If It Went This Way

by Dead Uchiha

DISCONTINUED--may be rewritten one day Obito returns to Konoha after ten years spent as a missing nin. He's punished by being forced to take on a team of genin. Chaos ensues. XD Mwahahahaha!

5. When They Baceme Genin

KUKUKUKUKU! (Pst….that means "evil laughing" is taking place.)

Oh the things I have in mind for this chapter…sigh…I just can't wait to finish typing it! AH! Okay here I go.

OKAY! I gotta say thanks to everyone who reviewed! feels warm and fuzzy Tears of joy spill from my eyes….now lets all pray I keep interest in this fic until it's done! AHHHH!

NOTE! Okay, if Sasuke was ever OOC in the last chapter, then he is definitely not going back anytime soon. For he belongs toME now (for the purposes of this fic of course…) and he will do as I see fit. Or else.

Also, akumariver told me that the English and Japanese translations don't mix… Here is my reasoning… this fic is in English, so I use the Japanese words as kind of a 'proper' thing, or whatever. Like… when I say 'Mirror Wheel Eye' I am assuming that everyone knows that it is actually Sharingan. Sharingan is its 'proper title'. Shadow Replication is the same way. Naruto calls out "Kage Bunshin." when he uses it. Get it? Basically, all things having to do with the 'ninja' world will be like this from time to time. Like Hokage Fire Shadow, Mizu Kage Water Shadow, Kaze Kage Wind Shadow, etc. It gives me a wider variety of words I guess. I like it.

One last thing, Sasuke calls Naruto "Dead Last" for a reason. I didn't want to use "Dobe" because I actually had a plan when I wrote this and Dead Last is part of that plan. smiley

Crap! I forgot, Ghostninja85, Sasuke didn't just now go crazy… he's been crazy. That will be revealed later. Maybe in this chapter? Next for sure, if not.

Get ready! Here comes Sakura! Oh…this is going to be fun.

Disclaimer…or whatever: um, yeah…if I owned Naruto, I would say screw college and just do nothing but Naruto all day long…(snickers to self) I can't spell for shit.

Warnings: Language and violence…nothing too naughty...yet. Yaoi? Um…nah…not yet anyway. But perhaps…(grin)………Okay there is going to be some mild smut this time, but oh man…you'll see.

Enough of my idiot babbling…on with the friggin' story!

…When They Became Genin…

Naruto awoke with the sun in his eyes…a lot of sun! He tried to pull his night cap down to shield his eyes from the early morning glare. His fingers found nothing but a mess of blonde hair. 'What the heck?' Where could his hat have gone? He never slept without it! Wait a minute. He didn't remember putting it on before he went to sleep. He didn't remember going to sleep! Naruto's eyes snapped open.

"What the hell is THIS?" He glanced around at his surroundings. There was huge window looking out towards town. He turned. He was in a bed. A HUGE bed. It was fluffy and soft and had lots of fluffy pillows…all black. "What the hell?" What was he doing here? What was this place?

The room was almost bare. There was a dresser with nothing on it, a bedside table, a lamp, and a chair. There was a closet, but the door was closed. Naruto sat up and tried to crawl over to the edge of the bed to check out the floor, but he winced when he put weight on his left arm. He looked down at it...

"What the hell?" There were two THICK pieces of gauze taped to his left fore arm, one on each side. His thoughts drifted back in time, to when this incident had occurred…

'That was pretty stupid, Dead Last.'

What happened after that? He found that he had no idea.

"What…what?" This was no hospital. It couldn't be. He shook his head in confusion. This matter needed further investigating immediately! He checked the rest of his body. His jacket was gone. His mesh shirt was still there though. He peeked under the covers. His pants were still on. That was good. No shoes. Not too much was missing. Now for faze two.

He scooted himself over to the edge of the bed and swung his feet over. He tested his legs. Yep, they worked okay. 'Okay. Now then. Proceed to the door. Slide it open… very, very, slowly. Just a tiny peek.'

The door opened into another large room… huge room in fact. It was almost as bare as the one he'd woke up in. There was another large window. It covered almost the whole wall. The smell of sandalwood and peppermint hovered faintly in the air. 'Incense…?' Not sensing any murderous intent, he slid the door open a bit more and peeked his head out. That's when he saw him.

"What the hell?" That's the only thing he could think to say. There, before his eyes, was the Bastard that had done the damage to his arm. He sat reclined on a black futon that was folded into a 'couch'. He was naked from the waist up and his hair fell messily into his eyes. He held a bowl of… something. It was crunchy. He was chewing whatever it was, slowly. Naruto noticed a couple of bruises on his pale skin. He wondered if it was from their fight. That would be cool.

Sasuke turned his gaze from his breakfast to regard his 'guest'. He leisurely finished chewing and sat forward. The Dead Last was staring at him like he'd walked in on him gutting a child or something. Sasuke decided he'd better explain himself. "I don't know where you live." He took another bite of his cereal.

