I am not gay

S2

I own an original story, this is not that story.

Then, Naruto got up and ran. Hinata quickly chased after him. "Cousin, cousin, why do you keep drawing the attention towards yourself?" Karin mumbled. The rest of the day was boring, with the occasional fangirl trying to start a conversation, but not much else.

Our high school has a tradition to hold a ball on the evening of the opening day. This year some intern by the name of Yugito came up with the theme, "Catnip's masked ball." it is the worst kept secret of the school that catnip is her on-line profile on the school's chat site. I was sorting out what I wanted to wear, when my laptop made a familiar sound, signaling that I had a message on MSN. Figuring it must have been my pen-pall, as I have blocked every fangirl on the school, and every message keyword that fangirls would use, I quickly walked over to see a very familiar name on the screen. Kurama9 and I have been pen-palls since we were about eight. I made my choice for this school based on him telling me he would attend, as it would give me a chance to meet my best friend in real life for once. After quickly unlocking my raven37 account, I saw the message I had been hoping for. "Ready for the ball?"

"Almost. I can't believe we are finally gonna meet." okay, that sounded way too much like one of my fangirls. I then continued to put on my tight black jeans, going commando. I reached for my shirt but another ding had me swirling around before I could grab it.

"Me neither, but the time has finally come. How about we play a game?" guess he doesn't mind it then. I thought, rolling my eyes at the childishness of that request. Then again, if it wasn't for his childishness, we would not have been friends.

"What is it with you and your games? Oh, well, I'll play along." against my better judgement, but that is usually the case when I'm dealing with you. I then once again reached for the white undershirt and this time got it on, and even managed to slip one arm in the black blouse before I heard another ding.

"Neither of us know's the other's real name, and we won't use it tonight. The first one after tonight who calls the other out by his pen name wins a dinner for two of his choice and the other's pay. And don't you roll your eyes at me." I guess we really have come to know each other far too well if he can tell I rolled my eyes from the other side of the screen.

Buttoning up the thing with one hand, I typed with the other. "I hope you dance as well as you know me. And I hope for your sake you know me as well as you think you do, cause this is gonna cost you a dinner." This game changed almost nothing. I just need a different jacket now, cause an uchiha fan on the back won't do. So I returned to my closet, and grabbed my straight black jacket, and decided to go for a hooded cape on top of it all, to mask my give-away hairdo. I then pinned this cape into place with a cupper brooch resembling a fox-head Kurama9 sent me for my 12th birthday. Then there was yet another ding.

"We'll see, but I'm ready. I'll be the one with the fox mask wearing the pendent you gave me when I turned twelve."

Needing no more time to think, I grabbed my raven mask, and answered, "As am I, I'll be the one with the raven mask and the brooch you sent me the same year." Then without shutting down the laptop, I made my way to the door. There I checked left and right to make sure none saw me leave the dorm like this.

In the elevator, I came across Sakura, who's pink hair immediately betrayed her identity, and her pink bunny mask only accentuated it. We rode elevator down together in complete silence, something I never knew she was capable of. My mask was perfectly in place when the elevator opened, and I strode out to into the starry night. It was only a short stroll to the main hall. Then I rounded the corner, I saw a guy with bright red hair in all directions approaching the entrance door from the other side. He was wearing a dark red jacket, over black skin tight jeans. The only thing I really noticed though was the silver pendant around his neck, shaped like a bird. For one moment, we both lost all semblance of grace, and sprinted towards each other for a hug long overdue.

When I realized what I was doing, I quickly let go, and spoke "Pleasure to finally meet you, Kurama." holding out my hand as I did so.

"The pleasure is all mine, Raven." he answered, shaking it. Only now I notice his deep red eyes. "but it's already past ten and I still haven't had a drop, so shall we?" he continued not waiting for a reply as he entered the building.

"Wait, you wanna get drunk first day at school?" I heard myself ask the fox, despite knowing the answer

"nope, just tipsy enough to have fun. And I can do that, cause I know you will get me home if I can't limit myself." Kurama stated matter-of-factly.

"I have know idea which dorm you live." I defended my right to have a drink. Yeah, Kurama is exactly the same person I met online.

"Building 5, floor six, rear-most room, I attached a label to my keys. And I said don't roll your eyes at me." he said as if talking about the weather, but his back was to me so he could not have seen in any way. He then whirled around, offering a hand. "Care for a dance before I get too drunk to move elegantly?" and very straight-forward.

"Don't you think it would be awkward to dance with a man?" I asked him, wondering why he would propose such a thing.

The then pulled me close and whispered, "every fan girl you have is in this room, and has long since recognized you. The hood may hide your haircut, but not the bangs falling over your face. This bluish black is hard to miss. Having this dance with me implies you're gay more then saying you are ever could. That should scare away the fangirls." and as if he had planned it like that, we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by a group of bunnies, led by a bubblegum pink and a platinum blond one.

I then spoke up slightly "I hope you can lead, cause I have not danced in years." while taking his hand, and letting myself be guided to the dance-floor.

And Kurama wouldn't be Kurama if had not parted with the fangirls with one of his humorous comments, or humorous, in his mind. "Better run, bunnies, there's a fox in da house and foxes hunt rabbits at night, and not to have fun with them."

A/N not sure this is what I had planned, but I like how this turned out. Now to avoid any confusion, the title refers to Sasuke and Naruto, not to Kurama. That fox made up his mind and is not gonna wait for his host to come around