Hey everyone, a huge thank you to everyone that reviewed the last chapter. I'm so glad you're all enjoying the story.
Sorry for the break, I've bee a little busy reading a few new books.
Just a small note: A huge thank you to cutiepie0812 I couldn't thank you or reply to your question so I'm putting the answer on here instead. Firstly, Thank you so much for taking the time to review all the chapters, and Naruto's interview in the prologue hasn't happened yet.
Ground Rules
While most of the boys fled to safety, a few brave students gathered outside the room in the hopes to see Sasuke and Naruto fight some were even taking bets. "Fifty bucks says Sasuke kicks that losers ass." One of the onlookers wagered.
To the crowd's disappointment, neither boy started hitting one another. Instead, the rivals were engaged in a silent battle. Neither teen was prepared to break eye contact and admit defeat.
During Naruto's sprint, the enraged blond had rehearsed hundreds of insults and comebacks to hurl at Sasuke. But the second the orange-clad stepped into the room, his voice seemed to fail him completely. "What's wrong with me?" He asked himself. Ignoring the raven completely, Naruto swept the room frantically searching for the slightest sign that Kiba had once lived there. "It's like they've already wiped out his existence," he thought as another wave of anger engulfed the teen.
Just like always Sasuke couldn't seem to resist gloating even if it was a small victory. "What's the matter usuratonkachi, cat got your tongue?" A couple of onlookers sniggered at Sasuke's taunt.
Naruto's jaw clenched with fury at Sasuke's comment. "That fucking bastard!" Clenching his fists was the thing Naruto could do to stop himself from punching the smug Uchiha in the face.
On top of being a jerk, everything about the Sasuke screamed perfection from his impeccable grades to his flawless appearance. While the blond wore bright orange hoodies and scruffy blond hair Naruto never saw the Uchiha without his short-sleeved white shirt that didn't have the slightest crease and simple black trousers. From the very first moment they'd met Naruto instantly disliked the stuck up raven.
"He doesn't belong in here!" Naruto seethed. Without saying a word, the blond grabbed his gym bag and stormed passed the crowd.
Absorbed in his thoughts, the nineteen-year-old tuned out of his surroundings. For once Naruto didn't hear the other students whispering or notice their stares watching his every move. Even as Naruto walked away from the emptiness still haunted him. "I don't care how rich his family is, Sasuke's not Kiba and he never will be!" More images of Kiba bombarded him the teen increased his pace. By the time Naruto reached the top of the stairs Shikamaru was just dragging his exhausted body up the last few steps.
The first thing to greet the lazy teen when he got to the top was Naruto storming towards him with a sports bag over his shoulder. Naruto's immediately pace set off alarm bells. "Oh please don't tell me he's done something stupid." Shikamaru's fear quickly turned to relief when he looked down the hallway and saw Sasuke standing outside the door apparently unscathed. "Well, at least he left Sasuke alive." He sighed this moment of relief didn't last long as his friend walked past him again. "Where are you going now?" Shikamaru asked grabbing his friend's shoulder.
Naruto roughly pushed his hand away didn't pause to answer his concerned friend's question. "None of your damn business so don't bother chasing after me this time." He spat.
Now that he knew Naruto hadn't done anything stupid the cool-headed teen tried to calm the situation. "Oh come on don't make out you're that pissed about the arrangement." As soon as each word left his mouth Shikamaru regretted saying it. His guilt only multiplied tenfold when Naruto abruptly stopped walking and spun around and gave him a hurt look.
At his own mistake. "Look I didn't mean it like that…." Before the teenager even got the chance to apologise Naruto was already running down the stairs and out of earshot. Too exhausted to chase after Naruto a second time Shikamaru slowly slid to the floor. "What a drag I really fucked that up." he sighed to himself.
A few minutes later Choji joined him on the floor. "So did it go ok?" He asked offering his best friend the crisp packet.
The teen rolled his eyes at the question. "Sasuke's still alive and breathing so that's something I guess,"he replied taking a chip. Before he even took a bit out of the snack Shikamaru already started assessing the situation. "If this keeps up people are going to start asking questions, Choji's not blind either he's bound to pick up on something sooner or later," He thought. Sure enough when Choji finished swallowed his mouthful of food his friend started asking questions.
"Shikamaru, I don't really understand why you didn't want Naruto to know in the first place, I know he can be a dunce sometimes, but it's not like he wasn't going to notice Sasuke leaving with him." Choji friend pointed out. "Anyway what's the worse that could happen, Naruto's not going to get himself expelled, he cares too much about his dream to throw that all away over Sasuke," he added munching on another crisp.
