A Realistic High School Story (Naruto Fanfiction)

Chapter One – Concerning the Characters…

Hi there! I'm Katsuko Mizuki (KAHT-sko ME-zoo-ki), but you can call me Katsuko, kay? I'll be you're guide for this chapter, and I'm also one of Wrath's original characters that will pop up in the story, along with my good (evil rival) friend Unari Sabishii (OO-nah-ree SAH-bee-she). Wrath: Dude, stop breaking the fourth wall! Sorry. Unari and I are just a couple of girls who moved to Konoha five years ago… That's better.

Okay, so let me give you a real quick briefing on the setting/characters/etc…

Konoha was a bustling city, with many people living and working in it. It was the most beautiful city in the Fire County (A/N: Note, it's COUNTY, as in Lake County, not COUNTRY, as in Jamaica). One of it's more outstanding points of mention was the famous Konoha High School (A/N: Original, huh?), which could school up to 156 students per grade. The largest class of the school was currently the class of 2011, AKA the current Juniors class. It had over 160 students altogether, but luckily they all had a wide range of interests, so the classrooms were seldom packed too uncomfortably, except of course homeroom. There were many students, but the ones we're focusing on are the only actually important ones.

First, there were the popular girls. You know, the kind that always wore makeup and clothes that were "in style", and often wore enough perfume to alert a person of their approach five minutes before they were actually in sight.

Ino Yamanaka, the leader of the group, was an unquestionably beautiful blonde with sparkling blue eyes and a smile that made boys melt. She always kept her hair up in a ponytail, where it dangled down to her shoulder blades. She was bossy, arrogant, and sometimes a little irrational, but she was still the one to go to if you'd just broken up with someone or if you needed help with how to dress or act on a first date. Ino was the top in her class at cheerleading and debate, and had a monster crush on a certain raven-haired boy we'll talk about later on. Her obsession with this boy sometimes led her to get lower grades; in fact her highest grade point average had been a 3.45.

Her friend and rival in love was Sakura Haruno, who for some reason or another had been dying her hair bright candy pink since she was in fourth grade. She had a slightly larger forehead than the others, but one tended to overlook that when they looked at the rest of her. She had a nice figure, like Ino, sparkling emerald eyes that seemed to flash like lightning when she was angry, and a cute, cheery smile that made her look like an innocent little grade school student. She was second in debate, but preferred tennis to cheerleading. Like Ino, she had a monster crush on the same guy who will remain unnamed for now, but unlike Ino, her obsession with this boy didn't get in the way of her straight A's. It did, however, lead her to grow her hair out, and now she had that hairstyle where you pull just your bangs back into a cute little ponytail the hung loosely in the back. The rest of her hair hung to her mid-back in a sort of waterfall cut.

Their friend Temari(A/N: I needed a third girl, shut up) was the most belligerent of the three, and she looked it, too. She had hard green eyes, a smirk that made boys want too protect their, uh… precious heirlooms, let's say, and dusty blond hair which she always kept in a loose ponytail, which still allowed her hair to fall to her back, just a few inches shorter than Sakura's. She was one of the few girls in the school's wrestling team, and was great at crafts, though she always made sculptures of weasels and fans and scythes… weird… Anyway, she didn't really have a crush on anyone, but she was slightly intrigued by a certain other boy who seemed too stuck up to do much of anything. Her grades were right between Sakura's and Ino's, with a grade point average of 3.75, and she often picked fights with Ino and Sakura just for the hell of arguing, but the three never held grudges, and were closer than red on bricks. No, not that way, you sick perverts!!! I mean they were really good friends!

I give up.

Next were the not-so popular girls, Tenten and me.

Tenten was a sweet, but slightly short-tempered girl with short brown hair that was always kept in two little dancer's knots on the top of her head. She was a tomboy, and never wore makeup or perfume except on special occasions. Her outfit was normally a pair of denim capris and a pink tanktop with a goldenrod dragon on the back and a little goldenrod dragon head on the left breast of the shirt. AND DAMMIT GET YOUR MINDS OUTTA THE GUTTER, PERVS!!!! A-hem… Tenten had a crush on a certain long-haired boy who we won't name just yet, which is why she was my enemy because I also happened to like that guy, too. She enjoyed archery and literature, but she seemed to have a lot of trouble with science, for some strange reason…

You'll have to figure out what I'm like for yourself. Hey, Unari how'd you get in- Why do you have a frying pan?

WHAM

This is Unari speaking. I have momentarily taken over as narrator so that you don't have to "figure out what she's like yourselves".

