Hello everybody! This is my first fanfiction story, the first chapter. I hope you like it!
Proclaimer: I do not own any Naruto characters, but I'm sure they'd be nice pets. :3
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- Hard shell, soft shell -
"You'd lose, dobe." Sasuke said. Despite his usually emotionless expression, irritation could be slightly seen on his face. He pierced his gaze in the blonde before him, who slammed his hands on the raven boy's desk.
"I would not!" Naruto returned Sasuke's glare with a hostile one. "I would kick his ass!"
"There is no kicking his ass, dobe. You're too small." Sasuke said in a matter-of-fact way. He put an arm over the back of his seat, leaning a bit in the process. He crossed his legs and continued his glaring game.
"I'm not small! Maybe he is bigger, but I'm stronger!" The blonde said. Sasuke cocked an eyebrow and smiled mockingly.
"Naruto it's okay. Let it be." Kiba said, putting a hand on Naruto's shoulder in an attempt to calm him down.
"Is it really true, though? I heard it was just a rumour, so the principle made him stay…" A boy behind a huge bag of potato crisps said.
"Chouji, it's not just a rumour. There was not enough evidence of the case, that's why Orochimaru is still here." Kiba said, squinting his eyes in the seriousness of the situation.
"How troublesome." Shikamaru muttered, leaning against the wall with his chair on two legs. He was nibbling on a chocolate poky stick, the box on his table.
"But if it's true… then we're no longer safe." Chouji said, pausing the hand that was before in a constant grab-a-snack motion.
"How about the headmaster? Doesn't she prefer the safety of her students?" He asked, still in disbelief of the whole thing.
"That's the whole point, she does. However, the judge said there was not enough evidence against Orochimaru. He won the trial, Tsunade is not allowed to fire him for this reason." Kiba said.
"Poor Gaara." Shikamaru sighed with his arms crossed.
"It's rude to talk about people behind their back." Gaara said. Nobody saw him coming, but he must have just walked into the classroom.
"We weren't gossiping." Naruto said in a tone he obviously wanted to clear all misunderstandings.
"Is it true, Gaara? Did you lose the trial?" Chouji asked addressing the red-haired boy.
"Yes. Maybe I'm not expressive enough. Kakashi-sensei said my emotionless character made me implausible." Gaara said calmly. "I'm not too worried about it though. I escaped before he could do anything, really."
"Did he try to kill you?" Chouji asked. The rest of the boys sighed with a hint of being troubled by the question.
"Sexual assault, Chouji." Shikamaru said, as the only one who didn't sigh at Chouji's question.
"Oh…" Chouji said. "I didn't know."
"It's okay. Nothing too serious." Gaara said. "But I had liked him to be banned from Konoha High… and any other school."
"One thing is sure though, we have to be on guard." Sasuke said after a little pause. The guys nodded.
"I don't think he'll try me again." Gaara stated. "I partly lost the trial because I stabbed him with my pocket knife."
"Hahaha, as expected of you, Gaara!" Naruto laughed.
"You're hardcore." Kiba said. Gaara decided not to comment on that.
"Anyway, school is out, so I'm going home." Shikamaru said and he stood up from his chair. "See you tomorrow guys."
"Bye!"
"See ya!"
"Munch, munch… bye."
The day after that there was biology class in second period. Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Shouji and Gaara were all well aware of their freaky teacher Orochimaru.
Said teacher walked from group to group to check the work behaviour of his students.
Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba and Shikamaru sat together as a group, keeping an eye or four on their freaky teacher. Naruto being great at dissecting frogs, the other guys let him do that while they took the notes.
Despite their expectations, nothing happened and period was over before they knew it.
Walking to their homeroom class for lunch, Sasuke and Gaara walked together. The silence between them meant they were thinking the same thing.
"Did you notice?" Gaara asked, already knowing the answer he would get from the raven boy.
"Yes." Sasuke replied, keeping his cool.
The others were busily chatting and listening to Naruto's enthusiastic stories and jokes. The small first years made sure to avoid the two tall guys walking next to each other, for they didn't plan to get killed.
"The way he was looking at him, it was unmistakable." Gaara said. He had always been on the same level with Sasuke. As well their intelligence and their length transcended most of the others.
"What should I do?" Sasuke asked his friend. Gaara was the only one he really got to see a bit of Sasuke's worries.
"You should warn him." Gaara replied.
Sasuke thought for a bit. He watched Naruto, being the joyful guy, from the corners of his eyes as if he were looking at the forbidden fruit. He sighed, feeling a bit depressed. He wouldn't show it on his face, though.
"I guess." Sasuke said, getting a nudge in his side from Naruto who had gotten next to him who-knows-when.
"Hey!" Naruto said when the pain from the nudge was still fresh. "What's it you're guessing?" he asked the raven boy, looking up a little. Sasuke was at least 3 inches taller than the blonde.
"I'm guessing you're blonde, dobe." Sasuke sarcastically, due to lack of better white lies.
"Ah, come one! Tell me!" He said, giving Sasuke another poke with his elbow. Gaara decided stay out of it.
"I told you." Sasuke said. He didn't find this the right time to tell him. Naruto was being cheerful and there were others to hear about it too.
Naruto sighed; annoyed due the fact Sasuke and Gaara were keeping a secret he didn't know.
They entered their classroom and sat down next to the window. The sun was shining and there were lots of people on the schoolyard. The usual lunch break sounds were mixed with the voices from the people outside when Kiba threw open a window. Luckily, they were on the third floor, so there wasn't too much noise.
