"Uzumaki, why don't you go back to the dump where you are from" Sasuke Uchiha, Konoha's pretty boy, sneered as he dumped his lunch tray over the blonde's head causing the boy to wince as the noodles slid down the back of his shirt.
"Uchiha why don't you go back to hell where I'm sure your father awaits your return." the blonde boy hissed not caring that his words only served to remind Sasuke of what he had lost. Everyone at Konoha High knew that Sasuke had recently lost his to a house fire leaving Sasuke in the custody of his older brother.
"At least my parents weren't too busy to take care of me." Sasuke sneered reminding Naruto of the painful fact that his parents never had time for him, since they both worked so much that they were rarely home. "At least my parents loved me, yours can't even stand to be around you. They didn't even remember that today is your birthday did they?" Sasuke continued knowing that he had hit the nail on the head with his last comment. He sneered before reaching over and grabbing Naruto's milk and pouring it over the blonde's head, completely drenching the teen's hair and running down his face; causing Sasuke and his friends to burst out laughing, each one pulling out their phones and taking a picture of the miserable boy.
"I bet the rest of the school will want to see this birthday loser." Sasuke said ignoring the look in Naruto's, a look that promised retribution.
Naruto sighed as he watched Sasuke and his lively group of bullies walk off. Would there ever be a day where he wouldn't get picked on? Standing up, Naruto picked up his ruined lunch and headed towards the garbage. Sasuke was right when he said weren't around a lot but Naruto was certain that Sasuke was wrong about them not wanting to be around him. His parents had important jobs that often took them out of town on business trips which meant they were often away from home more than they were there.
"Is trailer trash going to go off and cry now?" Sasuke sneered when Naruto passed his table. "Crybaby" the other boy began chanting which lead to the whole cafeteria chanting, causing Naruto to flinch as he dropped his tray into the garbage can and fleeing the room. One day Sasuke would get what he deserved for picking on Naruto, but even as he fled towards the restroom an idea started forming. It would be cruel but so was what Sasuke done to Naruto. Just because Sasuke was richer than most people, it didn't give him the right to treat everyone like garbage. Sure, everyone knew that The Uchiha's had never liked the Uzumaki's and had some kind of weird feud going but that didn't meant that Naruto had wanted to be a part of it. For a while Naruto had gone out of his way to be nice to Sasuke, Naruto never bullied him back until Sasuke said something that pissed Naruto off. Naruto couldn't help but wonder how long the feud had been going on and why either families couldn't just let it go. What had happened in the past? Naruto was tired of dealing with pointless shit from Sasuke day in and day out. Naruto wanted a break.
"What happened to you?" Naruto heard a concerned voice ask. He looked up to find his home room teacher, Iruka staring at him.
"Uchiha happened" Naruto state bitterly. Iruka sighed he should have guessed that it would have had something to with the dark haired teen, neither Naruto nor Sasuke knew how to leave the other alone and Iruka was starting to think that it had nothing to do with the family feud that was going on between the two. Iruka wondered if either would ever let the past go and figure out how to be friends.
"That prick is going to get what's coming to him" Naruto muttered "and I hope I am there to see it when it does." Iruka could tell that Naruto already had a plan in mind and he hoped that whatever it was wouldn't get Naruto into too much trouble.
"Just don't get in trouble." Iruka muttered, Naruto gave him a small smile. Iruka was probably the only teacher who actually cared about Naruto because most people chose the Uchiha's over the Uzumaki's when it came to picking sides in the feud.
"I probably will, but it's not like I care." Naruto told the teacher before disappearing into the bathroom. Sticking his head under the faucet, Naruto attempted to wash the milk out of his hair. There was nothing worse than going around smelling like soured milk.
Hearing footsteps behind him, Naruto didn't think anything of it until he felt he hand on the back of his neck, pressing his face into the water that had pooled in the sink. Naruto gasped and struggled against the hand that held his neck, desperate for air. Only when Naruto began to go limp did the hand on his neck release allowing Naruto to fall to the floor gasping for air, and glaring at the boy standing over him laughing.
"Have a nice bath you little rat?" Sasuke sneered at the drenched boy lying on the floor. "The half drowned look fits you well."
"You know what they say about payback being a bitch" Naruto gasped out.
"There is nothing you can do to me that will hurt me" Sasuke replied "Besides I have the school backing me. Who do you have in your corner? No one." Naruto flushed glaring at Sasuke as he pushed himself to his feet.
"I don't care if I get expelled, I have a plan that will put you in your place." Naruto hissed before storming past Sasuke and out of the restroom, and heading towards Iruka's class. He stopped at the door when he noticed that Iruka had already started and sighed, he hated having any attention on him, and going to class drenched was one sure way of bringing him attention. Slowly, Naruto reached out and pulled the door open and entered the room, ignoring the sneers of those around him.
