I don't think this chapter is that exciting :x But it is necessary. Did you know that I still don't know how to spell necessary? I have to use spell check xD And I use that word a good amount of times, I think I should know how to spell it by now! I spell it differently each time, too... Oh jeez. Anywho, read, review, and enjoy!
At seven o'clock in the morning, an alarm sounded in Kari's room. Startled, she jumped up from her desk and landed on the floor. She had just fallen asleep maybe an hour or two before. Kari glared up at her alarm next to her bed.
"Someday, I will kill you," she muttered and pulled herself up from the floor. She grabbed a towel and walked over to the bathroom, but it was already occupied. "NIISAN!" she hollered at the door. Sasori knew that she got the shower first, seeing how she had to leave when her mother left for work while Sasori was able to leave whenever he pleased. He didn't want to give Kari a ride, too, because he wouldn't have room for his friends.
"Hai, hai," Sasori mumbled as he opened the door and walked pass Kari and into his room. Kari rolled her eyes and went in the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for her second day of school.
Kari tried to wake herself up by listening to some of Avril Lavigne's new music. The upbeat, pop music should give her some energy. Kari asked her mom to drop her off at the corner store down the street from the school. There, she bought a Mountain Dew and two energy drinks. Kari wasn't too fond of coffee, unless it was made perfectly, which apparently no one was able to do, not even her. So, she always settled for other caffeine alternatives.
It was only eight o'clock. Kari had a half hour to get to the school, which was five minutes away from her. She sighed, took a sip of her Mountain Dew, and slowly started walking. Without noticing, Kari started singing along with her iPod.
"And yeah yeah yeah I'm a lot to handle
You don't know trouble but I'm a hell of a scandal
Me I'm a scene I'm a drama queen
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen"
Suddenly, Kari felt a tap on her shoulder. She took out an ear bud and turned around to see Shikamaru walking behind her.
"What the hell are you singing?" he asked.
Kari blushed. "I was," she gulped, "singing?"
Shikamaru shrugged, "Well, at first I thought there was a dying puppy..." Kari pushed him playfully, "Urusei, Shika-baka."
"So says the one who just barely made it into high school," he smirked.
"I was still getting used to Japanese schools!" she argued.
"That was your third year in Japan, Kari."
"...Shut up. I spent most of my time sleeping."
"Yeah, and so do I, but I still manage to pass without much effort," Shikamaru now just began teasing her.
Kari rolled her eyes, "Well, sorry I'm not a super genius like you, Shikamaru-sama."
The two were now approaching the cafeteria entrance of Konoha High.
"I like the sound of that, much better than 'Shika' or 'Shika-baka.' I think you should call me that from now on," Shikamaru joked.
"Okay," Kari grinned mischievously and ran off ahead of Shikamaru and into the cafeteria. She walked over to Lizzi and Naruto who were both currently talking to Hinata and Yui at a table. Well, more like standing with them seeing how Hinata was playing with her fingers and blushing while Yui had her head in a manga book.
"Yo!" Kari greeted the group. She looked behind her to see Shikamaru walking towards them. "Oh, Shikamaru-sama is coming! Everyone make way!" she said unnecessarily loudly. A few people around them turned to see what the hell she was talking about.
"Kari, you're making a fool out of yourself," Shikamaru sighed and took a seat at the table.
"Everyone should already know that I'm a fool by now. I just wanted to make a fool out of you," Kari had a playful smile across her lips.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru put his head on the table and soon dozed off.
Yui looked up at Kari and closed her manga. "Kari-chan, you wanted to borrow this, ne?" she asked as she pulled out a DVD from her bag. Kari looked at it to be the complete Lucky Star series.
"Oh yes! Thank you, Yui-chan," she smiled and received the DVD case.
Lizzi looked over at Kari with a horrified look. "Oh kami-sama! My best friend is going to become an otaku!" she cried out with fake fear. This was Lizzi's way of teasing her.
Kari playfully shoved Lizzi. "Urusei. Besides, I know you're really into Chobits. You have the whole manga and anime series!"
She stuck out her tongue, "Nyah! So what?" The two friends started laughing. Their laughter was soon cut short though by the warning bell. Kari, Lizzi, and Naruto walked off towards their homeroom. On their way, they saw Sasuke. Once he looked at Kari, he fastened his pace.
"Eh? What was that about?" Lizzi asked when Sasuke was out of earshot.
Kari completely forgot about what had happened last night. She explained it to Lizzi and Naruto.
"You actually told him that you still wanted to be friends?" Naruto asked in half disgust and half disbelief.
"Naruto, I know you don't like him, but I like him."
"Then why didn't you say yes when he asked you out?" Naruto asked.
"Not like that! You're so dense," Kari gave him a sideways glare, "Then what do you mean?"
Lizzi answered for him. "Kari, you never tell a guy that you just want to be friends. Even if you add that you seriously mean it. No matter what, they'll think you're just trying to be nice. If you genuinely want to be friends with him, then you didn't have to say anything, you just had to show you wanted to remain friends," she explained.
