Back to School

Kurai Kisu: oooooooh you little hairy monkey, I laughed at your review so hard that I sprained something and couldn't move for ten minutes. FOR SHAME! And for the record, the only time I ever think about tables, desks, the lot, is when I read your reviews, it seems to me that it is you that has a thing for them, no one else has EVER said ANYTHING about me liking sex on tables or something like that. So HAH! Yeah, Sasuke can be a bit... bitchy... but he's been smart enough to keep it all (well, most of it) inside until Naruto was reeled in. And you were right, and you were wrong. Yes, it's a cliffie, and yes, it's very me, but who said anything about angst? Maybe it's just a cliff hanger >8DD you'll see soon enough. And what is it with you and public bathrooms, you have a fetish or something? XDDD and I'm looking forward to having you yelling at me, calling me names and talking dirty. ...I mean the dirty sponge, you perv. Anyway, keep up the good work, almost killed me there, just a little more effort and it's a done deal! (see how I avoided answering the whole soap opera thing?) OH! And congratulations on being my 100th reviewer, here's a daisy! *throws the vase at the screen*

Kirai: oh, I know, I'm so good with cliffies that it's almost illegal. And I'm kinda lazy too when it comes to writing or anything in general, but when someone, like yourself, takes the time to write few nice words about it, it's makes it all worth it. And I would read your crap- ...stories. And my oh my, you gave me so many ideas that it was really hard not to put them in this chapter, but alas, it wouldn't fit my way of writing, it wouldn't be too crack-tastic if there was suddenly raping everywhere... no wait, actually, it would be. ANYWAY! Thanks for the review, made me laugh LOL
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Zee_Kay: could it be? Yes, it is! It's ”Mr. Right” Zee_Kay! GASP! *must. not. fangirl.* and yes, it's SasuNaru! Thanks for reviewing! And it's nice to know you like it, I do try my best :P byee!!

caidanu: Goody! You liked it! I was battling between leaving it in or out, but decided to put it there anyway cos it's totally what Naruto would say in that kind of situation. And Sasuke will NEVER learn. He's too stubborn. Way way way too stubborn. Thanks for the great review! :D


(thoughts)

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Sasuke seemed to be calmly making his way through the nearly empty streets of Konoha, although mentally he was stomping his feet on every step he made, feeling angry and slightly deceived, but not sure why.

Sure, it was kind of... mean to be stealing his boyfriend, and it might even be remrants of Naruto leaving him standing, literally, in the shower. No matter the reason, the Uchiha was pissed beyond belief, and wanted to make someone feel it, preferably Naruto.

(Come on, the idiot deserves it. Only I can use hornyness to my advantage.)

He snapped out of his thoughts when the building came into view, quickly registering Shikamaru standing at the entrance.

”Oi, you made it.” The lazy brunet was leaning on the wall, chewing gummy worms, which made Sasuke mentally grimace.

He hated sweet things. Except if he got to eat them from a tan body. ”Hn.”

Shika's eye twitched as he noted the way Sasuke was intently staring at the candy, and quickly put the bag back to his pocket. (Perv.)

”An abandoned warehouse, what a cliche, huh.”

No answer, but atleast the dark haired man had stopped staring and started glaring. (Well, a small victory is a victory nonetheless.)

Sasuke handed over the bag he had been carrying. ”Clothes.”

The Nara nodded, standing up straight and taking the bag, motioning the stoic ninja to follow him inside.

”So.” The ninja in question started. ”What's the deal?”

Shikamaru shrugged, throwing the bag casually over his shoulder. ”Either it's a coming-out party or we-can't-get-the-Uchiha-so-let's-get-hammered drunkfest. You be the judge.”

Sasuke rubbed the bridge of his nose, not very eager to be cornered by dozens of drunk girls screaming, wanting to know why he didn't chose them. ”Hn.”

They soon got to heavy metal doors, behind which laughter with random chatting and background noise could be heard.

The Uchiha stopped, hesitating. Shikamaru saw this, and tried to give a couraging smile, which ended up as a bored smirk. ”You'll survive.”

”Hn.”

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Ino spun around when the doors opened, almost jumping in exitement. ”Sasuke-kun, you really came!” She ran over, taking the bag from Shikamaru's outstretched hand. ”And you remembered the clothes, good job!”

Sasuke arched his eyebrow, was the woman serious, there were only two things he had to do: bring the clothes and come here. ”Hn.”

