Authors Note's: MY GOD! Over 400 hits in ONE DAY! after submitting the second chapter! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto… It would be Shonen-ai… and I wouldn't be writing this fic.
Opening Song: 'Dear Scene, I wish I was deaf' – Nightmare of you
Warnings: NaruSasu Shonen-ai in later chapters. Along with KibaHina. And cute, happy friendship scenes between Naru-chan and Kiba-kun! Yay!
Approximately halfway through this chapter, I'll switch from Naru-chan's point of view to our precious little Sasu-kun's point of view. Sasu-kun is a little too much of a mystery right now. So I thought I'd give him his own chapters for a while! It should work out better, since Naruto is just going to be panicking for a while at the moment.
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To swtTom0-chan93 – NUUU don't kill poor Naru-chan, or else he won't be able to continue with the story! Cough anyways, I'm glad that you enjoyed it so much!
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Chapter Three
You were one step behind,
In that dismal school of mine.
Needle and percocet instead of books on student's desks.
You were so charming, but the future was alarming
And now you don't look so proud
Yes, guess who's laughing now?
-Nightmare of You
The almost inaudible humming of the computer monitor echoed throughout the barely occupied apartment. A very bored blonde teen sat in front of the computer screen browsing any site that came across his mind, all in attempt to calm himself down from a… not so good, event that occurred quite a while ago. Naruto just stared at his screen, checking random websites and clicking on any link that appealed to him. Abruptly, his eyes were drawn to the bottom left hand corner of the screen, where a small box appeared presenting the words, 'Kiba has just signed in'. Naruto grinned slightly and clicked on it, opening a new window. Hopefully talking to a friend will get the bastard-egotistical-emo freak out of my mind.
'Naruto' Says: Hey Inuzuka
'Kiba' Says: Yo, Uzumaki. How was your little date with Sasuke?
Naruto frowned at this remark; he had hoped that the raven-haired boy wouldn't be brought into this conversation.
'Naruto' Says: Shitty. He's a fucking bastard!
'Kiba' Says: Ohhh is that envy I can sense?
'Kiba' Says: You can't deny it Naruto.
'Kiba' Says: Hahahaha!
Naruto had an impulsive temptation to rip the computer from the wall, cuts its cords into many pieces and have a bon fire with the pile of beaten metal. But, of course, Iruka would be against his decision… and he'd have no means of brain frying entertainment other than the television, which didn't really seem to meet his needs as much as a computer did. The said blonde just gawked, sceptically, at the computer screen. "What… the… HELL Kiba!" Naruto bellowed out… to the person who most definitely couldn't hear him at the moment.
'Kiba' Says: You there Naruto?
'Naruto' Says: Bastard.
'Naruto' Says: Iruka said the same thing to me earlier.
'Kiba' Says: See? I'm right! AHA!
'Kiba' Says: ADMIT IT! And if you don't… it'll come to ya soon enough.
'Kiba' Says: Then you'll come to me crying about how right I was…
'Kiba' Says: And I'll just laugh at you.
'Naruto' says: I hate you so much…
'Kiba' Says: Ah, maybe so… But whatever. It's late now. I'm going. Bye Naruto! Don't let the bedbugs bite!
Naruto only stared angrily, fingering the computer screen and promptly signing off. He sighed, drifting off into his room, striping off random articles of clothing as he made his way to the untidy bed. With any luck, tomorrow would turn out better for him.
"Naaaruto is jeeealous!" Nope… this day will be just as bad. A new weight was added to the poor blondes shoulder as Kiba dependently clung to it.
"Kiba… I'm not jealous… just pissed off." Naruto roughly shoved the brown-headed boys hand off of him. Kiba flinched and shook his head.
"I dunno man. I swear you are, usually you don't get all bitchy on us this fast."
"Who's Naruto jealous of…?" Kankurou questioned as he appeared, quite unknowingly, behind Kiba. And at this sudden appearance, Kiba stumbled forward, slightly hiding himself in front of Naruto.
"WHAT THE HELL KANKUROU?" Kiba hollered shakily at the (much) taller boy. Naruto laughed inwardly as Kiba continued, "Don't sneak up on people like that!" Naruto had taken note, over the years, that Kiba was quite afraid of Kankurou. Maybe it was his tall and 'dark-like' appearance that got Kiba all intimidated, he probably would never know. "Anyways. Naru-chan here is jealous of our own little Sasuke! Already too! And he's in denial at the moment so don't mi—" Kiba was cut off by a… tremendously enraged blonde tackling him to the ground.
