Alrighty then...Secrets of the Broken is back. I didn't think that I had made so many spelling errors so I just decided to take the whole thing off and re-edit the whole thing. Anyways...Even if you may have already reviewed...please leave another small review again. This isn't beta'd cuz I don't want to intrude on the life of the current beta person I was using seeing as how I'm going to ask her to beta more of my other stories. This one doesn't really concern me that much XD

Thanks so much for being patient!

The tall, blue eyed, blonde haired boy looked out of the window to the school grounds; which consisted of a basketball court, soccer field, track field (complete with football stadium) and horse stables

The tall, blue eyed, blonde haired boy looked out of the window to the school grounds; which consisted of a basketball court, soccer field, track field (complete with football stadium) and horse stables. In his head, he tried counting down the minutes until the school bell rang to notify every that yet another boring school week was over. But he was failing…. miserably.

He sighed as he put his head down on his desk and closed his eyes. He was in the most boring class of his pathetic schedule, History. He had finally managed to fall asleep when something soft hit the back of his head, At first he thought he was imagining things but when something harder, a lot harder hit him, his eyes snapped open and he sat up to a grinning male,

"Rise and shine!" He said enthusiastically.

He rubbed the back of his head and growled when he felt a large lump forming under his head, "What the hell did you hit me with, Kiba? A brick?"

"Close to it," Kiba's grin widened as he held up their history book, which was defiantly heavier than any brick, "C'mon Naruto. The bell rang like what? Five minutes ago…"

"Really?" Naruto looked around and yup, everyone had cleared out except the teacher who was grading papers at his desk, Naruto stood up, grabbed his stuff and walked out the door with Kiba towards their lockers.

"Hey Shikamaru! Wait don't close it yet!" Kiba practically screamed as he ran down the hall. But it was too late. The locker was shut and Kiba's head fell, "Aw, man…" he spun in the combination again and opened the locker.

"What a drag, do you every stop complaining?" Shikamaru asked but he already knew the answer to that. He turned to Naruto who walked up behind Kiba and he seemed…somewhere else, "Naruto? Hey, you alright?" And it wasn't until he waved his hands in Naruto's face did he register who it was.

"Shikamaru?" he asked.

"Geez man. What's wrong with you?"

"My head hurts," he glared at Kiba, "thanks to him."

"Troublesome," he sighed, "What'd he hit you with now?"

"The history book." Kiba and Naruto said simultaneously.

Shikamaru's eyes about popped out of his head, "That book is heavier than a brick!"

"That's what I said…" Naruto told his as he entered the combination to his own locker which was right next to Kiba's and Shikamaru's locker. He put his books in, grabbed his backpack and messily shoved what little homework he had into it not really caring at the moment.

"Naruto…you are so damn lucky…"

He looked at his best friend, "Why do you say that?"

"You don't have to worry about a locker partner!" he pouted.

Indeed it was true. Naruto didn't have one. It wasn't that his locker was messy, oh no, his locker was the cleanest locker you would ever see. It was just for some reason the school hadn't assigned anyone to be with him. But don't get him wrong. He really didn't mind, "Whatever," he put his backpack on and walked out of the school into the parking lot where their other two friends, Neji and Gaara, stood leaning against the last two parked cars in the student parking section.

"What took you?" Neji asked.

"Naru-chan fell asleep in history-" Kiba informed them.

"Again?" replied Gaara.

Shikamaru stopped beside Gaara, "And to wake him up, Kiba knocked him over the head with his history book…"

"The Infamous Brick Book…damn Kiba." Neji playfully scolded.

"Yup."

Naruto walked in between the two parked cars to the black motorcycle with orange swirls painted on the side, that was parked to avoid any unwanted attention. He grabbed his helmet, put it on his head and straddled the bike and was about to start it up when a slightly taller, thin male came running out of the school doors waving his hands, "Wait, Naruto! I need to talk to you!"

Naruto quickly pulled off his helmet with a shocked expression, "Hey Iruka-sensei. What's up?"

Iruka, a tall man with a ponytail and a scar that ran across the bridge of his nose, came up to blonde boy and clasped his hands on Naruto's shoulders, "Remind me when I get home-"

"Remind you of what?"

"Don't interrupt!" Iruka gave him a slight knock on the side of his head, "I need to talk to you about you locker." He walked back to the school, "I have a teacher's meeting so I'll be home around 8 ok?'

"But-" Naruto called, "Hey, Iruka!"

"See you later boys!" he was gone.

Naruto's head fell and he sighed as he put his helmet back on, "I guess I'll talk to you guys later." He started his bike and relished in the sweet sound of it roaring to life. He backed the bike up and sped out of the parking lot.

Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba and Gaara just stood there with a dumb and confused look on each of their faces. They were a little confused about the scene that had just played out before them. Shikamaru was the first to recover, "Man what a drag," he pulled his keys out of his pocket, "C'mon Kiba. Let's go." Shikamaru climbed into the driver's side of his dark green Lamborghini as Kiba climbed into the passenger's side. They rolled down the windows and Shikamaru looked at Neji and Gaara, "The usual time?"

"Yes." Neji replied.

"See you later." Shikamaru sped off as well, dropping off Kiba on the way home.

Gaara looked at Neji, "What the hell is wrong with you?'

