Warning: Yaoi, Shounen-ai.
Pairings: SasuNaru, GaaLee, and many others.
Never Far Behind
Chapter 3: Ser O Parecer
Shortly after leaving the English classroom, Naruto headed over to his next class, Chemistry. Seeing that the English and science department's classrooms were right beside each other, it didn't take long to find the class. As Naruto walked into the room it seemed he was one of the first to arrive. He headed over to the back and got the farthest seat away from the board as possible.
As seconds ticked by Naruto leaned back in his seat. Closing his eyes letting his mind drift. 'He's changed a lot' Naruto thought, humming a small tune. Even with his eyes, closed Naruto could picture Sasuke's flawless pale skin, rosy lips, and dark onyx eyes perfectly.
-Slap-
Naruto bolted right up into his seat eyes shooting wide opened at the impact of the hand slapping the back of his head. "What the fuck?" he cursed, under his breath, touching the back of his head, as he looked up to glare at his offender. Gaara.
"You should really be more alert of your surroundings" Gaara commented, taking the seat besides Naruto.
"Tch, whatever" Naruto muttered, looking around the class noticing the final bell had rung and everyone seemed to settling down in their seats. 'No Sasuke' Naruto thought, taking a quick glance around, however he did notice that the green freak with eyebrows sitting up front along with the guy with the ponytail who seemed to be sleeping as the other guy ranted on about something.
Naruto raised an eyebrow watching the boys in front of them. 'Sasuke's got weird friends' Naruto thought, holding back a smile, as the guy with eyebrows continued to talk about something consisting of the spiritual youth. Gaara who also seemed to notice the two in front of them rolled his eyes.
"Shut the fuck up" Gaara growled, loudly enough for the two in front to hear, as their late teacher made his way to the front of the classroom. The two turned around. 'But then I can't say much of my friends' Naruto thought, mentally smacking his forehead.
"I'm sorry," the guy with the eyebrows said, with an apologetic smile, as he turned back around in his seat. "Troublesome" the other scoffed, turning around just as his friend did.
As soon as they did, Naruto glared at Gaara. "What the fuck was that?" he whispered, as the teacher began to write their assignments on the board. Gaara just stared back, uncaringly, before just answering with a small shrug. Naruto couldn't help but give a look of disbelief. 'Gaara isn't the type to just snap like that, it normally takes me three hours of ranting before he says anything and he never holds grudges against the guys he fights. What the fuck is going on?' Naruto thought, biting his lip a bit, as he glanced back at the young guy in front of them who had seemed to taken Gaara's words to heart seeing that he hadn't said a word since, just looking down at the page and occasionally up at the board.
"Uzumaki!"
Naruto bolted right in his seat, as he turned around slowly. His chemistry teacher standing right behind him. Naruto finally took a good look at his teacher. He was wearing the usual black pants with a white formal shirt neatly tucked under his pants but the unusual part was that he wore a mask the covered the sidelong half of his face. Then there was his silver hair. He didn't look old though.
"Uzumaki?"
"Huh?" Naruto finally managed, a tint of blush rising to his cheeks realizing he had just been staring.
"About time" the teacher muttered. He gave Naruto a smile, well what Naruto thought was a smile. "I was just explaining to the class about the term moles and since it seemed you were so much attention can you explain in your own words what a mole means," the teacher instructed, his eyes holding amusement.
"Umm…" Naruto said, noticing how everyone had turned around to watch, definitely amused, and Naruto gave Gaara a pleading look. Gaara just smirked and turned back to write the last few notes in his book, Naruto gave Gaara an exasperated look.
"A mole is that disgusting thing that grows on people's skin with hairs sticking out" Naruto commented proudly, remembering his old uncle complaining about them being on his neck.
The class remained silent for a second before erupting in laughter. Naruto stared at them weirdly, before noticing the teacher's small smile. "Detention after school Uzumaki" the teacher said, continuing his lecture, as he walked along the rows of desks.
"What? I was wrong?" Naruto asked Gaara, confused. Gaara just sighed, ignoring his friend.
"Here, these might help"
Naruto and Gaara glanced up to the bench in front of them. The guy with the eyebrows was handing them a few papers, which seemed to contain notes. "You've guys have missed quite a bit of the year, so you'll need to catch up" the guy said, a bit hesitant. "Here, these will help and if you want I can tutor you guys if you want" he added, with a bit more confidence.
Naruto smiled gratefully. "That would be-"
"We don't need your help" Gaara coldly, snatching the papers away form Naruto and giving them back to their owner. The guy opened his eyes in shock.
"Oh, umm.. Ok" the guy stammered, taking back the papers.
"Gaara back off, I actually want to pass so if you don't mind" Naruto snapped to Gaara before giving the guy an apologetic grin. "I wouldn't mind the extra help so I'll take you up on the offer," Naruto said. The guy smiled and nodded enthusiastically as Naruto took the papers carefully, however noticing Gaara's hard glare on him his smile weakened.
"I'm Naruto and the ice bastard beside me is Gaara"
"Yeah, we met earlier" the guy commented sheepishly.
"Yeah, we all got off to a bad foot" Naruto thought, with a shrug and a small smile remembering the mornings event.
