The halls were loud in the morning as all the other kids put their books into their lockers and stopped to chat with their friends. Naruto Uzumaki, for some reason, loved that sound. It echoed in his head and woke him up a little.

Naruto walked toward his locker as he opened his locker he felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned to Sakura Haruno, a good friend to Naruto, pink hair and somewhat annoying. But even so, she had a good head on her shoulders.

They both smiled at each other, a silent greeting being exchanged between the two. Sakura looked away as she finished putting her books away. Naruto knew she would probably bring the incident up.

Sakura closed her locker and crossed her arms looking at Naruto. Naruto did the same and stared at her with a cocked eye brow. She had a sympathized look on her face.

"Don't even start, Sakura." Naruto made his voice stern. "I wasn't gonna say a word." She said putting her hands up in a 'back-off' kind of way.

Naruto looked at her and scoffed at her words. 'Whatever! You want to know what happened!' "C'mon, Sakura! Everyone wants to say something...or ask something...or...I don't know."

Sakura put her hands on his shoulders and smiled. "Can you blame them? Everything that happened, or whatever happened...everyone heard about it by Sunday morning. They all want to know what really happened." Naruto rolled his eyes at her and she lowered her arms with a sigh.

"Can you at least tell me?"

Naruto just stared at her like she was stupid. "What the hell are you talking about? You were there! You know what happened." Sakura scrunched her face with anger. "uh, No, I don't. I was inside when it happened. I only got out there after the cops showed up."

Naruto turned his head away from her curiosity and stared at his locker. "Jeesh, Sakura, can't you just forget about it?" She rolled her eyes. "Why?" She "almost" screamed.

"Because," Naruto forced a glare to his face. "I do!"

The words were clear and solid. For some reason there was sadness on his face after the glare melted away. Sakura involuntarily backed up a little, shaken by the sudden anger that just came from the blonde. She looked over his face. 'Man, he's kind of torn up about this.'

"I-I'm sorry, Naruto." She spoke quietly. Naruto looked at Sakura. 'She looks petrified...' Naruto thought. He looked around at the other students who were roaming the halls. He expected them to be looking at the two while they had this little conversation, but none of them were. He closed his eyes and sighed. "No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap like that. It's just..." He trailed off leaving his words hanging in the air. "Don't worry about it." Sakura smiled. "I would've snapped too." They both exchanged half halfhearted smiles before Naruto broke the peace.

"Oh! Here!" Naruto quickly turned and rummaged through his locker. He pulled out a medium sized book with his name etched on the bottom. Sakura stared at it as though it disgusted her or something. "A yearbook? Are you kidding me?" She said.

"No no." Naruto smiled and looked down at the book. "I get one every year. I just never had anyone sign it before." Sakura put her hand on her hip. "So you want me to sign it?"

"Yeah! C'mon Sakura. This is our last week in Junior High. I want something to remember you by. You're the only one who o hasn't signed yet." Sakura took the book from Naruto and began flipping through the pages looking for her pictures. "Naruto you talking like you're never going to see me again."

"Well, you never know." He said. "Iruka-sensei said we have to go to boarding schools. But there are three different high schools. That test we took last Thursday; the results are how they decide what school we get sent to. There's one for smart people. One for really smart people, and one for the...not-so-smart people." Naruto put his finger on his chin and rolled his eyes up at the ceiling, and spoke sarcastically. "Hmmm, I wonder which on I'll get in to."

Sakura shoved Naruto's chest, almost knocking him down, laughing. "Naruto, shut up. You could get into any of those schools." Naruto laughed a little. "Yeah,but I have a way better chance of getting into the school for the not-smart people. As for you, you'll defiantly get sent to the smarty pants academy."

Sakura shoved the yearbook into Naruto's locker and walked away saying "Yeah, you're probably right." Naruto closed his locker and followed her to the class room.

When they got to the class room Sakura went over and started talking to Ino. Naruto took a seat in the back. He laid his head on the desk and began to stare off into nothingness. He let his mind drift to pure thought, blocking out all the things outside his mind.

