Author: Naruko-koi
Rating: M
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the Naruto characters
Warning: Yaoi (boyXboy)!!
A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in FOREVER, but my computer totally crashed… I was VERY upset and I cried (from sadness and frustration)… what made it worse was that I had written half of the 2nd chapter and the suddenly BOOM! My computer dies… Lucky for me I have a pair of awesome parents and they bought me a new computer… It's really fucking cool… anyways… I just got it last weekend and I'm finally updating because I feel like I should get out of the depression of having written half of the freaking chapter (it was really good too!!) and update the story… but I love you guys, so I'm happy to finally be back… XD
Based on anime and manga Naruto
ENJOY!!
Previously:
Hearing Itachi confirm they were getting closer made him feel the reality of the situation. The whole time he felt he was in some sort of bad dream, but Itachi confirming it was all real was like an iron punch to the face. Sasuke took the pillow and mumbled a soft, "Thanks."
Itachi nodded. "You're welcome." He then pulled out the book he was reading and opened to the page he left off on.
Sasuke laid his head on the pillow and tried to fall asleep. After almost ten minutes of trying to fall asleep he finally gave up. He decided that if he listened to some music it might help him finally get some rest. Sasuke opened the book bag at his feet and felt around for his black ipod. When he found it he turned on the shuffle and lowered the sound, so it would seem like soft background music. 'That's better' he thought as he fell into a dreamless sleep.
Chapter 2
Sasuke was enjoying his dreamless sleep when he felt someone shaking his shoulder lightly. He tried to shake them off, but the person was persistent. He groaned as he felt himself become conscious of the world around him. He could hear the soft humming of the plane and the clicking sounds of the seat back trays along with rustling noises. They were probably about to land.
Sasuke sat up straight. 'Oh no!!' He really hoped they weren't about to land. Maybe the plane was experiencing technical difficulties and they were about to crash into the ocean. Yeah. That sounded a lot better.
"Finally. I thought you were never going to wake up." Itachi said interrupting Sasuke's thoughts.
Sasuke groaned as he put his face in his hands. He stayed like that for a good five minutes trying to imagine he was anywhere, but on the god-forsaken plane.
"Are you awake?"
"Yes." He growled as he lifted his face out of his hands and pulled his earphones out of his ears. He shifted in his seat looking for his ipod. It probably fell off his lap as he slept.
When he found it next to his left foot, he picked it up and shoved it in the front pocket of his book bag.
"Excuse me, sir?" the flight attendant asked. "Could you please put your seat belt back on?"
"Hn." He replied and he fastened it around his waist.
"Thank you. We should be landing shortly." She said politely and walked to the back of the plane.
Sasuke hit his head hard against the window. Stupid flight attendant. He didn't know for sure, but she was probably laughing her ass of in the back of the plane. He glared at the window. Yep. She was definitely a sadist that enjoyed other people's pain.
"The flight attendant is not a sadist, Sasuke." Itachi said, shaking his head slightly.
Sasuke's eyes widened. Did he just say that out loud?
Itachi placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "It's going to be alright Sasuke."
Sasuke glared at his older brother before shaking the hand off. How did Itachi know it was going to be okay? What did he know about what he was going through?
Nothing. Itachi knew nothing.
Itachi sighed. He should just let Sasuke be. It's obviously what he wanted at the moment.
Sasuke looked away from Itachi and glared out the window. They were finally out of the clouds and land was visible. He barely noticed how close they were until the airport came into sight. Near the back of the plane he heard a child squeal in excitement. He felt his stomach lurch.
'Dear God.' He thought as he saw the landing strip get closer and closer. It all felt like a dream; a horrible, horrible dream. No. A nightmare.
He looked away from the window and closed his eyes, waiting for the jerk of the plane that would signal that they had finally landed. He waited and waited, for what felt like minutes. But when he felt nothing he opened his eyes to look and see if they were really going to land. Maybe out of some sort of miracle, the pilots decided not to land and make a u-turn back to Japan. Not likely. They didn't have enough fuel.
The exact moment Sasuke opened his eyes, the plane jerked at the landing and began to slow. Somewhere in the back of he mind he registered that Itachi was chuckling at him, but he was too focused on not having a panic attack to really notice. He could feel his knuckles turn white from the tight grip he had on the armrests.
