Chapter 2 A Change is Needed
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A.N sorry about the disclaimer I don't mean to be mean I'm just pissed. Hehe I'm kind of in a bad mood as you gathered. I have summer school tomorrow so I'm like I don't know what to expect. Sigh that's for all of the reviews. I am truly motivated now. There was this one review that really caught my attention. Mainly coz it was the biggest and I don't know it was the most guidance giving and I wanted to thank the person. I forgot your ID name thingy so I apologize. . Well onto the story.
-Naruto's POV-
Okay this is just too weird I thought my emotions were a lot stronger ah! I hate myself I can't seem to get over my long childhood friend that ditched me to be popular, …..okay so what if I'm a loser. Who gives a care? Apparently he does, he's like the rest of them just wanting attention and wanting to be with those fake faces those preppy people, So maybe they are top of the social ladder. The only thing matters is that I have true friends not suck ups that are attached to Sasuke, I hate him! But when he left I felt as if the whole world was coming apart. Why does he hate me. I mean everybody hates me for some reason,. But why….? I'm not that different why do they hate me, well about that different part I'm a lot different. So? Everybody is different but why do they shun me only? It…. Hurts so much. I want this to stop. I want everything to stop. I want time to stop I want my life to stop. I want the earth to stop. Anything to make this feeling emotion go away. I do have friends, their always there, but I'm afraid that someday that they are going to leave me like ….. him he brings so much pain back, I thought that he was my true friend. I believed that he was something different something special.
-Normal POV-
Naruto clutched the bed sheets around him as if they were the only thing that was keeping him sane. He jumped up and looked towards the fading darkness and the rising light. I'm going to become stronger and nobody is going to hurt me no more. Naruto got up and did his trademark grin and started to dress.
-15 mins later-
"Ready to go Iruka!" Naruto called out.
"Yea just a minute." Iruka said as he appeared and was tightening his tie. "heh I'm going to have you this year. It's going to be lots of fun." Iruka grinned
"Yea right! You say that every year." Naruto said while rolling his eyes.
"Aw my ego's busted." Iruka joked.
"Did you even have an ego?" Naruto asked jokingly. Iruka feigned a mock look of hurt.
"Well let's go before you bruise my ego more." Iruka grinned and led Naruto to the car.
-Home room-
The room was crowded with people greeting old friends and new friends comparing their summer.
"SILENCE TAKE YOUR SEATS. NOW!" A very pissed off teacher yelled at the class. Naruto leaned towards Shikamaru.
"What's up her a-" Naruto broke off.
"WHY A TROUBLE MAKER AFTER I TOLD YOU TO BE SILENT." The teacher yelled, several people snickered. Naruto's pain was returning and Neji sensed this and was going to tell people to shut up when a voice stopped him.
"SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? SUSPEND ME? HUH?" Naruto yelled at the teacher. " I WAS JUST TALKING TO MY FRIEND THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN MONTHS AND YOU WON'T LET ME TALK TO HIM? I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM BUT DON'T VENT YOU ANGER ON YOUR STUDENTS JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PERSONAL PROBLEM." Naruto yelled surprising everybody, the teacher put him down and fled the room. Naruto looked flustered and followed the teacher in hot pursuit. He found her staring at the trees silently outside.
"What do you want brat?" she choked out.
"I wanted to apologize for my rude behavior." Naruto explained his head hung down in shame.
"No you're right. I didn't have a right to yell at you students." the teacher sighed "it's just that my brother died last year and my fiancée died this year. It's been too much for me to handle." she sobbed out.
"I guess you do have a reason to yell at us. I was feeling pissed off too. Because all the people just shun me out and you saw how they laughed at me. All I am to them is a laughing stalk." Naruto said "Your not that bad old hag."
"What I'm not old?!?" She glared at him she laughed feeling the tension leave her shoulders. It was the first time in a long time that she laughed as she held out her hand "My name is Tsunade."
"Naruto, I think we should get back to class." Naruto said scratching his head looking sheepishly at her.
"Okay whatever now you turn into some kind of roll model student?" Tsunade joked and locked her arms around Naruto and gave him a noogie (ya know those things where you like make a fist and rub it on the other person's head. .)
"OW that hurt! Ow ow ow!" Naruto screamed at her, they made their way back to the classroom and acted as if nothing was different. But there was a difference but they didn't acknowledge the change as a good one.
"Now look what the idiot did, we're probably going to get lots of homework and harsh treatment from teachers now. He just has to screw the first day for us." Sakura pouted as she glared at Naruto. He just hung his head down in shame for a moment, and then put his happy face on and ran to lunch yelling something about being hungry jumbled in with something about ramen. (that's the Naruto we all love and that's the Sakura we all hate or just me……)
At lunch it was the same group of people. Naruto, Neji, Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba. They were just talking and doing their own things when a girl approached Neji.
"Hey Neji!" Tenten greeted her long time crush, "and guys"
"Hey Tenten." the boys chorused.
"Neji I was.." Tenten stammered, "wondering if you would like to go out sometime." She held her breath, Neji sighed.
"I'm sorry Tenten I'm afraid that isn't possible for me." Neji apologized with his head down he didn't want to see the hurt look on Tenten's face.
"Oh I understand." Tenten muttered and fled the cafeteria.
"Hey why did you turn down her offer?" Choji asked.
"Yea you've never been on a date with somebody before." Naruto said, "Why isn't it possible?"