While Shikamaru was close to Naruto and Kiba, the teen considered Choji to be his closest friend. Although he trusted Choji with his life, Shikamaru didn't want to drag his gentle friend into the drama. "Trust me Choji, it's a lot more complicated than you think." Just then the sound of his friend's munching stopped. Concerned Shikamaru turned to his best friend.
It was rare for Choji to stop eating. "Kiba was always better at calming Naruto down, I wish he was here now," Choji said sadly.
It was moments like this that, Shikamaru really missed Kiba. Usually, he could come up with a strategy to solve a problem in minutes, yet despite his talent for leadership, he never seemed to know how to deal with Naruto. "Yeah me too," Shikamaru said solemnly.
Miles away from the university, Kohana police station was bustling with activity. The building was equipped to handle anyone from shoplifters to cold-hearted murderers. there were days when the silent corridors would suddenly become noisy without warning. with the constant sound of phones ringing, suspects screaming as they were dragged from the interview rooms.
Amongst the commotion, both Orochimaru and Kabuto tuned out all the noise and breezed through the corridors without batting an eyelid. "That was a refreshing lunch, Sasuke may not be as gifted as his brother, but I must say the boy is sharp," Orochimaru said sipping his coffee cup.
After endured over an hour of listening to Orochimaru droning on about Sasuke's deductive skills, Kabuto was barely listening to his partner anymore. "Yes, it was an interesting meal, to say the least," Kabuto mumbled under his breath as he followed his partner back to their joint office.
However, as much as Orochimaru wanted to devote all his time to hunting down criminals he still needed to keep up with his never-ending paperwork.
Before the pale man tackled this mundane task he needed to make a phone call. "After everything I've seen so far, I'm fascinated to see what Sasuke will do first," he thought to dial the number. With so many contacts at his disposal, it wasn't going to be too difficult for the seasoned detective to keep an eye on the inexperienced teenager. In a matter of seconds, Orochimaru checked the raven's progress and once again the teenager didn't disappoint. "Oh really thank you, my friend, no that's ok I won't need to contact you again." With his curiosity, satisfied Orochimaru finally sat at his desk. "It seems like our young Sasuke-Kun doesn't hang around he's already moved into our suspects room." He revealed turning on his computer.
Kabuto stopped writing and turned his attention to his partner. They'd barely left Sasuke an hour ago and already the teen's actions were concerning him. "Don't you think he's being a little reckless, Naruto might suspect something?" He warned.
He'd appeared alongside his partner during countless press conferences and TV interviews gave the general public the illusion that his colleagues and superiors alike supported Orochimaru throughout the investigation, but behind the pictures and the handshakes it was a different story. Many of Kabuto's colleges didn't approve of his mentor's unorthodox tactics. The only thing more famous than Orochimaru's long tongue was his patience. Once those golden eyes locked on to his next prey, the man would lay in wait until his unsuspecting prey made the slightest mistake and then strike. This fearless reputation earned himself the nickname 'The Snake.'
In a short amount of time, Kabuto quickly came to respect the detective for tenacity and his frightening ability to get inside a suspect's head. In all the years they'd worked together Kabuto didn't question his partner's tactics even when his actions went against the rules.
could see the tale-tell signs beginning to surface. "Once Lord-Orochimaru becomes fixated there's no stopping him, but things are different this time, not only do we have next to no resources and as if that wasn't bad enough Kiba's family are unaware their son has been murdered,"
Before the former medic confided in his mentor, Kabuto wisely shut their office door. "That should be enough to stop any eavesdroppers," If just one person overheard their conversation it could end both their carriers hopped.
As soon as the door creaked shut the sound of frantic typing came to an abrupt stop. "Something on your mind Kabuto?" Orochimaru asked not looking away from his computer.
Any other time Kabuto wouldn't dare question his superiors decisions, but this time, the ex-medic didn't hesitate to share his concerns with his mentor. "Orochimaru-Sama, before I can commit to this case I need to know why you're so sure that Naruto Uzumaki is our murderer?" He asked.
Orochimaru slowly pushed his chair from behind his desk. "What is this, do you still doubt me even after everything I've shown you?" He accused leaning back in his chair.
Before answering any question Kabuto himself before giving an answer especially when it came to his short-tempered partner. "I don't doubt that Kiba was murdered, and I'll admit that the last voice mail does raise a few questions, but how can you be so sure Naruto Uzumaki is the one?" Even after carefully choosing every word the ash-haired man still prepared himself for his partner's wrath.
