The atmosphere changed drastically and Naruto was sure that the temperature in the room even dropped a few degrees

Right. Okay. Unbeta'd. You have been warned people! Couldn't sleep but decided to post anyway.

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Naruto is still modelling, just going to a normal school, kay? So there will be a photoshoot soon.

Sasuke and Naruto's relationship will blossom, but they need friendship first and there are at least two other major pairings in this fic so wait for it, kay? It is coming, I promise.

In here, Konohomaru is only a year younger than Naruto, Sasuke, Tamsin etc. I just needed it. You'll see why later.

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The atmosphere changed drastically and Naruto was sure that the temperature in the room even dropped a few degrees. Tamsin's head dropped immediately so that she was looking at her lap. Everyone in the room had frozen momentarily and they only unfroze when Itachi raised his eyebrows at the obvious display of affection and protection between them.

Naruto had been informed last night by Haku about the history between the elder Uchiha and Tamsin when Naruto had asked about Itachi. They had been in a long term committed relationship until Itachi cheated on her. He had slept with Sai, a boy whom Tamsin was fairly close with. Sai had called her and told her what had happened and she decided to give Itachi the chance to confess and apologise unprompted. He didn't. She waited three days and then confronted him. What ensued had been the only serious argument that had ever taken place in college. Tamsin had screamed at him to 'Stay the fuck out of her life.' And had then handed in her college resignation, and left for stage school where she had stayed for nine months. Before she left however she had left a trail of destruction in her wake. Haku had refused to go into details, just explained that her emotional break-down afterwards had led indirectly to the friendship of Gaara, Neji, Haku and Sasuke and directly to Neji and Gaara's relationship. Naruto had decided he would get the details at a later date but at the appearance of Itachi, his curiosity piqued.

"Hey Haku. Everyone." Zabuza's voice was rich. Haku nodded in acknowledgement but the others seemed not to have heard him. All eyes were on either Itachi who was looking straight at Tamsin or at the girl herself who's head was lowered in supposed submission.

"Tamsin." Itachi's voice was soft.

"Fuck off." She spat out, head flying up so she could meet his gaze. Their eyes met and for several seconds it seemed that everything stopped. But of course nothing could stop, would stop. Tamsin swallowed hard and got up, making her way towards the door. Itachi stood between her and it and when he didn't immediately move, she pushed him. Although she put her weight behind it, Itachi hardly moved, instead he grabbed her wrist, pulling her straight in front of him. She avoided his gaze and pulled at her wrist. Gaara looked as if her were about to get up but was stopped dead in his tracks by a cold glare from Itachi. Everyone was frozen now, except Tamsin. She continued to struggle, attempting to pull herself from his grasp.

"Get the fuck off me!" she yelled, breaking the silence.

"I just wanna know why, Tam. Why would you do that to me?" She looked momentarily stunned.

"It's nothing to do with you. I don't get what part of 'Stay the fuck away from me' you find misleading. Just piss off, Itachi." She pulled at her arm once more. "I don't want you anywhere near me. You're a lying cheating cheap bastard and –"she was cut off as Itachi forcefully threw her back towards the lockers she had previously been sat on. She hit them with a thud and her back arched, that had so obviously hurt. She slumped down and a small noise of pain left her throat.

"I'm cheap? I'm the liar? If half of what I heard and saw after we spilt is true, you've managed to sleep with most of the male population of this college. Cheap? Fuck off Tamsin. Once, okay, once. And it was –"

"Twice, Itachi. You think Sai skimped on details? Conceited twat."

"Okay. I fucked Sai twice. That doesn't give you permission to go and sleep with everyone that so much as looks like they might have a cock. What the fuck were you trying to do? Make me jealous? You're pathetic."

"I wasn't –"

"They all fucking talk you know. You're considered so easy within the student population. After you left, you were all anyone talked about. But that's what you fucking wanted, isn't it? To humiliate me. My parents are fully aware of what you did you know. They're fucking mortified."

"I don't give a shit what your parents think and neither do you. You're so fucking vain! I was not sleeping with people for your attention, okay? Or to make you jealous."

"No. You've just go no fucking self-control! What the hell were you doing? Do you know how much you fucking hurt me?!"

"You?! You're hurt? You shagged another man while you were seeing me! I didn't do anything wrong! You're allowed to sleep with however you want when you're single, you stupid bastard. A distinction you never bothered to make."

