High school for the broken and stupid

It had been almost a week since Konans' plan had been pushed into action and it was failing miserably. At first Gaara found it slightly amusing but since Hidans' attempt to convert him to Jashinism and Kakazus' attempt to bribe him into the akatsuki it was getting slightly annoying.

"HI GAARA!" Tobi yelled and Gaara rested his pale forehead against the cool metal of his locker.

Okay maybe more than slightly annoying.

"Hello" Gaara turned on his heel with books clutched to his chest protectively as he took long, quick strides.

"I don't think he likes us much" Kisame grinned at the red heads retreating back

"The feeling's mutual" Sasori glared

"Who knew your ego was so easy to bruise" Konan snickered while Pein banged his head repeatedly on his own locker

"This guy's more trouble than he's worth" Kakazu grumbled, he hadn't wanted to give any money to the red head but getting it thrown back was like a slap to the face. Kakazu, though glad he didn't have to give his money away he still didn't like Gaara.

"There's something… off about him" Itachi added in monotone

Konan glared "The same way there's something off about all of us. That's why we want him, that and the fact Deidei would come if he did" She stood up from where she was sitting on the bag rack "We are all freaks, and if he is one too then that's more of a reason to get him to join, I know Deidara is one too she's just more subtle…" Konan trailed off, Pein pulled her into a hug, he knew more than anyone else how much Konan hated their label "Freak" but they had all accepted long ago that that was what they were.

Deidara sat with her head resting in her arms on her desk, she hadn't been able to sleep last night, she kept having that dream again… shaking herself mentally she willed herself to pay attention to Kakashi, it was hard when he himself looked bored with the topic.

"Now I want everyone to look up some poems, online or from a book, whatever you want but I want you to find a poem that represents you the best and then you must say it in front of the whole class on Friday" Kakashi ignored the groans he got every time he said "poem" in favour of reading his own book.

"Hmm interesting" Gaara and Deidara spoke at the same time, they didn't even seem to notice as they were lost in thought but everyone else stared at them for a moment before returning to chatting with each other.

In all honesty Gaara wasn't sure how to describe himself. Unusual was one thing but it seemed a bit vague, depressed? He smirked at Deidara who was just ranting about art again but Gaara knew that around her anyway it was never boring, never mind depressing.

"What do you think of the assignment from Kakashi sensei?" He asked and Deidara thought about with a small frown

"I think it's a little too personal" Deidara sighed at last "I mean I don't even know how my head works, I don't want any of them getting an idea"

Gaara chuckled "You could just not do it, then again you could also stamp trust issues onto your forehead"

"And you could have neglected stamped on yours" Deidara said sadly thinking about how surprised Gaara had ben when she had said she liked him (as a friend of course)

"Oh no" Gaara chuckled in a self-depreciating way and tapped his forehead "I prefer irony" the tattoo of the Kanji word "love" stood out starkly against his pale skin and Deidara smiled sadly at him "Why does life suck?" she asked to no one in particular

"Maybe we ticked a lot of people off in a past life" Gaara ventured

Deidara laughed "We must have been real assholes to deserve this"

"Maybe there's a poem about that you could do" Gaara smirked back

"What about you?"
"Me? I don't know, I'll pick a really depressing on to see if I can make people cry" Gaara replied easily "What's up with that club that's stalking us, I mean it was funny when they were stalking you but now they're stalking me too" Gaara complained

"Yeah I know, do they really think we can't see them when they follow us?"

"Well, let's go back to your place, I don't have any internet in mine" Gaara said and hopped down from the roof they were sitting on and landed gracefully on the balls of his feet, shortly followed by Deidara

"One of these days you're gonna have to stop mooching off me"

"Hmm… no I don't think so" Gaara strode off, leaving Deidara to catch up

"Interesting" black Zetsu grinned as he (they?) popped up from his hiding place "I'm glad we ditched those other idiots and went to spy ourselves"

"Don't be so mean and all we really saw was them having a pity party for themselves" White Zetsu argued back

"You're an idiot too if you think that that isn't useful" Black Zetsu glared

"You're the idiot!" White Zetsu yelled back and they argued all the way back to the akatsuki base.

Authors' note

Sorry for the long wait, I hope you enjoy ^-^