Untitled (for now)
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(pairings) Mainly SasuNaru and other Yaoi couples.
(disclaimer) Do you think I really own it? HA! You must be joking!
(warnings) YAOI! Don't like, don't read. AU, May be OOC
(writing codes)
......'blah blah'-thoughts
......Italics-flashbacks
......-::blah POV::- -Change of POV
......(blah blah)-some sort of act
(genre) Romance/ (I'm not sure...any ideas?)
(rating) PG-13-MAY go up in later chapters.
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Muhahaha! Chi has made a second story! Muhahahahah-(cough, cough) And NO I'm not abandoning my other story, nor updating it every six years, I'm just taking a slight break from JOD. (JOD… haha) It gives me time to think of what I'd write next while all of you readers can enjoy a new story. Well anyways like I said before… up there (points up), this is an AU high school fic and it was an idea that appeared in my head before the whole JOD thing. I thought it would be a failure, but eh, what the heck. I have another story to fall back on. Characters MAY STILL BE OOC and blah, blah, blah, blah… JUST READ it and enjoy… (AND REVIEW!)
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Chapter 1-A New Student
Naruto ran down the stairs grinning like a maniac. It was his first day in an advanced school and he could be respected at last! No more penniless lunches or being pushed into lockers! No more 'freak-the-geek' junk after school! Hey it wasn't his fault that he always achieved high marks, but now it would be different for he was in a new school. He'd be acknowledged just like Iruka said.
"Hmm. No bullies yet. That's a good start," Naruto mumbled as he glanced at his watch, "OH CRAP! I'm LATE!" He sped across the school a bit faster heading toward the auditorium ready to make his big appearance. On the way he bumped against people and muttered quick apologies before he started running again. The little blonde rammed against the auditorium doors with his weight hoping they would open faster, and they did. Someone was speaking at the podium as he stomped up the stairs to the stage and sat on a chair that was described to him earlier. He panted heavily while receiving glares from the principal and 'shushes' from the teachers.
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei." he whispered silently to himself thinking back to that fateful day.
-Flashback-
"IRUKA! IRUKA!" Naruto yelled when he nearly knocked down the back door upon entering.
"What is it Naruto? And did the door fall over this time?"
"No, it didn't! Where are you?!" he loudly replied, frantically running from room to room.
"In the kitchen, Naruto."
The room seemed to rumble as Naruto ran around the upper level and down the stairs. He slid across the wooden floors with his socks and stopped at the kitchen entrance.
"IRUKA! I ch-checked the mailbox today and it was empty. The testing guy said the last day for the acceptance letter to come in was today. Does it mean that I didn't get in?"
It pained the teacher to see his loud, adopted child at a loss for words. He slowly thought up precise words to explain the situation. His mouth opened, closed, opened, and closed up again before he spoke.
"Naruto, you received a letter from the Hidden Leaf Academy and you were accepted," he glanced at the blonde's face and it was brightening up by the second, "But… there's this err… how can I put this… there's a slight problem." Naruto's smile fell fat to the ground.
"I-if there's a problem, there's always a solution right? So we could just find a solution to our problem and everything would be fine… right Iruka-sensei?"
"Oh yes Naruto, and don't ever forget that! Every problem does have a solution, but the answer to this problem requires many complicated elements like… money. We just don't have the kind of money for a school like that."
"Money? I have money. I've saved up some that you can borrow." Iruka mentally smiled at his child's adorable attempts while continuing to speak the right words.
"Naruto… when you signed up for a new school… an advanced school, I knew it would be expensive. But what did you look for in all the brochures given to you? Just how did you select your 'dream' school? You just looked at the testing averages and not at the costs, am I correct?" Iruka looked down for an answer as the child nodded, smiling sheepishly.
"Ok then… I guess you may need a bit more info. The school you signed up for is an extremely advanced MAGNET school, so there's quite a bit of money there for that. It's also a BOARDING school and that costs quite a chunk of money. Oh, and the school is planning to go private by the end of this year, so we're looking at a LOT of money. To sum it up, you chose a gifted boarding school that costs about twenty grand per year."
"Tw-twenty THOUSAND?! That's about the amount to go to a pretty decent college! How can anyone afford that per semester at a high school!"
"The kids there are filthy rich."
"Oh… ok. WELL, I guess it looks like the being thrown into trashcans and stuffed into toilets torture will last the rest of high school. I'm such a nerd… hehe… pathetic," Naruto mumbled, lowering his head.
"Don't say that Naruto. You definitely look like an average boy."
"Tch, whatever."
'He doesn't know that he's growing into an adorable young man. (sigh) It's like he doesn't look at a mirror. They're just jealous Naruto,' Iruka thought to himself. He glanced at Naruto and nearly broke down at the sight. The normally hyperactive blonde now had a hopeless face.
"Naruto?"
"What?"
(sigh)"You're going to that school."
"NAMI?!"
"It's pronounced 'nani'"
"Oh… … … NANI?!" --1--
"Don't worry about a thing. I know other ways to get money and I think we should now celebrate this over a bowl of ramen." Before Iruka could say anymore, he was jumped by Naruto and was being smothered with thank you's, ramen's, and you're the best's.
