Shelly's Note: I didn't do much for revisions...just added a few lines...If you've already read the story and remember what it is about you don't need to go back and reread it...there will be 14 chapters and they are all written....I think I usually start off my stories liking them...then I get lazy and well I need to take some more time on them...
Chapter 1: First Impressions
Long blackish-blue hair cascaded to the middle of her back in layers, dark eyes watched as the sun set in a beautiful red and orange color. Her dark hair fell into her face as she leaned against the railing of the balcony she was standing on. "Sasuke?" the voice of her adopted father said.
The dark haired teen turned toward the grey haired, though not very old, man, "What?"
"There's something we need to talk about," he said as he sat on one of the chairs on the balcony. "You're not going to like it." He wouldn't look at her directly and she should have known that was a bad sign.
She raised an eyebrow, "What?"
"We're moving," he said, deciding it would best just to say it, rather than to dance around the truth.
"What?" she asked as her usually bored expression faltered, her eyes widened, and jaw dropped. "When?" she asked in disbelief as she felt her world had just been turned upside down. She didn't want to move, her whole life, was in this one town.
"This weekend," he said, once again not making eye contact.
"But, I don't want to move," she protested.
"Too bad, I got transferred," he said sternly, though he hated her to be angry with him, he knew it was part of being her parent.
"How far are we moving?" she asked.
He sighed; he knew she wouldn't like it, which why he prolonged telling her, "To Konoha."
"KONOHA! I can't move there, they'll hate me!" she said, forgetting about her usual mask.
"They aren't going to hate you because of a school rivalry," Kakashi said as he pulled his normal porn book out of his pocket. He needed something to distract him from the teenager in front of him and the book did just that.
She grabbed the book from him, "This is no time for porn!"
He raised an eyebrow, "There's nothing I can do about it."
"What about Suigetsu, and Karin, and Juugo? You just expect me to leave them?" she asked with a glare. "Do you even care?"
"I told you there's nothing I can do."
"Where are we going to live? Have you gone and looked at houses without me too?" she growled, hating that all the decisions were being made without her.
"Well, not exactly, you see we're going to stay at my friend's house until we find a place of our own," Kakashi said as he stole his book back. He didn't particularly want to see the look on her face when she reacted.
"How long have you known about this?" she asked getting angrier.
"About a month," he said, knowing she wouldn't take it well. She hated when things were kept from her and he was usually good about telling her things. However, this time he couldn't find it in him to do so.
"And you didn't tell me sooner why?" she asked with a glare. She was angry and annoyed. At least if he had told her she could have had time to say goodbye.
"Well you see I was going to and I…" he started to tell her one of his many excuses that she knew he had lined up, however she didn't want to hear it.
"Forget it; I don't want another lame excuse," Sasuke said as she walked away and toward the door.
"Where are you going?" he asked, genuinely concerned.
"Out," she said as she slammed the door behind her. She was angry and needed to get away. She needed some fresh air so that she wouldn't break something.
'Well that went better than expected,' Kakashi thought as he went back to his book.
Sasuke started down the street, away from her house, and toward her usual hang out - Hebi. It was a place for teens to hang out; they had coffee, poetry reading, performers, and an abundance of couches and tables. It was her place to relax, to clear her mind, and most of all just to get away from everything, or at least that's what she thought.
She walked into the dark lit place to find her boy friend, Suigetsu, and her best friend, Karin, making out on one of the couches. Her eyes widened, 'Can nothing go right for me today?' It was like the day from hell and part of her just wanted it to end.
They both broke apart to see her just standing behind them, her mask failing her once again as her mouth hung open a little and her eyes were fighting back tears. Part of her actually loved the man that was on the couch; the other part was asking her, 'What were you thinking, dating him?' She took a few steps back before she turned around and stormed out of the café.
As she walked down the steps, Juugo was walking up and said, "Sasuke are you okay?"
She just threw her hands up, as if saying stop, and said, "Not now Juugo." She knew the pain was written all over her face, as was the anger, but at that point she didn't care. All that mattered was getting away from the cafe.
The door to the café opened, "Sasuke we can explain."
"Stay the fuck away from me," said Sasuke as her eyes seemed to try to burn a hole through the two. The anger was taking over, trying to hide the pain. She would not show weakness, she would not be so foolish as to let that emotion get the best of her.
"Sasuke, please," Karin said, trying to act as if she were a good friend.
"Why should I listen to a word you guys say?" she said, an obviously hurt tone in her voice. She wanted to kill Karin, but she refrained, knowing she was above that.
"Please…" Suigetsu pleaded.
