Key: "talking"
'Thinking'
Flashback
(Standard key)
Disclaimer: Do Not Own Naruto.
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Chapter 2: Only the First Day
The classroom was bustling with life, and our two protagonists were eager to learn…
Aw what the hell. That's obvious bull. Here's what really happened.
"Hey catch!" called a voice from across the room as a star shaped object flew past Megumi and RiRi's heads. Woosh, and it took its rightful place in the wooden wall behind them. However, the two seemed unaffected as they slowly turned their heads to gaze at the origami shuriken. They stayed silent for a while... and then it happened. A boy dressed in a padded grey fur jacket with tawny brown trim came up to them, scratching the back of his hooded head. "Sorry about that, guys…" he said with an awkward grin on his face. They looked in front of him slowly turned their heads back towards him, and stared blankly ahead.
Megumi, being the stoic and, usually, forgiving person she was, managed a wince and shook her head. "It's fine," she said, "Just don't let it happen again. Our reflexes aren't so refined—mmff!"
Kiba looked to the person next to the long-haired girl. This one donned a uniform much like his, though less stylized. 'A guy, huh…' he thought to himself. Their eyes met—brown piercing into a deep azure blue, and left to analyze the other, to judge his worth. Kiba noted that this one wore a scarf around his neck, and it puzzled him. The weather was balmy, but it wasn't that cold. He was pale, and had aquamarine hair--it didn't even seem like his true hair color. 'Bleached, probably.' Judging by the way he reacted: His rudeness to the girl, brightly colored locks, and effeminate looks… 'Trouble.' Kiba's eyes narrowed into a glare.
RiRi stared on back at the boy, and opened his mouth to speak. "Is there something I can help you with? Because if you're just going to insult Mecchin, I won't let you get away with that." He whipped his head to face Megumi, slowly stroking her cheek. "Are you alright? Mecchin…?"
"…" A vein appeared on Megumi's forehead, and she yanked RiRi down by his scarf. "Who the hell are you calling 'Mecchin'!? I am not an object for you to play around with!"
"But au contraire…"
"…"
"…"
Both of them grew silent, entering a glaring contest. Kiba slowly returned his hand to his side, confused. "Hey, anyone home?" he asked, waving a hand in front of their faces. "And who the hell is Mec—"
"MEGUMI-CHAN!" Before RiRi and Megumi knew it, the latter was tackled to the ground in a flash of blond.
"Oh, it's just you, Naruto," Megumi spoke as if unaffected, looking up at the familiar face.
"Aww, don't be like that," Naruto whined, bouncing up and down on the girl's back.
"Like what? And by the way, that hurts."
"Oh. Sorry about that," he apologized while getting up and offering her a hand.
"It's okay." Megumi reached to brush her clothes off, only to have her hand caught in between RiRi's once again.
Their eyes met.
"Let me," spoke the blue-haired boy. With pale hands and longer fingers, paired up with the flexibility of double joints, the work was over almost immediately.
"Ah!" came the shout.
"Hn?" The pair both turned to look at Naruto at the same time.
"Is something the matter?" RiRi asked.
"Hehe!" Naruto grinned and placed his hands behind his head. "Nothing, nothing… It's just that you two really look like a couple, you know!"
Megumi's face grew deathly pale and she walked away silently. After scuffling to the door, she braced herself for the fastest run of her life. However, before that, she turned to look at the room, a possessed look in her eye… that seemed directly pointed towards RiRi, raising a pointed, shaking hand. "You… I'll never forgive you for this…" she spoke with a hiss before turn her head to cover the lower portion of her face. "Now if you'll excuse me while I puke my guts out…!" And with that she was gone.
The classroom was left in a silence... But that was soon fixed.
"Wow, you really are something… School hasn't even started yet, and you've already chased away one of the new students. How do you manage it?" came the question.
Shivers ran down RiRi's spine. The voice came from behind, and RiRi was one who hated surprises, though he committed many of them himself.
"Tch." Naruto grinned and brushed the bridge of his nose with his thumb. "It was noth—HEY!! What did that mean SA—"
"My, my, only the first day and you two are already at it," came a high pitched voice.
RiRi nearly had a heart attack. 'A girl…' he figured. The voice didn't sound male, and even if it was, the speech pattern was that of a female's. He turned his head to look at the girl. She had short, light pink hair and a complexion to match. Her eyes were a bit dull as well—a cloudy green. A thin build only added to the girl's femininity. 'Not much of a threat…'
"Ah, Sakura-chan, you're here too?"
