Me: Heey guys! Yes, it's been a long while since I updated. But don't yell at me! I'm working on five different projects at the same time along with many other things that I wish could deal with themselves. It also took me past the original chapter 2 to realize I needed a second pair of eyes! So now you have Sasuke's eyes to see through. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to make a pairing in this, I'll let you all know later!

Sasuke: You better not pair me with that dobe!

Me: Oh, face it Sasuke, you like him and don't deny it!

Naruto: Sasuke's gay?

Me: Yes, Naruto, now lets get on with the chapter before we scare everyone off!

Chapter 2

Sasuke

I couldn't believe Naruto's dad just let him go home and stay home. This was beginning to piss me off. Naruto's been able to get away with skipping school for years and I'm surprised that he's even in the same grade as us he's missed so much school. Granted, Naruto's smart, smart as Sakura and I, but I guess being the son of the principal has its benefits, right? Whatever, but I really wished that Iruka wouldn't question Sakura and me right now when we had class to get to.

"Where's Naruto?" He asked, sighing heavily as I could guess he's thinking Naruto's playing hooky, like everyone else in this school.

"Naruto's Dad took him home." I mumbled, leaning forward on my elbow that rest on the desk and I sighed heavily.

"It's true Iruka-sensei, you can probably talk to Principal Minato when he gets back in probably fifteen minutes." Sakura said, glad she spoke up when Iruka glared at me.

"I'll trust you two, you have yet to lie to me about Naruto's whereabouts yet." He sighed heavily after a few minutes and I'm glad he left it at that.

"Alright, everyone's to read their self chosen books you're doing for your book report, and then you'll have the homework of writing five poems, all of them different styles. You can find these styles all over the internet. And that's included with your five chapter paragraph."

The whole class groaned, including me. Why in the hell were we doing homework on fucking poems?

"Why are we doing poems?" Someone behind me voiced, and if I was correct, that was Kiba.

"Because we're going to be discussing that topic tomorrow in class. Oh, and out of those five, you are going to recite them in front of the class." Iruka said, adding that last bit and everyone groaned louder than before, and I think someone dropped their head on their desk.

"No complaining, now get your books out and start reading." Iruka said, then the whole room got quiet, save for people getting into their back packs and getting their books. I sighed, reaching into my bag and pulled out my copy of Scars by Cherryl Rainfield and started reading. I've read this book many times before, and could probably recite most of the chapters by heart if I wanted to. And I only chose this book because I wasn't in the mood to find a new book I've never read before. So this was going to be an easy grade for me, and I smirked at that.

"Hey, Sasuke, wanna go visit Naruto after school?" Sakura asked, and for some reason, I didn't realize she was sitting next to me until now.

"Sure." I sighed, turning the page and wishing that this class was over with already. "We do have all the same classes with him, might as well bring his homework with us too."

"Alright, I'll meet you by the front doors after school." She said, then she got quiet. This was going to take forever, and fuck, I'm starting to sound like Shikamaru!

By the time lunch came around, I was ready to go home, and I think Sakura could read those vibes coming from me as the two of us sat down with Kiba, Shikamaru, Hinata and her cousin Neji. I wasn't hungry, so I just picked and pushed my food around on my tray.

"So what's everyone doing today after school? I was going to invite everyone to play my Wii since my Mom got me that new party game." Kiba said loudly, he's always loud.

"I don't know. I have a lot of homework to do." Neji sighed, pushing his food around just like I was.

"That's your fault for signing up for all AP classes you moron." Kiba scoffed and crossed his arms in a pout.

"Well, excuse me for trying to challenge myself." Neji scoffed right back and took a bite of his salad.

I tuned them out right about then. I wanted nothing more than to know how the dobe was doing, and that's when I decided to pay his father a visit in the office.

"I'll talk to you guys later." I said as I got up and took my tray, leaving everyone behind me in question as I walked off, dumping my tray in the trash can and left towards the office. I just hope he wasn't too busy to talk to me.

When I got to the office, my uncle, Obito, was sitting behind his secretary desk, looking bored out of his mind. That was, until he saw me and I could have sworn he went straight into sugar rush because he was bouncing in his seat with joy … Oh fucking joy.

"Oh, Sasuke, what brings you back into the office? Did you get into trouble or something? Or are you just bored out of your mind like I am?" Uncle Obito said, his words flowing fast from his mouth almost in one long word, making him earn a glare from me as I walked up to his desk and leaned against it.

"I need to talk to Minato-sensei." I said, getting straight to the point.

"Oh, he's busy on the phone at the moment." Uncle Obito sighed, and he sounded disappointed.

"Well, I have twenty more minutes, I'll wait for him." I shrugged and sat in one of the chairs in front of his desk.

That's when Uncle Obito sent his glare towards me. "This is your lunch period isn't it?"

"Yea."

"And you don't even want to spend it with me, your only Uncle!" Yeap, he definitely sounded offended.

"I spend a lot of time with you outside school as it is." I shrugged.

"Yea right, you're always sulking in your room doing God knows what in there." He sighed, resting his elbow on his desk and leaned his head against his hand, staring at me like I was some kind of weirdo, and I could have sworn I heard him mumble something about how I may masturbate all evening. I wanted to knock his lights out, but then again I could have heard something else and just let it slide this time and just glared at him.

