I got this idea a while ago and it's been a plot bunny ever since. I know it's been done before, but I figured why not? All I ask is that you give it a chance. Plot twists will be coming up. I do not own Naruto. There will be more chapters later on! Reviews are appreciated! Enjoy!
Sasuke entered the school, his dark eyes scanning over the unfamiliar area. He was wearing a brown pair of cargo short and a black v-neck t-shirt. A circular white and red pendant hung from a necklace around his neck. Kids were bustling around, greeting friends that they missed over the summer, trying to find lockers and heading to class. However, Sasuke didn't have anyone to see. All of this was new to him. He sighed, raising his hand to brush his bangs away from his face and then he withdrew a piece of folded up paper from his pocket. It had his locker number, locker code and a list of all his classes. He searched the halls for his locker, trying to match the numbers on the piece of paper with the number that was engraved into the locker. When he finally found it, there was already someone there.
A blonde haired male that was dressed in khaki shorts and a white t-shirt was putting his backpack in the locker and rummaging around through the backpack, trying to find the binders that he would need. Sasuke didn't really know what to do. He approached the blonde hesitantly.
"Uhm," Sasuke began, "I think you have the wrong locker."
The blonde turned around, his light blue eyes staring into Sasuke's. "You must be my locker partner!" The blonde said, holding out his hand, "I'm Uzumaki, Naruto. And you are?"
"Uchiha, Sasuke," Sasuke said, shaking Naruto's hand. He hadn't been told that he was going to have a locker partner. He figured he would just have to deal with it.
"Nice to meet you," Naruto said, flashing an idiotic grin.
"Likewise," Sasuke said, grabbing a binder from his backpack before putting it into the locker next to Naruto's.
"So, you're the new kid, huh?" Naruto asked, "If you need any help finding your way around the school, don't hesitate to ask me. Think of me as your own personal guide." Naruto chuckled.
"Uhm, thanks," Sasuke said, not really sure what to think of this guy. Sasuke took the piece of paper out of his pocket again, looking at it and finding the room number of his first class, "Do you know where room 105 is?"
"Of course I do!" Naruto said, closing the locker, "I have the same first hour!" Naruto chuckled again, walking away. Sasuke assumed he was walking towards room 105 and followed him.
Once they were both inside the room, Naruto sat down in the back row. Sasuke had no idea where to sit, since he didn't know anybody but Naruto. So, he sat down next to the blonde, sighing as he set his binders down onto the desk. He crossed his arms on the desk and then buried his face into his arms. He could hear more and more students funneling into the room, taking their seats and talking to each other. He did notice one thing, however. Nobody talked to Naruto…
"Alright!" A loud voice interrupted Sasuke's thoughts. Sasuke looked up, his eyes locking onto what he presumed to be the teacher. An older male with long brunette hair that was pulled back into a ponytail had started talking. "Some of you may know me. Some of you may not. I had most of you last year, but there are some unfamiliar faces. So, what we're going to do is go around the room and everyone is going to say their name and tell us a little bit about themselves. I'll go first."
Great, Sasuke thought, One of these things. He sighed, brushing his bangs out of his face once more.
"My name is Iruka," the teacher said, "And I've been teaching here for about 4 wonderful years now." A student said something about how it hasn't been so wonderful for the students and the students around him began snickering. Of course, Iruka called them out. "Since you guys are just full of laughter today, perhaps you would like to tell us about yourselves first?"
The room grew silent until one of the kids from the group finally stood up to speak. "I'm Nara, Shikimaru. And personally, I think this class is a drag." Some kids remained silent and some kids snickered. Shikimaru sat back down, sighing.
"I'm Inuzuka, Kiba," Another kid said, "And I'm studying to become a veterinary surgeon." Some kids nodded their heads, acknowledging the fact that he had goals in life.
Sasuke sighed, once again resting his head on his arms. He listened to everyone say their name and then tell a little something about themselves. But, to be honest, Sasuke didn't care. It went on for what seemed like forever. Finally, he heard Naruto start to talk.
