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--O.O—

Amai's P.O.V

Lunch ended, and I was feeling a little better. Despite Sakura's comment, violence is ALWAYS the answer. I grinned to myself, and thanked god that Kankuro was only in my math class. We all headed off to Geography, or as we called it, the Smelskinator's class.

The class practically wasn't a class. Our teacher, Smelsk, could barely control the class. Put simply, Geography class was chaos.

"I'm hungry," Izumi muttered.

"We all just ate," I said loudly. Neba was unusually quiet again. She hadn't talked to Neji the entire lunch time. What was happening today? Everything was just going wrong. I knew that Valentine's Day Dance poster was cursed.

"Neba, aren't you going to go find Neji and walk to Geography with him?" I inquired. Neba just smiled at me.

"I was thinking that I would give him some space, maybe he'll realize that he misses me or something," she answered lightly. I raised an eyebrow. I lifted my Geography textbook and hit Neba's head. She squealed in pain and started to rub her head.

"What was that for?" she snapped.

"I was trying to see if I could knock this new Neba out of your head," I said simply. We walked up to the Geography room door, and that's when it began. The door was ajar, and needed to be pulled open to be able to get inside.

"Amai, remember what Sakura said," Izumi scolded, reaching for the doorknob, "she said that violence is never an-" Izumi tripped on some non-existent object and fell right into the door. It was hard not to laugh at little Izumi. Izumi just sat on the ground, leaning her head against the door. She winced in pain.
Once Neba and I were able to calm ourselves down, we helped Izumi to her feet. We held Izumi steady as we led her into the Geography classroom. To my dismay, there was not anyone to witness Izumi's embarrassing fall. Once again, the seats were arranged in pairs.
Neba and I had our seats in the middle row, at the very back, with Izumi and Hinata sitting directly in front of us.

Suddenly, Smelsk waltzed in, carrying her 'water' bottle. She looked at us indignantly, and hurried over to her desk at the back of the room. She set down her 'water' bottle on the desk and turned to us.

"If you drink any of my water, I'll give you detention for a week," she commanded, turning to storm out of the classroom. Once she was out of earshot, we started giggling.

"I wonder what kind of 'water' she has in there," I chuckled.

"I bet it's not even water at all," Izumi claimed.

"That's what Amai was implying, Izumi," Neba said, rolling her eyes. Izumi blinked twice and then became angry.

"Whatever Neba, just because you can't stop hanging off of Neji! You love him so much," Izumi snapped.

"Who loves my cousin?" a soft voice said. Behind Izumi was Hinata, she had her books in her arms, and set them down on her desk next to Izumi's. Hinata was a type that attracted the maniacs. It's a wonder that she agreed to go out with Kiba. From my knowledge, Hinata liked Naruto. Then the lightbulb went off!

"Oi, Hinata," I called, gesturing for her to sit down and join our conversation. She sat down, and kept staring at her knees.

"Izumi, of course I love Neji, and just because you think all guys are weird or that they never talk to you," Neba drawled, mumbling that last bit of her sentence. I leaned over to Hinata.

"Hinata, I have a favour to ask you," I whispered as Neba and Izumi continued to argue as if Hinata and I weren't there. Hinata looked up at me, smiling softly.

"During work time in class, could you go over to your know-it-all cousin and ask him about his feelings for Neba? Make it clear that she's the one not asking," I explained. Hinata nodded. I grinned, and patted her head lightly.

"Kiba's a lucky guy to have you," I added, making her face turn red. I chuckled, leaning back in my chair. "Now only if I could find a guy." I closed my eyes and interlocked my fingers behind my head.

"Oh, I thought you and Kankuro were going out, especially with what happened in Math class today," Hinata mumbled. My eyes snapped open and I sat forward quickly. My hands slammed down on the desk, making Hinata jump back a little.

"Kankuro was being an idiot," I explained, my voice rising a bit, "and there is nothing between us." Hinata nodded slowly, and I could see her trembling slightly.

Then I got thinking.

There were other people in that class who saw as well. There was Gaara. Well, I don't think that he would care much, in fact, Gaara is probably incapable of caring. My face went red.

