Chapter 10

Extra: Edited & spell-checked! Sorry if I missed any though..

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It went very well in my opinion and things are really getting going as chapter 9 had hinted at.

Midterm exams were coming up. Many were feeling the pressure of their teachers nudging the importance of the exams and the need to study for them. None more so than Naruto Uzumaki who was currently leaning as far back in his desk seat as possible as the intense stare of his homeroom teacher Yamato was threatening to break the teen's personal bubble. The stare off captured the amusement of a few fellow students who knew the blonde to be quite the entertaining slacker.

"Uzumaki." started Yamato in a deadpan voice; face blank.

"Yes…?"

The teacher suddenly shoved a stapled stack of four sheets into the blonde's face making his student almost topple backward off their chair. "Do you see that big red number circled twice?"

It was hard not to as the red ink circled number 42 had taken up the whole front page of the packet. In the upper left corner was the title of Iruka's history class and directly below was Naruto's name along with the last name in the blonde's own near chicken scratch handwriting. The teen could only nod as he settled himself back correctly on his chair, still making sure to keep the distance between his face and the teacher's own as best he could. It was really unnerving to have the man's creepy face so damn close.

"This tells me you haven't been studying. This tells me that I should be assigning you study hall till the end of exam week." Yamato shook the packet a bit. "This, tells me that a call to your parents is in order. What do you think, Uzumaki?"

Naruto swallowed. "Is there an option C?"

"Option C, I let you try to study on your own time with a warning, option D is letting you take the exams at your own pace and time and option E is if I can find you a tutor. If not, you will be spending every lunch hour with me in this classroom studying for you exams."

A moment of silence.

"You're having me on, aren't you?"

"Good to know you are not a complete lost cause, Uzumaki. However option E is a golden one for you. Until then, my classroom during lunch, no excuses." As if to finalized the teacher's statement the bell for first period rang signaling students to start heading to whatever subject they had first for the day.

Naruto breathed out once Yamato moved away from him to return to his desk. He slumped in his seat and sunk a bit as he rolled over the bland options. He was so into his moping that he didn't notice the first tap to his shoulder. Upon the second one he lifted his head from his chin and promptly narrowed his gaze at the sight of Sakura standing beside his desk while playing with the strap of her bag. "What do you want, Haruno?"

"I can help you study, Naruto…"

"I think you helped enough." Replied the blonde as he stood up while slinging his checkered bag over his shoulder and turned to the girl with a slight forward lean. "Don't you?" He whispered the last bit into her ear before departing the classroom and leaving a wounded looking Sakura to stare at his back as he met up with Kiba who just came up to the space right outside their homeroom door.

Kiba's brown eyes looked from Naruto who gave him a head nod in greeting to Sakura. He shook his head gently at her to which she gave a weak smile of understanding before the dog-lover left her behind as well to catch up with the blonde. "She had good intentions, I think…" started the brunette.

Naruto gave a mild 'Heh' sound. "Sure if not having my back, but the back some dude she doesn't even know is good intentions for her then I'm fine just having you at my back."

"Ouch man."

"Whatever. What she did was b.s and you know it." Naruto faintly growled. His annoyance with Sakura was only growing again with the reminder of what she had done against him for the bastard with the duck-butt hair duo whose name kept escaping the blonde. Not that it bothered him. In fact, it made for a good pass time during Iruka's history class to think of mocking and rude names to call the asshole. It sucked that they had to be in the same class but it was good that so many wanted to be seated around the guy, unlike Naruto who picked the seat further-est away possible. "If you wanna be her prince charming, then go ahead mutt."

Kiba shook his head whist avoiding a pair of fellow students who were dashing down the hallway. "I'm not try'na be. She's been texting me almost nonstop since it's been almost a week now and she's asking about you and what she can do to switch this around or whatever but I can only say so much, you know." He yanked back on the handle loop atop Naruto's backpack so the blonde was forced to stumble back a step and knock shoulders with the brunette haired boy. "I'm closer to you than her, you're our middleman, man."

"You don't have to reply to her, you know."

"I'd feel a bit guilty if I didn't though."

"She has Sai."

Kiba couldn't help but voice an agreement to that before the two walked into the stairwell and headed upstairs to Kakashi's classroom for their first period of the day.

