

And then, she motioned at the girls too. The girls were puzzled though they understood the emotions behind it. She was afraid of loosing them. Anko used to do this before to them as well, when they were small little kids.

"Up and front now in a line." Hinata giggled. Even though it was only a minor difference in years, she still acted like a mother. The chiding got annoying at times but the girls were only beginning to get used to it. And the Hyuuga went up first, one peck on her cheek and then she hugged her tentatively.

And then it was Sakura, Tenten, Ino, Karin and begrudgingly, Temari, who wasn't used to shows of affection.

Anko was last; Aagwa just hugged and said something that was only within her earshot as the older woman nodded.

The girls stepped out and then stared at the still brightening sky. It was a dull blue and there was a slight wind, though it was in perfect scenery with the trees and the still-so-grand marble staircase.

The girls wore navy short skirts, really short ones and they all decided unanimously to wear white stockings. Instead of a tie, they wore navy bows and Temari flinched at the sight of them. All in all, the only difference was the bracelets, chokers, a little bit of folding up the coat sleeves and a selected two's combat boots AKA shit-kickers.

"Alright then, let's spoil Kakashi's car now, shall we?" Anko said as the girls descended.


The same goddamn music room? Karin stared around, her eyes wide in shock, and right in front of her was the piano! The goddamn piano! Suigetsu was right next to her, lifting the lid from the piano, his feelings serene and somewhat off. In Karin's case, that one feeling was impossible for the sex-maniac to even feel. She didn't know what to make of it.

One thing was certain; he was still enjoying her discomfort.

The red head was hyperventilating. She already knew where it was heading. Before she could so much as scream 'WTF' he started playing the musical instrument.

He was skillful, that much Karin knew confidently. Rest all thoughts disappeared in some corner while she heard the smooth flawless piece. She knew a bit of piano herself, but compared to the lecher, her skills were amateur.

She knew the piece. It was Yiruma's Indigo and he seemed to have memorized it as well; there was no sheet music to refer to. Karin was amazed; she couldn't help but stare at his fingers flying through the song and the keys. He was enjoying the song thoroughly, Suigetsu's eyes closed and a small private smile on his face. For a second, she thought she had the wrong impression of him. The red head rested her chin on her palm and enjoyed the music, forgetting all.

After what seemed eternity, he stopped and rested his hands on the seat, the depression on it telling her much. She was still in a trance until his voice ringed in her ears.

"So, how was that little show, love?" And with that, he hooked her waist and tugged her close, her slim figure easily fitting in next to his lean one.

Karin's eyes opened. She did the only thing anyone would do at these situations.

The red head whacked him on the head and then ran, panicking and running through the long hallways.

She only prayed he wasn't following. That whacko changed his colors too fast for her liking.


Karin laughed loud in the car. The last thing she wanted was Anko to know what happened, who kept throwing glances at her from the rear view mirror. Temari smirked; yesterday night the red head decided to tell whatever had happened to her so far to the girls since she didn't want any secrets kept.

They already knew what happened so they laughed along too, knowing what the topic was about.

Karin couldn't handle another session of 'Ooooh, you dirty girl~' from the others as well; Ino gave her enough of it yesterday night.

Anko meanwhile, felt very much left out and frowned.

~+o.o+~

Ino laughed hard and winked at Karin, her head flashing back to the moment she had spilled the beans with such blush and hush. She was rather too pissed about it. If it had had happened to anyone else in the group, they'd be having a major breakdown by now.

Anko swerved a turn and then suddenly, a three-storied wide and spacey building shifted into view. They stared at the towering building, another storey attached smack-dab in the middle of the entire school. The girls entered through a gate first, where a huge sign reading 'Konoha High' was hung on the tall, wide open gates. Amidst a circular pathway sat a fountain, the two angels posing atop the fountain and pouring water out of their vases and onto the marbled pool underneath. The water shone and sparkled as lights of morn bounced off the droplets. Anko parked the car right in front of the staircases leading up to the entrance, saying a 'see ya later' as one by one they filed out. Two pathways from the roundabout lead back to the gate and another to a parking lot, already many cars parked. The boys were yet to reach apparently.

Let's not forget the students now, shall we?

As mentioned, students of all types loitered around the school grounds, some sitting on the fountain, some hanging near the gate, some in the parking lot, some in the great backyard of the school, some under the trees and some just about to enter the school.

Hinata was gonna pull her Hinata™ at the sheer size of the people. She hid behind Tenten for protection instead.

The girls felt their nausea creep in.

"Don't be a stranger now and get in there! Make friends for Temari, Ino!" And Anko sped off without so much as a brake.

