Chapter 2! Yays another chapter. I was supposed to update it earlier today but it took me a long time to edit. 5000+ words are a lot to go through but hey it's worth it for you guys. If anyone is wondering about the ages of the characters Naru is 16 and her classmates are either her age or 17. Kyuubi is a senior so he should be 17 or 18. I know that the ages are off but I had to make everyone the same age to make my story flow better XD. Well I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Sunlight peaked through the blinds and it came shining down on Naru's face. When she felt the first ray of light she instantly woke up and without even thinking she put on sweats and a warm sweater as she headed outside for her morning run. As she was about to walk out the front door she realized that she didn't have a key to lock it. She stopped in her tracks. Her daily routine for the past ten years was broken. I guess I could exercise in the backyard. She walked around the house until she saw a screen door and opened it to see a beautiful array of flowers and various shrubs. She stepped onto the grassy area and began her morning exercise. First 15 minutes of stretching so she would pull any muscles, and then a quick jog around the yard to warm her up. Afterwards she started to tone her already flat stomach by doing 90 second planks 3 times with a 30 second interval between each one to rest. In order to keep her slender arms she would do 20 reps of diamond push-ups 4 times. She then finished her workout with a long yoga session.
By the time she was done it was already 6:00. She went back into the house, took a quick shower and got ready for the day. Except for the whisker marks on her face, her skin was pretty clear so she rarely wore make-up, just an occasion lip stick or lip gloss if she wanted to look a little bit prettier. Since today was her first day she decided to make an exception and put on a pretty pink lipstick and extended her eyelashes by using mascara and an eyelash curler. For her hair she didn't want to make it more noticeable that it already was, after all, aside from her father she was one of the rare blonds living in Japan. She quickly French braided her hair and rummaged through her things to find cute clothes to wear. She chose a pair of denim boyfriend shorts and a cute tank with a little white bear DJ-ing and wearing headphones. Grabbing a sweater from another box she rushed down the stairs with her shoulder bag and set it down as she started to cook breakfast. By then it was 6:40 and she had just enough time to make food. She looked through the cupboards for ingredients to cook and realized that nearly every cupboard was empty. There's seriously no food here… At that moment Kakashi walked into the kitchen. "Oh Naru you're up already? I haven't had time to go shopping for food because I've been busy lately and it's a hassle to cook and clean-up. I'm normally just buy breakfast and lunch and then head straight to the school. Speaking of which if we don't go now we might be late. Let's go." They hopped into the car and after a quick stop at a local food store they headed straight to Sound High School. Once they got there Naru stepped out of the car and looked at the beautiful school in front of her. It was needless to say huge, it probably pass for a college campus it was that huge. As Kakashi led the way Naru noticed that there were probably ten buildings in all, not to mention the three gymnasiums and two pools one indoor and one outdoor. As they continued to walk Naru noticed that most of the students there had an air of filthy rich surrounding them. By their branded clothes and accessories it was obvious that the students had rich parents. Naru's family was very wealthy but she didn't like to spend a lot of her father's money, thus she had a bank account was just collecting dust and interest. When they finally arrived at the administration building person was standing by the door to open it for them.
"Where's my sake?" She heard a voice scream when the door was opened. That voice sounds awfully familiar.
"Tsunade-bachan?" The two walked into what seemed like a principal's office. The only indications that it was one were the words on the door. The place was a mess; papers were all over the place and a seemingly drunk Tsunade looked at them with drooping eyes. Seeing Naru she sobered up in a minute.
"Naru!" She got up from her desk and glomped her. "What brings you here? Did you get tired of seeing old man Sarutobi's face? It's pretty wrinkly so it gets boring seeing him a lot."
"She's transferring here Tsunade-sama and if it's possible I want to get a schedule for her before the 1st period bell rings."
"Oh right right. Uh let's see." She flipped through a few pages on her desk and threw them somewhere in the room when she found out they weren't the papers she needed. She opened her drawer and found the exact papers she need. "Okay for the most part I can fill out the application for you. Name: Naru Namikaze."
"Acutually, if it's possible I want to go by Naru Uzumaki." Both adults looked at her perplexingly.
"Why?"
"I don't want the students here to use my father's name to their advantage by being my friend." She faked a smile.