Sakura stared after the two boys. Her chest tight and eyes heavy. She couldn't understand why Naruto was so mad at her. Yes, she had confronted Sasuke and gave an apology that Naruto should've given himself but chose to be a jerk instead and not do it. Even after she had made a point to explain it to him. With a sigh, she looked down at her friend's empty desk seat and just sat herself in it. Completely disregarding the bell as she nearly let herself slump over the smooth wooden surface; her green eyes staring at the marks she had witnessed Naruto craving into the wood himself when bored. She lightly traced a few, a smile almost touching her lips at the stick figure of what looked to be a mini Kakashi getting whacked with his own pointer stick.

A cough distracted her attention from the childish artwork.

"Haruno, the bell sounded already, you should get going."

Sakura looked up into the face of Yamato. The man stood before Naruto's desk once more, a book in hand and a hopefully empty coffee mug held loosely in the other. His dark chocolate eyes were so focused on Sakura that she felt herself blush a bit at the sight she probably made lounged all over Naruto's desk and ignoring the warning bell. "Um, yes sir I know." She hastily moved to get up only to pause at the sudden sound of a chair scraping against the floor. "Sir?"

Yamata motioned for her to take her seat again. "Don't worry, I wanted to speak with you anyways." He set the book and mug upon the desk, eyes darting to the artwork and staring at it for a slightly extended moment before he shook his head and focused on Sakura who looked rather worried now. "Relax, Sakura you are not in trouble however I do find myself worrying."

She frowned some. "What do you mean?"

"I've been notified by a few of your teachers and they are concerned about your sudden lack in work effort." Here Yamato slipped out a piece of paper from between the pages of his book where a few other sheets were places too and set the paper upon the desk before Sakura. It was a chart of the mock exams that all students had taken just two days before. Her name was at the top and a list of her classes along with a divider line that showed what her score was on that class's exam. They weren't the 90-100 marks she normally got. "As you are aware, you are among one of our brightest students so it's worrying for us, as teachers, to see such a decline of educational strength."

Sakura looked at the exam marks. The only class that was near her normal scoring was Anko's art class. Everything else was 80 to 64 respectfully. She looked away from the paper up into Yamato's face. "Is there anything bothering you? Or preventing you from doing as well as you had been since the start of term?" She shook her head no despite seeing Naruto's angry blue eyes flicker into the forefront of her mind for a second. "If you are worried about midterms, you are welcome to use my classroom for private study time. You are a very smart girl Sakura, you need not stress yourself. Now, let me write you a note and you can be off to class."

He did just that along with giving her a small smile that somehow didn't change the stoic look of his eyes despite his attempt to look softer. Sakura nodded her thanks as she finally stood up from Naruto's desk, taking the teacher's slip, and making her way out of the door. However she was forced to halt before entering the hallway as Yamato warned that if her work continued to steep downward he would be forced to have a word with her parents.

She quickly made her way to the girl's restroom before Yamato could gather up his own things off Naruto's desk and follow her out the door. The bathroom door swung silently open and she swiftly slipped inside; turning to grab the handle and make sure the door rushed shut behind her without the telltale slam it normally gave do to its heavy weight. Gently, she pressed her forehead against the cool fake steel of the door, letting her bag slid to the floor by her feet. She could hear the soft hum of the lights, the sound of what she guessed to be Yamato walking down the empty hallway and her own unsteady breathing. She closed her eyes only to open them quickly as Naruto's eyes sprung forth once more along with his less than pleased expression from that night.

"I was only doing what was right."

She pushed away from the door to the sinks and turned on the water. Letting it run for a bit before bending down and cupping the flow to splash her face forgetting about the light make up she had put on that morning. That calm morning that was a only a few short hours away but had started off like any other from waking up to her mom's gentle shakes, a warm shower and breakfast until it changed from it's normal routine by the lack of Naruto knocking on her front door to pick her up for the train ride to school. Again. She had ended up seated beside the Shikamaru fellow a few times but she didn't know him like Naruto did and the boy was always dozing so it was pointless to try and strike up a conversation with him just to keep the nerves she felt on being on a train with strangers at bay.