"You know what they discuss here? Mainly the fuckers you lay. 'Who was best do you think?' 'Why did she always move on?' Fucking whore. How could you do that to me?"

"It's not always about you Itachi." She said her voice low and quiet. She calmly pulled her wrist out of his grasp and moved past him. Itachi looked shocked for a second and he looked up into Sasuke's face. Sasuke looked appalled and hurt and having noted his younger brother's obvious disapproval, he span on his heel and followed Tamsin out. As soon as Itachi left the room, they sprang into action. Haku was first out of the room, closely followed by Neji and Sasuke and Gaara dragged Naruto after him, leaving Zabuza alone in the small locker room.

Out in the corridor, Haku was nearing hysterical as he couldn't see Tamsin or Itachi anywhere in the crowded hallway.

"Head for homeroom." Gaara said and immediately Haku, Neji and Sasuke were making their way down the corridor again, somewhere in between walking and running. Naruto felt confused, disorientated and overwhelmed. So he told Gaara so.

"I thought Itachi was gay?!" he said as he struggled to keep pace with the redhead.

"He is. Well, he tells everyone a different story. He was gay. And then Tamsin came along and then he wasn't. She was the first and as far as I know only girl ever to turn his head."

"Oh. And they broke up because of Sai?"

"Kind of. Itachi had lied to her before. It was more like she gave him his chance to be open and honest. And he didn't take it."

"And then she –"

"Slept with a lot of guys. Including me. And Neji."

"What?!"

"It was before I'd met him. In fact it was how I met him. Through Tamsin. Afterwards, he came out of her bedroom because she was crying and he didn't know what to do. Can we talk later, when we've found her?"

Naruto nodded his affirmation and he and Gaara began to run through the corridors after the others who were by now all out of sight.

Tamsin had half-ran to homeroom, ignoring the various greetings from students who knew her and pushing blindly through crowds. Now that she was stood at the beginning of the corridor though that led to the room, she stopped dead. What the hell had she been thinking? This was the last place she should have come. It was filled with people either directly or indirectly effected by their breakup.

"Tamsin!" She turned her head to see Itachi behind her and she started walking again, desperate to get away from him. She didn't want to hear what he had to say. She turned the corner that would lead directly to her homeroom. Fuck. Their personal tutor was not here yet and what looked like half her tutor group stood outside. At her arrival, most of their heads turned her way. They lined the corridor, either standing or sitting, conversing in groups or with their headphones secured within their ears.

"Tamsin!" Again, her name was called. She saw Shikamaru, a genuinely happy smile on his face as he greeted her. She approached him and hugged him hard, her arms around his neck and his wrapped around her back. She smiled into his neck as the rather lazy teen showed some enthusiasm for once.

"You won't be able to fuck him you know. I don't think Ino's that generous." Tamsin froze. The question she had been about to ask Shikamaru about how he was caught in her throat and Shikamaru appeared to be just as shocked at Itachi's bluntness. The pulled apart reluctantly, slowly.

"What?" Ino's tone was harsh, and demanding.

"Ino. It's not-" Shikamaru began his explanation, his usually bored sounding voice full of passion for the girl he was with. He was broken off by the pony-tailed blonde slapping him hard across the face and then storming off down the corridor. Shika and Tamsin watched her go before Shikamaru slumped against the wall and slid down to the floor. Tamsin dropped gracelessly to her knees beside him and rested a hand on his shoulder. Shikamaru had zoned out, eyes blank and cheek a stinging scarlet.

"See what you do to people?" Itachi's voice, cold and cutting.

"What I do to people? How dare you even suggest that that was my fault!" She stood once more, leaving her friend sat there.

"Oh. So the cause of Ino's rage and sorrow wasn't you and Shikamaru sleeping together?"

"No. I'm not. But you said that taking it out of context and clearly aiming to provoke that reaction you bastard."

"Don't make this about me. This is all about you. And that stunning body of yours." To her credit, Tamsin didn't flush and met his eyes squarely. "So come on, baby." This time Tamsin cringed at the pet name. Itachi's eyes flared at her reaction. So she was that disgusted by him, Itachi Uchiha?! How the fuck dare she. She had had the privileges that the rest of their 'peers' could only ever dream of and now she dare reject him so openly?

