Elphie's clock chimed eleven and she groaned. She walked to Deidara's room, a tight ball of dread in her stomach. She knocked on the door. Deidara opened the door with a smirk.

"Ah, it's the Sex Goddess." He said.

Elphie's eye twitched. "Can we just get this over with?"

He grabbed her arm and yanked her inside. Elphie tensed and was prepared to claw his eyes out if she had to. With a sigh of relief she saw Sasori was there. He smiled at her.

"Don't worry, Miss Elphaba, I won't let him bother you." He said.

"Thank you." Elphie felt relief start to unwind the tight ball in her stomach.

"But you have to leave in thirty minutes." Deidara said with a grin. "And detention lasts an hour and a half by school rules."

And the ball of dread tripled in volume. Sasori shot her an apologetic look. Elphie sighed and bit her lip. Thirty minutes passed uneventfully. Then Sasori left.

"Now we're all alone." Deidara purred and wrapped his arms around Elphie's miniscule waist. Elphie kicked him in the knee and jumped away from him. He tackled her and pinned her to the floor. "It's useless."

Elphaba glared at him. "Go to hell."

Deidara smirked down at her. She struggled and he almost lost hold of her. She managed to get a leg free and aimed a kick at his head. Deidara grabbed her leg and squeezed it tightly. She gasped slightly. There was a look of disbelief on her oh so pretty face and fear in her stunning tawny eyes. He loved when they got like that.

"Come on pretty baby, don't resist…just enjoy this." Deidara told her.

She glared at him. "I hope you're raped by Kisame."

"Love you too." He leered down at her. "But you'll find that I'm a bit more dangerous than the others."

"And how would that be?" She sneered. "What are you going to do? Steal my eyeliner? Show me your cuts? Fix my hair like yours?"

Deidara smiled at her vituperatively. "No."

He pulled off his leather gloves. Deidara took enormous pleasure in her small shriek of fear.

"What the fuck is that?" She demanded, her voice high and fluttery in panic.

"What does it look like?" Deidara purred. "You're in the big leagues now."

"What are you?" She was trembling slightly.

"Just a simple ninja, like you and everyone else here."

"Ninja? You're insane!" She hissed.

Deidara's eye widened in surprise. "What you're not a ninja?"

"Hell no! I'm just a teenage girl!" Her eyes were wide and oh so beautiful.

Deidara smirked. "Well, you must be here for my own amusement then."

Elphaba was in a state of shock. Deidara took this opportunity to take off her tight black jeans. Her legs were smooth and had beautiful muscles, as if an artist had etched them on her voluptuous body. Deidara kissed the inside of her left thigh and let the tongue from the mouth on his left hand trail down it. Her muscle fluttered and she let out a small moan. He smirked and started to pull off her enticing corset top. Her eyes went wide with extreme fright and she started struggling frantically. Deidara gripped her arms tightly and labored to keep her strong legs pinned down. She was panting and gasping, her chest moving rapidly. Deidara smashed his lips down on hers and kissed her forcibly. She jerked her head to the side and he laughed. He trailed his moth down to the slope of her breasts. Elphaba gasped sharply. Deidara took her wrists in one hand and ripped off her top with another. Her slim, muscular stomach was exposed as well a lacy black silk bra. Deidara made to pull off her bra. She kneed him in the stomach and rolled away. Elphaba scrambled for the door. Deidara stood up and advanced to her carefully.

"Come on, babe, you know you want this." He said.

"Go to hell!" She yelled.

The door opened behind Elphie and she was yanked back behind someone. She dimly realized Sai, Sasuke, Ukon, um another Ukon?, someone she knew as Jirobo, some tan dude, and some pale guy with long white hair and two red dots on his forehead were around her in a protective circle.

"Told you guys." Sai said. "Sup Sex Goddess?"

Elphie smiled and shook her head. "Nothing much, Gigolo."

"He didn't hurt you did he?" Sasuke asked, an edge on his voice.

"No." Elphie glanced to where Deidara was. "Um, where'd he- wait, I don't want to know. Thanks for coming guys."

"Not a problem." Ukon, at least she thought it was Ukon, smiled at Elphie.

