Kimidori1015450 here! I'm back, this chapter is just being edited. If you've read this before, it won't matter if you read it again. I'm not changing any big details. Just adding little things to make it better since I thought this first chapter stunk. The same thing will happen with the second chapter. I will be uploading the third chapter either later today or tomorrow. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, and I never will. If I did, it would be nowhere near as good as Kishimoto-san has made it!
Warnings: Language, alcohol, drugs, and suggestive themes later on. YAOI. You have been warned.
Blatancy
Chapter 1
The Wrong Room
Naruto sat in his seat, jean clad covered legs twitching, awaiting the fourth block bell to signal the end of the day. Being sixteen and sitting in a classes at school that were an hour and a half long, took a lot of will power to keep still. Especially having to listen to the same lectures as the day before.
Every so often the blond boy would look at the clock, praying a good amount of time had past. Not just five minutes like the last two times he had looked.
It was a Friday and that was great and all, but when you know it's Christmas break and all you want to do is leave, it makes the day seem hours longer than it should be.
Naruto wanted to get home. He had work to go to and he would need to go shopping. He still hadn't gotten his guardian a Christmas present! And he still didn't know what to get the brunette man.
You would think that after being brought up by Iruka for ten years, his own adopted son would know what to get him. Well he didn't! Naruto badly needed this paycheck to go shopping, but with Christmas being only three days away he wasn't sure on what he could get him.
Naruto had been working for a year now, ever since he turned of legal age to work. Of course he wanted to keep up with the latest cool gadgets and clothes. Now, by all means Naruto was not popular and he knew it too. But living with one other person and said other person trying to pay all the bills with just a teacher's salary was hard to do. So Naruto had helped Iruka pay the bills for the past year.
The sliding of desks brought Naruto out of his thoughts. The teacher was making room for the overhead projector. Picking up his pencil, he doodled on his worksheet to at least make it look like he was paying attention. He had somehow drawn two people fighting. One was on the ground and the other was standing victoriously with his hands on his hips. He declared the one on the ground to be himself since that was how most of his fights had been winding up lately.
Glancing up at the clock in curiosity, Naruto noticed that only a minute remained. The students got up and packed their books despite the teacher trying to get them to stay seated. Once the bell rang, the students crowded the halls and whooped for the two-week vacation.
Naruto grabbed his books and went to his locker, that to him was way to close to the classrooms for comfort. He put in his locker combination, going through the numbers mindlessly. 8, 10, 16 and his locker popped open.
Having the lockers in alphabetical order meant he was next to some pretty unwanted people. It just made the blond want to fight more. Uchiha Sasuke was one person in particular. He would always be there with his girlfriend. The pink-haired leech would always be jumping on him and giggling. 'Who knows why I used to like Haruno Sakura?'
He shoved his books in his locker and grabbed his bag, fighting the pushes and shoves that were aimed at his back. Oh the joys of having seventy people in a three foot wide radius. Kiba loudly bound over and stopped him from closing his locker.
"Naruto! What are you doing on Sunday?" The question had come out in pants. He had obviously been running, trying to find him.
"Well.." He paused, obviously thinking. 'I could always just spend Saturday looking for Iruka's present.'
"Don't hurt yourself, loser." Came the witty reply from none other than the Uchiha's girlfriend. Naruto didn't say anything when she turned to leave.
He shook his head but continued on. "Probably nothing, but I do need to find Iruka a Christmas gift, I guess I can do that tomorrow though."
Kiba looked triumphant at this. "Good, 'cause I'm havin' a party Sunday and you gotta come. Everyone's gonna be there. It starts at six thirty."
Naruto closed his locker. "Will it be like last time or will there actually be people there that I know?" He swung his bag over his shoulder and started walking down the hall that led to the exit with Kiba.
The last time Naruto had gone to one of Kiba's parties, it had been only the cool kids that had went. The jocks and cheerleaders. Kiba was on the school's soccer team. He still never understood why Kiba was the only one to become his friend.
"No! This time everyone who I could ask from this school is going. Not to mention, I got a hold of the Suna kids. They're coming too. I know you want to see Gaara again."
"Then yah. I guess I'll go." Kiba nodded excitedly, pleased with Naruto's answer.