Ino laughed, trying to make it sound natural.

"First let me try to make some for myself…" she mumbled to herself. She wondered what type of friends she'd have; would they be nice like the people she met so far or would they be rude? Ino didn't mind since she knew her way around such characters. Adaption as Temari would've said.

One thing she can't adapt to is Sai.

The girls took a step towards the building.


Ino was getting supplies from the kitchen when the girls decided to have their mini party. Minus the flamethrower, alcohol and the whole of the ice-cream section. It was a spur-of-the-moment…moment. Karin had suggested it, her face somewhat hysterical. The girls agreed as Sakura added more base as to why. They obviously needed a bit of fun from all that stress and road trip as well. Later on, when Karin revealed what had happened, they realized they had to share gossip as well, just like the teenagers they were.

And poke fun at Karin.

The Yamanaka raced out to get the food for the soiree, Temari and Tenten setting up the stereo, Sakura and Hinata getting the pillows from the others rooms and Karin getting her tarot cards and other odd things. As much as the girls would want to trust the cards, their belief in fortune-telling was as dry as a desert.

Their own lives were a fine example. Twisting fate into something completely opposite of what was destined, all thanks to one diversion.

Aagwa might have to restock. Ino brought along whatever was in the fridge, the cupboards and even what was in the fruit bowls. They brought along soda instead of the beer; Sai was already carrying the latter along with Neji.

Men slumber party time, perhaps.

Speaking of Sai, the annoying dude wouldn't leave her alone at all!

While zipping back forth between Saku's room and the kitchen, she managed to bump into Sai with a high velocity, both of them toppling to the floor, the packets of chips falling onto them as Ino ended up on top of Sai.

"Ow…" Two voices said together.

Sai lifted himself, one hand busy at rubbing his chin, the other supporting his torso on the elbow. There was a weight on his chest. He didn't know what it was; his eyes were shut closed at the sudden starburst pain. And then there was that slight tickling at his neck.

Ino wanted to bang her head on a wall but then again, that would double the pain. Damn! Instead, she rubbed her forehead into the corner of her elbow. Wait, was that even physically possible? Her arms was around…a neck?

And it wasn't hers that's for sure.


The girls walked along the corridor, eyes peeled for the classrooms when a large shriek stopped the girls and caused Tenten hiccups. Turning around, they only deadpanned at the crowd of girls suddenly forming. Sakura face-palmed and Karin started searching for cover when her eyes met the bleach boy's.

In fact, Suigetsu's eyes never strayed far, now that he caught sight of a much more delicious target.

Sasuke was busy peeling the girls off with the aforementioned spatula, Naruto nowhere in sight, Neji just glared at the first girl to cross his privacy bubble, Shikamaru glad with the attention he didn't get while Hozuki stared at Karin, despite the number of girls jumping up and down in his vision.

And the boys crossed the short distance between them, the girls stopping some distance off while the boys walked closer, minding their own business. Like a boss.

Ino face-palmed at the reference and then stared at the boys. Her eyes roamed over them, until she realized that Sai wasn't there.

After that happy realization, she palmed her other hand to the face as well. The girls were not doing much face-palming though. As a single group, they turned to leave, Temari and Sakura each shaking their heads and leaving with a frown.

"Wait up, I'm supposed to follow you around, honey~" Karin meeped as Suigetsu quickly rushed and grabbed a hold of her. The sound changed into a snarl midway. How? Suigetsu might never know.

Meanwhile, thousands of fan girls worldwide died.

Face-palms and gasps followed as Karin grabbed hold of his hand and squeezed hard like a banana. Suigetsu howled as the redhead let go of the hand.

"One feisty bitch we got here." He said as he smirked and rubbed his poor little hand. Karin glared at him and stalked off. She bumped into Naruto. Hinata gasped instead. Eyebrows rose, oh the agony!


"What the hell?" Ino struggled to get off Sai, who was busy smirking. The first emotion other than the 5-year-old questioning face and it turns out to be smirking.

"Didn't take you to be one of those girls Sasuke describes, but at least I know what he meant now." He drawled, his hand now busy patting Ino's head.

Ino blushed furiously, her face ablaze and her expression nothing but a scrunched up face, eyes squeezed close and mouth up in a pout. She attempted to get up and away, but he had a fixed hold on her head and now, on her waist as well.

Sai only managed to clutch her close, instantly stopping her struggles.

Ino could hear his heartbeat, so slow and steady, that she forgot all about her own racing heart. She wasn't liking it. At all.

"Sai." He was drawing circles on her back now, damnit! "Let go of me."