With a huff, she splashed her face again and again not caring about her eyeliner getting a bit smudged. The warm water helped. Calmed the discomfort she felt, the veiled annoyance she had toward Naruto being a jerk and the dull ache of being alone. She released a breath of air and stared into the sink, watching the water flow into the bowl and disappear into the drain. It reminded her of Yuna oddly enough. She hadn't seen much the girl since the party but she knew she hung out with Kiba, more so when it was found she attended there school. She had even called Kiba to see why Naruto hadn't picked her up on that first monday following the party weekend only to hear Yuna in the background and Kiba's distracted Don't know. She had only thought Naruto needed a cool down time, which she gave him, but after three days Sakura knew he was just being stubborn and she had found herself during the week going up to Kiba when Naruto wasn't around him to ask what Naruto's issue was.

Of course Kiba wasn't much help with his "I don't really know, just give him time…" and her least favorite; "Sakura, just give him some space and while you're at it why don't you try seeing it from his viewpoint." As if she was someone who didn't think about the well-being of others when she obviously did.

She had spent a whole day trying to figure out what Kiba had meant. Sat at her desk while doing her homework only to drift off into thought as she rolled their conversation around in her head. By the end of it, it was time for bed and she had to rush the rest of her homework if she wanted enough sleep for tomorrow. Understanding Naruto wasn't hard, he was a simple guy who liked simple things and was always fun and funny. He didn't do serious well so Sakura hadn't thought much of his angry air the first few days until he kept giving her the cold shoulder to the point where her heart would clench in her chest and her mind would always interrupt her studying and work with thoughts of Naruto. And sometimes Sasuke.

Sasuke's indifference toward her. His amused smirk directed at Naruto. His pale bruised up face because Naruto couldn't control himself. His narrowed coal eyes.

She cupped the water flow again and splashed her face. And again and again until his face and Naruto's were replaced by the scene in the bathroom at the party. Yuna coming in and offering to cheer her up. Lowering her hands, Sakura turned off the water and stared at her reflection. She looked a bit like she did that night too. Maybe Yuna still had some of that stuff on her. It'd be a welcome to have something to cheer her up cause it was obvious all her thoughts were just going to work her up more and what and whatever Yuna had given her at the party had made such things seemed like they could easily be put on the back burner. She nodded to herself.

Fixing her appearance and drying off her face with a rough paper towel she quickly picked up her stuff and headed out back into the hallway that was thankfully still empty. Her green eyes glanced into a few classrooms as she passed them trying to spot Yuna without any lucky before she came to her own classroom.

"You are quite late, Haruno." The teacher's voice directed everyone's attention onto the door that Sakura had just opened up with the hopes of entering the room without causing a fuss. "I do hope you have a note for me or you'll be joining me for lunch today."

"I have one, sir. Yamato wanted to speak with me about the up and coming exams."

The teacher nodded whist taking the offered note and then motioning for Sakura to take her seat beside a blonde haired girl with pale blue eyes. She swiftly looked away from the girl, her eyes reminding her a bit of Naruto and she didn't want to go there again. Not until she saw Yuna anyways.

"Ooohhh man, I'm so glad it's lunch time!"

"You do seem very joyous."

"That's cause I am, Sai my man. Joyous for food. I had to skip breakfast thanks to waking up late." Brown eyes slide away from the dark haired teen to look at the female of their group currently sitting beside them at the cafeteria table. She shot Kiba an amused but mock look of annoyance to which he just slung his arm around her shoulders and hugged her against his side. "It was for a good cause though!"

"Nice save there, buddy."

The dog-lover shot his blonde haired friend a grin before it was distorted by a small wince as Yuna elbowed him in the ribs. "Anyways, what's on the menu today?"

"Grilled cheese, jell-o, Mac'n'cheese, tuna and chicken sandwiches and yogurt." Yuna listed off while pulling out her phone as it vibrated within her pocket. Her eyes quickly glanced around the table upon seeing who the text was from; lingering on Naruto's slumped over the table form for a bit longer. The boy's fingers were rolling up small balls of paper and flicking them at Sai who had his elbows upon the table as his hands forming a makeshift football goal. "Hey Naruto."

Blue eyes shifted away from the freshly made ball. "Hm?"

"Are you-I mean, you still sore about the party?"

