Rating: M
Pairing(s): SasuNaru,NejiGaa, one-sided SaiNaru, Hints of others.
Dislaimer:Nope, don't own.-sigh-
A/n: Aha!Another chappie here for all of you, and thanks so much for reviewing!I really enjoy all the
reviews I get! In the first chapter, when Neji and Sasuke are sitting together under the tree, and Neji sees Naruto and
Gaara?In italics is susposed to be ' What is he doing here?' And then the scene's susposed to end.So, wasn;t
working for me in that part.Anyway, so know you all know if that confused you.Sorry about that!
Italics -Flashback.
"Hey, Naruto?What's that smell?"
Naruto sighed.This was the third time Kiba tried this with him today.The first time, he took the bait, Kiba had crawled up to him, gave him some smart ass remark then said that it was him that smelled.Har har.
"I don't know, Kiba.What is that smell?"The blonde supplied sarcastically, knowing the outcome.
"You!" Was hastily replied, then, Kiba proceeded to roll around on the ground, laughing his head off.
Shikamaru sighed,"Why are you so loud so early in the morning?You're too troublesome,Kiba."
Naruto wholly agreed.Although, Kiba was pretty cool most of the time.In fact, he could be really funny, but now, it was just getting lame.And predictable.
A breeze grew, and fluttered blonde hair around a tanned face, and out of the corner of a blue eye he caught sight of long, flowy brunette hair.Naruto's eyes widened, and he jumped up, as he screamed,"Neji!!!"
Said brunette had little warning before promptly being glomped from behind by an over-eager blonde.
"Oomph!"Neji cried, his body layed out flat, an over exuberant blonde straddling his back.Naruto laughed from atop his perch from Neji's back, it was just too amusing to glomp Neji, who could resist?
A mumbled,"Get off of me,Naruto." was uttered while said blonde rolled off of the brunette's back.Once Neji had sat up, his lavender eyes narrowed at the happily smiling blonde until he asked,"What are you doing here?"
Naruto looked around suspiciously before replying,"In hiding.Oh, hey,Neji?Did you know Gaara goes here too?"
A light tinge of barely noticeable pink rose to Neji's pale cheeks, but went away as he muttered,"Yeah.I know."
"Awww,"Naruto cooed,"Does little Neji-chan like-"
An almost spastic choking sound was made at the word 'Neji-chan', causing the blonde's head to whip up.And when it did, blue eyes met with an amused smirk coming from a familliar pale face,"You!"
Sasuke's smirk widened,"What's wrong dobe, happy to see me?"
The blonde bristled, he slowly stood up, his blue eyes locked onto that sickeningly pale face.Neji stood up too, brushing off leaves that had clung to his jacket.The bruunette inclined his head in a nod,murmurring a brief,"Sasuke."
"This...this...bastard has a name?! "
"Sasuke."Was easily replied.
Naruto's face dropped, his face void of emotion.Then, as if an evil idea had struck him, his face widened into a smirk,"Heh.Sorry, but I have better things to do then learn pretty boy's names." Then, with his smirk still in place, he walked away but not without a brief 'See ya later' to Neji.
Itachi Uchiha, strong, clever, cunning and more beautiful as any man alive stood tall.In his pale hand he held a quivering and currently whimpering small, four tailed fox.The fox cried out as long nails dung into the little critter's neck, as if to silence him.
