A/N I'm getting impatient waiting for the reviews for my other 2 stories... So, driven mad by wanting to update, I made this. *eyes sparkle momentarily* *waves it off* Anyways, in this one, I shall not be begging for reviews. Sorta. XD Oki doki, this is based off of RENT. NOT MINE! Seriously, a 12 year old owning RENT? Let alone Naruto! *smacks forehead*Stupid people. PLEASE CORRECT ME WHEN I GET SOMETHING WRONG! THANK YOU. :D WARNING: LOTS OF QUOTES!!!!!!!!!!! WAH, I RIPPED IT OFF Whatever. Flame me. Changed a few things...

ATTENTION! PAIRINGS:

These aren't the normal pairings that I'm used to. Realizing that RENT has some gay pairings and stuff, I didn't want to change it, it would be ruining it... I want everything to initially be like RENT. So, attention, there is yaoi and yuuri... But no lemons, not even lime. :D ^^; Something new. Sorry if you don't like it. BTW, Naruto is Mark, so he doesn't have anyone to love... *shrug*

SasuHina(Roger and Mimi)

GaaLee(To you, Tomi-onee-chan!)(Collins and Angel) (Yes, Gaara is a Cross-dresser. XD BWAHAHAHAHA!)

SakuIno(Maureen and Joanne)

NaruNoOne(Mark)

KibaHina(VERY LITTLE) (Benny) (WHAT!? I PANICKED! Besides, Benny's after Mimi, and I didn't wanna use Itachi...)

Naruto Uzumaki was riding his beat up bike through New York's busy streets, his handy dandy wind-up filming camera strapped to the front. He touched his face, feeling a scratch he had gotten earlier, looking like a whisker on a fox or something. His golden locks whipped around his face. His cerulean eyes fell back to the camera, taking in the lights and zooming cars, squared glasses masking his eyes with glare. He was a director of sorts. He made documentaries. Recently, the world was filled with money issues: people were poor on this side of New York. All of them were being threatened to be evicted. Just like him.

"How do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day?" He grumbled to himself. Naruto was living with his best friend, Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke's black hair framed his face, dark eyes focused on the guitar.

"Dude, you haven't touched that thing in like, a year! Why bother now?"

"I'm writing a song-a great one."

"How many times have you used that one?" The phone rang. "Ugh, nevermind." Looking at Sasuke, there was an unspoken word that edged them to not pick it up. Deciding at a random thought that he was gonna film it.

"SPEEAAAAK!" Their voices came into the semi-quiet apartment, the answering machine doing its job. Naruto instantly regretted turning the camera on, hearing his mother's message, twitching the way through.

"That was a very loud beep. I don't even know if this is working! Naruto-- Naruto -- are you there!? Are you screening your calls... It's mom. We wanted to call and say we love you and we'll miss you tomorrow. Tsunade and the kids are here -- send their love! Oh, I hope you like the hot plate! Just don't leave it on, dear. ...When you leave the house. Oh, and Naruto? We're sorry to hear that Sakura dumped you, I say, "C'est la vie!" So let her be a lesbian...There are other fishies in the sea! Love Mom!" Beep.

"Wow, man, niiiiiice." Sasuke teased, having Naruto lightly punch his arm. Naruto then pointed the camera back to Sasuke after winding up the camera.

"So why don't you tell the folks at home what you're doing, Sasuke!" His eyes widened for a moment before speaking.

"Well, I-I'm writing one great song-" The phone rings, and Naruto turns the focus back to the phone as Sasuke lets out a sigh of relief.

"SPEEAAAAK!" A deep voice erupted from the machine, singing a classic Christmas song. (A/N Did I forget to mention it's almost Christmas in the late 1900's? [So like, 1980 or something, I forgot!] This is a whole year's worth of stuff, people! It ends again on Christmas...)

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." Instantly recognizing the voice, they pick up.

"ROCK LEE!" They scream into the reciever.

"I'm downstairs."

"Hey."

"Roger picked up the phone?" He never picks up, Lee thought, laughing to himself.

"No, it's me." Naruto said, scratching the back of his head.

"Throw down the key!" He went to the balcony and threw down the apartment keys. Heading back inside, they hear the phone ring once again. Hoping that its another friend, the pick up, putting it on speaker.

"Ho ho ho!" Their eyes widened as they realized who it was.

"Kiba! Shit!" They said in unison.

"Dudes, I'm on the way."

"Great! FUCK!" Again, in unison, they curse. Kiba, thought, doesn't seem to notice and brushes it off. And then, the sound of screeching car wheels one the phone. They hang up and run down the stairs.

"Man, I feel like we're really anime characters that are in some bad fanfiction based off of an awesome broadway show..." Naruto said, shivering. And they come face to face with the brown haired, dark dark eyes staring straight at them. The lighting made it seem like there were menacing dark red markings on his face.

"I need the rent." Kiba said, as if it were the most casual thing in the world.

"What rent?" Sasuke growled.

"The one I let slide." He continued, smirking at them.

"'Let it slide'? You said we were golden!" Naruo yelled, anger rising. " You know, when you bought the building!? Or maybe when we were roommates?"

"You lived here, man!" Sasuke said, glaring at him.

"Che, how could I forget? You two, me, Collins, Sakura... Say, how is the drama queen? Oh that's right, she's making a protest rally. Still dating?"

"I..."

"He got dumped!" Sasuke said, popping in.

"At least she's still alive and didn't kill herself for giving you both AIDS..." Naruto looked at Sasuke, seeing him twitch. He knew he just hit a nerve. "Sorry, I didn't mean that..." He just nodded and stayed silent.

"Well..." Kiba said, sensing the awkward moment. "Is she with another guy?"

"Not exactly..." Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other.

"What's his name?" Again, they looked at each other.

"Ino."

"Wow, niiiiiiiice." He said, laughing, before becoming serious. "I need the rent or I'll evict you." And he left. Running back inside the messy apartment, finding it was extremely cold.

"Time to throw the past behind." Naruto said slowly, before cautiously picking up his own screenplay from the messy desk and dumping it in the tin garbage can. It felt good. Soon, his arms were filled with past screenplays and dumping them in the can. Sasuke followed his lead, ripping posters advertising himself as a singer from the wall and threw it into the garbage can. Taking a match, he lit it.

"To a new life." The dark haired man said, dropping the match into the bin, watching the flames dance and lick the air. They grabbed it, deciding a statement needed to be made. As they came out, people started to copy them, grabbing their eviction warning papers, setting them on fire, and letting them fall to the street. The two friends dumped the trash can out into the street.

"We're not gonna pay last years rent!" Naruto screamed.

"Not this year's!"

"NEXT YEAR'S RENT!" The whole street seemed to scream together, flames touching the cold cement.

That's when Sasuke saw a beautiful girl with black hair and light lavender eyes. April...

OKAY! Sorry, but I mostly got this from RENT. But it's still worth reviewing/flaming, right!?!?!?!? LOL. Okay, and about the April... thing, that was the girlfriend that killed herself. Oki doki? Wow, that was long. Although the author's note at the top was pretty long. Whatever, bye!