"Karin!"
The shout, accompanied by a harsh pounding on the door, jerks you from your sleep. Looking around, you realize that when you finished unpacking and decided to test the comfort of your new bed, you must have fallen asleep.
"Karin! Open the damn door!"
Groaning, you drag yourself away from the bed, running a hand through your hair.
Slumping out towards the noisy door you stifle a yawn as the pounding continues.
"Karin! Damn it what did I do now?!" the voice continues.
"Give it up, Cat Breath, she's obviously having one of her bipolar moments." Another voice joins the first.
"Shut the hell up, Mutt Face!" the first voice screeches.
You tug open the door, revealing the two shouting guys. Both have shaggy brown hair, and matching eyes. That's where the similarities stop. The one on the left, taller than the other, is built more solidly. Dressed entirely in black, yet without throwing off the 'emo-vibe' he is glaring furiously down at his smirking counterpart. Said counterpart's body is smaller, hinting at a younger age.
But what is most strange about the two, is their tattoos. The taller has purple marks sprawling across his face, whereas the shorter has only two, running down his cheeks like red fangs. They both stare at you.
"Who the hell are you?!" The taller demands. "And where's Karin?!"
"I'm Karin's roommate, and she's not here." You mumble, rubbing sleep from your eyes.
"Where the hell is she!?" The taller one demanded. You shrug.
"Don't know… I just got here…" You say looking around sluggishly. The shorter boy eyes you up and down.
"Another red head… nice…" He says, smirking. You ignore him. A ding down the end of the corridor signals the elevator opening.
"Kankuro! Kiba!" A voice shouts down. All three of you lean to look down the corridor.
A boy around the same age as you and the tall brunette holds the doors of the elevator open. His long, coffee coloured hair is pulled back into a loose ponytail. His eyes, from this distance look completely white.
"What?" The short boy shouts back.
"She's in the library." Elevator Boy snaps. The taller boy dashes straight towards the elevator. The shorter one turns to you.
"I'm Inuzuka Kiba." He says, grinning. "That was Sabaku no Kankuro, and Hyuga Neji in the elevator. I hope to see a lot more of you…" His wander eyes say what his mouth doesn't.
"Beat it, Mutt Face." You snap, slamming the door in his face.
Jaded, dated, I'm the type you hated. Haunted, taunted, I'm what you've always wanted…
You frown down at your Ipod, switching it off.
Sure enough, someone is moving around in the main room. It was about time your roommate showed up, you were about to make dinner.
"One guess who." You mutter to yourself, stomping over to the door.
As your guess had been 'Karin' you were apparently wrong.
An older boy, at a guess you'd say eighteen, was bouncing all around the room.
Literally bouncing.
Despite his movement, you can see that he is exceptionally good-looking. His perfect features have two black eyes set below perfect black brows, the same shade as his scruffy, short black hair. As you meet those dark fathomless eyes, the guy flashes you a brilliant smile.
"Hello there!" He says, his voice loud. "Tobi doesn't know you!"
You look around, expecting someone else to be there.
"Who's Tobi?" You ask. The boy laughs.
"Tobi is Tobi!" He proclaims happily, pointing to himself. You raise an eyebrow.
"Um… ok then. I'm Tasogare Suki" You say, not bothering to try and make sense out of it. "Are you looking for Karin? She's not here."
Tobi smiles again.
"Good! Tobi doesn't want to see Karin!" he says. "Tobi was told to find Karin's Maths work!"
You suppress a giggle. This guy's fun!
"Who told you to find it?" You ask, curious.
Before Tobi can respond, the door flies open. Another guy, around the same age as Tobi, strides in. Half a head or do taller then you, he seems to be taller then he actually is because of the high ponytail his golden hair is piled into. The left side of his face is hidden by his bangs, the other side left bare to reveal a piercing blue-grey eye set above attractive features.
"Damn it Tobi, un! I said get the work, un! Do you want to get cau-" The angry blonde cuts off at the sight of you. Tobi bounces over to him.
"Look Deidara-senpai! This is Suki!" he chirps, glomping the blonde. In an instant, the blonde's attention was focused on the brunette again.
"Tobi, un… if you don't get off me in two seconds, un…" He growls. Tobi gets the message and backs away hastily. "And where's that damn work, un?"
