ATDMO (and the devil marches on)

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Naruto was worried about being expelled, and he knew that Iruka was going to hear about this… but… nothing mattered at the moment. Just sitting here next to Sasuke was enough for him, even if only for a second.

"What happened this time, Anko-san?" Tsunade said

"Well, Tsunade, I took the class to the pool, but then I had to come here, so I told everyone not to go into the pool or to rough house while I was gone, because I wouldn't be there if something happened, and these two hooligans thought it would be a good to beat up two of my other students and to go for a swim while I was gone!! They should be expelled for such insolence!!" Anko-sensei yelled

"We didn't do that. Okay… this is what really happened. Those two that Anko-sensei took to the Nurse's office, were the ones who took me and threw me into the water. And…" Okay here comes the embarrassing part…, "I don't know how to swim… sooo… Sasuke jumped in and saved me, and that's why we were in the pool." Naruto finished

"B-but, how do you explain how the other two got bloodied up!?" Anko-sensei shouted

"That would be my fault Tsunade. I saw them drag Naruto into the pool, when he clearly didn't want to go in, almost making him drown, so I thought I should teach them a lesson." Sasuke lied. (Neji and Gaara did that)

"Well that settles it. I don't really think they should be expelled for something that others have done. And I would've beat them up for that too." Tsunade said.

"Y'know…" Tsunade said, "You look so much like your father…. He was such a good man… he was always saying that once he had a child… he would spoil that child and protect it with all his might… You have no idea how much your father loved you…"

"Who was he? What… what was he like??.... why did he leave me?" Naruto asked

Ask Kyuubi. It's about time he told you the truth about everything…" Tsunade said

Chapter 19

Naruto's POV

In Orochimaru's Science class:

I sat staring blankly at the front of the class, ignoring everyone's voices and the constant hostile hissing of the snake next to me. I swear that snake wants to eat me or something…

But anyway, my mind is in utter chaos, thinking about what Tsunade had told me not too long ago.

"Your Father was a great man… You should ask Kyuubi… It's about time he told you the truth."

What truth?

What did Kyuubi know about my father???

But then when I thought of that, I would remember what Lee had told me when I was in the nurse's office that one time.

"I heard from Gai-sensei that Kyuubi and Yondaime were an item."

If that was true then Kyuubi should know how he died, right?

Maybe that was the truth I was supposed to know?

I'm starting to give myself a headache!!!

And it doesn't help that Kyuubi is no where to be found!

After I had talked with Tsunade in her office I had gone back to gym class and told everyone the good news that Sasuke and I weren't being expelled, which, to my joy, everyone had congratulated me with big hugs. Sasuke even had trouble prying Sai off of me. But anyway, after that class I had ran around the whole school looking for Kyuubi-sensei, but I couldn't find him anywhere. I had looked in his classroom, in the bathrooms, the main office, the nurse's office, all closets, and almost every classroom. I guess I would have to wait until my last class to see him, unless he got sick and went home early, and then I would have to wait until tomorrow! Or what if he was fired!! No then Tsunade wouldn't have told me to go ask him… right?

'Naruto…'

huh? Someone's calling my name! is that you Kyuubi?

"Naruto."

No the voice is more… evil… oh-my-god it's the reaper!!

"Naruto!!"

I snapped my head up, and the panicked look on my face turned into pure horror as I saw Oro-sensei's face right in front of mine. His purple eye-shadowed, yellow eyes glaring at me, and there was a scary frown upon his thin lips.

Nope, not the reaper, but close enough.

"Me?" I said and pointed to myself, which made his eyes narrow angrily.

"Is there any other Naruto in this classroom?" Orochimaru-sensei hissed, and I actually looked around the classroom, only to find that everyone had their complete attention to us.

"No." I said, answering his rhetorical question, which only made him roll his eyes in a superior way. Then he stood up straight and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Well, Now that I have your undivided attention. Would you mind answering the question on the board? It should be simple since I had just explained it. Unless… You weren't paying attention." At this Orochimaru-sensei placed this wicked smirk on his face that spelled my doom.

I leaned side-ways in my chair to look passed Oro-sensei to see the board, where numbers and equation signs practically covered it. My eyes widened and a sudden lump formed in my throat. I tried to swallow the lump down but it just kept coming back, making it hard to form words.

I sat back in my chair and looked up at Orochimaru-sensei pathetically.

"Uhm…." Was all I was able to say at the moment, making him smirk.

With a flick of his murky, ink black hair, he turned on his heel and began walking back towards the front of the class.

"That's what I thought." He said loud enough for everyone to hear, but quiet enough to make it seem like he wasn't announcing it, but then the next words were said in a loud and demanding voice. "Since you think its okay to daydream in my class I'm going to give you lunch detention today. You are to report to this class during your lunch to make up the time you spent not listening to me."

My shoulders slumped and I felt like crying and throwing a fit, but I just ended up slamming my head against the surface of my desk and I just left my head there on top of the cool wooden surface.

"Hai…" I mumbled. Oro-sensei nodded in satisfaction before starting to teach again, and this time I just refused to listen to his sickly voice.

'It can't get any worse, could it?' I thought miserably.

