Alternative
Disclaimer: Alternative is a project by Yami Jay. Although she doesn't own the characters of Naruto, she owns the plot of the story and the Kamiya family.
Alternative – Episode 2: Chaotic Relations
It had been a few hours that Yukito had arrived pissed off when the eldest of the family arrived from work. Jay entered the house and she could hear the laughters of her twin sister and her younger sister coming from the living room. She sighed and joined the two girls in the living room. The moment she stepped in, Yami looked at her.
"How was work Jay?" she asked to her twin.
"Fine…" she replied. "It could have been better. Keeping a music shop on your own is never easy. I'll make an announcement to find employees tomorrow" she added.
Yami just frowned; it wasn't the usual way that her twin sister worked. "By the way, maybe you should check on Yukito. He came home really pissed off" said Yami. "I guess his first day at school was bad."
Jay frowned and left the living room and got to his brother's door. She could hear the music from the outside and decided to knock anyway. When no one answered, she slightly opened the door and looked; Yukito was on his bed, curled up in fetal position and sleeping. She let a small smile and got in the room, making sure that the door was close after her. She walked toward her little brother's bed and sat on the edge.
He woke up from his nap and saw a pair of bright green eyes looking at him. He sighed and sat on his bed; he knew that Yami had told her about how he came after school. "She told you" he said.
"She did" replied Jay. "What happen to make you so pissed off Yukito?"
He sighed again and told her about what happen during the school day; the tutoring deal, the history disaster and the encounters with Uchiha Sasuke. Jay had not said a word until he was finished with the description of his day. She frowned a little at the end; Yukito seemed really bothered about the Uchiha. "Seem like you have a problem with the Uchiha…" said Jay, with a sympathic look. "But don't you think you over-reacted a little bet?"
"Aneki... After all he did?" said Yukito annoyed. "Not only he just managed to humiliate me in class, but he thinks it's his business to know what's wrong with me! And he had the guts to remind me how much I don't know about this town!"
Jay looked at her brother; it was one of the few occasional out-burst he had. It really seems that the other boy had made his little brother really annoyed. "I guess he doesn't understand your backgrounds…" she said, hugging Yukito. "But little brother, let some of the others a little chance to get to know you."
He sighed; she was right on this one. He just closed his eyes and let sleep gain him again.
Next Day
Yukito had wake up early, dressed in his usual clothes and took breakfast with the rest of the family. None of the girls had asked about the events of the previous day; only Jay knew and it was enough for him. He finished quickly his breakfast, went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and he was good to go. He grabbed his lunch that Jay had left near the entrance; grabbed his books and left the house after saying good bye.
When he left the apartment bloc, he putted his headphone and started to walk to school. Music always seemed to calm him down and make him isolated from the others; making him ignored people. He didn't hear that someone was calling him until someone grabbed his arm. He turned and saw the bright smile of a certain Uzumaki. He putted off his headphone, letting them around his neck.
"How is it going Yukito?" asked Naruto, cheerfully.
Yukito couldn't get why Naruto was just cheerful after how he treated him and the others the previous day. "Better than yesterday I guess…" he replied, looking in front of him.
They talked all the way to school – more Naruto talking and Yukito say a few words time to time. Yukito told a little bit about his family also. "Wait! Your sister owns the new music shop near school?" he said out loud.
"Yes" Yukito said. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, I went there yesterday and this place has a very complete album collection" he said, very cheerful. "I even found some albums that are so difficult to get normally!"
"Normal I guess… Aneki used to be a musician" he added.
Naruto was about to say something when he heard someone calling him behind them. He turned and smiled; Sasuke and Neji had arrived. Yukito frowned and was about to leave when Naruto grabbed his arm and made sure he was staying. The other two joined them and Yukito just glared at Sasuke. Sasuke stared and just smirked at Yukito and passed by him, which annoyed Yukito highly.
Later
It was the first class of the day and most of the students were bored. The English teacher was explaining the verb tenses, but most of the students were just not listening. Like everyone, Yukito was not listening; being lucky that, for once, had already saw this part, so he didn't have to worry about it. He was writing in his notebook when he felt something touching his hand. He looked and saw a piece of paper; he didn't know who it was from. He gave quick glance, but no one made a sign. He just opened the note and read it:
What's wrong with you Kamiya? – Uchiha
He just glared at the note and tossed it next to his notebook; like he was going to answer that to the other boy. Seconds later, he got another note and sighed; what was wrong with people? He wanted to complete his writings. He opened and was surprised to read this;
I know it might be weird from me to write, but I was wondering if I could talk to you after class. – Sakura
He was really surprised, but worried; was she another of those fan girls? He really didn't want that now, but he answered that it was okay with him. He finally had peace for the rest of the class.
