Act Two

No. Stop. Go away!

I woke up before my alarm clock, at least fifteen minutes. Kyuubi was sleeping at the foot of my bed and I bent over to pet his soft red fur."Morning Kyuu.." I got out of bed and started to get ready for another day of torture. Today was Tuesday and that means that dad went to work later and came home at midnight. My hair was combed down and my teeth were brushed when my mom knocked on my door.

"Naruto? You up?"

"Yeah, just getting ready." I answered.

"Well, your father is making breakfast." I heard her retreating footsteps and sighed loudly.

Today I slipped on a plain white t-shirt then a light blue sweater. I kept my boxers simple with just cho cho trains and put on my black jeans from last christmas. I made my decent into the pits of hell or in other words: my kitchen. My father gave me a sideways glance and smiled brightly. "Morning son! Do you want eggs or bacon or both with french toast?" I smiled sheepishly as I sat at the table. "I'm not really hungry, dad." He shrugged and turned back to the stove.

I kissed my mom's cheek then left the house in a hurry. I just sat in my car for a few minutes before starting it and backing up into the street. My car got me to school and I thanked whatever god was up there. The only reason my dad wasn't calling me a faggot was because he hadn't had a drop of alcohol that morning. Told you my father wasn't so bad. My feet dragged themselves up into the school and I was fully awake and at attention when I saw Haruno Sakura leaning on my locker.

"Sakura?" I asked as I approached the popular girl. Her emerald eyes lit up with a determined fire when she saw me and for one split second I saw my life flash before my eyes. All seventeen years. Medusa would definately be ashamed. "There you are! I've been waiting forever!" she finally spoke and I raised a brow.

"What do you want?" My curiousity peeked and I just knew it was a bad idea.

"Who said I wanted anything? Maybe I wanted to hang out with you." Ok now I was really confused. Popular kids don't hang out with middle classed kids like me. She must really want something.

"Come on! I want you to meet my friends!" Sakura grabbed my hand and pulled me along with her amazon strength. I found myself outside in front of the popular kids, which included Neji. He looked at me with those beautiful eyes and I was lost in them immediately. I didn't even notice Sakura address me, so I promptly ignored her question. "Naruto!" I turned to her.

"Huh?" She almost glared at me but stopped and smiled at me sweetly. Two faced much?

"I said you already know Sasuke and Ino." Oh yeah. The bastard and the other mean girl.

"Yeah...from the play." Sasuke didnt even acknowledge me but stared off into space instead. Ino just picked at her nails and gave me a slight wave. I instantly felt out of place and did the only thing I could think of, act like an idiot. "Hehe.. So who is going to the play?" The girls scrunched up their noses and Sakura nearly popped a blood vessel. I could feel myself turning red. "Tch, idiot." Sasuke said and now I was really red.

Before Sakura could stop me, I was off like a rocket. "Screw you, bastard! I was trying to make a conversation!" Everyone gasped and I looked around, obviously confused. Sasuke finally looked over at me and smirked. "Then you fail at making a simple conversation." I knew my face was probably as red as a tomato but before I could explode with curses, Neji spoke up. "Leave him alone, Sasuke."

"Who said you could talk, Hyuuga?" Ouch. What a slap in the face.

Neji rolled his eyes and just looked away from him. What a bastard. I fidgeted with my sweater then rolled on the balls of my heels. Boredom makes me fidget alot. I looked over at Sakura, she was talking to Ino about something so I decided to walk away and saved myself from the shame of being made fun of by that jerk. The school building felt much more depressing when you've been shot in the face with snide remarks. I sighed and just went into my classroom before the bell rang.

~o~

I can't believe this crap! My day has been completely turned from bad to worse throughout the day! Uchiha freaking Sasuke has been a total jerk to me the entire day. In the hallways he bumps into me and blames it on me. At lunch, he knocked my food all over my sweater and didn't even apologize. Now, at practice for the play, he's totally ignoring my instructions. What. A. Jerk!

"Sasuke! Listen to me for five minutes will you? We're doing Grease Lightning and you need to know the safety procedures when we bring the car down!" I was tired of his attitude.

"I know the procedure already. You said it two times." Thats because you weren't listening the first two times!

