Authoress's Note: Guess what? This chapter didn't take as long to update as the last one! XD Albeit it probably would have taken as long had it not of been for SasukesGirl567. Thank you, my friend. :) Anyway, this is the last installment of Sasuke's Second Childhood. I hope you've enjoyed this unusual little story just as much as I've enjoyed writing it! :D I'd like to thank SasukesGirl567 for pushing me to complete this, my sister for . . . Umm . . . Being sister-y? My friend Emily, and my friend Tsukinoyo for all of the support and happiness! XD This has been a serious blast writing, and I truly appreciate all of the reviews I've recieved. Let's see if we can hit 50, shall we? That'd be great!

Anyway, here's the fifteenth and final chapter of Sasuke's Second Childhood!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, and I never will. I merely own the plot to this story and the students. Please enjoy!

Sasuke and Neji both turned simultaneously to see what on earth it was that had caused the person to shout so loudly. They both stood still, watching cautiously behind them, as if expecting a giant, man eating porcupine to come out of the shadows. But, no, instead the rumbling just got louder. Neji cast Sasuke a glare. "I told you that it was not my stomach."

"Whatever. I don--"

Sasuke was immediately cut off when something rather large came bustling around a corner, charging at full speeds at both Neji and Sasuke -- much to both men's horror. "What is that?!" Neji asked; his eyes wide in alarm. Sasuke turned on his heel. "It's a rhino! Get out of its way!!"

Neji wasted no time in following instructions, turning to follow the Uchiha -- all earlier problems with the man forgotten as he did his best to avoid getting run over by the rhinoceros. Unfortunately, as they knew, chakra was prohibited, which meant that they would have to resort to the 'primitive' methods of getting away from this . . . Creature.

Basically, that translated to plan 'Run for Your Life or Else You Die'.

Sasuke was doing a little better stamina-wise than Neji, though, considering his adrenaline rushes had been coming along more frantically than a normal human being's would have. Unfortunately, it had come with a rather annoying price, but at the moment, he couldn't have cared less.

His heart raced as he attempted to find the closest thing he could jump on, climb, or scramble up. He didn't care how close Neji was to him, either. He just wanted to get out of the way of this horrific beast!

The Uchiha nearly had a heart attack once something grabbed his arm and pulled him off to the left – sighing in relief only once he realized that it was only Temari who had done so. Neji was panting frantically next to him as the rhino raged on by them, obviously in a rather PO'd mood.

Sasuke looked at Temari. "The kids . . . Have you found any of them?"

"No," Temari lied, crossing her arms. "I just barely had enough time to grab you two out of the way! What's going on?"

"The rhino apparently got out," Sasuke stated sharply.

"We need to find the children," Neji stated seriously. "We have to."

"Of course," Temari sighed. "Look, I'll follow the rhino. You two go that way and try to round up as many of the kids as you can, got it?"

Sasuke begrudgingly nodded to the kunoichi's orders. "Fine," he muttered. He turned to Neji, who merely nodded to the suggestion. "Very well."

Temari gave a simple nod, before vanishing in a cloud of smoke. The two were silent for a moment, before Neji turned to the Uchiha. "You do realize that it is important for us to do this, don't you?"

Sasuke glared at the man. "Of course I do. Do you honestly believe that I want to keep on having to take care of these brats?" he asked sharply, before turning on his heel. "Let's get them. They're going to be in so much trouble when I get to them."

Neji sighed. "I will not permit you to lay a hand of harm on them, Uchiha."

Sasuke smirked, glancing at the Hyuuga from over his shoulder. "Who said anything about hurting them?"

--

Temari smirked to herself as she watched the Hyuuga and Uchiha from her position. She was settled atop one of the cages a good distance away, on her fan so as to avoid the heat-stricken metal of the top of the cage. She shook her head in amusement as Sasuke said that 'the children were going to be in a lot of trouble'. "Of course they will, Uchiha," she smirked. "But, not nearly as much trouble as you."

