Born Tomorrow

Chapter One: New Student

"Aah! Sasu-kun! Can I sit next to you?" A pink-haired girl bobbed up and down next to Uchiha Sasuke, smiling brightly. She adjusted the skirt of her dark blue uniform, blushing.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. This was the reason he hated going to school. Hanging around these annoying little fangirls. Just his luck. He really wished he could stab himself with something sharp. Except he didn't have anything sharp to stab himself with. Scowling, he laid his chin on his laced fingers, staring at the chalkboard. "I don't care." He grunted.

"Kyaa Thank you, Sasu-kun!" The girl, Sakura, giggled, a pink tinge crossing her cheeks. She sat down in the desk next to him and placed her backpack on the desktop in front of her. "Sasu-kun, did you hear?"

"What is it?" He really wished she'd stop calling him that. He could hear a cluster of some of the other girls in his class whispering indignantly about him and Sakura. Sighing, the fifteen-year old looked away.

"A new student is coming today! He's supposed to be from really far away! And you know what I heard?" Sakura paused.

Sasuke didn't even glance at her, choosing to roll his eyes instead. "What did you hear?" Why didn't she go away? Maybe she thought she had a chance at him if she talked to him. Yeah right. He chose, instead, to scan the classroom. A typical high school room with doodles all over the chalkboard, an empty teacher's desk, and students milling around the windows and bookcases.

"That he's haunted by some spirit!" Sakura's eyes widened when she said this, as if a little spooked.

Sasuke snorted in disbelief. "Whatever." He turned away, ending the conversation. Sakura stuck out her lower lip, disappointed that she got rejected so quickly. Boy? Haunted? As if. Sasuke didn't believe in this kind of stuff. It was ridiculous. Just a bunch of rumors that could easily be proved wrong.

The door swung open and their teacher entered the room, a tall white-haired man who went by the name of Hatake Kakashi. "Class." He stared at them, obviously bored. His typical hardcover book was at hand and he seemed to be carrying nothing else. There was a headband that went around one eye and Sasuke often wondered about it. "As you guys probably know, we got ourselves a new student. Please welcome Uzumaki Naruto." He stepped aside to reveal a slightly shorter than average boy.

The boy, Naruto, seemed a bit dazed out, perhaps thinking of something else. He had shaggy, spiked blonde hair and bright, amazingly bright blue eyes. The strangest thing about him however, was these three scratches on each cheek. Naruto blinked a couple of times before grinning broadly. "What's up?" He held up a hand, waving to them.

Kakashi pointed to an empty desk. "You can sit there." It was beside a student, Nara Shikamaru, who was laying his head on the desk and mumbling about how 'troublesome' this was. Naruto stared for a moment and shrugged. He made his way over to his new desk, all eyes following him.

"Open your books to page three hundred and seventy-four and do questions, one through forty." This was often how class went. The teacher would give them an assignment and amuse himself by reading the same book, chuckling every once in a while.

Sasuke eyed the new student curiously as was everyone else. But strangely enough, the boy didn't seem to notice. In fact, it looked like he nodded off. Sasuke scowled. What an idiot. His first day and he's already asleep. What the Hell's wrong with him? Sheesh, no wonder everyone's saying he's haunted. Picking up a pencil, Sasuke began to write the questions on to a sheet of loose-leaf paper. His attention, however, never left Uzumaki Naruto.

"Hey! Uchiha!" A voice called out from behind Sasuke. Inuzuka Kiba laid his hand on the teen's shoulder, grinning devilishly. "Why don't you invite the new kid over here? He seems a bit out of it." He jerked his thumb over to where Naruto was seated in the corner, slurping up ramen happily.

Sasuke stared at Kiba, his inky locks shadowing his eyes. "Why should I? He decides whether he wants to come over here or not." Sasuke replied coldly.

The Inuzuka shrugged. "Suit yourself. Oi! Uzumaki! Come over here for a sec!"

The blonde looked up, confused. "Hunh?" He got up, carrying his Cup-O-Noodles with him. "What?" Naruto looked down at Sasuke and for a moment, they made eye contact. It felt like a jolt of shock to Sasuke and he lost his cold demeanor for a moment.

"Uzumaki." Kiba smirked at Naruto, wrapping his arm around the shorter one's shoulder. "I'm Inuzuka Kiba. That's Uchiha Sasuke, the big cheese around here." He laughed, his wild brown tresses whipping around his face.

Naruto held out his hand to Sasuke. "Nice to meet you, Sasuke."

Sasuke stared at the hand like he wasn't sure what to do with it. Glaring at him, Naruto put his hand to his side. "You're supposed to shake it." Naruto muttered and Sasuke leered back at him.

"Well, I'd rather not." Sasuke replied coolly, tapping his slender fingers against the desk.

"You don't have to be such a jerk about it!"

"I'm not being a jerk. I'm telling the truth."

"The truth! Geez, yeah right! You're just being a creep."

The two fumed at each other, nose to nose, teeth gritted. "Alright, break it up you guys." Kiba stepped in between them, pushing them apart. "Let's not fight." He couldn't help but chuckling though. This was hilarious.

Naruto stormed off, his ramen cup crushed out of anger. Sasuke just glowered, crossing his arms against his chest. Kiba patted him on the back. "I'll leave you alone for a while." He turned and walked off, heading towards Aburame Shino and Hyuuga Hinata.

Sasuke couldn't believe the nerve of the boy. His first day of school and he was already getting into a fight with him. Him, a jerk? As if. Sasuke continued to frown, seething over the idea. His fists clenched and his dark hues narrowed. Sasuke already knew he and Naruto would not get along. Not at all.

"Sasu-kun" The ever-annoying voice of Sakura sounded out and she appeared beside him, her pink curls falling around her face. "I heard you got into a fight with Uzumaki-san!" She stuck out her tongue. "Who would want to fight with you? After all, everyone likes you!"

They were on their way home and Sasuke as really hoping that he'd be alone, but of course, Sakura pops up when she was least wanted. She was always following him, hoping to date him. Didn't she realize he was out of her league? Running his fingers through his thick hair, he stared up at the sky, walking just a bit faster. "Who does that Uzumaki guy think he's dealing with! He obviously doesn't know you very well."

"Whatever." Sasuke walked ahead, his hands in his pockets. Large houses passed him as he continued to walk home. Obviously. After all, the boy just got here! Do you really think he would know everything about everyone on his first day? Sasuke doubted Naruto even knew where his classroom was.

"Sasu-kun! Wait for me!" Sakura hurried to catch up to him.

"Look." Sasuke whirled around to face her. "Sakura-san. Leave me alone. I just want to be by myself for a while." He stared at her coldly and she sighed.

"Alright, Sasu-kun…" Turning on heel, she walked off, her shoulders slumped.

"Finally." Sasuke continued his trek home, getting a feeling something bad was about to happen. As he neared his home, a shot rang out. A scream followed and his eyes widened. "SHIT!" Sasuke started to run, slamming the door open and hurrying up the stairs. As he entered his parents' rooms, he let out a gasp. His mother was lying dead on the floor besides his father. And then…standing over them was his brother, Itachi.

"Welcome home, little bro." The tall youth stared at Sasuke with his gleaming red eyes. "Nice to have you stop by." He then dropped the gun he was holding and ran past Sasuke, out of the house. Sirens of police cars could be heard but Sasuke just stood there, in shock. Blood dripped from the bodies, pooling around his feet and he staggered back.

"No…"

(So how was it? Good, bad? I don't like the way I portrayed Sakura, but then again, I never liked her anyways. Did you think I went too fast with it? I thought so too. Well, gimme some reviews and critique! 3)