"Here." Sasuke handed Elphie's clothes to her.

"Thanks- damn it! He killed my top." Elphie pouted. "It was my favorite."

Sasuke shook his head. Elphie pulled on her jeans.

"So, who are you guys?" Elphie asked, indicating the other guys she didn't know.

"I'm Sakon, Ukon's twin." The one that looked like Ukon said.

Elphie nodded. "Ah, I see now."

"Jirobo." The big guy rumbled.

"Kidomaru." The tan dude said.

"Kimimaro." The pale dude said.

Elphie smiled softly at them. "Again, thank you guys. I am in your debt."

"Don't we know it." Sakon smirked.

Sasuke shot a cold look at him. "Come on, I'll take you back to your room."

Elphie nodded. "Bye guys! See ya around!"

Elphie walked back to her room with Sasuke. Before she went inside, she turned to him.

"Sasuke…" She started. Elphie bit her lip. "Thank you. I-I'm not sure if I could've escaped by myself. Thank you
so much."

Elphie hesitated and then kissed him on the cheek gently. "You're a good friend."

She went inside her room and left him standing outside, shocked, but pleased. Sasuke shook his head and then wandered to his room. With a slight smile, he pulled out his cell phone.

"This is an operator speaking. How may I help you?" A woman's voice asked him in a pleasant tone.

"Hi, can you get the number for the nearest florist that's open? I'm at The Konohana School for the Arts." Sasuke asked.

"Sure, honey. It's…1-800-4435." She told him.

"Thanks." Sasuke dialed the florist's number.

Someone yawned on the other end and said, "This is Leo's House of Flowers. How may I help you?"

"I'd like to place an order." Sasuke said with a smile.

Elphie sighed as she slipped into the hot water. Steam swirled around her and she leaned her head against the bath's cool wall. Elphie stirred the bubbles around with her hand pensively. *Should I have done that? Was it too much?* Elphie bit her lip and shook her head. *Don't freak out. It probably didn't mean anything to him.* She dried off a hand and grabbed a remote from beside the toilet seat. Elphie hit the power button and the musical styling of Seatbelts floated out of her stereo in her room. She closed her eyes and allowed the stress of the day escape from her body. Elphie breathed deeply and then opened her eyes. She hummed along to the music and stepped out of the bath. She let the water out the bath. Elphie wrapped herself in a towel and twirled into the kitchen area. She made some hot chocolate, bobbing her head along to the music. As she waited for the water to boil, she pulled on her pajamas. Elphie danced around her room, the music filling her brain with images of saxophones, basses, drums, bongos, trumpets, and old style microphones. *Now this is music.* Her teakettle whistled and she leaped into the kitchen area. She made her hot chocolate and then jumped onto her bed, careful not to spill it. Elphie started sketching an illustration of Sasuke. She finished it at approximately one o' clock. Elphie looked at her work critically and then nodded in approval. She put her sketchbook in her backpack and the cup in the sink. Elphie yawned and turned off the lights. She snuggled into her silk covers and the last image in her mind was Sasuke smiling at her before she fell to sleep.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Elphie forced her eyes open and turned off her alarm clock. She yawned and pulled on her running outfit. Elphie pulled her hair into a ponytail and stretched. She jogged out of her room and down the stairs. Once she was outside, she ran around the academy three times and then cooled down by walking up the stairs and into her room. She took a shower and pulled on her bra and underwear. Once again, she was having trouble deciding what to wear. She finally decided on some faded black jeans with huge holes in the knees and some patches over other random holes, a light purple spike belt, a matching light purple spaghetti strap tank top, a black tie with skulls all over it on, some fishnet gloves that reached the middle of her forearms, and some black vans. Elphie fixed a white apple blossom in her wavy hair. *Why does it decide to be wavy today? It's never wavy.* Elphie made a face and grabbed her messenger bag. She made her way down stairs and out the building.

"ELPHIE!" Someone shouted.

Elphie winced slightly and turned around. *How can anyone be so full of energy right now?* She then smiled when she realized it was Naruto.

"Hey Naruto! What's up?" Elphie smiled.