"Temari-san," a voice from below called up. "Is everything going well? Can we complete the rest of our plan?"

"Everything's going fine," Temari smirked. "Better than we'd expected. Go on ahead and follow through with what you all had set up. I'll keep an eye on the two so they don't leave this place."

"Yes Ma'am," Iria said, before spinning around on her heel to go alert Tai that the plan was going so well.

--

After a good ten or fifteen minutes had passed of unnecessary searching, Sasuke was growing very impatient with the Hyuuga he was working with. "I'm glad I'm not on the same team as you," he hissed under his breath, tossing a glare at the back of the man's head. Neji turned around to face him again, his arms crossed tightly over his chest and his eyes narrowed furiously.

"The next time you wish to speak, Uchiha," he seethed, glaring fiercely at the man. "I suggest you do not do it behind the back of a Hyuuga. We can clearly see you when you do it."

"Oh, really? Too bad," Sasuke snapped back. "The day I'll be scared of you and your petty, sugar-coated threats will be the day I take my leave of this pathetic world!"

"Hopefully that will not be too far away," Neji growled out, the obvious stress of their situation beginning to take a serious toll on the two pride-driven Clan members.

Sasuke clenched his fists, stepping forward. "Say that to my face, pretty boy," he snapped angrily.

Neji looked just about ready to retaliate to the man's threat, but before he could get the words in his mind out, his eyes widened in horror as he stared at Sasuke.

Sasuke smirked, unclenching his fists to cross his arms. "Scared already? Well, that was pretty pathetic," he scoffed, before seeing Neji shake his head. The Uchiha gave him a confused look. "What?"

Neji lifted his left hand and pointed his index finger in the direction Sasuke was facing the opposite of. Sasuke glared at him. "If this is a trick, I'll kill you," he spat, before looking over his shoulder and freezing dead on the spot.

This was not a good situation. Not at all.

More animals than Neji and Sasuke combined could count were racing towards them at top speed, all looking very eager to get out, and not at all worried about running the two ahead of them over. Sasuke spotted Ostriches, Zebras, Giraffes, more Rhinos, and plenty more animals coming forward, as clouds of dust and dirt sprang up behind them because of all the hooves, claws, and feathers hitting the ground.

"Uchiha, I do suggest that we get out of the way," Neji said after finally ridding himself of the shock and backing up. "We need to. Immediately."

Sasuke nodding, though he couldn't bring himself to look away from the scene. Still, he somehow managed to bring his feet to move a little, and soon after, he and Neji were racing ahead of the group of animals, praying that they could find somewhere to lose them at.

"What happened?! This is a brand new place, the cages couldn't have broken!" Neji shouted over the noise of the stampeding creatures behind them both. Sasuke looked over at the man with confusion.

"How the heck am I supposed to know the answer to that!?" he screeched, before turning back to look around frantically. "Why did we need to be searching for those brats in a place in an alley-way!? There's no where to turn at!"

Neji shook his head, beginning to pant. "I don't know," he hissed. "But I do know that we had better find a way to get out of these monsters' path before they crush us. We can't run much further."

Sasuke nodded to Neji, though kept his focus ahead. "Yeah, I know," he huffed out. "We'll just have to go until we find a break-off point . . . There's got to be one here . . ."

Both ran in silence for a few moments after that, attempting to salvage some air so that they could run longer.

Sasuke huffed tiredly as he glanced over his shoulder, trying to see if the nightmare was still behind them.

Unfortunately, and to his horror, they were. And it looked like the animals were doing much better than they were on stamina. Oh great . . . This is not good . . . Not good at all . . . he thought bitterly, biting his lower lip.

"Uchiha!" Neji said from in front of him, rather loudly. Sasuke turned back to face him, but instead of seeing the man, he came face-to-face with a rather large and painful brick wall. Neji smirked.

"Dead end."

"Thanks," Sasuke growled, rubbing his head. Horror struck him yet again as the sounds of the stampeding crowd of gathered animals got closer. He nearly panicked. There was no way they were going to survive this!

