A/N: Ok so here is where the real story starts. I'm really sorry if the prologue sucked balls but it was my first ever so yeah. XP. Sasuke and everyone else from the Rookie 9 are 8 right now, until a time laps, but that won't happen until chapter 4 or 5. This chapter took me forever to write mainly because I had so many fucking distractions! Dinner, my dad, cell phone going off. All in all it took me about three or four hours. Mendokuse as it was I liked it. Everytime I came back to my comp. book I had a new idea for the chapter. Not exactly the best way to go, but I think it's gonna turn out better cuz of the way this ends. Review please!
WARNING: slight language issues in this chapter...
Chapter 1- Tsunade and the Classroom Scuffle
I wake up, sweat running down my face. My eyes search around frantically, looking at my surroundings. Coming to realize that it was just another nightmare, I get up out of bed. Just as I'm about to walk into the bathroom my guardian, Hatake Kakashi runs in holding a kunai. He lets out a huge sigh of relief and frustration.
"Sasuke, another nightmare?" He asks in hopes of me talking.
I only nod my head in agreement. It's been almost a year, eleven months, two weeks, and three and a half days exactly since Itachi wiped out our loved ones. I still haven't said anything since that day. Kakashi here took me in and put me in therapy for coping. Therapy hasn't done crap. Everyday for an hour all I do is sit with my therapist and do nothing. It's not that I've given up on all forms of communication, it's that I have nothing to say.
Well I do and we all know it, but I don't ever want to bring it up. It sickens me to even dream about it. To deal with it I work my butt off everyday after school with Kakashi in a one hour training session. School isn't exactly my favorite place. My teacher Iruka-Sensei doesn't cut me any slack. It's not like I want him to, no I disgust pity. But I guess I kinda expected it from him. Also, on top of homework and practicing my ninja techniques there's this boy.
Everyday he makes a complete clown out of himself. A total dobe, but I know why he does it. I've snuck off at night and seen him alone in an ally crying. I envy him for acting strong during the day. But I still think he's a fool for caring what other people think. Well maybe if I did I wouldn't have these baka fangirls chasing after me.
I don't know why they like me. I've shown no interest, only disgust towards each and every one of them. Why? Because they only like my looks probably, they know nothing else except what happened to everyone I knew. Yet, when this boy...Naruto is his name, approaches them they yell and hit him for being happy. I'd give anything to be him and I'm sure he feels the same towards me.
"Sasuke, hello?" Kakashi-san says waving his hands in front of me. "You keep spacing out. What's on your mind?" He asks nonchalantly.
"Back off..." I whisper harshly at him as I walk out towards the bathroom for a shower.
Completely stunned that I actually spoke he stands, no longer with a thing to say. Even I stop for a second in the hallway in shock that I finally spoke. It's been almost a year since it happened. I guess I've made some progress. I mean...sure I watched my parents die right before my eyes, but it'd affect anyone like this the way that it happened. Two days from now it'll be my birthday. Kind of exciting, I never thought I'd make it this far. Then again I've been saying that since the day after aniki...yeah.
I shake my head and proceed into the bathroom, followed by Kakashi's shouts. "Hurry up, we over slept. We're going to be late!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I swiftly reply as I close the door and turn the water on.
Again I spoke. Is it these thoughts? Am I thinking of Naruto and aniki so much that it's making me subconsciously speak? Oh well. I think, stepping into the shower, letting the warm water wash over my body. Five words in under ten minutes though...that's a new record, yay me! Mentally I slap myself for that. However, my mind new goes back to thinking of Naruto. How I saw him crying compared to his normal, energetic self.
His usual orange jacket, orange pants, and blonde hair covered in dried blood from being beaten up yet again. The next day clean as if nothing happened. Those big cerulean eyes filled with pain and overflowing with tears. Then, the next day, sparkling and full of joy. No doubt the two sights don't connect and everytime I think about the blonde boy crying my heart aches for him. Whenever I see im get bullied I want to stop it or help.
Thought after thought of Naruto runs through my mind. After the shower, out of the house with Kakashi-san trying to get me to speak again, and into my therapist's office. Everyday before school for one hour I see him. These thoughts quickly vanish when I step into Ebisu's office and notice it is not he who is there. Nope, it's a blonde-haired woman who looks to be in her twenties or early thirties.
"Hello, you must be Ebisu's replacement?' Kakashi-san asks the lad with a glint of laziness in his eye.
"Yes, that's right. My name is Tsunade." She says squatting to be at my level. "So how are you Sasuke-kun?"
I stare blankly at her. Ebisu must have given up on me by now. Heh, I figured as much since he has little patience. I'm surprised he made it this far from the beginning. Not allowing her to gain control I don't respond at all. No shake of the head, no thumbs up, nothing. Then, out of nowhere a slight bump arises on the back of my head. Clutching my now aching head I squeeze my eyes shut.
"Sasuke, don't be rude. She asked you a question." Kakashi-san says, smirking most likely behind his mask from behind me.
Opening my eyes I see...Tsunade? With a lollipop in hand. Chikuso...I hate sweets. I think as I lief my head back to glare at Kakashi and slap the lollipop away. I, Uchiha Sasuke do not do bribes. Now I proceed to stride to my usual seat in the leather love-seat facing Ebisu's old desk. The room is painted a lime greenish color, I think, with assorted pictures, toys, and other objects scattered throughout said room. My love-seat is white as is the carpet. How original.
Tsunade is dressed in an over-sized long-sleeved shirt with a white skirt that goes down to her knees. Kakashi-san is wearing his usual black cargo's and green Jonin vest. I myself am sporting a black turtleneck (this is what he wore as a kid right? That's what it looks like in the anime) and tan-ish Khaki shorts. Maybe that's why I'm-
"You such a kawaii little boy for your age." Tsunade comments. Finishing my thought.
