A/N: Okay, so this is a story inspired by a movie I saw along time ago called Tamera. It's a bit different from the movie, though. The plot bunnies would not let me be when it came to this one so here it is. I waited until I was done with the story before uploading it all at once.

Warning: Yaoi, AU, OOCness, evil Naruto, mean characters, character death, abuse and profanity. At the beginning of the story, Naruto doesn't have any wisker marks on his face, but they'll show up later. And he also wears glasses at first but that will change. The story pretty much takes place in modern day Konoha.

Pairings: NaruSasu. Other side pairings include NejiSaku, ItaDei and KibaHina. Naruto might be with other people besides Sasuke, but it won't be anything explicit.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

x-X-x

Naruto Uzumaki sighed quietly as he examined his reflection in his bathroom mirror. His left cheek was sporting a large red bruise that was quickly turning purple. He winced slightly as his gently touched the mark. 'Better take care of this quick before I'm late for school.' He thought, pulling out a bottle of liquid make up from his backpack. As he applied the make up he reflected on his morning.

He'd been woken up by his alarm clock as usual and after washing up had gone downstars to have breakfast. His father, Minato, had been sitting at the table slightly drunk and in a bad mood as usual. And as usual, he decided to take his anger out on Naruto. He puched him so hard it knocked him to the floor and knocked his glasses off. Then he'd grumbled about how bothersome he was then left for work. Naruto was glad he hadn't been cut though. That would've been a problem because he had hemophilia and he'd have probably missed school if he had to seek medical attention.(1)

Naruto finished applying the make up when his bruise was successfully hidden. He grabbed his bag and glasses and ran out the house and to his car. It was pretty much a beat up old peice of junk, but it still managed to get him where he needed to go. The drive to Konoha high wasn't very long as it was only separated from his house by about five miles of woods. He arrived and parked his car as far away from the school as possible, hoping to get in the back way so he wouldn't have to run into "them". But his luck crapped out on him because as soon as he rounded the corner to get to the back door of the school, he found them sitting on the back steps hanging out.

Neji Hyuga, Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and Kiba Inuzuka. Four fellow seniors at the high school who took delight in making Naruto's life a constant living hell. Neji's cousin, Hinata, was also with them. She was a junior and she was the only one who was nice to him. Neji turned to Naruto and smirked. "Well, well. What have we here?"

Naruto ignored him and tuned to leave, but Neji walked up to him and pushed him against the wall. "And just where do you think you're going, Uzumaki?"

"Class." Naruto said.

"Well, I hate to break it to you but there's been a change of plans."

"I don't have time for this, Neji." Naruto snapped, trying to walk away, but Neji's grip was too strong.

"I'm afraid I can't do that. I feel like having a little fun with you, Uzumaki. How about you show me what's in that bag of yours, huh?" Without waiting for an answer he spun Naruto around, took off his backpack, opened it and dumped the contents onto the ground.

"The hell?" He picked up the bottle of make up and laughed, holding it up for everyone else to see. "I always knew you were a gutless little queer but this is just too much!" Sakura, Ino and Kiba laughed along with him.

"That's enough, Neji!" Hinata knocked the make up out of Neji's hand. "Leave him alone!"

"This isn't any of your business, Hinata." Neji snarled. Hinata was about to say something back when the first bell rang. Neji, Sakura, Ino and kiba went off to class. Naruto knealt down to gather his things. Hinata knealt down to help him.

"U-Um...I'm sorry about Neji-"

"It don't need your help." Naruto said. "Just..please leave me alone."

Hinata hesitated but hurried off to class. He couldn't wait to graduate and not have to deal with them anymore. Naruto had just finished gathering his things when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He was about to turn and yell at the person to leave him alone but his breath caught in his throat. The hand belonged to Sasuke Uchiha, one of his teachers at the school.

Sasuke was in still in his early twenties, with pale skin and dark hair that hung down in the front and stuck up in the back. His eyes were deep pools of obsidian that alot of the female students at the school were hopelessly attracted to. "Naruto, shouldn't you be in class?" He asked.

