Chapter 7

A week past after the battle agents Minoko and Yakuma; It was Monday the start of the new school Marking Period at 'Sakura No Hana High School.' There was only one more week until Christmas break, and the whole school couldn't wait.

Komikimora Sohma walked down the concert sidewalk as she headed to the train station that would be taking her to school along with other students in her neighborhood. Walking past Gaara Shubaku house, Komikimora stared at brick townhouse like building. Suddenly she saw Gaara walking out the door saying bye to his siblings; he closed the door, and walked down the stairs.

Komikimora gazed at him. He just stared back.

"Um…Good morning, Gaara-kun" she smiled sweetly, stopping at his porch stairs; he looked at her and just made a small smirk.

"Hey"

"Would you like to walk together Gaara-kun?"

"Sure, but I told you before not to call me that, just Gaara okay?" he said, looked at her from the last step to her porch stairs.

"Oh, I'm sorry" she blushed.

"Don't be, it's fine, just try to remember"

"Alright, well be better get going before the train leaves us" Komikimora then said, and continued to walk to the train station as Gaara followed.

Once at school, Gaara and Komikimora walked down the walk, side by side, talking to one another. The students in the hall, mostly the girls, began to whisper to each other.

"Hey Kimi, are you and Gaara going out?" Neko asked, with a smirk. Komikimora closed her locker and looked at her friend.

"What makes you say that" she questioned, as she held her Algebra text book and notebook in her arms.

"Well the whole school along with the punk society saw you two walking together this morning and all last week" Neko explained.

"'Punk Society'?"

"Well yeah, you and Gaara are part punk, dummy face" Neko smiled, Komikimora just stuck her tongue out at Neko playfully and just smiled.

"Yeah, so we're just friends, nothing more" she then said as she turned around and walked down the hallway to her class.

"I give it a week for when those two are together" Naruto smiled as he walked behind Neko.

"Blah, I give it two days!" she smiled. Naruto smirk and placed his arm around her waist.

"Wanna bet?" he then asked, placing his chin on her shoulder.

"I don't bet on friends, sweetie" Neko frowned, Naruto just pouted, "But maybe, just this once…I can make an exception" she smiled.

"Booya, that's my girl, how much" Naruto asked.

"What would you like?"

"Hundred dollars, I want that new video game that just came out and a new pair of Tripp Pants from Hot Topic" Naruto smiled.

"Okay" Neko smiled as she turned around and look up at Naruto.

"Ms. Neko Iino will stop making out with Naruto and get your ass to class" Fyre yelled pulling Neko by her cat ear to their next class Language Arts.

"But we never started!" she faked cried, still being forced to class, "Bye, Blondie!!!" she yelled down that hall to Naruto, who stood in shook, then headed to his next class, math the same at Komikimora.

During Komikimora's math Class

Komikimora was daydreaming during class; she stared out the window, from the back of the class where she sat.

"Ms. Sohma, will you please return to my class and tell me the answer to problem 17 in your text book." The teacher yelled from the front of the class.

"Oh um…the answer in 20" Komikimora smiled.

"Correct" the teacher then continued the lesson; Komikimora sat back in her seat signing in relief after just guessing the problem. Suddenly a note appeared on her desk; Komikimora slowly reached out from and began to read it.

'Hey, what are you doing Saturday night?

Linda'

Komikimora wrote back:

'Nothing, why? You askin' me out, perv?

Kimi'

She then passed it down to the girl who sat next to her, who continued to pass it to the next person, until it returned to Linda, who sat just in front of Gaara, who sat in the way back like Komikimora. She began to read it and then wrote on it, she then sent it back to Komikimora. Once it returned to Komikimora, she then began to read it:

'No, you dumb ass…Naruto, Neko, Miyu, Sasuke, Zeke, and I are going to the Mall then to the movies wanna come?

Linda'

Before Komikimora could write her answer on the note, the bell suddenly rang. She stood from her seat like the other students and waiting for the teacher to dismiss them.

"You are dismiss, your short story essay is due tomorrow!" she said, the students then bowed to her, showing their respect and started out the classroom.

As Komikimora started out the classroom, Linda approached her.

"So?" she asked, walking down that hallway with Komikimora.

"Huh?"

Linda just sighed, "you been acting weird for the past week, you keep day dreaming, what's up?" She asked.

"It's nothing; I just have a lot on my mind, that's all."

"Yeah…right, what's up for real?"

"Nothing!"

"Okay, whatever, so are you gonna come with us to the mall this Saturday?"

"No."

"Why not?!"

"Because, you all have dates, I don't."

"So, go with Gaara you two are going out."

"No we're not! Why is everyone assuming that we are!?"

"Because for the past week you two been inseparable, duh!"

"Well we're good friends now, look I'm spending my Saturday watching movies and eating popcorn alone. So if you don't mind, I have to run to my locker and get my history book then to history class before the bell ring in 5 minutes, good-bye" Komikimora then turned around and headed to her locker, leaving Linda alone.

"Whatever" she mumbled and headed the opposite direction to her science class.