Naruto's mouth was hanging open now. Sasuke's crunching was the only sound that could be heard. Slowly, Naruto slid the door the rest of the way open and stepped out of Sasuke's bedroom. He looked around again, getting a better view of his surroundings, but still said nothing.

The room wasn't exactly bare, per say, but it seemed that way to Naruto at first because he was used to having a lot of stuff…everywhere. It was actually, sort of, decorated? The futon was pushed against the wall opposite the huge window. There was a rectangular glass table in front of it. On the table, there was a box of…something… a bottle of milk, and a banana. There were other various items, but Naruto's attention was drawn from the table to the contents of the wall he was facing. About fifty kunai were hanging by their loops from hooks that had been arranged to form a decoration. Like three curved lashes in a triangular pattern, bending into each other, with a circle around it. His eyes drifted from that to a row of vertical shelves that held, what looked like, old books and scrolls. There was a desk in the corner that held a wrought iron candelabra with black candles in it. He then noticed that there seemed to be candles everywhere. There were sconces on the wall, shelves with pillars of them, and little ones strewn about here and there. All black. He thought his head would spin. He glanced back over to his 'host'.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at his 'guest'. He reached over and set his bowl down on the table, then grabbed the banana and pulled off the skin. He reached his hand underneath the pillow that was next to him and pulled out a kunai. He used this to slice pieces of the banana into his bowl while he continued speaking. "I couldn't take you to the hospital because they would have asked me questions." He filled up his bowl with more cereal and squished it down, wetting it with the milk. "Don't just stand there like an idiot, please. You're freaking me out." Again he was crunching.

"Ugh…sorry." 'I'Mfreaking HIM out?' Naruto crept across the room and sat on the opposite end of the futon. He tried to force himself to say something, but from this proximity, he could see the bruises on Sasuke's bare torso more clearly. It was distracting. One of them looked downright nasty. Naruto didn't bruise easily, and when he did, it usually faded within a few hours or so. He didn't understand why Sasuke's bruise looked so bad. Was that from him? He couldn't remember. There were too many clones' memories to try to sort through to determine if the blow had come from one of them. Like he could remember exactly where they'd hit him! He'd only just learned that technique, after all.

"This one hurts if I move wrong." He rubbed the tender contusion gently. "I plan on getting you back for it." Sasuke said when he noticed Naruto staring. He got up and sat the bowl down on the table, then crossed the expanse of the room and opened a door. He stepped in for a moment and reappeared holding a bundle of orange. He tossed it to Naruto who caught it on reflex. "I couldn't get the blood out."

Naruto turned and faced him. He was surprised. No, he was shocked beyond belief. He looked down at his jacket. One of the sleeves was stained just slightly brownish-orange. "That's okay…I've got another."

Sasuke still stood in the doorway. He pushed open the door all the way so Naruto could see inside. "The bathroom." He walked back and slumped down in his previous spot. He picked up his bowl and continued munching. "You might want to wash." Crunch, crunch, crunch. "You smell." Crunch, crunch, crunch. There was a pause. "What are you waiting for? Your stink is ruining my breakfast."

"Ugh…Oh yeah…ugh…yeah…" Naruto got up, hurried into the bathroom, and closed the door. He stood there for a moment in a daze. 'What the hell is going on?

This is where Sasuke…lives? This is so creepy.' He examined the bandages on his arm. 'Sasuke…did this. Why? Why didn't he just leave me in the clearing?' The fact that a normal person could have bled to death from the wound he'd received didn't even register to him. He was busy trying to understand why Sasuke helped him.

He gritted his teeth and tugged at the tape that held the gauze on his arm. It yanked out some tiny hairs. He tried his hardest not to howl at the sting, but he still let out a little whine. Free from the tape, he pulled back the gauze and checked out his wound. 'YUCK!' It was pretty nasty looking, but still surprisingly not as bad as it should have been. He didn't know what it looked like yesterday. Yesterday it had been a gaping, bleeding hole. If you were to hold it up to the sun, you would have been able to see through it. Now, it was just a swollen, puffy, crusty scab with some kind of salve smeared over it. He imagined Sasuke, attending to his wound with careful hands, as he lay unconscious on that huge bed. He cringed. It was not something that was easy for him to picture.

Sasuke heard Naruto's little yelp through the door. He wondered how that wound was doing. That was the most idiotic thing he'd ever seen anyone do…but it was clever. He mentally kicked himself for allowing Dead Last that much time to study his attack pattern. He never in a million years would have pegged him for the type to put up such a fight. He'd seen enough of Naruto to come to the conclusion that the guy was complete jack ass, so what the hell happened yesterday? And his arm…

"Dead Last?"

"…"

"Hey!"

"…"

"Shit."

Sasuke got up and approached his fallen rival. He knelt down and placed two fingers just under the line of Naruto's jaw. His pulse was strong…but that was bad as much as it was good. He looked at Naruto's arm. Blood oozed out of it in tune with his pulse. What the hell was wrong with him? Didn't he know that kind of wound was likely to bleed him out? It was a vertical slash too. Damn it. Why would he pull a stunt like that when he wasn't even in a real battle?