Ino gave him a knowing smile before turning around and disappearing to the crowd.

The Uchiha had to admit that the party didn't seem that bad, as there were only people he actually knew and thus there wasn't that many of them.

He turned his head to the side, only to realize that the Nara had already dragged his feet over to the couch, where he was currently lounging with a tipsy Temari.

Sasuke slowly swallowed, action hidden by his high collar, and walked over to the snack table, a confident aura surrounding him. He picked up a full cup near the punch bowl, carefully tasting the liquid, which wasn't that bad.

He really didn't care for social events, especially when he was the center of attention. It was probably partly because when he was younger, Itachi was always the one they concentrated on so he never really got used to it, and later on he just avoided situations like that.

Seriously, he always felt anxious when people started staring, it was like every move he made was recorded somewhere, so he had to be perfect.

That's a lot of pressure.

If he wanted to pick his nose, he couldn't, not that he would, honestly, it's disgusting. He hated when people did that, like they had no manners at all.

Naruto never picks his nose. That's one of the reasons he likes him so much-

No. That's the ONLY reason he likes him a little. Yes, a little. That, and the hot sex. And the fact that he never says anything about the snuggling.

Which Sasuke doesn't really like, he does it only to humor the blond.

(And what the hell is in this punch?)

”Okay, everyone! Gather around, it's time for our first game!”

Sasuke put the cup down, glaring at it accusingly, like it was the piece of plastic that had filled itself and thrown the liquid into his mouth.

”Sasuke-kun, over here.”

The raven half-heartedly glared at Ino as she maneuvered him to the line up.

”Now,” she started, walking over to her bag that was on the desk near them. ”because Naruto once, during an argument, claimed that he'd recognize Sasuke anywhere, in any situation, we decided to do a little test.”

The blonde pulled a perfume bottle out of the bag and walked back to them. ”And just to make things more interesting...” She sprayed the first in line, Shino, with the perfume, making him flinch. ”...we're going to mask your scents, because we all know Naruto has a pretty good sense of smell and the way he's been smelling our Uchiha,” Ino winked at Sasuke, ”it wouldn't be too hard for him without this.”

The men all groaned when their masculinity was slowly chipped away with the sweet smell of flowers, a quite predictable choice for Ino.

Sasuke wasn't used to having a strong-ish scent on his body and coughed, instantly regretting it as Naruto's voice floated to his mind, calling him a woman and a girly-girl.

”Shut up, usuratonkachi.”

He then realized where he was and quickly checked if anyone had heard, sighing in relief when everyone's eyes were focused on Ino, who was almost done explaining.

”So, now all of you, hide your chakra!”

Satisfied that they were ready, Ino opened the door and motioned for Sakura to come in.

The pink haired kunoichi walked through the door, leading in a blindfolded Naruto, who was wearing clear blue, baggish trousers and a dark orange t-shirt.

The girls brought Naruto over to Shino, telling him which side they were and in what direction he was going to proceed. The blond nodded, slowly turning to face the first one, sniffing.

Sasuke surpressed a snort when his boyfriend's nose scruntched up in disgust. ”Um, didn't you say there were only guys in this?”

Sakura and Ino giggled, nudging at each other, mentally congratulating themselves. ”We added the perfume so it wouldn't be so easy.”

Naruto huffed, but then his mouth spread to a wide grin. ”Are you telling me that MY Sasuke is wearing perfume?” Right after finishing the sentence, he perked up his ears, waiting for some kind of indignified exclamation.

Sasuke was about to tell the blond just how much of an idiot he was, until he noticed the grin, figuring out what he was trying to do, so he just settled with glaring.

The blond hmm'ed, seemingly in thought. ”Well, I can feel him glaring, but he could still be miles away.”

The raven clenched his jaw, not appreciating the snickering and such happening around him. It wasn't his fault that the moron obviously liked to spy on him and had probably stalked him for years, there was no other way he could know him so well.

That was his story and he was sticking to it.

Anyway, back with the game, Naruto passed Shino without hesitation, listening for few seconds in front of Lee before shaking his head and moving on. He passed Kiba without even stopping, but stayed a little longer with Neji, which made Sasuke fume.

He stopped in front of Shikamaru, just to chuckle and shake his head, moving onto Chouji, to whom he smiled and waved his hand, making the brunet wave back before he realized that the blond really couldn't see him.

Naruto started walking again, but froze right in front of Sasuke, a smile spreading across his face, making the Uchiha's heart jump.

