Disclaimer: Naruto and it's charaters belong to Kishimoto Masashi. The crossdressing and plot are mine. :P

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Of Crossdressers and Gangs

Naruto was still whispering to her three friends about something. By the look on her face, it was an upsetting topic. They were half way to Algebra when the others turned and said their good-byes. They went down a side hall and turned again, now out of sight. Now Sasuke would be able to talk to his girlfriend and ask what they had been discussing.

She glanced up at him and smiled. Naruto practically bounced up to the Uchiha and hugged him tightly. "What were you and Neji talking about last period?" She'd beaten him to the punch.

"Nothing, just trying to size up the new girl. Chances are she going to be in most of our classes," Naruto fixed him with a questioning stare, "meaning you are going to say or do something to piss her off." Naruto puffed up her whiskered cheeks, a cute habit she had when she was irritated. "After what happened in homeroom we were trying to weigh your chances of winning."

"And…" she pressed.

Sasuke sighed, no choice. "Neji thinks you could take her, with some effort." Naruto looked at him as if to say 'and what do you think?' Sasuke looked the other way, "I don't think you could win."

She gasped, stomped her foot, and punched his arm. "I so could take that skinny, little, walking attitude problem!" Naruto's hurt, high-pitched voice rang out.

Sasuke walked in their class, "Well, Neji thinks you can."

Naruto walked in with her arms crossed. Instead of sitting next to her boyfriend, as per usual, she sat behind him. The bell rang as she sat down. It didn't take four seconds for the teacher to walk in from the back supply room. Her dark hair was pulled into a tight, side-swept ponytail. She wore a low-cut, black top and a corduroy skirt with fish net stockings. She tossed a beige trench coat over the back of her swivel chair as she surveyed the class with light brown, hawk-like eyes.

"Hello," she smiled brightly at the room full of students, "I'm Mitarashi Anko-sensei. That's all you kids need to know." She pulled a book from her bag that sat against the desk in the front. "Take a good look around you, these are your seats unless I say otherwise."

Sasuke took this chance to look around the room. Next to him was Lee, behind him was Naruto, and, to no surprise at all, Gaara sat in the back. She looked pissed, most likely due to the fact that this class had no windows. It was the center room in a wrap-around hallway.

The school was small but its layout was confusing. It had two floors that, for the most part, mirrored each other. There was the Main Hall that ran through the length of the school of both floors. At one end was the Gym and the exact opposite was the Lunch Room. On the Gym half of the school there were two halls that ran around a single class. One was called A-wing the other was B-wing. Each one, upstairs and down, had nine rooms around and a tenth in the center. Off to the side of the first floor A-wing was the Nurses Office; it was connected to the Main Hall, as well as the Gym itself. All down the hall you could see random offices as well as a few more classrooms. Further down there was a large, and mostly empty space. This was the Commons Area. It led to the Bus Lot, the Cafeteria, the Auditorium, and the Main Office. The Teacher Parking lot was to either side of the Gym.

Sasuke had walked the school many times and no longer got lost. This caused all of his friends to flock around him like a mother hen. When he spoke of this to Naruto the day before school began she had laughed and made many a comment about him being more like a mother duck because his head looked like a duck's butt.

Anko told the class they could talk for the rest of the period. They would all be given Algebra books tomorrow. Naruto refused to speak to Sasuke, though she did kick his chair repeatedly all class while she doodled herself beating up Gaara.

--

'Stupid Sasuke-teme!' Naruto sat in his seat, fuming. He didn't believe him! That jerk Neji had more faith in him that his own damn boyfriend! No doubt about it, Sasuke was getting the silent treatment! How could he be so mean?

After the bell rang Naruto hopped up and dashed out of the room. He left Sasuke behind, grinning at himself as he thought about it. While he walked to his next class the blonde cross dresser debated ignoring him for the rest of the day.

He was still batting it around when he entered the lower B-wing. This wing had only artsy classes; cooking, shop, visual and graphic arts, etc. and it always smelled like wood, paint, or food. Depending on what part of the hall you were in. Naruto's class, Home Ec., was the center class.

He walked in, thinking he was first. However, in the back corner table, sat a surly redhead. His highly refined gay-dar went nuts when he looked at her. Naruto was positive she was a lesbian. Something else unexplainable happened when he looked at her. He got really pissed. Acting all high and mighty! Like she was better than everyone else. Like a female Sasuke.

Thinking of Sasuke, and how pissed he was at him, Naruto walked over to the Suna girl. He figured he'd get to know her, and get that unfaithful jerk off his mind. He thought she couldn't be all bad, maybe just a stony front in a new, strange school. He guessed that all she needed was a friend, and who better than one of the friendliest gay guys in school?

