A/N: Chapter 2, hope you enjoy
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Naruto Uzumaki was literally skipping to school. He wasn't entirely sure what had him in such a good mood, perhaps it was the party he was throwing this weekend but he couldn't have been in higher spirits.
The same could not be said however, for the youngest Uchiha. The said male had an internal alarm clock that was in the habit of waking him at around 6am every morning. This didn't bother him. Once you got used to the hour it was convenient because it gave him enough time to shower and be ready to leave at 8 for his 8:25 start. This morning however, his body betrayed him. For the first time in almost as long as he could remember he had failed to wake of his own accord and was now sitting in Itachi's car looking a lot less attractive than he would have liked. He woke at 7:30 after Itachi finally decided the joke was over and he would wake his brother. Up until then, he had found being cruel much too funny and could resist leaving him to sleep. The thought of his brother rushing around with no time to get ready was just too funny to him. He was now sitting behind the wheel of his car, a thoroughly disheveled Sasuke sitting next to him, still trying to catch his breath.
"Ah, come now little brother, it is in a purely affectionate was that I torment you."
"I don't care." Sasuke spat at him irritably. Despite the fact that he had had an extra hour and a half of sleep he found himself feeling completely unrested. "Why were you out so late last night anyway?"
With an unreadable smirk Itachi replied shortly. "That, is none of your business."
Sasuke rolled his eyes at his brother. "How did I see that coming." He sighed and stifled a yawn. "Now what class do have first." he wondered out loud. He wasn't completely familiar with his timetable yet, after all, it was only his second day.
"Ha, ha, sucker, I have a 'Study period'" he said, taking his hands off the wheel momentarily to add the quotation marks. "Me and some of the guys are going to hang at the mall until next class."
Sasuke snorted jealously. "Pfft, lucky fuck."
"Language Sasuke." Itachi said, mocking the stern voice of his father, before they both laughed gently. One thing they found they had in common other than their looks was the way they both hated their father. Sasuke hated the way his father expected so much of him and seemed to think he had control over his life and choices. Itachi's reasoning however, was a complete mystery to his brother. It seemed absolutely illogical to hate someone who had always idolized you. "Have figuring out your next class little brother." The older Uchiha taunted. With an over-exaggerated sigh Sasuke opened the door and climbed out.
"I wish you had a mute button." he said quietly.
"I wish you had an off switch." Itachi shot back at him.
"Oh yeah? Well I wish I could cut the power cord on you life!" Sasuke yelled slamming the door behind him in a very out of character way.
"Aren't we vicious today little brother?" Itachi said before speeding off and not giving Sasuke a chance to answer. He grumbled angrily and turned around to begin his ascend of the steps.
As Itachi drove away he looked at his brother through the side view mirror. He didn't hate his brother as many seemed to think. They got along plenty of the time, he just had no respect for the clearly inferior male. He turned down the street Kisame had told him he lived in. He was leaning against the mail box of number 35 wearing his bored-of-the-world-and-everything-in-it-look. Itachi smirked as he was reminded of his brother. He turned to the side as he passenger door was opened and noticed that Kisame was running his hand appreciatively over the side of his car. "Sweet man."
Itachi growled at him as a warning. "Don't touch the car. My brother did that and left the tiniest scratch in the paint and I broke his arm."
Kisame, looking thoroughly impressed raised his hand to high five him. "Sweet man!" he exclaimed.
Ignoring the gesture, Itachi raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you say anything but 'sweet man'?" Kisame shrugged and lowered his hand. "Well, you are a pretty sweet dude." Realizing what he said, he proceeded to look horrified. "Oh Shit! I mean, in a cool way, not a queer way! Fuck!" he yelled slapping his head with his hand. With another roll of his eyes, Itachi started muttering about people and their immaturity as he began to drive again. "Sorry, forgot to mention, before we head for Zetsu's we are picking up Sasori and Deidara. Apparently they have a commerce test they don't want to do." he said with a shrug. "I'll give you directions."
Itachi sighed as he drove his car down street after street until they finally stopped outside Sasori's place. "Ok, now where does Deidara live?" Kisame smirked.
"Well, right now he is living with Sasori." Itachi blinked a few times.
"Oh... I see."
The pair came out, Deidara giggling madly and dragging Sasori to the car by his hand whilst the red head smiled fondly at him. "Hi guys! How are we all this morning?"
Blinking at the blonde who was smoothing his wet hair Itachi responded with a non-committal grunt. Kisame however, was much more cheerful and turned to the two in the back and grinned. "Awesome!"
Smiling at the enthusiasm Kisame displayed Deidara rested his head on Sasori's shoulder, who in turn, flinched. "Do you mind Deidara? In case you didn't notice, you hair is still wet."
Deidara simply smiled at him. "Well, your shoulder is too now, so whats the problem?"