"SHUT UP INUZUKA!" Naruto yelled, faced flushed as he pinned the stunned boy to the floor by his shoulders.
"Umm... Naruto, its not that big of a deal is it? I was only kidding!" Kiba was slightly quivering under Naruto's grip on him. The dog-loving boy had only ever seen Naruto get this angry while defending someone else… or some random other reason. But, never really in self-protection. Usually the blonde would just laugh and joke it off. Kiba gave Naruto a look that presented the words something really must be up with you as an aggravated Naruto stood and walked down the hallway without a sound. Leaving a quite stunned and confused Kiba lying on the ground.
The classroom was becoming quite disturbed by the continuous nervous tapping of Naruto's pencil against the wooden table. "Uzumaki. Shut up and finish your test," Anko, the short-tempered math teacher, called out to the blonde. Naruto immediately stopped tapping it and looked to his left. Yep, there sat the Uchiha and his almighty 'emo-ness', he seemed to be doing fine on the test. No, not Naruto though, Math was most definitely his weak spot.
"What are you looking at…?" Sasuke muttered, noticing Naruto's stare at the side of his head.
Naruto twitched, WAS I STARING! The blonde growled, earning a couple glares from nearby classmates. "I'm not looking at anything. I was just looking that direction and you happened to be in my line of… vision… yeah." Naruto stated. Smooth… if humanly possibleat that particular moment, Naruto would be kicking himself right now.
"Whatever…" Sasuke mumbled, turning his attention back onto his paper. With quite bad timing though, because Anko had now noticed their conversations.
"Alright, I've had it with you two. Hand in your tests whether you're finished or not. Detention after school for the both of you." She snapped. If it was legal… I would leap up and stab her right now…. Apparently, this day was going to get much worse for Naruto. He angrily mumbled, walking up to the fuming teachers desk and handing in his… blank math test. He quickly eyed Sasuke's paper; it appeared to be practically finished. Damn him, Damn him, Damn him!
"Way to go Uzumaki…" Sasuke mumbled, quite grumpily, as he sat down beside Naruto. The blonde raised an eyebrow at Sasuke's sudden attitude.
"When the hell did you turn all bitchy…?" Naruto snapped back. Okay… maybe that was pretty harsh there. Sasuke looked as if he was going to reply, but just Replied with a silent huff and laid his head deftly on his folded arms. The impatient and quite frustrated blonde awaited the coming of his only saviour at this particular moment, the lunch bell. And when it finally did ring, he scooped up his items and pushed past Sasuke to get out the door.
"I need time alone… I seriously need time to myself!" Others who passed by gave the teen an odd look as he annoyingly spoke to himself. Looking around, hoping not to run into any of his friends whom would, without a doubt, drag him to their lunch spot. And he really didn't want to go there right now, ohh no. Not when Sasuke was there. "What the hell is wrong with me!" Naruto snarled, roughly grabbing the brown paper bag containing his lunch from the crowded locker, and rushed outside… to the front of this school.
"I can't be seen by them. No, not today." And right before him stood his temporary saviour. A large, and quite old, oak tree. Perfect! Naruto grinned; he held onto the paper bag with his teeth and lifted an arm to the lowest branch. He pulled himself up, gripping on a branch a little above him and stepping onto it. After reaching an acceptable, and hidden height. The satisfied blonde perched himself upon one of the many gnarled branches sprouting from the tree. He spread his legs across the branch and leaned his back against the great tree. The troubled thoughts escaped from him temporarily, remembering the times he spent in this tree, hiding from his troubles. But this time, he wasn't nine years old and running away from the people who wanted to make his life miserable, with no friends to run to.
Naruto sighed, letting his current troubles overflow his mind at the particular moment. "I am jealous aren't I?" A quiet chuckle escaped from his lips after the words that have been hovering on the tip of his tongue for the whole day. How pathetic can I get? It was normal to be envious of someone, Naruto noted. Especially if that someone was Sasuke… the smart, quiet, 'cool', chick-magnet, money-loaded and pretty-boy. The one who had also lost his parents like himself. The fair-haired boy leaned his head against the rough bark, "Hah, they're all probably enjoying themselves with perfect little Sasuke. I wonder if its even phased those guys that I'm not there."
