Konoha (Karma) University
Chapter 5
Chapter song: Paramore- Born for this
AN: Right! Here we are again, chapter five! I can say now... this will be the last chapter that has no berry limeade goodness in it (If I can help it)! Aren't you all glad! Ah, and I know I said I'd post this at midnight turning into the 2nd, but I was up really later studying for my exam... ha, who am I kidding, I was stuck playing the SIMs3! :D But, let me once again stop my rambling and get back to writing more stories for you all! Enjoy this calm chapter, it shall be the last without drama of some sort! :)
Note: Suna Akurei, Hyūga Hisae, Kojika Nara © Anna Uzumaki
Pairing(s): Naruto/Sasuke With: Neji/Gaara, Shika/Kiba, Sakura/Lee, Hinata/Shino, Ino/Choji, Kankuro/Kojika, Temari/Tenten, Itachi/Kyuubi, Hidan/Kakuzo, Pein/Konan, Deidara/Sasori. later mentioned pairings.
Warning(s): Yaoi, lemon(s) in later chapters, sexual content (Duh!), slight nuggets of OOC-ness (bear with me), adult language, blood/gore, angst, drama, possible rape and KARMA.
Disclaimer: Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto
August {week One} D.P.O.V. (Different points of view)
As the bunch of friends and family made their way across campus, the orange phantom masked Uchiha kept up his persistence on trying to get any premature information he could out of the possible pledges', but seeing as how he was getting nowhere fast he once again began to sulk, which only earned him a swift jab to his side by the second half masked frat brother for continuing his childish behavior. The others simply rolled their eyes and continued across the campus to the cafeteria, which was only a couple hundred yards away from the crowded student union, and surprisingly they could still hear the music being played by Tayuya as they stepped inside the café. And, just as they had hoped, the café was not as populated as the union was at this point, though there was still a fair amount of students who decided to skip out on the first 10:40 break of the school year and must have decided that eating was better when you didn't have a full café, where people were constantly yelling and bumping into each other. However, that still didn't, and wouldn't, keep certain people from running through the café like wild animals.
"Yes! No lines!" Choji cheered and ran towards a random line, not seeming to even take the time to read what was being served in it, as the others walked towards a section of the café that was even less populated by students and sat down.
"Sheesh, I thought Choji was on a diet?" Sakura raised a pink brow at Ino.
"Ha! Oh he is, but that's not gonna keep him from pigging out on BBQ. You should at least know that, Billboard brow." Ino Smiled sweetly at the green eyed pinkette.
"You know what Ino-Pig? You should try going on a diet to, you're starting to resemble a thirteen year old Choji." Sakura smiled back just as sweetly, though those smiles were anything but sweet and once they began their little banter of insults it would be hard to get them to end it peacefully, best friends or not. Though, one would think that since Ino's dad and Sakura's mom married four years ago, officially making them step-sisters, that their way of being nice to each other would've changed but, to most of their friends surprise, they're antics and insults didn't let up one bit.
"And it begins." Shikamaru groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose. 'First Temari and now these two are goin' at it again. If today wasn't the first day back, I would skip class and find a quiet place to do some cloud watching.' He mentally sighed.
"Man, I'ma go grab some grub and warn Choji… and apparently Naruto and Kyuubi about this." Kiba said as he stood and motioned to the tanned blonde and redhead who were currently at the international station ordering, of course, ramen, then to Choji who was still at the station that served BBQ, which was where he himself was headed, and finally back to the quarreling step-sisters. When had Naruto and Kyuubi snuck away? That was the main thought that flitted through the others, excluding the pale blonde and pinkette sisters, minds as they spotted the two brothers gathering bowl after bowl of ramen.
"When the- that idiot." Sasuke glared toward said blonde, 'How dare he just leave me behind! When I get my hands on him-' he inwardly threatened, though his thoughts were cut short by his brothers' voice.
"You should know that those two have tunnel vision when it comes to ramen, little brother." Itachi smirked as he watched his brother glare daggers at the whisker faced blonde, then turned his head towards the redhead and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Kyuu, Kyuu, Kyuu….." He tsk'd under his breath.
"Damn those two are fast, they still don't waste any time when it comes to eatin', ramen or not." Zabuza chuckled and slung his arm around the smaller male at his side.
"So it would seem." Haku smiled slightly from beside Zabuza, as he relaxed into his arm, and watched the mini scuffle between said brothers, as Kyuubi tried to force Naruto towards the fruit and vegetable bar.
"Dammit Kyuu, I don't want anythin' healthy right now! Let go!" Naruto refused loudly enough for most of the students in the café to hear. Who promptly turned towards the commotion.
