Authors Notes: ZOMG! I had an awesome trip! And when I came back and went on the computer… LOTS OF REVIEWS! YAAAY!
Disclaimer: Yumi-Chan ish nowhere near as brilliant as Kishimoto-san to be able to create something like Naruto. Insert sob here
Opening Song: 'Line and Sinker' – Billy Talent
Warnings: Umm… NaruSasu in later chapters. KibaHina whenever I can get to it. Naughty language XD. Random fan girl bashing. Lack of Itachi and continuous fights between Sasuke and Naruto, but we all know its just sexual tension. Oh, and some Shonen-ai foreshadowing/ symbolism. Maybe some OOC-ness, tell me if there is! O.O I want to try and keep them IC as much as possible, but since it's an AU fic, that may be somewhat difficult >.
I'm actually really happy with how the story is turning out so far! And I recently got a brainful of ideas so this story may be quite a bit longer than expected. But that's good right?
And Las Vegas was GREAT! If you ever get the chance, or already have… I highly recommend going! Just ignore the men standing along the street handing out porn… O.o quite awkward.
For everyone who enjoys the anime/Manga 'Fullmetal alchemist': Go to me and Rai's profile (Click on zee Happy Emo) and read her story titled 'this is How it Goes'. It's her first time writing something major (from what I know). And by what I have been experiencing, she may not be that confident about her story. Give it a try; it's an EdwardxOC fic for any of you FMA lovers here.
. R.e.p.l.i.e.s. (Umm… Cool American candies for all reviewers (Sorry if you're American and already use to 'em) XD! Heh… I'm Canadian, and fascinated with the interesting variety of awesome foods in America. So different! O.O)
MuzicLuvre brenna.d: Hurray for DDR! And hurray for pie! Thank you!
Sugarpixie02: You'll just have to read to find that out. Heheheh. Thanks
Aspreal: Yosh! I've seen the graduation one too. I absolutely adore Sifl and Olly, awesome show. I watched their episode with 'Ninja of the Night' and then I saw the Naruto one afterwards. Absolutely hilarious! Thank you for the review!
Trolly: XP sorry I couldn't take you. But, next time I go on a trip I'll cram ya' into my suitcase. Hope you like cramped spaces. Nyahaha! Thanks for the review.
Sonicfanatic: YAY! Its only the best type 'o music too! And yes, I am indeed superbly cool. XD Thank you for the review!
Dragonmaster1703: yay! That's always a good thing. Glad you liked it. Thank you!
SwtTom0-chan93: Tomo-chan! I haven't mentioned this yet, but… I absolutely love reading your reviews! You always seem to make me laugh. And yes, Naru-chan is becoming very jealous, but he'll get over it all won't he? Bwahaha. And try not to torture/kill/harm or anything-that-involves-physical (perhaps mental O.o)-pain to Naru-chan and Sasu-kun I need the two of 'em for the story! XD Thank you for the great review Tomo-chan!
Black Water-fox: Aww, thank you so much! Yeah, Naruto tends to be very confusing with his feelings XD.
Everyone Else: THANKYUUUUU!
Chapter 6
Today I don't feel pretty,
And I'm tired of trying to fit right in
Don't think they're just so great
'Cause being great must suck
-Billy Talent
Why me…? Seriously… why. Me? What did I do to deserve this? Naruto sat at the edge of his bed, staring blankly at the floor before him. The incident at the arcade seemed to replay continuously within his mind. Why had he just exploded like that to Sasuke? Blue eyes raised themselves from the ground and fixed onto another still object, particularly a 'SR-71' poster… just to try and calm his mind with zombie-like staring. "Meh, he deserved it. I hope I hurt that bastard… I-I hate h-him" Naruto squinted questioningly at himself when the last couple words were stuttered.
'You don't want to hate him, and you don't want him to hate you either.'
Naruto's eyes widened at the sudden outburst of his own thoughts, "Liar." He knew this was getting ridiculous, muttering to himself within debates against his own conscience. Yeah, Naruto was extremely confused. Not knowing what he thought about the Uchiha, what he was feeling about it all right now… and why it was so hard to hate him, when he really wanted to. Forcing himself out of his trance, Naruto stood and wandered out of the room. The lights were turned off and the apartment was noiseless, the blond raised an eyebrow and eyed the digital clock on the microwave, 12:45. The hell? I've been 'reflecting' for that long already? He clenched his hand over the handle and roughly opened the refrigerator, settling for water over a coke at this hour. The bored blond quietly wandered over to the sitting room, falling onto the couch and clicking the television on, abruptly muting it in order to avoid a grumpy Iruka.
