AN: Hooray, I'm losing faith in the manga! So, to take my mind off it, I'm going to write more high school junk.

By the way, if anyone doesn't understand the way Shinobi High works, it is based on the British school system. So if I mention anything that sounds weird, it's a British thing. ^.^" But anyway...

Disclaimer: Because I'm not a) a talented illustrator, b) a millionaire, or c) over 20- something. I don't own the non-suckish OCs either, just the green-haired weirdo and the mysterious Akatsuki girl with a face veil. Oh, and Kairi and Team Hanagami. Duh.

Chapter 5

Naruto wandered around the school, a little bored. When he had no idea what to do, he really had no idea what to do. Eventually, he settled on going to find Hinata. He didn't really know why, but he had an urge to talk to her right now...
On another side of the school, Woolfy-the girl working on Icha Icha-was talking to her roommate.
"Oh my Jashin, working on Icha Icha is going to be brill! And I get to write some yaoi!" She was babbling excitedly, her younger roommate looking up at her slightly.
"Remind me again why yaoi is good," Hoshiko sighed, her crow-like voice muffled by her veil.
"I dunno, it just is! Besides, if you look close enough, it's everywhere. All you have to do is exploit it," Woolfy almost drooled thinking about it.
"Even with your boyfriend?" Hoshiko smirked, Woolfy stiffening. It was fun to bring Hidan up in a conversation, as he was the one thing that Woolfy reacted to. Besides the topic they were talking about, of course.
"Shut up about Hiddy, Shi!" Woolfy flailed and yelled, acting like an 8 year old rather than an 18 year old. Hoshiko grinned in return, before letting out a sigh.
"Just be glad that you have a boyfriend. I'm, what, sixteen, and still don't have anyone," she said with a sad smile, entering the canteen.
"Don't be sad, Shi! You'll find someone! And don't tell anyone about what we discussed! Well, gotta go, there's Hiddy," Woolfy told Hoshiko, before heading over to the white-haired Jashinist that was her boyfriend.
Hoshiko smiled. "Yeah, I will find someone, won't I? Preferably before prom," she noted to herself, before wandering to the line.

"Tenten, admit it. You like Neji, don't you?" Hanako was attempting to get the brunette to confess. Hanako, Temari, Sakura and Ino had made a pact that all four of them would get Tenten to tell one of them what they decided was the truth.
"Hanako, as I've told you, Sakura, Ino AND Temari, I don't like Neji. Quit bugging me about it!" Tenten sighed exasperatedly, glaring at Hanako.
"Fine, I'll stop bugging you about it. Can't say the same for the others though," Hanako grinned at Tenten, who facepalmed.
"What did I do to deserve this?" She groaned, before deciding to change the topic, "so, what do you think of Naruto and Hinata?"
Hanako grinned at this, "definitely. If they don't go together at prom, I will, honestly and truly, kiss Gai-sensei!" She placed a fist over her heart. Tenten laughed, then her face fell.
"Crap, now we really have to get them together," Tenten panicked, looking at her friend, who nodded frantically, then, turning her head, grinned.
"Tenten, I do believe that we have the power to summon people by talking about them," Hanako grinned, pointing where she was looking. Walking over were Naruto and Hinata, as well as several other year 11 students. "Come on, let's talk about Johnny Depp!" Hanako began, when the younger students joined a table to their's and joined them.
"So how was Martial Arts?" Naruto asked the two, who groaned and pulled the 'Excalibur' face. [1]
"Please, just...don't. That spandex suit will haunt my nightmares forever," Hanako shuddered, Tenten nodding in agreement. "What of English? And...you guys had art or something second, right?"
Sasuke, who had remained silent, spoke up now, "the English teacher is most likely drunk, and the Art teacher is too obsessed with his subject." Hanako shot a look that could freeze fire at him, hissing, "don't speak ill of Kairi-sensei, duckbutt." Sasuke was, as expected, unfazed.
"Kairi-sensei is awesome! But a bit dramatic. I bet she's an actress or something," Naruto said to avoid a potential conflict, although he did think it. Just because Sasuke was boring, that didn't mean the rest of them were.
Sakura continued, "but that Art teacher! He's such a snob! Did you hear what he said about my sculpture? He called it dull, abysmal, NOT WORTH THE CLAY!" Everyone inched away from her, not wanting to get caught in her rage. Ino, however, joined her.
"Yeah, and he said my painting was 'a superficial bore!' I don't even know what that means, but it sounds bad!"
"Not as bad as when he talked to you," Naruto added, grinning at the memory. Hinata looked a little confused, then remembered.
"That was weird," looking at the people who weren't in their class, she continued, "he went up to Ino, looked at her work, then said, 'I`m shocked at your standard, Dei. I thought you hated this stuff.' Then he looked at Ino properly and said, 'Oh, sorry Yamanaka, I thought you were someone else.'"
The others looked confused, then Gaara and Hanako reacted almost simultaenously.
"He mistook you for Deidara?!" They both asked, staring at Ino. Their tones could not be more different, however. Hanako sounded like she would burst out laughing, while Gaara, uncharacteristically, sounded a little on edge.
Now Naruto was confused. "Who's Deidara? And why is Gaara scared of him?" He asked, cocking his head. Gaara immediately camed himself.
"I wasn't scared. What gave you that impression?" He asked, acting as though nothing had ever happened. Hanako now let out a little laugh.

