Hello my beautiful readers. It's so awesome to see you all again! I've spent this past summer planning, writing, and practicing, and now I'm finally back in school. Yay! (note the sarcasm) Anyways, I'm back and I thought: What better way to kick off the Halloween month than with a monster story? I'll be updating once a week and I hope you guys are still sticking with me even though I've been a terrible FFN author for the past three years. I'm definitely getting better, now that I've discovered Betas and a cousin who yells at me when I don't update :-). Enjoy!

Summary: Sasuke is the new boy in town, along with his elder brother, Itachi. Leaving behind the elegant and constricting Underworld palace for the open space of Konoha, Oregon, the two boys are ready to start anew at the elaborate school for...gifted children. Things are made slightly easier by an intriguing blonde fox.

Naruto is the new boy in, well, everywhere. At 15, 15 weeks old that is, Naruto is finally able to enroll in Konoha High, a special school that hides a monster of a secret. There, he makes his first friend, gets his first F, and meets his first boy who his mother's magazines describe as "model status hot", which, despite the boy being a bastard, Naruto had to agree with.

As their paths cross, can Sasuke and Naruto conquer the "horrors" of high school?

Plot Bunny: Ava

Beta: Takako's Revenge


Prologue

Dark lashes fluttered open over a pair of brilliant blue eyes. White flashes struck the child's vision as he tried to focus, straining with all his might. His eyelids too heavy to lift. The room darkened.

"Tsunade says he's in perfect health," stated a man's voice, a feeling of protection washing over the boy. Along with that protection came a new voice that brought comfort.

"Can he hear us?" a woman asked.

"Hear, see, comprehend, and everything else. No disturbances or complications. In just a little over three months he'll have the intelligence and physicalities of a normal fifteen year old."

"Let me hold him," the woman said. A pair of strong but soft arms wrapped around him. "Oh Minato!," she sniffled. "He's perfect."

"He is," Minato replied. "Dad's perfect boy. Our wonderful Naruto."

Both kissed Naruto's cheeks, filling his senses with warmth. Naruto tried to open his eyes again, but this time they would hardly even blink.

"His eyes!" the woman exclaimed. "Minato, he's trying to see us! Naruto, I'm Kushina, your mommy. Can you see us darling?"

"He can't," Minato answered. "He won't be able to open his eyes for a few more hours."

Naruto felt like crying. More than anything he wanted to explore his new home. Wanted to look at his parents' faces. Wanted to come alive in this world he'd been born into. But he couldn't move. Kushina started to sob, her shaking voice no longer filled with happiness.

"It's alright, hon," Minato spoke softly. "A few more hours and he'll be able to see, talk, and play."

"That isn't it," Kushina sniffed.

"Then what's wrong?"

"He's wonderful. And if he's anything like us he'll be adventurous and full of potential and…" Her voice cracked. "It just hurts that he'll have to live like...you know...like all of us."

"And what's wrong with us?" Minato asked, though his tone suggested he already knew.

"Really?" Kushina chuckled.

"Ku-chan, it won't always be this way," Minato assured her. "You'll see. Things will change."

"But who will have the courage to change them?"

Minato sighed. "I couldn't tell you. Someone will though..someday."

"Well I hope you and I are around to see that "someday"," Kushina replied sadly.

"We will be," Minato promised and kissed her forehead softly.

While not fully able to understand the conversation, Naruto could sense his mother's sadness. He desperately wanted to know about these "things" that needed to change and why. But asking soon became impossible as Naruto drifted further into unconsciousness, and his world went completely dark.


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