Chapter 1: Chie-Ai Academy

Sorry about late reupdate...I totally wrote it...forgot to save and went to change the tab to music...then clicked the wrong button...and changed the window...I was pissed...and ignored it...lol...

Warning: AU! This is in our world, not the ninja one. Other than that, just the normal stuff.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto…no witty remarks…I don't own him…I wouldn't mind having him though…or Sasuke…maybe Gaara…ya…Gaara…

"Shattered all the pieces of parts. Never thought I'd fall so hard. I'm putting back together my heart, I'm broken"

'Broken' by Leona Lewis

Naruto stepped out of the vehicle and walked to stand next to his guardian, Jiraiya. He was looking at his new school barely illuminated against the night sky. His eyes were dull as they looked from Jiraiya to the school. He didn't really want to go to the school known as Chie-Ai Academy. His guardian worked there and he was sure that that was the only reason why he had been accepted to the world renowned Academy for the gifted. Naruto didn't see himself as important, let alone gifted. He was against going to the school, claiming that it was to expensive, but Jiraiya had said no and told the blond that it wasn't a problem. The white haired male had worked there.

"Well, Naruto! I'm going to go see the principal before she punches me again. Man, if she found out I was peeking in the baths again, I'll be a dead man." Jiraiya said, mumbling as he walked off in the opposite direction. Naruto looked after his guardian, sighing to himself. The man was almost as childish as a teen, only claiming that he did the things he did for 'information gathering'. Naruto never believed the other when it came to women.

Naruto took out his map. The map was in English, which annoyed Naruto to no end. English was the main language when in a mixed class, but they were in Japan. Why couldn't they just be in Japanese? Sure, Naruto understood English, but it was more difficult for him to understand it in writing than it was in speaking. He was on the brink of tearing the paper to shreds. He spoke 12 languages, but that didn't mean he could read all of those languages. He could read Japanese and that was about it. He knew the basics, but not enough to read a paper full of words he couldn't read. Naruto threw the paper in the trash and decided he would follow the signs that he did understand. It was better than standing there and looking like an idiot.

Naruto was walking and somebody walked past him. He had raven hair that defied gravity in the back. He couldn't see his eyes, but wore a black, short sleeved shirt and black skinny jeans. His pale skin stuck out in the dark night, and the dark clothes were perfect against the skin. Naruto's breath barely caught when he turned around, revealing eyes black as the night. Naruto suddenly realized that he was lost, and decided to ask this person.

"I'm looking for the Japanese dorm. Can you help me?" Naruto said, his voice louder than he hoped. The raven smirked at the blond. He turned around without anything more than a 'Hn'. He walked off. Naruto stood there, thinking he didn't understand the language. He did speak Japanese without realizing it. He kept walking for about 15 feet until he turned around and smirked at the blond who stood like an idiot in the middle of the road.

"You coming or not dobe?" the raven asked, smirking at the surprised look on the blonds face. Naruto looked at the smirk and pouted momentarily.

"Teme! Don't call me that!" Naruto shouted as he ran after the raven as he ran to walk a few steps beside the other boy. Suddenly, many girls were following them, shoving themselves past Naruto to the raven. The only glance he spared to any of them were the ones shoving their boobs at him, and it was to glare harshly at any of them. The raven shoved past all of the girls and looked back to Naruto, who barely made it out of the trampling of the fangirls. Said girls practically fainted when the boy looked back, actually looking for the blond, but the two boys took the advantage and walked away.

Naruto looked at the raven. "So. What's your name, teme?"

"What's it to you?" the other boy practically spat.

"I just didn't want to call you teme, but if you insist."

"Hn." The raven grunted. He didn't really care.

"Fine. Tell me your name teme or I'll turn around and tell those girls your in the mood." Naruto said, looking at the raven with a sly grin.

"I'd just leave you here and you'd be lost." The raven said, taking a few more steps ahead.

"Okay teme, your death. I'd find the dorm eventually, but you'd never escape those girls." Naruto said before he turned to where he had just came from and opened his mouth. He tried to say something, but the raven's hand over his mouth prevented any such speaking.

"Fine. Sasuke. Happy, dobe?" Sasuke said, only letting go of the blond's mouth only when Naruto had nodded his head.

"I'm Naruto. Nice to meet you!"

"Hn." Sasuke grunted again and started walking again. Naruto jogged up beside Sasuke and smiled at the raven. Sasuke felt his heart clinch, but he pushed it down with a force he was sure it wouldn't resurface. He led the blond to the Japanese dorm in the back of the campus.

Naruto stared in awe at the building. It was massive. He couldn't wait to explore. He turned to Sasuke, but the raven had disappeared from beside him, and Naruto felt himself looking at the flashing outline of the raven (Yes...It does happen...at least...to me). Naruto shrugged and walked into the building, glancing at his watch in the process. It was 11:00 exactly. Naruto sighed. He was supposed to be there that morning at the same time, but his stupid guardian insisted stopping at a bath on the way. Naruto agreed after some protest, but then he realized it was a mixed bath. He decided to just sleep instead of bathe. Therefore, Naruto slept till the owners knocked on the door dragging a passed out Jiraiya. Naruto was really happy he had his license then, because they would have been a day late if he didn't.

Naruto knew all of the dorms were probably full and he would most likely be alone in his own dorm. That didn't bother him, because he had lived alone in his and Jiraiya's apartment when the pervert taught 'Social Interpretation'. Naruto had practically died laughing when he found his guardian's lesson plans for the year. It was reading his porn books on Monday and Tuesday, how to hook up on Wednesday, and the last two days were dedicated to other perverted things.

