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And I also do not own 'It's You' by Super Junior for Shinju's ringtone
"Talking"
"Thinking"/Flashback
'Texting'
ON WITH THE STORY! (This might be the last time i typed that cause I'm getting tired of it but oh well) I hope you all like this chapter! :D
Chapter 11: New Students
"So today's the day…"Kiyomi said as she open her sleepy eyes and sat up
"Morning Kiyomi." Shinju said
She just came out of the bathroom. She was wearing a black shirt with the converse all-star logo on it and rip style jeans. Her hair was wet and a towel was hanging over her right shoulder.
"Morning Shinju. You woke up early today."
"I need to tell my parents, remember?"
"Oh right…"
"You ready?" Shinju said as she took the towel and dried her hair
"Not really…"
"Relax. It'll be awesome. No pranks today?"
"Of course cause of that stupid dare."
"Oh right…I forgot. Anyway, you should get ready."
"I will after I feed Pablo."
"You can do it after you get ready Kiyomi."
"But I wanna feed Pablo now!" Kiyomi whined
"*sigh* Fine. I'm going down to tell mum about it then wake our brothers up. Once I'm done, I'm coming back and check on you. You better be done once I get back."
"Alright, alright…"Kiyomi said as she took out Pablo's food that was in a container
Shinju then went out the door and down the stairs and found her mother already cooking breakfast.
"Mum…?"
"Ah Shinju! Would you mind getting the plates and set them at the table?" and Shinju went to the cupboard where they usually keep the plates
"Err…Mum." Shinju said as she took out the plates
"Yes?"
"I need to tell you something." she said as she set the plates on the table
"What is it?"
"Me and Kiyomi-…"
"Maybe its best if I told both mum and dad together…I don't have to repeat myself if I do that…"
"What about you and Kiyomi?" Yoshino asked, looking at her daughter
"Second thought, never mind. I'll tell you when dad get's down."
"Speaking of your dad. Wake him up. Tell him that we have to go to the centre as soon as possible."
"Is something up?"
"A doe is about to give birth soon, a rabbit that one of the employees found in the forest and a baby deer are injured."
"Okay…Anything else?"
"Well there's also quite a few people getting sick and called me, making appointments so they'll be waiting at the centre and quite a lot of animals are getting sick too which means I have to call for a bit of help."
"Eh! You're gonna ask for help? Usually you would say that both you and dad and the employees can handle anything at the centre."
"Well I do have to treat a few people and then help the employees with the doe and your dad has to teach a group of new employees what to do and see what they're good at while treating the two injured animals. We might not have enough time to treat the sick animals so we have no choice."
"I see…"
"Shinju, would it be okay if you come over to the centre to help with the injured animals? If you do then your dad can treat some of the sick animals…If he has time. Besides, more problems might show up as time goes."
"But what about Shikamaru, Kiyomi and Kazuki?"
"Shikamaru won't get off his lazy ass to help unless I tell him to and Kiyomi can help too. Not sure about Kazuki though…"
"Maybe he could help dad."
"Maybe…Now go wake up your father and your brother. Oh and Kazuki too. You four don't want to be late for school."
"Yes mum…"Shinju said as she walked up the stairs
"Best idea to wake dad first." she thought as she knocked on her parents' room and was returned with a snore
Shinju tried not to laugh and opened the door…
With Kiyomi…
"I really don't want to leave you home again…*sigh* But it's not like I can do anything about it." Kiyomi said as she fed Pablo a full spoon of tanuki food
"Or can I?" she said, smirking
"Pablo, what do you say of a nice day out today?"
"*squeak*"
"I'll take that as a yes." Kiyomi said with a big smile as she continue to feed Pablo
Back with Shinju…
"Dad…?"
"*snore*" Shinju walked towards the bed and shook Shikaku
"Dad…Wake up. Mum says she wants to head to the centre as soon as possible." and she was answered with another snore
"Dad, c'mon wake up."
"Not…now…"Shinju sighed at this
"Dad wake up! Someone broke into the house! Mum's out cold and Shikamaru is cornered!" Shinju said in a panic voice and her father woke up instantly
"Where is he? Where's that-…"
"I was kidding dad." She said, muffling her laughter by covering her mouth with her hand while Shikaku groaned
"Alright so what's the big idea waking your father up and have to resolve using that tactic."
"Mum says she wants to head to the centre as soon as possible."
"It's gonna be a busy day today."
"Yeah so mum wants you up now and down eating breakfast in a few minutes."
"Really?"
"Well…No…But…*groan* Just wake up."
"Alright, alright." he said before getting up
With Kiyomi…
"Let's see…Food, check. Water, check. Blanket, check. Well everything seems to be done. You ready Pablo?"
"*nod*"
"Today's gonna be awesome!"
"*squeak*"
"…I'm talking to a baby tanuki…Oh well. Oh right! I can't wait to see Gaara's face! And the others too! I bet they'll be so shock and everything! Right Pablo?"
"*squeak*"
"You are seriously talking to a tanuki?" a voice said at a door
With Shinju…
She was now going to her brother's room, going to wake him up and her cousin up. When she was at the front of the door, she knocked on it first, thinking maybe they would be already up but there was no answer so she opened the door and to see Shikamaru sitting on his bed.
"Ah you're up already." Shinju said as she walked in the room
"Less troublesome for you, isn't it." said Shikamaru before he let out a yawn
"You could say that." Shinju said as she sat on Kazuki's bed
"Let's see…Kazuki is not here, you're awake, Kiyomi didn't wake you guys up with a prank this time, I didn't wake you guys up so may I ask, who did?"
"Kazuki woke up and then woke me up after he got ready saying that today is going to be a great day and that I should get up…"
"Ah…Well since your up and not ready yet…I suggest that you go get ready while I go check if Kiyomi's still feeding Pablo."
"Alright." he said as Shinju walked out the door
"Oh and we're gonna help out mum and dad at the centre after school!"
"*groan* Troublesome."
Back with Kiyomi…
"Shinju woke you up already?" Kiyomi asked
"No I woke myself up." Kazuki said
"I see."
"And I repeat. You are seriously talking to a tanuki?"
"Yeah…Why?"
"Kiyomi, did you understand me? You are talking to a tanuki. What's next? A goat?"
"Why a goat?"
"Okay fine…A cat?"
"…Maybe…"
"I have such a weird sister."
"And I have such a weird brother but you don't see me complaining."
"I do."
"Really?"
"Never mind." Kazuki said with a sigh
"So you're gonna bring that to school?"
"'That' is a tanuki Kazuki! And yes I'm bringing him to school."
"Bringing what to school?" Shinju said as she was now at the door beside Kazuki who was leaning on the door frame
"Err…Err…My phone…?"
"You always bring your phone to school."
"Yeah well…Err…With all the excitement going on right now I could have forgotten my phone and Kazuki was just reminding me." Kiyomi said before looking at Kazuki and saw him give her the what-the-hell look
"O…Kay…?" Shinju said disbelievingly
"Do you think I'm lying Shinju!" Kiyomi said
"Right now, yes." Kiyomi dramatically gasp at Shinju's answer
"And I thought you know me better than anyone else."
"I know that you might be lying."
"You are so mean." Kiyomi said with a pout
"Since this is a special day, I'll let it slide. We're going to help my mum and dad at the centre after school." Shinju said as she walked towards the stairs
"That includes you too Kazuki!" Shinju said and she could hear him groan
"Sucks for you." Kiyomi said with a smile
"She said 'we' Kiyomi which also meant you."
And then there was silence…
"A-ah…I knew that."
