Rin lay sprawled out on the wool blanket as the warm sun kissed her skin. A gentle breeze washed through her long hair, blowing dark strands into her face.

The grass crunched softly as another person settled down next to her. Suddenly a Coconut drink was held in front of her face.

Rin smiled as she took the cold can in her hand and popped open the top.

"Thanks Sasori" she said happily as she sat up.

The red head gave a small smirk back. " No problem." He murmured as he turned his head to stare up at the blue sky.

Rin brought the drink up to her mouth and took a small sip. The sweet milky drink slid down her throat like silk.

"Rin." Sasori said, catching her attention again.

The girl glanced over at the red hair with a raised eyebrow.

He suppressed a grin as he lifted his hand and gestured to the top of her lip. " Ha...you got something there." He said with a chuckle.

Rin looked downward at her milk mustache in surprised embarrassment.

She was about to wipe it off, but Sasori interrupted. " Here, let me help." He said as his fingers delicately wiped away the milk in one swift motion.

By then the two were only a couple of inches away. Rin froze at the closeness as she stared up into Sasori's dark eyes.

Sasori stared straight back at her, his eyes unwavering.

" Rin." He finally muttered as he leaned even closer. " I think I ....." He stopped for a moment, taking a breath as if collecting his thoughts....

"I think I like you." He said.

What? Rin thought as she felt her heart skip a beat.

Everything around her seemed to fall silent.

She didn't know how to react.

But as she continued to stare forward. Sasori leaned closer and closer.

She could smell his distinct pine scent as his lips pulled into another smile.

A small voice in her mind told her to run, but her legs refused to move.

She had no control.

And she didn't want to run.

She didn't want to.

Instead she closed her own eyes.

And waited.

She heard Sasori shuffle closer.

Then the silence came again.

*click*

Something dug into Rin's head, and gently touched her skull with its cold skin. The shortie flashed open her eyes at the sudden touch immediately sending something wrong.

The summer background had faded grey, and the atmosphere became cold.

Rin looked up again. Her eyes widened as she saw Sasori, the same gentle smile on his face, and a metal gun in his grip.

He pulled away slightly, his smile still plastered on his face. " I think...I like you." He said again, his voice wavering slightly. He shook his head slightly as he said this .

"And it makes me scared." He whispered

*BANG*

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Rin jolted up from her sleep, leaning backwards as she did. Bad idea.The shortie immediately fell out of her chair, landing on the ground with a heavy thump.

A thin line of sweat dabbled her forehead as she tried to control her breathing.

What the hell was that? Where the hell am I?

These questions streamed through her mind as she looked around wildly.

Slowly the mankins hanging on the walls came into focus. The desk, still filled with studying materials stood in front of her.

Rin let out a sigh of relief as she remembered.

It was just a dream....

right?...she questioned herself.

Already the dream was becoming a faint blur in her mind. She thought hard, scrunching her eyebrows as she tried to recall what had made her freak out so much...

Coconut milk....and...that puppet freak...

Only those two images popped up, but she couldn't remember the connection. All she could remember was a terrified feeling in the pit of her stomach.

The shortie slapped her cheeks to refocus yet again.

Who cares, Sasori can just go bald. She thought as she slowly sat up from the cold floor and stretched out her back.

A digital clock on the work desk beeped 6:00 P.M. Rin frowned as her stomach began to growl. She hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch.

At that moment, her eyes caught sight of the bright red bag that sat next to the clock. Her eyes literally increased to the size of saucers.

No

Fricking

Way

Rin practically tackled the table as her hands greedily grabbed the bag of Kasugai Litchi Gummy.

The opening was shredded apart as the ravenous shortie buried her face in it.

Heaven.

A bright light seemed to fall over Rin as she ate, savoring each sweet bite of gummy.

She finally slowed down after finishing off three-fourths of the bag. The black haired kid let out a sigh of pure bliss as she licked her lips.

*Knock* *Knock*

The kid froze at the sudden sound of someone at the door. If it had been Sasori, then he would have just come in....

*BAM*

The wooden door flew open, revealing Deidara's foot as he kicked it in.