He stayed like that, a frozen statue, until they neared the terminal and people began turning on their phones. Sasuke looked out of the corner of his eyes at Itachi, who was dialing a number on his phone. He was probably calling their mother to tell her they made it safely to America, or he was calling Kakashi to tell him they finally landed.
"Kakashi and Sai are waiting for us at baggage claim." Itachi stated simply when he hung up the phone.
Well, that answered his question. "Hn." Was all Sasuke could manage to say. He didn't trust his voice quite yet.
Once the plane reached the terminal and pilots announced they could finally leave, Sasuke threw his book bag over his shoulder and followed Itachi out of the plane. Luckily they flew first class, so they wouldn't have to wait for people to gather their stuff and get out of the way for them to leave the plane.
Sasuke followed Itachi as he weaved easily through people toward a sigh that said 'Baggage Claim This Way'. They followed the sign that led them down an escalator and onto a small tram (train). They got off when a mechanical voice said they had reached baggage claim and went up another escalator. When they reached the top Itachi paused to find the area with their flight number on it. When he found it they began walking in that direction.
"Well, well. I haven't seen you in a long time, Dickless." Sasuke heard a he turned to look at the person.
"Sai." Sasuke growled.
"Is that anyway to treat your dear cousin, Dickless?" Sai said with a smirk. The people around him laughed at the nickname.
"Didn't I tell you to stop calling me that!?" Oh, how he hated Sai and that stupid nickname he had given him. He faintly remembered how he earned that nickname. He was taking a shower one day when Sai was visiting and the other boy walked in on him the exact moment he decided to walk out of the shower. He had screamed like a little girl and from that day on Sai always referred to him as 'Dickless'.
Sai was about to retort when the man standing next to him interrupted. "Now, Sai. What would Danzou say if he heard you talking like that?"
Sai grimaced at the name of his adoptive father. Danzou also worked with Sasuke's father when the old man lived in Japan. He was partners with Sasuke's father for over 10 years and after Sai's parents died in a car crash when he was young, Danzou took care of him. Sai even moved with him when he was offered a new job in America. Sai worshiped his father and happily agreed to help him when he asked for help with an important task. Although, if he knew it had anything to do with Sasuke he might have said no.
The man then turned to Sasuke and held a hand out. "Hello. You must be Sasuke. I'm Kakashi."
Sasuke didn't make a move to shake the man's hand. He was utterly shocked. From what he had heard from his father, he thought Kakashi would be a middle aged man. But this man appeared to be young, late twenties at the most. At least that's what Sasuke thought when he saw the man's face, or what little he saw of his face. The man had spiky gray hair that was slanted to the side, a mask that covered the lower part of his face, and an eye patch covering his left eye. His whole appearance screamed secrecy and Sasuke fought the urge to reach out and grab the man's mask to reveal his face. But of course, being the Uchiha that he was, he resisted and shook his hand instead.
"Nice to meet you." Sasuke muttered as he continued to stare at the man.
Kakashi noticed the stare and gave a nervous laugh while rubbing the back of his neck. When Sasuke didn't stop staring, Kakashi turned to the older Uchiha. "And you must be Itachi. It's been so long. You changed a lot since the last time I saw you."
"Yes. It's nice to see you again Kakashi-san." Itachi said as he shook the other man's hand firmly.
"Please Itachi, there's no need for the professional attitude." Kakashi smiled. Well, the only sign that showed he was smiling was his right eye turned to an upside down 'U'.
"Wait." Sasuke interrupted. "You two know each other?"
"Sort of." Kakashi shrugged.
"I met him when I was five and I went with father to work." Itachi finished.
"Hn." Sasuke shrugged it off, completely dropping the subject.
"Can we leave sometime this century?" Sai asked impatiently.
"We have to get our luggage first." Sasuke growled at Sai.
"Actually," Kakashi said as he walked between the two glaring boys, "We already got your luggage."
"You did? How did you know which ones were ours?" Sasuke questioned.
"It wasn't hard to find. I think you're the only ones with luggage that has the Uchiha fan on them." Kakashi smiled.
"Oh." Sasuke said, smacking himself mentally for his stupidity.
Sai moved to the side to reveal that they had, indeed, gotten their luggage. Kakashi turned to them. "Is this all you luggage?"
Itachi and Sasuke walked over and gather their luggage with the help of Sai and Kakashi. "Yes, this is everything." Itachi nodded as he looked over everything they were carrying.
