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Chapter 4 : The Princess' Jealously

The next few days, all the students were busy preparing for the upcoming Festival, each of their classes had chose their own theme to excite the Festival which only came once a year. The school subjects and studies now wasn't their main concentration, the student's minds and bodies were busy with the Festival preparation. Many of them planned to make food stands, cosplays, cafés, booths, musical performances, haunted houses, and much more.

A particular second year class, the one led by a young blonde teacher, had been busying themselves in their theater preparations. The actors were busy practicing their play, while the others were also busy on making the stage, the background settings, the costumes, etc.

"Uchiha, act more lady like, would you?" the blonde shouted, his hand held the script of the play, pointing it toward the scowling Uchiha.

They were in the middle of the practice, and this is the scene where the 'princess' gracefully dances while surrounded by (imaginary) birds and animals, much to Sasuke's ordeal.

The blonde glared back, "Listen, Uchiha. I know it's embarrassing for a guy to act like a woman, but as I said before, this play holds no gender discrimination, look at Kiba! Even though he almost died when he heard his position, he still faces it like a man!" he pointed Kiba, who was sulking in the class corner.

Shikamaru sighed, "He isn't happy, sensei, neither am I. How troublesome…" He said, lazily scratching the back of his head. The other actors, who were fortunate enough, snickered.

"At least he doesn't show it on stage!" the blonde defended himself. The Uchiha's glares deepened. "Well, sensei, if you're that great and mighty, would you show me how good your acting skill are?" the Uchiha snorted in annoyance.

To the raven's surprise, the blonde grinned widely. He then approached the Uchiha without saying anything again, and grabbed both of his wrists. The Uchiha was about to scold him, but when he noticed the deep sapphire gems were staring straight to his onyx ones, his body become numb. The blonde was staring at him with intense gazes, while he pressed both of Sasuke's wrists against his chest.

"…at last we meet, princess." The blonde said, his voice was deep and serious, it made the Uchiha's heart thump wildly. The others were watching in amazement. (This is my own version of Sleeping Beauty, hope you don't mind!)

"I have longed for this moment, I had dreamt of you hundreds of times in my sleep, do you know how much I have longed to meet you?" their faces were inches apart. Sasuke gulped, and he shook his head slightly.

"No." he said, unable to elicit another reaction.

Everyone in the classroom gasped surprised when the blonde brought the raven's wrists and kissed the back of it chastely. The onyx eyes grew wide from the blonde's sudden action, and his heart rate accelerated even fiercer when the blue eyes once again stabbed at his heart, his lips still touching the pale skin.

"You absolutely have no idea, do you? Then let me show you…" The blonde said, before his face leaned closer to the raven's, the boys who were watching stunned, while the girls tried to restrained their squeals. Sasuke began closing his eyes while the blonde kept moving forward.

But nothing happened.

Snickers.

Sasuke snapped his eyes open to see the blonde has pulled away from him, trying to restrain his laughter. The raven suddenly felt stupid when he realized that he was fooled by the blonde. Naruto covered his mouth with his palm, trying to prevent laughter from bursting out of his mouth, while the raven shot him countless daggers.

Neji, in the other hand, who had been watching the whole scene and checking every word in the scenario, was amazed by the blonde's skills. "Uzumaki-sensei, your acting skills are excellent, you didn't miss a single word. And your intonation, body language, eye contact… all of it is… perfect." The blonde grinned widely, while his students were struck with immense shock.

"Yeah, sensei… you're really good." Said Kiba, who had stopped his sulking.

"I almost thought that you were a professional actor!"

"Where did you learn it?"

"Why didn't you become an actor, instead of teacher?"

The blonde laughed sheepishly, "Heheh! Actually, I learnt to act in junior high, it's my hobby and my Theater teacher also told me that I have a huge talent in that sector. But I wanted to be a teacher, not an actor…"

Sasuke wasn't listening to the blonde or to the rest of the class, butterflies still roamed wildly inside his stomach, making him feel uncomfortable. He brought one of his hands that the blonde kissed, the images when the blonde's deep eyes stabbed his heart, his heart pounding violently again. He finally aware that a blush began creeping up his face.