-end flashback-
"UZUMAKI!!!" Naruto snapped out of his thoughts and glanced at the person screaming at him. The principal glared fiercely at him for not paying attention. She motioned him to come up, using with her hand.
"Now again for the fourth time will our new student, Uzumaki Naruto, please come introduce yourself to the school?" Tsunade repeated, hoping he would pay attention this time. And he did. She stepped down from the podium and let Naruto walk up. He adjusted the microphone to his height and quietly cleared his throat. There was an immediate silence as the students had a full view of the 'new kid'.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I-," he started as the silence in the auditorium made him fidget around before continuing, "I just transferred here from Konoha High and I noticed that err… this school is well… a lot bigger. Luckily I didn't get off to a bad start and appear late, right? Hehehe…" He stopped talking and shifted his weight to the other leg from nervousness. "I guess I said all that I wanted to say since I forgot the rest and umm… any questions?"
A hand appeared in the upper mid section of the room. She stood up from her seat and glanced at Naruto to make sure that he was listening. She flipped the ponytail on her shoulder so it neatly tumbled down her back. She directed a look to someone in another class before speaking.
"Hi uhh… new student-"
"Naruto."
"Naruto… yea, whatever. Well anyways, my name is Yamanaka Ino and you BETTER remember it. About the question… I was wondering if you noticed that everyone was quiet in the auditorium. Are you curious about why?
"Yes, I knew and no, I don't want to know."
"I'll tell you anyway. You see, we're usually not like that. When you stepped up, haha… we were in shock. Shock about the 'things' you're wearing," Ino scrunched her face up in disgust.
"What is wrong about my 'things' which are actually called clothes." Naruto said trying to stress the word clothes. Something told him that he wasn't going to like this 'Ino' very much. It reminded him of the majority of girls in his old school.
"They're… how can I put this… hideous," she replied as if she showed no mercy to a fellow blonde. "Oooo's" echoed across the room as the insult sounded in everyone's ears.
Naruto was used to insults, especially when relating to fashion and the colors he wore. What was wrong with orange and yellow? Did people want him to wear black and dark blues with purples? No way! Colors like that made him feel like he was a depressed drug addict. Also, his clothes were NOT hideous! In fact this was his favorite outfit! A pair of dark blue jeans with a few natural rips here and there, with an orange t-shirt showing a threatening fox on it. There's absolutely NOTHING wrong about it!
"My clothes are perfectly fin-"
"Like where did you get it? Wal-mart? Target? The 99 Cents Only store?"
Naruto didn't feel like talking to the girl anymore. She was an EXACT copy of a girl at his former school. No scratch that out, she probably did go to his school and received plastic surgery when transferring to torture him some more.
(cough)"Any OTHER questions or comments not relating to what I wear?"
A girl near the front row raised her hand and spoke before Naruto could even call on her. "HI! I'm Tenten and I'd like to say something to the entire audience about their judgment about people. I must say their opinions are HORRIBLE, especially Ino's."
'Finally someone who respects me. And she's also right. Ino's opinions about my clothes are horrible indeed.' He thought as he made some mental schedules to hang out with a new friend. "Well, what are you going to comment about."
"About… people's opinions… about… whether NEJI-KUN IS HOTTER THAN SASUKE! The answer is SO obvious! It's Neji! BUT NO! Other people say Sasuke! WELL, I DISAGREE!"
'I guess I need to bomb the mental schedules I have pasted in my head.' Naruto thought as he noticed that an argument had erupted.
"WHAT do you mean NEJI is HOTTER than SASUKE?! That guy doesn't even have EYES and you call him HOT!" Ino retorted, forgetting the whole clothes topic.
"Are YOU blind?! Of course he has eyes! He has 20-20, 360 degrees vision. And that's a WHOLE LOT better than yours. Those eyes come from an EXTREMELY WEALTHY family!"
"Tch, yea right."
And so two girls from the opposite sides of the room were arguing at the top of their lungs to each other while other Neji fans argued with other Sasuke fans. The rest of the boys in the room stayed quiet, mentally disagreeing with both sides of the auditorium. Some, however, DID agree but stayed quiet trying to preserve their normalness.
Tsunade stood up from her seat and walked over to where Naruto was. She asked him to move over to the side and he obeyed. She readjusted the microphone and told him to clamp his hands over his ears.
"QUIET ALL OF YOU! IF YOU DON'T, 5 HOURS OF DETENTION FOR ALL OF YOU; EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING!" she yelled. The sound stopped so suddenly that it felt as if you went deaf all of a sudden. Everyone knew their principal and they knew that when she was going to sentence a punishment, she meant it. Naruto was amazed about the whole thing. Punishment was actually taken seriously in this school. No one ignored the threats nor did the teachers ignore what the students were doing. Everything here was perfect!
"Everyone go to your advisories to pick up your schedule and dorm room number for the new year. Report to first period after that! We've just wasted time here." the principal said flatly before turning back to Naruto. The students rushed out of the auditorium muttering things about Neji and Sasuke.