Kiba and Sai now also looked at the brunette now. Kiba was frowning slightly as he looked between his girlfriend and best friend. Sai's own inky black eyes were trained on the girl but as he wasn't at the party he was still getting used to her being there. He had been told of how Yuna had come to be friends with Naruto, Kiba more so, and Sakura and how pleasured Kiba had been to introduce her to him on the following sunday at the gallery he was helping at. The dark haired boy had followed the greeting like a book and gave his congratulations to the news of the pair getting together and knowing they did indeed attend the same school. However, he was informed of the argument between Naruto and Sakura. As to why, by Kiba's explaining, was to prevent saying something stupid. Which Sai was sure he was suppose to take offense to but could not yet quite connect as to why so he had merely let it be; more so as he had yet to speak with Sakura or Naruto at that time. The later not ever really inclined to converse for an extended amount of time unlike Sakura.

"Why?" Asked the blonde with a tense tone.

"I think Sakura might be-"

"I might be what?" entered the voice of the one Yuna was speaking about. All eyes shifted to look at Sakura who was just 4 feet away and enclosing distance. Naruto was the first to look away not having glanced longer than a second at the pink haired girl while the others nodded a greeting to her. "Hey guys."

Sai gave his learned smile. "Hello Sakura, it's good to see you again. Hope you're weekend was well?"

Sakura nodded from her place behind Yuna, offering a smile back. "Could of been better but I had a nice one shopping with my mother." She tapped Yuna on the shoulder then motioned to the girl's bag asking to sit the seat without actually voicing so she didn't interrupt her reply to Sai.

Before Yuna could move her bag, Naruto stood up and pointed to his own now empty chair. "Take mine, I gotta go anyways." He tossed a head nod to Kiba in a silent See you later then took his leave after sliding up one of his backpack straps onto his shoulder.

"He's still really mad, isn't he?" whispered Sakura as she sank into Naruto's seat after walking the short steps to the other side of the rectangular table.

Kiba released a deep sigh and tilted his head back. "Why'd you do it, Sakura?"

"Do what? Apologize when he should of?"

Brown eyes glanced down at her at an angle that didn't force the dog-lover to tilt his head back to regular facing level. "He's a big boy, you know. He can work out his fights without a babysitter."

Sakura snorted, gaining a faint glare, and picked up Naruto's spoon to finish off his vanilla yogurt. "Cause beating up Sasuke was such a grand way of working things out. I don't get how you're irked at me for trying to make him the bigger person by saying sorry and putting it behind him."

"Cause that's the keyword isn't it? Make him."

"What?"

Yuna interrupted the two by standing up along with picking up her bag and going around the table to help Sakura up to her feet. "Come on, I think I might need to borrow a tampon from you."

Kiba and Sakura both turned to look at her while Sai looked at the spoon held in Sakura's hand a bit intently. Yuna gently tugged her female friend to get the girl to move. Sakura nodded slowly after seeing the pointed look the brunette shot her and stood up fully while tugging down her sweater some. They waved to the boys, Yuna to Kiba who saluted back and Sakura to Sai who still looked a tad bit distracted by the spoon for whatever reason. The girls left soon after leaving Kiba and Sai at the table with fifteen minutes left of lunch.

"Dude, why are you staring at that spoon?"

Sai looked away from the spoon to Kiba's raised brow expression then pointed to the eating item. "I believe Sakura and Naruto kissed."

Kiba jerked forward back into a correct sitting position. "Excuse me?"

"Yes, see I read about this. Someone uses an oral object or eats something that requires the mouth and when someone else does the same thing using the same thing right after, it's called a shared kiss."

The brunette haired boy stared at Sai's serious but pleased looking face at having understood one of the many situations written about in the other boy's people interacting type books; then promptly broke out into laughter. Clapping his hands in good humor. "Oh man, that was perf!"

"Perf? I don't believe I kno-"

Kiba shook his head as he leaned over and thumped the raven haired boy on the shoulder while grinning at him. "Don't worry about it, buddy!"

Yuna gently pushed Sakura into the girl's bathroom then crouched down and waddled a bit like a penguin to peek under the stall doors to make sure there weren't any other girls within the restroom. Deeming it empty, she stood up and moved back to the door, locking it swiftly and turning around on her heel to face the confused looking Sakura.

"You don't really need a tampon, do you?"