Seem like time was passing slowly until the bell rang. Everyone took note of the homework and left the classroom with their books. He was walking to his next class when he heard a feminine voice calling him. He turned and saw the pink haired girl. Sakura was happy she had caught on with him.
"Thank you for waiting for me Yukito-kun" said Sakura, happy.
"It's nothing" he said, indifferent as usual. "You wanted to talk to me?"
"Yes… It's about yesterday's History class" she said, really carefully. "You see, I thought about it and I thought you might like this book" she said, giving the book in question. It was actually the recent edition of Kohona's history book. He was surprised by this; it was thoughtful from the girl. "I thought you might like it… My parents own the book shop so…" she added.
"Thanks Sakura-chan. It's really appreciated" he said, taking the book. It was really rare that someone gave him something like that to him.
They walked to the math class, where most of the group was there already. Naruto was waving at Yukito and he walked to his desk and nodded to Naruto, ignoring Sasuke totally. He took out his books and waited for class to start.
Sasuke was really annoyed with Kamiya now; he was rude and just trying to push the subject, avoid it even. Somehow, this kid was more than the looks. He shook his head; Naruto had the tendency to choose friends that, at first, had a personal problem or that had a deep secret. He was no exception; Naruto had noticed that he had a problem… More to say that being ignored by his family had been affecting him a lot more he let on. As for Neji, being in one of the biggest clan also and being in the branch family didn't help him at all; the Hyuuga had for a long time hated the Sôke… Until he met Naruto. As for Yukito, only time would tell him what was wrong with him.
The class went without problems and the students finally could go when the bell rang. They all took their homework and left. Yukito stepped out and saw that Neji was waiting for someone. He was hoping it wasn't him, but he was out of luck this time.
"Kamiya, can I speak to you a minute?" he said, with a serious ton.
He just nodded and followed Neji away from the fan girls – obviously Neji's fan club- until they were sure that no one would listen. Yukito sighed; Hyuuga had at least the decency to make it less painful in his ego.
"What is it?" asked Yukito.
"Umino-san asked me to tutor you on math" said simply Neji. "I agreed to do so… But I have the feeling that you need to cover more than math… Am I wrong?"
"If you are talking about the History incident…" said Yukito, looking away. "It won't happen again… I took matters in my own hands for that… Well, sort of."
"Oh? And what might it be?" asked Neji.
"Well…I got Kohona's History so…" he shown the said book to Neji. It's surprised the Hyuuga, the new edition was just out today and Kamiya got it today.
"I see… As for the math tutoring, we have to agree with days" said Neji. "Are you alright with at least 3 times a week?"
"I'm fine with this…" he said. Yukito wanted to go and eat alone. He needed the time alone badly.
"So… Monday, Wednesday and Thursday after school is okay with you?" he asked, wondering.
"Sure…" said Yukito. He really wanted to go and leave the Hyuuga on the spot, but he knew that the other boy was just doing his job to help him.
Both of them agreed to meet tonight for the tutoring and both left for their lockers. Yukito sighed and got his lunch; where he could go and eat peacefully, not to be bother by anyone for once. Then he thought about a good spot; the roof. He made sure he wasn't followed and took direction for the roof. A few minutes later, he was on the roof. No one was there and that was a relief. He find a good spot where there was shade and he sat there, alone and thinking quietly. After a few minutes, he had finished lunch and looked at the sky; it was not as grey and gloomy as his home country. It was a bright blue… He sighed and looked at his arm-warmers; scars were sometimes better to hid. He took one of them off and looked at the scars left there; scars of an abused childhood. He shook his head and put it back. He didn't want to remember that event of his past life; can he really call it a life?
Later
After lunch, most of the student where in the auditorium; the school principal had decided an urgent reunion with everyone from school was in order. Sarutobi-sama had asked to interrupt the afternoon classes; it must have been something really bad if he had to do so.
Sasuke, Naruto and Yukito were sitting with their classmates, wondering what was wrong. Neji wasn't that far; he was sitting with Rock Lee and TenTen with their grade. Everyone was whispering, all wondering what was going on. Yukito was just ignoring the whispers and just looked away. Naruto looked at him and Sasuke; the Uchiha was also looking away, lost in his own thoughts.
