A/N: After getting interested in some Naruto fics, I decided to write a SasuNaru fic of my own! Now, I haven't watched Naruto in years, but this is A/U, so I shouldn't have to worry about being bashed for my lack of knowledge. Also, this is all from Sasuke's POV. Enjoy~

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story.

The Dragon's Secret

Chapter 1

"Goodbye, Mom. I'll miss you…" I whispered, struggling to keep my tears from falling, and placing the snapdragon flower I had on her grave. I had finally managed to give my mother a proper burial after she had died of old age. After all, she had been 79 years old, but it was still sad. I looked about, hoping nobody knew she was here, and especially me, and after detecting no one nearby, I spread my large, black, leathery wings, my black tail streaming behind me, before flying close to my soon-to-be old home and began to pack what I could. Even though I'm half human and half dragon, I still needed to pack lightly for the flight I was going to make. I was headed to Konoha to attend the college there, and also to make sure no one knew me. After all, my mother and I had moved at least three times during my time with her, all so no one would notice how I never aged after I turned 18. I was now 58 years old, but still looked the same as I had when I was 18. Hadn't aged a day, basically. This was thanks to the dragon half of me, which gave me immortality.

My father, Fugaku, had been a dragon who had disguised himself as a human and fell in love with my mother, a human. When she was 21, she had me, and my father wanted nothing to do with her or me, so we were left alone. Over time, I grew to learn what had happened, and I was hurt and angered by my father's decision. I never wanted to meet him, but unfortunately, he came to me one day while I was flying about, trying to teach myself aerial maneuvers. The bastard had claimed he regretted kicking us out, and wanted us back. I refused, knowing it was because of him that my mother had suffered through depression during a short part of my younger years. He snarled at me and threatened that I would pay for my choice someday, but I shrugged it off, knowing there was nothing he could do besides harm my mother, which he obviously hadn't done.

I finished packing what I could, and decided that, besides the money in the house and Mom's inheritance money, there wasn't much else I needed. I had grabbed clothes and personal belongings, as well as the sentimental items from my mother. The rest could be left for people who needed shelter. Slinging my pack onto my back, I stepped outside and shifted into my full dragon self before taking off to Konoha. Now was a new beginning, yet again, but this time, I was alone.

X*X(3 Weeks Later)X*X

I had finally finished assembling all of the furniture I'd bought for my new home, and had even placed everything where I wanted it all to go. Tomorrow was my first day of classes at the college, and I'll never say it out loud, but…I was nervous. Considering I've never had any friends, true or not, and that I've lived with my mother my whole life, I had every damn right to be nervous. What helped, though, was that the home I'd bought was at the edge of the forest, quite a distance from the school, but I could always run through the forest perimeter until I got close. And I didn't mind. It would help me to clear my thoughts, too.

Sighing, I flopped onto my bed that night after eating my hunted meal, and curled up under the covers, wondering how everything would turn out tomorrow. I knew how everything worked, seeing as my mother had me in high school during my teenage years after homeschooling me before that, so that helped. I just hoped that nobody discovered what I am…

X*X*X*X*X*X*X

I woke up early the next morning, quickly climbing out of bed so I could go hunt and then shower before I went to school. I caught a rabbit and ate it before running home to get cleaned up. I sighed in relief as the warm water flowed down my body, calming and relaxing me. Thank gods for hot showers. When I finished, I dressed in a pair of black boxers and jeans and a simple navy blue t-shirt, as well as my socks and shoes, of course. Once dressed, I grabbed my messenger bag with my books and notebooks before heading outside, locking the door behind me and darting through the forest's perimeter, unseen by the people nearby, despite the animals' alarm at my presence.

When I got closer, I slowed down to a brisk walk until I emerged from the forest without a scratch. I made my way to my first class, which was mythology, ironically enough, considering my genes. I chose a seat all the way in the back, not wanting to be too close, but I knew I would hear everything with my sharp senses. As I looked through the book for the class, I could hear giggling from the doorway, which made me grumble under my breath; girls that were already infatuated with me just because of my looks.

"Oh my gods, Ino! He's so hot! I call dibs!" the girl with the pink hair whispered excitedly to her blonde friend.

"No way, Sakura! I saw him first!" Ino, the blonde, hissed. I sighed heavily, resisting the urge to throw a desk at the two. Human women had pissed me off all through high school by attempting to flirt with me, and I usually ended up venting every Friday at the end of the week by destroying some trees. I did my best to ignore them as they took seats in the front, mercifully, but I could still hear them arguing about who had dibs on me. And to be honest, it was already driving me up the wall. I scowled at the floor, resisting the urge to slam my face into my desk as they got angrier at each other. I finally managed to tune them out by burying my face into my arms, mercifully, but jumped almost out of my skin when some books slammed down on the desk next to mine. I slowly turned my head, an icy glare on my face, and fixed it on the spiky-haired blonde who had just seated himself next to me.

