Summary: Konoha Drive is a dead end road, the northern half is the "rich" side, lined with Mansions and bright green lawns, the south side is the "poor" side, the houses are all one story, and the lawns are non-existent. When the people that inhabit the street collide, what happens, do they drag their rivalry to Leaf High with them? What do they find in each other? Love? Resistance? Temptation? Hate? The war of Konoha Drive begins…AU Yaoi
Couples: Sasuke X Naruto, Neji X Gaara, Itachi X OC, Zabuza X Haku, Shino X Kiba, and others.
This fic is co-written between Yukaishepards and xxpapercutxx
Chapter Two
Together the two sides had furnished a few room is Konoha House, the living room had black leather furniture, and a big screen TV, and all the game systems in existence…curtsey Sasuke and Itachi. The kitchen had a fully stocked fridge that Iruka, Kakashi and Zabuza stocked regularly with soda, milk and water, the pantry full of random junk and snack foods. Seeing as the large mansion was a common ground, all stereotypes were dropped, and they all tried to get along.
Sasuke went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. "Oi, dobe, you bring your book?" The blonde had just walked in, "Yeah, you told me to so I did. Why?" Sasuke shrugged. "Lets go to the library and work on our project. Naruto nodded. "Whatever Teme…"
"Sasuke, Naruto get out here! Zabuza and Haku are trying to announce something…" Sasuke went back into the living room and took their usual seats.
"We…Zabuza and myself are going to be running a small…contest, and art contest to be exact, we have been observing our friends artistic talents for well over a week, so you will have a partner…don't worry this wont interfere with our school paper…" Haku stopped talking. "Okay, well, there are three categories that we made, Sketches, graphic art, and writing. The sketching category is just as its name indicates, you will have a partner and you do a portrait of them, but not how they look exactlyhow you see them give them traits they don't have, have them have expressions they don't usually have. The people we have seen sketching are: Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Ino, Semei, Sasuke, myself and Zabuza…" He mumbled something along the lines of "that still surprises me to no end..."
"Wait a minute…Haku you know I SUCK…I mean, I only sketch to get things off my mind…." Naruto jumped up, trying to get out of the art contest.
"Oh come on Dobe, I mean its only a friendly contest among neighbors…" Naruto glared at Sasuke across the room.
"Shut it Teme…" Sasuke turned back to Haku, and Naruto sat down.
"Tch, troublesome." Came the lazy comment from Shikamaru.
"The next category, Graphic art…Iruka, Itachi, Ryoma, Kakashi, Shino and Kiba have been seen doing these, they will be making a portrait as well, just more realistic, it can be in black and white OR color…though I didn't even know Kiba knew how to use a computer…much less draw." Kiba shot up.
"Oh shut it Haku…" his dog barked in agreement.
"And the last category, writing: Temari, Gaara, Neji, Hinata and Kankuro have been seen writing poetry or otherwise. This category will choose someone…anyone in this room at the moment to write a poem about…I know this I is sudden, but I think it will get our differences less, and maybe a few friendships among us. Okay…I know you will all hate me…well at least the people in the sketching group…and the graphic art group will…I have partners I think you have the LEAST in common with…Sasuke and Naruto…Ino and Sakura…Sai and Semei…and myself and Zabuza…Shino and Kiba…Ryoma and Itachi…" Haku was cut off by a fairly girly scream,
"SHIT NO WAY! I WILL NOT WORK WITH THAT CREEP! HAKUUUU! YOU KNOW HE IS STALKING ME!" Ryoma, Naruto's older brother, he had shoulder length blonde hair in a tail near the nape of his neck, he wore black…lots of black, a black t-shirt with a large leaf like symbol on it, black jeans and black high-top converse.
"Oh but Ryo-kun…I would just love to do a picture of you…" Itachi stood up and walked to the other half of the room, wrapping his arms loosely around Ryoma's neck.
"Itachi…get your hands off me…" Itachi ignored him, wrapping his arms tighter around the blonde's neck. "GAH! GET HIM OFF MEEE! SASUKE MAKE YOUR BROTHER HEEL!" Sasuke and Naruto both averted their gazes.
"Itachi-kun, please leave Ryoma alone…" came the soft, yet commanding tone of Haku. Itachi complied, whispering in Ryoma's ear before walking calmly back to his seat, as if nothing happened. Ryoma's face had taken on an interesting shade of red from Itachi's words and he sunk down in his chair.
