Naruto woke up at an annoying alarm one morning, as he was asleep. He sat in his down bed for a second and wiped the drool from his lip. He finally got up and went into his bathroom to take a shower. As he took off his clothes, he ruffled his blonde hair and gazed drowsily at his reflection. Deciding that he didn't really care, he walked into the shower and turned on the hot water. The water ran over his sun kissed skin as he washed his uncombed hair so it was laying flat on his head.
He then got out and dried off his body and put the towel around his waist. Naruto then walked back into his room and put on a pair of blue jeans and a plain orange t-shirt.
"Naruto! Hurry up and come eat breakfast! You're going to be late for school!"
"I'm coming, Iruka!" Naruto called out. Iruka was Naruto's foster father, since Naruto's parents died in a car crash. Naruto stomped down the stairs and went into the linoleum-floored kitchen. He then grabbed a chair and sat at the built in bar the kitchen had.
"Good morning, Naruto! I hope you slept well," said Iruka.
"Morning Iruka! Yup, I slept like a baby!" Naruto gave Iruka one of his trademark grins.
"Good. Now, how do you want your eggs?"
"Scrambled, please!"
"You got it!" Iruka chuckled. The eggs didn't take five minutes as Iruka slipped them on Naruto's plate.
"So, I trust you're excited about this year?"
"Totally! You know what they say, 'another year older, another year wiser'! Plus it's my senior year, so I'm going to go to prom!"
"Wow. You? Excited about prom? Pinch me I'm dreaming!" Naruto pinched him on the arm. "Ouch! Hey!"
"If you need anything else, call me on my cell phone! Bye!" Naruto then ran out the door.
"They grow up so fast," Iruka sighed. "My boy is growing up."
Naruto was running down the paved sidewalk when he heard his name called by none other than his best friends: Choji, Gaara, Shikamaru, and Rock Lee.
"Oi, Naruto!" Shikamaru yelled.
"Hey Shikamaru, Gaara, Choji, Lee. What's up?"
"Nothing much. Temari and I are still going strong. Gaara… not so much," Shikamaru said.
"I just have no interest in anyone right now," Gaara protested with a glare.
"Sure, whatever you say."
"The problem is that we don't know if you're gay, strait, or bi yet," explained Naruto as they walked down the sidewalk toward the high school.
"You also never had a crush or anything, so we don't know about that, either," continued Choji.
"The problem is he hasn't tapped into his youth yet! He needs someone to be youthful with! Like me and my Sakura-blossom!" exclaimed Lee.
"Che, in your dreams, Lee. Sakura would never fall for you," said the lazy boy.
"Lee, no one is as youthful as you. Never mind Gaara. But, Gaara, Lee is half right. You need to find someone to bring out the not so asshole-ish side of you," said Naruto, and then got a whack in the back of the head.
"Shut up. I may be an asshole, but I can still whip your ass," said Gaara.
"Too true," said Shikamaru.
"Aww! Gaa-chan so mean!" Naruto whined. His mouth formed the famous puppy dog pout.
"Don't Gaa-chan me. What about you? You still don't have anybody."
"I know. None of the guys at school have 'appealed' to me yet. That's what Iruka always says," explained Naruto while rolling his eyes. His friends have known that he was gay from the start, but they didn't mind much.
"Well, we know Kiba is bi and he's with Shino. And Kankurou has Hinata. That's everyone I know. So the only ones left are you, Choji, and Gaara, Naruto," stated Shikamaru.
"But, another year, another chance to get with someone. How's your cousin and his fiancé doing, Gaara?" asked Choji.
"Sasori and Deidara are doing fine. They're going to get married next month."
"Cool! Are we invited?" asked Naruto and Lee.
"Yes, you are all invited, and are allowed to bring a date. Sasori's friends are coming as well. Be careful, they might seem a little strange."
"I'll take your word on it. Look, we're here," said Shikamaru. And soon enough, a large 3-story building that was the high school faced them. They all were walking toward the school when they heard a snort.
"Yeah, right. I can so find a better date than you!"
"Oh yeah? You and what army?"
"Me and this army!" said the other, soon followed by grunts, yells, and slapping sounds.
"Sounds like Sakura and Ino are at it again," said Kiba as he walked up to the gang. Inuzuka Kiba was somewhat of a perv, but not by much. He hung around Naruto, Shino, and Shikamaru ever since they were little kids. They were even by his side when he got the two red, triangle-shaped tattoos on his cheeks. He was yelling from all the pain, but he swore it was from excitement.
"Yep. Stupid populars…" mumbled Shikamaru. As they walked around the ring of students yelling "fight" and bets, they finally got into the school. Their steps echoed in the tiled hallway as they made their way to the main office. Once they got there, the secretary, Shizune, greeted them.
"Hello boys, here for your schedules?"
"Yep!" said the teens.
"Alright, just go into the principal's office. She has them somewhere on her desk."
" Thanks, Shizune!" said Naruto and they walked into Principal Tsunade's office. Talk about a volcano exploding! There were papers everywhere! But, at least the principal had them in ordered stacks.
"Hello? Tsunade-baachan? Are you in here?"
"Brat! Stop calling me that! Yes, I'm here." The busty blonde known as Tsunade walked over to her desk and sat down. "I see you're here for your schedules."
"That's correct, Tsunade-sama. As troublesome as it is, we'd like them, please," said Shikamaru.
"Alright, they should be right…Aha! There you are, boys, enjoy your first day back!" She smiled and handed them the pieces of parchment that contained the schedules.
"Thanks, Tsunade-baachan! See you later!" said Naruto, and the walked back out into the courtyard. "Hey, I have art with Kurenai-sensei! Cool!"
"Troublesome, I have PE with Gai-sensei. What a shocker..." said Shikamaru sarcastically.
"Well, at least you don't have Anko-sensei, she's scary! And tough!" exclaimed Naruto.
"I agree, but it's not like we don't have a chance of getting out, people are to frightened to leave. They say that she might track you down, or something," said Gaara boredly.
"Tru- OW! Hey watch it!" Naruto suddenly exclaimed. He was on the floor, rubbing his head as if he had hit something hard.
"You watch it, dobe."
Ooh! My first cliffy! I'm so happy! I shall send anyone a vertual cookie to whoever can guess who Naruto's Home Ec teacher is! And, I'll give you a hint, he's older than NAruto and co. R&R plz!