"Sure you did." Kazuki said sarcastically before walking off
Kiyomi then stuck her tongue out at her brother's retreating back.
"Whatever…C'mon Pablo, we're going to have a fun day today." she said as she picked up the little tanuki with a smile
"Although it's going to be a sad one too…"once she said that, a frown replaced her smile
While Pablo tilted its head to one side.
Downstairs…
"Shikamaru! Get your lazy ass down here this instant before I come up and drag you down!" Yoshino shouted which cause Shikaku, Kazuki, Shinju and Kiyomi to sweat drop
I think even Pablo sweat drop.
"Sheesh, it's not like we're late or anything." Shikamaru said as he walked down the stairs, his right hand in his pocket while his left was rubbing the back of his neck, his eyes close and his backpack on his right shoulder
"You still haven't had breakfast yet!"
"If I knew I had to go to school early starting high school, I should have-…"
"Should have WHAT Shikamaru?" Yoshino asked angrily with a raised eyebrow
"Nothing." he said as he walked towards the table to eat
"Kiyomi and I gotta go. We were planning to meet our friends before school starts." Shinju said as she stood up and took her bag on the way towards the door
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! We better hurry!" Kiyomi said as she then stood up and rushed towards the door, almost forgetting her bag
"Alright, be careful! And remember that you have to come over to the centre after school!"
"We will Aunt Yoshino!" Kiyomi shouted before closing the door
"I better get going to. I have an appointment with my school's principal today. Wouldn't that be fun?" Kazuki said the last part sarcastically after standing up
"If your mother knew-…"Shikaku got cut off
"My mum is all the way in America with my dad and the chances of her finding out about this are about 50%." Kazuki said as he wore his backpack on one shoulder only and slipped his left hand into his pocket
"Besides, if she knew that I did get in trouble then she knows that her older brother can solve it. Isn't that right, uncle?" Kazuki said as he looked at Shikaku for a sec before walking towards the door
"I think that is also one of the many reasons why she wanted us to stay here while she's gone with my dad other then that she's close to you." he said as he opened the door
He then looked at Shikaku, Yoshino and Shikamaru who was eating breakfast but paying some interest on what's going on.
"Don't worry. I'm not in trouble. See ya later." he said before he closed the door
"See Shikamaru, now you're the last one. Can't you be more responsible?"
"Too troublesome." he said as he continued to eat his breakfast
"What did you say!" his mother asked with a glare as Shikamaru finished his scrambled egg
"I'll be going now." Shikamaru said as he took his toast from his plate
He bit the corner of it before picking up his bag which was just on the floor beside him, his bag was just hanging on his shoulder as he lazily walked towards the door, open it, said 'see ya later' which was muffled by the toast still in his mouth and close the door.
Yoshino sighed.
"That boy really needs to be more active."
"Relax. If he was more active then he wouldn't be Shikamaru." Shikaku said as he drank his coffee
At Konoha Middle School…
"Hey! Over here!" Akito shouted as he saw the two cousins
Kiyomi and Shinju quicken their pace and was now standing right in front of them.
"Yo." Shinju said with a smile
"Hello." Kiyomi followed with a big smile
"You guys are so lucky that you get to skip grades!" said Akito
"You're going to skip grades too you know." said Shinju
"Oh yeah." Akito said as he rubbed the back of his neck, laughing a bit before turning towards his brother
"Dude, you're not gonna say anything?"
"Hn…"was his brother's reply
Akito sweat dropped.
"I guess he's a little depress about this."
"Aw c'mon Akira. It's not like we're not going to see each other again." Shinju said with a smile
Akira looked at Shinju before looking away again which caused her to sigh. She then crossed her arms across her chest.
"You said you wanted to help right? So quit sulking already! Sheesh!"
Nothing…
"Akira, if you don't respond right now, I'm going to kill you."
"…Hey…"
"I can't hear you."
"I said 'hey' alright?"
"Much better."
"Now let's go get our stuff." Kiyomi said before walking towards the school
At Konoha High…
"Hey Shikamaru." Sakura said with a smile as he walked into the class
"Hey." he then noticed the books
"Unfinished homework?"
"Nah…Sasuke is just helping me going through some of the lessons we've learned." Shikamaru then raised an eyebrow before nodding slowly
"Okay then…"he said before walking towards his place to put his bag down and sat at his place
"That was weird. Sakura rarely needs any help in studies. Seeing her with unfinished homework is also quite surprising."
"Hey there lazy ass."
"Hey yourself." Shikamaru said as he looked up at the tall blonde
"Excited bout the new students?"
"Don't really care." he said as she sat on her seat
"Typical you."
"You say it like it's a bad thing."
"Maybe because it is."
"Whatever."
At Tani High School… (Tani means Valley and it's the only one I find suitable for some reason)
"When is Mr. Nara coming?" said an old man with grayish hair and black eyes
"I'm pretty sure he'll be here soon sir." said a guy in his early thirties, black hair and eyes with white glasses
And as if on cue, someone knock on the door twice.
"Come in." the door then opened to reveal Kazuki
"Hey Principal Denji." Kazuki said as he walked in and took a seat
He then looked at the guy with black hair.
"Hey…Dude whose name I have forgotten."
"It's Botan."
"…Right…"Kazuki said, putting his attention back to the man in front of him
"So what is the honor of me being here today? School hasn't even started too."
"You know perfectly why you are here and you are also 10 minutes late."
"Hey, can't blame my sister for being a slowpoke." Kazuki said but what actually happened was that he was hanging out with some friends before going to the office
At Konoha Middle School…
"Ah choo!" Kiyomi sneezed right after she covered her mouth and nose
Back at Tani High…
"Where are your parents?"
"For the freakin tenth time, they are in the U.S."
"There is a chance that you are lying."
"Principal Denji, I'm in the Nara family and we always do what we think is smart to do and you know that."
"Well…Not always but still." Kazuki thought as he waited for his principal to talk
"Your point?"
"If I lie, I can get screwed by my parents by you just calling them if they were in Konoha right now so what's the point on lying?"
"You have no proof that you're telling the truth."
"Call my uncle then. My sis and I are staying with him while my folks are gone." Denji then huffed
"Botan, go get the phone."
"Yes sir." Botan said with a bow before getting the phone
At Konoha High, the bell rang.
And after like 3 minutes, the door was opened to reveal…
"Hello class." Kakashi said as he walked in the class and towards his desk
"EH! KAKASHI SENSEI!" the class (excluding the gang (excluding Naruto)) shouted at the sight of their teacher
"Hmm? What's the matter?"
"You're early!" shouted one of the students
"Well we do have new students, remember?"
"Oh yeah…"
"I forgot…"
"Can't wait to meet them."
"Hope that they're girls."
"And that they're hot." suddenly, the sound of a hand hitting the table hard was heard
"Alright, that's enough. Now all of you be nice. You don't want to make them transfer out of this school on their first day." he looked at his class
"Do you?"
"No." said some students, others were silent and others just shook his head
"Good. Alright, you can come in now." he said, facing the door
The door opened to reveal…
"No way!" Sakura said as she saw who it was
"Shinju! Kiyomi!" Ten Ten said with a smile and yet, disbelief
"Lazy ass did you-…You knew about this, didn't you?" Temari said with a slight glare when she saw Shikamaru smirking
Sakura, Ten Ten, Hinata and Chouji had a smile on their faces, Lee had a big smile, Sasuke, Neji and Shino were just being…Well…Themselves. Kiba and Kai's eyes were wide, Gaara's eyes were slightly wide, Kankurou was smirking, Temari half smiled and half smirked at the scene and Ino looked like she was going to crush the pen that was in her hand.
