NO. THEY ARE NOT MINE. MASASHI KISIMOTO FOUND OUT I WAS SAYING THEY WERE AND THREATENED TO SUE ME :( BUT IF THEY WERE MINE SASUKE AND NARUTO WOULD SO BE A COUPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST SO AMAZING TOGETHER :P

Ch 3

The next day began just the same as the first. With Sasuke coming in, taking his seat and being stared at throughout all his classes. During English he sat with Kiba, Shika, and Choji by sear coincidental seating arrangements created by Kakashi-sensei. "Spill man, what went on between you and the Naruto gang?" asked Kiba. "Not much. That Yagura and Utakata guy glared at me the whole time. The red head sat silently next to Naruto and didn't even look at me. The two chicks just whispered in each others ear and Naruto looked bored. It was pretty lame." replied Sasuke. "So, you gonna join em again?" asked Shika. "Well it seems I'm not wanted there, so yes. Yes I am. Just because it pisses them off." He didn't know why but he felt the need to sit there again. He wanted them to acknowledge him. For what odd purpose he didn't know but he did. He wanted their approval. Especially Naruto's, who was obviously the leader. "Why? If your not wanted why make em angry. They're not the type you want to anger Sasuke. People die for just looking at them funny." said Choji with obvious worry in his tone.

"What does it matter. I'm gonna sit there and I don't care what they do about it. Don't ask me why, but I want to sit there. Something tells me they are not all the seem." "How troublesome." spoke Shika with obvious boredom.

And that was just what he did. Sasuke sat at the same table, in the same seat. When the others walked in, they didn't seem all that surprised he was there. Most of them just sat down without a glance to Sasuke. Except Yagura and Utakata, who glared at them with pure hatred. After what seemed like hours the long haired blond girl spoke. "Well since you obviously aren't leaving anytime soon, I think we should introduce ourselves. Don't wanna be complete strangers, do we Naruto?" She asked for Naruto approval and was answered with an indifferent shrug, which she took as a yes. "I'll start. I'm Yugito. Nice to meet ya." "Sasuke." Then the other girl spoke. "I'm Fu." "Fu?" "Yes Fu. Problem new-meat?" She asked with malice dripping from every word. "No. Not at all." "OK. Good. Moving on..." she said with a cheerfulness that could give Sakura a run for her money. 'Wow. are they biopolar or something. Their moods swing from left to right almost instantly. No wonder people are freaked.' he thought with a smirk then tuned back into the conversation. "The red head on Naruto's right is Gaara. He pretty quiet so don't be surprised if he doesn't speak at all." said Yugito, continuing with intros. The redhead, Gaara, spoke in an almost to quiet voice. "Hey." "Hey." replied Sasuke. "The one on the left is Utakata. He not always so grumpy." "hmp." replied Utakata with a disdainful tone. "YA he must be pmsing real bad. hahahaha." yelled the young boy to Utakata's right side. After recieving a harsh smack in the back of the head he looked up. "Yagura. Nice to meet you. Now leave." he said losing his playful tone. Yugito ignored him and said "And last but not least Naruto." He just looked at Sasuke with a bored face, obviously thinking he had better things to do. Lunch continued with the girls playing twenty questions, asking Sasuke about everything from school to his social life.

"So where do you live?" asked Fu. "Umm around. You know that old house on Border street. The red ones mine." He quickly lied much to the notice of Naruto, but the young blond remained silent. "Ah cool. It's a little out of our way so don't expect visits." Laughed Yugito. Sasuke laughed nervously. After lunch the day continued on boringly. Sasuke walked home with obvious worry. 'Man oh man. That could have turned out badly.' he thought.

The next few days continued on much the same. Chats with Kiba and the others in the hall or during class, lunch with the gang and boring classes. After about two weeks of the routine Sasuke came to lunch and waited at the table as normal. But no one showed. After about 10 minutes past normal appearance time, Sasuke gave up and sat with Shika, Kiba, And Choji, who were now joined with two girls, Sakura, and a young blond named Ino. "Don't sweat it Sasuke. They do it all the time. There one day and gone the next. They should be back tomorrow." said Choji And they were back the next day. Looking tired and grumpy. Sasuke couldn't help but notice the numerous bruises and the sling on Utakata's arm. "What did you guys do yesterday?" Sasuke asked bewildered. Naruto camely said "Taught some no good punks not to mess with us." The way he said it scared Sasuke. Hate rolled off him in waves and Sasuke could tell he was pissed at somebody. But he didn't question him when Naruto spoke no further. The rest of lunch continued on as normal. Pointless conversations that were relevant to nothing. Obviously they were running out of things to speak of when Fu asked about the weather. 'What could they be hiding?'

"Why do you keep him around. Why not teach him a lesson and ditch him just as we do with the others?" Asked Yagura. "Because. He's amusing. Not many people would have done what he has done." replied Naruto cooly. "Did you hear him?" gushed Fu. "He actually sounded worried about us. It was so cute!" "Ya whatever. SO whats up?' We gonna go pound some Akatuski faces today?" "Nah. Utakata's can't fight and you know how he gets. We should hold off till it sets right." said Naruto. "So in about two days?" "Sure whatever."