"Uchiha?" the raven shot up to find the same pair of deep sapphire, were staring at him in worried manner.

The blonde was wondering why the Uchiha seemed to spacing out, when he went to ask, his words were detained by;

"Sorry, sensei, I have to go to the restroom." And then the raven rushed out of the classroom, leaving the confused blonde teacher.

However, the observing Hyuuga noticed that his friend was acting strange. Is that a blush I saw on Sasuke's face?

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The next day was complete bliss for the blonde. He was happy, his students seemed in good spirits, they worked in excellent team work while the actors and actresses were doing great. But something a little amiss… Naruto realized that Sasuke was trying to avoid him since this morning, but the blonde had no idea why, did he do anything wrong to the raven?, or he was mad because of yesterday's event?

He tried to ask the raven about it, but the Uchiha's response was just a simple, "No, nothing's wrong, sensei." And then he walked away after that, he still kept avoiding the blonde.

This was really confusing.

While Naruto was walking along the hallway, trying to figure it out, his eyes spotted a bundle of red hair sitting alone on a bench in front of the administration office. He recognized him as one of his students.

Er… What's his name? Garza… no. Garrotte (a kind of death sentence)? No, that's not it! Uh… ah… oh yeah, Gaara! He pounded his fist on his other palm in realization. Then the blonde wondered why the redhead was sitting alone? Oh yeah, he remembered he'd never seen the redhead in the class, working on the play with the other students.

He decided to greet the redhead, so he approached him. The said redhead noticed another presence approach him, and the person take a seat beside him. It was the blonde teacher, he grinned at the redhead. "Hello, Gaara. Why are you sitting here alone?" he asked friendly.

The redhead glanced at him briefly, "No reason." He replied simply, but it didn't make the blonde give in.

"Gaara, may I ask some questions? And do you mind if it's a bit private?" the redhead turned his face toward the blonde, and paused for a minute. The blonde was waiting nervously, but he relieved when the redhead nodded. "If it doesn't get too private…"

The blonde smiled assuringly, "Okay, why do you always seem to be alone? I noticed that you always sit alone in the far most seat and you seem to avoid any contact with other students… Is something wrong?" the blonde asked softly, and the redhead thought of it for a minute.

He shook his head slightly, "No, nothing is wrong. They just didn't want to get near me, because they think I'm a freak, and that's fine by me." He answered in a blank voice and with a blank expression.

The blonde stared at him in confusion, "A freak? Why? You didn't do anything wrong, and as far as I know, you never get into trouble and your grades are above average, you're a good student."

The redhead stared blankly at him, "That's how humans are, sensei, they see people from their appearance, not their true self. If they found things that doesn't fit their selfish regulations, they will mark you as a 'weirdo' or 'freak' and use those reasons and terms to avoid and isolate you from their zone." He said as he looked away again.

The blonde was dumbfounded. Yes, he knew that teenagers around this age could be so cruel sometimes, cases like Gaara were one of the minor ones that often occurred in regular schools. In fact, many cases were heavier and crueler; it even caused murders, rapes, even mass-suicides. It's a good thing the redhead couldn't care less of it.

"But, did you try to befriend them just once? Or even talk to them?" the teal eyes widened, and the blonde knew he had never done that. The redhead shook his head no.

Naruto smiled soothingly at him, "See? You never tried to befriend them, how would they know your true self? Maybe they just avoid you because you yourself did nothing but avoid them too." To his surprise, the redhead shot him a confused look, and an emotion so pure and innocent, that he looked like a lost child. Naruto then noticed a deep loneliness inside those blank eyes.

"But… I don't know how to communicate properly to people, I'm not familiar with friends or whatever close to it…" the redhead said, hints of doubt in his voice.

