Kin was never the type that you meet and immediately like. She's like a parasite, really. She just sticks with you, and you sort of get tired of telling her to go away, to stop bothering you. Then, she grows on you, and you realize, she isn't such a bad kid. I suppose that's what happened with Dosu and me. We just let her grow on us.

"Hey, do you think the new teacher'll wear that hecka short skirt today?" Zaku peeked into the window, trying to catch a glance inside the faculty room.

Dosu rolled his eyes, "Don't be ridiculous, the vice principal gave her a note telling her that half of the boy population was drooling over her underwear. Anyways, I saw her sporting a pair of jeans today."

Groaning, Zaku turned to look at Kin, who had tagged along for some strange reason. He could hear her headphones going off again. Kin had always liked music. If Zaku recalled, she said she had wanted to be a musician when she grew up… Or something like that…

Kin looked up, and gave a small grin at Zaku as she took off her headphones, "I didn't know you were one of those boys who looked at swimsuit magazines, Zaku." The small grin started to turn into a smirk as Kin pushed herself off of the wall she had been leaning on and dusted off her new school uniform.

Zaku scowled, then said, "Well, it's not like you had to follow."

Dosu just smiled quietly before saying, "It's about time to get back to class. We can talk about this later, I guess." Zaku scoffed and followed after the retreating figure of Dosu. Kin quickly followed after them.

The man stood, staring out the faculty room window, watching as the three teens slowly made way back to class. Orochimaru was right… Of course, he was always right… But, at first, he had doubted that those two would actually make friends with the girl. Of course, Orochimaru never doubted…

Someone behind the man cleared her throat, "Ahem… Sir… Um, there's a call from the office of a Konoha, School of Talents. They were talking about a… substitute job?"

The man turned, "Ah, thank you, Matsuo, I'll get to it right away." He smiled and readjusted his glasses, and walked out of the door, not aware of the shudder that ran along the woman's back. That smile always seemed so unnerving… Like he'd just come up to you one day and stab you in the back. With that same smile on.

"UGH! That lesson took FOREVER," Kin sighed and yawned. "I can't believe she gave us so much homework too! I'll never get it done!"

Dosu shrugged, "Well, it's not like we have a choice. Remember, anyone with a D or lower in their grades gets kicked out of school. Those with a C need to watch out, or The Five might pay them a visit."

Kin shuddered, "Those are some freaky little kids, that's for sure."

Zaku shrugged, he held Kin's CD player in his hand, listening to the music coming from the headphones. "Hey, Kin, did you hear? They're releasing a new album. I heard they're gonna go on a small tour. They're coming here. We should go some time."

Dosu grinned as Kin cheered, "Yeah! We can so meet them! I've been wondering what Hara looks like… I bet he's got dreamy blue eyes."

Zaku snorted, "More like pimples the size of walnuts all over his forehead."

"You're just jealous that you can't sing as good as him!"

"Yeah right! And your guitar playing sucks!"

"I just started!"

"And don't get me started on Dosu's drum playing."

"Why bring me into the conversation! What did I do?"

Yeah, we were a loud group. But, we didn't expect much of ourselves, I mean, who could really do a three-man band? Or, two men and one woman band… Kin kept insisting that… The idea died easily. We ended up just talking about how cool it would be if we could find a bass player. We all excelled in our grades, keeping to the top of our class. I guess that's what got the principal interested in us. I guess that's why I'm here, Dosu's there, and Kin's gone. Maybe we should have just stuck to being normal kids.

Kin rocked back and forth on her heels, her hands clutched tightly together behind her back. She stared at the other two boys sitting down across from her and whispered, "How can you two NOT be nervous! I mean, in the middle of class, we're called up to the office, and they all looked so serious!"

Dosu shrugged, "No need to be so nervous. We've all managed with A's. And you've only got one B. I don't see why they would be mad at all."

Zaku nodded, "And, anyways, it's not like that B's a big deal anyways. Your last school was way behind compared to this math class."

Kin sighed, and pulled at a strand of hair. She seemed to always do that when she became nervous. And, although her composure now seemed of confidence, the trembling hands idly combing through the strands told of something close to a nervous breakdown.

"It's no big deal, Kin. We'll all be fine. Don't worry," Dosu got up and stretched. "The secretary's coming anyways."

A door opened to the side of Zaku, and out stepped a young woman. She looked down at the three and nodded, "The principal will be seeing you three now."

Slowly, Dosu walked through the door, followed by Zaku. Kin stayed behind a bit, took a deep breath, and stepped in behind the boys. The door closed behind them as the secretary left to do other business.

That day, I was nervous too. Just not as nervous as Kin, I guess. But, I was nervous. The principal, Orochimaru, had seen our grades, seen our "exceptional" abilities to do our homework. He commended us, asked for how we were doing, that sort of stuff. Kin was frightened of him at first, it being her first time seeing him. He was slightly frightful, of course. With his long, greasy black hair, and pale, sickly skin. He looked more like an outcast from some sort of band than the principal of a prestigious high school. I say Kin was scared by his looks.

She insisted that it was her female intuition that something horrible was going on. I used to laugh her off… Maybe I shouldn't have laughed.

"I can't believe that was all he was gonna talk about," Kin sighed in relief, and shouldered her backpack. She straightened her uniform a bit as Zaku and Dosu walked out of the door.

Dosu shrugged, "I told you we'd be fine."

Zaku chuckled, "And here you were, worrying about being murdered in cold blood. You're such a girl."

Kin scowled at Zaku, "What's that supposed to mean?'

"Exactly as how it was said."

"Well, then, you're such a boy!"

"… I don't get it."

A/N: Yup, Chapter 2. Wonderful.

Also, I don't do pairings… Because I'm not exactly skilled in the art of lovey-dovey happy stuff like that… Sorry.

Thanks for the reviews.

Chapter 3 will come someday.