Chapter 1: The Beginning
"Well, Mr.Uzumaki! I've arranged a guide for you, to meet you at the door, and I advised him to befriend you immediately." Tsunade boasted cheerfully, sporting a short miniskirt and tight dress shirt. She looked at Naruto, smiling at him.
"...What? Do I have something on my face?" he asked, tilting his head. "If I don't, then it isn't polite to stare, Ms. Tsunade."
Tsunade rolled her eyes, motioning for him to enter the school before they locked the front gates.
"It's a little over-protective for a public school…" he mumbled to himself. Naruto had never been fond of teachers that smiled at him.
Tsunade grinned, waving to a boy leaning against a wall. The boy looked up from the ground, seeing Tsunade and the new student; he grinned an ear-to-ear grin and returned her wave.
"Hey Tsunade-sama!" The boy had messy, but short brown hair and triangular thin marks lined along his cheeks.
Tsunade walked up to the boy, Naruto was behind her, looking at the ground and quietly fiddling his fingers. Tsunade sighed, looking at Naruto, she pushed Naruto in front of her, struggling to deal with his stubborn attitude.
"Naruto, this is Kiba Inuzuka, your guide." Tsunade hissed, glowering at Naruto to be kinder to Kiba.
"Nice to meet you." Naruto mumbled, a small smile graced his lips, trying to give Kiba a chance.
Kiba grinned, "So, you're the new kid Tsunade's been telling me about. You're a bit of a shrimp, but I suppose I could give you some street-cred. After all, I'm pretty popular." Kiba winked at a passing boy, one named Shikamaru, who completely ignored him. Kiba pouted for a moment before returning to Naruto.
Naruto had a bit of a confused look on his face. He leaned back to Tsunade, "Is Kiba gay?" he whispered, raising an eyebrow.
"He's bisexual, Naruto. Get it right." She said proudly, Kiba as her god-son, she protected him with maternal strength. "Now, get going, you have classes to attend." She demanded, then she turned on her heel towards her office.
Before Naruto could even turn back to Kiba, Kiba had grabbed Naruto's hoodie and dragged him off in a flash.
"Over there, through those doors, is the cafeteria, you gotta be sure to beat the lunch rush every now and then. I only have a few classes with you, so I have to make sure you don't get lost." Kiba rambled on, and Naruto followed, no questions asked. Naruto's smile grew, his usual spunky nature was kicking in.
Kiba took Naruto to his first class, bringing him in. "Okay, this is first period, I have this with you, so I'll be able to introduce you to the….?" Kiba paused, seeing that Naruto had been ignoring him. "Hey, you listening, air-head?"
Naruto had been walking with Kiba, and the second he walked into Naruto's first class, he saw him. A raven haired boy, with onyx colored eyes with a sultry, dark outlining, was standing by the window, more like sitting really, and holding his arm out. A bird, a finch, landed on his finger, he stared at it, no emotion showed upon his thin, pale face. He looked as if he were a statue, as if it were nature for him to glow when sunlight shone on him.
"Kiba… who is that?" Naruto asked, blinking. Before Kiba answered, he hit Naruto squarely on the head.
"Hey! What was that for?!"
"For ignoring me, first of all, and second, for even bothering to ask about that stuck-up snob. That's Sasuke Uchiha. He's the brightest kid in our grade, or more, or school, but he's a complete jerk. He gives all the girls the cold shoulder, but they all fall for him anyway! Girls can be so stupid sometimes." Kiba scoffed.
Sasuke had heard his name, the bird flew away at his sudden movement. He turned, his dark eyes fixated on Kiba.
Kiba flinched, "He's also… kind of scary." He said nervously, turning away.
Naruto suddenly couldn't breathe. Sasuke was walking over to them. Naruto looked from side-to-side, nervously looking for some sort of distraction. But it was too late.
"So, Kiba, what trash did you manage to dig up this time?" Sasuke calmly said, his eyes now locked on Naruto.
Naruto's eyes suddenly narrowed, he gritted his teeth, his breath now coming back. "What'd you say?!" he said, glaring at him.
Sasuke, taken aback by Naruto's nerve to stand up to him, blinked in bewilderment for a moment. Regaining his previous posture, Sasuke felt a smirk tug at the edges of his lips. "Just as I suspected. Such brave talk for such lowly trash…" he muttered, turning away.
Kiba glared back at him. "Ignore that guy, he's hopeless." And they walked off. But Naruto couldn't help but look back.
"I'll beat him… I know I will… Sasuke Uchiha, I'm making you my rival." And with that, Naruto sat in his new seat, declaring his rival only on his first day of school.