"As you'd wish." And he did let go, silently smiling, lost in his world with a sparkle in his eyes. Ino didn't know what to make of it. So, being the hyper she is, she just vanished out of existence and back into the room, under the bed, with all of Sakura's unpacked boxes, tailwind following along.


Temari smirked as she continued to fast forward through the playlists.

"Ah sorry!" Naruto said as Karin rubbed her forehead.

"It's alright." She managed to say through grinded teeth. Suigetsu however, didn't falter from her display and caught hold again.

"Suigetsu-sama, let go of that bitch!" Some random girl shouted as he started walking towards a random class, Karin still trying to pinch him the very least.

"Hah, just fuck off, other bitches. This one is mine~" Suigetsu muttered as he opened the door and glared at them.

Ino giggled at Karin's blooming 'Hate' while Hinata started poking fingers again. And then quieted down as the boys flanked their sides.

~+o.o+~

"Troublesome really… But you're having homeroom with us, Temari." Shikamaru said as he dragged himself beside Temari, hands in pocket. Neji was behind him while Sasuke was on the other side. Naruto was already animatedly talking to Hinata.

Temari frowned at the mention of her name but did nothing but nod. Homeroom with them? She'd be lucky if the classroom wasn't ashes by tomorrow. Karin looked like an arsonist at the moment.

For a moment, the blonde closed her eyes, her head paining at the voices all around. She wished she could stay home but sadly, she was the one really needed.

Anko came and told her to keep a look out for anybody suspicious people. She let on about the deaths and what all had been happening and Temari agreed, knowing that she'd never had to read her thoughts to know something. Anko would always share with her the news.

She stepped into the classroom, the double doors wide open. She stared at all the people and way too soon, her head was filled with thoughts that didn't belong to her. She sighed and then took out her SP3. It might get confiscated but by then it would've served its purpose.

The girls sat in two benches; Sakura, Ino and Hinata in one, and right in front of them Temari, Tenten and Karin. And somehow Suigetsu. Sakura and Tenten were fidgeting.

Behind them Sasuke and Naruto sat. And in front of Temari, Shikamaru and Neji sat.

The dirty blonde wondered what does Shikamaru think about, as the said man burrowed his head between the crook of his elbows.


Temari left the sleepover for a while; the girls refused to let her listen to music and it was much too much noisy for her tastes. Both through the ear and the mind. Karin was showcasing her love guru skills and Tenten was getting it on with drinking all the juice of the house. Aagwa might have to restock.

Speaking of restocking, the girls brought along whatever was in the fridge, the cupboards and even what was in the fruit bowls. They brought along soda instead of the beer; Sai was carrying the latter along with Neji.

Men slumber party time, perhaps.

Temari shook her head at all the girl chit-chat. As much as she'd like to join, she simply didn't feel interested. Besides, she already knew what there was to know.

With a pillow, a SP3 playing Medic Droid's Fscene8 and a packet of the damn marshmallows in hand, she made her way to the roof. It was rather easy; she kept on climbing the numerous staircases, her head every now and then dancing to the tune. And when she reached the door leading out to the roof, she found it ajar. She simply shrugged and then opened it wide, clouds and stars decorating the sky along with the lone moon. Far into the distance, she could see the dim lights of the town, a few buildings tall enough to stand out while rest all only served as a backdrop to the sky.

"Troublesome."

Temari could really use a shooting star right now. No, a meteorite. To fall right on where he was lounging on the roof.

The girl only sighed as she went to where he was and threw down the pillow, right next to his one. She laid down next to his head, her body in the opposite direction though. Moments passed in silence, a cricket, an owl and a lone wolf in the woodland being their only companions.

A crunch and the bag of marshmallows was ripped open, few spilling onto Temari's belly. She grabbed the spilled ones and stuffed them into her mouth, chewing with happy fluffiness.

"…mind passing some, Sabaku?" Temari peeked open an eye at the request. It was very quiet. She didn't mind.


She stared at her homeroom teacher. This person was supposed to teach them wearing that?

Temari stared at her time table again.

Prof. Sasori.

"-And I will be your new homeroom teacher, Sasori. Considering what havoc you wrecked over the previous one, I will be permanently taking over. Please, hope I treat you kindly."

Temari looked up at his attire; red-rimmed glasses, ginger-headed, black Slipknot t-shirt with a black suit jacket with blue jeans complete with the chains, zips and pockets. Oh, don't forget the piercings. She felt like somebody's funeral was going on somewhere.

"Now then, we have some newcomers apparently." Sasori said quickly before the class could react. "Stand and introduce yourself." He commanded with his bored eyes.

