Mirrors (a Naruto fic)

Disc.: I have never before owned this series, and I never will unless I can pay Masashi Kishimoto to sign over ownership to me…and we all know the chances of that happening in this lifetime.

A/N: I find myself reading a lot of OroNaru pairing fics, and I wonder what the Snake Sannin would've been like had he met Naruto when they were both teenagers, maybe they would've been friends? And so, at my brain's insistence, I am going to write this fic! It's an AU fic set in our modern times, with the OroNaru pairing…maybe I can expand that kiddie pool into an Olympic sized one? Here we go, and be ready to get wet!

Ch.1- A Snake Meets a Fox

The sun was warming up Konoha City with golden rays so bright they were likely to make anyone's outlook just a little bit better for the day, the only sound in the empty house being that of an alarm clock. A pale hand reached out and turned it off, the same hand throwing the white covers off of an equally pale body. The owner of said body was roughly 6 feet tall with shoulder length black hair and pale gold eyes, their skin so white they would've been mistaken for anemic or albino.

A sigh escaped pale lips as the man carded his long fingers through the long black strands before swinging thin yet toned legs over the side of the queen sized bed, the white sheets haphazardly falling every which way underneath the lavender comforter as the man stepped into the shower nearby. As the water began warming up, the pale man slipped the black boxers he was wearing off of his thin and curvy hips as he looked at his haggard face.

It'd only been 6 months since his landlord Kabuto had left him the house and ran off with a lover to who knew where, the man having to get a job as a part time waiter to pay off the mortgage and the utility bills. The pay was really good though, so he couldn't complain. However, he could feel dread pooling into his stomach as he thought of the hell he was gonna have to endure today as he stepped into the now warm water.

Today was his first day of his Sophomore year of high school, and he was gonna have to suffer through two more years of being drowned in knowledge that he'd most likely never use once he graduated. After 45 minutes of showering and grumbling to himself, the pale man stepped out of the stall to allow steam to fill the room before he opened the blue door. Using a fluffy green towel, the pale man dried his long black hair before securing it in a purple bow that kept the midnight tendrils out of his face before he pulled on his only clean clothes: a pair of black skinny jeans and a dark royal purple shirt, a black hoodie covering the sleeveless garment as he placed 6 earrings in his left ear and 9 in his right. He then applied light purple eyeshadow over his pale lids and put a green/black checkered sweatband on his right wrist. On his left, he secured roughly 5 different colored rubber band bracelets before he painted his nails black. Lastly, he slipped on a pair of red/black paint splattered Converse, his eyes giving his body a once over before he grabbed his Bullet For My Valentine backpack. The pale man also grabbed his house keys, IPhone5, and mp3 player before he walked out the door, the cool autumn breeze caressing his pale skin as he made his way to school.

(1 hour later)

The classroom was filled with the sounds of students talking and exchanging topics of importance, the room looked like there was an 8th grade house party going on it was so loud. The only one oblivious to the noises was a blonde haired, blue eyed boy named Naruto Namikaze. The normally energetic blonde was sulking, today his boyfriend Sasuke had dumped him hard and left him behind to be with the current school slut named Sakura Haruno. The only solace that Naruto could draw from all of this misery was that his band was gonna practice after school today, and that brought a small smile to his face.

As the room kept getting louder, the teacher chose this moment to step into the room and sighed, the action causing everyone to get quiet right away. If there was one thing the students didn't want to do, it was make Kakashi any more angry than he probably already was.

"Alright, shut up and sit down right now ya little delinquents. We have a new student, so don't try to be too harsh towards him on his first day. Yo, come on in and introduce yourself so we can get started with today's lessons."

Naruto looked up in time to see a pale boy enter the room, his breath catching in his throat and refusing to come out. He could tell this boy was gonna be really popular, if his porcelain skin and pale gold orbs were anything to go by. He was only a little bit taller than Naruto, he appeared to be around 6 foot whereas the blonde was 5'8". The new student also had long black hair that seemed to flow like water and looked softer than even the finest silk. His eyes had pale lavender eyeshadow and he really pulled off the punk look with black skinny jeans, Converse and a black hoodie that had its' sleeves pulled up to rest behind his elbows. The hoodie was open somewhat to reveal a dark purple sleeveless shirt, piercings in his ears and bracelets on his wrist. The pale boy's smooth and slightly deep voice brought Naruto out of his trance only long enough to be thrown back into it at how beautiful the tone sounded to his ears.

"My name's Orochimaru, it's an honor to meet you all."

Kakashi just sighed without even looking up at the new student, his mind was currently occupied by the orange porno book he kept around to read while his students would study their textbooks. He pointed towards the back row of seats before muttering with his face deep in the pages of said book "Pick a seat in the back row and open your book, study amongst yourself because I'm sure as hell not gonna teach you". Orochimaru looked at the nearly empty back row of seats and started walking towards a chair that sat next to a blonde boy.

As he sat down in the plastic chair next to the blonde boy, he couldn't help but admire his beauty: he had pale tan skin from head to toe with sunny blonde hair and clear blue eyes that pulled you in and would never let you go. The boy was staring out the window at the sky, clear blue clashing with sky blue until the boy could feel the other pale boy staring at him and turned to look at him. The pale boy saw six whisker-like marks on the blonde's face, and with his childlike blue orbs the features gave him an almost foxy look to him.

"Hello, little fox. I'm Orochimaru, I hope that we can get to be friends."

"I'm Naruto, and I also hope that we can be friends."

The two boys said as they shook hands, neither even realizing just how deep their relationship would grow.

T.B.C.- So, here's a sweet little beginning to the pairing's growth. Next chapter will also be the last, so be ready for the end when it comes!