"Don't forget, Monkey's!" Tobi bounces up in between you, wrapping his arms around yours and Naruto's shoulders. "After school!"

With that, he bounces off after Pein, followed by a smirking Deidara.

"Oh crap…" You mutter. Naruto sighs, running a hand through his blonde spikes.

"Welcome to hell."

"Just take a deep breath."

"Naruto…"

"Relax your shoulders…"

"Naruto…"

"And don't be scared, it's a bit intimidating at first bu-"

"NARUTO!"

Naruto jerks his head to look at you.

"What?" He demands irritably. You roll your eyes.

"I'm not nervous, but maybe you should listen to your own advice." You say, rolling your eyes. Naruto pokes his tongue out at you.

"Whatever." He says. "Let's get this over and done with."

He eyes the door to the study room in the library that Class One claimed for themselves, room 18. Sighing heavily, he reaches out his hand to the handle, opening it slowly.

The door jerks open quickly, an irritated Temari on the other side.

"We could hear you, morons." She snaps. "Get in here."

You roll your eyes and push Naruto ahead of you. He stops into the room. You follow, eyeing your surroundings.

The room holds many tables, all out of their rows. Chairs are scattered, and small bookshelves dot the walls. Large, wide windows allow sunlight to spill in, illuminating the occupants of the room.

Temari returns to her seat next to Itachi, perched on a table to the left. The eldest Uchiha pointedly ignores her, writing furiously in a book. Across the room Pein is flipping through – is that a cooking book? – next to Konan, who looks bored as she fold paper into an intricate design. Tobi is bouncing around the room, obviously waiting for you.

"Suki-chan!" He cries, bouncing closer. "You're here!"

"Like I had much choice…" You mutter, eyeing the boy warily. You look around the room again. "Where's Deidara?"

Next to you, Naruto snorts, nudging you. You stomp on his foot, ignoring his squeals of pain.

"Deidara-senpai is not here!" Tobi says sadly. "He is at the art room!"

'Art room?'

Before any one can say anything else, the door clicks open behind you. You and Naruto turn, expecting to see Deidara.

To your surprise, the one who enters is Karin. She strides into the room calmly, dumping her stuff at a desk.

Well, well, well look who's decided to join us." Temari drawls. "Grow bored of my brother?"

Karin shoots her a dirty look.

"Can it, Temari." She snaps. "I just came to see how you're treating my roommate."

Temari rolls her eyes and turns her attention back to Itachi, who continues to ignore her.

Karin calmly reaches into her bag and pulls out a letter, tossing it to Konan. Konan catches it and dumps it straight into the bin. Karin rolls her eyes.

"He's not that bad." She says, pushing up her glasses. "Give him a chance."

"Just because you date people in a younger class does not mean I will." Konan replies in a bored voice, finishing the complicated flower she created. "And certainly not Inuzuka Kiba."

Karin rolls her eyes again, leaning against the desk and looking you over. You shuffle beneath her piercing gaze. Suddenly, Pein snaps his book closed, throwing it across the room angrily.

"Screw that…" He mutters. Stomping over to you he holds out his hand. "Timetable."

You dig into your bag, handing it over without meeting his freaky eyes. Said eyes scan it, lighting up eagerly.

"You do Home Ec." He says, a statement, not a question. "Good."

Naruto sniggers next you but is silenced by Pein's glare. Pein thrusts the timetable back into your hands, striding back over to Konan.

"He's horrible at cooking." Naruto whispers to you. "You best be good at it."

Your heart sinks. You weren't bad exactly, but you weren't great either…

"Suki-chan!" Tobi cries, bouncing over again. "Help Tobi with Tobi's psychology homework!"
You blink lazily.

"I don't do psychology." You say, eyeing the Uchiha warily. He pouts.

"But Tobi needs help!" He says. You sigh, running a hand through your hair.

"I'll help you." Karin sighs. "But only this once!"

Tobi grins at her, and runs to grab his stuff. Karin follows him to a desk, sitting down next to him.

"Monkey one." Temari's voice rings out. "Come here."

"Temari and Deidara are the worst." Naruto whispers to you before rushing over to her.

"Monkey two." Konan's voice rings out. "Now."