THREE DAYS LATER

Sasuke walked after school. 'What was up with them today? Yagura didn't even glare at me. What was he all hiper about. The others were awfully quiet as well.' wonder Sasuke as he walked downtown. He still had his backpack on his shoulders but the weight didn't really bother him anymore. Deep in thought he hadn't noticed just what part of town he had wondered into. It was the ghetto, well almost. It was a run down set of abandoned warehouses that looked like they hadn't been used in years. 'This should do for the night.' he thought. That was when he heard something coming from the biggest one. It sounded like people fighting. He busted in to see Naruto pinning down some guy in a yellow and black swirled mask in a black coat decorated with blood red clouds, holding a knife to his to his throat. "Sasuke?" he asked, obviously confused. Then he felt someone grab him from behind and held a gun to his head.

When Sasuke walked in, Naruto had never been so surprised. He was pinning down Tobi about to end him when Sasuke had walked in. "Sasuke?" It was then that Deidara grabbed him from behind and held a gun to his head "Listen up Kyuubi. Let go of Tobi and we won't kill this guy." Naruto stopped for a minute and thought. Finally he answered "Killing him and letting him go are two completely different things Deidara. Let him go and we let Tobi go. Sasuke has nothing to do with this." "Naruto what the hell are you doing man?" yelled Yagura with obvious fury. "We finally got him. Take him out already!" Deidara released the safety and took a better aim at Sasuke's head. "Make one move and his head gets blown off." he said with malice. "Naruto forget about him. Who's more important. The destruction of the Akatuski or this one punk you meet like last week? Kill him already."

Naruto seemed to stop and think. Sasuke was extremely worried. 'Is he actually thinking of letting me die? I can't believe this. What the hell. I can't die here. Not yet.' Then Naruto put the knife down. He spoke calmly and rationly. "OK Deidara. Put down the gun. Sasuke is not to be involved with this. Just let him go and you can take Tobi." Deidara nodded,flipped the safety on, and kicked the gun to the side. Still holding Sasuke he spoke. "Get off of Tob..." But before he could finish his sentence, Sasuke had grabbed his arm and expertly flipped him to the ground, placing a knife at his throat, much to Deidara's disbelief. Tobi and the others instantly jumped into action. Tobi kicked a surprised Naruto in the gut and lunged for the gun at the same time as Utakata, both of them just missing by just a hair. Deidara kicked Sasuke in the cheek, grabbed Tobi and ran, just as Fu was about to grab his arm.

Sasuke sat up, and noticed Naruto kneeling directly in front of him. "You OK?" he asked. "Ya, just a little confused is all." "Well confused or not that was awesome. Got to love the way ya you tossed em." yelled a tall black guy. "I'm Killer B by the way, Now the question is whats Naruto got to say?" "What the hell was that?" yelled an older man with a beard." We had them! And you had to go soft and let em get away! Fuck Naruto. Whats more important? Some random punk or the destruction of the Akatsuki?" Fortunatly his rant was cut off by Naruto slamming him into the wall. "Listen here Roshi! I don't care what you think. I did not ask you for your opinion. Now, my word is law so you best shut that ungodly mother fucking mouth of yours up up before I nail you to that damn wall and use you as a fucking dart board!" growled Naruto. "Yes sir. Forgive me. I overstepped my boundaries in questioning you." he replied in a low voice. "Good. You are forgiven. Now listen up people. Sasuke is an innocent. We do not under any circumstances harm an innocent, directly or indirectly. Understood?" The other looked at each other in confusion but there was a chorus of yes sirs all around. Sasuke finally looked up and glanced at his surroundings. The Six guys from school were here along with three others. They all wore short sleeved shirts, obviously showing off the tattoos in their arms, with numbers from one to nine in clear black ink, with a special design around each one. Naruto's was surrounded by black and red flames and a red fox.

"So Sasuke. What are you doing all the way out here. And in your school gear none the less?" asked Naruto. He had turned to face the young boy who was still stunned on the ground, where he had landed after Deidara's blow to his face. "Umm well I ahhhhhh..." "Whatever. We can talk about it later. Lets all get in the car and get out of here before they come back." he replied in a very serious like manner. "Wait hold up. We can take them." said Yagura. "No we can't. We are all tired and hungry. They will come back with reinforcements who haven't seen battle yet so they'll be well rested. We also have to take care of Sasuke, though he seems to be able to do that himself." "Naruto's right. We need to get going." said a tall man in a face mask. With that they all got up and walked behind the building, where there were about 3 different cars. Naruto held out his hand to Sasuke, who gladly took it, and helped the young guy up. After getting in the car, Naruto drove with the others to their various houses, which were surprisingly, not in that bad of a shape. They all seemed modern. Not to big but big enough. After helping an unconscious Gaara into his house, to be taken care of by his sister, Naruto got back in the car and turned to Sasuke, who was in the passenger side seat. "Where do you live?" he asked. "Oh you can just drop me off in front of the school." "No I think I' gonna make sure you get into your house before I go. Can't having your death on my nonexistent conscience." Naruto didn't know why but he was generally worried for the young raven haired boy. He wanted to make sure he was safe before he went home.

The way Naruto was watching Sasuke made him feel pretty good. He felt safe and secure, even if he had just seen the guy almost kill somebody. 'Shouldn't I feel frightened. Why do i feel this way? And why does he look so concerned? It looks like he actually cares about me. What do I say?' "well ummm" He stuttered. "I need an address before next week kid." "Well you see...I...ah...""So I was right." he said with an evil smile. "W..what do you mean you were right?" "Your homeless aren't you?"

WUAHAHAHAHAHA I HAD TO LEAVE IT THERE. IT'S JUST TO PERFECT (JUMPS TO AVOID BEING HIT BY A FLYING TOMATO) RATE AND REVIEW FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER :)