So this is Chapter 1 of my new story. Please follow and review. I would like to know what you guys think of it. Enjoy!
~C.S.
"Tora! Wake up, you don't want to be late for your fist day of school!" I hear my adoptive mom, Kushina, yell. Damn, I had hoped this day wouldn't come. I groan as I roll out of bed and sleepily make my way to the bathroom. Once I finish my morning routine I throw on a pair of dark jeans and a dork red long sleeve T-shirt. This is going to be the worst day ever.
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Tora Namikaze. I was born into the Uchiha family, but my parents gave me up at birth. Minato and Kushina Namikaze adopted me when I was six years old. I don't really mind though, I like the Namikaze's modest lifestyle. Minato is the owner of the best dojo in town and Kushina owns a café. The Uchiha's, my biological family, are rich, like "I own my own privet airport" rich. I've seen them on T.V. and the look like typical stuck up rich folks. Well, except for Itachi.
Itachi Uchiha is my older brother and he never felt right about our parents giving me up and keeping my twin brother, Sasuke. Two years ago, when I was 14, Itachi tracked me down and told me how much he wished that I were never put up for adoption. We kept in touch and now we hang out all the time, in secret though so that his parents don't find out that he decided to find me.
Anyways, it's my first day at Konoha Academy and I don't want to go. Konoha Academy is a school for the rich and the only reason I'm able to go is because of a scholarship that my adoptive brother, Naruto, and I received. Half for academics and half for sports. The catch, we have to maintain a B average and lead the girls and guys basketball teams to the championships. No pressure there. Sadly it's the middle of the school year. It's not like I could just hide in the back and go unnoticed until graduation. Now, they're going to stand me in front of the class and force me to introduce myself. Then they're all going to judge me for being a "commoner".
When I get downstairs Kushina already has breakfast made and Minato is sitting at the table reading the news. "Good morning!" I say brightly as I sit down at the table.
"Good morning, sweetheart." Kushina places my breakfast in front of me and kisses the top of my head. This is why I love the Namikaze's; they treat me like I'm their own child. "Did you see Naruto before you came down?"
"No, but I think I heard his shower running." I answer. I quickly eat my breakfast and put my dish in the sink. As I grab my black leather jacket Naruto comes stumbling down the stairs in his Konoha Academy uniform. I have to admit he looks good in black slacks and a white button up dress shirt. And the blue tie really brings out his eyes.
"Where's your uniform Tora?" He asks.
"Are you kidding me?" I snort. "There's no way I'm wearing that whorefit." The thing was terrible. The skirt barely covered my butt and the shirt had a few buttons on top that were "missing", taken off by the male teachers most likely, so my cleavage showed. Luckily the principal is an old friend of Minato and Kushina, so she told me I could wear my own clothes. She said if anyone complained she'd tell them that we could only afford one uniform and I, being the awesome sister I am, let my brother have it.
Naruto laughs and begins to scarf down his breakfast. "Do you two need to borrow the car?" Kushina asks.
"No, I've got a ride coming," Naruto says, "The guys are gonna drop me off on their way to school." By "the guys" Naruto means his old friends from the public school.
"What about you Tora?"
"I'll be fine. I've got my bike." I say.
"I thought you said you didn't want to stand out." Minato says. "Roaring in on a motorcycle isn't exactly going to make you invisible."
"I'm going to stand out enough without the uniform. So I figure, why not make a badass first impression?" A car horn beeps from outside and Naruto stands up.
"That's my ride, see ya after school," Naruto says and kisses Kushina on the cheek before he runs out the door.
"I should get going too," I say and hug Minato and Kushina.
"Have a good day!" Kushina yells after me as I run out the door. I pull on my blood red motorcycle helmet and jump on my bike. Revving the engine I take off down the street towards the school.
I let go of my worries for a moment as I take in the adrenaline rush that always accompanies riding m bike. But the ride is over all too soon as the tall brick building that is Konoha Academy comes into view. As I pull into the parking lot everyone turns their heads to stare at me and I sigh. It's like they've never seen a person on a motorcycle before. I park my bike next to a hideous pink Charger. People are still staring when I pull my helmet off and my long brown hair cascades down my back.
I hang my helmet on the handle bar just as a 2008 black Ford Mustang convertible pulls up behind me and Naruto jumps out. A chorus of "Good luck Naruto" comes from the other guys in the car before they blast the stereo and drive away. "Didn't I leave after you?" I ask Naruto.
"It's not my fault my friends don't speed like you do," he teases.
"Hey, if they had an awesome ride like me they would."
"Come on Speed Racer, let's go get our schedules," he says.
