A/n- Ano... next chapter of Dissension. Please, cry for my spell-check some more, it's still dead. I shall fix it later, I hope. But for the time being please suffer through my spelling mistakes.
Koori's story, again. This whole friggen thing is going to be written by me, so watch out for the plot. It bites. Cheesemaker only know when I'll get this all typed up.
Everyone glomp Korvvy (from deviantart(dot)com) for helping me with this- he spell-checked the whole thing.
Summary- Again, this is a Naruto AU fanfiction. A reincarnation fic, to be exact. The hidden village of the leaf has continued to teach, but not in the way you'd expect. Kono academy is now a training place for diplomats. And the school has three new students. Possible SasuNaru and NejiNaru. Just for the hell of it.
Disclaimer- The characters and personalities represented in this fanfiction are not the property of one Koori Yuki, nor is she making any money off them. Thankies.
A gray-haired boy glared at the map again. This school sucked, and he'd flunked out of enough to know. Private schools were stupid with all their fancy uniforms and stupid grounds, but a school so big it had its own town? How sick is that?
The young man grimaced as he recalled the look on Iruka's face every time he flunked out of a school. The worst part was Iruka-sensei taught at all of the schools, so he knew the teen didn't do it on purpose. Sensei always looked so sad then. The greyhead scuffed his foot on the dirt road guiltily. It wasn't his fault he got sick so much! He studied really hard, as much as he could stay awake. The soft baritone of his younger relation interrupted his thoughts,
"We're going to miss orientation if you don't hurry up."
"Who cares about some snotty private academy orient-thingy anyway?" The older greyhead muttered.
"Because, Danny, this is the best private school in the country. And because it took three months of talking to even convince Iruka-sensei to apply here. And-" Daniel sighed. "-because Iruka-sensei's work is paying for our tuition, which was hard to pull off after you failed out of the last school. Most importantly, because this is Konoha." The baritone voice explained for perhaps the third time that morning. Shamefaced, the boy called Daniel glanced down. His younger companion and the owner of the painfully rational baritone were holding the hand of a petite albino boy. The smallest boy was watching the proceedings without much interest. Daniel glared at the strawberry-blond.
"I hate it when people call me Danny!" He shouted, finger pointed angrily at the offender. All guilt was forgotten, as usual. The blond sighed.
"Fine, Daniel. But we still can't be late. Can I have the map now?" He asked calmly. Daniel stuck out his tongue.
"I'm doing just fine!" He argued, clutching the map.
"No matter which direction you start off in, we always end up at Ichiraku's." Daniel's companion deadpanned. Daniel sweat dropped.
"I need a big breakfast. Unlike some people Jake, I don't just grow like a weed without good food." Daniel huffed. Jacob didn't bother to express his own distaste of the other's choice in nicknames, or the fact that ramen was not healthy food. It wasn't worth another fight.
"It's not my fault I'm taller than you, you know." Jacob stated. Daniel jumped to glance around and make sure no one had heard the blond. When the older was satisfied no one knew he was the shorter boy, he glared at Jacob.
"Only by an inch!" He whispered fiercely. The little albino coughed a few times in a vague mimicry of laughter. Jacob nodded understandingly.
"See? Even Noah thinks you're being unreasonable. Now please hand me the map." Jacob pushed, keeping his voice as friendly as possible. Daniel stuck out his upper lip
"I'm doing just fine, I said." He replied stubbornly. Noah tugged on Daniel's uniform sleeve. The teen waved him off.
"Not now Noah-chan, I'm busy." He murmured absently. Noah sniffed, and a single tear fell down his cheek. Although neither boy was watching, when this happened both Jacob and Daniel jerked as if they'd been slapped. Daniel looked down at the pale little shadow.
"What is it?" He asked softly. Noah wiped away his tear and signed haltingly,
'please give aniki the map.' His hands spoke slowly through the motions, and both older brothers looked pained. Daniel handed Jacob the map helplessly.
Jacob straightened the map and sweat dropped. How could anyone get lost with this map? Iruka has used a red marker to highlight the easiest path to the administrative building. Not only that, but Ichiraku and other landmarks were labeled if they were along the path. Jacob's eyes widened.
"Dan, Hokage Tower is the administrative building." He said softly. Daniel scratched the back of his neck.
"The what?"
"The place we want to get to is Hokage Tower!" Jacob shouted. Daniel's eyes lit up.
"Why didn't you just say so?" He shouted back, and then hobbled off in the correct direction. Jacob shook his head and followed after him after grabbing Noah's hand again. Noah signed;
'he took off his brace again.' Jacob nodded and started walking quickly after the greyhead.
"I know. I brought it with us." He stated. Noah nodded sadly. The two boys caught up with their older sibling outside a small drug store. Daniel was hopping from one foot to the other impatiently.
"This is Ino's flower shop, right?" The greyhead shouted. Jacob hurried over to him, tugging Noah behind. "Do you think she lives here?" Daniel asked wistfully.
"Here's your brace." Was Jacob's only response. The blond tossed the bit of metal and gauze at Daniel, who caught it and made a face.
"I don't need this." He whined, but suddenly his tone changed. "Really, though. Do you think she still lives there?" He asked. Jacob shook his head.
"We both know Choji and Ino moved out to live with Sasuke and Sakura 400 years ago. Jacob stated. "And you do too need that brace. You're limping." The blond finished. Daniel huffed.
"Fine. But only so we can get to the opening thing." Daniel smiled at Noah, and the child smiled back.
"At lease the Hyuugas are still knocking around here." Daniel added once his brace was on and the three were walking through the colorful streets of Konoha. The greyheaded boy jumped up to touch an arch crossing over the sidewalk, and wobbled upon landing. Jacob tensed defensively, but the hyper boy eventually leveled out and jumped onward.
By the time the three children reached the administrative building, Daniel's playful pace had slowed. The sun had finally made it into the narrow walkways of Konoha and Jacob shielded his eyes from it.
"You sprained your other ankle, didn't you?" The blond stated when they started up the stairs to the old Hokage Tower.
"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't..." Daniel's voice trailed off.
TBC...
