Hello! As promised, I posted the 10th chapter in exchange for 10 reviews! ^^ WARNING! This chapter contains major drama! So much drama that children under the age of 16 should be supervised! This chapter also contains potty mouthing and violence! (I can already imagine you guys saying 'yaaaay violence!' XD) Well that's about it! ENJOY!
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Chapter 10
How Many Semes Does an Uke Need
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Diiiiiiiiiiing! Doooooooooooong!
"We made it just as first period is being dismissed," Sasuke said, looking at the blonde next to him with a smile. Naruto nodded and returned the raven's smile with one of his rare bright smiles. Naruto felt Sasuke let go of his hand. Already Naruto missed the warmth of Sasuke's hand, and had to resist the urge to pout. "So what class do you have next?"
"Calculous, and you?" Naruto said, his voice already going back to its soft tone. Sasuke gave Naruto a bright smile.
"I got calculous too!" Sasuke said. Naruto smiled, his cheeks turning slightly pink as he felt his stomach fluttered. Students began to come out of there classes and began to noisily go to their second period class. Sasuke and Naruto walked their way through the crowd towards room 42.
"So is Kurenai-sensei okay?" Naruto asked curiously. Sasuke shrugged, pulling Naruto out of the way as a couple of jocks ran down the hall.
"She's a new teacher, came only last year. Ebisu-sensei was the old calculous teacher, but now he's part of the district," Sasuke said. Naruto nodded in understandment, tearing his gaze away from Sasuke's pale features and looked ahead.
"Naruto! Sasuke!"
Sasuke and Naruto stopped in their tracks, their eyebrows raised as a worried looking Neji walked towards them.
"Neji! It's nice to see you..." Naruto said, blinking a few times.
"Do you know how long I've been looking for you guys!? I started to wonder if something had happened when Iruka-sensei took role and you guys weren't there!" Neji said, his lavendar eyes contained annoyence and concern. "What have you guys been doing!?"
Sasuke smirked mischievously. The raven then put an arm around Naruto's shoulder.
"We were just doing...stuff..." Sasuke said, infasizing the word 'stuff '. Naruto turned deep red as Neji stared at both of them with wide eyes filled with shock. Sasuke chuckled before lightly punching Neji on the shoulder. "I'm just messing with you! Me and Naruto just ditched and hanged out over by the tree."
"I kinda figured that, but why!?" Neji said, his eyes narrowed in annoyence, not amused by Sasuke's small joke and neither was Naruto, who was still red.
"Naruto wasn't feeling ok..." Sasuke said lamely. Neji looked at Naruto worriedly.
"You weren't feeling well?" Neji said gently. Naruto looked away from embarrassment as he shook his head.
"Are you okay Sasuke?" a concerned voice filled the raven's sences. Sasuke felt a soft hand pull his ow"No...but I feel better now," Naruto said softly, looking at Neji shyly from under his golden bangs. Neji smiled warmly and fondly at the blonde. Neji gently laid his hand on top of Naruto's golden hair, his smile still intact.
"You better take care of yourself Naruto... If you're not feeling well, please let me know," Neji said warmly, making the blonde blush pink and nod. Sasuke, who had been watching silently, grabbed Naruto's hand and began pulling him away from Neji. The raven put on a fake smile and waved back at Neji.
"We better go! The bell is going to ring soon!" Sasuke said.
"Right, see you in PE!" Neji called out to them as he walked off to his own class. Sasuke's fake smile disappeared as soon as Neji was out of sight. He glanced sideways at the blonde, who was still letting himself be guided to class with a blank look on. He didn't know what happened back there, but when he saw the warmth in Neji's eyes, he wanted to pull Naruto away from Neji. And then when Neji put his hand on Naruto's head, it was even worse! Sasuke scowled as he remember he wanted to beat the brounete to a pulp, for touching his blonde.
'I can't believe I was jealous...' Sasuke thought angrily, his obsidean eyes narrowed.
"Sasuke watch out!"
