The trek to school was no less painful for Naruto and as he arrived at the gate panting heavily, he felt like collapsing; only kept standing through sheer will power alone. No one spared him a second glance as the first bell rang for students to hurry along to their lessons. No one ever did. He was completely invisible. This thought alone was more painful than any physical injury ever placed on his body; it almost crushed his soul.

With hopeless dull eyes the blonde haired boy took out his time table and checked his lessons for the day. Disgust took over his features as he realized he had double chemistry this morning followed by double maths and only one hour of English. The majority of the lessons he was forced to attend, Naruto hated. He never particularly excelled in any of them, however there was one exception; English. One of the main reasons Naruto continued to show up to the torturous institution known as school was due to the fact that he absolutely adored English. It was his release. It allowed Naruto to express himself without restraint or guilt; he knew that if he was in possession of enough money, his room would be overflowing with books, from nearly every genre.

Placing the crumpled piece of paper back into his pocket, he clutched his backpack and started climbing the stairs to his chemistry lesson. Gritting his teeth and clenching his hands into fists around the straps of his bag, he fought against the pain that threatened to overwhelm him. He would not give in. He would not stop or complain because that would involve accepting defeat and knowing that Mizuki had won. This was something Naruto would never do. He may never have fought back against his foster father but he still had the will to continue and pushing forward was the only way to ensure that he escaped the dreadful situation he was currently in.

Finally arriving at his classroom he opened the door and entered into the crowded space. Mindless chatter reached his ears as groups of students gathered around their friends to talk about their weekend; it was obvious Kabuto Sensei had not yet arrived.

Glazed blue eyes quickly scanned the available seats and landed on an empty desk in the back corner of the room. As he made his way over to his chosen seat he caught snippets of conversations between students. Sakura and Ino, two girls who were extremely popular with the pupils that attended the school, were talking quietly and occasionally giggling, whilst subtly pointing to a pale boy at the top corner of the room. He had dark blue, almost black hair that flicked out at the bottom ends, his hands where resting underneath his chin with his fingers entwined together; elbows resting on his desk.

The red haired girl with glasses who sat next to him, was talking to him, trying to grab his attention with anything that popped into her mind, however he looked completely nonchalant. His mouth was etched into a straight line and endless black orbs where gazing blankly forward; not even acknowledging the girl efforts at flirting.

Naruto sneered. "Guys like that have everything." He whispered harshly under his breath. He could not deny the boy was handsome, now that Naruto was able to see him from a relatively close distance rather than from afar, he realized the dark haired boy had striking features; a particular sharp beauty about him. A twinge of jealousy began to form in Naruto's stomach; why was it so unfair? Why did it have to be his life that was fucked up? Why couldn't he be the perfect one for once?

Suddenly glancing to side, vacant dark orbs, and dull blue eyes met each other from across the room. Naruto paused as he watched black eyes regard him coolly, his expression a mixture of surprise with the remnants of a glare he had been directing at the dark haired boy only moments ago. The eye contact lasted considerably longer than it should have, each boy silently willing the other to look away first; to accept defeat. A pitch black, elegant eyebrow rose to the tanned boy's unspoken challenge before a smirk curled at the right corner of his lips. Taking in the sight of the blonde for one last second before turning away, the dark haired boy let out a quiet "Hn" from his throat as he once again flitted his gaze to the front of the classroom; the red haired girl next to him had not even acknowledged the exchange, to engaged in her story to notice.

Clenching his fists and giving a final glare to the dark haired boy Naruto continued walking and arrived at his desk. He placed his backpack on the right chair and carefully sat down on the seat closest to the wall. Scowling as Kabuto Sensei entered the classroom, he tried his hardest to ignore the crippling pain that had been inflicted on his body the previous night. He still had to stop off at the nearest shop to buy medicine.

"Everyone get out your Chemistry books and turn to page 64. I trust you've all managed to complete the homework I set for you." Kabuto said with a smirk; pushing his glasses up his nose as they began to slide down. He always had a secret suspicion that this man took pleasure in punishing his students and wanted them all to fail. Honestly, it would not surprise Naruto.

Turning his head to look out the window, he watched the dull grey clouds collect together forming a thick grey blanket over the buildings; small droplets of rain had already begun to form on the glass pane. Focusing his gaze on the dark haired boys back, he regarded him once again; the same spike of jealousy coiling in his stomach and a feeling that Naruto did not recognize accompanied it. For a split second the feeling confused him and he decided to ignore it until it went away, determined to deal with it another time. Forcing himself to pay attention to Kabuto Sensei's lecture he sighed, coming to the conclusion, for the second time in 24 hours, that yes; it was indeed going to be a very long day.

Authors Note:

I decided to make this a SasuNaru fic, because I've always wanted to write one. Sorry to anyone who wanted something different! I don't mind doing another story, if you enjoy this one so far, for the pairing you want.

Hope you enjoyed so far and reviews are much appreciated I like to know if a characters OOC or if I'm doing something wrong!