"Nothing." Neji said as he unlocked his car.

"You're sure?"

"Just get in." he snapped.

Gaara shut his mouth. He knew better than anyone, to ask Neji questions when he was obviously pissed off, "Fine." He opened the passenger door of Neji's light purple Porsche and got in. Neji angrily got into the driver's side and jammed the key into the ignition. Gaara didn't say a word as Neji shifted gears and tore out of the high school parking lot, 'Anger issues much?' Gaara mused to himself.

"Lose the comments, Gaara," he said coldly, "Or you can walk home."

"That's harsh." Gaara hated the fact that Neji could read him like a book, 'Damn…it's going to be a long ride home…'


It was around seven fifty and Naruto had just finished eating his dinner when he heard a car pull into the driveway. And not less than five minutes later, Iruka walked through the door, a handful of papers sticking out from the small briefcase he was holding in his left hand. He kicked off his shoes and left his briefcase in the foyer. He rounded the corner to the kitchen but stopped when he saw the peeved look on Naruto's face, "What?" he asked.

"You've got my attention…isn't that what you wanted?"

Iruka pulled a glass down from the cupboard and filled it full of water, "Naruto." He sighed, "I've had a long week and I don't want to deal with your riddles right now."

"Wha-?!" Naruto glared at him, "You're the one who said you needed to talk to me about my locker! Is it too clean for you?"

An innocent look was on Iruka's face, "Your…locker?" suddenly it hit him, "Oh right! Your locker!" He took a seat across from the blonde, "Monday, there will be a new student coming to our school-"

"What the hell does that have to do with my locker?!"

Iruka gave him a 'duh' stare.

Naruto stood up, knocking back his chair, "There is no way in hell I'm sharing a locker with somebody."

Iruka sighed but he expected as much from Naruto, "It's not my choice and you know that."

"Then I'll just call grandma up and ask her if-" he moved to the phone.

"NO!"

Naruto froze then looked back at the dark haired man, "Why not?"

"Because I want you to have a locker partner," Iruka explained, "Because it will give you an opportunity to converse with others outside your little group of guys."

"What's wrong with my guys?"

"It's your senior year. You're going into college next year and you're going to have to share a dorm room with someone you don't know at all."

"Iruka!" Naruto whined.

"I don't want to hear it."

"But-"

"Stop, Naruto. Or so help me I'll ground you…again." He added.

"Fine." He put his dishes in the sink, "But who's coming to our school?"

Iruka paused before he quietly answered.


It was around nine ten, when Naruto sat down at the computer desk in his room. He moved the mouse to get rid of the screensaver. Once gone he moved the mouse to the bottom of the screen where the Windows Media Player was minimized, clicked the play button and sighed in content as 'I Hate Everything About You' by Three Days Grace continued to play from where he left it from this morning. Then he moved over to the AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) icon and signed on. Once connected he immediately got replies form his friends.

BacOffIBite: Hey man! Where have u been?

Sandman: Yeah. You are usually the first one on to yell at us for being late…

ICanSeeYou: Shut up. Give him a break.

BacOffIBite: Us?! YOU were the one who was worried the most!

While those three were arguing away, Naruto got a message in a separate box,

LazyAss: You ok?

KyuubiKit: Yeah.

(Back to group conversation)

BacOffIBite: What did Iruka-sensei say about yer locker Naru-chan?

Naruto scowled.

KyuubiKit: U know I hate it when you call me that!

BacOffIBite: Well?

KyuubiKit:

ICanSeeYou: Naruto?

Sandman: Hey Naruto!

BacOffIBite: Hey, I'm sorry, man.

KyuubiKit: Who are the Uchihas?

Sandman: The…Uchiha's?

BacOffIBite: I've heard of them. Why?

KyuubiKit: What about…Sasuke Uchiha?

ICanSeeYou: Naruto, the Uchiha's are more famous than my family. Their youngest is Sasuke, he's around our age and his older brother Itachi, who's four years older. They say Itachi's going to take over the Uchiha Company.

Sandman: Why so interested?

LazyAss: Troublesome…C'mon. I know you aren't that stupid…well, maybe Kiba, but that's not important. It's so obvious. sigh

BacOffIBite: Hey!

ICanSeeYou: I understand. Sasuke Uchiha is transferring to our school.

BacOffIBite: So? What's he got to do with Naruto?

Sandman: Jeez. U Are dumb…He's Naruto's new locker partner.

LazyAss: Yeah. But why is he leaving that fancy private school of his? Any idea's Naruto?

KyuubiKit: No idea…too many fights?

BacOffIBite: Oh man! I like a dog who fights!

ICanSeeYou: If so…why not just send him to a different private school?

KyuubiKit: Whatever, who really cares.

Sandman: Naruto, you seem…out of it.

LazyAss: I bet the Brick Book gave you one hell of a headache.

KyuubiKit: Yeah, I'm going to bed.

BacOffIBite: See you at Ayame's tomorrow right?

KyuubiKit: Yeah

ICanSeeYou: Bye

Sandman: Bye

LazyAss: Take something for it man, bye

Naruto slicked on the cheesy little smiley with a big grin holding up two fingers in a peace sign and clicked the send button. He signed off, clicked his music on pause, hit the lights and crawled into bed.

End of Chapter One

R&R ppls it's a good boost for the ego!