Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Okay, I haven't been in the mood to write, so I'm sorry if this is crap :Sweatdrop:

OMG, did you see the newest manga chapter to Naruto?.! Dude, Kishimoto actually put yaoi in there!.! I was squeeling when I saw it! And SasuSai, hottest thing ever! XD

The new character in here is dedicated to my Xa Oppa! Yes, you get your own character! And he's a cute little kid, too :Grin: ... Straight, though. Damn. I just HAD to give you a character, though.

In this chapter, we start getting into Silo's story, yay! He makes a new friend!

Plopping down onto the king size bed, Naruto yawned, arms stretched far above his head. He was too tired to even roll over, his muscles aching and his head throbbing. For the past month, he'd been doing nothing but work and going to the parent programs at Silo's new school. Heaving a long sigh, he closed his eyes.

"I'm a dobe."

Blue eyes snapped open.

"I like it up the--", a tan hand grabbed the cellphone on the bed-side stand and flipped it open.

I need to get that ringtone changed, he grumbled inwardly, putting the phone to his ear, "Hello?" he asked, even though he already knew it was Sasuke.

"I'm outside of your house, so unlock your door. I have some mail to give you," Naruto could hear the smirk in the other's voice. When Sasuke smirked, it wasn't really a good sign... or maybe it was? He'd been doing a lot of it lately, and at the end of the day, he'd take Naruto and Silo out for icecream. So hey, no one was really complaining.

"Yeah, yeah, coming," he snapped his phone shut and tucked it into his back pocket as he got up, yawning and scratching the back of his head, ruffling up his already unruly hair. Trudging down the steps, he took his sweet time in reaching the front door, giving Silo a soft kick in the butt as he passed him in the living room.

"Hey!" the crow pouted and went back to playing his DS. Haruka had gotten it for him as a thank you gift for last week. Silo had basically saved him from getting beat up by bullies. Apparently, some kids weren't too fond of the handicap. The little boy had beaten them all up within ten minutes, snarling and hissing at them like an animal. And at the end of the fight, Silo had gotten himself a large fanclub. Well, 90 of the school population.

Naruto grinned and tugged open the front door, greeting his raven-haired friend with a salute, "Welcome to the Uzumaki household!"

"I've been here at least two hundred times in the last month," Sasuke snorted, carrying a big box under his right arm "there's no need for you to do that every time I come over," he gave a firm wave to Silo and smiled. He'd grown find of the child and they'd grown close; always going out to bond when Naruto had business to attend to.

"Uchiha-san!" Silo turned off his DS and pushed it into one of the large pockets in his cargo pants, running quickly to Sasuke and wrapping his small fingers around his wrist, "come play a game with me! Chichiue won't," he huffed, "he says he's too tired."

Sasuke chuckled, "I'll play with you in a little while. I have some things to give to Naruto."

Nodding, Silo turned and ran into the living room, a lot more happy and active than he used to be in America. He leaped onto the sofa and yanked his DS back out, intent on kicking some virtual ass.

Naruto led his friend upstairs to his bedroom and fell back onto his bed, "Damn, I'm exhausted! You'd think acting wouldn't be so tiring," he didn't even look over when Sasuke sat down beside him and laid back, face close to Naruto's, "I don't even want to go to the studio tomorrow."

Sitting the slightly heavy box on his stomach, Sasuke breathed in deeply, noting how the bedroom smelled a lot like the blond's shampoo. He scrunched up his nose; he didn't like vanilla very much. Craning his neck to the side, he looked at the blond's profile, blue eyes half open, lashes touching high cheeks.

"So, what did you bring me?" Naruto asked, having forgotten. He rolled over and faced his friend with a grin, "maybe a few numbers of some sexy ladies you know? Or Ino's number?" he grin widened, "you know what? I think she's pretty cute."

Sasuke frowned, "Then ask her out. Don't bore me with your thoughts on how she'd make a good mother, or how she'd be good in bed. And believe me, she's not."

Cerulean eyes widened, "You had sex with her?.! Dude, I thought you were asexual!"

The raven snorted, "We were young and I wanted to see if I was even the least bit straight."

There was a pause, then a small voice spoke up.

"I knew you were a flaming homo. Damn, if you try to sex me up I swear to God I'll knock you out," Naruto joked with a brilliant grin, "or maybe I'll let you have your dirty way with me. Depends on my mood. Hmm, you should test me on a Wednesday because--"

"I do not want to have sex with you," Sasuke growled, "I don't even find you attractive. You're loud, annoying, obnoxious, and you have a large ego. I prefer men who are quiet and reserved, and who--"

"Push you up against the wall and fuck you!" Naruto snorted in laughter.