"Hn! Wanted to be the last one standing so bad you'd risk your life for it? Idiot."

Sasuke tore off one of the sleeves of his shirt and ripped it down the middle, making it into one long strip. He tied it around the Dead Last's arm just above the elbow, tourniquet style. It slowed the bleeding. Good. Now what the hell was he gunna do with him? He ripped off the other sleeve and tied it around the wound while he went over his options. He thought about what he would tell the nurses at the hospital when the asked what happened to him. 'Oh, well I tried to slit his throat and he got mad and tried to fight me, so I stabbed him. But its okay cuz I thought he was a clone.' That would sound just great.

As he lifted his rivals body off the ground he remembered what he'd seen earlier…when he's cut Dead Last's neck. 'That weird chakra…' He looked at where the cut had been. It was gone. Not even a scar. That was fortunate. He focused for a moment and forced out his Sharingan to examine Naruto's arm. The weird chakra was there. It was faint, but it was there doing its work. Good. He ran, carrying his rival to the only other place he could think to go.

Sasuke finished his breakfast and decided to get dressed. Dead Last was out of the shower. He could hear him fumbling around in there as he walked to his room. He dressed quickly and headed back out to the main room to gather his gear. Dead Last was out of the bathroom and was eyeing the box on the table suspiciously. "Are you hungry?"

Naruto jumped at the voice. He hadn't heard him approach. He wrinkled his nose and pointed to the box. "Is this shit really food?"

Sasuke sighed. Where the hell did this guy come from? Another planet? "It's puffed rice, Dead Last. Yes. It qualifies as food."

Naruto grabbed the box and sniffed its contents. He paused. His expression changed. "Why am I here?"

"I told you. I didn't know where you lived, and I wasn't going to take you to the hospital."

"Yeah, but…" He looked up at Sasuke, "Why didn't you just leave me there?" He took Sasuke by surprise. His eyes were steady and questioning. He really couldn't understand.

'Is he really serious?' "Dead Last, you could have bled to death yesterday. Are you too stupid to understand that, or are you just ungrateful?" Naruto's eyes looked hurt. Sasuke didn't like the way that look made him feel. He didn't like the fact that he even cared at all. It was not something he should have been caring about.

"Look asshole, I'm not used to people actually giving a fuck whether I'm dead or not, that's all. You didn't seem to care yesterday when you were about to give me a new 'smile'. So why, after I kicked your pretty boy ass, did you suddenly decide to worry?"

"First of all, I'd hardly say you kicked my ass, and second, I'm not ruining my career as Ninja just because a fucking Dead Last challenged me to fight and had to resort to kamikazi to fucking beat me! You're an idiot! I wasn't trying to KILL you!" He wasn't…was he? Was he?

"No one would have missed me." He laughed. It sounded sad. "You would have been a hero." He was staring out the window now. "The village would have thrown a party."

"What the fuck are you talking about? What's wrong with you?"

Naruto took a deep breath and sighed. He was out of his daze. "Nothing. Never mind." He grabbed the box and dug his hand in it, pulled out a handful of the crunchy stuff, and shoved it in his mouth. Crunch, crunch, crunch…

Sasuke noticed that Naruto had removed his bandages. He saw that the wound had healed exponentially since last night. What the hell kind of power did he have? Was it a Bloodline Skill? Sasuke thought about it for a minute. He realized the he didn't know anyone else in the village with the name Uzumaki. There was no Uzumaki clan. Naruto was an orphan. Just like him. He faintly wondered if maybe that's why the people held a general dislike towards Naruto. Maybe his clan had done something to gain disfavor and the villagers took it out on the only one left. Kind of like how they always treated Sasuke like he was some kind of prodigy. He vainly thought that, had his brother not murdered his clan, he wouldn't have been considered special at all. He would have just blended in with the crowd.

" Here, let me see your arm." Naruto looked at him questioningly, but held out his arm to the other boy. Sasuke examined it. It seemed to be healing faster now, but it was far from being healed. "You should wrap this. It could still get infected." Without thinking he reached into his weapons pack and brought out a roll of bandage and began wrapping it. He didn't notice the weird look that he was getting from Naruto. He just went about it like he did everything else. Not thinking, just acting. He wrapped the bandage around his hand and up his arm to the elbow. It looked pretty normal, he thought. Naruto probably wouldn't be questioned about it. Some ninja always wore wraps.

"What was that stuff you put on it? It's healing really fast."

Sasuke flinched at Naruto's question. 'He doesn't know? How could he not know?'

"What? Why are you looking at me like that you bastard?"

"I didn't use anything special on it. That was just an ointment. You're healing this yourself."

"Oh…"

"Why…do you heal like that? You know that normal people can't do that, don't you?"

"I…I'm not doing this on purpose! I don't know…"

"What's with your weird chakra?"

He had a good idea now why it healed so fast. It must have been the demon. "It must be Kyuu…" 'Shit!' Why did he have such a big mouth?

"What?"