He took a seat across the table from the redhead. The blonde gave a smile and a bright hi. This earned him a confused stare followed quickly by a burning gaze. "What do you want?" She had a slightly deeper voice than most of the squeally girls in the school.

He shrugged and smiled, "Nothing, just thought I'd come and say 'hi'." Naruto expected for the girl to raise an eyebrow in question, but she didn't have any. "To me, it seemed like you could use a friend."

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Who did this girl think she was? Gaara didn't need friends, never had. He leaned back in his chair, glaring pointedly at the bubbly girl. "And, what, you figured you'd be it?"

She seemed to shrink back a little bit but was still smiling happily. "Well, maybe. You don't seem so bad," she glanced towards the front of the class, "and it was pretty cool how you flipped Shigure! That's how I took him out when he was messing with me."

Gaara was astounded; he never knew someone could be so clueless! He had given her his 'come-near-me-and-I'll-eat-your-liver' stare. And all he got was a stupid smile! Most of the time people would slink away, sometimes they'd run, one time a guy wet himself. But, never had anyone smiled at him. It was seriously ticking him off, but he controlled himself. The redhead honestly believed she was retarded.

But that was another story. Right now, her liver was in great danger.

--

Naruto had sped off so fast Sasuke hadn't had time to apologize for whatever it was he had done. Lee walked with him down the hall, keeping an eye out for the hyperactive blonde. He was very curious as to what the Uchiha had done to offend Naruto this time. After thinking about it all through Algebra he decided to ask.

"So," he looked to the side and scanned the locker numbers, "what'd you do?"

Sasuke glared over at him. Lee gave a sheepish smile and apologized while he bowed. Sasuke stopped him. They were finally at the Home Economics room. Lee opened the door for himself and Sasuke. As soon as they looked into the classroom it was obvious something was wrong. Near the back a group was beginning to form. At first it didn't seem to be threatening until someone yelled catfight.

Lee bolted over, the other boy by his side. Naruto's voice could be heard over the murmur of the group. They pushed and shoved passed the people. There, in the center, was Naruto, red in the face, fists balled and fighting stance at the ready. She was shouting at Gaara. The redhead, however, was smirking wickedly at Lee's friend. There was going to be a fight unless someone stepped in. as if he'd read Lee's mind, Sasuke ran over to his girlfriend. Two seconds later Kiba and Chouji were there with him. Lee ran up to try and calm the angry girl as well.

"No!" Naruto retorted to something Chouji had said. "She's a bitch! An egotistic, condescending, ugly bitch! And I'm gonna' kick her ass!"

Oh's and a number of other catcalls sounded from the surrounding group. As Kiba and Chouji tried to shut the spectators up, knowing that what they were saying would only help the fight begin, Sasuke and Lee tried to talk some sense into their livid friend. Her face was still red and her fists hadn't unclenched at all. He began to notice that his words weren't doing anything to keep her from kicking the red-haired girl's ass. The only thing that seemed to be stopping her was her boyfriend standing in front of her.

Gaara didn't seem to care if a fight occurred or not, but she did seem to want to piss Naruto off, a lot. "You should listen to those morons, they want to save you some humiliation, loser."

"Idiot!" Sasuke's head whipped around to glare at the new girl.

Lee knew why. Naruto was pretty easy going with most people as long as they didn't do one of two things; mess with her friends and call her a loser. Gaara had just crossed a very dangerous line. Before lee could blink Naruto had lunged herself at the other girl, who seemed all too willing to rumble. Quick as a flash Sasuke had her around the waist and Lee had slipped his arms under hers. She, though, wasn't going down without a fight. The enraged blonde twisted and kicked her legs, trying to get out of the vice grips of her two friends. Suddenly, she planted her feet and slipped down, causing Lee to release her. Sasuke, obviously expecting a move like this, squatted down with her. He called out to Kiba and Chouji when Naruto began to get the upper hand. All four grabbed her and held her back from ripping out the other girl's spleen.

"Let go," she grunted with her effort to escape. "You heard her! No one calls me a loser and gets away with it!"

Sasuke put her mouth by her ear and whispered something Lee couldn't hear. She looked like she was thinking something over. Finally, she relaxed and turned her back on her would-have-been opponent. Lee wondered what he could have said to calm Naruto down so quickly.

--

Naruto was an idiot! Dumb ass! Didn't she think about what they'd been told when they'd moved away from the orphanage?

'If she gets into a fight before she turns fifteen we could lose the apartment and be sent back to the Home.' Sasuke stood next to his girlfriend, both breathing heavily.