"I guess you'll be happy to know I'm moving, you can have him all to yourself," Sasuke said to Karin as she turned her back on them and walked back home. She had never felt such a mixture of anger and sadness in her life. Though she knew she was heartbroken and the feeling would pass, it felt like it never would.
"What just happened?" Juugo asked once Sasuke was out of hearing reach.
"Sasuke walked in on us kissing," Karin said as she looked down. She was ashamed at herself for doing such a thing.
"You're idiots," Juugo said as he walked up the stairs and into the café.
Sasuke walked in her house and took her shoes off before proceeding up the stairs. She was trying to be as quiet as possible so that Kakashi wouldn't her hear. Unfortunately, for her, Kakashi walked in the room and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," she said as she put up her emotional wall and continued up the stairs.
However, Kakashi didn't give up that easy and followed her with a sigh, "Just tell me what's wrong…are you still upset about the moving." He didn't understand, when she left she was just angry, and when she came back she was on the verge of tears.
"No, just leave me alone," she said as she slammed her door in his face.
He sighed and went to his room, 'This is going to be a long week.'
Blue eyes concentrated on a TV screen as the blonde haired boy "stabbed" his opponent. The tan hands quickly pressed the buttons on the orange controller. His brunette opponent sat next to him with a white controller trying to beat the blonde. The door swung open with a "Naruto!"
Said boy fell out of his seat and dropped his controller, causing the brunette to "kill" him. He let out a curse and started to pout, as he knew he lost the game. "What?" Naruto whined as he watched his player die.
"I need to talk to you," the older brunette said as he stood in the doorway.
Naruto got up and looked at his friend, "I'll be right back." The brunette nodded to his friend in all orange as he walked out the door.
"What's up?" Naruto said, wanting to get back to his game.
"Well, I know I should have told you this sooner, but…we're going to have some people staying with us," Naruto's guardian, Iruka, said as he nervously waited for the reaction.
"So?" Naruto asked. Naruto was the star football player and Iruka knew how much school sprit he had, and how much he hated the Sound Academy and everyone from it.
Iruka realized he hadn't told him the part that would make him annoyed so he continued, "Well, one's an old friend of mine, and the other is his adopted daughter, they are transferring….from Sound."
"WHAT? No, we can't have some people from the SOUND living HERE," Naruto protested.
"Well, you don't get to make that decision," said Iruka put his foot down. He was the adult and he made the decision, not some football-playing teenager.
"But…"Naruto started to protest once again.
"No buts, this weekend you'll help them move in and you'll be nice," Iruka said sternly. "Or you'll be grounded." Naruto angrily walked back into his room and sat on the chair he had been earlier.
"What was that about?" the brunette, Kiba, asked.
"Some guy and his daughter are coming to live with us," Naruto said in a pouting voice.
"So? What if the girl's hot," Kiba said as he nudged his friend.
"They're from Sound Academy," Naruto explained in a few simple words.
"Ew, why are they coming here?" Kiba asked in a disgusted tone of voice.
"Who cares, I just don't want them here," Naruto crossed his arms.
"Well, maybe it won't be so bad," Kiba said as he moved the controller from his lap to the floor and turned to face Naruto.
"This is going to be horrible, you know how those sound people are, and they all think they're better than everyone else," Naruto said as he rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Kiba said as he got up. "I better get going; you know how Akamaru gets when I leave him alone too long."
"You act like he's a lover," Naruto laughed.
"He'll eat my bed," Kiba said with a growl at what Naruto was suggesting.
Saturday
Their things were packed into the moving van and they were ready to move. It was only about a half an hour drive to their new, temporary, home, but Sasuke wasn't too excited to go. The week had been crappy and the only enjoyment of it was she messed up Suigetsu's beloved car, though he knew it was her he luckily had no evidence she did it.
If there was one thing that he should have known, it was not to piss her off. The last time he did she seduced him into thinking they'd have sex and when he was naked she threw all his clothes, while on fire, into the street and kicked him out without anything to cover himself. The street that day was very busy. They made up eventually, but he had to go and do it again.
Though this time she took her inspiration from a song, as Carrie Underwood said, she took her key to the side of his pretty, little car. Though she wasn't stupid enough to carve her name into the seats, she did take a baseball bat to both headlights and slashed holes in all four tires. You'd think someone would have heard, but no one witnessed it, or maybe no one cared to.
It didn't seem to matter that she was moving; after she found out, he cheated with Karin that alone had broken up their band and friendship. She hated that she didn't have a band anymore, friends she could deal with out, but she loved the feeling of being up on stage.
The raven sighed as she looked out the window. 'This is going to be a long year.'
The blonde woke up to a loud, "Naruto!"
He rubbed his eyes and looked at Iruka and asked in a tired voice, "What?"
