Heh heh, well, I'm back. Sorry this next chapter took so long. There's been so much going on, and this is the first time I've had a working computer in a long time! W00t! Eh-hem, any way, I hope you all like this chapter. I've decided that this story needs more drama and stuff, after all, that's what the story's genre is XD. Though it'll probably take a little while to get there. And once again, thanx for all those reviews! They make me SOOO happy!!! Enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto T-T, but if I did… grins evilly

Demon Child

He was cold… so cold… but he barely even noticed. He felt numb, though the feeling was not foreign to him. He had felt this way many times before, and had never hoped to again. But he was stupid for hoping. Though the cause was different, the result was the same.

He leaned his head back against the wall. He really didn't understand why nothing could ever go his way. He really shouldn't have been so stupid. He should never have trusted Sasuke, thought that he cared for him…maybe even love him… Ch, who was he kidding? How could anyone love a demon?

'Hmmm… nice and comfy… and warm…'

Naruto snuggled closer into the pillow, wrapping the blankets around himself. 'Ahh… this is nice… so peaceful…'

"Wake up, dobe."

Except for that nagging voice that wouldn't shut up. Didn't it know it was disturbing him?

"I said wake up, dobe!"

Naruto mumbled to the voice to go away. Ugh… why didn't it understand he wanted to be left alone?! And why the hell did it sound so familiar?!

"Fine, have it your way."

Good, it's leaving him alone. Now where was I…?

Naruto was about to drift off to sleep when he was quite rudely awakened. By very cold water.

He sat up quickly with a yelp. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Hn. That's what you get for ignoring me. And now don't forget to change my sheets."

Naruto looked over to his side quickly. He was met with the sight of a slightly pissed off, slightly amused Sasuke.

"And why the hell do I have to change them?! You're one who dumped the water on me!"

"Because it was the only way I could get you up. Therefore, it's your fault. Now get up." Sasuke smirked and then turned around, walking out of the room.

Naruto sighed and frowned. He got up and started to strip the bed of its sheets, all the while mumbling under his breath and cursing a certain raven-haired boy.

He then decided to take a shower. Well, he was already wet; why not just finish washing up?

He stripped himself of his still dripping clothes and preceded with the shower. He made sure to turn the water up high. 'I bet the bastard had been planning that since yesterday. That water was way to cold for him to have just gotten! He must have been keeping it in the fridge…'

He kept mulling over these thoughts during his shower, that is, until they took a different turn.

'Stupid water. Stupid bed. Stupid Sasuke and his stupid eyes, with that pitch black hair and those long, nimble fingers… and those muscles that flex so tauntingly when he moves… and that ass…' Naruto snapped his eyes open immediately at that last thought. A blush spread across his tanned cheeks, and he silently scolded himself.

'What am I thinking? I can't think of Sasuke this way! Well, I mean, I already kinda like him, but…' Over the past few days, Naruto had caught himself repeatedly staring at Sasuke and thinking quite… naughty things. He wasn't sure if this was good. What if Sasuke found out, and he was disgusted with him? What if he could no longer stand the sight of him and left…? 'No, stop it. Don't think those things. That won't happen. Sasuke and I are best friends, and this is probably just a temporary thing. I'll get over it, right?' The more he thought, the more it sounded like he was trying to convince himself.

His mind then slowly wandered back to where it had left off before, and was sending him some pretty sexy pictures of Sasuke. Ugh… his little problem was returning again. But why couldn't he just stop thinking of Sasuke?

He groaned out loud and turned on the cold water.

A while later they had made it to school. Yes, it was Monday again… no, he did not want to be here… at all…

Naruto sighed and hung his head. Sasuke, who was walking next to him, noticed this.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Naruto sighed once more, this time quite dramatically.

"I just really don't want to be here! Why couldn't you have just let me sleep? I don't mind skipping school!"

"Hn. No way I'd let you sleep the day away if I have to be here."

Naruto frowned at that comment, his lip forming into a pout.

"Hmph. Bastard."