'God! I can't get Saturday out of my head. I cant believe I actually let the cops take him. I mean, he was just trying to help me. That guy wouldn't stop, then Sasuke came to rescue me...like a knight in black t-shirt armor." Naruto turned his head the other way and squeezed his eyes shut, trying to think if he really just called Sasuke a "Knight in black t-shirt armor". (AN: Kinda corny, huh? ;P) 'He didn't have to start beating the hell out of that guy. Pft! He didn't have to hit me either. What the fuck was his problem? Then again, it was his last night in Konaha. Maybe he wanted to go out with a bang or something....But I did hit him first...multiple times actually...before he actually hit me. Damn it! Why the hell should I care? He's a...stupid...stupid head. I'm glad he's gone. Oh no I'm not. I want him back. Wait. Eww! What the hell am I saying? I never even had him to begin with. I never wanted him. I DON'T like Sasuke like that. I don't like Sasuke at all. But there was that one time when we-No! I don't want to go back down that lane again. We were just kids...Ahh! Why is shit so complicated?'

Naruto's eyes shot open when he felt someone thump him on the head. "Hey! Hey! Naruto, my main blonde man. What's up?" Naruto looked at his hyper brunette friend, Kiba. He sat up in his seat and faced Kiba who was sitting in the desk across from Naruto. "Not much. Just waiting for you." He spoke through a yawn. "Well aren't you a loyal friend" Kiba said patting Naruto's head.

He put his feet up on the desk and wiggled around until he was comfortable. Naruto put his head back on the desk facing Kiba. He went right back into the blank nothingness to argue with himself some more.

"Dude! Can you believe it? We actually have to got to boarding school? If you ask me, I think we should just go to high school here. Wait, do we even have a high-school here? No-Scratch that. I don't think we should go to high-school at all. I mean, I already know how to add big numbers, I know how to cook, and I know how to fuck...so I'm pretty much set." Kiba chuckled at his own stupidity. He looked over at Naruto and realized he wasn't paying attention.

'Oh...My...God...' Kiba thought. 'He's depressed. Fuck! I knew this would happen. I was kind of hoping he would just be pissed off or something about all that shit that happened. But he's all...sad!...No! No. Maybe I'm wrong'

"Naruto...what are you doing?" Kiba asked. Naruto looked at Kiba. "Nothing." Kiba put his feet on the floor and leaned closer to Naruto. "Are you surrrrre?" Naruto smiled trying to reassure the dog boy. "Yeah, why?" He asked. "Well for a second there it looked like you were...sulking?"

Naruto mumbled something to himself while laying his head back on the desk. "oh yeah? What the fuck would I be sulking about?" His voice was muffled since his face was pressed into the desk. Kiba just rolled his eyes at the response. "I don't know...maybe you lost something...maybe you you broke a nail. Hmmm...I don't know...perhaps...Sasuke!"

Naruto looked at Kiba for a second, then turned his head away. "I hope that fucking bastards dead." Kiba looked at Naruto feeling the sprinkle of pain in his words. "Naruto...you don't mean that. You just-" Kiba's words were brought to an abrupt stop when he saw Naruto's eyes and the hurt in them. "Kiba, just don't talk about him, ok?...please?" Naruto's words were slow and indirect. Kiba pat his friend on the back and settled in his seat. "You got it, man."

"Naruto." Shikamaru walked up behind him with his hands in his pockets. The blonde dobe turned and gave him a huge smile. Even though Shikamaru was a lazy, uninteresting, quiet weirdo, he was one of Naruto's greatest friends. He was most likely one of the people who will get into the 'smart people school'.

"Hey Shika!" Shikamaru frowned at the pet name his friend gave him. "I told you not to call me that." Naruto shot Shikamaru those big blue puppy dog eyes. That was sort of his way of a small of apologizing. "Oh don't give me that." Shikamaru said. "do you want to go up to the bar with us? Jiraiya said we don't need those fake IDs anymore."

Naruto stared at his idiot friend. 'Damn it, Shika. Why would you ask me that? Do you honestly think I would want to go back there?' He thought to himself. "No, I can't." Naruto said.

"Why?"

"I have homework."