"Amai, your face is red," Neba pointed out, "perhaps you're thinking of someone special?" I gave her a sideways glare and she simply smiled. Izumi was just about to say something when I cut her off.

"Well, it's not Kankuro, that's for sure," I snapped, "nor is it Gaara."

"Sure sure," Izumi smirked. I rolled my eyes. Once either Izumi or Neba got an idea into their heads, it was hard to shake it out. Nay, it is near impossible.

Soon, Smelsk came back into the classroom, glaring at us and slowly all of the other students began to file into class. Neji walked into the room by himself, looking a tad bit tense, and I glanced at Neba, to see if she was going to be watching him. She wasn't. Neba was looking in her textbook and copying out a couple of things. I nudged her side lightly, and she looked up at me.

"Neji just came into the room," I whispered.

"Yeah, so?" she replied. I furrowed my brow, something was seriously wrong with Neba today, well, more like after second period.

"I just thought that you would like to know," I muttered. In my mind, I was looking every which way to figure out what was happening to her, and what was happening with me.

What was happening to our school life?

Then Gaara walked in. I gaped at him, and he simply glared back at me. I turned my eyes away, the actions of his brother seeping back into my brain. It was so bizarre, but the tiny person in the back of my brain wished that Gaara had been the one that did that. Alas, there would be no such luck, as Gaara hated me, and nothing could probably change that. I sighed as the bell rang and class began. From the corner of my eye, I saw Smelsk take a big swig of her 'water'. She walked up to the front of the class, already looking angry.

"Now you little devils," she yelled, "it's time to pay attention to me." Everyone in the class basically ignored her. They either kept on chattering or paying attention to her. Smelsk just glared at all of us.

"Well you all can just teach yourself the curriculum," she shouted, stomping back to her desk. Smelsk took another gulp of 'water' and sat at her desk, shuffling papers. Hinata looked back at me and I gave her a nod to go over to her cousin. Now, if I had asked her one or two years ago, she might've said no, and I would've had to do it myself. Hinata was terrified of Neji, keyword, was. It wasn't until this summer that Hinata's father cleared up the truth of Neji's father's death. Hinata stood up slowly, walking over at a snail's pace. She turned back to me quickly and I shot her a look. Hinata sighed and then hurried over to her cousin. Neji looked up at her and I saw Hinata's lips move.

--O.O—

Neba's P.O.V

I flipped through my notebook, full of blank paper and blank notes, curious of why I ever even brought anything to this class, anyways. No one did their work, and everyone just sat around chatting and making fun of Smelsk.
"You know," I said, my voice suddenly louder than usual to be heard over all the other chatting going on, remembering that semester one was only weeks away from being over. "I'll miss this class when the semester's over."

"I won't." Izumi grumbled. "I want to learn something, not just sit around all period. It's so boring!"

I sighed. Izumi could be such a fun-ruiner some times. I could see Amai doodling in her notebook, casually looking up to check out her surroundings. Izumi had her chair facing my desk, as she flipped through pages of her geography textbook, already preparing for the exam. I looked up to see where Hinata had wandered off to, and saw her mumbling something to Neji, while not making eye contact directly at him, though. I immediately looked away; it was none of my business, anyways. I could also see Smelsk, taking a big swallow of her 'water', as she got up to get her over-head projector ready. That was basically all we were supposed to do in this class, just take notes off her over-head and teach it to ourselves. I couldn't say anyone really did that though.

"Alright," I heard Smelsk yell, as she started pushing the overhead up to the front of the class. "I want you to copy these notes! If you have any questions, you can ask me. I'll be at the back of the class, at my desk."

I heard a few giggles in the classroom, no one really paying complete attention to what she was saying. It wasn't really important anyways, more like déjà vu, so I focused my attention back to my notebook, ripping out a few sheets.

"NARUTO!" I heard Smelsk shriek, as my head swung upwards to see what had happened, but only seeing Naruto on the ground, rubbing his arm, and Smelsky glaring down upon him. "Watch where you're going! You could've broke my over-head! Then what we do in this class!"