The blond carefully raised his right hand to the pale face, softly caressing his cheek and running a thumb over the lower lip. Sasuke leaned in to the touch, amazed at his boyfriend, the smitten!Sasuke inside his head running around, squealing in glee.

It was all nice and lovely, until Naruto opened him mouth. ”Hey Gaara.”

Sasuke's eyes snapped wide open, quickly coming up with multiple scenarios of how to effectively and creatively slay the blond, and possibly the Kazekage, who, he absently noted, was hiding his mouth behind his hand.

He changed his mind when he saw the mischiecous grin on Naruto's face. It didn't have to be creative, just fast. With lots of blood.

As a delayed reaction, Sasuke aimed a punch at the tan face, which was easily dodged. Naruto might be blindfolded, but he knew his boyfriend.

The blond pulled the blindfold down, chuckling. ”Gotcha.”

Sasuke had his head turned to the side and arms tightly crossed over his chest, his expression and body language promising a painful death, but Naruto never was one to heed warnings.

He took hold of the pale chin, turning the face back to him, although the black eyes stayed glued to the side, punishing the idiot by attempting to ignore him. Naruto just smiled, giving the lips a small peck.

”Sweetey, I'm sorry.” A soft kiss.

”But you had it coming, not believing me.” Another peck.

Sasuke's expression softened, but he still refused to look back at the moron. ”I believed you.”

Naruto chuckled again, taking the answer as a go ahead and placing his hands on the sides of Sasuke's face, brushing the bangs out of the way, kissing him properly.

The kiss lasted longer, and the couple still succeeded in ignoring the stares that were on them. It wasn't like it was the first time they showed affection in the public, and there were certainly less people this time around.

When they finally parted with a 'smack', Sasuke was staring at the clear blue eyes, blinking slowly. ”Idiot.” He murmured quietly.

Naruto grinned, dropping his hands to his sides, leaning to the pale ear to whisper. ”Now start acting like a seme, you little girl, or no one will believe you're topping me.”

The raven sent a death glare at him when he stood back straight, making most of their friends sigh in relief for getting the normal Sasuke back that they all knew and lov- ...tolerated.

”You're really a moron, you know that, right?”

The blond shrugged, grinning. ”Well, you know with us being together, my manliness is measured by yours, so if you start acting like a bitch, what does that make me, being your bitch?”

Sasuke snickered, punching the orange shoulder.

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After greeting their friends and thanking Ino and Sakura, Naruto skipped to the bar, where Sasuke was already standing, sipping on some drink.

”Heya handsome, you come here often?”

The raven rolled his eyes, turning to the side to face the blond. ”And this is why I made the first move.”

Naruto scowled at the comment but quickly shrugged it off, there were more important things to talk about.

”Hey, lookie lookie! See how cool clothes Sakura and Ino gave me? And look!” He held the t-shirt by the helm, stretching it a little as to make it easier to see. ”ORANGE!”

Sasuke chuckled, putting the glass down. ”Nice, but they're actually from me, I bought them a few days ago and was planning to giv-” The sentence cut off as he was glomped by the blond, making them both fall on the floor.

”Hey, watch it-” Naruto's lips were on his, in a quick kiss.

Naruto straightened his back, sitting on the Uchiha, and smiled radiantly. ”You gave me orange!”

The raven nodded slowly, arching an eyebrow. The blond continued to smile, hands tugging at his shirt. ”Orange!”

”Yes, dobe, and more than one orgasm, but could you get off me, people are starting to stare.”

Naruto seemed to notice just now where they were, scrambling off the other man and to his feet.

”Anyways...” he ruffled his hair, a blush playing on his cheeks. His hand happened to run over the scarf hanging around his neck.

”This isn't from you, right?”

Sasuke shook his head, adjusting his shirt.

”Well, I suppose I should return it to the girls, then.”

The raven stared at the piece of fabric calculatively, slowly raising his hand to take hold of it, pulling the blond closer with his index finger. ”Actually, we could keep it, I've something in mind...”

The redness on Naruto's face intensified, but he didn't turn away, grinning a little. ”Perv.”

Sasuke smirked, bringing their faces closer together, mouths inching towards each other.

They were almost connected, breaths already mixing, when a slap was heard, immediately followed by a loud yelp from the blond's part.

Naruto turned his head as far back as he could, with the raven holding his scarf hostage. ”Who the hell just slapped my ass-”

He realized his mistake a bit too late, as Sasuke was now fisting the fabric, strangling Naruto a little.