The blonde stomps towards the other bedroom, ignoring you. You frown, sticking out your leg to trip him. He tumbles to the floor glaring up at you.
"AHH! What the hell, un!?" He shouts rolling onto his back. You glare at him.
"You will not be stealing my roommate's work!" You shout back. He tries to get up, and you drop your foot onto his chest, pushing him back down. He stops struggling, looking you over.
"Hmm… you're serious, un?" He asks. You glare back down at him.
"Yes. Now get out." You snap, removing your foot. Deidara sits up, inspecting you with his one visible eye. Suddenly he chuckles.
"You're new here so you probably don't know this, but I'm in Class One, un." He informs you. "That means that you, obviously of a younger Class, should defer to me, un."
You give him an incredulous look.
"Are you serious?" You ask. He nods, pulling a knee up to his chest, wrapping his arm around it as he gazes up at you, head tilted to the side.
"It's true!" Tobi announces, bouncing back into the conversation. "It's convention!"
You turn your horrified gaze back to Deidara, who now has a smirk settled on his lips.
"So, looks like we've got a new monkey, un." He says happily.
"Monkey…?" you whisper. Tobi bounces over again.
"Yep! Every time someone from a younger class challenges us, we make them our 'Monkey'!" He says, still impossibly cheerful. "Our current one is… well, as smart as Senpai and Tobi…"
Deidara glared at him, still sitting on the floor.
"Don't include me in your little category, un!" He says. His gaze returns to you as the smirk returns to his face. "Anyway, the old Monkey is some kid from Class three, un. What class are you, un?"
"C-Class two…" You stutter. "But you can't expect me to go along with this."
Tobi laughs as Deidara's smirk grows.
"Of course you will, un." He says. "Even the teachers turn a blind eye to it, un. And if you don't, we're gonna make your life hell, un."
B-But…" You look desperately between the two older boys. "You said you already have a Monkey!"
"Yes but it'll be better with two!" Tobi proclaims, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. "Right now we have to share the other Monkey with our other friends! So now, it'll be better."
You look up at the brunette desperately.
"How many of you are there!?" You cry.
"Well, un, there's me, Tobi, Itachi, Pein, Konan and Temari, un." Deidara informs you. "And technically your roommate Karin is in Class one but she spends more time with some of the other Classes, un."
You look at him horrified.
"B-But I'm not even that smart!" You say. Deidara rolls his eyes.
"You're probably better than our other Monkey, un." He says. "I'm surprised that baka's able to get anything done!"
Tobi chuckles, his arm still slung around your shoulders.
"He's not that bad, Deidara-senpai!" He protests, smiling. "Sasori-danna likes him!"
Deidara grins at this.
"Yeah, but only because his ID Card was awesome, un!" Deidara says. He smiles up at you. "The kid painted up his face all white and red, un! And combined with the pose he pulled… It was art, un!"
You stare at the blonde helplessly. He rises, stretching languidly.
"Come on, Tobi, un." He says, winking at you. "We'll be spending enough time with Suki later, un."
He crosses to the door, Tobi following. After Tobi leaves, Deidara winks at you again.
"Don't worry, cutie, un." He says. "I'll make sure our other Monkey pays you a visit, un."
The door closes behind them and you sink to the floor, shocked.
'…what the hell just happened!?'
…everyday I'm gonna make her cry, till the minute that we said goodbye…
With a groan, you dash to the stove to turn the heat down.
Ok, even though you hated to admit it, cooking isn't your strong point. You turn off your Ipod, needing full concentration. Muttering to yourself, you complete the stir-fry, switching off the stove hurriedly. Filling a bowel, you set leavethe rest on the stove in-case your roommate gets hungry.
As you eat, your gaze roams around the room, looking for any hints at what your roommate's like. The few possessions scattered around seem to be text books, some normal books and… were those guitar strings?
You shrug, dumping your bowl in the sink. Filling it with hot water, you curse the cafeteria for only providing food during the weekdays.
After scrubbing the dishes furiously, you pack the leftover stir-fry into a container, shoving it into the nearly-empty fridge.
Looking over at the clock, you almost groan when you see it's only seven. Stomping back to your room, you grab the papers that include your map and timetable. Examining the latter you decide that it can't be that bad… hopefully those two morons would be in different classes… they mentioned something about art, right? You scanned your timetable hurriedly, praying like crazy that you don't take art.
