Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but if I truly wanted to be sued, I would lie and say that I did.
Summary: High-school life has always been complicated. Throw the fact you grew up in the midst of a gang-cop war and you'd wish you were just normal. Welcome to the life of one Naruto Uzumaki.
Welcome To My Life
Naruto and Gaara had just gotten to Suigetsu's car when the blonde heard a banging. Curious, he left to investigate the sound, leaving behind two equally confused teens that exchanged a glance before getting in the car and deciding to wait for their friend. Not one to be sitting in silence, Suigetsu turned the car on and cranked the volume up slightly as he listened to the sports radio.
Not finding enough entertainment in his favorite team's current losing streak, the silver haired teen looked at the redhead and asked, "So...You get laid yet?"
"Fuck you." Gaara replied, not bothering to look at Suigetsu as he closed his eyes and slowly entered a meditative state.
Suigetsu, who was prepared for that sort of response, merely grinned and shot back, "Well not that I'm not flattered, Gaara, but I just don't swing that way. Sorry I can't be your first black cherry. I do know this one dude that runs around in green spandex..."
As Gaara resisted the urge to commit first degree murder, Naruto frowned as he came across a redheaded girl slamming the back of her head into a car door. He was currently twenty feet away and hadn't seen her before, so he wondered if she was a new student or just a face that blended in with the crowd. Taking notice of her attire, he shook that thought off. Like himself and his friends, she had forgone the school's suggested uniform. Not many wore the full tie, shirt, jacket, and khaki pants combo, but not many ditched the school's jacket either, many having converted it into a more comfortable or recognizable accessory that made it unique to themselves.
Only he and Gaara were the ones he knew of that had ditched the uniform completely.
He was wondering what her apparent problem could be when she looked up at the sky and shouted, "BUT NOW I'M FUCKING STRANDED HERE!"
Hearing that he couldn't help but feel bad, wondering if Suigetsu's little smoke bomb had scared her driver away or had caused her to lose her keys somewhere in the school. Now upset with his reckless friend, the blonde took a deep breath before walking over towards the redhead that was glaring at the ground. He stopped a foot away from her and froze when she looked up at him.
Sh-She's kind of cute...Well, I can honestly say I didn't expect that when I started walking over here, Naruto thought before shaking his head and giving her a nervous grin. With a small wave, he said, "Hey..."
"What the fuck do you want, asshole?" she not-so-quietly snarled at him. Naruto was beginning to wonder if he had made a mistake by walking over to the girl as he frowned. Whatever was on her nerves was surely influencing her random hostility towards him, but that didn't make the blonde feel immediately forgiving.
"Well, I was going to walk over and ask what your problem was, but I guess it's too suspicious for me to just be concerned, isn't it?" He shot back, not backing down from his offer, yet to be made...the fact that the girl in front of him looked very cute while angry had nothing to do with his decision.
"Well it's none of your business, fuck-nuts, so you can go now!" the redhead shot back as she glared up at him. Naruto narrowed his eyes and glared back into her chocolate brown ones before sighing and offering his hand. She glared at his hand before looking up at him suspiciously, her brown eyes narrowed as she looked into his blue ones.
"Look, you want a ride or not?" he asked with exasperation lining his voice. Almost reluctantly, the redhead took his hand and he helped her back to her feet. He released her hand and let her grab her things before he peered into the car. He saw the keys in the ignition and noted the locked state.
"You know...I got a friend that could get your keys out for ya," Naruto said, making the redhead's eyes widen before they settled into a narrowed state once again when he turned to face her, "That is, unless you want me to smash the window and get them out now?"
"If I wanted to get the goddamn keys that way, I would just fucking do it myself, you dumbass," the redhead spat. Naruto rolled his eyes, figuring her anger was a mask similar to one he used to wear before. He physically shook his head and gave the redhead a small smile.
"So, need a ride?" he asked, his mood brightening as he recalled where he was going with his friends. The redhead blinked in confusion at his sudden change in mood before slowly nodding, her suspicion remaining in full effect.
Naruto smiled and held his hand out, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki."
The redhead grabbed his hand and shaking it, surprising the blonde with the strength behind her grip, before speaking with less hostility than before, "Tayuya...Just Tayuya."
"No surname?" the blonde asked with confusion. Tayuya's eyes hardened and she pulled her hand back, wrapping it around the strap of her backpack tightly.
"It's none of your damn business," she snapped quietly. Naruto blinked before shrugging. Everyone was entitled to their secrets after all.
"Fine by me," he said before turning around and walking away, "Come on. My ride's this way."
Tayuya followed Naruto with a suspicious eye locked on the taller blonde. She looked him over as she slightly walked behind him on his left. He was nearly six feet tall and had a healthy build, unless he was hiding a lot of fat under his loose orange shirt. The bandana around his wrist was a strange accessory, but she figured there was a reason behind it. Hell, the reason she wore her hat was because she wasn't comfortable with how she'd get stares from everyone when her bangs framed her face.
"So, new to the school?" Naruto asked as he looked over at her, making her snap her head up to look at him and causing her to return to the world.