”What?”

The blond quickly grabbed the pale wrists, loosening the grip. ”Honey?”

Sasuke wasn't listening, he was intently watching through the people there, trying to find the one of Kami's creation that dared to defy him and touch his mate-

”Sweetey, you're zoning out!”

None the matter, she- ..he- ...IT would soon see the end of its days, wrapped in its own intestines-

”STOP FREAKING ME OUT!”

The raven wasn't responding.

When everything else was failing, and the ominous vein on the pale forehead made its appearance, Naruto leaned in, whispering straight to Sasuke's ear.

”If you calm down right now, I'll tattoo the Uchiha fan to my asscheek.”

Immediately after finishing the sentence, his boyfriend sat down on one of the barstools, calm and collected, staring at the blue eyes. ”That's a promise then.”

Naruto blinked, realization slowly dawning on him.

”You're not supposed to- ...shit.”

He sat down, next to the raven, sighing heavily. ”Fine. Which side do you want it?”

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”I've always wondered...” Shikamaru drawled out, chewing on the pointy end of the little umbrella that came with his drink, occasionally twirling it around between his teeth. ”When your dogs get fleas, wouldn't it be easier just to put the flea collar around your neck?”

Kiba snapped his gaze from the dance floor back to the brunet. ”You know what? BITE ME.”

Shika smirked, picking up his glass and moving the now nearly melted ice cubes around. ”I'd rather not, I haven't had my tetanus shot yet.”

Kiba growled, baring most of his teeth. ”Bring it on, pineapple.”

The Nara arched an eyebrow, amused. ”You wouldn't be able to handle it, dog boy.”

Before they could really start insulting each other, bright red Hinata joined them, immediately drowning the rest of the drink she had left there a minute or so ago, hiding her face behind her hands right after.

Her teammate's jaw dropped. ”Oh shit, you really did it?!”

Hinata offered a weak nod, adding some incoherent mumbling. Kiba's eyes were wide open with shock. ”I can't believe it!”

”M-me either.”

He would've continued being utterly flabbergasted, if not for the outstretched hand and Shikamaru's smug expression.

”Ass! No way she'd done it if she was totally sober!”

Shika tsk'ed, shaking his head slowly. ”Don't be a sore loser, pay up!”

The other brunet cursed under his breath, emptying his pockets on the table, sorting out the money from the midst of everything else he carried around. He pushed the coins and few bills over to Shika's side, grumbling.

”That's all I have on me, you'll get the rest later.”

Seeing the calculating stare Shikamaru was giving to the cash, Kiba huffed. ”Don't dare start lecturing me about not making bets you can't lose or some of your other bullshit.”

Shika chuckled, pocketing the money and gulping down the mix of a drink and water that was left on the bottom of his glass.

”Well, I had no money myself so that would be kind of hypocritical of me.” He then turned, motioning for Chouji to follow him to the bar. ”I acquired some money, let's go spend it!”

Kiba rubbed a hand over his face, moving it on to scratch his head. ”Seriously, I never guessed you'd actually do it!”

Hinata lowered her hands a little, looking at him, still in mild shock.

The brunet continued, throwing his hands to the air. ”I mean, with Sasuke standing right there! I'd never have the guts! Not that I wanna slap his ass or anything.”

The pale eyes went even wider, if possible, Hinata's breath coming in short intakes. ”Hinata? You okay?”

”I... I... I... I... I didn't notice... He was... There...” The girl started hyperventilating, her face first turning redder and then loosing all color, her body becoming limb and sliding towards the floor.

Kiba quickly grabbed Hinata before she hit ground, waving his hand at Shino, who was sitting quietly in the corner next to them. ”Help me get her to a sofa or something.”

Shino nodded, walking over and lifting the small body by her feet and mentally sighing. (Almost two months, must be a record.)

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After being dragged around the hall, Sasuke once again found himself sitting on a barstool, a cup of that weird punch in his hand. He'd had the privilege of being alone for the last ten minutes, so obviously his time was about to come to an end.

”Here you are!” The hyper blond threw his arms around the pale shoulders, leaning in to give Sasuke's cheek a wet kiss. ”Nice party eh?”

The raven nodded, watching as his boyfriend sat down next to him, grinning. ”You just wait and they'll be asking for you to return the favor somehow.”

Naruto scratched his head, wondering what he was talking about. ”But Sasuke, they're my friends, they don't want anything in return.”

