A/N: Sorry it took so long! I was, again, havin writer's block (and that's the only excuse I have XI ).I would like to thank astarte lea for being my beta. Anyways, here's chapter 2!

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"Jeez, why did my second class have to be the farthest?" Naruto complained to himself as he finally reached the entrance to his drama class.

With only 10 seconds left he quickly opened the door and sat on the closest chair he could find. The bell rang, and a long white-haired man around his 50's, came in the class.

"Ero-sensei!" Naruto said cheerfully.

"Who said that?" The white-hair man said as he turned to find the person.

"Jeez, I can't believe that you forgot about me Ero-sensei.," Naruto said as he pouted.

"Naruto?" The man said as he blinked at the blond, not believing it was him.

"Yep! Surprised?" Naruto said as he crossed his arms and grinned.

"Well! Looks like you finally have reached puberty!" The man said as he grinned.

"What! Is that all you have to say to me Ero-sensei!" Naruto shouted at the older man.

"Yes, that is all I'm saying and stop calling me Ero-sensei. It's Jiraiya-sensei! Don't call me Ero-sensei if you want to pass this class!" Jiraiya said.

Jiraiya had long white hair tied into a high pony tail that reached all the way down his back. His eyes were black. He made the famous AND perverted 'Icha Icha Paradise' and yeah, he was the other pervert Naruto was talking about. When Naruto first saw him, Jiraiya was getting beat up by four girls because he had to' research' for his book. Ever since then, Naruto has been calling Jiraiya 'Ero-sensei,' and now practically the whole class calls him that too.

"Phft, yeah like that's going to stop me from calling you Ero-sensei," Naruto said.

"Grr," Jiraiya growled as he twitched at Naruto, who grinned.

"Jiraiya-sensei, Naruto. You do realize that class has started, right?" A student from the back yelled at them.

Jiraiya straightened his posture and cleared his throat.

"Well, class. I was about to start before I was rudely interrupted," Jiraiya started as he glared at Naruto who sticked his tongue out childishly.

"Anyways, open your books to page 169 and read "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

After minutes of silence and frustration from translating the words, the bell finally rang. Naruto, who was the first to get out, grabbed his schedule from his pocket and raced to his next class. But before he could reach the class, but bumped into someone's shoulder.

"Ah, sorry!" Naruto said to the person, staring at the ground.

"Uzamaki?"

Naruto raised his head and had a cheerful look when he met eyes with the person in front of him.

"Hey, Gaara!" Naruto said cheefully at him.

Gaara is, well, kind of scary when you first meet him, but he's a good friend to be with once you know him. He has red-hair that looked like blood. Jaded eyes that look slightly dull. Finally, he had the 'I'll-kill-you' aura and still possessed it. But, so far Naruto is the only one who isn't afraid scared of Gaara.

"I thought you were going to 'Suna High' this year?" Naruto said as he cocked his head to the right curiously.

"Didn't like the place," Gaara simply said.

Naruto nodded, understanding what Gaara meant. The students in Suna High were very...violent. Usually everyday, students would get into fight at least once. Since they got into fights a lot, people spread rumors that most students killed a police, robbed banks, and even killed students, just for the heck of it.

"So, what class do you have next?" Naruto said as he grinned at Gaara.

"Art."

"Same here! Let's go together," Naruto said cheerfully as he surprised Gaara by grabbing his left wrist and dragging him though the hall.

Gaara smirked slightly at the boy in front of him. 'He hasn't changed at all.' Gaara thought in amusement as they walked to the art classroom.

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Out of all the classes, Naruto's favorite was definitally Art. He liked the feeling of freedom when he let out his emotions on a piece of paper. He thought he was pretty good at drawing, but his friends thought he was great. His friends kept telling him that he should go into an art contest, but Naruto always denied.

Their art teacher was Anko. She was eccentric, to say the least. She had a plum color hair that was always tied into a bun. Grey eyes and pale skin. She is almost as energetic as Naruto. Almost. She easily scares people, even Naruto. Sometimes, she makes art class sound like a military school.

"Alright you maggots! Draw whatever you want. As long as it's good," Anko said, shouting the first sentence.

"Hai! Anko-sensei!" All of the students shouted, some already scared of her.

'Hmm...what should I draw?' Naruto thought. Suddenly Naruto got an idea. 'Maybe I should draw the dream I had a few days ago.' Naruto reached for the pencil at his right and started to sketch his drawing. After sketching, he sat down the pencil down and grabbed the paint brush. He dabbed it into some water and started to paint, not knowing his friends (including Gaara), and a pair of black eyes were watching him.

'A bit of red here...a bit of grey there. It's done!' Naruto thought as he smiled in triumphant. His friends, minus Gaara, Shikamaru, and Shino, looked at the picture with their jaws dropped. The setting looked to be a war with many bloody people on the ground. A black spiky haired man was also on the ground with wounds all over his body. A trail of blood escaped at the corner of his mouth. He had a mask like Kakashi's, but showed two eyes, one black and one red. The man's head was supported by a arm.

The person who was supporting the man, was also a man that had brown spiky hair and 6 whisker scars on each cheek, almost exactly like Naruto's. The man had blue eyes and was on both of his knees. Both looked at each other as if they were saying their last goodbyes. There was a crystal clear tear on the brown hair boy's cheek.

"Damn Blonde, you drew hell of a good this time!" Kiba said as he continued to admire the picture.

'Those people remind me of someone.' Sasuke thought as he looked at the painting. While, Naruto is still grinning at the picture. 'Tanaki is the black-hair, while Rikuno is the brown-hair.' Naruto stopped grinning for a moment. 'Wait, how did I pick those names so easily? it always took me forever to choose names.' Naruto thought. Then he shrugged it off. 'Nah, probably a concidence.'

"Nice job Naruto," Anko said as she admired the painting.

"Thanks Anko-sensei!"

The bell rang, and everyone was out.

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"I'm free!" Naruto shouted as him and his friends ran out of the school building (minus Shikamaru, who was walking).

"I can't believe the first day was so long," Kiba said as he leaned back and crossed his arms behind his head.

"We've got homework. So troublesome," Shikamaru commented as he shoved his hands into his pockets.

"..."

"The first day couldn't have been that bad," Chouji said.

"It was okay, but too freakin' long," Kiba said.

"Naruto-kun what did you think about the first day?" Lee asked.

"Well...I guess it's okay," Naruto said.

"Anyways, I'll see you guys later!" Naruto shouted at his friends as he walked towards his apartment.

His friends waved back. Naruto's apartment was dirty and had very few good things, but it was still home to him.

"Home sweet home," Naruto muttered as he threw his heavy backpack on the damaged sofa.

'I really need to clean this place.' Naruto thought as he kicked away the empty ramen bowls. 'But first, I need something to eat!' Naruto thought cheerfully as he walked to his kitchen. He opened the one of the top shelves and grabbed the second to last ramen. 'I need to buy more tomorrow.' He opened the ramen and poured hot water into it and waited began to wait.

'Ramen..' Naruto thought as he drooled at the aroma. He was about to eat when the phone rang. 'Dammit! Who the heck is disturbing me by calling?' Naruto thought hotly as he stalked towards the phone.

"Hello?" Naruto said in slight anger.

"Hello Naruto-kun."

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A/N: -Laughs evilly- I was in a mood for a cliffhanger. AND I won't update until I have at least 15 reiviews -grin- So R&R! XD