"Wha?" Sasuke said as he blinked back to his sences, but it was too late. Sasuke ran into the door. Sasuke growled in annoyence as he held his nose in pain. His nose had just healed from Naruto banging on it with his fist! And now it's in pain again because he ran into a stupid door! Sasuke muttered curses under his breath, and glared at anyone that was staring at him. Of course, they would quickly look away and pretend they did not just see one of the great Yonnin run into a door.
n hand away from his nose. Sasuke blushed lightly as a pair of clear blue eyes examined his nose for severe injuries. "It doesn't seem to be broken..."
"I'm o-okay Naruto..." Sasuke mumbled, avoiding Naruto's gaze. He had just embarrassed himself in front of the one person he deeply cared about. He didn't really care about what the school population thought about it, just the blonde that was fussing over his nose.
"Are you sure?" Naruto said, his pools of blue held concern. Sasuke nodded, and gave a reasuring squeaze to the soft hand he still held.
"I'm sure..." Sasuke said warmly. Naruto smiled and was about to say something when he was shoved away from Sasuke.
Hey! Watch it!
The raven's eyes were wide from shock for a moment, before they narrowed and glared at the. who shoved his blonde.
"Sasuke-kun! I'm so glad to see you! I missed you all summer!" an annoying little voice filled his sences.
"Beat it Sakura..." Sasuke growled as a pink haired girl tried to hug him, but was pushed away by Sasuke.
"Ne Sasuke-kun! I was wondering if you wanted to come over to my house this weekend! I'm having a back to school party at my house," Sakura said, ignoring Sasuke's comment completely. As Sakura continued rambling about her party, Sasuke crouched down by the blonde that was sitting on the ground, rubbing his head in pain.
"You okay Naruto?" Sasuke asked, his eyes filled with concern for the blonde's well being. Naruto nodded.
You sure kit?
"Un(yeah)..." Naruto mumbled as he was helped up to his feet by Sasuke. Sasuke smiled softly and ruffled the blonde's hair.
"Sasuke-kuuuun! Are you listening!?" Sakura's annoying voice said. Sasuke glanced back at Sakura with bored onyx eyes.
"Not really..." Sasuke said.
"I was saying that my parents won't be there that night! You should totally come!" Sakura said happily. Sasuke narrowed his gaze at the pink haired girl.
"...I'll think about it... Come one Naruto, I don't wanna be late," Sasuke said as he once again grabbed the blonde's hand and guided him away. Naruto didn't say anything. He just followed Sasuke, realizing how soft and warm the raven's hand is. Naruto found it comforting, but when he glanced back and saw the girl known as Sakura giving him dirty looks, all comfort was gone.
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Sasuke and Naruto were sitting right next to each other in room 42, waiting for the bell to ring. They weren't talking much, usually just catching eath others gaze and smiling at each other, but that's about it. But when a shadow came over Naruto, and a lazy "Yo" was spoken, things began to get interesting.
Naruto looked up to see his new friend Shikamaru sitting right in front of the blonde.
"Shikamaru?" Naruto mumbled, blinking several times. The lazy boy gave Naruto an annoyed look as he dropped his backpack on the ground beside him.
"Do you know how annoying Kiba got when you didn't show up for English?" Shikamaru said, frowning slightly at the memory. Naruto shook his head as he sweatdropped. "It was so troublesom, even Shino got annoyed and punched the guy."
Heh, bug boy punched dog boy. Wish I could have seen it.
"Sh-Shino punched Kiba?" Naruto stammered. Shikmaru nodded.
"Yeah... I would ask where you've been, but I'm sure it'll just be troublesome," Shikamaru said as he slowly turned to face the front. Naruto sweatdropped as he felt a small nudge. The blonde turned to see Sasuke giving him a look. Naruto shrugged.
"So what was the pink haired girl talking about?" Naruto said softly and gently. Sasuke was disappointed that Naruto had brought up Sakura. The raven shrugged and rested his head on his right palm.
"About a party this weekend..." Sasuke mumbled.