"All right! Don't forget. Six thirty!" With that Kiba ran off ahead of him and Naruto started his lonely fifteen-minute walk home.
Upon arriving at his house, Naruto unlocked his door and threw his bag on the couch. He had to get changed for his shift at work. Going to work was not something that he liked to do. Since a lot of the kids from school go there to relax on weekends. It's no surprise that they treat him the same there as they do in school. 'Like shit' he thought quickly.
He went to his room and grabbed his already laid-out uniform. The pants had a small stain on the front. He would have to replace them soon. 'I do nothing to them and they make an extra mess for me to clean up. Is it just because they don't like me, or do they really want to make my life harder and more miserable than it already is?' Naruto chuckled darkly at this. 'It's not like it's really working. They just make themselves look like idiots.'
After getting changed, he left his house and bought a ticket for the bus and waited at the sign for a few minutes. When it stopped in front of him and opened the doors he boarded it, taking a seat in the middle.
The only reason Naruto had taken the job at the restaurant was because his friend Lee had asked him too. He had went on and on, about how much more fun they would have if there was at least two of them to fight the hardships together. " Two more amazing youthful spirits will surely liven this gloomy restaurant to what it could truly be!"
Naruto had said 'yes' to his overzealous friend, although a bit reluctantly, and they both went to fill out applications. Obviously they had both gotten call backs. Their routine had been to work four days a week and they both had stuck to that for the past year.
The bus had stopped at his stop and Naruto got off, putting his hands in his pockets. With the restaurant right around the corner, he punched in his time card fifteen minutes earlier than he normally would.
With Lee not here yet, he decided to get started early. Naruto went to the back room and put on an apron and made sure to put straws in and grab a tablet and a pen. When he was ready he headed out to the register to see if anyone needed to be waited on.
Naruto gave a family of three a place to sit. He recited his lines he had learned when he started and gave a friendly smile.
"I'm Naruto, I'll be your waiter today. Is there anything that I can get you to start with tonight?" He took out his handy dandy notebook and took their order.
He walked over the spinning rack and clamped their order on. When the order was done, he saw Lee walk in through the doors, jumpy and excited as usual. Naruto picked up their order and laid it down in front of them and went to talk to Lee.
With it being a Friday night, Naruto was unable to talk to Lee till a few hours later when the customers had stopped coming at a rapid bunny-producing rate. He leaned against the back wall of the kitchen. "Have you been invited to Kiba's Christmas bash?" Naruto asked casually as he crossed his arms and ankles, resting his head against the cool cement.
Lee quickly faced him with a grin plastered on his face. "Of course I have! Who would not want a youthful spirit like me at their party?"
Naruto shook his head and shrugged. "Who knows?" was said under his breath sarcastically as Lee finished his water and went back to taking orders.
When Naruto finished his own, he went up to the cash register to help a customer pay for their meal.
Lee popped up behind Naruto with a tray in his hands. "I guess that means you got invited too then, since you asked?"
He nodded and went back to work. 'Fifteen more minutes and I'll get my paycheck!' Naruto thought. He would need the extra money to get the seventy dollar present that he had thought of on his way to work.
"I heard Gaara and his brother and sister are coming. It's been a month since he had to move away again." Lee's face brightened up even more if that was possible and confirmed Naruto's suspicions that he and the red head were more than they were letting on. He had had a growing suspicion when the other boy had been heartbroken to find his friend was leaving again. They had been acting unbelievably close for Naruto's taste. He wished them all the best despite their casual denials on the matter.
"Naruto, can you get table twelve for me? I need to take this to a different table." Naruto answered with a mumbled 'sure' and went over the table with a new sheet in his tablet.
When he got to the table, he inwardly scowled, but put on his happy face for his sake of keeping the job.
Sitting at the table were two people he dearly hated. Uchiha Sasuke and his girlfriend Haruno Sakura. 'I like how they come here when I'm in a good mood.'
Trying not to get fired, he happily tried to say "Good evening. I'm Naruto and I--" He was cut short when Sakura interrupted him.
"Save it Naruto, we already know who you are." Naruto slumped his shoulders. He quickly looked at Sasuke and he noticed his face was becoming smug. 'Damn bastard... Thanks a lot Lee'
"How can I help you two tonight?" His tablet was at the ready in the palm of his hand.