Sasori rolled his eyes at the blonde's weak argument, but made no further protests to his boyfriend. "So 'tachi." Deidara said, twirling his hair. "Seen any cute girls... or guys you like?" he asked, and added the 'or guys' with a cheeky smile and wink.
Itachi frowned. "No."
Sasori carefully observed him "Well, he only been here a day, what do you expect. You never did tell us which way you swing though." he said with a sinister smirk. "Would it have been girls or boys Itachi?"
Itachi, who was obviously very irritated with the direction of the conversation initially chose to ignore the question, however when the other two joined in the pestering he finally cracked. "I don't know! I don't swing either way!" A wave of silence washed over the car which Itachi found himself eternally grateful for, before Deidara, who was frowning in confusion, shattered it. "Either that is a very fancy way of him saying he is bisexual, or he just admitted to being asexual, i'm confused." Itachi mimed holding a gun to his head and pulling the trigger. This is going to be a long day. He thought
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Sakura Haruno sauntered up the stairs enjoying the glances and wolf whistles she was receiving. She forgot all about them though, when she noticed Sasuke standing at the doors leading into the hall with a lost look on his face. She smirked to herself. This was her chance. She could go up and help him with whatever it was and make him fall in love with her. It was foolproof! Ok... well maybe not foolproof, but it was better than anything else she had right now. Flicking her bubblegum pink hair off her face she began to make her way to the Uchiha. When she was still about 10 yards away, she stopped dead in her tracks as Naruto ran up and threw an arm over his shoulder. To say she was pissed, was an understatement.
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"Sasuke buddy! Why looking so lost?" Naruto said startling the boy out of his trance.
"Uh, just trying to work out what my first class is."
Naruto stared at him. "Do you not have a timetable with you?"
Sasuke mentally slapped himself for his stupidity. "Yeah, right, my bad"
Naruto laughed. "Where had that brain of yours gotten to princess?" Sasuke glared at him as he pulled out his timetable and quickly scanned it. "Well, apparently I have maths."
"Hey! Me too!"
"Do you know anyone else that has it?
"Lets see, theres-"
"SASUKE!" Sakura squealed in her shrill voice.
"-Sakura." Sasuke winced and turned around slowly to see the girl walking up the stairs to him. "Gotten to know her yet?"
"Well enough to know I don't like her, and her hair gives me a headache." Sasuke muttered before smiling grimly. "Sakura."
She wrapped her arms around him only to be pushed off. "So what class do you have first? See, Ino, Sai, Naruto, Haku and I have maths and it would be awesome if you did too." she said fluttering her eyelashes.
"Yeah, I do." Sasuke sighed.
She squealed again. "Really? You can sit next to m-"
"Me." Naruto cut in. "Ino and Sai sit together and You and Haku sit next to each other and I have a spare seat next to me, it makes sense doesn't it? Right, Sakura?"
She gave him a forced smile and shifted her bag on her shoulder. "I guess, come on, don't wanna be late!"
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"Hi class, sorry i'm late, I got lost on the road of life." Kakashi said as he walked into the classroom.
"He says that every lesson." Neji said rolling his eyes. "We all know he is with Umino."
"I know, he is so predictable." Ten Ten said copying the gesture. Neji moved to his right slightly, closer the Lee and further from the girl.
"Ok, so today we are going to be learning a bit about Japanese history." he wrote Japan on the white board and circled it. "Now, who can tell me anything you know about Japan?"
"They have vending machines that sell used womens underwear?"
"I owe my life to them for creating anime!"
"They read from the other side of the page!"
"Yeah, in those weird symbol things!"
Kakashi sighed. "Well, those kind of random facts are of no use to us, let me rephrase the question, who do you know about Japanese history?" he said emphasizing the last word.
Silence washed over the class and Neji sighed. "They were responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor."
Everyone gasped and some guy at the back of the class yelled 'those BASTARDS!' but Kakashi ignored them. "Thank you Mr Hyuuga, right off the bat we have the answer I was looking for. So today, we will be focusing on the attack on pearl harbor. Now, as you all probably know-"
Neji zoned out at this point. He already knew all about pearl harbor, so he should ace the test. Lee who was also not listening began a game of hangman with him. He didn't know about Pearl harbor and was just going to cheat off Neji in the exam.
"God Mr Hatake can be so boring." he muttered to Lee.
"Yes!" he stage whispered. "He lacks the youthful energy of Mr Maito!"
Neji rolled his eyes at the Dark haired boy. He had a superiority complex and he knew he was above the other boy and had minimal patience for him, but in situations like this he always took his company over the girl on his other sides.
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(a/n: jap skills here, translations in brackets k?)
"Minnasan, Tatte kudasai( Everyone stand please)" Raidou said watching as the class got to their feet. "Rei(bow)." he bowed to them and they returned the gesture. "Suwatte kudasai(sit please)."