Naruto laughed and scratched at his head. "Oh nothing. Hegh, hegh, hegh."

"What were you going to say Dead Last?"

"Really! It's nothing! I can't talk about it." 'Damn! Why'd you say that? Idiot!'

"Why not?"

"Look…um…it's forbidden, okay? So quit asking! Geez!" 'Oh great, now I'm going to have to tell him everything.'

"Whatever. Look, it's almost time for the Orientation meeting." Sasuke reached in his pack and pulled out his Hitai-ate and tied it around his head.

'Yes! He didn't notice! Wait.' "What?"

"The meeting. For new Genin. It's almost time for that to start. I'm leaving now."

"That was today? Shit! I gotta go home and get my stuff!" Naruto quickly got up to leave, slamming the cereal box down on the table.

Sasuke briefly thought about slapping Dead Last for making a mess. "Hey, I thought you didn't graduate."

"Hell yeah I graduated! With my new technique, Iruka sensei was forced to recognize my skills!" With that he ran out the door, leaving Sasuke alone and confused…again.

Naruto high tailed it back to his crappy little apartment as fast as he could. This was the day he would become a Genin! He couldn't be late for that! He unlocked the door and tore into his apartment. He had to be quick if he wanted to make it. He had about three minutes to get ready.

He stripped himself of the nasty clothes he was forced to put back on after his shower and dug around to find some new ones. Damn it he was hungry! He didn't have time to eat though. 'Hmph!' That Uchiha Bastard would have let him sleep right through that meeting! Well, he didn't really have a reason to wake him. After all, Sasuke didn't even know he'd graduated. He found something semi acceptable and threw it on.

Naruto ran over to his refrigerator and grabbed the first thing he saw. He brought it to his lips. "UGH! BLAAAGHHH! Gross!" He spat the days old milk into the sink. "Nasty!" The carton was tossed into the trash on the way out the door.

Sasuke had gotten there early enough get a window seat. That was good. That horrible girl would try to sit by him, no doubt. He did not want that to happen. He glanced over his shoulder at the door. A trickling stream of brand new Genin started to come through the door. He prayed that girl would not arrive before someone had taken the seat next to him. Why was she so damned…ANNOYING? All she ever did was babble on and on to her little annoying friends about crap that she thought she knew about him. She didn't know him at all! And why the hell did she always want to put her hands on him? Fucking annoying!

He spun back around and watched for her out the window. If he saw her coming, he could just leave and wait till she sat down, then he could sneak back in and sit behind her somewhere. So she wouldn't be able to sit and stare at him or try to talk to him about dumb shit. Then, he heard a familiar voice come from behind him.

"Do you not see this Forehead Protector? I graduated. Dumb ass."

Sasuke turned and saw the Dead Last standing there jabbing a thumb towards his bandana and looking annoyed at the guy he was talking to. A thought struck him. Naruto could sit there. Yeah. Sakura hated him. She wouldn't sit anywhere near where Naruto was. "Dead Last. Come over here." Everyone in the room turned to look at either Naruto or Sasuke. Sasuke never realized that he'd never actually spoken to Naruto in class before.

Naruto stomped over to where the Uchiha bastard was sitting. "What the hell do you want?" He figured that the Bastard wouldn't want anyone to know that he'd been nice to him that morning, so he decided to act as if nothing had occurred at all.

"Sit here." It seemed like a reasonable request. He didn't expect the reaction he got. Everyone in the classroom had turned their eyes to see what was so special that the Uchiha had decided to speak. The room fell silent. It was weird.

"Why would I wanna do that again?" Naruto's expression was a mix of annoyed and surprised.

"Because I told you to. Just do it."

"Ha! Why would I wanna sit next to you! You're a psycho!" The whole class seemed to gasp.

"I want to talk to you."

"I don't wanna talk to you!"

"Damn it Dead Last!" The whole class was staring with wide eyes now. Why did that idiot have to be so damned difficult?

Naruto jumped on top of the desk, crouched down, and got in the Bastard's face. "Who the hell do you think you are? You think just because you're an Uchiha you can just go around ordering people what to do? Well I'm not one of your adoring fans! I don't wanna sit here! I'm going to sit next to Sakura."

Naruto was too busy being pissed off and Sasuke was too busy trying desperately not to beat the shit out Naruto for being a difficult jack ass. Neither noticed that the object of their argument was standing right next to them now… and she was fuming.

"NARUTO! IDIOT! I'll NEVER sit next to you! Get away from Sasuke before you get him dirty!" She drew her arm back swung it around, hitting Naruto directly in the back of his head.

The force of the blow knocked Naruto off balance and he was thrown forward. All Naruto felt was the sting of his lip splitting open as it smacked into the thing in front of him. Then he was being thrown back the way he came, back onto the desk.

"Damn it Sakura! What the hell is wrong with you?" Sasuke looked livid! He was standing now. He spat blood from his mouth and wiped a trickle of it away from his lower lip.