Monday & Wednesday:
9.00am – 11.00am
English
Hatake Kakashi
11.00am – 1.00pm
Math
Sarutobi Asuma
1.00pm – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Music
Mitarashi Anko
Tuesday & Thursday:
9.00am – 11.00am
Home Ec
Yuhi Kurenai
11.00am – 1.00pm
Study Period
1.00pm – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Sex Ed
Sannin Jiraiya
Friday:
9.00am – 11.00am
First Aid
Yakushi Kabuto
11.00am – 1.00pm
R.E
Jashin Hidan
1.00pm – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Drama
Maito Gai
You sigh in relief, leaning back on the couch. You study the timetable for a few more minutes before noticing something.
"There's no room numbers…" You mutter. Then something else catches your eyes. "SEX ED!?"
Quick as a flash, you pull your mobile from your pocket, hitting speed dial two.
After two rings, Haku picks up.
"Akasuki? What is i-" Haku begins.
"SEX ED!?" You screech. "What the hell!?"
You hear laughter in the back ground and are fair sure that it's Zabuza.
"Look, Suki, I'm sorry." Haku says, pleading. "But there weren't any other classes ope-"
"NO! THEY CAN'T SULLY POOR SUKI!!!"
You hold the phone away from your ear.
"GENMA! GIVE HAKU THE PHONE!" You shout back. After hearing a brief scuffle on the other end, Haku's voice creeps through the phone again.
"Sorry about that – they've been in the sake." Haku apologizes. You growl lightly and he continues. "The Sex Ed class was the only one with room in it. Since you're joining halfway through the year…"
With a groan of frustration you lean back into the soft couch.
"But… SEX ED!? Why would they even have a course in that?" You ask. Haku sighs.
"Well, you know the Principal of K.A.G.T is Sannin Tsunade, right?" He asks. You grunt the affirmative. "Well, Sannin Jiraiya is her husband, and owner of the school."
"Then why the hell is he teaching Sex Ed?" You demand.
"Because he's a pervert." Haku states bluntly. "He enjoys the subject, and teaches it for fun."
You stare down at the timetable, horrified. Scuffling noises on the other end of the phone jolt you out of your horror stricken state.
"Suki!? Are you ok?!" Genma's terrified voice flies down the phone. More scuffling.
"What's happening!?" Kotetsu now. Before you can answer, more scuffling.
"Do we need to hurt someone!?" Izumo demands. Your mind flies to the moronic blonde from earlier. More scuffling.
"No! We're not hurting anyone! We'll be reason-" Raido is cut off by a shriek from Genma.
"NO! If someone hurts her we hurt them!!" A loud bang followed by a couple of thumps follow. Suddenly, silence.
"Hello?" You say, tapping the phone with your fingers.
"Suki?" A familiar voice sounds down the phone, followed by a cough. You sigh in relief.
"Hayate!" You cry. "I'm so sorry I didn't get to say goodbye!"
"That's ok." Cough. "I'll see you soon I hope. I'll hand you back to Haku now." You hear coughing before Haku's voice rings in your ears.
"So, have you met your roommate yet?" he asks. You sigh again. Picking up one of the guitar strings, you notice that they are different, thinner…
"She hasn't been in all day." You say. "But I've met some… other people."
A loud knock on the door makes you jump.
"You'd better get that; I'll talk to you later." Haku says.
"Hai." You mutter. "Talk to you later then…"
You hang up, crossing to the door. You eye it evilly, sick of surprises.
Flinging it open, you get ready to yell at whoever was going to annoy you now. To your surprise, waiting on the other side is the boy from the elevator this morning. Naruto.
"Hi." You say, startled. "Are you looking for Karin?"
Naruto grins at you.
"Nope. I'm here to see you." He says. "Can I come in?"
"Of course." You say, moving back into the room. Naruto strolls in, looking around.
"Wow… it's so clean!" He says. You roll your eyes.
"I just got here." You remind him. He grins back at you.
"Right." He laughs. You gesture to the couch, and he flops down. You drop down next to him.
"So what can I do for you?" you ask. Naruto's grin fades slightly.
"Um…" He shuffles slightly embarrassed before pointing at himself. "Monkey One."
Your smile drops and you let your head hit the couch.
"Oh Kami… I'd forgotten about that!" You whine.
