The Only One That Walks Beside Me

by Zeida-and-Maria

Shortly after Naruto goes into the academy, he suffers from a mental breakdown, and makes a deal with Kyuubi, resulting in a completely different world, and a completely different adventure, following a very similar timeline. AU Kaka, Saku, Sasu, Naru,Hin

2. Ch 2: The Annoyance, the Freak, and t

Title: The Only One That Walks Beside Me

By: Zeida and Maria (Zeida)

Rating: T

Summary: Shortly after Naruto goes into the academy, he suffers from a mental breakdown, and makes a deal with Kyuubi, resulting in a completely different world, and a completely different adventure, following a very similar timeline. AUPossible YaoiKaka, Saku, Sasu, Hina and Naru-centric

Pairings: Nothing definite, but it's likely to be either SasuNaru, or NaruHina for the main. Will most likely also contain InoSaku, and ItaIru (Betcha never seen that before…) This story is not, however, based around romance, so none of these will take an overly important part, and there won't be any of it until at LEAST the Chuunin exams.

Main Characters: Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Hinata, Haruno Sakura, and Hatake Kakashi

Warnings: Possible Yaoi/Shonen ai, Possible Yuri/Shoujo ai, violence, my first attempt at violence, and my first attempt at a dark-ish fic. It's personality manipulation, really… Also, I had no help from Maria on this one at all, because she doesn't like the idea, so if it's bad, I understand, and, well, I won't continue it, if people don't like it.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto, or any of the songs that I may put in the beginning of this fic. If I owned it, would this be a fan fiction? Huh? Would it?

Note: Ok, here's the next chapter... Wow, I wasn't really expecting 3 reviews... o0

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And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.

I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.

And the sea isn't green

And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke.

- Pink Floyd, Jugband Blues
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Chapter 2: Team 7: The Annoyance, the Freak, and the Pervert.

"Next, team 7. Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka paused. The room had gone deathly silent. It seemed that if they tried to talk, the whole world would shatter before their very eyes.

Naruto was, after a while, a bit fed up with the silence. His eyebrow didn't seem to ever stop twitching, in fact, it seemed that it was even execrating. The pink annoyance, and the Uchiha freak. Just great. Perfect. This was just the team he'd been looking for.

An idiot, who didn't know what was good for them, and a fan girl, who cared more about getting a boy to like her, than becoming a ninja. Not that he cared about them, but if Iruka-sensei could have chosen any tea for him, couldn't it have been at least half sane? Or even a quarter? But no, he had to have freak, and annoying. And now the room was too quiet. And quiet was one of the things Naruto favored least. It was right up there, with snakes, dogs, and perverts.

But he also hated being the one to break a silence, it just seemed so untouchable, so unbreakable, yet any movement could break it.

So, he waited, until… "Ok! Next group is Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Inuzuka Kiba." Iruka said quite loudly.

He mentioned the ninth team, then the final one, which consisted of Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji.

Naruto sighed with relief, as Iruka finished off the last of the names. And Iruka finally said the short end to the speech. "Alright, this afternoon, you will be meeting up with your sensei. But, until then, take a lunch break, everyone."

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Sakura was severely depressed, as the classes filed out to go find a spot to eat lunch. What was she going to do?

Sure, she was the happiest girl in the world, to be on Sasuke-kun's team, but she had pretty much zoned out after she found out who else was on her team. Because she was being put on his team.

The team of a demon.

What if he killed her? Or Sasuke-kun? What if… What if, something worse?

Sakura was currently ridged with shock, but apparently, she had been moving, as he was now quite alone, sitting on a cement bench, with her bento beside her.

'When did I get here?' She asked herself, in confusion. Not that it really mattered, did it? They were probably all going to die soon, anyway. Who ever had let that monster graduate, anyway?

She didn't think she wanted to know. Her hands seemed to be moving by themselves, because she was now picking up her bento, and putting it in her lap.