"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry Sasuke! I didn't mean to…" Sakura looked horrified. What had she done? She didn't mean to hit Naruto so hard. She looked down at him lying on the desk rubbing his mouth. "NARUTO! STUPID! HOW COULD YOU TRY TO KISS SASUKE LIKE THAT?" She shoved him. "Move! I'm sitting here!"

"No your not. Dead Last is already sitting here." Sasuke was still glaring at Sakura.

"I'm not sitting here." Naruto was trying to gather his senses and get out the way before Sasuke jumped over the desk and attacked Sakura.

"YES YOU ARE!" Sasuke grabbed him by his shirt and stood him up. He grabbed the boy's tender left arm and applied the tiniest bit of pressure, forcing him down into the chair.

"OWOWOWOW! FINE BASTARD! GEEZ!" Naruto slumped into the chair, not a moment too soon.

"All right everyone take your seats. Let's get started." Iruka entered carrying a stack of folders.

Sakura huffed and slid into the spot next to Naruto. She was extremely pissed when she looked over and saw Sasuke whispering something to Naruto while Iruka began addressing the class.

"Dead Last, meet me on the bench outside at lunch. There's something I want to ask you."

"Tch. Whatever. Bastard."

They all sat quietly listening to Iruka rant on and on about how even though they were now Genin, in the ninja world they were the lowest of the low. It seemed like he'd been talking for hours! Naruto was starting to squirm. 'I'm sooo fucking hungry! I can't stand it!' Thinking about lunch, he remembered that he was supposed to meet Sasuke. He hoped the Bastard brought something to eat with him. He thought he'd try to 'guilt' something off him, like maybe he'd complain about how bad his arm hurt and then ask for something to eat. He loved plotting. It was his favorite thing to do, except for eating ramen, that is. His attention was brought back to reality when he heard his name being called.

"Team number seven, Uzumaki, Naruto,… Haruna Sakura,…"

"YES!" Naruto stood and flashed a victory sign. Sakura slammed her head on the desk.

"Are you done Naruto?" Iruka asked the blonde who was still standing there posing.

"Oh! Hee hee." Naruto sat back down and folded his hands triumphantly behind his head.

"Then I'll continue. The last one in team seven is Uchiha, Sasuke."

"OH YEAH!" Sakura jumped out of her seat and turned to flash a victory sign at her 'friend' Ino. Ino, by the way, looked mortified.

"Ha! You hear that Sasuke? Iruka sensei says your last! And I'm first!" He pointed a finger at Sasuke, who had a strange look on his face. Well, that's what everyone else thought anyway.

Sasuke was smiling. He was surprised how excited he was that he was going to be able to train with 'the idiot' every day. That idiot had an excellent technique. He was looking forward to beating the shit out of some more of his clones. He hadn't even registered fully that he was also stuck on a team with that awful annoying girl.

"Actually Naruto, Sasuke graduated with the highest scores, so he is actually first in this class. You, on the other hand, are last. You had the worst scores. That's why you are on the same team. Your scores balance each other out, making your team even." After he said it, Iruka felt a little bad. He and Naruto had become close recently. He didn't want to look like he was playing favorites. He was over compensating.

Sasuke actually had to force himself not to laugh. He smirked and leaned over to whisper something to Naruto. "Dead Last."

Naruto growled and clenched his teeth. He was about to yell something at him when there was a knock on the door.

The whole class lowered their heads in respect for the man who'd just entered. Everyone except for Naruto and Sasuke, that is. The Hokage spoke to Iruka with a hushed voice. When he finished, he turned and raised his hand politely to the class. They all raised their heads. "I would like to extend my best wishes to all of you today. This Village is proud of your accomplishments. I'm very excited to see what fine ninja's you all will become." He smiled, bowed his head slightly, and went back out the door.

Naruto turned and looked at Sasuke, he thought he looked pale. Well more than usual that is. "What the hell do you think that was about?" he whispered.

Sasuke didn't answer him. Instead he looked out the window and waited to see if the Hokage exited the building. He waited and waited for that to happen while Iruka finished announcing the teams. It never happened. When he heard that it was time to break for lunch, Sasuke was positive what the Hokage had come to tell Iruka. That bull shit of him addressing the class was just a cover.

Naruto jumped up and shouted, "It's about damn time! I'm fuckin' starving!" Iruka was not pleased with that comment. "Naruto! That's not appropriate!" Naruto stuck his tongue out, blew a 'raspberry' at his former teacher, and went for the door. Sasuke was just about to get up and follow him when Iruka stopped him. "Sasuke, I need a word with you."

Sasuke was expecting it. "Naruto! Don't forget!"

Naruto turned and looked back at the Bastard. He had a confounded look on his face. 'Did that Bastard just call me by my NAME?' "Yeah, yeah. Whatever. The bench. Got it." With that he left and went to scrounge up some lunch.

Sasuke turned back to Iruka, who looked a little surprised himself. 'Damn it. I really don't want to deal with this shit right now.'

"Sasuke…" Iruka was trying to be as tactful as he could. He knew about the whole situation with Itachi of course. What he didn't know, was that Sasuke already knew about it. "The…Hokage… would like to speak with you before you go to lunch."