'What the hell?'

You slouch over to her irritably. She is scribbling furiously on a piece of paper. As you reach her she tears it out of the book and hands it to you. You take it and raise your eyebrows. She meets your eyes with her startlingly deep blue ones.

"Take this down the hall to room 15 and give it to Inuzuka Kiba." She commands. You sigh and take it. "And don't leave until you get a reply."

You nod and head eagerly to the door.

'I'm getting the hell out of here.'

You open the door and head out into the hall. Stomping down the hall you keep an eye on the door numbers. When you reach room 15 you stop, and eye it evilly.

Knocking lightly you hope that no one answers.

The door opens immediately. White eyes meet yours almost making you scream.

"What do you want?" Neji demands. You hold up the note.

"Inuzuka Kiba." You say in a bored tone. Neji raises his eyebrows and moves aside, letting you enter.

The room is basically the same as room 18, except a lot messier. Spitballs cover the window and surround the door frame, papers are scattered everywhere, and the windows are open.

"Same to you!" Kankuro shouts out a window before slamming it shut. "Bloody bastard…"

Ino, sitting on another desk, snaps her phone shut and scribbles something down on a piece of paper. The minute she looks away Kiba, who is sitting on the chair with his feet propped up on a desk, grabs it and folds it into a paper airplane. He chucks it at Neji, who dodges it on his way back to his work.

The other notice you suddenly.

"Hey!" Kiba says sitting up. "It's the new girl!"

You roll your eyes and stomp over to him, handing him the note. He raises his eyebrows and takes it.

"Aww a love note for me?" He teases. "And you've only been here two days!"

"Don't flatter yourself Mutt Face." You snap. He laughs and opens the note.

As his eyes scan it his smirk drops. He grabs a piece of paper and snatches Ino's pen from her hand. She squawks at him, which he ignores. As he starts to scribble frantically, Ino turns to you.

"So… Suki right?" She asks, looking you over. "The new girl."

"Yeah." You say. "And you're Ino."

"Correct." She says. "Billboard Brow says that your roommate it Karin."

"Billboard Brow?" You ask, raising an eyebrow. Ino grins.

"Sakura." She says. "Queen of the Giant Forehead."

"Oh." You say, feeling sorry for the pink haired girl. Now that you think about it, her forehead is large. "Yeah. Karin's my roommate."

Ino's grin grows.

"Karin's great." She says. "She's not stuck up like the rest of the seniors."

"Seniors?" You ask, curious. "I thought K.A.G.T had no seniors."

Ino laughs.

"Wow, you really are ignorant!" She says. "You're still calling it K.A.G.T!"

The mention of the school's name reminds you that you have to ring Zabuza soon.

"Look, it's true, we don't have seniors." Ino says. "But we call them that anyway. It's easier."

"What about Class Two." You ask. "Do you give them a special name?"

Ino giggles, leaning back.

"Middlemen." She says. "Sorta like 'middle school.' And, before you ask, we call Class One 'Juniors.'"

You shake your head.

"Who thought up these names?" You ask. Ino shrugs.

"Older generations." She says. "It's always been around."

"Whatever." You murmur.

"Oi!" Kiba snaps. "Here!"

You take the paper he's waving around, avoiding his angry gaze. You cross back to the door, hell-bent on getting out of there.

"Hey!" Kankuro dashes over. "Tell Karin to come back here! Tell her I'm sorry for whatever I did!"

You roll your eyes, moving out of the door.

"Yeah, yeah." You mutter.

Behind you, you can hear Kiba imitating Kankuro's voice in a high whining voice. As the door closes, you can hear a fight breaking out.

'What the hell is wrong with this school!?'

Slouching off towards room eighteen, you fumble for you phone, drawing it out of your pocket. Hitting speed-dial one you wait for Zabuza to pick up.

"Suki?" His voice drifts through. You grit your teeth.

"Konoha Academy for Delinquents?" You growl.

"Oh." You hear him sigh heavily. "Look, Suki…"

"Why am I here?" You demand.

"Because your parents think you need to be there." He says heavily.

"Why?" You demand, stopping in the hall. "When are they ever there to see me to know?"