" OI PUPPET FREAK!" He screamed with irritation, his eyes burning angrily as he gazed around the room. "WHY'D YOU DITCH ME AT SCH-"

The blond stopped shouting as he realized that Sasori was not there.

He frowned slightly.

I swear I heard someone in here...the blond thought as his eyes narrowed in suspicion.

He examined the manikins that hung on the wall. Their beady, glazed eyes stared back emptily. He also stared at a strangely messy pile of puppet parts on the ground....

Strange...

Sasori never left his room in a mess....the bomber thought suspiciously as he walked towards the pile.

He was about to reach his hand in the pile when he heard a door open in the distance.

The blond jolted up, letting out a curse as he turned towards the noise. Any moment, he expected to see an angry Sasori walk in.

The blond shivered...if Sasori discovered him this time, he'd be dead for sure.

Deidara's eyes flickered from the pile of messy parts to the door, then back to the parts and finally to the door again. Finally he let out a huff of frustration and quickly turned towards the door and made a mad dash out of the room.

The moment the door slammed close again, Rin relaxed from her hiding spot in the pile of manikin parts. Deidara had literally been two inches from grabbing her head.

That was too close...

The shortie got up from the pile, dusting herself off, before grabbing the gummy bag.

I'd better get out. Rin thought to herself as she gathered her study materials.

The black haired kid shuffled towards the door and peeked her head out. The hallway was empty, not a single sound heard.

In the distance, Rin caught sight of the entrance. She counted to ten in her head, checking both ways as she did. Then in the blink of an eye, she raced for the door.

The shortie was out before anyone could hear the small footsteps. She grinned, filled with accomplishment as she quietly closed the front door behind her.

Then the black haired kid turned around with a grin, and walked straight into a wall.

*BAM*

Rin fell backwards, in complete surprise. She was sure that a wall had NOT been there two seconds ago, which either meant it had magically appeared there or....it wasn't actually a wall.

The shortie opened her eyes to see a teen with dark red eyes staring back at her. She recognized him as one of the guys in her class, the one who sat with Sasori...

Itari?....no....chat-itcy?...no butitchati?...no that's even worse..

"Oh..Itachi!" Rin exclaimed suddenly as the name popped up in her head.

Itachi stared at the shortie in front of him, feeling quite surprised at his appearance. Nevertheless, he tried his best to ignore the strange kid's outburst.

" Since you already know me, may I ask why you were leaving from our home?" He asked in a cold, emotionless voice as he reached into his pocket for the weapon he always kept.

Rin felt a menacing presence from Itachi as she observed the small movement. Like a "I'm not afraid to murder puppies" vibe.

She immediately called upon her amazing skills in acting natural. " Oh....uh...I was in the...neighborhood...you know." She said as she diverted her eyes and rubbed a hand through her short hair.

Itachi let go of the weapon as he held in an annoyed sigh. This kid's not worth the effort. Itachi thought.

He had already figured out the shortie was lying. I mean, the way he stood and the lack of eye contact basically told him that.

But the main question was, why was Rin here?

Itachi examined the kid closer. His keen eyes took in the fact that the shortie held study materials in his hand.....also the kid smelled distinctly of pine....and there were traces of wood chips in his short hair.

The raven teen frowned as he connected the dots.

Hn. Sasori, you're not playing fair at all. He thought, but on the outside he was still completely calm.

Rin stood awkwardly there as Itachi continued to stare at her. " Well look at the time" The shortie suddenly said as she stared at an imaginary watch on her wrist. " I...uh...should be going, so...bye."

Then the kid pushed past Itachi and practically raced down the sidewalk before he could stop him.

Itachi continued to stare after the shortie, A plan formulating in his mind as an arrogant smile came onto his face.

Trying to outsmart me, Sasori? Well ...two can play at that game.

The raven teen entered the house and immediately turned towards Hidan's room.

Hmm...tomorrow will be quite fun.

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"Why do I have to be here?" Ino complained as she slumped forward, a frown on her face. She was currently walking with her friends as they headed towards the movie theater.

Sakura turned around at the question, " Moral support for Temari," she said as she flashed a teasing smile towards Temari. "This is her first date."

