i Last time on And The devil Marches On

"Oh that…" I said sadly while lifting my hand to cover the ugly hickey.

"I was in the Sport closet and Sai locked me in there and started touching me and stuff…" I whispered softly to him, but my eyes never met his. I didn't want to see the look of disgust on his face. Is he not gonna be friend anymore? Probably not. Oh wel… it was fun while it lasted.

"That bastard…" I heard Kiba growled. I flinched, thinking he was talking about me. Suddenly I saw Akamaru crash out of my locker and pounce into my arms. I giggled and pulled the small puppy close to myself while looking up. I was surprised when I didn't see Kiba anywhere in sight. I looked around but I couldn't spot him. I sighed sadly and placed Akamaru down so that I could get dressed. /i

b Chapter 5 /b

I slowly exited the locker room and into the crowding hall, while keeping an eye out for Kiba. Akamaru was running beside me, also looking for his master. I know he's probably mad at me at what happened with Sai, and doesn't want to be my friend but that gave him no right to leave Akamaru!

"HELLO SASUKE-KUUUNNNN!!!"

I forced my hands over my ears as I heard the screech coming closer. I swear it sounded like a flock of birds being burned to death. And I don't even want to picture that… moving on… I looked across the hall to see Sasuke surrounded by a flock of girls. They were all shouting nonsense at him and trying to cling to him. I felt bad for the guy I honestly did… So I thought I'd try and help out the bastard… even if he was a bastard.

He was currently trying to pry off two girls who had latched themselves to his arms. I snuck into the crowd unseen and settled myself in the middle of the crowd. I shouted in a girly voice, which was pretty good might I add.

"OHMYGOD!!! Is that Johnny Depp!!!!?" I snickered when I heard every girl gasp and freeze.

"Oh my god where!!?! Where!!?" the girls screamed.

"Over by the front entrance I just saw him!!" I screamed in the girly voice. All the girls immediately left Sasuke and stormed over to the front entrance. I was almost carried away by the crowd but I escaped just in time. Sasuke was just standing there with a confused face.

"Hey teme!" I greeted and ran up to him.

"Did you do that?" he asked a little surprised.

"Well yeah, it looked like you needed some help and I just happened to be passing by…" I chuckled nervously.

"Hey!! I don't see Johnny anywhere!!!!" I heard a chorus of girls screech. I gulped when I felt the ground starting to shake, signaling that the fangirls were coming back!

I grabbed a hold of Sasuke's stiffened arm and started running towards the guy's bathroom while shouting, "Run for your life!!"

"I slammed the door behind us as we entered the large bathroom with multiple stalls. I was sorta glad that no one else was in the bathroom at the moment…

I pressed my ear against the door and listened for the girls.

"Hey where'd Sasuke go!?!?! If I ever find out who lied to us they're dead!!" I heard a girl screech loudly. I laughed loudly at that. After a while I didn't hear their voices anymore. I looked back to see Sasuke still standing there in complete confusion.

"Nobody ever did that for me… so why?" he asked while looking up.

"Look, I don't know what it's like to have fan girls and stuff, but I've seen the chaos they can cause, and I felt bad for you. I could tell that you needed my help and I was happy to help." I grinned at his glare.

"Yeah well I didn't need your help!" he scoffed and shoved me to the side so he get out of the bathroom. I glared at his retreating back.

"Yeah well next time I see them trying to grope you then you're on your own TEME!!!" I shouted, but I shut up and ran to him when I saw all the strange looks I was getting from the other students.

"Hey hey teme! Wait up!" I called while catching up to him.

"What do you want!!?" he shouted in annoyance.

"I was just wondering where room…… 66 is…" I asked while taking out my schedule to make sure it was room 66 I needed to go to. Sasuke looked over at me with an annoyed expression.

"I guess you have Orochimaru-sensei too…" He asked while stopping and stuffing his hands into his pockets.

"Yeah that's him! For science, right? You have him too?!? Oh can I follow you? I don't know where the room is…" I said sheepishly. He huffed in annoyance.

"I guess you can…" he mumbled, avoiding eye contact. I smiled at him, and I was tempted to glomp him, but I refrained from doing so. The bastard would probably just punch me in the face. I miss giving Haku glomps…

I was about to start walking again, but froze when I heard a quiet yip from behind me.

"Oh, Akamaru! I almost forgot about you! Do you know where Kiba is, boy?" I asked while kneeling down to pat the puppy's head. Sasuke rolled his eyes impatiently but he leaned against the wall and waited for me anyway.

The dog yipped sadly, his tail hanging low.

"I see… Can't you sniff him out or something??" I asked. The dog cheered up at that and immediately started sniffing the air.

"Okay you be careful! I have to get to class though. And don't let Mr. Pein see you." I whispered urgently to him. He barked softly while wagging his, and gave a big sloppy kiss before bounding off, his nose in the air.

"alright let's go!" I shouted excitedly while popping upright and walking towards Sasuke, who was already walking away.

"Hey teme wait up!" I shouted and ran to catch up with him.

It was really silent for a while, except for the other students as they talked in the hall. But Sasuke didn't even really look at me until we were almost there.

"Hey dobe." He called softly. I looked over at him irritated.

"Don't call me that!! and what?" I asked.

"I didn't want to ask before… but where'd you get the hickey?" He asked. I could see that his eyes were narrowed dangerously and he seemed to be struggling to keep calm for some reason. I blushed furiously and reached up my hand to cover the large red mark. I shuffled my feet nervously as I walked. I didn't really want to tell Sasuke about it… What if he got mad and never wanted to talk to me like Kiba… But I sighed and answered anyway.

