Author' Note: WOOT! New story! I was inspired by my school's policy on school buses XD Happy reading folks :D

Prologue

"Sasuke?"

"Yes, mother?" Uchiha Sasuke looked up from the history textbook on his desk and turned to face his mother standing by the door frame.

"Your father needs to talk to you downstairs." Giving him a sympathetic look, she turned and left. Sasuke bit his lip. Interacting with his family was something he definitely dreaded. He stood up from his chair and smoothed out the wrinkles on his dress pants and button up shirt. He walked out of his room and down the marble stairs his mother was so fond of. Stepping into the dining room, he bowed to his father who was sitting at the head of the table, shuffling through a pile of papers. He looked up when he heard Sasuke pull out a chair and sit down.

"You wanted to speak to me, Father?"

Uchiha Fugaku fixed his eyes on his younger son, "Sasuke, what do you think of the chauffer your mother hired for you?"

"Frank? He's very diligent. Why?"

"About Frank and the car, I'm going to have to give them to Itachi." Fugaku put up one hand to stop Sasuke's protests. "Itachi called the office today requested one more butler. Just so happens he's taken an interest in Frank. Seeing that your brother is in need of Frank, he will now be working for Itachi. The car that Frank drives will be going to Itachi as well."

"Then what will I ride to school? We live two miles away from school!"

Fugaku gave his son a hard look. "Have I taught you not to question my authority?" Sasuke clenched his fist. He bit the inside of his mouth so hard that it bled slightly. Clearing his throat, Uchiha Fugaku continued, "From here now on, you would be taking the school bus."

You have got to be kidding me…

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"Gaki! Get your ass down here!" Tsunade blew a lock of hair out of her eyes and grunted as she flipped the pancakes in the small stainless steel pan in her hand. Inhaling the delicious scent, Tsunade flipped them into the waiting plate on the kitchen table. Jiraiya sipped his mug of coffee and flipped another page of the newspaper. He scanned the text quickly, his eyes moving from one line to the next in lightning speed.

"Bah! Nothing good in the paper!" He complained as he folded it and put it on the table. "If you ask me, I think I would be better suited for writing the paper than any of those fools who do it now."

"Yeah right!" An energetic blonde with honey tanned skin and bright sky blue eyes ran into the kitchen, his sneakers skidding on the black and white tile floor as he stopped next o his aunt and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Morning, Baa-chan." He glanced at Jiraiya. "Morning Ero-jiji."

"Sit down and eat your pancakes." Tsunade passed Naruto the plate of pancakes and a pitcher of syrup. The blonde grinned and poured half the pitcher of syrup onto his stack of pancakes.

"The way he eats, you'd think he'd get diabetes by now." Jiraiya commented over his mug of coffee.

"Eat faster, gaki! You're going to miss the bus!" Tsunade growled.

The kitsune frowned. "Why can't you just drive to school for god's sake!?" He swallowed his mouthful of pancakes and gulped down his milk. "You're the freaking principal! We're going the same way anyways!"

Jiraiya stuck a finger in his hear. "You're way too loud in the morning."

Iruka stepped into the kitchen, yawning. He smiled when he saw his adopted son at the table. "Good morning, Naruto."

"Good morning, dad." The blonde replied as he handed his father a cup of orange juice. "Convince Baa-chan to drive me to school, dad!"

Iruka scratched his nose. "Naruto, you know she can't do that. She needs to keep the relationship between you and her a secret, or others would think she's favoring you." He sighed. "You'll get picked on. And you know I can't stand it when you get hurt." He patted his son on the back. "Come on, Konoha Academy has a school bus Buddy System. You'll make a new friend before you even get to school."

"Buddy system?"

"You'll be paired off with an upperclassman on the school bus so he can show you around the school on your first two weeks." Iruka smiled. "He'll be your 'buddy'."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "That is one of the gayest things I've ever heard."

Tsunade smacked him on the head. "Shut up, brat! I came up with that ingenious idea!" Picking up the lean blonde by the collar of his orange shirt, she pulled him down the hall and shoved him out the door. Throwing his backpack at him, she smirked and slammed the door in his face.

Naruto cursed loudly at the shut door. "Watch your language!" All three of them shout from the kitchen on the other side of the door. The blonde winced and swung the backpack over his shoulder. He walked to the corner of his block and waited for the school bus. He looked up as a boy with a gray coat and red tattoos on his face joined him. A small yip came from inside the boy's hood and the head of a small beige dog with brown ears appeared at the crook of the boy's neck.

The boy grinned. "Inuzuka Kiba. That's Akamaru there." The dog barked in response.

Naruto grinned. He had made a friend already. "Hey, I'm Uzumaki Naruto. Waiting for the bus too?"

"Yeah, you go to Konoha Academy too?"

"Yup, gonna spice that school up with a couple of pranks first to celebrate."

The blonde grinned from ear to ear. "That's music to my ears."

High-fiving, they began to conspire the first of their pranks. Akamaru barked and they looked up to see yellow school bus rolling up to the curb. The doors swung open and the bus driver grunted, "Get on, kids."

They climbed up the steps and walked down the aisle. Plopping onto seat, Naruto patted the seat next to him and offered it to Kiba. Kiba was about to sit down when the bus driver barked,

"Buddy-system! You sit with your senpais! Get your own seat, boy."

Kiba shrugged and sat on the seat across from Naruto. They both sat on the edge of the seats so they could lean across the aisle to whisper to each other about the plans they were making.

The bus lurched forward and screeched to a stop. The doors swung open and a tall and lean brunette stepped on. He had raven black hair and ivory white skin. His white button up shirt hugged his slightly muscular body. With his bookbag over one shoulder he walked up to the bus driver. She smiled up at the pretty boy and batted her eyelashes. Kiba and Naruto both gagged and pretended to throw up.

"Excuse me, would you check the list?" He asked.

"Oh, of course, Sasuke-kun." Scanning the list on the clipboard in her hands she looked up and called, "Uzumaki Naruto!"

Naruto looked up at her. "Yeah?"

"You sit with him, Sasuke-kun." Sasuke took one quick look at his kohai and inwardly grimaced. This one looked like a complete idiot with the silly grin on his face. He ran a hand through his hair and walked over to the blonde.

"Move in," He said. "I need to sit."

Naruto scoffed, "Yeah right. You sit on the inside. I came here first!"

Sasuke tapped his foot impatiently, "Come on, Dobe."

"Teme! What did you just call me?!"

"Just move in Brat! I need to get this bus moving!" The bus driver yelled. Huffing, Naruto scooted over and grabbed his backpack with him. Kiba gave him a sympathetic look. Naruto's frown disappeared when he realized that he could still talk to his new friend if he reached over the older brunette sitting next to him.

"Oi, oi! Kiba!" Naruto called out. Sasuke looked at him in annoyance. Ignoring him, Naruto continued talking to Kiba as if the Uchiha wasn't there. Irritated, Sasuke put his headphones onto his ear and turned on some classical music. This was going to be a loooooong ride.