"Yeah," the girl stated, walking over to accompany the raven-haired boy, hugging his arm. She blushed and smiled. "Sasuke-kun and I walked here together." To this, Sasuke averted his eyes to hide what little affection shown through them. However, he surrendered his arm to the girl. After all, the rule goes for that once you get into a relationship, your arm becomes a pillow. Still, such tactics could not dissuade one persistent boy.
"Oh?" came the suggestive remark. Naruto raised his eyebrows and winked. "And I bet you took your time too, eh, Sas—" And a foot immediately slammed into the blonde's nether region.
"Hn?" Naruto remained standing, and grinned as Sasuke attempted a few more kicks. He even put his hands upon his hips for dramatic effect. "Why doesn't it affect you?" Sasuke seethed after his eighth kick.
"Well, that answer's simple, Sasuke! Of course, none other than me, the GREAT UZUMAKI NARUTO, would know of this valuable secret! Yes, my intelligence surpasses that of even Sasuke's now, does it? Well, of course it does! I've been studying all summer and…"
A vein appeared on Sasuke's head. "Get on with it already!" he demanded.
"OH?" Naruto's mouth opened widely and he pointed at Sasuke. "Hey! If you're going to be so rude, then I might just not tell you at all!"
"What was that!"
"You heard me!"
The two locked heads, grinding their teeth. Sakura sighed and smiled to herself. 'Those two are always the same, aren't they…?' she thought to herself. 'But I can't shake this feeling that there's someone else here…' The tips of her hair sliced through the wind as she turned around. RiRi's azure eyes were locked on the girl's features.
All this time, RiRi was observing the girl. Analyzing her, even. But really, with all the noise in the vicinity, he couldn't concentrate on his thoughts at all. 'Really, boys are such idiots…' Resting his head upon his hand, placing his elbow on the table for leverage, he closed his eyes and spoke, "It's a cup."
Sasuke turned his attention to RiRi, and his eyes narrowed into a glare. "You stay out of this, newcomer."
RiRi shifted his eyes over to the boy. "Oh? At least I have enough sense not to kick a man in his jewels," he retorted.
"What was that?"
"You have ears." Now quiet, RiRi turned his attention back towards Sakura. 'So these two are lovers, huh? In my opinion, they don't exactly…' His eyes shifted back over towards the raven-haired boy. '…match.'
It may have only been a second or two, but that was more than over the line. 'That bastard!' Sasuke grabbed RiRi by the collar and slammed him into the wall. "You just looked at my girl."
"It was just a glance," RiRi replied. 'What's with this guy?'
"No, it wasn't! You were ogling her like she was some sort of meat byproduct!" Sasuke slammed his fist into the wall, causing the classroom to shake and fall into silence.
"We should go," Kiba whispered to his group, as they filtered out into the hall. He followed alongside his companions, stuffing his hands into his pockets. 'Poor guy. I don't really like him, but it's his first day. One of those types, huh…? Too bad that he had to get caught up with that Sasuke… That guy's lethal when he's like this. Still, he's usually got a pretty good head on his shoulders, despite his tendency to be a jerk off. Wonder what got him all hot and bothered. And it's only the first day...'
A nervous Naruto tried to play the role of mediator between the two parties. "G-guys, don't fight… Come on, we've just got back to school—"
Sasuke whipped his head and glared at the oh-so-benevolent idiot. "Stay out of this, Blondie."
"But Sasuke—" Naruto held back a gasp as his and Sasuke's eyes met. Tuffs of red and black swirled around the young boy's eyes. "Sasuke, you aren't serious about this, are you?"
"I am, and if you don't want to be caught up in it, I suggest you take Sakura and stay back."
"But that's a little too much, don't you think?"
"He looked at Sakura."
"Actually, I was assessing her worth," RiRi mumbled to himself, looking off to the side. If these two idiots would just keep on fussing over such a slight issue as this, then there really was no reason for them to be able to hear such a tiny thing like one's thoughts spoken out loud to oneself.
"WHAT WAS THAT!?"
'Oh shit.' RiRi kept his gaze at the chalkboard, feigning ignorance. 'It's a nice chalkboard…' he noted.
"You… were assessing her? On what grounds did you even think that you have the authority to judge people like that?"
'Black, unlike those green ones at my old school…'
"Are you even listening!?" Sasuke's line of vision stayed affix at RiRi's face, waiting for some type of answer.
"I wonder how greatly the contrast will increase…"
But that wasn't the right one.
"YOU…!" He clenched his fist, tighter than before, and slammed it into the left side of RiRi's face.
The pain was unbearable.