At the end of the summer Naruto and himself had taken the chance to leave the overcrowded orphanage and move into an apartment together. It was a program the place offered so that they could save money. Several apartment complexes allowed kids to live in their empty houses. Around the year you would do yard work or help out in the office to earn rent. In the summer Naruto, Sasuke, Lee and Neji had all worked at the pool. Neji and Lee was certified lifeguards, so that was their job, Naruto ran around picking up trash and cleaning tables while Sasuke would clean out the pool itself. All this had safely earned them rent until the end of October. But that didn't mean they could be yank right from the program.

Truth be told he was very surprised and shocked that he was allowed to move in with Naruto. There were several reasons for this. First off, she was a girl and he was a guy, that didn't need elaboration. Second, even if they were the same gender they were hormonal teens. Thirdly, they had hated each other still at that point, but were willing to compromise to get out. And finally, Naruto was only fourteen. The minimum age requirement to leave was fifteen. Well, she was in high school and Sasuke had turned fifteen in July so denying them for just a three-month period was really stupid. But that was the reason for the 'no fighting' deal. This whole ordeal was proving harder than he had thought.

While Lee gave the blonde a lecture on how better to control herself until her birthday the door opened. In walked their teacher. He took one look at the large group that had failed to dissipate fast enough in the back and the pink faced blonde in the center and visibly paled.

"N-naruto?" She peeked over at the man who spoke. "Wh-what happened?" he glanced at each student in turn almost as if he hoped one would tell him the whole story. A second later he put two and two together. As it dawned on him his ponytail deflated slightly. "Lee, Naruto, Sasuke," he turned and walked towards the desk. They followed silently while the rest of the class scrambled to their seats. "Naruto, I don't want a word from you."

She opened her mouth only to have Sasuke slap his hand over it. She wasn't getting into any more trouble today if he could help it. It had taken a second but he soon recognized the teacher as Umino Iruka, a tutor at the orphanage. He was really close to Naruto, much like a father figure, so understandably this upset him.

"Naruto, for some reason," Sasuke's voice dripped with sarcasm, "got mad at the transfer student and nearly got into a fight. Chances were she was provoked, as usual."

Iruka sighed and rolled his eyes. The blonde had had a history of being short tempered and violent. The brunette teacher was not surprised. Sighing again he said, "I don't want this happening again. Now go sit down."

The trio turned around and spotted the only three available seats. All five tables were otherwise full. One had Shikamaru, Hinata, Chouji, and Kiba looking very apologetic. A group in the center was constructed of Sakura, Ino, Tenten, and an infinitely displeased Neji. The table next to Hinata's, also near the front, held four members of the gang of Sound kids called the Sound Five; the fifth member was an upperclassman who didn't have this class. One in the back held three more Sound students and Shino, who look a bit irritated. The last table, one in the back corner, was empty except for one evil redhead Suna girl.

As the trio turned back Gaara snorted and reclined in her seat. Iruka pointed at the table, plainly leaving no room for conversation. Sighing the three walked somberly towards the empty seats. When they got back there Naruto sat diagonally from Gaara, Sasuke was next to her, making Lee sit beside Gaara. Nice guy that he was, he didn't look very pleased.

It only took another minute before Iruka called Naruto back up for a "privet" talking to. Rolling her sapphire eyes, she stood and slumped towards the teacher.

Lee leaned forward and motioned for Sasuke. He hopped into the seat across from Lee and leaned in, "So, what did you say to her?"

Sasuke shot him a glance that told him he wasn't liking the prying into his life Lee was supplying. "I reminded her of our living situation."

He didn't need to say anything more. Lee was in a very similar position. He had an apartment by himself. Earlier, spring of last year, Neji had patched things up with his uncle, Hinata's father, and moved in with them. The raven-haired boy had felt bad at first, not having a roommate to help with things. When it had first happened Naruto was so upset no one was there to keep him company she tried to get him to move in with them. Both men had refused, Lee with many sorry's and thank you's.

Lee sat back nodding. Both glanced over to see how Naruto was doing. Iruka was standing, an exasperated look on his kind face. His lips moved, forming words Sasuke couldn't hear, and he didn't care much to read them. When he stopped the blonde shouted, "But Iruka-senseeeeeeeeeeeei!" quickly he put up his hand and continued speaking. After another five minutes, and several more outbursts from Naruto, she was sent back to her seat. She crossed her arms and threw one last dirty look at him before muttering nonsensical words all the way back to the table.

As she sat down, Sasuke moving aside for her, she stuck her tongue out at the poor brunette sensei. She told her two friends that Iruka was a bit mad at her but didn't give her a detention, this time.

"So," Sasuke said, staring pointedly at his girlfriend, "He's not going to say anything to the orphanage?" his voice was hopeful.

