I do not own Naruto~
Have you ever been in a situation when you're in some deep shit, and you suddenly remember the stupidest thing? Like when you get in a car wreck, and the new car you got is completely trashed and you suddenly remember you have an algebra test the next day? Or like when you nearly caught the house on fire when you forgot your pizza in the oven, and you start thinking about how there's nothing else to eat for supper?
Well, yea, Sasuke was in one of those situation, except he didn't have to worry about police and a failing grade, or buying a new oven and going grocery shopping again. No, he was stuck face to face with his insane uncle, a gun pointed straight at his head while the person he came here to save in the first place was unconscious behind said crazy uncle. And as he was on the ground, shooting such a glare at the man that even his brother would be proud, he couldn't help but think he shouldn't have left his damn phone in the car, because then he could have called Itachi, who would be on his way with the entire damn police force right now.
As Naruto would say, he was royally fucked.
Compared to other households in the city, their shared apartment was rather quiet. There weren't any noises of smaller kids playing, because there were none; there weren't any smells coming from the kitchen from a mother's cooking, or a dad's favorite t.v. show echoing through the halls, again, because there wasn't a father or a mother or a small brother or sister playing. There was just a seventeen year old high school student and his twenty-two years old brother, living alone in this quiet apartment.
"Pizza tonight?" the oldest one, Itachi, asked as he leaned against the kitchen counter and messed with his phone. The younger, not being a morning person, yawned tiredly as he went through the cabinets for something quick to eat.
Sasuke glanced over at the remains of the Chinese take out they had the night before.
"Sure," he replied, snatching the pop tart box and grimacing at the last packet. "I guess your working late tonight?" Itachi worked full-time at Akatsuki Investigation Agency. They were the people the police went to if they couldn't handle a case, and Itachi was rather valued at his job for his ability to solve a hard case rather quickly..
"I'm closing," Itachi answered, not sounding entirely thrilled.. They hasn't had a case in a while, so that basically meant they were all sitting around and doing absolutely nothing.
"Sounds fun," Sasuke stated sarcastically.
"Oh, yes, I'm seeping joy." Onyx eyes that were most definitely not seeping joy drifted over to the clock that hung over the oven. "And aren't you late?" Similar dark eyes glanced at the time.
"Shit," Sasuke cursed as he stuck a poptart in his mouth and grabbed his bag, throwing the last pastry at his brother, who smoothly caught it. Itachi grimaced at the cherry poptart and threw it on the counter.
"Have fun," he offered to his little brother as Sasuke dashed out the door.
Sasuke slug his backpack over his shoulder and walked down the stairs at a rushed pace. He scowled. Now, he most likely had to run part of the way to school...
A silver Volkswagen parked by his and Itachi's car- well, Itachi's. Sasuke's was being...repaired- caught his attention, and he almost gave a sigh of relief at the blonde leaning against the driver's seat.
Naruto turned around and gave him a grin.
"Took you long enough," he stated, opening the door and unlocking the passenger side. " Did you get your beauty sleep?" He snickered. Sasuke rolled his eyes as he got in and shut the door.
"Hn," he replied. The word was kind of a trademark he and his brother had. It was actually very useful, in most cases. "Dobe, your shirts on backwards." Naruto looked down.
"Oh. Hehe." He stuck his arms in his shirt and turned it around before sticking the keys in the ignition.
After a few minutes of driving, Sasuke wrinkled his nose.
"What is that smell?" he asked, risking a glance into the mess that was the back seat. Naruto grimaced.
"The old man borrowed my car yesterday when I was at work," he stated. "I actually wouldn't be surprised if something died back there."
Naruto, like Sasuke, didn't have parents either, but he lived with his foster father, Iruka Umino. His god-father was Jiraiya Sannin, who sometimes likes to borrow Naruto's car- and money- when the poor blonde was working. It' s not like he didn't have a car, he was just too lazy to go get his own from the back.
Glancing at the talkative blond beside him who was chatting away, Sasuke wondered, and not for the first time, why exactly he put up with the cheerful teen. If anything, they were complete opposites. Naruto was optimistic and made friends with every person who came within ten feet of him. If there was anyone who would try to dislike him, which was in vain of course, Naruto would bug them and help them out until they admitted they were friends. That's exactly what he had done to Sasuke, even though when they first met they were at each other like a cat and dog.
Sasuke was antisocial, to put it bluntly. Or rather, used to be until Naruto forced friends upon him. He didn't like crowds and during their freshman years, was convinced he didn't need friends at all. Anyone who tried to talk to him received either a glare or his trademark "hn" as a reply. He was quiet and got through his classes easily, passing each with and A. Unfortunately, for him, half of the girls in school were out to marry him, something that Naruto found very amusing, especially at times like Valentines Day when there were girls literally lining up to give their valentines or marriage proposal to a horrified-looking Sasuke. After time he just learned to skip school that day.