"Do. You. Mind?" I spat, gritting my teeth furiously. The blonde, who oddly enough had three whisker-like markings on each cheek, merely grinned at me, his expression somewhat apologetic.

"Sorry, didn't see you," he smirked, and I growled, gnashing my teeth irritably. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki. What's your name?"

"Sasuke Uchiha," I muttered, blowing my bangs out of my eyes.

"So, I gotta ask, what classes are you taking?" Naruto asked after a couple minutes.

"Mythology, Creative Writing, and Psychology," I mumbled.

"Seriously?!" he gaped at me, his voice loud enough to make me wince. "Same here!"

"Oh gods…" I grumbled, burying my face into my arms again.

"Don't worry, I won't torment you…much," Naruto chuckled.

"Do it, and I'll fucking torture you," I snapped.

"Ah, don't worry, Sasuke. I'll try to behave," he laughed.

"We'll see about that," I smirked, sitting up as the teacher walked in. He began to lecture, and I wrote down all of the notes, easily keeping up with my neat, quick handwriting. I occasionally glanced over and noticed Naruto struggling to keep up with the note taking. Deciding to take mercy on the annoying blonde, I whispered to him, "Take it easy. I'll let you copy my notes." His hopeful and surprised gaze looked at me, and I nodded, confirming what I was sure he was thinking. I smirked at the grin he wore, and then we both resumed copying the notes. Even though he was going to copy mine, he still needed to write what he could during lecture. Thankfully, he seemed to realize that.

Finally, we finished lecture, and the teacher let us go. Naruto followed me out of the classroom, but once out of the room, he glomped me, making me stagger and almost hit the wall.

"Thanks a ton, Sasuke!" he crowed right in my ear.

"Mind getting off of me?" I growled, and he quickly slid off my back, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Sorry about that," he apologized. I finally took notice of his attire, and he was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, a black t-shirt with a fox head on the front, and had on a pair of orange and white converse.

"It's…okay," I replied, still taken aback by his energetic personality.

"Hey, what are you gonna do during the break between classes?" he asked suddenly, his expression honestly curious.

"Um, I don't know," I answered honestly. I had been considering taking a short flight around the forest, but I wouldn't be able to do that with Naruto now around, obviously.

"Well, why not hang out with me? Besides, I need to copy your notes for Mythology that I couldn't get anyway," he shrugged.

"Sure," I nodded, finding myself being dragged by the blonde, holding my hand tightly, to someplace. "Where the hell are you taking me?"

"You're coming with me to meet my friends!" he cackled, and I felt a shiver run through my spine at the thought of being forced to socialize. 'Dammit…' I thought to myself. When we got to wherever he was taking me, which turned out to be the student lounge. Naruto led me over to a small group of people sitting in the corner on some armchairs and beanbag chairs, and they looked up, puzzled by my presence. There were those two girls from earlier in Mythology, a scruffy-looking brunette guy wearing dark brown pants and a lighter brown t-shirt with a small white dog in his lap, and a redhead wearing dark green pants and a black and white t-shirt with thick, dark circles around his eyes.

"Who's the newbie?" the brunette asked, smirking and flashing his teeth a bit. I noticed he had slightly longer canines than most humans, which had me curious, but I said nothing.

"Hey, he's in our Mythology class!" Sakura, the pink-haired girl, squealed. Glaring at her blonde friend, Ino, she snapped, "I still have dibs!"

"No you don't!" Ino shrieked, making us all flinch at the volume and high pitch.

"Uh, guys? He's standing right here," Naruto reminded them, and I felt a flash of gratitude towards the blonde for reminding them of that.

"Oh gods! I'm so sorry!" Sakura and Ino squeaked, their faces bright red from embarrassment.

"It's…fine," I forced out, even though it wasn't. "I'm not really looking for a relationship right now, anyway." I smirked inwardly at seeing their crushed expressions.

"Well, anyway…" Naruto said. "Guys, this is Sasuke. Sasuke, this is Sakura, Ino, Kiba and his dog Akamaru, and Gaara."

"Nice to meet ya, Sasuke," Kiba greeted, and Akamaru yipped happily in his lap.

"Same here," I nodded.

"So, where are you from, Sasuke?" Ino asked, appearing somewhat over her infatuation with me. I hoped she was.

"Yeah, I've never seen you before today!" Naruto agreed.

