A Screwed Up Fairytale

In Collaboration with Tsunaide

Chapter 4: Twinkle Twinkle - Rivals Appear

Rice-Ball247 is in da house! err, bedroom actually, eating potato chips because it's so damn hot today and I don't know what to do. How're you all? I bet you're wondering, why did it take you so FREAKING long to update, no? I've got a good excuse. I think.

The computer which I usually post my fics on (the one that doesn't let me use the ruler feature -glee-) has been taken to a friend of my father's for repair, coz it's... so...damn...slow! So yea, I'm using the laptop, which has a better connection but is getting worse with every use :P Also, the laptop lets me use the ruler feature! -cheers- lolz. Luckily, there was an older version (but unchanged) of ASUFT on the laptop! So cheer! Ahem, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Short, sweet and witty, if you look underneath the underneath!

For the first time that he had been able to remember, Naruto found himself in the classroom later than his home-room and science teacher, Hatake Kakashi, coordinator for the eleventh grade. The entire room fell silent. The male half mostly because Naruto was late and would be facing Kakashi's punishment; the female half most likely because Sasuke was a gorgeous sex god who looked like he had just rolled out of bed and into their classroom. Sasuke then began to fix his hair self-consciously, because half of the thoughts in the girls' minds were about his sexily, tousled hair.

"You're laaaaate," Kakashi announced in a sing-song tone of voice. For some reason that all students could not even begin to decipher, Kakashi had always worn a mask over the bottom half of his face and the odd eye-patch over his left eye. His revealed right eye crinkled merrily into a warm 'smile' before it opened to lock eyes with Sasuke. For a moment, there was an odd silence in the room that followed their entrance. Kakashi studied Sasuke's face for a second before clapping his hands together, walking over to the door and shutting it close.

"I'm sure you two have a valid explanation as to why you're late?" Kakashi asked, raising an eyebrow at the two boys who had walked in last into his classroom.

"I can explain," Naruto began, telling Sasuke to shut up in his mind, since he was a vampire and was able to read thoughts. Sasuke stayed silent obediently but continued to eye down Kakashi, who, he was sure, was watching him very closely. Naruto's excuse was that they both got locked in his house since Sasuke was a foreign exchange student whose application was lost somewhere in the mail.

For a second, Kakashi seemed to be buying this well thought of excuse and was in the process of milling it over in his mind before his eye crinkled up into that oh-so-familiar arch.

"Your excuses are lamer than mine!"

The entire class sighed at their teacher. Cool or not, he was still pretty weird. Kakashi grinned and stalked back to his table, resting his rear on the edge.

"C'mon then. We want entertainment. Naruto, you first."

Naruto sighed, gave Sasuke a helpless smile and stood in the middle of the classroom. Taking in a deep breath, he raised his arms up into the air, stretched out his palms and wiggled his fingers.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky! Twinkle, twinkle little star! How I wonder what you are!"

The entire class erupted with hoots and squeals of laughter at Naruto's reenactment of a star as he grinned stupidly and flashed a wink at his teacher.

"How's that, teach?"

"Very…entertaining," Kakashi replied with a small smile, clapping his hands together. "Alright, calm down and Naruto, take a seat. Kiba! Stop that yelling!"

"Yessir!"

Both boys saluted before seating themselves beside each other at the very back of the classroom.

"You boy, I'm not a nice teacher. I want you to…to do the 'I'm a Little Teapot'," Kakashi announced, grinning to Sasuke who was glaring daggers at him.

"You'll have to remind me how this rhyme goes, for I do not indulge myself in such trivialities," Sasuke answered coolly, making all the girls sigh and squeal at the sound of his voice.

Kakashi remained silent after Sasuke spoke and the rest of the class remained as quiet as church mice as well. Kakashi had never fallen silent like this before. Gravely, he pushed himself up off his wooden desk and sauntered across the front of the room to his newest student.

"What's your name?"

"Uchiha Sasuke."

The gasps from the room echoed and all the whispers and gossip began to fly. Naruto groaned as he buried his head into his arms. Kakashi, however, remained unaffected.