Sasuke smirked when Naruto yelled at him for not paying attention. They still fought, of course, but wouldn't hesitate to help each other out if they were in trouble. Other people were completely baffled when the two started hanging out, but of course they were shocked earlier, too, when they met someone Naruto didn't like.
"You're such a bastard," Naruto whined, scowling at the road slightly. Sasuke merely smirked wider, which of course sent Naruto into another rant again. And yes, name calling and cuss words were very common in their friendship.
As they neared the school, the amount of cars on the road increased, and Naruto went from chewing out Sasuke to chewing out the idiot who just made an 'oh-so illegal' turn and cut him off.
"Did you finish those worksheets for Biology? Naruto asked as he navigated through the cars and into the parking lot.
"Hn. You need them?"
Naruto grinned. "Can I copy them while we're waiting for Kakashi to show first hour?" Sasuke rolled his eyes as Naruto stole the spot the person who cut him off earlier was about to get.
"Naruto, you ass!" the person in the other yelled out of his window. Naruto grinned wickedly.
"Oh, it was Kiba," he realized." That makes it even more worth it." He turned around, fishing his backpack out from the mess in the back seat. Sasuke slung his over his shoulder and opened the door.
"Hey, wait for me!" Naruto shouted when Sasuke started walking. Naruto got out of the car, only to hit his head on the way out and curse. Sasuke scoffed at him, paused, and waited for him to catch up.
"Do you think Kakashi's gonna take up that homework?" Naruto asked he neared and they started walking. Sasuke scoffed again.
"Of course not. He only gave it to us because Sarutobi started yelling at him for not giving us enough work." Actually, their lazy teacher just liked to go over the material once or twice, then give them study guides and have a huge test the next Friday. He liked to say that it was their choice if they passed or failed, and frankly he didn't care.
"Yea, but what if he makes him take it up?" Naruto persisted.
"He's probably too busy yelling at Asuma for smoking on campus."
Suddenly Sasuke had the feeling he should duck, but before he thought twice about it, it was too late.
"Sasuke-kuuun!" a girl with bubblegum pink hair squealed as she literally jumped on Sasuke. Sasuke stumbled from her weight and she pouted. "Oh, I'm not that heavy," she grumbled.
"Yes, but it was unexpected. " Sasuke replied frostily. "Now get off."
"So mean," Sakura whined, but she let go of him. She smiled at the pouting blonde next to him. "Hey, Naruto," she greeted. She threw a pout towards Sasuke. "He's being mean again," she tattled. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"It's okay," Naruto told her seriously, putting a consoling hand on her shoulder. "I've tried many a time, but his bastardness is incurable." Sasuke scoffed at them both while Sakura giggled.
"Oh, did you hear?" Sakura asked suddenly with a little gasp. "The head cheerleader went missing two days ago!"
"Really?" Naruto asked in surprise. They didn't know her, but they had some classes with her, so it was a bit of a shock. "Wait, didn't I hear you and Ino talking about how she would disappear and turn up a week later in some place like Vegas with some random guy?"
"No, this is different," Sakura stated with a wave of her hand. "This time her car was still parked at school, with her purse and everything!"
Sasuke pushed their conversation the the back of his mind, not caring for gossip at all. Neither did Naruto, of course, but the blonde like Sakura and would hang of every word she said. The raven haired teen glanced around, feeling bored. He saw Shikamaru Nara sitting at one of the outside tables with his head down, most likely sleeping. His friend Chouji Akimichi was beside him, eating what looked to be barbeque chips and ignoring Ino Yamanaka, Sakura's best friend and the girl who was most likely about to come over to where Sasuke and Naruto were and flirt with Sasuke. She was currently trying to tell Chouji how bad that brand of chips were for his health.
At another table sat Neji Hyuuga, Rock Lee, and Tenten, whose last name Sasuke didn't know. Sasuke made a face slightly when he looked at Neji. The two didn't exactly get along well, though Neji's personality was dangerously close to Sasuke's. In this case, two negatives did not make a positive. Two positives apparently didn't, either. Rock Lee had also had an infatuation with Sakura , so Naruto didn't really take too well to the guy.
Speaking of Neji, he had a cousin that went to the same school. Sasuke's eyes drifted over to her tale, where she sat with Inuzuka Kiba, who was just sitting down, most likely because he had to park in the back of the parking lot, and Shino Aburame. It was kind of odd to see Kiba sitting with Shino and Hinata, because he was almost as loud as Naruto, while the other two barely talked. Hinata did hang out with Ino and Sakura though, and they all came to school together. Shino was a mystery to most students, and unnerved even Sasuke sometimes.
