Hey people, this is my first Fan Fiction on this site so, flames sure but only critical so that I can build on my work ^_^.

Naruto doesn't belong the characters in this fiction belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

So here I am standing outside my new school, term already started, however people had trouble getting me to where I am now – I keptrunning away whenever I saw the chance.

I stare up at the turrets and observe a large tower clock, I also happen to notice a flat part of roof where I can easily hang around on when I want to be alone. After contemplating the view a while longer, I stroll towards the door and push on the rusted doorbell. The doors swing open and to my dismay I find what looks like the whole school awaiting my appearance. The head Mistress Tsunade walks up to me puts an arm round my shoulder, I can smell strong sake on her breath. She leads me over to a black haired boy with obsidian eyes and a duck sticking out of the back of his head, no, wait that's his hair, whoops.

Uzumaki! I hear my surname being called from afar, becoming a crescendo as I return to reality.

'UZUMAKI!!!' Tsunade screeches into my ear, I wish she wouldn't, I already have a headache.

Slowly I open my cerulean eyes, take a calm breath that's heard only by me, 'What is it already Tsunade-Baa-chan?'

'Why you little…' She suddenly remembers who else was watching and regained the remainder of her sanity to say, 'Uzumaki, this is your new room-mate,' She gestures towards the dark haired boy. 'Uchiha Sasuke, he'll show you around the school and answer any questions you have.' Tsunade says this in one breath, one of my eyebrows curve upwards, as if this boy was going to pay any attention to me, just like everyone else I've ever met; treating me like dirt.

Handing me a set of keys, Tsunade turns to Sasuke and says, 'Take Uzumaki here to your room and remember he's an honour student so doesn't need a uniform, but feel free to give him one if you must. Off you go.'

As we turned to walk off towards the staircase, through the gap of well-ordered students, I pick up my suitcase and fling two around my shoulder as though they weighed of nothing, when in reality they probably weighed a ton. Walking briskly between the students was to say the least – annoying, all these boys staring at me as though I'm a hunk of meat and they're the ferocious lions, I knew coming here was a bad idea. We finally got to the stairs and starting climbing even faster than we were just on the ground floor.

Coincidently the floor Sasuke and I were on had to be the top one; I was tired before I came but now… When Uchiha arrived at a door and put the key into the lock I sighed heavily, Sasuke spared a quick glance before stepping into the room and holding the door for me, letting it swing shut when I had entered. The onyx haired boy sat on a bed and just glared at me, this gave away that the other room in the bed belonged to me.

Half an hour later and Sasuke attempted conversation; I was far too tired for that, however I'll talk for a while. 'So, err… What's your first name I only found out your second?'

'Naruto.' Introducing myself is so boring now; if you'd transferred the same amount of times as me then you'd be bored of it too.

'That's a nice name…' I wasn't sure if he meant to say that out loud or not, I murmured thanks anyway. 'I bet your glad you came on a Saturday, it wouldn't be good to have to come here and immediately start running around from place to place.' He tried again, eve though I'm not saying anything now, I'll be back to my normal self in the morning, my normal self so happens to be a mask, I don't want anybody to get close to me again, get so close they can hurt me.

'Either way I wouldn't have minded, although I'm glad there are no girls, they screech too much.' I plastered a smile on my face hoping for it to reach my eyes to complete my slightly worn mask.

'Hn, I agree.' As he says this I snap back into reality away from my thoughts. I nod my head to show that I'd heard him; all I want is to sleep. He spoke again, 'However I'd watch it here as well, this is an all boy's boarding school that means that everyone here try's to get it on with cute boys and you're an ideal target.' So he thought I was cute?

'I understand but I can look after myself. I think I'll sleep, I've had a long journey and don't worry I'm more talkative when I'm more awake.' I flash him a smile, his cheeks go slightly pink almost un-noticable, but it can't escape my trained eye. I spent most of my childhood living alone in a forest, I learnt how to fend for myself but there was that one time…

I kick off my shoes and put them down next to my bed, lie back down and close my eyes, and I drift away into a warm darkness.

I'll be here when you wake… Sasuke, near but far, maybe staying here wasn't going to be that bad.

Ok, so tell me what you think, please. I actually kind of like this – I don't normally like my work…

So anyway R&R please!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^

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