"I'm Uzumaki, Naruto," He began, "And I-"
"And who cares?" Shikimaru asked, cutting him off from the sentence. The class burst out into laughter. Naruto sunk back down into his seat.
"Mr. Nara, that's enough," Iruka said, "Next, please."
Sasuke sighed, knowing that it was his turn to speak. He stood up from his desk. "I'm Uchiha, Sasuke," He said. He contemplated on what he should tell about himself. There honestly wasn't much to say. He looked at Naruto, who was sunken down deeper into the desk. Then, he looked at Shikimaru, who had so rudely interrupted Naruto. "And I think that guy's an asshole." He pointed at Shikimaru.
Naruto's eyes widened and he sat up in his desk to look at Sasuke. The whole class remained silent for what seemed like hours before finally erupting into laughter and pointing at Shikimaru. Sasuke sat back down, not wanting to draw too much attention to himself. Not that it mattered anyways. What he just did had probably drawn him the attention of the whole class. And stories of what he did would circulate around the high school anyways.
Naruto nudged Sasuke's shoulder with a fist, grinning like an idiot and chuckling to himself. Sasuke smiled before resting his head on his arms once again. The rest of the hour went by pretty quickly, especially since the little comment that Sasuke made had riled up the students in the class. When the bell rang, Naruto and Sasuke were the first one out the door.
"Man, that was amazing!" Naruto said, fist pumping the air, "I mean to just call out Shikimaru like that! No one's ever done that!"
"Hey, man," Sasuke said, "It was no big deal. I mean, the guy has no right to pick on you. He just seems like the loser type that has nothing better to do with his life than to make fun of others."
"Yeah, but I mean, he's like one of the most popular kids here! No one makes fun of the preps at this school!" Naruto chuckled, giving Sasuke another nudge on the shoulder, "What's your next class? I'll walk you there."
"Uhm," Sasuke pulled out the sheet of paper, "Room 114." Naruto nodded, walking Sasuke to the next class.
"I'll see you at lunch, Sasuke!" Naruto said, turning and running towards his own class. Sasuke sighed, stepping inside the classroom. He found an empty desk in the back and sat down, looking around the room.
"Hey!" Two fists slammed down on Sasuke's desk. Shikimaru was standing in front of him, glaring at Sasuke. If looks could kill, Sasuke would be half way to hell right now. "You better watch your back, Uchiha. And don't pull any of that shit ever again."
"I'm not scared of you," Sasuke said, staring into Shikimaru's eyes.
"I don't care if you're scared of me," Shikimaru said, "Because the fact is I have people. Lots of people that could snap you in half like a twig."
"You should learn to fight your own battles, Shikimaru," Sasuke said, his eyes remaining locked onto Shikimaru's.
Shikimaru grunted in defeat and left, settling down in a seat in the front. A short female with pink hair sat down in front of Sasuke, immediately turning around in her seat to face Sasuke, a wide smile on her face.
"Hi!" She said, "I'm Haruno, Sakura!" She stuck out her hand to shake Sasuke's.
"Uhm," Sasuke said, "Sasuke." He took her hand and shook it once before withdrawing.
"Don't mind Shikimaru. He's a real hot head, but once you get to know him he's actually a pretty cool guy," She said.
"So, pretty much you're just saying I'll get used to him being an asshole," Sasuke said, eyeing Shikimaru again, who was having a conversation with three other boys that were sitting around him.
Sakura didn't know what to say. She grunted with discomfort and then changed the subject. "So, what school did you transfer from?"
Sasuke averted his gaze back to Sakura, "I was home-schooled," He told her.
"What made you decide to a normal school?" She asked.
"I don't know. Just needed to get out of the house, I guess," He said.
"I see. One of the rebel types, huh?" She jokes around with him, smiling.