"Naruto, since your sudden transfer was a bit late, you currently don't have an advisor. Just go pick up your schedule at the main office ok?"
"Alright."
School had finally started and Naruto just KNEW that everything would go smoothly excluding his former schoolmate in disguise.
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"Damn it!" Naruto yelled out as he walked around the main hallway. Fifteen minutes had passed and he still couldn't find the 'main office'. According to his observations, the hallway seemed to be as long as the ENTIRE block his house was located on. Everything seemed to be quiet and no one else seemed to be walking around or in the hallway.
"UGH! Why is this school so-"
"Big?"
"ACK! Who are you?"
A girl with bright pink hair (A.N. kinda obvious about who huh?) was right behind Naruto. She wore a red dress and 'warm' smile. He couldn't resist the urge to blush. She somehow sneaked up to Naruto and was listening to his conversation that was directed to himself.
"My name's Haruno Sakura, and you must be Naruto, right?"
"Uhh yea, that's me."
"You must be going to the main office right? Cause advisories aren't located here. You're lost so I'll show you there."
"Ahh, it's ok. I don't want to get in your way."
"No, it's ok! I have office assistant as first period anyway so I wouldn't mind taking you there with me." she said as she started to lead Naruto to the main office. She pointed out useful places on their way and spoke of the 'best' things to do and be at school. "You know about Ino-pig right? It's normal for her to be like that."
"Ino-pig? What's with the pig suffix?"
"We were best friends, now all that's left is rivalry. I use pig for her and she uses my forehead to her advantage."
"Oh, I see."
When both students arrived at their destination, they both talked a bit more before saying goodbyes.
"Thanks Sakura-chan for the guidance."
"No problem," she replied raising her eyebrow at mention of 'chan' at the end of her name. She smiled slightly.
"Is there anything I can do for you? I want to return the favor to you somehow."
"It's okay, you don't have to do anything. But can you promise me one thing and try to keep it?"
"Sure! I'm the best when it comes to keeping promises!"
Sakura smiled again before replying, "That's good, well I just want you to promise me that you will try to keep Sasuke-kun away from other girls if you can, especially if it's Ino. I would be pleased if you did that."
"Alright, you can bet on that," and with that Sakura left into a room leaving Naruto alone to figure out what to do next. Who was this Sasuke anyway? He must be really popular and kind to have so many fans.
"HEY YOU! Get to class! Skipping isn't tolerated in this school especially on the first day!" yelled a woman when she exited a room and saw Naruto standing alone doing nothing.
Naruto jumped at the sudden yell of someone. "I'm sorry. But I'm a bit lost. The principal told me to come down here to get my schedule."
"Oh, YOU'RE Uzumaki Naruto. I'm sorry for the error," the lady said guiding him into her office, "I was just about to go look for you, since this is a big school after all."
Naruto walked through the door and his eyes wouldn't believe what they saw. The entire room was HUGE! It was little more than half the size of his former cafeteria.
"Big isn't it?" the lady said interrupting his thoughts. "This is Tsunade's and my office. This is also used as the copy room. My name's Shizune, by the way."
"Shouldn't I address people by their last name with Ms., Mrs., or Mr.?"
"That's the good thing about this school! No need to formally address instructors by their last names because we know that the kids here respect us."
"Wow, kids back at my old school never did that…"
"I'm sure they didn't." Shizune said as she stapled up important papers with Naruto's schedule. "Here's your schedule. Try to remember it as soon as possible, okay? I'll also take you to first period so you won't get in trouble."
"Thanks!" he said glancing at his schedule.
-Naruto's Schedule-(the school system goes like mine so I'm sorry if you're unfamiliar to it)
Period 1-English-………Jiraiya….
Period 2-Journalism-…..U. I……..
Period 3-Science-………Asuma…
Period 4-History-………M. Gai…
Period 5-Reading-……...H. Kaka.
Period 6-Physical Ed-….Anko......
Period 7-Math-…………Kurenai..
Period 8-Debate-……….Haku…..
Shizune lead the student upstairs and through various hallways without starting a conversation. Naruto was trying his hardest to memorize where to walk. He then gave when he noticed that it was nearly impossible to just memorize his surroundings since everything looked the same.
"Here's your class. English with Jiraiya. Haha. Good luck, ah and try not to make comments about his… 'interests' out loud. He's gotten many before. But don't compare his interest to his teaching skills. He's actually quite good," she said before saying goodbye to Naruto.
He opened the door, stepped in, and gaped at the sight. Not because of the room's size and not because of the weird clothes his teacher wore. He gaped because of the 'interesting' pictures on the walls. Why the hell were such… pictures on the walls of a learning community? Naruto decided not to comment, remembering Shizune's words.
"Ahh, nice to see that you've finally decided to join my class, Naruto. Take a seat. We're in the middle of brief introductions. When it's your turn just say your name, your interests, and goals for the new year," Jiraiya said pointing to an empty chair. The kid sitting next to the chair grunted as if disapproving the teacher's decision. Naruto sat down in the chair with his backpack and quietly waited for his turn. In the meantime, he looked around the classroom. There was a guy that looked like a dog, a guy that appeared to be snoozing, and a girl who was blushing furiously when he glanced at her. There was also a guy with white eyes and looked related to the blushing girl. It was then the person that sat next to him turn to speak.