He didn't keep track of the time; seconds, minutes or hours could have gone by until a wave of drowsiness washed over Naruto, sending him into a deep slumber while still sitting on the couch.
o.0.o
Everything was black… silent… and unoccupied. Naruto stood in the centre of the nothingness, though he was younger…a lot younger. A blank expression enveloping his face as faintly glowing figures slowly appeared around him. The figures gradually gained detail, they became the random faces of people, disgusted at him, turning their backs and avoiding. Naruto just stood, a fake smile on his face, hiding the pain within him. The people disappeared, along with Naruto. The blond reappeared, now approximately nine years. Kiba stood by his side, the same age and bearing an annoyed and angered expression, obviously cursing Naruto, though everything was still silent. The angered Kiba disappeared and a new one appeared on the other side, a friendly expression. His first ever friend….
'Just another regular dream I guess…'
But then it all went black again and Naruto appeared at his current age. A dark figure standing a couple meters away, staring straight back at him. Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke wore a devilish smirk on his face. Though as he walked forward, it became friendlier. Until he was about a foot away from Naruto, now his expression was full of… love. "Naruto… You can't hate me… you don't want to hate me." His voice was mocking though soothing at the same time. He stepped forward and lifted a hand to Naruto's face, stepping forward more to bring them about half an inch apart.
Naruto inhaled sharply as Sasuke quickly closed the distance between them, soft lips pressing tenderly onto his own. Sasuke pulled away not long after, and had a new expression of tranquility on his face, "Sasuke…."
"Yo! Wake up Naruto!" Sasuke's voice changed to one unlike his own, it was loud and… older. Naruto recognized the voice, not as Sasuke's own, but as his very own guardians. Everything slowly became black again before he regained consciousness.
o.0.o
"Naruto! Waaake up!" Iruka roughly poked the blonds forehead, who was now huddled up on the floor and clinging desperately to a blanket. Naruto's eyes spread wide open, his face flushed a brilliant scarlet colour, what the FUCK was that dream all about! He had absolutely no idea what the dream meant, and it scared the shit out of him. Naruto had finally forced himself to calm down before Iruka began speaking again. "Why were you saying Sasuke's name in your sleep?" At that, Naruto went extremely pale. Iruka looked at him curiously, with a hint of mischievous knowledge gleaming in his eyes. I could just kill you right now Iruka. Naruto chose not to answer out loud.
Narutodecided to try his best in order to avoid Sasuke today. On the bus, he sat quite a ways away from the ebony haired one, trying to interpret the dream without having the reason to look at Sasuke and have that one particular part in it all flood back at him. It all seemed normal; he'd had dreams like that before. Ones showing his loneliness throughout his life, and occasionally his life getting better. But this one was new. Sasuke of all people appeared in it, and actually… kissed him. This was what Naruto didn't understand, his rival, the one who he envied, hated and constantly cursed turned out to be the one who he dreams about. And no, not regular dreams. Naruto didn't understand at all, of course he couldn't be attracted to Sasuke. No, that wouldn't be normal for him; of course he wasn't attracted to Sasuke, let alone guys.
'You're in denial.'
Naruto's eyes widened. It was that inner voice again, the evil, loathed and… always correct voice. No, it can't be right this time. Definitely not.
The paranoid blond drummed his fingers annoyingly, staring at the blank sheet of lined paper on his desk. He was supposed to pair up with his writing partner and begin the rough copy of their partner essay. Not a single word was written onto the sheet. He lifted his eyes from the paper, scanning the room. Kiba was enjoying himself with a nervous looking Hinata. Sakura and Ino were arguing over what the decorations on their scrapbook should look like. And everyone else seemed to actually be concentrating on his or her work. But of course, Naruto had the downside of this class time. Having to spend it with the one he hated.
"Naruto?" a cool voice questioned.