"Quick, grab this!" said a voice from above the two. Sasuke sighed. Sounds like I'm hearing things all ready . . . I must be close to dying, then . . . I might as well just accept it . . .

"Sasuke, what are you doing? Grab this!" Neji snapped, gripping the back of Sasuke's collar and pulling him back quickly, as a thick rope hung in front of the man's face. Without even thinking, Sasuke grabbed a hold of it, hoisting himself up as quickly as possible to the top of the brick wall. Neji shot up after him, and the animals came to a halt about three inches away from the wall itself. Sasuke and Neji huffed heavily, both thankful to be alive and well.

--

"We appreciate you helping Sasuke and myself," Neji stated with a respectful bow to the man who had saved them. Sasuke gave a bitter bow as well, deciding that being disrespectful at the moment would probably have him tossed into the crowd of animals gathered below.

The man sighed. "It's no problem," he said seriously. "Letting to people get killed by the animals in this zee would be bad. I've already had more than one bad thing happen today, other than the animals escaping. I was mauled by a few kids, bound, and my keys are gone now," he sighed.

Sasuke's and Neji's eyes widened simultaneously. "Kids?" Sasuke asked, standing up straight immediately. "What did they look like?!"

The man looked at Sasuke suspiciously, but paused to think soon after. "Well . . . One of them had blue-ish hair, while another was on crutches . . . And there were a few young girls, too. Why?"

Sasuke growled. "Tai . . . That little brat is back at it," he muttered. Neji looked over at him. "Why is it that you are always bringing up one specific name, Uchiha? Did you never stop to think that, perhaps, this was a different child?"

"No," Sasuke snapped. "Because you don't know these brats like I do. They're evil."

Neji smirked, obviously trying to hide the urge to laugh. "Uchiha," he stated, speaking deliberately slow. "You are aware, of course, that these are merely Academy students, are you not?"

"Of course I am," Sasuke seethed. "Do you think I'm stupid? I hate these kids!"

"I don't care if you love them," The man Neji and Sasuke had been talking to earlier growled. "I want them out of my zoo, and I want the animals back in their cages! Since these kids are your responsibility, then it's now your responsibility to get the animals where they belong! Otherwise I'll get a hold of your Hokage and tell her what happened!"

Sasuke gave the man a horrified look. He hesitated, before muttering a reluctant, "fine."

Neji nodded. "Very well. We will do as you asked, and gather the children and animals," he stated, before turning. "Come on, Uchiha. We don't wish to wait around all afternoon."

Sasuke growled, though said nothing as he and Neji jumped down on the side of the wall that the animals had previously been on. They had long since scattered.

"This will be difficult," Neji stated after a moment or two of silence. "You try and locate the children. With my Byakugan, I should have an easier time finding the animals," he added seriously. Sasuke nodded. "Whatever," he muttered, before spinning on his heel. "I'll go this way."

"And I, the opposite," Neji replied, before both dashed off in their direction.

--

"Finally, they've split up," Tai muttered, looking over at Naoko. "You ready?"

"As I'll ever be," Naoko said with an excited smile. "Let's get Sasuke-sensei!"

"You've got it," Tai grinned. "We'll get him so good; he'll have nightmares for a month!"

"Ready!" Makoto huffed, running up to the two. "Iria's in place! Tai, you next, and then we can do it!"

Tai nodded. "Got it. Let's go."

--

Sasuke sighed as he came to a halt at yet another dead end. "This is getting ridiculous," he muttered to himself, looking around to see if he could spot a kid. "I've located three kids in all, and I've sent them to that one guy to keep them . . . And I still can't find anyone else . . . Not to mention that Neji and I split up . . . I would have rather chase down those stupid animals," he scowled, beginning to walk back the way he had come. "Neji could handle these brats better, I'm sure."