"Will you quit staring at me?" I asked, hoping it'd work, but it doesn't look like it.

"You've grown so much …" He muttered under his breath and sighed, twitching slightly when Minato's office door suddenly opened, making me look up and stare at the tall blonde man. An exact replica of the dobe, save for the whisker like marks he got on his cheek. He still has yet to tell me how he got those.

"Oh, afternoon Sasuke, is there something you need?" Minato-sensei asked when he saw me. I guess he left his office to get something.

"Yea, I wanted to talk to you about something." I nodded, standing up from the chair I was sitting in. And I wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"Okay, go have a seat in my office, I'll be there in a few seconds." Minato-sensei nodded with the small smile he always wore. But now that I've had a closer look, he looks completely exhausted. Almost like he hasn't slept well all weekend.

I only nodded and walked past him as he made his way to the coffee pot by Uncle Obito's desk and I sat in one of the three chairs in his office, sinking in the chair slightly by the time Minato-sensei walked back into his office and closed the door.

"So, what's bothering you today Sasuke?" Minato-sensei asked as he walked around his desk and sat down, sipping at his coffee along the way before he leaned back in his chair some. Looks like I gave him an excuse to take a break from work.

"It's about Naruto." I said, bluntly, glaring when his whole body went rigid.

"What about Naruto?" He asked. Wait, did he seriously just ask me that!?

"Um, I want to know what's wrong with my best friend, Minato-sensei. I believe Sakura and I have a right to know what's wrong with him. He always acts like this on and off since middle school and this morning was a total freak out." I said, glaring at him more and more the more I talked about it.

Minato-sensei didn't say a word for a good few minutes before leaning forward in his chair and sighed heavily, putting his coffee down and rubbed at his eyes slightly.

"Alright, I guess I'll tell you. Naruto must not know, he doesn't really know himself either, and what I say you must keep to yourself. I swear, if anyone else finds out I'll suspend you for a month." He said, and fuck, he never threatens.

I blinked and nodded, too shocked by his words to really say anything in case I said something stupid.

"Alright." Minato-sensei said, and became for a few moments before he started speaking again. "Naruto's been diagnosed with paranoid-schizophrenia since he turned thirteen. He's also been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression."

I only stared at our principal, hell, this was not what I expected to hear from him at all! Yes, I've done my research on these disorders only because of Behavioral Psychology, but I personally don't know much about it. Fucking hell.

"Y-You're serious?" I asked, blinking a few times because my eyes were dry like I haven't blinked in forever.

"Yes, I'm serious." Minato nodded. "The person he was yelling at this morning, is a voice he hears that he named Kurama. Kurama is like a two sided coin; he'll be hurtful one moment and then turn around and be like a mother hen in the next, which is one reason why Naruto has such a hard time with him whenever he starts hearing him."

I nodded again, my eyes darting towards the surface of the desk and then to Minato-sensei's coffee mug. No wonder he didn't get much sleep.

"Does Naruto take medicine on a regular basis?" I asked.

"He does, but, Kurama managed to get Naruto off of them again this past two weeks without us knowing … again." Oh, now he sounded pissed off. "I was actually in the middle of trying to convince my wife that Naruto should go back to the hospital for three days, only so we can get him back on his medicine."

"Wait, back up." I said quickly, realizing what he said when we first started this conversation and nearly jumped out of my chair. "You said Naruto doesn't know about this?"

"We've tried telling him before, and believe me, it's a sight you don't want to see when we try to talk to him about it." Minato-sensei said, and I glared.

"He still has to know."

"I know, believe me, if we could get him to listen we would have told him ages ago." Minato-sensei sighed. "He won't even listen to his grandmother."

"Who's his grandmother?" I asked.

"His therapist …" Minato mumbled. "But no one else but Kushina and I and a couple other people know about this."

"That reminds me … did Naruto put all those cuts on his arms?" I asked, my voice low for some reason.

"Yea." Minato nodded. "They're all results of Kurama when Naruto's not on his medicine."

"Well, shit." I hissed, this wasn't something I was wanting to hear when I walked in. Great, I have a psycho for a best friend. Well, my brother isn't much better … I dubbed him as insane ages ago.

"I'll tell Sakura, but later. I'm exhausted and I was hoping to nap during lunch." Minato-sensei said as he yawned and stretched in his chair.

"I'm sorry." I sighed, looking down at my knees as I slumped in my chair.

"Don't worry about it. I'll just take a nap when I get home." He laughed, but I don't see how this is funny.

"Sakura and I were going over after school. We all share the same classes so we were going to take his homework to him." I said, just to let him know before we made a surprise visit. "You'll just need to look over his English homework."

"Why's that?"

"Because Iruka-sensei is having us do poetry." I grumbled.

"Okay, and thank you Sasuke." Minato-sensei said just as the bell rang and I got up from the chair. "Have a good rest of your day."

"You too." I said, waving as I left his office and yanked myself from my uncle as I went to class. Now I have something to occupy my mind with during school, so this will end before I can get bored … I hope.