"Ah…you finally finished the lyrics for a new song, well done Naruto. Though it is rather weird that you would compose something like this…'confused' ah…well, the band will work on the music while you have to go over to the filming studio for the filming of the movie. By the way, we still need 11 more songs, remember to write them, brat, and we are appearing on a music show this Friday live. I understand that your limited brain cells will have difficulty in remember all this so I have already come up with schedules going by week and…" Jiraiya stopped his ranting as he finally realized that his insults to Naruto were met by silence.

Normally Naruto would have yelled the whole studio down, something about him not stupid at all but just having a short attention span, a very short attention span at that for Naruto had ignored whatever Jiraiya said and instead was writing something in that velvet book of his.

A vibe pops up from Jiraiya's temple.

"Brat! I am talking about important stuff here so you better…"

His speech was cut off when a familiar notebook was shoved up into his line of sight. Jiraiya's jaw dropped open as he read through the rather untidy handwriting of the Uzumaki, another song lyrics composed in a spar of a moment under…he glanced at his watch…15 minutes!

What was more surprising that effort and thoughts had been put into the lyrics of the song titled as Expressway unlike those other scraps of work which the blue-eyed man rushed out to appease his anger.

The white hair man idly wondered whether Naruto's writer block had been destroyed by the wind of the storm or was it to do with someone, he had heard some worth hearing gossip from Kakashi himself.

"Jiraiya, it's alright I will remind Naruto of his schedule. Before Naruto leave for his filming, it is time for Pop-Quiz!" Iruka announced enthusiastically while groans of boredom answered him.

Perhaps it was because Iruka wanted to be a teacher in the past with ample training from various professors, or that Iruka simply love to test people's mental capability.

"Okay, let's start. What happened in the end, Shikamaru?"

"They die apart, apparently Reiji kept his illness from Yutaka so that Yutaka will not be distracted from his just took off singing career, he did not even think that there is a chance Yutaka may have the same special type of blood as him, blood type AO. As blood type AO is very rare, kidney transplant is impossible for him. Later on, Yutaka finds out about Reiji's situation, but it was too late. Yutaka was devastated and even more so when he had to have blood transfusion due to blood lost caused by car accident. It seems that Yutaka's blood type is similar to Reiji, blood type AO, the lost of blood was the cause for Yutaka's death." Shikamaru spoke in his usual monotonous bored drawl as if he was back in school and giving a lengthy history speech.

Iruka nodded in satisfaction, it was expected for Shikamaru to be able to answer that in detail, and the fact that the drummer was the smartest in the band was no secret to the public.

"Neji, please tell me why is the book titled 'Just Across'?"

"Both of the characters live along a stream in the country side. Reiji live with his elder brother and an old lady, she is the caretaker while Naruto live across the stream in an orphanage. Their relationship started when they met on the bridge, this maybe why the book is titled 'Just Across'," Neji answered calmly, as if he anticipated this question.

Iruka smiled and turned his gaze to Naruto who had shrunk his head and hands into his jacket like a turtle hoping against all hopes that Iruka would not spot him, he had never been able to answer Iruka's pop quiz questions, as a punishment Naruto had to sit in the corner with a 'dunce' hat on his head. Alas, it was not Naruto's lucky day.

"Describe…" Iruka started but was cut off rudely by Jiraiya.

"Describe Sasuke's bed," Jiraiya continued casually, an evil glimmer in his eyes.

Naruto heaved a sigh of relief when he realized he could answer the question.

"His bed is queen-size with light blue bed sheets, its really soft and…Hey! Why are you asking about his bed?"

"My, my, since you know so much about his bed, maybe you slept in his bed before…" Jiraiya trailed off, enjoying teasing the hyperactive blond.

"Well, I did sleep in his bed…but not with him!" Naruto added quickly seeing the looks of utmost shock on the face of his band members and the blushing face of Iruka.

Then Naruto had an idea to divert the others attention from him, really, one had to give him the credit for some of his cunning ideas.

"After all, we hate each other unlike Iruka nii-chan and Kakashi-san whom I heard over the phone having hot sex," Naruto 'innocently' spilled the secret, looking up at Iruka with big puppy eyes, "Yikes, guess I let the cat out of the bag."

"Naruto, how dare you!" Iruka thundered red in the face from both anger and embarrassment.

Naruto stuck out his tongue and dashed out of the recording studio with a fuming mad Iruka right behind him. He was so busy turning his head around to gauge the distance between him and his pursuer while running down the many hallways that he did not notice a person with long black hair standing in the narrow hallway.

He crushed straight into the said person and fell down bringing the victim with him. Due to their awkward position, Naruto accidentally landed a kiss on the person's cheek. Naruto's eyes widen in surprise, the mirth in them all gone in a second as he realized whom he had just kissed when he stood up, apologizing to the person while the said person insisted that he was fine and unharmed.

The person was Haku from the duet 'Mist', his partner being Zabuza, a famous pair and Naruto's inspiration to be a vocalist.

Haku was wearing a few strings threaded with beads tied around his head, ending in a sort of waterfall style at the back of his head. Dressed in a short turquoise kimono and a pair of dark blue jeans beneath, Haku was beautiful as always.

A cough alerted him the presence of others who had probably witnessed the embarrassing moment. Naruto lifted his gaze to find a very angry and jealous Zabuza glaring, it took a look from his partner to quell his boiling anger before it had the chance to explode.

Then he saw Kakashi with an amused glint in his exposed eye and beside him…Sasuke with an unreadable expression clouding his face.

He suddenly felt the urge to explain to the Uchiha but quickly fought it down, he had no need to explain anything to the stoic bastard because it was not as if Sasuke was his boyfriend.

Somehow, that fact saddened Naruto.

Naruto shook his head at that thought.

"I must be going insane."

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A/N: Hi, Naruto is slowly discovering his feelings for Sasuke. 'Mist' may bring trouble to their relationship in the future. Thanks everyone for your reviews.

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