"Are you going?"
"Probably not...."
"Why?"
"For two reasons.... One...you probably need a date to attend, and two...I just don't like Sakura..."
"A-ah..." Naruto mumbled as he stared at Sasuke.
"Yeah, you need a date to go to the party..." Naruto heard his lazy friend comment. Naruto turned his attention to Shikamaru.
"Are you going Shikamaru?" Naruto asked. Shikamaru sighed.
"Yeah..." Shikamaru drawled.
"That means you have a date....right?" Naruto said, his eyebrows raised in surprise. Shikamaru smirked.
"Yeah..." Shikamaru said. Naruto was about to ask who was Shikamaru's date when something caught his eye. Naruto turned his head, his clear blues eyes wide from shock. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He watched as a red haired boy sat two seats away from him, his green eye flickered to lock gaze with baby blue.
Oh no...
"....Gaa...ra...." Naruto said under his breath as he stared into expressionless green eyes that stared back. The red head blinked once before he slowly looked away from the blonde. Naruto felt like someone had stabbed him in the back. Clear blue eyes clouded with hurt as he heard someone call his name.
"Naruto? Are you okay?" Sasuke asked worriedly. Sasuke was listening to Naruto's and Shikamaru's conversation, when the blonde suddenly froze and watched a red head sit down. Sasuke had growled softly when he realized that the red head was Subaku no Gaara. When Naruto turned to look at Sasuke, the blonde's expression was blank.
"Yeah...why?" Naruto said.
"Hn..." Sasuke said, as his gaze flickered back to Gaara. He never liked Gaara, and the red head didn't like him. Ever since they first met, they've been sworn enemies. They've only fought once, and it had been a draw because Sarutobi, the last prinicpal of the school, had came in time to stop them before they could finish. But Sasuke always knew it wouldn't have been the last time he would fight the red head. He knew that they would fight again...probably over something... And maybe that time will come soon... and maybe...that something is actually someone...
"Sasuke-kun! What a surprise! We have calculous together!"
Sasuke groaned inwardly as Sakura appeared in front of him.
"Yeah..." Sasuke muttered. Sakura smiled brightly before she turned to look at Naruto, who was staring at her with blank clear blue eyes.
"Um, hi. Can you please sit in another seat?" Sakura said politely. Naruto's eyes narrowed as well as Sasuke's and Shikamaru's.
"Why would I do that?" Naruto said. The room had gone quiet as Sakura smiled sweetly at the blonde, a nerve pulsed in her temple.
"Maybe because if you don't, you'll regret it," Sakura said softly so only Naruto could hear, but her voice wasn't soft enough.
"What's that suppose to mean?" both Shikamaru and Sasuke said at the same time. Naruto was now glaring at Sakura.
"Is she actually threatning me?" Naruto growled.
I think she is. What are you going to do about it, kit?
"Nothing at the moment..." Naruto replied.
"Sasuke-kun! I wanna sit next to you!" Sakura whined annoyingly. Sasuke glared at the pink haired girl. She had actually threatened Naruto openly!
"Sorry Sakura, but when you snooze you lose," Sasuke growled.
"So quit whining and go sit somewhere, you're being to troublesome..." Shikamaru said, his brown eyes narrowed. Sakura glared at Shikamaru, but then turned her fierce gaze to Naruto.
"Move..." Sakura whispered dangerously. Naruto returned her gaze with one of his own glares.
"No..." Naruto said in the same tone. Sakura glared at Naruto and let out a small growl. Naruto noticed that her hand twitched, as if she was gonna swing a blow at him.
"If you punch him...you're gonna regret it..." two voices spoke at the same time and Naruto recognized both of them. One of them was of course Sasuke, but the other...belonged to the person he'd been staring at. Naruto along with everyone else in the class, turned to see Gaara glaring at Sakura.
'Gaara?' Naruto thought in shock.
I'm not liking this....