"I was paying attention!" I heard Naruto complain. "You were just towing the thing too fast!"

"Ugh, move!" She commanded, in a rather pathetic manner as the class giggled behind her. Naruto quickly got out of the way so Smelsk, who today seemed to have no patience, wouldn't trample him. I smirked, wondering what had happened in Smelsk's two classes before us to piss her off so much. She quickly positioned the overhead, turned it on, and placed a really long note on it, which I knew no one would really copy except for Izumi. "I want you all to have this note copied by the end of class! I'm at zero patience today, and I'll have no problem giving anyone who questions my authority detention!" Then, she walked back to the corner of the room, and pulled out her water bottle, and had a couple more sips.

"Someone sounds like their having a bad day." Amai laughed.

"Well, I'm sure her day will brighten once she has some more 'water'." I smirked, and then focused my attention back to my notes. I was so behind, it was time to start doing some serious work in this class.

"Izumi!" I called, glancing at her, but she obliviously kept reading her textbook. I sighed, and then got my pen and swiftly jabbed it into her hand, which had comfortably placed itself on my desk.

A small yelp escaped her lips, which was then replaced by an annoyed, stern look. "Neba, you don't have to hurt me to get my attention!"

"Seems that way…" I mumbled. "Izumi, I just need to see your notes! I'm behind and need to catch up!"

She gave me a know-it-all look, probably for all the times I made fun of her for actually doing something in this class. "I need them for the exam, though."
"I'll give them back at the end of class. Calm down." She reluctantly handed me her neatly organized binder, and I smiled in victory. "Thanks!"

I went through them, looking for anything that looked important enough to actually copy down into my own binder. Izumi's notes were color-coded, and the writing was printed neatly, and so small that I had to squint to see what she had written.

"Hinata!" I heard Amai greet Hinata, as she placed her own chair to face us, and sat down quietly beside Izumi, who was too absorbed to notice. "So, how was it?"

I looked up, curious at what was going on.

"Well," Hinata's face was a bit red, and she was looking down, as if she didn't know how to word it properly. "He said that Neba was annoying… how she always clung to him and all. But that's it."

My face turned a shade of red now, too. "What?" I meant to speak louder, but it came out too soft and it just made me sound even more embarrassed.

They turned their attention to me. Hinata's face turning redder, and Amai simply looked annoyed at the news.

"We were just trying to find out how Neji feels about you," She shrugged, as if it were no big thing.

"You could've at least mentioned this to me." I glared a bit, more at Amai than at Hinata.

"You didn't seem to care about Neji though, remember?" She added. "You wanted to give him space or something like that."

I sighed, she was right. I didn't need them meddling into this, though. I could handle myself. I glanced up at Neji, a bit embarrassed still. He was sitting in the second row, glancing up and copying the note Smelsk had put on. I sighed, and decided to do the same, ignoring Amai and Hinata's whispers beside me.

--O.O—

Amai's P.O.V

When Hinata told me Neji's answer, it was time to take things into my own hands. If he wouldn't answer with a third party, then I would have to go to him myself. He wouldn't receive any sympathy from me. In fact, he would get the exact opposite. I sighed and thanked Hinata for her time. She nodded, turning back and started to copy the note. I looked up at the note, and seeing how excruciatingly painful it would be to write, I skimmed it and took down key facts. I looked over at Neba, who was furiously copying Izumi's notes. It all looked like chicken scratch to me.

"Neba," I muttered, trying to get her attention. She was too concentrated on her note-taking. I sighed. Neba was too stubborn, if she had an idea put into her head, she would stick with it until her death. I leaned over to Neba, breathing in slowly.

"Boo," I shouted, making Neba, Izumi, and Hinata flinch. I started to giggle, their simultaneous reactions amusing me.

"Amai, what was that for?" Neba asked angrily.

"I needed to get your-" I started to say, only to be interrupted by the bell. "Never mind, I'll tell you later." I grumbled and started to gather my things.

How fun. We had gym next. I decided that I would corner Neji then.