Sasuke held back an out of character blush, "No, and don't cut me off," he tossed the large box onto Naruto, causing the youth to cough and sputter. He sat up and brushed his bangs out of his face, black eyes gleaming, "that's another thing that keeps you from my list of date worthy men."

Naruto pouted and pretended to be hurt, "So mean, Sasuke-kun, I wanted to be your boyfriend."

With a playful sneer, Sasuke crossed his legs indian style, his baggy pants not getting in the way. For the first time in a while, he'd decided to wear normal clothing. Nothing expensive or too stylish, amazingly enough. He smirked.

"Open the box, Dobe, there's a bunch of presents for you."

Naruto blinked, "Presents? Like cake?"

Sasuke sighed, "No, not like cake. Fan letters and such. When you're an actor you get a lot of things like that. Open it and read them."

Yanking open the taped down wings, he peaked inside, hundreds of letters and little wrapped presents in his view. He let out a loud "whoop!" and dug in, pulling out letter after letter, trinket after trinket until they were all read and opened. That took about forty minutes.

"Hey, look, someone got me a dildo," he snickered and held up the dark blue phallus, "since you like it up the ass, do you want it?" he handed it to Sasuke with a large smile.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "No thanks."

"Ano, do you even have a boyfriend?" the blond asked, honestly curious. He'd yet to see his good friend with another male other than his brother, Kakashi, and-- his eyes widened, "is it Kiba?.!"

The actor winced in distaste, "That poor excuse of a man?" he snorted, "I'd rather go out with a woman than with him. And no, I don't have a lover."

"How come?"

"Why are you so interested?"

"Can't I be curious about a good friend's sexual life?"

"Not when you're straight and that good friend's gay."

"Hey, I know a lot of girls who are interested in gay guys."

"That's because they're girls."

"You know what? I don't care who butt rapes you!"

"... Butt rape? What are you, five?"

"I'll show you five, you queer!" he tackled Sasuke and he pinned the smaller man to the bed, wrists above his head. He smirked and bent down to his ear, lips brushing against a lobe, "now, you can't tell me I don't make you hard."

Sasuke struggled to get loose, but his movements got him nowhere. He growled, "If anything, you'd kill a boner."

The blond whined, "That's mean! I'm sure I'm not that ugly," he pouted and pulled back, looking honestly upset. For some reason, Sasuke felt a little pang of regret. He knew that it was a bad idea to deflate another male's pride.

He sighed and shook his head, "No, you're not ugly. Just not my type. Which is a good thing, right? I doubt you'd want me to fall for you like Sai," he smirked.

Naruto perked up a bit and laughed, "Don't joke about that. I felt really bad for him. I could tell he liked me a lot... and I just rejected him," he rubbed his neck, "but he could find someone better than me."

"That's for sure."

"Hey!"

xXxXx

Silo hurried through the crowded hall, eyes darting around as he tried to spot Haruka in the mass of short bodies and old teachers. He skidded to a halt near the cafeteria when he saw his friend sitting on the bottom steps of the main stairway, walking stick gone.

"Haruka-kun!" he called, running to him, "where's your walking stick?" he asked, worried. He bent down and helped the taller boy up. Haruka was never seen without his walking stick unless he was at home or at the filming studio.

The silver-haired child smiled in a way that told Silo it was ok, "It broke during math. But don't worry, I'm doing fine without it," his dull red eyes were on the ground and he gained his balance by wrapping an arm around the crow's shoulders.

"You might get hurt," Silo told the other, "here, I'll carry your books and take you to class," he led Haruka through the crowd, glaring at anyone who got in the way.

"Thank you, Silo," Haruka smiled, "I don't know what I'd do without you. You're like my eyes."

Silo flushed red in embarrassment, "O-oh, it's no big deal..." he'd never really been praised so much by an upperclassman. Haruka was two years older than him, "um, your class is the third on the left?" he asked as he stopped in front of the classroom, a lanky teacher inside speaking with another student about homework.

"Yeah, this is it," he pulled himself away from Silo, taking his books, and went inside, feeling the walls and the space around him, "thanks a lot, Silo, remind me to pay you back."

Blushing again, Silo shook his head, but immediately stopped when he realized Haruka wasn't able to see the gesture, "N-no, you don't have to. I'm just helping out a friend," he smiled brightly, "do you... do you want me to pick you up after class, too?"

"I would appreciate it," Haruka took his seat by the door, "I'll see you after class," he waved good-bye, not really knowing if his friend had left or not.

Silo waved back and muttered "bye" before running down the empty halls. When the bell rang, he cried out loudly, "I'm late!"

xXxXx

Out in the hall, outside of a large classroom, stood Silo. He had a filled bucket of water in each hand, a frown on his cute face. He'd explained to his teacher why he was late, but she didn't believe him, saying that a little deliquent like him wouldn't bother with the handicap kids. Che, bitch.