"I'm looking forward to the football tournament already." Kiba said, leaning on his arms while watching the people beneath him enjoying the sun.
"Oh, that's right. We're going to kick everyone's ass!" Naruto said, throwing a fist in the air. Sasuke wondered where the blonde got all his energy.
Chouji pulled his bag of crisps out of his schoolbag and opened it with a swift movement. "Make sure you don't scratch your face again." Chouji said, implying the one scar on his left cheek.
"If you get any more of those scars, you'd sure pass for a cat!" Shikamaru laughed, throwing his legs on the table in front of him, leaning against the wall.
"He does already." Gaara said with a little smirk on his face.
"No I don't." Naruto defended.
"I agree with Gaara, there." Chouji said in a playful tone.
Kiba laughed along. "True!"
"You guys!" Naruto said. He got a bit worked up.
"E-Excuse me."
The boys moved their heads towards the door. A fickle girl stood in de opening. She was cute, had brown long hair and brown eyes. Seemingly, she tried to make a hole in de floor with the nose of her shoe, twisting it while looking at it. Her hands were on her back. It was a typical shy girl.
"Can we help you?" Gaara asked, putting up a smile he saved for strangers.
"Yes… Can I speak to S-Sasuke for a moment?" she asked. Her cheeks became pink. Sasuke stood up and walked towards the girl. They stepped outside the classroom, Sasuke closing the door behind them.
"She's cute…" Chouji said. He sat on the table next to Shikamaru's.
"Sasuke is pretty popular with the girls already." Shikamaru said. "But he never seems to like them back."
"I know, but this one is just so cute!" Chouji said, almost convinced that Sasuke couldn't say no to a girl like her.
"Has even had a boyfriend before?" Kiba asked, this being the first time the question came to his mind.
"No." Gaara said dryly.
Sasuke came in the classroom again. They could hear fast footsteps running down the hall. They must have been from the cute girl.
"I can hear you guys talking outside the classroom you know." Sasuke said. He didn't seem pleased or honoured by the girl's confession at all.
"And?" Gaara said. His tone betrayed he already knew the answer.
"She's not my type." He replied. He sat down on his chair again. He looked at Naruto and wondered if the relief he saw on said blonde's face was all his imagination.
"Sasuke, there have been so many girls by now!" Kiba said. "Do you even know what the word 'hormones' means?" The sharp-eyed boy was obviously confused about Sasuke not having had a girlfriend thus far.
"I have no idea." Sasuke said sarcastically.
"What is your type anyway?" Chouji asked. He held the back upside down to see if there was something left inside, but unfortunately, there wasn't.
"Dunno." Sasuke said, although he did know. Blonde. Blue eyes. But he couldn't say he was in this classroom. Nobody except Gaara knew he liked Naruto. "Blonde." The raven-haired boy decided.
"That's all?" Kiba frowned at the short reply.
"Preferably a pair of nice blue eyes to go with it." Sasuke said. "Happy?"
"Do you… like somebody?" Naruto asked. He had just been listening from the start, not really knowing what to say or how to act.
A pair of onyx eyes widened slightly, but went back to normal the moment it had changed. He looked into Naruto's eyes deeply and said "Maybe" in such a sexy way every girl would have fainted. Naruto looked away shyly.
The boys of the group tried to find out whom it was Sasuke liked, but they had had no success.
Sasuke dropped his bag and fell on his bed, one arm to the side and one hand on his eyes. What was he going to do? Everyday his feelings seemed to get worse. He even showed his weakness to Gaara. Gaara didn't mind… but still. As an Uchiha he had his pride.
Maybe he should go out with a girl to see if Naruto got jealous. Or maybe he should make Naruto drink a lot and take advantage of him. He found himself such a girl, thinking about this stuff. Never before had he been so insecure. Even more girlish was the fact he found himself thinking he had to miss Naruto for a whole weekend. It was only a weekend for Christ's sake.
His mobile phone buzzed inside his pocket. He had a text message. He was sure it was from a stalker girl again, before he saw it was from Naruto. He pressed the button to see what it said.
[Hey!
I know you are not one for helping people out with their homework,
But will you please help me with Monday's math test?
Naruto.]
Sasuke didn't know what to be: happy or panicky. Naruto had never been to his house before, but if it was Naruto… Why not help him out? It was a chance for him to be alone with him. He had had plenty conversations with Naruto, but they had never really hung out at one of their places. Sasuke suddenly felt lucky for living on his own.
He slapped his perverted mind for making a whole scene in his head. Then, he sent a reply.
[Hey, dobe.
Sure.
Sasuke.]
He got a message back faster than the speed of light.
[Really!]
He chuckled as he sent his reply back.
[3 bucks an hour.]
...
[That's too expensive.]
Sasuke sighed.
[Just kidding. Tomorrow 2 o'clock?]
[Where do you live?]
[Pine street 34]
[Ok! See you tomorrow!]
[Don't be late, dobe.]
Sasuke wasn't one for enthusiasm, but he could have jumped on his bed out of joy. Naruto! At his house!
It occurred to him that it was also the perfect time to talk with Naruto about Orochimaru. He had completely forgotten it after that girl's confession. Whatever, he'd tell him tomorrow, but first he had to try to get some sleep! He took a quick shower and went to bed. He fell asleep feeling satisfied and looking forward to tomorrow, images of Naruto's smile of that day going through his head.
Hope you liked it! :D
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