"Thanks Sasuke" Naruto muttered bitterly as he made his way to his seat ignoring the laughter of those around him.
"That's enough." Iruka yelled wondering why it looked like Naruto had gone swimming in his clothes. Then again he probably didn't want to know.
"Have a nice swim?" a pink haired girl sneered. "It didn't help your smell any, you still stink." the classroom roared in laughter even as Naruto blushed and allowed his head to fall on his desk, with tears in his eyes. Everyday was the same, no one could ever be friendly.
"One more word and you will be making a trip to the principle's office." Iruka stated, hurting for Naruto.
"Why? I didn't state anything that wasn't true." Sakura said "garbage like him belongs in the dump, not in our school."
"She has a point" Ino said "no one wants him here so why should we have to put with him?"
"Because he's human and he deserves to be treated as such." Iruka said "clearly you don't care that he as feelings that can be easily hurt."
"Fuck his feelings" Sakura said looking Iruka in the eye. "No one but you cares about what he feels."
Blinking back tears at Sakura's harsh words, Naruto grabbed his books and stood, quickly making his way out of the room. Iruka only watched him go not knowing the words to ease the hurt that he must have been feeling.
"It's people like you that make me regret becoming a teacher." Iruka told Sakura "And I think for the next while you are going to be in detention until you realize that you said and done is wrong."
"Whatever" Sakura said "my parents will get me out of it." Iruka shook his head, she was right her parents would get her out of it and she wouldn't have to be responsible for her actions. It was a problem that a lot of the kids faced in the school, their parents never made them responsible for anything and they ended up thinking that they could do whatever the hell they wanted and get by with it.
Meanwhile, Naruto had signed himself out of school knowing that the day would likely only get worse. He was tired of dealing with people like Sasuke and Sakura all the time, it didn't matter what Naruto done he could never change their opinion.
Once at home Naruto logged onto his computer and opened photo shop. Once he got everything ready, once he had found a couple decent head shots of Itachi and Sasuke. Naruto smirked as he opened Google
, and searched gay porn. Once he had found a graphic that he liked, Naruto proceeded to photo shop Sasuke and Itachi into it. Once made sure the photo was flawless, he typed a brief message on the top. "I might be garbage but at least I'm not in love with my murdering brother." Naruto knew that Itachi had nothing to do with the Uchiha murders but Naruto didn't mind spreading that rumor, it would probably bother Sasuke more than the picture would.
Once he was finished with the picture, he hacked into Sakura Haruno's email and sent the image to everyone in the school, except the teachers, Principle and Sasuke. The Uchiha bastard would have a nice surprise when he got to school in the morning. He chuckled to himself payback was indeed a bitch, Sasuke would finally learn and maybe he would leave Naruto alone for a little while. Printing the photo shopped Sasuke having sex with Itachi, Naruto placed it into a binder. He would leave the picture on the chalkboard knowing that everyone would get a good look before class started. Even as he was started doing his homework he couldn't help but wonder if he had taken things a little too far, however just thinking about the humiliation that Naruto suffered so many times at Sasuke's hands made Naruto decide that it didn't matter so much if he did take things too far. Maybe he could teach Sasuke what it meant to be like Naruto. Although Naruto wasn't sure that you could teach an unfeeling person how to feel.
Sighing, Naruto returned his focus to his homework, his parents were out of town on yet another business trip leaving Naruto alone. It would be a good time to invite people over except for the fact that Naruto didn't have any friends. Apparently his families money wasn't enough to buy him any friendships. And it was because of the Uzumaki-Uchiha feud. Naruto had never been sure what had started it, only that he had been taught that all Uchiha's crooked bastards, only Naruto had thought that he would give Sasuke a chance to prove otherwise, that he wasn't exactly what Naruto's parents claimed him to be. However, Sasuke had proven himself to be the self righteous prick that believed he was better than everyone else. Naruto hated that his parents were right about Sasuke but Sasuke had more than lived up to his reputation.
Flopping down on his bed, Naruto closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. Dreaming of a day where Uzumaki's and Uchiha's were equals and there was no feud. It was a perfect world where Sasuke and Naruto were best friends and no one got picked on for being different.
The next morning, Naruto got to school early to set his plan into motion. He couldn't hide the excitement he felt at the thought of Sasuke seeing it. He was certain the Uchiha would be beyond pissed but who cared, revenge was sweet. Naruto chuckled as he taped the erotic photo to the blackboard where everyone would be sure to see it. He knew the students would likely see it first, because Iruka usually got here a few minutes after the students had arrived. He didn't want to think about the trouble he would get into with Iruka.