"Okay," I say as we being walking to the front of the school. "Just tell me one thing. Do you see all of the staring people or am I going crazy?"
"They're only staring because they've never seen this much awesome in one person before," he says conceitedly.
"Or they've never seen someone as stupid looking as you before." I snicker.
"Shut up," he grumbles.
"Aw, you know you love me," I say nudging his arm.
"Whatever." When we reach the office the staring still hasn't stopped and we walk in.
"Hey Shizune," I say to the shorthaired receptionist.
"Hey Tora, Naruto. You here for your schedules?" She asks.
"Yup," I say.
"Hold on let me find them." She shuffles through a few papers on her desk before handing us some. "Tora, Tsunade asked me to tell you that she doesn't want to see you in her office for fighting on your first day."
"I can't make any promises," I say with a sly smile as I walk out of the office.
"Let me see your schedule," Naruto says snatching the paper out of my hand before I can even look at it. "Aw, we only have 3 classes and lunch together."
I grab my paper from his hands and read it.
1st period: History- Kakashi Hatake Room 104
2nd period: Physics- Anko Mitarashi Room 312
3rd period: Pre-Calculus- Asuma Sarutobi Room 213
4/5th period: Art- Kureni Yuhi Room S3
6th period: Lunch- Staff Café
7/8th period: Gym- Might Gai Gym 1
9th period: Study Hall- Kakashi Hatake Room 104
10th period: Language Arts- Iruka Umino Room 103
"So which of these classes do we have together?" I ask.
"History, gym, and language arts." He answers.
"Oh good, so we can get lost on the way to our first class together!" I say brightly.
"We should have asked Shizune where it was." He says.
"As long as we can make it there before the bell rings." Of course with my luck the bell rings right after I say that. "It doesn't matter, it's Kakashi he knows it's our first day. Come on let's try to find it."
After about 10 minutes of wandering we finally find room 104. "Victory!" I shout pumping my fist in the air.
"You do realize we have to go introduce ourselves to a bunch of rich snobs now." He says and laughs as my face falls. He knocks on the door and the familiar silver haired masked man opens the door. Kakashi has awesome eyes; I've always wished that mine looked like his. One eye is black while the other is blood red.
"Not you two," he groans.
"Nice to see you too Kakashi," I say sarcastically.
"Just get in here," he sighs. We walk in and everyone stares at us. "Why don't you introduce yourselves."
"Alright! I'm Naruto Namikaze and I'm gonna take your boys basketball team all the way to the championships, BELIEVE IT!" I smack him on the back of the head.
"What did I tell you about saying believe it?" I growl. He used to say it all the time when we were kids; it was the most annoying thing ever. So naturally I beat the habit out of him.
"Sorry, sorry," he apologizes while holding his hands in the air in front of him the ward off another attack.
I flash him a smile and turn to the class. "I'm Tora Namikaze and I'm going to do the same thing for the girls basketball team."
"What makes you think you're even gonna make the team?" Asks a boy with raven hair. I immediately recognize him as my twin brother Sasuke. Great I get to be put in class with the most arrogant, self-centered, jerk in the world. At least that's how Itachi describes him.
"It's the only reason we're in this stupid school. Half tuition is paid with a sports scholarship and the other half is paid with an academic scholarship. It would be pretty stupid for the school to pay for us to go here because of a sports scholarship and then not put us on the team." I say.
"So you're commoners," says a girl with pink hair and no shame in the way she dresses. Her uniform's worse than mine was.
"That's one way of putting it." Naruto says.
"Why are you not wearing the uniform?" Asks a guy with brown hair and two red triangles tattooed on his face.
"She's probably too poor to afford it." Snorts the pink haired girl and the rest of the class laughs.
"It's because I have dignity, something you obviously lack." I say clenching my jaw.
"Are you siblings? Because you don't look alike," Asks a girl with long blonde hair in a high ponytail.
"I'm adopted," I shrug. "Interesting class you have here Kakashi. How ever do you put up with them?"
"Just take a seat Tora, you can sit next to Hinata. Hinata please raise your hand." Kakashi says. A girl in the back with blue-violet hair and pupil less lilac colored eyes raises her hand. I walk back and sit at an empty desk to her right. "Naruto, you can sit next to Kiba." The kid with red triangles on his face raises his hand and Naruto sits down next to him with a smile.
"Hi, my name's Hinata Hyuga," the girl says in a shy voice. A Hyuga, they're almost as rich as the Uchiha's, but from what I've seen they don't go around flaunting it.
"Nice to meet you," I smile, "Obviously I'm Tora."
