(A/N: Hey all! Shinigami Goumon here! Thanks for all your reviews! And now, without further adieu, heeeeeeeres the next chappie!)

"Uh…what are we doin' here?" Naruto asked.

"What you mean?" Sora asked as they continued to walk towards a large, murky pond.

"This is our science class." Hinode responded.

"Outside?" Sakura asked, bewildered.

"Is that a problem?" Akane glared.

"N-n-not at all!" Sakura squeaked.

"What I think she means is…what exactly is your science class hoping to accomplish outdoors?" Temari said calmly.

"Were in the middle of an amphibian lab!" Sora said happily.

"Were studying the habitat, grow cycles and feeding patterns of amphibians!" Hinode said with a blissed out sigh.

"One question." Kiba said, "What's an amphibi-whatchamacalit?"

"Frogs." Akane filled in dully, "Toads, tadpoles, newts, salamanders...you get it."

"Ooooh." Kiba nodded.

Gaara had a self-satisfied smirk on his face; he'd finally scraped off that smudge.

He couldn't be any prouder of himself if he tried.

I mean, he had dominated the crusty, dried up paint that dared to try an take up residence on his hand!

All bow down and praise the mighty Kazekage!

Kankuro was currently in a state for which there was no comfort; he had about three hundred pages of homework in English alone…and he still had yet to attend the four other classes.

"Soo…much…hommmeworrrk…" He moaned.

Hinata, after learning they would be working with frogs and the like, now feared for her plushy's safety.

"Na…ru…to…chibi…I will…I will…I will protect you." she thought, furtively stealing glances into the bag.

Akamaru padded around their feet, occasionally chasing a dragonfly.

Shino was entranced by all the insect life and couldn't care less that Hinode was currently creating a lake of saliva by his feet.

The rest of the class was already gathered by the pond.

"Ahhh…nice of you to grace us with your presence today, Akane-kun." The teacher smirked.

"Don't get so familiar, Shiranui." Akane growled, storming past the now chuckling teacher.

Shiranui Rikugo was rather young for a teacher; only twenty four.

He had longish black hair and playful brown eyes.

"Very well, Kakyoin-san! Now that everyone's arrived, let's begin, shall we?" he smiled.

As if on cue, every student present began slipping off their shoes and socks (the male students rolled up the legs of their pants)…

…well…

…everyone with a few exceptions.

"What are they doing?" Temari asked.

"What do you think?" Sora asked, blinking to show her confusion, "Were not just gonna stand around all period."

"Y-you don't mean-NO!" Sakura cried as the truth dawned on her, "NO WAAAAYEEEE!" (…stupid, fuckin' preppy…god…DAMNIT I hate them!)

Naruto blinked at her, in a confused way, that was rather cute on his currently girlish face and caught the attention of several nearby guys.

"What's the deal?" he thought, "Sakura's met up with Jiraiya familiars AND mine but never reacted like this."(Umm…HELL-LOOO? Anybody HOOOOOME? She was ACTING becauz SASUKE was right THEY-ERR!)

"Yuh-huh!" Hinode smiled, "We hafta examine our lab subject up close and first hand! So we hafta collect specimens of each amphibian in each stage of it's life cycle!"

"YOU DON'T MEAN-!" Sakura screeched, "I WOULDN'T GO IN THERE IF YOU PAID ME! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!"

Sasuke narrowed his obsidian eyes at the kunoichi, causing over ¾ of the class's female population (and ¼ of the male population) to swoon.

"Sakura…your so vapid, and shallow." He thought callously, "Even a three year old could see right through you."

And while the others only voiced their disdain in thought, Akane was much more…how can I put it?…vocal…and physical…about what she felt for the arrogant girl.

After watching this behavior for more than, ohhhh two seconds, Akane was ready to fly off the deep end….which she did.

With the style and skill only such as the hired gun, hair-trigger tempered Akane could display.

"Get in the pond, ya stuck up Preppy bitch." Akane snapped, giving the kunoichi a very rough and very unexpected (although it really should've been. I mean, COME ON!) shove.

-SPLORRSH-

Sakura landed ass first in the mosquito, frog, newt, and salamander breeding grounds that were otherwise known as the pond.

"Huh…looks like someone's been hittin' th' anko a little to hard." Temari snickered, wading the past the now stunned kunoichi.

Sakura opened and closed her mouth like a fish as the rest of the Naru-tachi (and Co.) sloshed past her.

Even Naruto didn't assist her.

He was too busy trying not to laugh at how ridiculous she looked.

"Oh! Haruno-chan!" Shiranui said mildly, not even bothering to suppress a laugh, "If you were THAT eager to get started, you could have just said so!"

Sakura glared at the man as she attempted to get back on her feet only to have the muddy loam slip out from under them and end up right where she started.

Sasuke shook with just barely contained laughter.

"Well, no sense in drying off now!" Shiranui said sensibly, "I'll see about getting you a spare gym uniform to wear after class, okay?"

Sakura nodded, successfully clamoring to her feet this time.

Armed with nets, jars, and their eyes, the class began their search for their froggy friends.

"WEEE! I caught one!" Sora cried happily.

"Not for long." Gaara muttered as the frog hopped out of the net and on to her head.

"AUGH!" Sora shrieked, "Get back here!"

"Hey Shino!" Hinode said cheerfully, newt in hand, "Check this out! Look what I caught! Isn't it cute?"

Shino's gaze fell not on the newt but on the bumble bee that had just landed on her shoulder.

"Mm." he nodded, "Very cute."

Hinode almost passed out from joy…and almost got stung…which would be bad cuz she's allergic.

Akane had been paired up with Kiba, someone she despised more than anyone else in the Naru-tachi for…undisclosed reasons (see Ch.3)

It was obvious she was pissed.

You could tell by the way the very distinctive, pulsing tic mark had "mysteriously" reappeared on her forehead.

Oh!

And the fact that her bloodlust was disturbing the local wildlife and trees was another good indicator!

But this time, Kiba was not the source of her ire.

It was Sakura.

Akanethought that shoving her in the pond would shut that big mouthed, forehead queen up for a while (not too mention blow off some steam), but no such luck.

She was currently sidling up to the younger Uchiha, going on and on about Sasuke this and Sasuke that!

Sasuke!

Sasuke!

SASUKE!

GOD!

Girls like that made her sick to the point of wanting to blow chunks like the Exorcist girl!

Completely hopeless!

Akamaru quivered within Kiba's borrowed jacket, whimpering piteously.

"D-don't worry, boy." Kiba whispered reassuringly, "She's not mad at us…I think."

Of course, he could be sure of that.

I mean he did recall inadvertently groping her.

A complete accident, sure, but that statue to the temple sure as hell wasn't!

"Then again…" Kiba muttered, a sense of doom washing over him.

-BNNGBONGBNNGBONNNG…BNNGBONGBNNGBONNNG-

(A/N: Fourth Period? Done. TIME FOR WARZONE KNOWN ASLUNCH! The battle for food, people rushing to get the last sandwich, food fights, lunch room brawls...and you thought Orochimaru was tough. R&R!)