But to Kabuto's surprise and immense relief his mentor's expression softened slightly. "Don't look so tense Kabuto, I guess I can't really blame you for doubting me. That old fool banned you from accompanying me that day so how could you possibly know what I know." He put in.
"Then tell me, what is it you saw in the boy?" Kabuto asked.
"Here, this should put an end to your doubts." Orochimaru said, pulled out a tape recorder and pushed play.
On the night Orochimaru was first tasked to oversee the seemingly obvious suicide on a different night his superiors might have given the task to someone else, but at the time they were short staffed and had no choice. Less than a minute after stepping onto the scene, the victim's mother demanded to speak with him.
Just as his colleagues had warned him, Tusme Inuzuka was a fighting woman. "Can't you incompetent idiots see my son's been murdered." The woman demanded. "He'd never kill himself with Akamaru in the house!" She yelled.
There was a time when the parent's emotional outburst might have affected him but not now.
Despite all the evidence proving otherwise, Orochimaru reluctantly agreed to take the victims the mobile phone to check the last messages. The first time the pale detective heard the drunken voicemail his nature demanded to know what the slurred message meant. It wasn't until the pathologist reported his findings that Orochimaru finally decided to look into the death.
At that moment, Orochimaru had nothing to go on except for the strange voicemail. But the one thing the experienced homicide detective knew for certain, the victim knew his killer. The best place to start looking was at Kohana University.
While he was required to interview all of Kiba's associates, there was just one person that interested the homicide detective.
Even before he'd even laid eyes on Naruto Uzumaki, Hiruzen Saratobi banned Kabuto from attending the informal interview. Instead of teenager's guardian, Kakashi Hatake was sat beside Naruto instead.
The silver-haired man waved at him warmly. "I'm afraid Naruto's guardian couldn't make it this morning, so I'm going to sit in instead," Kakashi explained.
The ex-special ops presence angered the pale man, but Orochimaru kept his cool. "Of course that's ok," He said looking at Naruto for the first time. "Hello Naruto, I'm just going to ask you a few questions, but this isn't a formal interview, so you're welcome to leave at any time." Orochimaru began.
"You understand right Naruto, if it gets too much, we can stop and we'll do this another time," Kakashi reassured.
Naruto looked at his sensei and gave a small nod. "Yeah I get it Sensei," he said quietly.
Without any more interruptions, Orochimaru pulled out his tape recorder and placed it on the table.
Alarm flashed in the teenager's eyes when he saw the small device. "Why do you need to record this?" He asked quickly.
Naruto's sudden nervousness excited the man. "It's just so I can record what we've said, that way I won't need to talk to you again," Orochimaru explained pushing play.
Learning to read body language was an indispensable tool that all detectives needed to master. After conducting countless integrations over his career, Orochimaru could detect even the smallest hint of deception. As soon as the pale detective laid eyes on Naruto, something felt off about the teenager. The eyes were always a good way to judge someone's honesty.
Even with all the restrictions put in place, this wasn't going to stop Orochimaru from getting the truth. "Many of your classmates tell me that you were quite close to Kiba," he said making a point to empathise the past tense. "So, I was wondering if you could tell me a little about him."
The teen looked lost as he tried to answer the question. "Yeah, I've known him since I was twelve." He started. "We've been in the same class together all through school and here."
Although this wasn't news to him, Orochimaru still managed to fake his surprise. "My that's a long time, sounds like he was a very good friend to you over the years." When the detective glanced in Kakashi's direction again, he noticed the instructors face soften. With Kakashi's guard down, the snake seized the moment. "This is my chance," he thought. "When was the last time you saw Kiba?"
Kakashi's visible eye looked in his direction. "I thought you said this wasn't a formal interview. Why would you need to know Kiba's last movements?" Clearly, the instructor was giving him a stern warning.
Without his partner there to assist him Orochimaru felt weakened. "If I screw this up they'll never let me talk to the boy again, I'll have to tread carefully from now on." As much as he wanted to throw the interfering instructor out of the room. "I'm just trying to establish what happened the night leading up to Kiba death, it's required for my final report." He answered coldly then looked back at Naruto.
Like most of the interview, the Azure-eyed teen avoided all eye contact and started at his coffee cup. "Yeah I was with him that night, we decided to go to the bar in town." He answered quietly.