"Fine. Where is he?" He knew he was going to have to do it sooner of later. He might as well get it out of the way and be done with it.

"You'll find him on the roof, in the pavilion."

"Right." With that, he left Iruka and headed for the roof.

Naruto was agitated. He couldn't stop thinking about how Sasuke had called him by his name. What the heck did that mean? Why would he do that? And what the heck did he want to talk to him about so badly? They were on the same team now after all. They could talk whenever. What was so important that he needed to meet him at the bench? He thought back to that morning.

'Why…do you heal like that? ... What's with your weird chakra?'

That had to be it. How the heck was he going to explain that? He didn't want Sasuke to know about him. He was afraid that Sasuke would hate him. That pissed him off because HE was supposed to HATE SASUKE! But he didn't really think he did anymore. Yeah, he was a bastard. Hell, he was THE Bastard! But he wasn't really all that bad of a guy. Well, he was nut case, and he was unpleasant too of course, but Naruto couldn't get past the fact that he knew what it must be like for Sasuke… being alone. Yeah, he knew all about that. Naruto was the king of that realm. At least Sasuke had a family to love him once. He knew what it felt like to be wanted. Naruto thought that maybe that was the problem he'd always had with him. Sasuke was always wanted, and he never was. Naruto wanted to be wanted. By someone, ANYONE! He was tired of being shunned.

He reached into his pocket and brought out his froggy wallet. He grunted when he opened it up and found nothing inside but lint. He remembered that he'd spent his last bit of cash at Ichiraku the night before last and he wasn't going to get another allowance until the end of the week. He grumbled something to himself about how stingy Konoha was about taking care of war orphans, and decided to just go wait for Sasuke to show up at the bench. He'd just use his plan to snake some food out of him when he got there. Sasuke would have food. By the looks of his place, he probably had a huge fucking trust fund! Yeah. He'd have something to for him to eat.

Sakura had a plan. She'd been thinking of it ever since she heard Sasuke tell Naruto (that idiot) to meet him at the bench out side of the school. She figured that Naruto was probably off somewhere stuffing his (idiot) face, and Sasuke, being as perfect as he was, would get there early and have to wait for that idiot to show up. So, it was logical for her to just sit there and wait for him. Then she could ask him to have lunch with her and maybe they could talk. She wanted to apologize for what happened in the class that morning. She should have known that Naruto (that idiot) would be a total clutz. That was awful! It looked like they…KISSED EACH OTHER! She felt so bad! Sasuke must have been horribly embarrassed! Yeah. She'd wait for him and apologize. Then maybe… she could tell him how she felt about him…and maybe he would… Her face got all blushed as she sat down to wait for her crush.

Sasuke approached the old man that was waiting for him in the rooftop garden. His back was to him. He was staring off in the direction of the Hokage Monument, but the old man still knew he was there. Not even turning, the old man said, "Ah, Sasuke, I'm sorry to take you away from your lunch. Thank you for meeting with me. I have an important matter to discuss with you."

"I already know about Itachi."

The old man sighed. "I thought you might. I wanted to be the one to tell you about it, but I thought it would be best to wait until his identity had been confirmed. We were not absolutely sure it was him until last night. It is unfortunate how rumors tend to spread quickly in this village." He paused and glanced back at Sasuke. "When did you hear?"

"The night that man arrived, I overheard your grandson talking to Naruto Uzumaki about it."

"I see." Konohamaru would have to be punished.

"I know he's an Uchiha. Who is he? I've never seen him before."

"His name is Obito. He was once an elite ninja of this village. He was a very talented young man. He became a Missing Nin ten years ago."

"Do you know…how it happened? With my brother?"

"Apparently your brother attacked him. He told me that he killed Itachi while defending himself."

"Ah."

"Sasuke, how are you doing?"

"I'm fine. It's good that he's gone. He won't be able to murder anyone else."

"Yes. That is true."

"Is that man still here in this village? I want to meet him."

"That is what I've come here to discuss with you Sasuke. You will be meeting Obito later on today. He is going to be your Jounin instructor."

"I see."

"That is not all though. I came here to tell you that since he is going to be remaining in this village for the time being, and he is your only living relative, I've ordered you to be place under his custody."

"You don't trust me."

"It isn't that, Sasuke. I just think that it would be good for both of you if he was there to look after you. I worry that you are growing up too fast. I do not like that you have isolated yourself from the other children." He glanced over to Sasuke, who was now leaning on the edge of the building looking down. "You have suffered a great loss, one that no one should have to experience, but you are a still a child. You should be enjoying the youth that you have, not training to become a killer."

"All ninja are killers."

"Yes, but not all of them seek to excel simply for that purpose. There is a deeper meaning to becoming a shinobi that I fear you have not grasped yet. We are killers. Yes. But we become that way for a purpose that is larger than revenge. We are protectors. We seek only the protection of those who cannot protect themselves and it is our ultimate goal to make a better world for them to exist in. That is the primary function of a ninja. We kill only because is sometimes a necessity in achieving that goal."

