BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BAM!
Sasuke Uchiha slapped the snooze button on her alarm clock, hoping to cram in 5 more minutes of sleep before the first day of her senior year at her new high school began. She predicted that it was going to be a long mundane day just from the pitter-patter of rain crashing against her window. Although she was new to Konoha High, she was not scared or nervous at all. It was just one more year before she could go off to college anyways, she could sweat out whatever this high school threw at, her especially after the hell she's been through.
When Sasuke was 10, she had found her mother and father dead and bleeding on the living room floor. Her older brother Itachi was nowhere to be found, and police found evidence that it might have been Itachi who killed them.
Before she ran away to Otogakure, Sasuke lived in a foster home for a year, while child services went to look for Kakashi, and then she was sent to an orphanage. At 14, she ran away to Otogakure.
"Sasu-chan! Wake up! You don't want to be too late for your first day at your new school!!" Kakashi, her new guardian exclaimed cheerfully as he burst through her doors.
Kakashi had an interesting appearance. He wore a dark turtle neck, scarf, or bandana, that usually covered his mouth, and an eye-patch that covered one eye. Today he chose to go with a black turtle neck, and black dress pants. He had spiky white hair, which Sasuke was never sure if it was bed head, or just styled it that way.
"Kakashi! Can be any more annoying?! "snapped Sasuke frowning
"If you keep frowning, you'll get wrinkles" said Kakashi, eye forming into an upside-down U "Now hurry up and get down for breakfast."
Kakashi was a long time Uchiha family friend, Sasuke only met a hand full of times in her life. He took Sasuke in as soon as he found out that Sasuke was still alive in Otogakure. When Kakashi found her, Sasuke was a crack-addicted prostitute working in Oro's Brothel in Otogakure, to pay for her crack addiction, as well her high school tuition fees. Kakashi was not notified about Sasuke until after he came back from a three-year business trip and, to his horror, saw the abandoned Uchiha home. It took Kakashi another 2 years to find out exactly where Sasuke was.
Kakashi took Sasuke away from that place about 1 year ago. It was no easy task to march up to that snake, Orochimaru, with law enforcements of course, and demand the release of Sasuke.
The state Kakashi found Sasuke in scared him. Sasuke was all skin and bones, eyes dead, and skin was an unhealthy pale color. She looked 10 years older then she actually was. He was surprised to see that she had kept up with her school work at all. Kakashi put her in rehab almost immediately.
Saske fought the entire time. She didn't want to go to rehab, she wanted live in the deepest darkest pits of the world. Where no one important to her could ever get hurt. Eventually, Kakashi sat her down, and finally made her realize that couldn't runaway forever.
Flashback
"I DON'T WANT TO GET BETTER!" Sasuke shrieked at Kakashi "I DON'T WANT PEOPLE I LOVE TO GET HURT! EVEN IF THAT MEANS NEVER SEEING THEM AGAIN!"
"Sasuke, people are going to get hurt whether you're there or not" Kakashi replied while approaching her and trying to calm her down "It's better that you're there, for those you love, when they need you the most. I wish I was here to protect you when your parents died." Kakashi hugged her "It's ok show your weak side to those you love. And you know very well drugs aren't the answer"
"Fine…. I'll go to fucking rehab. Let go of me now"
Kakashi was right of course, but she didn't want it to be her fault, that her loved ones were feeling pain. Right now, she was causing Kakashi pain by snorting drugs and acting cold. She would go to rehab, but not only for him, she had to stop being dependent on that damned substance. She refused to loose her cold exterior to some drug. Drugs were only a temporary way to avoid pain anyways.
End Flashback
"What a pain in the ass…." murmured Sasuke as she headed for the bathroom.
Kakashi walked to downstairs to the kitchen smiling. Despite the rain, Kakashi knew it was going to be a good day, he felt it in his gut. He was going to get to see the most adorable man is all of Konohagajure after 3 lonely years, Iruka Umino.