"Oh… Umm… some kid named Sai locked me in the closet in the gym and started touching me, and then he gave me this hickey… I didn't want him to do it though!!" I protested in my defense. Sasuke paused in his walking and looked at me curiously.

"Sai, huh?" He said thoughtfully, a dangerous glint in his eyes. I nodded and took a few steps away from him; afraid that he would yell or hit me or something. I guess this Sai guy was popular with people or something…

Sasuke took a step towards me and I flinched. He scrunched up his face in confusion at my reaction.

"Why are you suddenly so flinchy?" he asked.

"Aren't you going to hit me or something?" I asked. Usually in my old school, when I even talked to one of the popular kids without 'permission' I had to get beat up or some bullshit like that. I guessed that Sasuke and Sai were popular and one of them actually touched me, so I wasn't sure with this school. But I thought it would be okay to talk to Sasuke, seeing as he talked to me back.

"Why would I do a thing like that?!" he asked, a surprised look on his face.

"Well I thou—"

BBBRRRRIINNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!

I was cut off by the tardy bell. It took me a few seconds to figure out what happened.

"We're late!!!!" I yelled in a panic, but Sasuke seemed calm and stoic as usual…

"Why aren't you freaking out!? What if we get detention!? I really don't want to spend anymore time here than necessary, and I already have detention with Uchiha-sensei!" I started rambling.

"Honestly, I don't care if we're late to Orochimaru-sensei's class. He's worse than the fangirls…" Sasuke said and I saw him shiver. What did he mean by that?

"What do you mean by that!? Is this guy a pedophile or something?? Nawww! Can't be! He's a teacher! They wouldn't let a guy like that be a teacher!" I said and waved my hand around. He started to chuckle and I shut up to stare at him like he finally lost it….

"You have no idea what kind of people are here… I'll give you some advice though… Never stay alone with one of these teachers. You'll get worse than a hickey, especially someone as cute as you." He said in amusement. I stepped back a little more and blushed slightly.

"W-what would th-they do?" I almost regretted asking when he looked at me with that evil glint in his eyes.

"Just make sure you're with one of your friends if you ever have to stay after class with them or something…" he said and started walking off.

"We might as well start heading to class before Orochimaru-sensei makes Kabuto go searching for me… Stupid pedophile…" He mumbled under his breath. I gave him a worried look and followed him down the hall slowly. I really just wanted to go home now, today was getting too weird.

It took us about another minute to get to class and we were both sort of reluctant to open the door, but Sasuke finally sighed and opened the door. Once he did he was literally tackled by a man. He had long murky black hair, piercing yellow eyes and the palest skin I've ever seen! It was even paler than the Teme's!

"Sasuke! My favorite student! It's wonderful of you to finally grace us with your presence today!! Where were you!? Ah and who's this? New fuck toy I presume?? Ah so that's why you were late!" Orochimaru said aloud. Everyone else in the class heard and started snickering. Sasuke blushed slightly while I know my face turned as red as a tomato!

"He's not a fuck toy, Orochimaru!" Sasuke shouted.

"Oh please you don't have to be so formal. Please call me Master. And If your not using him can I have him?" Orochimaru chuckled while looking me up and down. I saw him lick his lips. I blushed even more and retreated behind Sasuke, seeing as he was my only shield at the moment…

"Don't you have a class to teach?" Sasuke asked, putting back on his emotionless mask. I wonder how he does that!! I would never be able to stay emotionless for long…

"Oh yes, the other losers. I guess your right. Well your name is Naruto, right? You can go take a seat in the back somewhere…" Orochimaru waved me off and went back towards the front of the class. When I fully walked in I saw that his class had a lot of shelves and cabinets full of small animal skeletons… He had posters about science and skeletons all around the walls, and as I made my way to an empty desk in the back I could see a large glass case. The glass case was right next to me and I could clearly see the large black snake that was in there. I gulped nervously and tried to look away from the snake. But it kept hissing at me. I looked around but I couldn't see any more empty seats, so I scooted to the edge of my seat and tried to listen to Orochimaru-sensei, while keeping a weary eye on the snake.

"Alright class, we're going to do a project. You'll be paired up with partners, but now that we have a new student, the class number is uneven. So I guess I'll have to pair up with Sasuke-kun!" Orochimaru said excitedly while rolling his chair next to Sasuke's seat.

The raven haired boy looked like he was going to puke and he glared at his sensei. I shrugged and looked around the class to see if I recognized anyone. Oh there was Shikamaru and Sai… Why does he have a black eye!! He didn't have that when I saw him in gym!

As everyone got up to go find their partners and sit next to them, I walked over to Sai.

"Hey Sai. What happened to your eye? You okay?" I asked. He looked at me hesitantly, as if he was afraid to talk to me.

"Uum… yeah I'm okay. Just got in a little fight after Gym… Anyway. You have a partner yet?" He asked. I looked back over to Shikamaru but he was talking to a large guy that had light brown hair and a chubby figure. I shrugged.

"I was gonna pair with Shika, but he seems to already have a partner. Wanna be my partner?" I asked with a smile. Sai looked like he was about to protest but then he smiled a small smile and nodded.

"Sure."

"Okay but no more touching! Got it? I've already got people asking about the hickey." I warned. He flinched and looked around worriedly.

"Deal… but who else did you tell?" He asked.

"Just Sasuke and Kiba." I said. He looked fearfully at Sasuke, who was currently glaring at him, and he sunk into his seat until only his head was visible.

"Okay! If everyone's ready! Let's begin!!" Orochimaru said and immediately went to chatting with Sasuke, and the Uchiha ignored him completely.

I'm confused… wasn't Orochimaru-sensei supposed to explain the assignment we should be doing?