"Yeah, what of it?" Tayuya asked, remaining on the defensive. She just met the boy, and sure he was offering her a ride, being kind some would say, but she had always been on the downside of things. The redhead had been taken advantage of more times than she would like to admit. It'll be a cold day in hell before it happens again.
"Nothing, just trying to make a new friend," the blonde replied with a grin, "Half of my friends are busy with college so they can't hang as often as we want to, and my guardians' friends are always busy with...well, it doesn't matter."
"Good, cuz I didn't fucking ask for your fucking life story," the redhead grumbled. Naruto chuckled and lifted his hand, waving to the car.
"Yo, Sui! Get the car started!" he shouted towards a grey sedan that had two guys in the front. The silver haired teen turned and grinned in Naruto's direction before noticing Tayuya and his grin grew.
"Way to go, Naru-chan!" Suigetsu cheered, slamming his hand on the door in an applauding manner, "Tappin' the red carpet again!"
Naruto's jaw popped open and his face practically became the color of an apple. Tayuya was not better off, her face looking as though it had merged with her hair as she glared at the smirking silver haired teen. Do you know the saying "If looks could kill"? If that saying were true, Suigetsu would have been melted right on the spot from the intensity of her glare.
A loud whack came from the car and Suigetsu yowled as he grabbed his head. Naruto released a sigh of relief and smiled when a redheaded teen with black circles around his eyes looked out the window at them impassively.
"Thanks Gaara!" the blonde teen exclaimed with a grin, walking to the car and opening a back door for himself, sliding to the other side. Tayuya hesitated before getting in and sitting behind the asshole that had made such a lewd comment about her and the blonde she had just met. The redheaded boy that smacked the driver looked over at her for a second before looking at Naruto.
"Is she coming with us?" Gaara asked the blonde with no emotion in his voice, a faint strawberry-blonde eyebrow arching as Suigetsu rubbed his head and started the car, muttering curses under his breath as he did so. Naruto shrugged before looking at Tayuya.
"Where do you want us to drop you off?" he asked, making her blink before she looked at her phone. With a muttered curse, Tayuya looked at the blonde sitting next to her.
"Don't suppose you assholes know where the fucking Yahiko Apartments are, do you?" she asked. Naruto's eyes widened and his jaw popped open, Suigetsu swerved in traffic for a second before he broke out in a wide grin, and Gaara...
Well, he merely arched his left eyebrow again.
"Ho-ho-ho! Christmas came early for you, Naru-chan!" Suigetsu teased. A smack followed his teasing and the car swerved once again as the teen yelped and lost control. Naruto clung onto the seat Gaara sat in and Tayuya grabbed the handle above her door.
"WHAT THE FUCK/HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU STUPID COCKSUCKER/DUMBASS!" were the upset cries from the backseat riding duo. Gaara shook his head as Suigetsu cackled and got back into his lane, glancing around nervously for signs of the cops. The silver haired teen glimpsed at the mirror at Tayuya. He then looked at Naruto, who was slightly hyperventilating from the swerving.
"Hey, bro...You ok?" Suigetsu asked as he made a right turn into the red light district. Naruto took a few breaths to calm his racing heart down before he nodded. His attention went to the redhead on his left and he grinned.
"So you're the one who moved in last night!" he said, making the redhead blink in confusion. Naruto's smile didn't leave his face as he continued, "My guardians, Nagato-oji and Konan-oba, own the apartment complex. I stay in their apartment with a few of their friends."
Tayuya blinked before suddenly smacking the blonde upside the head, making him cry out in pain and look at her in confusion before she scowled, "Your fucking roommates are so goddamn loud! I nearly got a migraine this morning from the asshole waking someone up!"
Naruto sheepishly laughed while Suigetsu and Gaara grinned. The former looked in the mirror and asked, "So it was Kisame's turn to wake you up, eh?"
"Ah, shut up, Suigetsu," Naruto groaned, rubbing his head, "You know how he gets in the morning..."
"Especially after a bust," Gaara muttered, "Only damn thing that came out of last night's fuck-up was that dumbass Shimura that got shot by his own partner."
"Oh yeah, Yugito-neechan mumbled something about that in the car when she played the news," Naruto muttered, subconsciously rubbing the rag around his wrist. Suigetsu pulled up to a stop in front of Naruto's apartment, killing the ignition from the car after putting it in park. A ponytailed blonde with a patch over his left eye walked up to the car and looked in through the window.
"Oi, Suigetsu, Konan's pissed and on a rampage," the blonde said to Suigetsu, making the boy frown as the eye patch wearer continued, "Said something about killing you after you 'stole' my bomb and the news is already covering the school's closing for the week. I'd scram ASAP. Hey Gaara. Sup Naruto...Who's the babe?"
"Didn't hear you give out your name, bitch!" Tayuya snarled as she opened the door and stepped out. Naruto sighed and opened his door as the redhead slammed hers shut. Suigetsu cried out in concern for his POS car as Gaara and Naruto followed her example. The silver haired teen grumbled under his breath.
