Disclaimer: This is purely fan-made! All of Naruto, including characters and plots all belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Like i said in the summary, I tried to stay as close to the material as possible while adding my own spin on things! This is obviously a high school version of Naruto. I hope you enjoy :)
Welcome to Konoha Academy
"Welcome, bright and creative new students." The booming voice of the principal echoed through the large gymnasium filled with students of every grade, sitting on cold hard plastic chairs that made every student try to adjust themselves to find comfort, "We are so excited that you have chosen Konoha Academy to represent your next four years!"
"Stupid opening ceremony." A girl groaned next to me.
I looked to the girl sitting beside me, her name was Melody. She was entering third year, along with me. She had her light baby blue hair tied up into a high ponytail, since it was boiling in here. The ponytail ended the moment the tip of her skirt began. She wore the grey uniform, like every one of us girls were forced to wear. The sailor outfit was very popular to each of these high schools, but ours had a green ribbon, to represent our country, the Leaf. At the left chest area was the school's emblem, a circle with a pointed end and a tip. It's supposed to be some retro leaf but it looks like a snail if you ask me. She also wore the grey skirt that ended a bit above her knees. She wore black knee high socks and the uniform black dress shoes.
I always thought the men got the better deal when it came to the uniform. They wore a dark blue jacket that covered their entire chest, with yellow buttons. Then they wore dark blue dress pants and black dress shoes. And just like our uniform, they had the school's symbol at the top left of their chest. Lucky assholes, they don't have to wear any skirts.
Melody looked to me as my thoughts trailed off. I had known Melody ever since I came here, since first year. She had been my best friend, through thick and thin, no matter what. I could never thank her enough for everything she has done for me.
"I know, right?" I told Melody who lightly chuckled, "These things are so boring..."
"Hey isn't your friend in first year now?" Melody asked as I nodded, "I'll bet we will be adding them to our pack! I'm so excited to finally have people I like coming into this school."
"I agree...I bet that they are excited to move on from little grade school. I'm happy that we can help them out."
"We have to find them the moment we get out of this stupid ceremony."
"Sure!"
"And now please welcome your student council..." The principal began, "We will start off by introducing our student council president, Pain!" The principal said as an orange haired, white eyed boy- who I might add, has way too many piercings- came up to the stage, "Our vice president, Tobi!" A boy with an orange mask on came up happily to the stage, "Our treasury Kakuzu!" A older boy had his brown hair hanging down, his dark green eyes giving an eerie look to him came up to the stage, "Our class representatives, Kisame Hoshikage, Itachi Uchiha, Deidara, and Sasori!"
I don't even know where to begin. The red haired boy with deep brown eyes came up to the stage first but I knew that his name was Sasori. Sticking right beside him was Deidara, a blonde haired boy with blue eyes, who never wanted to leave Sasori's side. Kisame was a boy with dark blue hair, black eyes and blue skin. Long story short he got into an accident that involved a lot of blue paint that never left his skin. The moment Itachi got onto the stage, girls shrieked in excitement. His raven hair was tied into a low ponytail, his raven eyes looked coldly into the crowd, as if he couldn't care 6less about being here.
"And last, but not least, our other members, Zetsu, Hidan, and Konan." The principal finished the introductions of the Student Council, though I doubt they actually had any care about the student's needs. They were more a less bullies that got to the job first.
Zetsu was an interesting case, he had two personalities stuck within himself, making people question his sanity. However, Zetsu just rolled with it, painted one side of himself black, just to show that was his other half. Hidan was your classic alcoholic, addicted since he was seven, and no one really knows why he is on the student council. Konan was one of the most beautiful girls in school, any guy would love to be her boyfriend. However, she was Pain's girl, and no one messed with Pain.
"Wow, I hate the Student Council..." Melody began as I turned to her, "Bunch of assholes if you ask me. They hurt everyone they can get their hands on. If they could, I'd bet they would take over this school. However, Principal Tsunade would never let that happen. Thank God!"
"We'd all be nothing but toast if she allowed that to happen." I giggled.