"Don't let his charming features fool you. He can be a real pain in the ass sometimes." Kakashi laughs while rustling my hair.
I shoot him the meanest death glare I can and he pulls away.
"Yes, well I'll be back afterwards to take Sasuke here to school." Kakashi-san says before giving a poof, signaling his leave along with smoke.
All is quiet for about three or so minutes before she breaks the silence.
"So...Ebisu told me that you're shy." she says weakly, trying miserably to make conversation.
"..."
"And that you never spoke to him. What's the matter kid, cat got your tongue?" she cackles out as if she'd been waiting to use that.
I shoot her another Uchiha death glare with a look of pure shock on my insides. Is this witch baka? That wasn't even funny. Good help must be hard to find these days.
"Awww...didn't find that funny? Fine, you tell a joke then." Tsunade says with a pout before pulling a small white bottle out from the desk.
I quirk an eyebrow at this until I read what it says. Sake. Honestly, she's not gonna drink on the job? After her downing half the bottle she stares at me.
"Well...joke?"
"..."
"Geez, for an eight-year-old Uchiha who was the only one left alive you sure are a pussy."
That witch is dead! A fire rises in my eyes as I get up and grab some paper and a pen. On the paper I write two words at first.
"Knock...knock?" she questions lightly.
She isn't slurring at all. Either this lady can hold her liquor or it takes a while to kick in. I write out the rest of the "joke" and face the paper at her.
"Go...fuck yourself?" she again questions what I wrote down.
I nod m y head vigorously and plaster the stupidest grin I can muster on my face to seem innocent. At first a hic-up like thing happens and then a frantic giggle fit. Slowly I get into the feedle (sp?) Position on the love-seat. Oh Kami-sama, I've heard of these things. She's not a real therapist, she's an alien here to steal me away! Maybe I can speak to her and ask for them to leave me alone. Suddenly, she stops laughing and glares daggers at me. All I do is gulp.
"Listen here you little shit. You may have done stuff to Ebisu to drive him away, but I'm not gonna be like him and abandon you. Sasuke, you may not believe me now, but I do want to help you. More then that closet pervert Ebisu." she says sternly.
Ebisu is a closet pervert?
The rest of the meeting goes smoothly as I don't speak, but let her words sink in. Finally, after what seemed like forever and a day, Kakashi-san shows up and takes me off to school. Oh, I take that back. Somehow I know that today at the ninja academy is gonna seem like forever and a day. He disappears while reading his Icha Icha Paradise book when the bell rings. Ya know, what the hell is that about?
I enter classroom 2-B and take a seat in the front row where those baka kunochi won't bother me. They know that if they sit up front and try to interrupt Iruka-Sensei they'll get detentions. Naruto staggers his way into the room sleepily. There is only one seat available. Sadly it is next to me. Realizing this, my eyes flutter shut in annoyance.
Yes I understand he's like me and that he is loud for attention, but if he yells in my ear more than four times I'm gonna flat out castrate him. I have no idea what that means, but I heard Kakashi-san talking about it to Iruka-Sensei when he got back from a mission. It sounds painful and dangerous and cool so I'll threaten him with that.
"Oi, Sasuke do you mind if I sit here?" the blonde dobe yells at me two feet away.
I nod my head as a silent reply. Hoping to shut him up. One...
"Ok class, now today we will be learning-" Iruka-Sensei starts off, but is sadly and rudely interrupted by Naruto.
"Iruka-Sensei! Will we be learning how to do jutsu's? Oh! Or how to become the next Hokage?" the blonde next to me shouts, literally an inch from my ear.
What. The. Hell! Wasn't he just half asleep? Two...
"Baka Naruto! Be quiet and let me finish. Now, we will be learning how to properly throw shuriken. Last week we went over throwing kunai so this week we'll focus-"
"Awww...shuriken? But Iruka-Sensei, a master Shinobi such as myself can't be kept behind with mongrels such as Kiba! Why not let me-"
"Shut up! You have the worst marks in the class and you barely were able to pass throwing kunai!"
Three...
I feel my eyebrow twitch and a vein pulse on my forehead.
"So if everyone will please gather their shuriken we will head-"
"Oi, Naruto! Where do you get off calling me a mongrel you baka usuratonkachi!" Kiba yells out from up above in a fury.
"Listen dog-boy, don't take it personally, just accept the fact that I'm superior to you and your puppy!"
"Yeah right! About as superior as one of Akamaru's turds!"
Four...come on Kami-Sama one more. One more time. I say mentally as I crack my knuckles. Naruto ignores Kiba's threats of having Akamaru piss on him and turns towards me.
Ummm...Sasuke right?" He asks while scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
Did this dobe seriously forget my name? I ask myself as I outwardly nod.
"You know I'm better then Kiba right?" Naruto shouts into my ear while slapping my back cheerfully. Arigato, Kami-Sama! I think, pouncing on the blonde tard and begin to wrestle with him.
"Sasuke, what the heck you teme?" Naruto calls out as we roll around the classroom floor.
I just grunt, then Iruka-Sensei lifts us up by our collars and holds us at arms length trying to separate us.
"Boys, cease!" He yells and we do. "Detention, after school today!"
A/N: Ok, yes I brought in Tsunade early. Since this is kinda AU and stuff I'm tweaking certain things. I tried to officially make a funny chapter. How'd that go? Was it crappy or ok funny? Um...see you all next Friday! Oh, please read my KibaxNaru story called 'Chocolate Covered Pancakes' and Inuxkou called 'Time'. They're some one-shots I worked on before this, and I'd really appreciate it! Review this first though please!