"Heh he's just probably just shy." Shikamaru added although he knew the real reason Neji turned down the offer.
"Well then we should help him!" Naruto cheered, Neji sighed why do I even like an complete idiot and a dunce. Hmm it makes him cute. "Come on Neji it'll be fun!" Naruto put his best puppy face. how can I resist this?
"Ah fine," Neji hung his head low, Shikamaru just clucked in sympathy trying to fathom what his friends was going through.
"Okay let's find Tenten," Naruto said, "tell her that you weren't used to the whole dating thing, and then ask her if she wants to go to the movies with you." Naruto started to strategize. The others just nodded in agreement. They dragged Neji to Tenten, "Hey Tenten Neji has something to tell you." Naruto winked and went back to the cafeteria.
"Well.. you see I'm new to the whole dating thing…. I'm sorry I was so mean, do you want to go to a movie on Friday?" Neji asked shyly but inside his heart was in turmoil. why do I have to do this? I want to do this with somebody else. He sighed breaking out of his thoughts.
"Oh yes I'd love to go." Tenten smiled sweetly up at Neji.
"Okay I'll pick you up at 6 o'clock." Neji said as he made his way back to join his friends.
"Okay I'll see you then." Tenten called after him. Much to Neji's dismay their lunch was just about to end and he hadn't much time to spend much 'quality time' with Naruto, they gathered their things and made their way to their next class, humane studies (kind of like you know like problems class kind of Psychology). When Neji got there he saw Naruto wink at him congratulating him, he sighed in depression.
The teacher was doing "blah blah" and Naruto wasn't paying attention to what the teacher was saying, instead he was looking out the window lost in his thoughts. At that moment he heard the words 'project' '50%' 'assigned partners' he groaned loudly, everybody turned around to look at him.
"Okay Naruto since your excited to get on with the projects, since you don't want me to explain them so much." The teacher smirked, at this point in time Naruto knew that teachers were truly evil. "So I will pair you up with…..hmm… let's see…. not with his friends……. no not with girls…. Ah ha! Sasuke Uchiha."
"Ahhhh Kakashi sensei why can't you pair him up with one of his fan girls! I mean they would looooooooovvvvvveeeee that." Naruto spit out in contempt.
"Oh no Naruto you are stuck with Sasuke I'm afraid." Kakashi said as he hid a smile (all my teachers are like that)
"Aw…." Naruto sighed in despair and desolately.
"Hey dobe you're not the only one suffering here." Sasuke added in but he was glad that it was anyone besides one of his fan girls, "Just don't get in the way."
"Why you little jerk!" Naruto said trying to reach at Sasuke with his fists.
"Calm down," Kakashi said as he eyed the student warily while holding his shoulder, "You act as if you were his ex- boy friend!" Naruto choked and so did Sasuke.
"Okay t-th-that was just wrong." Naruto said as he turned around, "Hell to suspension your going down."
"I don't think that Iruka-san would like that very much." Kakashi warned the boy, he saw Naruto falter he know that the one thing that Naruto hated is putting Iruka down, "So why don't you take your seat." Naruto obediently sat down and glared at the back of Kakashi's head as he read off the pairs.
"Sakura and Ino," he chuckled, "Kiba and Hinata," his eyes held a strange glow and so the list went on, "Okay now you have your partners now for the assignments. I want you to take an example of society and display it however you want, for example you might show the good points of society or the demented side of it. Also you or your partner must shoe an example of it in a story, song, or a poem. You will present this project 3 months from now, although that seems like a long time I suggest you start on it now." Kakashi smiled and dismissed them. (all my teachers are like that 'I suggest that you start on it now.' I hate that speech)
"Hey dobe!" Sasuke called out.
"STOP calling me dobe." Naruto yelled back, Sasuke smirked.
"So how are we going to do this project?" Sasuke asked, "Never mind why don't you come over ummm… tomorrow?"
"Sure… whatever… why do you care it's only a stupid project." Naruto said sourly.
"DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO THE TEACHER IT'S 50% OF OUR FIRST QUARTER GRADE. I have to pass because…." Sasuke faltered, "why am I telling you this? Well see you tomorrow."
"Okay." was Naruto's curt response, they parted ways for their last class.
"Hey dobe you know Social studies is the other way." Sasuke said walking in the direction the class was in.
"ARGH!" was Naruto's frustrated response, Sasuke smiled to himself, his mask breaking slowly, his walls around his heart were cracking.
A.N Well did you like it? Next chapter something funny is going to happen or some time in the future should their partnership break or should it continue? I mean for the project? Review please I need your comments. I tried to add comas at the places I think that was best. I also tried to be more descriptive. Please tell me if this chapter is better. This is coz this is my first fanfic. So you guys really have to help me even if it's tiresome. I'm just asking you don't have to help me…. Argh okay whatever just post your thoughts. I really don't want flames. .
Gaar: holding a kunai at Sakura's neck I'll kill her if you give me Naruto.
Auth: Never not till I get my plot out.
Gaar: glares
Auth: umm maybe
Gaar: glares more
Auth: you can have him like now not in the story though yet.
Gaar: Deal
Auth: hands over Naruto
Naru: Wha-?
Gaar: hugs Naruto
Naru: Geroff me!
Auth: sigh sorry Nauto I have to save my own skin.
Naru: glare I don't like you right now.
Auth: WELL before Sasuke comes and tries to kill me Let me go and write the next chapter. .
Ja Ne till next time