Naruto's voice was carrying the notes like a camel carries luggage. It was like he was sitting in the practice room again, just having fun with friends. Everyone was synchronized and in harmony and no one questioned it. Like the time they had first met.
Naruto smiled lightly at the memory. After they'd pulled him and Kiba apart from fighting, they'd properly introduced themselves and shared lunch at the middle table in the cafeteria. They'd been friends for the rest of Junior high and all of last year.
Naruto grinned once again as he looked behind at all of his friends. Once again, Naruto felt connected to all of them. They were his makeshift family. His brothers. Which brought him to the conclusion of their song...
And I still don't have the right look
And I still have the same three friends
And I'm pretty much the same as I was back then
High school never ends
High school never ends
High school never ends
The auditorium exploded in applause. Everyone was chanting their names, over and over. Especially Sasuke's. Mentally, Naruto cursed his best friend. Wasn't the lead singer supposed to get all the girls?
"Woohoo! Go Naruto!" Someone shouted from the crowd. His heart leaped from his chest once he recognized who it was. Sakura Haruno, the subject of his affections since his third year in Junior High. And she was chanting for him. HELL YEAH!!
Naruto was so lost in his excitement that he nearly missed Sasuke saying something next to him.
"Huh?" Asked the blond boy.
"Get the hell off the stage. Tsunade's gotta give out Dorms and class schedules," Sasuke hissed in his ear. Feeling the urgency, Naruto rushed off the stage. No one ever wanted to make Tsunade mad.
As soon as he got off stage, he was welcomed by the faces of Akatsuki. In the lead was Itachi, beside him was Kisame, and in the back was everyone else. All of them had smug, smiling faces and were looking directly at the blond sophomore.
"Nice job up there, Naruto-kun," Itachi greeted with his grin. His looked more real than the rest of his group's.
"T-Thanks Uchiha-san," Naruto stammered. Even if he was pretty nice, his friends always made it a rule to make sure everyone addressed Itachi with Manners. Except of course, Sasuke Uchiha.
"It's Itachi, Naruto-kun. I didn't know you sing," the elder boy said nicely. He dragged a hand through his short hair which made some of his fangirls shriek and faint. "After all the times you've been over, you've never introduced the talent."
"He's shy about it, Nii-san," Sasuke said to his older brother. He had walked up behind Naruto. He placed one hand on the smaller boy's shoulder and smirked. "Who would've guessed that Konoha's most unpredictable student would be so shy."
"Shut up, Teme!"
"Make me, Dobe."
"Anyway, Naruto, do you wanna eat lunch at our table at lunch today? Afterwards we can chill in the Akatsuki lounge," Itachi asked.
"Yeah, then later we can look for the 'Namikaze' kid. Most of us don't believe there's really an heir to their fortune. What do you think, kid?" Kisame asked with a smirk. It looked kind of scary and Naruto felt a little scared looking at the fishboy. He actually resembled a shark.
"I-I actually think he exists. Maybe he's just low-profile. I mean, no one could want that much attention," Naruto answered.
"How do you know it's a boy?" Konan asked.
"'Cause we know him." It was Sasuke's voice this time.
"What do you mean?" It was Pein this time.
"We know him. We'd be glad to introduce him to you at lunch, if that's okay with Aniki (big brother)."
"It's fine with me. See you at lunch then, Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun." And with that he snapped his fingers for his group to follow him. They obeyed and soon, the black uniform blazers of Akatsuki were nothing but a memory. Naruto took this as his time to turn on his best friend.
"You idiot! What the hell were you thinking?!" He hissed.
"If they find out you're actually the-" Naruto placed a single hand over his mouth, preventing him from talking.
"Shut up. Don't mention it out loud. No, we're not going to lunch with them. We'll get our dorm rooms, get our schedules, then get breakfast, and get to class. No interaction with Akatsuki. Not even you're brother. Understand?" Naruto asked harshly. His eyes showed a lot of anger in them and displayed the view of a giant storm on the waves of the sea. Naruto only got that look so many times and Sasuke wasn't about to deserve it.