Sasuke ordered for them both. It being the 'manly' thing to do and all. "Two waters, and two of tonight's specials."
Naruto didn't reply when he stalked off to take their orders to the cook.
When Naruto was standing next to Lee again, he gave Lee a dirty look. "I can't believe you made me take Uchiha's order. You know what happened last time!" He added in a hushed voice.
"Gomen, Naruto. If I would have known I would have taken it myself. I would not want you to be fired for your youthful behavior."
"Well I don't want to be fired for 'not being friendly enough' like last time. How do they expect me to be nice when they purposely made a mess." Naruto's voice became an octave higher than he would have liked.
"How do you know it was on purpose? Sakura is always clumsy at school too." With only ten minutes left in their shift, Lee went to clean off two of the tables.
Naruto sighed. 'But Sasuke was laughing too!' There was a 'ding' which suddenly caught Naruto off guard and he jumped, spilling a drink behind him on the counter. The people who sat there stared at him and a few of the women giggled.
After wiping up the drink, and a few mumbled curses, he went over and picked up the order.
Walking over to the Uchiha's table, he was half way there when Lee came over and took the tray from him. "Your shift is over. I'll take it." As quickly as Lee came he left, leaving Naruto standing there. He heaved a sigh of relief. Lee was a good friend. Now he owed him one.
Naruto quickly went to the back and took off his apron and punched out. He went over to the employee's room and grabbed his check out of the file.
He easily slipped out of the restaurant without Lee seeing him and Naruto made his way to the bus stop. He put his hands in his pockets, huffing out heavy breaths and watching them dissipate into the air.
Paying the driver two dollars he once again boarded the bus and sat in the middle. Looking at the screen in the front of the bus the time was nine twenty. 'Iruka's probably at Kakashi's again' He thought.
Naruto had zoned out sometime on the trip home, resting his head against the glass. In no time at all they were at his stop.
He eagerly got off the bus and made his way home. The December air getting much colder at night made Naruto regret to bring a jacket.
He started off into a sprint when he saw his house and unlocked the door, the air much to cold for his tastes. He opened the door only to see Kakashi and Iruka sitting on the couch talking animatedly. Iruka's hands were in the air, he dropped them mid sentence and looked at the open door.
They both stopped momentarily to look at Naruto who was slightly shivering. "No coat again?" Iruka asked, once again acting like a mother-hen.
Naruto only shook his head. "I'm going to bed early tonight. I've got things to do tomorrow." He said as he was walking up the stairs.
"Good night." Both of the men called after him.
He walked into his room, haphazardly taking his clothes off and throwing them to the floor. Once down to his boxers, he slipped into the bed. Naruto pulled the covers up to his chin. "Is the heat not working or something?" He asked no one in particular as he rolled onto his side and drifted to sleep.
When Sunday night had rolled around, Naruto had arrived at the party at seven. Only a half an hour late. The Inuzuka house was packed. Kiba obviously hadn't been lying when he said everyone would be there.
People he had never seen before lingered in the hallways, filling up all of the space. Music blasted over the stereo, making the talking of everyone just a dull buzz. Everyone also seemed to have a beer in his or her hands and Naruto could only wonder who the hell Kiba got to bring that.
After looking around the first few rooms and not finding the person he was looking for, Naruto decided to look for Kiba.
Naruto had found Kiba standing beside a madly blushing Hinata and had his arm haphazardly slung around her shoulders. He seemed to be trying to explain something to Shikamaru who looked just as bored as Naruto himself was.
"Do you even know half these people?" Naruto asked once he reached Kiba's side. Kiba just shook his head and grinned like an idiot.
"Nah man. Word just got around and they all just showed up. Make yourself comfortable. Gaara's already here though. I saw him talking with Lee."
"Your house will be trashed." Naruto muttered with a grin as he walked away.
He maneuvered his body through the tons of people that littered the house. He walked past the kitchen and down another hallway to the second living room. Everyone was standing against the walls and not sitting on the couch, that by the way, could have occupied at least five people.
When he looked at the couch, he instantly noticed why everyone was so not willing to sit there. Maybe it had to do with the fact that his two best friends were currently sucking face? Not to mention that hands were roaming. Not under clothes though, mind you.
