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Chapter One
It was a bright and cheerful morning. The streets were already busy with villagers and shinobis alike going about with their daily lives. A perfectly normal morning. What they didn't know was that something was going to change and it was going to affect them in one way or another.
"Kuso!" Naruto swore as the glare of the sun reached his eyes and made him close it painfully again. He cursed that chinese guy, Song Fai (is that him? I forgot) or something for not shooting down the last sun too. He decided that he very much preferred living for the night (Carpe Noct-something) than living for the day (Carpe Diem isn't it?), thank you very much. Opening his eyes a little, he confirmed that it was safe to open his eyes before doing so.
He looked at his clock. 8.45 a.m. Rubbing his eyes, he sat up. As his brain warmed up, he suddenly thought, why do I have a feeling that I have something to do? As he sat there, thinking, a voice spoke up. You're supposed to meet your team in exactly half an hours time.
Wha - ?, Naruto looked around the room. No one there. He could've sworn that he had heard someone talking to him...
Kit, for a supposed genius with an IQ of 250, you sure are stupid.
Kyu? Naruto thought to the other occupant in his head as realisation dawned him.
Yup, and you might want to hurry if you're going to show those idiots you call teammates your true colours.
Right, Naruto replied and set off to get ready. Nothing unusual happened until when it was time to dress. Instead of the usual orange attire which practically screamed "HERE I AM! KILL ME!" and was against anything to do with the supposed ninja stealth, he chose a much darker outfit. After dressing, he looked at his reflection in the full-length mirror he had found while spring-cleaning his closet. Naruto had chosen to wear a tight black sleeveless tee and his short-sleeved fishnet over it, showing off the not very big but existent muscles. Over it, is a black, collared, long-sleeved jacket which he left unbuttoned. Accompanying the top, he chose a pair of pants which were like his old ones except it was black. The shoes and pouch position were the same. Taking down his goggles and relocating his forehead protector, he tied it to his left thigh. Naruto re-examined himself.
Won't they freak when they see my new look?, he smirked, not to mention my true self.
Yes kit, it's all good but you have only 5 more minutes and you haven't taken your breakfast.
Damn, he frowned. Guess he'll just miss breakfast today. Making sure that his apartment was locked so tight that the best ninjas can't get in, Naruto used his ninja training and made a run for the meeting area.
When he had arrived, it was 9.15 a.m. Just in time. Schoolling his face into perfect blankness, he walked over to where Sasuke and Sakura was already waiting. Sakura was trying to get Sasuke to talk to her and Sasuke was ignoring her as usual. Naruto decided to keep quiet and see if they noticed him.
As it turned out, they didn't. For when Kakashi-sensei finally arrived 2 hours later and gave his usual lame excuse, no one shouted "LIAR!" with their female teammate. Sakura blinked as she kept her accusing finger pointed at their sensei. "Hey wait, Naruto's not here," she said. Kakashi tilted his head a little and scratched it, "what do you mean? He's there," he said and pointed to where Naruto was leaning against a tree, arms crossed and face expressionless. The two members followed his finger and saw Naruto in his brand new outfit.
Sasuke frowned a little. Dammit, he hadn't heard nor sensed him. Meanwhile, Sakura gave a blank expression and shouted, finger pointing, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SPYING ON ME AND SASUKE-KUN?" Naruto's eye twitched. Damn that girl is loud.
Clearing his ears, Naruto replied calmly and emotionlessly, "I have been have for two hours and I haven't been spying on you and your precious Sasuke-kun,Haruno." Nobody could miss the sarcasm in his voice as he said "Sasuke-kun". The 3 members of Team 7 were beyond shocked. Since when had Naruto developed such an attitude? What happened to the hyperactive, loud and bright (as in colourful) Naruto? Better yet, how come they hadn't detected him in the 2 hours he had been there?
Snapping out of the short shock from the new attitude Naruto had displayed, Sakura defended her precious Sasuke, "hey! Don't be mean to Sasuke-kun! Apologise to him!"
Apologise for what, nobody but the pink-haired girl knew. The 3 members waited for a reaction of some sort. Whine, be angry, anything. Anything to indicate that he was still the Naruto they knew. They were disappointed, however, when all he did was say coldly, "apologise? To him? I think not. If anything, you should be thanking me for bringing him back." Before anyone could say anything, he continued.
"Do you think that the world revolves around your precious Sasuke-kun? Well, newsflash for you, it doesn't. The world doesn't revolve around him no matter what you think. If there's nothing else, I'm out of here." Not waiting for an answer, Naruto started to walk away. Sakura stood there like a stature. No one knew how to handle this new Naruto.
"Naruto, come back here. We are supposed to be a team," Kakashi said calmly, not letting his shock show. Naruto stopped and stayed there for a while, before giving a short laugh. Turning around, they all saw no humour in his now cold as ice and hard as steel eyes. "You have some nerve, talking about being a team. You're right, we were supposed to be a team. Supposed to. Let me ask you, where were you, when Haruno and I needed preparation for the third round of our first Chuunin exam?" Naruto waited for his answer. "I was training Sasuke", Kakashi said, not really understanding where the conversation was heading.
"Exactly. Let me ask you again, where were you when Haruno and I were supposed to be taught?"
"I was training Sasuke."
"Exactly my point. If we were supposed to be a team, then why is it that you were only teaching Uchiha when you were supposed to be teaching. The. Whole. Damn. Team?" Naruto emphasized on the last four words. "I... ", Kakashi had no answer. He knew that Naruto was right. Everyone present knew that he was right. "But I -", the Jounin made one last attempt to redeem himself.
"Save it", Naruto said and turned to leave. Sakura snapped out of it and exclaimed, "what's wrong with you? Why are you treating us like this? We're your team mates, your friends!"
"Friends?" Naruto gave a humourless laugh. "Friends don't ignore friends. Friends don't betray friends. FRIENDS DON'T BLOODY WELL TRY TO KILL FRIENDS!" He shouted the last part as tears threatened to fall. He decided that he had enough and walked briskly out of the sights of his team.
To be continued
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