"Dude, its the last week of school. We don't have home work."

"I have to take my dog to the vet."

"You don't have a dog."

Naruto sighed to himself. 'Shika! You're supposed to be the smart one here. Stop doing this shit.' "I'm just busy...and tired." Naruto looked up at his friend hoping he wouldn't come back with something stupid like 'you're not tired' or 'you're not busy'. "Ok. Whatever. See you tomorrow." Shikamaru walked off through the side door of the building.

Naruto went to his locker, opened it and put his books from last period in it. As he was shutting the door, he noticed all the pictures of him and his friends taped to the inside of the locker: He payed more attention to the ones of him and Sasuke. Him and Sasuke at the amusement park. Him and Sasuke drunk at the park dancing on the picnic tables. It was just him and Sasuke...everywhere...all the time. Most of the time doing things that should get them in trouble. Either way they had a great time together. But remembering the good times made him angry for some reason. Naruto put his hand over the pictures. Without even thinking about it he tore all of them down and slammed the locker door shut. He stormed out of the side doors mumbling to himself. "Fucker!"

Naruto walked home trying to keep Sasuke out of his head. Of course, it wasn't that easy. So, the whole 45 minutes were consumed by the good and bad thoughts of Sasuke.

Naruto lived in the "poor" part of the city of Konaha. He lived in a rented two bedroom house. Naruto lives with his dad, Minato, since his mother died when he was younger.

Naruto walked into the apartment and he sat his bag on the floor next to the door. He walked through the living room into the kitchen. Minato was sitting at the kitchen table in his pajamas eating crackers. He was reading one of his weird parenting books; greatest things in the world according to him. "Hey Naruto! How was your first day without Sasuke?" Minato blurted the words as if they were just everyday conversation starters. Well...they were to him. But to Naruto they were demon screams. But he couldn't let his dad know that. "Fine." Naruto replied.

"That's good. Its a shame he and Itachi had to move. You were so close to them, Sasuke especially." Minato said shoving a cracker into his mouth. Naruto knew his dad would, unknowingly, begin pushing the Sasuke button if he didn't get out of the kitchen fast. He grabbed a pepsi from the fridge and left the kitchen. "Wait!" he heard his dad call. "Come bond with me!" Naruto rolled his eyes and looked back at his dad. "What? Do I have to?"

"Yes! Or you're grounded until you're twenty three." Minato shouted back. Naruto walked back into the kitchen. He sat at the table across from his dad. Minato continued to grin in an odd way making Naruto uncomfortable. "What?" Naruto asked a little annoyed. "Oh nothing. I'm just trying to read you." The older man said. "What exactly are you trying to read, dad?" Naruto narrowed his gaze. "I'm trying to see if you're becoming a man." Minato said narrowing his gaze too.

Naruto's eyes widened and a blush smeared through his face. "What the hell? I am a man! Why do you have to be so weird? I'm going up stairs." Naruto got up from his seat and ran for the stairs. "Naruto, I'm just trying to be a good parent!" Minato called out to his son. "Well stop! You're scaring me!" Naruto yelled half way to the stairs.

Naruto ran into his room and shut the door behind him. He sighed and looked around at his wonderful room. The only place were he could hide from his father's craziness. He walked over to his bed and flicked on the night lamp. He looked at the alarm clock that was next to the lamp. 4:37pm was displayed in red. Naruto laid down on his bed and gripped at the orange and black bed sheets.

'Jeez, why does he have to do stuff like that? He was trying to read me. I wonder if he could actually do that. He should really stop reading those stupid parenting books. They keep telling him to read me and bond with me, and all other sorts of unholy things. Why does he even read them in the first place? He's not a bad dad. He doesn't need those books. Why can't he just....wing it?'

Naruto laid there drifting through his mind. Once he let the thoughts slip away he noticed a faint beep...beep...beep circulating through his room. He sat up and looked around his bedroom in confusion. 'What the hell is that?' Naruto thought to himself. He got up and began searching through his room. It was kind of hard though considering it was as messy as a barn yard.