Apparently it could, because as soon as I had started thinking of someone to ask to stay with me during lunch detention (so there wasn't a repeat of what happened with Itachi-sensei), I felt something brush against my leg and a hissing sound came from underneath my desk. The same hissing that I usually heard in the tank next to me. I looked towards said large tank and scanned through the wood shavings, but the snake wasn't in there!!!

Oh-my-holy-monkey-animal-crackers!!

My whole body stiffened when the thing that had brushed against my leg—which I suspect now to be the mean snake—was now making its way up my pant leg.

I bit my tongue to keep from screaming as I felt it scaly body going up even more. I had to try and go about this as calmly as possible.

I quickly roamed my eyes about the room to try and get an idea of what I should do, but that's when my eyes locked with curious onyx eyes.

Sasuke was looking at me curiously as I continued to fidget about and gnaw on my bottom lip. To answer his unsaid question I pointed down towards my legs. The Uchiha raised an eyebrow before looking down to see what I was flipping out about. I saw him place a hand over his mouth casually to keep himself from laughing as he spotted the bottom half of the snake sticking out from my pants.

I glared at him and his unhelpfulness, but then I jumped when I felt the snake's forked tongue flick at my thigh.

I couldn't take it anymore!

I let out a loud scream that I had been holding in as I shot up and kicked my leg about to try and get the scaly creature out of my pants, but it just wrapped around my leg stubbornly. I began to panic, and I barely noticed that everyone was now watching and laughing at me, except for Sasuke, Sai, and Shikamaru, who just looked amused. Even Orochimaru was snickering!

I tried pulling at the snake's purple-ish tail to dislodge it from me, but it just held on tighter, making my leg loose blood circulation. I was really scared now and since nobody was going to help me, I did the last thing I could think of in my frightened state.

I unbuckled my pants and pulled them down and off, revealing my bright orange boxers with red foxes printed at the bottom, and the snake that was curled around my left leg. I swear the thing was at least eight feet long! I sat down and began unraveling the creature from my leg, but it would just try and wrap around my arm and other leg then. I started yelling in frustration, which finally—FINALLY—got Sasuke and the other two to get up and help me.

But once they got close enough, the snake lunged at them with bared fangs, which caused them to jerk back in slight fear. I whimpered like a little girl when the snake turned it's attention back to me.

Sasuke glared towards the teacher.

"It's your snake! Get it off of Naruto, you big meany head!" Sai shouted, also glaring towards Orochimaru.

The man just shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

"And why should I? Besides, Manda seems to really like him." He said with an evil chuckle. Sai and Sasuke turned back to see that Manda was now casually laying across my shoulders, but it's body was now twisting around my torso and arms. Its purple colored head was now rubbing against the side of my neck, its forked tongue tickling my chin.

I wasn't as scared as before, seeing as it wasn't going to bite me, but I wasn't about to be tied up by this snake called Manda all day!! And how did it even get out of the cage anyway!!

Sasuke took a step towards me, in order to help, but Manda let out a long threatening hiss from deep in its throat, but Sasuke growled back and continued walking forward, Sai and Shikamaru following behind. Then Shikamaru got the smart idea to walk around behind me. He watched with calculating eyes as Manda's head swayed back and forth aggressively.

And, as if it had been planned, they all attacked at the same time. Manda was surprised and hesitated, not knowing who to attack first. The hesitation was just long enough for Shikamaru to grab the back of its head, which made Manda's head stay still, so it was unable to bite anyone.

It took a while, but with Sasuke and Sai's combined strength they were able to untangle the snake from my body. I sighed in relief as they stuffed the creature back in it's tank, Shikamaru being the last one to let go, and as soon as he did, the snake went to slither back out, but Sasuke slammed the top back on, making Manda hit it's head.

"Well that was weird." I said as I stood up and placed my hands on my hips. "But thanks for the help you guys!" I yelled with a smile, but my smile faltered when I noticed that everyone was just staring at me. "Hey why are you all staring at me?!!" I whined and stomped my foot. It was annoying when people just stared at you.

The only answer I got was Sai clearing his throat, making me turn towards him. He then pointed downwards, which made me look down, only to see that I was still pant-less. My boxers still clearly visible.

"oh damn." I mumbled, a blush taking over my face. I whipped my head around to try and find my pants but they weren't anywhere! That's when I noticed that Orochimaru had also disappeared. "NO! He took my pants! That slimy snake-devil, no good, rotten—grawh!!" I yelled and started stomping around, no longer caring that I was being stared and laughed at.

Sai had to cover his ears to block my loud voice, but Sasuke and Shikamaru merely sighed at my tantrum. Was I stomped close to him, Sasuke grabbed me by the arm and forced me back into my seat, where I fumed silently.

The raven-haired-cockatoo-headed-bastard ruffled my blonde hair and then bonked my head with his fist.

"What was that fo—" But I was cut off before I could throw another fit.

"Stay here. I'm going to go to the nurse's office and see if they have an extra pair of pants." Sasuke said. Then he and Sai left before I could object. He really didn't have to go to all the trouble! I mean I'll just go! It might be embarrassing, but I've had to do it a couple of times in my other school…

Just then the bell rang for fifth period…

Which just so happens to be lunch….

Dammit!

And so I was left alone in the classroom to fume in my seat and glare at Manda, who was now asleep.