"Protectors? Where were these 'protectors' when Itachi was murdering my clan? There was no one who could have stopped him! That is my reason for trying to excel. I don't ever want to feel like I need someone else's 'protection'. I want to be the best. I don't feel like I should be punished for that."

"I am not trying to punish you Sasuke. I have faith that you will not continue down the path your brother had set for you. I am ordering you to stay with Obito because he is your family, not because I don't trust you."

"Hn."

"Obito, I think, also needs you. He left this village with ill will for your clan. He was shunned by them. Yet, he cannot disregard what it meant for him to be a part of them. You two share a culture and a history that is nearly gone from this world. I would like to see the two of you be able to restore that culture and carry on the traditions of the Uchiha together and rebuild what has been tragically destroyed. I believe that it is what's best for both of you."

There was a long silence between them while Sasuke pondered the old man's words. "Or maybe you just like Sharingan users around."

"It's true that Konoha relied heavily on your family's unique skill in the past, but those days are sadly gone, and lessons have been learned from them. Konoha does not simply want you here for your eyes, Sasuke."

"Fine. I'll do as you ask."

"Thank you, Sasuke." Sasuke turned to leave. He didn't think he could stand to stay there any longer. He hated that the old man could see through him, even though he'd been careful. "There is one more thing I feel I should tell you before you go Sasuke." Sasuke stopped and turned back to the old man. "You mentioned Naruto Uzumaki earlier…"

Naruto just could not BELIEVE what he was seeing. There, RIGHT THERE, sitting on the bench he was supposed to meet Sasuke at, was none other than the girl he'd had a crush on since he realized he was able to have a crush on a girl! She hadn't noticed him there. That was good. He hid behind a tree and watched her. She was just staring down at her feet looking sad. He wondered what she was sad about. He thought it was probably because Sasuke wasn't there yet. DAMN IT! HOW COULD SHE JUST LET HIM TREAT HER THE WAY THAT HE DOES AND STILL LIKE HIM? HE'S A BASTARD!

That was what he was thinking before he suddenly realized his own situation. DAMN. After that, he decided that he was mad at her. He wanted to get her back for being such a bitch to him that morning. Hell, every morning! She'd never even once been nice to him! He was such an idiot!

A sly grin appeared on his face. He'd just thought of a plan. He'd just go over there and ask her why she hated him so much. Yeah. But he knew that she would never talk to him. What could he do to get her to want to…

"Hee hee hee…" He rubbed his hands together like a villain, and performed the hand seals for one of his favorite techniques. It had taken him forever to get the damn thing down, but when he did, he mastered it quickly. "Henge." He said it in a hushed voice, so as not to let her catch on to his plan.

"Where the heck is he?" The waiting was getting to her. She was so nervous! She had made up her mind that today was going to be the day the she would kiss Sasuke for the first time. Well, she'd try at least. Then maybe he would realize that they were meant to be together. At first she was excited and determined, but the longer she sat there, the more self conscious she got. 'Why is it that the only thing I've been blessed with is a large forehead? Everything else is below average. ARGH! I hate this! He probably doesn't even think I'm attractive at all. NO! I must complete my mission! I will kiss him today! I will make him fall in love with me!' She allowed herself to imagine her crush complimenting her on the width of her brow. Then he'd bend down and kiss it. And then he'd…

"Yo." 'This bitch is going down.'

"Hugh?" 'OH MY GOSH! THERE HE IS! HE'S…SMILING…AT ME! OH MY GOSH! HE'S SO HOT! EEEEEE!'

"You know, your forehead…it's actually quite charming." 'She's always been embarrassed that people pick on her for her forehead…hee hee hee.'

Sakura gasped. 'YES! IT'S A FANTASY SITUATION!'

"It makes me…want to kiss it." Naruto gave her a little wink and smirked. "Yeah right. That's something that Naruto would say." He sat down on the bench next to her. A part of him cheered when she got all disappointed by his comment, the rest of him felt bad though. He wished she'd get excited like that if it was really him that said it. Right. Like that would ever happen. "So, Sakura… What do think about him? Naruto, I mean."

Sakura paused to think. Naruto didn't like the way her face was twisting. "I hate him! He's always butting his nose in my business. It's like he gets off on torturing me! And he's always getting the way! If he had his way, I'd probably never find love or happiness. I don't care about him at all. The only person I really care about…is you, Sasuke." She looked at Naruto/Sasuke.

She looked so pretty right then. How could something so beautiful be so evil and cruel? Naruto wanted to cry! That's what she thought about him? How could she think that? He'd never, EVER, tried to do anything that would make her unhappy! He WANTED her to be happy! He just wanted her to pay attention to him. That's all.

"I just want you notice me…that's all. I want your attention. I'd do anything to get it." She leaned in closer to him and closed her eyes.

Naruto was having a raging clash of emotions in his head. He was mad at her, and she'd just broken his heart into a million pieces and stomped on it. At the same time, there she was, perfect and beautiful, and even though it wasn't really him that she was saying those things to, it WAS him. What should he do?