Once the picture was in place, Naruto took his seat and lay his head on his desk, barely able to contain his grin. Fifteen minutes later the classroom began to fill and Naruto raised his head as he noticed the groups crowding around the the blackboard. Naruto smirked at the mixed sounds of laughter and cries of outrage. He had no idea of Sasuke was gay or not but listening to the remarks made was fun. Naruto sat up a little straighter when he noticed that Sasuke had arrived. The normally boasting teen was quiet and pale, looking sicker than Naruto had ever seen him. When Sasuke noticed the picture of Itachi bending him over, his face grew even more pale.
"What the hell!" Sasuke growled ripping the picture off the blackboard, and glaring down at it, before dropping it onto Iruka's desk. He turned to face Naruto whose smirk began to fade as he took a closer look at Sasuke, the boy was much paler than normal making Naruto wonder what was wrong with him.
"I bet you had fun looking up gay porn to photo shop you stupid faggot." Sasuke hissed.
"I know exactly what I am" Naruto replied "but at least I don't like to get fucked by my murderous brother." rage flashed in Sasuke's eyes as he leaped towards the blonde boy, only for Iruka to grab a hold of him and pull him back.
"No fighting Sasuke" Iruka said firmly.
"Look at the picture on your desk" Sasuke hissed "I'm not going to fight him, I'm going to kill him." Iruka frowned and shoved Sasuke out the door, hoping the teen would cool off before class started. Going over to his desk he grimaced at the graphic image and looked at Naruto with disappointment in his eyes.
"I thought you knew better than to do something like this." Iruka said.
"It was a joke." Naruto started and Iruka interrupted.
"Incest is not a joke" Iruka said "and neither is making fun of anyone's sexuality."
"Never mind the shit they do to me on a daily basis" Naruto said glaring at Iruka. "Just yesterday he dumped his lunch and milk over my head and while I tried to clean up he tried to drown me. I don't see that bastard getting in trouble for that."
"You respond to something mild like that with something like this." Iruka said holding up the image. "I think that's more than a little unfair to Sasuke and unfortunately I am going to have to turn this into the office, you will probably be suspended or even expelled." Iruka said "Two wrongs don't make a right. You should have just ignored Sasuke."
"I'm starting to wonder if your not like the rest of this shitty town and stand on the Uchiha side of the fence." Naruto snarled as he grabbed his things and headed for the door. He might as well send himself to the office since it looked like Iruka was going to do that anyway. Naruto wondered how it was possible to feel as rejected as he did in that moment. It wasn't like he wasn't used to being treated like this.
"Naruto" Iruka murmured when he saw the down cast look in Naruto's eyes. Iruka knew that Naruto had a hard time at school, but he couldn't condone Naruto doing something like this, it was wrong not to mention humiliating for the other boy.
"Save it" Naruto said sullenly "your turning out to be just like my other teachers." exiting the room Naruto turned and headed for the stairs, not surprised to find Sasuke waiting for him.
"Did you think that shit was funny?" Sasuke snarled as he grabbed Naruto by his collar and slammed him into a locker. "calling my brother a murderer is probably the worst thing you could have done. He didn't deserve for you to photo shop him like that." Sasuke huffed, his breaths coming in harsh pants forcing Sasuke to release Naruto as he began coughing harshly.
"Are you okay?" Naruto asked beginning to feel concerned.
"Go to hell" Sasuke said shoving Naruto as hard as he could, not paying attention to their location and shoving Naruto down the stairs. Sasuke didn't stay around long enough to see that Naruto didn't get back up on his feet neither did he see the blood pooling around Naruto's head. It was only when Naruto hadn't reported to the Principle's office after twenty minutes that she decided to go look for the boy. She had figured that Naruto knew how much trouble he was in so he probably decided to leave the school grounds. However, she didn't expect to find Naruto lying unconscious in a puddle of blood at the bottom of the staircase. Kneeling beside the boy, she checked his pulse before reaching for her phone and calling for the medics. She didn't know what had happened but it couldn't be could for the boy to be unconscious for that long.
Thankfully it didn't take the medics long to get there and Rin lead them to where Naruto still lay.
"What happened?" the medic asked as he bent down and placed a neck brace around his neck.
"I am assuming he fell down the stairs." Rin replied "I'm not certain how long he's been like this. Is that neck brace necessary?"