Naruto blushed. "Um...I got held up." He stood up and pulled his backpack on. "Why aren't you in class, Uchha-sensei?"

"Same reason." Sasuke smiled. "Why don't you stick with me so you don't get a tardy pass." Naruto nodded and they walked into the school building together. Sasuke was the only person Naruto liked being around. He was the only person the blonde had ever met who never judged or looked down on him. It was only around him that Naruto ever smiled. Most girls at the school claimed to be in love with Sasuke, but what they really felt was lust. Naruto knew he was in love with him. He wanted to know everything about the raven. His thoughts, fears, what made him happy or sad. Even if Sasuke didn't know his feelings, Naruto was happy just being around him. Sasuke was the only light in his dark life.

Unfortunately, other people noticed the change in Naruto when he was around Sasuke. Sakura eyed them as they walked into the classroom together. She leaned over to Ino. "That little whore. Do you see the way he's looking at Sasuke?"

Ino snorted. "Who doesn't? Why do you even care anyway? You're dating Neji. And it's not like Sasuke likes Naruto."

"But he thinks he can just have Sasuke all to himself! And you're the president of Sasuke's fan club so I know you don't like it. I say we teach him a lesson. And I've got just the thing in mind." She said with a smile as Sasuke began their lesson.

x-X-x

After the last bell rang and most students left the building, Naruto made his way to Sasuke's classroom. Sasuke was sitting at his desk sorting through a few tests. Naruto walking in and locked the door behind him. "Sensei...can we talk?"

Sauke looked up and smiled. "Sure. What's on your mind?"

Naruto walked up to his desk and leaned over it. "Well...I was a bit confused about todays lesson, and was hoping to get some private lessons." He smiled as he slid off his glasses.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

Naruto smiled, slowly circling around the desk until he was between his teacher and the desk. "Would you mind giving me a private lesson, Sasuke?"

Sasuke smirked. "Not at all." He stood up and pushed Naruto down onto the desk. Naruto wrapped his legs around Sasuke's waist and gasped when the raven roughly ground their hip together, creating a delicious friction that made his head swim.

"Sensei..." He moaned softly. He was about to say more when he felt Sasuke's lips on his own. Sasuke bit softly at Naruto lip asking for entrance, which was granted immediatly. Naruto moaned softly into the kiss and gripped Sasuke's shirt, pulling him closer. "I've waited so long for this." He said.

"Me too." Sasuke wispered. His hand slowly traveled down to Naruto's pants to undo them. Just as his hand was about to pull his zipper down, a loud ringing sound interrupted them.

Naruto shot up from the table he was laying on and knocked his chair backward. He cursed the bell for interrupting his dream, and cursed his hormones for making him have such a dream. He'd been in the library reading through a few books to get through his last class but then fallen asleep. He gathered his things and hurried to his locker, eager to go home. But when he opened his locker he noticed a neatly folded piece of paper inside. Curious, his unfoled it, and all his other books fell to the ground.

It said: Naruto, I know it's against school policy, but I can't ignore my feelings anymore. I see the way you look at me. And when I walked with you to class this morning, I made up my mind. Meet me at the Sunrise motel outside of town at 8:00 tonight, room 96. I have something I want to tell you. -Sasuke.

Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat in disbelief. 'It can't be.' He thought. 'But...it's in his handwriting.' He gathered up his other books and ran to his car. He reread the note until his vision became blurry. It was then he realized that he was crying. He couldn't believe some one cared for him. And the fact that that some one was Sasuke made him feel like he was on cloud nine. He wiped his tears away, started the car, and smiled to himself the whole way home.

Across the parking lot Sakura, Ino and Kiba watched him leave. "I can't believe he acually fell for it! That dumbass!" Ino said. "You really are great at copying handwriting."