Katsuko was a hotheaded girl with dazzling bright-blood-red hair (as opposed to one of the boys' dusty-red hair) and piercing emerald eyes. She was usually very hyper, and loved to get into fights. She was considered one of the guys because she didn't like to hang out with the girls, something about not wanting to come off as a prissy-girly-girl. Her usual attire is a pair of blue jeans with the right knee of the pants torn from one seam to the other (in other words, the front of her jeans knees s completely torn open), a black Linkin Park shirt which proclaims her fangirl obsession over the band (although sometimes she wears a white tanktop which is very form-fitting), and three earrings: two silver or gold hoops, depending on the occasion, and one diamond, ruby, amethyst, or sapphire stud, this depending on her mood upon waking up. She wears a pair of running shoes which were probably white at some point, now there's so much dirt, dried mud, and water stains on them that it's hard to tell what the original color was. Even the laces have taken on a nice dirty-tan color… Hm? Ah, Katsuko, you're awake again. Good, I've just finished… Now, now, let's be civil here…

I'll friggin' murder you!!!!

No, wait, I can-

We're experiencing some technical difficulties, here. Be back in a flash!

Hey, it's Katsuko again! I had to, uhm… beat the snot out of a certain black-haired meanie who decided to be funny and knock me out with a cast-iron frying pan.

Anyway…

Finally, there were the lower-than-low girls, the ones who either chose to be loners or were simply too shy to even be noticed by anyone.

First was Hinata Hyuuga, who was the cousin of a certain long-haired boy that I happened to like. She had almost iridescent black hair that was kept down all the time. It reached her id-back, like Sakura's, but her hair was evenly cut and her bangs were much shorter, which gave her the appearance of, well… a wallflower… which she was. That's right, ladies and gents, Hinata Hyuuga, cousin of one of the most annoying jerks in school (whom I liked), was shyer and quieter than a late-blooming summer daisy. So it surprised everyone that her crush was the loudest, wildest, and most flamboyant boy in the school, who shall be named later. She usually wore a purple sweater and kinda baggy light blue jeans with snow-white tennis shoes. Her ears weren't pierced, and she didn't wear any jewelry, but she wore some makeup, which consisted of cover-up and a modest blush. On rare occasions she wore some mascara, but she usually saved the mascara for plays and dances. She had an awesome singing voice, too.

Unari Sabishii was the one who chose to be alone. She didn't like fitting in, said only spineless sheep should follow the crowd. Coincidentally, she was also an emo, and also had a crush on a certain long-haired boy that I LIKED FIRST. She had short black hair, kept in kind of a mop cut (you know, uneven ends, kinda spiky, with bangs that are hard to keep out of your face), with an oval-shaped white and ice-blue bead in her bangs. The bead is mostly just a fashion statement, but I guess it keeps most of her hair out of her face, too. She's got this pale skin, like peachy-ivory, and flawless beauty. She never wears makeup or perfume, and she's writing these poems. I've seen a few; I was surprised to find that the ones I stole, er, borrowed, from her weren't actually all that emo. They were actually mushy love poems. Which steamed me because I found out she doesn't JUST like Ne- I mean, my crush. It seems she also likes Sakura's crush and Temari's younger brother. She's got a crush on three guys. She'll go places, baby. And yes, feel free to speculate just how perverted I meant that to be.

That's all the girls you need to know about. To sum it up,

Popular:

Sakura, Ino, Temari. Friends of: each other.

In-Between:

Tenten and me. Friends of: Tenten's friends with Hinata. I hang with the guys.

Low Rank:

Hinata and Unari. Friends of: Hinata's friends with everyone because she's so sweet she'll even be nice to jerks. Unari is your typical shun-the-world emo, if that gives you any idea.

And now for the guys.

First off is the popular guys, who always have hordes of fangirls chasing them down and/or worshipping them.

Sasuke Uchiha was the emo king of the group. He was always wearing a black shirt with his family emblem on the back and baggy black jeans that dragged the ground when he walked. His hair reminded me of a duck's butt, only I've never seen an iridescent-black duck that hasn't gotten stuck in tar. Maybe that's how he styled it? Anyway, he had these pitch-black eyes and light skin like Unari's, and he always had his friggin' hands in his pockets. He wore either black or navy-blue converses, and he had this superiority complex and a smirk that made girls melt. Or faint, in Unari's case. He didn't say much, but when he did, his voice was like liquid copper, smooth but with an edge that made it unique.