"No Sakura I don't," Yuna shook her head some. "but I think you need a friend." She held up her hand as she saw the other girl's mouth open. "You know that Kiba is in agreement with Naruto and Sai is, well, he's kinda weird and I don't think talking to him about this would do much of anything."

"Sai's a good guy, Yuna." remarked Sakura with a frown.

"I'm not saying that to be mean or anything but this required some girl-talk and Sai isn't a girl."

Sakura made an "Oh..." sound of understanding. She then looked to the door behind her friend then back at her face. Looking confused now as to why it had been locked. "So….the door?" She watched as a smile slid onto the brunette's cute face before the girl moved to the sinks, namely the spot of the counter where it was just a plain hard surface without an sinks built into it, and set her bag upon it. She blinked as Yuna beckoned her over before slipping her hand into her bag to pull out a side purse and unzipped it.

"I think you need to relax and I have just the thing for stress, remember?" Yuna took out a baggie and extended her hand a bit so Sakura could see it clearly before giving it a little shake. "It worked last time and I recall you having a blast, even Naruto after he had some with Kiba."

"You gave some to those two too?" Asked Sakura as her green eyes focused upon the baggie then back onto Yuna who took the baggie away to lightly dump out a bit.

"Mhm, you were leaning against Naruto when he was snorting up his line. I thought you two were okay when I saw that but I guess it was just the drugs."

"Drugs?" The brunette turned to her and gave her an odd look. "What?" Sakura felt a bit uncomfortable under that gaze. She couldn't help but look away and released a breath when Yuna looked back to what her hands were doing; forming two slim lines with the powder by using her ID card like she had done at the party as she mumbled; "You can't be that native, Sakura." To which Sakura felt herself flush a bit and curl a strand of pink hair around her index finger but remained silent in response.

"Oh my god...you really are!" Yuna broke out into a fit of giggles, laughing out loud when she got a light smack to the upper arm by the embarrassed girl. "Sakura, this stuff is called Coke, short for Cocaine. It's a drug."

"You shouldn't be doing that let alone carrying it around in a purse!"

"Relax, I haven't been caught yet and besides, you've already used it and you're gonna be using it again. Unless you want to be all…" The dark haired girl trailed off as she gave Sakura a once over with her eyes and then giving the girl a pointed look. "Up to you though of course. I thought I could help out a friend in obvious distress."

"I..no- I don't know how to handle exams and deal with Naruto's tantrum on top of it, so if this helps and I know it did last time, then thank you for sharing it with me." The thankful reply was pure and was seen in those green eyes; making Yuna smile and shake her head fondly.

"You can thank me by not telling anyone, okay?"

The two shared a friendly smile before Yuna moved out of the way and gently tugged Sakura closer before taking out a bill from her back pocket and rolling it up and handing it over. Sakura did the line with a bit of a refresher course on how. They quickly cleared up the counter just in time for the bell to ring for 4th period; giving them a 5 minute window to freshen up before heading to their next class.

"Thanks again Yuna." Sakura said one more time before waving to the girl and heading off.

Yuna waved after her calling out a "No problem!", ignoring the presence of two people coming up behind her on either side. She only turned around once she couldn't see Sakura anymore. Standing there were two other girls; both looking over Yuna's shoulder to where the pink haired girl had departed. The one on the left brushed some black hair out her green eyes before speaking. Her tone a bit clipped.

"Do you plan on charging her? That stuff isn't exactly cheap, you know."

A smile was given. "Soon, I'm just helping out a friend right now."

The other girl, also with black hair but cut to shoulder length, poked Yuna just above her breasts. Blue eyes a bit narrowed but somehow holding a curious gaze as well. "When will that be?"

"When she's good and-"

What she was going to say was forced to cut off as she spotted Kiba coming up the hallway with Sai. Smoothly as to not draw attention to herself just yet, she shooed the two girls away who shoot her a warning look before skirting around her and slipping into the bathroom making it seem as if that was their plan all along. Kiba's brown eyes lit up once they landed upon Yuna's from during a mid eye roll to whatever Sai had said. "Oi! Hey you, did you know Sai said my dick is small even though he's never seen and never will. Could you tell him it's not."

