Chapter 1

It was just a normal school day for Uzumaki Naruto. Being made fun of, laughed at, having no friends to rely on, lived alone. He was obviously lonely, but as usual no one on earth would care. He was walking down the hall when he stopped in his track once he saw a crowd of girls. Who's that? He thought to himself. No one's usually this popular… he suddenly found himself pushed up against the lockers harshly.

"Tch, what the hell Inuzuka?" Naruto spat.

"Oh, gomen, did I push you too hard?" the brunette growled as Hyuuga Neji snickered from behind him.

"Hell yeah you did! And shut up before I take a shit in your hair so it can be a real brown, Hyuuga."

Neji silence at once and glared at the blonde. "You're one to talk with your fucked up whiskers."

Naruto bared his growing fangs at Neji. He absolutely hated when people mentioned his "whiskers". Just then, Kiba had his hand wrapped tightly around Naruto's neck.

"Who the hell do you think you are, Uzumaki?"

"Hana… se…" he managed to choke out as Kiba only tightened his grip.

Neji rolled up his sleeves. "Gomen, Uzumaki. It's only business," he said as he clenched his fists.

"Damn… it…" Naruto hissed befor his eyes started rolling back in to his head. Right when Neji was about to finish Naruto with a single punch, his wrist was caught before the action proceeded. Another hand grabbed Kiba's hair, causing him to fall back, releasing Naruto's neck.

Naruto slid to the floor, only to look up at a figure he'd never seen around school before.

"What's all this for?" asked the man as he tightened his hold on Neji's wrist and Kiba's hair.

"Ow!" exclaimed the dog boy. "Let go of my hair, you prick!"

"What gives you the right to touch me anyway, you duck-haired freak?" Neji asked rudely.

"Because," the dark blue-haired man explained. "you two idiots have no right to be beating the shit out of this innocent dude."

Naruto's eyes widened at the sudden word that he was called. "Innocent."

"Now go." Just then, the man let go of them and they angrily walked away as he kneeled down in front of the blonde. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," Naruto mumbled as he cupped neck. "who are you anyway…?"

"I'm the new transfer student," he chuckled. "Uchiha Sasuke. And you are?"

"Naruto… Uzumaki Naruto…"

"Well, nice to meet you Uzumaki-kun," Sasuke smiled warmly at him. Naruto had never in his life something so beautiful… so comforting… friendly. "Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Sasuke suddenly frowned.

"Nothing," Naruto replied as he turned his head away, wiping his tears. Sasuke tilted his head slightly, slowly figuring out Naruto's lie. Then he turned his head toward the crowd of gossiping girls and realized they were looking at Naruto. Just then the bell rung loudly through everyone's ears. Sasuke looked back at Naruto and ruffled his hair.

"Meet me at the park after school, Uzumaki," he whispered before standing back up, now making his way to class. Naruto looked admiringly after him. Why does he treat me differently…?