"Please, Sasuke…" She whispered, "I'm desperate…"

That little whine in her voice did it. There was no fighting the fact that he was a guy and she was throwing herself at him. He HAD to act accordingly. Morals be damned. Naruto lifted his hands and brought them up to caress her face. He lightly brushed the pad of his thumb across her tender lips. She shivered at the touch. He heard her breath quicken. It made him absolutely crazy! It was the most excellent feeling in the world to have so much power over the thing that he desired so. He wanted it to last forever! He leaned in and sampled the texture of her lips just barely. They were slightly sticky. 'What's that shit called? Gloss. That's it.' He licked his own lips. It was nice. It tasted like cherries. "Mmm." He leaned in and traced his tongue along the line of her mouth. She gasped slightly. Damn it! Why was she so sexy? He whispered in her ear. "Are you sure you want this Sakura?" He hated the voice that was coming from him. He decided that he probably shouldn't talk anymore.

"Nnnn…Yes…please!"

There was that whine again. He grabbed the back of her head and nudged her forward, then wrapped his other arm around her waist and pulled her into a tight embrace. The way she allowed him to control her was like no feeling he'd ever had before. His head was swooning. He felt Sakura's fingers trace their way up his back and nest in his hair. 'Oh my god…this is the best.' He bent his head down and placed a gentile kiss on her fore head. She smiled slightly. He was done playing around now. It was time to get down to business.

When his lips met hers, Sakura thought she would die. Just die. She expected that kissing Sasuke would be amazing, but she never expected what she got. She assumed that it was his first kiss as well, and he wouldn't know what to do, so how the hell was he able to be so good at it? Then she thought it couldn't possibly be his first kiss. He had to have done this before. Then she got mad because it wasn't his first kiss. Who the hell had he been kissing?

Naruto was mentally applauding himself for being the 'experimental' type. Kage Bunshin was the fucking best. And he'd thought he hadn't accomplished anything during his week off. Ha! He was thanking Mizuki and Konohamaru and the old pervert Ebisu now. They had made all this possible! He even thanked Iruka for failing him on his final exam. For if he wasn't a dead last, drop out, loser, he would not be here, right now, dominating on the bitch that made his heart ache! And she was loving it! Okay, so the whole 'false pretense' thing was bothering him a little, but his steadily heightening arousal was doing its best to squash that little…snag.

Sakura felt him pull back, but his hand guided her to come with him. He turned his body to lean back on the bench. She drew her legs up so she could turn to face him without breaking their kiss. Then she felt his hands slide down her back and grip her ass firmly. "Mm!" She moaned into the kiss.

"Mmmmm." Naruto answered her call with one of his own. He lifted her slightly. He hoped she'd get the idea he was trying to convey. She did. 'YES!' She swung one of her legs over to straddle him, but stayed on her knees so their bodies weren't quite touching. Naruto slid his hands around to her thighs and spread them then laid his hands on her hips and gently pushed her down to a sitting position. "Uunnnnnn Sakuraaaa…" He tried not to pay attention to his own horrible voice. It had that whine in it.

Sakura's whole body flushed when she felt him underneath her. For the first time she felt that 'heat' between her thighs. She never expected that her fist kiss would lead to something like this, but this was her dream wasn't it? She wrapped herself around him tightly and ignored the warning light that was flashing in her head saying that she was moving too fast. This was Sasuke! She'd do anything for him.

Naruto was in a state of complete ecstasy. His hands trailed all over, touching every last inch of her body that he could reach, trying to find the best spot they could be. Finally he settled on her chest. She fit perfectly in his small hands. Wait, his hands weren't small. They weren't even his hands. 'AW! No! No! No! No! No! Why? WHY does it have to be like this? Why can't she just like me the way I am? This is horrible!' He wanted to stop. He couldn't deal with being such a bastard to her. Even though it was too late, and he'd already been a bastard. Then, he heard something. Someone was there. They were laughing. He'd heard that laugh before. Yesterday…when he had a knife to his throat. 'FUCK! FUCK, FUCK!' He'd forgotten. He'd forgotten his entire purpose for going to that bench.

TA DA! CLIFF HANGER ENDING!

Man, I'm so tired right now. I hope you guys like this chapter. Hee hee.

It turned out longer than I had planned. I really wasn't planning on it ending here but I absolutely have to do homework now, and I wanted to post this! So here it is.

Stay tuned for "…When They Became Genin…(part 2)" I should have it up in like a week or two…it's finals right now for me after all. I must learn 3ds max! sorry, just pep talking my self. Guess I'll post this now. Oh yeah, um in case you couldn't tell, the shit is about to hit the fan. Poor dumb Sakura.

One last thing…I plan on hopefully continuing this fic at least until the whole "Sasuke leaves the village" part. So plan on seeing me twist all your other favorite characters to my will as well. Yay! I'm so excited! I have something Extra special planned for when I get the part when Naruto trains with Jiraiya for the first time…but it ain't what you're thinking! Heeheehee!