I am saying this right now.

This is not a yaoi. Naruto and Sasuke love each other, BUT in a friendship way. End of discussion.

Welcome to Kitsune and Konoha High!

Sibling schools that exist on the same campus, yet only associate with each other either once a month or every other month. A large gate in the middle of the campus separates the boys from the girls, and Naruto and Sasuke have enrolled in the all-boys campus of Kitsune High.

Clarifications/Questions that might be asked:

Minato and Kushina are both alive. Naruto's family surname is Namikaze. Kushina, as a wife would, has adopted Minato's last name instead of keeping her Maiden Name. So in this story Naruto's full name would be Naruto Namikaze.

Sasuke lives with Itachi who goes to college. Their parents died about the age Sasuke was in the manga/anime. It was an accident. The Uchiha family is very close with the Namikaze family. Sometimes Minato and Kushina act as foster parents to Sasuke and Itachi.

Due to this fact, both families move at the same time and to the same place, and tend to live close to each other if possible.

Naruto and Sasuke only know Sakura out of the cast of young characters.

This story is third person omniscient, so if I mess that up, please correct me as I beta my own stories. Meaning I might miss a mistake even if I read the chapter a few times. (If you do not know, third person omniscient means that the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.)

The day and age of technology is around our time. I know the year, but let's see you figure it out. It's not before 2010, yet it's not 2010 either. -Also not our world.-

With my rambling coming to a close, as I am sure you're already bored/sick of, please enjoy the first chapter! -This won't happen again, I assure you, unless someone has asked a question that hasn't been answered here and is important enough for all others to know.-

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Two months prior to Naruto's and Sasuke's first day at Kitsune High.

"Sasuke, Sasuke!"

"What is it now, Naruto?"

"Look! Kitsune High only goes to school Monday through Friday. Awesome!"

"Oh? That's better than here where we only get Sunday off."

"They also have a sister school named Konoha High…. What, that ain't fair! How come the girls get their school named after the city and not the boys?"

"Maybe because all the boys act like you?"

"HEY!"

"Hey now, don't start a fight." Naruto and Sasuke looked over to notice Naruto's father, Minato, standing in the doorway to Naruto's room. He gave them an exhausted smile while shaking his head.

Naruto blinked at his father's condition. "Why do you look so tired, Dad?" He asked getting off the bed and going up to his father.

"Because, Naruto, I'm doing something that you two should have started." Minato patted his son's head before turning him around and pointing to unpacked boxes. "So why don't you start, mmm?"

"Oh… ha. Yeah, those. I was, err, getting to that, Dad." Naruto gave a sheepish laugh before hanging his head. Sasuke looked between the two then got up and walked over to them.

"I should probably go, Minato. Itachi is most likely wondering the same thing as you."

"Yes, of course, Sasuke. Remind Itachi about tomorrow."

"Right. Later Naruto!" Sasuke waved to Naruto who waved back before leaving the bedroom. Minato patted Naruto's head again.

"We leave at the end of the month."

"EH? But that's so close, Dad!" Naruto turned to his father and placed on a sour face. Minato only rolled his eyes and laughed then left so Naruto could start his packing. Giving a sigh, Naruto went over to a shelf of his manga and began to pack them up. After a few moments he looked up at the calendar blinking slowing.

Two weeks before we move to Konoha. I hope it's better than this place. His eyes drifted from the calendar over to his long, open black trench coat that hung on the wall. It was a gift made by his mother to look like his father's trench coat. She made it so he and his father could look alike. A small laugh escaped Naruto's lips at that thought. Mom always likes matching us up. I feel bad when she tries to do it to Sasuke and Itachi. Sasuke gives such a fit while Itachi just goes with it.

Getting up, Naruto walked over to his window and looked out. The sun was just at its setting point; children and adults were heading back to their homes after playing or field work. As Naruto stared out, his expression was blank.

Konoha better be a better place than here, or so help me I'm going to go back to being how I was in Middle School.

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Two months later. September 4th, Tuesday.

"AH! We're late, we're late, we're laaaaate!" Naruto shouted as he ran with Sasuke down empty hallways.

"One 'we're late' is enough, Naruto!" Sasuke growled as he gripped his side bag. "And if you hadn't woken up late we would have been fine! We missed first period too."

"Hey! Don't put the blame on me! You could have just left without me."

"Yeah, but if I did then you would have complained later about it."

"Nu-uh."