"Really?" She asks sarcastically. "I thought you were Naruto."
"You're funny," I giggle, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
"A very beautiful friendship indeed," She giggles.
"It's a good thing too. I could defiantly use a friend here other than Naruto. I mean I love him and all, but he's not exactly the best company when you want quiet." I say and we laugh.
"Hinata! Tora! Pay attention!"
"Sorry Kakashi-sensei!" We say simultaneously and burst out into another fit of giggles.
"Tora! I thought I taught you better discipline!" Kakashi says.
"You did," I say trying to contain my giggles. "But I'm choosing to ignore it."
"How do you know Kakashi-sensei?" Kiba asks and the entire class stares at me again.
"He works at the dojo my adoptive dad owns and has been my sensei since I was six."
"Can you not divulge information pertaining to my personal life, please?" Kakashi sighs.
"Sorry."
Class dragged on slowly. All Kakashi did was assign us bookwork while he read Icha Icha Paradise. The stupid, perverted book that was written by none other than my godfather, given to me when I was adopted, Jirya. He's also Tsunade's husband and Minato's old sensei. He's Naruto's current teacher, too. While I got stuck with Kakashi who was trained by Minato.
As I'm doing my work someone nudges my elbow. I look up and see Hinata drop a note on my desk.
What do you have next period?
I pull out my schedule and look before scribbling down a reply.
Physics with Anko-sensei.
I pass it back to her and her eyes widen before writing something down and handing it to me.
But that's a senior class!
I'm here on a partially academic scholarship so I'm ahead in a few classes.
What room is it in?
312, why?
My next class is right to it. I can walk you there.
Awesome! That would help me out a lot :)
The Bell rings and we both stand up. "So what school did you got to before?" Hinata asks as we make our way to the far side of the school.
"Just the public high school." I answer. "It was just too boring though. I pretty much slept through all of my classes and aced them all."
"Sounds like Shikamaru," She says.
"Who?"
"Shikamaru. He's number one in the class, but he's also the laziest guy in the world."
"That does sound like me." I smile.
"We're here," she says and points at a door to our right. "That's your class. Mines the one right next to it, what do you have 3rd?"
"Um, Pre-calc. with Asuma-sensei."
"I'll wait for you and show you where it is."
"Thanks Hinata. You're making my first day a lot easier than I thought it would be."
"No problem. I was the new girl last year and no one helped me out, so my first day was a disaster. I'm just glad I could help prevent it from happening to you."
"I'll see ya after class then." I say with a wave.
"Bye!"
I walk in to the room and immediately notice a woman with spikey purple hair. "Who are you?" She asks.
"Tora Namikaze, the new student." I say.
"Oh, yeah. The new kid," she says. "I'm Anko your new physics teacher. Just wait up here until the bell rings so I can introduce you to the class."
"Okay!" I say cheerily. So now I'm awkwardly standing here waiting for the bell to ring and everyone's staring at me, again. Just before the bell rings a guy with silver-white hair walks in and comes up to me.
"Who the fuck are you?" He asks. I just ignore him and look away. "Hey, bitch! I'm talking to you!" He waves his hand in front of my face.
"It's none of your damn business," I growl and bite his hand. I do not like people invading my personal space.
"Ouch! What the fuck!" He screams. "Who the fuck do you think you are!?"
"The awesomest person on the face of the Earth." I say. "Unlike you, who's most likely the biggest asshole ever."
"Why you little…"
"Hidan, stop tormenting the new kid," a familiar voice cuts in. I spin around to see Itachi standing in the doorway. His eyes widen when he sees me. "Tora?"
"Don't act so surprised to see me." I say. "It's not like I didn't tell you I got the scholarship and was coming here."
"Yeah, but this is a senior class and you're a sophomore."
"I'm also a genius." I say arrogantly.
"Wait, you know this bitch?" The guy, Hidan, asks Itachi.
"Sadly, yes," My older brother sighs.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean? I thought you liked me," I say in mock hurt.
"I do, but you can be a pain in the ass sometimes."
"How the hell do you know her!?" Hidan exclaims just as the bell rings.
"Boys! Take your seats," Anko's sharp voice says and Hidan and Itachi make their way to their seats. "Class today we have a new student, introduce yourself."
"I'm Tora Namikaze." I say.
"Anything else?"
"No, last class when I said more it turned into a session of interrogate the new girl."
"Okay, you can sit next to Itachi, who is also your new lab partner." I don't reply as I got to sit at the lab table next to Itachi. "Today I'm going to assign our next big project. It will be due at the end of next week and you will work with your lab partners. The assignment is to build a catapult that launches a beanbag at least 10 feet." A collective groan goes through the class, but I'm excited. I love building things and I get to work with my big brother.
