Opposing Labels

By Rock Gecko

Sasuke X Naruto

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Chapter 1: Prologue

'Okay children, get ready for the camera!' A young teacher with a faint scar across his nose smiled as his students scrambled around, mostly pairing with their best friends and joining with other groups. The ten year olds finally settled down, and laughed at the photographer lady, who was waving a pink fluffy puppet around to get the shyer ones to smile. The teacher stood beside his pupils, smiling proudly while the photographer got the camera ready.

'Alright everyone! Say "banana squash"!' A chorus of 'banana squash' sounded out into the air as a bright flash captured the perfect moment. All the children were smiling and waving in the photograph. Some of the girls were smiling shyly, while some of the boys had pulled a funny face, or happened to blink at that particular moment.

The group that stood out however, were the ones right in the middle. Towards the left of the group, were three girls. One with short, light pink hair, one with blonde, and the other, a brunette, with her hair in small buns. The next children were two boys. One was quite chubby and had a few swirl patterns on his cheeks. The other had blinked at that particular moment, with his brown hair held up in a ponytail. Another boy stood behind them, his black hair cut in a bowl shape, and he was smiling brightly and had a look of triumph plastered across his face as he jumped in the air.

Towards the right side of the group, a girl and a boy stood together. Both with pale eyes, the girl seemed to be trying to hide behind the boy, while the boy was just stood, looking at the camera not seeming to care. Two other boys stood beside them, one holding onto a white, teddy-dog, and the other, with a pair of sunglasses on, and seemingly entranced with a butterfly that had just flown past. Three different children stood behind them, the one in the middle was smiling brightly, with flaming red hair and a love heart painted on his head. The blonde girl next to him, was smirking at the camera, a paint brush badly hidden in her skirt pocket. The last one, the brunette of the three was playing with a puppet, not looking at the camera.

And finally, the two boys in the middle of the photograph. Complete opposites in looks, but they appeared to be the best of friends. A blonde boy, was grinning happily. His golden locks shone in the light of the summers day, and his tanned skin gleamed with a light layer of sweat. His right arm was around another boys' neck. The other boy, with raven black hair, was only smiling slightly. His pale skin was practically white compared to that of the other boys'. One arm was lifted, and waving at the camera and the other was around the blonde boy.

It was a perfect moment.

But what really made the moment perfect though, was the fact that everyone was together. Happy, and smiling, not having any other worries in the world.

But that was back in primary school. Back when things such as labels didn't matter. Back when everyone could be anyone and not be judged. Now… In high school, the once ten year olds, now seventeen, have separated from each other. Don't get me wrong, some of them remained friends. But sadly, the two boys in the centre of the photograph? The ones that had promised to be the best of friends forever? Well… Take a look yourself…

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'Take that you fucking Goth!' A punch was thrown but was easily dodged as the raven haired boy grabbed the others hand and kneed him in the stomach. The other boy coughed and doubled over, his cap falling off his head and revealing silky, golden locks underneath. The raven haired boy smirked, and flipped the blonde over so that he was pinning him down. 'Shut the fuck up. You Chavs are all bark and no bite.' Spat the raven, his voice dripping with venom. Even being pinned down, the blonde turned his head around as far as humanely possible, and smirked at the raven above him.

'Oh yeah? I bet you'd like me to bite you, seeing as you're a fucking queer! Go slit your wrists and slate a pig or something!'

'The word is slaughter. And no. I don't want you to bite me. Seeing as you probably have AIDS or HIV or some other sexually transmitted disease.'

'SHUT THE FUCK UP TEME!'

'Like to see you make me.'

'Uzumaki! Uchiha! I should've known it'd be you two causing all this commotion!'

The heads of the two boys whipped up at the sound of the teacher who was glaring heatedly at them both. Letting go of the blonde and standing up, the raven folded his arms and glared as the blonde rose also, rubbing the back of his neck. Cerulean blue eyes turned and stared into obsidian black ones, as the two boys started off a glaring contest. The students all around who had been witnessing the fight, stared intently at the two opposites, looking back and forth between them, wondering who was going to break first.

'Oh will you two just pack it in! Both of you! Detention after school tonight, and don't even think about skipping it!' At this statement, the two broke off simultaneously and stared at the teacher. 'What?!' they both shouted, staring disbelievingly at the back of their sensei, who had left, muttering about how immature students could be.

'This is all your fault teme!' The blonde pointed out, glaring at the raven. The darker haired boy chuckled and turned to walk away. 'Whatever dobe.' 'Teme! Don't call me that!' As the blonde went to hit the raven again, a hand reached out and placed itself on the blondes shoulder. 'Forget it Naruto. He probably wants to go and slit his wrists anyway.' The blonde boy, namely Naruto, turned around and faced one of he closet friends, and his partner in crime, Kiba Inuzaka.

The brunettes face twisted into a smirk as he saw one the raven approach one of the goth girls who had been watching the fight. 'Sasuke better watch out, because next time I'll knock him out flat!' Naruto glared one last time at 'Sasuke', before picking up some school books he had dropped, and shoved them into his jean pockets. The blonde left with Kiba, and the crowd dissolved.

'Are you okay Sasuke-kun?' asked the goth girl timidly. She glanced downwards, not looking directly into Sasuke's eyes. 'Yeah Hinata, don't worry about me. It'll take a lot more than that to do any damage.' He gave her a small smile, knowing that she was slightly more sensitive than most people. Hinata simply smiled back shyly, and turned around to walk away. Sasuke sighed, picking up his black school bag, that was practically covered in chains. Without another glance to anyone, the two boys left their separate ways, each one heading in the opposite direction to the other. One blonde, the other dark.

But little did they know, things were going to take a drastic change soon. And it would all start… In detention…

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A/N: Just to point out, I've used the English schooling system okay? And I am also in no way implying that things in this story are true. I've just always lived in a 'Chavs and Goths Hate Each Other' world so… yeah…