Chapter 1

A/N: This story is based on an alternate universe and by alternate universe I mean it as in a high school setting (I know, brace yourselves if you decide to keep reading.) Of course it'll be a romantic/comedy kind of genre because I can't get more unoriginal than that but that's what sells and I love it when people read my stories because that's also a fun part of writing fan-fics. I do it because I love it and I keep doing it because people are actually reading this garbage. Anyways. Enough rambling let's go! Oh wait, I'm not funny so you're going to have to really brace yourself. Okay. Hope you enjoy!

The end of summer break arrives which marks the beginning of another semester for the golden fox and his two friends. Schools been a touchy subject for Naruto because he never felt a connection between 'real-life' and 'education'. He believes there are other things out there that he can learn to survive. He had his shoulders slouching with his back pathetically leaning forward. There's a tiny, shaky curve at one side of his lips and his eyes blissfully enclosed.

Naruto has two childhood friends he knew as long as he can remember. They forever stood at his side when times were especially tough. Neji, the 'older-brother' of the two, chuckles wisely at Kiba, the wild side in their friendship. Kiba brought up an interesting subject concerning the arrival of three new students at Konoha high. They were rumored to be from very rich families and are actually looking for a worthy 'commoner' to be what people call a 'puppet-husband'.

"I swear!" Kiba exclaims, raising both his hands in the air. "There are three loaded rich girls coming to our school and if you don't jump on board Neji, I swear I'm going to leave you in the dust."

Neji smirked as he rolled his beautiful chestnut colored eyes. "Even if that was true. You'll be nothing but a figurine or a play-thing for these girls. Do you have no honor?"

"Who needs honor when you got cash. I'd buy a crap-load of 'honor' if you think it's so important." Kiba explains. He reaches around the depressed Naruto and had his arm around Neji's neck, an act that made Neji resoundingly upset. Kiba ignores him and carries on since he felt there was something Neji needed teaching in. "These are 'rich girl's' we're talking about Neji. The more money a broad has means the less brains she has. No lady born rich stays smart because they don't need to. They're 'daddies little girl' or some nonsense like that."

Neji lifts Kiba hand off of him since he didn't like being touched and dropped it away from him. "You underestimate statuses like rich people underestimate commoners." Neji pointed out. He dusted himself off and continued walking in the direction to school. He's an honor student which means money isn't a worry for him. He dreams of making money through the businesses that he lifted into the air. Money can by you everything but the satisfaction that produced it. That had to be earned. He worriedly glances at his friend Kiba for a second but shook it off and continued on his track.

Kiba was shocked. He watched Neji walking away and glared confusingly at him. "Then I'm just evening out the scales, aren't I? I'm not doing anything wrong - actually - I think people should thank me for standing up for the common folk. I'm not book smart but I'm street smart. We don't have the same opportunities but if there are opportunities then you can sure as hell promise yourself we'll fine it and Naruto's the same as me, aren't you Naruto?"

"Uuuuu~" Naruto moans. He was several feet behind them clenching painfully unto his stomach. Neji and Kiba both worriedly run to the third member of their party to see what was the issue but Naruto just had a stinging painful expression on his face. There were beads of sweat forming from his forehead and his breathing didn't sound too good. Neji pressed his hand to his wounded friends head and looked grave. "He has a fever…" Neji revealed.

"No-…" Naruto cuts him off. His eyes barely opened. "It's worse than that…"

"Hush Naruto, you need all the strength you can get." Neji beamed at him but Naruto slowly and painfully shook his head with all the strength that he had. "No…this needs to be out in the open…" Naruto struggled to say but he was now running on sheer willpower to keep talking. "Kiba…where are you Kiba?" Naruto called out. He was reaching out at the air and Kiba ran to his side, holding his friends hand tightly. "I'm here Naruto. Whatever you need man I'll get it for you." Kiba assured him with a sad smile.

"You know that I live alone right…?" Naruto coughed and Kiba nodded, "Yea bud…I should have been there for you. It was a matter of time before you got yourself sick…I failed you as a friend…" Kiba cried as he tried to fight back his tears.

"No…I'm fine but something else isn't…there's these two girls who moved into my apartment this summer and they started terrorizing me. They stole my stuff, broke into my house, got me kicked out my apartment to throw a party…they basically ruined my whole vacation."

Kiba felt his face turn red with anger as he stood up to walk it off. As he walked back and forth in a steady pace until he looked back at Naruto with fire in in his eyes. "Tell me the name. I'll get em. All I need is a name." Kiba growled. Naruto waved him off once again. "That's still isn't the problem." Naruto confirmed. Kiba calmed down a little and now looked a little annoyed. "Then what is it Naruto?" He asked.

"Remember that limited edition manga you lent me?" Naruto explained slowly. Kiba knew just what he was talking about and suspiciously crossed his arms on his chest. "Yea…they were good right?" he eyed Naruto carefully. His aggression starting to change towards a different direction and it was aiming at the fox's head. "You kept them in a safe like you were supposed to right? I can't have the manga gone Naruto. I'll kill you. I swear to god I'll kill you."