"Uchiha Sasuke. I'm interested in particularly nothing. My goals for this year are not for anyone else's ears beside mine," he said before looking at Naruto who had been staring, "What are you looking at?" Naruto stiffened at the harshly spoken words to him. Girls in the background were swooning over his 'coolness'. This was the popular 'Sasuke' everyone was talking about? Why did people like him? He seemed like a bossy, know-it-all jerk.
"Next!" the teacher said hoping to wake Naruto out of his thoughts.
"Uhh… Uzumaki Naruto. I guess most of you know that because of the whole auditorium thing."
"YEA! And your tacky clothes too!" a guy in the back commented.
"Err… yea I guess you could say that…"
"I'm interested in all sorts of ramen, especially miso! My goals for this year… I'm soon going to make EVERYONE in this school acknowledge me!"
"Tch. Yea sure. We only acknowledge smart, popular, or extremely rich people and I doubt you fit any of those categories. For example, we acknowledge Sasuke-kun and Neji-kun!" A girl in the corner said, trying to shatter Naruto's dreams.
"Umm… ok then…" He said before sitting down. Were people usually this hateful? It hurt… a lot. He shrugged it off to listen to what Jiraiya.
"Since all of you get social time today, I need to assign an assignment for all of you to do at home, for school isn't all fun and games. By the end of this week I require rough draft of your essay. This first one will just be a plain personal narrative, minimum 3500 words. Any questions?"
Naruto unconsciously shook his head. It was amazing how much they had to write, at his old school the MAXIMUM the lazy teacher wanted was 1500 words. All this extra work would be hard to adjust to but once he did he'd be a lot closer to his goal. No one asked a question so the teacher sat down and began writing in a notebook. He seemed to be getting 'inspiration' from the obscene pictures. So if it was time for some socializing he should be trying to make friends now right? He looked around the class and noticed that almost everyone was in a little 'buddy group'.
'Damn. I doubt I should try to make friends with an entire group. It would be too risky. So let's see who's left. There's Sasuke. Eh… no. Something about him is just… I think he needs a chill pill. Everything he looks at looks like it would melt from his piercing gaze. Maybe we could be friends later on. Ok. Next is the white eyed guy. I think his name was the other guy those girls were talking about. Neji… I think. Well anyways, he looks as if he wants to be alone. Now the last guy looks scary; sorta like a panda. There are only three people alone so… let's compare. Sasuke to large group… Sasuke. Sasuke to Neji… err… Neji. Neji to scary man. Ummm… err… (sigh) scary man…' he debated himself before finally walking to the 'scary man'.
"Hi there! Wanna talk?" Naruto greeted hoping for an answer.
"…"
'Ooookay then.' "Ehehe… are you deaf of something?"
"…"
"Umm… do you not want to talk to me or are you disliking me because of the clothes I'm wearing?"
"…"
"Fine, I'll quit bothering you. Goodb-"
"Why do you talk to me?"
"Cause you seem like a nice person, despite your looks. Unlike SOME people, I don't judge books by their covers or clothes."
"Not many do that in this school."
"Yea. I figured it out already."
"So are you telling me that you want to be a friend?"
"Yea, that's the basic idea. So how about it? Me and you… uhh…"
"Gaara."
"Ahh right! Me and Gaara, FRIENDS." Naruto said grinning. Gaara felt a bit of happiness grow within him in the meantime. No one dared to walk near him not to mention talk. They were scared of his outer appearances. But this guy was different, mainly because the seemed to have much in common. "What's your next period?" Gaara asked, curious to start his new 'friendship'. Maybe there were things in life worth living for after all.
"Ahh, journalism. With… U.I? What kind of name is THAT?"
"I think he's new. But that's my next class too."
"Cool! So… do you like any girl here? Have any suggestions?"
"What a question to ask a friend you've made three minutes ago."
"But we're friends now! We should get to know each other to the fullest while we still have free time."
"Fine."
"So? Is there any girl you like?"
"I don't like any girl." Gaara said choosing the proper words to describe the truth. Naruto, however, didn't catch on to this and took it as an ordinary answer.
"Alright… alright. I'll take the 'denial' answer for now."
"I'm not denying anything."
"SURE you aren't." Naruto said laughing with his first ever friend. This was something that he didn't take for granted. Gaara looked past the blonde's shoulder and noticed a pair of eyes. A particular black haired guy had been watching the entire scene, the entire time. He couldn't help but smirk before 'conversing' with his friend a bit more.
The bell then rang, dismissing everyone. Everyone seemed happy or satisfied except one particular person…
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--1-- Nani-What
AGH! I'm tired. I WAS RIGHT! This story DID spark inspiration for my other story. And blah, blah, blah. Well anyways, this would be quite an interesting story… Haha… the couples probably still are unclear huh? I am evil. Muhahaha!