"Tsunade, I think that's a good idea after all the martial arts teams from Konoha and Sound are rivals. I don't think they'd be too pleased to find out that the Konoha High School martial arts captain's little sister might be spying on them."
"You're right there. Okay so Uzumaki. You're living with Kakashi right?" Naru nodded. "Got it I can fill that out later now for your schedule. You're a junior right?" She nodded again. "How many AP's are you taking?"
"I think three or four, Japanese Literature, AP Japanese History, AP Chemistry (this is two periods long in case you didn't know) and Calculus BC. I also took an advanced English course. Oh at my old school I didn't have PE because I was done with my credits, for my last period can it be study hall?"
"Schedule granted you first period is Literature and Kakashi's the teacher so he can help you find the classroom." She handed her the slip of paper with her classes on it. "If you get lost there are a couple of campus directories so you should be able to find your way around." She glanced at the clock and saw that it was 5 minutes till 7. "You guys better hurry and get to your first class." They hurried out the door and walked to a building across from the administration building, took an elevator three stories up and somehow made it the classroom on time.
"Wait here. I want to mess with my students a bit before I introduce you." Naru nodded and obediently stayed outside. Once Kakashi got inside she heard numerous loud voices yelling "You're late!" She chuckled softly. I wonder what they're going to be like? Will they be friendly or will they be like everyone back in Konoha? She vaguely remembered her first day at Konoha High and everyone only acknowledged her as Kyuubi's little sister. "You guys I'm telling the truth!" Kakashi opened the door and motioned for Naru to walk in. She took a breath, held her head up, and walked into the room. It was like a lector hall with six seats across and about ten seats deep. Each row was higher than the one in front of it making it easy for the students to see what the teacher was teaching. At a quick glance there were probably 25 students in there, but the considering the size of the room another 25 could easily fit in it. "So like I was saying I was late today because I was helping a transfer student with her schedule. Everyone this is Naru Uzumaki, she's from Konoha and she's going to be joining us for the rest of the school year."
As Sasuke was sleeping soundly at the corner seat in the classroom with a book over his head he was shoved in the ribs by his best friend, Neji Hyuga. "Oi Sasuke wake up, we have a transfer student and she's a cute one." Sasuke grumbled something and peaked through an opening he made with his arm. He raised an eyebrow as he looked at her from head to toe. He tsked.
"I'll admit she has a hot body but I bet she's an airhead." Neji laughed.
"Just because she's hot doesn't mean that she's stupid."
"You want to bet on that?" He heard a tapping noise in front of the classroom.
"Excuse me boys, but since you're so interested in the new student maybe you'd like to be better acquainted with her. Neji scoot over a seat, Naru will sit between you two."
"What?" A loud scream of protest came from the boys but it was more loudly heard from the fan girls in the class. "That's not fair Kakashi-sensei! Why does she get to sit next to them?" a girl yelled.
"My classroom my rules, now no more arguing, Naru go have a seat." Naru nervously walked up the stairs as she felt a couple of girls burrowing glares into her back. She finally reached her seat and sat down. "Okay so for today's lesson we're going to talk about the Tale of Genji. Everyone take notes I'm going to quiz you guys on this at the end of the week. The Tale of Genji was written in the 11th century…" Sasuke had already zoned out when Kakashi said Tale of Genji, he had already read the novel a long time ago and he was getting bored listening to things he had already knew. He pulled paper and pencil and started writing a note. 'This is seriously boring tell me again why I didn't ditch 1st period.' He purposefully wrote in English so when he tossed the note over to Neji Naru wouldn't be able to understand it. 'Because if you did Itachi would have a fit when he comes back from his overseas match.' Sasuke sighed. Itachi was in a martial arts tournament in South Korea and he wouldn't be back until next week. 'So what do you think about the new girl?' Neji wrote.
'She seems okay but I hope she won't go fan girl on me like Sakura.'
'Haha that would make your year wouldn't it? Hey do you know who you're going to ask to the Homecoming Dance? It' next Friday, I already asked Tenten to go with me.'
'Ugh don't remind me Sakura has been bugging me nonstop for the last few weeks about it. I really don't want to take her.'
'Why don't you take hottie here? She seems cute and maybe she could out dance you on the dance floor.'
'She is pretty but highly doubt that and besides I don't even know her.'