"Yeah, thanks Deidara-chan," Suigetsu said to the blonde with an eye patch, making his right eye twitch in annoyance, before he looked at Naruto, who leaned on the roof and looked into his window, "Be ready by noon. The gig's at one. See ya later, Ruto!"
The car came back to life and Suigetsu spun away, just in time for a gunshot to go off and shatter his rear window. Naruto laughed and Gaara smirked as the silver haired teen swerved and shouted, "Goddammit!" as he drove away. The two looked back to Naruto's apartment, Tayuya's eyes following their gaze, and they saw a woman with short blue hair standing in the doorway. She was nearly five feet, ten inches and had curves in all the right places, but she wore a black shirt that had a white rose over her left breast. Her jeans were form fitting and accenting her hips well. What really got their attention was the handgun in her hand, a M9 decorated with a white rose along the barrel, the stem growing from the handle.
"Nicely done, Konan-sama, nicely done!" Deidara cried with approval, clapping his hands, "Although, if you want, I could surely just...you know..."
"Don't blow up my ride, Deidara!" Naruto cried with a frown to the explosives loving tenant. He shook his head at the pout given to him by the ex-eco-terrorist and grinned at his oba-san, "Hey Konan-oba!"
"Naruto-kun," Konan greeted with a smile before looking at the redheaded girl. She blinked before looking at her nephew in confusion. Resting the handgun-wielding hand on her hip, the blue haired woman asked, "You brought a new girlfriend?"
"What is it with you people? Can't I hang out with a redheaded girl without wanting to date her?" Naruto muttered while Tayuya growled at her landlady.
"This shithead and I are NOT a couple!" the girl grit out as she swung her backpack over her shoulder, getting a shrug of disbelief from the woman before she turned around and strolled back inside the apartment. Looking back at Naruto, the girl grunted out, "Thanks for the ride and whatever."
"Ah, no probs Tayuya-chan!" Naruto grinned back, only to be roughly punched in the stomach. Gaara's eyebrows shot up and he (smartly) stepped out of the red-faced Tayuya's way as Naruto tried to regain his breath while on his knees on the ground. Deidara laughed loudly at his fellow blonde's predicament and slapped a hand onto the teen's back.
"First day together and she's already showing you tough love! I smell a romance brewing!" the blonde man cackled out as Naruto glared at him.
"F-Fuck you, Deidara-chan..."
Tayuya dropped her backpack on the inside of her door and slammed it shut. She went to her phone, pressing the voicemail button, before heading to the kitchen to get something to eat. The redheaded girl was not shocked to discover a lack of voicemail, allowing her to think back about the way she had left the boy that helped her.
Stupid dumbass, calling me a –chan, she thought with a grunt as she pulled out a bowl of instant ramen, shrimp flavored. It was the next best thing to coffee in her mind, but with how shitty her day was; Tayuya really wanted nothing more than to just relax and eat. Again, her mind went to the blonde she introduced her fist to and she groaned, Fu-u-u-uck...I'm going to have to apologize...He didn't deserve that...even if he's a shithead that called me –chan...Dammit, I hate apologizing!
Looking at the time on her instant ramen in an effort to get her mind off apologizing to the friendly blonde, the redhead scowled and crossed her arms, Stupid fucking three minutes until the ramen is done...Doesn't that fucking microwave know how goddamn hungry I am? Fuck!
When the microwave beeped, signaling the completion of the noodles and broth, Tayuya smirked slightly and exclaimed, "Finally! Stupid fucking microwave..."
Taking care not to burn her fingers, the redheaded girl eagerly tore the lid off the plastic bowl and grabbed a fork, foregoing the usual chopstick technique that most used. The redheaded girl ate in silence as she thought over what she was going to do to apologize when she heard a siren. Curious, she went to the window and peered out the shades.
"Dammit, Kisame!" the landlady, Konan, scolded the tattooed and blue-haired man as he was escorted to the black and white waiting outside. He was sniggering madly before he burst into laughter.
"You fuckers ain't got shit! You hear me?" Kisame hollered as the police shoved him unmercifully into the car. He smirked and sat up, "Oi! Officer Simmons, how's the baby? He a 'chip' off the ole block?"
The cop he was talking to was held back by his partner so they wouldn't attack him. Kisame laughed loudly as the other cop, who looked like a kid she saw at school, sigh and shut the door.
"Damn idiot," the cop said loudly before looking at Konan with a small smile, "So long, Konan-san. Same time next week?"
"Like Kisame will change after a night in the cell, Itachi-nii," the blonde shithead called back as he slung a guitar case over his shoulder. She blinked at that. He didn't look like the type to be in a band...well, in today's bands anyways.
With a shrug, Tayuya went back to the couch and pulled a magazine out, lounging comfortably before the door was opened. With a growl, the redhead looked up to shout when she stopped.
"Konan-oba has invited you to dinner," the creepy redhead that hung out with the shithead said in a monotone-drawl, "I suggest you come."
AN: I've decided to work on this high school fic for the next few days before I mentally prep myself for Mass Effect 3 and work on Maelstrom Effect for the next month and a half.
Just review...please...?