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THANK YOU MALICIOUSLY CREATIVE FOR BETA-EDITING! (applause sign lights up) (3
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(pairings) Mainly SasuNaru and other Yaoi couples.
(disclaimer) Do you think I really own it? HA! You must be joking!
(warnings) YAOI! Don't like, don't read. AU, May be OOC
(writing codes)
......'blah blah'-thoughts
......Italics-flashbacks
......-::blah POV::- -Change of POV
......(blah blah)-some sort of act
(genre) Romance/ (I'm not sure...any ideas?)
(rating) PG-13-MAY go up in later chapters.
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Muhahaha! Chi has made a second story! Muhahahahah-(cough, cough) And NO I'm not abandoning my other story, nor updating it every six years, I'm just taking a slight break from JOD. (JOD… haha) It gives me time to think of what I'd write next while all of you readers can enjoy a new story. Well anyways like I said before… up there (points up), this is an AU high school fic and it was an idea that appeared in my head before the whole JOD thing. I thought it would be a failure, but eh, what the heck. I have another story to fall back on. Characters MAY STILL BE OOC and blah, blah, blah, blah… JUST READ it and enjoy… (AND REVIEW!)
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Chapter 1-A New Student
Naruto ran down the stairs grinning like a maniac. It was his first day in an advanced school and he could be respected at last! No more penniless lunches or being pushed into lockers! No more 'freak-the-geek' junk after school! Hey it wasn't his fault that he always achieved high marks, but now it would be different for he was in a new school. He'd be acknowledged just like Iruka said.
"Hmm. No bullies yet. That's a good start," Naruto mumbled as he glanced at his watch, "OH CRAP! I'm LATE!" He sped across the school a bit faster heading toward the auditorium ready to make his big appearance. On the way he bumped against people and muttered quick apologies before he started running again. The little blonde rammed against the auditorium doors with his weight hoping they would open faster, and they did. Someone was speaking at the podium as he stomped up the stairs to the stage and sat on a chair that was described to him earlier. He panted heavily while receiving glares from the principal and 'shushes' from the teachers.
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei." he whispered silently to himself thinking back to that fateful day.
-Flashback-
"IRUKA! IRUKA!" Naruto yelled when he nearly knocked down the back door upon entering.
"What is it Naruto? And did the door fall over this time?"
"No, it didn't! Where are you?!" he loudly replied, frantically running from room to room.
"In the kitchen, Naruto."
The room seemed to rumble as Naruto ran around the upper level and down the stairs. He slid across the wooden floors with his socks and stopped at the kitchen entrance.
"IRUKA! I ch-checked the mailbox today and it was empty. The testing guy said the last day for the acceptance letter to come in was today. Does it mean that I didn't get in?"
It pained the teacher to see his loud, adopted child at a loss for words. He slowly thought up precise words to explain the situation. His mouth opened, closed, opened, and closed up again before he spoke.
"Naruto, you received a letter from the Hidden Leaf Academy and you were accepted," he glanced at the blonde's face and it was brightening up by the second, "But… there's this err… how can I put this… there's a slight problem." Naruto's smile fell fat to the ground.
"I-if there's a problem, there's always a solution right? So we could just find a solution to our problem and everything would be fine… right Iruka-sensei?"
"Oh yes Naruto, and don't ever forget that! Every problem does have a solution, but the answer to this problem requires many complicated elements like… money. We just don't have the kind of money for a school like that."
"Money? I have money. I've saved up some that you can borrow." Iruka mentally smiled at his child's adorable attempts while continuing to speak the right words.
"Naruto… when you signed up for a new school… an advanced school, I knew it would be expensive. But what did you look for in all the brochures given to you? Just how did you select your 'dream' school? You just looked at the testing averages and not at the costs, am I correct?" Iruka looked down for an answer as the child nodded, smiling sheepishly.
"Ok then… I guess you may need a bit more info. The school you signed up for is an extremely advanced MAGNET school, so there's quite a bit of money there for that. It's also a BOARDING school and that costs quite a chunk of money. Oh, and the school is planning to go private by the end of this year, so we're looking at a LOT of money. To sum it up, you chose a gifted boarding school that costs about twenty grand per year."
"Tw-twenty THOUSAND?! That's about the amount to go to a pretty decent college! How can anyone afford that per semester at a high school!"
"The kids there are filthy rich."
"Oh… ok. WELL, I guess it looks like the being thrown into trashcans and stuffed into toilets torture will last the rest of high school. I'm such a nerd… hehe… pathetic," Naruto mumbled, lowering his head.
"Don't say that Naruto. You definitely look like an average boy."
"Tch, whatever."
'He doesn't know that he's growing into an adorable young man. (sigh) It's like he doesn't look at a mirror. They're just jealous Naruto,' Iruka thought to himself. He glanced at Naruto and nearly broke down at the sight. The normally hyperactive blonde now had a hopeless face.
"Naruto?"
"What?"
(sigh)"You're going to that school."
"NAMI?!"
