Exploring the Darkness by Sasukelover154

Chapter 1: Introductions

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So I came back to this story mainly because I need to write otherwise I will go crazy. I edited the chapters that were posted forever ago because honestly they sounded horrible I thought, so enjoy and if I get a good response there will be more to come!

Thank you for all of those who have read Beautiful Crimes. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: GO READ IT!

I love you all a ton and let me know what you think!

Disclaimer (I hate these, but I do not want to get sued): As always I do not own Naruto or any of its characters, blah blah blah blah blah…though I seriously wish I did.

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Naruto glared out the windshield of his beat up navy blue car. All of his worldly possessions were packed into his trunk and back seat. Dull jade trees flashed passed outside his windows in a haze. The sky was an angry grey and translucent raindrops flecked his car as he fled down the street. It had been slightly raining ever since he had left, a prospect he didn't find too promising. The sides of the roads were built up with puddles of water. No animals would dare be scurrying about in this type of weather; they were all holed up in their respective homes.

When he pulled into the parking lot of his destination, a large apartment complex, the rain began to pour down in heavy sheets. He stepped out of his car and ran to the door of the complex. Even as he ran he was soaked through by the time he reached the door. Walking into the building he shook his head, water flew away from the tips of his spiky blonde hair, he tried to unstick a few of the pieces that had slapped him the face. His hair was just really a lost cause most of the time.

A kind faced woman met him once he was through the door. "Hello." She said. "I'm the landlord here. And might I add, welcome." She smiled warmly and stuck out her hand. She had shoulder length black hair and kind brown eyes; all together she could be seen as pretty cute. "My name is Shizune."

"Thank you." Said Naruto beaming as he shook her hand. "My name's Naruto."

"You're in apartment number thirteen on the third floor." She handed him a key, which he slipped into his pocket. "Let me know if you need anything at all, I live in the first apartment on this floor."

"Again thanks". He replied with a nod. She smiled again before heading behind her desk and into a room behind. With a groan Naruto headed back out into the heavy torrent of rain.

It took him four trips to get all of his things into the lobby and after taking a few minutes to rest on a box he had to them carry everything up the stairs and into his room. He set his boxes of clothes and books down in his bedroom and his movies and school things were placed in his combined kitchen and living room. Looking around his new apartment a dread began to sink in to his heart, putting a weight a on his chest. Tomorrow he would be starting a new school. He would be the inevitable "New Kid", and what a joy that would be.

Sighing Naruto began to put away his clothes into his closet. His wardrobe consisted mostly of different shades of orange/black/blue t-shirts, sweat shirts, and jeans. When he was all done putting away his clothes he changed into his pajamas and crawled into his newly made bed. He waited for sleep to come, staring out the window at the pouring rain until it made its appearance.

The dread that had settled itself around his throat had been replaced with an almost…excitement. Tomorrow would be a new adventure. A new beginning, something he had been craving for, for a long time. Finally, feeling a little more comfortable, Naruto fell into a light sleep.

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Sasuke stared out the rain speckled window of his apartment as the drops pelted the glass. Not more than two hours before hand a boy, couldn't have been older than Sasuke himself, clad in an unsightly bright orange sweater, had arrived at the complex. Just from looking at the boy he got a headache. There had been no news of a new arrival, but Sasuke didn't care much, he should have been in bed, for he had school the next day. He couldn't let his perfect four point oh grade point average slip over curiosity of some new guy in his building, that would be simply ridiculous.

After showering and getting his clothes ready for the upcoming monotony that would be another day in his boring high school, he finally settled himself down in the soft folds of his bed, and welcomed the sleep that would take him away from his dull life.

But there was a small part of him that felt…odd. It was like nothing he had ever felt before. It was a foreign feeling of incompleteness, like there was some small part of him that was missing, and the feeling didn't subside, not even in his dreams.

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When Naruto woke up the next morning it was his kind of weather. The sun was shining beautifully behind the few cottony white clouds. The blue sky was bright and clear. It was the kind of weather that he could go out in and play, and Naruto loved to play outside.

He awoke with a groan, and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, not quite ready to get up and face the day at seven in the morning. Scrambling out of bed he yawned and stretched his arms above his head. Once he was in the bathroom Naruto took a warm shower, partially to relax his nerves about the new school, partially to wake himself up a little bit more. After he jumped out and rubbed a towel through his spikey blonde locks. He headed back into his bedroom, and started to get dressed.

Surprisingly his new school had no uniforms, unlike the last one he had been to. He dressed in his favorite orange zip up jacket, and dark washed jeans. Finally, after a breakfast of an apple, from a kindly donated fruit basket, Naruto slipped on his orange tennis shoes, grabbed his backpack from the couch and headed out to his car.

He took the two flights of stairs two at a time. In the lobby Naruto noticed there was a boy, they had to be somewhere around the same age. Naruto hadn't been paying very close attention to where he was running. The boy was at the door, his hand on the handle when Naruto tripped over his own brightly colored shoe and only missed the hitting door because the boy was right in front of it. They tumbled down to the ground and onto the sidewalk. Even on the three minute walk from his apartment to his car, Naruto still managed to make a fool of himself.

The boy was fuming as he shoved Naruto off of him. Naruto noticed he was ghostly pale with black hair that appeared almost blue in places. His deep onyx eyes were narrowed into slits as he glared at Naruto before he stomped out into the buttery sunshine, and when he reached the parking lot, he slammed the door of his sleek black car.

Dumbfounded Naruto picked himself up and walked out to the parking lot, half expecting the pale boy to come out of nowhere and run his ass over. Sitting behind the wheel of his shiny navy car he twisted the key in the ignition and the car started with a loud purr. As he drove down the street Naruto turned up the volume of his favorite radio station. The music helped him keep his mind off the knots in his stomach.

The school wasn't very far, only a few minutes' drive from his apartment building. The building was red bricked and most of the parking lot was filled with the various cars of the students. He found a space that was relatively close to the front entrance, and began his walk to the doors.

The main office was a small, warm room. A desk was set in the center of the room, and behind was a wooden door, Naruto figured to be the principle's office. The school's floor seemed to have the simple generic carpeting that was found everywhere.

There was a heavy set woman sitting behind the desk and she was dressed in a green t-shirt. She smiled politely as he approached her; he smiled back his classic fox like grin.

"Hello." She greeted him. "You must be…" she glanced down at a slip of paper on her desk. "Naruto Uzumaki." Her eyebrows rose after she said this. "I have your schedule right here." She beckoned him forward and handed him a sheet of paper with all his classes, on the back was a roughly copied map of the school with all his classrooms highlighted.

Naruto listened dully to the usual speech of the school rules and guidelines, which eventually led to the professionally enthusiastic "I hope you enjoy it here." He smiled as naturally as he was able and walked as fast as he could to the door, while looking down at his schedule.

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AN:

So what did you all think? Did you like it? Should I continue? Let me know in a review please! I know this was short and I apologize, I promise it will get better.