The blonde leaned his hand forward, and caressed Gaara's bloody red hair. The blonde's touches were soft and warm, it made the redhead feel comfortable. "Don't worry, I'll help you, I'm sure Kiba and the others would gladly accept you as their friend."

The redhead stared at the blonde blankly, and the blonde grinned at him, still stroking the red head's silky locks gently.

Unknown to them, a certain Uchiha had been watching the scene from his hiding place, he gritted his teeth while his fists clenched tightly in anger. He was searching for the blonde prince a while ago to apologize for his unreasonable behavior, but that was until he saw this. When he saw the blonde was being friendly to Gaara, the freak, and the school out cast, who's nobody compared to him. He felt strong hatred toward the redhead suddenly over come his heart, what was it the blonde saw in him, that he did not have, the great and famous Sasuke Uchiha?

When he realized what he was thinking, he cursed under his breath. Damn it!! What is wrong with me!?

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Once again, the blonde felt really happy. He had persuaded Gaara to meet up with Kiba and his friends, surprisingly for the redhead, the dog-boy happily accepted him to join with he and his friends. He told the redhead that he always wanted to try to talk and befriend him, but the redhead was always put on a scary face, so he didn't dare to.

"It's a lot more fun to hang out with different kinds of people, and I haven't met other guy as unique as ya!" Kiba chirped cheerfully, he shook hands with the redhead.

Shikamaru said it was too troublesome to make another friend, but it's more troublesome to reject a willing one, so he's fine with it. Chouji was a bit scared at first, but when Gaara gave him some of his treats from his lunch bag (his sister forced him to bring one to school), the fat-boy instantly became his close friend. Shino was silent as always, didn't say he accepted, but also didn't say he refused. And Lee was saying;

"Oh, the beautiful friendship of YOUTH!!" with big teary eyes, and imaginary waves lunging on top of a cliff behind him. Weird as always…

While he was walking along the hall, headed to the class, he saw an Uchiha he recognized coming out from the rest room. "Uchiha!" he called, the raven turned toward him briefly, but then ignored him and proceed to walk back to his class.

The blonde frowned, the Uchiha was still avoiding him?

"Oi, Uchiha!" He called again, but the same treatment greeted him.

He called and called all over again, but the younger Uchiha wouldn't budge. The blonde grew impatient at the raven's rude manner, so he tried to call him in a different way.

"Sasuke!" and this time, it worked. The raven stiffened and stopped, he slowly turned around with a shock expression on his face. Did the blonde just call him with his first name?

The blonde didn't waste this opportunity; he rushed to the raven's side. "Geez, Sasuke, why do you keep avoiding me? Did I do something wrong to you?" the blonde asked, but Sasuke wasn't listening. His brain was recording the blonde's voice when he called him, and rewinded it over again. Sasuke… Sasuke…

"Sasuke?" the blonde said to the dazed Uchiha.

The raven snapped back to reality, "What?"

The blonde raised his eyebrows. "You didn't hear what I asked?" the raven shook his head.

"No, I heard you, sensei. And you didn't do anything wrong to me, I was just… thinking about things." The blonde's brain started to process the statement in a completely different meaning.

"Do you have troubles at home again?" Naruto asked, he shot a worried expression to the raven. Sasuke's heart almost jumped again when he saw the blonde's expression.

"N-no… it wasn't about that, it's about other things." He replied as he tried to keep his stoic face. Naruto's face lit up when he finished his sentence, he grinned soothingly.

"Oh, that's good! But if you have any troubles, just tell me. Whatever it is, and I'll try to help you out! Even Gaara told me about his problems, so you don't have to be shy." The raven shot up when he heard that name, so… so it was just a friendly act as a teacher toward his student? Nothing more? Inner Sasuke danced in glee.

"So… the redhead was just telling his problems to you a while ago?" he asked, just to be certain.

The blonde shot him an odd look. "You saw us? Yeah, he was having troubles in social life, that's all. But I have solved some of his problems, now Kiba and the others should be able to do the rest." The raven smirked, and the blonde was confused by it. What's so funny?