"It's pronounced 'nani'"
"Oh… … … NANI?!" --1--
"Don't worry about a thing. I know other ways to get money and I think we should now celebrate this over a bowl of ramen." Before Iruka could say anymore, he was jumped by Naruto and was being smothered with thank you's, ramen's, and you're the best's.
-end flashback-
"UZUMAKI!!!" Naruto snapped out of his thoughts and glanced at the person screaming at him. The principal glared fiercely at him for not paying attention. She motioned him to come up, using with her hand.
"Now again for the fourth time will our new student, Uzumaki Naruto, please come introduce yourself to the school?" Tsunade repeated, hoping he would pay attention this time. And he did. She stepped down from the podium and let Naruto walk up. He adjusted the microphone to his height and quietly cleared his throat. There was an immediate silence as the students had a full view of the 'new kid'.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I-," he started as the silence in the auditorium made him fidget around before continuing, "I just transferred here from Konoha High and I noticed that err… this school is well… a lot bigger. Luckily I didn't get off to a bad start and appear late, right? Hehehe…" He stopped talking and shifted his weight to the other leg from nervousness. "I guess I said all that I wanted to say since I forgot the rest and umm… any questions?"
A hand appeared in the upper mid section of the room. She stood up from her seat and glanced at Naruto to make sure that he was listening. She flipped the ponytail on her shoulder so it neatly tumbled down her back. She directed a look to someone in another class before speaking.
"Hi uhh… new student-"
"Naruto."
"Naruto… yea, whatever. Well anyways, my name is Yamanaka Ino and you BETTER remember it. About the question… I was wondering if you noticed that everyone was quiet in the auditorium. Are you curious about why?
"Yes, I knew and no, I don't want to know."
"I'll tell you anyway. You see, we're usually not like that. When you stepped up, haha… we were in shock. Shock about the 'things' you're wearing," Ino scrunched her face up in disgust.
"What is wrong about my 'things' which are actually called clothes." Naruto said trying to stress the word clothes. Something told him that he wasn't going to like this 'Ino' very much. It reminded him of the majority of girls in his old school.
"They're… how can I put this… hideous," she replied as if she showed no mercy to a fellow blonde. "Oooo's" echoed across the room as the insult sounded in everyone's ears.
Naruto was used to insults, especially when relating to fashion and the colors he wore. What was wrong with orange and yellow? Did people want him to wear black and dark blues with purples? No way! Colors like that made him feel like he was a depressed drug addict. Also, his clothes were NOT hideous! In fact this was his favorite outfit! A pair of dark blue jeans with a few natural rips here and there, with an orange t-shirt showing a threatening fox on it. There's absolutely NOTHING wrong about it!
"My clothes are perfectly fin-"
"Like where did you get it? Wal-mart? Target? The 99 Cents Only store?"
Naruto didn't feel like talking to the girl anymore. She was an EXACT copy of a girl at his former school. No scratch that out, she probably did go to his school and received plastic surgery when transferring to torture him some more.
(cough)"Any OTHER questions or comments not relating to what I wear?"
A girl near the front row raised her hand and spoke before Naruto could even call on her. "HI! I'm Tenten and I'd like to say something to the entire audience about their judgment about people. I must say their opinions are HORRIBLE, especially Ino's."
'Finally someone who respects me. And she's also right. Ino's opinions about my clothes are horrible indeed.' He thought as he made some mental schedules to hang out with a new friend. "Well, what are you going to comment about."
"About… people's opinions… about… whether NEJI-KUN IS HOTTER THAN SASUKE! The answer is SO obvious! It's Neji! BUT NO! Other people say Sasuke! WELL, I DISAGREE!"
'I guess I need to bomb the mental schedules I have pasted in my head.' Naruto thought as he noticed that an argument had erupted.
"WHAT do you mean NEJI is HOTTER than SASUKE?! That guy doesn't even have EYES and you call him HOT!" Ino retorted, forgetting the whole clothes topic.
"Are YOU blind?! Of course he has eyes! He has 20-20, 360 degrees vision. And that's a WHOLE LOT better than yours. Those eyes come from an EXTREMELY WEALTHY family!"
"Tch, yea right."
And so two girls from the opposite sides of the room were arguing at the top of their lungs to each other while other Neji fans argued with other Sasuke fans. The rest of the boys in the room stayed quiet, mentally disagreeing with both sides of the auditorium. Some, however, DID agree but stayed quiet trying to preserve their normalness.
Tsunade stood up from her seat and walked over to where Naruto was. She asked him to move over to the side and he obeyed. She readjusted the microphone and told him to clamp his hands over his ears.
"QUIET ALL OF YOU! IF YOU DON'T, 5 HOURS OF DETENTION FOR ALL OF YOU; EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING!" she yelled. The sound stopped so suddenly that it felt as if you went deaf all of a sudden. Everyone knew their principal and they knew that when she was going to sentence a punishment, she meant it. Naruto was amazed about the whole thing. Punishment was actually taken seriously in this school. No one ignored the threats nor did the teachers ignore what the students were doing. Everything here was perfect!
"Everyone go to your advisories to pick up your schedule and dorm room number for the new year. Report to first period after that! We've just wasted time here." the principal said flatly before turning back to Naruto. The students rushed out of the auditorium muttering things about Neji and Sasuke.