At that comment Sasuke just smirked. What he had said was true as well. There was no way he'd go to school alone, only to be mobbed by a bunch of drooling, screaming girls. He shuddered at the thought.

They had just entered the classroom when two brightly colored blurs speed past Naruto, straight for Sasuke. The pink one attached itself it his right arm, and the yellow one to his left. Sasuke just groaned.

"Hi, Sasuke!!!" They both said at the same time, in almost the same sugar coated, high-pitched voices. Naruto felt a pang of anger course through him. Who the hell did Sakura and Ino think they were, any way?!

"So Sasuke, why don't you come sit next to me?" Sakura said.

"Ya right! There's no way Sasuke would sit next to someone with a big, mutant forehead like yours! Now Sasuke, wouldn't you much rather sit next to me?" She fluttered her eyelashes at him.

"Good one, Ino-pig! Sasuke would never sit next to you!"

Both girls glared at each other, neither willing to back down.

Sasuke just twitched.

Naruto was practically growling now. 'They have no right to touch him!' His hands were balled into fists, and his nails were almost drawing blood from his palms with how tight they were.

Then, in a flash, Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the front of his shirt and wrenched him away from the two girls. They gasped in shocked, then glared indignantly at Naruto.

"Sasuke doesn't want to sit next to either of you two raving bitches!" He snapped at them. He then proceeded to drag Sasuke to their normal seats in the back of the class.

He sat down with a huff and glared at the blackboard at the front of the class.

Sasuke just looked at him for a moment, and then proceeded to ask him a question.

"What was all that about?"

Naruto had slowly calmed down, only to realize what he had done. He had acted like he was Sasuke's jealous boyfriend or something. Shit!

"Um, well, you know, you seemed like you really didn't like being there, and, um, I just don't like them!" Naruto managed to get out, and then pouted like a child.

That wasn't quite the answer Sasuke had been hoping to hear, but it's not as if Naruto would just randomly admit he had feelings for Sasuke. Not that he knew if he did, but one could hope, right? Besides, the way that Naruto looked while he pouted was just too cute, though he would never admit to thinking that. And how did he know if this was such a good idea or not? He hadn't been in a relationship for a while, and that last one had turned out awful.

He quickly steered himself away from those thoughts. He didn't feel like going for a trip down memory lane. And besides, that relationship was none of his choosing. Even if he didn't hate the girl, he had never had stronger feelings for her than as if she were his sister.

Each of the two boys was lost in their own thoughts when Iruka came in and demanded the class's attention.

"Every one, we have yet another new student joining us today…"

Naruto dragged himself temporarily out of his thoughts to see what all the fuss was about when the students around him started talking excitedly.

Sasuke couldn't care less right now, and was still thinking about a certain blonde haired boy.

"I would like to introduce Yoko Hisame. She just transferred here."

Sasuke's head immediately snapped up, a panicked look written all over his handsome features.

Naruto looked to Sasuke. For some reason, after seeing the girl he looked panicked, and was gripping the sides of his desk so tightly he was surprised he hadn't broken off a piece yet.

He looked suspiciously at the two. Who was this girl, and why had she caused such a reaction in Sasuke?

Well, there you go! Some new things to think about, too.Both Naruto andSasuke seem to be thinking about their relationships with each other as well...Also, sorry that this chapter isn't as long as I would like it to be. I just desperately want to get this out! Hee hee, and it leaves off in quite a cliffhanger, too grins evilly. The beginning might seem kinda confusing now, but it's just kinda a look into Naruto's future…

And forgive me ifthe format and stuffdoesn't look right... for some reason,no matter how many time I change it and then save it, itcomes out looking like this, with no chapter dividers, no tabs in the beginning of paragraphs...Grrrr...! Oh, and sorry to those of you who like Ino and or Sakura. I really don't, so deal with it XD. Because, no one is forcing you to read this! And don't worry, things will be cleared up in future chapters. And hopefully I'll get the next chapter out soon. I've been so busy with school, and it doesn't help that I'm falling behind in some of my classes… sobs… well, ja ne for now!