Sasuke looked around, no one, except them are in the hallway. And his smirked widely. The blonde was caught in surprise when suddenly the raven leaned his face close to his.

"Sensei…" he whispered huskily, sending chills up the blonde's spine.

The raven grabbed the blonde's collar and pulled him down so his face at the same level as Sasuke's. "If I have some of those problems, whatever it is, will you help me solve them?" he said, their noses almost touching.

The blonde gulped, and he nodded. The raven's smirk gets wider. "And when I had them, will you let me go to your house again, and give me some… advice for that?"

A trail of sweat trickled down Naruto's temples, and then he nodded nervously. The raven let go of his collar suddenly, and made the blonde took a few step back. The Uchiha still had his trade-mark smirk adorning his handsome face, and somehow, it made the blonde's face grew hot. Wh-what? What was that!?

The raven chuckled when he saw the blonde's confused expression, "Sensei, I'm just joking, please don't worry about what I did earlier." Actually, he really mean it.

When he heard the statement, he sighed in relief. "Oh, you're just joking? You got me a second there, Uchiha." He said, laughing sheepishly. The raven twitched his eyebrows.

"Sensei, if you want to call my name, you have to choose one of them, my first name, or the second." although I want you to call me 'Sasuke' again… the raven though.

The blonde scratched the back of his head nervously, "Er… well, calling you by your first name was more comfortable for me, so if you don't mind… can I call you by your first name?"

I thought you would never ask. "Of course, sensei." He replied simply. The blonde grinned widely at him, "Okay then, from now on I'll call you Sasuke!" he stated cheerfully.

There it is, the raven's heart began to pound loudly again. Naruto called him by his first name, and his bright grin… the combination made him feel those butterflies roaming inside his stomach again. And he only felt this around the blonde teacher. Is it wrong to have these kinds of feelings toward his teacher, and most important of all, toward a man? The raven knew nothing about the answer, but one thing he knew; that these feelings he had felt so natural.

"Sasuke, let's go to the classroom together!" said the blonde cheerfully, tapping his hand on the raven's shoulder, then he stepped a few steps ahead.

The raven just stood there, his hands caressing the spot where the blonde had tapped him. Every time the blonde touched he felt the blonde's warmth, like the warm of the sun brushing him.

"Sasuke?" the raven snapped to reality, to see the blonde was waiting for him to follow him.

"Coming, sensei!"

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Next Day

"No, I am not going to come out!!" shouted a deep voice coming from a tall box used for changing clothes with a white curtain shut tight.

The blonde teacher sighed deeply, "Sasuke, could you stop being so stubborn, and show yourself already? The others have put on their costumes, and they didn't mind it!"

Today, the costume squad had finished the actors costumes, they were incredibly skilled, and the costumes they made were really good and realistic, it made the blonde happy. Unfortunately, the Uchiha who's supposed to wear the princess' dress, refused to come out and show himself in the dress. Well, it must be hard for the proud Uchiha male, to wear such ridiculous woman clothing.

The blonde was confused, "Please, Sasuke… this is really important, please come out… for me?" the blonde pleaded, not noticing the effect of his words to the Uchiha.

Sasuke stiffened a bit inside the box, his stomach grew uncomfortable again. "…well, if you say so…" he murmured, but it couldn't be heard by the blonde. Hesitantly, the Uchiha grabbed the side of the curtain from inside.

The blonde's lips switched from frown to full-blown smile when the curtain slowly moving to side. All other students stopped their activities, and were watching the scene.

When the curtain was fully opened, all the eyes in the class widened. Chouji dropped his big bag of potato chips with his mouth wide opened, Shikamaru's eyes went as wide as a saucer instead of his usual sleepy eyes, Kiba unconsciously dropped Akamaru from his head which earned an angry bark from his loyal dog, Sakura's expression was like her hair has been turned blue, Neji had this shocked expression plastered on his face, and Gaara dropped his jaw slightly.