"Yes! You always complain when I go ahead of you without saying anything, or even when I DO say anything." Sasuke mumbled glaring at Naruto from the corner of his eye.

Naruto glared back then focused ahead as he saw the entrance to the classroom. His eyes perked up and when he was about to reach the door he took one too many steps tripping on his trench coat. He gave a small yelp and fell face first into the floor. Sasuke, unprepared for Naruto's clumsiness, tripped over Naruto's legs falling on his face as well. Both boys groaned in pain.

"You idiot…"

"Shut up, Sasuke! You tripped as well."

"Only because your clumsiness seems to rub off on people."

"I'm not clumsy-" The sound of a door opened stopping the boys' argument and forcing them to look up. A man with silver hair, which seemed to defy gravity and a mask over his mouth, stared down at them scratching his head.

"Um…" He began before kneeling down, "you two alright?" Looking toward each other, Sasuke got off of Naruto then Naruto stood up. They turned to the silver haired man and nodded. "Then can I ask another question? Are you two lost?"

"No sir. This is English 1-2, correct?" Sasuke asked adjusting his bag. The man nodded. "Then we are where we are supposed to be." Naruto only nodded in agreement as he adjusted his trench coat.

"Oh. You two must be the new students… You're late." Sighing, the man stood up and gestured for Naruto and Sasuke to follow. Giving a glare at each other they followed after.

The teacher motioned for the boys to stand next to him before he began speaking. "Alright, pay attention now. We have two new students here." He glanced at Naruto and Sasuke. "I'm your English 1-2 and homeroom teacher, Kakashi."

Naruto gave a grin before crossing his arms. "I'm Naruto Namikaze! Recently just moved from Oto Village."

"And I'm Sasuke Uchiha, moved from Oto as well and unfortunately am Naruto's friend." Sasuke gave a sigh looking bored.

"HEY! What do you mean unfortunately?"

"Exactly what it sounds like, you're unfortunate."

"What? That's not what you said!"

"Should I rephrase it so your stupid mind understands?" Sasuke and Naruto turned to each other glaring. The classroom burst into laughter while Kakashi blinked at them before grabbing both of their shoulders.

"Do you two always argue?" They both looked up at him and opened their mouths to answer. "Never mind. Just be silent and sit down… I need to continue class." Kakashi let go of their shoulders, glared at the class whom quieted down, and then picked up his roster. "Mm… Naruto you will be sitting next to… Kiba." Kakashi pointed toward a boy with brown, short, spiky hair that had two red triangles on his cheeks.

At the sound of his name, the boy looked up and gave a questioning look. Naruto looked at Kakashi then the boy. Making sure not to trip on his trench coat, he walked over to Kiba and sat in the empty seat right behind, or what he thought was empty. As soon as he sat down he heard a yelp making him jump up.

"Gah! There's a dog in my chair!" Naruto gave a weird expression as a medium sized white dog growled up at him. Kiba turned toward Naruto and glared.

"Hey! Watch where you sit, idiot! You could have hurt Akamaru!" Naruto turned to Kiba and glared back.

"What is a dog doing in my seat?"

"Where else is he going to sit? He'd get stepped on if he stayed on the floor!"

"Why is he in here in the first place? Aren't animals prohibited?"

"Pssh! I get special permission." Kiba gave a smirk making Naruto become irritated. As the two argued Sasuke looked at the both of them helplessly.

Can't he ever do anything without getting into a fight? He thought shaking his head toward Naruto. Sasuke's eyes flickered to Kakashi to see if he would do anything. He twitched to notice that Kakashi was leaning back staring blankly at the two. Just going to let them argue it out, huh? That's a bad idea… Sasuke's eyes went back to Naruto. He felt himself tense up as Kiba was now standing and their arguing was beginning to become shouting.

"Naruto!" Sasuke moved over to the idiots and grabbed Naruto's arm. "Don't make a scene."

"Shut up, Sasuke! This isn't your business, so stay out of it." Naruto pulled his arm away from Sasuke then turned to Akamaru who was lightly growling at him. "Now out of my seat, mutt." He reached down to pluck the dog away, but instead got his hand bit. He yelped in pain and fell backwards crashing into desks and people. Laughter, groaning, mumbling, and clattering erupted into the classroom.

Sasuke dropped into an empty seat and placed a hand over his face as he watched Naruto get up then tackle Kiba. I knew it… The two boys fell onto the floor and that's when the teacher came over to stop it. Sasuke wasn't impressed by how Kakashi handled the situation. The other boys in the classroom weren't helping with their shouts either.