"Now then… Kakashi and Iruka, and lastly, writers you can choose who you want to write about, you don't even need to say who it is, just make sure to have the poem in by next Friday, that's the day all pieces need to be brought in…we are going to use one of the empty bedrooms upstairs to hang everything for everyone to see." With that Haku left the room, leaving a very uncomfortable silence.
"Ano…Sasuke…do you think the higher powers hate us?" Naruto asked, weaving his fingers together behind his head.
"Sometimes I do Dobe…lets read some more of this book…I read most of it last night and I think you would like it if you would just read it…" Naruto looked at Sasuke from the corner of his eye.
"What's it about?" Sasuke shrugged.
"Read it and find out." Naruto sighed, taking his hands away from the back of his head.
"Just tell me teme…" Sasuke smirked. "No. Read it." Naruto glared.
"Lets go to the library already…" The library was the largest room in the small mansion, it was filled with books that had been there since anyone could remember, and a few tables, and couches. The room was the only furnished one when they decided to make the house the common ground.
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Sasuke watched Naruto from the corner of his eye. The dobe can draw? Sasuke had finished the book in goodtime; all he was waiting for was Naruto. "Dobe, what page are you on?" Naruto looked up.
"One hundred-ninety-nine…" Sasuke ran a hand through his hair.
"Let's stop for today…" Naruto looked up and nodded.
"Why aren't you being all loud and hyper?" Naruto shrugged.
"Don't feel like it."
"Oh…okay…let's get started on that portrait thing we have to do…" Naruto nodded, dog-earing his page. The blonde reached into his bag and brought out a black spiral sketchbook.
"I guess we should get to know each other better…ne?" Sasuke nodded, taking his own sketchbook out. Sasuke flipped through the book, stopping at a few of the older pictures, a few he did during class of random people…all guys…I mean the heartthrob of the entire female population…drawing girls? Not a chance. The last drawn on page was a picture of the dobe…just a quick sketch of one of the times he fell asleep in Kakashi-sensei's class.
"Teme? You alive?" Sasuke shrugged.
"I guess. Let me see your sketch book…" The blonde chucked the book at his head, Sasuke caught it, sending a death glare in the blonde boy's direction, and the blonde went unaffected. Sasuke flipped through the book, looking at each picture in detail, there was one of each of his friends, Haku first, the girl like boy was smiling happily, his eyes closed, then a picture of Kiba, his dog in his lap. Each picture was almost flawless, realistic even. "Dobe…these are great…" Naruto shrugged.
"I just sketch when I am bored, each of those are posed, well…except one…" Sasuke flipped the page after the sketch of Iruka, and found a picture of him, sitting at a school desk, a book held lazily in one hand, his head resting on the other.
"When did you do this one Dobe?" Naruto laughed.
"Like three months ago, that's the last picture in there. I haven't really drawn anything since then…" He handed the book back.
"Who knew you would be such a good artist." Naruto glared.
"Just because it's unexpected doesn't mean you have to turn it into a big deal Teme." Sasuke shrugged.
"I didn't mean to." Naruto glared skeptically.
"Right. So you finished the book…who was your favorite character?" Sasuke looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Ghost or Zillah. Ghost for his subtle beauty, and power, Zillah for his…crude perversion and violent intentions…" Naruto looked at Sasuke as if he were insane.
"I like Ghost to, but Zillah…he scared me…but Nothing was my favorite character, though it was odd that he fell in love with Zillah…who just happens to be his father…incest is odd…." Sasuke nodded.
"Didn't know you could be intelligent dobe." Naruto glared.
"Shut up Sasuke." Sasuke nodded. "I am so not gonna be able to finish this in two weeks! Sasuke…help!" Sasuke sighed.
"Read out loud. I will listen to you read, while I work on my sketch" Naruto nodded.
"By the time half the joint was gone, Steve had decided he was in dire need of a tattoo. It would be a grinning skull with black bat wings, veined blood red, and it would have a rose clenched in its teeth, and in the center of the petals the name ANN would be etched in flaming letters. He would show it to the bitch next time he ran into her. Then she would know how he really felt about her, and she would die of guilt." Naruto looked up at Sasuke through his bangs, the darker boy was focused on his sketchbook, his mechanical pencil making rough lines against the page.
"Keep going Dobe." Naruto nodded.