"Okay, Sasuke," Kakashi began. He then proceeded to smile and patted Sasuke's shoulder, much to the latter's dismay. "I like you! For that, I myself will perform the dance and you will follow through with the entire movement afterwards. Clear?"

"Yes."

"Yes sir."

"Yes sir," Sasuke repeated dully. Kakashi grinned, stood in the centre of the classroom and began to sing:

"I'm a little teapot, short and stout! Here is my handle! Here is my spout! When the water's ready, I'll give a shout! Tip me over and pour me out!"

Even the hand movements matched his song and Sasuke sighed as he walked to where his teacher had previously occupied. Everybody leaned forwards with anticipation, Naruto with anxiety. What if they discovered what he was? Everybody already knew about the entire Uchiha clan ordeal that had happened a century ago, but the vampire thing was known amongst only the most private families of all and since Naruto was an Uzumaki, he had managed to find his family's records and documents from his godmother, Tsunade.

Sasuke posed himself with his hands on his hips, lips pursed before beginning to sing.

"I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle and here is my spout. When the water's ready, I'll give a shout…"

He completed the hand movements, moving his hips and legs to his nursery rhyme and paused on the last line. Winking at Naruto, he sauntered over saucily and dropped into the chair beside him.

"Tip me over and pour me out," he murmured the last line and gave Naruto's left earlobe a slight lick before folding his arms over his chest and leaning into his chair. Turning his head to Kakashi, Sasuke gave him his trademark smirk and quirked a defined eyebrow. "Happy now?"

Kakashi chuckled in his amusement. This would certainly be interesting now that Uchiha Sasuke was finally awake. And it seems as if he's got his eyes fixed on Naruto-chan.

"Very."

All the girls were squealing in their delight! Not only was he hot, but he put on a hot show too! It's just too bad that he was probably a-

"Queer!" all the guys hooted, clapping their hands and stomping their feet. Sasuke, being the person that he was, couldn't help but be amused at their childish actions but Naruto, on the other hand, seemed to be beyond embarrassed.

"Alright, everyone! Shut up!" Kakashi hollered and everyone obeyed the silver-haired teacher for fear of facing 'punishment'. "Now, let me call the roll and I'll be rid of you until science or admin."

Some people groaned as he said this and began to respond to his roll-call. Others chose to keep their eyes trained on the two boys sitting at the back of the classroom. Two boys in particular, couldn't believe what they were seeing.

A long haired brunette male brushed his hair away from his face as he sneakily took a glance out of the corner of his eye. Sasuke didn't seem to want to leave Naruto alone! The paper in his hands crumpled as he focused his attention back to the teacher.

"Hyuuga Neji?"

"Here, sir."

On the other side of the classroom, three seats away from Naruto's right, was a red-haired boy with a dangerous glare. He insisted on wearing mascara on his eyes and wore it in generous amounts. He almost looked like one of those front men from those punk-rock bands. Instead of his paper crumpling, however, his pen snapped in half. Bits of plastic littered his desk and he swept them away uncaringly.

"Sabaku no Gaara?

"Here."

"Here, sir."

"Here," Gaara answered firmly, directing a glare at his teacher that seemed to say 'don't you dare make me say here or you die!'

"Alright, alright."

Sasuke smirked as he looked at his two rivals that were sending him glares. Two rivals in love. The blonde beside him, though, seemed completely oblivious to his attention, may it be his density or perhaps ignorance…

Rice-Ball247: This was more of a filler chapter. In fact, the first few chapters are fillers (excluding the awakening) because I need to settle the characters' personalities, EACH character's personalities. This is getting a bit drole and difficult, since Naruto is becoming confused because of Sasuke (who wouldn't?) and it's annoying trying to get him on one path and then get pushed into another. Next chapter is coming up soon, when it's edited. Tsunaide has written it up, so thank her! XD Please REVIEW! (RULER FEATURE! -glee- yes, I'm a freak. Just for the sake of it...

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