As Kakashi started to set the table, he couldn't help but think of how mad Iruka is going to be when Kakashi showed his face after 7 years of no phone calls, e-mails, or letters. Kakashi was going to get beat up today, but it was ok, as long as Iruka did the beating. Iruka was never going to understand why Kakashi left and never contacted him. Well, Kakashi was a bit like Sasuke in that sense; he just wanted to protect the people he loved, even if it meant never seeing them again. Plus it was just better if Iruka had moved on these seven years. Kakashi would be very happy to just see him, and expect nothing more.
Kakashi's business trip was a top-secret assignment given by the government. Basically everything about Kakashi was a secret, it didn't take Sasuke that long to figure that one out. Kakashi couldn't tell Iruka about the trip, because that might put Iruka in danger. There was no way Kakashi would let anything happen to Iruka.
"Sasuke, hurry up if you want me to drop you to school," Kakashi called out.
"Hn" replied Sasuke as she mad her way down the stairs in the Konoha High uniform, which consisted of a green short-sleeved sweater vest with the Konoha symbol embroidered on the right side of the chest, a white blouse underneath, and navy blue skirt falling about 2 inches above the knee, navy blue stockings, and black shoes.
Sasuke was by no means unattractive. She had a pouty, cherry red lips, porcelain, long dark blue tinted hair up to her waist, and deep mysterious charcoal eyes. Her body was lean, maybe even skinny, with a slim waist, baby butt, average B-cup breast, and legs that could go on for miles. After rehab, she was able to get some of her health back. She was very pretty, and usually turned a few heads in any public place.
"Ready to go kiddo?" Kakashi asked while picking up the dishes from small breakfast table in the kitchen and placing them in dishwasher.
"Hn." Sasuke replied while putting her navy blue raincoat on.
"Are you excited for your first day of school?"
"Hn."
"Konoha High is a great school. I went there as a student."
"Hn."
"The teachers are great, some of them were even students there too. I may still even know some of them"
"Hn"
"Yup! Oh, and by the way Sasuke, I'll be working there as a counselor and teacher for students who are interested in pursuing a career in business"
"………. "
"Yeah! It's going to be fun, you did sign up for some business electives, right?" replied Kakashi.
"…… BASTARD! YOU TOLD ME I NEEDED TO SIGN UP FOR THEM TO GRADUATE!" yelled a very pissed off Sasuke.
"Oh? Did I?" asked Kakashi feigning confusing "Well I don't seem to recall……"
There was absolutely no point in yelling at Kakashi. The man planned all this just, on purpose, to harass Sasuke. Just one more year and she'd be off to college happily. For now, she could tolerate whatever this man had to dish at her.
"So I'm going to be stuck with you during school hours too?"
"Guess so!"
"…….. I'll be in the car" replied Sasuke as she went back to hide behind her passive mask.
"Don't forget to take your umbrella!" shouted Kakashi "I might have to stay after for a meeting, so you might have to take the bus home"
"Damn Kakashi…" Sasuke murmured running to the car.
To Sasuke, Kakashi was a barely tolerable nuisance. He did, after all, save Sasuke from a life of crack addicted prostitution, where she was just barely acing that dumpy excuse for a high school. So he couldn't be that evil, just insanely annoying. Sasuke was surprised that she even got into Konoha High. Konoha High was a very top-notch, but an Uchiha would take nothing but the very best, so Konoha High it is.
There she was, back in Konoha, on her way to school. She wondered if any of the kids from the orphanage would be going to Konoha High. Sasuke wondered if she would ever see that blonde boy she left before running away to Otogakure. Naruto Uzumaki was a happy ball of sunshine that made her feel like home, but she had to runaway before something bad happened to him. Before Itachi decided to come back and kill him too, or the some other force took Naruto away from her forever. She had to runaway before the fear suffocated her. At least now she wouldn't have to worry about fearing a loss, she would just always be wondering where he was. Hopefully, he wouldn't be in Konoha High. What were the chances of him staying there anyways?