"I moved here from another country because I wanted to go to college somewhere away from home after my mother passed away," I explained. It was true, but if they asked what happened to my mother, I'd have to lie. After all, telling them she died of old age would either give me away or make her seem like she was already older when she had me.

"I'm so sorry to hear that!" Sakura gasped, way too overdramatically. "What happened?"

"Brain cancer," was all I muttered.

"Shit… Sorry to hear that, man," Kiba sighed, making Akamaru whimper softly.

"I know how you feel," Gaara finally spoke up, locking his gaze with mine. Immediately, I could tell he'd suffered a lot in his life so far. I hadn't suffered nearly as much as him. I gave him a tiny nod of understanding, which only he noticed, and he smirked at me. "Good pick, Naruto."

"What?! You never said that about me!" Kiba barked at the redhead.

"Or us!" the girls snapped.

"Oh please. As long as Gaara approves, that's enough for me!" Naruto grinned, clapping me on the back. I nearly doubled over from the pain from my hidden wings at that one. Now, even though I was in human form with my wings inside of me, my back was still sensitive due to my wings. Instead of revealing how sensitive I was, though, I merely glared at him, pretending it annoyed me.

"Hey, you need to copy my notes still," I reminded the blonde, but then gave a wicked smirk as an idea came to me. "But, let's see if you can catch me in a bit of a chase outside first."

"What?!" he yelped, but I bolted out the door to the lounge and outside, and vaguely heard the others following. Naruto managed to somehow start to catch up, despite my small use of dragon speed, so I picked up the pace, making my way to the edge of the forest. Right before I could, however, I felt Naruto tackle me from behind, and we landed heavily on the grass. I gave a loud huff as the blonde landed on top of me, and he quickly scrambled off of me, laughing.

"Gotcha!" he cackled, laughing while rolling on the grass.

"How the fuck did you manage to catch up?" I demanded, glaring at him. I was sure he wouldn't catch me, but I guess I was wrong. He merely grinned at me as he sat up, his blue eyes twinkling with mischief.

"That's for me to know and you to find out eventually," he teased. "Now I get to copy your notes, Sasuke."

"Fine, a deal's a deal," I sighed, starting to get up, but Naruto held his hand out to me and helped me up instead. I rolled my eyes and took his hand anyway, and then I noticed the others join us, rather breathless, except for Gaara. Eyeing Naruto, he hadn't even broken a sweat from the chase. What the hell is going on here?

"What was that all about?!" Kiba demanded, flailing his arms in frustration and making Akamaru yip.

"Just wanted to see if Naruto could keep up," I chuckled, making Gaara smirk ever so slightly.

"Which I managed to, seeing as I tackled him earlier," Naruto laughed, making me glare at him again.

"Won't happen again," I shrugged, and looked at my watch to see we had to be in class soon. "Shit, Creative Writing is gonna start soon."

"Gah! We need to bolt, then!" Naruto yelped, and we quickly grabbed our things before racing each other to class. I managed to beat him there, and quickly took a seat in the back again. Naruto sat down in the seat next to me a second later, this time breathing a little harder, which had me smirking internally. The teacher walked in shortly after, and began to lecture about how everything would go for the year. I was bored stiff due to the lack of note-taking, but then realized I could draw a picture of me in dragon form while flying. Easy to do, but I had to control myself. If I imagined it too vividly, I might shift during class, and that was the last thing I needed. I carefully pulled out my sketchbook and began to sketch the picture, and I even finished before the class was over. When I was done, I felt Naruto's gaze on my paper, and I noticed him looking at it in awe. I quickly scribbled out a note on a piece of scrap paper, and discreetly handed it to him. My portion read, 'What? Haven't you ever seen artwork of dragons before?'

He wrote his reply, and passed it back. It read, 'Yeah, but you're really good at it. Better than anything I've ever seen before. It's so lifelike' I jotted out my response, and then slid it over when the teacher wasn't looking. Mine read, 'I've practiced.'

'How? Dragons aren't real, so how can you draw one so realistically?' At that, I scowled and wanted to prove to him they were absolutely real, seeing as I'm a hybrid one, but held back.

'Even if they aren't around, doesn't mean they never existed. Someone had to have seen one in order to start the myth in the first place, dumbass,' I scrawled down with a frustrated expression before passing it back. He seemed to understand, for some reason, and nodded to me as he crumpled the paper and tucked it into his backpack. Finally, the class was over, and I had two hours to kill before Psychology. I desperately wanted to blow off some steam in the forest, but knew that if I tried to bolt off, Naruto would get suspicious. For some reason, he seemed pretty perceptive, despite his naïve personality.