How could she not believe me? And I'm not a deliquent. I got into a fight, once, he mumbled to himself, and it was because of Haruka-kun. If she knew I was in a fight, then she should know why. Stupid Nakajo-sensei.

He heard a scuffling of sneakers down the hall and turned, watching as a boy around Haruka's age glanced back and forth, looking confused. Silo couldn't see his face clearly until the kid turned his way, eyes becoming brighter as he saw him.

"Hi!" the other boy said loudly as he approached Silo. He spoke in English, not Japanese, and he had a strange accent(1). One half of his hair was white, while the other was black, his eyes were violet, and his clothes were... well, strange. The sleeves of his uniform shirt were rolled up, on his arms were bandages, and there were colorful patches stitched into his black pants, making him look a lot like a hobo. But he looked very clean and tidy, his skin as smooth as a baby's bottom.

"Ah... hi," Silo greeted hesitently.

"Do ya know where the library is?" the kid bounced from one foot to the other, the little red lights on his sneakers lighting up. He continued to do that, refusing to stay still, "gotta read, ya know? World War 2!" he did a salute and stuck his arm straight out, "Heil Hitler!" then he burst into loud, rolling giggles, scaring Silo to death.

"L-L-Library?" the crow stuttered, "It's... right down the hall, over there," he tilted his head toward the other side of the hallway, hoping to get rid of the kid as fast as possible. He didn't want to get attacked by a loony during school.

"Thanks, little miss! Have fun weighing your buckets of water!" he then sped down the hall, whistling a tune from Kill Bill vol.1, while swinging his little school bag around. Once he disappeared, Silo wrinkled his nose.

"Did he just call me a girl?"

xXxXx

Naruto continued to stare at the back of Sasuke's head, mumbling "duck butt, duck butt, goose!" as they walked into the filming studio. The raven, being the well-contained person he was, kept his annoyance bottled up, turning every so often to glare at his companion.

"Would you shut up?" he growled.

"But I just expect your hair to jump off of your head and waddle away," the blond remarked, "it's amazing... how does it stick up like that? Do you use gel or does it magically turn out like that when you wake up in the morning? Maybe it has a life of its own and--"

"Will you quit rambling?" Sasuke asked, irritated.

"Ah, Otouto, you're late," Itachi said as soon as he saw them. He was sitting in his director's chair, Hidan right across from him, in his own little chair. They were both drinking water, the stress weasel in Itachi's grasp, "I'd began to think that you and Naruto-kun were off having an elicit affair."

Naruto laughed while Sasuke glared.

"One of us has to already be in a relationship for it to be an affair."

"So you don't deny being together, sexually?" Hidan grinned, wiggling his eyebrows. Oh how Sasuke despised the duo. His brother and Hidan always got on his nerves when they were together.

"By the way," Itachi cut in, looking at his painted nails, "Haku's arrived, along with Zabuza. They're on the set talking with Ino. I thought you'd like to say hello and maybe introduce Naruto-kun?"

Sasuke raised his brows, "Haku's back?" he turned to Naruto and motioned for him to follow, the both of them stepping onto the set, Ino's cheery laughter heard behind one of the built walls. As they walked around, the girl almost ran into them, sending Naruto stumbling back, only to hit is head on the cement wall.

"Itai!" he yelped, clutching his injured head, "god damn wall!"

"I'm sorry!" Ino cried, scurrying to him and pulling his hands away so she could look at his head. She stood on her tip toes to get the best view, and smiled when she felt no bump, "aww, you're fine, you big baby," she laughed and ruffled his hair.

Naruto pouted, his ego hurt from being treated like a child by the girl he had a crush on at the moment. And she should feel proud, dammit! He hadn't tumbled back because he was afraid of running into her, it'd happened because he saw what she was wearing and had went into shock. The little purple outfit was so cute!

It's not manly to call things cute, he told himself firmly.

Ino looked between him and Sasuke, and smiled prettily, "I'll see you two when filming starts in an hour. I have to go to a little conference at my brother's school," she sighed, "he's always scaring the other children. I swear, I'm going to ground him if mom doesn't," then she left, telling Itachi of her leave.

"She has a brother?" Naruto asked.

"His name's Iori and he's about Silo's age. A year older, at the most."

Naruto was about to say how they should get them to meet up, but a striking young beauty caught his attention and he snapped his mouth shut. Beside the person was a large man made of all muscle, dressed in a police uniform. He gave Naruto an icy glare, but the pretty person beside him slapped him gently on the arm with a smile.

