Hey everyone, it's Rika!

Since I was close to being done with my other story, "Secrets of the Broken", I figured that now I could take the time to start typing up this story. Thanks for all of the ones who took the time to review I really appreciate it!

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Uchiha Sasuke was a seventeen year old senior who attended Hidden Leaf High. He was one among many who were gladly waiting the next four months of school to pass by before High School Graduation. But sadly, time was passing not quickly but slowly. Sasuke sat in his last four classroom, sitting on the window sill watching his fellow students make and throw snowballs before they ran to the cover of their warms cars.

He leaned back, his school uniform rustling gently as he shifted a little from the uncomfortable change in temp with his warm back connecting with the cold concrete of the school walls. His dark hair fell around and framed his pale face. His onyx eyes looked wishfully to the sky as he avoided the waves and hollers of his fangirls down below. Along with the hardships of being the hottest guys in the entire school, and an excellent student he also had one other duty. This duty being the one main reason he wasn't in his car driving home himself. He was—

"President…"

Sasuke's gaze switched from watching the snow silently floating down to the ground, to the older male whose body framed the doorway,

"Yes, Shino?"

Shino's cheeks were slightly flushed and the transversal lenses on his glasses were a blackish color, indicating that the male had just arrived from outside. A scarf wrapped around his neck was tugged down a little to show some more of his face as he walked over to the Uchiha on the ledge,

"The meeting is about to start…Shall we?"

Sasuke sighed and he nodded, "Yes."

—the president of the School's Student Council. Being in the election and winning in his freshman year was a complete and utter surprise to him. Why?

Sasuke had never put his name into the box for representatives.

Nor had the mere thought of running for Student Council even cross his mind. All he wanted was to hand out with his best friends and pass his classes. He was nominated by the entire school (save for his friends who respected his wishes) but the absolute final say…was to be by the former president of the Student Council. The former president had approved and Sasuke had been 'in-charge' ever since. His first year was pretty boring—he didn't know anyone older in the Student council so it was awkward at times. The older council members realized this, and so sought a way to use the unknowing Uchiha.

Luckily another first year student, Shino Aburame, had also been elected as a Student Council member. Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the vice-president. He had steered Sasuke away from their influence and had helped him. And the next year Uchiha's closest friends had been chosen as well to be Student Council Representatives. The raven slid off the window sill, grabbed his backpack off of the table and followed Aburame out the door. It took the both of them five minutes to travel from one end of the school to the other. They both entered the Student Council room, annoyed that the silence immediately set in, just like it did every Wednesday. Sasuke took his place at the end of the five foot long oak table while Shino sat to his right and the Treasurer sat to his left.

The treasurer leaned over, "You looked a little tired there, Sasu."

Sasuke let his frame relax and he sighed again, "I just want to get this done and over with. I want to go home, Shika."

By using the shortened versions of their names, 'Sasu' for Sasuke and 'Shika' for Shikamaru, one could easily assume that the Uchiha and his friend were very close.

"I know how you feel…" Shika leaned back, "It's a drag and so troublesome…"

Sasuke addressed the secretary that sat to the left of Shikamaru, "What's the topic or topics for today?"

The short, blonde-haired boy that was in the council opened the three-ring binder in front of him, "There are two matters that have been proven to be the most important for this week. One: There are two new students to be starting on Monday. And two: the boys and girls basketball teams are complaining about gym times for practice."

The president let his fingers drum against the top of the table, "Alright. We'll start with the basketball teams…Hyuuga? Any ideas?"

A tall, handsome brunette sat to the right of Shino. His eyes were closed and when he opened them, pupil-less eyes with a light purple tint to them, looked directly across the table to the secretary, "What about their practices is causing their distress?"

"The boy's basketball team is taking three hours after school instead of the original hour and a half they booked the gym for. The girls are too tired in the morning to focus on their school work because of their late night practices."

Hyuuga thought for a moment, "Let the g-"

"Wait I've got it. Boy's practices can still be after school—sorry Neji—but their practices can be an hour and a half. No more. Tell the girls they can either have their practices after that or they will be able to have them in the morning." Sasuke decided. He wanted out of this boring place.

It was quiet again before Shino spoke, "If the girls choose the later, and decide on the morning practices….who will be here at five in the morning to let them in?"

Sasuke shrugged, "I will."

"But president…I have to disagree with you. You already do too much." The secretary said.

"Are you volunteering Mino-chan?" Shikamaru asked the boy next to him.

He instantly bowed his head, "N-no sir."

"Alright then." Nara nodded, "What's next?"

"Uzumaki-kun and Sabaku-kun." Karomi, another black haired council member said, "Two, somehow related, trouble makers. Uzumaki-kun is a blonde, with blue eyes? And Sabaku-kun is a pale redhead with the kanji for something in red over his left eye. At least I think so unless I've somehow managed to switch it around."

Everyone blinked.

"How's you know that?! Only I've got the information on those two so far!" The secretary yelled.

"Is he right?" Shino asked.

Shikamaru took the filed from the stunned boy, "Yup."

"Karomi-kun, stop looking out the window and pay attention," Neji ordered, "How did you know that?"