Orochimaru already detected the small signs. Every person he'd spoken to so far had described the pair as inseparable, but this teen wasn't or shed a single tear. The lack of emotion alone gave him enough cause to suspect the blond, but a more important detail caught the sharp-eyed attention. Naruto hadn't once said Kiba's name. "What's the matter too guilty to say your victim's name?" They'd only questioned the boy for roughly three minutes but already Orochimaru was dying to interrogate the boy for real. "Did you both have a nice time?" He asked.
"I guess so we left at around ten o'clock." He explained
The homicide investigator found himself slipping back into an integrator mode. "Why did you leave so early?" He never took his eyes off the anxious blond as he struggled to answer the simple question.
Naruto seemed to hesitate before he answered. "I….didn't stay that long because I could feel a migraine coming on that's why we left early." He said.
For the first time in years, all of Orochimaru's training started screaming at the homicide detective to walk away now and go through the proper channels. But these warnings were drowned out by his thirst for the truth urge to quench this need. "It wasn't very nice of your friend to just abandon you walk home on your own while you were sick," he pointed out.
Naruto didn't hesitate to jump to his friend's defence. "It wasn't like that!" he yelled. "Kiba had a few drinks before we left, I don't know maybe he just didn't notice. He didn't live that far from here so perhaps he just decided to walk to his house instead and that was the last time I saw him." He answered slowly.
This small outburst was the first genuine emotion he'd seen since they'd started talking. Learning from his past mistake, the detective listened to his instincts. "Yes that does make sense," He said. The next question was on his list. "Did Kiba try to call you during the night?" He asked already knowing for a fact he had.
For the second time, Naruto didn't seem to want to answer the question. "I don't know I lost my phone," he said sadly.
Orochimaru struggled to resist the urge to laugh at the pitiful lie. "How convenient," he thought. "That's unfortunate, but at least you got to say goodbye," He finished.
Those last words seemed to finally push the emotional teen over the edge. "What good is all this, he's dead, why can't you all just leave it alone? I've had enough of this load of shit!" He stated standing up and all but ran out the room.
Even when the teen stormed out the room his eyes followed the riled teen all but ran out of the room. "You got away this time, but the next time we meet you won't escape." He vowed. Before Orochimaru turned to face Kakashi he could already feel the man's stare boring into his back. Just as he thought the instructor's features gave nothing away. "Always the picture of calm." He noted licking his lips.
"Did you get the answers you needed, or will you need to speak to Naruto again?" Kakashi asked stiffly.
It wasn't too hard to imagine a less experienced man being intimidated by Kakashi's obvious cold attitude towards him didn't faze the man at all. "No, I think I got everything I needed." He smiled tidying up his small pile of papers, "I'm not done just yet, I still have one last student to interview." The patient adult had saved the best till last.
Stared out the window watching the people below walk by living their ordinary lives. "I'm telling you Naruto Uzumaki is our murder," he said.
Although Kabuto hadn't been there, he could hear the deception in Naruto's voice. He had to agree that the boy's behaviour did sound suspicious. "Alright, I can understand now why you're so convinced about our suspect. But I still can't why are you entrusting your most important case to a nineteen-year-old boy. Sasuke's barely out of school," the former medic pointed out.
"You just leave Sasuke to me," his partner responded.
Whenever his partner set his sights on his prey he never let go. "It's been a long time since I've seen Orochimaru-Sama this fixated, whatever he saw in Naruto is bothering him. Until that day comes, the least I can do is help him," he reasoned. "What do you want me to do?" He asked.
Even with Kabuto by his side detective still needed to tread carefully, if anyone got wind of their investigation they'd put a stop to it before it got off the ground. "It seems there was an assault at the bar where our victim was drinking last night," he said handing him the report. "While you're following that up, I want you to talk to the staff and see if they saw anything that night, once you're done with that I want you to check the CCTV from the bar that night and follow our victim's journey home." He ordered.
Kabuto gave his partner a small nod, even so, the homicide detective wasn't looking forward to trawling through hours of CCTV footage. "I'll do it, but It would help if I had an extra pair of eyes." He hinted.
Orochimaru turned and gave his young partner an amused look. "You know full well we can't exactly rope in anyone at the moment as much as I'd love to stay behind and help you I can't." He explained.
"Where are you going?" Kabuto asked.
"I'm just going pay a visit to the archives there's something I want to check. I'll probably be down there most of the day." Before Kabuto could argue, Orochimaru closed the office door.
