A/N: Longer chapter only because I had to explain a few things. Also, I know Skye seems like a bitch in this chapter, but the idea hit me and I wrote it. Don't blame me, blame the idea-yeah okay, I guess that would be my fault. Oh well, please read and review anyways.

-Gaara-

I had been halfway paying attention to whatever Naruto was blabbing to me about before Sasuke showed up and gained the blonde's attention. Sure I had become friends with him and others and dropped my bad...habits, but I still liked my solitude and that boy could talk like there was no tomorrow and about the most random of things. Sometimes I found it easier to just ignore him.

I closed my eyes once Naruto's attention was no longer on me and turned my music up as I leaned against the brick wall surrounding the main tree in the schoolyard. We were all just waiting for the bell to ring, not that I wouldn't mind skipping class and staying right where I was. I was comfortable and for once the voice in my head was leaving me alone.

Skillet's Monster came on and I mentally smiled to myself at the irony of the song. I was singing the lyrics in my mind as they were played when I suddenly felt one of my earbuds being pulled out of my ear. I grabbed whoever did it's wrist and opened my eyes to glare at them expecting it to be Naruto or even Shikamaru. What I hadn't been expecting was to see a girl with short dark purple hair and navy blue colored bangs that framed her face and dropped down into her sky blue eyes crouched down infront of me.

"Care to let go?"

She asked and I narrowed my eyes at the rather hateful way she'd phrased her question.

"Who are you? Another fangirl who hasn't learned when to leave well enough alone?"

I asked before releasing her and pushing her away from me enough to make her fall on her ass. When she did so I got a look at the rest of her. She was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans held up by a black and white checkered belt and a long sleeve Akatsuki shirt. I noticed she leveled me with a glare, but I was unaffected.

"What the hell is with everyone and thinking I'm a GD fangirl!?"

She hissed through clenched teeth and I blinked in slight surprise at her outburst.

"First that Naruto boy and now you. Well excuuuse me for bothering to tell your emotional ass that the bell to go to class had rung."

She said as she pushed herself to her feet and dusted herself off.

"Man, this is why I don't bother with people. You try to be nice to one person and they still treat you like an ass."

The girl continued and I realized she wasn't really talking to me anymore so much as muttering to herself, but I had to admit it was rather entertaining, even if she was talking about the way I'd acted towards her. It wasn't my fault she decided to bother me, she could have just as well let me be. It was her choice, not mine, to bother me. Why sould I be nice?

"What the fuck are you still doing on the damn ground you dolt? Stand up already!"

She snapped at me as she looked at me while placing her hands on her hips and I glared up at her, no longer finding her words to be entertaining.

"I don't have to listen to you."

I said simply as I got to my feet and grabbed my bag.

"You got up didn't you?"

She asked with a smirk and I narrowed my eyes at her. Just who did she think she was to be talking to me like that?

"Look girl, back off."

I snapped at her and saw her narrow her eyes just slightly before she crossed her arms under her chest.

"And I'm suppose to listen to you why?"

She asked without the usual sense of fear most people had when I spoke to them which both shocked and angered me further.

"Buzz off."

I growled at her before walking past her to head to somewhere without annoying blue eyed girls.

"Oh what, now I'm some kind of insect? Man, you sure you're in the right grade level? I'm pretty sure even two year olds can tell a girl apart from an insect."

She said and I stopped walking and clenched my fists in anger. This chick did not know who she was messing with.

You could always kill her. You've killed people before, what's one more?

The voice in my head asked and I closed my eyes to try and block it out.

I'm not killing anyone.

I said and heard the voice laugh.

If not kill, then beat. You could teach her a lesson not to mess with you, but not have to kill her.

It said and I was really tempted to do just that, but then I remembered what Naruto had said about if I didn't want people to see me as a monster then I shouldn't give them a reason to.

I took a deep breath before letting it out slowly.

She's not even worth it.

I thought to myself as I started walking again, focusing on simply getting away before my control slipped. All the while, ignoring the voice in my head.

-Skye-

I watched as Gaara left, my eyes still narrowed at his retreating figure. It wasn't until he was gone that I realized how much of a bitch I had just been when it had been me who had bothered him.