"Get up, you're helping move today," Iruka said as he pulled the blankets off the teen.
"Do I have to?" Naruto whined. He was already not looking forward to the girl and her father moving in with them, he didn't understand why he had to help them move in.
"Yes, get up," Iruka said sternly. He wasn't going to allow the blond to get out of helping.
Naruto got out of bed, though he didn't really want to. He didn't care to meet the people he'd have to share a house with, he didn't care if there was a possibility she could be hot, and he didn't care if they needed help moving in. All he cared about was sleeping, but he couldn't do that. He knew Iruka wouldn't let him sleep, so he would help, but he wouldn't like it.
Iruka saw the blonde get up and was satisfied and left his room. Naruto made his way to the shower and thought, 'After a shower and some ramen, maybe I'll be able to deal with them.'
After the blonde took his shower, he heard his cell phone go off as it played the chorus to Student Rick's song Falling For You.
'Falling for you
Falling for you
I fell for you
(I'm falling)
Falling for you
(I'm falling)
Falling for you
I fell for you' (2)
The blonde checked the caller I.D. to see 'Dog Boy' on the screen and laughed a little.
"Hey Kiba, what's up?" Naruto said into the phone.
"I'm bored. Is the new girl there yet?" he could practically hear Kiba grin.
Though Kiba couldn't see it, Naruto rolled his eyes, "Girls and Dogs that's all you think about huh?"
"Yeah like you and ramen," Kiba laughed.
"Hm, it's kind of weird that you think about me and ramen," Naruto teased, knowing that he was taking his friends words out of context.
"That's not how I meant it!" Kiba yelled, effectively making Naruto partially deaf.
"Right, anyway if you're bored come help move," Naruto said, thinking if he was forced to, might as well make it more bearable.
"Are they there yet?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah Kiba, I'm holding the phone and carrying large boxes at the same time," Naruto said sarcastically.
"Whatever, I'll be right over," Kiba said, ignoring Naruto's comment.
"Leave your mutt at home," Naruto demanded, though had a feeling he'd be ignored.
"What? I can't hear you," Kiba said with a laugh as he hung up.
Naruto growled a little and got dressed before he went down to try to find some ramen. As the blonde searched the kitchen for his beloved ramen, Iruka came into the kitchen and looked at the blonde.
"What are you looking for?" Iruka asked.
"Ramen," Naruto said as he was about to get onto the counter to look.
"Don't bother," Iruka said as he set the glass of coffee, which was in his hand, next to the sink.
"Why not?" the blonde asked as he looked at Iruka confused.
"We're out, sorry, I guess with the move I forgot," Iruka shrugged.
"But….no ramen?" Naruto asked, as if it were the end of the world.
"You really should eat better anyways," Iruka said.
Naruto sighed and pulled down some cereal. He poured it into a bowl and then went to the fridge to get the milk, which there was little of, and said, "You need to go to the store."
"Yeah, I know," he said.
The front door flew open and a white dog ran in, followed by Kiba. "Hey guys," he said while flashing a smile.
"I thought I said leave the mutt at home," Naruto said, with an un-amused look.
"Oh, I thought you said bring the mutt to my home," Kiba laughed with a smirk as Naruto glared.
"So you've come to help move?" Iruka asked.
"No he came to see if what's his name's daughter is hot," Naruto said as he rolled his eyes. Then he smirked, "But he'd be glad to help too."
"Oh," Iruka said as he rubbed his temples. 'This is going to be a long day.'
Just then, the sound of a large truck was outside the house. "They must be here," Iruka said.
The three boys walked out to see a grey haired man opening the back of the moving van. Kiba looked for the girl, but didn't see her. "Where's the little girl?" Kiba asked in low voice, so he didn't think that anyone but Naruto would hear, which caused Naruto to laugh.
"He did not just call me a little girl?" Sasuke said as they heard the slamming of the door on the other side of the truck.
"I believe he did," Kakashi said with a laugh.
Kiba looked at confused and turned toward Naruto who just shrugged. Sasuke around from the other side of the van, which caused both boys' eyes to widen and Kiba said, "Damn, she's hot."
Sasuke glared and walked up to them, "If you call me a little girl ever again, I'll turn you into a girl." Kakashi chuckled; he knew she meant her words.
"But what fun would that be for us," Kiba said as he ran a hand down her side.
She grabbed his hand, though not in a loving fashion – more a warning fashion – and said, "Try that again and I'll break your fingers."
"Sasuke, be nice, no scaring the boys," Kakashi said, he wanted her to make friends, not have people be terrified of her.
She dropped his hand, "You're right, especially ones who aren't worth my time." The raven walked over to the moving van and climbed in to help her father.
"Yeah, she wants me," Kiba said with a grin.
