Chapter 8.
I would give the World for a pair of Wings.
That morning they were both late for their first period which was history so when they did come in, their teacher, Umino Iruka slapped them pleasantly on the head as he smiled ever so politely and was just a bit annoyed.
'You two are just in time for the test!'-he exclaimed.
At this Sasuke turned to him and gave him the What the Hell are you On About Glare while Naruto mumbled something about the lack of warnings from their teachers as both made their way to their seats.
If their teacher hadn't been that pissed off about their tardiness, he was now livid but as he was about to shout at them, Sasuke pointed to the door and stated simply 'Kakashi.'
There was a moment of silence as the class observed Iruka go rigid and turn his head in the most spastic way possible to face the only predator in the world whose main meal happened to be an Umino.
But of course, this had all been an ingenious ruse created by the Uchiha as a distraction so that while their teacher pissed himself, he and Naruto could make their brilliant and classy escape out the window.
For the rest of the day they trailed Kakashi and were forced to read a couple of pages from Icha Icha which really made Kakashi's day since both boys had gotten nosebleeds and had to be escorted to the nurses office.
'Oh my, Mr Uchiha, your hands have healed wonderfully!'-exclaimed Sai as Sasuke sat beside him in the lunch hall.
He made no visible sign of acknowledgement but under the table his rage came into full blast as Neji later noted Sai's limp.
For their last lessons Sasuke and Naruto got separated as the blond had Sport Science while Sasuke had to face Gai.
'Hey, Uchiha!'-came Neji's cold voice. Sasuke turned around and was pulled into the janitor's closet. Hyuga put his hand over his mouth and shoved something into his hands. Paper.
'I was wondering what you were up to last night. Left about ten messages on your mobile but then again, Sharingan never picks up, does he?'
Sasuke, like the good boy that he is, instead of nodding and letting Neji's tone slide, stuck out his tongue, causing the offending hand to be jerked away.
'Your point or face the wrath of the Blue Beast in the art classroom.'
'My point, Uchiha, is that yesterday, in Camden there was a huge fire caused by a bike collision of some idiots that decided to play Hall's Angels. But it wasn't really an accident was it, not when the leader himself show's up at my doorstep and delivers your cell phone which you dropped.'
'How sweet of him.'
'No Uchiha, you don't get it do you? They trashed my apartment.'
There was a pause. Sasuke for the first time noticed the fruity smell around his friend.
'So rearrange my face. Make me pay for it. Don't tell me that this is why you are pressing yourself against me right before Gai's Springtime of Crap rains down on me?'
'Where's your Avenger Sasuke? Where's Sharingan?'-delivered the boy before leaving his infamous leader alone in the dark of the storage room to read the front page of the Independent.
And as if that hadn't been enough, Gai had demanded to see Sasuke's work to which Sasuke had answered that his brother had burned it. This earned him pink hearts in his cheeks which made the whole Prince Sasuke Club swoon as the manliness of the situation hit the roof.
'The only thing worse than this,'-thought Sasuke,-'would be if my brother returned.'
At the end of the day he met up with Naruto who told him of the wonderful experience he had had with Iruka who had cornered him in Sport and given him the huge stack of papers which as it turned out, was all the material they had missed.
'We also have to sit the exam tomorrow in one of out free periods.'-whined the blond.
'Yeah well, it beats having hearts drawn on you with a permanent pen.'
Naruto shrugged and made his way to the parking zone.
'Mm, Sasuke?'-he said, suddenly stopping.-'What was your business in Camden?'
'I wanted to che-'-but he didn't get to finish his sentence as his voice was drowned out by the roaring of bike engines. He turned around and there they were, the Angles. Sasuke groaned and looked up to the sky.
'Dear God in Heaven, you must be having a really bad day. I don't think my day could get any more…exiting.'-he recited in his head. Then came the slap across his face. He had gotten sidetracked again.
Note to self: going off to la-la land while being surrounded by blood-thirsty bikers out for revenge isn't the greatest of ideas.
'We accept your declaration of war.'
The statement made Sasuke roll his eyes. He noticed Kakashi standing at the entrance of the building, the good old orange book in his hands. There was the Sports teacher Asuma by the bicycle shed, Gai on the second floor, observing everything, calmly disregarding their roles as teachers.
Or were they?
He laughed at his own private joke.
What this looked like to everyone else: Sasuke laughing at nothing in particular after a couple of minutes of silence. Naruto had to admit that although it looked completely stupid, only Sasuke could have pulled it off with the 'cool' to the insanity of his actions.
Both had noticed the lack of their leader, the guy speaking to them now being Kabuto.
As the crowd slowly began to disperse, Sasuke made his way over to Kakashi.
'So who is their leader?'
Kakashi turned over a page, a light blush gracing his pale skin.
'Haven't you figured it out yet?'-answered the man, eyes still on the book. Sasuke merely stared at him, not even bothering to answer.
'Have you read the paper? I believe your friend gave you a copy just this afternoon.'-he looked up from his reading and seemed to smile.-'Seven people killed in what appeared to be a bike rally over at the centre of Camden. That's a new one Sasuke, killing wasn't your style before, at least not quite in such numbers.'
'Shut up.'
Naruto was watching.
'And I bet you Neji didn't mention the little body art session he was forced into. Do you know he has a pair of lovely wings on his back?'
'Shut up.'-he couldn't let him find out what a piece of shit he really was.
'But you know Uchiha, Sai is the only member they left out. Since I don't think you two meeting them was just a coincidence. Or do you still have everything under control?'-persisted Kakashi. Naruto looked at Sasuke wide eyed, not quite understanding.
'Or are you still trying to live two lives? Do you still want to be innocent and pure Sasuke? Or maybe you just don't want to face the fact that you took the easy way to prove that you're all that. That you're better than your brother and that you're not a sweet little boy who is mistaken for a girl by everyone who meets him.'
He didn't want to listen. He had put on his earphones.
He had turned on his music.
He had turned the volume to the highest level.
But he still heard Kakashi's words.
'Or are you still trying to get into Heaven?'
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me
'Do you think Naruto is your way in?'
TBC
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