I must say, when I first started writing this I was expecting like one review, and maybe fifty hits at best. And all throughout the day of when I posted, I was nervous to check my e-mail because I was sure it was filled with hate, instead it was filled with nothing.

So my immediate thought was this: everyone hated it so much, they'd rather die than read my dribble. Dejected, I remembered when my friend told me she didn't get an e-mail about my review for her story. So, I went on the site and much to my amazement and joy, I had six reviews!

So, a special thank you to InuyashasEars, Heishu Hyuuga, Cheekyamericangrl211, Gonrie, darksone, UchihaUzumaki Baby, hisoka, and MuffinRuler.

Without further ado, here is chapter two!


Naruto, after finishing some paperwork to make his transfer final and getting some extra help on today's lessons, headed home. He went to the train station and got on the appropriate train and sat down. Soon it became pretty packed, but luckily for Naruto his stop wasn't too far away, so he didn't have to deal with it much longer.

When the train hit Naruto's station, he got off the train, left the train station, and walked down the street. He turned the corner and went into the apartment complex and made his way to his floor, and from there to his front door. He fished the key out of his pocket, and unlocked the door.

"I'm home, Dad!" Naruto said with a grin. "My first day at school was great! I made some new friends! One of them is named Sasuke and he's really cool! He even shared some of the food Sakura-chan, my other friend, made for him!"

He walked down the to the end of the hall.

"But…what I didn't like about today was…how they talked about you…"

He lit the incense of the small shrine on the tiny table, and did a small prayer. In the shrine held a picture of the Yondaime.

"I wish I could tell them who you really were."

He went to the kitchen and started cooking his dinner.

Sasuke, meanwhile, was just waking up from a nap, or rather decided to stop trying to take a nap. He had come home earlier than usual since there was no track practice that day, and so he finished his homework earlier than normal also.

Lately, Sasuke's sleep time had been disturbed. It wasn't that he wasn't getting any sleep whatsoever, it was more that his nightmare had been re-released onto his sleeping form every night for the past week. The result of all this made it hard for him to stay asleep. He would fall sleep, and then wake up only a couple of hours later in a cold sweat and breathing heavily. Most of the time leaving him too shocked to go back to sleep.

"Damn…" Sasuke cursed as he got off of his bed. He stepped over to the curtain to see how much daylight was left. The sun was still hovering over the horizon, not by much, but just enough.

"Guess I'll go running," Sasuke said to no one. He then changed from his uniform into his running clothes, put his shoes on, and left.

Later that night he would come back and have the same nightmare again.

Despite the fact that he had these nightmares, he continued to function almost normally. Of course, it had gradually taken effect on him, little by little everyday.

The next day, class continued as normal. He arrived a bit early, as normal, and he sat at his desk, he was greeted by his usual good mornings.

"Hey, Sasuke!" Naruto said, smiling. Sasuke nodded.

"I didn't get to copy the notes last night because I was still trying to figure out the homework, so sorry…" Naruto said sheepishly scratching his head.

"Could I borrow them another night?" Naruto asked in a one hand praying position.

Sasuke, being a guy of few words, nodded.

"Thanks! You're the best!" Naruto said as he sat down.

"Well, children, let us begin," Kakashi said as he entered the room, sat his bag down and began teaching.

Sasuke took out some paper, and began writing notes. In the corner of his eye, he saw Naruto focused and scribbling what looked like chicken scratch on a sheet of paper.

The teachers once again came and went. The day seemed to go by pretty quickly, and soon it was time for lunch.

And, like his first day, Naruto had forgotten to pack a lunch. He also left his money at home, leaving him foodless.

"Hey, Naruto!" Sakura said, walking up to him.

"Hey, Sakura-chan! What's up?" Naruto said waving to her.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing on your second day here," she said with a smile.

"Eh, it's going okay. I guess I'm starting to get used to this place," he said.

"Well yesterday you didn't really look so happy," she said with a worried expression.

"Heh, yeah all day yesterday I made an idiot out of myself," Naruto said rubbing his head.