"Maybe there was time to drive to Fayetteville tonight. That was where the tattoo parlors were. Steve stashed the joint in his pocket and started out of the restroom. He raised his beer to his mouth and scanned the crowd, looking for Ghost, meaning to get their equipment loaded and start for Fayetteville. Instead he saw a girl with long gold-red hair beneath her vintage 1940's mourning hat, with a tough, pretty face. A girl who shaped her words with her hands, whose hands were paint-stained and delicately ugly. Between the forefinger and middle finger of her right hand, a Camel cigarette burned." Naruto stopped, put his bookmark, a small piece of paper he had doodled on, and closing the book.
"I can't read out loud any more bastard." Sasuke nodded.
Naruto opened his own sketchbook to an empty page and touched his borrowed pencil to the page. Hundreds of pictures of Sasuke flashed through his mind. He settled for one of Sasuke sitting on a tree branch, looking down, so it appeared he was starting at the viewers. He sketched it out roughly, and then added details. Finally he finished all but the tree and Sasuke's face and hair. He looked up at Sasuke.
"Sasuke…look at me real quick…" Said teen looked up, looking slightly curious. "Thanks…I needed your eyes." Sasuke shrugged and looked back down. The blonde went back to his picture, quickly sketching the eyes in, he though of an expression, and settled for one Sasuke barely donned, and never around anyone but him, a smile, a genuine smile. Naruto finished Sasuke and started in on the branch he was perched on; he made the bark highly detailed, and rough, like a real tree. He added on a few twigs and leaves before starting on the trunk. He finished in no time. The blonde looked skeptically at the picture, something was missing. He thought about it, and decided on adding wings, black-feathered wings. With the wings folded behind Sasuke's lean form, the ends sticking out he looked like…He is beautiful…
"Sasuke, can I see your sketch so far?" Sasuke nodded and handed him the book, grabbing Naruto's from its owner's hands. Naruto looked down at the sketch. It was slightly similar to the one he did of Sasuke, only he looked down from standing, and the sun rested directly behind his head, a pair of wings stretched out behind him, he seemingly glowed with innocence and happiness.
"This is…great…" Naruto looked up and met Sasuke's eyes, both smiled shyly.
"It doesn't mean I don't hate you Bastard…" Sasuke's smile turned to a smirk as he handed back Naruto's sketchbook, grabbing his own.
"I know dobe."
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The week passed, with Sasuke's help Naruto finished the book, though Sasuke did have to sit on him more than once to make him sit still. They finished the sketches, and colored them in. Both were framed and given to Haku. Haku had been amazed.
"You two drew these without talking to each other?" both nodded. "In the same room?" Another nod.
"Sasuke did his while I read out loud from our report book, and when I finished reading I did mine. I added the wings because something was missing. And added the wings…" Haku nodded and put them aside.
"I guess you are done. The Viewing will be on Friday." Sasuke nodded.
"Come on Dobe, I will take you to get some ramen." Naruto threw his arms around Sasuke's neck.
"I love you right now!" Sasuke rolled his eyes and pushed Naruto off.
"What ever dobe." They walked out of the abandoned mansion to Sasuke's black viper. They drove for about ten minutes before they came to a stop outside Ichiraku's, Naruto's favorite ramen stand.
The two teens went inside and took their usual seats. "The usual boys?" both nodded. After a few minutes of silence Naruto sighed. Damn it…I forgot to tell Ryoma I was going out…
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Ryoma was having troubles, his younger brother was the farthest thing from his mind as he ran around the Uchiha Manor, trying to loose Itachi, who had been trying to seduce him into the large black mass of silk the older Uchiha called a bed.
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Hinata and Haku walked side by side into the kitchen of the abandoned manor. In the kitchen Ino and Sakura stood at the sink, doing dishes the group had dirtied an hour or so earlier for a small lunch.
"Ino-pig, Sasuke will be mine. I mean he totally digs me more." The blonde scoffed.
"Why would he like you big forehead?" The pink haired girl growled at the nickname.
"Shut it Ino-pig!"
Hinata tried to walk around the two, but ended up bumping into Sakura. "Oi! Hinata-chan, watch where you walk…you clumsy…" Sakura found a mad Haku in her face.
"Don't be mean to Hinata-chan! She was trying to get by you two oafs! If you put aside your differences and realized Sasuke doesn't like EITHER of you, than maybe you would be more…HUMAN!" Sakura and Ino both turned red in anger.
"This coming from a gay cross dresser!" Sakura yelled. "Like anyone would like you!"