He walked along silently for a good fifteen minutes or so, growling in frustration as he hit another dead end. "That's it! I don't care about the stupid chakra ban! I'm going to—"

"Sasuke-sensei! Sasuke-sensei! You have to come quick!" shrieked a female voice from behind him. Sasuke looked over his shoulder, his eyes widening as he spotted Iria and Makoto. He mentally smirked. If these two were here, then he would definitely be able to be led to where Tai was. "What?" he asked, crossing his arms as he walked over to the pair.

"I-it's Tai!" Makoto replied breathlessly, before Iria cut in. "He's stuck! You have to come help him!" she said with a pleading tone. "Please, Sasuke-sensei!"

"Don't run away this time," Sasuke ordered, before motioning for the two to lead him to where they needed to go.

Completely ignoring Sasuke, Iria and Makoto took off running to the left, while Sasuke muttered a few curses under his breath before dashing after them a little reluctantly.

This had better be worth running for, Sasuke growled mentally. Or there are going to be two less brats running around Konohagakure . . .

It didn't take long for Iria and Makoto to stop running, though, much to the Uchiha's relief. Sasuke skidded to a halt behind them, giving a huff before turning to see what they were looking at.

He turned a ghostly pale.

He was going to die.

"Hi, Sasuke-sensei!" Tai grinned, waving over at his 'sensei' while steadying himself carefully on his crutches. The young boy had a ring full of keys in the hand that he was waving at Sasuke, and he was standing in front of a huge cage. What lurked inside wasn't in sight, but there were a ton of logs and half-grown trees inside that alerted Sasuke to the fact that whatever the boy was standing in front of, it was huge.

Sasuke glared at him. "Get away from there! You're already in a lot of trouble!" he snapped ferociously.

Tai's grin merely widened to the man's threat. "But wait, Sasuke-sensei! I want to introduce you to my friend!" he shouted, lowering his hand and placing the key in the lock. He glanced over at Sasuke. "You don't mind, do you?"

"Of course I mind!" Sasuke shouted back. "Now get over here!"

Tai merely turned back to the cage and turned the key, kicking open the door and standing in front of the now-open cage. "But don't you want to meet my friend?"

"No!" Sasuke growled, walking forward. "Now close that gate immediately!"

"But I do—"

Sasuke was reaching his limit. "Listen here, kid. I'm in charge, not you! Get that through your head! I'm tired of all of these stupid pranks, and whatever you've got planned now isn't going to work! Now come here! We're going back to Konoha!"

"Tai! Look out!" Iria screamed from behind Sasuke, and the latter's head turned to see a full-grown tiger running forward at high speed, with Tai directly in its path. Sasuke's eyes widened. With Tai in his condition, there was no way that the boy would be able to get out of the way in time. Without bothering to think twice, Sasuke dashed towards Tai and gave him a rough shove out of the way, hitting the ground himself and covering his head to avoid facial damage if the tiger attacked.

It never came. As far as Sasuke knew, the tiger hadn't even come close.

Before Sasuke could get to his feet and see what was going on, the sound of a heavy metal bar being shifted, and he looked up just in time to see Iria and Makoto finish closing the gate to the cage Tai had opened. Sasuke climbed to his feet and made an attempt at opening the gate, but by then, Tai had already locked the door, his crutches firmly underneath him. He grinned.

"Plan 'Caged Sasuke' complete."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed in frustration, anger, and downright humility. Once again, these brats had managed to trick him into one of their pranks. He scowled. "Let me out now, you little brats!"

He was cracking mentally, and the kids seemed to rejoice at this particular notion. They'd finally made the 'great' Uchiha Sasuke snap, and they weren't even Genin yet! Tai smiled. "Well, it's not exactly up to us alone," he said. "We have to ask our help, too."

"Help?" Sasuke repeated, walking up to the bars. "And tell me," he seethed with a venomous tone. "Who was it, exactly, who helped you all?"

"That, Uchiha, would be me," A female voice said from above Sasuke, and before he could look up, Temari jumped down from atop his cage. "I was the one who helped these children."