"The Student Council always cares for the well-being of students and has openings for any student that wishes to join." Pain lightly smiled but it made him seem creepier, "And if anyone has any concerns about the school, do not hesitate to bring them forward to the Student Council!"
"Thank you Pain." Tsunade told Pain as she took the microphone back from him, "Now this concludes our entrance ceremony! Go forth and show this Academy everything you have! Never once back down and be yourself!"
With that last note, we all stood up, rushing to the doors of the gymnasium to get out of here. Melody gripped onto my arm, making sure she doesn't lose any sight of me. We made it past the rows of chairs and into the crowd of people, slowly but surely making it out of the gymnasium alive. The moment we headed out of the gymnasium I stared at the breath taking view of the courtyard, which was to the right of the covered walkway.
Cherry blossom trees were all around the courtyard, the four biggest trees were behind the stone benches. They had the stone benches in a circle, in the middle of all the grass. I had always loved this courtyard; it always provided me with some sort of comfort when I was down. Standing in the courtyard was one of my old friends, Sakura Haruno. I immediately pulled Melody out of the crowd and headed over to her and her friends.
"Sakura!" I happily said as Melody realized who I was bringing her too, "There you are!"
"Oh Suine!" Sakura replied as she turned to me with a beautiful smile on her face.
She had changed since I last saw her, her pink hair was now cut short, only touching her shoulders. And those green eyes of hers showed a bit more sadness in them. I wonder what had happened to her. Sitting on the benches with Sakura were two other girls that I had met a long time ago as well, Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yakamaura. Both best friends to Sakura.
"Oh sorry, guys this is Melody Nami, Melody these are my friends I told you about." I introduced them as Melody nodded happily, "Sakura what's wrong? You seem a little down in the dumps."
"I don't want to talk about it..." Sakura sadly stated but I just turned to Ino who sighed.
"It's about Sasuke..." Ino began.
"Isn't it always?" I chuckled, "What happened?"
"She...She heard that Sasuke is dating that girl, Karin."
"Karin? But she is the number one bitch of all time. How can someone so nice date someone like her?"
"Well Sasuke's been going through a lot lately, and it seems like Karin is using that to get to him."
"What could possibly drive him over the edge like that?"
"His brother, Itachi...Keeps causing problems in the family business. It's putting a wedge in between their family."
"Or in between him and Sasuke?"
"Yeah...Well that's the rumour at least. He has been ignoring Sakura all day, no matter how many times she tries to talk to him."
"Well I could see why she would be upset."
"I just want to be able to talk to Sasuke-kun...But now, thanks to his damned older brother..."
"Look..." I sighed, "I don't particularly like Itachi either but we don't know the full story. What if Itachi has a good reason?"
"You always think of the better side of things, Suine-Chan..." Hinata shyly remarked.
"Hey look!" Melody pointed out as we all turned our attention to the entrance to the gymnasium which no longer had a group of people, but two boys. Itachi and Sasuke.
Sasuke started yelling at Itachi, something that I couldn't understand or hear but it looked like it hurt Itachi a lot. Itachi sighed and looked like he tried to calm down the situation but Sasuke was not having it. Sasuke suddenly got more angry and punched Itachi in the face, pushing him down on the ground. I could hear the gasps of my friends the moment Itachi was knocked down to the ground. Sasuke ran off, clutching his fists and closing his eyes. Itachi looked down in pain, something I had never seen in his eyes before. Itachi stood up and punched the wall beside him in anger. He then leaned up against the wall, pulled out a cigarette and tried to light it.
"We better get going to class." Hinata pointed out, "Or else we will get in trouble."
Sakura, Hinata and Ino stood up and they nodded to us, leaving us be. I stared at Itachi, feeling nothing but sorrow for him. Melody went to grab my arm to pull me away but I looked to her.
"Oh no Suine..." Melody began, "Don't get involved with him."
"I just want to go see if he's okay." I told Melody but she shook her head.
"He isn't a good guy. Please, let's just go back to class-"
"Melody, I made a promise to my mother-"
"Oh here we go..."