"Day dreaming?" Kakashi inquired while getting into the car
"……… No, how far is the school?" Sasuke responded
"It's about a 10 minute drive. Did you remember to take everything you needed?" Kakashi asked as he pulled out of the driveway, very well knowing that Sasuke was completely prepared.
"Hn."
"Well that's good. I have to go to the main office anyways, and we're early, so I'll walk you there."
"Hn."
"You can find out where your homeroom is and even walk around the building before homeroom starts."
"Hn."
"You know they offer helpers to new students, to get them started."
"Hn."
"Maybe you should try it out, make a new friend?"
"No."
"Oh? Well that's too bad."
"Hn."
"So…. Anything you'd like to ask about your new school?"
"…..No."
"Well ok then, I guess it's ok for me to listen to a little morning news then."
"Hn."
The rest of the car ride was completely silent. Kakashi pulled into the faculty parking spot and they ran to the entrance of the school. They walked on a navy blue and green checkered titled floor, passed by pale green lockers, and above the lockers were paintings of what looked like a story about ninjas. Sasuke and Kakashi made their way not even ¼ of the way down an empty hallway, when they saw the sign for office.
"Ok Sasuke, here we are," stated Kakashi opening the door.
"Hello. How can I hel- Oh! You must be our new business counselor," stated the short and dark haired secretary. "You can call me Shizune, and I'm the Principle Tsunade's secretary."
"Nice to meet you Shizune, I'm Hatake Kakashi," replied Kakashi smiling "this the new student, Sasuke Uchiha"
"Oh yes, Sasuke, we've been expecting you. Here is a map of our school; I've marked your homeroom. You'll get your schedule in homeroom" Shizune stated. "I can find someone in your homeroom, someone with similar classes. Do you want me to assign someone to help you?"
"N-," started Sasuke
"What a lovely idea! This could help you make friends Sasuke!" interrupted Kakashi
"N-"
"I know! It can be the first couple steps in brining the school together and creating a friendlier environment" Shizune replied enthusiastically. "So how about it? I know the perfect person, but I need to make sure he's available."
"N-"
"Yeah Sasuke! Come one it'll be great!" said Kakashi with just as much enthusiasm.
"Alright then, please have a seat over there, while I get Mr. Kakashi settled in, and find you a helper," replied Shizune cheerfully. "Come right this way Mr Kakashi."
"Hn," replied Sasuke giving up on these stubborn adults.
Kakashi turned around and winked at Sasuke, or what looked like a wink since half his face and one eye was covered.
"Oh, just call me Kakashi, and is Tsunade around?"
"Tsunade is bit…… " Shizune hesitated
"Hung over?" Kakashi piped up
"Yeah…. How'd you know?" Shizune asked suspiciously
"We have mutual friends, I'm sure she's heard a lot about me too" Kakashi replied nonchalantly
"Ummm ok… well you have your schedule of classes for the semester already, and you know where your temporary office is and you will be sharing it with Iruka Umino. Tsunade has set up a meeting to talk about the renovations today after school."
"Alright, that's fine, I'll go get settled in my office then." Kakashi stated while walking to his new office.
"Now let's see Sasuke, you're in homeroom 140B. Your helper should be free now since morning soccer practice is over"
"Hn," replied Sasuke. Great, now she was going to be stuck with some dumb jock that would probably be hitting on her.
"He's perfect for you, he has the same exact schedule as you too!"
"Hn." Lovely, no Sasuke was stuck with this moron all day.
"Let me call the coach and tell him to send your helper up here" Shizune said happily as she waked into a different room.
"Hn."
So it was officially confirmed, today was going to be a bad day. There could be nothing to make it worse. But maybe… just maybe…. this helper guy wouldn't be able to show today. Maybe Sasuke would be able to spend the day alone, without worrying about some nuisance floating around her all day.
