Akatsuki Modern Day Madness

New Student?

Yo, what's up? mangareader90 here, (yes the M is not capitalized even though it is at the beginning of the sentence because I don't want to confuse anyone) and this is a special update for many reasons. This will not be long though because I have homework to do. My weekend is shot: F*** you Trigonometry. Let's get this show on the road!

"Hey, did you hear about-"

"So, everyone is gossiping about-"

"Did you hear the news?"

"Some new kid-"

"There's going to be a new kid-"

"-sent on a scholarship for art, I think."

"Boy? Girl? Who knows?"

"Grade level? I dunno."

I'm sick of it. All this talk, all this gossip, about someone who we don't even know. I don't even like new people; I always feel intimidated whenever new kids came into my life. What if they replaced me? What if people liked them more? What if they didn't like me? Why would I care? Why should I care?

Anyway, I decided to not listen to anymore conversation about it. It was the end of the day, two weeks after the Christmas fiasco and five days after Sammy dearest's blackmail. I have done my best to avoid Sasori during this time. Dear Gosh it was awful. One time he tried to talk to me when there was no one else in the house. I ended up lying about how I had to go to work.

Not that it was any better at school, considering that people who went here were also at the Christmas party that night. Naruto was especially brutal. Don't get me wrong, he's a sweet kid, but even Hinata could tell I was getting p*ssed off by the questions he was asking. "Manga, you and Sasori dating yet?" "Manga, you practice kissing with Sasori again?" I swear if anyone besides Naruto asked that...

Then there was Sasuke. That little b*st*rd. He was relentless about it, poking fun at me, saying how he was surprised Sasori didn't puke after the kiss. I ended up hitting him, though. Because, unlike Naruto, Sasuke did mean to be a little b*st*rd. Karin did not say anything so far. It was very unsettling.

"Hey, nerd," Karin said. Speak of the devil. I haven't talked to her since the time I told her I didn't care abut what she thought of who Sam dated. She didn't have anyone around her, and even though it was a stupid mistake of me to do so, I walked over to her.

"Yo," I greeted. I didn't bother to smile. If she wanted one she was gonna have to work for one. Not that she would.

"About Calculus homework..." Karin started out, but I held up a hand.

"I didn't understand it. Lo siento, pero no lo siento," I said. She looked confused. Ah, that's right. Karin also did not take Spanish; she opted out for French because the people who chose that class got to go to Paris for Spring Break.

"What?"

"Loosely translated: I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry. Anyway, I gotta go. I have stuff to do at home-" I cut myself off, realizing that no one else besides me and Sasori would be home tonight.

Sam was off finding more things to blackmail people with and she brought Itachi with her; Shiro and Matsuri were at the movies; Pein and Konan were doing something lovey dovey; Kisame was swimming; Hidan was off on a date with some random chick that he's been dating a while, but never bothered to tell us (supposedly she will be coming to our school soon); Deidara was at an art show; Madara and Tobi were at a candy store...apparently Madara likes candy a lot; and Zetsu and Kakuzu were doing whatever wherever. I did not want to go home an have an awkward confrontation with Sasori. I couldn't go see Tyler though: he was out partying.