"I did…" Naruto quickly spoke to calm Kiba down. "I put it in the safe and everything."

"Good." Kiba smiled. "That's good…"

"But…" Naruto quickly added. "They had a blowtorch you see…"

Kiba snapped and bolted to Naruto at an impressive speed. Had Neji not been right next to Naruto no one knew what would have happened. Neji grabs Kiba by the arm with his eyes closed peacefully. He always had to break the two apart and was a calm mediator for them both. Kiba released Naruto hesitantly and then stepped back, restraining himself with everything in him as to not rip Naruto limb from limb. The sad part about it is that Naruto would have allowed him to. The manga Kiba lent him was more than just good manga. It was a limited edition 'Hinata yo yuuchi', an anime series adaptation that's really popular in Japan. A single page of that novel can feed a whole village for a month.

"Kiba. Restrain yourself." Neji warned. "There's no reason to kill a friend over something like that. Friendship is priceless."

Kiba pushed Neji off of him and stepped aside to cool down again. Naruto was in tears and his sickness miraculously vanished. He sat up with his hands on his face, bawling. Neji placed his hand on his friends shoulder assuringly and patted him on the back. "It's okay Naruto. You tried your best to save it, it's okay." Naruto slowly peeked between his fingers at his kind friend which made him shed more tears. "Which is why what I'm about to tell you hurts much, much more." Naruto said depressingly.

"Neji…" Naruto whispered. Neji glanced at his friends expression as he slid his hands onto his lap with a defeated look and knew exactly what was going to come out his lips next. He stood straight up and stepped back, frightened for the outcome. "No…" he shivered to himself. "No…Naruto tell me it isn't so!"

Naruto nods his head slowly and slumped further to the ground as he said it. "They took your D.V.D's Neji. I tried to stop them but they forced me to."

If Kiba's manga could run a village for a whole year, Neji's D.V.D's could supply a whole country for a whole year. Neji smiled, his image as the 'calm' one slowly evaporated into nothing and he walked back slowly until he felt his back hit against the walk. He slumped to the ground and was sitting, his hand on his head questioning life. He blankly stares into the air and his once, beautiful, chestnut colored eyes went plain and white as snow as if he had gone blind. Naruto crawled to his friend, begging for forgiveness as their roles switched and this time Neji was having a life and death situation.

"Neji! I'm sorry!" Naruto cried out. He raised his hands over to the skies and asked god a question which is asked in every successful fan-fic ever. "Why god, why!" Neji's spirit was slowly dispatching itself from this world and into heaven as a small, hovering angel stood behind him. He tilts his head to the side, looking lifeless but whispered the words that would echo in Naruto's memories until the moment of his death. "I will always be your friend Naruto…so please…don't forget me."

Naruto could only watch as one of his closest friends slowly died a painful death. He felt like he couldn't cry anymore and he dried out. It was until Kiba interrupted their moment while he was staring into his watch. "If we don't leave now we'll be late." Naruto couldn't believe Kiba was still thinking about school after the death of Neji but when looking at where Neji's corpse was supposed to be, it had vanished from thin air. Naruto looked back and saw his two friends walking normally down the road and towards school, not mad at all.

Naruto stood up and followed behind them until he caught up. "Wait…so you guys aren't mad at me?" He asked the both of them.

"Don't get it wrong…" Kiba quickly answered. "I was really going to kill you but now that I got a clear head…I guess it doesn't matter as much as our friendship." He revealed. Neji shot a thumbs up in the air to say he was cool with it too. Coming back from the dead meant you it'd take a while to make your body function normally so Naruto understood.

Naruto smiled, pleasantly surprised. He thought he had to change names after telling them that. "Thanks guys. Here's to a new semester!" he cheered and his friends both showed their enthusiasm as well.

A/N: That's not the end of the chapter.

"Oi…" Kiba whispered behind Naruto since they sat behind the fox. Neji was back to normal and studying at the side of them. He was able to speak but his chestnut colored eyes is no longer a trait he possessed. It didn't stop him from getting girls attention but he was still cold towards that sort of thing, prioritizing education first. Naruto looked behind him towards Kiba.

"I heard from Shino that the girls are supposed to be here at any moment now." Kiba revealed with a pervy smile. "Get your best face on Naruto, you'll need it because I'm aiming for all three of them."

Naruto chuckled and accepted the challenge. "In your dreams…" He laughed.

Irukai had left for a supposed 'special-meeting' some time ago and the door had opened and Irukai walked in with the three 'rumored' girls that was entering Konoha high. Naruto didn't know the first girl but she was really cute but the other two…

Naruto stood up from his chair and pointed at the blond and pink broads with a terrifying expression. He looked desperately at Kiba and Neji while creating a scene. "T-T-That's them!"

A/N: Okay…this is the real end of the chapter.