(A/n: this is how I start a class of Japanese at school so whatever)
"Minna, Ohayo gozaimasu(everyone, good morning)." He said warmly.
"Sensei, Ohayo gozaimasu.(teacher, good morning)"
"Hai, Hai. Well, everyone, hope you all had a great weekend and are all refreshed for another week of school. We have had some sophomores moved up so for those who don't know me, I am your teacher, Raidou-sensei."
Konan sat between Hidan and Kakuzu in the back row of the class. She nudged Hidan and he glared at her. "What the fuck?"
She rolled her eyes. "Cool off, the kids at the front, he said they are sophomores right?"
He frowned. "I guess, why the fuck would I care?"
She rolled her eyes again. "Idiot, they are friends of that Uchiha guys younger brother I think."
Both he and Kakuzu turned their attention to the four Sophomores in the front row. "Guys, let me introduce you to Shikamaru, Kiba, Hinata and Gaara. They are a lot younger than you and I want everyone to treat them nice ok? Or else... well or else you will regret it ok? Now we will be learning a new sentence structure today-" The three at the back began to ignore him as he started writing on the board.
"This could be interesting for us. We can mess with the little brats friends, it could be fun!'
"Fuck yeah." Hidan said. "I reckon-"
"Hidan-kun, Kakuzu-kun, Konan-san!" HE yelled from the front of the class. "Shizukanishite kudasai.(Be quiet please!)"
"Hai sensei, sumimasen.(Yes teacher, sorry/excuse me)" Kakuzu muttered. He rolled his eyes as Genma ran in and hugged Raidou and slouched back in his seat. "Remind me again why we do Japanese?"
"Cause its easy and we can bludge all lesson and still pass."
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Temari approached their cafeteria table with Zabuza. The two of them were the only seniors in the group. They weren't particularly close, but as they were older than everyone, they tried to get along. "How was your morning?" she asked politely.
"Ugh, crap." he said in a harsh voice. She had always thought he was too rough for delicate little Haku, but maybe that was the attraction. "How was yours?"
She shrugged. "About the same, how are you and Haku going these days?"
"Insatiable as ever, Shika?"
"Lazy as ever." They turned to one and other and laughed quietly until they sat down.
"Zabuza, lets go make out behind the toilets." Haku squeaked, dragging the older male away, who was half-heartedly protesting.
"Hmm, I wonder which one would dominate(1)?" she wondered subconsciously out loud.
"hn, who cares, to troublesome to worry about." Shika Said leaning his head on her shoulder and closing his eyes."
"Oi, your not falling asleep on me." she insisted, shrugging him off. He grumbled unappreciative and returned his attention to the chocolate cake in front of him. Just then, a sweaty Naruto, Shino, Chouji and Akira slumped into seats at the table.
"That has to be the most physically draining Gym class I have ever had." Naruto puffed, taking Temari's water bottle and draining it before she had the time to protest. She blinked at him and sighed.
"There goes my water."
"Have mine." Kankuro said setting it down as he came over with Ten Ten and Lee. "how are we all doing?" his question was met with a series of irritable grunts and he chuckled. "That bad huh?"
"Here Sasuke, you can sit next to me!"
"As if forehead girl, he wants to sit with me!"
"Ino your dreams you ugly pig!"
The group turned around to see a horrified Sasuke being dragged by Ino and Sakura, each holding onto one of his arms
"What seems to be the problem ladies?" Sai spat coldly from behind them. After seeing the way Ino looked at Sasuke it was really only natural for him to be all jealous and possessive." She froze and relinquished her grip on Sasuke. Sakura grinned triumphantly and pulled him into a seat next to her.
"Sai-baby...hi!" her enthusiastic smile faltered under his accusing glare. "Calm down honey, I was just trying to save him from Sakura."
"Why you!" The pink haired student began to stand and noticed a flicker of hope pass Sasuke's eyes and quickly sat down again, extinguishing it.
Sai raised an eyebrow skeptically before he sighed. "Fine, i'm too tied to argue with you about this right now." he said as he sat down and rested his head on the table, his eyelids flickering shut. With a sigh of relief Ino sat beside him and gently massaged his scalp fondly.
Sasuke was slightly worried about the dynamics of this group. One minute they could be screaming about nothing at all and the next minute they were such loving friends. There was a very bi-polar air about the lot of them.
He sighed and followed Sai's example resting his head on the desk vaguely registering the Haruno girl pestering him about something. What did I do to deserve this?
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Lee was running home. He didn't care that he lived about 3 miles from the school, he still insisted on traveling by foot. No one was stupid enough to stop him either, I would end badly for those involved. Mr Maito had informed him that not only does traveling by foot or bike help keep ones self more youthful, it also keeps the planet earth more youthful bu slowing the effects of global warming. Since hearing this from his hero, Lee had almost point black refused to step into a car again. There had been a few occasions when he had been forced into a car but people tended to keep their persuasions for when they needed to. After all they had no real objection to him running home from school. It was good exercise and it seemed to keep him happy.
