Disclaimer: Kishimoto pwns them all!
A/N: Science class got me inspired. I feel your pain Naruto, I feel your pain. talking about science marks here
Major Neji OOCness, slight Kiba, Shika and Shino OOCness
Summary: High School AU: Naruto needs tutoring.
USURATONKACHI
Second Period
"I failed. Again." Naruto, a freshman from Konoha Collegiate Institute, muttered dejectedly as he sat down in his seat. Their teacher just put up their new science marks and Naruto didn't like what he got. Names weren't put up, only their student numbers, so no one else can know what other people got unless they know that person's student number.
Shikamaru, his smart but lazy friend, chirped up. "You never fail. You're just lying." 'Tis true, Naruto never fails. But he's always oh so close.
"You don't understand! Iruka would trip big time. AGAIN. I learned to tune out his lectures, but I just can't take it when he bans me from ramen!" Iruka was Naruto's guardian, a responsible man who teaches elementary in a private school.
"What'd you get anyway?" Kiba another one of his friends, asked.
"NOYB." Naruto mumbled.
"None of my business?! Naruto, it's always been your duty to make me feel good about myself! Come on, spit it out. And stop saying the word NOYB, it's totally stupid." Kiba said.
"Don't you dare insult my special word! It's easier than saying 'None Of Your Business', you know. It's only one syllable, compared to five." Naruto retorted. He ignored the comment about making Kiba feel good about himself.
"You're so lazy." Neji, the rich one in their group of friends, told Naruto. "Not as lazy as Shikamaru, but you're a close second."
"Whatever." Naruto buried his head in his hands and started his after-mark moping ritual.
"50." Shino said. Shino was the quiet one in the group, but he was the most observant. He sees signs Naruto unconsciously displays, and usually knows how his friends feel just by looking at them
Naruto remained silent, too caught up in his moping. They were all used to it, so they left their usually hyperactive friend alone.
"I see. Barely passing." Neji said.
Kiba started singing with glee. "I feel good, tananananana, I know that I would now, tanananana. I feel right, I know that I would! So good, so good I got you hoo hoo hoo…"
"Shut up Kiba!" Naruto looked up from his arm haven to glare at his canine-like friend. His eyes fell on a certain person across the room, looking at the mark sheet with a satisfied smirk. "I hate that Uchiha guy. He's the ultimate pet peeve."
"Have you ever considered the fact that you're just jealous because he's good-looking, smart, and popular with the girls, and some boys?" Neji asked, sarcasm dripping from his words.
"You're included in the 'some boys' section, aren't you?" Kiba added. Neji was totally gay, but only their circle of friends knew about his preference. As far as Neji knows, it's none of other people's business.
"Perhaps, at least I'm popular with the girls too." Neji replied.
"Wait 'til I tell them you're gay." Naruto said, mischief twinkling in his eyes.
"Go on, do it. It's your loss anyway. You won't have someone to mooch rejected girls off of. Oh wait, no, there's Uchiha Sasuke."
Everyone in their group laughed, except for Naruto. Even a small chuckle drifted from somewhere underneath Shino's turtleneck.
"You're not funny." Naruto pouted.
"Oh yes I am. Even Shino laughed at that one." Neji said smugly.
"Uchiha Sasuke is a self-satisfied, stuck-up, snobby rich kid who thinks he's better than everyone." Naruto said.
"What's wrong with being rich, huh?" The heir to the Hyuuga Business Empire asked defensively.
"You're a different case. But Uchiha Sasuke is just so…"
"Arrogant?" added an unknown voice helpfully.
"Yeah! He thinks he's all that, but it's all just a bunch of hype. I mean-" Neji was flailing his arms like crazy and Shino kept clearing his throat. Shikamaru and Kiba were sniggering uncontrollably. "Are you guys okay?"
"I-" laugh "ask-" snigger "him." Shikamaru tried saying. As soon as he was done he and Kiba started laughing loudly.
"What's so funny?" Naruto asked, still clueless. "Anyway, as I was saying-"
"How did I become involved in your conversation?" A slick, deep voice asked. Naruto turned around and saw who else but The One and Only, Uchiha Sasuke. (A/N Bet you saw that one coming.)
Naruto was unable to speak, so Neji did it for him. "Well, Naruto's devastated with his grade, so he was wondering if you could tutor him since you're the top student in our class."
"Why would I do that?" Sasuke asked.
"Because you're a good man, and you don't like backing out of any challenges?" Shikamaru added hopefully, quickly catching up on what Neji was trying to do.
"W-wait, no…I-" Naruto puttered, still unable to speak.
"Just let us do the talking, Naruto." Neji said to his friend in a patronizing tone.
"Hn," the Uchiha couldn't help but be intrigued.
"Well?" Neji asked, holding his breath and silently wishing for the stoic student to say yes.
"No."