Gaara slowly rose from his seat and continued to glare at Sakura. Sasuke glared at Gaara. He didn't like the way Gaara was defending Naruto. I mean yeah, Naruto should be defended, but he wanted to defend him!! Not Gaara! Sakura sweatdropped as she glared at Gaara. She knew she had no chance against Gaara, not in a life time. Suddenly the bell rang andSakura clenched her fist. She threw a nasty look at the blonde before she walked over to an empty seat on the other side of the room. Gaara sat back down in his seat, throwing a glare at Sakura before he glanced at Naruto. The blonde blinked a few times and held his breath. Gaara stood up for him...and it made his heart pound against his chest when he thought about it. Sasuke on the other hand was glearing death glares at Gaara, jealous that the red head was getting attention from the blonde!! Shikamaru smirked in amusement. He probably was the only one who was realizing what was going on .
"Sorry I'm late class!!" a female voice suddenly filled the silent room. Naruto, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Gara looked towards the front to see a woman with dark curly hair and red eyes smiling at them all. "Wow, this must be the quiet class. It's a nice change from all the other classes with their loud yelling and constant referals."
"Well anyways, I'm Kurenai, your math sensei as some of you would put it," Kurenai said, smiling kindly to her class. "Usually I would assign seats to you right away, but I'm gonna make a change... You have five minutes to choose a desk. You can sit near your friends, but choose wisely, because if you start talking during my lectures I will move you..."
The class stayed silent, making Kurenai smile even broader. She then got a timer and set it for five minutes.
"Okay.......go!" Kurenai said as she started the timer. Immediately, people got up and began to move around. Naruto, Sasuke and Shikamaru stayed where they were, perfectly happy where they were sitting.
"So you've met the bitchy side of Sakura," Shikamaru drawled lazily as he turned in his chair. Naruto frowned.
"I don't like her..." he said bluntly and coldly.
"No one does, they just put up with her because her freakish strength..." Sasuke said, his eyes narrowed.
"Hey..... Long time no see.....Naruto...."
Naruto's eyes widened as he turned to his left to see Gaara sitting down in the desk next to him. Naruto slightly blushed and gulped.
"U-un......" Naruto said softly. Gaara smiled a really small smile before he turned his attention to the front. Naruto couldn't help but smile too and shyly looked away. Sasuke, who had been watching them, clenched his fists angrily, jealousy swallowing his heart. Sasuke had a huge urge to get up, go over to Gaara, and punch his eyebrow-less face! Shikamaru was amused by several things. One, Gaara talked to Naruto and smiled a really small smile. Two, Naruto blushed and was suddenly shy. And three, the way Sasuke clenched his fists and was glaring so fiercely at the red-head. But his amusement disappeared when he saw a pink blob sit down behind Naruto and the blonde suddenly winced. Shikamaru watched as both Sasuke and Gaara glared dangerously at Sakura, who was oblivious to their glares and was getting out her things cooly. Shikamaru sighed deeply.
"This is gonna be a troublesome year..." he muttered as he turned back around in his seat.
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"..." Naruto walked out of calculous annoyed and in pain. All period, Sakura had been "accidentally" hitting, and stabbing his back, and even tugging on his hair.
That girl obviously has issues!
"Tell me about it..." Naruto growled.
"I can kill her...." a monotone voice spoke behind Naruto, making the blonde slightly jump and turn around quickly on his heel. Gaara stood behind Naruto, staring down at him with piercing emerald eyes.
"N-no.... It's okay y-you don't....." Naruto trailed off nervously, and nervously looking away from Gaara's intence gaze. The blonde nearly yelped from surprise when a cool hand landed on his shoulder lightly. Naruto slowly looked up at the red head, only to see Gaara smiling softly at him.
"You haven't changed......but at the same time.........you've changed a lot..." Gaara said said softly, his smile gone when he said the last part. "....I'll still keep my promise.......even if we haven't seen each other in a long time..."
"Six years to be exact..." Naruto mumbled. He had felt his stomach flutter when he realized that Gaara hadn't forgotten about him or their promise...