"Hello people~!" Kiyomi started with a big smile
"My name is Kiyomi Nara! Nice to meet ya!" she said with a slight bow
"Hey." Shinju greeted with a smile
"I'm Shinju Nara. It's nice to meet you. Please take care of us." she said, also giving a slight bow
"Nara?" the whole class then looked at Shikamaru (excluding the gang, Kai, Ino, Tayuya and Kin)
"Huh? What?" Shikamaru asked like he just realized that all the eyes were on him
Which was true. He did just realize that but it was totally expected that the class would look at him.
"Heh heh…Did I forgot to mention that I'm Shikamaru's little sister?" she asked, rubbing the back of her neck
Then someone knocked on the door.
"We have another one?" Shikamaru thought with a slight raise eyebrow before Kakashi said…
"Come in." the door then opened and the other new student was shown to be…
"Eh! Kazuki! What the hell are you doing here?" Kiyomi asked with wide eyes
He just smirked at her and said.
"I'm one of the new students."
"What!" Shikamaru and Shinju said as they looked at Kazuki with shock expressions while Kiyomi's face showed shock and disbelief
"What kind of freakin brother are you! Not telling your own little sister this!"
"Who says that I gotta tell you everything?"
"4 Naras in one class. And I thought one lazy ass was enough." Temari said as she leaned back against her chair
"Kazuki is actually a pretty active person but occasionally lazy, Kiyomi is really hyper but lazy and-…"
"And Shinju is just like her brother, right?"
"You could say that."
"Well anyway…"Kazuki then walked towards his sister, stopped right in front of her, faced the class and placed his elbow on her head
"Let me introduce myself. As you know, I'm Kazuki Nara and Kiyomi here is my little sister." he then spotted Shikamaru
"We got into Shikamaru's class huh?" he said before smirking
"Awesome."
"Alright." everybody then looked at Kakashi
"I'm Kakashi Hatake, your homeroom class teacher."
"Hello."
"Hi."
"Yo."
"And now, since we're done with the introductions. Time for your seats. Kiyomi, you'll be sitting beside Gaara no Sabaku." Kiyomi smirked at this and Gaara's eyes slightly widen again while Kankurou on the other hand was smirking
"Gaara, please-…"
"No need!" Kiyomi said before walking towards the empty seat beside Gaara
"Okay then, Kazuki, you'll be sitting next to Kai Nakamura."
"Fine with me." he said before his sensei can say anything else
"Shinju, you'll be sitting beside Kiba Inuzuka." Kakashi then waited for Shinju to walk to her place since he figured that she already know who Kiba
And he was correct when she just walk over to her seat without a word.
"Now that that's done. Do whatever you want." and with that, the class was noisy as normal
"Is this the surprise you were talking about?"
"Yeah, surprise." she said with a smile and then laughing at herself
"You're cute when you laugh. You know that?"
"Sorry, what? I didn't hear you." Kiba blushed when he realized what he said
"N-nothing! I didn't say anything!"
"O…kay…?" Shinju then turned around
"Hey Kai!" she said with a big smile
"Hey Shinju." he said as he smiled back
"Were you surprised?"
"Sure was. You manage to skip grades after all."
"Yeah. For some reason, my school had an IQ test."
"Maybe your dad wasn't satisfied that his baby girl couldn't skip grades so he convinced your school to have an IQ test."
"Ha. I doubt it." Kai just shrug
"It could happen."
"Still doubt it."
"Whatever you say."
"Kai, I'm halfway talking to you here. You love Shinju so much that you can change your attention from your best friend to my cousin in a second?" Kai's face was now bright red
"Shut up you baka!"
"See! You're even blushing!"
"I said shut up!"
"Stop bullying him Kazuki. It's enough that he suffered from whatever you did to him when we were kids. Be happy that we get to see him again."
"I didn't do anything to him when we were small." Kazuki said as he looked away
Flashback
"Yo Kai!" Kazuki shouted at his friend's ear from behind
"What the heck Kazuki! Are you trying to make me deaf?" Kai asked as he covered his right ear
He then shook his head and see if he had gone partially deaf or something while Kazuki shrugged.
"Anyway, I wanted to ask you something?"
"Okay, what did you want to ask?" a smirk appeared on Kazuki's face
"You like Shinju right?" Kai's face was starting to heat up
"W-why do you ask that?" Kazuki's smirk widen
"So you do like her."
"I never said that." Kai said, his face was already red
"You never said that you didn't like her either." Kazuki said, his smirk widening
"Seriously! What do you want Kazuki?" Kai asked, quickly changing the subject
"Well, me, my sister, Shikamaru and Shinju are going to go swim. We're wondering if you wanna join us."
"Sure, why not?"
"Oh one more thing."
"What?" Kazuki grinned before whispering something to Kai
Kai's face turned red.
"Damn it Kazuki! Shut up!" Kai said before hitting Kazuki right on the head
"Ah…Itte…"Kazuki said, rubbing the spot he was hit, he then said…
"Let's go." And with that, they walked towards the place where they were suppose to meet the others
"Kazuki, what happened to you?" Shinju asked, as she noticed that he had a pain expression on his face and that he was still rubbing the spot he was hit
"Ah nothing."
"Hey Shinju, Kai's face is all red." Kiyomi said as she pointed at Kai whose face was still a little red
"Are you sick Kai?"
"No no. It's nothing."
End of flashback…
Kazuki started snickering at the memory.
"Hey, what's that book Kakashi sensei's reading?" Shinju asked as she narrowed her eyes to read the cover
"Never seen it before." Kai replied
"I feel that I saw it at some bookstore once." Kazuki said as he also narrowed his eyes
"Me too."
"It's Icha Icha Paradise."
With Shikamaru and Temari…
"I can't believe you freakin knew about this and didn't tell any of us!"
"Who says I got to tell you everything?" Shikamaru said before letting out a yawn
"I did. Got a problem with that?" Temari asked with a raised eyebrow, daring the lazy guy to answer something she wouldn't like, if he dares
"You really are a troublesome woman." Shikamaru sighed before laying his head on his folded arms that were on the table
"What was that?"
"Troublesome." Temari glared at him
"Do you have a problem with me?"
"I would say yes but you would just kill me so…*shrug*" Temari still continued to glare at him
"What?" he asked after a minute of silence
"Nothing. I just really want to hit you right now."
"I didn't do anything so you have no reason to hit me."
"Who says I've got to have a reason to hit you?" she asked with a raised eyebrow
"Everybody who agrees with me and Lord Kami-sama himself." Temari scoffed at his answer
"Yeah right."
"Whatever. I just want to take my nap in peace while I can." The lazy teenager said, burying his face into his arms
"Even though we have free time doesn't mean you can use it for sleeping."
"Then what do you expect me to do with my free time besides sleeping?" he asked, looking at Temari, his head laid on his folded arms
"Study maybe." Shikamaru just let out a chuckle
"I don't see anyone in this class studying and I don't study."
"I find that hard to believe if you have an IQ over 200."
"I really don't, it's just one of the perks of being a Nara."
"Is your family really that smart?"
"I can easily skip to senior year right now. Maybe even go college but I find that too troublesome. If that's not enough proof, just look at Shinju and Kiyomi."
"…"
"Now if you don't mind, I'm going to sleep." Shikamaru said, burying his face into his folded arms again
What he did not know was that he was gonna receive a whack from Temari on the head. Shikamaru straightly looked up and rubbed the spot he was hit before asking…
"What was that for?"
"Nothing."