"What? No? Why not?" Neji asked, crushed. The look on Naruto's face after a tutoring session with Uchiha Sasuke would've been priceless! Besides, he had to get Naruto back after his last prank on him. Neji shuddered just thinking about it.
Naruto finally regained his ability to speak. "What are you doing Neji? I don't need his help! I'd rather get an earful from Iruka and be banned from ramen for my whole life. Wait, no, maybe just a couple of weeks. Bottom line is I don't want his help. He can't do it anyway." Naruto crossed his arms in hopes of looking defiant. It didn't work.
"I can't do it? We'll see about that. Meet me in room 101 after school today, bring all your stuff. You better be there on time." Sasuke finished with a glare and walked away.
"You stupid idiot," Kiba slowly said. "You did it to yourself! Hahahahahaha!"
"You're right, Kiba. I'm stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid…" Naruto banged his head on his desk repeatedly, for the first time in his life dreading school dismissal.
Lunch
"What if I just don't go?" Naruto asked, trying to reason with Neji.
"No, that would be unethical." Neji answered.
"Who cares about that? He's going to crack my skull open and fry my brain!" Naruto whined.
"Eww." Kiba said. "I'm eating spaghetti and meatballs man! Now it looks like a brain. With all the squiggly lines going around and across each other, the sauce making it look like blood…hey, this is fun!" Kiba continued slurping his pasta, happier than ever.
"Weirdo." Shikamaru muttered. "You know, he can track you down and find you. He has more than enough money to do that."
"Why the hell would he do that?" Naruto asked, eyeing Shikamaru suspiciously.
"'Cause that's the way those rich kids are. They have this conduct code or something. You can never go back on your word. Isn't that right, Neji?"
Neji nodded and grinned mischievously. "Yeah."
"I never agreed to anything. That makes the conduct code thingy useless." said Naruto, voice laced with pride.
"You never disagreed to what he said either. That is almost as good as agreeing." Neji answered.
"But I'm not a rich kid! I didn't know about the conduct code thingy! It's not fair." Naruto pouted again and started playing with his food.
"Doesn't matter. It's only common sense." Neji said.
"Neji. Please get me out of this! I beg you!" Naruto kneeled in front of Neji and clung to his leg like a wounded puppy.
"What are you- Get off of me!" Neji kicked Naruto off his leg and the blonde remained on the ground, crocodile tears starting to fall down.
"Shino…" Naruto started, puppy eyes now in full function.
"Don't look at his eyes Shino!" Kiba warned.
"I can't meddle in your affairs, Naruto. You must learn to think before you speak. Let this be your lesson." Shino said, looking at Naruto's face but not his eyes. He had fallen victim to the eyes once, and it wasn't a good thing.
"Just go today. Maybe it won't be so bad. If it sucks ass, just run out of the classroom as fast as you can." Shikamaru offered. This seemed pacify Naruto a little bit.
The bell indicating that lunch was over rang, and all 5 of them went to their respective lockers.
Kiba caught up with Neji. "Is there really a conduct code for rich heirs like you?" he asked.
Neji snorted. "Hell no. Shika and I were just messing with him."
"You think Naruto believes you?" Kiba asked. He was starting to worry about his friend. He may treat Naruto like crap, but they're still best friends.
"You believed it, why wouldn't he?" Neji asked. "Are you worrying?"
"Hell no!" He answered a bit too fast. "But that Uchiha guy is kinda creepy." Kiba admitted, looking embarrassed. "What if he hurts Naruto? I can't live with that guilt man. I'm convinced that Uchiha is a cold-blooded serial killer."
"Don't worry Dog-breath, we'll follow him. Just don't act suspicious. I'll see you later."
"Fine." The two separated and went off to their classes.
Last Period
"Come on, come on, just ring already!" Kiba steadily chanted, willing the clock to go faster. He and Naruto had French for last period, and he can't wait to get out of the clutches of their evil teacher Mr. Won, a.k.a Ynowk.
"Shut up Kiba! I'd rather be stuck with Ynowk than go to that…thingy. Maybe I should stay and ask questions first or something. Then I can go home. If that Uchiha-bastard finds me tomorrow, I can use this as an excuse and tell him that Iruka called and started looking for me. He can't say anything about that, can he?" Naruto was beginning to grate on Kiba's nerves, talking about what can happen in his tutoring session with Sasuke.
"Dude, he'll be waiting for you at the parking lot. You better just go. Besides, if you stay behind with Ynowk, he might cut your hair off and eat it right in front of you." They started a rumor that their creepy French teacher ate hair instead of food, what with all the hair in the boogers he leaves on papers he had marked and handed back. Naruto shuddered at the thought.
"Eew," he said, distractedly staring at his babbling French teacher. "Fine, I'll go. I mean, it's illegal to kill in Canada, isn't it?"
"You better not be late man."
"Ah crap."
The bell rang and Kiba shot up from his seat, looking as if he was late for something. "Are you going somewhere, or do you need to pee?" Naruto asked, obviously trying to buy some time before he met up with Sasuke.