Said boy came to a stop beside the brunette dog-lover and his girlfriend. "The book said-"

"Your book has some faulty info. I think you should let me burn it for you. As a good friend, ya know?" Kiba interjected with a sly smile that went completely over Sai's head.

Yuna giggled at the two and shook her head. She slipped her arm around Kiba's waist and started to guide the boys away from the bathroom. "Sorry Sai, Kiba isn't small. Although if you keep saying that his ego might get smaller. So... maybe that might not be a bad thing."

Kiba's exclaimed shout at hearing that was overlapped by the second warning bell. The trio walked to their next class, Sai leaving the pair to head up stairs while they walked into room just two doors down from the stairwell entrance. He strolled up the stairs, sketchbook in hand shoulder bag slung over the opposite shoulder; his steps even until he hit the top stair and had to pause at the sight before him.

Naruto was standing a little ways away rubbing his cheek where Sai could faintly make out a hand print and grumbling to himself under his breath. As to about what, the dark haired teen had no idea though. He walked over to the blonde feeling a bit of caution seep into him from the memory of their past interactions that weren't as bad but still oddly tense and greeted the other teen. "Hello Naruto." Blue eyes jerked up to land upon black and Sai winced as he spotted Naruto's hand fist and then twitch as if to make a strike. He didn't understand the sudden need to release air when he saw that hand relax and just hang loose by the blonde's side for a moment before it lifted in a half-assed wave. Taking that as an O.K, he moved closer to Naruto and couldn't help but really take note of the slap mark to his friend's face. "What happened there, my friend?"

"Yamato found me a tutor and the girl slapped me the moment he left us to get acquainted." grumbled the blonde, rubbing once more at the faintly stinging cheek. "Turns out she's that bastard's girlfriend which is weird cause I heard this other girl say she was his girlfriend to her friend just after I left the cafeteria."

Sai's expression took on a tint of confusion. "I don't understand."

Naruto shook his head. "Forget it, just know that the bastard is also a cheating bastard."

"Are you talking about Sasuke Uchiha?"

"Don't say his name to me, but ya, that guy."

Sai felt inclined to say more of the subject even if he was not sure as to what. However it was a moot point as the moment he parted his lips to do so Naruto just shook his head and walked around him. He turned around and followed after the blonde to enter their 4th period class which was history and just so happen to have Sasuke Uchiha in attendance. Something his blonde haired friend seemed to have forgotten if their form stopping in the space of the door's entrance way was anything to go by.

"Naruto?"

"The next time I'm gonna be late for this class, make sure I'm not, okay?" Naruto muttered over his shoulder as his blue eyes stared at the only two free seats available that were unfortunately located on either side of the one he very much did not want to be anywhere near.

"Boys! Take a seat and get your history textbooks out. Page 643." Called Iruka from the front of the room.

The two walked into the room, Sai slipping passed Naruto's form as the blonde took the desk closer to the door; on Sasuke's right, he took the seat to the left. They took out their stuff until their desk's surface matched that of their classmates. A glance to the left had Naruto slumping back in his seat, arms coming up to cross over his chest as he glare into the clock face above the whiteboard behind Iruka's desk.

"The slap mark is an improvement."

Blue eyes shot a second fast glare at the raven seated to the left. "You can thank your girlfriend then, if you can figure out which one of them it was."

"Girlfriend?"

Naruto snorted lightly, turning his head a bit so it was somewhat angled toward the bastard who just had to have the urge to talk to him. "Yes, manwhore. It's not surprising that you're bastard if you're playing so many girls." He turned his head fully to face those now narrowed eyes and smirked. "I give you kudos for that but to be honest man, that doesn't make up for the rest of you."

Instead of reacting to the jibe for what it was, Sasuke reeled back in the biting remark that reared up on his tongue and settled for returning the smirk with one of his own. "Wishing you still played for the right team?"

A pencil snapping broke into the out loud reading a fellow student had been called upon to do. The sound gaining the attention of a few and the warning look of the teacher. Naruto gave a fake smile and got himself a new pencil from a side pocket of his orange checkered backpack. As he did so, he spoke out his response in a low tone as to not catch Iruka's attention again. "I'm not gay."

"Whatever you say, moron." Sasuke replied coolly whilst pointedly glancing to where Sai was sitting on the Uchiha's other side.

"Fuck you." came the growled response.