"Didn't I say that you can't hit me if you have no reason to?"
"Yeah but I didn't say I was going to listen to you."
"Troublesome woman."
"I heard that."
"…Troublesome." The lazy teenager said before finally getting his sleep that he so wanted
Back with Kiba, Kai, Kazuki and Shinju…(wow…all the guys' names starts with the letter 'k' XD)
"Icha Icha Paradise?" Shinju said with a raised eyebrow, looking at her cousin
"Yup. Is those perverted books that is written by some author." Kiyomi said looking at the four
"And you know this how?" Kazuki asked, this time, he raised an eyebrow
"Some guy in our middle school class had those kinds of books."
"Oh you mean that weird guy that sat at the back?"
"Yup, that's him."
"Kiyomi." A voice suddenly said
"Yes Gaara?" she asked, looking at the red haired boy who is looking at her backpack
"Your bag…Did your bag originally has a tail?"
Kiyomi straightly look down and saw a fluffy tail sticking out from her bag. She quickly but gently pushed the tail in.
"A tail?" Shinju said with a raised eyebrow
"No it was nothing. Just some stuff I brought that looks like a tail."
"O…Kay then." Shinju said before talking to Kai, Kazuki and Kiba
With Kankurou…(I think Kankurou doesn't get enough screen time)
"*sigh* This is so boring. What to do? I could plan new ideas to tease Temari and Gaara-…"
"I heard that Kankurou."
"Just kidding bro." he said with a nervous chuckle before sighing
"Talk to Kazuki but he's busy." He then put his head down on his folded arms that were on the desk
"This is really no fun."
"Can you like, shut up. I can't concentrate." Said a voice
Kankurou looked up at his side and saw a green haired girl with brown eyes. Her hair tied into a loose low ponytail, some of her hair was already out from the ponytail. Her hair seems to end a few inches below her shoulders and she was currently reading a book.
"On what? Reading? How can you not be able to concentrate on reading just because I was talking to myself?" He said with a raise eyebrow before his face turned to a confuse expression
"Wait…I was talking to myself? How can I not notice that I was talking to myself?"
The green haired girl rolled her eyes before she continued to read her book.
"Do me a favor and just shut up." She said
"For a girl that looks nice, you can be pretty mean." Kankurou said, looking at the board
"Looks can be deceiving. But your looks on the other hand are so weird." She said before flipping a page
"I like to stand out."
"There are other things you can do to stand out."
"So? I prefer this."
"Weirdo."
"Bookworm."
Now let me introduce you to my two other OCs…
"Hey, hey Yuri-chan! Look at Amai-chan! Seems like she likes someone!" a girl with light brown hair and blue eyes said (first appearance in chapter 8!)
Yuri, a girl with blue hair that was tied up into a ponytail with golden eyes, her hair seems to end at her mid back and she was looking out the window before looking at her friend who called her.
"It seems more like she arguing with him to me Mitsu." Yuri said before looking out the window again
"Eh? Really?" Mitsu said before looking at the green haired girl which is now known as Amai (Mitsu, Yuri and Amai's first appearance are in chapter 8)
"Maybe you're right. Hey, don't you think Amai-chan looks better with her hair cut?" Mitsu asked, looking at Yuri
"I guess. She rarely ties her hair when it's long and it sometimes gets really messy." Mitsu just nod
"Yeah." She said before looking around the class to see what the other students are doing
Mitsu saw Chouji eating a bag of chips that he hid, Shino looking at some bug on his table and her friend, Amai and Kankurou still arguing. She then saw Naruto talking to Hinata while she just nods, Neji and Ten Ten were talking. Seems normal on this side of the class. Mitsu proceeded to look at the opposite side of the class.
She saw Ino talking with Kin and Tayuya, who is sharing a chair with Kin, giggling and stuff. Most probably talking about Sasuke and Shikamaru. She then saw Lee and she still can't believe that he looks like Guy. After that, she saw a girl with blue straight hair like Yuri's but different. The girl was doing nothing interesting, just writing something down in a book or maybe finishing her homework that she forgot to do. Mitsu then saw Taichi playing some game on his phone, Shikamaru sleeping and Temari was listening to music.
Then there was Kaito who was playing with his PSP, a girl with white straight hair that ended at her mid back and golden eyes was just calmly reading a book, ignoring everything that was happening in the class. Zaku, who was sitting beside the white haired girl, was just staring at the front of the class. Mitsu then saw Kiyomi showing something to Gaara and then she saw Shinju, Kiba, Kai and Kazuki talking.
"She must be really good with guys." Mitsu said to herself out loud
"Who must be good with guys?" Yuri asked which made Mitsu jump
"You scared me Yuri-chan!"
"Sorry. Now who did you say is good with guys?"
"That new girl, Shikamaru-san's sister."
"You mean Shinju-san?" Yuki said with a raise eyebrow before looking at Shinju
"I guess." The blue haired girl said before looking out the window…again
Mitsu continued to look at the four before her attention was only and directly on Kazuki. There's just something about him that got Mitsu's attention. It can't be his hair, it's normal. Same goes for his eyes. Suddenly, Kazuki look at the side and saw Mitsu looking at him. He flashed a smile at her before talking back with Shinju, Kai and Kiba.
Her heart skipped a beat when he flashed that smile at her.
"What the heck?" she said to herself before shaking her head but she can slowly feel her face heating up
"Maybe he was just smiling at someone else. No way could he smile at me."
"That's what you say." Mitsu's blue haired friend said, startling Mitsu once again
"Stop doing that Yuki-chan!"
At the same time, with Kai, Kazuki, Kiba and Shinju. The four was just talking and laughing…Well…Shinju wasn't really talking, she was just listening what the three guys were talking about.
"Yo Kazuki." Kai said, nudging Kazuki on his side
"Ow. Not so hard." Kazuki said, rubbing his side
"Sorry dude but I think you have an admirer." Kai said with a small smirk which lead to Kazuki to raise an eyebrow
"An admirer?" Kazuki said before turning to his left which was where Kai was looking at
He saw a girl with light brown hair and blue eyes looking at him.
"She's pretty cute." Kazuki thought before flashing a smile at the girl
After that, the four continued their conversation.
Back with Kankurou and Amai…
"Will you just shut up!" Amai snapped, glaring at Kankurou who glared back at her
"You started it."
"No, you did."
"No, you're the one that started it you weirdo."
"Don't call me a weirdo you bookworm."
"Just because I'm reading a book doesn't make me a bookworm you idiot."
"What did I say about calling me an idiot?" Kankurou said, still glaring at the green haired girl
"Nothing. You said not to call you a weirdo. You didn't say anything about calling you an idiot."
"I-…"Kankurou was interrupted when his phone rang
He glared at Amai one last time before taking out his phone and flips it open. It was a message…from Temari.
'From: Temari
Kankurou, would you please shut the freakin hell up! I can hear you and that girl that's sitting beside you talking and you guys are talking really loud! I can't even hear my music properly and I'm surprise that this lazy ass didn't even wake up for a second cause of your shouting! So do me a favor, just speak softly and maybe even shut up.'
"Sheesh. Harsh sis." He said to himself before putting his phone back into his pocket
With Gaara and Kiyomi…
"Gaara, I am going to show you something and what I'm going to show you, you have to promise not to tell anyone." Gaara just looked at Kiyomi with a 'raised eyebrow'
"Look." She said before unzipping her bag
Gaara's eyes widen a bit.
"Why did you bring him here Kiyomi?"
"I didn't want to leave him alone."
"You're mum would take care of it just fine." Kiyomi pouted
"But still!"