"Okay. Well I parked my car out front, so we'd better hurry before it gets towed." Kakashi said as he started walking hastily to the exit. Once they walked through the automatic door, Kakashi headed toward a sleek black car and opened the trunk. Sai helped Kakashi pack the luggage into the trunk as efficiently as possible.
When they finished Sai shouted, "I call shotgun!"
"Actually. I think Itachi should get the front seat. He's older." Kakashi disagreed.
Sai growled. "Fine." He walked to the back seat, climbed in, and slammed the door.
Kakashi winced. "Watch the car, it's new." He mumbled before turning to Sasuke and Itachi. "Well, I think we're ready to go."
Itachi nodded before getting in the passenger seat while Sasuke climbed into the back next to Sai. Kakashi climbed into the driver's seat and checked to make sure everyone had their seat belts on (including himself) before starting the car and driving off.
Sasuke turned his head to the side and listened to the radio that was playing quietly. If he knew any of the songs, they didn't register in his brain. He listened to the rhythm of each song to stop himself from thinking. To stop himself from being a part of reality, so he wouldn't have to think about how his life was taking a turn for the worse (in his opinion).
He hadn't realized they had pulled up into a driveway until the car was turned off, along with the music, bringing him back to his harsh reality. He watched as everyone got out of the car before taking a deep breath and climbing out as well.
They got the luggage out of the trunk and walked up the stone path to the front door. As they walked to the door Sasuke took a good look at the house. It was a plain two story house with cream-looking siding. It looked like all the houses along and across the street. It made him feel sick and grimace.
Kakashi unlocked the door and walked in. "Welcome to your temporary home."
Sasuke paused at the door and frowned before walking in. The first thing Sasuke noticed were the boxes that were stacked everywhere.
As if reading Sasuke's thoughts, Kakashi replied, "I just moved here yesterday. I used to live a half and hour away from the school, so I figured I should move closer for your convenience."
"Hn." Sasuke nodded.
"Well," Kakashi said, feeling awkward, "If you want to put your stuff in you room, it's upstairs, second door on the right. Itachi, your room is the first door on the right."
Sasuke grabbed his luggage and prepared to climb the stairs when Kakashi added, "Oh! And don't unpack too much stuff. You can unpack some of you clothes because the school provides you with uniforms, but you'll want to keep most of it packed and ready when we leave for the school tomorrow."
Sasuke turned and dragged his luggage up the stairs and to the second door on the right. He opened the door and walked into the bedroom. There was a bed in the right corner with a window to the left of the bed and bed-side table. On the table was a lamp and alarm clock. The bed had a basic black comforter and navy blue sheets, just the way Sasuke liked it. There was closet on the wall left of the bed and a small desk for his laptop.
Sasuke walked over to the bed and threw his book bag on it. He opened the front pocket and reached for his ipod. When he found it he set his book bag on the floor next to his bed and plopped on top of the comforter. He put on his earphones and turned on the music. He stared up at the ceiling for a couple minutes before falling asleep.
Sasuke woke up to the sound of knocking on his door. "Yes?" he answered groggily.
Itachi opened the door. "Sorry to wake you, but Kakashi wants to talk."
"I'll be down in a minute." Sasuke said as he rubbed the sleep out of his eye.
Itachi nodded before shutting the door.
Sasuke listened to the retreating footsteps before crawling off the bed. How long had he been asleep? He turned to the alarm clock. 2:32PM. Probably not that long.
He threw his ipod on the bed and stretched his stiff muscles before heading back downstairs. At the bottom of the steps he followed a hallway that opened up into a kitchen and dinning room. He immediately saw Kakashi and Itachi sitting at the dining room table and Sai sitting in a stool across the table at the kitchen counter.
"Sit." Kakashi said as he pointed to the seat across from him.
Sasuke walked around a stack of boxes and sat at the table.
"Now that we are all here, I would like to discuss what is going to happen. First, Sasuke, I'm sure you're well aware of the fact that you will be disguising as a girl."
Sasuke heard Sai snicker quietly and glared at him.
Kakashi cleared his throat, "As I was saying. You will have your own room, so you don't have to worry about sharing a room with another girl. The only people at the school that know about this are the principal, Jiraiya Sannin, and his wife Tsunade Sannin."
"Can we trust these people?" Itachi interrupted. He sounded nervous.