The Uchiha snorted, rolling his eyes. ”Well aren't you naïve.”

The blond huffed. ”I'm not being na- ...whatever it was, and I know that OUR friends only did this because they care about me, and you, and want us to know that they're okay with it.”

”Oh...” The raven hooked his foot under the chair his boyfriend was sitting on, pulling it closer and then putting his hands over the other's knees, rubbing them absently. ”So how much of that was a direct quotation from Ino and Sakura?”

Naruto tried to keep a straight face but cracked under the sudden closeness of those dark eyes, chuckling. ”All of it.”

Sasuke smirked, turning back to the counter and taking a sip of his drink as his blond started telling him about random stuff that had happened between now and then and beyond.

He glanced at the clock on the wall, putting the cup down. ”Hn.”

Naruto Uzumaki felt a sudden dread, the ones you get when danger approaches or when your life is about to end. And true enough, the raven was staring at him with an unreadable expression.

”Dobe.”

The blond shifted his eyes from side so side, desperately looking for something or someone to interfere with whatever the raven was planning to do to him.

Giving up his search, Naruto slowly nodded. ”Yes, dearest?” He had a sudden urge to tell Sasuke how much he cared for him and how much more useful he would be alive, but the blond suppressed it.

”It's past midnight.”

He nodded again, checking the clock and what do you know! It WAS past midnight. Only by a minute, but still.

”The day changed.”

The blond absently wondered the smartness of his next answer, but that thought didn't make it to the brain in time. ”So?”

Sasuke's expression didn't change, but the vein in his forehead was back. ”So...?”

(That probably wasn't so smart.) Ah, there it was, only two words late.

”You have no idea what day it was yesterday, do you.”

It wasn't really a question, as the raven obviously already knew the answer, and it would've maybe been a good idea for Naruto to think before opening his mouth. ”Was something special about yesterday?”

Sasuke hn'ed, giving his boyfriend's shin a strong kick, making him flinch. ”No, nothing at all.” He picked up his drink again, taking a sip. ”So, were Ino and Sakura in the room while you changed?”

The blond blinked, rubbing his abused leg, confused at the sudden subject change. ”Yeah, why?”

The raven let out a small smirk, feeling a tiny sense of satisfaction. ”So they saw you naked.”

Naruto sighed, knowing full well where the conversation was headed. ”Gosh, they did turn around during.”

”Were there mirrors on the wall they were staring at?”

”Now you're just being paranoid. Besides, even if there were, they'd just seen my ass-”

”That's equally bad, probably worse. Your ass belongs to me, and I'm going to be the only one staring at it.”

”You're talking like someone who thinks he's gonna get some.”

”Well, maybe I'll just take my business elsewhere.”

The blond gasped, punching the bastard on the shoulder. ”What, I change clothes with someone in the same room so you make vague threaths about cheating on me!?”

Sasuke hn'ed, turning so that Naruto was staring at the side of his face. ”There was nothing vague about it, I was being very clear. People see you naked, I sleep around a bit. Seems fair to me.”

Naruto groaned, pressing a hand on his forehead. ”Now you're just acting like a child.” He pouted, stepping closer and hugging Sasuke's arm, chin leaning on his shoulder. ”Baby, I swear, they didn't see me, and I had my boxers on under the robe.” Of course it was a lie, but he just didn't want to fight anymore.

Unfortunately for him, it was exactly what Sasuke wanted to do.

”Hn.”

”If you wanna be like that, FINE.” The blond huffed, letting go of the arm and turning around, walking away and leaving Sasuke alone.

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”Nara-kun, you have guard duty.”

Shikamaru looked up to the jounin, blinking his eyes slowly.

”Like hell. In case you didn't notice, I'm fairly intoxicated.” To emphasize his point, Shika emptied his glass.

The jounin smirked. ”No can do, it's Hokage's orders and she specifically said that if you were able to sit, you're sober enough.”

Chouji snickered at his friend's outraged expression.

”Come on! There aren't even anyone to guard!”

”On the contrary,” the unidentified jounin said, a smile on his lips. ”We have two captives, accused of spying, and Hokage-sama mentioned that she wouldn't completely mind if you had a chat with them in the process.”

Shikamaru hmm'ed, the never-ending battle between his curiosity and lazyness commencing.

”You wouldn't happen to know who the captives are?” His mind had sobered up, eyes sharp and focused, curiosity being victorious.

The jounin nodded. ”Yakushi Kabuto and that girl that always hangs around him, Karin.”

