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Warning: Violence, language, eventual yaoi... probably

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor any of it's characters. Why? Life likes to screw me over like that.

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Naruto held his phone in a clenched fist, shifting from foot to foot as he waited for the Uchiha to speak. He kept glancing up every few seconds, perferring to keep his eyes on the ground rather than the teen in front of him that seemed to be trying to disect his brain, but the raven haired teen's expression didn't change, nor would he say anything.

'How much did he hear?' Naruto wondered as he risked another glance at the other teen through his bangs. 'People can't find out, it would ruin everything we've worked for... but I think people might be a little suspicious if the student council president just up and disappeared.'

The raven haired teen's expression remained impassive while his brain was in a turmoil, trying to make sense of what he had just heard, and also trying to make the younger teen crack under the pressure of his gaze. It wouldn't be the first time.

Just when Naruto was considering walking around the statue-like teen, Sasuke started forward. Acting out of reflex, Naruto began backing up. It was only a few steps before Naruto's back collided wth the tall chain link fence surrounding the perimeter of the roof. Sasuke stood in front of him, hands laced through the holes in the fence on either side of the blond's head, staring down at the blonde with a calculating stare.

"Um, Teme? Lunch is almost over, we should be heading to class n... okay, never mind." Naruto trailed off nervously, having no experience with the Uchiha's death glare up close. Usually Naruto would get the glare as he ran away from the scene of a prank, and from that distance you could really only tell it was a glare of death if you squinted.

"How did you hurt your face, Dobe?" Sasuke would give the moron a chance to explain, before he called him on his lie. If his excuse was already out of the way, it would be easier getting the truth out of the blonde. It also helped that the idiot seemed to be panicking, apparently thinking more along the lines of an escape route, with how his eyes kept darting around, than with his excuse.

"M-my face? What's wrong with it?" Naruto stammered, shrinking back a bit against the fence, wondering if it would seem suspicious if he climbed over and jumped off the roof. Probably. He briefly wondered if he could pull the same trick as he had with the first student council member from this morning, the pupilless eyed boy, before he remembered the Damn Bastard was completely apathetic. Naruto could be a blubbering mess at his feet and the raven would still demand answers without a hint of sympathy or discomfort. No need to kill his dignity for no gain.

"Other than the large gaping hole? It's the wrong colour." The raven teen smirked at the insulted spluttering coming from the smaller teen.

"Wh- Son of a- Bastard! I'll have you know I fell!" At the incredulous look from the other teen, Naruto felt obligated to add in a defient tone, "Awkwardly."

"So you're telling me, your face looks like a grape because - Do not interpret me, Dobe! - because you fell. Awkwardly. On what, exactly? Barney? Why don't you explain to me what you were talking about with Gaara."

Instead of snickering and asking if the Great Uchiha was still friends with Barney, Naruto let his face fall blank. Since Sasuke had become the Student Council President, the Student Council was always able to convince the Principal of Hidden Leaf High to expel the students involved with gangs. Being at Hidden Leaf was the perfect place for Naruto, since no one would suspect a student to have anything to do with the gang wars.

"What exactly did you hear?" Naruto glanced up again at the taller teen's face, searching for some kind of hint of emotion. The stoic mask was forever in place, but the fair haired teen could see the confusion and suprise in the onyx eyes at Naruto's blunt question.

Sasuke leaned back on the balls of his heels, but kept his arms connected to the fence. What the hell was the Dobe trying to pull? Since when did he have a poker face? A mask? Caught off guard from the blond's lack of resistance, Sasuke answered truthfully.

"Most of it, I think, but I don't understand all of it. Explain what you meant when you said you were checking to see if the gang was breaking the rules."

A small, bitter smirk flittered across the blonde boy's face before it dropped back into an expressionless mask. Looking down, Naruto's bangs hid his eyes as they began to unfocus as he tried to remember word for word what he had said to Gaara, and what he could afford to tell the Uchiha to remain at Hidden Leaf.

"You... probably won't believe me. The way things have been going recently, I wouldn't believe it, either." Naruto started hesitately, fidgetting. Glancing up quickly to make sure the Uchiha was still paying attention, and swiftly sweeping around one last time for an escape route, Naruto continued in a low voice, determined not to be over heard this time, "There are... certain boundaries... rules, gang members can't break, or other... well, they aren't really gangs, but for the moment that's the closest title I can think of... specific gangs will either take care of the members breaking the rules, or if it is the majority of the gang, disband the entire group."

At the finely raised eyebrow, Naruto smirked slightly again. "You think I'm lying?" He challenged arrogantly.

Sasuke choose to save that question until his own were answered. "What are the rules? How do you know about this?"

Shrugging, Naruto looked at particularly interesting speck on the concrete as he answered slightly grudgingly, "The rules are pretty basic, but some places have more strict rules. It depends on who it is inforcing them, most of the time. For Kohona, it's no killing, no involving anyone outside of the gangs in fights, and sticking to your own territory, unless officially won. There are some more, but those are the basic rules that all gang members need to know."

"How do you know?" Sasuke repeated. His first thought was that the Dobe was lying, but the conversation he had over heard earlier seemed to be making more sense the more the blonde explained. Even if the Dobe had a good imagination, he seemed to be a rather poor liar, and Sasuke doubted he would be able to make up such a complex lie on the spot. 'Dobe doesn't have enough brain cells.'

"I... I've been charged with keeping Kohona in line. The... gang I'm with... the section, anyways. There aren't many of us, but we're good at what we do. We are all in charge of our own city or town, and we call the others to back us up when needed. Most of the time, we're not needed. The fear of us is usually enough to keep the smaller gangs in line, and the bigger ones, the ones that get too arrogant, they're easy enough to take care of, but recently... they've been getting more and more out of control. We don't know why, but even the more recently formed gangs have been involving innocents... it's like they're trying to gain a reputation, but we can't figure out what for... who is it they want to acknowledge them? What could possibly be coming?"