Neji Hyuuga was the other popular guy, with lush, long brown hair that was always down. He had deep, thoughtful lavender eyes and light peach skin. He always wore a plain tan T-shirt with baggy brown pants that were the same brand as Sasuke's (I could tell by the cut). He wore brown converses and a small silver chain around his neck. He was into debate and wrestling, and like Sasuke never had anything lower than an A in terms of grades. He had that badboy smirk that made girls wanna glomp him. I was one of the few who had enough restraint not to. You can ask Unari if you don't believe me.

She's only tackled him twice. That's the fewest tackles Neji's ever gotten from one fangirl.

Yes, well… shut up!

Next are the boys who were in between, the ones who were just going along taking all the lumps of life.

Naruto Uzumaki, the object of Hinata's monster crush, was the loudest, wildest, and most flamboyant boy in school. He was always pulling pranks on the teachers, and was rebellious to the extreme. He wore baggy blue jeans which were scored with about a dozen or so slash marks, which he earned when he pranked me and got kicked out the second-floor window. He also wears a white shirt underneath a black denim vest with a red swirl on the back. His shoes are orange converses with black shoe laces (A/N: What? Converses kick a--!), and he wore a green gem thing on a black cord around his neck. He had a diamond stud in one ear, and before the Freshmen school year for our class had ended, he'd told several people that over the summer he was going to pierce his tongue. He had a crush on Sakura, and I was constantly trying to set him up with Hinata (What? She was my best friend aside from Naruto and some of the other boys).

Shikamaru was the laziest boy in school, sleeping through all his classes and yet somehow still managing to get straight A's. Everything he did and said was done and said in a way that suggested that he wasn't really as awake as he looked, which was a little worrying because he normally looked like he was half-asleep to begin with. He had silver stud earrings and wore baggy black jeans, black tennis shoes, and a white t-shirt with a little cartoon deer on the front bottom-left corner. He also wore a silver chain around his neck, but his necklace had a little deer head on it. His hair was dark, dark brown, and was always kept in a high ponytail almost on top of his head. He wasn't really that interested in finding his perfect match, but his favorite pastime was, uhm… well, snoozing. Although he was captain of the Shogi Team, an impressive feat as the previous Shogi captain had been a Senior who'd played Shogi since he was four.

His friend, Chouji Akimichi, was that largest kid in our class, at 5 feet tall and three feet wide. He had spiky auburn hair and wore a red t-shirt and black pants. Despite all the kids making fun of him, Chouji was actually a really nice person. He was also sensitive about three things: his friends, food, and his weight, not in that order. Last year he placed first in the school's hotdog eating competition, and second in the soda drinking competition. He placed second because it was right after the hotdog competition.

Kiba Inuzuka always brought his dog to school, and because of that had many animal-loving friends (including yours truly). He had red fang-shaped tattoos on either cheek (face, not butt, you perverted fangirls), spiky brown hair, tan skin, and a smile that girls adored and guys wanted to punch off his face. White and red-striped tennis shoes, baggy grey jeans, a white shirt with two black stripes on each sleeve, and sharp fingernails were his outstanding features. His dog, Akamaru, was about the size of a toy poodle, and rode on his head most of the time. Akamaru was pure white except for his ears, which were a pretty chocolate brown color.

Then of course there was the loner, the guy who flew under the radar and never really got the spotlight much. This guy had a deadly aura about him, the kind of aura that made you fear for your life and fall in love at the same time. He could have his pick of the ladies, and he never once spoke more than a few words at a time.

This was, of course, Gaara, a boy with icy blue eyes and dusty red hair. His skin was pale, and he had no eyebrows, only very thick rings around his eyes. It wasn't eyeliner; last year a very brave fool splashed Gaara in the face with a water balloon, but the black rings around his eyes didn't fade or run at all. And of course the foolish person with good aim ended up in intensive care for about a month or two. Gaara wears a black shirt with a think band of white around the collar, black pants, and black shoes, and has many different silver chains around his neck, each a different length. He wears one silver hoop and one ruby stud in each ear, and has the symbol for love tattooed in blood-red ink on his forehead. His black shirt has a low v-neck, so under it he wears a fishnet shirt. Don't tell anyone, but for some reason I really want to get to know him more…

Let's review:

Popular:

Neji-kun and Sasuke. Friends of: Uhm… their mirrors???

Middles:

Naruto, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Kiba. Friends of: various people…

Mysterious:

Gaara. Friend of: no idea…

So, how was it? Hope you enjoy the story, and PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS/IDEAS/WHATEVER IN YOUR REVIEWS!!!

Cheesy pickup line: Do you have a mirror in your pants? Cuz I see myself in them!