"Naruto, since your sudden transfer was a bit late, you currently don't have an advisor. Just go pick up your schedule at the main office ok?"
"Alright."
School had finally started and Naruto just KNEW that everything would go smoothly excluding his former schoolmate in disguise.
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"Damn it!" Naruto yelled out as he walked around the main hallway. Fifteen minutes had passed and he still couldn't find the 'main office'. According to his observations, the hallway seemed to be as long as the ENTIRE block his house was located on. Everything seemed to be quiet and no one else seemed to be walking around or in the hallway.
"UGH! Why is this school so-"
"Big?"
"ACK! Who are you?"
A girl with bright pink hair (A.N. kinda obvious about who huh?) was right behind Naruto. She wore a red dress and 'warm' smile. He couldn't resist the urge to blush. She somehow sneaked up to Naruto and was listening to his conversation that was directed to himself.
"My name's Haruno Sakura, and you must be Naruto, right?"
"Uhh yea, that's me."
"You must be going to the main office right? Cause advisories aren't located here. You're lost so I'll show you there."
"Ahh, it's ok. I don't want to get in your way."
"No, it's ok! I have office assistant as first period anyway so I wouldn't mind taking you there with me." she said as she started to lead Naruto to the main office. She pointed out useful places on their way and spoke of the 'best' things to do and be at school. "You know about Ino-pig right? It's normal for her to be like that."
"Ino-pig? What's with the pig suffix?"
"We were best friends, now all that's left is rivalry. I use pig for her and she uses my forehead to her advantage."
"Oh, I see."
When both students arrived at their destination, they both talked a bit more before saying goodbyes.
"Thanks Sakura-chan for the guidance."
"No problem," she replied raising her eyebrow at mention of 'chan' at the end of her name. She smiled slightly.
"Is there anything I can do for you? I want to return the favor to you somehow."
"It's okay, you don't have to do anything. But can you promise me one thing and try to keep it?"
"Sure! I'm the best when it comes to keeping promises!"
Sakura smiled again before replying, "That's good, well I just want you to promise me that you will try to keep Sasuke-kun away from other girls if you can, especially if it's Ino. I would be pleased if you did that."
"Alright, you can bet on that," and with that Sakura left into a room leaving Naruto alone to figure out what to do next. Who was this Sasuke anyway? He must be really popular and kind to have so many fans.
"HEY YOU! Get to class! Skipping isn't tolerated in this school especially on the first day!" yelled a woman when she exited a room and saw Naruto standing alone doing nothing.
Naruto jumped at the sudden yell of someone. "I'm sorry. But I'm a bit lost. The principal told me to come down here to get my schedule."
"Oh, YOU'RE Uzumaki Naruto. I'm sorry for the error," the lady said guiding him into her office, "I was just about to go look for you, since this is a big school after all."
Naruto walked through the door and his eyes wouldn't believe what they saw. The entire room was HUGE! It was little more than half the size of his former cafeteria.
"Big isn't it?" the lady said interrupting his thoughts. "This is Tsunade's and my office. This is also used as the copy room. My name's Shizune, by the way."
"Shouldn't I address people by their last name with Ms., Mrs., or Mr.?"
"That's the good thing about this school! No need to formally address instructors by their last names because we know that the kids here respect us."
"Wow, kids back at my old school never did that…"
"I'm sure they didn't." Shizune said as she stapled up important papers with Naruto's schedule. "Here's your schedule. Try to remember it as soon as possible, okay? I'll also take you to first period so you won't get in trouble."
"Thanks!" he said glancing at his schedule.
-Naruto's Schedule-(the school system goes like mine so I'm sorry if you're unfamiliar to it)
Period 1-English-………Jiraiya….
Period 2-Journalism-…..U. I……..
Period 3-Science-………Asuma…
Period 4-History-………M. Gai…
Period 5-Reading-……...H. Kaka.
Period 6-Physical Ed-….Anko......
Period 7-Math-…………Kurenai..
Period 8-Debate-……….Haku…..
Shizune lead the student upstairs and through various hallways without starting a conversation. Naruto was trying his hardest to memorize where to walk. He then gave when he noticed that it was nearly impossible to just memorize his surroundings since everything looked the same.
"Here's your class. English with Jiraiya. Haha. Good luck, ah and try not to make comments about his… 'interests' out loud. He's gotten many before. But don't compare his interest to his teaching skills. He's actually quite good," she said before saying goodbye to Naruto.
He opened the door, stepped in, and gaped at the sight. Not because of the room's size and not because of the weird clothes his teacher wore. He gaped because of the 'interesting' pictures on the walls. Why the hell were such… pictures on the walls of a learning community? Naruto decided not to comment, remembering Shizune's words.
"Ahh, nice to see that you've finally decided to join my class, Naruto. Take a seat. We're in the middle of brief introductions. When it's your turn just say your name, your interests, and goals for the new year," Jiraiya said pointing to an empty chair. The kid sitting next to the chair grunted as if disapproving the teacher's decision. Naruto sat down in the chair with his backpack and quietly waited for his turn. In the meantime, he looked around the classroom. There was a guy that looked like a dog, a guy that appeared to be snoozing, and a girl who was blushing furiously when he glanced at her. There was also a guy with white eyes and looked related to the blushing girl. It was then the person that sat next to him turn to speak.