"P-please...let me go..." Itachi's pure red eyes focused upon the small creature's eyes as if looking for something.His eyes flickered with something momentarily when he found what he was looking for."Not pure."He muttered, tossing the little fox to the wall as if it were a piece of trash,"Kill it." The small fox wailed in pain and went silent as it hit the floor with a sickening crack. "Wait, Itachi-san," A loud voice called out,"Why don't we see if it has any information for us, un?" In the corner, the small fox shivered in fear. Itachi paused, as if he was considering it, then turned a glare onto the fox,"He's not worth it."Without another word, the Uchiha left the room, the rest of the group that had stayed silent,following as well.Deidara stayed however, staring down at the poor little fox.The job to kill the poor thing had obiviously been left to him. Walking over to the small fox, he bent down in front of it."Hello,"He purred, picking up the fox by the neck,"Could you tell me about any pure blood demons you know of?" The fox struggled,"N-no way!" As if giving in, scared,the red bundle murmured," I k-know of a two tail, a-and a five tail." Deidara hissed, his eyes turning cold,"Stupid kitsune!" Slamming the fox into the wall behind him he continued,"We know of them!We've gotten them!We want strong.Strong, do you understand that?!" His fangs lengthened in his fury, his hand squeezing even tighter.
Deidara glared, his grip tightening on the fox's neck.
The tiny fox cried out as best he could, his tiny paws scrathing ruthlessly on his captor's hands."N..." The blonde grinned triumphantly,"Nine-tails?" The kitsune nodded. "Then the one-tailed must be with him too..."As if thanking the fox, he loosened his grip, and the fox let out a small cry of relief.The blonde grinned sadistically,"Gomen."He whispered, crushing the fox's throat with his hand.The fox struggled, then fell with a thump to the floor as Deidara let go of him."I can't make Itachi-san wait."
Deidara's grip loosened.
"N-naruto...Naruto Uzumaki..."
Naruto grinned, he definitely liked his new school.Most of the people were nice to him, most of them not knowing of his backround of course, and he had even made a few friends!And to top it all off, he even had Gaara in all his classes, Neji too.
Currently, Naruto was sitting beside Gaara in the middle of a science class.The blonde drummed his fingers on the desk impatiently, glancing towards Gaara.He found it funny, everytime Gaara would look away, Neji would glance at him and vice versa.Pink lips rippled with the struggle to hold back a laugh, and finally let loose.
"Uzumaki!" Their science teacher, Iruka, scolded, throwing a hunk of chalk at the blonde's head,"Be quiet in my class!"
"I-itai."Naruto muttered,rubbing his head sheepishly.Looking around, he noticed all eyes were on him, probably wondering what his most recent random outburst of laughter was about,"Gomen nasai, Iruka-sensei."
His teacher sighed and went back to his lesson, but blue eyes wandered the classroom again, and suddenly locked with cold black ones.A scowl worked it'd way onto the blonde's face.The only bad thing about this school had to be...Sasuke-bastard.He hadn't purposely remembered the idiot's name, nope, it just stuck in his head like a song you listen to, but only hear half of, and then it gets stuck in your head.The blonde could seriusly do without the constant cries of, "Sasuke-kun!" throughout the halls, it only succeeded in giving him a migraine.Not to mention it made him sick.How could girls fawn over one mad like that?And all the time?Hadn't they ever heard of the phrase,' There's more fish in the sea' ?Naruto sighed, probably not.
Class should be over soon,
A rush of voice swarmed to the blonde's ears as chairs were pushed in and books were picked up.Random words of what people did over the weekend, to how they were going to as the great Sasuke out next was just a few things that caught the blonde's ears.Then, a great tug was felt in the lower area of his stomach as a single word rang out, loud and clear into the class...
"Kyuubi."
The blonde's back stiffened considerably, and Neji and Gaara whipped around, hearing the name as well.The redhead and brunette's eyes narrowed, glaring at the crowd.But, it was if no one else noticed, the room was slowly filing out, and leaving them no clue as to who muttered that word.Gaara, being the first one to recover, grabbed his and the blonde's books and nodded to Neji.The brunette nodded as well, and grabbed his books and grabbed the blonde's shoulder, guiding him out of the classroom.
Yet, one person was left in the classroom.His blueish-black hair fell over his face, his body tense in concentration.Kyuubi.Was that the name?And to Sasuke, that name only meant one thing.Itachi. He was so excited, he just couldn't wait!He couldn't wait to show his brother! "Aniki!Aniki!" Small feet made 'pitter patter' sounds as they connected with the hardwood floors.He was really happy, joy bubbled and gushed from inside him like a disease.He was officially an adult now!He had grown in his permanent fangs!At first, he wanted to show his mother and father, but then he got all sad when he thought about them, so he didn't.
