I know I should start updating my other stories, but the truth is I barely have time. When I do I'm probably to tired to want to write. I got the idea for this story and I decided to start it before I update one of my other stories. This is an AU fic. I'm going to try to stay with the manga when it comes to the story with some characters. This fic starts out with a school, but it isn't another high school fic. The story is about the characters lives in and out of the school. There will be action, romance, angst, drama, etc. I couldn't decide what category so I'm only putting it under general. Most of the characters will be living in the ghetto and therefore will act it, but I'm not going to exaggerate it like I see in some fics. I'm going to try and keep the fic as realistic as possible. This is just a prologue so the next chapters should be bigger, but it will vary.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Prologue

Tomorrow was going to suck. The first day of school always did. The fact that it was going to be new school for a lot of the students didn't help. It wasn't even a real high school, it was an academy. Don't let that fool you. This academy wasn't for people considered to be smart or future successes. This academy was for the students that other high schools had given up on, or just didn't like. This school was for the worst kids the city of Konoha had. The academy had its ways of reforming kids. It was even successful in some cases. Some cases…

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Sakura was pissed. She spent two of her high school years in a normal high school. Now, because of Ino, she had to go to the worst school in the city. She was the smartest girl in the whole damn school. She didn't belong in that disgusting academy. Just because of a stupid fight with her former best friend, her future was ruined. Of course destruction of property and a fire would piss a board of education off, but still, why that school. The stories she heard about what happened in that school scared her. She only hoped that she could survive the two years she had left. The only thing that gave her a little joy, was knowing that Ino would be going to hell with her.

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Sasuke wasn't himself. A bottle of Grey Goose would change anybody. It took him a while to calm down. The walls in his house were breaking, and his hands were covered with blood. The cuts would be taken care of in the morning. He knew he had school tomorrow, but he really didn't care. He's been in the academy since freshman year. He was a smart kid, but would fight with anyone who started shit with him. There was never any hesitation. He never started the fights, but he always went a step or two too far before he finished them. He was now in bed, and like every time he drank, he had a nightmare.

An eleven year old Sasuke was walking home from school. He could never have imagined, even in the most sick and twisted part of his mind, the scene he saw when he opened the door. Itachi sitting on the dining room table, with both of his parents lying on the floor in front of him dead. His father had been shot in the head and his mother in the heart. He had the gun lying on the table. He lit a cigarette and drank out of the bottle of Grey Goose he had in his hand.

"What did you do, Itachi?" He didn't answer. "Itachi!"

Itachi remained silent, and just drank more.

"Answer me you bastard!" yelled Sasuke as ran at Itachi.

Itachi took a pull on his cigarette as he switched the bottle in his hand with the gun and shot Sasuke in the shoulder. Sasuke fell to the ground and roared in pain as tears started to fall from his eyes. Itachi picked the bottle up again and stood up. He walked towards Sasuke. He took one final pull on his cigarette before putting it out on his hand. Sasuke lost his voice and could no longer scream. He picked Sasuke up by the collar of his shirt. Sasuke stared into Itachi's bloodshot eyes.

"I fucked up, Sasuke," whispered Itachi. He poured some liquor on Sasuke's shoulder. "You will live and hate me. Never come after me. Run for the rest of your life."

"I'll kill you, bastard," said Sasuke in voice that was barely audible.

"Good," said Itachi as he smashed the bottle on Sasuke's head.

Sasuke was positive he was going to see a hospital room when he sat up in his bed, but he was wrong. He stared at his hands that were covered in blood and then turned to look at the Grey Goose standing on table next to the bed. He broke the bottle with his fist.

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It was midnight and Naruto was still wandering the streets. It never did matter what time he fell asleep. He would always wake up tired. Besides, the street wasn't much worse than his house. He walked into his favorite place in the whole city, the Ichiraku Ramen Bar.

"Yo," said Naruto as he sat at the counter.

"It's late Naruto, eat and go home, you got school tomorrow. You want the usual?" asked the owner of the bar Teuchi.

"Yeah," answered Naruto.

"Hi Naruto," said the girl that walked out of the back room.

"What's up Ayame? You're working late."

"I don't start school tomorrow like you. You're going to the academy this year right," said Ayame.

"Yeah, none of the other high schools will take me. This school will be my last chance to finish high school," said Naruto sounding a little sad.

Teuchi put three bowls of ramen in front of Naruto. "If you don't finish high school, then I'll let you work here," said the old bar owner.

"I appreciate it," said Naruto.

Naruto ate in silence. When he was done with his second bowl, he asked if he could get a bowl to go. He finished the third bowl as Teuchi finished cooking his fourth. Teuchi put the ramen in the cup and put a lid on it. He gave the cup to Ayame and turned around to clean the dishes. Ayame put the cup in a brown bag. She put the bag on the counter and looked at Naruto. Naruto motioned towards the counter. Ayame reached under the counter and took out a bottle of Smirnoff and put it in the bag. Naruto put money on the counter and took the bag.

"Thanks," said Naruto to Ayame. He smiled at her as he turned around to walk out the bar.

"Your welcome, bye," said Ayame, with a small blush on her face.

Naruto raised his hand in the air. "I'll see you Ayame, old man."

Teuchi raised his hand the same way as Naruto and said, "Be safe."

Naruto took his time walking back to his house. He hated the streets he lived on, but there was nothing he could do. The city hated him. He was the son of "The Demon", the most ruthless serial killer in the country, some say the world. It took ten years for the cops to find the person responsible for over a hundred killings and even more missing person cases. Rumors say that "The Demon" is dead. Others say that he is in hiding. Naruto doesn't care either way. He hasn't seen his father since he was four.

His father was the reason he kept getting kicked out of school, that and the fights. He hated school, but he wanted to finish. He was sick of the looks the people in the city gave him. Almost all of them were punks that couldn't back up what they said they would do to him. He hated his father, and refused to be anything like him. He would be successful and stop the city's hatred towards him. He just hoped that the academy wasn't as bad as it sounded. Then again, considering where he lives, two more years of high school will be nothing. He found it easy to go to sleep, but the sound of gunshots kept waking him up.

I still haven't given the academy a name. It will have one next chapter. They start school next chapter and more characters will be introduced. I'll update as soon as possible. Please Review.