"I wouldn't have to repeat myself if you were paying attention!" He glared at me and I was suprised it actually didn't affect me. "Just get on with your lines, bastard." I walked past him and went towards the seats when Sakura caught me by my arm. She whirled me around and put her hands on her hips. "We have a problem." The drama queen led me to the dressing rooms and we entered the biggest one. Ino was sitting at the mirror, fixing her Rizzo wig. "I don't see anything wrong."

"She took all my costumes and put them in a smaller room! There all wrinkled now!" I sighed and looked at my clipboard and adjusted my stage managers mike. "Temari?"

"Yes?" she said from the microphone she had on her ear.

"How many outfits does Sandy have?"

"Erm... about nine I suppose?"

"And Rizzo?"

"Three." she answered.

"Ok, thanks." I switched it off and looked over at both the girls. "Since Sakura has more costumes then you guys could share the room..." Sakura smiled in approval and Ino glared holes into my head. "It's only fair." I said before leaving the room and going back onto the stage. My job wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to deal with moody girls. Good grief. I bumped into a familar certain someone and mentally cursed my bad luck.

"H-hey Sai..." I smiled and backed up a little. "What can I d-do for you?" After last time, I've kept my distance.

"You could come over to the booth and listen to the music I have set up." He did his creepy smile and I felt the warning chill run down my spine.

"Why can't Mr. Hatake do it?"

"Because I asked you." Sai grabbed my wrist with his cold fingers and dragged me to his booth. I watched him slip the CD in and listened to the music play without any lyric's. "It sounds nice, Sai. I really should..." He had closed the booth door and backed me up against the wall. I put the clipboard against my chest and tried to look for a way around him. There was no escape without force. "Naruto." My name sounded wrong coming from him. So wrong.

I felt myself shake when he touched my shoulder and I closed my eyes in fear. I really shouldn't be such a baby but once your frozen with fear, your body is numb. "U-um I should get to the stage n-now!" I said weakly and his cold hand went down the back of my pants and it cupped my right butt cheek. "So firm and plump, Naruto..." he breathed into my ear and squeezed my butt in his hand. I blushed and moved to left, his hand slipped out and I saw the satisfied smirk on his face. Oh no. Here it comes. My eyes started to water and I pushed past him then left the booth immediately.

The tears kept falling as I ran into none other than Sasuke. "What the hell, idiot?" he yelled in my face and I looked up at him with my pitiful expression. I apologized and ran back stage then gid behind the props. I've never been so humiliated in my entire life, getting molested and embarrassing myself in front Sasuke? Genius! I heard footsteps and lowered my head to keep whoever it was from seeing my tears. "Naruto?" It was Sakura. "Are you alright?"

"Y-yeah.." I managed to choke out. Where were my friends? Why weren't they here?

"Are you sure? Are you crying?" Crap. She figured it out. Give the girl a prize!

"Y-yeah.." She sat next to me and cleared her throat. I looked up and wiped my eyes for the first time since they started to fall. Sakura gave me a concerned look but I knew it was fake. She was a naturally fake person. "What happened?" Should I tell her? I couldn't tell anyone else. So I'll only tell half the truth. "Sai umm...he.. was saying stuff about my butt.." Smooth. Sakura's nose scrunched up. "That loser? Don't let him bother you, Naru! He's just some art freak." Now that was mean, Sai painted because he liked it.

"How long has he been bothering you?"

"For awhile, actually. Alot of perverts like him bother me..."

"Why don't you just tell them to go away?" Why don't I? Maybe it's because I'm so nice? "I could teach you how to be mean!" Of course you could ice queen but I guess it wouldn't hurt.

"Sure.." I smiled a little and she helped me up. I felt alot better now. "You know that party this friday?"

"I heard about it but I wasn't invited.."

"You don't have to be invited. You just go."

"Oh... I guess I could ask my mom."

"Good! I'll pick you up at seven, look sexy." She waved then bounced away. I rubbed my arm and walked from behind the the stage and climbed down. It looked like practice was over and my back pack was still in its place. I picked it up and sighed then started to leave. "Oi! Stupid!" I groaned mentally and turned to see Sasuke walking towards me. I expected a beating for humiliating him but he only stopped in front of me. "You must've been pretty upset to run into me like that." he said and I slightly nodded.

