Somebody Save Me
Chapter one
"Naruto it's time for school." Naruto heard his brother Kurama call from the doorway. Naruto groaned and pulled the blankets over his head, it wasn't that Naruto didn't like going to school, because he did. But he had stayed up late the night before studying for his dreaded Algebra exam.
"Come on little brother." Kurama called again. "I'll come drag you out if you need too."
"Go away, idiot." Naruto grumbled as he shoved the covers off before sitting up.
"Not until you are out of bed." The red haired teen said. Kurama was three years older than Naruto and was in his senior year at Konoha High while Naruto was in his freshman year.
"I'm up" Naruto mumbled, rubbing at his blue eyes. "Are mom and dad gone already?"
"Yeah, Mom got called in for an emergency surgery and Dad had a meeting." Kurama replied. Their mother Kushina Uzumaki was a surgeon at Konoha General, while Minato was Mayor of the City of Konoha. Sometimes it annoyed Naruto that their parents weren't always there for him when he needed something, but he always had Kurama who would always do his best to help him out with whatever he needed. Naruto dreaded the day that Kurama finished high school and left for college. It meant that Naruto wouldn't have his best friend and prank accomplice anymore. Kurama was the best friend anyone could ever ask for.
"What's that look for?" Kurama asked seeing the depressed look in Naruto's eyes.
"I was just thinking that I'm dreading when you leave for college." Naruto answered, his heart feeling heavy at the thought.
"It's not like I'm going a million miles away." Kurama replied "I'm only going to Suna."
"I know" Naruto said "but I'm so used to you being here to talk too. What if I have a panic attack and can't get through it?"
"There is always the phone when you need me the most. You know I won't abandon you." Kurama said "besides we still have a few months until I even leave."
"I know." Naruto mumbled feeling embarrassed about worrying about Kurama's pending departure. He should probably be worrying about his test and getting through this day without passing out from exhaustion.
"I love you too little brother." Kurama said entering the room and pulling Naruto into a hug. "I'm going to miss you as you much as you will miss me." Kurama told him "But since I'm not leaving for a few more months how about pulling a prank on a few choice teachers at Konoha High?"
"What do you have in mind?" Naruto asked never being able to resist a good prank. Naruto drove his teachers crazy with the amount of pranks that he played. Naruto really couldn't help it, he just liked brightening up what he considered a dull day.
"Replacing their hand sanitizer with super glue." Kurama replied giving Naruto a wicked grin. "I know your teacher Iruka goes through a ton of sanitizer." Kurama said and Naruto couldn't stop the grin. Iruka Umino was Naruto's Algebra teacher. What a good way to irritate the man than gluing his hands together. Maybe Iruka would even cancel today's test.
"Good idea" Naruto agreed "He'll be too busy to concentrate on giving the test."
"Just don't get caught, you will probably get suspended" Kurama said. Naruto shrugged he didn't really care, he just wanted to have some fun, what better way to that than to prank the teacher whose class you were just barely passing. Naruto wasn't dumb he just didn't like math and preferred goofing off with his friends.
"Make sure we have plenty of glue. Iruka isn't the only teacher that I want to prank." Naruto told Kurama who was heading for the door.
"This is going to be fun." Kurama said grinning at Naruto.
"The terrible Uzumaki's strike again." Naruto grinned back. Kurama's departure forgotten in the midst of their prank planning.
Naruto couldn't stop the giddy feeling as he dug into his dresser and grabbed his usual orange t-shirt and pair of blue jeans. He rushed through getting dressed and heading out of his room towards the kitchen. Where he knew Kurama would have their prank supplies already ready.
Upon entering the kitchen Naruto grabbed a bowl of lucky charms, quickly scarfing it down before going over to the table where the large bottle of clear super glue that was sitting on the the table. Grabbing the bottle off the table, and stuffed it into his backpack. Naruto loved the days where he and Kurama planned pranks.
"This is going to be great." Naruto grinned as he exited the house and headed towards Kurama's car. Climbing into the silver BMW Naruto grinned at his older brother.
"Yes, if we don't get into too much trouble." Kurama said "Jiraya already threatened to expel you." Kurama reminded.
"I'm not the only prankster in Iruka's class. Kiba Inuzuka is there in there too. Iruka won't know that it was me." Naruto said shrugging. He was almost positive that Kiba would be the one get blamed this time.
"I hope so" Kurama said "Mom and Dad said they would send you to military school if you got expelled from Konoha High."