Sasuke noticed Hinata sneaking peaks at Naruto when she thought no-one was watching, and he watched, slightly amused, until she noticed. WHen she did, her face went beat red and she turned back to her table. He smirked when Kiba tried to ask her what was wrong and she blushed more. She studied the table for a few seconds before looking up at Sasuke and offering a small wave. He shot a pointed look at Naruto and looked back at her, and her face went red again. He smirked again and decided to stop torturing the poor girl, turning back to Naruto and Sakura just as the bell rang.
"Time for one-third hour!" Sakura declared happily, clapping her hands. Yes, one-third hour. As in 1/3. Their first house teacher was Kakashi, who didn't like to actually come to class until about twenty minutes in.
Sasuke glanced back to see Hinata with her cheeks still slightly flushed, and followed Naruto through the crowd of students.
They sat in the back of the class, of course, though Sakura sat two seats in front of Sasuke. Students had taken out cell phones, Ipods, and last minute homework to work on until Kakashi showed. Sasuke grabbed the biology worksheets and gave to to Naruto to copy. Ahead of them Sakura was listening to her Ipod, her pen tapping against her chin along with the beat of whatever song she was listening to as she stared lazily out the window. Sasuke leaned back in his chair, contemplating taking his own Ipod out, when their teacher walked in, causing a shocked silence from some students and annoyed groans from other. as they put up the many things they weren't supposed to have out. The silver haired man paused at his desk.
"Sorry I'm early, class," Kakashi sighed, sounding depressed. The students in that class were used to hearing this than the more common 'Sorry I'm late, class.' "Sarutobi threatened to put me in charge of Relay for Life if I didn't show up on time," he explained. More groans were heard.
"Yes, students, Kakashi is actually going to teach you for once." An old man around maybe his late seventies walked in, holding a professional but kind air around him.
"They pass, don't they?" Kakashi asked defensilvely. Sarutobi glared slightly.
"Because you give them hardly any grades," he accused. Kakashi pouted slightly, though you couldn't really tell because of the surgical mask over his face. When he was asked about it, he would jokingly say he didn't want to catch swine flu, but they heard from some upperclassmen that he actually had some sort of scar under it that he didn't want anyone to see.
"Hey, Naruto," on kid whispered to the blonde quietly. "Isn't he like your grandpa or something? Can't you do something?" Sarutobi apparently heard him because he gave him a hard stare.
"I keep school-related business away from family affairs, Arata," he said pointedly, while Naruto rolled his eyes. They weren't really related, it was just that Naruto had gotten in trouble that many times and Sarutobi happened to know Jiraiya, so Naruto could almost think of him as a grandfather.
Sarurobi turned and started walking out. "Oh, and that homework will be taken as a grade," he called over his shoulder. Nearly everyone in the class groaned, and when the door was shut Kakashi gave them a smile.
"Don't worry, he didn't say I couldn't drop your lowest grade," he told the class, causing sighs of relief to fill the room. "Now, since I'm already here, let's get done with the new lesson so you can go back to doing educationally-illegal things."
"I need the sheets back before fourth hour," Sasuke whispered to Naruto, who nodded, shoving the worksheets in his binder and taking out his textbook.
Sasuke let out a small sigh, reclining back in his seat and listening to Kakashi's speech, which even the teacher though it was boring considering the facial expression he wore while giving it. Sasuke frowned, looking down at his text book and flipping to the page. He had spanish next hour, which he didn't particularly enjoy, and the gym. After that was biology II and luckily lunch. There was only three more hours after that but then he had to go to work. Sasuke chewed on the end of his pencil. It just seemed like it was going to be another boring day.
She woke up with a start, and as she blinked away sleep she knew she was someplace she did not want to be. She sat up quickly, realizing her hands were tied, and fear filled her. It was completely black, though she was pretty sure there was a sliver of light across from her that was so dim she couldn't see it if she looked directly at it. Her clothes were intact and she didn't feel any pain apart from the throbbing in the back of her head from where they clubbed her.
Her headache was big enough that she didn't hear someone approaching until they opened the door, the dim light illuminating a figure she couldn't quite make out.
"Who are you?" she squeaked. he man chuckled, and something glinted in his hand.
"No need to be afraid, dear, it won't last long," he told her. Her eyes widened and tears of fear filled her eyes.
No-one was around to hear the screaming.
Yea, I posted this earlier but I didn't like it, so I decided to redo it and work on the outline I had a bit more...
Reviews are always welcome!