By the end, Naruto seemed to be talking more to himself than to Sasuke, but the raven was still hanging on every word. Were there really gangs that kept other gangs in line? There was no way Naruto could be taking care of Kohona's gangs all by himself. He could barely take care of himself. Though, killings caused by gangs outside of other gang members had been fairly sparse up until a few months ago.

A shrill ringing caused both teens to jump apart violently, Sasuke whipping around to find the source of the piercing noise, Naruto cursing loudly as he fell away from the fence, stumbling to stay up right.

"Shit! I think my heart stopped beating! Oh, wait, there we go. I completely forgot about class. Shit, damn it, damn, dammit! I'm dead if I'm late again!" Naruto scooped up his things and started quickly towards the door of the roof, stopping short when Sasuke grabbed his elbow in a death grip as he tried to rush by.

"This conversation isn't over yet, Dobe. You'll finish explaining everything. Later." With a final squeeze, Sasuke strode past Naruto, hardly acknowledging the loud "Ouch!" and the string of curses following after him.

Watching until he could no longer see the older teen's outline in the shadows of the staircase through the still open door, Naruto allowed himself to sink to his knees, a shaky hand tugging at messy blonde spikes. He hadn't meant to say so much, but by the end he had pretty much just been thinking out loud, relieved to able to voice his concerns out loud, to someone who could look at the situation from a different, unbiased view point. His part in the war was all about secrecy, never letting anyone find out who he nor the others were.

It was such a relief to get the words out, but now that they were, they were more than likely going to cost him.

A humorless laughter surrounded Sasuke as he descended the final steps, the soft sound of "Gaara's going to kill me." Reaching him before he entered the busy, oblivious hallway.

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Naruto waited a few minutes after the second bell, the one that signaled that the student's were now late for their classes, to push himself off the ground.

Deciding to skip the rest of the day, Naruto hurried down the staircase that connected the roof to a hallway on the second floor, letting out a sigh of relief when he found the hall was empty. The blonde practically ran to his locker, shoving the books he would need into his bag, though he doubted he would do his homework either way, slammed the locker door closed. The blonde fled the school quickly, eager to put some distance between himself and the Uchiha, as well as the other probing and gossiping teens.

Naruto's mind was in a haze as he ran through the streets of Kohona, ignoring the stares from the few people walking down the streets as he rushed past them.

The blonde seemed to reach his apartment far too soon, the thoughts he had been out running on his way home now crashing down on him as he unlocked his door and walked inside the small but decent apartment he had called home for the last eight years.

Falling back against the door as soon as it had closed, the blonde slipped down onto the floor with his knees drawn to his chest, hands tugging at blonde hair painfully, and eyes unfocusing as the scene from the roof less than an hour ago played over and over in his mind.

Sasuke Uchiha, the Student Council President, the seventeen year old that ran Hidden Leaf High from behind the scenes, keeping tabs on all the students and kept everyone in line. Even before Uchiha came to Hidden Leaf, the Student Council had existed, but it had never been very effective. Students that cared more about how the title looked on college applications or resumes than the responsiblity that came with it were in charge, allowing the students to do as they pleased as long as they were left in peace.

When Sasuke had become the Student Council President in his first year, he had told everyone that things were going to change, that the school was going to become respectable. In less than a year, Hidden Leaf had gone from a hang out for gang members during the day, to one of the most notable schools in Fire Country. Naruto wasn't sure how the Uchiha had managed it, all he knew was that Sasuke had gotten rid of every student that was involved with the gangs.

'I'm so screwed,' Naruto had remained undiscovered during the witch hunt for gang members, acting as a class clown instead of a deliquent. Hidden Leaf was the perfect cover now, as no one would suspect a gang member to be able to get past an Uchiha.

'I could ask Baa-Chan or Ero-Sannin to pull some strings if Uchiha-Teme talks to the Principal,' Naruto gave a grimace and a forceful tug at his hair, pulling a few strands loose, 'but I would never hear the end of it.'

Naruto stared at the opposite wall with unseeing eyes, once again going over what he had told the Uchiha.

Naruto considered in passing asking Gaara for advice, but quickly got rid of the idea. If Gaara found out that he had been discovered, he would most likely come to Kohona and deal with the problem himself.

Which would be bad for Naruto and Sasuke, but Naruto was a tad bit more worried about what Gaara would do to him. 'Uchiha-Teme would get a merciful death, but Gaara's not allowed to kill me.'

A sigh broke the silence as Naruto used the door to pulled himself to his feet, willing away the seemingly inevitable conclusion as he walked into his bedroom, soft twilight flittering into the room from the open window.

Walking father into the room, the blonde opened the trunk at the base of his twin sized bed, staring down at the neatly folded clothes, the well organized weapons on top of a large pile of folders, and the porcelain mask looking remarkable realistic to that of a fox sitting safely on top of the clothes, staring back at Naruto his dark, empty eyes.

Pulling the mask and the clothes from the trunk and setting them on the bed, the blonde began to undress, letting his mind fall blank.

This wasn't the time to be worrying about the Uchiha, he had a job to do and couldn't afford the distraction.

Pulling a large black hoodie over his head, the blonde picked up the mask, raising it to eye level.

'Nothing else matters right now. I'll deal with Uchiha tomorrow.'

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Sorry, I know it's pretty short, but I didn't want it to be too long and boring. Just one is good.

Please let me know what you think! Too serious, too over done? Do you like first person point of view or third? I don't think I've seen a fic quite like this before, but let me know if I'm wrong,

KyoKotou