When he lifted a pile of clothes next to his desk the beeping got a little louder. He grinned at his discovery of his small answering machine that his dad got for him a while back. 'Ha! Found you.' Naruto taunted the poor machine in his head.

Naruto sat on the floor holding his machine in his hands listening to the beeping that seemed to get quieter if you try to concentrate on it long enough. He was afraid of hearing the message because he knew who it would be. He just figured he'd be wrong though. He gritted his teeth and pushed play.

"Beep...You have one new message. Sunday 4:49am...Bloop.......You fucking dick!" Naruto's eyes focused on the machine when he heard Sasuke's voice. "Y-you just let the cops take me! What the fuck is wrong with you? I was trying to help you! Do you have any idea what that guy was going to do to you? You're such a man-whore! I hope you fall off a building! I hope you get hit by a care! I hope...you get attacked by sick scary diseased cats! I hope you die! Fuck you Naruto!...god!....Beep."

Naruto reached up to feel his eyes warm with tears. He stared at the machine like it was Satan."Fuck you!" Naruto screamed and threw the machine across the room. It busted against the wall. Without thinking he ran downstairs. Minato was half way up the stairs when Naruto bolted past him. "Naruto, what was that big bang?" he asked. "It was me, dad. I'm going to Kiba's." Naruto didn't even glance at his dad on the way out. "Don't stay to long. It's a school night!" Minato yelled hoping Naruto heard him as he slammed the door behind him.

Naruto wasn't really going to Kiba's, he was heading to the bar. His uncle Jiraiya owns it. Naruto and his friends are allowed in as long as they don't drink. But of course they never follow that rule.

Naruto walked through the parking lot of the bar and almost wanted to cry, the memories of what happened Saturday and all that shit Sasuke said in the message. He held the tears as he walked into the smoked filled building. He saw Shino playing pool in the corner. Chouji was hanging out at the buffet, and Shikamaru was sitting at the bar eating nachos staring off into nothingness.

He walked over and took a seat next to Shikamaru. Shikamaru looked at him with an uninterested face. "I thought you weren't coming." He said putting a cheese covered chip into his mouth. "I changed my mind." Naruto replied. "Are you gonna drink?"

Naruto laid his head on the bar facing Shikamaru and sighed. "I was thinking about it." Shikamaru took a drink of whatever he was drinking. "Kiba was right. You do looked depressed."

Naruto shot up quickly. "I'm not depressed!...I'm tired...i told you that." Shikamaru took another drink. "Whatever."

Naruto looked around the bar then turned his stool around. "Were is Kiba?" Shikamaru turned his stool too. "Bathroom. I should probably check on him. He's been in there for, like, an hour. Plus, he's drunk. He probably check on him. He probably drowned himself in the toilet or something." Naruto looked at him. "That's not funny." Shikamaru turned back around and grabbed a nacho. "I know. As you can see I'm very worried." Naruto rolled his eyes and started for the bathrooms. "I'll go look."

Naruto passed through waves of drunk men. Naruto always thought your life would have to be really fucked up if you're already sloshed by five in the afternoon. That's why he didn't do anything other than glare at the men who thought it was cute to molest him every time he walked by. Plus, his naughty side kind of liked the attention. ;P

It was pathetic, yet normal, to find Kiba sitting on the floors of the bathroom with a half drank bottle of tequila. 'If he's this bad now, he'll turn into one of those men out there.' Naruto thought and chuckled a little. Kiba looked up and smiled waving his bottle in the air. "Naruto! G-good to sssee ya' buddy!" Kiba slurred. Naruto began walking towards Kiba but was halted. "Wait! Don't c-come near me!" Kiba yelled trying really hard to focus on Naruto. "Why?" Naruto questioned. "Because, y-you are all...depressed and sad...y-you're going to harsh m-my mellow." Naruto rolled his eyes and stated: "I, Naruto Uzumaki, promise not to harsh you're tequila soaked mellow, ok?" Kiba grinned and motioned for Naruto to come over. "Ok! Come on over!" He yelled.

