Kiko arrived at school early and leaned against the classroom door, somewhat happy to get back on track with her normal life. Sasuke was staying with Itachi, who also had a few agents watching her and Keiko's house for any signs of retribution from Orochimaru. As she opened her eyes she heard the sound of running footsteps and turned to see Sakura, Ino and Hinata running towards her at full speed. They snatched her up and retreated to the closest female bathroom, locking the door behind them and checking each stall for any eavesdroppers.
"Guys what-"
"Keiko told us everything!" Ino said excitedly.
"Damn her soul..."
"Are you alright? I'm sure you must of been frightened." Hinata asked.
"I'm fine. Look, I don't want this getting out okay. Itachi made it clear that the less people who knew about it, the easier it'll be to keep us out of harms way." Kiko said warningly.
"But if you know us doesn't that mean he could try to come after us too?" Sakura asked.
"I never thought of that..." Kiko admitted.
"I highly doubt he'll come after us. After all, my dad is a P.I." Ino said proudly.
"Sasuke's dad is the chief of police, and his older brother's an FBI agent and that didn't stop him from kidnapping him and trying to rape him in the process." Kiko said.
"Way to piss on my parade..." Ino said dejectedly.
"Sorry, I just don't want to drag more people into this. Sasuke already feels horrible because he feels he dragged me into it." Kiko said reassuringly.
"So what's the plan now?" Sakura asked.
Seeing that witholding that information at this point was no longer optional Kiko confessed,"Itachi just has us all being watched for the moment. It's just a precaution in case Orochimaru tries to come back for round 2. He told me to stay on public streets and try to not go anywhere alone until they can catch him."
"Like that'll work..." Ino said.
"Well it's a start. At least you guys showed him not to mess with you." Sakura said happily.
"True..."
There was a knock on the door,"Hey open up! I have to go!"
"Ladies this meeting is adjourned." Ino said unlocking the door and moving to the side as a girl rushed into the nearest stall.
They entered class and all sat down, getting out their books and being quiet. slowly lowered his book and eyed them suspicously.
"Hmmm."
"What is it ?" Ino asked sweetly.
"You four are unusually quiet this morning."
"Well we're definitely not excited to be at school..." Ino said.
"Good point..." he said returning to his book.
Sasuke entered the room, catching the glances of Sakura, Ino and Hinata. He sat down and tapped Kiko's shoulder.
"Keiko told them didn't she?" he whispered.
"Yep...definitely have to strangle her when I get a chance." Kiko said.
As the rest of the class showed up, Naruto sat next to Sasuke and handed him a note.
Sasuke opened it, cracked a small smile, wrote something back, and passed it back, which Naruto read and also smiled.
"Well, at least they've begun talking again..." she thought happily.
"Okay, the lesson plan for today is, Napolean. To sum him up for you: midgets are the devil." Mr. Hatake said.
"You call that a summarization?" Ino asked skeptically.
"Well since you all think you can do a better job I want you all to write a brief essay on Napolean, due at the end of class."
Groans all around the class followed by angry glares at Ino.
"Oh, he's good..."
Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Sasuke, Naruto and Kiko moved their desks closer.
"So, let's talk about Napolean." Sakura said.
"I'd rather have the ice-cream than the person right now..." Naruto said.
"Is food the only thing on your mind?" Sakura asked.
"Nothing else catches my interests more." He smiled.
"Hey, let's cut the chatter and get to work." Mr. Hatake said lowering the history book he was reading.
"Are you reading up on Napolean Mr. Hatake?" Sakura asked sweetly.
"Yeah...sure...Napolete...hehe" he giggled from behind the book.
"...and it never occurs to him whether or not reading his little porn books during class time was bad..." Sakura thought turning around.
Class ended and they all handed in their papers.
"Well well well Naruto, I'm surprised to you actually finished your work today." Mr. Hatake said taking his paper,"And on the right subject. Good work."
They filed into Mr. Umino's class and took their seats. Looking around, their was no sign of their teacher, so conversations began.
"Did you get any news from your parents?" Kiko asked Sasuke.
"My family want me to come back, but Itachi doesn't want me leaving his sight until this issue is resolved." Sasuke said.
Kiko looked around,"I didn't know Itachi was watching you."
"Yeah, but he's being real covert about it. You know, hiding in bushes and dirt and dirty sock piles, etc."
"He must be hella worried if he's willing to hide in a pile of dirty socks..."
"Your parents give you any grief?" he asked.
"They didn't even notice I was gone for so long. They'd probably just assume I was with Keiko or something." she said.
Mr. Umino walked into class,"Kiko, your parents are in the principals office."
Confused, Kiko got her things and hurried to the principal's office. When she entered she saw that both her parents, and Sasuke's dad were there.
"Ah Kiko, have a seat." Principal Tsunade said.
Her heart racing, Kiko slowly sat down.
"Your parents and Officer Uchiha here have brought up some recent events that involved you and Sasuke Uchiha." she said.
"So why did you just send for me?" Kiko asked confused.
"Unfortunately Sasuke isn't really the cooperative, or trusting type. You on the other hand, have more sense than that." she said resting her chin on her hands.
"I've told your parents about Orochimaru kidnapping you and Sasuke, and how you guys escaped from his hideout and now have the FBI watching you to make sure he doesn't come after you again." Fugaku said with a stern look on his face.
"Kiko, why didn't you tell us this? As your parents we shoud have known what was going on!" Her mother said angrily.
"Please Ms. Umeshii, don't be mad at her for the problems my son is causing."
"Mom, I-"
"No excuses young lady. You are not to see that boy again. Do I make myself clear?" her father asked angrily.
Kiko gripped the chair, every muscle in her body wanted to scream, she wanted to scream. She suddenly felt lightheaded and felt the tears run down her face.