"Good news!" Shizune exclaimed while walking in "I was able to get that helper for you, he'll be here any second now"
Ok, so there goes that little spark of hope. Today was definitely going to be a bad day, nothing else can go wrong.
"His name is Naruto Uzumaki by the way"
Sasuke paled at the name. He was here…
"Are you feeling ok? You looked a little pale" Shizune asked worriedly
"No…. I'm fine. Just a little nervous" Sasuke lied "First day and all…"
"Oh don't worry! Naruto can be a little excited and talkative, but he's a nice guy" Shizune replied reassuringly "He'll show you around, oh look, there he is now"
Sasuke looked to her left, and her heart fell right into her stomach.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BAM!
Naruto slammed the snooze button on his alarm clock hoping to get 5 more minutes of sleep before he had to get ready for morning soccer practice. He knew it was going to be a long and tiresome day just from the sound of rain falling. All right, time to get up, despite how crappy this day could truly turn out to be. Besides, he didn't want Iruka to come in here kicking him out of bed.
"Naruto! Wake up! You have soccer tryouts this morning and you're captain!" Iruka shouted at him.
"Yeah, yeah, I know," Naruto yawned. "I just wanted to get 5 more min of sleep Iruka-sensei."
"Naruto…. I have pancakes ready for breakfast today!" Iruka responded cheerfully
"Awww, Iruka, you know how to get me up," Naruto grinned.
Iruke was special to Naruto. He took in Naruto when no one else wanted to. Gave him a home to live in, food to eat, and clothes to put on his back. Before Naruto met Iruke, he was living with a pair of abusive relative, Pain.
Flashback
An angry drunken Pain walked into the living room where Naruto was doing his homework.
"BITCH!" Pain yells Naruto "STUPID CUNT!
He slaps Naruto across the face with the back of his hand.
"What did I do?!" Naruto shrieks at him
The man pushes Naruto to the ground. "YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING?! YOU JUST SIT AROUND EATING THORUGH ALL THE MONEY!"
Naruto gets a chance to run to the bathroom. Pain runs after him.
"GET BACK HERE BRAT!"
Naruto runs to the bathroom.
"OPEN THE DAMN FUCKING DOOR YOU CUNT!" Pain starts banging on the door "OPEN IT OR I'LL BREAK IT DOWN!"
Naruto slowly approached the door, frightened of what would happen if he didn't open it. He unlocks it and picks Naruto up by the front of his shirt and chucks out of the bathroom.
"You're a monster! No one wants you around! Your mother even died while giving birth to you!" The Pain shouted at Naruto "You're just a monster I was forced to take in. You suck up all the money in the house! I can't even afford to pay for rent!"
With that he shut the door. Naruto ran to the living room as fast as he could to be out of the man's way when he came back out.
The next day at school, it's time for recess. Naruto is pushed to the ground by one of the older kids. Iruka notices bruises that couldn't have been caused by the push. He brings Naruto inside to talk. (Tense Shift.)
"Naruto, is something wrong at home?" Iruka asks concerned
"No, nothing's wrong sensei" Naruto says looking at his shoes
"Naruto, if something is wrong, tell me. I can help you Naruto, but only if you tell me what's wrong" Iruka tells Naruto while patting his head "I'm here to help you Naruto, never to hurt you"
"Sensei…. There is something I have to tell you…….."
End Flashback
Iruka immediately called child services and had Naruto placed in the orphanage he worked in. From then on, Naruto knew he could trust Iruka with all his problems. When Naruto turned 11, Iruka got a job teaching at Konoha High. He then adopted Naruto as his own son.