"Uchiha Sasuke. I'm interested in particularly nothing. My goals for this year are not for anyone else's ears beside mine," he said before looking at Naruto who had been staring, "What are you looking at?" Naruto stiffened at the harshly spoken words to him. Girls in the background were swooning over his 'coolness'. This was the popular 'Sasuke' everyone was talking about? Why did people like him? He seemed like a bossy, know-it-all jerk.
"Next!" the teacher said hoping to wake Naruto out of his thoughts.
"Uhh… Uzumaki Naruto. I guess most of you know that because of the whole auditorium thing."
"YEA! And your tacky clothes too!" a guy in the back commented.
"Err… yea I guess you could say that…"
"I'm interested in all sorts of ramen, especially miso! My goals for this year… I'm soon going to make EVERYONE in this school acknowledge me!"
"Tch. Yea sure. We only acknowledge smart, popular, or extremely rich people and I doubt you fit any of those categories. For example, we acknowledge Sasuke-kun and Neji-kun!" A girl in the corner said, trying to shatter Naruto's dreams.
"Umm… ok then…" He said before sitting down. Were people usually this hateful? It hurt… a lot. He shrugged it off to listen to what Jiraiya.
"Since all of you get social time today, I need to assign an assignment for all of you to do at home, for school isn't all fun and games. By the end of this week I require rough draft of your essay. This first one will just be a plain personal narrative, minimum 3500 words. Any questions?"
Naruto unconsciously shook his head. It was amazing how much they had to write, at his old school the MAXIMUM the lazy teacher wanted was 1500 words. All this extra work would be hard to adjust to but once he did he'd be a lot closer to his goal. No one asked a question so the teacher sat down and began writing in a notebook. He seemed to be getting 'inspiration' from the obscene pictures. So if it was time for some socializing he should be trying to make friends now right? He looked around the class and noticed that almost everyone was in a little 'buddy group'.
'Damn. I doubt I should try to make friends with an entire group. It would be too risky. So let's see who's left. There's Sasuke. Eh… no. Something about him is just… I think he needs a chill pill. Everything he looks at looks like it would melt from his piercing gaze. Maybe we could be friends later on. Ok. Next is the white eyed guy. I think his name was the other guy those girls were talking about. Neji… I think. Well anyways, he looks as if he wants to be alone. Now the last guy looks scary; sorta like a panda. There are only three people alone so… let's compare. Sasuke to large group… Sasuke. Sasuke to Neji… err… Neji. Neji to scary man. Ummm… err… (sigh) scary man…' he debated himself before finally walking to the 'scary man'.
"Hi there! Wanna talk?" Naruto greeted hoping for an answer.
"…"
'Ooookay then.' "Ehehe… are you deaf of something?"
"…"
"Umm… do you not want to talk to me or are you disliking me because of the clothes I'm wearing?"
"…"
"Fine, I'll quit bothering you. Goodb-"
"Why do you talk to me?"
"Cause you seem like a nice person, despite your looks. Unlike SOME people, I don't judge books by their covers or clothes."
"Not many do that in this school."
"Yea. I figured it out already."
"So are you telling me that you want to be a friend?"
"Yea, that's the basic idea. So how about it? Me and you… uhh…"
"Gaara."
"Ahh right! Me and Gaara, FRIENDS." Naruto said grinning. Gaara felt a bit of happiness grow within him in the meantime. No one dared to walk near him not to mention talk. They were scared of his outer appearances. But this guy was different, mainly because the seemed to have much in common. "What's your next period?" Gaara asked, curious to start his new 'friendship'. Maybe there were things in life worth living for after all.
"Ahh, journalism. With… U.I? What kind of name is THAT?"
"I think he's new. But that's my next class too."
"Cool! So… do you like any girl here? Have any suggestions?"
"What a question to ask a friend you've made three minutes ago."
"But we're friends now! We should get to know each other to the fullest while we still have free time."
"Fine."
"So? Is there any girl you like?"
"I don't like any girl." Gaara said choosing the proper words to describe the truth. Naruto, however, didn't catch on to this and took it as an ordinary answer.
"Alright… alright. I'll take the 'denial' answer for now."
"I'm not denying anything."
"SURE you aren't." Naruto said laughing with his first ever friend. This was something that he didn't take for granted. Gaara looked past the blonde's shoulder and noticed a pair of eyes. A particular black haired guy had been watching the entire scene, the entire time. He couldn't help but smirk before 'conversing' with his friend a bit more.
The bell then rang, dismissing everyone. Everyone seemed happy or satisfied except one particular person…
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AGH! I'm tired. I WAS RIGHT! This story DID spark inspiration for my other story. And blah, blah, blah. Well anyways, this would be quite an interesting story… Haha… the couples probably still are unclear huh? I am evil. Muhahaha!
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