Chapter 2

What did I get myself into? Here I am standing on the steps of the place I hate most. It represented the loss of the ninja way. I stared up at the building as if it where on fire. Hmm…that's not a bad idea. I wonder if Baa-chan would get angry with me if I burned down my charges school. Probably. Sighing softly, I entered the double doors, which were hideously yellow by the way. Who paints a door yellow? Anyway, where is the front office?

Oh, probably beneath the bid neon sign stating "Office".

The office itself is a lovely shade of off-yellow, with purple furniture and yellow curtains. Are all these people color blind? Forcing my best "I'm a good boy, give me a cookie" smile, I walked up to the front desk and asked for my schedule. The secretary didn't so much as glance up at me. I wasted my smile on nothing. "Name?" she asked in a bored tone.

I dropped my smile and answered smoothly "Uzumaki, Naruto." Baa-chan insisted I use a different name so that, in the case the perp is a student here. Any ninja worth there weight in ramen knows the name of the Yondaime of the Hidden Leaf Village. It would be like announcing "Hey! I'm the son of a famous ninja! Come and get me!"

I was brought back to reality by a breathless "Here is your schedule, sir".

It seems that the girl finally looked up. I put my smile back on and leaned in a little. "Thank you! Could you ask someone to show me around? I tend to get lost real easy." I turned my smile in to a more embarrassed one and tried not to gag on the bad grammar I had used.

It would be easier if I meet the Uchiha before class. That way, I could begin my surveillance now, and not have to worry about finding him later.

"Certainly," She said in an overly perky voice. She typed a few keys and I began to wonder how old she was. 27….28? Way to old to be interested in a sixteen year old.

She looked up at me with an apologetic look on her face. "I'm sorry. There is a student with a similar schedule to yours, but it seems that he is absent today. I can have a student from your first period escort you to class, but I can't be of more help then that."

You have got to be kidding me. Baa-chan made me spend my Sunday picking up school supplies and clothes and the damn teme isn't EVEN HERE TODAY!!!!

I took a calming breath, which must have looked like a sigh of disappointment to her, because she looked at me sympathetically. Well, I suppose this gives me a chance to gather information with out freaking my charge out. Baa-chan said that Uchihas are notoriously antisocial.

"That's fine."

She spoke into the P.A. system in an uncharacteristically professional way. "Neji Hyuga, please report to the front office."

She looked up at me and batted her eyelashes. I repeat, creepy. Still, I made it appear as if I hadn't noticed and choose to stare at the, shudder, curtains. Maybe if I tried hard enough they would spontaneously combust. I was so focused that I almost didn't notice the door opening and a really annoyed girl walking in….wait, no not a girl, he's to well toned to be a girl. I waited a moment and then looked at him casually.

"Hey."

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Bastard! Damn you Sasuke! Why should I be stuck here while your off skipping school on your stupid yacht. Spoiled Uchiha.

Ok, calm down. I'll just take extra notes, no big deal. Maybe I should add some things in, so Sasuke has to memorize a bunch of useless information. Yes, that would be pleasant.

"Neji Hyuga, please report to the front office."

What? I'm never called up to the front office.

I looked wistfully at Sasuke's notes, which were twice as long as mine, and headed for the office. Kiba snickered as I walked past and I shot him a deadly glare. I smirked as I heard a few girls in the back swoon. Too bad for them I'm not interested. My mood continued to be sour as I walked to the office.

Why was I being called up anyway? Probably another award or modeling- I paused mid-rant as I opened the door.

He was a God! He was tall and muscular with brilliant blond hair, perfectly tan golden brown skin, and eyes so blue that they practically sucked you in and……. Which were staring really attentively at the curtains……Ok, then.

He looked over at me and I tried to look as composed a possible.

"Hey."