Title: Naruto Got Game!
Author: Angst Faerie
Rating: T
Disclaimers: I don't own Naruto but Gamakichi is based on the school of an Original RPG on live journal created and owned by my sister and me.
Notes: This takes place in two different schools where everything gets settled on the court. Rated for drug use, sexual situations, drama, and everything else you run into in a high school situation. It will also involve yaoi, yuri, and het as relationships begin to progress. Basically if you're not up to the things dealt with in high school then don't read this.
This is a rewrite because I was so dissatisfied with the original work. The story will take place in two main POV's Naruto and Shikamaru, (Chouji and Sasuke will also have major parts) as they find themselves during their high school years. Main pairings will be NarutoxSasuke and ShikamaruxChouji, not necessarily in that order.
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Prologue: Two Different Paths
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Shikamaru looked up at the clock, they only had a quarter to go and things weren't looking that great. The score was tied 42 to 42 and they needed a plan if they wanted to win this. "Captain I don't think we're going to make this." Shika heard someone say from behind him. He closed his eyes and pressed his hands together. He just needed to think, in this state he was only vaguely aware of the looks he was getting from the team. They were depending on him, what he lacked in skills he made up when it came to calling the plays.
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"I think I got it." He said as he opened his eyes. Shika noticed a certain teammate's eyes were not on him and wasn't too surprised as Shikamaru told them the play. Of course it wouldn't work if this teammate didn't follow through, he hadn't trusted Shika up to this point but that was alright Shikamaru had already thought of this scenario and worked around it. He just needed to be himself and everything would work out. The whistle blew signaling the start of the quarter and he watched as the team made its way back on the court with only his plan and their determination to win.
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Present Time:
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Shikamaru slammed the door behind him, trying to block out his mothers screaming on the other side. He took a deep breath of the fresh summer air, looked straight ahead and smiled at his long time friend that had been waiting for him at his front gate.
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"Your going to make us late….again!" his friend Chouji stated the obvious knowing they only had a few minutes to make it to their middle school. "Clam down Cho it's only the graduation ceremony. What can they do to us now? We are officially out of their hands." He said this as he calmly started his walk down the street.
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"Easy for you too say, you can drone out the headmaster better then I can and I don't want a lecture before we leave." Chouji pouted as he began to follow Shika.
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Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akimichi had been best friends ever since elementary school, as close as they were the two were complete opposites. Shikamaru, though not very tall, was very skinny and had long black hair that fell to his shoulders. He wore it up in a pony tail, a scrawl on his face, and was extremely lazy by nature.
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Shikamaru was the type to just sleep or sit in one spot watching nothing in particular. While Shikamaru might come off as a lazy good for nothing bum at first glance he was, in reality, a genius. Shikamaru argued with his parents all the time, his father agreed with his son for the most part, but usually sided with his wife in fear of being on the receiving end of her wrath. His dad was the head scientist at a company that dealt in pharmaceutical studies and Shika's mom was a stay at home mother. His mother wasn't always a mean person; she just wanted the best for her son and pushed him and his talents when he rather not be pushed.
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Chouji on the other hand wasn't much taller then Shikamaru but he was much heavier. He had always been the chubby kid even back in elementary school. Chouji used to be bullied a lot over his weight, Shikamaru would be the only one in class that would talk to him or even play with him. That was how the two became close in the first place. His auburn hair stood up from the top of his head in a disorderly fashion that he wore straight from his bed.
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Chouji was the type to always have a smile on his face and took things to heart. He was always seen snacking, a nervous habit he had inherited from his dad, and he wasn't as smart as his friend but he liked to believe his IQ was average. His mother had died many years ago when he was young so he just lived with his dad. Chouji's dad ran his own Korean barbeque styled restaurant. It was nothing too special and business wasn't overwhelming it just made enough to support itself. It was enough for Chouji, and his dad to live somewhat a normal and comfortable life.
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"Still it's good to know that this is the last day and then we are through, until the next term that is. We will officially be high school students." Shikamaru said as the view of the school gate finally came into view.
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"Yeah, but then we still have exams to go through to actually get into the high school. Speaking of which, we are still shooting for Kyuubi right?" Chouji asked, noting the weird expression that crossed his friends face when Kyuubi was brought up, but before Shikamaru could respond the principle noticed them and began running over.
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"What are you doing?" the older man yelled. "The ceremony starts in two minutes go get in your spots." He gave them both a rough push on the back and Shikamaru just glared at the older man.
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"We will talk later Cho, after the ceremony." Shika gave him a smile before heading off to their spots. For some reason Chouji had the sense of dread at his words as he followed Shikamaru to watch the ceremony.