"Yes. Tsunade is going to help Sasuke with his disguise. She's also the school nurse, so that's a plus. But they are definitely trustworthy."
Itachi nodded, but he still seemed nervous.
"Anyways, I will be posing as a math teacher. You will address me as Mr. Hatake."
Everyone nodded.
"Now, you will only live at school on weekdays and most weekends, but on holidays and certain weekends you will live here. Tomorrow is the day everyone arrives and moves into their rooms and the next day, Monday, is the first day of school. Is that clear?"
Once again, everyone nodded.
"Well, that's all the basics. We'll get more into the details later." Kakashi finished.
"Wait!" Sasuke interrupted. "When we stay here do I have stay disguised as a girl?"
Kakashi paused for a moment and thought. "Well as long as you're careful I guess you could. If anyone asks you go to the public school… hmm… what's it called… Ah! Konoha High School…"
"What's the boarding school called?" Itachi asked.
"Konoha Academy."
Sai snorted. "Very creative."
"I know, right?" Kakashi said sarcastically.
"What if someone from our school asks where the female Sasuke lives?" Itachi questioned.
Kakashi paused, "Good point."
Sasuke almost shouted at his brother. He was going to cause him to have to wear that awful disguise all the time.
"I'm sorry Sasuke, Itachi's right." Kakashi apologized.
Sasuke turned to Itachi and glared, trying to burn his brother alive with all the hate he was feeling at the moment.
Itachi was about to say something when Kakashi interrupted him, "But for this weekend you can stay in boy form."
"Whatever." Sasuke snapped, standing up. "Where's the bathroom? I need a shower."
Kakashi nodded. "It's the room across from yours."
Sasuke pushed himself away from the table and stomped upstairs. He could he Sai say something that sounded like 'way to throw a fit'. He was NOT throwing a fit. He walked into his room and rummaged through his luggage searching for his toiletries bag. When he found it he walked across the hallway to the bathroom.
He flicked the light on and threw his bag in the sink and pulled out his shower stuff. Then he turned to the shower and turned it on. As he waited for the water to heat up he searched for a towel. When he found them under the sink, he grabbed one and tossed it next to the shower.
He stripped and hopped into the shower and cursed as he felt the hot water burn his skin. He quickly turned the knob to cool the water off, still cursing. When the temperature was what he liked he stood under the spray for a couple minutes before he grabbed his shampoo and started washing his hair. He loved the feeling of his hands massaging his scalp when he washed his hair with the cherry scented shampoo. He could feel himself finally begin to relax.
After his shower, Sasuke laid on his bed with a towel in his hair. It felt so good to finally shower and brush his teeth.
He faintly heard the sound of the door bell and wondered who was at the door. He got up off the bed, throwing his towel on the floor, and walked to his door, cracking it open slightly.
"Hello?" He heard Kakashi say.
"Hello." The person said in a soft, kind voice. "I'm Iruka and this is Naruto. We're you neighbors and we just wanted to welcome to the neighborhood. Right, Naruto?"
Sasuke heard a faint 'ow'; the Naruto person probably got elbowed. "Yeah." Came the gruff reply.
"Well, thank you. Why don't you come in?"
"Oh. Thank you." He heard them step inside.
"Sasuke! Stop eavesdropping and come downstairs to greet out guests." Kakashi shouted.
Sasuke was so shocked he lost balance and fell through the door with a loud 'thud'.
He heard a soft snickering voice and then another 'ow!'.
Sasuke quickly composed himself and walked downstairs. The first thing he noticed was the mop of bight blonde hair.
"What are you looking at?" The blonde boy replied with a glare.
The man standing next to him elbowed him in the gut. "Mind your manners Naruto."
"Ow." The Naruto kid mumbled, rubbing his ribs. "Sorry. My name's Naruto Uzumaki." The blonde smiled a wide smile that seemed to reach his ears and held out his hand.
Sasuke grimaced at the hand like it offended him. "Hn. Idiot."
Naruto's smiled dropped the moment 'idiot' came out of Sasuke's mouth. "What did you call me, asshole!?"
"Naruto!" The older man hissed as he smacked Naruto upside the head.
"OW!! What was that for, Iruka? He's the one who called me an idiot!" Naruto whined.
Sasuke wanted to cover his ears at the offending sound. Would this idiot ever shut up?