Sasuke, Naruto and the others tore round the corner this time, with Gaara following at a more subdued pace. Itachi's anger was transparent on his face and Naruto immediately felt intimidated. He could only imagine how Tamsin could feel when subject to a look containing such unveiled venom.

"So who was better Tamsin, hmmmm? Who was worth the chase? Who makes for the most impressive notch on your bedpost? We're all dying to know, even if they won't say it." The entire corridor was fixated on the couple now. Itachi towering over the petite girl who looked young suddenly. Young and vulnerable. And yet no-one stepped forward to her aid. They were transfixed on Itachi, the ice prince. It had been common knowledge that Tamsin had been the only one to be able to provoke such a strong emotional reaction within him, but to see an Uchiha this emotional was unheard of. Itachi flaunted his indifference, sneered at others, but never, never did he talk like this, act like this. It was stunning in a perverse way to see him verbally assaulting the girl in front of him.

"So. Making the assumption that everyone's up for round two, make your choice." The last three words were spat out, rage twisting Itachi's words. Tamsin stood there. Silently staring at the dark haired man with large disbelieving eyes.

"Shall I help you decide? Maybe in all the confusion, the faces and names have blurred." She remained silent, and this seemed to enrage Itachi further if possible.

"Where should we start, hmmm? Maybe with Shikamaru." The entire corridor was staring at Itachi now. He had gone beyond acceptable a long time ago. The girl in front of him was so obviously close to breaking down and he continued, his cruel words ploughing into her. Ino had come back along the corridor, tears cleared from her large blue eyes, so like Naruto's. She stood alongside Haku, frozen at the scene in front of her and the mention of her boyfriend's name.

"What did he do? Lay back and let you take control? Control the pace, the depth..." Fresh tears fell from Ino's eyes and Haku grabbed her hand. Shikamaru continued to stare at the floor and Tamsin remained impassive. "And then, Kiba next, was it? Did he use you? Allow you to just feel, just be, while he took you repeatedly, used you again and again?" Tamsin looked away and with the movement of her head, crystal drops fell from her eyes. "And then...Shino. Silent and impassive Shino. Allowing you to explore, experiment, find your limits, allowing you to choose. Followed by Lee. Stamina. Obviously. Making up for lack of technique, probably." Tamsin's head snapped up at this, searching for Lee in the crowd who was staring inquisitively back at her. She shook her head, eyes full of pain and humiliation. "And then, Konohamaru. A year your junior, although that's forgivable. Did you teach him the ways of a woman? Abuse the friendship you shared with him and make out like it was no big deal. His first, no doubt. And still you continued. And having run out of friends you moved onto your makeshift family. Gaara was first I believe. Passionate, fiery, letting you feel out of control. A little twinge of pain somewhere deep in amongst the pleasure. And then Neji. Who you cried for. But not because he was bad, oh no. Because he made you feel like a woman again. And why is that so terrible? Because despite how you felt, in all truth - you're a slut. Dirty and-" Itachi was finally stopped by the disbelieving spurt of laughter that left Tamsin's mouth before she stopped it pouring out.

"Okay. Credit where credit is due. You read people well. But while a few of those details are correct, on the whole, you're wrong. It sounds to me that, whilst holed up in your room, finally realising I wasn't going to stay and that neither was Sai, you have imagined these scenes and from the barest scraps of gossip have managed to create some kind of montage of me and everyone previously mentioned in the throes of passion. But, did you realise, I wonder that while you were brooding, your friends had joined in the fun. Because, Itachi, if we're going to create a list, it may as well be comprehensive. So, as you sat brooding in the way that only Uchiha's can, Pein taught me that pain is really all about pleasure, that art really is a bang, courtesy of Deidara and, thanks to Sasori, managed to confirm that red heads really do go faster, harder and longer. So there you are. A full list. And in answer to your question, Itachi, it wouldn't matter who it was, just so long as it wasn't you." He hit her, hard across the face and she fell back, caught by Shikamaru's arms at the last second so that she didn't crash to the floor. "But do you know the worst part, Itachi? I have to look in the mirror every morning and think 'I let Itachi Uchiha fuck me. What was I thinking?'

I'm really losing heart and enthusiasm with this fic. So review, please? And tell me what you like/want/hate. I'll try and comply. Always appreciated.

Til the next time.

Dora.