"Nothing much. You?" He asked.

"Nothing much either. You heading to homeroom?"

Naruto nodded. "Yep! Oh, Kiba, Shikamaru, Chouji, and me are going to go karaoking tonight. Wanna come with
us?"

Elphie's face lit up brightly. "Yes! When we going?"

"Around eight. We're meeting at the gates."

"Sweet!" Elphie punched the air and grinned. "OH! Can I invite Hinata?"

Naruto's eyes widened. "OF COURSE! How could I forget her?"

Elphie giggled. "Naruto, you've made my day."

Naruto blushed slightly. "No prob. See ya in History!"

He dashed off to his homeroom. Elphie entered her homeroom with a huge grin on her face. She ignored the guys and plunked down in the desk she sat at yesterday. Elphie pulled out her laptop and booted it up. *Might as well get some stuff done while I have time.* Elphie pulled up the internet and looked for places that sold guard dogs. She finally found one that satisfied her. Elphie emailed the person and told him to set up an appointment. Just as she was closing her laptop Sasuke, Kimimaro, Jirobo, Sakon, and Kidomaru walked in.

"Hey, boys. What's up?" Elphie asked with a smile.

They shrugged and sat down beside of Elphie.

"They didn't harass you this morning, did they?" Sasuke asked.

Elphie shook her head. "No, I haven't seen hide nor hair of them this morning."

Sakon smirked. "He's licking his wounds."

Orochimaru walked in. He shot a questioning glance at Sasuke and then went ahead with the normal homeroom stuff. In the middle of it came a loud knock on the door. Kabuto opened it. A skater boy college reject waltzed in.

"I have a delivery for a Miss Elphaba Kanji." He said with a yawn. *What?*

Orochimaru nodded. "Very well. Proceed."

"All right boys, bring it all in!" The guy called to some people.

Three people brought in huge bouquets of beautiful white flowers. They laid it on her desk carefully. Elphie's jaw was to her knees. She looked for a card, but couldn't find one in the chaos of flowers.

"W-was there a card?" Elphie asked as she signed off for it.

He handed it over. "Yeah. You're really lucky. This guy must be totally and completely nuts about you."

"Um, thank you…" Elphie felt dizzy. She looked down at the card, the words a jumbled mess to her.

"Let me see that." Kimimaro said. Elphie handed it to him shakily. "Dude. Listen to this:

To the fierce tigress

Three pure white bouquets for you

To adorn your mane

What the heck?"

Elphie took the card back, dazed. *Oh. My. God. What the hell is going on? Who sent me these? Naruto? Nah. Kiba? No. Ukon? I don't know…he's seems kind of shy. C-could it possibly be Sasuke?* Elphie blushed. *No, no. Of course not.* Elphie bit her lip. *The tigress? Didn't somebody call me that yesterday? Hmm…Deidara did, no wait, he said I was a cub…and so did whoever wrote that piece on me…* Elphie took one of the flowers, an albino lotus, and sniffed it. It smelled wonderful. Elphie smiled dreamily and ran a finger around it's silken edges. *Whatever. This is marvelous. So many flowers! Whoever did this is the sweetest…I hope I can find out who did it…* Elphie sighed happily and propped her head up with a hand. The bell rang and Orochimaru dismissed homeroom.

"Do you know who sent those?" Sasuke asked.

Elphie shook her head. "No…I wish I did…" She smiled. "Whoever did this must be really kind."

Sasuke smiled. "Well, see you in English."

Elphie nodded. "Okay."

As they left Elphie realized that all through class they had been sitting in a protective square around her. Elphie smiled and gathered up her flowers. She used her ten minute break to put her flowers in her room, grab a Caramel Frappachino, and then race to the classroom. Elphie slid in her seat by Naruto and Kiba right as Orochimaru started class.

"Cutting it close I see." Orochimaru said with a twinkle in his eye.

Elphaba looked at Orochimaru with penetratingly chaste eyes. She bit her lip and brushed back her long captivating hair with one of her small, lovely hands. *I'm sure her bone structure is flawless. This girl is so…perfect.* Kabuto pushed up his glasses.