Naruto walked out of his room and was immediately hit with the smell of blueberry pancakes. He quickly put on his Konoha High gym clothes which consisted of a gray t-shirt with the Konoha leaf symbol, in navy blue, enlarged on the back, green basket ball shorts, with two vertical navy blue stripes on the side, and running sneakers. Naruto was stunning, even in gym clothes. He was six feet tall, all muscle, flawless tanned skin, except for the free scars on each of his cheeks, and spiky blonde hair. His electric blue eyes could pierce their way into any women's heart. Naruto was just simply gorgeous.
"Irrrruuukkkkkaaaaa! I'm ready to eat!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly
"I'm almost done, can you put away the ingredients and pour some milk for yourself," replied Iruka
"Sure thing"
"Are you ready for you first day of senior year Naruto?"
"Hell yeah! One more year and it's good bye high school and hello university life!"
"Don't get too ahead of yourself" Iruka chuckled "You have to get into college first."
"Aww, don't be like that Iruka sensei" Naruto pouted while pouring the milk "I'm a straight A captain of the soccer team, how can anyone say no to that?"
"Don't get to ahead of yourself Naruto. You'll be in for a rude wake up call. Here you go," Iruka stated while handing the plate to Naruto.
"Only three Iruka?! I need at least six!" Naruto exclaimed
"I don't want you to get sick while you run all those laps, Naruto. You're practicing indoors today, and the janitors will have my head if you vomit on their floors. You know they wax them before school starts."
"Fine Fine, but that means you'll have to pack extra for lunch!" Naruto said excitedly "I'm done already, so I'll go start the car up!"
"Don't forget to take your umbrella!" Iruka shouted after him. "Or your backpack!"
"That only happened once!" Naruto shouted back embarrassed.
Iruka sighed; he knew that today was going to be a long day. He was going to be forced to share an office with Hatake Kakashi. The man who broke his heart 7 years ago, by just leaving without an explanation or reason. No contact between them for seven whole years, and now, Iruka had to share an office with him.
Lovely, just lovely Iruka thought while putting on his raincoat. He sighed again while walking out of the door and to the car.
It was going to be a long torturous day. Maybe Kakashi forgot about him? Maybe they'll just ignore each other until one or the other dies or retires. He would just have to wait and see what happens.
"Iruka? Are you feeling ok?" Naruto asked "You look kind of down"
"I'm fine Naruto," Iruka claimed while giving a hesitant smile "Just wondering what the first day is going to bring."
"If you say so Iruka…. Hey, can we put on some music?"
"If you want, but you know the school is walking distance, we're almost there. I'd have you walk if it wasn't for this crazy rain"
"I know, but a little music is better than none!" Naruto replied grinning while turning the radio on.
Within 2 minutes, they pulled into the school driveway. They both ran for the front entrance. Naruto had to run to the boys' locker room before he became tardy for practice, and Iruka had to make his way his office.
"I'll see you later Iruka!" Naruto yelled while running to the boy's locker room.
"Naruto! Don't forget! I have a meeting today!" Iruka shouted after him.
"I remembered!" Naruto shouted right back
Iruka sighed again; today was going to be a long day.
Naruto ran to dump his book in his school locker, then scrambled to make his way to the boy's locker room. His coach, Gai-sensei, would make him do 100 laps, or something equally ludicrous, if he was late by even a minute. He was captain after all.
"All right guys I made it!" Naruto announced while running into the boy's locker room.
"Wow captain way to go" Kiba, his teammate, commented grinning "You just barely made it dead last."
Kiba Inuzuka was Naruto's best friend. Naruto and Kiba could be brothers when it came to unruliness. They were loud, obnoxious, and terribly cocky. Kiba's family breeds rare dogs for a living. They also own a pound for abandoned dogs.
"Whatever dog-breath, I'm captain so it doesn't matter anyways" Naruto replied whimsically.
"Watch it captain!" retorted Kiba angrily "Or you'll be captain of the fishes."
"Whatever you say dog-breath. Is coach here yet?
"Don't call me dog-breath, dead last" Kiba yelled back
"Keep it down. Too early for that kind of yelling." Shikamaru replied "Yeah he's in the coach's room."