'Fucking hell, how am I gonna vent?!' I thought desperately, feeling my hands clench tightly in frustration. Instead of having a full-blown "tantrum", I took a few deep breaths, counted to ten in my head, and decided to just vent when I got home. Now, despite my inner turmoil, Naruto seemed to know something was wrong with me, and then asked the stupid question.

"What's wrong, Sasuke?" SON OF A BITCH! Okay, that's it. I NEED to get out of here, and right now. I stalked out of the room, not speaking to the blonde out of fear of blowing up on him, and dashed outside, where I made my way into the forest nearby without seeming suspicious. Once in the cover of the trees, I sped off for home, running at my full dragon speed, and then got home before shutting the door and locking it, just in case Naruto had somehow managed to follow me. Highly doubtful, but you never know. I peeked outside, and noticed an unusually large fox that was orange with yellow markings in its fur. Growling, I decided to vent on it before taking it out on the trees and boulders nearby. I shifted into my full dragon form, complete with black scales that covered every inch of my body, black horns that sleeked back and then curved over to point forward, currently folded, large, black, leathery wings, red eyes with black vertical pupils, and a long, thin tail. Silently, I slid out of the back door, which was thankfully large enough to allow me through without breaking it, and then went back around to the front to attack the fox…which was no longer there.

Gods dammit… I shifted back to human form, my shirt now gone due to being ripped apart by the shift, but luckily, my pants always somehow remain. I smashed my fist into the nearest tree trunk with a frustrated snarl, sending wood splinters flying.

"Fuck… How am I going to make it if I can't handle people claiming dragons aren't real…?" I grumbled under my breath. Turning to head back into my house, I sighed heavily. This was gonna be tough. I threw on a new navy blue shirt once inside, and then grabbed my stuff again before speeding through the forest perimeter to school again. When I got there, Naruto was waiting outside the front of the school, appearing worried. Once he noticed me, he smiled in relief, but I could sense something was off with him.

"Ah! There you are, Sasuke!" he called to me as I walked over. "Where'd you go? Did something happen?"

"No, I just needed to run home and get something to eat really quickly, that's all," I lied easily, making the blonde pout.

"Damn, I was gonna take you somewhere to eat, too…" he sighed. Brightening up quickly, he asked, "What about tonight? Can we hang out tonight? Maybe you can come over to my house and we can get to know each other better." The offer, although kind, made me nervous. I didn't want to accidentally reveal anything while sleeping, hence my apprehension.

"Sorry, Naruto, I can't…" I murmured, not looking at him.

"Well, what about Friday? You can even spend the night, if you want. Besides, we'll be able to sleep in the next day since it'll be Saturday," he suggested. I debated on it, not wanting to hurt his feelings for some reason. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep control over my dragon self. I decided to, not understanding why.

"Sure. I don't see why not," I answered before my brain registered what I'd just said. What the actual fuck. There were MANY DAMN GOOD REASONS as to why not!

"Awesome! We'll go to my place after Psychology on Friday, and don't forget to bring some stuff for the night," he grinned. "Come on, it's almost time for class, and Kakashi doesn't like students being late, I've heard." He grabbed my hand, making me blush ever so slightly, and dragged me to class.

"Wha—HEY!" I yelped, yanking my hand away. "I can walk on my own, thank you very much."

"Sorry about that," Naruto apologized, and we took off for class again. Once there, we quickly took our places in the back, getting settled right as the teacher, Kakashi, walked in. He took roll and then began to lecture. I took notes, just like before, and again, noticed Naruto was struggling to keep up, as usual. Once class was over, as we were getting ready to go home for the day, I handed Naruto my notes from both Mythology and Psychology.

"Here," I told him. "Copy those down and give 'em back by tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah, I'll make sure to give them back tomorrow!" he grinned, taking them and tucking them into his backpack. "See you tomorrow, Sasuke!" And with that, he dashed out of the room and off to his home. I sighed and hitched my messenger bag higher on my shoulder, and then started my trek home. Once home, I dropped my bag by the door and slid off my shoes, leaving them by the door, too. I changed into a black sleep shirt and took off my jeans and socks once in my bedroom, and went downstairs to fix some dinner without hunting for it. I ended up just fixing some plain rice balls and soup, and then went to bed. As I turned out the light, I couldn't help but fear what would happen come Friday when I spent the night with Naruto. Hopefully nothing bad…

A/N: And there's the first chapter! I'm sorry, I realize now how OOC Sasuke is, but I'm trying! By the way, the picture I chose for the fic is kind of how Sasuke looks, except without the hair and he's got black scales, not grey. R&R, peeps!