'Well thank-you for the compliment and you know if you wanted to know something about me you could just ask.'
'Neji what the hell are you talking about?' He slid the note over again and looked up and saw an amused Neji.
'Like I said all you had to do was ask, my name is Naru Uzumaki and I can speak, read, and understand English fluently.' Sasuke quickly read the note and turned a light shade of pink. He heard a small chuckle and looked at the girl sitting next to him. She looked even cuter when she smiled.
'You just got had Sasuke :P You might as well use this chance to talk to her.' Sasuke glared at the note his supposed best friend sent him.
'So you speak English fluently?'
'Yup, I'm mixed so I learned both languages when I was young. How about you? Your grammar is pretty good but I can tell you're not mixed.'
'No I'm 100% Japanese but I've been learning it since I was young too. Today's your first day right? What's your schedule?' She handed him the slip of paper Tsunade had given her earlier.
7:00-8:00-1st Period: Japanese Literature Teacher: Kakashi, Hayate
8:10-9:10-2nd Period: AP Japanese History Teacher: Pein
9:10-9:25-Break
9:35-10:35-3rd Period: AP Chemistry Teacher: Deidara/Sasori
10:45-11:45-4th Period: AP Chemistry Teacher: Deidara/Sasori
11:55-12:55-5th Period: Calculus BC Teacher: Orochimaru
12:55-1:40 Lunch
1:50-2:50- 6th Period-Advanced English Teacher: Jiraiya
3:00-4:00 7th Period: Study Hall
'We have a lot of classes together except for Chemistry, I'm taking Biology.'
'Is there a big difference?'
'Well you're more likely to survive in AP Biology; the teachers don't like to purposefully blow things up. I can't say much for Chemistry though '
'Haha, I'm sure I'll survive somehow'
'Neji is taking AP Chemistry too so I think he could take you to the classroom.'
'He's the guy sitting next to me right?'
'Yea, I was just wondering all of your classes are AP's aren't you afraid you can't keep up with the workload?'
'Nah, I'm sure I'll do fine.' At that moment the bell rang and everyone hurriedly gathered their things to go to their next class. "I didn't get to introduce myself, I'm Neji Hyuga and best friend to this prick." He held out his hand and Naru shook it firmly.
"Naru Uzumaki currently seatmate to the prick." She teased.
"Haha very funny guys. I'll seeya Calculus Neji."
"See you." As Naru and Sasuke were about to leave the classroom she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Naru meet me during your study hall in the 2nd gymnasium."
"Hai sensei." Without another word the two walked to their next class. "Don't you think the ten minute walking interval too long?"
"It's too short for some people; the campus is pretty big so everyone needs time to get to their classes."
"I see. So what sports or clubs are in?"
"I'm co-captain for the martial arts club."
"Oh that's interesting. Kakashi-sensei is the team's advisor right?"
"Yes and speaking of which he told you to meet him where we normally practice is there any particular reason why?" They stopped outside the classroom of their next class.
"You'll find out after school." The two walked into the classroom and Naru noticed that the classroom that was noticeably loud outside had gotten quiet very quickly.
"Did Sasuke-kun just walk a girl to class?" a girl whispered.
"OMG! He did! I can't believe this I can't wait for Sakura to find out." A red head said none too quietly.
"It seems like you're quiet famous around here."
"They're just surprised that I'm having a conversation with someone they don't know." Naru handed her schedule to Pein-sensei and explained that she was a new transfer student. He motioned her away and told her to take a seat. With a few minutes before the bell rang a bunch of girls started to swarm around where Naru was sitting.
"Who are you? And are you dating Sasuke-kun?" As they continued to ask questions another group of students stood next to Sasuke
"Sasuke I never knew you could talk to another girl without going crazy besides Hinata and Tenten so spill who is the lucky lady that you walked to class?" Suigetsu asked slyly as he glanced at the pretty girl being horded by a crowd of fan girls
"Her name is Naru Uzumaki and she's transfer student. Kakashi just happened to sit her next to me and I was helping her get to her next class."
"Dude she's pretty hot you should ask her to HC before someone else asks her." Kiba noted.
"I met her an hour ago and besides I'm not sure if she's going to be another Sakura." Sasuke's friends laughed out loud.
"You're right there mate, you better make sure before you ask her or else its going to cause another scene like last year's HC."
