A/N: So I officially should be smacked for even daring to start a new fic. Why, CeG?! Why torment your readers (the few you have left) with another series that won't ever be finished! Or even started, really!?

Your answer: I need something to open me back up into the game now. That, and I just got dumped by my BF of like, two and a half years. It really, really is bringing me down…and writing just seems to be the answer to making me happy right now. Not plotty writing, but just, kinda, 'I-can-write-whatever-the-hell-I-feel-like-writing-!' kind of writing, y'know? Plus, I'm just feel blue. And I figured you guys would help me out of this stupid slump. So yeah…just an update.

Yet another update: I'll be a senior this coming fall. Nothing too important…just felt like bragging. ("FINALLY!" Is what my heart's really screaming. I've been waiting to become one for SOOOOO damn long-- four years, man! FOUR FLIPPIN' YEARS!)

Hmm. Nothing really that I want to talk about today. Just hoping everyone will leave a review. I don't care what it says, anything will be welcomed! (No flames though. Or spam.)

Alright already! I'll get on with the fic! If you have anything to bring up with me, send me a message of leave an email address and I'll write to you. Fair? Fair. Alrighty, let's do this!

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numbered stuff is explained at the end of the fic

blah is in dream/mind mode (if you will)

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Disclaimer: CeG claims no ownership to any of Masashi K.'s characters…even thought I DID win them on an online bid fair and square…K.'s just a sore looser. (I joke!)

Warnings: Nothing in this chapter. Just terrible, getting-back-into-the-groove writing. Sorry folks. Oh. Little language. Maybe some terrible OOC from Kiba. I'll develop him more though later, like he should be, y'know?

Summary: Meet Inuzuka, Kiba, a sophomore at Kashi high. Meet his crush, Senior Uzumaki, Naruto. Worth mentioning also is that said crush has a man…Uchiha, Sasuke. How will Kiba be able to win his crush's heart before the end of the year when Naruto takes off for college?! With the help of a few friends and the obstacles made by others, Kiba must fight for the right to claim Naruto as his man! (school setting; AU; shounen-ai; will eventually turn into a NaruKiba fic. I know! Different, right?!)

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Sophomores and Seniors

Chapter 1:

Setting the Stage

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It was a gorgeous day in Konoha-- the first day of Spring. Officially. Ahh yes-- the tress were in full bloom, their pollen-babies dancing to and fro on the gentle warm breeze and stopping once in a while to tickle the allergies of passersby whose eyes would water instantly and their airways would constrict. In addition to the sunny sun's rays reaching the Earth and embracing it, shining its bright and blinding smile. The ambience of the season had begun too-- all kinds of chirping and croaking and whatnot. Why, the mating calls of the animals and insects were so loud, that's all you could hear sometimes. Rarely, its been noted, that the calls make a few crack and they too begin making the wild sounds of the animals in heat.

Yes, yes, today was the first day of "calendar Spring" indeed. Most definitely.

And with the first day of "calendar Spring" came the growing unease of the students of Kashi High. Why? Well, Spring term break, of course! It was a week and a half of relaxation time given to the students so they may, well relax. They are to rest their bodies, grown weary and exhausted by the countless all-nighters needing to be pulled-- they must rest their brains, all cooked and melted by the heat of the pressure placed on them to do better and better and even better than before! All students needed to get well-rested before the final exams they'll receive at the end of June, followed closely by entrance exams (for those needing to take them) which take place in mid-July. For the students, the Spring term break was their only time to really slack off during the school year and do whatever it was their little hearts desired.

So what exactly do their little hearts desire? Anything except sex, drugs, and alcohol (dur!) since coming in any kind of contact with such substances (yes, even sex) during the break could land you in hot water. How do they know a student has partaken in such activities? The home visit, of course.

Since none of that "fun" stuff can go down during break, the students like to just go home (majority of them are out-of-region transfers, y'see) and hang with their friends. Since a majority of them are from out of the region, a majority of the students take advantage of this option.

However, the few who can't take leave are stuck at the dorm unless their parents bid them to come home. And it seemed like this year, Sophomore Inuzuka, Kiba of Class 2-C wasn't seeming to be lucky enough to escape the dorm.

"Damnit. Damnit! DAMNIT!!" Kiba banged his closed fist on his desk, his eyes burning with fury. "Stupid Spring term break! Stupid parents! And stupid rules!" He raged on. On either side of him stood his two best gal pals in school-- Yamanaka, Ino, and Haruno, Sakura (both in the same grade and class as Kiba), exchanging worried glances between each other. Kiba continued to fume. "Why can't they just give me permission to leave?! I live like, an hour from the DAMN school!"

Sighs escaped the twin pairs of blush-pink lips. "Well," tried Sakura, "maybe your parents think you'd be happier here with your friends--"

Kiba glared. And grunted. "Are you and Ino leaving?"

