Ten minutes after the bell rang, we were still all waiting outside for Kurenai to show up. Five minutes later, Izumo came along and told us she wasn't here and that we had to go to the study room.

I walked in after Sasori and Deidara, followed by Tenten, Naoki, Lee and Neji.

"Oh joy." I said sarcastically when I saw that the teacher on duty was Orochimaru. He smirked at me, obviously hearing my remark.

"Not too disappointed I hope?" He hissed at me and I glared at him. He pulled out a few bits of paper and told us to sit down so he could check if everyone was there.

"Aburame Shino." He started and Shino raised his hand. I turned around to see that half of the year bellow us was there too. When he'd finished we were all bored to death until Sasori raised his hand. Orochimaru gave him a suspicious look but nodded for him to speak nonetheless.

"I heard you had an accident with your car, I hope it's not too bad." Said Sasori in the most sincere tone he could manage under the circumstances, but was unable to suppress a smirk at the end. Orochimaru glared at him.

"Thanks for your concern Sasori, but I assure you it's fine." Spat Orochimaru. Dei snickered slightly.

"Oh and something else." Added Orochimaru. Sasori looked up.

"Another word out of you and I'll personally make sure you get expelled." Sasori just smirked, not saying anything back. Orochimaru pulled a book out of his bag, glancing at it briefly before turning his attention back to Sasori.

"I heard you were going to Suna, are you sure you can cope with going back?" Sasori's look darkened as he glared at him.

"I'm fine with it." Answered Sasori. Orochimaru smirked.

"But from what I remember you're still-"

"Shut the hell up!" Interrupted Sasori. Dei gave him a worried look and put a hand on his arm to stop him from killing Orochimaru there and then. I was staring at him too; I've never seen him loose his patience. He's usually the one who pisses other people off. I saw Dei say something to Sasori, but it was so much of a whisper I couldn't hear.

Sasori nodded, but continued to glare at a very smug looking Orochimaru. I still don't get what upset him so much.

"It doesn't look like it to me, but then again it's not my problem if you screw up." Added Orochimaru before returning to his book. Sasori glared at him, since Dei was preventing him from doing anything worse.

At the end of the hour Dei walked straight out after Sasori, they had a brief talk and Sasori was gone by the time I got there.

"What was all that about?" I asked. Dei responded with an apologetic look.

"I'm not suppose to tell, or at least I haven't asked and I want to live a bit longer. You should ask Sasori if you really want to know, un." The way he said that made me think it wasn't a good idea to ask at all.

"But he told you about it right?" I asked as we walked to our next lesson. He put a hand to the back of his neck, awkwardly.

"I kinda found out by accident, he doesn't want anyone to find out anything about him anyway. You might have a better chance though, since your-"

"We're not really together, it was just to shut people up, that's all." Dei nodded.

"It's a pity, un." I was about to ask him what he meant, but Anko came in and started shouting at everyone for no particular reason.

After an hour of that we were finally free (for a bit anyway). Me and Dei went to join the others and, as I expected, Sasori wasn't there.

"Have you seen Sasori?" Asked Dei. The question was aimed at Itachi, which was weird for him, since they usually avoid all types of communication with each other.

"No, I haven't seen him since break time actually." Dei frowned.

"Damn, un."

"Why do you care, you know he always goes off on his own." Inquired Itachi, although he didn't sound like he cared.

"Orochimaru nagged him about Suna, un." Answered Dei, putting an emphasis on 'Suna'. Damn, I wish they'd tell me what it's about already! Itachi looked a little more concerned. Tch, even he gets to know.

"Why the hell would he care about Suna?" Asked Hidan from the other end of the table. Itachi and Dei exchanged a brief glance, but neither of them answered.

"Oh, so even smartass Sasori has a skeleton in the closet, heh? Can't wait to find out." Deidara glared at him while Itachi remained, as usual, impassive.

"You should stay out of it Hidan, it'll get you killed." Warned Kakuzu. Hidan rolled his eyes.

