Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the the characters

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the the characters. The characters belong to their creator. I thought of this plot, but most of the idea comes from the Naruto Shippu! "Konoha gakuen"den, which also belongs to the creator.

Chapter 3

Rain fell softly on the ground creating large puddles, getting every thing in sight wet, but even in the rain human existence was still apparent. Even in the dark ally ways that not many people venture into for fear of death or fear of the unknown, human life was still there.

"So how is that school, Naruto?" said a young man who looked to be at least 17.

"Gosh don't even start on about that." came a familiar voice from within the cold uninviting darkness. Naruto walked closer to the figure. "Why do you want to know, Nagano?"

"Well you're a part of this gang and I'm concerned that they may be turning you into a mindless drone just like the rest of the students." said Nagano. He smiled at Naruto showing his white teeth in a devilish grin.

"Aye Naruto, any cute girls you could hook up with?" said another male voice.

"Is that all you think about, Hebi?" Naruto shook his head in disbelief.

"It would be nice to have another girl." Hebi stated with a shrug.

"What about Tora? Any way none of those girls would join a gang. Trust me; they are all high strung good-little-two-shoes." Naruto said looking away as Tora wrapped her arms around Hebi.

Nagano sat down on top of a closed, empty dumpster. Next to Nagano sat another girl. As soon as he sat down she grabbed his hand and smiled at him as she scooted closer to him. Nagano smiled back and kissed her hand.

Naruto looked away. 'Why must he and Suki always have to be so lovey-dovey? It's so annoying!' He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

"Hey Naruto do you have any extra packs with you? I ran out yesterday and well, I don't think I could wait till next week for another one…you know what I'm saying." Hebi said while scratching the back of his head. "You know it's like going cold turkey for me."

Naruto sighed and threw him is other pack. "Don't use them all in one day, okay? That's my last extra pack."

"Well, well what do we have here?"

"Who's there?" Nagano said as he jumped onto his feet. "Show yourself you coward."

At Nagano's command, a group of seven teenaged boys walked into the small ally from within the dark backstreets of the town. "Acting like this is your turf, huh? Give it up Nagano. You know you'll just lose it soon anyway. Why not hand it over to us instead of feeling the humiliation of getting it taken from you?"

Naruto, Suki, Hebi, and Tora walk over and joined Nagano in front of the other teens. They smiled to each other. None of them have had a good fight in the last two weeks and finally an opportunity for a real challenge had just come.

They stood there facing one another down in the now heavy rain fall.

"Bring then if you're so eager to get your sorry little asses kick." Hebi said enthusiastically.

"GO TO HELL YOU BASTARDS!!" one of them yelled as he charged them.

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Sasuke looked out the drive-thru window. No costumers had come in the last hour and because of the lack of costumers he was bored out of his mind. 'Could today get any worse then it already has?' he thought to himself has he watched the rain fall faster and faster outside.

Rainy days were the worst days to be working because no one wants to go out and eat at a restaurant. It was a little strange that they hadn't had many costumers today and Sasuke was at least glad for that. Rush hour wasn't as bad as it could have been, but still it was a little rushed.

"Good thing I'll be getting off soon." Sasuke said quietly to himself. "The sooner I get out of here, the better."

He then returned to looking out the window, not saying anything. Finally his watch chimed at him. He stood up and walk out of the kitchen area yelling back, "My shifts up."

A small paused followed and then came a response:

"Okay, just come back in one piece?"

Sasuke shook his head as he walked out into the rain. He hurried to the bus stop. When he got there, he sat down on the bench. All of a sudden, Sasuke turned to see a figure making its way through the rain toward the bus stop. Soon Sasuke realized who it was as spiky blonde hair came into view.

'Naruto?' He thought to himself, but as Naruto continued to walk closer, Sasuke noticed the way he was walking.

Naruto seemed to be limping more then walking. He had his hand holding his stomach like he had a stomachache, but Sasuke could tell it wasn't an upset stomach by his actions. As Naruto got closer, Sasuke started to see that he was bleeding profusely from the forehead, blinding his right eye.

'I have to help him.' Sasuke thought, but as he took a step toward Naruto something stopped him. He didn't know why, but something told him that he shouldn't mess with Naruto at all. Something didn't seem quite right about him. It was like Naruto was some other kind of person. Everything inside of Sasuke said to run, to get away, but he couldn't move. Why couldn't he move? He suddenly realized he was shaking, but why? There was nothing to be afraid of at all.

It seemed as though Naruto hadn't even noticed it Sasuke standing at the bus stop, petrified from some unknown fear. Finally Naruto stopped as the bus drove up and pulled to a halt in front of the two boys.

Sasuke happened to catch Naruto's gaze for a split second, but that was all he need to see that Naruto's usually stern crystal blue eyes were now a fierce blood red color. He looked as though he could kill anyone that just barely pissed him off.

"Hey kid you getting on or what? I have to keep to a strict schedule, so I don't have time for people to dilly dally."

Finally Sasuke snapped back into reality. He looked up at the bus driver.

"Sorry sir." He said regaining his composure and quickly climbed on the bus. Quickly Sasuke hurried to a seat that he could still see Naruto, so he could figure out what was different about him.

After a few minutes, it looked as though Naruto was returning to his old self. Finally Sasuke decided to go and talk to Naruto. 'Maybe I could get some clues this way.'

At the next stop, Sasuke stood up and walked over to Naruto, who didn't even notice Sasuke move. Sasuke took a deep breath.

"Hey Naruto, didn't expect to see you here."

Naruto jerked his head around. It seemed as though he had been lost in his own thoughts and Sasuke's voice had suddenly snapped him back to reality. At first he had a look of surprise, but that quickly change to a look of distaste.

"What do you want, pretty boy?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and completely ignored the pretty boy comment.

"Oh I just was a little curious to what you would be doing out in the rain and that fact that you are covered blood and burses makes one think of some pretty horrible things." Sasuke said taking a seat in front of Naruto. "Are you going to the hospital?"

"Hell no! I would never go there unless I was completely out of it and I had no consent in the matter! Why don't you just buzz off?" Naruto looked out the bus window. So far nothing out of the ordinary and Naruto wasn't really helping out with his usual bad boy attitude.

"Well excuse me for being worried about you." Sasuke said a little annoyed. 'I was trying to be nice, but I guess that doesn't work with Naruto.' He sighed. "You're just going to go home and try to take care of your wounds yourself? Well to me that's a little stupid."

"I don't care what you think, you asshole! Now buzz off before I get really pissed!" Naruto yelled turning to look Sasuke in the eyes. "Why are you so worried about me all of a sudden?! Go pester some one else!" Naruto stood up as the bus came to a stop. He stormed pass Sasuke and off the bus.

Sasuke sighed and turned to look out the window. He could have sworn that as Naruto left the bus his eyes flashed red.

"Were my eyes playing a trick on me?" Sasuke whispered to himself. He tried to shrug it of, but something in the back of his mind told him it was his eyes.

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Naruto threw the door open to an old abandon building. As he did so he mumbled a few choice words about Sasuke. Why was he trying to get into Naruto's business all of a sudden? It had been almost a month since Naruto had started school at Konoha High school and for most of that month Sasuke had ignored Naruto all together. They usually just stared daggers at one another and only once in a while did they talk to each other. Why did he want to start being friendly now?

He continued grumbling as he layed down on a small make-shift bed in the corner of the room.

Whatever the reason, Naruto had no intent on make friends with that stuck-up, goody-two shoes, attention raving bastard.

Without a further thought on the matter he rolled over and tried to sleep.

That's chapter 3 for ya. Please review!!