Second Chance

Chapter 1 – Who are you Supposed to be?

Nagato

"Okay class. We have two new students." Sir Kakashi said. Two students emerged from the door. The first one was a girl with short blue hair and gray eyes and the other one was a boy with a spiky orange-like hair. The two of them wrote their names on the board. The girl's name was Konan and the boy's was Yahiko.

"Hi! I'm Konan and I'm 15. We're twins." she said and pointed to the boy.

"I'm Yahiko and I'm his older brother... by seconds." he said and placed his hands on his pocket. I went into sleeping position knowing this is a waste of time. Sir Kakashi then looked around to see which seats are empty. Since my class is only composed of 15 students including them there were still plenty of empty chairs to go around. Sir Kakashi hummed while searching for the best spot.

"Nagato-kun, sit up straight." he must've seen me. I followed his instructions. This is getting boring.

"Sir Kakashi... just make 'em choose their seats." I told him coldly. Most of us here are Emo. The not-so-Emo people make this classroom bearable. Sir Kakashi sighed and told them to choose their seats. Yahiko, took the seat next to Jugo. If he only knew who he was. He'd definitely curse that place. Konan was having trouble looking for a place. She finally decided and chose a place... a chair away from me. "Hi, I'm Konan." she said to me. I looked at her smiling face. There was a hint of sadness in it. "... I'm... Nagato" I told her and looked away. I looked out the window which was just on my left and stared outside. Sir Kakashi was discussing our new lesson in Escaping 105. I looked at Konan for a second. Looks like she's a smart student. She took down notes every once in a while. A fine day it is, luckily, my next class is Math and Sir Hiruzen's my teacher. That old man doesn't even notice when a student's gone. Academics isn't my thing by the way, hehehe. So, is ninjutsu but I'm better at it than academics though.

The bell rang. Sir Kakashi was waiting for all the students to come out. He spotted me and Konan. He called our attention. Yahiko was already beside Sir Kakashi. "Hey! Nagato... you're going help Konan and Yahiko get used around here, 'kay? For the whole day only." he told me.

"WHAT?!" I freaked out at him. I do not want to help a bunch of new students. That is so lame. "Hmmm... then let's make it this way. You help Konan and I'll make someone else help Yahiko,there better?" Sir Kakashi asked. I nodded and grabbed Konan by the arm.

"Woah! Yahiko I'll meet you at lunch 'kaaaaaay?" she yelled at her brother.

I dragged her until we got to the end of the corridor. She panted, I didn't. I was used to this stuff. I fixed my uniform. "... 'you all right?" I asked her. She nodded unable to answer. "What's your next class?" I asked. She gave me a piece of paper. She got the same schedule as mine. This shouldn't seem like a hustle then. I walked with her side-by-side until I got to room 9-M. "Wait for me... after class here by the door. If someone asks you why, tell them you're waiting for me. Don't tell Sir Hiruzen I'm gone okay" I told her. "Sure..." she said and went inside.

I ran for the Cherry Blossoms Tree somewhere behind the campus. I opened my black Polo shirt. I could feel the air pass inside my uniform, sweet. It's getting freaking hot in here. "... you're late..." Madara said. He's the leader of our very, very, very, very small gang. We're 13... and there are... 2 subgroups. The not-so-active and the active. I'm part of the active group and also the second leader.

"I know that... Madara." I sighed. He could be such a pushover sometimes. Madara had a swirly mask on with our black gakuran uniform. "What are we gonna do today...?" I asked and looked around. It looks like everyone's here even the not-so-active people. Something's wrong... or...

"You're touring... the new girl, right?" Madara asked. I placed my hands in my pocket and looked away. "Yeah... 'you asked" "We need them... for our group." he said. Most probably we need them for doing some scheme. "Fine,fine,fine..." I said. I checked the time Math was almost over. "I have to go. I need to pick-up Konan" I said and walked towards Room 9-M.

Konan

Nagato just left. This sucks. I looked around and saw an old man with a teacher's uniform. He must be Sir Hiruzen. "You must be the new student" he coughed. I nodded in response. I'm too shy to answer that's why I usually nod. He introduced me to the class and I wrote my name. I sat beside the window. "Psst." someone hissed at me. I looked around. It was a girl with a long blonde hair. "Hi! I'm Ino" she whispered. "Uh... when Nagato comes back. Don't sit there that's all." She looked at the board again. I looked at the window when it was about 5 minutes before the class ended I saw Nagato coming. He looked up and waved at me a little. He continued walking towards here perhaps.

Sir Hiruzen dismissed us and I walked towards the door. "Hi... Nagato" I told him and smiled. "Let's walk towards the cafeteria. It's our recess anyway" he told me. He had an arm on my shoulder as we walk.

Nagato

What the hell is wrong with me? I'm not supposed to hold her like this. Still, I like her presence. She may be new but... she makes me feel... safe. What am I thinking?!

We got strange looks from people who saw us. Yahiko was with Sasuke. He shot me a puzzled look. "You look good together" he giggled. "Lemme guess... she's joining too. Cool!" Konan was confused by what we were talking about. Sasuke shot me a bad look and put his hands on his chest. *ahem* "hehehe. I haven't told her... yet" I said and scratched the back of my head. "Don't worry. I'll fill her in while we eat." I said. We all walked side-by-side to the canteen. Konan was still beside me. I glanced at her every couple of second. She looks... pretty. I looked on my right side. Konan was on my left. I blushed and she didn't notice. I looked at her again and it seems she's lonely again.

Konan

I moved closer to Nagato and he didn't seem to notice it. We got to the cafeteria and there was hardly any line. Me and Nagato went to get food while the blue-haired boy and my brother went to get beverages. "Nagato... who's the blue-haired boy?" I asked curiously. "Oh! Him... he's Sasuke. By the way what do you want?" he asked. I stared at the food there. "I'll have some... fries and burger..." I said... then mumbled, "like I used to..." He ordered the same for himself. He paid for our food. "Hey! Why'd you pay for it?!" He shrugged. "I dunno... out of courtesy?" He said simply. I looked away and blushed. I picked up our tray and went to the beverages. Sasuke and Yahiko went to get some food. I giggled. Nagato looked at me I smiled in return. He looked away.

"I want Ice Tea. I immediately told the person in-charge." I placed my tray and searched for my wallet in my pocket. "I want Coke please." Nagato said coldly. He already had money in hand and paid for both of our expenses... again. "You're getting unfair." I said and punched him lightly in the shoulder. He didn't seem to care. The person whoever he was handed us our drinks. We went to our own table. Sasuke and Yahiko was on their own table... a couple of tables away. "Uh... why aren't we joining them?" I asked. He took a bite of his burger and said, "Here you're supposed to eat with just another person... no exceptions." We ate in silence.

Nagato

I don't know how I'll explain it to her. About joining our gang and stuff. As we ate I explained things to her slowly. She nodded every once in a while.

*3o minutes after...*

We finished eating and we went up to our classroom. In our school there are always two people who have the same schedule a boy and a girl. We took a seat near the window she was on my right. Sir Iruka came in and lectured us about Ninjutsu.

A/N: I can't think of any title so I thought what if I name if after the song I'm listening to today. :P.