Shorter then the others, but there is a long one coming up next. When I finish it I will give it to you. I know, you can't wait.

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Title: Why Detention Is Dramatic

Summery: Itachi has questionable intentions towards Sakura, who is friends with Hinata, who is crushing on Naruto, who has detention with Gaara, who is watching Naomi, who loves books about vampires, which Itachi is not. Or is he?... It must be high school. "What decision did you come to?"

Pairings mentioned (this does not mean that the pairing is supported in this story): NaruXSaku, GaaXNao, NaruXNao, ItaXNao, ItaXSaku, SasuXSaku

Placement in storyline: N/A

Naruto Uzamaki should have been annoyed and ashamed, but he wasn't. He was far to used to getting detention to care. He had been getting detention since early middle school for pranks of every kind. This time the wild blond was in detention for back-talking, but it really wasn't his fault. Or at least that was what the blond believed. It wasn't his fault that he was in a bad mood, nor was it his fault that the teacher decided to push his buttons. The teacher was assigning too much work for the weekend and that was really uncalled for.

As for his bad mood, it all circled around the oldest Uchiha. Naruto had seen Itachi Uchiha, Senior heartthrob and member of the elite club Akatsuki, talking to Sakura Haruno. He seemed to be in deep conversation with her. Itachi wasn't allowed to talk to the pink-haired girl who had Naruto's heart since seventh grade. Itachi was well known for being a heart-breaker, yet he inspired attraction in every girl at the school. Naruto had recognized that look in Sakura's eye. It was the same look of awe and hope that crossed the face of every girl Itachi spoke to. Naruto hated it.

It wasn't like he could ask his best friend, Sasuke Uchiha, to control his older brother. Sasuke would probably refuse to help. Partly because the youngest Uchiha could never best his older brother, and partly because Sasuke wouldn't be bothered. Naruto could just hear Sasuke's voice in his head, drawling that Sakura had always been a focused girl and she was focused on him. That there was nothing to worry about. Naruto cursed the Sasuke in his head for being the longstanding object of Sakura's affection and the apparition smirked. Naruto inwardly shook his fist at Sasuke, but on the outside he sighed before pushing open the door to the classroom used for detention.

Inside he found Gaara Subaku, which didn't surprise him. Gaara and Naruto were often detention buddies, as Gaara was always there and Naruto was there most of the days. There was also a girl with sleek green hair and a heavy book in front of her face. Kakashi Hatake, the sensei for detention, wasn't there as usual. He would probably show up five minutes until three, when the group of detention students were supposed to leave. Suigestu Hozuki sat in the corner, already asleep with his silver hair falling over his eyes. Naruto choose to ignore him, instead he slouched over to Gaara. The redhead nodded his direction silently, taking in Naruto's dejected walk with bright sea-foam eyes. The blond kicked a chair over on his way to sit by Gaara and the green girl jumped up, dark blue and pupiless eyes wide and suddenly visible. Then she turned to Naruto with an incredulous look.

Without thinking about it Naruto turned on his default grin. The attention of more then one person always improved his mood. Naruto was an attention hog, and he knew it. It didn't bother him one bit. So he smiled at the strange girl and her look turned flat before she returned to her book. Naruto's response was to frown, letting his forehead crinkle slightly. The unfamiliar facial expression caused his mood to decline further as he headed over to Gaara. The redhead had watched with a detached expression and now he was studying Naruto. The blond shifted slightly under his gaze, shoving his hands into the pockets of his baggy jeans. For the first time ever Gaara was the first to speak, his voice cold.

"What's wrong with you?" The blunt and rude way Gaara spoke hardly fazed Naruto. He was far to used to his best friend's cold attitude. Instead of being offended he ran his had hand through his messy hair and sighed, not sure if he should explain the entire story.

"Nothing is going right today."