A small kid, looking about the age of seven was running through the halls of his house, his hair whipping his face.Calls of,"Aniki!Aniki!" ripped from the boy's mouth, his face split into a grin.
When he was really little, Sasuke had come into the living room to see his mother and father.They were just peacefully sitting on the couch, the T.V. blaring away."Mother!" He had called,"Father!" He ran up to them, a wide smile on his face.
He stopped in front of them, the smile never leaving his face.But, no reaction came from his parents."Mother?"He tried again,"Father?"
No response.
He jumped up onto the couch, and placed his small hands on his father's shoulder, shaking him,"Father!Father!Father!" Why wasn't father speaking to him?Was this some kind of joke?
A deep voice came from behind Sasuke, startling him,"Leave him, Sasuke, Father is only sleeping."
Sasuke turned around, curiosity filling his orbs."Aniki... but I wanna talk to him!I wanna tell him about what I drew!" A cute pout made it's way onto his face.
Itachi smiled,"Im sure he would love to hear it, but father is sleeping."
"But, his eyes...they're open.. and why does he look so scared?"
"Maybe he's having a nightmare?"Itachi suggested, pulling Sasuke off of their father.
"Ah!"A smile lit Sasuke's face,"I have an idea!"Then, he ran off.
A few seconds later a smiling Sasuke returned with a alarm clock in his hand,"Aniki, I'll wake Mother and Father up with this!"His smile broadened as he brandished the small clock in his brother's face."See?"
Itachi shook his head,"That won't do."
"But why not?Don't Mommy and Daddy wanna wake up?"
A sadistic gleam entered Itachi's eyes,"Mother and Father won't be waking up, Sasuke.They can't.They won't ever."
"But, I have an alarm--"
"Sasuke, Mother and Father are tired.Shall we leave them alone?Don't worry, show me the picture you drew, I'll look at it."
As if elated by his brother's words, any curiosity or worry that was on his face vanished.To be replaced by a pure, innocent smile."Hai!"Then, he dropped the alarm clock, and dashed into the hallway.
Itachi waited until the pitter patter of little feet were gone until he turned around,looking over at his parents' dead bodies, Itachi smirked,"Sweet dreams,Mother.Father."
Sasuke smiled, his tongue teasing his newly grown fangs.He winced slightly as the tip caught his tongue, some blood reaching his taste buds.
His little legs heaved upwards as Sasuke started to run up the stairs, panting slightly.At the top of the stairs, at the far end of the hallway was a door, slightly ajar, and a few voices could be heard from within.The little raven stopped just shy of the opening of the door, listening.
"We need them."
"Pure bloods."
"Kyuubi."
Sasuke's eyes widened briefly, then he smiled.Kyuubi?He almost giggled, he sorta liked that name.He pressed his ear to the door, listening harder to the hushed voices.The raven frowned,the voices were getting lower, and he was having a hard time hearing them.He shuffled his feet, tyring to get closer to the door's opening without being caught.
All noises from within the room halted.Sasuke froze.
The door immediately swung open and Itachi stood in the doorway, glaring down at Sasuke."Otouto.What are you doing?"
Sasuke bowed apologetically,"Gomen nasai, Aniki."
"What did you hear?"
Sasuke flinched,"Nothi--"
"What did you hear?"
The raven hesitated.Should he tell him?"Honestly, Aniki, I heard nothing."
Itachi's face never flinched.No emotion marched over the pale face, nothing.And that's all it ever was.Nothing."You shouldn't eavesdrop,otouto,"Itachi muttered, backing away from his little brother,"It could be potentially dangerous.Now, what did you want?"
Sasuke shook his head, his original thoughts no longer on his teeth."Nothing."
"Then I have no business with you."Itachi said, then turned on his heel and left Sasuke to himself.