"The only reason you or Ino could get a guy is because you guys are so easy," Haku said smirking and staying calm as the two girls began to burst with anger.
"I am not easy!" Ino yelled.
"Sure you aren't."
"How would you even know?" Sakura said glaring at the boy.
"So you admit it," Haku smirked as she screamed.
"I! AM! NOT!"
"Well that still doesn't change the fact that Sasuke doesn't like either of you."
"Yes, he does! He just is too shy to admit his love for me," Sakura said dreamily with her eyes closed.
"Shut up forehead! He loves me!" Ino yelled at her friend/rival.
"He loves me!" Sakura yelled.
"No me!" Ino responded.
"Why would he like you Ino-pig?"
"You shouldn't talk! Your forehead is so big that it is all people see when they look at you! Haku has a better chance of Sasuke loving him than you!"
"You bitch!" Sakura said attacking Ino.
"Ewwww! Sasuke liking me! How gross! I'd rather have Gaara like me!" Haku said.
"What! Sasuke is so much hotter!" The girls excluding Hinata yelled.
"So, Gaara has a better personality." Haku said bluntly.
"No he doesn't."
"Yes he does."
"No he doesn't!"
"Yes he does!"
"NO HE DOESN'T!"
"YES HE DOES!"
"ALL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
Everyone looked over at Hinata in surprise as she blushed embarrassed but stood her ground.
"A-All you p-p-people ever do is a-a-argue! It s-s-solves nothing!" She said reverting back to her normal stammering self.
"I know Hinata-chan, but they are so dense that they just don't get it no matter how hard I try to help them."
"I k-know Haku."
"You bitch!" Sakura yelled.
"Fuck you, Hinata!" Ino screamed as she slapped Hinata.
Hinata held her abused cheek gently and tears formed in her eyes.
"Hinata, go get Neji," Haku said darkly glaring at the two girls in front of him.
Hinata left the room in search of her cousin and Haku attacked punching Sakura in the forehead. Then roundhouse and slammed his leg into Ino's stomach knocking the wind out of her as she hit the floor.
"What the? You know martial arts!" Sakura said confused and in pain.
"Duh! How else do you think I get to spend time with Zabuza?" Haku said like it was obvious.
"Ewwww! Zabuza? And I thought Gaara was bad!" Sakura said disgusted.
"Shut up!" Haku said giving Sakura a death glare. "My love isn't like yours! It's not based on fantasy and looks! It's about feelings!" Haku grabbed the thing closet to him, a frying pan, and chucked it at Sakura's giant forehead. Being too scared to move out of the way it smacked her hard leaving a large red mark.
"Argh!" She screamed as she recovered and leapt for Haku causing them to fall to the floor. Sakura tried to scratch Haku, but Haku was pulling her pale pink hair back barely holding the angry girl him.
"Get off me you whore!" Haku screamed in her face.
"I'm not a whore you hoe!"
"Bitch!"
"Bastard!"
"Slut!"
"Fag!"
"What the hell is going on?" Neji said glaring down at Haku and Sakura.
"She started it," Haku said.
"No I didn't!"
"Yes you did!"
"No I didn't!"
"Yes you did!"
"Shut up!" Both became quiet. "Hinata who started it?"
"U-um w-w-well Sakura s-s-started it," She said blushing and hiding behind Neji.
"Sakura," Neji said coldly.
"Yes?"
"Go home, now," Neji said glaring at the girl and watching her leave.
"Thank you Neji," Haku said looking down not wanting to meet the Hyuuga's eyes.
"No, thank you for helping Hinata," Haku looked up to see the brunette smiling softly.
Haku smiled back and Hinata stood there confused.
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It was already dark and cold out when both the boy's decided to head back home. They walked down the street in a comfortable silence until Sasuke noticed Naruto shivering from the cold. It was just like the blonde to forget a jacket. Sighing Sasuke slid his arms out of his own black jacket and put it on the blonde's shoulders.
"Wear this," Sasuke said. Naruto looked up confused.
"What about you though?"
"I'll be fine," Sasuke said.
"Okay," Naruto said wrapping the jacket around him. Though he continued shivered.
Sasuke smiled and wrapped an arm around the blonde's waist pulling him close to his side.
"Don't complain, unless you want to freeze," Sasuke said. And for once Naruto kept his mouth shut and just enjoyed the warmth Sasuke's body heat had to offer.
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