"No little bro, trust me ramen is the best thing ever but you've gotta have somethin' green with it to, and… not… just… CHIVES!" Kyuubi said just as loudly and pulled harder against the blondes' efforts to escape with his three bowls of ramen, of which he never even spilled one drop.
"My god, those two are like five year olds," Temari laughed and glanced around to see who all were watching their little show when she quickly spotted someone that made her grin widen, "And look who just walked in! They're in for it now." She whipped back towards the others with a devilish grin. Though, before the others could even look for who she was talking about, their ears were assaulted by a very loud voice.
"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?" A female voice hollered from behind the quarreling brothers, who immediately froze upon hearing that voice and quickly turned around to come face to face with a very busty woman, whose long light blonde hair was pulled into two ponytails and a blue diamond tattoo in the middle of her forehead, who, might I add, was currently giving them a glared that would make even death himself run for the hills.
"Hey old la-" Naruto began to say before his redheaded brother clamped a hand over his mouth.
"Grandmother, how nice to see you and I must say that you are looking as lovely as ever today." Kyuubi practically gushed at the glaring woman, 'Crap. Shit. DAMN!' Kyuu cursed mentally.
"Don't try to sweet talk me Kurama!" Tsunade snapped using the redhead's official name, "Do you two even know how much of a ruckus you're making? Where in the hell do you think you are! I swear-" Tsunade began to continue her rant before being interrupted.
"Hey hey, calm down old lady! It's-" Naruto tried to explain after swatting the redheads hand away, who was is a state of slight terrified shock as their grandmother silenced him, but was quickly cut off.
"YOU BRAT! How many times have I told you not to call me-" Tsunade hollered and swatted the name calling blondes head before being cut off once again.
"Oww! Hey, it's not my fault! Kyuu was the one who kept pulling on me!" Naruto exclaimed and rubbed the side of his head, 'Kyuu you're so dead!' He mentally promised as he glared at a still grinning redhead.
"That's because you don't eat as healthy as you should!" Kyuubi jabbed a finger in his little brothers' chest, having finally shaken off his mild terror. 'Man, she must be pissed!' He affirmed mentally.
"Ha! You're one to talk! You don't eat any better than me!" Naruto shouted and batted the finger away again.
"Hey…." Tsunade's eye twitched as she spoke-up, however it was in vain as she was completely ignored by her squabbling grandsons.
"You're in denial little bro, you act as if eating an orange or somethin' is going to kill you!" Kyuubi stated and picked up the mentioned fruit, only to hold it in front of the blondes face.
"I do not! I eat fruits and vegetables when I want to and I just don't want any right now!" The whisker faced male grabbed the orange and tossed it back onto the bar.
"Boys…." Their grandmother tried again to grab the boys' attention and, like before, she was ignored.
"De-ni-al!" Kyuubi stressed the word into each of its syllables and smirked while shaking his head in faux sympathy.
"You know what Kyuu-" Naruto began to protest, but was quickly silenced as their grandmother placed her hands on the boys shoulders.
"Sweetie's, you're making a scene, now please calm down and finish your meals. Though, after you're done with all of your classes I want you to come see me in my office, okay?" Tsunade smile sweetly at the two now pale faced boys, they knew all too well that when their grandmother put on this charade the outcome was never good.
"Y-yes ma'am." Naruto and Kyuubi stuttered as their grandmother pinched their cheeks, like one would to a baby, and glanced past them to their table of friends a few yards away.
"Good… Hmm, I see everyone is here. Why does that not surprise me?" Tsunade smirked at the staring group of friends, then to the other students who were once staring but quickly averted their eyes as Tsunade set her sights on them with a menacing glare, "And what are you all looking at!" She hissed at them, all acts of sweetness gone.
"Ah, Ms. Uzumaki, please calm down. You're going to scare the freshmen." A short haired raven woman whispered to the glowering grandmother.
"Ha! Oh please Shizune, I might as well scare them now before they do something stupid. It's called prevention!" Tsunade pointed out as she quickly turned on the woman, who didn't even step back, as most people would, when the blonde haired woman faced her.
"But, ma'am, as your assistant, I must remind you that that sort of tactic most likely won't work and besides… we aren't here so you can yell at them, remember?" Shizune said with a small victorious smile as she watched her boss scowl at her.
"Shizune… Tsk, fine!" Tsunade clicked her tongue in aggravation and all but stomped over to her grandsons group, "Little Sasuke, Mikoto called me earlier about your schedule at the hospital and here it is. Congratulations on the new job, however temporary it may be." She smirked at the youngest Uchiha and handed him a plain white envelope. 'These brats are taking over the whole damn hospital!' She mentally growled.