"You're in a dream world," Naruto laughed as he looked at Kiba.
"Well, you said you didn't want her right, so you don't mind if I go for her?" Kiba asked as he looked toward the van.
"Good luck with her," Naruto said as he patted his friend on the back. He thought he was crazy for going for her from what he'd seen.
"When I tame that girl, you'll be wishing you didn't pass her up," Kiba said as he smirked.
"Some horses can't be tamed," joked Naruto.
"BOYS STOP COMPARING ME TO A HORSE AND GET YOUR ASSES UP HERE TO HELP," he heard yelled form the moving van.
"That girl has too good of ears," Naruto mumbled. Kiba laughed and the boys made their way to the van.
After about an hour of working, it was hot, they were all sweating and Kiba and Naruto were shirtless. Much to Kiba's dismay, Sasuke wasn't fazed by it. "Maybe she's a lesbian," Kiba said.
"It would be kind of hot to see her make out with a girl, but I doubt it," Naruto said.
"Yeah it would, but why do you doubt it?" Kiba asked as he sat down on a box and took a drink of water. Sasuke was inside away and not within hearing range.
"She doesn't set off my gay-dar, I have a good gay-dar," Naruto said.
Kiba rolled his eyes, "Some people are good at hiding it."
"I guess, but I doubt she is," he shrugged.
"But then why isn't she checking us out?" Kiba asked.
Before Naruto could answer, Sasuke had appeared in the moving van entrance again.
"Stop slacking," she said as she grabbed a box next to Naruto. She found the blonde to be hot, but she'd never admit that, she didn't plan to like it there and finding him hot would make something there okay, and she already found him annoying.
"No need to be rude, teme," Naruto said with a roll of the eyes.
"Just get to work, dobe," she said as he glared at him.
"Don't call me that!" he said with a growl.
"Oh, did I strike a nerve?" she said in a teasing voice and a smirk.
"No," he said with a pout.
"Just get to work, dobe," she smirked as she left.
Kiba's jaw fell open, "So maybe I was wrong."
"What?" Naruto asked confused as he got up.
"Maybe she's into you," he said, which earned him a glare.
"Yeah and did you hear that pigs can fly?" Naruto said sarcastically.
"I'm serious!" Kiba said.
"She called me dobe, that doesn't really sound like she likes me," Naruto said, slightly annoyed with his friend.
"A mere pet name," Kiba said as he stood up.
Naruto picked up a box, "How is that a pet name?"
"I don't know, but girls are weird like that," he shrugged.
"Some how I doubt that. I mean I just met her, only you fall in love at first sight," Naruto said.
"I saw your eyes widened too," he said with a grin as he picked up one of the few boxes left.
"So? She's hot, that doesn't mean anything," Naruto said, defensively.
"If you say so, I'm glad you don't like her, it means I can get with her," Kiba said with a grin.
"As I said, have fun with that," Naruto said as he took one of the boxes inside, away from Kiba and the conversation.
Later that night, Sasuke sat in her room, boxes were all over the floor and the only thing she had out were some clothes, her diary, a pen, and her cell phone. She opened the journal that she wrote in all the time and started to write her latest entry.
"Well diary, I was right, it sucks here. The guy's son is a moron, and his friend is even worse. They think I'm some weak little girl, but soon enough they'll find that to be false. Kakashi said I have to be nice, though I don't particularly want to be. It sucks not knowing anyone, but what good are people really?
I guess I know the dobe, but he's not really someone I'd talk to, ever. I'm not sure why my thoughts keep coming back to him. He looks so freaking cheery all the time, it's really annoying. Then he eats like a lion attacking its prey after it's been starved a few days. Just about everything about him is annoying. So why am I thinking about him? Who knows?"
She closed her journal and set it on the box next to the bed. The raven closed her eyes and slowly breathed in and out. 'This is going to be a long year.'
Meanwhile, Kiba had gone home a few hours before and Naruto was lying on his bed. He wasn't sure why but he couldn't stop thinking about the raven. Sasuke seemed to control his thoughts, yet he didn't even know her, what he did know of her, he didn't like.
The blonde sighed and thought, 'Why am I thinking about her? Just because she's hot doesn't mean I should think about her. There are plenty of hot girls at my school, which I don't keep thinking about, so why is she different? What makes it so I can't get her out of my head? Iruka told me to be nice but it's hard to be nice to her. She's rude, arrogant, standoffish, and I hate her. So why am I thinking about her?'
Naruto closed his eyes and decided it'd be best not to think about it anymore. He was having the guys over tomorrow, he would ignore the raven, and everything would be back to normal, right? If only it would be that easy, but nothing is ever that easy.
TBC…