"Understood," He agreed. He quickly bowed his head and removed the blond's hand from his mouth. "I promise."
"On blood." Naruto quickly dug in his pocket and pulled out a pocket knife. He pointed it towards Sasuke's hand.
The raven-haired boy sighed and grabbed the pocket knife. He ran it along the palm of his hand and handed the knife back to Naruto, who followed the same procedure. Then, the blond grabbed his best friend's hand and placed it on his own. Why did they have to outgrow the pinky swear?
"I promise." Sasuke shook their hands up and down.
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[Ten minutes later, in the girls' row]
"Hey guys!" Naruto said as he ran up the isle. After making Sasuke swear on his own blood, they'd both went up to join their friends in their usual row. Shika and Kiba were already there, and he assumed that their instruments were backstage. Both boys were talking to the shy Hyuuga and the loudmouth blond (A/N No, not Naruto). Naruto took a seat next to Sakura, which was the seat near the isle. Sasuke sat next to Kiba, who was on the other end. Three seats were left in the row after he sat down.
[A/N To make seating arrangements clear]
[N] [SA] [I] [H] [T] [SH] [K] [SAS]
"Hey Naruto? Why didn't you tell us you could sing?" Tenten asked.
"I guess I didn't think it mattered," He answered with a shrug.
"Of course it matters, Naruto! With a voice like that, you can play at all the upper-classmen's parties!"
"Hn. He can't play anything. He's instrumentally impaired," Sasuke said.
"Sasuke-kun, that's not nice," Sakura butt in. "Be nicer to Naruto."
"Shush! Tsunade's about to give out dorms!" Tenten hushed.
"That was pretty interesting. I heard from my great-nefew, Namikaze-san, that he enjoyed it." Once again, the audience groaned. Tsunade was always going on and on about how the mysterious Namikaze heir was her nefew.
"Okay then, now that that's over, let's get class lists over, then dorms. I've got a surprise for you this year." Tsunade sported a devilish smile that made some freshmen shiver in their brand new uniforms. Whenever Tsunade had that smile, it meant she was about to use the students as her own personal entertainment.
"Now, homeroom 117 with Minato Namikaze consists of... Kiba Inuzuka, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuuga, Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, Sakura Haruno, Shino Aburame, Choji Akamichi, Tenten Katana [A/N made the last name up!], Neji Hyuuga, and Rock Lee. Those students are to report to room 117 to meet their sensei and to get their schedules. Next is..."
Tsunade went through the whole list of school of students before taking a much needed breath and continuing with the yearly announcememnts. After those, she went through safety precautions, how not to choke on your food, and where the cafeteria was. And finally, after all that, she got to the much anticipated Dorm arrangements.
"Well, I ran out of things to stall with so...I guess I'm shit out of luck and I have to tell you what your dorms are..." Tsunade sighed. The entire auditorium sweatdropped at her confession. "Okay then...this year I've decided to choose a new method for assigning dorms. Instead of me handing them out to you, you are all going to pick your own dorms." A cheer of gratitude interrupted her for a moment. Then, she said, "The dorm buildings are coed this year also." More cheers. "Now, I suggest you all hurry to your dorms and to breakfast. Especially Namikaze-san's class. He hates tardiness more than anything else."
"Tell me about it," Naruto mumbled under his breath.
"What was that, Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"Huh? Nothing, just thinking that we should hurry and find dorm rooms. I'll seeya later, Sakura-chan!" And with that the blond boy grabbed Sasuke, Shika, and Kiba, and ran off at the speed of light.
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A/N Okay, so That's the second chapter. Don't kill me just yet. It's a Narusaku story. Also, the first two chapters were mostly just set-ups to the characters and what's to come. I promise to add some Narusaku in next chapter.
Edit: I cut the flashback out. Sorry!