Eventually, Kakashi got Naruto and Kiba apart with the help of a boy wearing black sunglasses. Both were uninjured, but furious to no end. The boy with glasses made Kiba sit down while Kakashi moved Naruto to a seat in the back. With them separated and the classroom settling down, Kakashi went back to the front.

"If anyone else would like to start a fight, you can stand in the hallway. Sasuke? I guess you can sit where you're at now. Naruto, you're going to sit back there until you and Kiba can get along. Now then, if you're all done open your books to page 80." Desks clattered back to their right positions and the classroom became quiet. Kakashi began to talk about the lesson.

Sasuke turned around and scowled at Naruto who only shrugged and looked out the classroom window. Sighing, Sasuke did the same. As they stared out the window the same thought crossed both of the boys' minds. This is going to be a long day.

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12:30p.m. That was the time it was. Naruto and Sasuke were now at lunch having gone through two other classes besides English. There hadn't been a problem like 2nd period, but they hadn't made any real contact with anyone but the teachers.

"Are people just going to ignore us all day?" Naruto grumbled while he ate his ramen. Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Naruto, we just got here a couple of hours ago. Of course people aren't going to be familiar with us yet to talk."

"Hmph… "

"Oh stop pouting. It's annoying. You need to understand, too, that these kids have grown up together. Plus, we did miss the first month of school…" Naruto glanced at Sasuke then nodded laying his head down on the table.

"Right… We moved here in August and that's when this school starts. Tch. I can't believe Dad got all the work and books, and forced us to follow along with the school even though we weren't attending yet. I hate studying!"

"You realize we have to turn that work in, right?" Sasuke gave Naruto a frown as Naruto stared at him blankly. His eyes went wide and he sat up.

"Wait, wait. The school is seriously going to make us turn it in?" Sasuke nodded. "Does that mean… if we don't… our grades will go down?"

"That's what it means."

"AAH! I'M SCREWED!" Naruto slammed his face into the table groaning. Sasuke sighed and opened his math book working on today's homework. He was so used to Naruto acting like an idiot that it just didn't faze him. Although, he did notice the curious eyes of the boys near them, one being Kiba who had a smirk on his face. Sasuke hoped Naruto wouldn't notice, but unfortunately he did. "Tch… thinks he's so great…"

"Don't go starting another fight with him."

"I won't. As long as he leaves me alone. I'm not reckless anymore, Sasuke, you should know this." Naruto fully sat up and leaned back in his chair staring at the ceiling. "So what's our next class?"

Sasuke frowned that Naruto was dodging the problem, but didn't say anything. "Why are you asking me?"

"Well, we've had the same class three times in a row, so I assumed the next one would be the same…" Naruto gave Sasuke a look as if he was stupid. Didn't he see that they had the same classes for the last three hours? Sasuke only blinked at Naruto slowly. Clearly the expression on his face clarified Naruto's speculation.

"Wait a minute…let me see your schedule." Naruto dropped his chair and pulled out his schedule from his bag handing it to Sasuke.

Sasuke brought out his own schedule staring at it then he examined Naruto's. Their classes were exactly the same. Sighing greatly, he knew the reason why. His brother and Naruto's father had idiotically on purpose made them have the same classes. Only difference was their 7th periods, which were their choice classes. While Naruto had taken cooking, Sasuke had taken art. Giving Naruto back his schedule he gripped his hands. I am going to murder Itachi and Minato for forcing Naruto and me to be stuck in the same classes!

"Soooo…. What's our next class?" Naruto asked giving Sasuke a weird look.

"P.E."

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"THIS IS YOUR SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH! DON'T SLACK NOW BOYS!" The P.E. teacher, Gai, shouted at the students as they ran around the track. Sasuke and Naruto were exempted from the class for the today because they didn't have a uniform yet. Although… they weren't looking forward to it.

"Is… is that really our teacher?" Naruto asked twitching greatly. Sasuke was just as freaked.

"I really wish it wasn't." Sasuke hung his head then quickly brought it back up as that teacher came up to them laughing.

"You boys should be out there running with them! It's a lovely day, and you need muscle on those bones of yours!" Gai smiled at them making Naruto shiver.

"You're creepy." Naruto said without thought. Gai blinked at him then gave another bout of laughter.

"Clearly you boys do not understand your springtime of youth is upon you! Tomorrow, you will run 50 laps around the dorm buildings with the additional laps of 5 around this track!"

