Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Author's Note: My first PeinKonan story! Hopefully you'll bare with me as I try something new. It's an AU story, but it'll be fun, I promise.

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Chapter One: Meeting

It was bright, sunny, warm Monday morning in the city of Amekagure, a happy change for the city that often was soaked with rain.

For the younger generation of this city, it was a fresh morning for the thousands of students attending the many schools starting their first full week of the school year, carrying books, lunches, pencils, and assorted other materials for classes based on what was needed. From the littlest child going to preschool with a parent holding their hand to the highest level of students going in a group towards their respective building, the streets were busy with all the different walks of school life.

One of Amekagure's top schools, Spring Green Academy, stood the tallest in the city, right outside of the downtown district. The building was old, from the late 1800s, and was originally used as a church, but was renovated and turned into a school in the early 1900s, and now hosted a melting pot of students.

One of these students was the beautiful, blue-haired president of the Origami Club, Konan Nagato.

Pushing up her black-rimmed glasses onto her nose, she straightened her books in her arms, her dark eyes looking up at the lovely green leaves and blossom buds forming on the trees. The wind, calm and sweet, rustled her blue skirt modestly and the backflap of her collar flowed against her back. She smiled softly, enthralled into the amazing spring day that surrounded her. Part of her hair was clipped back by a silver hairpin, allowing the rest to flow freely around her neck.

"Konan!"

She stopped at the call of her name, turning around to see the familiar pink hair and green eyes of best friend and classmate Sakura Haruno. "Hello Sakura. I didn't think you were going to be here today; I thought you were going to be with Moegi for Show and Tell," Konan said with a smile. Sakura just grinned, brushing her short hair behind her ear, "Nah. Mom is going with her instead so I could go to school today. Besides, I told her that today was the first meeting of the Origami Club, and with me being Vice-President, I wanted to be there."

"True. I do need my second-in-command."

"Heck yeah. 'Cause we all know the club would collapse without me."

Konan stuck out her tongue at her best friend as Sakura wrapped an arm around her shoulder and continued their walk towards the building.

"Did you hear?"

"About the cute new transfer student? Yeah, I've heard!"

"I heard this is his third time being transferred to a school. He kept getting kicked out of schools for fighting and stuff..."

"Man, if he tried that stuff here at Spring Green, he'll be out of Amekagure!"

Sakura placed down her backpack, straightening out the ruffles in her black top, "Wow, the population seems to be abuzz with rumors about some new guy. Seems interesting, huh Konan?" The blue-haired girl just shrugged her shoulders, "Not really. I rather be focusing on what we're doing in class, then the agenda for Origami Club today."

"Man, you're not fun."

"I'm task-focused."

"AKA not fun."

Konan shrugged her shoulders again, pulling out her notebook and a pencil, "Well, you can stare at the new guy all you want; I'm going to take notes that you'll probably copy later."

Sakura glared at her best friend, then sighed as she took her seat in the desk behind her, pulling out a book to read as Konan became drawn into her daily preparations.

"Okay, students. Get to your seats, and don't dally on the way! We have a new student joining our school this year, so show him that we are respectful members of Spring Green," said Miss Shizune, one of the school's youngest History teachers. She tapped a piece of chalk on the blackboard behind her, rapping attention to the front as the students all followed orders.

"Now, I'm sure most of you have heard that we did get a new student at Spring Green, and he is going to be attending this class. So please, be kind in welcoming him. You may come in now," Miss Shizune said, motioning to the door.

Sakura poked at Konan's shoulder, forcing her to look up from her origami patterns book to see the new student walk in. He wore just white and black, the top of his shirt partly unbuttoned to reveal a black, spiky necklace. His reddish-orange hair was spiky, and for a moment the two girls wondered if it was natural or was the aftereffect of too much hairgel. His nose, ears, and even his bottom lip has black-studded piercings, something that seemed to have surprise and excite the female population of the classroom.

"Wow, he's so hot!"

"Man, check out the piercings! Those must've hurt!"

"Oh...his hair is just so freaking cool!"

Miss Shizune sighed, trying her best to ignoring the whispering gossip and reminding herself that the piercing-tattoos-self-mutilation was just a phase teens loved to go through. "Quiet class. Now, will you please introduce yourself?" she said, motioning to him as he overlooked the classroom with his abnormal gray eyes.

"My name is Pein Yahiko. I like rock and heavy metal music. I hate homework. That's all."