When he arrived home he was glowing pink in the cheeks, dripping with sweat and a little bit out of breath but he couldn't have been happier. He walked into the kitchen and got himself a glass of cold water. He grabbed his tie and tugged at it before he pulled it over his head, tossing it on the bench and started to undo the buttons on his shirt. He didn't care that his mother was going to yell at him for leaving his clothes all over the kitchen when she got home. He jumped out of his skin when he heard his phone started ringing. He ran around the room, frantically trying to locate it. He dived on his school bag and pulled it out pressing the talk button. "YES! WHO IS THIS?"
He heard a feminine sigh on th other end. "Well its... its err... its,,, Sakura." she muttered. Lee being oblivious to Sakura's dislike toward him failed to notice the wince that accompanied her name. Of course, being afraid to reveal her identity to Lee was perfectly understandable.
"SAKURA! TO WHAT DO I OWE THIS PLEASURE?" she sighed and hit her head on the wall she was leaning against.
"Well, I was wondering if you could give me a lift to Naruto's part-"
"OF COURSE! I WOUKD DRIVE A THOUSAND MILES FOR THE CHANCE TO ACCOMPANY YOU TO A PARTY!"
"I'm not asking you to accompany me, I just want a lift."
"AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO ACCOMPANY YOU, IT WILL STILL BE AN HONOUR TO DRIVE YOU!"
"Yeah... thanks." she muttered before hanging up on the overbearing teenager. As the dial tone rung in his ear Lee sighed and held the phone to his chest.
"I will make you mine Sakura, you can be sure of it!"
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The next few days passed without much excitement. Most were eagerly anticipating Naruto's party for Sasuke... well everyone but Sasuke that it. He had never been much of the social type and found it a waste of time and energy to throw a party just for the sake of it. After much convincing, they finally coaxed him into going, but Sasuke was stubborn and didn't go down without a fight. Now, having lost the argument, his pride had taken quite a beating.
"Cheer up emo kid." Naruto said hugging Sasuke who was sitting with his arms folded. He ignored the blonde and continued to glare at the wall. Naruto swung himself so he was sitting in Sasuke's lap, arms still around his neck and smirked in satisfaction when he flinched uncomfortably. He had since meeting Sasuke discovered that he hated physical contact of almost any kind from most people and Naruto, being as annoying as he was decided it would be fun forcing him into what he found to be awkward situations. After flinching Sasuke made no other protest and Naruto frowned at him. "you keep looking at that wall that way and it'll burst into flames." Sasuke turned his glare to naruto who flew backwards off him. "No, no, kill the wall, not me."
"You keep asking for it Naruto, play with the bull and you will get the horns."
"You stole that from the breakfast club." Shika pointed out to his girlfriend.
"SASUKE!" Ino and Sakura squealed as the ran over to the tree everyone was sitting under. "are you excited about the party tonight?" They shut up immediately after seeing the look on his face and sat down timidly.
"Well, its nice to see you outside on a day like this." Kakashi said walking over to the group consisting of Sasuke, Naruto, Temari, Shikamaru, Ino, Sakura, Chouji and Kankuro.
"YES IT IS GREAT TO SEE CHILDREN ENJOYING THEIR YOUTH!" Gai yelled as he ran over and threw an arm over Kakashi's shoulder who in turn winced.
"We aren't children." Kankuro muttered folding his arms.
"DO NOT WISH OLD AGE UPON YOURSELF, FOR ONCE YOU DO YOU WILL SURELY REGRET IT! NOW MR HATAKE, MY UMINO REQUESTED I FIND YOU!" The eight students resisted the urge to laugh as Kakashi smirked.
"Oh he did did he? Excuse me." Gai scratched his head.
"Hmm... now why would Mr Umino want to see mr Hatake..." he walked away in a confused manner, the group laughing the second he was out of earshot.
Sasuke shook his head at the hysterical bunch around him. Naruto wiped a tear from his eye. "Gosh Sasuke, you need to lighten up a but, do you laugh at anything? Whatever, are you staying at my place tonight, everyone else is?"
"Uh, I suppose."
He rolled his eyes. "God you are so anti-social. Come on I will even play some of that emo music of yours."
"its not-"
"Sasuke, I looked up the Used and the 3rd song I cam across was called box full of sharp objects, now tell me thats not emo." Sasuke opened his mouth to retort and closed it again. "tats right, now be nice, you are going to have a great time, I promise."
Sasuke snorted skeptically. Somehow, he really doubted that.
(1) Everyone knows its Zabuza, but whatver
A/N: Yep, another chapter, any queries and you can take them up with me, I hope you liked and dont forget to review. Merry Christmas everyone.