"Gomen ne Naruto..." Gaara said softly...almost warmly. Naruto looked up at the red head, his clear blue eyes were mesmerised by emerald. His face was pink when he noticed Gaara's face was only an inch away from his. "You're....my princess right?"
Naruto's face turned red as he turned his face away, his eyes clouded with sadness and guilt...
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"Gaara!! Chotto, tebayo!!" a nine-year-old Naruto whined as he ran after a ten-year-old Gaara, who stopped and looked back at Naruto with blank emerald eyes. When Naruto finally caught up, the poor blonde was panting heavily. "Your so mean Gaara! You ran off without me!"
"I waited didn't I?" Gaara said, studying the blonde with his intence eyes. Naruto pouted angrily at Gaara, before he crossed his arms with a small 'hmph'. Gaara blinked a few times while Naruto contined to sulk cutely.
"Besides!! Prince charmings don't run off like that from a princess!!" Naruto shouted, waving his arms in the air to add more emphasis. Gaara raised an invisible brow.
"Prince charming?" Gaara asked, puzzled. Naruto nodded furiously, his pout still intact.
"That's what everyone at school calls you! And they call me the princess, which I don't like that much! I rather be a knite in shiny armor ya know!! That's cool! Better than a damsle in distress! And- HEY!! Wh-what are you doing!!?? Put me down!!"
"I'm prince charming... and you are my princess right?" Gaara asked innocently as he walked around, carrying the blonde in his arms. Naruto blinked up at Gaara, his face pink before he shrugged and pouted.
"Yeah... I'm your princess...and your my prince...." Naruto mumbled with his bottom lip sticking out, before he wrapped his arms around Gaara's neck, clingy to the red head so he wouldn't fall. Gaara smiled one of his small smiles.
"And as you're prince... I'll carry you safely to your castle and swear to protect you.." Gaara said. Naruto grinned a goofy grin and giggled.
"Castle!? What castle! Silly Gaara, I'm a princess who lives in a cottage, like Sleeping Beauty heehee!" Naruto giggled with Gaara letting out a small chuckle.
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"I-I...... I-I don't know anymore Gaara..." Naruto said in a whisper. Gaara didn't say anything, and his expression was blank, but his eyes contained sadness....they truly did.
"As your prince... I won't let go..... Naruto," Gaara said softly before leaning forward and planting a small kiss on the blonde's cheek. Naruto's eyes widened and his face turned red. Naruto shyly looked at Gaara as the red head let go of his shoulder and gave the blonde his space. With one final smile, Gaara walked off to his next class. The blonde stood there, his heart pounding hard against his chest, not from excitement but from pain. He remembered when Gaara had left with his siblings.... Yes...he did say good-bye...but it was still so painful... He remembered he had cried himself to sleep many nights after Gaara had left... Tsunade and Shizune had been worried about him... But he recovered that hole in his chest when Neji came seven months later and mended it.
"I-I.... I don't think I c-can handle it...I don't deserve such warmth..." Naruto thought, wanting to curl up in a ball and just block out the whole world.
"Why is it that... You think you don't deserve to be loved Naruto?"
The question hit Naruto painfully, making the blonde struggle to breathe. He felt like he was suffocating.... Like he was drowning.... Like all the air was sucked out of him...
"Naruto?"
Naruto's eyes snapped open, never realizing he had closed them in the first place. A hand was gently laying on his shoulder... Naruto looked over his shoulder to see Sasuke staring at him with a worried look in his obsidean eyes.
"Daijobu?"
Argh... Kit you are too complicated...
Chapter ten finito!!!! :O awsome ne? ;D Neji has a soft spot for Naruto, Sasuke is madly in love with Naruto to an extant that he gets jealous a lot, and Gaara was Naruto's prince. Oh such drama!!! Lol! Ok, I know I took a while but I got stuck when Gaara came in so gomen, gomen!! But anyways, ten reviews people!! Ten reviews in exchange for a totally awsome chapter!! XD