"Thanks." Sakura said. Neji walked up with a friend of his named Kakuro. "You guys missed it. The look on Naruto's face was priceless!"

Kakuro shrugged. "Whatever. Let's just get ready for tonight. And don't forget your camera, Neji."

"I would never." Neji said.

x-X-x

Naruto checked himself in the mirror. His usually unkempt blond hair had been brushed until it shined. Without his glasses, his bright blue eyes practically shone. Unlike the usual cheap clothes he had on, he wore a tight pairs of blue jeans and a sleeveless black shirt.

Two pictures were taped to his mirror. One of Sasuke and one of his mother, Kushina. He took down the picture of Sasuke and ran his finger over the prayer written in greek on the back. He'd read in a book that it was a spell to connect you to your true love, even in life and death.

He grinned at himself, then checked the clock. "Shit!" It was already 7:50. He grabbed his keys and rushed out the door, thankful that his dad had to work late and he wouldn't have to deal with him tonight.

He drove to the hotel with one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the note, which was folded up with the picture. When he arrived he sat in his car trying to calm his nerves. He checked his watch. It was 7:58. 'It's now or never.' He thought, getting out of the car and walking to room 96. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Naruto walked in. The room was empty. He sat down on the bed. "Sasuke?"

"Naruto...tell me you love me."

Naruto turned to the bathroom, where the voice was coming from. "Sasuke...your voice sounds a little weird."

"I'm sorry. I'm just so nervous. But I have to know...do you love me?"

"I-I love you." Naruto said. "I've loved you ever since I first met you, Sasuke. You're they only person I can even smile around. Do..." He tried to stop the butterflies in his stomach. He pulled out the picture of Sasuke and smiled at it. "Do you love me too?"

The bathroom door opened and Naruto gasped. Neji walked into the room smirking while holding up a camera. "There's no way Sasuke's gonna love you after he sees this." Sakura, Ino, Kiba and Kakuro came out of the bathroom holding their sides laughing. "You should see the look on your face!"

Naruto backed away from them and was about to run out the door when it opened and Hinata walked in. "Kiba, why'd you want to meet me here..." Her voice trailed off when she saw the anguished look on Naruto's face and the four laughing teens. "What's going on?"

"Now do you see how pathetic he is?" Kiba grabbed Naruto and turned him toward the camera. "Smile for the camera, blondie!"

Naruto couldn't stop the sob that escaped him. 'This can't be happening!' He Thought. 'If they show that to Sasuke, he'll think I'm a freak just like everyone else! And Hinata thinks it now too!' He tried to get the camera away from Neji, but Kankuro pushed him away, causing him to lose his footing. His eyes opened wide as he started to fall.

All the laughing stopped when his head connected to the dresser by the door with a sickening crunch. Naruto heard it loud and clear and felt a sharp pain shoot through his head. He could hear everyone start to freak out as his world slowly went black.

x-X-x

"Naruto!" Hinata cried. Tears were steadily streaming down her cheeks. "We have to call and ambulance!"

"Shit!" Kiba pulled at his hair. Naruto was lying beside the dresser with blood quickly pooling from the deep gash in his head. He seemed to be bleeding almost too quickly. The note and picture had been dropped on the floor and were stained with his blood. His eyes were still opened wide in surprise.

"Everybody calm down!" Neji yelled. "This was all just an accident. We just need to get him to a hospital."

Kankuro knealt down and felt for Naruto's pulse. He stiffined up. "A hospital won't help. He's...dead."

Hinata cried harder and Sakura and Ino huddled together. "Dead?" Kiba yelled.

"There's no heartbeat." Kankuro stood up.

"What're we gonna do?" Sakura asked.

"We...we need to get rid of the body." Neji said.

Hinata shook her head "No! We can't just-"

"I am not going to jail over this!" Neji yelled. "I've got my whole life ahead of me and I am not gonna rot in jail because of him! I'm sure you're all thinking the same thing! It's his fault for tripping over his own feet. Now, we're going to hide the body. Agreed?" Everyone but Hinata nodded. "Kiba, Kankuro, you two come with me. Sakura, you and Ino clean up this mess and make sure Hinata doesn't do anything stupid."