"Shit."

I cursed as I headed towards the office. I hadn't meant to say the things I did, but for some reason Gaara's attitude had just really irked me and I didn't think before I opened my mouth.

I thanked the lady behind the desk after she'd given me my schedule and map of the school. I glanced at the map only a couple of times as I walked around, but once I got the basic layout of the school I tossed it into the nearest trashcan and headed for my homeroom. I opened the door and ignored the sudden silence that took over the room because of it as I walked up to the teacher. He was a man who looked to be in his late twenties, early thirties, but I wasn't sure because he had silver colored hair that I swear seemed to defy gravity with the way it stood up and had a mask covering half of his face with a headband covering one of his eyes.

"Skye Blaze?"

He asked in a soft whisper as he read the paper I'd handed him explaining I was a new student and that I had to have that slip signed by all my teachers.

"Well, welcome to Konoha High. Take a seat wherever you can find one and wait for the bell."

He said as he signed the paper before handing it back to me. I blinked in surprise at his statement before doing as he said. I glanced down at the paper and saw his name was Kakashi Hatake and realized I had him for both homeroom and first period.

I looked up from the slip of paper in my hand and glanced around the room for an empty desk, but there didn't seem to be one.

Where the hell am I suppose to sit?

I wondered before hearing my name being called and looking up to see the blonde from earlier standing up and waving his hand in the air like an idiot.

Is there anywhere else free? Please, anywhere.

I thought to myself as I scanned the room, but there was no other seats and with a sigh I headed up the stairs to where the blonde was.

"Hey, you've got homeroom with Kakashi-sensei too?"

He asked with a smile as he finally sat down and I sweatdropped at his question as I sat down. Wasn't it obvious? I was here wasn't I?

"You'll have to excuse Naruto, he can be an idiot sometimes."

Someone said from my left and I turned to see the pineapple haired boy that had been asleep under the tree.

"My name's Shikamaru."

He said with a lazy smile and I felt myself smile in response.

"I know, Sasuke already told me all of your names earlier, but you were alseep."

I said and saw his eyes widen slightly in surprise before he just shrugged it off.

"So how do you know Sasuke?"

I heard Naruto ask from my right and turned to look at the blonde again.

"You really don't pay attention to anything do you?"

I asked and he just laughed while rubbing the back of his head.

"Nope."

He said with a big grin and I shook my head at him.

"He and Itachi are friends of me and my cousin."

I said and for a second got to enjoy silence from Naruto before he opened his mouth again.

"Wow really, who's your cousin!?"

He asked and I cringed at how loud he was speaking despite being right next to me.

"Stop yelling Naruto, we don't need her to go deaf because you can't keep it at a normal decibel."

Shikamaru said with a yawn and I found myself smiling again. I didn't expect to be able to react normally around people, but I guess Tachi knew better than I did. Though I still felt rather bad about how I'd spoken to Gaara earlier, he really didn't need to be a victim to my temper.

Homeroom ended with the shrill sound of the bell and I watched as most kids filed out of the room, but Shikamaru and Naruto stayed seated.

"So we have first period together too, sweet!"

Naruto shouted and I mentally sighed. I had a feeling like he just wasn't one to speak normally, but surprisingly I found I didn't really mind all that much.

"Youthful maiden!"

I heard someone shout from the front of the class and turned with wide eyes to see who was yelling stupid ass shit like that, only to see the boy in green spandex Sasuke had called Lee spinning around like a top before stopping right infront of me and taking my hand in his.

"Such beauty! Such youth! You must come run laps with me!"

He shouted and I blinked in shock, not knowing what to say.

"Oh give it a rest Lee. If you want someone to run laps with wait til Gym class."

I heard one of the other kids say and saw Lee's expression fall for a bit before he perked right back up and struck a pose before sitting down infront of Naruto like none of that had even happened.

"Ummm, is that...normal?"

I asked Shikamaru unsure and heard him chuckle.

"For Lee, yeah."