"GAH! NO!" Naruto flinched; looking up at the raven headed one who had dared to utter his name. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the outburst. "Whaddya want Sasuke?"
"You're being really spacey. Just staring at the sheet. Are you alright?" Sasuke asked. What…? Did Uchiha Sasuke… of all people… just ask if I was alright? Did hell just freeze over or something!
"Since when do you care Uchiha?" Naruto snapped back, though noticing a quick look of hurt in the others eyes. But Sasuke noticed his own mistake and covered it up with a smug grin.
"I don't." Naruto glared at this particular comment.
"Then why did you ask?" Hah! I got him there! The blond smiled inwardly.
"To see your reaction." Sasuke sneered coolly, causing Naruto to emit an immature growling noise. Maybe not….
"Why, you bastard—" Naruto muttered but was suddenly interrupted.
"What seems to be the problem boys?" an amused voice questioned from behind the two. "Ah, and nothing written on these sheets either, eh? I believe I assigned some work for you to do. But I guess you two are just too good for it aren't you? Well, in order to cooperate with your pride, have the description of your partner finished by the end of class. Ready to be presented to the class." Naruto gaped at Kurenai as she uttered the mocking words. Naruto made a largely angered gesture which involved raising his two middle fingers behind Kurenai's back as the teacher walked away.
"Hn, how immature." Sasuke said coolly, attempting to piss the blond off to his extent.
"You just shut up Uchiha! Start writing the damn description so that I don't have to witness another detention with you."
As the time went by slowly in the hushed classroom, Naruto sat at his desk scribbling madly onto his paper. To someone who didn't know better, it looked as if the teen was trying to tear a hole in the sheet with use of a dull pencil.
Naruto's rampage upon the paper just came to a close when Kurenai decided to break the silence. "Alright, there is only about twenty minutes left of class. I hope you all got a decent amount of work finished within this class time." At that comment, she eyed Sasuke and Naruto. "Ah yes, and due to two of our classmates thinking they're a bit too good to do this work… they will be chose to present their work. Hmm, Naruto… how about you step up here first?"
Naruto clenched his fist over the sheet of paper and sulked his way over to the front of the class. He cleared his throat loudly, annoying a few students within the class. "What I think about my partner... Uchiha Sasuke." Naruto paused for a moment, eyeing Sasuke and giving the other a cold glare. "If I were to really express how I feel about him, I'd probably be suspended due to ruining all your innocent minds and virgin little ears." Naruto added that last part on with a fake caring voice, obviously to mock his comment. Kurenai sat at the back of the class with wide eyes. Kiba was snickering loudly at his seat. "But allow me to express with a less vulgar use of my vocabulary. I know, many of you… actually, most of you here probably think that our Sasuke here is the greatest thing that ever happened to this school." He looked around the room, noticing annoyed and even furious expressions. Naruto smirked and continued, "but of course… You're wrong. This Uchiha here, in my very own opinion. Is a bastard, a selfish, know-it-all, too good for us all, BASTARD!" The blonds voice raised quite a lot at the last word. Causing some classmates to jump. Kiba was almost in tears trying to hold in laughter. "He may be all good on the outside but no—"
"Uzumaki! That is quite enough! Sit down, and you will be attending a detention for this. What made you think you could just write about how much you hate him?" Kurenai's face was red with frustration.
"If I heard correctly, I believe you were the one who said we shouldn't hold back on this. And the assignment is what the person feels about his partner right? From what I can see here, I haven't misinterpreted anything within the assignment." Naruto said, shrugging as if he did nothing wrong. What the hell are you DOING! IDIOT!
Kurenai just sat with her mouth wide open. Naruto had apparently gotten her on that comment. But it was true wasn't it? No matter how much the blond had ranted on about how he hated Sasuke, he still followed the instructions. The currently annoyed blond released a sigh of relief as the bell penetrated through the air, freeing him from the current situation. Naruto gathered his books and fled from the class as quickly as possible. But he couldn't get far until a particular person almost tackled him to the floor from behind. Naruto's eyes widened as the person who was currently out of breath from hilarity balanced himself by placing a hand on the blonds shoulder. "Kiba…"
"That…was… H-Hilarious! Not only did you get the teacher and Uchiha pissed off… but you managed to turn the whole female population against you! Well, except for Hinata…." Kiba stood by himself and managed the words with only a couple pauses due to laughter in between. Naruto didn't seem as amused with the result. "Yet we never did get to hear what Sasuke wrote about you. But still…! I was having the hardest time holding in the laughs!"