"Aww, don't say that Naruto," Sakura said looking like she really cared.

"Eh, don't worry about it," Naruto said.

"Hey Sakura! We need you again!" said the same student as yesterday.

"Okay, be right there!" Sakura said smiling and waving at them. "I'll talk to you later, Naruto!"

'GODDAMMIT! WHY do these IDIOTS have to call me over every time I get close?! At this rate, I'll never get close to Sasuke!' Sakura thought mentally as she walked over to see what the students wanted.

And again, Naruto went to the roof and saw Sasuke. He sat down next to him in silence. Already this seemed to be normal, and to both of them it felt like they had eaten together for a long time.

Then Sakura came and asked if Sasuke wanted her dessert, first he said no, and then said yes, and gave it to Naruto once she left the scene.

And so, the day continued like it had yesterday: after lunch, they went to Chemistry and then to P.E., and at the end of the day, they went home.

Naruto went home and greeted his father. Sasuke went to his apartment where it was dark and lonely, and failed at another attempt to fall asleep.

Then, later that night he would be haunted by that nightmare. But, this time it would be different because everyone has their limit, even Sasuke. And soon after all those nights of no sleep, he had reached his limit.

He continued his day normally, he got on his train and headed for school. When he arrived at school he was greeted by the many fan girls.

Now, although it looked like he was perfectly normal, he was a lot drowsier than usual and much more irritable. This meant bad news for his fan girls. But most importantly, it meant bad news for Sakura, who was the worst of them all, at least to Sasuke that is.

Of course, since none of them meant any harm he dismissed his immediate reaction to them, which was along the lines of hatred. Sasuke proceeded to his homeroom, and then to his seat.

And then, from the depths of hell came evil which took human form. He could feel it slowly approach him as a chill went down his spine and he got goose bumps from the aura it was giving off. It was simply this: pure evil.

"Hey, Sasuke!" Naruto said happily.

Sasuke immediately realized there was no God.

Naruto took his seat next to the black haired boy and pulled out a couple of notebooks, which he sat on Sasuke's desk.

"Thanks for the notes and the day extension! I finished coping them and all," Naruto said pulling out the remaining ones that belonged to Sasuke and then setting them on his desk.

"It took a while because there were so many, but I somehow managed to get it done. I didn't go to bed until about 2'oclock though," Naruto said.

Unlike Sasuke, Naruto can get only a few hours of sleep and be perfectly fine and perky the next morning. The next early morning that is. Naruto is just one of those oh-so-perky morning people.

Sasuke figured if he'd ignore Naruto, eventually he'd get the hint that Sasuke wasn't the one to tamper with on this early morning.

"Oh! Last night, I saw the neatest show! I think it was called Ninja Warrior or something. But it's a game show with a series of trials and stuff. I think you might like it," Naruto said. "But you don't really look like you watch too much television…so maybe not…"

Sasuke was wrong.

"What kind of shows do you like?"

Sasuke was quite wrong.

"Sasuke, you okay?"

Sasuke was like a volcano waiting to erupt. Simply waiting. Or a dog that is getting poked and pulled on by a kid that just won't stop. Or the best example of how Sasuke's patience is, a twig that is slowly getting applied more and more pressure and just a little more might…

"Sasuke are you feeling bad or something? 'Cause if you need to go to the nurse's office I could help take you there…" Naruto said pointing in the what he thought was the direction of the nurse's office.

Just a little bit more…

"Y'know if you weren't feeling well, you should've stayed home," Naruto said. He was genuinely concerned.

SNAP! The twig was broken, the island people along with the kid ran.

"NO, I AM NOT OKAY, NARUTO! I WOULD BE IF YOU WOULD JUST SHUT YOUR TRAP FOR A MOMENT!" Sasuke yelled.

Everyone looked at him, and the room became as silent as a graveyard.

"Heh…I guess I can be annoying sometimes," Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head, he retreated to his seat.

The students, choosing to ignore what had just happened, went back to their conversations.

Sasuke was finally relieved of the annoyance that was Naruto.

Meanwhile, sitting at her desk, Sakura was feeling quite opposite of Naruto.

