Authoress's Note: I wanted to give everyone a fair warning on the fact that this chapter is a little more serious than my other chapters. It does have humor in it, though, just a little scattered. :) I hope you enjoy! Here's Chapter Eight: Disaster Around Every Corner.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or the characters, I just own the pets and students. Thanks!

Disaster around every corner

I wonder if Sasuke's realized that I set legs' cage door to open . . . I hope he doesn't mind spiders . . . Tai thought with a smile as he watched Iruka go on with a boring lecture.

"Tai, is there something you'd like to share with the class?" Iruka asked, watching his grinning student.

"No, Iruka-sensei," Tai said honestly. He really didn't want to reveal his plan to the group, because then it would be ended.

"Then pay attention," Iruka stated, before turning back to the figure on the black-board that he had been explaining about.

Tai sighed softly. Man, this was seriously un-amusing. He found torturing Sasuke much more fun, and couldn't help but wish Iruka would just go off on a meeting again.

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Sasuke shuddered as he looked around the room cautiously. It was somewhere in this room, and he had to find it before it found out how to achieve world domination – or worse; how to make human-on-a-stick over bar-b-queue!

Okay, so, his paranoia was causing his imagination to work a little over time, but he really did want to find this spider before it touched him.

He shot up from his seat and began to scrutinize his desk; carefully checking all of the cracks and dents in it to make sure the spider wasn't located anywhere inside of it. Once he was satisfied that it was absolutely not in the desk, he set out across the room to find it.

"A spider can't get far," he muttered to himself as he checked under a sheet of paper, then in the closet. "So, where would it be?"

He growled lightly to himself as he searched a few more places, finally coming to a stop by the book shelf. His eyes widened.

The spider sat right on top of Charlotte's Web.

Was this an omen that the spiders were intelligent?

He quickly shook his head of the thought, quickly striding over to pick up the cage. Just as he was about to go to the bookshelf, the entire cage fell apart, leaving plastic shards lying on the ground. His eye twitched.

This was Tai's fault.

He growled as he walked over to one of the shelves and picked up a plastic jar, before proceeding over to the bookshelf.

With the utmost caution and attention, Sasuke inched forward to get the spider. He almost had it trapped when the oddest of things happened.

A deep rumbling sound came from under him. It was the strangest thing Sasuke had ever heard. He looked down, and the floor began to tremble, causing Sasuke to nearly lose his balance.

What was this strange thing?

He grabbed a hold of a nearby door, using it to help steady him self as the ground continued to shake and rumble, the trembles becoming faster and fiercer.

Sasuke staggered over to the window and was just about to pull it open when a huge crack broke through it, and it shattered into a million pieces. Sasuke quickly covered his eyes to shield himself from the shards; his hands and arms getting a few scrapes along the way.

He looked back at the window, realizing that not only had the crack gone through the window, but was also descending up and down the wall. He bit his lower lip, and then stumbled over to Cat and Frisky. He grabbed the dog by the leash and picked the cat up. He dragged both over to the shattered window and dropped them on the ground so that they could get out of the rumbling Academy.

He grabbed the rest of what he could of the animals, a few of them jumping out of their own free will.

Sasuke shuddered at the thought of having to grab the tarantula, but he didn't have a choice. The room gave a fierce jerk and sent him sprawling to the ground as the ceiling cracked and parts of it crumbled.

He struggled to his feet, going over to the bookshelf. He went to reach for where the spider had been; only to find that it had vanished again.

"Oh, for the love of Kami . . ." he muttered angrily, before the floor shook again and sent the bookcase swaying. Sasuke backed up, and then turned to get out of dodge – a second too late. The bookshelf came crashing down on top of his leg, earning a pained gasp from Sasuke.

The Uchiha winced as he maneuvered his body around so he was facing the bookshelf. He carefully slipped his fingers under the top shelf and heaved with all of his might, barely shifting the heavy bookcase. It was extremely thick, made of a heavy wood.

This isn't working, he thought as he tried to pry it off of him again, only to have a huge piece of the ceiling crack. Before Sasuke could say anything, or even make a sound, a piece crumbled out of the ceiling and crashed down on the bookshelf.

Now Sasuke couldn't feel his leg anymore, and the bookcase was too heavy to even think about moving.

He tried again anyway, and was shocked when the bookcase moved easily.

What the-

"Sasuke! Are you okay?!" Iruka asked while staring at his 'assistant' with worry on his tan features.

"Yeah," Sasuke replied, climbing to his feet (his one was terribly sore, but not broken). "We have to get out of he–"

He was cut off as the building jerked again, sending both of the men to the ground. Sasuke growled. "What is this?!"