Naruto shook his head as he remembered. He walked over to the sign-up sheet to see who he was stuck with. He was surprised when he saw that nobody had signed up with Sasuke. Naruto knew he was popular among the girls, but apparently not the guys. Naruto signed his name next to Sasuke's, seeing as how that was the only room left. Naruto gripped the straps of his bag. He wandered to the open garden, more like a small field, in the middle of the traditional Japanese style mansion.

Naruto stepped into the grass and felt the soft blades tickle his bare feet. He dropped his bag on the ground and walked toward the middle, falling back on his back. He put his hands behind his head and looked at the stars. They sparkled brightly. Chie-Ai Academy was out in the middle of nowhere, and only a few lights were on at night for educational purposes. Naruto could see the stars perfectly. They had a 3-D effect. He could tell which stars were further and bigger than others. He let out a pleased sigh. He was happy that this academy had such a good night sky view.

When he was a kid, he spent his first years in an abusive home after his parents died the day of his birth. He ran away at 6. An orphanage found him, and he was constantly passed from home to home all over the world. Those homes were never good, and they all treated him like a foreign slave. They didn't know about his gift, and that had constantly hurt him more than just hearing words he couldn't understand. He always found peace in the late nights, looking at the stars. They always told him, every night, that there was more to the world than the pain. That somebody would take him in who would care for him and love him. That somebody would appreciate him and accept him. They told him that even though he never made friends at his short months in each school, and that nobody in the families really cared about him, that some day, somebody would find him and save him. Naruto had held on to that one belief and never stopped hoping.

When he was 13, Jiraiya had found him in Ohio after he ran away from a home in New York. Jiraiya took him in and promised him happiness. Jiraiya brought Naruto back to Japan, and had kept his promise for the outer layer of Naruto, but deep down, that promise was yet to be fulfilled. The sky spoke to Naruto again this night as well. It told him to not give up on the happiness that his guardian had promised and to try his best to make friends. It told him to never give up.

A breeze rustled the grass and blew his hair over his eyes, hiding the small tear that slipped from his eye. He continued to stare up at the night sky in fascination. It was beautiful and Naruto was sure he could just stare at it all night. The warm air surrounded him, and the stars lulled him to sleep as the wind sung to him in the light breezes.

Naruto looked up at the man in front of him. Sure, Naruto was used to the pain he was constantly given, even at his young age of 13, but that didn't mean it hurt any less. Naruto closed his eyes and waited, but nothing came. He peeked his eye open and looked up at the man again. He was looking down at Naruto. The blond was sitting on the side of the road, his clothes ripped and in tatters. His face was dirty and his sky blue eyes were dull. Naruto had bruises and cuts all over his body, and there was a trail of dried blood on the side of his face that had come from his dirty blond hair.

Naruto looked at the man in fear, before bowing his head to the man. He apologized for something he might have done to anger the other. The man shook his head. He went to lift Naruto to his feet, but he stopped when the blond flinched when the man moved his hand to the shaking boy. He shook his head. He had stopped late at night to use the restroom and he saw the boy on the side of the road.

"I won't hurt you. You can trust me." The man said to Naruto. He bent down in front of the blond.

"W-What d-do y-you w-wh-want with m-me?" Naruto stuttered, his shaking and fear getting the better of him. Naruto looked at the man in fear and lowered his head, prepared for the worst.

The man looked at the blond. Why had he said something to the blond in the first place? Why had he decided to stop now instead of another time. The man looked up at the sky. He saw the stars glittering and sighed. Anything he could say could scare the blond. He looked at the blond again and sighed again. If fate had planned this, he had a bone to pick with fate. He couldn't just leave the blond there. "To give you happiness." The man said without really knowing what he was saying.

Naruto looked up at the man and looked him in the eyes for the first time. He had hope that ran deep in the sky blue eyes that were surrounded by skin stained with tears. He just stared at the man. He didn't know what to say.

"What's your name, kid?" the man asked. Naruto murmured his name. "What?" the man asked again. Naruto said it louder, his voice mixed with fear and hope. "Well, Naruto. I don't know why this happened, but something tells me your special. I promise to give you happiness, Naruto." the man said. He stood up and held his hand out to the blond. "Name's Jiraiya." was all he said. He stood there for a few minutes, and Naruto looked from the hand to Jiraiya's face. He took the hand and the other smiled at him. He almost collapsed in pain, but Jiraiya caught him and helped him to the car.

"Wait." Naruto's voice cracked before Jiraiya helped Naruto into the truck. Naruto looked at the sky and sighed. A tear fell down his face. "The stars were right. All those years and the stars were right." Naruto said more to himself than to the man next to him. He may not know Jiraiya all that much yet, but Naruto knew that this man was different from all of the other homes he's been to, from all of the other people he's known. Naruto climbed in the truck, passing out before he even hit the seat.

Jiraiya buckled Naruto in and closed the door. He turned his attention to the stars. 'I don't know what he's been through, but thanks for being there for him.' Jiraiya thought before he walked to the drivers side and got in. He buckled and drove off down the road, dust from the dirt clouding behind him.

That was the first time Jiraiya had opened up his arms to another so willingly, and he was happy that Naruto looked so peaceful. He was sure that this was the first time Naruto had ever slept as peacefully as he was now. Jiraiya laughed. 'What has fate got in store for me now?'

Well? Did you like it? I put a lot of effort in writing that...twice...feel free to review and tell me what you think. I'm always open to good reviews and those with constructive criticism. This will actually do more character stuff than last time. I hope I make it SO much better! REVIEW!...Peace out...^_^