"That doesn't matter young man. You apologize right now!" The man, Iruka, ordered.
"What? NO!"
As they continued to bicker, Sasuke decided to take a good look at the two people standing in front of him. Iruka was a medium height with chocolate brown hair and eyes. He had tanned skin and a scar running across the bridge of his nose. The man looked about Kakashi's age, maybe younger, definitely not old enough to be Naruto's real father. The man also had a caring and protective air about him.
As for Naruto, the blonde was very childish the way he pouted and whined about everything. The pouting was almost cute. Sasuke's eyes widened at the thought as he immediately pushed it away from his thoughts and continued to observe the boy. Like Iruka, Naruto was also very tan. He had three vertical scars on both cheeks that made him look kind of like a fox. Then he noticed a pair of the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. They were a sky blue, but they would have been more beautiful if they weren't glaring at him… Wait. Glaring at him?
"I'm sorry." He heard the blonde mumble.
"Hn." Sasuke responded.
Naruto eyes flared up in anger at his response. "What the fu–"
"Why don't we go into the kitchen?" Kakashi said, interrupting Naruto mid-sentence.
"That would be great." Iruka said enthusiastically as he followed Kakashi down the hall and into the kitchen with Sasuke and Naruto following them.
Sai and Itachi were already sitting in the kitchen, but stood when the guests came in.
Kakashi paused for a second. "How rude of me. I never introduced myself. I'm Kakashi Hatake."
Iruka looked surprised at the name. "Are you the new math teacher at Konoha Academy?"
"Why yes I am."
"Oh no!" Naruto shouted. "Don't tell me I have to go school with this bastard over here." Naruto glared and pointed at the raven.
"Naruto!" Iruka scolded.
"Unfortunately, Sasuke will be going back to Japan tomorrow." Kakashi said quickly.
Naruto let out a sigh of relief and Iruka gave him a stern look before replying, "That's too bad."
Kakashi nodded. "Yes, it is a shame." He paused. "Why doesn't everyone introduce themselves?"
"What a great idea. Hello, I'm Iruka Umino. I'm a literature teacher at Konoha Acadamy."
'So they're not related.' Sasuke thought.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Sophomore." The blonde said curtly.
Itachi nodded politely. "Itachi Uchiha. Senior."
"Sai. Sophomore." Sai said almost completely ignoring everyone else.
"Sasuke Uchiha, would-be-freshman." Sasuke said, smirking at Naruto.
"You should respect you elders, asshole." Naruto mumbled.
"You're older than me?" Sasuke faked surprise. "By the way you acted I could have sworn you were in kindergarten."
Naruto growled.
"Hmm." Iruka murmured, looking confused. "Thought there was a girl."
"What?" asked Kakashi.
"Oh, sorry." Iruka said embarrassed, blushing slightly. "It's just that I heard that there were three kids moving to town; two boys and a girl."
"Wow. News travels fast around here." Kakashi said.
"Yeah. Kind of." Iruka blushed even deeper.
"There is a girl." Kakashi nodded. "Sakae Uchiha. She's upstairs in her room. She's been feeling sick lately."
"Aww. Poor thing. I hope she feels better tomorrow." Iruka said sounding concerned.
"Yes, me too. She just needs some sleep and she'll feel as good as new." Kakashi smiled. Iruka was eating up the lies just like he planned.
"Well, we should be leaving then." Iruka said looking at Naruto, who was having a glaring contest with Sasuke.
"Finally!" Naruto said as he walked quickly out of the house.
"I'm sorry about him." Iruka apologized as he waved goodbye and walked out the door following the annoyed blonde.
"Well, aren't they interesting?" Kakashi asked.
"Hn." Sasuke said simply as he headed back upstairs to listen to his ipod.
As he laid in bed listening to his music, he couldn't help but let his thoughts drift to a certain blonde. He was going to have fun messing that idiot's head at school.
This new life didn't seem so bad after all.
A/N:
Holy crap! That was definitely the longest chapter I have ever written. Ever! I hope it makes up for the lack of updating.
I actually kind of like this chapter. I was so happy to finally put Naruto in… that's why this chapter was so long… Naruto wasn't supposed to show up until chapter 3, but I decided to put him in chapter 2… XD
Next chapter will be Naruto's POV… well sort of…
REVIEW PLEASE!! PLEASE!! –puppy dog pout-
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