I arrived at the school and ducked when I saw Iruka run out of the school and jump into a separate cab. Once he was out of sight I paid my cab driver and hobbled to the school. The principal would have told him about the emergency and that he had a back up for his class. I saluted the principal from where he was watching at his office and headed for Naruto and Sasuke's class.

I was down the hall and I could hear the noises coming from that class. I snorted in disgust. The teacher before Iruka must have been a real pansy if he couldn't handle this. And now that mess was Iruka's. That's where I came in.

Getting to the door I schooled my features to show nothing and slammed the door open. The slam silenced the whole class and they stared at the weird cripple in their classroom door way. I let loose a snort, "Wow, I'm not impressed."

Moving towards the desk, the arrogant pup Kiba barked, "What the hell are you doing here?"

My look had him slinking back in his chair. I didn't answer as I set my backpack on the desk and then moved to the front. Setting my crutch to the side I leaned against the front of the desk and said, "I'll introduce myself. I am Ariana McKing. Iruka-sensei had an emergency to attend to. Lets do role call shall we? Then I'll explain why I'm here."

I tugged a folder from the mess on the desk and started calling names. I caught Naruto's and Sasuke's eyes when they answered and they fought to hide their grins. When I was done and I fixed faces with names, set the folder down and said, "I have been informed that classes are on hold as you prepare for the school festival, which is in one week. What is this class going to do for the festival?"

Silence. I rolled my eyes, "Any thoughts?"

Silence.

Shaking my head I took my crutch and went to the blackboard. Taking up chalk I faced the class, "Lets have some ideas. Someone think of something."

The other blond girl who had chased Sasuke and Naruto around town with Sakura stood and yelled angrily, "Who are you to tell us what to do?"

Those few words sent the class into a frenzy. They simply forgot I was there and began to do what they had been doing before I came in. Naruto and Sasuke looked nervously at each other. Some, like a shy girl in the front with soft purple hair and eyes was trying to say something, but was pounced on by the blond girl for going with the new substitute teacher.

Figuring this would happen I reached into my bag and pulled out a whistle. This was a special whistle and guaranteed to make your ears bleed. I caught Naruto and Sasuke's eyes and they covered their ears. The blond had left the poor shy girl, Hinata, alone and she glanced at me nervously.

I motioned and she blinked. Then cautiously covered her ears. Taking as deep a breath as my broken ribs would allow I blew. The kids practically collapsed, clutching their head and ears. I stopped and smirked evilly, "Now that I have your attention, back in your seats."

They clamored into their seats, most glaring at me. I slipped the whistle over my head and said coldly, glaring at the blond, Ino who shrank back, "I told you. I am Ariana McKing. You can call me Ariana. I am here because this class is as disorganized and as worthless as a bag of fleas."

I was amused when faces soured and some shouted angrily. Kiba had the gall to get up and say, "I'm out of here!" making a bee line for the door.

Letting my crutch go to lean against the wall I swiped a pencil from the desk and threw. It stuck in the wall just an inch from his nose. He froze. I said coolly, "Sit down Kiba."

He straightened rebelliously and bolted to the door. I grabbed the stapler and let it fly. He yelped, falling back as it missed his face by a fraction. This time I growled, "Sit. Down. Kiba."

He scrambled to his feet and then to his seat. I leveled my glare to the class, "As I was saying, this class has gotten completely out of hand and I am here to kick you into shape. By any means necessary."

I looked at them in disgust, "Your families must be so proud."

Faces fell and they looked ashamed. I softened my look slightly, "But Iruka-Sensei believes your smart, good kids under all this crap."

The kids looked surprised by that and I smirked, "Lets see if he was right."

They looked at each other, not sure to believe me. I retrieved my crutch before I fell over, "Now, to the matter at hand. Does anybody have any thoughts on what to do with the Festival? Any?"

I saw Hinata slowly raise her hand and I smiled at her, "Yes, Hinata?"

She said shyly, "Um, we could do a cafe."

I nodded, "Sounds good, why don't you come up and write that on the board for me."

She nodded and came up. I handed her the chalk and she wrote it down. I said, "I did that in high school too. But it was a stuffed animal cafe."

I looked when a girl with buns on her head, TenTen raised her hand. I nodded, "TenTen."

She seemed a bit confused, "What is a stuffed animal cafe?"

I grinned, glad to have someone's attention, "The waiters dressed up in animal costumes and we had games where you won a stuffed animal. And another year we had a haunted house."

Naruto raised his hand, "Can we do a haunted house?"

I shrugged and looked at Hinata, who blushed slightly and wrote it down. The kid with the spikey ponytail I had asked directions from before, Shikamaru raised his hand, "We could do a play."

Some groans as Hinata wrote it down. Some more ideas were thrown around but haunted house and cafe were the most popular. I called for order and they gave it. I motioned and Hinata took a seat.

I held up a pad of sticky notes and a ball cap from my bag. I said, "Lets vote. Naruto do you mind passing these around? Sasuke, you go around in a minute and collect."

They did and I moved and sat behind the desk. Going through all the papers I separated homework that needed to be graded, homework that was graded and other paperwork that was notes and lesson plans.

After the desk was clean I went to the front, and hopped up to sit on the desk. Sasuke brought me the votes and I thanked him. I calculated and said aloud, "5 for haunted house. 6 for cafe."

A big kid in the back cheered, "Food!"

I laughed, which almost sent the kids into shock, "Sounds good. Now we can decided what we want for food, who are waiters and what other roles we need."

Ino raised her hand, "What about costumes?"

Naruto smiled and raised his hand, "My sister can help, she's a designer at Uchiha Enterprise."

All the girls looked at him in surprise and Shikamaru raised his hand, "My family owns a restaurant so I can cook."

I smiled softly as they all began to work together on what to do. It seemed they only needed a scare to get their butts in gear. Sakura raised her hand and said shyly, "Can Ino and I go get our sketchbooks out of our lockers so we can start designing clothes?"

I gave a nod, "Be quick please."

They nodded, talking fabric as they left. I turned my attention to the class as they discussed who could could and what they should cook. I smiled, leaning back to watch.