"Huh? Oh, uh, thanks Tsunade, but I thought my mom was going to give it to me in person tonight?" Sasuke questioned as he took the schedule from the seemingly bi-polar Chancellor.
"And she would've had she not been called to her office with upmost urgency, which apparently has her boarding a plane right now." The Chancellor of K.U. informed him with a glance to her wrist watch.
"I figured that would happen." Itachi said with a knowing smirk.
"Well that sucks!" Sasuke scowled slightly and shook his head in mild disappointment.
"Yes I suppose it does. Well, you two behave yourselves. That goes for the rest of you all as well!" Tsunade smirked at the crestfallen Uchiha then turned her sight at the rest of the tables occupants, especially the still quarrelling sisters who clearly didn't even hear her, "And you two, come to my office before you step foot off my campus!" She continued towards her now seated grandsons, who quickly nodded their heads and watched as their grandmother and her assistant walked towards the exit. Only once she was outside did the majority of their friends burst into a fit of laughter at the redhead and blonde brothers, it was the first day back and already they were being summoned to the Chancellors' office, no doubt to only be yelled at and threatened.
"Un, what did ya guys do ta' aunt Tsunade?" A male voice asked a few moments after the peeved Chancellor had practically stormed out of the café, "She basically just blew up in my face about ya two, un!" he continued and pointed both his index fingers at the accused.
"Hahahah! Calm fw-own Dw-eidara, she jus-f went a bif aw-ff caus-shh Na-wuto and me wh-uz caus-shin' a bif of a sh-fow." Kyuubi tried to explain as he greedily slurped up a flow of ramen, which only gained him amused looks and a few shaken heads.
"A bit? Un, with da' way she was yellin' I'd say ya two made more 'dan a bit of a show, un. Ya guys are gonna put her in an early grave, un!" Deidara exclaimed and swiped his long bang from in front of his left eye, only to have it fall right back in place.
"You're right, hell, they were makin' just about as much noise as those two." Shikamaru mentioned as he pinched the bridge of his nose again (or did he ever let go of it?) and tilted his head towards the still squabbling stepsisters, they had somehow managed to continue their bickering throughout Tsunade's' yelling which was something only they could do.
"… -kashi should'a used your forehead as the projector screen!" Ino laughed and pointed a spoonful of custard pudding at the pinkette.
"Oh my gosh! You said 'projector', isn't that word a bit advanced for you? Ha! I guess what they say about platinum blondes isn't true… well, sometimes." Sakura smiled victoriously. 'Cha! Take that sis!' she cheered mentally.
"Aye yo ya girls are about to pop, even Tsunade's' screaming couldn't get you to stop!" Bee rhymed.
"Huh? Tsunade was here? When?" Sakura and Ino both shrieked at the chocolate skinned blonde.
"You two are kiddin' right?" Lee questioned his disbelieving girlfriend and the pale blonde, but by the looks they gave him and everyone else at the table, they clearly hadn't noticed that she had come and gone none too quietly.
"From the looks on their faces, I'd say no, no they aren't kidding." Shino pointed out with an amused smirk.
"How could you guys not h-hear her? She, Naruto and Kyuubi were so loud." Hinata questioned and stifled a giggle.
"I- I mean I heard some noises, but…" Ino trailed off as she tried to remember hearing said shouting from Tsunade.
"You girls and the Uzumaki boys argue so much, that you all most likely cancelled each other out," Temari laughed as the siblings in question glared at her, but before they could respond she spoke again, "Hush… now, Deidara where are the others?" She turned towards the half ponytailed, blue eyed blonde.
"'Dey're coming, 'dey were right behind-" WHACK! Deidara began to explain before he was abruptly cut off, due to someone sending a swift whack to his ass with a blunt object. Did it hurt? No. Was it excruciatingly painful? Hell yes! And if he didn't know any better, he would've cried out from the sharp and sudden pain, but he knew that would only lead to more whacking. The others could do nothing but watch with amused and slightly shocked expressions, as a slightly shorter dusty-redhead male came from around a nearby corner and attack the blonde with their fraternity paddle, even Bee, who was the blondes' line brother, didn't dare to warn him to the redheads' presence.
"'C-4', you deserve much more than this for leaving without dismissal! Now, be quiet and hold your position, 'Bones' is going to reprimand you as well." The shorter redhead all but growled at the grimacing blonde as he rubbed his backside.