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The walk back was strangely quiet and Shikamaru felt partly to blame for it, actually he felt fully guilty for causing it. They soon arrived to his house he watched as Chouji just shrugged a goodbye and continued on his way. With a sigh Shikamaru walked into the house and was greeted by his smiling dad.
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"Congratulations son! I heard the great news from your mother dear here. I can't believe you got in, I am so proud." Shikaku gave him a hearty smack on the back that left his son winded and annoyed.
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"Like father like son, you'll love it at Konoha Academy. I had a blast when I went there back in my high school days. It is an elite private school so you won't be held back in the classes since only the smartest are allowed in. They are also well known for its basketball team. It's brought back the championship trophy for eleven years running. I had the honor of playing for that team, that's where I meet my long time friend Inoichi Yamanaka." Shikamaru then understood where his dad was going with this long and unimportant congratulatory speech.
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It had to do with Shikamaru's fight with his mother earlier, he had told her that he didn't actually plan on going to Konoha, that he had only taken that exam to make her happy. Shikamaru still has intentions of going to Kyuubi with Chouji. So now she sent in his dad to talk up the school and let him know that he would be able to make new friends there. Shikamaru didn't have time for this or the patience for it.
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So ignoring his dad Shikamaru went into his bedroom and slammed the door shut behind himself. Shika had a lot to think about but for some reason he knew this wasn't going to end in his favor, he would be attending Konoha Academy at the beginning of the term even if he had no desire too. He would be leaving his best friend behind. His mind drifted back to the conversation he just gave to Chouji the same conversation that broke his friend's heart.
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After the graduation ceremony Shikamaru and Chouji had walked to a nearby playground in silence.
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It was a park they were familiar with, one Shikamaru had played on with Chouji many years ago. The penguin slide still stood in all its glory but its paint faded, the swing set was still there as well but without as many seats as it once used to have. The only thing that looked the same was the sand box that surrounded it all. Shika sat down in one of the swings and waited. Chouji tested the swing next to him before trusting it with his weight. It was about ten minutes later before Shikamaru worked up the nerve to speak.
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"I got my acceptance letter to Konoha Academy this morning." Shika held up his hand when Chouji opened his mouth to speak. "My mom was nagging me weeks ago and I agreed to try the exam to get her off my back. I slept through most of the time given for it and assumed I had failed. Apparently I did not, their letting me in and on top of that I am up in the running for their college scholarship." Shikamaru finished.
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Konoha was known as the high school that had a sister university for college bound students more the 95% of Konoha's high school students got accepted into its college and they competed for its full fledge scholarship all through High School. The scholarship promised a full ride because the university was far from cheap considering how high its success rate was of students that moved on to get pretty good jobs afterwards.
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Chouji looked down at his feet as Shikamaru got up and he finally heard the words he was dreading but waiting for. "I decided that I am going to go. Don't worry though Chouji we can still hang outside of school, you live nearby and I am sure you will have fun at Kyuubi even without me. This is high school kids aren't as cruel as they were back in elementary you will make friends easily I am sure of this."
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Then Shikamaru began to continue the walk home and Chouji followed in silence. He knew his friend was hurting from his confession and Shikamaru didn't have the words to make it better.
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Shikamaru slept in late the day of Chouji entrance exam for Kyuubi by accident. Shikamaru arrived at the Akamichi restaurant out of breath from running there only to be informed by Chouji's dad Chouza that he was already gone. Shikamaru felt really bad that he wouldn't be able to wish Chouji good luck before the test and without anything else to do, Shikamaru wondered the streets a bit to satisfy his boredom.
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Shikamaru lived in a relatively large city known as Konoha, and like most cities it had a little bit of everything. From its shopping districts to more private living districts one could walk through the town and experience a wide range of things. The town of Konoha was broken up into prefectures and every prefecture was different from the last, Shikamaru and Chouji grew up in what was known as the Wind prefecture. The Wind prefecture was basically on giant middle class subdivision and housed a lot of Konoha's middle class citizens, it was also home to Kyuubi high school one of the reason's Shikamaru and Chouji aimed to attend. It was close to home.
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Wind's two neighboring prefectures are quite the opposite from one another. To the north was the mighty Oto prefecture, this district housed the elites. It was home to the highest class citizens in the city of Konoha, public officials and the wealthy lived there. There was an entire block dedicated to Konoha Academy, not just the high school but its University and middle and elementary schools. Shikamaru never really visited this prefecture because he never felt comfortable there and until the day he took that entrance exam he never imagined going there. To the south of Wind was the Fire prefecture or better known as the slums. It was the dirt poor district that kids were always influenced to never visit. Shikamaru had heard stories as a child that scared him away from the run down streets. Only the alternative schools peeked in this district, they mainly existed to keep the evil kids of Fire inside of Fire.