Sasuke merely tilted his head faintly with a brow raised. "I'm not like you, remember?"

Naruto lost it. From the shit with Sakura that was all thanks to this seated bastard as well as the not so approved greeting of his new tutor who also was connected to that bastard, it wasn't surprising the blonde's short fuse was lit and burnt up surprisingly quickly.

Without warning Naruto shot out of his chair, the sound of it scraping against the floor caught everyone's attention along with the blonde jerking Sasuke out of his own chair by the front of the teen's shirt. Both seemed to at the ready though as they had their fists aimed and faces stern as they faced off. Their fellow classmates whispered among each other for a moment before a few grew in volume to call for a fight; anyone to not have to pay attention to a history lesson.

"You got some fucking nerve and I have no problems beating the shit outta you again." Naruto stated as he yanked the other closer; forcing the other's back to arch a bit due to their difference in height which wasn't that much but just enough.

"NARUTO UZUMAKI!" shouted the teacher.

"Tch, you truly are a moron to not believe luck didn't help you that time." Sasuke replied, his coal colored eyes hard as they stared into deep blue. He lowered his voice, smirk appearing once more upon his face despite the threatening growl rising in the other's throat. "I wonder if the only reason you turned gay was because girls wouldn't look twice at y-"

BAM!

The class stared on as Sasuke Uchiha was lifted up and slammed down onto his back upon his own desk. Pencils and a few sheets of paper slipping off the desk from the force to land upon the floor and roll a bit away from the desk. A few girls picked up the items but most, along with the boys, continued to watch on as Naruto drew back his fist and Sasuke brought up his hand to wrap around the wrist connected to the hand still fisted in his shirt. Before the blow could be made, Sasuke's silent snarl already on display to show he wasn't scared by the blonde and Naruto's own pissed off expression, it was halted by another force. Everyone was surprised to see the serious face of Kakashi as the older man gripped Naruto just above the elbow tightly to prevent any movement in that arm.

Iruka finally made it through the students to the pair, glaring at the two boys. Sasuke still on his back with the blonde leaning over him for better aim landing. The two completely ignored him and apparently everyone else as they glared hate at each other. Glancing to Kakashi to make sure Naruto was fully halted, the teacher addressed both boys in a calm voice that went against the anger on his normally soft featured face. "Detention, both of you. Go to the office now."

Kakashi looked to the brown haired teacher and inclined his head to the two boys. "I'll take them, Iruka."

"Thank you for the help, your timing is amazing."

"Free period, was on my way to the office anyways." the mask wearing teacher replied coolly with a slipped into place smile that was completely hidden if not for the expression reaching the man's eyes. "Let's go my bad little ducklings!"

Naruto grunted as he was yanked backward by Kakshi's grip on him; Sasuke giving a startled huff as the blonde's hand holding his shirt jerked him off the desk in a chain reaction. He shoved off the grip and stood up fully. Not bothering to get his spilled stuff, he packed up his history book that had been digging into his back and was about to head to the door when a few girls handed over the items that had fallen off his desk. As this was happening, Kakashi let go of the blonde to let him pack up as well before taking the two to the office.

Once they were in the empty hallway and the door to the classroom shut; Kakashi shoved the two boys forward to walk in front of him. "Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, my have I heard about you two boys. Never thought I'd witness an altercation though."

Dark eyes glanced back at the silver haired man.

"Does my father know?" asked Naruto, hands sunk deep into his pockets as he walked.

Kakashi's voice was tinted with a teasing smile. "Maybe, these walls talk after all so never know what Minato has heard."

"Great." Muttered the blonde, completely missing the back and forth glance Sasuke did between him and Kakashi.

"You know this moron's father?"

"That moron's father used be my teacher, Sasuke. And as I know his father, I know yours as well. Funny how that is, hm?

Naruto ignored the mini conversation but turned around to walk backward, blue eyes resting on Kakashi after taking a side glance to the Uchiha who turned the brief look with a narrowed gaze. "You're not going to let this go, are you?"

"Now, where would the fun be in doing that, Naruto?"

A/N: Chapter done! I know a lot happened and I hope it wasn't confusing for you guys. Anyways, I'm happy that this one went much more smoothly! YAY! Chapter 11 I already know how to start and will do so after this, so look forward to that. : )

R&R~