"Yeah… at least you're not alone! I had to do it all alone for the first half of the year!" He complains. "So you've got it easy!"
"What do we have to do?" You ask, horrified.
"Not much…" Naruto mutters. "Basically, the stupider ones school work, and other random stuff. I had to clean damn Pein's car last week."
Groaning you rub your eyes.
"I don't need this…" You moan.
"Ah it's not that bad!" Naruto says, bouncing up and down. "We'll get through it! At least there's two of us!"
You sigh, nodding.
"What lessons do you have?" Naruto demands. You hand over your timetable. Naruto studies it for a few minutes. "Ah! We have English and Music together!"
"At least I'll know someone." You mutter. Naruto grins at you.
"Don't worry, Suki-chan! I'll introduce you to some awesome people!" He shouts.
Before you can reply, the door swings open. You look up, shocked.
"-tomorrow, and don't be late!" A girl strides into the room, closing the door behind her. She catches sight of you and stops. One look at her tells you that this is your roommate, Karin. She matches the picture Zabuza showed you perfectly.
"Hi." You say stupidly. She blinks.
"Hi." She replies. Her eyes shift to Naruto and narrow. "Monkey. Out."
Naruto scrambles to his feet quickly.
"See you tomorrow, Suki!" He shouts before dashing out of the room. Karin turns back to you.
"I'm Karin, obviously." She says, pushing up her glasses. "Why were you talking to Naruto?"
You sigh, eyeing her.
"He was informing me of my new duties as 'Monkey Two.'" You inform her, waiting for her reaction. Her eyebrows raise.
"Who did you challenge?" She asks. You sigh again.
"A moronic blonde." You inform her. "And an overly active brunette who refers to himself in the third person."
Karin rolls her eyes, dropping onto the couch next to you.
"Where did you run into those two?" She demands. You raise an eyebrow.
"Here actually." You say. She looks at you sharply. "They were trying to steal your maths work and I kicked them out."
Karin leaps up from the seat and flies towards the door.
"DEIDARA! TOBI!"
You shake your head as she leaves, crossing to your room. Once there, you bang your head against the wall a couple of times before crossing to the bed.
'Might as well go to sleep before something else goes wrong…'
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
"Noooooooooooo…" You moan, shoving your head further into the pillow.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
You reach out and smack your hand onto the snooze button.
"Two more minutes…" You mumble.
Why? Why do you always kick me when I'm high? Knock me down til…
You moan again but flip your phone open.
"Wha'?" You groan.
"Up!" Haku's shrill voice pierces your skull. You moan loudly.
"Alright…" You mumble, dragging yourself out of the bed.
You snap the phone shut, cutting Haku off mid-sentence, tossing it onto the bed. Stomping towards the bathroom, you blink owlishly at the clock.
7.00 am
'I have two hours!'
With a moan you stumble into the bathroom, shutting the door behind you.
After blow-drying your hair, you dress in your usual outfit, opting for a sky blue top today. Making your bed hurriedly, you dash out into the main room. Karin's door is closed, but you hear sounds coming from inside it as you search through the kitchen for something edible. You grab an apple, shoving it into your mouth.
You dash back to your room, gathering up the books you set aside yesterday. You grab your new shoulder bag, and stuff everything inside. Closing the flap, you freeze suddenly.
'Oh Kami… I knew I shouldn't have let Genma buy me my new bag!!!'
You gaze horrified at it. (A/N: This is a real bag! I want it!)
It looks like it's got the 'Intel Inside' logo on it, but instead of 'Intel' it reads 'Hentai'.
You snatch up your phone and scroll down the contacts list until you reach 'Pervert'. It rings a couple of times before it's picked up.
"Who the fuck is ringing this early?" The mumbled voice snaps.
"PERVERT!" You screech. "I NEED A NEW BAG!"
You hang up, slamming the phone into your pocket.
Stomping out of your room, you pass through the main room headed for the hallway. Slamming the door behind you, you don't care if you wake up the whole building. You hit the elevator button furiously.
Five minutes later it dings open.
"Hello, Monkey, un."
Your head jerks up and you meet the amused gaze of Deidara. You note, with some satisfaction, that he has a black eye.
"I'll wait for the next one." You growl. Before the doors close, Deidara leans forward and grabs your hand, tugging you into the elevator.
