A/N: Hey it's Uzumaki200 with a new story. I have high hopes for this one so please read & review.

Beautiful Ugly

BRRRIIIINGGG!!!! At the sound of the lunch bell all the students in Konoha High streamed out of those prison cells that the government had the gall to call classrooms, all with the same destination in mind: The cafeteria. The students used the blissful hour to socialize with their friends, relax and not worry about school, or to study for an upcoming test. However, there was one student who was not involved in any of these activities, a one Uzumaki Naruto.

Naruto was currently still sitting in his classroom, furiously writing in a notebook with his beat-up early 2000's iPod in his ear. At first glance, you could tell that Naruto was not what many would call well-off. He wore the same dingy orange hoodie to school everyday, his pants had numerous patches in them, and his shoes looked to be on their last leg. And at Konoha High he was known as "the poor, creepy, orange kid," He only had two friends in the entire school, Aburame Shino and Hyuuga Hinata.

Shino was very quiet, only speaking when absolutely necessary and, due to a birth defect; always wore sunglasses as his eyes were incredibly sensitive to light. He was often seen crouched over a bush or a patch of flowers to get a look at some bugs as he wanted to be an entomologist. His name was "the creepy, bug guy".

Hinata was simply a very shy girl, who just so happened to only feel comfortable around Naruto and Shino and she had a tendency to stutter around anyone else. This got her the title "the creepy, quiet, stuttering girl". The three of them were known around the school as "The Creepy Three". And normally, they would sit together for lunch in an abandoned classroom so as not to deal with the judgiing eyes and hushed whispers by the general school population. Today, they were meeting in the classroom that we currently find Naruto in. Shino arrived first, waving to Naruto as he sat down quietly, knowing not to disturb him when he is in his "mode". Hinata arrived second smiling and greeting Naruto.

"Hello, Naruto-kun,"

Naruto looked up from his notebook and gave Hinata a smile and a wave before immediately going back to his writing. Hinata turned to Shino and said,

"He's got another one?" Shino nodded and replied,

"And it seems like a good one, he hasn't been this focused in a while,"

Hinata simply smiled and sat back and began to eat her lunch waiting for Naruto to finish writing. With a final flourish and a smile on his face, Naruto closed his book and said, "Finished,". Hinata looked to Naruto and asked,

"So how does this one look Naruto-kun?"

"Well Hinata-chan, it's lookin' pretty good. I'm really excited about this one and I'm even thinking that this one's goin on it," At this, Shino's eyebrows rose over his glasses and he said,

"Really? It's that good? I can't wait to see what you're gonna do with it,"

"Yeah, I'm really proud of it. But anyway, how are you guys doin'?"

And the three friends continued to talk and tell each other about their day.

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BRRRIIIINGGG!!! As the bell rang the end of the lunch period, Naruto and Shino got up to go to their next class, leaving Hinata as she had her class there for next period. Naruto grabbed his old, busted-looking backpack and began to make his way to his favorite class, Chemistry. He loved Chemistry because he just so happened to be her lab partner, her being Haruno Sakura who Naruto thought was the most beautiful woman to ever walk the earth. In his eyes, she could do no wrong. However, in reality; she was a mean, spiteful person who used her looks to get poor saps like Naruto to do whatever she wanted. Such as do the entire lab experiment by himself.

Naruto walked into the classroom and walked over to the chemistry station that he and Sakura worked at and gave her a beaming smile when she walked in, which she responded with a half-hearted wave.

"Hey Sakura-chan!,"

"Hello…Naruto,"

After setting down her stuff, Sakura sat down and pretended to listen as Naruto talked to her, and immediately perked up once her best friend Ino came into the room. And as soon as Ino sat down across from Sakura, Naruto may as well have vanished with the way she ignored him. When Naruto saw that Sakura was no longer listening (or pretending to listen), he began to search through his backpack for his notebook, flipped it open, and began to write. When the late bell rang, the teacher, Ms. Mitarashi strode up to the front of the class and began to tell them what they were going to be doing for today's lab assignment. When Sakura learned that there was going to be a lab, she turned to Naruto and said,

"Do you think you could take care of that Naruto-kun? You know I'm no good at chemistry. And you just get this stuff so well…"

Poor Naruto didn't stand a chance.

"Of course Sakura-chan!" he exclaimed a little too loudly, "I got your back!"

When everyone's eyes turned to them, Sakura blushed and said,

"Grreaat. Thanks…"

Ms. Mitarashi began to pass out the papers,

"If you are quite done Mr. Uzumaki, you will see that I have already given you your paper and I suggest you get to work."

Naruto gulped and nodded his head and began to get to work. Meanwhile, Sakura was talking with Ino about what the student council had planned for Fall Fling, a day where students just kinda kicked back for the whole day and could participate in different activities around the school.

"Well, we were thinking about maybe having a Senior-Faculty basketball game, some of those inflatable things that people can hit each other off, an open mic type thing--" When Naruto heard this he looked up, leaned over and said,

"I'm sorry Ino, but what was that last one?"

"Uh, not like it matters to someone like you but we were thinking about having an open mic. Now please stop talking to me before someone thinks that I actually know you,"

Sullen, Naruto turned back to his lab experiment and began to continue working. When the bell rang and everyone had packed everything up, Naruto turned to Sakura and said,

"Hey Sakura-chan…I was wondering if maybe, sometime, if you wanted to, maybe we could go out to eat sometime?" Sakura froze and began to say something that would put the little loser in his place until she remembered that her chemistry grade was at stake.

"I'm flattered Naruto, but I'm sorry, I just don't think of you 'that way'."

Naruto looked down and nodded,

"I see…okay then…well I was--" Naruto looked up and realized that Sakura had left.

Downtrodden, Naruto walked to his next class, study hall, sat down, put his iPod in his ears, and take out his notebook and begin writing again. He spent the entire class period writing, crossing things out, and erasing them. He seemed to be in his own little world. When the final bell rang, Naruto left his classroom to go towards his locker and pick up the last of his stuff. On his way out of the building towards the buses, Naruto saw Sakura laughing with her friends, and heard her say,

"Then the little freak actually asked me out! Can you believe that? I mean really, like I would ever date a little creepy weirdo like him. He's just good to have around so that I don't fail chemistry. If I have to bat my eyelashes and call him Naruto-kun once in a while it's okay. Plus it's hilarious that he thinks he actually has a chance with me."

As Sakura and her friends laughed, Naruto's eyes filled with tears and he began to sprint towards the buses. When he got to the bus, he ran to the back seats, pulled out his notebook, and began to write…

A/N: So what do you think? Love it? Hate it? Please give me your opinion. Deuces.

-Uzumaki200