"I don't think he even knows about all that." She folded her arms and put them on the table, resting her chin on them.

--

They were ignoring him. How pathetically childish. Did they really think he'd just let it all go and leave them be? What idiots. He sat there, waiting for that touchy blonde girl to return. She finally did, muttering about some kind of unfairness the whole way. She tossed the teacher a dirty look and quickly began talking with the other two. He listened to them whisper about something, most likely whatever Uchiha had said to calm he down earlier.

The teacher walked around the desk and introduced himself as Umino Iruka. As soon as he'd welcomed the class to Home Economics Naruto raised her hand. She didn't wait for him to call on her before she spouted, "Does this mean you're gay, Iruka-sensei?"

The entire class burst out laughing. Gaara supposed this was payback of some sort. Uzumaki seemed familiar with yet another teacher. How strange. Familiarity never lead to anything good. Why would someone want those kinds of bonds?

"Naruto!" that boy with the stupid bowl-cut looked over at her, "that was mean!"

The blonde whipped a tear of laughter from her eye. "That's what he gets for not yelling at her too." She jabbed a thumb at Gaara.

Acknowledging his existence were they? He took this chance to piss her off even more. He peered over at her, bored looking. "It was your own fault. I didn't do anything." His voice was cold and mocking. Perhaps he'd get a fight out of her yet.

"My fault?!" She drew back, a hand on her flat chest. "I was just trying to be nice! It looks like we'll have most classes together and no one would talk to you." Her face was turning pink again. Others had opted to eavesdrop on their conversation instead of listening to Iruka's "Proper Use of Stoves" speech. "I was only trying to be friendly!"

Uchiha then cut in, "I thought you had flat out challenged her because of what Neji and I said." Uzumaki glared daggers at the black-eyed boy.

"If Naruto was just trying to be kind what could you have said to make her so mad?" the other boy's head had turned in his direction.

"She told me to fuck off or she'd kick my preppy blonde ass." Gaara simply nodded. Those had been his words exact words. Bowl-cut gasped and Uchiha rolled his eyes.

"You have got to be the only person who can piss her off so much, so easily, other than me."

That didn't sound right. From what he'd gathered Uchiha and Uzumaki were a couple, a "happy" couple at that. If he mad her so mad why hadn't he seen them fight in the almost three periods he'd been with them? She was glaring at him, waiting for a retort. All she got was the sounding of the bell.

Gaara was out the door before anyone else. There had to be one class he didn't have with those three. If not he'd wind up really killing them. Killing them with a horrible, painful, slow, stabby death.

--

It was official. He hated Gaara. Abhorred her very existence. He wanted to squeeze her pale little neck until her head popped off. Then, maybe, fry her kidneys. Yes, that would be a suitable death. He'd even let the aforementioned organs go to waste and get moldy. Cue evil chuckle.

Deciding to end Sasuke's not-so-punishing punishment he glomped (very painfully) said boy and nearly knocked him to the floor. He turned his head and glared at his "girlfriend" before he gave a half-hearted crooked grin. The blonde rolled his eyes before pecking him on the cheek. Just be hind them he heard Sakura and Ino scoff. Not so long ago those two had joined forces to crush the new, and very unstable, relationship. They had almost done it too.

It wasn't like they had anything big on them; just the fact that they pointed out and exploited all the little things the two did to annoy each other. Along with the fact that somewhere, not so deep down, they still hated the other's guts in some way shape or form. Sakura and Ino, or as Naruto and the majority of his group knew them, the Ho Sisters, were still mad that they had failed. Unfortunately for them, they had done it so much that none of those things mattered or bothered either anymore. Now, if they had found out Naruto was a guy they might have won.

Neji came up on the other side of him after pushing past the two of them. The blonde let go of Sasuke, sized up the pale-eyed boy, and pounced. "I'm so happy someone believes in me!" when he had said someone he'd shot a nasty look at the Uchiha. "Cockatoo-head over there told me you think I could take that redheaded bitch!" The raven-haired boy growled at the familiar phrase used many times before to comment about his hair. The hyper boy continued to thank and hug a smug Neji. The little whiskered girl-man was ready to bet emo-lad wanted to wring both their necks. But just for good, evil, bitchy, payback measure he said, loud enough for the whole group of friends to hear, "Did I ever tell you how much I loved you?" And to finish it off, a big fat kiss on the cheek.

Slowly, Sasuke's eyes narrowed, no doubt planning Neji's death. Probably Naruto's as well.

TBC…

A/N: Translations: none

Damn, ya know, this chapter was twice as long as it is now. I just couldn't take it any more. So, I spared you.

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