Both girls jump at the accusing-tone of the question. Neither denied it though.

"Thought so." The brunette exhaled, crestfallen. He let his head slump forwards onto his desk, following up by shielding his face with his arms. From his arm cavern, the female sophomores could hear faint groaning. Sakura decided to try again.

"What about Gaa-chan?"

"What about 'im?" Came the muffled reply.

"He might be staying--"

"--and," Ino added with an upbeat tone. "He's your friend too! 'member? You're best friend, in fact!"

Kiba merely moaned. "He's not my best friend anymore, remember?"

Ino fidgeted. "O-oh yeah….right!"

Sakura shot Ino a death glare over the boy's still head, whispering a threat towards Ino's vacation ticket to Maui if she bummed Kiba out again. Once she felt satisfied Ino got the message (aka, Ino offered to buy everything she wanted on the trip), Sakura tried once more to cheer up her little buddy. He was like, the closest guy to her and she wasn't about to have his break be a total flop!

"Don't worry, Kiba! We'll won't be going until the third day of break. Before that, we can come and take you out to go see the kite omatsuri together! Or we could go bowling or whatever you want to do! Our treat! Nice, eh?"

Kiba grunted. "…suuure…" How very unenthusiastic.

"Ohhhh!" Sakura huffed. "Why are you being so damn difficult! You're acting like a brat, KI-BAH!" The pink haired girl roared, slicing her fist through the air and slamming it soundly on the boy's desk, centimeters away from said boy's head. "Damnit, Kiba! Get up! C'mon! Stop moping around and perk up! Now!" She huffed. The head before her did nor said nothing. This worked Sakura's nerves to no end. "Why you--!!"

"Calm down, Sakura," A cool voice spoke from the doorway. Two pairs of star-struck eyes landed on the face of the guy who held the title of both Student Body President and Senior Class Prez, Uchiha, Sai, the youngest of the three brothers. The seventeen year old looked as charming and elegant as anyone from their clan should-- with the beauty of Papa Uchiha and the youth and grace of Mama Uchiha fused together, the smarts of Einstein, a heart fashioned by compassion, and a certain air about him that demanded attention. This boy was one of the three the fabled living embodiments of perfection. The other two being, of course, his older brothers.

Most importantly, he was Kiba's NEW bestest friend forever.

Sai stalked across the room over to the group of sophomores, gently placing his hand on Sakura's back, rubbing small, soothing circles to ease any tension she held there. "You might hurt him, or yourself for that matter." He smiled gently at the girl. She blushed, cracking under his hand. It felt too heavy for her-- she wanted to move away for fear of being crushed by the intensity of Sai's simple gesture.

He stopped short (right when she was deciding to just sit there and take it for what it was) and glanced down curiously at Kiba's body, which seemed to be voided of all life. Sai shook his head, walking around and inspecting Kiba. No one else knew this, but Sai had harbored a secret longing for the boy when he first met him on "Freshman Orientation Day." With those big, choco-eyes that warmly invited you into his life and his slim lithe body that just begs to be molested every minute, on the minute, Kiba stole Sai's heart up until this present day. Oh the good old days, when things were simpler…when Kiba had eyes only for Sai…But now…

"What's his problem?"

"Mom and Sis are out of town." Ino explained. "They left without leaving a note for the school to let Kiba go home during break. He's all upset since he's sure no one will be here to hang out with-- I mean, no one fun anyways."

"I see." Sai hummed. He crouched down beside Kiba. Sai's sharp, onyx-colored eyes peered through the crack Kiba left between his desk and his arm, looking for those big, inviting choco-eyes he'd fallen in love with since day one. One decided to open and say hi, cautiously though. Sai chuckled. "Guess what then, Kiba? I come bearing good news for you!"

Kiba blinked.

"Its about your lovely, Naruto."

Everyone in the room saw Kiba's ears instantly perk. "Yeah, Sai-sempai? What about him?" the silly boy sounded so excited. Like he was getting a puppy or something.

"Kiba--" Sai smiled a very superficial smile. No one noticed though. "Your beloved Naruto-sempai will be staying at the dorms this coming break. My dear older brothers and I are off to visit our elders and tend to some family business up North, so Sasuke won't being seeing or hearing much from Naruto." Insert Kiba's cheering here. "Don't be too excited. We'll be returning for the last three days of break. During those days, Sasuke plans on hogging Naruto."

Ino and Kiba celebrated the good news together, clapping and dancing and singing, while Sai and Sakura looked on.

"Ne, Sai-sempai."

"Yes?"

"Why is Naruto staying here? He can go home. He's eighteen, right? No need for his parents to excuse him."

Sai nodded. "You're right. The thing is, Naruto is a very lazy person. And he just can't seem to bring himself to pack ALL his things to go down the block for around two weeks and then pack it all up AGAIN to bring it back."