Sasuke and Naruto stared blankly at him. "I rephrase that. You're creepy and insane."

"Haha! Do not judge until you have tried!" And with those last words Gai jumped off to the other boys. Silence soon followed with Naruto and Sasuke staring after.

"…Sasuke?"

"…Yeah, Naruto?"

"Can we go home now?"

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Naruto and Sasuke stretched as they walked out of the gates of Kitsune High and down the street. Not many students were following after them, but that was due to this school having dormitories. More than half the students that went to either Kitsune or Konoha High stayed at the dorms that were on campus.

Naruto yawned greatly as he stared at the dorms as he and Sasuke walked by them. Quite big… there must be a lot of people going here, but where are all the girls? This is supposed to have a sister campus… Naruto glanced back to see if he could spot any girls. None.

"Aw, Sasuke. How come there aren't any girls?" Naruto complained as he clearly wanted to see what the girls of Kitsune's sister school were like. Sasuke, on the other hand, could care less.

"Their campus exit is on the other side."

"But… we share campuses… I didn't even see them in the school building!" Naruto grumbled. Sasuke stopped and turned to Naruto.

"Naruto. You know that Konoha is Kitsune's sister school, right?" Naruto gave a nod. "You understand that means Konoha High is an all-girls campus making Kitsune an all-boys campus. That means…"

"That means…um."

"It means we aren't GOING to see them, idiot! There's a gate that separates them from us. Either once a month or every other month the two schools associate with each other. We missed the month to see them because we were moving in at that time. They won't show up this month because of school just starting. Otherwise they don't really communicate with us. Usually they would just have their own school campus away from here, but for some reason this school wanted to do it this way. NOW do you get it?" Sasuke glared at Naruto. He hated explaining things to Naruto sometimes when Naruto was unmistakably smart enough to figure it out himself.

"Oh…okay." Naruto sighed and began to walk with Sasuke following. He didn't like Sasuke getting mad at him. He knew he could be annoying, but Sasuke always brushed it off when it came to him. Something must have upset Sasuke today, although he wasn't quite sure what that could have been.

Then, it hit him.

The fight he had started in 2nd period with that dog boy. I shouldn't have gotten so angry, but sometimes I can't help it! UGH I even told Sasuke at lunch I wasn't like that anymore… Man I'm such a hypocrite. Naruto placed his hands in his pockets and looked at the ground as they walked.

Silence ensnared the boys as they traveled down the street, and even when they got home. Sasuke nodded to Naruto before walking into his house. Naruto watched after him then walked into the house right next to Sasuke's. They lived right next to each other unlike how it was in Oto.

As Naruto opened the door to his home he was attacked/hugged by a woman with long red hair. "Naruto! Welcome home!" Naruto almost fell over backwards, but managed to hold himself up. He groaned as he was then kissed upon his head.

"Mom… you nearly gave me a heart attack…" Naruto gave his mother, Kushina, a smile before hugging her gently.

"I'm sorry dear. I was just worried. How was school for you? You didn't get into any fights did you?"

"Err, Mom can we talk about this later? I kind of want into the house…" Kushina blinked then gave a sheepish smile.

"Oh, yes right. Sorry dear." Kushina walked into the house with Naruto following. Naruto shut the door then placed his backpack onto a chair.

"So to answer your questions. School was alright, aside from being late. Teachers are kind of creepy though… Oh and… err," Naruto looked away as he sat down, "maybe one fight…" Naruto gulped out as he finished. He watched as his mother slowly turned around and gave him a stern look. Naruto quickly placed his hands up. "I can explain! It was nothing big, okay? I promise. I'm completely unharmed, so are the kid and his dog."

"His dog? You were involving animals too?" Kushina was now concern. Naruto hung his head.

"Mom, no. It wasn't like that."

"Wasn't like what?" Naruto turned quickly around to see his father come into the house.

"N-nothing, Dad!"

"Nothing? Naruto said he got into a fight with a boy and his dog!" Kushina gave a frown. Minato looked between the two before raising an eyebrow.

"They started it though!" Naruto's eyes widen and he placed a hand over his mouth. He did not want to get into this kind of discussion just as he got home.

"Naruto…" Minato sat down in front of Naruto and gave him a strict look. Naruto stared at his father then sighed and gave in.

"Okay… it went like this…"

Meanwhile at the Uchiha home.

"Sasuke. It's no use being angry at Naruto. You know that what happened in Oto still affects him." Itachi, Sasuke's older brother, sighed as Sasuke was still ignoring him. Sasuke continued to do his homework.