"You could get in trouble."
"I would unless no one finds out." Gaara just sighed
"I can't believe you brought Pablo here." Gaara muttered under his breath
"Aw c'mon Gaara!"
"Alright, alright. I won't tell." Kiyomi smiled a big smile
"Great! Now if you don't mind doing me another favor."
"And that would be?"
"Help me take care of him! Okay?" Gaara just sighed again before nodding
Riiiiiiiiing…
"Alright class, I'll see you all tomorrow. Again, be nice to the new students." Kakashi said before walking out of the class
"Lazy ass, wake up. Our next class is gonna start soon."
"Don't care." He mumbled
"Jiraiya sensei could come in any minute."
"Like I care. He would most likely be late anyway." Temari blinked before saying
"True. But still."
"Can you please stop being a troublesome woman. I'm trying to sleep." Temari sighed an irritated sigh
"Whatever." She said before going through songs in her phone
She seriously can't believe why Kankurou keep saying that they both like each other.
Flashback…(this happened when they were walking back home)
"So sis…Did anything happen between you and Shikamaru last night?" Kankurou asked with a smirk
Temari blinked before blushing slightly.
"What the hell Kankurou! Why would anything happen between me and that lazy ass?"
"Because both of you like each other." This made Temari blush more
"Why would I like that idiot?"
"If you call someone with an average IQ over 200 an idiot then okay."
"Why did you even dare me to do that? What were you trying to do!"
"Oh nothing, nothing." There was a silence but it only lasted for a minute before Kankurou broke it
"So…You like him right?"
"Kankurou!"
"Alright fine. He likes you?"
"Do you want me to kill you?" she asked with a glare
Temari thank god that it was dark cause if Kankurou was to see her blushing, he'll never let it down.
"No thanks. I like being alive."
End of flashback…
"I really don't understand him." Temari thought after letting out a sigh
Now her mind was drifting off when she and Kazuki went to get their little siblings who were alone in Hinata's room.
Flashback…
"What do you think they were doing?" Kazuki asked as they walked towards Hinata's room
"What do you mean?"
"You know, what do you think they were doing to get so tired? Kiyomi has slight insomnia so she falls asleep sometimes in the day but I thought she sad enough sleep last night."
"She has insomnia too?" Temari said, clearly shock
"A slight insomnia. Why? Wait. What do you mean 'too'?
"Gaara has insomnia and he used to not sleep at all but now he sleeps for a few hours. 4 hours max."
"We have no idea how she got insomnia. She was okay at first but when she turned 9, she couldn't sleep much."
"Gaara has been like this since he was born. He couldn't sleep at all but when he was 9, he started to sleep even though it's only a little bit."
"Oh well. That just means that out little siblings are weird." Kazuki said with a smile
End of flashback…
"Ah that's right, Kiyomi also has insomnia."
"Kazuki told you that last night right?" a voice said which almost made Temari jump
"I thought you went to sleep."
"Turns out that I'm not sleepy." Temari just look at him before saying
"Turns out that I don't really care." Shikamaru just let out a yawn as a response
With Kiba and Shinju…
"You know I'm glad I'm sitting next to ya. I thought I would be sitting next to Ino or maybe some perverted guy." Shinju said, taking out a book from her bag
"There are not that many perverts in this class." Kiba said as he looked around the class
"I think."
"Yeah, you think." She asked, putting her bookmark on her lap and then began reading her book
"All I can tell you is that the real extreme mega pervert in this whole school would be Jiraiya sensei."
"What does he teach us?"
"Biology." He said with a small smirk
"Seriously? I'm going to hate that class."
"Almost every girl I know hates that class while some guys are interested in it." Shinju then look at Kiba with a raised eyebrow
"Almost? So that means some of the girls are interested in it and the guys who are interested in it are perverts."
"I guess." He said, looking at the board while Shinju went back to reading her book
Kiba then let out a chuckle.
"What is it?" Shinju asked, looking back at Kiba who turned to look at her
"We have Biology next." He said with a smirk and it only widen when Shinju groan
"Great." She said sarcastically
"It won't be that bad."
"Right. That's what you say."
With Sasuke and Sakura…
"Do you still have trouble with this subject?" Sasuke asked, looking at Sakura who was trying to solve the question
"And I thought you will never have any problems with a subject." He said with a small smirk
Sakura gave him a glare before continuing to try to solve the question.
"Shut up."
"Here, let me help you." Sasuke said as he took the pencil from Sakura and started showing her the formula and everything
With Neji and Ten Ten…
"Stop it Neji!" Ten Ten said, slapping Neji's hand away once again
"When the hell did you become such a pervert?" Neji just shrugged
"Since always I guess." Ten Ten just glared at her boyfriend
"Why did I fall for you?" she asked and Neji smirked before saying
"Because you can't resist how hot I am." Ten Ten's face started to turn red
"Shut up!"
"Ah, ah. You didn't deny it." Neji said with a smirk
Naruto and Hinata…
"Hey Hinata, it's cool huh? That Shikamaru's little sister and cousins are in our class! Who knew that that would happen!" Naruto said with a big smile and Hinata just smiled back
"Y-yeah."
"That reminds me. Wasn't that date yesterday fun?" Hinata then blushed but nodded
"How bout we do it again sometime. What do you say?" he said with a smile and you can see a tinge of pink on his cheeks
Hinata's face turned even more red now.
"S-s-sure. A-alright." Naruto's smile only widen
"Great."
Few seconds past and the door flew open.
"Good morning class." Jiraiya said as he walked in
Kiyomi stared at him with a what-the-heck look on her face, Kazuki almost burst out laughing when Jiraiya came in and Shinju silently groaned.
"Now if my memory serves me right. Principle Tsunade have told me that there will be new students in the class. So you new students raise up your hand." the three Naras raised up their hands
"Well, well. Both of you seem a little young to be in here." He said as he eyed Kiyomi and Shinju
"We skipped grades." Kiyomi answered
"I see, so you both are from the Nara family am I correct?"
"Yes sir." Kiyomi said while Shinju just nodded
"And what about you my young man?" the white haired man asked, looking at Kazuki
"I'm also from the Nara family. Transferred here from Tani High."
"I see. I see. Well it seems like you won't be the only smart one Shikamaru." The said boy looked up at his sensei before going back to laying his head onto his folded arms
"Alright, let's start the class." Jiraiya said with a smirk slowly forming on his lips before unrolling something that he brought with him
"I should've known." Temari said with a groan when she saw what it was
Okay, I'm gonna skip the time now. Lunch time...
"Tell us Kiba, what were you and Shinju doing the whole time out at the garden?" Sakura said as they walked towards their table
"I'm sure that both of you didn't spend the whole time playing with Akamaru."
"Well…She didn't actually play with him. More like watching me play with him." He said as he glanced at Shinju at the corner of his eye, she was still reading the same book
"You shouldn't read while walking Shinju." Shikamaru said as he took the book away from her
He was also smart enough to put his finger to mark which page she was on.
"I know, I know." She said as she took the book back
Shinju then placed the bookmark on the page she was on before closing it.
"So you guys were doing that the whole time?" Temari said before taking a seat beside Shikamaru
Flashback…
"I think we should go in now." Shinju said as she saw the sun setting
"Agreed." Kiba said
He was about to get up but he couldn't. And the problem was that Shinju was sitting on his lap.
"Err…Shinju…"he mumbled, his face heating up
"Hmm…?"
"Y-you're sitting on my lap…I can't g-get up." He said, looking away
Shinju's eyes widen slightly and a tinge of pink can be seen on her cheeks.
