a/n: this idea popped up in my head while i was listening to my iPod during science class. i know, iPods shouldn't be at school, but i figured out that i could arrange my hair so it hid the earbud, and i had the wires running under my sweatshirt (but not under my actual tee-shirt, mind you. i'm not weird that way). anywhats, i was listening to a song i like, but i found myself wishing i had my CD player with me, so i could listen to some music i didn't have on my iPod. such as asonog called "Don't Laugh at Me" by Peter, Paul, and Mary. i know, they're notreally "in" right now, but hey, i like what i like, and that one song is basicallythe onlysong i like from their disc(the one that i've heard, anyways). usually i listen to a band called Superchick, and then there's Avril (sorta) and Evanessence, and a whle buncha others i can't even name. anyways,i just came up with this idea, and the first chap is the pro, and includes a full summary (hence below. just scroll down!)
well, hope you like the fic!
disclaimer: i don't own Naruto or any of it's characters, and i don't own "Don't Laugh at Me" by Peter, Paul, and Mary, either
Our Differences
summary: (not a yaoific. it's normal...or close, anyways) Naruto is a teenage boy going to Konohagakure High, with his friends, Sakura, Hinata, Tenten, and Gaara; the social outcasts. Naruto believed his life was the worst. That is, until he met Uchiha Sasuke, a homeless 16 1/2 year-old (he's younger than Naruto) boy who hangs around on the street across from Naruto's apartment complex. Naruto befriends the boy, as do Skaura, Gaara, Tenten, and Hinata. But what secrets is this strange teen hiding, and why is he on the streets?
Young, seven-year-old Naruto watched in tears as his mother walked away, leaving him with the scary lady.He looked up at the oversized woman, but couldn't see her head due to the enormous bulge of fat that blocked his view. He tured his attention back to his fleeing mother, who was climbing into her car. Leaving him at the adoption agency. She said she couldn't take care of him. That ever since his father had left, money was short, and she couldn't afford to have a child. She said she wanted him to stay with her, but if he did, they'd be out on the streets, ot being able to pay the rent, let alone buy food. Naruto's childish mind couldn't comprehend the situation. If she really wanted him to stay, why didn't he? They could go find Daddy, and everything would be okay. But she still left.
Naruto grew up in many homes, due to the families he had been sent to not liking his rambunctiousness and energy, or not liking the sound of his strangely toned voice. There were a ton of reasons, though none made any sense to Naruto. When Naruto turned 16, he was released from the care of the adoption agency, glad to be away from the monster-sized lady he had learned was Ms. Lean, as in thin and tall. He rented an apartment in a complex in Konohagakure, and proceeded to attend the local high school. There, he met Sakura, Gaara, Hinata, and Tenten, the school's outsiders. The five became friends quickly, though not so much between Naruto and Gaara, who constantly argued (a/n: wait til he meets Sasuke! XD).And Naruto discovered Sakura and Hinata shared an apartment just one floor below him, and Gaara and Tenten lived across the street in a co-complex, owned by the same people, though the complete complex spread over four blocks. Sakura and Gaara were both gothic, Sakura wearing hot pink and black,which went with her pink locks, while Gaara wore plain black with the occasional grey. Both were confirmed vegetarians and environmentalists, who despised inhumane testing on animals and and were against the slaughter of any creature (besides preps). (a/n: anyone who supports animal slaughter is scum, and that's saying it nicely. horses for glue, ect. stupid demonic people nothin' against Naruto, mind you. demons like that are awesome, but idiotic cowards who slaughter for fun are scum who slaughter or food and junk are just plain cruel, and don't say it's a part of ife, cuz it's not. it's dying!)
Tenten and Hinata were average girls, except Tenten's parents dumped her in the adoption agency cause she was too much of a burden, and Hinata ran away from home (thanks to her wealthy family, she was able to bribe the landlord into letting her rent an apartment with Sakura without notifying her parents). Sakura was also a runaway, but her parents said they didn't care what she did, log as she didn't hurt herself enough to need their money to help. Gaara was from Sunagakure, and had legally seperated from his parents and come here.
Now, Naruto is struggling through high school, with preps taunting, bullies... bullying, and average high school stuff, thinking his life sucks, though it has it's upsides, such as his friends.
Just wait until he meets Uchiha Sasuke.