"Stop stalling. Just go man." Kiba pushed Naruto out of the door and up the stairs towards his locker. "Go. Get your stuff. I'll see you tomorrow." Kiba ran off and left Naruto alone in his locker hallway.
"Damn it." Naruto hurriedly took the stuff that he needed and ran back downstairs, where room 101 was.
Four figures moved from the shadows and into the light. Neji spoke up first, the leader of this 'mission' to see to it that Naruto reached his destination and stayed alive as the stoic Uchiha heir tutored him. "Let's break up into groups. Shika, go with Shino. Kiba, you're coming with me."
As soon as their plans were laid out, they put the mission in motion.
Naruto reached room 101 and knocked on the door lightly before opening it.
"I'm here." Naruto said in a defeated voice, anxious to find out what was in store for him.
"Take a seat." Sasuke said, pointing to a desk facing his.
"Um, okay." An awkward silence ensued as Naruto shuffled to the desk, and it took him a couple of seconds before settling into his seat.
"You need help in Science, right?" Sasuke asked, lacking the haughty note in his voice displayed earlier in the day. He sounded almost…approachable. A/N They're studying grade 9 Science, 'cause they're in…grade 9.
"Yeah. I just don't get the circuit thingies." Naruto replied. He was a little bit more relaxed now.
"What part of it don't you get?" There was no trace of malice in his voice, and Sasuke looked like he really wanted to help Naruto out.
Naruto took out a sheet and showed him his diagram. "Why'd I get this wrong?"
"You started the circuit from the negative terminal of the power supply flowing to the positive terminal. It's always from positive to negative. Other than that the rest of your diagram is correct." Sasuke showed Naruto how to do it and Naruto's eyes lit up in understanding.
"Looks like they're getting along." Neji whispered to the others as they watched Naruto and Sasuke interact through the window on the right side of the classroom they were in.
"Way to state the obvious, genius." Kiba said.
"Shut up." Neji retorted.
"Pipe down, ya idiots. They'll hear you." Shikamaru said.
They continued watching the two interact, and as the lesson went on, they seemed more comfortable around each other.
"I wish I could hear what they were saying." Kiba said.
"Open the window, then." Shikamaru answered.
"From the outside?" Neji asked.
Shino opened the window with some unknown special ability and the leaned in closer.
"You know, you're not that bad." They heard Naruto tell Sasuke.
"You too." Sasuke answered.
"They're not studying anymore." Neji declared.
"Yeah." Kiba agreed.
"What do you think they've been talking about for the past," Neji glanced at his watch, "four hours?! It's been that long?"
"Where'd Shino and Shikamaru go?" Kiba looked around and noticed the lack of two more people.
"They both left. Assholes." Neji pouted. "I can't believe they left without telling us."
"Sssshh. Look, what the hell are they doing?" Kiba said in puzzlement.
They could Sasuke dipping his head toward Naruto's. "Oh. My. Gosh." Neji said.
"Eew! They're kissing!" Kiba exclaimed.
"That's so cute." Neji gushed.
"Stop being gay man, you freak me out." Kiba looked at him and trembled inadvertently. "Ugh."
"What the hell? I just remembered, it's Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke! GROSS!" Neji snapped out of his fangirl-like daze and quickly stood up from his crouching position. "That is so weird."
"Let's get the hell out of here." Kiba looked…scared? What a homophobe.
The two of them ran away and didn't bother looking back.
Naruto giggled. "They're gone." Sasuke's face was barely touching Naruto's face. They pretended to kiss to scare Neji and Kiba off. Shikamaru and Shino noticed that Sasuke and Naruto already saw them so they left. Meanwhile, Kiba and Neji were too engrossed in watching them work together that they didn't notice their two comrades slip out.
Sasuke stopped their tutoring session after the circuit topic, using the excuse of wanting to know his 'pupil' better. Naruto agreed and soon they were so encompassed in their conversation that they forgot about their audience. But a certain story triggered the memory, and soon Sasuke and Naruto started planning on how to get them back.
"It worked, huh?" Sasuke asked, his breath tickling Naruto's nose. This earned him another involuntary giggle.
"You smell like pineapples." Naruto wrinkled his nose. It was almost…cute. Cute?!
"Do I?" Sasuke didn't feel like moving his face away from Naruto, so he didn't.
"Yeah." Naruto was beginning to become breathless as a blush spread across his cheeks.
"What do you smell like?" Sasuke was beginning to have fun, so he flirted a little bit more.
Naruto was having fun too, so he flirted right back. "I don't know."
"Let's see." Sasuke dipped his head lower and touched Naruto's lips with his own. He licked Naruto lower lip, asking for permission to enter. Naruto complied, and soon their tongues were battling for dominancy.
Sasuke broke the kiss and licked his lips. "Hmm, strawberry."
"Strawberry." Naruto repeated.
"Same time tomorrow?'
"Haaaaai!"
End