The class was silent for a few moments, then the gossip began again, all the while Miss Shizune felt the urge to slam her head onto her desk.

"Hey, Konan. Doesn't the new guy look simply delicious? Sure, I'm not a fan of all the piercings, but without them...man, that would be pretty fine, right?" Sakura asked in a whisper, nudging her best friend's shoulder suggestively. Konan just shrugged, "Not really. He seems like a normal teen going through that phase in his life where self-expression is key to figuring out who you really are."

Sakura sweatdropped, "You are too much the philosopher."

"Konan, please raise your hand."

The blue-haired girl looked up at the call of her name, raising her hand at the request, "Yes Miss Shizune?"

"By request of the Ms. Kono, Pein is to be escorted around the school today. Will you please do so? Of course, you will be excused from class today, and I will give you a copy of the notes."

She nodded as she stood up, ignoring Sakura's whisper of "lucky" under her breath, and walked towards the new boy, leading him outside the classroom and shutting the door silently behind her.

"This is the cafeteria. The meals in here are all right, but I do recommend bringing your own lunch to break up some of the monotony," Konan said, leading Pein through the large, nearly empty room, "On that side, there is plenty of vending machines with soda, snacks, and some food items, so you can always make a lunch out of that. There is a microwave available for student use, but it's never put out until the lunch hour."

"I see."

"Over here is the gym. If no one told you, Spring Green has an excellent athletic background as well as academic. Above the main gym, we also have our large pool, as well as the weight room."

"Interesting."

She looked over her shoulder at the spiky-haired teen and sighed, leading him up the staircase on the other side of the gym.

"You like origami, don't you?"

A thin brow raised curiously as she stopped on the staircase, "Excuse me?"

"I saw you reading a book on origami patterns, and mimicking them with your fingers," Pein said simply, his observing gray eyes watching her intently, waiting for an answer to his previous question. "Yes, I do like origami. To be honest, I'm the president of the school's Origami Club. It's my dearest hobby," she said, turning around and continuing the descent up the stairs.

"Have you ever made a thousand paper cranes?"

Konan never stopped or turned towards him, "No. I don't believe in those childish things."

The day went on as it should, and the Origami Club went on without complications, although Konan was a little sad at the lack of members that filled the seats of the club's appointed classroom. When the clock struck 4:00, the club was indeed over and the members filed out, ready to go home, while the blue-haired president stayed behind to clean up the scraps and discarded items.

Too engrossed in her thoughts of cleaning that she didn't even sense the arrival of someone standing in the doorway of the classroom.

"I see by the mess, the meeting was successful, Miss President."

Konan looked up from her broom and dustpan to see Pein leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed over his chest and his ever-watching eyes observing her every move. "It was, but you are way past late. If you are interested in joining the Origami Club, come to our meeting next Monday," she said, "We are always interested in--"

"I'm not interested in joining. Watching is more my style."

Tan eyes followed as Pein crossed the room, towards the desk where Konan's papers were resting in a carefully straight pile. He picked up one, a white piece, and placed it on the desk beside the pile, his fingers starting to delicately fold the paper.

"I'm not interested in origami. However, my mother did show me one pattern when I was a child. For a funny reason or another, I still remember it. Can you tell what I'm doing by my folding?"

Konan nodded, "You're making the rose pattern. It's a delicate pattern, and is usually done by those more familiar with origami folds."

"Yes. My mother loved origami. At one point, she made bouquets of paper roses and placed them all over the house, just to celebrate her hobby. She is also the one that told me that making a thousand paper cranes with a wish will make it come true," he said, making one last fold on his rose, "Now, as for that being true, I'm not sure, but I do know this: it was something that was just for a child to believe in."

She was taken aback by his statement as he stepped towards her, eyes widened slightly as his fingers delicately threaded the rose into her hairpin. "A white paper rose for a beautiful blue-haired angel. I think that fits," he said with a smirk, causing her to blush a bright red.

"H-hey! Wh-what gives you the right to...I'm not..."

"See you around, Konan."

She watched as he walked casually out of the room, leaving her to still clutch at her broom and dustpan.

"He's...different...Pein Yahiko..." she muttered softly, lifting a hand to gently brush over the paper flower now embedded into her hair.

Tada, the first chapter complete! Yep, there is still more PeinKonan goodness to come, and there will be some awesome moments later involving Sakura and our favorite Akatsuki members soon. So stay tuned for more!