"I-I'm sorry Professor. It won't happen again." Elphaba said softly, her eyes now cast downwards.

Kabuto imagined she was thinking of those flowers delivered to her this morning. *Could she have a boyfriend? Or was it from a secret admirer? She should certainly have plenty with her looks.*

"It's alright my dear. But yes, please try not to be cutting it so close again. And tell whoever sent all those flowers this morning to do it at a different time from now on." Orochimaru said with a slight laugh.

Elphaba blushed prettily and she subconsciously touched the apple blossom in her hair. "Yes Professor."

Every boy's eye was on her. She was just so enchanting, so exquisitely gorgeous, so…otherworldly perfect. Elphaba made them want to protect her, hold her, love her till the day they died. She was just so…beautifully made, as if she were a painting or a sculpture brought to life. Kabuto shook his head. *Stop.* Kabuto glanced at Elphaba. She was copying notes and a dusty streak of sunlight fell on her for a second, framing her in a soft light, and lighting up her delicate features. There was a collective gasp in the room. Elphaba was just so perfect in that moment. Kabuto examined her discreetly. She was bent over her notebook slightly and her full lips were parted as if she were about to say something, and he wondered what she might say with those full lips and her melodious voice. She had finely arched brows and those oh so beautiful amber eyes, a tigress's eyes. Her hand paused for a second and she bit her lip. Slowly she lifted her head up and met Kabuto's gaze. He smiled at her warmly, his throat tight in amazement at how those haunting, sensuous innocent amber eyes and slightly parted lips could make his brain churn so and his legs weaken. Then she averted her eyes almost shyly and went back to work, her cheeks faintly pink. Kabuto swallowed hard and went back to his papers.

*Oh my god. Was Kabuto checking me out?* Elphie blushed and shook her head. *No, no. Of course not…although, I don't think I would really mind…he is rather fine. Stop it.* Elphie mentally smacked herself upside her head. *He is your teacher…* A quiet part in her stirred. *No, he's your student teacher. There is a difference Fabala.* It was the mocking, confident voice of her twin brother, Isaiah. Elphie scowled crossly. *Why the hell is that bastard's voice in my head? He's millions of miles away, in Atlanta with everyone else.* An image of his slow, narcissistic gait came unbidden to her. Elphie pushed it out of her head and stabbed her notebook savagely. *Injudicious. Contemptuous. Jackass.* Then the bell rang and Naruto and Kiba attacked her with questions.

"What flowers?" Naruto asked.

"Who were they from?" Kiba demanded.

"Why did you stab your notebook?" Naruto inquired.

"When did you get the flowers?" Kiba queried.

"Guys, guys. Calm down." Elphie flicked her hair back in an irritated gesture. "I was delivered flowers this morning. I have no clue where or whom they came from. I stabbed my notebook because I was thinking about my disloyal, disgraceful twin brother. And I received the flowers at exactly eight fifteen. Happy?"

Elphie stood up and stalked out of the classroom, Naruto and Kiba following her.

"You have a twin brother?" Kiba asked curiously.

Elphie nodded angrily. "Yes. His name is Isaiah and he is a lying, cheating, supercilious, wily son of a bitch."

"What'd he do?" Naruto asked, wide-eyed to her escalating fury.

"He cheated on my best friend with the biggest slut in Atlanta, then he made up some stupid sob story of how he was being black mailed by her, and then the bastard was vile enough to knock up my friend and then cheat on her with her mother! Hah! He knocked her up too and left her in the dust. Then the great almighty Isaiah raped her cousin!" Elphie punched the brick wall rancorously and managed to put a decent sized hole through it. Kiba and Naruto winced. "And then the jackass had the gall enough to ask me if I would hook him up with my other best friend."

"Oh god, what a bastard." Kiba said.

"What happened to him?" Naruto asked.

"When he asked me that I nearly killed him. So…mom shipped me off to boarding school. I haven't seen the fucker since." Elphie snarled at the floor.

"Hell." Kiba said. "I hope you don't see him again."

"Well, I hope I do." Elphie's nostrils flared. "When I do I am going to murder him the most brutal of fashions."