A beautiful form stepped out of the changing box, a very graceful red wine dress framed the slim figure, a wide-necked collar stretched to the both of the upper shoulders, and black lace covered the pale arms perfectly in long sleeves. The silky material covered the flat chest, while the waist line was perfectly curved without any unnecessary rumples hugging the slim waist, and the slightly puffed skirt with the same color of red wine fell gracefully on the lower part, with another layer of black lace skirt topped the red wine skirt, only shorter, knee-length and parted to half in the middle.

The blonde was completely stunned and dumbfounded by the sight of it, as was everyone else. Sasuke felt really uncomfortable by their intense gazes, it was as if they were looking at him through the dress he wore. He didn't realize how sophisticated and sexy he is in that dress, and the fact that he was wearing a shoulder-length black wig made him look less manly.

"Um, sensei? Could you stop looking at me like that?" the raven said, though he felt a bit happy that the blonde was practically drooling over him.

The blonde and the others snapped back to reality after the raven had spoke. "S-Sasuke!? Is that really you!?" the blonde said in strong disbelief, but the Uchiha nodded. The other students, who already overcome their shock, began chattering in surprise.

"Oh my fucking God!! You look like a real woman!!" Kiba shouted loudly, he was yet to completely believe his own eyes.

"Sasuke-kun!! You're even prettier than a real girl! I'm soo envious!" said Sakura, as she approached Sasuke with the other girls.

But the blonde, who had a picture of what would happen if he let the girls came over, stepped in front of the raven. "Alright, alright!! We don't have much time here, so do your own jobs!" the girls were protesting, but the blonde kept his gesture toward them, so they gave up in disappointment.

Once all of them had returned to their own activity, the blonde turned his body around with a fox-like grin plastered on his face. "You'd better thank me for saving your ass, there, Sasuke!"

The raven glared at him, "Then thank you very much, sensei." He said in annoyance. The blonde laughed slightly.

"Heheh! Don't mention it! By the way…" the blonde's sapphire eyes scanned on Sasuke's features from head to toe, "…you look absolutely stunning, Sasuke!" he said in cheerily. But that statement made the raven's face grow red.

"But, I think we must add a little make-up and some accessories to perfect your presentation…" the blonde suddenly went out of the class after he told the Uchiha to wait for him a moment at a certain curtained spot, and asked Kiba and the gang to protect him from rabid fangirls.

After a while, the blonde showed up with a blonde girl following him from behind, it was Ino, and she has a purple bag in her hand. When Ino went inside, she and Sakura glanced at each other in the eye a second before they broke it and returned to their own business. (1)

The blonde approached the sitting Uchiha with a wide grin, "Sasuke, I brought Ino to be your make-up artist, she's the most capable one I knew." The blonde girl also approached the Uchiha.

"Oh my God!! You're right, Naruto!! He's soo pretty, I can hardly believe that you're actually a guy wearing a dress! This is going to be fun…" the blonde girl snickered evilly, which made the boys nearby the scene shudder slightly.

"Well, I'm gonna leave the two of you alone, have fun!" the blonde said, before he took off to watch the others. The raven suddenly felt panic, "W-wait, sensei—" but the blonde girl cut him off.

"Well, Sasuke, let us start now…" and the raven gulped.

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Thirty minutes later…

"Ino, are you done yet?" the blonde called while his hand shoved the curtain to side.

"Yup, here, tha-dah!!" the blonde girl smiled proudly, stretching her hand to her precious creation. When the blonde brought his gaze toward the raven, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped slightly.

Sasuke had a beautiful pearl bonnet (like the ones a bride wears on her head! XD) adorning his graceful head, his face as covered by thin powder since his skin was already pale, his cheeks were apple red, and his thin lips were shiny pink. On his neck, a (fake) ruby necklace slung around his neck proudly, while two lengthy ruby earring graced his ears. God could make strange jokes sometimes, making a male that had a beautiful appearance as a female possessed.

"Wow, Sasuke… you're just… I mean, you look… well, so beautiful…" the blonde stuttered, his face grew red and his hand scratched the back of his head nervously.