Breaking apart her chopsticks, Sakura muttered a quick 'Itadakimasu' and dug into her food. It felt odd going down her throat, the actual food being tasteless, even with sauce added.

She was so wrapped up in her own thoughts, that she did not see, nor sense the person coming from behind him.

Tensing up, Sakura turned her head to the side to see whom it is.

It was Kiba. His black and red shone slightly in the sunlight. The strange red triangle shaped markings by far the most drawing part of his face, if you didn't count the sharp teeth he had.

"H-hello…" She was able to stammer, still quite in shock from the days earlier events, when she'd found out who was on her team. Like, who wouldn't be?! "What do you need, Kiba-san?"

"Oh, I just wanted to ask you about your team." Kiba answered with a feral grin that made the pink-haired Kunoichi shiver.

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Sasuke was eating his small, take-out lunch of Onigiri slowly, and quietly. He was contemplating his luck, on the matter of his team assignment.

If he played his cards right, he would be able to use the demon inside the boy for his revenge. And he would get his revenge.

But how would he get Naruto to work with him, or somehow control him long enough to finish the job. He really had no idea, to him, Naruto seemed like an even bigger loner than himself.

And that was saying something.

He could try and gain his trust, somehow. Or, was there another way, or something? He would have to find out.

Sasuke was in the middle of contemplating how to find out, seeing as how it was unlikely to find a guide on how to control demons at the local library, when he heard faint footsteps coming down the hall. Just as he was finishing up his third Onigiri, the footsteps suddenly got louder, more deliberate, and they were headed this way.

As he finished another rice ball, Ino came around the corner, waving at him furiously. There was something off- what, he couldn't be sure, but there was…

"Sasuke-kun!" she squealed. Sasuke groaned. Not this again! Where was Naruto, when you needed him? " Sasuke-kun, I wanted to talk to you!" She was right next to, and surprisingly, did not glomp him, as she usually did, which he was thankful for.

"What?" He snapped. He really wanted her to go away. Like, really bad. The blonde was worse than her pink-haired counterpart, really.

"Oh, well… You know," She scooted closer to him, "I just wanted to check up on my Sasuke-kun, and make sure-"

"Get to the point! I'm busy."

"Oh, sure, Sasuke-kun." She giggled a bit, then turned serious. "I just wanted to know, what do you think of your team?

Sasuke raised a black eyebrow. He scrutinized her with his eyes; She gave him a coy smile.

It clicked.

"Why do you care?" Sasuke asked. He really would have to play this right. "Shouldn't you be more worried about your own team?"

"Oh, well…" She started a bit nervous now. "I wanted to know about Sasuke…-kun."

Sasuke smirked. "Why is than."

"Umm… Well, because… I, um…" She started to squirm slightly, but not from embarrassment, that any normal girl would have when confessing love to the boy they like. This fidgeting seemed to be from agitation. "Damit, how did you know?" the would-be Ino demanded.

"Ino, doesn't have fangs."

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Naruto was board. He had long ago finished his aburage and rice, and he had too long until they had to go back inside.

And there was simply nothing interesting to do today. He couldn't torment the village, because he was stuck inside academy walls, and he couldn't break the rules, for risk of his status as a Genin if he did.

And no one would protect him, anyway.

He didn't want to meditate, because he needed to be looking for something to do that, and he didn't have anyone to find.

And he couldn't just sleep. So, the only options were, play a prank inside the academy grounds, or he could gather information on his new team.

A fox-ish grin spread suddenly over his face. Maybe he could do both…

Jumping down from the tree, Naruto did the Ram seal, and landed on the ground with the features of a certain blonde haired annoyance by the name of Ino.

'Ino' grinned, revealing sharp fangs, the only thing that he couldn't get rid of. Not that it really mattered. No on would notice something like larger K9's.

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Sakura fidgeted slightly in her seat. The newly formed team 7 was currently waiting for their Sensei, and it was starting to worry her. He was two hours late! That had to mean something.

