Time for chapter 2 to come out! Let's see what we have going on with Sasuke shall we? Feedback is well appreciated and I hope you like it! By the way I don't own Naruto (damn)…

The funeral was horrible. Sasuke had expected a terribly fancy day full of "sorry for your loss" and mourning over his mother. Well, apparently his sense of reality was full of shit, because all that happened at his gracious and gone mother's funeral was business. That was that.

The only ones that seemed to actually notice that the Mikoto Uchiha that was so highly adored by her two sons died from a terminal cancer were her two sons themselves. Father was obviously too interested in his "business" to have any love for family. Then again, could anyone really call what Sasuke's father did a business? Of course he ad the Uchiha Corporation under his belt, but both of Fugaku's sons knew about his illegal drug chain as well.

Gangs seem to overrun the lives of the two brothers. Maybe that is why Itachi stayed so close to him, to make sure that his younger brother was safe. That is what Sasuke figured anyhow. He was supposed to become the new leader for the Uchiha Corps before defying his father by going to work as a science teacher at Konoha High. Fugaku stopped talking to him after that and discommunticated him from his life, which wasn't much of a change from the norm with the exception of his surroundings.

Sasuke was a bit broken when his brother was kicked out of the house. He knew that he could take care of himself out in the real word (the gang violence makes a person tough), but he needed Itachi to be therefore him more than anything. He had no one else to be there for him at the moment. Sasuke hadn't talked to any of his friends since some time before summer break.

There were, of course, reasons why Sasuke stopped hanging out with his friends. There had been a hit put out on him a few months back and it was no longer safe to go out anymore. His friends never knew about the gang violence that he was dragged into, so he kept his distance for their safety. It was better that way. If he was alone, then no one would be able to feel pain if he died. His friends didn't really need him anyway. He just kept convincing himself that as long as he kept in touch with Itachi from time to time, his life would be okay.

Though, if Sasuke were on the outside looking in, he would see that his friends really wanted him back and he needs friends now more than ever. Friends that could teach him how to be human again, because Sasuke Uchiha was slowly becoming a shell of a person. There were no real positives to his life that he could use to brighten his day…

"Tch"

Ha…Uchihas don't have bright days. What was Sasuke thinking? The only bright things to ever be in his life were his now dead mother, outcast brother, and…his friends. To be more precise, a certain blonde dobe that always used to argue with him, talk with him, and help him out of tight spots…but that is over now. Though the blonde knew a little about his current situation, Sasuke never said that there could be deadly consequences. From how Sasuke had so vaguely described it to Naruto, that only concerned his father, not him.

"Damn it…" was all Sasuke could say as he knew that the new school year would bring about his friends who he tries oh so hard to distance himself from, but Naruto always manages to pull him back in. God damn dobe…

After a beating, many more insults, and a helpful Gaara, Naruto and most of his friends went to enjoy a nice night at the arcade. He never really noticed how sakura dominated a DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) until he faced her and somehow managed to tangle his legs and trip right into another boy from school, Sai. He also noticed that hte other boy seemed to have no intention of letting him go after having caught him. Lets jut say Naruto wasn't fond of the fact that their faces were extremely close and seemed to be getting closer by the second. Wait! he wasn't hallucinating!

"What the hell do you think you are doing you pervert!?" Naruto yelled as he regained his balance and pushed the other boy away.

'What do you think I was trying to do?"

"It looked like you were about to kiss me man!"

"Then you have good instincts."

"Dude that is NOT possible! There is no way I would ever kiss you!"

"I'm going to have to disagree with that statement." How the hell did the boy manage to keep such a unaffected expression?

"What the hell does that mean?"

"I know I could definitely interest you if we went back to my place. Hmm?" Sai said after leaning in to where his mouth was right next to Naruto's ear.

The blonde shivered a bit at that statement, but he then tried to retort with an onslaught of "GROSS! THERE IS NO FREAKIN WAY THAT I AM GONNA GO ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR H-" Fortunately, Neji Gaara managed to get to Naruto and "kindly" end the conversation before the blonde exploded. Gaara didn't think that the blonde noticed that his face was redder than Hinata's had ever been. That was definitely saying something if anyone has ever seen her superblush in the moment. Gaara knew how things got between those two all too well. Sai had always been persistent on getting the blonde to go along with his little fantasies. Though Naruto was definitely against it, Sai could overpower him faster than you can snap your fingers and he didn't want to give Sai the chance to silence Naruto and drag him home as a little prize for the night (hell, it might even be forever).

"What the heck do you think you're doing Gaara!? I'm not finished with him yet! I'll beat him to a pulp! He makes me so god damn mad-"

"Naruto..." was it just him, or did his red-headed friend just sound like he was demented? Was that a growl? Naruto knew better than to mess with that, so he went ahead and shut his mouth for the time being. After all, he had already been beaten to a pulp earlier in the day, and an angry Gaara was like a thousand angry Ino and Sakura's combined!

After they got outside, Naruto decided to be brave and ask Gaara why thet were outside.

"Because everyone else had been ready to leave after that last game and then you started to make a scene. We all decided to go home for the night. I think Ino went to Sakura's and Kiba went to Shino's, but the rest of us are going home, too."

"Oh... Well at least we all had some fun today! Right?" he said this kind of unsteadily because he wasn't sure if his friend was still mad or not.

"Sure...So you wanna stay over at my house tonight?" Somehow he always kept that monotone of his. One of the many mysteries of Gaara.

"HELL YEA!" Gaara's house meant free ramen from cabinets set up in the mansion specifically for when the blonde stayed over. Nothing in this world could match the deliciousness and insane greatness of the food Naruto loved most.

"Alright, Kankuro left already, but Temari is bringing around her car."

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!"

Sasuke was disturbed from his pondering when all of the sudden a scream seemed to echo throughout the whole city of Konoha. Strange...it reminded him of someone.

Yea! 2 chapters in 2 days! Let me know how I did. I tried to balance the negatives and positives to end on a high noted every chapter. I think I like how this is building. What about you guys. Please Review!!!!! ;)