"O-oh. Sorry." She said before hopping off
End of flashback.
"I guess." Shinju said before taking the other seat beside her brother
Here are the order their sitting in. the table is really long and can fit about 20 people because one already long table is joined with one so it's two already long tables combined made it longer.
On one side are Lee, Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata, Ten Ten, Neji, Kiba and Kankurou.
On the other side are Shino, Chouji, Gaara, Kiyomi, Kazuki, Temari, Shikamaru and Shinju.
"Oh yeah, I needed to tell you something Shikamaru." Shinju said as she opened her book
"What is it?" he asked before biting the sandwich that his mum prepared
"You remember that girl, Shiho?" Shinju asked, looking at her brother but she sweat dropped when she heard Kiyomi growled faintly even though they weren't sitting very near
Shinju can just tell what Kiyomi would be doing if you're doing or talking about something that Kiyomi doesn't like
"Shiho?" Shikamaru said before he went thinking
"Sounds familiar."
"Blonde hair." Shikamaru just looked at his younger sister with a raised eyebrow
"Swirly glasses." He still looked at her
"Used to stalk you." He still doesn't get it
"The one who is totally obsessed with you!" Shinju said
"Shinju, I'm sure you know that I know a lot of girls with blonde hair, stalks me and is obsessed with me." Shinju let out a groan of frustration at her brother
"Shikamaru! She wears swirly glasses! How many girls do you know have blonde hair, stalks you, obsessed with you and wears swirly glasses!"
Realization finally hit Shikamaru.
"Oh her. Yeah what about her?"
"Who's Shiho?" a voice suddenly asked which so happens to be Temari's
"She used to be one of Shikamaru's big stalkers like Ino but she stopped for some reason. The most reasonable reason I can think of on why she stopped is most probably because Ino and her little friends threaten her." Shinju said before going back to reading her book
"Anyway, she works part time at this restaurant that I went to with Kiyomi and my friends that time. She still likes you and she so happens to be in this very school." Shikamaru's eyes widen slightly
"What?"
"Class B."
"K-Kiba, w-wasn't y-your Geography project p-partner Shiho-san?" Hinata asked as she turned her head to look at Kiba
"I think so. I don't remember." Shinju look up at him with a sweat drop
"You don't…remember?" Kiba just nodded which made Shinju sigh before continuing her book
"Hey, hey. Don't tell me you're not going to eat." A voice said before Shinju's book disappear from her sight
"Kai! Give it back!" Shinju said when she realize Kai took her book from behind
"Legacies? Since when did you read books like this Shinju?" he asked as he look at the cover of the book
"You should know I read those kinds of books if they interest me. Now give it back."
"You didn't bring any food?" Kai asked, holding the book higher
"I did but I'm not hungry so can you please give it back." She said after letting out a sigh
"I will, on one condition."
"And that would be…?"Kai placed his tray of food on the empty space of the table and took a banana from it
"Eat." He said, putting the fruit a few inches away from her face
"Do I have to?" she asked with a pout
"Yes and it's not like you hate it. This is your favorite fruit Shinju." He said with a matter-of-fact tone
"Humph. Fine." She said before taking the yellow fruit from his hand
"Now give me back my book."
"Here." He said, putting the book on her head which made her pout again
"Care to sit with us Kai?" Shikamaru asked before taking another bite of his sandwich
"Love to but Taichi and Kaito are currently looking for a table right now."
"They can sit here too. We have extra space." Kankurou said
"You sure?"
"We have no use for those spaces and you guys have no place to sit." Temari said after drinking some orange juice
"I don't want to be a bother. Kaito is alright but Taichi sometimes give a really bad first impression of himself."
"I've seen worse." A voice said
"Huh?" Kai said before turning around
He saw a girl with green hair and brown eyes walked past him.
"What the hell?" Kai said with a sweat dropped
"Takahashi-san must be talking about Kankurou." Shikamaru said before drinking his bottle of water
"Hey!"
"Oh calm down Kankurou." Temari said, giving him a signal to cool down
"Since when did you defend your boyfriend Temari?" He said to her with a glare and yet, he was smirking
"You say something?" she asked with a glare
"N-Nothing! Nothing!"
"Just call them over. We won't mind." Shikamaru said
"Al-…"
"Yo Kai! We've found a table!" Taichi's voice came in
Kai turned around and saw Taichi sitting at a table near the trash can and Kaito a few feet away from him, shaking his head. Kai sweat dropped.
"Err…Guys, Shikamaru and his gang offered us to sit with them for today."
"Seriously!" Taichi said before rushing towards them while Kaito walked on his own pace
"They actually offered it? You didn't have to beg? We're actually going to sit with the second most popular group in this school?" He asked with a big smile while Kaito gave a thankful smile towards the group
"Second most popular group?" Temari said with a raised eyebrow before looking at Shikamaru
"We're the second most popular group? Are we that popular?" Shikamaru just shrug
"All I know is that the most popular group in this school is called the Akatsuki."
"Akatsuki?"
"Itachi is in the group. All of them are seniors except for Tobi, who is a year older than us, and they're all in the student council." Sakura said
"But Itachi sensei-…"Kankurou got cut off
"He's smart but not as smart as Shikamaru. He got permission from Principle Tsunade to teach Karate to freshmen like us." Ten Ten said
"Wow. He must have it rough then." Temari said
By this time, Kaito was sitting beside Kankurou, Kai was sitting beside Shinju and Taichi was sitting beside Kai.
"He's not the only one. Sasori-san and Deidara-san also have it rough." Neji said
"That's right. Sasori-san teaches the art class for sophomores, Deidara-san is like his helper or something." Sakura said after taking a bite of her rice balls
"But they argue at times so sometimes the class doesn't learn anything for about 10 minutes. Sometimes more."
"But it's rarely longer then 10 minutes since Sasori-san hates to keep people waiting."
"Are there any students that are in the student council but not in the Akatsuki?" Kiyomi suddenly asked
"Not that we know of." Sasuke said, taking his bottle of water
"Wow. There's so much we have to learn in this school." Shinju said, flipping a page of her book
"So Shinju-chan…."
"Chan?" Shinju said, looking at Taichi with a raised eyebrow
"What?" he said, looking at Kai, Shinju, Kiba and Kaito
Shikamaru looked at him for about 30 seconds before going back to his food.
"Why are you giving me those looks?" the four went back to eating (reading for Shinju)
"What do you want Kimura-san?"
"I heard that you've fought with Yamanaka there quite a few times already."
"Yeah so what?"
"It's surprising don't you think? She's taller and older so wouldn't that mean she would have more strength than you?"
"Please, Ino is probably one of the weakest girls I know."
"Isn't that a little harsh Shinju?" Kai asked and Shinju just shrugged
"Well, I wonder if there'll be any change in the class since you three transfer here." Kaito said
Time pass and it was now the last period of the day which is Geography.
"Good morning class." Iruka said as he walked in the class
"Morning." Were the reply from some students
The gang didn't really care and if you're wondering about Kiyomi, Shinju and Kazuki. Well…Let's just say that Kiyomi is secretly petting Pablo, Shinju was still reading a book and Kazuki was playing a game on his phone.
"Alright, since there are new students and the whole school schedule has changed, some of you will be assigning to new partners for your project."
"A project already?" Kiyomi gave out a silent complain
"It's just to show Iruka sensei how much we know about Geography and what we have learned in middle school and such."
"What's the point of all that?"
"Since this is the first class, most of the students are very smart. Like you, your brother and your cousins for example."
