Chapter 5:

Back to School

I turned of the alarm as I slumped out of bed. Everyone, except for Naruto and Kakashi, was already awake when I went to the kitchen. No one spoke. We couldn't recover from the incident that happened between Sasuke and Sakura.

(Flashback)

"You can any time," Reiya said.

Sasuke pushed Sakura away and disappeared. Sakura stood, her heart torn in two. Naruto stared at her wide-eyed. His heart had probably been blown up by dynamites.

The bright light had taken us straight back to the apartment and we all went to bed. Kankuro had to sleep on the couch, so, as you could imagine, Reiya was very upset about this.

(End of flashback)

I poured myself some orange juice and sat next to Reiya. She was staring at Kankuro sleeping on the couch. She was really starting to scare me because she wouldn't even blink!

I took a sip of orange juice and looked at my watch. "If you don't wake up soon, we'll be late for school."

Reiya got up so fast; I had to grab my juice so it wouldn't spill everywhere. Reiya ran to the front of the couch and gazed down at him. She ran her hand down his face (not a chance you get every day). He wasn't wearing that purple make-up, so that made the moment even better for Reiya. A maniacal smile crossed her face.

"And this is the part were we run for our lives," I said and went behind the wall. I don't think Sakura didn't quite understand because she didn't follow.

Reiya kneeled down by Kankuro. "TIME TO WAKE UP!!" she squealed and hugged Kankuro REALLY TIGHT. He immediately woke up, with Reiya still hugging him to death.

"Wake up or we'll be late silly!"

"I'm going to die if you don't stop hugging me!"

Reiya let go and Kankuro shot for the bathroom as if the world were ending. There was the slamming of the door and a little click of the door lock. Reiya was still sitting on the couch. "You know you shouldn't have scared him off into the bathroom," I said sitting next to her.

"Why?"

"Because it'll take him a long time to put on that make-up of his."

"Oh," Reiya said, looking at the pillow Kankuro was sleeping on. She looked at me, then at the pillow, and back at me. "You can have it," I told her. She violently grabbed the pillow and ran to her room.

At that moment, I felt a little jealous of Reiya. I mean, if she can have something her favorite character had, then why can't I? I thought for a while on who my favorite character was. Then it hit me! Kakashi was my favorite character.

The only problem was, I didn't have the guts to go into his room when he was still asleep. But, to my relief, Sakura happened to be walking by. "Sakura, will you do me a favor?" I asked.

She stopped and looked at me a bit puzzled. "Sure I guess. What is it?"

"You know where Kakashi's room is right?"

"Yeah, it's right over there," she pointed down the hall.

"Can you take something from there."

"Like stealing?"

"More like borrowing."

"Um sure," she said and started down the hallway. "Oh! And Sakura. If he wakes up, DO NOT MENTION ME!"

She nodded and went into the room. I walked halfway down the hall, when I heard Sakura squeal and what was probably her falling on the ground. Then I heard the last person I wanted to hear. "Sakura, what are you doing in here, and why do you have one of my pillows?"

"Oh shit!" I whispered to myself and ran to the nearest door. I went in and slammed the door behind me. "You know it's rude to barge into someone's room without knocking."

I looked up from catching my breath and realized where I was. I was in Naruto's room.

"Kankuro hurry up!" Reiya yelled, pounding on the door.

"I'm almost done!" Kankuro yelled back.

"You know you're not supposed to put on that make-up right?"

There was a big slam. "Now you tell me!"

There was all this yelling echoing through the apartment. I was by Kakashi's room when Reiya walked by. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Waiting to see if Kakashi is out of his room yet." I responded, peeking into the room.

"He's reading his book in the kitchen if that answers your question."

"Good! That means I have at least 20 minutes!"

"Twenty minuets for what?"

"I'm going to steal Kakashi's mask."

Reiya looked at me shocked. "Who gave you that idea?"

I smiled. "Thank Naruto, it was his idea."

I started to go into the room when Reiya asked, "Doesn't he already have it on though?"

I shook my head. "The book covers up his face and he knows how hectic it gets here in the mornings, so no one ever pays any attention."

Reiya gave me a nervous look as I rummaged through the room. "Here it is!" I said pulling it out from under a pillow. I power walked out of the room and shut the door behind me. I quickly stuffed the mask in my jeans pocket before Kakashi could notice. Reiya and I sat back on the couch while Kakashi went into his room.

Almost immediately, we heard the clattering of Kakashi's things being thrown around. "I'll be right back," I told Reiya as I got up. I went to Naruto's room (and knocked this time) and said, "If you want to come to school don't hesitate to come."

Naruto was lying in his bed, facing the wall like he had been before. "Kay," was all he said in reply.

I started to leave when he added, "Be sure to get a picture of Kakashi for me okay?"

I smiled, "Can do," and left.

Me, Reiya , and Sakura waited anxiously for Kakashi to come out. Finally, we heard him say, "Here I come."

We all stood up. When Kakashi did come out, we all stood in shock. "A SOCK?! YOU USED A SOCK TO COVER UP YOUR FACE?!"

The whole trip to school we were silent. I had to admit, I wasn't expecting Kakashi to use a sock to cover up his face.

The day seemed like it had lasted forever once we got to gym class. Me, Reiya, Kankuro and Sakura sat on the bleachers together with Kakashi standing behind us. We all stared at the door waiting for him to come. There had been rumor of another new kid starting today (besides Kankuro) and we knew well who it was.

"Here he comes," I said and the rest of us stood. In through the doors came Sasuke, aka, Shawn. He looked up at us. From now on, we had to watch his every movement. He wouldn't stop looking at us, so I made a face at him. Of course, Sakura didn't approve of that.

"Remember, no jutsus or puppets," Kakashi reminded us as we walked down the bleachers.

"Well you can expect Kankuro's ass to get kicked," I remarked.

Everyone lined up like we always did. "We're going to have a bit of a change today," Kakashi announced. "We'll be doing martial arts for awhile."

A smirk went across Sasuke's face. "Will everyone except for Reiya, Hana, Jaime, Bob (Kankuro), and Shawn, go to the bleachers. Kakashi walked up to Sasuke. "I thought I should tell you that there will be no jutsus allowed during this…"

Sasuke started to open his mouth in protest. "But," Kakashi continued, "You can use weapons like Chinese stars."

My jaw dropped. Use weapons in a school? What was he thinking?!

We all went to the bleachers when Kakashi yelled, "Will Shawn and Reiya stay on the gym floor."

I looked at Reiya worriedly. Not only did we not have much experience as ninjas, but Kakashi was having her fight Sasuke. "Reiya!" I shouted before she left. "I need to tell you something!"

Reiya immediately leaned over to listen. But, before I could say anything, The doors slammed open. Naruto stood panting in the doorway. Sasuke looked at him amused. "Well look who it is!"