"Don't remind me about it." As soon as the bell rang everyone went back to their seats as they listened to an hour of Japanese history. The bell rang for brunch and Sasuke walked over to Naru's seat as she as about done with packing up her things.
"Hey it's brunch now right?"
"Yea I'm to buy a drink from the café on campus want to come with?"
"Sure." She smiled sweetly as they walked. "Is there only one café on campus?"
"No there's a lot actually but this one is the closest. There are also other different places to get food."
"Seriously? How rich is this school? You guys seem to have everything right here on campus."
"It's an elite school for rich kids mostly. It's basically for everyone to build up their social skills and to make connections while we're still young. Oh what do you want?" Naru scanned the menu.
"I'll have the passion tea please, no sugar."
"I'll have the Darjeeling Tea please."
"Coming right up."
Naru reached to get her wallet but she was stopped by Sasuke. "I got it don't worry about."
"It's fine and beside it's only a couple of dollars compared to your fancy tea." Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"How'd you know that?"
"I know someone who likes to drink it; frankly it's a waste to spend so much money on a cup of leaves and water." Sasuke chuckled.
"You're right but I'm so used to drinking it I don't know what else to drink." He pulled out a credit card and handed it to the vendor. "I'll pay this time and you can recommend me a different tea the next time I come here." The vendor handed them their drinks.
"If you insist." As they were walking away Sasuke saw Neji and tried to call to him but he didn't hear him.
"Wait here I'm going to get Neji." Sasuke ran off leaving Naru by a bench near the café. Hmm so far so good. I think I could get used to this school. She happily sipped her tea while waiting for Sasuke to come back.
"Hey cutie I haven't seen you around here before what's your name?" She turned around and saw two rough looking guys.
"Do I know you?" Great a bunch of idiots.
"Sugar why are you so cold? I'm sure you'll want to know me." He reached out his hand to touch her face but she smacked it away.
"Try to touch me again and see what happens."
"Ohhh I'm so scared of a little girl. Do you have any idea who my father is? If you're not nice to me I ask him to get you expelled."
"Oh I'm shaking in my sandals." She said mockingly.
"What you say?" He reached out to grab her again as she took a step back ready to strike.
"What do you think you're doing Mizuki?" Sasuke had suddenly arrived and had a death grip around his wrist. Neji was standing next to Naru.
"Sasuke-buchou I was umm just giving her directions she looked lost."
"Is that so?" He twisted the hand harder.
"It's true Sasuke-buchou Mizuki was just trying to be friendly." Sasuke let go of the hand.
"I see I guess she won't need directions anymore since I'm here right?" He had a look that practically said "Leave now or face my wrath."
"Yes buchou let's go!" The two ran off in another direction.
"They're on the martial arts team too?"
"Sadly yes. All they do is cause trouble but they're decent fighters once they get trained. Are you okay?" She laughed.
"I would have been fine but thanks for coming to my rescue."
"Are you sure about that? They may not be good fighters but they could have done something to you."
"Trust me I could have handled them. Is that the bell?" A chime was heard throughout the campus.
"Oh damn class is going to start in ten minutes. Neji can you walk with Naru to Chemistry you guys have it together."
"Sure no problem. Have fun in Biology." Sasuke waved good bye and headed in another direction for his next class. "So Naru how do you like it here so far?"
"It's interesting to say the least. Oh can I ask you something? When I was in Japanese Lit there were a lot of girls asking if I was dating Sasuke. Is he really that popular on campus?"
"Haha you could say that, he and his brother are pretty famous."
"Because they're the co-captains for the martial arts team?"
"That and because they're probably two of the richest students on campus. Every girl here is out to get them. I hope you're not like the rest of the fan girls."
"What do you mean by that?" They stopped walking.
"Here's the thing. Sasuke he doesn't like showing interest in girls because quite honestly they can be pretty annoying and clingy. Not only that he's rich so a lot of girls of their eyes on him."
"Are you saying that I'm a gold digger?" Neji could sense the amusement in her voice.
"I'm just saying Sasuke seems like he likes you and if you're just using him. I'm warning you now to not regret the consequences."
"I think I can understand what you're talking about and don't worry I'm not a gold digger, I'm just here for a second chance at life." The rest of the school day went by pretty normally. By normal it meant that there was only one explosive in the Chemistry classroom. By the time lunch rolled by a lot of the girls in school had heard about the new transfer student.