Naruto slid down the wall and sat next to Kiba and hugged his legs to his chest. "I'm not depressed." Naruto stated. It was obvious that he was trying to convince himself the same thing. Kiba squinted his eyes and looked directly at Naruto. "Yes you are...y-you're soooo depressed...you make a fucking koala bear look happy." Naruto looked at him like he was crazy. "What the hell are you talking about?" Kiba didn't answer. He just moved closer to Naruto and pinched his cheeks. "C'mon, tell mother Kiba what's wrong." Naruto smacked Kiba's hand away. "Stop it dude!...Besides you said you didn't want me to harsh your mellow, remember?"

Kiba looked up at the ceiling. "No. Look, it might help if you t-talk about it." he said reassuringly. Naruto knocked his head against the wall, then looked at the brunette. "Fine...Sasuke left a message on my machine Sunday." Naruto sighed out. Kiba looked at Naruto waiting for him to continue. "What'd he say?" Naruto shook his head. "I don't know...stuff about me being a man-whore and he wants me to be eaten by diseased cats."

"Wow..." Kiba looked at the ground. "Why would he call you a tan bore? Is that like...a secret code for something?" 'God, he's deaf when he's drunk.' Naruto thought to himself. "What? No, you fucking idiot. He called me A...Man...Whore! Fuck! You're so stupid." Kiba held his hands up in defense. "Hey hey hey...c-calm down...I just didn't hear you...why would he call you that?" Kiba asked. "Ugh! Ok...You remember that guy I was talking to here last Saturday?" He looked over at Kiba. "That guy that looked like Sasuke? Hah! I remember him. H-he was really scary. H-he reminded me of someone w-who would offfer me a brownie...and, like, not put any weed in it..." Kiba shuddered at the thought. "Really scary...but I think he liked you." Naruto rolled his eyes and scoffed. "Yeah I think he liked me too." He stated avoiding eye contact.

Kiba scooted even closer to Naruto. "So you're whore because you two were talking?" Naruto played with his shirt sleeve still not looking at Kiba. "That's not all we did. We went out to the parking lot. Sasuke came out and saw him-" Kiba jumped in. "Fucking?" Naruto glared at him. "No you fucking pervert! What the hell is wrong with you? We were just kissing!...But...then...that guy wanted to do more stuff. A-and...I don't know...I was already pissed off about other shit. I thought if I let that guy touch me like that maybe I would get over every thing. Then he started doing stuff that I didn't want him to do. I kept telling him to stop, but he wouldn't. He tried to shove me in his car. And... that's when Sasuke showed up. He pretty much beat the hell out of that guy."

"So he helped you...w-why are you so upset?" Kiba asked. "Because he hit me too!" Naruto yelled. He wasn't really sure why he yelled. "Why'd he h-hit you?" Kiba looked confused. "Because...I hit him...a lot." Naruto spoke silently, sort of hoping Kiba wouldn't hear him. "W-what the hell? Why would you hhhit him?" Kiba was a little annoyed by what he heard from his friend. "Because!" Naruto yelled. "I didn't want his help." There was a long pause before Naruto continued again. "Someone called the cops. When they came they only took Sasuke. I wanted to tell them what really happened...but, I don't know, I was so pissed. I wanted Sasuke to get in trouble. But now I feel really bad about this."

Kiba stared at him, still confused. "I- I don't understand, N-Naruto. Why the fuck were you mad at him in the first place?" Naruto looked at him, his eyes filled with mixed emotions. Sadness, anger, a little bit of shame. "He left...when we were in preschool we made a promise to each other that we wouldn't leave each other. Now he's gone." Naruto bit out. "Dude, it's not like you'll never see him again. For all you know, you both will get into the same high-school." Kiba said. "Yeah, that would have been great until I acted like an idiot. Now...i don't know if I really want to see him. No...I do want to see him. But he hates me. He wants me to die." Naruto's eyes started to water. "Those fucking cops took him! He's probably going to get tried or something. It'll go on his permanent record. He wont get into the college he wont get a good job. Oh my god! He's going to end up on the streets and its all my fau-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Naruto! Why the fuck are you freaking out? You know none of that will happen to Sasuke. He's rich, it's pretty much impossible for him to end up on the streets. Plus with all that money he wont need to go to college. He's set for life. Also, he doesn't hate you. You both have been friends forever. This is just another little fight between you two. It'll pass." Kiba tried to convince his friend, but knew by the look on his face it wasn't working. "No...Kiba, this is different. Way different from all the other fights we had. I let him get taken away for helping me." Naruto whimpered. "Dude, just relax. Just let the universe work its magic. Ok?" Kiba said. "Are you gonna at least try to be happy?"