"That's exactly it." Zabuza says. "They're never there, and when they are, you always end up in a shouting match with them."

"…oh…" You say, leaning against the wall. "Well… do you think I need to be here?"

"No." Zabuza answers immediately. "But they didn't believe me. Don't worry, once the school sees you're normal, they'll leave you alone. And think about it, K.A.G.T is an acclaimed school, you'll get a good education there."

"Right…" You say. "Thanks Zabuza…"

"It's ok." He says gruffly. "So how was your first day?"

"Ugh, don't get me started." You say, switching the phone to the other ear. "First up I had Engli-"

"Monkey Two, un!"

Your head jerks up and you cut off mid-sentence. Deidara is striding down the hall, a smug look on his face, his clothes covered in paint and clay.

"Crap. It's Deidara…" You mutter.

"Deidara?" Zabuza demands. "Hmm… should I go into over-protective Guardian mode?"

Your face heats up.

"No." You hiss. "Don't even think that!"

Zabuza chuckles.

"I'll be running a background check all the same." He says.

"Monkey Two, un!" Deidara says stopping in front of you. "No phone calls, un!"

"Gotta go." You sigh. "I'll call you back."

"Right." Zabuza says. "Can't keep Deidara waiting."

"Shut up!" You hiss into the phone before hanging up, cutting off Zabuza's laughter.

You look up at Deidara who is watching you with raised eyebrows.

"What?" You demand irritably. He just shakes his head.

"Let's go, un." He says, offering you a hand. You take it warily and he pulls you to your feet. You try to take a step back, and realize that the wall stops you from doing so. You look up and notice that Deidara is standing rather close to you. Very close in fact. You can see every detail of his perfect blue-grey eye, the individual lashes framing it, and further down, full plump lips…

"Suki, un?" He whispers. You look back up to his eye.

"Y-Yeah?" You reply shakily. Deidara suddenly grins.

"You're blushing, un." He says. You blush deeper.

"That's because you're in my personal space!" You snap, pushing him away. He darts back a couple of steps laughing. You stomp off towards room 18 again.

'This is going to be a long afternoon…'

…reach for another cigarette, cause you're graveyard bound in the rusted-out town…

Sighing, you toss the Maths sheet into the air, watching it float. It was so ridiculously easy you see no point in doing it now.

"This is great." You mutter irritably, scrolling through songs on your Ipod. "First, it turns out our English teacher handed out porn, next the Maths work is pointless, and I can't be bothered practicing piano… if I could on that…"

You glare at the mini keyboard Anko had handed you after class, grinning and saying that all the actual keyboards were being replaced with new models, so you would have to make-do with that.

There is no way in hell that you are going to practice on a child's keyboard that plays 'You Are My Sunshine' whenever you hit the big button shaped like a sun.

Why? Why do you always kick me when I'm high? Knock me down til…

You grab your phone, the Caller ID pronouncing 'Naruto'.

"Yeah?" You say, glancing at the clock. Only Naruto would ring at 11.30pm.

"Suki-chan! I need help!" He cries. You sigh rubbing your forehead.

"What with?" You ask in a bored voice, flipping through Icha Icha Paradise out of sheer boredom."I asked Tenten to go with me to the football match on Saturday, and now I don't know what to wear!" He gushes, his voice rising high and higher. "You have to help me!"

"You asked her to a football game?" You say sceptically. "How...romantic?"

"Shut up!" Naruto snaps. "It's compulsory to go!"

"What?" You demand, snapping the book shut. "Why?"

"To boost school spirit or something." Naruto replies. "I don't know! Just help me!"

"Naruto it's on Saturday." You say. "I'll help you on Friday."

"You promise?" He demands. You roll your eyes.

"Yeah I promise." You reply. You hear Naruto sigh.

"Thanks." He says. His voice turns sly. "So... you and Deidara hey?"

You hang up on him.

"Moron." You mutter, dropping the phone. "I guess... I'll have to invite a friend or two to this game myself..."

You fall back on the bed, picking up the book again. Scanning it, you raise your eyebrows.

"This isn't that bad..." You murmur. Burying your nose in the book, you start to read.

*sighs* I hope you like it...