Kari cocked and eyebrow. "And... Can't I do both?"
"Well, yeah, but it will be hard to convince him. Everytime you ask to hangout, he'll think that you're just pitying him or something."
Her head was spinning. This was too confusing. "And Shikamaru says that girls are troublesome."
The trio walked into Kakashi's classroom and took seats in the third row, opposite the windows. Lizzi sat directly behind Gaara. The two seemed to have a longer conversation than they had yesterday, only to Lizzi's delight.
Kari began zoning out. The caffeine hadn't kicked in yet. "Kari-chan!" a pink haired girl caught her attention.
"Hey, Sakura-chan. What's up?" she asked groggily.
"Is it true that you and Sasuke were on a date yesterday?" she asked with sadness and excitement in her voice.
Kari went wide eyed. This surely woke her up. "No!" she rapidly shook her head, "We were hanging out, but it wasn't a date." Sakura sighed in relief, "Oh thank goodness! I was worried." Sakura laughed and then walked over to Sasuke. He was staring at Kari with sorrow in his eyes.
Kari tried to ignore Sasuke for the rest of the day. This was actually pretty easy, seeing how she managed to sleep in every class that she had with him, and a few that she didn't. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to get much sleep in her English class. To be frank, the class was "the dumb class." Of course the "dumb class" is also the loudest class.
"Yamanaka Ino! Kisaragi Ayame! Stop talking, you two!" Kurenai scolded the two cheerleaders. They giggled and returned to their conversation. Kurenai rolled her eyes and began writing an assignment on the board which no one was going to do. Yes, she knew that.
Kiba tapped Lizzi's shoulder from behind her. "Oi, Lizzi! You wanna go to the mall after school?" he asked with a smirk planted on his face. Lizzi shook her head. "Nope, I got plans," she rejected with no disappointment at all. Kiba pouted.
"Kiba, why don't you just give up?" Shino asked his best friend. He shot Shino a look. "Hell no!"
Shikamaru and Kari yawned simultaneously. "Troublesome," Shikamaru mumbled.
Kari looked up at Shikamaru. "For once, Shikamaru-sama, I agree with that."
He glared at Kari, "Stop calling me that!" She gave him a tired smile, "Hai, Shikamaru-sama," and rested her head back on her desk.
After lunch, Kari had her study hall. Her art class and study rotated each day, as did her gym and computer class.
Kari walked into the Large Group Room and almost fainted. She looked at all the students and knew that this was going to be a great class. The only fellow freshmen in the class were Shikamaru and Sakura. Kari recognized the second year twins, Seiji and Kosuji, from her French class. Lee was also in the study, but unfortunately, so were TenTen and Neji. That would normally be a good thing. To make things worse, Sasori was also in the class, along with a few of his third year friends, Itachi, Kisame, Pain, and Konan. She also noticed Yumi, who was currently talking to Konan and a girl that she didn't recognize.
Lee walked over to Kari and had a troubled look on his face. "Kari-san..." he began, but didn't finish. She frowned and looked over to see Neji and TenTen, holding hands and sitting next to eachother. "Don't worry, Lee-san," Kari tried to give Lee an assuring smile, but she was afraid that she had failed.
Kari and Lee took seats on the opposite side of the room as TenTen and Neji. Yui soon walked over to them and sat next to Kari. She handed her a manga book. "Here." Kari looked at it questionably. Yui had already lent her a whole anime series, so why was she being so nice to offer her something else?
"It's Cardcaptor Sakura. I don't know how this happened, but I have two of the first volume! When I was searching my room yesterday for one of my cosplay outfits, I found this," Yui laughed, "It's a cute series. You should read it."
Kari was a little dumbfounded, but she shook off the randomness and smile at her friend. "Arigato, Yui-chan."
"No problem" Yui pulled out the manga that she was reading that morning and began to read. Kari also spent the rest of the period reading her new manga, but then ended up falling asleep.
When the bell rang after computer class at three o'clock, Kari was thankful it was the end of the day. After getting her stuff from her locker, she ran quickly to the student parking lot in front of the cafeteria. Kari scanned the parking lot and found her brother's car and walked over to it.
"Niisan, hurry up! I really wanna go home and sleep," Kari whined. A few minutes passed and finally Sasori and Deidara approached the car. Despite her fatigue, Kari somehow managed to pull on a sweet and pleading smile.
Sasori looked his sister up and down with a cocked eyebrow. "Sasori, I think your neechan wants a ride home," Deidara laughed. Sasori rolled his eyes and climbed into his car. Deidara followed by sitting in the passenger seat. He then started the engine.
"ONIICHAN! ONEGAI!" Kari pleaded. Sasori sighed and motioned for his sister to get into the backseat. "Arigato, oniichan," she thanked him gratefully.
No long walk for me.
Okay, why do I have such a lame ending to this chapter? Like, honestly, it ends showing how lazy Kari is xD Well, that is our Kari-chan, ne? REVIEW!