"Yeah." Naruto dried his tears with his shirt sleeve and smiled. 'I am such a liar.' Naruto thought to himself. "Thanks Kiba. You are so much smarter when you're drunk." Kiba laughed. "Glad I could help." Kiba dug through his pockets. "Here." Kiba handed the pocket item to him. Naruto looked at him weird. "A condom?" He asked. Kiba pointed to the condom machine that hung above him on the wall. "Yeah, I hit my head on the machine when I came in here...like three fell out." Naruto tried to smile. "Uhhhh...thanks man." Kiba put his hand on Naruto's shoulder and pulled him closer and whispered in his ear. "Yeah, just make sure you make your fuck buddy wear it. You wouldn't want to get pregnant."

Naruto pulled away from Kiba knowing his words were induced by the tequila. "I'm a boy. I can't get pregnant. Besides...I need a boyfriend first." Kiba rolled his eyes at Naruto. "Pft! You don't need a boyfriend to get laid. You could get drunk and fuck the first guy you see. That's how me and Shino got together." They both laughed. Naruto got up and helped Kiba to his feet. He made Kiba leave his Bottle O' Booze in the bathroom. They walked out of the bathrooms. Kiba stumbled on the way over to the bar, shamelessly flirting with those perverted old men. They grabbed the two seats on each side of Shikamaru. Kiba yawned and looked at Shikamaru. "Why did you leave me in there? You said you would come check on me in a few minutes." Kiba slurred. "Sorry, I was eating. I figured you just passed out in there. I would have came eventually." Kiba rolled his eyes and laid his head on the bar.

"You getting tired?" Kiba freaked out a little as Shino put a hand on his back. "Holy shit! Where the hell did you come from?" Kiba jumped. "I've been here." Shino helped Kiba out of his seat. "Come on. You're staying at my house. I called your mom and told her you were staying over for a science project." Kiba turned to Shino and wrapped his arms around him. "Are we gonna fuck? I have condoms." Shino loosened Kiba's grip around him. "No. You're going to sleep." Kiba pouted. "Shinoooo. Don't be so mean. It makes me horny." Shino started dragging Kiba out of the bar. Kiba waved bye to Naruto. Shikamaru put his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "I'm heading out too. See ya'" Shikamaru got up leaving his empty plate for the bar tender. "Hey wait for me!" Chouji ran after Shikamaru. "Bye guys." Naruto called after them all.

Naruto chuckled then relaxed in his seat. He thought about ordering a drink but figured Minato would smell it on his breath or something. Naruto turned around looking through the bar for a clock. He saw one hanging over the restrooms that he had just came out off. He realized it was almost six o'clock. He got up out of his seat and started walking towards the door. He felt someone pull him back. He turned around to see the bartender. "Hey Blondie! Were you with that kid who got arrested on Saturday. A bar tender wearing a red muscle shirt pulled on his arm. Naruto looked at him. "Yeah, why?" Naruto replied. "I think this is his." The man slipped a key chain into Naruto's hand. It had a tag on it that said : 'I was conceived by drunk people.'

Naruto flipped the key chain over in his hand and looked at the picture of him and Sasuke on the back. "Uh, thanks." Naruto said to the man as he walked away from Naruto. 'This is Sasuke's. What the hell am I supposed to do with it? Maybe I should burn it.' Naruto thought to himself as he left the bar and began walking down the street.

'No I can't do that. That's a really good picture of me.' He thought as he shoved the key chain in his pocket.

Ok, so tell me what you think. I really like people to give their opinions. If there is something wrong with this, go ahead, tell me. I like constructive criticism. I also like the positive stuff too.

Thanks for reading.

-KJ