Faster than no one would have expected, Shikamaru was up and walking towards the door. ”I'm off!”

Chouji waved at his best friend's backside, sighing when it disappeared through the doors.

He turned back to the table, only to come face to face with none other than Gaara, making him jump up and spill his bag of chips. ”ACK!”

Gaara blinked slowly, taking a fallen chip from the table, letting out the smallest of smiles when he recognized the flavor. ”My favorite.”

After his brains started functioning again, Chouji carefully sat back down, eyeing the Kazekage suspiciously.

”My sister, have you seen her?”

The brunet nodded, pointing at the direction of the couch, where a passed out Temari was tucked in and Akamaru was laying on the floor, guarding her.

”Ah, she seems to be in good hands.” With that, the red head turned around, walking away, leaving an extremely confused and terrified shinobi behind.

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Naruto was standing around a table with Sakura, Ino, Lee and Tenten, not really listening to the conversation. The way Sasuke was acting got him wound up and now he just wanted to go and pound some sense into the shinobi.

The girls went through so much trouble to throw this party for them, and the raven couldn't even behave.

Besides, they were supposed to be together right now, telling everyone how their 'thing' started and how tranquil their life was.

It wasn't exactly the truth, but it wouldn't sound very good if he said that they fought constantly and at times he really wanted to leave.

Not that Naruto would, he cared for the bastard too much and he wouldn't make it past the front door, anyway.

”Hello kids!”

Naruto snapped out of his thoughts, looking at the new arrivals, Kakashi and Iruka. ”YOU!” He pointed accusingly at Kakashi, still pissed at him for claiming that they wouldn't last two months-

The hand smacked his forehead. ”Holy powers of Cuckoo! I FORGOT!”

Iruka blinked, watching his former student disappear to the masses. ”What was all that about?”

Kakashi shrugged, picking up the frog wallet the blond left behind. ”No idea, but let's go spend his money.”

The brunet snatched the frog to himself, glaring at the silver haired man. ”No more drinks for you.”

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Sasuke leaned on his hand, elbow on the counter, using his free hand to throw shuriken at the dartboard on the wall, glaring at everyone who dared to ask him to stop.

He was just about to glare at the girl who had just started complaining, when suddenly the raven found himself on the floor, again, as he was glomped by Naruto, again.

”Gomen gomen gomen gomen gomen gomen gomen-”

Sasuke looked at the blond tuff of hair which owner was desperately clinging to his side. ”Dobe.”

Naruto looked up, biting his lip and looking generally miserable. ”I'm so sorry I forgot!”

The raven sighed, preparing to make him pay, but then it happened, as he had feared. The puppy eyes of doom.

”Idiot, let me go!” Sasuke was trying to scramble away from the hold, avoiding eye contact at all costs.

”No! You have to forgive me first!” Naruto tightened his arms around the body under him, making sure to get his legs pinned too.

”You can't just- Damn, let me-” The raven growled, turning to his back to stare right at the deep blue, the corner of his eye twitching. ”You're being really childish right now!”

The blond huffed, rubbing his cheek on Sasuke's chest. ”Don't care. Say you forgive me.”

Sasuke used another two minutes or so to try and fight it, finally sighing, quietly mumbling ”I forgive you.”

Naruto grinned, jumping to his feet, as energetic as ever, and pulled the raven up too. ”Good, now we can go play a couple!”

The Uchiha grimaced, once again being dragged towards the swarm of people, silently mourning the battle lost.

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Karin shifted on her seat, biting on her lip and carefully watching around the room, making note of everything that could be used as a weapon.

She wasn't particulary scared or even anxious about the interrogation, as she was fairly smart when it came to manipulating people and getting her way.

She already knew all about Ibiki Morino, and was fully prepared to razzle dazzle her way out.

What Karin had not expected was the young shinobi, about her age, walking inside, sitting down on the other side of the table and pulling out a bag of gummy worms.

”So, heard you've been sneaking around a bit.”

Karin swallowed, nodding slowly, trying to see through the 'lazy and bored' act to find out his trigger.

Shikamaru smirked, chewing on the candy. ”Tell me about it.”

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A/N: sorry for the delay, but PS2 happened! And right after that, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2! ..so, I've been playing... a lot. Anyway, here's the chapter, a bit longer cos I was so mean to leave it with that awful cliff hanger and all :D enjoy! And review if you have something to comment about or just feel like it, I'll appreciate all of them!