Disclaimer: Obviously, I do not own Naruto. If I did, you would be able to tell by the strong romantic tension between Naruto and Sasuke and the horribly written/drawn fight scenes.

Note: This is my first fanfic, please don't be too harsh!

On the Surface

(Naruto POV) – back alley

Naruto sighed and wiped the blood off his cheek and onto his shirt. Great, just great, he groaned as he looked down at the new red streak on his shirt. He had forgotten he was wearing the white school uniform shirt. It was his first day at his new high school, and he hadn't even gotten to the school before getting into a fight and blooding his clothes. He sighed again. Oh well, there's dirt on it anyways when the guys finally knocked him to the ground and started kicking him lying there.

He leaned his head back against the brick wall and stretched his aching legs out in front of him, wincing. He could have won this fight if there hadn't been so damn many of them. He could hold his own against three people with weapons, but five and one with a knife… Slowly he closed his eyelids feeling the cut on his cheek start to bleed again. Somehow it felt pleasant to just sit there in the alley listening the morning bustle from the street not too far away. His whole body pulsed the way it does when he exercises too hard. The blood was warm and almost comforting against his cheek, and there was an unusual soft, cool morning breeze on a summer day that snuck its way into alley. Naruto felt his body grow heavier, and he fell asleep right there in the alley.

…

He woke up to a glare of light shooting relentless beams onto his closed eyelids.

"Ugh," he groaned and shielding his eyes from the sun's incessant rays. He sunk down a little so he was in the shadow made by the other building next to the one he was leaning against. "Oh, damn. School."

He jumped up and immediately cursed himself for doing that. His limbs were still aching from the beating he had received and did not appreciate any sudden movements. He looked up at the sun and the shadow made by the building across from him. The sun was close to the middle, and the building's shadow was low on the bricks he was leaning against. He judged it to be around eleven. "Damn."

He grabbed his blazer and school bag relieved that they were both only dirty with no tears or things stolen from them and ran out of the alley ignoring his body's protests.

(Sasuke POV) – 4th period

Tired. Tired and bored. It was the start of a new semester, and summer break had just ended, but all of his fellow classmates looked as if they hadn't slept for weeks. It was sort of amusing to watch them from his seat in the back corner of the room next to a window. Some tried desperately to listen to the teacher and look attentive, but it was a losing battle. They started to stare blankly more and more at their notebooks than at the teacher, their hands motionless. Others looked like they would fall asleep at any second but kept themselves awake by paying absolutely no attention to the teacher whether it was drawing or simply staring out the window as one guy a couple seats in front of him was doing. Then there was that few who valued a good sleep before anything else, and they, respecting their need for sleep, had they heads down and eyes closed.

Sasuke did another sweep of the classroom with his eyes and smirked in his head, probably stayed up all night finishing their summer work. But the slumberous atmosphere was starting to affect him as well. Turning his head, he looked out the window in time to see a blond haired boy he had never seen before run through the school's gate entrance. And the boy's hair wasn't the only thing unusual about him. His clothes and school bag were both dirt stained, and his shirt had a streak of a dark maroon-ish color.

Sasuke did not know it was dried blood until the blonde boy stopped and looked around franticly, clearly having no idea which way to go, then Sasuke saw the dried blood that was formed on his right cheek and down his neck.

"What the-? There's a blond haired dude with dried blood all over him in the front of the school!"

Sasuke jumped by the sudden exclamation and looked up to see the boy he had observed earlier staring out the window standing up and pointing out the window at the blond.

Then it was a mad rush of students to see strange student. Sasuke quickly moved out of the way as they all climbed all over each to see out the window, yelling about whatever they saw or thought.

"Wooo, it's really yellow-"

"Tons of blood-"

"What was he doing-"

"Such a crazy appearance-"

"Does he go here-"

"Looks scary-"

"Never seen-"

"Aah, he's gone."

It was certainly surprising what this sudden appearance of the blond did to the class. Suddenly the teacher had trouble keeping them in control as they talked loudly to each other. All the students including those who had been sleeping all had something to say, and the teacher had to call for attention again and again until he was yelling.

"QUIET! Sit down and face forward and whoever talks again gets a detention with me after school!"

That shut everyone up, and there wasn't a sound from them again until lunch.

…

"Who is this blonde guy everyone keeps talking about?"

Sasuke's friend Shikamaru Nara from the classroom across the hall dropped his lunch next to Sasuke and sat down in their usual spot on the roof. "Man, it's hot," he complained.

Instead of answering Sasuke took a bit of his sandwich and chewed it slowly.

"So?" urged Shikamaru. "What happened? Everyone in my class could hear you guys go wild."

"They were just overreacting like a bunch of middle school girls. A guy came to school dirty with blonde hair and dried blood on his cheek and shirt. Nothing big."

"Nothing big! Ugh, you can be annoying sometimes. So a foreigner is coming to our school. I wonder how the girls will react when they really meet him."

"Foreigner? It's probably just some guy who thinks he will be a punk if he bleaches his hair."

Shikamaru laughed. "Oh yeah? Well, whatever. Punk with bleached hair or foreigner, either way he's something new and exciting in this school. I swear everything in this school is so boring. I just slept through all my classes." He yawned loudly and then started through his lunch.

Something new? He'll be the same as everyone else in this school in the end. Irritating and loud.

…

All the excitement died down in 5th period, as the teacher drowned on and on. It was becoming clear that the student was going to a different class, and they probably wouldn't see him until the end of school. So they all resumed their initial position.

But in the beginning of 6th period, the door slid open, and the principal poked her head in.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Momochi. I've got a new student for you."

Hey guys! I apologize that neither Naruto or Sasuke are really in their character personalities. To make this idea work, I changed things around a bit! So sorry again if that bothers anyone! And as a side note, if anyone has a cute scene request, I'll try to put it in! (One last thing, I had no idea who Sasuke's friend should be so I just picked the one I thought he stand being with the most - Shikamaru.)