Plus, Naruto was getting annoyed. Of course, he wasn't complaining, or screaming, or setting up pranks, he was sitting on the floor, meditating in a corner. For some reason the Sakura would never fathom. (She had never seen how anyone could have the patience to meditate.)

But, anyone who knew Naruto in the slightest, you knew he was annoyed if his eyebrow was twitching. Which it was. A lot.

Actually, Sasuke-kun seemed annoyed as well. It was odd, she was usually the first to get annoyed, yet she barely felt any anger towards their Sensei at all. She actually kind of felt sorry for him, as he had both Naruto and Sasuke on their tail, as soon as the stepped through that door.

But she had her mind on other things, and she was sort of grateful for the time to think about.

Her conversation with one, Inuzuka Kiba, to be exact. It was a rather interesting conversation, probably brought on by worry over what would happen on the team with the demon, but she couldn't help feeling it felt more like an interview than a pleasant conversation. Or, maybe interrogation was a better word.

But it was a bit strange to have a boy, who you have only talked to a few times, even if a classmate, come up to you, and start asking you questions about your team.

The questions had started innocently enough, just normal thing people would ask, but as it went on, it got more and more personal, until he was even asking about her family.

And that last question- it confused her greatly.

It, on top of the odd feeling she'd had all through the conversation, gave her the feeling, that something wasn't-

Her thoughts were interrupted, rather rudely, by Naruto, who opened one icy blue eye, and spoke.

"He's coming." Naruto said. He stood from the floor, and started dusting off the dirt from his black pants.

"Who?" Sakura asked hesitantly. She was still very far from comfortable around the blonde.

"Our…" Naruto's eyebrow, which had actually stopped twitching for a second, began again, as he spoke the word. "Sensei."

Sasuke looked up from his brooding in mild interest. "How can you tell?" He asked in a quiet voice.

"I smell hentai." Was all the response they got, before the door opened, and a tall, silver haired man, wearing the standard dark green flak jacket walked in. He looked to be in his mid-thirties, and the way the hair shined, told them his hair had always been that color.

Now, when Sakura said tall, she meant tall. Although, being only twelve, she had not grown to her full height yet, this man could have easily been twice her sizes, maybe more. His Hitai-ate was slanted at an odd angle on his head, so it covered his left eye. A dark mask covered his nose, mouth, and neck, making the only skin you saw of the man, on his fingers, which were not covered by his fingerless gloves, and his toes, which, like everyone else around there, wore.

His before mentioned silver hair was spiked to the side, very much in the same fashion as Naruto's, although it was obviously at least an inch longer.

He looked lazily around the room, gaze lingering on Sasuke, before it stopped on Naruto, who had stalked up to him, and was looking coolly up at the man.

Then, to both Sasuke and Sakura's surprise, Naruto bowed to the man. He looked defiantly at his weapons pouch. Naruto's nose twitched, then wrinkled, as he stepped back slightly.

"Ohayo, Inu-sama, still have unique taste in…" He paused to try and find a word to describe it, while straightening his form, to look up at the man. "Literature, I see."

Sakura blinked in confusion, stunned. Sasuke was looking between the two with more interest than he once had.

This man, 'Inu-sama' didn't seem fazed in the slightest, in fact, he patted Naruto on the head saying, "It's nice to see you too, Naruto."

Sasuke stepped forward, still looking between his teammate, and his Sensei. "You know each other?"

He had asked the question quietly, but it seemed that the whole room was staring at him, as if he'd shouted at the top of his lungs.

And he wasn't likely to get an answer, since the silence was just that, silent.

The fist to break this awkward moment, was their Sensei, who departed the room, yelling behind, to meet him on the roof.

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Sasuke was, at the moment, sitting on a concrete step, on the roof of the academy, sitting next to his second most annoying, and persistent fangirl, waiting for his teammate, and Sensei to stop arguing.

Which was not happening. Not. At. All.

"Naruto, go sit by your teammates!" The man identified as Inu-sama commanded.

"Why should I" Naruto demanded. "I can hear everything you guys say, from over here! What's the problem?"