Sasuke glared at her, and within two seconds of her last word, he had flung his arm through the bars of the cage as far as he could reach, and was fervently trying to get a hold of the Sand kunoichi. "Why?! Why did you help them!?" he screeched furiously, trying to reach her.

Temari merely remained at a palm's length of Sasuke's hand and crossed her arms. She smirked. "Because they were much more entertaining to help than you, Uchiha. And I wanted something to write home about. After all, who wouldn't want the opportunity to outsmart you? Though, I must admit, I thought you'd be a much bigger challenge."

"Shut it," Sasuke growled. "Just shut it! You haven't had to go through anything compared to me!"

Temari laughed humorlessly. "Oh really? Trust me, Uchiha; just being in your presence is torture."

Sasuke glared at her, but before he could start another sentence, Temari butt in again. "Come on, kids. Let's go find your friends so I can escort you all home, okay? Don't you think that'll be fun?" she asked in a sickly-sweet tone. Makoto grinned. "Okay!"

Sasuke watched with horrified realization as the kids walked away with Temari, each with their back to him until they were just about out of sight. Temari turned for a moment before tossing Sasuke a mocking wave, and then turned back around before walking back in the direction she had been going. She and the kids vanished out of sight seconds later.

Sasuke growled, returning his arm back in through the bars. "Stupid brats," he muttered to himself, crossing his arms. He sighed, watching the area surrounding the cage, waiting for someone to come. Unfortunately, the zoo had already closed, so he had a twenty-eighty percent chance of someone coming to find him. His only chance was if a staff person would come.

I guess I'll just have to wait, he thought with a sigh, leaning against the bars. No sooner than five minutes had passed before Sasuke heard footsteps heading his way. He shot up straight again, hopeful at the fact that he would be freed.

Until he saw who it was. The manager who had spoken to Neji and himself earlier had walked up. Sasuke mentally sighed, though tried not to show that he was angry or anything. The man stopped in front of the cage, looking Sasuke over like he had grown a second head. "What are you doing in there?"

"I got trapped," Sasuke stated, trying to hide the bitterness in his tone. "Can you get me out?"

The man hesitated, before crossing his arms. "Well, I saw a blonde girl walking out of the zoo with those kids you were supposed to be gathering with that other boy. Unfortunately, you didn't get them . . . Perhaps this will serve as a good lesson. You'll be spending the night in there. I'll come get you in the morning."

"What?!" Sasuke asked furiously, glaring at the man. "You've got to be kidding me," he seethed. "You can't do that."

"Yes, I can," the man stated, beginning to walk away. "And I am. Have a good evening, sir," he stated, before casting him a glance over his shoulder. "If you have a complaint, place it after you leave."

And with that, the man walked until he was out of sight, and out of shot-range for Sasuke's fireball jutsu. He was lucky, too, because Sasuke would have definitely used it.

He bashed his head against the bars for a few moments to regain his thoughts, and finally drew back and turned around to go on ahead and see if he could find out what he was trapped in the cage with.

Still, all he could see were a ton of huge logs.

Or so he thought, anyway.

His mind was quickly changed as one of the logs began to shift, and soon the rest of them began to follow. Sasuke eyed the movement with suspicion, his eyes narrowing as he tried to track it.

Finally, whatever was moving came to a halt in the shadows, and after a moment or two, came out. Sasuke's eye twitched at the sight of a gigantic snake that looked like it had been caught from the Forest of Death. Oh, the horrible memories.

Unfortunately, it didn't look like Sasuke's nightmare was going to end just yet, for the snake laid it's head down on the floor of the cage, and a thick crackling sound could be heard from somewhere near it. Sasuke didn't start to panic until he saw the scales on top of its head begin to crack, and he backed up a little.

Almost ten seconds later, Sasuke's eyes were met with cold slit ones.

"Saaaasssukeee-kuuunnn . . ."

At this, Uchiha Sasuke finally reached the end of his rope and cracked, letting out a horrified scream.

--

Two Days Later.