Or at least, it would be, for "normal" people. RiRi slowly raised a hand to his face, and touched the corner of his mouth. 'Blood.' Not only that, but it felt as if his nose was broken. He took in a breath. Yeah. It was broken. Definitely. Eyes narrowing, he looked up and glared at Sasuke, who had an accomplished look on his face.
"You still feel like 'assessing' now, bastard?"
Raising his hand to his lips, RiRi sighed. "Not really. Just analyzing the situation now." He lapped up the blood and squatted, about to get up when he looked at Sakura again in an attempt to finish up his last train of thought.
No sooner did RiRi turn to gaze upon the young maiden did Sasuke deliver another blow, sending RiRi back down to the ground.
"Sasuke-kun!"
"Sasuke, that's enough—"
"YOU STAY OUT OF IT!" He stomped towards RiRi, who was struggling to get up.
'Damned upper body strength…' he thought to himself before being pulled up by his hair. "Tss…." He gasped out in pain.
"And you…" Sasuke shook RiRi's head, watching the poor boy suffer as he was being jerked back and forth. "LOOK at me when I'm talking to you, DAMMIT."
"I'd rather not look at a man who's into domestic violence…"
"WHAT!"
RiRi looked at Sasuke apathetically and then turned his attention to Sakura. "Rather, I feel sorry for your girlfriend. From the looks of her, she bruises easy—Huuhn!!"
Sasuke's fist collided with RiRi once more, this time, into the solar plexus. Once. Twice. Three times. His other hand held RiRi's head in place, making escape nearly impossible. "Why don't you fight back, huh?" Sasuke taunted. "Maybe you're the one that's into DV…!" Reaching his right arm back, and nearly scalping the young teen, he quickly sent force down into the floor, and RiRi's skull along with it.
A small pool of blood gathered where he began to cough, making space that would allow him to speak. "The term… is S&M…" Cough. RiRi looked over his shoulder and smirked. "I'll give you one guess as to which part I'm assigned, although you've already got it figured ou—mmff!" Sasuke slammed him into the floor once again.
"In that case, I'll make it so that you'll never wish for the pleasure of pain again…"
"Oh? And how would that be? AGHHH!"
Sasuke pulled RiRi's hair—hard—and stood over him. "In that case, I'll show you how." His eyes widened. "Man'gyooku Shari—"
All of a sudden, Sasuke was hoisted up into the air. "Tsk tsk. Sasuke, I'm surprised at you. Only the first day, and already you're in a fight?" Kakashi looked down at the ground at RiRi. "And with the new kid, too."
"Like I give a d—mmff."
Kakashi clamped his hand over the young boy's mouth. "Tut tut. We're in school. Keep it clean…" As Sasuke struggled for air, the silver haired man crouched down and looked RiRi over, who managed to find his knees. "He sure did a number on you, didn't he? …Naruto. Sakura. Carry RiRi to the infirmary."
"Hai!" Naruto bent down and squatted, back towards RiRi. "Here. I'll carry you."
RiRi's eyes narrowed. "I've more pride than that," he spoke, standing up, slightly wobbly. 'Tch.'
Naruto got up and sighed. "You really are stubborn."
"So I've been told."
"Well, let's go. The infirmary is this way." Naruto walked ahead, shrugging absentmindedly as he did so. RiRi followed along, pausing to look back over his shoulder at Sakura, who seemed to be taking her dear sweet time. It seemed as if she was trying to get an audience with Kakashi. Sasuke still hung over the man's shoulder, though he seemed to show no signs of hostility. At least, not from RiRi's point of view. It was like he was a different man altogether. 'Sasuke…huh?'
The boy closed his eyes and slumped against Kakashi's shoulder. He only opened them momentarily to look at Sakura with eyes of regret as he was carried off to the principal's office. Sakura followed behind, even as Kakashi increased his pace. He sighed. "Sakura. Infirmary. Now."
"B-but, sen'sei, can't I do something? There are many trained nurses there, so why can't I follow you—"
"Sakura," he said with a stern tone. "Have you forgotten the oath you took upon becoming a nursing assistant?"
"…" Sakura merely hung her head in shame.
"I'm sure Tsunade-sama would be disappointed in you."
"N-nn…" The girl was shaking uncontrollably as she pivoted. "I understand my duties."
"Good."
And with that, the two groups parted ways, the only similarity between the two groups being one lone thought:
'And it's only the first day…'
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819: FINALLY. The second chapter. What the hell took you so long!?
102: Well, I had a contest coming up, and then I kept getting loaded with homework and I had to make presents and and and…
819: Let's hope I don't have to pester you so much again.
102: I still have all of Blood Contract to finish, you know.
819: …I hate you.
102: I know.
