Chapter 1

Encounter

"Naruto Uzumaki, are you sleeping in my class?"

Naruto raised his head and opened on of his eyes, revealing beautiful shades of sky blue. He stared at Iruka who was now fuming. "Ah, what class?"

Iruka rubbed his temples. "Uzumaki.. Principals office! Now!" He was usually a very calm person, until he got mad, and most of the time, Naruto was the cause.

"Jeez.." The blond lazily rose from his seat and shuffled out of the room. Today wasn't a normal day for him, he usually was hyper and making jokes. Naruto yawned. "He shows no mercy. Heh. And I was being good too." Naruto rubbed his eyes. "Grumpy as always.." Naruto looked around. "Ah.. I must have taken a wrong turn, I'm in the 3rd year hallway."

"Are you a 1st year?" A voice said from behind Naruto.

Naruto looked back. "Ah, Yeah..." He turned around and examined the boy, He was a bit taller then Naruto and he looked way more mature. His hair was black and he had onyx eyes that were slowly moving along the blond's body. "I must have got turned around.." He scratched the back of his head and chuckled. He felt so embarrassed. He was sent to the principals office everyday and still got lost looking for it.

The raven Leaned against the wall. "Hn? Still not use to the school?"

The blond looked down. "S-sort of.." He felt so tiny standing before him. "I need to go to the principals office.."
The boy grinned. "Wow, only two weeks into school and causing trouble?"

The blond glared at him. "I-it's not like that!" Naruto pouted. "Iruka gets mad at me when I sleep in class or joke around.. He says I'd be a really good student if I just listened.." The blond's eyes widened. "Ah, Why am I telling you that?" He looked away.

"Hn, I don't know. But.." The raven stepped closer to Naruto and traced under his eyes. "You didn't sleep at all last night did you? And your eyes are slightly bloodshot.. Crying maybe?"

Naruto's eyes widened and he looked away. "S-shut up.." He bit his lip. "You don't know me.. So.. Shut up.."

The raven sighed and crossed his arms. "Sorry. Anyway, I'll take you to the principals office. I need to go there too anyways."

Naruto looked at him shocked. "You got in trouble too?!"

The boys sighed. "No, no. My brother wanted to give me my lunch." He rolled his eyes. "He is such a pain."

For some reason.. Talking to this person.. Made Naruto feel like he was talking to an old friend.

"Oh.." He mumbled.

The boy turned Naruto around. "Anyway, Let's go." He said leading the way.

Naruto sighed and followed beside him. He couldn't help but look at the boy, Naruto had never seen anyone so beautiful. His skin was probably like silk. Naruto bit his lip and looked down, crossing his arms. It was all he could do to refrain himself from touching the boy.

The boy stopped. "Ah, Here we are." He pushed Naruto into a seat. "Wait here."

"Eh?" Naruto watched him as he entered the main office and then come back out with a brown paper bag.

"Come on."

Naruto sighed and walked over to him. "What?"

"I'll wait out here, The principal is waiting for you."

Naruto blinked. "Why are you going to wait out here?"

The boy smiled. "To escort you back to class of course. I don't want you to get lost." He said with a dark grin on his face. He was obviously making fun of Naruto.

Naruto glared at him then entered the office.

Tsunade sighed. "Back again I see." She grabbed a paper off a desk. "Come on, let's go to my office."

Naruto followed behind her. "So what is the punishment this time?"

She opened her desk and pulled out a stack of papers. "Here. Finish this by the end of the week or I'll have you clean the cafeteria for the rest of the school year."

"Eh!?" He pouted as she handed him the papers. "All of this?"

She nodded. "Now go away.. I have so many papers to catch up on."

Naruto sighed and shuffled out of the room. "I guess she went easy on me today but.." He looked at the papers. "I'm not good at math." Naruto opened the door to see the boy was waiting for him. "Ah.. You actually waited."

The boy looked at him. "Yeah.." He looked out the window. "Let's go to the roof."

Naruto raised his eyebrow. "The roof? I thought you were going to make me go back to class."

The boy shrugged. "School can be boring.. Plus.. It's nice out."

Naruto sighed. "I guess I'll go.. But if I get in trouble, You dragged me there, got it?"

The boy stood up. "Heh, fine."

Naruto was mentally kicking himself. He was going to get killed if he got caught. He looked at the boy as he followed beside him. He had a serious look on his face, but the look in his eye, said he was overjoyed. "By the way.. What is your name?" Naruto asked curiously.

The boy looked at Naruto. "Sasuke Uchiha."

"EH?!"

Sasuke covered his mouth. "Hush we'll get in trouble. What's with that reaction anyways?" He pulled his hand away.

Naruto shook his head. "You're a 3rd year.. I hear a lot about you.. But.. You can't be.. You're so different from what I imagined.."

Sasuke looked down. "I usually, don't talk this much.." He said looking away.

Naruto looked at him confused. "But.."

Sasuke looked back at Naruto. "Something about you.. Makes me feel like I can be myself." He smiled. "It's really weird." He stopped at a door and dug in his pocket and pulled out a key. "Here we go." He unlocked the door. "This leads to the roof." He pushed open the door. "Ladies first."

Naruto glared at him.

Sasuke sighed. "Fine, fine." He began to climb the stairs. "Oh, shut the door behind you 'kay?"

Naruto nodded then shut the door.

When they made it to the top and opened the door they were welcomed by a cool breeze.

Sasuke walked over to the railing. "This beats listening to Kakashi's boring lectures any day."

Naruto sat down on the warm concrete. "How did you get that key?"

Sasuke sat by Naruto. "My brother, he works here so he gave me a copy of the master key." Sasuke lied back. "You never told me your name."

Naruto looked at him. "Naruto Uzumaki.."

The raven closed his eyes. "Naruto, huh? Strange name.."

Naruto glared at him. "S-shut up! It's all I have left from her!" Naruto slapped himself. "Damn, I shouldn't have said that.."

"Your mom?"

Naruto looked at Sasuke then looked away. "Y-yeah."

He smiled. "I see.."

It fell silent for a while then they began to talk about small meaningless things.

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