'That's right, Sasuke-kun! You tell 'im! The only person that can talk to you is me!' Sakura thought happily. She was considerably happy for now that Naruto was gone, she could have more alone time with Sasuke.

"Okay, class," Kakashi said as he entered the room. "Today's lesson will pick up where our last one left off--"

"Uhm, Kakashi-sensei?" asked Ino.

"Yes, Ms. Yamanaka?" Kakashi asked as he turned his head away from the chalkboard which he was about to write on.

"You haven't taken roll yet," she said while standing up.

"Ah, was that what you were concerned about?" Ino nodded in response.

"I see. Well, I mentally did a head count when I walked in the door, and noticed that none of the desks were unfilled, so thusly it meant that all of you were here. Are you happy now?" Kakashi asked. Ino nodded and sat back down at her seat.

"Okay, so like I was saying. Today's lesson will pick up where yesterday's left off…" Kakashi said as he entered teach mode.

Sasuke thusly took out a piece of paper and started taking down notes. He did not want to write in his notebook yet due to the fact that he would have to also transfer yesterday's notes at the same time so that they would be in chronological order. If they were not in chronological order, Sasuke would simply go mad and quite possibly throw a temper tantrum.

While writing, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Naruto was sitting there taking notes too, but unlike yesterday he was less focused and although writing down all the notes, he seemed out of it.

Naruto did not speak to Sasuke at all during the first class, although there were times it seemed as if he were going to, but he did not. And the day continued in this fashion.

Now we all know the most exciting things happen during lunch. So, let us fast forward to then…

Although Naruto had not spoken a word to Sasuke since he lashed out at him, Sasuke still expected Naruto to come up to the roof. His expectations were not met, and instead of Naruto, Sakura came.

"Hey Sasuke-kuuun!" Sakura said smiling as she took a seat next to him. Sasuke inched away.

"Do you want your daily serving of desert made by your loving Sakura?" she asked him while scooting closer.

"No. I'd much rather have my daily alone time," he said as he scooted away.

"How about we have our alone time together?" she asked blushing and scooting closer to Sasuke. She even laid her head down on his shoulder (which made Sasuke shiver) and sighed.

'This is bliss.'

'This is hell.'

"So what shall we talk about?" Sakura asked looking into his eyes.

"Do you know where Naruto is?" he asked her, finally making eye contact.

"Naruto? Um…Nope. He kind of disappeared, I thought he'd be up here," Sakura said. 'But to my pleasure, he wasn't!'

Sasuke decided that since Sakura did not know the whereabouts of Naruto, she was useless and that he should leave. So, he abruptly stood and started walking away from Sakura.

"Sasuke-kun, where are you going?" she asked a bit sad and pouting.

"I have some things to take care of," Sasuke replied.

"Oh! Then I'll come with you!" Sakura said happily as she got up and walked towards him.

"No," he said to her looking her in the eye and even Sakura knew that she shouldn't follow. But, just because she knew didn't mean that she wasn't going to.

'I'll just let him get a head start,' she thought to herself.

Sasuke had looked everywhere for Naruto at this point. The upperclassmen levels, all the bathrooms, and so on. He ended up with no results. His six sense started to tingle again, so he headed for class, where he was assured to see Naruto.

Sasuke sat down at his desk and stared at the chalkboard waiting for a teacher to come and instruct him. He did not notice that Sakura had come in only a few seconds behind him. The bell rang, and then it rang once more to signal that those who came after it were late, and everyone in Sasuke's class was on time.

Except Naruto.

The little blond boy was not where he was suppose to be. For some reason, this put Sasuke into a slight panic. Some other students took note of it, but said nothing since most of them felt that class was better without Naruto.

Kurenai walked in, and since they were not going to the laboratory that day due to an earlier accident, she did not notice he was gone either. Kurenai started writing on the chalkboard, explaining various things about molecular formulas. She taught for a while and still had not noticed the absence of the newcomer.

"Kurenai Sensei," Sasuke said while raising his hand.

"Yes Sasuke?" Kurenai asked as she was handing out worksheets.