As the doors close behind you, you shuffle away from the blonde, glaring at him.
"Leave me alone." You growl. Deidara chuckles.
"Now, now, un. Don't be a bad monkey." He says. "I might have to… punish you, un…"
You blush scarlet and stare determinedly at the elevator doors. As you reach the second floor, the doors open and none other than Naruto stumbles in.
"Ah! Monkey number one joins us, un!" Deidara claps his hands together gleefully. "Excellent, un!"
"Ohayo Suki!" Naruto greets you, completely ignoring Deidara. "Ready for your first day of school?"
You glare at the younger of the two blondes.
"Hell no." You mumble. Naruto grins.
"It won't be that bad!" he says as the elevator opens onto the ground floor. You file out, Naruto trotting next to you. "I'll show you to your first lesson!"
You nod, wishing you could play your music to drown out the sounds of the morning.
"Monkey's, un." You both freeze at Deidara's voice. ""I hope, Monkey One that you don't forget to bring Monkey Two with you this afternoon, un."
You look at Naruto questioningly. He shrugs.
"I won't." he replies, sounding bored. "Come on, Suki."
As you exit the building you hear Deidara behind you.
"What's that say on your bag, un?!"
Grabbing Naruto's hand, you flee.
"Ok Suki!" he says, rubbing his hands together. "First up! English!"
You glare at the boy, already hating K.A.G.T. The plain school room Naruto had led you to is filled with hard desks, in rows of four seats. A black board stood at the front of the room.
Overall, very old fashioned.
Naruto is sitting in the seat in front of you, chatting on about nothing. You look around as other people begin to file in. You don't see Sakura or Karin.
"Oh!" Naruto's voice jerks you out of your musings. "There's Tenten! Tenten! Over here!"
You look up to see a brunette weaving her way through the tables to meet you.
"Naruto! Hey!" She says, dropping into the seat next to him. You look her over. Her brown hair is pulled up into two balls on the top of her head; her sharp brown eyes take you in as you do the same to her. She is wearing three-quarter-length green pants and a pink Chinese-style top. She smiles warmly at you.
"Hi there! I'm Tenten." She says. "Welcome to K.A.D."
You blink.
'K.A.D? Doesn't she mean K.A.G.T?'
"This is Suki!" Naruto says enthusiastically.
"A new student? How troublesome."
You all look up as another brunette drops into the seat next to Tenten. His hair, pulled into a ponytail, reminds you of a pineapple.
"Morning Shikamaru!" Tenten all but shouts in his ear. "Meet Suki!"
Shikamarugives you a lazy two finger wave before dropping his head back onto the table.
"Don't worry about him!" Naruto says. "He's lazy as all hell."
You look over at Shikamaru again and blink in surprise. In the few seconds where you had looked over at Naruto, a newcomer arrived, sitting next to Shikamaru. His orange hair is longer than Naruto's but also falls in natural spikes. His gentle gaze looks you over and he offers you a shy smile which you return.
"Oh! Juugo! Didn't hear you." Naruto says, grinning. "This is Suki – she's new."
Juugosmiles at you once more before turning back to the small book he is reading. You blink a couple more times before turning your gaze back to Naruto.
"Did I do something wrong?" You ask. Naruto shakes his head.
"He's always like that." He says, shrugging. "He's a schizophrenic."
Your mouth drops open.
"T-Then why is he here?" you stutter. Tenten tosses you a strange look.
"Are you serious? This is K.A.D." She says. You frown.
"That's another thing." You say. "Isn't it K.A.G.T?"
Tenten laughs at this while Naruto shakes his head.
"The official name is K.A.G.T." he says, smiling. "But we students call it K.A.D."
"Why?" You ask, perplexed. Tenten grins at you.
"Well, K.A.G.T stands for Konoha Academy for the Gifted and Troubled right?" She asks. You nod. "It's a nice was of saying 'a mix of smart people and rich people with troubled kids.' Most of the kids in this room are all from wealthy families that can't deal with their 'troublemaking ways.'"
"So… K.A.D?" You prompt. Her grin grows.
"K.A.D. Konoha Academy for Delinquents." She says proudly. "If you're not smart, then your parents sent you here because you're a troublemaker. Welcome to heaven."
You stare at her shocked.
'I'm not smart… so I'm… a delinquent!?'