"I'm not worried." Naruto replied even though the thought of being separated from his brother did bother him.
Once they arrived at the high school Naruto said goodbye to Kurama and headed into the school to search for his best friend Sasuke Uchiha, whom he found with his girlfriend in Iruka's classroom.
"Hey, Sakura." The blonde boy greeted as he dropped his backpack onto his desk beside the dark haired Uchiha.
"Hey Naruto" Sakura gave him a friendly smile before looking back at Sasuke. Naruto proceeded to pull the bottle of clear super glue out of his backpack and headed to the front of the classroom where he dumped the normal sanitizer into the trash can beside the desk and refilled it with the super glue.
"Naruto, don't you think that is a bad idea?" Sasuke asked watching as Naruto put the evidence away. "If your parents find out its so long Naruto."
"I won't get caught." Naruto said confidently as he pulled his math book out of his backpack and put it on the floor underneath him as he sat down.
"I hope you are right." Sasuke said "because I need my best friend to get through this year."
"The great Sasuke Uchiha needs me?" Naruto said "your dating the hottest girl in the school. What do you need me for? Entertainment purposes?"
"Yes, because my life is so boring." Sasuke commented dryly and Naruto rolled his eyes. Naruto's father Minato and Sasuke's father Fugaku were best friends, which meant the two spent quite a bit of time together because The Uchiha's often had dinner with the Uzumki's which meant that Naruto and Sasuke spent a lot of time together and had ended up being best friends. Once in a while Naruto even convinced Sasuke to play a prank on their unsuspecting teachers which is funny because no one ever expected the stoic Sasuke to play a prank.
"Your life is boring without me." Naruto snickered "besides I plan for Kiba to take the fall on this one."
"We'll see about that" Sasuke said as Sakura took her seat behind Sasuke as the classroom began to fill up. Iruka Umino with brown hair and a scar across his nose followed the kids into the room closing the door behind him. Before heading towards his desk where he immediately squirted some hand sanitizer onto his hands and rubbed them together, not expecting his palms to get stick together. If Iruka only held his hands up he would have looked like he was praying.
"Naruto." Iruka said irritation in his voice. "What did you do?"
"It wasn't me. It was Kiba." Naruto protested.
"Idiot, Kiba isn't here." Sasuke said under his breath, making Naruto freeze.
"What did you do?" Iruka asked again as he tried to pull his hands apart, only to fail.
"I replaced your sanitizer with super glue." Naruto mumbled.
"Wonderful." Iruka hissed "I guess that was supposed to be a joke?"
"Of course it was." Naruto said "you just need to lighten up a little."
"If you would stop playing pranks, you might actually pass the class." Iruka hissed.
"I am passing." Naruto said "barely but I am passing."
"Not after this stunt you are not." Iruka stated "you are getting a zero on the test and you are getting your ass to the office so that Jiraya can deal with you." Iruka glared at the frozen blonde. "Get your ass out of here. And someone please call the office and let them know that Naruto Uzumaki is on his way."
"I told you, you shouldn't have done it." Sasuke said as Naruto gathered his things, trying to ignore his teachers glare.
"Something like this isn't a joke." Iruka stated as Naruto exited the room with Iruka following.
"I'm sorry okay." Naruto mumbled. "I just wanted to have some fun."
"Sorry isn't fixing this right now and its not going to keep you in this school either." Iruka stated as he followed Naruto into Jiraya's office.
"What did you do now?" Jiraya asked as Naruto flopped down into the chair in front of the white haired man's desk.
"He put super glue in my hand sanitizer." Iruka said holding up his hands for the principle to see. Jiraya sighed and looked over at the miserable blonde.
"What did I tell you was going to happen next time you were in here for playing a prank?"
"That I was going to be expelled" Naruto mumbled "but you can't expel me. When my parents find out they will send me to military school. I can't be separated from Kura."
"You should have thought about that sooner." Jiraya replied "Go clean out your locker and I will call your parents."
"You should learn to take a joke." Naruto told Iruka as he passed his teacher and went out into the hall.
"You should learn that there's more to life than playing stupid pranks all the time." Iruka replied.
"Face it you don't like me because I make your boring life a little less boring and you couldn't do that yourself." Naruto snapped.
"I don't like you because you think you can get by with anything because your father is mayor." Iruka snapped not realizing how far he had gone until Naruto's blue eyes widened with hurt before his shoulders slumped and he disappeared down the hall.