"Naru come on I want to introduce you to all my friends." As they walked around campus everyone was staring and pointing at them.
"I don't mean to be rude but are all the students here like this?"
"Most of them are but my friends aren't like that or at least most of them aren't like that." Sasuke opened the door to a classroom Naru was able to recognize a few people from her classes. "Guys this is Naru. Naru this is everyone."
"It's nice to meet you all." Tenten suddenly rushed up to her was staring at her from an uncomfortably close distance.
"Neji why didn't tell me she so cute?" Tenten hugged her tightly and pulled her away. "I'm Tenten Neji's girlfriend. You're so cute even without make-up on I wonder what it'd be like to dress you up."
"You're just flattering me Tenten-san." At that moment the door suddenly burst open. A pink-haired girl was in the doorway and behind her was an army of fan girls. This can't be good. Sasuke thought.
"You new girl!" Naru raised a brow.
"Do I know you?"
"You better know me! I'm the prettiest girl on campus and I'm also Sasuke-kun's girlfriend." Oh great not again.
"I see, and what does that have to do with me?"
"You've been flirting with him all day! They all saw you!" The crowd behind her nodded in agreement.
"I have not been flirting with him. I was just accepting his generosity because I'm new here."
"Stop playing innocent! It's so obvious you want to steal him from me."
"Sakura that's enough, one I'm not your boyfriend I never have been and I never will be. Second Naru and I are friends and you have no right to determine whom I make friends with."
"Sasuke-kun! It's obvious that she's after you for your money. I love you! Why can't you return my feelings?" Fake tears started to brim in her eyes.
"Go away Sakura you're not welcome here."
"But Sasuke-kun I…"
"Sakura, I think I can speak for Sasuke when I say get your tiny ass and big forehead out of here!" Sakura ran out of the room crying and the rest of her followers quickly pursued her.
"Well, this has been an interesting first day." She laughed off the tension in the room. "Just out of curiosity does she do that every day or was today an exception?"
"It happens every day and it drives me mad."
"Why not get a girlfriend so get her to back off?" Everyone in the room except for Naru and Sasuke started to laugh. "Did I say something funny?"
"Naru it's like this. Whoever is Sasuke's girlfriend would have to be strong enough to fend for herself in this school that infested with fan girls. Not to mention she needs to be able to survive Sakura's wrath when she finds out."
"She doesn't look like she could fight unless she's on the martial arts team too?"
"Sadly yes, actually everyone in this room is on the team. She's nothing compared to the guys on our team but she's third next to me and Hinata."
"That's interesting. I'd like to see you guys spar later on."
"Come during study hall! The spars get really intense when Kakashi steps on the mat. You should see him and Itachi fight its crazy."
"I'd like to see that. Can someone tell me where my next class is I want to talk to the teacher."
"I'll go I have Jiraiya-sensei with you anyways."
"Actually I wanted to talk to him in private."
"I'll wait outside the door then." The two of them walked in silence and when they approached the classroom Naru walked in as Sasuke stood outside. I wonder what they're talking about. When the bell rang for the next period Sasuke went in the classroom and found Naru already sitting at a desk. "So what did you guys talk about?"
"Nothing really I just wanted to know what I've missed so far."
"I see." The rest of the period went on and when the bell finally rang Naru rushed to get her things together and left the room without saying good bye to Sasuke. Damn every girl in this school is head over heels for me why is she different? As he sulked to the gym he went into the locker room to change into his white uniform. He stuffed his things into the locker and grabbed his black belt to tie around his waist. When he got to the 2nd gymnasium a match was already taking place. It was Sakura against one of the new girl members of the team. She was able to easily win the match in 4 minutes flat.
"Sasuke-kun! Did you see that? I won!"
"It's not much of a victory Sakura if your opponent was obviously weaker than you." Kakashi appeared out of nowhere and everyone bowed to him. "Starting today I'm going to have another person help me train you guys for your upcoming matches and she will also be joining the team." Naru suddenly walked onto the mat wearing a white uniform like everyone else but she had a black belt tightened around her petite waist like Sasuke.
"HER? You can't be serious sensei. I bet she can't even beat me let alone train everyone here."