Gaara tilted his head to the side, an indication of curiosity that could be ignored if Naruto wanted too. For once Naruto was unsure if he should talk about it. For some reason he didn't want to talk about this feeling that was clogging his pours. It was disappointment in Sakura for falling for Itachi, it was despair at his own failure to earn her admiration, it was a jealousy of the entire Uchiha family and their ability to win the heart of almost any girl. And then Naruto started talking.

"It's about Sakura-chan. You know Sakura-chan right? Who am I kidding, everyone knows her. How could you miss her with her bright pink hair. Anyway, I have a thing for her and it isn't working out and there is this other guy and he has her grinning and smiling with that look. I'm never going to be with her at this rate."

Gaara blinked slowly, then said the one thing that Naruto didn't want to hear. "I don't know who this 'Sakura-chan' is." Naruto almost screamed in frustration, but then a cool voice cut through the air. It was a scary voice that reminded him of when Gaara or Ryoka got angry. Overly sweet and warning that pain was soon to come. It made Naruto's skin crawl.

"Haruno-san hardly has that look at anyone. You must be referring to Uchiha-san?"

Naruto turned to see the green haired girl watching him with a polite and curious expression. He could hardly believe that the slight girl holding the thick book with such a kind expression could speak like that. His voice was cracked and his throat was slightly dry when he replied.

"You mean Uchiha Itachi?"

The girl tipped her head to the side in an innocently confused pose. Her delicate eyebrows lifted slightly and her cool voice crept through the air to him. "Itachi-san is not who I was thinking of. His little brother is the one that Haruno-san is always so interested in, right?" Her eyes drilled into his, seeking answers. He found himself explaining to her the dynamics of his love life.

"Sakura-chan has always liked Sasuke-teme. Ever since we were young. That bastard knows it too. He always rubs it in my face 'cause he knows that I have a thing for her. I saw Sakura-chan talking to Itachi-san earlier though, and she had that happy and awed look that girls always get around him. She is just getting farther from me."

The girl seemed to understand, a reassuring smile on her small face. "Don't worry too much," she sang softly, "I'm sure Haruno-san isn't all that interested in Itachi-san. After all, he isn't that great."

Naruto let relief with her words wash away his annoyance and bring back a bright grin. Before he could reply Gaara spoke from behind him. "You're Koziki Naomi."

The girl looked up at him. "I am," she said, "why?"

"You were in detention last Thursday." he pointed out, not really giving an answer. She gave him a confused look.

"Were you watching me?" Naruto wondered how Gaara was still standing there. Her voice was so still and too sweet. She sounded as though she could whip out a throwing knife and kill someone in an instant. Her level of fright was so high that Naruto didn't blame Gaara when he looked away.

"No. I just noticed now."

But there was a hint of pink around the edges of Gaara's ears. Naomi smiled, knowing and pure as an angel. Naruto decided that however scary she was he really liked his new friend.

"Hey, Naomi-chan, what grade are you in? I don't think I have seen you around before."

Blue eyes were on him, happy and kind. An evil voice floated through the air with and answer. "I'm a Sophomore, but we aren't in any of the same classes I don't think. But I know who you are. You are Hinata-chan's friend, Naruto-kun."

Naruto tilted his head to the side slightly in curiosity, already getting used to her frightening voice. "Hinata-chan talks about me?" Naomi gave an eerie laugh.

"All the time."

Naruto grinned at her. Gaara had returned to watching the conversation with interest. Naruto's eyes lighted on the dark cover of the book held limp in the tiny girls hands. "What are you reading, Naomi-chan?"

Naomi's nose crinkled in mild displeasure. "Twilight. I promised Ara-chan I would read it and give it a chance, but it isn't that entertaining. The only thing it is doing is giving me a wonderful description of Itachi-san." Naruto let out a booming laugh, already enjoying his time with Naomi while Gaara's eyes widened and he smirked in amusement. Gaara was the one to ask for details.

"Does that mean Uchiha is a vampire?"

Naomi's eyes sparkled as she jumped into a description. "Think about it. Itachi-san is pale and quiet and perfect. He keeps himself at a distance from everyone and has dark eyes. He is too good at everything. He could very well be a vegetarian vampire." She said all this with an amused and joking gleam to her features, but her voice mad it sound like a horror movie.