"That was a little harsh." Jiraya said "Naruto is a kind kid, he's just a little spirited."
"Yes, well he needs to calm down." Iruka said looking down at the floor, beginning to feel guilty as he thought of the hurt look in Naruto's eyes.
When Naruto reached his locker, he couldn't stop the tears. Did Iruka really think that about him?
"What happened?" Naruto's best friend's voice filled the air.
"What do you think?" Naruto asked "I got expelled and found out that Iruka hates me because he thinks that I think I am better than everyone else."
"Yet you spent more time volunteering at different places than any other kid." Sasuke said hating that their teacher had to be so cruel over one little prank.
"I guess that means military school for you." Sasuke said and Naruto nodded and turned and opened his locker.
"What's going on here? Why aren't you in class?" Kurama asked, walking towards Sasuke and Naruto with Itachi beside him.
"I played that prank and Iruka took it a little too seriously." Naruto replied. "and I'm not sure that you didn't get caught doing the same thing."
"I didn't do it because Itachi talked some sense into me." Kurama said.
"I tried to talk him out of it." Sasuke said "but not as usual he didn't listen." Naruto sighed and pulled his things out of his locker and put them into his backpack.
"Mom and Dad are going to be pissed." Kurama said "there won't be any talking them out of military school this time." both Naruto and Kurama enjoyed close relationships with their parents, they could always tell them whatever was on their mind and get whatever help they needed for their problems. Kushina and Minato always tried to be home at meal times, which to both Kurama and Naruto these were some of their favorite times, laughs were shared and stories enjoyed as they each discussed something funny that they had had happen to them during the day. Naruto's stories usually were about some pranks that he played while Kurama's was usually how he had to keep beating the girls off cause they wouldn't leave him alone. Naruto knew they would really be angry at him for this prank and they were right to be but Naruto still hoped that he could talk them out of military school. They knew that he didn't want to be so far away from Kurama. Naruto had panic attacks everyone once in a while and Kurama was usually the only one who could help him out of it.
"I guess I'll see you at home." Kurama said "if they don't ship you off before I get home."
"You and I both know they wouldn't do something like that." Naruto said as he watched Jiraya coming towards him.
"I'll see you later then." Kurama told Naruto as he and Itachi started off down the hall.
"I couldn't get a hold of either one of your parents." Jiraya said "so when you are finished with your locker, head on home. I know you live only a couple minutes from here."
"I'm finished." Naruto mumbled "I'll get out of your hair since you clearly don't want me here."
"Naruto" Sasuke said softly seeing the rejection in his friends eyes.
"I'll talk to you later Sasuke." Naruto said as he hefted his backpack up onto his shoulder and headed towards the exit. Did everyone really hate him that much? What most people didn't know was that Naruto hid a dark depression beneath his bright grin, not even Sasuke knew he was depressed. Kurama knew about it and would try and help him out when it seemed like the darkness was getting too much for Naruto to handle but sometimes even Kurama was fooled by his bright grin.
When he reached his house, he noticed that both his parents cars were in the drive. Which Naruto found weird since Jiraya hadn't been able to get a hold of them, normally when they were home the phones did not go unanswered.
"Mom, Dad?" Naruto called out as he entered the house. It was strangely quiet, no laughter to be heard which was unusual because his dad liked to joke around a lot. This time however, not a sound was heard.
Approaching his father's office, a strong copper scent filled the air, making Naruto wrinkle his nose. Whatever the smell was there was a lot of it. As Naruto entered the office, Naruto's chest filled with fear. Swallowing hard Naruto spotted both his parents bodies lying in a pool of blood, a bloody knife lying beside his father.
Naruto dropped to his knees in a pool of blood beside his father, terror and shock filling his veins, his hand dropping onto the knife as Naruto leaned over and began searching for a pulse in his fathers throat. Tears filled his eyes as a pulse couldn't be found, and he allowed his hand to drop into the blood while his other hand gripped the knife tightly, unconsciously.
"You can't be gone." Naruto sobbed as he leaned forward and struggled to take in his next breath. Who could have done this and why would they do it? What had their parents done to be so brutally murder? He was so lost in his thought that he didn't hear Kurama shouting from down the hallway, didn't hear his brother come up behind him, didn't even know that his brother saw him holding the bloody knife and barely heard his brother whisper: "What the hell did you do?" before grabbing the nearest phone and calling the police.
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