The period went by slowly and Pre-calc. was pretty much the same. Asuma seemed like a laid back teacher. Art was interesting. There were these two guys at my table, Sasori and Deidara, who argued the entire time about what true art is. I agreed with the Sasori guy, art is eternal. It captures the beauty of a moment on a canvas so it can last forever.
Finally lunch comes and I'm starving. "You can sit with me," Hinata says as we walk into the cafeteria. "My table's normally calm, except for Lee who's a bit eccentric."
"Cool," I say, "Unless Naruto decides to sit with us, he's hyperactive and never sits still." We both laugh and walk to the lunch line where I buy some ramen. Damn Naruto got me hooked on it.
"Our table's right over there," Hinata says pointing to a table in the back corner with four guys and three girls.
"Tora! Hey Tora! Come sit with me!" I hear Naruto yell from my right. I look over and see him waving frantically at me. He's sitting at the table of what are obviously the jocks and preps. There are a couple of guys horsing around by him and I notice Sasuke sitting there with the pink haired girl plastered to his face. The other girls at the table are dressed in a similar fashion as her. Yeah, no way I'm sitting there.
"Sorry bro!" I yell back. "But I'm gonna sit with Hinata!" Said girl blushes bright red when Naruto looks at her.
"Fine!" He pouts and turns back to his table.
"Come on," I say pulling Hinata towards the table she pointed out before. "Hey, Hinata! Snap out of it!" I snap my fingers in front of her face.
"Huh? What?"
"You wouldn't happen to have a crush on my brother, would you?"
"Is it that obvious?" She asks.
"Yup, but you're in luck. Naruto's the most oblivious person in the world." I laugh. We reach the table and the people there already there all stare at me. Seriously, what's with people and staring at me today?
"Guys," Hinata says, "This is Tora Namikaze. She's new here and I'm helping her find her way around."
"What a beautiful, youthful flower you are!" A boy with a bowl hair cut and extremely bushy eyebrows exclaims. "My name is Rock Lee!"
"Shut up Lee, you're going to scare her off!" A girl with her hair in two buns says. "Oh and I'm Tenten."
"Nice to meet you," I say and sit down.
"I'm Neji," says a boy with long brown hair and eyes like Hinata. "Hinata's cousin."
"You wouldn't happen to be related to that Naruto idiot?" Asks a girl with her dirty blond hair in four ponytails. "And by the way, I'm Temari."
"Sadly, that idiot is my adoptive brother."
"Man I feel bad for you. The sleeping boy next to me is my boyfriend, Shikamaru, incase you're wondering."
"So he's the genius of the school." I say.
"Also that laziest kid in the world." Says the girl with blond hair from my history class. "And I'm Ino."
"Who are you?" I ask a boy with a hood on his head and sunglasses.
"Shino," he says in a creepy, monotone voice and then turns to eat his lunch.
"Okay…" I sweat drop. He's an odd one.
"Hey sis," A voice says and I look up to see a brown haired kid sit down next to Temari. But what really catches my attention is the redhead standing behind him. I'm just gonna come right out and say it, he's HOT! When his sea foam green eyes meet my onyx ones I feel my heart skip a beat. I have to force myself to look away, but I really just want to get lost in those eyes forever. Damn it! What the hell's wrong with me? I never act like this.
"Well, well, well. Who's this cutie?" Asks the brown haired guy.
"Tora, these are my brothers." Temari says. "The irritating one trying to flirt with you is Kankuro and the silent one is Gaara." Gaara, that name seems to fit him.
"Tora, that's a pretty name for a pretty girl," Kankuro says.
"I wish I could say the same about yours, but personally I think Kankuro's a stupid name. And your face isn't that pretty." I say sweetly.
"You just got burned!" Ino says laughing.
"Shut up," he scowls. "And besides eventually you wont be able to resist my charms." He winks at me.
"What charms?" Temari asks and the entire table laughs. Just then the entire cafeteria goes silent.
"What's he doing here? The Akatsuki never eat in the cafeteria." Neji says in a low voice.
"What are you doing here, Itachi?" Asks a monotone voice. I turn around to see Sasuke and Itachi in a stand off in the middle of the room. From what Itachi's told me, Sasuke hates him because he's always living in his shadow.
"None of your business little brother." Itachi says and pushes past him causing Sasuke's jaw to clench. He makes his way over to me and whispers break out among the students. He grabs a chair and spins it around so he sits on it backwards.