He said and I just nodded before turning my attention to the front of the class again when I heard more people enter. I recognized Sasuke as soon as he walked in and frowned when I saw a group of girls walk up to him and trying to get his attention by flaunting their scantily clad bodies for him to see. He simply ignored them and sat down infront of me. He turned enough for me to see a smile on his face before he crossed his hands and rest his chin on them. At least he was glad I had made it to class.

"Alright, grab the books from the closet Koni and everyone open to page twenty-six."

Kakashi said and a boy with brown hair stood up and went to the closet befor coming out a few seconds later with a big stack of textbooks and started passing them out. When I got my book I looked down at it and frowned in confusion.

"The intermediate beginner's guide to adept amateur writing?"

I read aloud though it came out as more of a question.

"Kakashi teaches a Language Arts class, but don't worry all he ever does is have us read by ourselves while he reads a book himself."

Sasuke said and I looked from him up to the front of the class to see our silver haired teacher reading a smaller book in the guise of reading the textbook. I saw the cover and frowned.

"I don't want to know what kind of book that is, do I?"

I asked and got a chorus of 'nos' from all four of the boys sitting around me.

Today is going to be really weird isn't it?

I asked myself as I opened my textbook and started reading.

I followed Sasuke and Naruto from the cafeteria out into the schoolyard and to the Sakura tree from this morning. I blinked in surprise when I saw all the people from this morning there, including Gaara who had his headphones in once again and was ignoring everyone just as before. The only difference was now he would occasionally take a bite out of something on his trey.

I saw Hinata smile at me and I waved at her. I'd found out that she, Neji, and Lee were in my second period Enviromental Science but none of the others. My third period was Algebra II and I only had Neji and Shikamaru in that class. My fourth was Art, but since we were only at lunch right now I didn't know who was going to be in there with me.

Naruto went to sit by Sasuke who had sat down by Neji and Hinata. I noticed Hinata blushed when Naruto sat between her and Sasuke and smiled slightly. I glanced around to see Shikamaru had laid down beneath the tree once more and was eating an apple while staring up through the branches and I sighed unsure of where to sit before walking over to Gaara, since he seemed to be set on ignoring everyone, and sitting down. I noticed he tensed just slightly and sighed again as my guilt for earlier came back. I'd apologize, but he had his damn headphones in again.

-Gaara-

I was blaring my music to try and drown out the damn voice in my head as I ate my lunch when I suddenly felt someone sit down beside me. I glanced over and tensed when I saw the girl from this morning.

Kill her. After what she said, she deserves. Do it now! NOW!

The voice screamed at me and I simply turned my music up louder to drown it out. I heard it screaming at me, but thankfully my music was louder than it.

I glanced at the others to have something to do and saw Sasuke talking with Neji while Lee and Naruto were having some sort of contest to see who could eat their food the fastest. Shikamaru was laid out beneath the tree as per usual and Hinata was sitting between Neji and Naruto with a small blush on her face. Her crush on my blonde haired friend was obvious to anyone to took time to notice, which unfortunately for Hinata, Naruto hadn't done. I reached for my last bit of food left on my trey without looking and froze when I felt my hand touch something that wasn't the apple on my trey.

My head whipped around to see my hand touching the purple and blue haired girl's. Her eyes met mine and she mouthed a quiet 'sorry' to me before pulling her hand back. I blinked in surprise at that before picking up my apple and taking a bite.

What happened to the snarky bitch from this morning? Better yet, why the hell is she even sitting next to me?

I wondered as I ate my apple and glanced at her. She looked up from her food and I froze when our eyes met again, not really sure what to expect. She made a motion for me to take out one of my earbuds and I reluctantly took the one nearest to her out just out of sheer curiosity to what she wanted. She leaned closer to me and I narrowed my eyes at her movement before I heard her speak.

"About this morning, I'm sorry."

She whispered and my eyes widened just slightly.

"I had no right to snap at you like I did and I'm really sorry."

She said and pulled away before I could even really respond.

"Hey Skye, do you know the way to your fourth period?"

I heard Naruto ask the girl beside me and saw her shake her head before she got to her feet and followed Naruto to throw their trash away. I watched as they both walked away as the bell signaling the end of lunch rang still in shock at her words.

What just happened?

I wondered as I got to my feet and threw my trash away. Today just made no sense to me.