The raven haired Uchiha blushed, it's a good thing that he wore the ridiculous pink blush right now, so he didn't look like he was blushing. "Thank you…" he said softly.

Interesting, Ino thought. Seeing how the two in front of her were blushing while stealing glances at each other, it made her suspicious. She smiled mischievously to herself, and decided to leave them alone. "Well, Naruto, my job is finished. I better go now to take care my own classes activity!" she said as she waltzed out of the curtained spot with her make-up kit.

The two who were left behind, kept silence because no one knew what to talk about.

She's so beautiful… the blonde thought. Wait, it's Sasuke I'm seeing right now! He's a guy, a GUY!! I have to stop thinking about stupid things… … but he's still so beautiful…

Naruto is staring at me… the raven haired Uchiha thought. Did he like my new appearance? But this is just a fake thing… I am not a real woman, and he's probably seeing me as a woman right now…

As the two of them were busy with their deep thoughts, another person came in. "Sensei? Could you help us with the background setting? The carpenter squad has some troubles with the designs…" the Hyuuga said as he shoved the curtain, revealing himself in a graceful prince costume, with a father beret on his head.

The blonde snapped to reality, "O-oh, okay! I'll be right there!" and the blonde rushed out, passing the Hyuuga boy. Neji glanced at the graceful Uchiha with his eyebrows raised high.

"Wow, Sasuke, you look a lot like a real woman." He said. The raven glared fiercely at him.

"All of them said the same thing, Neji. Geez, thank you so much." He replied sarcastically, the brunette crossed his arms against his chest. Strange… the Uchiha didn't seem mind a little while ago when the blonde was still there, and now when there are just them, the Uchiha start to scowl again.

"Sasuke… do you like someone?" the brunette suddenly asked, blandly and frankly.

The said Uchiha almost would have fell down to the floor if he hadn't kept his hand on the desk firmly. "What?"

The brunette found this reaction quite amusing, and continued; "You've been acting strangely recently. Suddenly you've become very calm and… shockingly friendly, you usually glare at anyone who, whether directly or indirectly, annoyed you, which was actually pretty much everybody. But you didn't show any for a couple of days know, and you seem to spacing out a lot too during classes. I can't think of any other reason than that you're currently have a crush on someone, or even, falling in love." The brunette stated matter-of-factly.

The Uchiha was dumbfounded. "How did you know?"

So, it was true after all? "We've been friends for too long, Sasuke. So, who is this person that you like? Someone I know?" the brunette asked in deep curiosity.

The raven suddenly became silent, making the brunette confused. Does he have to tell the brunette about this? But… "No, Neji. I'm not having a crush on someone, much less falling in love. I was just thinking about a lot of things…" the raven bended his head, dark bangs covering his face.

When Neji was about to talk again, another voice coming from outside disturbed him; "Neji, could you take a look at this for a moment? It's important." The brunette was hesitant, but the Uchiha didn't look like he wanted to tell Neji any further, so he gave in and went outside.

After Neji left, Sasuke was left thinking about Neji's words. Me… Sasuke Uchiha, is falling in love? What a ridiculous statement, I have never…

Suddenly, the blonde's face came to his mind. His unruly golden locks, bright fox-like grin, his gentle touches, cheerful voice, childish antics, his warmth, everything…

And Sasuke chuckled bitterly.

Maybe I really have fallen in love with that Uzumaki… the Uchiha thought. But, Neji… I don't think that this is a legal love…

And I don't think… that Naruto would love me back…

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To be continued, darlings!!

(1) In this story, they have never met before. But I give you a slight hint of upcoming plot.

Aww, sad ending? Sasuke has finally admitted his feelings to Naruto, but how would Naruto reacted to his own feelings? Poor Sasuke, but don't worry, as I had said before, DENIAL IS FUTILE!!!

Please review! Give me tons o' them, and I'll give you some delightful surprise on later chaps. BTW, next chap, the Festival begins!!

Ja, mata ne!!a