"Don't look at him like that, Zabuza-san, you'll scare him," the voice was definitely feminine. The beauty held out her hand and a brilliant smile. Naruto just stared, "you must be Naruto-kun. I've heard so much about you from Itachi-san. My name's Haku and I'll be working with you in the movie. I just tell actors what would be the best way to go about scenes, just simple things."

"O-oh, hi," was all Naruto managed to get out.

Haku laughed softly.

"Don't be an idiot, Dobe," Sasuke scoffed, "tell him something about yourself. It's only polite."

Naruto thought about what to say, "I... well, I'm a natural blond?"

Sasuke glared and Haku began giggling, but it wasn't too girly. Naruto then noticed that Haku's dainty fingers were around Zabuza's wrist, the taller man not looking the least bit fazed. Hmm, maybe they were going out?

Then Zabuza sent him a cold look, "I hope you'll never try to prove that to Haku," he growled, "he's not someone good to take advantage of," his voice was deadly.

"No, no, no, I-- wait, guy?" Blue eyes widened, "No way! You're a guy?" he stared at Haku in shock. But he was so pretty! Long hair, slender frame, girly features, gorgeous chocolate eyes... what the hell?.! "man, then you don't have to worry about me going after him," he laughed nervously, "I'm not into men."

Haku tilted his head, dark brown hair cascading over his small shoulders, "Aren't you going out with Sasuke-kun?"

"..."

"..."

"Why does everyone think I'm gay?.!"

xXxXx

As the last class of the day rolled around, Silo found himself in a better mood. He'd had a yummy lunch, had gotten away from his fanclub (mostly filled with girls who wanted to date him. Jeez, who knew obsession started so young?), and now he was spending time with Haruka in the only class they had together. Art.

The teacher had told everyone to draw something or someone they really liked, and Silo immediately knew to draw himself with his chichiue and Sasuke. If he would've drawn Haruka, that would've been a bit akward when sharing time came around. So he sketched and sketched, having become a fairly good artist from Sai's teachings, and then began to color.

Across from him, Haruka tried his best to draw something, but Silo couldn't tell what it was. He really wanted to help his friend with his piece, but knew the teacher would scold him if he did, so he just finished his own picture, coloring in the sky with various shades of blue.

"Class," their sensei began, having come back in from stepping out into the hall, "we have a new student today, so stop what you're doing and give him your full attention."

Silo dropped his colored pencil and turned in his chair, confused. Why would a student be coming in during the last class of the day? He blinked when the weird boy from before marched in, giving the room a glance over, then grinning widely. It reminded him a lot of his father.

"Please tell everyone your na--" the teacher began, but was cut off.

"The name's Majik! Pronounced just like magic, so get it right!" he warned everyone, but with a warm tone, "and if ya don't, I'll do like my daddy does and beat ya up!"

The entire class stared, then broke out into laughter. The kid had to be the strangest person they'd ever met, besides the boy next door who said he could see ghosts. What was his name? Iori...?

"Yes, well, why don't you take a seat next to Uzumaki," he motioned him toward Silo, "he'll tell you what we're doing."

"Righty-O!" he hopped to the table and plopped down between Silo and Haruka, "Oh, it's the little missy from the hall! Tell me, did ya finish weighing your water?"

Haruka didn't understand what was going on. He could even see what was going on and that frustrated him to no end.

"Ya know, I would've just put 'em on a scale. It would've been easier, little miss," Majik smiled and snatched a piece of drawing paper from the stack at the center of the table, stealing a few of Silo's colored pencils, "so what're we doin'?"

How weird, Silo told himself and smiled a bit, "We're drawing something or someone that we like."

"OK, that should be easy enough! Jupps!" he then began doodling, turning his attention to Haruka, "sooooo, are you little missy's boyfriend?"

Haruka blinked glazed over eyes, "Silo's not a girl."

Majik stopped his scribbling and glanced over at Silo, "You're not a girl? I don't believe that one bit," he reached out and groped the boy's chest, ignoring the indignified squeek that slipped out of Silo's lips, "huh, you could be flat-chested," he then reached lower, causing Silo to cry out in embarrassment and fall out of his chair.

"Uzumaki, what happened?" the teacher asked.

Majik just laughed and sat back in his chair, "I'll be damned, you are a boy!"

All the while, Haruka just sat there, confused.

(1) I'm not saying you have a funny accent, Xa Oppa :Sweatdrop: Just to Silo it's funny. Cuz he's a kid.

I hope you like your character, Xa Oppa! I luff you!

Next chapter: Naruto asks Ino out on a date, Sasuke finds himself bored out of his mind without his friend, both Naruto and Sasuke practice their kissing scene and the raven gets too into it, and Sasuke finds himself lonely.