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Warning: Yaoi sasunaru-ness begins...kinda.
Insomniac: Hawk eye
The pale eyed prodigy, Hyuuga Neji walked solemnly towards the dorm building. He never thought he'd be back at this school again; it was all his uncles' fault. The young prodigy had been living with his father's twin brother for almost 10 years now, the man constantly tried to control his life and this was no different, he had sent the long haired brunette to Konoha boarding school to learn a valuable lesson, just like last year. Neji's scowled, that wasn't the reason at all and he knew it, it was so his uncle didn't have to provide for him, didn't have to put up with his rebellious attitude.
But Neji didn't care what the man thought of him, it wasn't that he didn't like the school, being here the year before gave him the knowledge of the grounds and the people in the school, he had friends here. The thing that bothered him was his uncle's inference in his destiny, Neji was destined for greatness the moment he was born, his fate was written before his birth, just like his fathers and his father before him.
"Fuck Uchiha what the hell was that for!" Neji smirked as he heard the dog-lovers voice.
"Because you're an idiot" the Uchiha snarled,
Neji scoffed, "Uchiha"
"Fuck man, who shoved that stick of yours deeper up your arse?!" Kiba hollered
An unfamiliar laughter filled the stairwell after the Inuzuka's voice; the laugh was soft but loud and obnoxious like the dog-lovers.
"Ow! Bastard don't hit me!"
"Don't be such a moron then" Sasuke was obviously smirking.
Neji was curious to whom this new voice belonged to, he slightly quickened his pace, his bags hit against his thighs. When Neji reached the fourth floor he stared at the five boys that stood in the hallway, the still lazy Shikamaru sat on the floor his back leaning against the wall, the bug enthusiast Shino stood solemnly next to him, Kiba was in fits of laughter in front of Sasuke and another, a blonde tanned boy, the boy looked to be rubbing a newly formed bump on his head. Someone Neji didn't know someone new to the brunette's eyes.
"Stop laughing at me dog-breath! He hit you too" the blonde pouted.
"y-yeah – but fuck dude, I didn't scream like that" the brunette chocked out through his laughter, which now started to hurt his sides.
"Shut up!" the blonde was turning red, "I did not scream!"
"Hn" Sasuke's coal black eyes darted towards the approaching Neji, Sasuke closed his eyes. Kiba followed Sasuke's line of vision
"Neji!!" the dog-lover yelled.
"Still as loud as ever, I see"
"You know it" Kiba grinned
"Shino, Shikamaru" Neji nodded in greeting to the two brunette's he then turned to Sasuke, "Uchiha"
"Hn" Sasuke started towards the stairs.
"Is he a cold bastard to everyone?" Naruto who was now seated crossed legged on the floor questioned, thought aloud.
"Pretty much" Neji smirked down at the blonde, "I'm Hyuuga Neji, and you are?"
"Uzumaki Naruto" Naruto grinned, "I'm the bastards new room mate"
"Yeah Naruto here is the new record holder for staying with Blade"
"Oh do you have a name too, wait let me guess" Naruto's eyes gleamed with excitement, he loved meeting new people, he finally had friends so now the only thing left to do was make more friends, "your…sandman?" Naruto cocked an eyebrow
Neji chuckled, "no that's Gaara, I'm Hawk eye"
"Speaking of Gaara, where is his sadistic arse?"
"I spoke to him this morning, he says he's putting off coming in for as long as he can, Temari's getting really pissed at him though so he should be here before the weekend"
"Sweet the gangs gunna be here"
Naruto's grin widened, maybe this year wasn't going to be so bad.
Ride it, ride it, let me feel you…
Sasuke glared down at his phone, 'fucking Kakashi changed my ring tone', Sasuke flipped open his cell and brought it to his ear.
"Sabaku"
"Uchiha"
"What do you want Gaara?" Sasuke voice deepened so the question sounded more like a threat.
"Bail me out" was Gaara's only reply before the redhead hung up.
Sasuke sighed, he'd have to get Gaara out of whatever mess he'd put himself in quickly, the longer he made the Sabaku wait the more trouble it caused him. Sighing once more Sasuke headed towards his car.
Naruto and Kiba raced towards the café, Shino, Shika and Neji walking quietly behind the two overly excited teens. The boys' classes had been cancelled due to a hung-over Anko, setting off a smoke bomb in their science class setting off the sprinklers and fire alarm.
"Ramen!!" Naruto exclaimed finding that his favourite food was available at the café today; 'Tsunade' Naruto thought with admiration, the blonde busty woman had obviously done this for him.
After Naruto had gotten 3 bowls of ramen he joined the others who either settled for a burger or a pack of crisps for lunch, Kiba had already finished his meal and was now lighting up a fag.
"Dog-breath its fine if your going to ruin your lungs but don't ruin mine" Naruto whined.
"Don't be such a mother Naruto"
"Fuck you"
Naruto sat in between Neji and Shino; he looked back and fourth between the two silent boys. Naruto pouted he never liked silence and he wanted to get to know these boys.
