Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
A/N: Read notes at the footnote if there's [#].
This story is still an experiment... I'm not sure if I'll continue it or not. Any insights?
ReVamped 9/10/15.
0. Prologue
"To see others suffer does one good, to make others suffer even more: this is a hard saying but an ancient, mighty, human, all-too-human principle [...] Without cruelty there is no festival."
― Friedrich Nietzsche
What a boring day. Onyx eyes watched the blooming cherry blossoms right outside the window. It was the start of spring, and a new school year has started. Although it was a new school year, everything still remained the same.
Sasuke leaned back on the chair, and rested his head back on the support. His eyelids were getting heavy. These past two years[1] of high school was pleasant. Freshman year was entertaining. A common courtesy of the citizens of Hinokoku[2] was to respect their seniors, and he being Uchiha Sasuke, he would only treat those who were worthy enough to be acknowledged; his upperclassmen thought to teach the young Uchiha a lesson, but it resulted with them being under the Uchiha's commands. However, that wasn't enough for the young Uchiha. He wanted more, he wanted power. Then, sophomore year came, and it was thrilling. His fights escalated with other schools being involved, nevertheless, he was victorious.
Some adults were concerned with bodies piling up in the nearby clinics and hospitals, but they do nothing about it since those teenagers were very troublesome. For them, as long 'order' was upheld between the troublesome teenagers and the society, and those teenagers don't attract the attention of the Yakuza, everything was fine that way it was.
The school bell rang. "—don't forget, we'll start on—" His classmates started moving around the class, some left, and some chatted with their seatmates, ignoring what their teacher has to say.
Sasuke let his eyes close for a moment, not before opening to a sharp glare as soon as his fellow female classmates bothered him into eating their homemade bento. Shoving the annoying girls out of his way, hands tucked in his pockets, he proceeded to make his way towards his group's hang out place—the rooftop. After a few more flights of stairs, he arrived at the rooftop.
"Yo man!" One of his friends greeted.
Sasuke ignored his friend, and proceeded to the highest point of the rooftop, and settled himself on the platform. Three figures followed him, and settled themselves beside him. His brunette friend passed him a roll, and he took it.
He puffed in the blunt, and his eyes widened at his friend, smoke coming out of his lips. "This…"
"Is magnificent." The brunette finished. "I know."
Sasuke passed the blunt to his blue-haired friend. He rested his body on the floor, eyes staring at the sky.
"Kiba got it over at Shijima" The blue-haired puffed and passed it to the orange-haired guy. "And rumors don't lie, they do have quality."
Sasuke glared at the brunette. Kiba cringed knowing that glare was 'What the hell were you doing there you dipshit?!'. "It was careless, I know! But no one saw me. I bought it when I was delivering a dog to their owner."
Puffed, and passed.
"You better be sure no one saw you, or I'll be the one to kill you and Suigetsu myself." Sasuke growled.
Puffed, and passed.
"Why am I included?" Suigetsu chuckled.
Puffed, passed, and a snap. Three pair of eyes directed towards the culprit. There he was, black eyes wide open, staring at his phone that was directed towards them. They could tell this boy was a freshman, based on the color of his tie.
"I-It's n-not—" before the boy could finish, he was tackled by Kiba who jumped down the platform. The orange-haired followed, but proceeded towards the cellphone that was dropped. He picked it up and went through it.
"Anything interesting Jugs[3]?" Suigetsu sat at the edge, letting one leg drop over the platform.
Jugo raised the screen towards the platform. The picture was 75% the sky, and 25% was a picture of them passing the blunt, with Kiba and Jugo's face completely visible. "He hasn't sent it to anyone yet." Orange eyes directed towards the figure who still had his back facing them.
Kiba wrapped his arm around the boy's neck, leaning forward in process. "What'cha doing here, Freshie?" Kiba grinned, revealing his k-9 teeth.
"I-it's n-not wh-hat you t-think! I-I was taking a p-picture of t-the s-sky, n-not—"
"Your father's in that stupid neighborhood watch right, Ebisu Udon[4]?" Suigetsu jumped down the platform, and rested his elbow on Udon's shoulder. Kiba's hold around his neck tightened.
"H-h-how d-did y-you—"
"Hey Sasuke, what do you wanna do about him?" Suigetsu directed towards the Uchiha's back.
"Hey freshman," Sasuke shifted his body a little, enough for his head to turn comfortable to the side. He stared at the freshman and smirked. "Wanna play a game?"
After osoji[5], the juniors gathered at the auditorium. "We are all gathered here today to celebrate our last first day as juniors…" Kiba spread his arms, "…and to release our troubles of our stressful first day!" The students cheered. "And, please give a round of applause to our very own Udon, who volunteered to entertain us, with our game!" The spotlight was on the snot-faced boy. By now, the auditorium was filled with claps and whistles.
"Now, who wants to go first?" Kiba kicked Udon's back down the platform . A few hands flew up. "You there," Kiba pointed at a girl. "Remember rules?" The girl smiled and nodded.
"Level 1. And since you're pretty, I'll make this easy." Kiba winked at the girl. "What's my name?"
"Kiba-kun." She smiled.
"Correct! 10 seconds!" Phones were out and people started taking pictures and recording. And all you can see through their screens was his face, full of snot, begging them to stop.
From the second floor of the auditorium, Sasuke watched. Compared to Level 1, there were more people participating after each level increased. After all, the higher the level, the longer the time limit was. His gaze shifted to Udon who was hovered by the students like starving dogs.
"I remember when the game only belonged to us." His friend tried to reach down, only to be stopped by the railing.
"No one's stopping you Suigetsu."
Suigetsu chuckled. "Well, we already had fun game a while ago… Although you just watched."
"Level 4!" Kiba's voice shouted.
"Looks like someone's not appreciating the king's gift." Suigetsu sneered. Sasuke knew who he was talking about. That 'Someone' was easily spotted through the sea of hands and faces that were so eager to participate.
Onyx eyes continued to watch the lone figure. She'll eventually join in. As soon as Sasuke finished, the girl made her way through the crowd. See?
The students' jaws dropped. Kiba's eyes widened, Jugo raised an eyebrow, Suigetsu maniacally laughed, and Sasuke… still maintained a passive look on his face. However Suigetsu, who watched him from the side of his eye, knew that Sasuke was shocked.
The girl, with Udon limping, made their way towards the exit. The crowd parted like the red sea. Everyone stilled. No one dared to make a move. Everyone was brought back to reality with the bang of the door, the students focused their gaze up to where the laughter was coming from.
"W-what…a-a-are…" Udon coughed, some of his blood splattering on his savior's white uniform. "y-y-you do-..doing?" She didn't answer. With all his might, he pushed himself off her. "T-t-they'll hurt you t-to! Y-you better g-get away—"
The girl rushed to his side. "Don't be stubborn." Her meek yet strong voice made him burst out in tears. In a few steps, which felt like 5 blocks for the injured boy, the two arrived at the nurse's office. As soon as he entered the room, everything went black.
[1] Junior High in Japan consist of three years (7th, 8th, 9th grade), therefore, high school consist of also three years (10th, 11th, 12th grade).
[2] Hinokoku - Land of Fire, their country.
[3] Jugs – Suigetsu's nickname for Jugo,Udon is a character from the Naruto series. He is Konohamaru and Moegi's teammate. The characters I will use in this story will all come from the Naruto world, I wouldn't add any original character.
[4] Ebisu Udon – Konohamaru and Moegi's teammate. I made his last name Ebisu, because I don't know his last name.
[5] Osoji – After school cleanup.