Underneath it All: (Soresubete no Shitajiki)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, don't sue me don't copy this. If I did own Naruto, I would make it into pure yaoi smut. Have a great day.

Notes: Hey everyone! Today sucked I was stuck in my English 9 classroom for 3 hours during a lockdown because some "Casey Thomas" kid dropped a (quick silver) mercury thermometer in the science section of the school. Lucky Me, I got to read a book that I already read. Animal Farm is a good book but when you are forced to reread it. it sucks. Now, while I write I shall sing to myself the Beasts of England, well I will listen to Akeboshi and Hamtarou. OMG THE HORROR! X_X Hitori ja Nai (You Are Not Alone) is a better song! ^_^ I also happen to like Watashi no Tamegoyaki, the ending to Dragon Half. I need to start writing I have been singing Watashi no Tamegoyaki and Hitori ja Nai for about 20 minutes!

It was a rainy day, Naruto sighed as he walked in the rain to school. Everyone else had umbrellas or cars if they had rich enough parents to drive them. He on the other hand was the hero of the whole village yet the poorest of them all. His blonde hair dripped with the liquid substance raining from above. It felt somewhat refreshing after his early morning cardiovascular exercise. He felt lightheaded though and sneezed loudly and abruptly, a few of his classmates turned to glare at him as they walked together in a group to keep warm.

Why did they abhor him so? He reflected to himself. As he walked by the local food market he stared in envy, as he watched some of his classmates purchasing rations for their lunch. Her stared down at the ground, realizing he had no money for the month and would have to bear with it for a while. Yet his stomach told him otherwise and growled fangoriously. On the other side of the road walked Sasuke, he noticed the boy and how he seemed more hungry than usual.

"Hum." he said. He tended to notice, and also the only one to notice, that Naruto was a bit paler other than his red flushed cheeks and nose from which snot hung from. He laughed slightly to himself about this.

A few days later at school, Naruto could barley keep his eyes open and only felt worse. Without a source of nutrition and no money for the medicine his cold only greatened and with that so did his suffering. During the middle of class his excused himself to the bathroom, Iruka did not mind because he knew Naruto had been feeling ill.

Thirty minutes had passed and Naruto still did not come back Iruka sent Sasuke to go check on him and make sure he did not leave the school.

Sasuke grunted at this but did not seem to pull up much of a fight. All the girls glared at Iruka and Sakura was the first to jump up stating: "Sasuke should not have to lower himself to Naruto's level! If he leaves then he should be responsible for that! Sasuke should not have to fetch him back!"

With this Iruka wished that Kakashi were back from his trip to the Village of Hidden Mist.

"It doesn't matter I will go check on the dead last." And with that Sasuke walked out of the room.