He sighed in exasperation, giving Naruto a half-hearted glare. "Look, Naruto, I know you don't like groups- but, could sit there, before I move you there myself?"

Naruto glared furiously at the man. He was a higher rank, stronger, and more experienced. Even though Naruto had Kyuubi's chakra, he wouldn't know how to use it effectively enough to take him down.

So, like any good little soldier that would rather be attacking a village, than be sitting down next to a freak, and an annoyance, he sat down. Reluctantly.

"Good." Their new Sensei leaned himself u p against the railing, and surveyed his would-be team. " Now, lets begin with introductions."

When no one spoke, Inu-sama continued. "Just tell me your name, likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, hobbies, and other stuff like that."

Sakura cocked her head to the side slightly, innocently. "Why don't you go first, Sensei?"

"Alright. My name id Hatake Kakashi, I don't wish to ell you of my likes and dislikes,." He paused here to take in Naruto's twitching eyebrow, and Sasuke's miffed look.

He grinned from behind his mask.

"My dreams for the future… Hm. Well, I have a lot of hobbies." Naruto snorted at this point, and Kakashi's grin only widened.

"Now, young lady, why don't you start?" Sakura nodded, and cleared her throat.

"My name is Haruno Sakura." She started, very nervously. "I… um, my likes would be… well, it's actually a person, a guy." She gave Sasuke a more than obvious glance. "I dislike… INO-PIG!" This last bit was said with such a force, Kakashi wouldn't be surprised if this Ino wasn't sneezing all day long. "My dream would be…" She blushed a bright red, and glanced at the Uchiha again. "My hobbies…. I read, and memorize things I guess."

Kakashi nodded to Sasuke to start. The Uchiha had a deep-set frown on his face, and was glancing back and for the between Naruto and Kakashi.

"I am… Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like many things, and I dislike much. I do not have a dream, what I have is more id an ambition. I am going to restore my clan, and kill a certain person."

Kakashi nodded, expecting as much. Then he turned to the last, and in his opinion, most interesting member of this group. Uzumaki Naruto.

After a time with nothing happening, everyone went top glare at the blonde. He looked at them with a raised eyebrow. "What?"

"It's your turn." Sasuke prompted. Kakashi and Sakura nodded.

"Oh. Well, I'm Uzumaki Naruto." He started looking at all of them. "Your people know that. My likes…" He looked thoughtful, and paused to look at them again. He seemed to have their undivided attention. "Rice, tofu, and…" e stuck his hand down the high neck of his black shirt, and pulled out a beautiful crystal necklace, although very old looking, it was glowing a soft purple color. "This."

He tucked the thing back under his shirt, and continued. "My dislikes… I dislike a lot of things, as well." He nodded to Sasuke. "But I'll name a few of them. "Dogs, snakes, and…" His gaze lingered on Kakashi a bit too long. "Perverts."

"My dream… I don't have a dream. Dreams are unattainable. Neither is it an ambition, seeing as I don't particularly want to do it. I would say it's a mission, that was assigned to me, and I will complete it, no mater what."

"What is it?' Sakura asked curiously, before she could stop herself.

"I'm going to become Hokage." Naruto said simply. Kakashi rolled his eyes but didn't comment. He'd always thought the hole was a lot deeper than Naruto seemed to be letting on, but just how deep was the truth hidden? And was he willing to dig to find out?

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Alright, I still want pairing comments, but pick long, or longer? I've got this mix of both, if no one wants to decide, but I would like everyone else's opinion? You can want the middle version, too.

Ok, so far I've got... 3 votes for SasuNaru, and nothing else... Do you people not LIKE Hinata? I mean, it's not likely to be a sexual relationship, anyway, unless someone else dose it... Because I'm NOT.

Anyway, I have up to chapter 4 typed, and chapter 5 written and is being typed, and chapter 6 is being written. So I probably won't be updating this quickly all that often, because I don't want my writing to catch up to me. I write rather slowly, really.

Well, I hope you people like this chapter, review!

Zeida