Sasuke looked me up and down then slung his bag over his shoulder and passed me. "Sakura told me about what happened when I went to shove my foot up your ass so I'll let it go but next time I'll beat your ass." He left me in the auditorium by myself. Today was not my day...

~o~

The rest of the week was pretty bad. Sasuke would not listen to a thing I said! He would just go in la la land and space out until practice started. It was really getting on nerves. Today I just didn't give him his lines and left them on a table for him to find once he came out of la la land. Freakin' jerk deserves it.

It was finally friday and I was looking forward to going with Sakura to the party. We got closer and she called me her friend, a popular girl called me her friend. Ha! Take that Sasuke! I was smiling when I sat down next to Mr. Hatake. The lights dimmed and the curtains opened, the cast started doing the dance number and I took notes on the mistakes they made. Here came Sasuke's part. He did it flawlessly, damn.

That was the last number before everyone could pack up and go home or to a party! I shouldered my bag and waited for Sakura at the entrance. I spotted her on stage with Sasuke, it looked like they were having a heated conversation but Sasuke glared at her then stalked off the stage. He walked past me in a hurry and I raised a brow at Sakura, who was walking up the darkening aisle. "Hey, what was that about?" I asked as we descended down the hall.

"Oh nothing. I was just inviting him to the party but he insisted he had to visit his brother in the hospital." Sasuke had a brother? Maybe the poor kid could pull the stick out of his ass.

We got to her light red car and I got in excitedly. I was so pumped to go to this party and have some fun for once! This was going to be amazing! Sakura started the car and we exited the parking lot. Party here I come!

...

This is the most boring party I've ever been to. Here I am, listening to this college boy talk on about quantum physic's. It was torture! Your probably wondering how this happened right? Well, we got there and I found out, to my horror, this was a party filled with geeky, perverted college kids! Sakura made me talk to this guy so she could observe my behavior towards guys. She was currently leaning on the bookshelf in the next room but she could she us in plain view. I sank lower in my sweater and held my drink a little tighter. "So the professor insisted I teach the class-" he stopped then looked down at me.

He licked his lips and smiled a little. I kinda panicked on the inside but smiled sheepishly on the outside. This nerdy college kid was actually thinking of kissing me! Oh my god... What do I do? I've never kissed anyone before and I certainly don't want this nerd to kiss me! Sakura was by me in an instant. She snapped her fingers in this guys face and he opened them. When did he close them? "I was trying to make a move here." he said, obviously angry.

"Shut up and go away." Sakura growled.

"Hey lady I-"

"I said GO AWAY!" She hit his cup and the beer soaked his dark green sweater. He tsk'ed and walked away from us. I gawked at the girl in front of me. Sakura actually did that to some guy that must be at least two years older! "How..?"

"Your way to shy, Naruto." I blinked. Huh?

"What?" I said, tilting my head slightly.

"Your to shy and to cute for your own good. These guys feed off of that to get into your pants. So here is a little phrase to get them away: No. Stop. Go away." Sakura patted me on the shoulder and walked back to her station as another guy approached me. Except I knew this one. It was Sai's cousin, Kabuto. He was creepy stalker number two and on my avoid list. He leaned on the mantle I was standing next to and smirked. "I noticed you were here all by yourself. Need some company?" He put his hand on my hip and his smirk grew wider.

I could feel something inside me grow angry. Like a little demon has been unleashed inside my stomach. I peeled off his hand and glared at him. "If you touch me again, I'll chop your slimy little fingers off! Now go away you perv!" I dumped my drink on him and walked away from the stunned college boy. The people watching that were in the room started to clap and whistle. "You showed him!" someone yelled. I smiled triumphantly and went over to Sakura.

She hugged me and told me how proud she was. But why did I feel so guilty? I shouldn't, he had his hand on the wrong place. Maybe it's just something else. We left the party and I felt like a new person. A new Uzumaki Naruto! One that wasn't shy and afraid to show those guys who's boss. So on monday, if Sai even thinks about touching me, I'll cut off more than fingers.


I finally finished it! Naruto sure did show Kabuto but why is Sasuke acting like such an ass? Find out next chapter! Thank you for the reviews and make sure you leave more!

-Snow