--

"Tsunade-sama, someone's here to see you," Shizune stated from behind the door to Tsunade's large office. Tsunade grunted a 'let them in', before sitting up straight and wiping the slight drool off of her cheek. She straightened herself out before waiting for the person to enter.

She hadn't been expecting for her visitor to be Umino Iruka. She cast him a confused look. "What is it?"

Iruka gave Tsunade a respectful bow. "It's about Uchiha Sasuke," he replied calmly. "I need to speak with you about him."

Tsunade sobered up a little more at this, looking mildly interested now. "Oh really? And what is it about Uchiha Sasuke that you need to talk about?"

"His probation, milady," Iruka said seriously. "He's been working for me as my assistant for fifty-three days, and his probation is nearly over. An accident occurred two days ago, and he was unable to continue for these past two days, for he was placed under the hospital's care."

"Yeah, I heard something about Orochimaru getting his hands on Sasuke,' Tsunade stated with a little bit of bitterness in her tone. "But I already intend on having Sasuke make up for his loss by adding another week or so to his probation."

"Actually," Iruka said, taking a rather deep breath. "I was hoping that perhaps you could allow Sasuke to be let off of his probation. He's been through quite a bit, with the earthquake and then the zoo incident, and he's worked harder than most of the other teachers."

Tsunade looked at him curiously. "Oh really? Well, Iruka, you do know that someone will have to complete the probation, don't you? I can't be known as the 'Hokage that's gone soft', can I?"

"No Ma'am," Iruka replied. "If you can't find anyone suitable for the position, then I will completely understand and take Sasuke back, but if you can, it would be greatly appreciated."

"All right, fine," Tsunade nodded. "Is that it?"

"Yes, Milady."

"Good. Dismissed," she stated, before watching as Iruka gave a quick nod and vanished in a cloud of smoke. She sighed. "Now what?" she muttered to herself. She looked down at the mountains of paperwork in front of her and weighed her options. Try and find a replacement for Sasuke, or do paperwork?

Before she could come to a decision, though, the doors opened and Juugo walked in with a few boxes, setting them down in the corner of the room with Shizune following behind. She walked over to Tsunade and bit her lower lip. "Tsunade-sama, I tried to keep her out, honestly, I did!" she said suddenly. "Please forgive me!"

Tsunade looked at Shizune with impatience and confusion. "Shizune, calm down. What are you talking about?"

"It's that girl! The one you—"

But before Shizune could complete the statement, the door to Tsunade's office slammed back open and Karin stood in the doorway, glaring daggers at the Hokage. "I cannot live under these conditions!" she shrieked furiously. "There is no way I'm going to be able to stand this village much longer if I'm under this stupid probation!" she screamed. "It's driving me insane!"

More insane, is more like it, Tsunade thought bitterly, before leaning back in her chair. "How about you quiet down and just talk? You're being rather annoying," she stated, trying to keep her tone level.

Karin's glare darkened. "I'm tired of having to walk around this stupid village with nothing to do!" she screeched, paying no attention to Tsunade's statement. "I'm bored out of my mind because I'm in a stupid, boring village!"

Tsunade was just about to shout back at her, but suddenly thought better of it. Instead, she set her hands on her desk and folded her hands together. "You're bored, you said . . . Correct?"

Karin huffed. "Do I have to repeat myself?"

"No," Tsunade smirked. She was silent for a moment, as if she was actually thinking this over. "How would you like to have a small job to keep your time occupied over the next two weeks?"

Karin looked at the Hokage with confusion. She hesitated, though finally growled. "Yeah, sure, whatever. It's better than being bored, anyway!"

"Good," Tsunade stated, unable not to notice how easily this girl was being tricked. "You like Sasuke a lot, don't you?"

Karin's eyes seemed to light up with delight. "I love Sasuke-kun! Why?"

Tsunade refrained from gagging at this, but placed a plastic smile on her face and stood up behind her desk. "Then you'll get the privilege of doing him a huge favor. You'll be filling in for him at the Academy."

Karin eyed the Hokage with suspicion. "Why would I want to do that?"