Shikamaru Nara was the laziest player on the entire team. He wasn't a bad player, just straight up lazy. There were a couple of times where the coach was ready to kick Shika off the team, but because of his brilliant strategies and ideas that pop up in a tight situation on the field, Gai just couldn't let him go.
"Oh wow Shika, you're actually awake" Naruto commented sarcastically "Think up any new strategies for us?"
"Naruto, I'm awake and here before you" Shika retorted "You're just too troublesome"
"Man, give a guy a break, will ya? Shino doesn't think I'm annoying, right Shino?" Naruto proclaimed while turning to Shino.
Shino Aburame was one of the strongest midfielder on the entire team. He could do it all. From running to up and scoring goals, to sprinting back and defending the goal. He was a very mysterious boy. He always wore round glasses for reasons unknown to anyone on the team.
"Don't drag me into your mess" Shino replied coolly.
"Awww, Shino, come on, help a guy out" Naruto smirked
"Naruto-kun, maybe we should head out into the gym now?" Neji suggested
Neji Hyuuga was cousin to the heir of the oldest and most noble families in Konoha. He was a complete cocky bastard until he met Naruto.
"Yosh! Lets go out and starts warm ups!" Lee yelled while pumping his fist in the air.
Rock Lee was one of the most energetic players on the entire team. He had enough stamina, built up from a harsh training system by Gai, to play the entire game without breaks. He was a bit….. eccentric…. In the way he dressed and acted, but that never stopped him from kicking major ass.
"The faster we finish morning practice, the faster we can head to the cafeteria for breakfast" Chouji exclaimed stepping in.
Chouji Akimichi was the Shika's best friend since grade school. He considered himself as being "big-boned", and beat up anyone that called him anything bigger. He was the best goalie in Konoha history.
"Okay guys! Let's get out there!" Naruto says pumping his fist in the air and running into the gym.
Sadly, when the boys entered the gym, various teams were in there trying to figure out how to manage morning practice.
"There you boys are!" Gai-sensei yelled, "As you can see, due to the terrible weather outside, there seems to be a lack of space for teams to practice in. Normal I would demand that your youthful-selves would go out and practice in the rain anyways, but since I don't want anyone to get sick, we'll just be having our usual morning meeting in the locker room, and later today I'll let you boys know about after school practice."
The boys started heading back into the lockers room, but Naruto pulled back by Gai sensei.
"Naruto, after the meeting, get dressed and head to the office, Shizune wants you to help the new student out." Gai stated
"New student?" Naruto asked curiously "Do you know his name?"
"Her." Gai said walking passes Naruto and into the boy's locker room, "Her name is Sasuke Uchiha".
Naruto face instantly paled. She was back…..
All throughout the meeting, Naruto was no able to concentrate about what was going on. He wasn't able to function at all. She had caused one of the most sorrowful days in Naruto's past since Pain. Naruto didn't even remember changing out of his gym clothe and into his school uniform which consisted of black dress shoes, navy blue pants, white button down shirt, and a green vest with the Konoha High leaf symbol on the right side of his chest. Naruto wasn't even aware that he was putting these clothes on. His mind was on one women, Sasuke Uchiha.
"Naruto-kun, are you ok?" Neji asked concerned
"I'm fine Neji." Naruto answered with a blindingly white smile "Never better."
"Alright everyone! Lets head to the cafeteria!" Chouji yelled while walking out of the locker room.
"I'll catch you guys later, I have to go help Shizune with the new student" Naruto replied
"Catch you later then" Kiba said patting him on the back and walking out with the others.
Naruto went to the sink, rolled the sleeves of his school uniform up, and washed his face. He didn't know what he was feeling, and what to feel, but he decided to make his way up to the main office. Nothing was forcing him to meet Sasuke. This was all just a big accident. He could just always pretend not to know her, if that's what she wanted. If anything, he could always just turn around and walk away, right? Right…..?