"This is wrong!" Hinata yelled. She knealt down beside Naruto and touched his cheek, which was already becoming cold. "He didn't do anything to you..." Neji pulled her up and sat her on the bed.

"For your own good-Keep. Your. Mouth. Shut." He hissed. Kankuro checked to see if anyone was outside before picking Naruto up and carrying him to the back of the hotel followed by Kiba and Neji. Sakura and Ino started cleaning up the blood while Hinata sat on the bed, sobbing quietly.

Neji was glad the hotel was going through renovations, because the constuction workers left their tools lying around. It didn't take long for him to find a couple of shovels. The hotel was surrounded by woods. They walked into them and kept going until they reached a small clearing. Kankuro laid Naruto down on the ground and started helping Neji dig. It was about half and hour before Neji signaled to stop. Kankuro and Kiba lifted Naruto up and dropped him in the hole. Nobody spoke as they refilled they grave and walked back to the motel.

Sakura and Ino were done cleaning and were sitting on the bed with Hinata when they got back. "Get in my car." Neji told them, picking up Naruto's keys from where they'd been dropped earlier. "Wait for me while I hide his car."

Neji drove Naruto's car about half a mile down the road to a sinkhole most people in Konoha used to throw away old junk. He noticed a bottle of pills in one of the cupholders and picked it up. "Blood clotting medicine? So he had hemophilia." He realized that it made perfect sense. No normal person would have bled out that quickly. He drove the car to the edge, then got out and pushed it over, watching silently as it sank below the water. Then he ran back to the motel. It was quiet in the car, exept for Hinata's occational sniffling. Nobody talked or said goodnight as they were dropped off one by one. 'Hopefully, we covered our tracks well.' Neji thought as he drove home.

x-X-x

The next day at school Neji was greeted by a very solomn looking group of friends. "Okay, If one of you has something to say, then say it."

"We shouldn't have done it." Sakura said. "Hinata was right. He didn't do anything to us."

"We should have just called the police. What if they find the body? They might be able to trace it back to us!" Kiba said. "Even if we don't call the police some one's gonna notice he's missing and report it. This is all just too much!"

"That won't happen anytime soon. Haven't you heard the rumors about his dad? After his mom left he became an alchoholic so he's probably at home too drunk to know anything's wrong. So stop worrying so much. And don't worry about Hinata talking. I threatened her enough last night to keep her quiet for a long time." Neji said.

His friends shot nervouse glances at each other. "Fine." Kankuro said. "Let's just get to class." They all agreed and went off to their classes. Neji and Kankuro walked down the hallway together. "Hey, I've gotta go to the student council room for something. I'll catch up with you later." He said and ran off.

Neji vaugly remembered that Kankuro was part of the student council, who were in charge of planning school events and morning announcements, which were broadcast over the televisions that were in each classroom. He hoped Kankuro would be okay mentally. After all, he was the one who'd pushed Naruto. He shook his head to clear it and headed off to class.

x-X-x

Kankuro went into the student council room. He was relieved to find it empty. It was the room with the best ventalation in the school, and a good place to sneak away and have a smoke, which was exactly what he needed. And since he was a student council member, he didn't have to worry about being in trouble for being late. He pulled a pack of cigarrettes from his backpack, but when he fished around for his lighter, it wasn't there.

"Need a light?" A voice said behind him. Kankuro turned around and could swear his blood ran cold. His cigarrette fell to the floor.

"Oh my god..."

x-X-x

Sasuke looked out at his homeroom class and frowned. Naruto was absent which was really unusual. The blonde had never missed a day of school before, even when he was feeling sick. He finished taking attendance when his door opened up. "Na...Naruto?"