When Sasuke got home, Itachi had asked why his mood was so fowl and Sasuke told Itachi about what happened during 2nd period. Then, he had gone to his room and began to work.

Now Itachi was leaning against Sasuke's door waiting for a response. When none was given Itachi gave a sigh and slowly shut the door leaving.

Sasuke stopped working after a few moments looking up at the door. I know it still affects him. I know that better than anyone… Sasuke looked down at his hands before gripping them. One of the things he had hoped for when they had moved from Oto was to get away from the violence that Naruto had endured there. He hadn't been angry with Naruto. No, he had been upset that violence seemed to follow Naruto wherever he went.

Sasuke laid back on his bed taking a deep breath. "Naruto must think I'm angry with him… Well I did kind of get upset earlier, but I didn't have to take my anger out on him. Ugh, whatever. He'll get over it and be begging me to look at my homework tomorrow, so why am I getting worried?"

"Because you care for him?" Sasuke shot up as he slowly turned to his door to see Itachi standing there. "What?"

"Out."

"Oh, now you're angry at me?"

"I will if you don't-" Sasuke didn't get to finish because Itachi came over to his bed and sat down.

"Sasuke. I know you're worried about Naruto… but all you can do is watch out for him. He's a tough kid and can take care of himself, but you can't baby-sit him 24/7." Itachi gave Sasuke a comforting smile. Sasuke blinked slowly then gave him a light nod.

"I know… I just don't want… you know… to repeat."

"I understand, but it won't. Plus, you can always go to Obito for school issues."

"…Cousin Obito? He works in the police force, not the school force, Itachi."

"Ha! Much you know. You missed 1st period after all." Itachi grinned at Sasuke's blank expression and gaping mouth. Shaking himself out of it, Sasuke quickly rummaged through his things and took out his schedule then slammed his head into his bed.

"Why… No, not why, HOW did Cousin Obito get a license for teaching? Much less one for SCIENCE?" Sasuke groaned. He had never taken notice of who the teachers were on his schedule. Itachi laughed again and patted his back.

"Obito works part time at the police force even though he's a full-fledged officer. The school job is something the mayor asked him to do because apparently Kitsune High didn't have enough science teachers." Sasuke slowly sat up and looked at his older brother.

"Really…"

"Yes, really."

"Ugh." Sasuke laid back and covered his face with a pillow. "Tomorrow just got worse."

"Sasuke, Sasuke…" Itachi rubbed Sasuke's head before getting up. "I'll be making dinner soon, so don't forget your shower."

"I can take care of myself, THANK YOU!" Sasuke growled as the door closed with laughter coming from behind it. "I'm surrounded by idiots." Sitting back up, he started to work on his homework again.

Later that night, Sasuke called Naruto to ask if he was alright. Naruto mumbled on about how his parents said he overreacted with the dog boy, but was otherwise fine.

"I know you weren't mad at me, Sasuke. Took me a little bit to figure out where your anger lied. I mean, if you were mad at me, you would have hit me." Naruto laughed making Sasuke laugh as well.

"Yeah, you're right about that. I definitely would have hit you. But anyway. Naruto, don't worry about what happened at school. It's not going to be how it was back in Oto. Things will get better."

"Yeah… You're right… I want to call this place home…"

"We will, Naruto. This will be our home."

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Beep, beep, beep.

"Mmm…"

Beep, beep, beep.

"Oh, would you please turn that off and get up?"

"Mmm… nooo…"

Beep, beep, be-, CRASH.

"There! Now get up."

"Mmm…" A girl with long pink hair yawned before stretching awake. She sat up in bed and stared at a broken alarm clock on her bedside table. Then, her eyes widen and she grabbed the clock shaking it. "INO! You broke my clock again!"

"Only because that is the most annoying alarm and you never shut it off!" Long blond hair flashed in front of the pink-haired girl's face making her frown with anger. "Jeez, don't be so upset. I'll get you a new, better one okay? Now get up! We've got school after all, Sakura." Ino went into the bathroom and closed the door.

Sakura sighed and placed her broken clock down then grabbed a picture frame with a photo of three young children in it. Two of them being boys and the other one a girl. A sad smile slowly came to her face as she stared at it.

"Sasuke-kun, Naruto…"

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Aaaand end! Chapter 1 finished. What did you think? Suggestions and critiques are welcome!

Chapter 2 will bring in more of the Naruto cast, so stay tune.~