A.N: IT'S OVER PEOPLE! Academy year one is officaly over as of this chapter. This chap starts with a little mini story and then the end. It's short but I like the ending ()

Mini Story: Finding Your Heart

"We've been looking for 20 hours. Yeah we are so tiered Loren-san!" Zetsu complained again. "He might not be alive. He's a goner!"

"Shut up we will find him," Loren said glaring at the plant guy who sighed before melting back into the earth to look for his lost teammate. Loren was angry I mean really how could Sasori get himself lost? She'd gotten rather…protective of Sasori and for him to just disappear well she was going to have to kick his ass later. Good thing he has no nerves too, it's going to be a good ass beating.

She kicked at a bush in frustration and sat down on the grass. The war area looked pretty much the same as how she left it, only minus the warriors. Pretty much the Akatsuki campus had been completely trashed as well as the temple. Quite sad really Loren had always thought the black building had been rather noble and beautiful. She'd wished she could have taken some photos of it before Deidara used it as target practice.

"What a waste," she murmured looking down. A shadow cast itself over her but she did not notice the intruder to engross with her thoughts. The intruder stood there silently for a long time before Loren cast her gaze up. "Oh…Gaara I didn't see you there."

Gaara didn't move his hands stuffed in the pockets of his Nightmare Before Christmas sweater. Everyone had begun to stop wearing uniforms; there was still anarchy going on and until the teachers got power back no body really gave a crap. Gaara was just one of those 'I-don't-give-a-crap' kind of people.

"Still looking for Sasori-san?" he asked and sat down next to her and she nodded glumly.

"I'm really worried," she murmured and Gaara observed her face. "This was all so stupid, the Akatsuki just wanted revenge and everyone was blinded by that. I don't think anyone realized that this was not a class and people could actually die."

"You'd planned on killing more," he said which only made her feel worse weather he realized it or not. Gaara needed work on the whole comforting of another human being thing.

"I know," she whispered and looked at him "I feel horrible about it."

Gaara didn't know what to say so he stayed silent.

"And with Sasori being gone, it just adds another nail," she sniffed and whipped her eyes. "I feel so bad and…Sasori…I miss him."

Gaara still didn't know what to say but words weren't really his strong point he was more of an actions speak louder the words kind of guys. And sticking with his strong point he silently put an arm over her shoulder. Loren didn't react surprised to the affection just rested her head on his shoulder.

The wind shifted and tussled their hair and Loren smiled slightly and closed her eyes. Gaara now really didn't know what to do but he'd gone this far and now there was no way of going back.

"Loren," he murmured moving his arm slyly so it wrapped around her waist.

"Hmm?" she asked looking back up to his face and watching his eyes shift to the side in thought then back to her own eyes.

"We make a very good team," he said awkwardly making her smirk slightly. Knowing that Gaara didn't know what to say she found very endearing and wrapped her arms around him in return. She loved having such a good friend. "So…maybe…"

He was interrupted by a sound coming from the bush Loren had previously kicked and they both looked. Something was humming rather violently within the bush and the glanced at each other before Loren pulled away to investigate, Gaara just watched mutely. Loren knelt down listening to the hum before pulling some branches away and smiling.

"Sasori," she said looking upon the fully intact capsule that held Sasori's only organic body part.

Gaara simply feel back into silence keeping his thoughts to himself.

Chapter Forty-Three: Happy Endings and Dark Beginnings

I had nothing much to pack. Our room had been trashed and the only survivors where some of Deidara's bags of clay, a few of Sasori's smaller puppets, Deidara's trusty hair dryer, and my black sweater. So I had to wear my uniform home and just my sweater. Which was okay, clothing and drawing books can be replaced but at lest my friends where okay.

"I can't believe this thing made it out," Deidara said holding his black hair dryer, which didn't even have a scratch on it. I smiled at that while Sasori mourned the loss of his beloved laptop, which had been snapped in half. We'd promised him a burial for it after we finished packing.

Of course like I said packing didn't take long. And me, Sasori, and Deidara where soon digging a hole in the front yard. Well Deidara and I where doing the digging, Sasori was holding his broken computer like it was a dead infant. Usually we'd complain but Sasori was kind of well…out of it. He had been acting differently since Loren had found him. Perhaps it was just the fact that he'd been a whole night out of his body that he just needed to upload for a little while. Anyway it made us nervous so we decided not to fight with him.

"Okay Sasori-kun," I said putting the shovel down and Sasori placed the dead technology in the foot deep hole and Deidara began to put dirt over it a clearly place 'I'm not amused' pout on his face. It was rather adorable.

"I can't believe the year is really over," I said as the blond patted the earth with the back of the shovel. "It went by all so quickly."

"High school does that," Sasori said looking at the little grave.

"Seems so yeah," Deidara agreed. "Four more years of this crap."

"Five for me," I said with a smile.

"Sucks to be you," Deidara said with a smile and wrapped his newly re-attached arm around my shoulders. "I'm going to miss you by the way hmm," he said and kissed my head.

"You have my phone number," I said with a smirk.

"Your parents are going to love the long distance phone bill and we're going to love trying to understand each other yeah," he stated practically.

"Yeah well I'll try to learn Koran then and you can try to learn English," I said smiling at him.

"I've already started," he replied "by next year I'll have it done pack."

"Come on guys," Sasori said, "The buses are coming in half an hour."

"Damn," Deidara grumbled.

We headed down the razed areas of the campus. The tree of us for the last time together until the next time we should meet, but a year wiser we leave each other and only time will tell how we should meet again as we stood with a whole group enemies mixed with friends as we waited for the vessels we will depart in.

And so I stand here in the same position I was at the beginning of this Odyssey. Waiting for the buses which where of course late nervous with anticipation. Not impatient to leave however but impatient to return.

And I tell you one thing; it's going to be a very long summer.

Later That Day

"So things are settled then?" hissed the pale man from across Tsunade's office. She was reading over the paper work that the man had given her and her brows where pressed together in a way that said she was going to be drinking heavily later on. "Well Tsunade-Chan?"

"Don't call me that," she growled and Orochimaru chuckled in his creepy pedophile way. "Anyway…" she said looking at the list of Head of Classes that did not want to have a certain first year in their Tower/Temple next year. "I don't know what you did to get these signatures but I suppose I have no choice but to put the boy in your class."

"Perfect," Orochimaru smiled.

Tsunade sighed and pulled out the list of students that would be attending as first years next year from her desk. She opened the seal and looked threw the names before stopping at one and glared at the man standing before her. "I will figure out how you did this," she said before writing down Sound next to the boy's name. "There his spot is fixed now leave my sight."

"Of course Hokage-sama," he said with a cruel smile before vanishing.

Tsunade bit her lip as she began to roll up the seal and stuff it back within her desk. She had a very bad feeling about all of this but what could she do?

And of course I'm clueless to all of this but sadly ignorance is never long lived.

END

A.N: It took me over a year but it is completed! And as you can probably tell I will be doing Year Two and it should be online sometime this week once I think of a good beinging.

Anyways thank you to all my fans and readers of The Academy I really can't believe that this idea written on the fly would become such a populare and deep plot. Again I thank you all and hope to see you in class for The Academy: Sibling Rivalery