Sakura nervously giggled. "Is that so? Never thought he was so…lethargic."

Sai sighed. "Yeah well, speaking of lethargic, Kiba seemed t perk up quite a bit." He smirked. "So--" his voice boomed, demanding the attention of the dancing buffoons and Sakura. "Since Nac-chan's real lazy and none of the Uchiha brothers will be here to entertain him and he doesn't know of any other Seniors planning on staying, I guess I could be a super amazing friend and ask him if he wouldn't mind watching you while I'm gone--"

Kiba was attached to Sai's body instantly. Like he was made of a very weak magnet. "Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleeeeeeease! Sai!" Puppy eyes. Sai blushed. "Please, would you be a super amazing friend and ask him if he wouldn't mind watching me while you're gone? Puh-leassssssse?"

The raven hared boy thought hard for a long time. Or pretended to at least. "Weh-ll…I mean, I guess it wouldn't hurt…"

"Oh! Thank you Sai!" Kiba kissed the--now-- cherry red boy on the cheek repeatedly until Sai finally came to his senses and forced the younger boy off. "One condition."

"Eh?"

"You'll owe me a huge favor. Whatever I ask, whenever I ask. Deal?" A pale hand stood out in front of Kiba ominously.

Without a second thought, however, Kiba's tanned hand slipped into Sai's cool one. "Deal."

The older teen nodded, pulling his hand away and turning for the door. "Okay then. I'm off. See you again hopefully before the break."

The three sophomores cheered goodbyes and good lucks after Sai as he walked down the hall. None of them could tell from behind, but Sai wasn't feeling like this was a great thing to happen at all. No, not at all. Sure, kudos t Kiba for wanting to go after his crush and yeah, even more for trying to steal said crush from an Uchiha. But Sai didn't want Naruto to have Kiba. He already had Sasuke. And Itachi. And his whole damn family!

As Sai moved further through the school, sluggishly making his way to Naruto's classroom, he resolved that he wouldn't try to interfere. He'd let nature run its course. After all, he knew his brother wouldn't ever let Kiba steal Naruto away from him. No way. So, he just had to get Kiba with Naruto, get them caught together, and Sasuke would handle the rest. Then, Sai could have what was his from the beginning.

He arrived at Naruto's classroom door. He stared at the door a moment, a conniving smirk slowly crawling itself way onto Sai's face, twisting his mouth in a funny shape. He knocked on the door and opened it. From inside, he was greeted with a, "Sai! Where've you been?!" and a sloppy man hug from the blonde in his thoughts. Sai weakly hugged back. "I was busy visiting my friend, Inuzuka Kiba-- class 2-C. You know him, right?"

"Yeah!" Naruto grinned, taking Sai by the hand and leading him into the seat next to the one he was sitting in. "Of course! Kid's in homework club with me. I've tutored him a couple times. Neji helps him mostly.

"Hmmm." Sai nodded in mock understanding. "You're staying here for break, right?"

Naruto laughed and confirmed what Sai already knew.

"Well, I need to ask you to do me a little favor…"

Sai could tell he'd perked the boy's interest.

"Could you watch Inuzuka for me? I'd promised I was going to stay with him for break and now, with the sudden trip, I obviously couldn't keep my promise. And his parents are out of town, so they didn't excuse him to go. If you could keep him company--"

"Of course, of course!" Naruto laughed, leaning towards Sai. "As long as you make sure there's no funny business going on while you guys are away."

"Oh no! Of course not!" Sai smirked. "The Uchiha brothers will be on their best behavior…promise."

Naruto nodded in agreement. "Glad to hear it. Hey, so should we head on down there now and you can introduce me or?"

Sai waved off his question. He said they'd do it tomorrow-- that he needed to pack now. Naruto simply laughed and complied.

"See you tomorrow, Sai!"

Sai waved. "Night."

On the walk back to his room, Sai thought about the promise Naruto made Sai swear to. No funny business? Oh of course not. Not on their end at least. For Naruto, however…there was going to be much funny business happening. Much funny business indeed.

And with that final thought in mind, Sai turned in for the night, ready to put his plan into action the following day.

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A/N: Awful, I know. Its better than what I had before. I'm sure plenty of people are out there asking themselves if its true that it could get worse than this. Well, yes. It did. But that's alright! I'm not a FastForward-sama or rosesareblue-sempai, but I do try! And that's all that matters, right? Right? :/

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In the Next Chapter of Sophomores and Seniors…

Sai's plan is being put into motion as he introduces a blushing Kiba to a smitten Naruto. Somehow, with his godly powers, he manages to make them go out that very same day?! How and why? What about Sasuke? Does he know? And what has Kiba got planned up hi tiny little sophomore sleeves, eh!? Check out the craziness in chapter two of S&S! Coming within the next month to a fan fiction site near you!