Karomi pointed out the window, "'Cause they're right there."

All ten members went to stand and look out the three windows there were on the south side of the room. The Student Council room overlooked the south side of the parking lot. There stood a blonde and a redhead, back to back, standing in the middle of a circle of twelve kids.

"Zaku and Dosu." Aburame obviously pointed out.

Zaku and Dosu were twins and have been the school bullies in all four years of high school. Their brother was the bully before them and passed down the 'sacred right' at the end of his graduation four years ago. The other eleven kids were only a fraction of their entire group of followers. Including their little sister, Kin. They also controlled one of the cities most dangerous gangs.

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"So…you must be the new kids…" a man with a light brown beanie cap said as he stood next to his twin brother.

"Uzumaki and Sabaku right?" the brother next to the one who just spoke before had shaggy, blue dyed hair that contrasted with his pale skin, "Who's who?"

Neither the blonde or redhead answered.

"Hey!" an anorexic female with long hair took a threatening step forward, "He asked you a question."

Still, the two in the middle were silent.

She glared and stepped forward more. The redhead being the closest, she raised her fist, "This'll teach y-"

The blonde moved in between them in a blink of an eye and had caught her fist in his warm, tan hand, "Don't touch him." He glared darkly and hissed at her.

She stuttered at the instant coldness of his body language, "L-let go freak!" she tried to take back her arm and fell back with a yelp when the blonde let her go and she fell in the snow on her butt.

"Kin!" the male with the beanie cap called to her.

"Don't worry Dosu. I'm fine." She stood back up, "But we can teach them a small lesson on who's the top dog in this town can't we? Please Zaku?" she asked.

The boy with the blue dyed hair slightly nodded, "Sure. Let 'em have it."

Eight bodies smirked as they closed in their circle on the duo. A couple cracked their knuckles, others pounded their fists against their hands and some made fake punches toward them. The blonde went back to back with the redhead once again, bracing for a full out attack. He didn't plan on going down here in this fight at all. After all, they'd both been in worse situations than this.

The first thug charged, his fist pulled back, 'This isn't even worth it…' the blonde thought to himself, knowing the redhead was thinking it as well, as he flipped the first male over his head and down into the snow covered concrete on his back. While he was leaning over the guy he had just carelessly tossed on the ground, another thug popped up and jumped up on his back, "Get…off!" he tried to shake him off but with the other male's arms around his neck, choking him, he couldn't get a firm grip to throw him off. Then the weight of the male on his back disappeared, the arms around his throat slacking. The blonde took a quick glance back behind him. The redhead had the guy in a headlock, "Thanks."

He nodded as he dropped the mildly suffocation male and landed a punch in the stomach of the next thug. He reached for the next attacker but stopped when an annoyed voice rang out,

"Alright, stop it!"

The blonde looked to his left, another thug still in his arms in a headlock, only to set his eyes on the most beautiful man he had ever seen in his life. Almost equal in height, his dark black hair was spiked in the back as his bangs fell and framed his pale face. Dressed formally in his school uniform, the blonde assumed by the small but fancy crest on the collar of the raven's shirt, he was in the presence of Hidden Leaf High's Student Council President. As the raven spoke his black onyx eyes were completely unemotional and looked almost bored,

"Zaku…it's after school hours. Why are you still here?" his voice sounded like that this incident had happened not only this time but countless times before.

"Uchiha Sasuke…" Zaku said and mockingly bowed, "What brings you to the south side, Mr. President?"

Sasuke sighed, a heavenly sound to the blonde's ears, "We've been through this before…Go. Home."

"Public Property. We ain't going nowhere!!" kin spat.

"I'd advise you to be more careful Kin-chan…" a man with sunglasses who was standing next to Uchiha, spoke calmly to the girl, "We do not want anything bad to happen…"

She sneered back at him, "Quiet Aburame. I d-"

"Kin…would you shut the hell up? I'm sick of hearing you whine all the time…" a brown haired boy walked up and stood on the other side of Sasuke shaking his head, "Troublesome."

Zaku just growled and rolled his eyes, "Aww…you're no fun Uchiha." He walked away with the rest of his group following behind. Dosu struck up a random conversation and Kin pouted as she trailed behind her brothers.

The blonde blinked in confusion. They left? Just because some kids in their school uniforms told them too?! How ridiculously lame what that. He was about to burst out laughing until he saw something fall out of the corner of his eye, "Gaara?" he crouched next to the kneeling redhead, "What's wrong? Did they hit you?"

Gaara looked at the blonde with one eye, as the other was shut in pain, "Hn." He huffed out, "Don't worry…about it."

"Don't…worry…about it?" Naruto blinked again at him, "Are you fucking crazy?! Grandma's going to kick my ass if she finds out I let you get a lick from some bozo in tights!"

'Nice choice in words…' Shikamaru rolled his eyes, 'What a drag…a couple of idiots…' he felt an elbow in his side and he looked to Sasuke and gave him a 'What?' look.