"Why are you always so quiet, Gaara?"A blonde inquired, using his chopsticks to pick up some noodles.
"..."
Naruto sighed.Bringing his chopsticks to his mouth, he sucked all the noodles up and into his mouth.He licked his lips happily, enjoying the taste of the broth in his mouth.He really didn't understand why Gaara was so quiet all the time.Sure, maybe he had nothing to say, but really, who didn't?Well, there was always something on his mind at least.Gaara was just Gaara, and that was the only possible explantion he could give.
"Naruto."
Said blonde looked up, and met pale lavendar eyes.He grinned,"Neji!"
In response, Neji nodded his head then motioned to the table."May we sit with you?"
Naruto raised an inquisitive brow,"We?" Neji smirked, then nodded, jerking his head to the right.Blue eyes followed Neji's indication, and they widened slightly.Girls?Behind Neji all huddled in one area was a bunch of girls.Voicing his confusion, the blonde asked as Neji sat down,"Girls,Neji?I thought you were,"Naruto paused here, a mischievous look in his eyes as he shot Gaara an unnoticeable quick glance,"Erm, I thought you had different preferences."
Lavender eyes narrowed,"Not girls,Naruto.Now, let me ask you a question.What would cause a large bunch of girls to swarm in one place, and get all excited?"
Naruto looked clueless until a cry of 'Sasuke-kun, go out with me!' carried to his ears.Naruto immediatedly cringed,"Neji you didn't invite him..."
A hand waved into the air warily,"I didn't invite him.Friends usually eat lunch together, don't they?"
Naruto glared,"You can't be serious!Neji, I swear, he's a bastard!How can you even be friends with him?"
Neji shrugged,"To each his own."
The blonde let his head fall to the table in disgust.That was just unbelieveable!Stupid Neji and his logic.To add to the effect of his misery, the blonde lifted his head a bit, then brought it back down to the table a few times.Maybe that would knock some sense into his stupid brain.Or just give himself a headache.Either way, nothing seemed to work.Pink lips parted in a sigh, and a voice came from behind him,"Careful,dobe.Do you want to give yourself permanent brain damage?"
Naruto bristled, and his head shot up.Turning around in his seat, he glared.Blue eyes roamed the ruffled shirt, and the sarcastic smirk."Get away from your fangirls?"The blonde gestured to the shirt, a fake smile making it's way onto the tanned face.
Sasuke snorted, and moved across to the opposite side of the table to plop down beside Neji.
"I don't recall asking you to sit with us, teme."
"Neither do I, Dobe."
The blonde's eye twitched.He slowly stood up, then pointed his finger at the steadily smirking boy,"Then what the hell are you doing here!?"
Gaara almost sighed.Naruto was making a racket, as usual.He lifted his pale hand, raised it, and rested it ontop of the ranting blonde's arm."Calm down,Uzumaki.Must you make everything bigger than it seems?"
Naruto's eyes widened briefly,"But Gaara...!"
Gaara glared,"Shut up."
"Humph."Naruto muttered, turning his gaze to the redhead,"Why must you be so mean?"
"Why must you make such a big deal out of him sitting with us?"
"Don't answer my question with a question, it confuses me!"
Neji stared impassively.It always happened this way.Naruto would end up whining about something, Gaara would tell him to shut up, and then Naruto would whine some more.Que Sera Sera.The brunette mused,What will be, will be.A loud squeak brought Neji from his wandering thoughts, lavender eyes glanced up, and he immediatedly wished he hadn't.
Arms had wrapped themselves Naruto's waist, and a voice crooned softly into the blonde's ear,"Hello, Naruto-kun," The arms shifted a bit, and Naruto's face grew bright red as strong hips were rolled into his backside,"Did you miss me?"
A muttered,tired,bored voice,"Oh no." Came from Neji's lips.
A/N: Second chappie, done and uploaded!How'd you like?Like or no like?I hope you enjoyed!
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