"Um…" Naruto gulped. "Good luck with that. We gotta go, but we'll see you tonight."

Elphie blinked. "Oh yeah. I'm going to see Hinata in the next class. So, I'll ask her then."

Kiba nodded. "Good and don't take no for an answer."

"As if I would." Elphie grinned. "See ya boys."

Elphie strode into math and plunked down by Hinata.

"Oh Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttta!" Elphie sang, anger now forgotten.

"Y-yeah?" She asked.

"Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, Chouji, and I are going karaoking tonight. We would be ever so pleased if you would join us." Elphie said pleasantly.

Hinata blushed. "I-I couldn't."

"Yes. You can." Elphie said softly. Her eyes flashed warningly.

"Um, okay." Hinata swallowed. "W-when should I meet you guys?"

"Around eight. And at the gates." Elphie smiled. "This'll be great! I'm sure you'll love it!"

Hinata smiled tentatively. "If you say so."

Iruka walked into class and they left it at that.

"Miss Elphaba." Iruka said. "Will you please complete problem six on page two hundred in your workbook on the white board?"

"Yes Professor." Elphie copied the problem on the board: x/6 14= 56. She considered it for a second and then said, "The answer is two hundred and fifty two."

Iruka blinked. "That is absolutely correct. Well done."

"Thank you Professor." Elphie said boredly and sat back down next to Hinata with a sigh of boredom.

These problems were relatively easy for her. She yawned and glanced at the clock. Fifteen minutes until Elphie had to go to Art. *Oh Almond Joy.* Elphie sketched a lotus on some scrap paper in the remaining time. Iruka dismissed class right on the dot with an announcement of an upcoming test. Elphie groaned and made her way to Art. She made a beeline to Sai, ignoring Deidara.

"Sup?" She asked with a yawn and finally opened her Frapachino.

"Nothing much. Has he bothered you today?" Sai asked.

"Nope. This is the first time I've seen him since last night." Elphie answered and sighed, taking a drink of her now lukewarm Frapachino. "Bloody bastard." She scowled.

"Ah. Don't scowl. You'll ruin your pretty face." Sai scolded her.

Elphie stuck her tongue out at him. "And you'll ruin your pretty face if you don't smile more often, you damn emo."

"I am not emo." He smirked. "I'm a starving artist."

Elphie rolled her eyes and poked his stomach. "Nah. You got a little padding there."

"Nope, that's muscle. All abs." Sai boasted. "And it all came from the strenuous work I must do to earn my meager weekly meal."

Elphie giggled. "Dork. Well, if you're so hungry, then come on over to my room and I'll make you something. I reckon you're just afraid you'll blow up the stove or something."

"Hammer to the nail." Sai smiled. "I might have to take you up on that offer."

"Good. I make one hell of une tarte tatin and pretty damn good des civelles." Elphie boasted.

"Baby eels?" Sai made a gagging noise. "How can you eat that?"

"It's good. And how do you know about French food? Hmm?" Elphie asked. "I thought you were a starving artist that is of afraid of his stove."

"I am. And I know about it because my family is primarily French." Sai shrugged. "The up-side down apple pie sounds good though."

"It is. And might I say, very interesting. You don't look French, more like Scandinavian. Do you know any French?" Elphie asked curiously.

"Oui. Je suis francais. Tu?" Sai said.

"Non." Elphie smiled. "Je suis anglais et japonais." Elphie made a face. "Ugh. I'm a bit out of practice."

Sai opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when a shadow fell over them. Elphie looked up to see Deidara.

"You guys mind if I get a word in edge wise?" He asked. Elphie glared at him and he smirked. "As I tried to tell the class, you're assignment will be sketching wildlife, so we'll be going outside."

"Why don't we just sketch you?" Elphie retorted. "You look like a cave man with your long, flowing locks of greasy flaxen hair."

"Such a temper." Deidara smiled down at her. "You really must be taught control."

"And you need to be taught how to apply eye liner correctly." Elphie snapped.

Deidara raised an eyebrow. "That's alright. I like 'em feisty."

"Then you should love me." Elphie snarled.