"I noticed." Naruto muttered quietly.
Kiba raised an eyebrow at the sudden change of voice tone. "You okay?"
"I shouldn't have done that. Seriously… what the hell was I thinking?" Naruto stared at the floor with a look of disbelief. "Kiba… I'm never going to be able to face him again! And he's my partner for that fucking project! I seriously need to do something."
"Naruto… you have to be one of the most confusing people on the face of the earth. Lately, you've been having more mood swings than a teenage girl during PMS." Kiba snickered. "But… seriously, at first. You welcomed him and even attempted to be his friend and all. Then you became jealous and started to hate him. And now… it seems like you want to fix it all and don't want to hate him." Naruto's head shot up and his eyes widened as he remembered the dream from the past night.
"Naruto… You can't hate me… you don't want to hate me."
"I-I don't know what's wrong right now. I'm just really confused." Naruto's mind throbbed. "I actually think I'm going to go to the sickroom… or… something." The perplexed boy turned his back and began to slowly walk down the hall.
"Or the counsellor." Kiba suggested almost inaudibly.
"What did you say?"
"Umm. The school counsellor. They might be able to help. If even just a little." Kiba scratched the back of his head nervously and waved, "err. I have to go to class right now. See ya Naruto."
o.0.o
"Hello, Hello Naruto!" a young-looking woman (who everyone knew was older than she looked) greeted as the boy walked into the office. Her face was slightly flushed and she was hurriedly shoving something into her desk drawer. Yep… drunk again. The school's principal had a slight ((understatement, ahoy!)) addiction to alcohol… and gambling. Which was the main reason they didn't have the best school system and lots of students probably chose not to come.
"Uhhh, yeah. Hi Tsunade. I'm here to see the school counsellor."
"Nyah! You want to spend time with me again? Isn't getting all those detentions enough for you?" The tipsy woman slurred. Making Naruto more annoyed.
"No, I want to see the counsellor."
"We don't have a counsellor. You can try talking to me though, I'll probably have the best advice out of everyone here." Tsunade chortled. Naruto just sighed and walked forward, taking a seat across from Tsunade. Bad idea… Bad idea!
"What's your problem today young'un?"
"I'm… um… confused about how I feel about somebody—"
"Ohh! You're in love!" The older woman leaned forward to pat Naruto on the head but just ended up loosing her balance and stumbling off the chair and onto the floor. Naruto frowned.
"Um. No, that's not it. But um. You know what? I think I'm going to talk to Iruka or somebody… else. About this." Naruto stood and looked down, doing his best to avoid Tsunade who was now attempting to crawl back onto the chair. Before another word could be uttered between them, Naruto quickly scribbled his name on the sign out list and rushed out the door. At least she wouldn't remember him leaving the school after sobering up.
End Chapter 6
Authors Notes: BAHAHA! I had fun writing this chapter… I don't know why. Oh oh! I am sooooo incredibly sorry for taking that long to write! See, I'm in a rowing club and we've been having a lot of competitions and regatta's lately. So I haven't really had much time. And… um… another slight problem…. I actually… really like somebody at my school. And I've been so paranoid lately because I want to tell him. But I haven't really done this sort of thing before. XD. Anyone have advice or experience!
Bah. That dream sequence was really gay. But it added some… inner Shonen-ai right? Oh yeah, and if any of you are offended by the PMS comment. Well, then you can't take a joke. See, I'm a girl and even had a laugh at that (seeing as I wrote it >. ) . So if you're offended easily. I suggest you don't read on. XP
Anywhoo. I loved Naruto's little portion of his essay in this. I have fun making little Naru-chan have anger spasms. Heeheehee, Oh. Next chapter will be some of Sasuke's Point of view. Since we need to hear his say on all this. XP But first will be Iruka's more accurate (compared to Tsunade) opinion on what Naruto's thinking. And perhaps, the beginning of some one sided NaruSasu (one-sided for now… smirk). But you'll just have to read to find out. And I'll have to write…. In a shorter amount of time. O.o