"It's an earthquake," Iruka said hurriedly. "I've gotten most of the students out – but a few got left behind. Before I could get to them, the north wing of the Academy collapsed down and restricted me. I can't slip through the rocks that are there – but you can, Sasuke. I need your help!"

"Fine," Sasuke said, getting up. "Get out of here; I'll find them."

"Thank you. The building is still unstable, so be careful, Sasuke," Iruka said, before jumping out the window hurriedly to go consult his other students.

Sasuke groaned. Why did this always happen to him!? He quickly ran to the door and pulled it open.

A very bad idea to do when the building is collapsing. The door frame bent, and then completely collapsed – crushing both the door and the wall it had been in. Now Sasuke was stuck in the room. He backed up as the wall parts crumbled down.

I can't get through this, he thought, before doing a few hand-signs. "Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu!" he said, as a few large balls of fire shot out of his mouth, creating a large hole in the rock-wall.

He quickly jumped through the hole, before it collapsed completely and the hole sealed up completely. He coughed at the smoke, before going down the hall to try to find the children.

Sasuke turned the corner, heading towards the next room. This room appeared to be in pretty stable condition, so he began to run towards the other halls, nearly losing his balance again as the Academy gave a few last jerks, before the earthquake finally ended.

He wheeled around one corner, and stopped dead in his tracks. There was the large rock pile that had stopped Iruka from getting inside. The man had been right; there was no way he would have fit through. Sasuke knew that he would barely make it through.

He grabbed one part of the wall and carefully placed his head through the gap, and then followed with the rest of his body. Once he was through, he began to go down the hall.

This hall was in shambles. Rocks were piled everywhere, some of the rooms were blocked off, and there was no way he could get inside to look.

This is bad, he thought, looking around the area as he looked for the abandoned children. How am I supposed to find them?

Sasuke heard a loud crack above, and darted ahead just before a piece of the ceiling crashed down where he had been. His eyes widened. If he didn't get out of here soon, he'd end up looking like a pancake!

He began to walk at a faster pace. "Hello?" he called, his voice echoing off of the walls. He didn't hear anything, so he called again.

"S-Sasuke-sensei?" Someone called out from down the hall. Sasuke quickly darted ahead to find out who it was, only to see a young girl and a few other students that were trapped in a deep gap in the ground.

"Is everyone okay?" Sasuke called down, looking over the group.

"N-no," the girl replied, her voice trembling from fright. "T-Tai . . . I think he broke his ankle."

So, Tai was down there. Sasuke had the evil thought of leaving the kid behind, but, he knew he couldn't do that.

Even if it would be fun to watch.

He sighed. "Is everyone else okay?"

"Y-yeah," Makoto replied, looking up at Sasuke as he walked over. "Sasuke-sensei, could you please help us out?"

"Yeah, hold on," Sasuke stated, looking around. He had to find something to help him get down there. He sighed, performing a hand seal. "Shadow Clone Jutsu," he said, as two clones of him self appeared. "Grab my legs, and don't drop me," he stated, kneeling down by the hole.

Both clones grabbed a separate ankle and carefully lowered Sasuke into the hole. He held out his arms. "One of you grab my hands! I'll pull you up," he stated, watching them all. As soon as he felt a pair of hands latch onto his, he commanded his clones to pull him up. When they did, he set the little girl on the ground next to him. "Stay there," he stated, before leaning back over and getting another child.

This continued until he was down to Tai. He didn't see the boy. He looked at the kids. "Where's Tai?"

"He's asleep down there," Makoto stated. "He won't wake up, though . . . We don't know why. We've tried to get him up . . ."

Panic rose up inside of Sasuke as he listened. "Okay, you all stay here," he stated, before jumping down into the hole. He left a rope on the outer-edge of the hole before hand, and now looked around inside. He stared at his surroundings.

Tai was lying, motionless, on the ground near the wall. Sasuke's eyes widened. He quickly made his way over to the boy, kneeling down and picking the young boy up. This isn't good . . . he thought nervously. He felt the boy for a pulse, only to get a rather weak one.

He quickly walked over to the hole. "Drop the rope down here!" he shouted up. One of his clones did as told, and Sasuke grabbed a hold of it firmly. "Okay, pull me up!"

As he was doing so, one of the younger girls peered over the side. "Hey, Sasuke-sensei?"

"What?"

"I didn't know you liked spiders . . ."

"I don't," Sasuke said, as he tried to concentrate on keeping his clones in tact.

"Then why are you letting that one ride on your back?"

I hope you enjoyed chapter eight! Sorry if it wasn't as funny as the others. Anyway, Please review!

Shebby