Naruto stood in the door with a rather bored expression on his face. There were quite a few changes to his appearance since the last time he'd been in school. His usual plain clothes had been replaced by dark blue jeans adorned with studded belts and a tight t-shirt that showed a teasing hint of his stomach. His blonde hair was spiked up in every direction and he had what looked like wisker marks on his face-three lines on each cheek. His glasses were gone too. But most noticeable of all were his eyes. While they had once been bright blue, with a sad yet kind look to them, they were now a chilling shade of blue. One would say they were the eyes of a heartless killer. Or the eyes of some one dead and gone.

Sakura and Ino both gasped, not beliving their eyes.

"Sorry I'm late." Naruto said. "I had a rough morning."

"Well that's fine. Just take your seat." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded and sat down, but not before his eyes landed on Ino and Sakura. They could swear he winked at them before he sat down. Suddenly, the tv in the corner of the classroom came on. "I didn't know there were morning annoucements today."

But something wasn't right. The announcement started but there was only one person on camera. Sasuke realized it was one of his senior students, Kankuro. Kankuro sat down on the chair in front of the camera and took a deep breath. "There's something I need to get off my chest." He began. "I did something last night. Something I'm not proud of."

Sakura and Ino exchanged nervous glances, and Kankuro continued. "I've hurt some one who didn't deserve it. He never did anything to me but I tormented him every way I could. And I know now that I was wrong. And I deserve to be punished, along with anyone else like me." All the students gasped when he pulled a pocketknife from his pocket. Sasuke got up from his desk and started heading to the student council room. He was joined by others teachers going to the same place.

The students continued to watch Kankuro. "If I am to truly atone for what I've done...I must learn to hear no evil." He brought the knife up to his right ear started to cut into it. Most of the students started screaming and crying. Naruto just calmly watched the screen. Kankuro fished cutting his ear and let it fall to the ground, then hastily cut through the other one, all the while showing no sign of pain.

"I must speak no evil." He brought the bloody knife to his lips, and started cutting them off. By now blood was pouring down both sides of his face and now down his chin.

Sasuke arrived at the student council room but the door was locked. "Damnit! Who's got a key?" He yelled.

Another teacher named Kakashi Hatake joined him at the door. "Kurenai has one. She's on her way." Sasuke cursed the fact the Kurenai's classroom was on the other side of campus.

Kankuro's face was dripping blood by the time he was done with his lips. He tilted his head back and held the knife above his face. "And I must see no evil." He plunged the knife down into his right eye just as Kurenai arrived and unlocked the door and rushed in. Sasuke covered his mouth and turned away. The students were extremely riled up. Almost all of them were screaming or crying. Some were just in shock. Sasuke reached for the camera and shut it off.

x-X-x

The students were released early from school that day while the teachers were gathered in the teachers lounge to be questioned by Asuma, who was the sheriff of Konoha. "This has already been ruled as a suicide." He said. "Can any of you contact his parents?"

"His mother isn't alive and his father no longer lives in Konoha." Kakashi said. "But his little brother Gaara goes to Konoha middle school and his sister Temari goes to Konoha University. They've already been contacted and are on their way here."

Asuma nodded. "On the tape he said he hurt some one. Was he bothering anyone at school?"

Sasuke frowned. "Well he was friends with another senior named Neji, who bothers alot of kids at school. I don't know exactly who he bullies. You'd have to ask him."

"Okay." Asuma stood up to leave. "This looks like an open and shut case, but let me know if there's anything you think is important to the case." All the teachers nodded and he left.

x-X-x

Sakura and Ino were standing by Neji's car. Sakura was pacing back and forth and Ino was almost in a state of hysterics. Kiba and Neji came running up to meet them. "What is going on?" Ino cried out. Kiba pulled her into a hug to try to console her.

Sakura grabbed Neji's arm. "We saw him! He was here!"

"Who?" Neji asked.

"Naruto!" She tried not to scream at him. "He just walked into class and he had different clothes on and his hair was spiky and he had these marks on his face-" Neji held up a hand to cut her off.