"That I will help those in need no matter who they are or what they have done. And Itachi Uchiha falls under that...right now...Just let me go see if he is okay, I promise that after I do that I will never talk to him again." I told her as she sighed, "Please-"
"Okay...I'll tell the teacher you're in the washroom. Hurry okay?"
I lightly nodded to her and she went out of the courtyard, heading towards our homeroom. I turned back to Itachi who took a big puff from that cigarette. I breathed in and began to take a couple steps towards Itachi. Just ask if he is okay and then leave, no biggie. No need to worry or freak out. I felt Itachi's eyes on me, I could feel him staring at me as I approached him. He probably wondered if I was just like those other girls that were going to maul him for his good looks.
The moment I was in front of him I could feel my heart beat ten times faster than normal. I was so nervous, I had never talked to Itachi before. Sure I had him in my classes but never said a word to him. You just don't do that if you aren't in the popular group. You don't mess with social standings, especially since I am seen as a geek. Just breathe Suine, everything's going to be fine. He won't kill you.
"You got something to say?" I heard his cold voice say to me as I looked up from the ground to stare into his eyes. My eyes widened the moment I noticed that he was more sad up close. I thought he looked cold and heartless but I was wrong. He was just so emotionally torn up inside that his eyes hardened with sadness, "Well?"
"Uh..." I tried to form words and then I looked at the cigarette, "Smoking is bad for you, you know."
"Yeah...So what about it?"
"You shouldn't do it..."
"Oh here comes a goody too shoes..."
"...I..." I found my voice was stuck for words again.
"Unless, you can find something to replace it." He smirked as he checked me out, "For a goody too shoes, you aren't that bad looking..."
"Don't even bother." I began as his eyes widened, "I can see straight through your sadness, you can't use something as dull as that as a barrier." I grabbed the cigarette out of his mouth, not really sure what I was doing, and threw it onto the ground where I stepped on it to put it out, "And smoking can't be your way of healing it. You'll die."
"That...My sadness is none of your concern..." Itachi looked away, "I can do whatever I want to, to try to stop it...I don't care what you try to say..."
"True my words do not matter to you but they are the truth, which looks like you don't get very often." I told him and he looked back to me, "Look, I saw what happened here with Sasuke-"
"Oh so now your stalking me? I don't even know your name-"
"Itachi!" I yelled at him, "Are you okay!?"
"W...What?"
"Are...you okay? You seemed pretty heart broken by what Sasuke had said...Though I don't know what he said I still wanted to make sure you were okay."
"Why?"
"Because...I know what it's like...to be sad without anyone to turn to..."
"Look, I'm fine okay? I have plenty of people to turn to!...I don't have problems, I am not as sad as you think I am!...I am quite fine without your help! So stop trying to figure me out...No one figures me out..."
"That's where you are wrong...I just did." I began and he looked surprised, "But I'll take your hint, I'll leave you alone." I began to walk away from him, never thinking that I'd hear from him again.
"Wait!" Itachi stopped me dead in my tracks and he went up beside me.
"What do you want?" I asked him as he turned to me, "Well?"
"...Sorry." He began, "I'm just a little on edge today...I didn't mean to snap at you...I'll be okay...thanks for your concern..."
"Can I capture this on camera, my best friend won't believe me when I said that Itachi was nice to me."
"Heh...I know what you mean." He smiled as he took something out of his pocket, a necklace with his family's emblem on it, "Here, use this as proof..." He gently put the necklace onto me, "Looks good on you, probably better than it would on me..."
"I can't possibly take this...I-"
"Don't worry, I'll come back to get it...But use it for now." He smiled, something that made my cheeks redden, "Thanks for everything, Suine."
"Wait how did you know my name?"
"I've always known..."
He lightly nodded to me and left the hallway to go into his homeroom. I looked down to the necklace and wondered why he had hid that smile away from the world for so long. It was a well-known fact that Itachi never smiled, at least not at school. And how did he know my name? I was happy though, it seemed like I had learned that Itachi wasn't as bad as everyone had thought. But I'll keep that information between Melody and me.
I hid the necklace by tucking it underneath my shirt and went to my homeroom. Little had I known that my concern for Itachi started something between the both of us. Something I never thought would have happened.