"Or non-vegetarian." Naruto giggled. Naomi laughed again. That was when Itachi Uchiha himself walked in.

"Hello Itachi-san," Naomi said while the boys sat dumbfounded. They were almost seriously considering running, as Naomi's frightening voice almost made them believe that Itachi was a vampire. The Uchiha just stood, long ponytail cascading down his back and face impassive. "We were just talking about you."

One of Itachi's dark eye brows went up. "Were you?"

"Yes," Naomi said easily, voice chilling. Itachi was not fazed by her voice, but he instead combed the room taking in Naruto and Gaara with depth-less eyes. The hairs on the back of Naruto's neck rose and his feet itched to run from the vampire before him. Gaara covered it much better, instead narrowing his eyes to the threat. Naomi's next fearless words made the boys behind her almost fall over. "We were discussing the possibility of you being a vampire."

"Hn." Itachi grunted, not seeming surprised at all. "What decision did you come to?"

"We haven't come to one yet." She said calmly.

"I see."

It was then that Naruto stupidly blurted out the question that was spinning in his mind at the sight of the pale youth before him. "So, are you a vampire?" Gaara's eyes grew wide in disbelief. Naomi giggled softly, sounding like a little demon. Itachi took a few long strides into the room, coming to a stop beside Naomi's desk. He fixed his eyes on Naruto before rolling them.

"Of course not, Naruto-kun. I'm sure my foolish little brother has explained this." Naruto failed to disguise his relief.

Suigetsu snorted blearily from the corner. "Morons."

Naruto rose to the challenge. "Shut up fish-breath! You don't even know what conversation you are joining into, so stay out of it!"

"I will get into whatever conversation I want to, you idiot." Suigestu snarled, raising his head off his arms to glare with purple eyes at the blond. Suigetsu was the vice-captain of the varsity swim team. Kisame Hoshigaki was the real captain. Suigetsu could be the captain, but he spent too much time getting in trouble and blowing off homework for the coach to consider him a good enough role model for captaincy, not that the silver-haired boy cared much. He was just there to swim. Naruto called him fish-breath because Suigetsu seemed to have a minor obsession with anything that lived in the water. As Naruto descended into an argument with Suigetsu, Gaara watched Naomi out of the corner of his eye. More importantly, he watched Naomi and Itachi.

Itachi leaned down slightly to Naomi. She grinned up at him. "What are you doing in here, Naomi-chan?"

"Just a disagreement with Kurunai-sensei. Nothing to worry about." Itachi's eyebrows pulled together.

"Unusual. I thought you were her favorite student."

Naomi looked away to direct a blank look at the wall past Itachi's shoulder. "No one is Kurunai-sensei's favorite."

Itachi eyed her blank look with precise observation. "I have trouble believing that you misbehaved in any way. What happened?"

Naomi's wide eye's snapped back to him, begging him to understand. "Nothing. Don't worry about it. Now get out of here before Kakashi-sensei randomly pops in and insists that you being in here gives you a detention on your Uchiha name." Itachi looked indecisive, but he nodded before leaving quietly. Naruto didn't even look up from his screaming match with Suigetsu.

Gaara watched this all with a dejected sort of passiveness. There was a glint in the Uchiha's eye when he spoke to Naomi that made Gaara sure that Itachi truly cared what happened to the little green haired girl. It wasn't just curiosity for the Uchiha heir, but a form of interest. Gaara was sure he couldn't compete with that. So, once again frustrated, Gaara stormed out of the classroom. No one stopped him, but he stopped Naruto and Suigetsu's argument. The other three occupants of the room watched as the red head escaped detention.

Suigetsu was the first to recover his voice after Gaara stormed out, killing aura surrounding him.

"What the hell is with him?"

The next story will help explain the dialogue between Naomi and Itachi, I hope. I also hope you enjoyed this one. I know, it's short, but I promise the next one will be extra long.