"Naruto?" Neji spoke up, causing Naruto to jump at the sound of his voice, "why are you here?"
"Huh?" Naruto asked dumbly.
"Why are you in this school?" Neji chuckled
"Oh er…" Naruto rubbed the back of his head, "I set my school alight…accidentally"
"Accidentally?"
"Yeah I mean I played pranks on the teachers, cause they treated me like dirt but I wouldn't want to hurt them really, but first chance they got they shoved me out the door" Naruto smiled but his eyes, his deceitful blue eyes portrayed his sorrow.
"Hey anyone seen Uchiha?" Kiba broke the uncomfortable silence before it started, breathing out a lug of smoke, "dude's being less sociable today then he normally"
"He's a bastard 24/7 365" Naruto slurped up his ramen, Kiba gave Naruto a confused look.
"What's up whiskers?"
"Nothing" not turned away from the questioning gaze of the dog-lover.
"If you say so" Kiba dismissed the questions but something bugged him about Naruto, and he didn't like it.
"He was always disappearing last year too" Neji re-informed
Sasuke sighed as he got back into his car, the redhead following and seating himself into the passenger's side.
"Thanks" Gaara stated looking in front of him his arms crossed over his chest.
"No problem"
Sasuke started up the engine, before buckling his seatbelt.
"You don't want to know what I did." Gaara asked indifferently
"Shoot" Sasuke really didn't care if it involved Gaara and the police it was bound to be bad.
"A mechanic wreaked my sister's car when he found out her last name was Sabaku, so I took matters into my own hands…" Gaara trailed off, Sasuke gave the boy a nod to show he was listening as he pulled out of the stations car park, "I asked him politely to fix the problem and when he declined, I doused him in engine oil then threatened to set him alight…the son of a bitch rang the cops on me" Gaara's face remained completely impassive as he retold the events that lead to his arrest like it was a story told to children.
Sasuke sighed as he pulled out onto the motorway; Gaara had been like this since he'd met him almost 3 years ago. The fiery redhead always defended his brother and sister whenever they were wronged because of their name. In actual fact their name held little significant, it was because they were related to the impassive redhead that they were hated.
Gaara was the last child of the Sabaku family, his mother died in child birth and his father died shortly after from grief, leaving the three siblings in their uncle's hands. Unfortunately he was their only known living relative, and he had an alcohol problem which caused him to constantly lash out at Temari, the eldest of the siblings. One night their uncle took it too far and threw the young girl down the stairs, Gaara had an unbelievable sense of duty to his family and lashed out at his uncle causing the man to fall down the stairs at an awkward angle and break his neck, no charges were pressed because Gaara was only 9 at the time and it was seen by officials as defence for another.
The Sabaku iblings haven't been on the best of terms since that day, Gaara became silent and distant from both Temari and Kankuro, but slowly their relationship has been growing, it wasn't perfect, they had their arguments and their fights, but at least they were on talking grounds now.
Sasuke respected Gaara in a way; both impassive teens had a silent understanding. Gaara would get into trouble, Sasuke would bail him out and Gaara would stay by the stoic male's side.
Naruto and Kiba sat directly in front of a small screened TV in the dog-lovers room; both the blonde and the brunette's faces were too close to the screen, their noses almost touched the cold glass.
"We can't see guys" Neji stated behind the two boys, he was seated beside a half asleep uninterested Shikamaru and Shino sat beside him.
"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses" the TV sounded, both Kiba and Naruto looked at each other and then hesitantly turned their heads towards the silent Shino, as if their movements were scripted both boys fell backwards in fits of laughter
After the movie had finished the boys had conversed for a bit before Naruto had decided it was time to retire to bed.
Around 12:30 Sasuke and Gaara had gotten back to the school, Gaara had headed off towards the reception to get his key off of Tsunade who was probably sleeping in her office, the busty woman had a habit of drinking on the job then crashing out on her desk for the night. Sasuke headed back to his dorm, when he found that Naruto was soundly asleep the stoic teen sat upon the window ledge, lighting a fag.
An hour passed and Sasuke continued to watch over the blonde, as night turned into early morning. He watched as Naruto's back rose and fell with each breathe the small blonde took, an unfamiliar sensation seeped into the Uchiha's stomach, swirling and constricting as if he was going to vomit, but it wasn't a horrible sensation it was…warm and light.
Sasuke got off of the window ledge and walked over to the blonde's bedside, kneeling so he could look at the blonde's face in more detail. The moonlight from the window illuminated the blonde's tanned skin, stroking every inch of his skin in a pale light, the light somewhat highlighted the blonde's gorgeous complexion. Sasuke raised his pale hand unconsciously and traced the scars on the blonde's cheeks that were more like whisker marks. The warmth from Sasuke's fingertips ran through his body like a virus, Naruto's natural warmth was addicting.
To be continued…
A/n Yay both Gaara and Neji have entered the story...but Gaara wont be introduced to Naruto for another two chapters.
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