After meeting Naruto, couldn't shake the idea he recognised the blond. "I've seen that boy somewhere before."
Knowing his teacher's were already worried about him, Naruto decided that storming into the headmaster's office wasn't an option. Instead. the teen decided to burn off his anger on the running track. The teen didn't stop running laps even when his legs and chest began to burn.
On his way back to the campus his stomach started to growl. "Maybe I should have eaten that ramen pot after all," he thought. Exhausted from the workout Naruto dragged his heavy body to a nearby bench.
While he caught his breath back Sakura came to join him on the bench. The pair said nothing for a little while. When the last of his anger subsided Naruto finally spoke. "I'm gonna guess that Shikamaru sent you?" Naruto said at last.
Sakura turned sharply. "Nobody sent me," she snapped. "Everyone's really worried about you?" She said firmly. "Haven't you got your new phone yet?"
The sheepish teen scratched the back of his head. "My bad Sakura-Chan, I only just got my new phone and I haven't added all numbers to it yet," he explained taking out the new device.
Sakura rolled her eyes and snatched the phone out of Naruto's hand and began typing in numbers with lightning speed.
While the medic punched in the numbers Naruto felt more comfortable talking to Sakura about his problem. "It's like he was never there," Naruto said glumly.
Sakura paused and looked up from the phone. "Do you mean Kiba?" She asked carefully.
Caught off guard Naruto couldn't suppress his flinch this time. "I know it sounds strange, but it's like everyone's trying to get rid of him." He admitted.
A glint of understanding crossed her features. "That does explain why you're so upset about Sasuke moving in, but that's not his fault or Saratobi-Sama's. They couldn't exactly leave the room empty for the rest of the year and after what happened not many students would want to live in that room." She pointed out.
At first, Naruto wanted to shoot back her claim, but as Sakura's words slowly sunk in the orange-clad slowly accepted his friend's reasoning made sense. "I guess you're right, but it just really pisses me off that Sasuke thinks he can just do as he pleases without a second thought for anyone else." He seethed slamming his fist on the bench.
Used to Naruto's temper Sakura remained calm until it was safe to continue. "Are you sure that's the only thing that's bothering you?" She asked carefully. "While I was looking for you, I bumped into Choji this afternoon and he told me that you haven't spoken to Shikamaru for weeks." Her green eyes filled with concern.
He'd been friends with the lazy teen just as long as Kiba they'd barely gone a day without speaking to each other even when they had an argument, they'd always end up apologising by the next day. Naruto knew better than to lie to Sakura. "It's just been hard after everything that's happened that's all, Shikamaru was the one that found him that day I just didn't know what to say." He admitted.
For a moment, it looked as though Sakura didn't have an answer until at last, she responded. "Try not to worry too much about Shikamaru, he hasn't mentioned anything to me about it. I know he talks to a psychiatrist regularly" She reassured handing back the phone. "Here, all our numbers are in there now, so no more excuses." She waved her finger at him.
"Is there anything else I can do?" She asked.
Naruto gave a soft laugh to her offer. "Not unless you can make Sasuke invisible," he joked.
A bead of sweat rolled down Sakura's head. "Be serious for once!" She yelled. "How on earth do you expect me to pull that off, I'm training to become a doctor, not a magician!" The girl went to punch her friend in the shoulder but stopped midway. In the space of a second Sakura's expression softened and tucked a lock of her pink hair behind her ear. "Naruto, could you do me a small favour?" She asked sweetly.
Whenever the girl spoke like this it always unnerved Naruto and with good reason. Out of all Sasuke's fangirls, Sakura was by far the most determined. Her obsession with Sasuke was only rivalled by Ino. For most of the year, Sakura had tried, without success, to find out personal details about the raven. "That depends on, what do you want me to do?" He said cautiously.
Sakura played with her fingers as she prepared herself to ask the question. "Well, now that you share a room with Sasuke I was wondering if you could…"
Before Sakura even got the chance to get her point across Naruto jumped in. "Oh no don't even think about it, I'm not doing it Sakura-chan." Before the guilt could set in Naruto started walking away from Sakura.
Far from looking hurt turning Sakura down only seemed to make medic in training even more determined. "Please Naruto, I have to know these things, what food does he like, what cologne does he use, does he sleep with a teddy bear and what shampoo does he use?" The girl demanded keeping up with Naruto's increasing pace.