"I still don't get what's the point." Gaara let out a sigh
"If all the students in this class can manage skipping a few topics then we would finish all the lessons quickly. Iruka sensei just needs to know how many topics he should skip."
"So if this class can't manage to skip some topics, Iruka sensei have to teach us from the very first lesson?" Kiyomi asked, confuse
Gaara nodded.
"Oh…Okay then."
"Tayuya." Iruka called
Tayuya looked up from her phone.
"Since your original partner was from class C, your partner now will be…Taichi."
"Wait what?" Taichi said with wide eyes
"Kaito, yours was from-…"
"Class B." Iruka nodded
"Well, your partner now will be Kin."
"Excuse me?" Kin said, her hand slamming onto her table
"Fine with me." Kaito said after a sigh escaped his mouth
"And Kiba, if I'm not mistaken, I signed you up with Shiho who is in class B right?" Kiba just nodded
"Alright then, now you'll be paired up with…Shinju Nara." Shinju looked up from her book at the sound of her name
"Huh? What?"
"Looks like we're gonna be partners." Kiba said with a toothy grin
"Ah I see…"she said, nodding before going back to her book
"Now, Kazuki Nara and Kiyomi Nara. I can't pair both of you together…"Iruka said, looking around the class
"Ah Sasuke, your partner is Gaara, correct?" Sasuke just nod
"And you both haven't started on your project right?" Gaara nodded this time
"Perfect. Sasuke, your partner will be Kazuki and Kiyomi will be your partner Gaara." Sasuke gave out a small sigh before nodding
"Waaait. So my partner is you right?" Kiyomi said, looking at Gaara who nodded
"Oh. Well that makes it so much easier since I'm working with someone I know."
"Alright, so let's begin the lesson." Iruka said before turning to the board
As time went on and on, Shikamaru practically fell asleep the minute Iruka started the lesson and he would be asleep if a certain troublesome woman didn't keep nudging him on his sides so he would stay awake. Halfway through the lesson, Temari gave up and just paid attention and let the lazy boy sleep. A few minutes before the last bell rang to signal the whole school that school was over…
"Hey…"Temari looked to the side at the corner of her eyes
"What is it? I thought you were asleep."
"Are you free after school today?" Temari's eyes widen slightly
"…Why?"
"Is…Is he asking me out?" she thought before mentally hitting herself
"We've known each other for like what? Less than a month? Less than two weeks maybe? There's no way he'll ask me out. Heck. Why am I even thinking all this?" Temari thought, her face slowly heating up
"My mum wants me, my sister and cousins to go over to the centre and help them. And I was wondering…If you wanted to help or something…"
"That's all?" she said, a bit of disbelief could be heard in her voice
"I'm pretty sure my mum would want to see you again and I think Kiyomi is going to convince your brother to come along too."
Temari glanced at her brother and saw him and Kiyomi talking. Well, Kiyomi was talking. Gaara was just listening. Temari saw that her little brother sighed after something Kiyomi said before nodding.
"I guess you're right."
"So do you want to?"
"I'll think about it."
"I hope you can come." Shikamaru muttered
"Excuse me? You say something?"
"Nope. Nothing at all." Shikamaru said before going back to sleep
"Typical lazy ass. Going back to sleep just like that." Temari said after sighing
Meanwhile…
"Gaaaaaara! By any chance, do you want to help me out at the centre today?" Gaara glance at the girl sitting beside him before looking back at the board
"Why?"
"My aunt wants me, my brother, Shinju and Shikamaru to help her out since a lot of things are going on there so I was wondering if you wanna come and help out." She said, quietly giving a treat to Pablo
"And if there's time, we can start the project and finish it up early." Gaara sighed before nodding
"But I have to ask my sister first."
"Kay." Kiyomi said before putting her attention onto the lesson
And soon enough, it was the end of school. Students got out of their classes and flooded the hallway and a few of the students are already outside at the courtyard.
"Temari."
"What is it Gaara?" Temari asked as she turned to look at her red head brother
"Kiyomi asked me if I could go to the Nara Centre and help her out."
"That lazy ass asked me the same thing. You can follow them first Gaara, I have some stuff to take care of first." Gaara nodded
"So you're coming as well?" it was Temari's turn to nod now
"Yeah, see you there." She said with a wave before walking off
"I'll see ya at home little bro." Kankurou said, patting his brother's shoulder before walking off too
Gaara just look back and forth between the directions his siblings took before going off to find Kiyomi or any signs or the other members of the Nara family.
"GAARA!" a voice suddenly shouted before he felt something on his back
He looked behind his shoulder and saw Kiyomi on his back with a smile on her face.
"So what did she say huh? Did Temari allow you? I'm sure she did since Shikamaru also asked her if she wanted to help out. Hey you know what I think? I think they both like each other! Don't you agree? But it's weird since they barely know each other. Or do they? Hey! Maybe they were classmates in middle school! But they don't seem so close at all so that means they couldn't be friends if they were in the same middle school. And-…Oh look! A kitty! Isn't it cute Gaara?" as soon as Kiyomi finished that sentence, she was whacked on her head by her favorite cousin
"Itte…Shinju what was that for?" she asked, rubbing her head
"I knew I shouldn't let you buy coke just now and to top it off, I shouldn't have given you a bit of my chocolate and please Kiyomi, get off of Gaara. You can't just jump on people."
"Oh sure, and you said your mother was troublesome." Kiyomi said before sticking her tongue out at Shinju, after that she got down from Gaara
"They weren't even here when I was in middle school. They're from Suna and moved here just this year." Shikamaru said after stifling a yawn
"So is your troublesome sister coming or not?"
"She's coming."
"So should we go first or wait for her?" Kazuki asked
"We'll just go first. She'll somehow find her way there." Shikamaru said before walking towards the front gate of the school
They all then walked towards the Nara Centre, Shikamaru was just walking there with a bored expression on his face, Shinju was just looking around, Kazuki was listening to his headphones and Kiyomi was talking to Gaara. When they were halfway there…
"Kiyomi, I think you should take Pablo out of your bag." Gaara said as he glanced at the tanuki's tail that manage to get out from her bag
"Why? Shinju will kill me if she finds out that I brought him to school."
"It's better than him suffocating or having no fresh air in your bag." Kiyomi pouted
"Fine. Can you take him out for me Gaara?" he sighed before unzipping her backpack
The little tanuki looked at him. Just staring at him with those cute little round eyes. Gaara gently took Pablo out of the bag and gave it to Kiyomi before zipping up her bag.
"Kiyomi, why is Pablo with you?" Shikamaru asked which got her the attention of a smirking Kazuki and Shinju raising an eyebrow
"Err…Umm…"
"I asked her to bring him." Now all the attention was directed to Gaara
"Okay then." Shinju said before turning around
Soon, they finally reached the centre and Yoshino was there to greet them.
"About time you came. We have a lot to do! And Kiyomi! You are not allowed to take Pablo to school again! It's dangerous and it's against the school rules!" she said before noticing Gaara
"I asked him if he could help out." Kiyomi said when she saw her aunt's gaze
"I asked that troublesome woman too." Shikamaru said, rubbing the back of his neck a bit
"Shikamaru! Temari is a sweet girl, it's rude to call people such names!"
"Sorry." Shikamaru said, audible enough for his mum to hear
"Thank you for coming to help Gaara but you don't really have to go through all this trouble."
"I don't mind." Yoshino sighed before giving him a smile
"Well, if you insist. The more the better." She said before looking at Shikamaru
"Where's Temari?"
"Most probably on her way." Yoshino narrowed her eyes at her son
"You didn't wait for her?"