The girls jumped from their seat immediately. He struck Temari as the one who hated wasting time. Hinata was already frightened enough.
Sasori was already writing down his name, along with 'Eco' and 'Geo' beside. Economics? And geography? What relation did they both even have with each other?

Temari combed through his current thoughts but found nothing but art, art and some more nonsense on eternal art! Nothing even related to his topic. She mumbled obscenities at the French content, shook off the thoughts and tried concentrating on his words instead.

"State your full name and your interests." Sasori drawled as he started flitting through his notebook.

"Temari no Sabaku. Music, laws and ignorance." He actually paused. And rose an elegant eyebrow. Oh, and Shikamaru actually perked up.

"Tenten Mitarashi. I do gardening, a bit makeovers and dancing." Sasori sat down on the chair by then. Neji was side-glancing behind.

"I'm Hinata H-Hyuuga. I like reading, cooking and meditating. Nice to meet you all…" Hinata bowed at that. Neji turned around at that, glaring at her.

"You're related to Neji?" Sasori asked as he prepped up his notes.

"N-no!" And then she sat down with a flinch. Naruto patted her on her head though and grinned as she turned around with a blush.

"Ino Yamanaka desu. Eating, training and some crazy wild-ass singing."

"Another Hidan, next!" Ino sat down with a confused look.

"Karin Mitarashi! What I do hate is somebody." Somebody winked at that. "Besides, I'm your typical fortune teller, yeah?"

"I feel we have another Deidara here as well." Sasori commented again, as he motioned the last person.

"Uh, Sakura Haruno. I love home-made food, literature and stuff, and definitely a punching bag." She said with a smirk. Sasori smirked back.

"Well then, welcome to the school. Hope you get some grades the very least." He stared at Naruto after that.

"Hey, I scored full in English!"

"That was last year."

"Damn…"


"Anymore?"

"I'm over."

"Troublesome."

Temari's eyebrow twitched at that word. Again! At least he said it twice so far into the hour. She stared at the sky. Twinkling stars, the moon and a few scattered clouds. Anko's voice floated into her head as the last of the marshmallows melted away in her mouth. She used to sing a lot of rhymes at night, when the girls couldn't sleep.

Her eyes closed halfway, the surrounding so quiet, so peaceful, when suddenly, Shikamaru actually thought.

Why?

Why? What's with the 'Why'? Temari closed her eye shut and let her mind flow. She heard faint whispers from downstairs, various noises from the forest side, a car whizz pass every now and then. But nothing again from Shikamaru.

"Is there something wrong?" The blonde asked. He sighed. Temari did nothing but take out the headphones from her ears. The SP3 lost charge ages ago.

"…why do you ask? You're spoiling the mood…"

"Because the mood is already spoilt, that's why."

"Oh…"

Temari smirked at her save. She didn't want him to know her specialty, just yet.

"…it's just that you're troublesome…"

Temari smirked and smacked the plastic bag over his face.


And with that tiny introduction, the girls seated as suddenly a lot of people started interacting with them.

"Nice hair cut, Tama!"

Temari was gonna slew the girl who called her that.

For now, she settled to glaring at the retard, who meeped and looked away.

"Now that we're done with the introductions, take out your geography books. We have writing work."

And with that a groan filtered out of every single student except the girls.

What's the worst they could expect?

~+o.o+~

After 40 minutes , 9:30, the girls were cracking every single finger, hand, wrist and other parts attached to their arms. He managed to say at least five pages worth of notes, all filled out into their new pink, black, grey and other multi-colored books. A4 sized books.

Sakura groaned thoroughly, her back aching from staying in one position. That asshole didn't even bat an eyelash as he kept on droning and droning about hills, mountains, valleys, plains, soils and the shit.

The pinkette now knew so much about the freaking soils, she could proudly tell the world about her plan of being an Idaho potato farmer.

Not.

"Thank you for that wonderful time of silence. Now you may rest."

Rest my ass.

"Tired already?" Sakura hiccupped at the voice right beside her. She whipped her head around and bumped it with Sasuke's instead.

"…ouch…" And he started rubbing where she hit. Sakura herself was rubbing at the back of her head. Thank god she left her hair open today. It would've been a rat's nest by all the rubbing she was doing.

Rubbing. Rub-a-dub-dub.

What the hell are you doing with that head? You should be doing that to Sasuke instead!

Sakura started blushing again as she turned slowly and looked at him. He was busy glaring at her hair, chewing gum all the while.

Just like yesterday.

Minus the gum.

With a shake, she prepared for the next class.