Naruto broke out into a full sprint in an attempt to escape from the girl. "You can forget it Sakura-chan, It's bad enough I have to share a room with that jerk, don't ask me to spy on him too!" The very idea of watching Sasuke day and night. "Next you'll be asking me to get a lock of his hair…." As soon Naruto saw the star-struck look on Sakura's face he immediately regretted turning around. "No, don't even think about it." He didn't even wait to hear the rest Sakura's argument before running away from his friend.
Despite Naruto's resistance Sakura refused to admit defeat. "Naruto! I demand that you put your godfather's peeping skills to good use!" She ordered chasing after him.
"Oi don't put me in the same league as that perverted hermit!" he yelled back increasing his speed towards the dormitories, Weather it was because of exhaustion or Sakura's manic state but suddenly staying in a room with Sasuke didn't sound so bad. "If this keeps up I'm going to have to move into the gym," The blond thought to himself.
Away from all the drama, Sasuke just about finished making himself at home. It hadn't taken the raven long to unpack his belongings. Among his possessions was a small selection of clothes, books and a personal laptop was hung up in the wardrobe. All his clothes and school books were neatly put away.
For now, Sasuke welcomed the solitude and it gave the raven an opportunity to hide his second mobile, "Even Naruto's not stupid enough to not notice the second phone." He thought to himself. After experimenting with a few possible locations the raven knelt down beside his bed and cut a small hole in the side of his mattress. once he placed the phone inside he pulled the bed sheet over. "Perfect I can find it easy enough and have quick access in case Orochimaru calls me, plus the chances that anyone will accidently stumble across it are pretty low." He calculated.
With the extra device now safely tucked away, Sasuke sat at the small desk and pondered over his next move. Now that the euphoria had worn off, the weight of his task was starting to sink in. Other than being told to spy on the blond, Sasuke wasn't completely sure what he needed to do next. "I can keep an eye on him during class without too much trouble, but if I start following him around the campus too much I'll more than likely be spotted." He reasoned.
Shikamaru's strange comment to in the hallway caught his attention, Naruto struck him as odd. All manner of theories began forming he started shifting through some of them. "Ether Naruto wasn't getting on with Kiba before his death or Shikamaru knows something." He concluded. But the raven still wasn't quite convinced about Naruto's guilt yet.
As soon as he heard the ring tone, Sasuke almost ran to his bed. But the raven stopped when he realised it was just his brother messaging him. "Hi Oto, I hope you're settling in alright. Make sure you eat right looking forward to seeing you this weekend." Sasuke snorted at the message and put the phone down.
Just then Sasuke heard the sound of a key turning in the lock. "So he's finally decided to show himself." He thought. Naruto stepped into the room returned the smell of sweat Sasuke suspected his classmate had gone for a run. Another silent standoff between the pair, but thankfully it lasted only a few seconds. This time, Naruto spoke first. "We'll divide the room, I won't invade your space if you don't invade mine," The blond reasoned.
As childish as Naruto's proposal sounded, Sasuke had to admit that the simple arrangement made sense. "That suits me just fine, however, I have a few of my own rules." He stated calmly.
"Ok fine what are they?" Naruto grumbled leaning against the door.
"Firstly, keep your things on your side of the room, if I find any of your belongings in my personal space, I'll throw them out," he warned. "Secondly, I don't want you eating those repulsive instant noodles in the room and thirdly don't bring any of your girlfriends to stay during the night not that you even have one." He mocked.
Instead of arguing about his rules, like the raven expected, Naruto just shrugged. "Fine, I'll keep the room clean for you." The blond silently walked to his closet pulled out a long sleeved pyjama set. "I'm going for a shower." He announced grabbing a towel and locking the bathroom door behind him.
A few seconds later the raven could hear the shower running. "Well, that was easier than I thought," Sasuke noted. With the boundaries set in place, the raven turned his attention back to a more challenging matter. "Now where do I begin?" He thought.
The small bathroom suite came equipped with a toilet, shower and a sink.
No matter how hard a day he'd had the shower always seemed to wash his troubles away. As he soaked under the warm spray Naruto went over his new roommate's rules. "I'll do my best to keep the room clean, but if that neat freak thinks I'm going to stop eating ramen he's got another thing coming." He resolved. Naruto paused for a moment at the time it hadn't registered but now teen couldn't help but chuckle a little when he thought about it. "Well at least I can't break the third rule," he thought with a sad smile.
Naruto paused for a moment and laughed at the time it didn't register but now the blond couldn't help but chuckle a little when he thought about it. "Well at least I can't break the third rule," he thought with a sad smile.
Ok, that's it for this chapter.
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