"Yeah, I guess," Sasuke replied, sighing, "Listen, I'm sorry, but I'm really not good with the whole conversation thing. I'm kind of anti-social."
"Well, that's fine," Sakura said, "But I'm always here if you need anyone to talk to."
"Thanks," Sasuke said, watching Sakura turn around. He sighed again and looked at Shikimaru. Shikimaru stood up, the rest of his gang following. They walked right out of the class room, not even bothering to tell the teacher that they were leaving. Sasuke wondered what they could be up to…
When class was almost out, Sasuke walked up to the teacher's desk. "Uhm, may I leave early? I have to go to the bathroom." He asked. The teacher nodded and proceeded to write out Sasuke a pass. She handed it to him, smiling. "Thanks," Sasuke said, grabbing his stuff from his desk and walking out of the classroom.
Sasuke looked around the hall way and then began walking towards the closest restroom. Just before he entered the bathroom, Shikimaru and his gang walked out.
"Well, well," Shikimaru said, "Look at what we have here." The group snickered, Shikimaru nudging one of his buddies with his elbow, "We'll see you around, Uchiha. I'm sure of it." With this being said, the gang walked away, snickering at Sasuke.
Sasuke shook his head and walked inside the bathroom, but what he saw was unexpected. Naruto was sitting on the ground, his back up against the wall. Blood stained his white t-shirt. His nose was bleeding pretty badly and a bruise was beginning to form around his left eye.
"Naruto," Sasuke said.
"Yeah, waddaya want?" The blonde sniffled, bringing his hand up to wipe away some of his tears. He hated crying in front of people. But these were tears of anger. Not pain.
Sasuke sighed, walking to Naruto's side. He held out a hand, which Naruto grabbed, pulling himself up. Naruto walked to the sink and began washing the blood from his face. Once he was all done, he shut the water off and looked into the mirror.
"Thanks, Sasuke," Naruto said.
"For what?" Sasuke asked, leaning up against the wall, crossing his arms.
"For being my friend," Naruto said. Sasuke didn't say anything else about the subject.
"Do you have an extra shirt in your locker?" Sasuke asked, "Because that shirt is pretty much ruined."
"Yeah," Naruto said, "I always keep a spare one in my bag. This happens more often than you'd think."
Sasuke sighed, "Well, it shouldn't happen."
"I don't mind it," Naruto said, turning and walking out of the bathroom. It was obvious that Naruto didn't want to discuss the matter, so Sasuke didn't push on the subject. Instead, he followed Naruto to their locker. Naruto removed a black t-shirt from his bag and then took off the blood-stained t-shirt that he had on. He stuffed it down into his backpack and then put on the black t-shirt. He turned to Sasuke, grinning like an idiot.
"See," He said, "Good as new." He chuckled.
"Except," Sasuke said, "You have a black eye now." He smirked.
Naruto chuckled, "Yeah. I think it makes me look tough." He chuckled again.
Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle a little bit himself.
Third hour flew by pretty quickly for Sasuke and before he knew it, it was lunch time. He ventured into the cafeteria, looking around for Naruto. He spotted the blonde, already in line, grabbing his lunch. Sasuke strolled up to him and nudged him, letting him know he was there.
"Hey Sasuke," Naruto said, not even looking at Sasuke. He was too busy grabbing food to put onto his tray.
"Watch it, losers," Shikimaru said as he shoved Sasuke to the side to make way for him and his gang.
Sasuke just about lost it. He stepped forward, but Naruto put a hand on his chest to stop him. "He's not worth it, Sasuke." Naruto returned to grabbing food after he was sure that Sasuke wasn't going to go after Shikimaru.
But, that just wasn't enough for Sasuke. He waited patiently, grabbing a tray of food and paying for it at the cash register. He followed Naruto, sitting down next to him at an empty table. No sooner than a second after Sasuke sat down, Sakura was sitting down next to Sasuke.
"Hey Sasuke!" Sakura beamed, smiling brightly towards Sasuke.