"I'm Lee and my friend beside me is Shikamaru," the guy said, knowing for the moment the earlier problems were forgotten.
"I hate to say this but for your first day, you really know how to make a bad habit" All four looked up to find the teacher, standing beside them, holding the same book from earlier. Naruto just grinned sheepishly. "Yeah, sorry about that" he muttered.
"Oh, well, seeing that you guys get along so well, you guys are in the same group for the labs, which we'll be starting tomorrow" the teacher commented, as the bell rang.
Everyone hurried to pack their things as they all left to their next class. "Detention Uzumaki" their teacher reminded.
'I didn't get his name' Naruto thought, as he walked out of class Gaara besides him. Naruto suddenly got an idea and hurried off to the direction Lee had taken along with Shikamaru.
"Hey Lee!"
Lee who had been talking to Shikamaru stopped short to turn around and give Naruto a questioning glance. "Yes?" he asked, as Naruto stood before him, Gaara right behind, with a scowl on his face.
"Do you know where I can find Sasuke?" Naruto asked, hopeful.
Lee sparred a glance towards Shikamaru who nodded silently. "Sorry Naruto, no clue" Lee said, with a sad smile, as he gave them a fleeting glance, before they continued on their way.
Naruto and Gaara stood there for a second. "Weird" Naruto whispered, as Gaara just rolled his eyes and walked away to his next class. Naruto noticing his friends retreating figure yelled at him to wait.
…
"Mine!" Sakura shouted, watching as the ball dropped from the air, as she bent her knees and then jumping into the air, smacked the ball towards the opposite side of the net. Sakura grinned as her feet gently landed back on the ground as she gracefully got back into position along with her team.
Then the ball was back on her side. As she bent her knees ready to smack it over the net, she was roughly pushed aside.
"Mine!" the blonde chick shouted, as she smacked the ball across the net the ball landing on the other team's side. The blonde chick then turned to Sakura, who was currently sitting on the ground dusting off her hands and knees. "Learn your place bitch, this is my team," the chick said coldly, walking away. As the gym, coach blew her whistle announcing the end of class and to hit the showers.
Sakura stared incredulously as the blonde girl walked off.
"Pay no mind to Ino" Sakura looked up, and found a brunette chick, lending her a hand. Sakura to the offer and stood up. "Ino?" Sakura asked, confused.
"Yeah, the blonde chick, just don't mess with her, that bitch is popular throughout the school" the girl answered, simply, with a shrug. Sakura gave the girl a surprised look. "Really?" Sakura whispered, with a sudden crazy grin. 'I believe some changes are in order' she thought, as she made her way to the locker room.
…
Hinata stood up at the sound of the bell. 'Finally!' her mind cheered, as she got up from her seat. She gathered her notebooks under her arm, as she walked out of the class. Seeing that she had memorized her schedule the night before she knew that at the moment she had study hall. 'To the library it is' she thought, with a grim smile, knowing she would have to catch up with each of her classes work.
As she wandered through the halls in search of the library, she turned a corner, and collided with another. "Shit" the other muttered, as Hinata who lost her footing for a second was regaining her balance.
"You?!"
Hinata looked up, confused. Her eyes widened in shock.
"What the hell are you doing here?" the guy hissed, roughly grabbing her by her upper arm. She flinched lightly at the cold touch as her back was slammed against the nearest wall.
"Neji-sama" she replied, unfazed, her grip on her books tightening.
"Answer me" he snapped, his eyes losing his earlier cool. She smirked.
"Oh, just the usual family visit" she answered, with a hint of sarcasm. His grip on her arm tightened as his nails dug into her skin. "Wrong answer" he replied, coldly. Her eyes glinted. "I would recommend you let me go or you will be missing a few fingers by the end of the day," she hissed, feeling her books drop to the ground. Neji's grip lessened from surprise.
"You've changed," he whispered.
"Let go of her, asshole!"
Neji and Hinata looked up at the same time, to find the guy from Hinata's earlier group, standing a few feet away, looking completely pissed, as his hands clenched into fists.
"So have you" Hinata whispered back, pushing Neji away from her, with surprising strength that could've pushed him away since the beginning. She picked up her books and walked over to join her friend. Her friend gave Neji a final glare before walking away with Hinata who never turned back to give Neji a final glance.
"So, Kiba…." was all Neji managed to catch as the two walked away.
…
Sasuke gazed up at the dark gloomy skies. 'What the hell are you doing here Naruto? No matter how many times I can think of reasons, none seem to fit' Sasuke thought, unconsciously chewing his lower lip.
"He's back"
Sasuke looked toward the rooftop entrance to see his brother, standing there in his black chained jeans, with a red sleeveless shirt, along with his black sneakers. His hair tied back into the usual ponytail.
"So, I've seen" Sasuke commented, shifting his gaze back to the sky.
"No Sasuke, not your little friend, I mean him" Itachi said, with a small smile.
End of Chapter 3
I'm such a mean person! I'm so sorry for having you guys wait so long. I'll try to make sure it never happens again. I've just been to busy with school, crap, and the fact that I'm just naturally lazy doesn't help much.
Well, here it is Chapter Three, a bit of everything, hope you enjoyed. Thanks you so much for the previous reviews, they really get me going.
R & R