"She said she has things to take care of." Yoshino nodded
"I see. Come on then. We have a lot to do." Yoshino said, walking into the centre
"Shikamaru, you have to help you father to train the new employees. You too Kazuki and don't do anything stupid." She said sternly
"Shinju, Kiyomi. You'll both be treating the injured and sick animals. Gaara, you can help them if you want." The red head just nodded
"Your father is at the hall, you know where it is. And the animals are in that room." She said, pointing at a room
"Shikamaru, when Temari comes, you will bring her to the clinic. I could use some extra hands in there. I'll be at the clinic or the emergency room if you need me." And with that, she was off to the clinic
"Let's get started." Shinju said before walking towards the room
"C'mon Kazuki, let's go. My dad's probably waiting." Shikamaru said before he and Kazuki walked down the corridors
"Let's go Gaara. You get to play with the other small animals Pablo!" Kiyomi said with a smile, walking towards the room with Gaara behind her
Half an hour later…
"Is that clear?"
"Yes sir." A vibrating noise was then heard in the room
"Who brought their phones here?" Shikaku asked with a sigh
"Sorry dad, my bad." Shikamaru said with a slightly raised hand before getting his phone
There on the screen of his phone was showing the icon of a message and underneath it was the name of the sender.
Troublesome Woman aka Temari.
"I'll be right back dad. I have to go get someone." Shikamaru said before walking out of the room
Meanwhile…
"Where is that lazy ass?" Temari asked herself as she looked around
"Am I even in the right place?"
"Depends, what place were you planning to be in?" a voice said behind her
She turned around to find not the lazy classmate of hers but a boy with orange hair and blue eyes. He was about half a head taller than her and a black backpack was slung on his right shoulder.
"This is the Nara Centre. Are you in the right place?" the guy asked with a raised eyebrow
"Yeah I am. Thanks."
"So what are you doing here? You don't have an animal with you. Are you sick? You look fine to me."
"No actually, I came to help out. A…Friend of mine asked me if I wanted to help so yeah."
"Oh really? I don't know any one else here that's about your age besides-…"
"Ryuu? What are you doing here?" a voice came behind Temari, again
But this time, she knew who it belonged to.
"It's about time you lazy ass, I thought I was in the wrong place." Temari said, glaring at Shikamaru who yawned
"I don't need to hear you nagging me after hearing my dad giving a lecture to the new employees, troublesome woman."
"What's up Shikamaru?" Ryuu said with a smile
"Nothing much. What are you doing here anyway?"
"I work here don't I?"
"I thought today was your day off. Besides, you're never late for work."
"Had a little trouble in school. Some students set off fireworks right when the bell rang. It was chaos."
"That sounds troublesome. My sympathy to whoever that has to clean up that mess." Ryuu then smirked
"Thank you for your sympathy, I feel so much better now." Shikamaru's eyes widen slightly
"No way, you were one of the students?"
"Yeah, it was totally awesome! You have to try it out."
"No thanks. Sounds too troublesome." By this time, Temari got bored and annoyed
"Hello, am I a brick wall or something?" she said with narrowed eyes
"Sorry. My name's Ryuu. I'm in Mizu High School. Nice to meet you." Temari's eyes widen
"Mizu…High School…?" how can she not notice the tie he was wearing
"Is something wrong?"
"She has bad experience with students from your school." Shikamaru answered before looking at Temari and said
"Let's go. My mum told me to escort you to the clinic."
"See ya later Ryuu." And with that, Shikamaru walked away with Temari beside him
"Who was that?" Temari suddenly asked
"Didn't you hear his introduction? His name Ryuu."
"Yeah but…How do you know him?"
"Same middle school. In our last year, we were in the same class with Sasuke and Neji. We talked and we became friends. I rarely see him nowadays. Only sometimes when I come to the centre."
"He's not like those students we ran into right?" Shikamaru shook his head
"We're underage to drink remember? And if he does drink, I don't think he'll drink that much til he gets drunk."
"You'll never know."
"Either way, he's not going to do anything to you. Don't worry." He said before the two reached the a door
He knocked on it twice and waited for something.
"Come in."
"Mum, the troublesome woman is here." Shikamaru said as he opened the door
"What did you say?" Yoshino's voice was heard, her voice sound stern
"I mean, Temari is here." Temari chuckle silently before Yoshino came into view
"It's good to see you again Temari." Yoshino said with a smile
"It's nice to see you too."
"Thank you for helping. We need a lot of help."
"It's no problem."
"I'll make sure Shikamaru walks you home this time since he left you the find your way here."
"Oh no need. I can walk back perfectly fine. I'll be with my little brother anyway."
"It's the least he could do. Right, Shikamaru?" the lazy boy just sighed before nodding
"Good. Follow me Temari, I'm gonna need your help. You can go back now Shikamaru."
Shikamaru said 'see ya' before walking out of that place and back to where his father, Kazuki and the employees are.
About 15 minutes later…
"Do you understand everything?" Temari nodded
"That's good to hear." A phone then rang and Yoshino picked it up
"Yes?"
"Oh okay. I'll be right there to greet you." and with that, she hung up
"More help is coming. I have to go greet them. You can't handle a few minutes here by yourself right? I can send someone over to help a bit."
"No, it's fine. I can manage."
"Thank you." suddenly the door burst opened
"Yoshino-san! The doe! She's about to-…"
"I'm on it. Tell someone to get over here to help Temari out now."
"Yes ma'am."
"It's really fine Yoshino-san-…"
"I'm gonna be gone for more than an hour at most. It's busy here when working alone."
"But what about the-…"
"I'll get Shinju to do it. I'll see you in a bit."
After that said, Yoshino rushed off.
With Kiyomi and Shinju…
"Hey Kiyomi, where did Gaara go?"
"He went to go find Pablo. It seems Pablo went exploring when no one was looking." Shinju sweat dropped
"O…Kay…"
"Shinju! Go greet them will you!" Yoshino said as she ran past the room Shinju and Kiyomi were in
"Greet who?" Shinju asked, loud enough so her mum can hear
"The people who are coming to help."
"But I'm-…"She was cut off when her mum ran back and glare at her
"Kiyomi can treat that bird herself. You just have to greet them for a few minutes."
"Fine, fine." Shinju said with a sigh of defeat
"Good girl. Now go." Yoshino said before running off to the emergency room
"Be right back." Shinju said as she stood up and ran towards the front entrance
"I shouldn't be running but I wanna hurry. Who knows what Kiyomi would do to that bird once she's done. Most likely naming it and playing with it." She thought as she was a few feet away from the entrance
A figure then walked in. Shinju tried to stop but couldn't cause the floor was slippery enough to make her bump into the person and cause her to fall.
"Damn it…That hurt." She said as she put a hand on her head, shaking her had a little
"Sorry bout that. You okay?" a voice asked her
"Nah…It's my fault. I couldn't stop in time and yeah I'm okay." She said before looking up a bit
She saw a hand stretched out. Shinju blinked a twice before accepting the help
"Thank." Shinju said as she got up on her feet
She then looked up and her eyes went wide.
OH YEAH! CLIFFIE! Why do you think Shinju's eyes widen huh? Huh? Huh?
Well you'll have to wait! I would like to see you guys guess though.
And I bet none of you thought Kazuki would be one of the new students did yeah?
Kankurou: I just thought it was going to be Kiyomi and Shinju.
EXACTLY!
Temari: Megan is giving cyber ice creams for everyone.
Sakura: ...That Ryuu guy sounds hot.
Sasuke: ...
Well, you guys will find out more about him soon.
Shikamaru: Please review.