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As Shikamaru continued walking he noticed the buildings becoming more run down and knew he was entering the dreaded Fire prefecture. It was a few blocks into Fire when Shikamaru noticed a fight in progress. Shikamaru stopped to observe as a blond boy in an orange shirt took on three other boys. Two of the boys were down already and as the third went at the blond the blond boy turned and his fist stopped the attacker, finally the third boy fell to join his fallen comrades. The blond calmly stood there among the chaos watching as the attackers that were attempting to gang up on him staggered back up and made a run for it in a simple retreat.
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"You will pay for this Uzumaki!" One called as they high tailed it out of there. The blond just stood there wiping the bleeding cuts on his fist off on his coat and without a glance in Shikamaru's direction headed off. Shikamaru watched him leave before turning to go back the way he came back to the safety of his Wind prefecture. This area was known for its gang activity and it was blamed mostly on the kids without families that lived in the area. Shika really shouldn't be in the Fire prefecture alone that was never a wise decision.
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Naruto Uzumaki watched in satisfaction as the boys ran away. That's what they got for underestimating him. With a huff Naruto began his trek home; his foster parent wasn't going to be too happy that Naruto didn't make it to the store without getting into a fight, again.
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It wasn't his fault that trouble seemed to follow him like the plague. Besides those two started it trying to gang up on Naruto and hassle him for his money. He just needed to get some fresh beef for a pot dinner and he wanted the money to go into the best quality he could get. Naruto couldn't afford to lose any.
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The dinner was to celebrate Naruto's success into actually getting into a high school. Not like it was much work, the one he tried for granted opportunities for orphans such as himself. Looking up at the darkened skies Naruto knew he had to get his beef and home before the rains came.
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As Chouji read his rejection letter he wasn't too surprised, still he tried his hardest not to cry. The day of the exam everything that could go wrong, did. Still it wasn't much of a factor that Chouji running late for the exam caused his failure. It was when he was actually taking the test did he realize how screwed he really was.
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Kyuubi was a school that Chouji knew he would have to depend on his friends tutoring to help him get in, but still he put down that as one of his choices. So far on all the practice exams he would get a 79 chance of getting in and was praying for the 80 it would require. He struggled through the test; it was extreme compared to the practice exams. Chouji didn't even finish the test, not only that when he was leaving it was pouring down rain and he didn't have an umbrella so he had to run home in it getting drenched in the process.
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His head hurt as he reread the letter, Chouji was sure he was catching something from being out in the rain. Chouza assured his son it would be alright and that he should apply to some of the nearby schools. There was plenty in Konoha and one of them had to be meant for Chouji to attend.
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Chouji did just that and found one that let almost anybody in and was only a mile away from him even though it was out of his prefecture. Chouji could still make it home to help his dad with the restaurant after class in a school that close.
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The school was called Gamakichi High and he was surprised that he was in the top twenty high scores of the people that applied. The school was on the rundown side and from what he heard about it, had a lot of bad seeds that attended. Which wasn't all to surprising considering its location, it wasn't on much of a safe block. It would work though he just needed to study so he would do well on his college exams, so it didn't matter to him anyway. When he thought back on it he realized he didn't want to struggle all through Kyuubi without Shikamaru anyway so maybe this was a blessing in disguise.
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Shikamaru enjoyed his vacation, already being accepted in his school he didn't need to waste it with studying, but he soon found out he wouldn't be able to do a lot with Chouji either. His friend hadn't really talked to him since they Kyuubi exam.
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Chouji was busy whenever Shika tried to get a hold of him Shika knew his friend was still mad at him for nothing going to Kyuubi with him and felt like Chouji was giving him the cold shoulder. He felt bad, sure, but they would survive it was just school so what did it matter which one they went too.
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Chouji always did have issues with others since elementary school where he suffered some pretty hard bullying. Since than he had only trusted Shika and shied away from others, but the boy would have to learn to grow up sometime. Besides in high school everyone would be busy with work and would have more of a sense of right and wrong. They wouldn't give in to bullying over something immature such as weight, they were now more open to that stuff then they used to be, right?
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Shikamaru tried not to let these things get to him as he finally got his uniform in the mail and stared at the attire. It consisted of blue plaid slacks with a steam pressed pleat, along with a white dress shirt that had short sleeved ones as well as long sleeved to keep him warm in winter. It also required wearing a matching blue tie and a tan jacket with the school emblem printed on the right breast side that looked like a bunch of symbols encircling a 'K' one looking strangely like a snake.
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From what he saw when he went to take the exam, the girls was the same but with a knee length skirt rather then slacks. He had already talked to the counselor too and had been told as a boy he would be required to keep his hair up in a pony tail as well considering its length. He was planning too anyway. Not bothering setting his alarm for his first day of school morning Shika went to bed without a care in the world about what tomorrow was going to bring.
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