"Did you know… talking to yourself is one of the first signs of insanity?" A voice was produced from behind him. Naruto's eyes widened in shock.
"THE HELL? " He sat up and quickly turned his head, meeting eyes with someone who had his legs dangling a couple branches away. "K-Kiba? When did you come up here?" Naruto questioned.
"I've been up here for quite a while. You probably didn't notice because you were too busy experiencing your realization epiphany." The brunette grinned, lifting himself to a crouching position and making his way over to where Naruto sat. He stopped at a branch beside him and sat. "And yeah, we noticed you were gone. Why else would I be here?"
"Err.. How did you find me here?" The blonde questioned.
"My canine senses. Oooo" Kiba said, laughing quite loudly afterwards. "Nah, I knew you came here whenever something was bugging you. I know more than you think!"
"What are you… some kind of stalker?" Naruto forced a quiet snigger and Kiba grinned, his expression glowing with kind-heartedness.
"Nope, just a good friend who cares a shit load about you!" The said brunette's grin changed to a genuine smile. "I know I've been a bastard to you lately with the teasing and everything. I just didn't think you'd go down this easily. I've known you for years well… I might not have been your friend for years, but we have still always been acquaintances before that right?" Kiba paused and sighed, his smile slowly fading into a look of concern, "but I'm having a really hard time reading you right now. You've always, and I mean always been outgoing. But now, I have no idea what the hell your problem is."
"I'm not quite sure either. I'll let you know when I do." Naruto replied once Kiba had finished his 'speech'.
"Well, everyone's waiting for us. C'mon lets go. You'll have to face Sasuke sooner or later anyways. If it makes you more comfortable, just don't talk to him until you got all this sorted out." Naruto nodded, throwing his legs off the side of the branch and lithely hopping down the sturdy branches, soon followed by a now contented Kiba.
..Sasuke's.point.of.view..
The raven-haired boy sat on the edge of the run down picnic table silently. Kiba had recently run off to go find Naruto. Why they were such close friends, he probably would never know. His surroundings were quite unexciting and the atmosphere was somewhat… questionable. I never realized how quiet these guys could get without Kiba and Naruto here. Gaara was in the corner 'talking' with Kankurou. But to him, it looked as if the taller boy was attempting to start up a discussion with a bored and non-conversational redhead. This school, in Sasuke's opinion, was without a doubt screwed up. Maybe not the school itself, but the people in it. Almost three quarters of the population here were either emo, gothic or just rebels. And most of the girls were desperate, narrow-minded fan girls hoping to find a normal guy to cling onto. And by what he had noticed, they preferred to stay away from this particular group of people.
He sighed, and then there was Naruto. Yeah sure, the exuberant blonde had been nice to him and even welcoming within the first… couple hours of their meeting. But afterwards, he chose to explode in Sasuke's face. Leaving a very perplexed teen behind. So now, instead of forming a new found friendship. It turned out to be a new hatred and rivalry. And now Sasuke chose to play along with the blondes little hate-fest and decided to present his own cold words.
And speaking of the blonde boy… "Hey everyone" Naruto waved as he approached the 'group' behind Kiba, who now had a pleased expression on his face. Sasuke noticed the odd tone in Naruto's voice, yep. He's faking his cheery-ness. The dark headed boy looked up, watching as Naruto's eyes met with his own. The blonde glared coldly. Alright, I'll play along. Sasuke presented his own death glare towards Naruto. His charcoal coloured eyes connecting with the lively cerulean ones.
Oh yes, this should be quite fun. Sasuke cackled sadistically within his thoughts as the bell echoed through the tense ambience.
Author's notes: Bwahaha! Evil Sasu-kun! Sorry this chapter took so long to finish. I've been busy lately with sports… and homework, and more sports, and sicknesses, and more homework.
And yes, Sasuke has… apparently gone insane. Quite creepy in my opinion. I know my story has had a lot of Kiba moments in it. I couldn't resist, I love Kiba-kun all too much! But yeah, I'll try to bring the other characters into it more. Without taking the attention away from the two… (Three!) main characters.
Next Chapter: An assigned project, guess who's paired up? And… Detention!