"I'll tell you all about Deidara. Hoshiko told me about him," she began, grinning and sounding slightly scary. "Deidara is an Akatsuki student, in his last year of Sixth Form. According to the Art teachers, he's one of the greatest students the school has seen in Art. Even Sasori-sensei--the guy you had--has said that his work is impressive. And he never says that.
He is a little psycho, though, like most Akatsuki students. He likes to make stuff go bang, something that's often got him in trouble. As for Gaara..." At this, Hanako gave a sly smile, looking at the Suna boy, "if I remember correctly, Deidara worked for Pain--the main bully here--once, when Pain decided that he wanted to go after Gaara, like he'd gone after those other kids. So, Deidara was sent to make his life hell for a good few days, until Gaara's dad got involved. The rest, as they say, is history."
Gaara sighed at this. The others all looked from Hanako, to him, back to Hanako.
"That kid sounds scary. But what I don't get is why Sasori-sensei would confuse Ino for him," Hinata commented, the others chorusing, "yeah," behind her. With that, Hanako produced a yearbook, the one from two years ago, and began to flick through it. Finally, she landed on a page and showed it to them.

On the page were four pictures, and the bottom-right one had blonde hair in a ponytail, his fringe covering his left eye, and blue eyes. Everyone, bar Ino, stared at the picture, then at Ino, then back at the picture, reapeating this five times.
"That..." Shikamaru began, finally awake for once, "is creepy. Really creepy."
"Don't worry, it's easy to tell them apart. ...Deidara has mouths on his hands," Hanako grinned slyly, as if awaiting the chorus of, "Eww,"s that followed.
While the others were distracted by Ino's 'twin', Tenten mentally asked, where are the guys? They should be here right now...

Lee and Neji were on the field, and not by their own choice. Gai had hunted them down and asked them to help him with a 'battle of youthfulness' against Kakashi. Lee had accepted, of course, but Neji had been dragged along, kicking and screaming. Literally, he had been screaming out, "Let me go, I need lunch!"
So there they were. Kakashi was looking at Gai apathetically, before asking, "what do you want to do then, Gai? I have to go talk to people."
The busy-eyebrowed teacher, being overdramatic as usual, announced, "Kakashi, I challenge you to a duel. The man who kisses the most youthful women wins!"
Kakashi stared in disbelief, then began laughing hysterically. Gai had given him some easy challenges before, but this one was just ridiculous!"
Gai, you can't be serious! You?! Kissing women?! Pfffthahahaha!" Kakashi was clutching his sides, shrieking in laughter. Neji was also locking away the urge to laugh. His mentor lacked many things, and good looks was certainly one of those things. Also brains.
Gai just smiled, however. "Kakashi, perhaps you would like to hear the conditions before you laugh?" He asked, looking at the laughing young man. Kakashi stopped laughing, looking at Gai.
"Conditions?"
Gai smiled, "yes! Both of us have to kiss the women, and...no masks!"
Kakashi's face fell entirely then. No masks? But...Kakashi never removed his mask. Then, an idea struck him. This would be a brilliant plot point. Green Beast and...whoever I was, having a kissing match, and me winning despite all odds. But how's Anko going to respond to this?...Ah, more drama...
"Gai, I accept your challenge. HOWEVER, a kiss on the lips is not compulsory. Oh, and to shake things up, let's both use one of our students. I shall use Sasuke, you Lee," this is going to be gold, "agreed?" Kakashi held out his hand, and Gai shook it.
"And whoever loses must steal one of Tsunade-sama's bras and wear it to prom," Gai said finally, before the group disbanded. Neji sighed with relief and made a break for the canteen...
Just as the bell for the end of break went.

AN: Writer's block makes me want to kill myself. I hate the stuff I come up with when I have it. Ugh, I'm really not in a Naruto mood right now. Sorry about the disappointing update. -.-"

[1]-This is a Soul Eater reference. It's a fairly well known face. Look it up on Google images.