"You don't have to tell me that." Everyone ignored Hidan's statement, knowing telling him he wasn't immortal would be a waste of time.

Kisame came walking towards us, presumably wondering why everyone was so calm (compared to the usual that is). He took his usual place near Itachi.

"What going on here?" He asked, but Hidan beat everyone to the answer.

"Sasori's got a secret and we're trying to find out what it is."

"No, you're trying to, un. We know and we're not telling." Put in Dei while glaring at Hidan.

"Whatever, but when I find out I'm so going to enjoy rubbing it in that bastard's face." Said Hidan, smiling at the thought. Dei answered and an argument broke out. I took advantage of this to slope off, since the only one who would maybe tell me what it's all about would be Sasori himself.

After fifteen minutes of searching I finally found him. For someone with bright red hair he sure blended in well. He was walking towards a bench, away from everyone else, he had his back to me but I as I got within two meters I realized he'd noticed me already.

"I was wondering when you'd turn up." I rolled my eyes and carefully sat down next to him.

"So what was the deal with Orochimaru earlier?" I asked. He smirked slightly, but it looked kinda fake.

"Straight to the point, huh?" Oh please, don't start asking questions to avoid mine. Even with Itachi's training I doubt I can beat the info out him...Yet.

"Would it kill you to give a straight answer already?" He looked at me, obviously amused by my impatience, but he didn't answer, he just shrugged.

"So...What's the deal with you and Suna?" I tried to make this sound as casual as possible and, in my opinion, did quite well. He stood up and looked down at me.

"You just don't know how to give up do you?" Damn, he's annoying. I stood up too, not that it stopped him looking down on me. I wish I was taller, it's a pain being short, or at least compared to seventeen year old boy I am, very.

"Oh, I know how alright, I just don't want to." He just 'hn'ed at me and walked away with his hands in his pockets. Half of me wanted to go and punch him in the face for being such a pain and the other half wanted to scream at him. But obviously whilst I was debating he was long gone. 'Tsk', good riddance, I say.

It's funny how you can change your mind in five minutes, now I'm pissed at myself for having pissed him off, if that even makes sense. Damn, I don't even know why I care so much, it's his problem, not mine, let him deal with it on his own. There's only one thing left to do now: go and pester Dei for answers.

I interrogated Dei for the rest of the day and he didn't let anything go, and I know Itachi won't tell me anything just because, I also asked him, I bet it's just to piss me off cause people who murder their whole family on a whim aren't scared of death threats. I guess that means giving up for today.

I got my usual ride home with Hidan, who was in a very good mood, which, believe me, is ####### scary. He just can't wait to find out what Sasori's 'thing' is. We went home and I did the usual stuff before going to bed. Same goes for the morning, and what a surprise Sasori wasn't with the others when we got to school. Really, it's a good thing you can't die of 'overdose on sarcasm'.

The next days went by, and I still didn't find anything out. Sasori's excelling in the art of avoiding me, even in art he gets there just on time and leave as soon as he can. I tried to hear his and Dei's conversation in art but the only thing I got was my name. Dei didn't say anything to me afterwards though, so I guess Sasori doesn't want me to know. Heh, like that's going to stop me. But the way things are going I won't find out before we leave for Suna, but if what I want to know happened there then that must be the best place to find out.

It's gonna be kinda hard though, if he's still not speaking to me. It's Friday now, so this is my last chance, since we leave on Monday. At break time I left without the others noticing, well I think Itachi noticed but he didn't say anything, and went to find Sasori. I spotted him coming down the hallway in the opposite direction I was going in. Knowing he would try and evade me as soon as he saw me I took advantage of my 'shortness' to walk directly behind a couple of people so he wouldn't see me. As soon as I was level with him I step out just in front of him. He frowned and tried to move past me but I caught his sleeve and pulled him back.

A/N: Hello! I would have updated earlier but the storm blew up my modem, I think the weather is out to get me...anywayz thanks for the reviews C=!

And yayz for KPG (Kankuro's puppet girl) still wanting to be my beta =D

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