"May I go to the bathroom?"

"Yes."

Now, Sasuke really didn't have to go. In fact, he tries to never go during school for some reason. Sasuke was on a mission to find the boy that wasn't missed.

So, he walked quickly up and down the halls, on all of the floors including the basement with the cafeteria, and through every boys' bathroom.

No Naruto.

There was only one place he had yet to check, and that was the roof. If he was not there then he wasn't on campus.

'He wasn't there at lunch, so why would he be there now…' Sasuke thought to himself as he went up the steps.

'Chances are this is a waste of time.'

He opened the door.

Still nothing.

"ACHOI!" sneezed someone from above.

"What the…" Sasuke said. He walked around to find a ladder on the side of the little entry to the roof. He climbed it and found a shivering Naruto with two bandages on his face and next to him his jacket in a bundle.

"Hey, Sasuke!" said Naruto smiling and waving. "ACHOI!"

"…"

"Shouldn't you be in class?" Naruto asked.

"…Shouldn't you?" Sasuke asked a bit irritated as he climbed up and sat across from Naruto with the bundled coat in between them.

"Huh? Me? I guess…" he said smiling and laughing.

"What are you doing up here?" asked Sasuke.

"…It's kind of a long story…" Naruto said. "Well, I thought you didn't want to be around me so, instead of coming up here for lunch, I went outside near the courtyard and I found that guy." He said pointing to his jacket.

"…?" Sasuke turned and opened the jacket to find a little black kitten with white paws wearing a bandage around it's front paw and head sleeping.

"He was bleeding when I found him. I think a dog had gotten to him, but I don't really know. I first took him to the bathroom to get him washed up. He didn't like that too much," Naruto said laughing.

"Anyways, I bought him some milk and I bought some udon and gave him all the meat," Naruto said petting the kitten.

"He looks really malnourished," Sasuke observed aloud.

"I know…And I didn't want to get caught and him to go to some animal center, so I brought him up here. He was really cold and started shivering so I gave him my coat."

"So what are you going to do now?" Sasuke said looking at the kitten.

"I'm planning on sitting here until the school day's over and taking him back to my place," Naruto said.

"…"

"Besides, it's not like anyone really misses me. I bet no one, besides you of course, have noticed me gone so…"

"Well, I need to get back to class," Sasuke said as he got up and started heading down the ladder. He took off his jacket and threw it at Naruto.

"You need this more than I do, it seems like you're catching a cold," Sasuke said as slid down the ladder and then walked away.

"Thanks!" Naruto said smiling. He put it on to find that it was quite big on him.


Was that okay? I hope so. Sorry for the extremely delayed update. Between going to NYC, doing costumes, and classes and things of that sort, it was hectic and...yeah...

And I couldn't remember if udon did or did not have meat in it, so for the sake of this fan fiction, it does. Anyways, when Kakashi first walked into the classroom near the beginning of the chapter, I wanted to write this:

"Okay class," Kakashi said as he entered the room. "I will now begin the roll."

He then starting moving all of the desks to the far back of the room, forcing the students to stand so as to not get squished by them.

"Are you guys ready?"

All the students were wondering what the heck was going on. They all turned to each other with a, 'What the F!' look on them.

"HERE GOES!" Kakashi said as he started rolling around on the ground.

"Join me!" he said cheerfully. "OR YOU FAIL!" this he said with a creepy disturbing voice that made everyone shiver, including Sasuke.

So thusly, they commenced the rolling, and it soon became a normal routine.

It was because I wrote that part that I had included the very random Ino asking about the roll. And, for some reason, I got lazy and started typing nonsense, which was this:

Sasuke was quite like a chicken for you see his hair was shaped like the butt of one. This was due to the fact that he wants to be a chicken. When his parents told him that he could be anything he wanted to be, he believed them and had set his sights on being a chicken. Sasuke is currently work for Mr. Clucky's and is the guy in the giant chicken suit and is loving every single minute of it.

To whoever keeps spiking my drinks: please stop.

Once again, reviews and criticism are welcomed and loved.