Disclaimer: Naruto's characters are not mine.

This is a SasuNaru fic, meaning, YAOI. You have been warned!

Something Simple:

It wasn't common for Kakashi to find a student of his interesting. In fact, of the entire class, only a few grabbed his attention. So when something –or rather someone, caught his eye, he'd never, for the life of his, let this person go. He was going to torment him. In ways so cruel he wasn't even quite sure what it'd actually be.

Uzumaki Naruto. The name somehow rang a bell in his head, but he didn't know what it was that caused him to find it so familiar. However, Kakashi wasn't one to think too deep in matters so he quickly ignored it, rather concerned with facing current issues. He had saw –and saw quite well, the incident that would be the topic of conversation for months to come. Everything that concerned a certain Uchiha Sasuke had always had this effect, but it wasn't the latter that Kakashi was thinking about. It was Naruto, the main cause of the up stir. The kid had, within 10 minutes, made the entire school know his presence; made the female population his enemy; and had made a usually composed and emotionless Uchiha lose the aforementioned characteristics –something that had never happened before.

So, yes, Kakashi was interested. Deeply intrigued to be correct. He had finally found two interesting students finding each other a nuisance. And Kakashi was happy that he'd have some entertainment for once. After all, teachers lived such boring lives they need to have some amusement to keep their sanity intact.

And because of this, it was obvious why he had stepped in and saved the boy from the female's wrath - he couldn't let his lead role die before the show even started. And it was obvious why he had broken the two's 'staring contest'. Everyone was leaving and shows needs audiences

So, he ushered the two in class, making note that they were still at each other's throats; throwing insults at one another, kicking each other, and raising their fists threateningly as if to prove a point. And Kakashi noticed the stares and loud whispers as they saw Naruto walk in, nevertheless, into Sasuke's seat. And Sasuke, sitting in Shikamaru's one forcing a very unhappy Shikamaru to take another's seat and the others doing the same. Until, the entire seating arrangement was changed, oblivious to the still fuming blonde.

 He smiled inwardly. Yes, this was going to be a very exciting year.

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He walked, rather reluctantly, towards the front. He just remembered, thanks to Kakashi, that he needed to do the 'new student introduction' speech. He could feel the evil stares directed at him and he tried hard to ignore them. As he approached the front, he was about to begin when he noticed that everyone was trying to ignore him. They seemed to be trying to say that they couldn't care less about his introduction speech –they don't even want to know him at all.

He shot a glance at Sasuke, one of the few who were actually looking at him. The boy was still staring at him heatedly and he would've returned it if not for hearing Kakashi speak. "You can begin now, Naruto." Taking in a deep breath, Naruto began.

"Hi, my name's Uzumaki Naruto. I've just transferred from Byusai College. The subjects I'm doing are English, Literature, History, Math Methods, Chemistry and P.E. Hopefully I'll see some familiar faces in there and…nice to meet you all." With that, Naruto bowed a respectful bow and was about to go back to his seat when he saw the amused look on his teacher's face.

"Well, you'll be seeing one if not a few familiar faces in your class for sure," Kakashi said. Naruto was confused. What did he mean? Kakashi suddenly turned to face someone. He followed his gaze, and saw that the whole class was staring at one person in particular. Naruto's heart stopped. "If my memory served me right, I think Sasuke is doing five of the six subjects you just mentioned. It's pretty rare that student's subjects would come so close to each other's. But, what can I say? It must be fate." He turned to smile at Naruto. "I'm sure you'll be good friends in no time." Naruto detected a hint of sarcasm in his voice but let it go. He was stunned, to say the least, and he saw that Sasuke was the same, though he had averted his gaze towards his own table.

It never really occurred to Naruto that the Gods had actually hated him. Even with all those injustices he had suffered from, he'd always thought that they had been kind enough not to punish with anything harsher. But, until now, he finally realised that the Gods not only hated him, but wants him to die and live some place out of their line of vision –hell.

He walked back to his seat and sat down.

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Sasuke walked out of class in a hurry. English had been a pain. That damn Kakashi had spent the whole lesson talking about homosexual relationships and their position in society. It seemed that his intent was to hint something very clearly towards him, giving him the wink every five minutes during the discussion. And to no surprise, some male classmates of his had repeatedly turned around and looked at him funnily and laughed that suppressed laugh of theirs. He wanted to kill that man.

No one seemed to take notice that the whole thing was an accident and now accused him of being gay. He'd even receive some notes being passed to him with that same question on it. Ino, that obsessed freak of his, had even looked at him with a dramatically hurt expression on her. The whole situation was insane, and the cause of this insanity? One Uzumaki Naruto.

Sasuke had never been annoyed at someone so much in his entire life. But this guy was sure to make him his first. With what little time he had spent with Naruto, he was sure he'd known everything of the boy. He was loud, rude, and ill mannered. Suddenly remembering the lecture he received from the said boy, he scoffed to himself. The boy was a hypocrite too.

Thus, Sasuke hastily walked to his next class. A class that he knew wouldn't have a certain Naruto in it. To say that he was surprised when he heard the latter's subject names was an understatement. He had pinched himself several times to make him realise he was not dreaming. However, Sasuke hadn't lost hope that although they did do five subjects the same, the classes they'd get into would be different. After all, each subject had two classes, and he had a 50 –50 chance that they won't land in it together. Hopefully.

All things left aside, he entered his Specialist Maths class. A subject he had rationalised that Naruto had no brains for. He had once hated this class, but for now he was glad. So what if the girls in there annoyed him till no tomorrow –they weren't as worse as Naruto. And so what if a certain Haruno Sakura practically drooled on him when she came to ask for help (he often wondered if that girl was just using that as an excuse to get close to him –she had aced all her tests) –he wouldn't have to face Naruto.

So, when he heard the all-too-familiar cry of the girls, he told himself that it was all good. Naruto wasn't there; everything would be all right. But with this thought, Sasuke suddenly realised something. His mind was constantly being plagued by a

Uzumaki Naruto. This would've been normal for some, but to him, it simply wasn't.

Let's just say, Uchiha Sasuke was a person who cared for no one beside himself. He never thought twice when someone attempted to irritate him. This isn't to say, he didn't take notice. He took notice all right; like those girls who'd edge too close to him until it was obvious that they were trying to mould themselves with him. Or how they'd stare and stare until he finally gave them a cold look, which they'd take it as a friendly one. Yes, Sasuke notices these things. But, this was all left in class; when class was dismissed, he'd forget about it –or them. However, this time, even with Naruto's presence gone, he still remembered.

And this frightened him.

TBC…

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! I hope this chapter isn't as boring as I think it is. It took me a while to think of it, but since this part is done, everything else should run smoothly now. Oh, and forgive me with Naruto's 'introduction' speech. I wasn't quite sure the japs usually say in it. Also, I wasn't quite sure how many subjects they do…so I just guessed. Hope it didn't seem awkward. As always, comments and criticisms are welcomed.