It was when everyone was sleeping. Around midnight. The soiree was over and the girls were all sleeping on the floor, Tenten sleeping halfway on the said object.

Moonlight was streaming through the floor length windows. Everything was basked in the soft glow. Sakura sat at the table, having a bowl of the only things they didn't carry off; choco cereal and milk.

She fished for the random floating bits when she heard footsteps, calm and poised. Certainly not a thief's.

After a few moment of chewing, Sasuke Uchiha walked into view. Clad in nothing but boxers.

Sakura spit out the flakes she had in her mouth and started coughing. She didn't expect Sasuke to react and started thumping on her head instead.

She stopped after a while though. And then blushed at the fact where his nudity was concerned.

"Will you stop doing that?"

"Doing what?"

"Blushing. I don't even have to switch the lights on anymore, thanks to the glow from there."

The soft moonlight outlined his lean figure. His black eyes glittered as he stared at her emerald eyes, his hands still on her head.

It became awkward way too fast.

Sasuke sighed and walked to the cupboards, opening one with a creak and moving aside the spice jars that happened to be in it. And right behind all those powders was an entire box of Oreos.

How come Ino never got that?

Sasuke shrugged as if replying to her unasked question and then poured himself a glass of milk as well. The Uchiha sat opposite to her watchful gaze, ripped open a packet and then offered his silent companion first.

Sakura accepted the offer and was about to bite into it when Sasuke pushed the glass forward as well. Her eyes widened slightly but she dipped it albeit hesitantly. He did no reaction but take out a cookie for himself and dip it in next to her hand.

A few crunches and munches later, Sakura felt content with herself. Sasuke was leaning back on the chair, his hands folded on his abdomen as he stared up at the twinkling mini-chandelier.

"How was your first day so far?" Sasuke asked. The pinkette peeked open an eye.

Calm and poised. Well and alive.

Sakura let a breath of air out and imagined him to be dead meat.

"Good and good. Aagwa's nice, Kakashi's the same after we saw him last, and well, the house's huge. What else can I ask for?" Sakura said, specifically avoiding the topic on the boys.

"Well then, I welcome you to the Happy House of Rainbows and Bullets." Sasuke said with a monotone. "Welcome." He added as an afterthought.

Sakura let out a giggle at the attempted humor. So far, so good.

"And what about the boys?" She spoke too early. Sakura opened the other eye and then got up to wash the bowl and the glass.

Squeak, splish and splash.

The goddamn noisy tap.

She cringed at the noise as she cleaned off the two and dried them with the cloth.

"Well, Suigetsu seems to be good at heart…" The 'I think' floated around silently. "Sai is pretty weird, I don't know anything about Shikamaru, Neji is a big time ass and Naruto is an awesome kickass type of dude." Sakura also specifically ignored him in the list.

She kept the things on their respective racks and dried up on the rag nearby. A sigh later, she went towards the exit.

"Goo-"

"What about me?" Sasuke interrupted. Luck was so not on her side.

"Ah," Sakura turned around.

Good luck with that, bitch.

Shut it.

"Well, you're weird, to be frank. Your hair's weird and you're very moody too. And you always stare at my hair too…" Sakura stared at the chandelier all along, a swallow running down her throat. Well, that was too frank.

Whatever, he can live with it.

As Sakura opened her mouth to bid him night, he got up from the chair with a scrape. Sakura flinched a the loud noise, afraid that someone might wake up. Sasuke walked towards her, calmly as Sakura shut her eyes. She expected some sort of insult or snarky comment.

Instead, all she felt was a weight on her head, messing up the hair on it. Sakura opened her eyes to find Sasuke's smirk.

"Honesty eh? Thanks, I suppose. Goodnight, Saku." And with that, Sasuke left her with the shadows and dread of the night.

Sakura only huffed as she turned and went to her own people filled room.


She stared at the wild man in front of her.

"Hello babe!"

"Down Kiba down! She's my new sis, so down, you bad boy!"

THWACK

"OW! Naruto, ass hat, stop hitting me!"

"Okay…"

THWACK

"OW! I thought you said you wouldn't hit me!"

"The cake lied."

THWACK THWACK


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On another side note, I probably won't be updating for a long time, so I uploaded this huge chapter full of fluff to compensate. Since my summer holidays have started, I'm gonna be a bit more free. So I may or may not update this, due to all the other stories I have to upload. -.-

Now then, this is the only chapter where this memory shit will be happening, next chapter will start from break, so we don't have to worry about the memory shit. Seriously, what the hell was I thinking?

We were planning to put the memory in italics, but I seriously hate that, which causes my dumbass maker to hate it as well.
Shut it.

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