"Naruto. Is. Dead." He said. "He lost way too much blood to live. You're just confused after what happened today."

"Sakura's telling the truth!" Ino Said. "Naruto's alive. We must have just thought he was dead and buried him alive."

Neji was about to tell her the same thing he'd told Sakura when a voice interrupted them. "You really shouldn't doubt what your friends say, Neji." Neji turned around and came face to face with Naruto.

"Fuck!" He jumped back and so did everyone else. "You...you're..."

Naruto smiled at him, but it was nowhere near a friendly smile. "Such a pity what happened to kankuro. I guess you can never tell when it's some one's time." He yawned.

"You had something to do with this didn't you?" Kiba walked up to Naruto and grabbed the front of his shirt.

Naruto pushed him away and smothed his shirt out. "Keep your disgusting hands off of me." He said, turning to leave. "I don't feel like wasting my time explaining things to you." With that said, he left. Sakura and Ino had finally managed to calm down by then.

"There's something different about his eyes." Neji said quietly. He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Whatever. I need to get home to Hinata. Get in the car." His three friends silently obeyed. Their ride home was extremely tense. "Okay...we must have buried him alive. Kankuro must have made a mistake when he checked for a pulse."

"I didn't see him breathing and he turned pale." Kiba said quietly. "He looked pretty dead to me." Sakura and Ino nodded in agreement.

"Just shut up! We buried him alive and that's final! People don't come back from the dead!" Neji yelled. No one talked the rest of the ride home. After everyone had been dropped off and Neji was finally alone in the car, he sighed. The past couple of days had been exsausting. What with the incident at the motel and Kankuro commiting suicide, he was ready for a vacation. He was sure school would be canceled tomorrow, so he decided he'd go to the gym or something. When he got home and walked into the house he was almost tackled to the ground by his cousin Hanabi, Hinata's younger sister.

"Neji! Something's wrong with Hinata! She won't eat, talk or come out of her room. I think she might be sick!" She cried. "Can you go talk to her?"

"Fine." Neji said, pushing Hanabi away and going to Hinata's room. The door was unlocked so he went in to find Hinata sitting on her bed looking out the window. He closed the door and locked it. "Hinata...we made a mistake last night." She didn't say anything so he continued. "Naruto's not dead. He came to school today. We must have buried him alive."

Hinata turned to him. The look on her face was uncharacteristically angry. "How was he?"

"He...had these weird marks on his face. And his eyes were different too." Neji rubbed the area between his eyes. "But Kankuro...he killed himself today."

Hinata stood up and started laughing. It was a quiet almost nervous laugh.

"Why the fuck are you laughing?" Neji felt like slapping her.

She brought a fist out from behind her back and opened it. She held the blood stained picture of Sasuke and the fake note. " I got these when Ino and Sakura were cleaning up. The greek words on the back are a prayer, but also a curse. It's a prayer to keep a person close to their loved one in life and death. But if the person who wrote the prayer is wronged in their last moments of life, they'll come back and kill whoever was at fault. And then take their beloved with them to the afterlife."(2)

"That's bullshit!" Neji grabbed the bloody pieces of paper from her hand. "You can't seriously believe that!"

"Don't you see? Naruto came back to get revenge! He already got Kankuro and it's only a matter of time before he kills again!"

Neji pushed her away roughly. "Shut up. I can't believe you're stupid enough to belive that crap." With that said he left. Hinata picked to picture and note up and held them to her chest.

"Just you wait." She wispered. "He'll get you. He'll get us all."

x-X-x

(1) For those who don't know what Hemophilia is, it's a hereditary blood defect in which blood clotting is delayed.

(2) Yeah I don't even know if ancient greek curses exist. I just put the in there for the story.

A/N: So what do you think of chapter one? More ideas for the story keep popping up for this and I can't stop writing! In the next chapter I'm gonna go more into Naruto's life.

Until next time...