Naruto's eyebrows rose. Not that he was disgusted about two guys making out when he wasn't exactly straight himself. 'They should learn to control themselves in public though.'
He made his way towards the couch and sat himself down a cushion's length away from the couple.
"Hey guys." Naruto said when he sat down. The sudden dip in the cushions made both boys stop abruptly and separate. They both gave their attention to the blond. Lee's face was turning scarlet and Gaara's face remained impassive.
Their parting had made a few of the room's occupants decide to also use the couch.
Gaara's face had given Naruto an uncharacteristic smirk, basically saying 'hi' to him since they hadn't seen each other in over a month.
"Naruto." Gaara said as Lee just sat there and muttered a "hey" while he sat there, face flushed, embarrassed at being caught.
"How was your move back to Suna?" Naruto asked. The red head just shrugged his shoulders, as he appeared to be thinking of what he was going to say.
"Better than expected actually. There's no problem with the family yet." Gaara had moved to Suna a while ago. Him and his brother and sister had been to a few foster homes. After a while, they would all get into trouble and the foster parents would say they couldn't handle them. They had been assigned a new foster home about a month back and they hadn't spoken since.
"That's good. I mean, I wouldn't want to keep moving around like that." Gaara had only nodded as an answer.
After a good hour of talking with each other, Naruto though it would be a good time to give Gaara and Lee some time to themselves.
Naruto went into the kitchen to get a long awaited supper. He walked towards the counter, which was covered in all kinds of junk foods. Popcorn, pretzels, and chips littered it, making absolutely no room for anything else.
He made himself a plate and sat himself at the kitchen table. Finding no time to rush, Naruto finished what was on his plate a good twenty minutes later. People had been coming in and out of the room for food the whole time he was eating. Disturbing his eating and leaving him with a slight headache.
After getting up and throwing his plate away, he came back to sit at the table. Finding every chair but his own now occupied with people who he had never seen before; Naruto warily took a seat.
Four other people sat, talking softly amongst themselves. When Naruto was seated they all quieted and he took a minute to look the people over.
'They're all dressed the same. What weirdos.'
As it was, all the other occupants of the table wore black shirts with a red cloud on the front.
Most of them looked older then Naruto, seeming to be around the ages of eighteen and nineteen. One of them had face paint on, but it covered every inch of his body. Well what was visible anyway. Naruto was surprised that it wasn't rubbing off on the table and everything else the man touched.
The blue face one whispered to another person. Who looked too old to be here. He had long black hair that was tied into a ponytail in the back. He also had weird red contacts.
All four pairs of eyes stared at Naruto, their gazes never wavering as the one with red eyes started to talk to him. "Uzumaki Naruto?" He asked.
Naruto replied with "That's me." He sat back in his chair; an arm crossed and knees open.
"We have all heard a lot about you, you know. Lot's of interesting things. And since you seem to be alone and bored, you're welcome to come and accompany us."
At this his brows rose. 'No one knows who I am. I don't play sports. Not for the school at least. And I don't have a girlfriend. What could they possibly know?'
Naruto sat back and waited for one of them to say something. He looked up at the ceiling and for some reason he found it very interesting. Seventeen tiles and counting.
"You've been by yourself almost this whole party, why don't you come with us? We can make it a bit more exciting."
Seeing as he had nothing better to do, Naruto nodded and he followed behind the group of four throughout the house. Now normally, he wouldn't be as stupid as to go with someone he's just met, but they looked harmless enough, hadn't they?
The blue one stopped at a door, one of the bedrooms, and knocked. All of them went in but Naruto paused. Whatever he got himself into couldn't possibly be that bad. Why would they do something bad in Kiba's house?
"Come on Blondie." one of them said and he was sure it was the other blond one.
Naruto walked the rest of the way and opened the door fully. He walked in and closed the door behind him. Eyes were wide as he took in the scene before him. ---- About what he though earlier, scratch out what he thought. What they were doing was far from innocent and harmless.
He'd been brought to the bad side. He was a kid that was given candy by a stranger.
End chapter one.
A/N: Okay, so I went back and fixed this baby up. Still, if your new to this fic, don't be afraid to leave reviews, as they make me very happy. Tell me how I can improve, and if you've got ideas or opinions, throw them out there. I'd like to hear them!
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