Temari turned a shade pinker as she continued to stare forward. "Shut it Sakura." She scowled lightly.

" I think you should enjoy yourself Temari." A softer voice suggested as Hinata appeared to the left of the trio.

Sakura smiled again. " Yeah Temari! Let lose!" She said happily.

Ino rolled her eyes as she watched her friends' happiness. " I feel like an odd seventh wheel, you guys." She mumbled.

Hinata turned to Ino. " Why do you feel that way?" She asked softly.

Ino frowned," Well obviously Temari going to be with shakidagu...

" Shikamaru." Temari corrected.

Ino waved her hand in dismissal, " Yeah whatever..." She murmured. Then she pointed to Hinata. " And you're probably going for Naruto. " She said, causing the pale girl to blush bright red.

" And you wanted in to get close to Sasuke, " She added to Sakura, making her blush as well. "But then who do I get?!"

Temari tapped her chin as she thought about Ino's words, " Shikamaru said he's bringing Kiba too." The blonde suggested.

Ino wrinkled her nose at the response. " Wait the...Dog boy...? Uh...No thanks...."

Temari sighed as she rolled her eyes, " Well get over it, Ino, because we're here." She said as she gestured to a bench outside the theater where four guys sat waiting.

Naruto eagerly jumped up the moment he saw the girls. " Sakura!" He said happily as he raced over to them, "Glad you could make it."

Sakura just gave a small nod, and then quickly walked over to the raven haired class president who was busy on his phone.

" Hey Sasuke." The pinkette said nervously as she stood next to him.

"Busy" Saskue tersely replied as he continued typing on his touch screen.

While this happened, Hinata walked besides Naruto and shyly stared at him while he was staring at Sakura.

Temari and Shikamaru were talking together on the side. And Kiba was leaning against the wall, trying to act sexy.

Ino watched the entire scene with a huge sigh.

Yep...definitely feel like a seventh wheel here...

At that moment, a bob of black hair caught Ino's sight as it walked on the opposite side of the road.

Her eyes grew wider as she blinked to check that she wasnt' just seeing things. Then a huge smile came to her face.

"HEY YOU...WAAAaaait!" Ino shouted at the top of her lungs as she ran towards the black haired shortie.

Rin was casually walking home, munching on leftover gummies when suddenly a voice screamed out something and she was tackled from behind.

The black haired shortie let out a yelp of surprise as she was swiftly carried across the street, and plopped down in the middle of a group of four random girls.

"Oh it you,.... Gaara's friend." A blonde haired girl commented to her.

How does she know Gaara? Rin wondered.

But before she could ask, another blonde girl grabbed her shoulders and faced her.

" Hey you remember me right?" She asked Rin eagerly with a smile. Rin raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Ino quickly realized the shortie's reaction. "Well...actually you might not," she responded, "Since you were asleep when I was watching you...but uh...oh that came out wrong....well I'm Ino."

Rin stared at the blonde for a moment trying to decide whether she should run or knock the crazy girl out.

But her senses told her that the girl was of no actual threat.

And grandfather would be angry if she hurt someone he hadn't ordered her to hurt.

Finally Rin decided to play along. She gave a small smile as she stared at the blonde. " Rin" she introduced.

*Snap*

A phone closed abruptly as Sasuke's head jolted up. Naruto also ceased from staring at Sakura and Kiba stood up straighter at the sound of the name.

Shikamaru glanced at the shortie with slight interest but he was too lazy to care all that much.

"KYAHH~" Ino squealed as she picked up the shortie in one fluid motion and swung him around, " He is so cute!"

From the sideline the guys sweat dropped and secretly thanked God that it wasn't them in the same position.

Ino turned to Temari, still holding a dizzy Rin in her iron grip. " What are you waiting for?" She said with newfound excitement. " Let's go!"

Then the blonde walked into the theater, dragging a confused Rin behind her.

What have I gotten myself into? Rin thought as the world spun around her.

The others streamed in quickly.

Sasuke gave a smirk as he walked in. He had actually been planning to work on his class president duties during the movie, but the appearance of Rin changed everything.

Time to find out more about this shortie...

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