"You sure know how to make an entrance," I say with a smile.
"It's not my fault my awesomeness attracts everyone's attention," He replies cockily.
"You? Awesome? Please, your awesomeness pales in comparison to mine."
"I'm not even gonna respond to that."
"So, what can I do for you?" I ask.
"A few things actually. First, I want to know if we could hang out after school today. Hidan decided to tell the rest of the group that I know you and they want to meet you." He says.
"I'll have to as Kushina, I'll send her a text later. Speaking of texting you know you could have just sent me a text to ask me this."
"Well another reason I came here is so that everyone knows that you know me and won't mess with you."
"Aw, how sweet of you," I coo, "But you do know I'm a third degree black belt, right?"
"I know you can handle yourself, but if you get in a fight you won't just be suspended, Tora. You'll get charges pressed against you by the poor kid who incurred your wrath's parents, because you touched their little prince or princess."
"And that's why I hate rich kids, they hide behind money and lawyers." I say bitterly. "At least you don't. I remember when I kicked your ass and you made up some lame story about falling down the stairs at school!"
"Then my parents sued the school for their 'malfunctioning' stairs!" He laughs.
"That was all over the news for a week!" I giggle.
"Anyways," he says, "I also wanted to know if you're free after school for the rest of the week to work on our catapult."
"Everyday except…"
"Except for Thursday because that's your all night training day." He finishes for me. "I know, you always complain about it to me the day after."
"Is that all you need?" I ask.
"Oh and we're working at my house so Naruto doesn't end up destroying it. Now, I should probably get out of here before everyone's eyes pop out of their heads."
"Good idea."
He gets up and begins to walk out of the cafeteria. "Hey Naruto," he says as he passes by their table.
"Hey Itachi," Naruto replies through a mouth full of ramen. Once Itachi's gone Hinata turns to me.
"Spill it. How do you know Itachi?"
"He's an old friend," I answer vaguely.
"Really? How did you meet?" Asks Temari. How did we meet? Well one day Itachi showed up on our doorstep claiming to be my biological brother. A few DNA tests later we confirmed it and Itachi and I have been close ever since. But I can't tell them that. The fact that I'm biologically an Uchiha is only known by Itachi, my adoptive family and I.
"I literally ran into him at the mall one day while running away from these guys who bullied me in middle school and Itachi helped me get away from them. At the time I wasn't very confident in my fighting skills even though I was already a first degree black belt," I say. It's not totally a lie. It really did happen, it just wasn't the first time we met.
"Itachi doesn't seem like the type of guy who would help random little girls," Neji says.
"That's just a front he puts up around other people, but underneath he's just like a teddy bear." I giggle as I imagine Itachi in a teddy bear costume.
"Is he your boyfriend?" Ino asks.
"No, he's more like an older brother."
"So you're single." Kankuro states, wiggling his eyebrows.
"I'm also not interested." I say with a sweet smile.
"Uchiha's coming this way," a deep voice that sends shivers, the good kind, down my spine says. It takes me a second to realize it was Gaara.
"You." I turn around and see Sasuke standing behind me with pinky, what I decided to call the pink haired girl, hanging on his arm.
"Me?" I ask innocently pointing at my chest.
"How do you know my brother?" He asks in an, I'm better than you, voice.
"That," I say pointedly, "Is none of your business."
"Tell me," he growls.
"I would love to," I say sarcastically. "But sadly I don't talk to people with animal butts for hair."
"That was a very youthful insult!" Lee exclaims as everyone else at the table snickers.
"What?" He asks angrily.
"You heard me Duck-butt, now scram!" I say.
"How dare you!" He fumes. "My father will hear about this!" He turns and storms off.
"Tell him I'd be glad to take it up with him tomorrow when Itachi and I will be working on our physics project at you house!" I call after him.
"You can't talk to my Sasuke like that!" Pinky exclaims.
"Oh beat it, Billboard brow!" Ino says and she storms off after Sasuke.
"That was great!" Tenten says between laughter. "No one's ever talked to him like that before!"
"I don't have to put up with his bullshit just because he's rich." I say.
"Oh, the bell's gonna ring in a minute!" Hinata exclaims. "What class do you have next?"
"Um, gym." I answer.
"Sweet! We all have gym together next period!" Kankuro says. "I'm looking forward to seeing you in short shorts." He winks at me and I roll my eyes.
"You're just gonna love Gai-sensei," Tenten says sarcastically.
"What do you mean? Is he strict?" I ask curiously.
"He's a fitness fanatic and crazy," Neji says, "Just think of Lee on steroids." Fuck…