"Sabaku-kun…" Shino stepped towards them a little, "Please allow us to h-"

"Fuck off." Gaara sneered, "I don't need 'help' from a bunch of idiots in dry-clean only suits…' he clumsily stood up, holding his right side, "Just forget it."

'Way to start fresh…' Shikamaru wanted to blurt it out but another elbow in his side made him glare at the Uchiha, 'I hate it when you do that!' he silently hissed at the raven.

The blonde rolled his eyes as, he too, stood. But he had to catch his friend when he stumbled forward, "What's wrong with you? We've gone through hundreds of fights without you losing your balance…" He watched as the redhead took his hand away from his side to look at it, "You dumbass! You're bleeding!"

Gaara couldn't focus well at all. His side throbbed and he was starting to get light headed. He knew he was leaning too much on his friend and he didn't want to. But when he tried to pull away he fell to the cold concrete of the parking lot. The last thing he remembered before the darkness over took his was a pair of crystal clear blue eyes starring at him, full of concern, "N-Naruto…."

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"Great…" Naruto almost collapsed under the extra weight of the redhead's limp body. He readjusted his grip, "Just great! You're going to get me into some serious crap Sabaku." He grunted as he maneuvered the unconscious boy on his back in a piggy-back style.

"Uzumaki-kun?" the man with the dark glasses asked.

"Hm?" the blonde finally looked their way again after positioning Gaara safely on his back, "Oh sorry," he held out his hand, "Uzumaki Naruto. This is Sabaku Gaara." Nodding to the redhead on his back.

The male with his glasses shook his hand before introducing himself and the others around him, "I'm Aburame Shino. Nara, Shikamaru is the one with the ponytail and the other is Uchiha Sasuke."

"Well…we'll be going." Naruto gave a slight jump to put Gaara higher on his back. He smiled just before he left, "Guess you already know we start on Monday. See you later!"

As the blue-eyed blonde walked away, the raven silently watched, 'A fake smile? What does he have to hide?' he was captivated by the beauty of the tan male. Sasuke was awed by the bronze god. His golden hair helped his sapphire eyes stand out and he was impressed by the sheer strength the blonde hid underneath his clothes. How Sasuke wished he could rip off that shirt and run his smooth hands across his tan chest. He was shaking with excitement at the very thought. The Uchiha wondered how good it would feel to be cradled by tan arms late in the night while they-

"Sasuke!"

The raven snapped out of his daydream as someone grabbed his hand and tugged him from the parking lot back towards the school, "Wh-? He looked at the person who pulled him, "Shika?"

Shikamaru let out a sigh, "Oh man…you were scaring me for a second there. What were you do-Nevermind. Let's go inside. You're turning colors." The ponytailed kid kept Sasuke's hand firmly in his as they walked back into the school.

Sasuke obediently followed but still argued on the way back upstairs to the Student Council room, "Shika…I was just thinking. C'mon let go, the teachers are starring!"

Indeed, for each teacher that was lining the hallway, Shikamaru and Sasuke received either looks on 'young love', 'boys will be boys' or 'That's no surprise…'. It kind of made Sasuke a little…well, self conscious of himself and the brunette.

"Who cares." Nara stopped at the door, opened it, and prompted Sasuke through before him, "Grab your stuff and we'll go."

Shino followed in shortly after them, "President."

Sasuke looked at the clock, "It's almost five, Shino. You can stop with the formalities now." He strapped his backpack on and stood next to Shikamaru who was grabbing his things as well, "What is it?"

"Uzumaki, Naruto…"

"What about him?"

"I think that I can safely assume…" he continued, "…that he would be an excellent bodyguard—"

Shikamaru's form turned quickly to face Shino. He stepped with lightning quick steps to stand between the Uchiha and Aburame boys, "No."

Shino blinked, "Why not? By the way he carried Sabaku-kun away…I think he's perfect for the job."

"No." Nara repeated, "I don't know the blonde well enough to keep Sasuke safe…"

Sasuke went stiff behind his friend. The only time Shikamaru ever used his full name was when he was mad or trying to force his point into some one else, 'Shikamaru?'

"…and I haven't received any information myself about the reason of his transfer. Absolutely not."

Aburame sighed, "I'm only thing about Sasuke and his trouble with the fang-"

"Shino!" Shikamaru hissed, "I've denied your request. There is nothing else to disc-"

"Shika…" Sasuke gently wrapped his hands around the older male's right arm, "Please, stop yelling." He moved his body closer to Nara's and placed his head between Shika's shoulder blades, "Let's not talk about this right now…all I want to do is go home…"

Nara glared at Shino, who avoided his gaze, and softly replied, "Alright, Sasu. We can go." Together they walked to the door. As Shikamaru passed Shino, he heard him whisper,

"We're not done yet Nara."

Shikamaru nodded as Sasuke tugged him out the door.

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A/N: Ooooh…what's going to happen???

Che. Anyway. Sorry. Shino is a little too polite…but there isn't anyone else who can pull off his role like he can!!

As for any questions concerning Shika's and Sasu's connection between one another. You'll have to tune into the next chapter to find out what happens with them.

Tell me what you think of this one!!

And if there are any corrections I need...please be a good sport and help out!

Later.