"Because Sasuke will undoubtedly be pleased with you," Tsunade said, surprising herself when she realized that this statement wasn't a complete lie. "And I'm sure it will kick in some brownie points with him for you." Okay. That one was probably a lie.

Karin didn't seem to notice the falseness of it, though, for she smiled. "All right! I'll do it, then!"

"Good," Tsunade said, nodding to the girl. "Just tell Iruka that you're Sasuke's replacement, and he'll get you started to work immediately."

"Got it!" Karin stated, the excitement in her tone nearly making Tsunade want to tell her that she was lying.

Almost.

But, Tsunade refrained from doing this as well and watched as Karin ran out of her office and towards the Academy. Shizune looked over at the Hokage. "Was that a good idea?"

"Who knows?" Tsunade asked, crossing her arms. "All I know is that Iruka's got a new assistant, which means I won't be complained to . . . I'm happy, they're happy, and that bratty Karin is out of our hair. Good enough for me!"

"Well, don't count yourself as happy just yet," Shizune stated blandly. "You've still got that paperwork to do."

". . . Thanks for ruining it, Shizune," Tsunade sighed.

--

Tai gave a soft, bored sigh as he leaned back in his chair, the crutches forever disposed of in his closet back home. Iruka had announced that Sasuke wouldn't be returning as a sensei to the Academy, and would instead be replaced by someone else. This had erupted into a ton of excited statements, while Tai, Naoko, Iria, and Makoto realized that there wasn't going to be as much fun without their 'Sasuke-sensei'.

It was going to be down-right boring, actually.

Tai and the other students' attention was immediately altered at the sound of the door opening, and Tai scowled at the sight of a red-headed, glasses wearing girl walking in. Was Iruka for real? Was he seriously going to make her Sasuke's replacement?

"Students, this is Karin. She's going to be my new assistant teacher," Iruka stated calmly, while Karin scanned the group of students. Iruka took his time introducing the students, while Tai scrutinized this 'Karin' with little to no curiosity. They'd see how long she would last.

After Iruka had finished the introductions, he turned to the assistant teacher. "I have to go to a meeting now, but I should be back within a half-an-hour or so. Get to know the kids while I'm gone," he stated, before leaving the room.

Once he was gone, Karin looked at the kids, her eyes narrowing. "Okay. I heard about what you all did to my Sasuke-kun! You little brats are not going to have any fun with me," she snapped. "I'll get revenge for Sasuke-kun!"

Tai looked at her curiously. "You will?"

"Yeah," Karin stated sharply. "And there's nothing you little brats are going to be able to do about it, understand?!"

"Mhmm . . . Yes Ma'am, Karin-sensei," Naoko said from beside Tai. "We understand."

She cast a glance at Tai, and Tai nodded.

Maybe this Karin girl was going to be more fun than he had first thought.

This was going to be amusing.

After class, Makoto bet that she wouldn't last for two days. Naoko bet she wouldn't last one. Tai? He bet she wouldn't last at all. And Iria smiled innocently, well aware that Karin didn't stand a chance with Tai pulling on the reins.

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The End

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And that's the end of Sasuke's Second Childhood! I really hope that you enjoyed this little crack-fic, and reviews will be very much appreciated! :) Also, something I've been thinking about for a while now, is if I should add a bonus chapter having a type of interview thing with Tai and the other students that played pranks on Sasuke. Just let me know if you think I should, and post a question or two, or as many as you like! Thanks

Oh, and for those of you who might be wondering what happened to Neji, that zoo manager guy located him as well. He's currently working as a 'small furry animals' staff member. His basic job is the bunny section, though, thanks to a tip off that the manager received from an 'anonymous' person who just happened to be blonde and wear her hair in four pigtails.

Sasuke was trying to locate Legs from his room, who had just so happened to be set free by a certain brunette kunoichi and a blonde kunoichi.

And Temari wrote to Suna, receiving a reply three days later from Kankuro, who claimed that he wished he'd been the one to be there, and that he was very proud of his older sister.

Thank you!

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