"Let's put you theory to the test Sakura." Everyone around them was kind of shocked that they didn't know that Naru was a black belt. Still they got off the mat to watch the match. Sakura and Naru got in their positions.
"Handicap?"
"Don't worry sensei I'll only use half my strength I'll try not to hurt her." Sakura's emphasis on try was easily noted.
"I think he was talking to me Sakura. I have weights on so it's okay."
"Very well." He put his hand between them. "Hajime!" With Kakashi's hand out of the way Sakura wasted no time in attacking. She threw a punch that was easily blocked and when she tried a leg sweep somehow Naru was able to jump up and hold onto her leg to stop her movements. She already had a punch in front of Sakura's face before she could react. "Winner Naru."
"How long did that last?" Tenten whispered.
"Not even 15 seconds."
"Anyone else want to have a spar with Naru? The team members look amongst themselves nervously.
"I want a match." Everyone on the team look towards their captain.
"100 bucks says the new girl is going to win in under a minute." Kiba whispered.
"I'll take that bet but I want to double it I think our captain can hold his own for two minutes." Suigetsu said.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence guys." Sasuke stepped onto the mat, bowed to his opponent and took his starting position.
"Hajime!" This time Naru attacked first, she sent a high kick to Sasuke which he managed to block as he held onto her leg to keep her from moving. He felt the hard weight on her ankle as he gripped her leg. How heavy are these? To free herself she spun her body forcing Sasuke to let go of his grip. He rushed towards her and sent a punch to distract her while with his leg he swept her feet. Even though she was about to fall on the floor, with one hand she did a back flip to regain her stance. By the time she was on her feet Sasuke was in front of her again but she was already prepared to strike back. She leaned to the side to avoid his attack and half flipped her body to pin his body to the floor. As Sasuke turned his body around his obsidian eyes met azure ones.
"Two minutes flat, pay up Kiba." Kiba grumbled something and reached in his pocket and handed the two Franklins to Suigetsu. As Sasuke was still on the floor he couldn't help but stare into the deep whirlpools as they mesmerized him. Kakashi coughed loudly.
"You can get off him now Naru." She broke eye contact and stood up as she lent a hand to Sasuke.
"I told you I could take of myself didn't I?" She had a sly smile on her face as she helped him up.
"Well you could have mentioned that you're a black belt." She shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't like to brag."
"Sasuke go set up the practice matches I need to talk to Naru." Reluctantly Sasuke walked away and started to instruct everyone to practice. "You've improved since the last time I saw you. Has Kyuubi gotten better too?"
"Yea Dad has been training him for a while so he's progressed too."
"But you could still beat him right?" Naru laughed slightly.
"When I get serious yes."
"I wonder what would happen if I had a match against you."
"I would love a match but I would hate to embarrass you in front of your team."
"Haha you're right maybe another time. Are you sure you won't reconsider participating in the matches? After all you would be able to win against everyone."
"I could but I don't want to fight anymore, especially not against any on Kyuubi's team."
"They still think that you're a white belt don't they?"
"Well it would look bad if the captain's younger sister could beat him and father wants Kyuubi to be the captain."
"I see." The two began to observe the matches. "Well go help them however you'd like just make sure not to kill them with you intensive training."
"I promise I won't." She walked off to a sparring match near her and began to educate the fighters with the proper techniques. It's a shame that she had to hide her talent. She could have easily been made captain if she wasn't held back by her family. The rest of the practice went by relatively quickly and when it was six in the evening Kakashi excused everyone to go home. Naru left with Kakashi and Sasuke left with Neji.
"No offense Sasuke but you have to admit she owned you on the mat today."
"Shut it Neji." The two walked to the parking lot and Sasuke got in his red Ferrari. Neji's charcoal Porsche was parked next to it.
"You know you like her just admit it." Sasuke turned on the engine and it roared to life.
"I don't think so." Sasuke drove out of the parking lot and headed home. I swear he's so stubborn, just because he got his ass kicked doesn't mean he can't like her. Neji sighed and got in his car and drove home. This was going to be a very interesting year.
Reviews? :D So Naru can totally kick everyone's asses and she kind of hurt Sasuke's guy pride. Just a little :P. Itachi's a senior and he'll show up later on in the story. So review please and I'll update as soon as possible :].