"Right now it's just a precaution because we don't know if he had a neck injury or not." the medic replied as they transferred the student from the floor to a gurney. The principle watched as the medics loaded Naruto into the waiting ambulance, Rin sighed watching it disappear down the street. How was she going to explain this to Naruto's parents? Naruto would have been expelled anyways for bringing porn to school, adding his injury to that list wasn't going to be fun to explain. Well, at least she wouldn't have to deal with it right now.
Naruto regained consciousness in the hospital with a neck brace fastened securely around his neck, making it impossible for him to turn his head. He wondered why his head hurt so much and then he remembered Sasuke shoving him down the stairs.
"Bastard could have killed me" Naruto muttered knowing that Sasuke likely wouldn't have cared if Naruto had died.
"I see that you are awake." a kind voice said from somewhere to his left.
"Yeah, and I feel like hell" Naruto said. "how serious are my injuries." he assumed that since he'd been unconscious for a while they would have been able to figure something out. That and he didn't want to tell the doctor that he couldn't feel anything below his neck and that scared him.
"I'm afraid it's pretty serious." Tsunade said softly "you broke you c-4 vertebra, which means you likely won't ever be able to walk again. You might gain some movement back in your arms but you won't have full control over your body anymore." tears formed in Naruto's eyes.
"How am I supposed to live like this?" he cried "I won't be able to take care of myself."
"I'm sure your parents will figure something out." Tsunade told him.
"I'm not too sure of that." a harsh voice stated from the doorway "his father and I are very busy people, we don't have time to cater to Naruto." Naruto flinched at his mother's angry tone, he wished that his parents hadn't been called. All hell was about to break loose.
"He's going to need a lot of help" Tsunade said "he won't be able to care for himself, he's considered a quadriplegic which means he has very little movement below his neck. He'll need someone to change his catheter every night and he'll need help with eating and taking his medicine."
"We don't have time to do all of that" Kushina said turning to Naruto she said.
"The principle told us about the incident with the photo shopped porn picture. Your father and I have never been so disgusted in our lives. What you done was beyond sickening" She ranted ignoring the tears in Naruto's eyes. She didn't care how harsh her words were. "furthermore" she continued "you have been expelled from school for your little stunt. What the hell are you going to do now? Because your father and I are too busy to cater to your needs." Naruto couldn't stop the tears from falling, his parents had never been so harsh with him in his life. Of course, they were gone too often to notice how much trouble Naruto gotten into trouble.
"Shut up" Tsunade yelled noticing the increase on Naruto's heart monitor. "Naruto doesn't need this right now, just found out that he's never going to walk again and all you care about is some stupid prank. And let me tell you, properly caring for your son's needs isn't catering to him." Tsunade glared she couldn't believe how selfish this woman was being, all she cared about were her own needs there wasn't even a drop of concern for her own son's well being. It made Tsunade concerned that he would have to go home with her when he was released.
"Call me when he gets released." Kushina said.
"That won't be for at least a month, maybe longer" Tsunade said and Kushina shrugged and walked out of the room. Tsunade turned towards Naruto who was quietly sobbing, tears streaming down his face. Tsunade's heart hurt for the boy, no matter what he had done he didn't deserve any of this.
"I'm sorry you have her for a mother." Tsunade said gently stroking Naruto's hair until the boys sobs quieted and he drifted off the sleep. She really couldn't imagine what Naruto's life was going to be like once he was released from the hospital, she could only hope that Kushina wouldn't be neglectful of Naruto. It wouldn't be fair to him. Tsunade sighed and left a few minutes later to continue her rounds, Naruto wasn't too far from her thoughts.
When Naruto woke up a little while later, it was to the feel of angry eyes watching him.
"My brother showed me that picture that you photo shopped." the voice spoke coldly. Naruto heard footsteps and found himself staring at Itachi's angry eyes.
"What you done was cruel and completely undeserved and disgusting. I don't care what Sasuke does to you, but you don't retaliate like that. Besides I'll let you in on a little secret that Sasuke doesn't share. He has a bad heart and cannot handle a lot of stress. Enough stress can make Sasuke's heart stop, killing him instantly." Itachi said "I don't think you need me to tell you that you caused him stress with that picture. He cares about the ramifications that it will have on me. Obviously my only concern is keeping him alive."
"I'm sorry" Naruto whispered understanding now why Sasuke had looked so ill earlier, it was because he was ill. A tear fell from Naruto's eyes as he whispered another apology.
"Your sorry doesn't fix his health nor does it change my anger." Itachi replied ignoring the fact that Naruto hadn't shifted his position once. Naruto didn't think it was possible to feel any worse than he did, both his mother's and Itachi's visit left him feeling absolutely worthless.
TBC? What do you think? Good? Bad? Stupid idea? Too much like romeo and Juliet? Thanks for reading.