"What's up?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto meant to say, "Hey Sakura!" but since his mouth was full of food, it came out more like ,"Mey Makooa!"
Sakura gave a disgusted look to Naruto, but quickly returned her attention to Sasuke. "I was just wondering if you wanted to sit with me at my table. I could introduce you to a couple of my friends."
Sasuke looked at Naruto, who seemed disappointed that Sakura hadn't asked him. "I'm fine, here, thank you," Sasuke said, returning his attention to his tray of food.
Sakura's smile faded, "Oh… Alright then," She said, "I guess I'll- Uhm… See you around." She giggled and then walked away.
Sasuke finished his food up quickly, walking away from the table to throw his paper tray in the trash. He saw Shikimaru walking towards the same trash can, but Shikimaru didn't see Sasuke. Shikimaru dumped his tray into the trash and then started to walk away. Sasuke did the same with his tray, but walked behind Shikimaru, catching up to him.
"Hey!" Sasuke put a hand on Shikimaru's shoulder.
"Hmm?" Shikimaru turned his head and was immediately greeted with a punch to the face. Shikimaru fell to the ground.
"That was for Naruto," Sasuke said coldly. Shikimaru got back up and charged Sasuke, swinging a fist towards the Uchiha. Sasuke moved to the side and stuck his foot out, tripping Shikimaru. The Nara boy hit the floor again, turning around. The whole school seemed to stop, watching the fight. Some even formed a circle around them.
Shikimaru got back up, charging Sasuke again. Sasuke moved to the side once more, but brought his knee up to Shikimaru's stomach. Shikimaru fell to his knees, holding his gut. Sasuke pushed Shikimaru with his foot, causing the Nara to roll onto his back. Sasuke placed his foot on Shikimaru's chest, staring into his eyes.
"Don't mess with my friends," Sasuke said. Shikimaru nodded, showing that he understood.
"Alright people! Show's over!" Naruto intervened, stepping inside the circle and waving the crowd away, "You can all go back to what you were doing! Nothing to see here!" Naruto walked up to Sasuke, grinning.
"Man, that was cool. He didn't even lay a finger on you," Naruto said.
"Yeah," Sasuke said, "Nothing special. You just gotta know how to fight."
"That was something, Uchiha," An unfamiliar voice said. Sasuke turned to see who it was. A male about the same height as Sasuke was standing before him. He had shoulder length black hair and his eyes were pupiless, "The name's Hyuga, Neji." He stuck out his hand for Sasuke to shake.
"Nice to meet you," Sasuke shook his hand.
"Likewise," Neji replied, "If you want, I could show you around the school."
"Uhm," Sasuke looked at Naruto, who was nodding his head furiously, "Yeah, sure."
Neji smiled, "Well, let's go," With this being said, he walked away. Sasuke followed Neji.
"Find me after school!" Naruto shouted.
"So, what was that all about?" Sasuke asked, placing his binder in the locker that he shared with Naruto.
"Neji's the most popular kid in this school!" Naruto explained, "If you get in good with him, than you get in good with everybody!"
"I see," Sasuke said, "So why were you so eager to see me leave with him?"
"Because," Naruto said, "You're a cool guy and cool guys deserve to hang out with cool people. And Neji hangs out with cool people." Naruto chuckled.
Sasuke smiled, "Thanks, Naruto."
"No problemos," Naruto said, grabbing his backpack and walking away from the locker. Sasuke did the same, walking beside Naruto. Once the duo was outside, Naruto looked at Sasuke, "See ya tomorrow, buddy. It was nice meeting you."
Sasuke smiled, "Yeah, same to you." He walked away from the school building, only taking a couple steps before he was approached by Neji again.
"Hey, Uchiha," Neji said, "I'm having a party this weekend to celebrate the beginning of the new school year. It's nothing formal. Casual clothing. I'll see you there."
"Uhm, yeah," Sasuke said, "I guess." Sasuke smiled. He was already making friends….