The principal cleared his voice in front of the microphone and everyone went silent. They all waited for the principal to talk.
"Due to recent events with the computer laboratories, I have the unfortunate news to tell you that until further noticed, the computer laboratories will be closed" he said. Most students groaned, but none did comments. "Also, while we tried to figure out the problem, I would like everyone to be careful with any personal computer or laptops, it seems that the problem was originated from a hacker group."
Most students were surprised a little; the computer problem was caused by a hacker? Yukito frowned; a hacker group? This was really bother him since he knew a hacker himself; his older sister Yami. He would ask his older sister if she had heard about the problem when he got home.
The information continued, but Yukito ignored it and was impatient to leave this place. It took a few minutes before everyone was send back to their classes. Yukito sighed, that meant he still had haft of his history class to deal with. They all went to their classes and finish the day.
Later
School was done and Yukito was outside, waiting for Neji to show up. After a few minutes, he shown up, talking to Lee and TenTen. He saw Yukito and said his goodbyes to his classmates.
"Ready to go?" Neji asked.
"Yea…" replied Yukito.
They walked toward the gates, when Naruto caught up with them, followed by Sasuke. Yukito glared at Sasuke, turned around and was about to leave when Sasuke grabbed his left wrist. He looked at him, only to meet worried onyx eyes. None of them spoke until Neji separated them, glaring at both of them.
"I think that's enough you two" said Neji, very serious. "Sasuke, leave Yukito alone… You are making it worst."
"Whatever" said the Uchiha, glaring at the other boy.
Yukito, on the other hand, restrain himself to let a comment out and start walking home, Neji catching up with him. They talked a little about what the principal had told earlier. They finally reached the Kamiya residence. They both entered and heard laughters coming from the leaving room, Yukito just did what he usually do and head out their first, checking what was going on, followed by Neji.
Mia was laughing on what was playing on the television and Yami was just working on her laptop, giving glance at her younger sibling time to time. He seemed to be working on something when Yukito came near her.
"What are you working on aneki?" he asked his voice tone between annoyance and curiosity.
Yami looked at his younger brother and noticed Neji, waiting near the leaving room's entrance. "Just testing a program snow boy" she said with smirk. She knew he hated to be called like that.
He gave her a death glare, annoyed. "I hope it does not have anything to do with your hacking skills" he said, leaving for his room, followed by Neji, who was really surprised by this small detail.
The younger girl looked at Yami. "What was that all about oneesan?" she asked. It was regular to see Yukito like this, but in front of people.
"Probably about something that's happening in his school again" she replied with a mysterious smirk.
Yukito's room - Later
The two boys had been working on math problems ever since they had came home and Yukito was getting very tired; he was getting a headache from too much math problems. Neji also noticed it and decided it was maybe time to call it for a night, to Yukito's relief. Neji packed his books while Yukito just put his away. The purple haired teen sat on his bed, waiting for what was coming next. Neji took the chair and sat.
"Yukito, I know I might sound a little rude, but I think you can't avoid Sasuke forever" said Neji, serious. "He's very persistent you know…"
Yukito sighed; he was really annoyed by this, but didn't want to talk about it much. It was his life after all. "To be honest, I don't want to talk about it" said Yukito, avoiding Neji's glance while playing with one of his arm-warmers. "I don't talk about my past that much" he added.
Neji nodded, totally understanding. "I see… But if you really need to talk about it, you just can come to me and the others about it" he said, with a small smile.
The young teen nodded, feeling a lot better that Neji let go of the subject. It's not like he didn't want to talk about it, but he knew what kind of reaction he would have just talking about it.
"And I suppose you don't want to talk about your older sister?" he said, looking at Yukito.
"Now, that's another story" said Yukito with a smirk. "Yami-neesan just loves to play with computers… She also happened to be a very good hacker" he added.
"I can tell…" he said. "But hacking?"
"I know… She got in trouble many times for this" he said, sighing. "I'm beginning to think that she's gonna be in trouble again."
Neji just frown, but let it past. They continued to talk until dinner, when Neji had to leave. Somehow, Yukito felt a lot better to talk to Neji; at least he wasn't acting like a jerk and he respected his silence and privacy.
That night, the three sisters noticed that their brother was in a much better mood than usual.
To be continued
Author's note: Chapter 2 finally done! You can see that Yukito is getting along with Neji, but not Sasuke. And we got cameo from Lee, TenTen and the 3rd Hokage. Please, read and review! And see ya in the 3rd chapter!