"Un! Sasori, ya're so-" WHACK! Deidara turned, ignoring the order to stay still, on his frat brother with an agitated glare and was once again whacked on his ass by the hazel eyed redhead.
"I told you not to speak!" Sasori smirked at the aching blonde as he dealt another blow with the paddle, after which he handed the paddle over to a seriously pale skinned white haired male with a red dotted tattoo above each eyebrow, it was obvious that he was next to serve the poor blonde his final bout of punishment. These fraternities seriously did not play around when it came to following directions and this was proof, as the group of friends was learning first hand, along with the other students in the café who watched with disbelief as the high ponytailed male was paddled repeatedly.
"This is nothing personal 'C-4', it's just simple protocol." WHACK! The ghostly white haired male informed Deidara with a sly smirk as he raised the paddle and brought it down quickly, and none to gently, on the blondes' rear who, surprisingly, once again didn't cry out in pain. Even after being paddle three times in a row. Kyuubi, as he almost went through the same ordeal, watched with an internal glee that he was able to persuade Itachi from doing the same thing to him.
"Alright Kimimaru, Sasori, that's enough." Another taller male with purple paint on his face said, "Gaara you text me for us to meet here, is it cause you guys have made up ya minds on whether to pledge or not?" He turned towards the blood haired male with an amused smirk.
"Yeah Kankuro, well, I'm at least sure of if I'm goin' to or not, I can't speak for everyone though." Gaara said to his older brother as he watched Deidara continue to rub himself all the while glaring at his redhead cousin and their white haired line brother.
"What about you lil' Kiba?" A long haired brunette female, with the same triangle tattoos on her cheeks, pulled said male into a headlock.
"Dammit, Hana get off of me!" Kiba struggled in his older sisters' grip, which only tightened because he hadn't answered her question, "Okay, okay! I've decided!" He barked out and only then was he freed from her constricting hold, but as soon as he was free he whipped around to see his sister and their cousin cackling at his redden face, "What are you snickerin' at Rin!" he growled at a brunette female with chin length hair, but instead of the family triangle tattoos she had purple slanted rectangle tattoos on the bottom half of her cheeks.
"Obviously you dummy!" Rin laughed at the enraged expression that crossed said dummies face.
"Bite me!" Kiba shouted at his giggling cousin.
"Ugh! Kiba, you are too loud! How my lazy brother can stand to be in a relationship with someone so loud is beyond me!" A raven female, with her long hair swirled into a messy bun, covered her ear that was closest to the loud dog boy and smiled smugly at the suddenly alert look she received from the male Nara and the annoyed glare from Kiba.
"Shit, Kojika shut up!" Shikamaru hissed with the most energy the group had seen him use all day, 'Dammit! Leave it to her to flap her gums too much right in front of Temari!' Shika sighed mentally.
"Hahah, you know, the same thing could be said about Naruto and Sasuke, Kojik-" Temari began to joke, but suddenly stopped as she focused on what was just said, "Wait, what did-" She tried to say before she was interrupted.
"Oh please Temari, we're nothin' like those two! I'm not a lazy genius and Naruto… well, actually, he's even louder than Kiba." Sasuke corrected the spiky ponytailed blonde and smirked at said blonde, who was currently finishing his third bowl of ramen.
"No no, she has a point Sasuke! You four are damn near the exact same!" Kojika said as she sat down next to her silently seething brother.
"Hey! That's an insult, I'm not obsessed with furry mutts like dog breath over there!" Naruto grinned at a still glaring Kiba.
"Oh ha, ha, very funny!" Kiba huffed and slouched back into his chair. 'I swear, is it pick on Kiba day?' He grumbled inwardly.
"Are you guys going to start up another session of bickering or are we going to tell them what we're going to do concerning the Greeks?" Neji asked calmly, though he partly asked to spare the annoyed looking Shika from Temari, as she was just about to open her mouth as he spoke. This in turn earned him a withering glare from said sandy blonde. 'Great, now she's gonna think that I'm covering for him, I don't envy you Shika.' The grey eyed Hyuga inwardly groaned.
"He's right, now, who is going to pledge?" Kankuro agreed and looked at the non-Greek students in front of him.
AN: Okay! My, My that was some chapter ne? I want to point out for a moment, that Choji is not the plump little cutie we've come to know and love in this story, due to the fact that he is older I wanted to have him loose the majority of that weight, like when he goes into butterfly mode. Hmm, nani wa hoka? Did you pick up on a little of the ZabuHaku in the café? Also, a little more light was shown on a past relationship, did you pick up on who? And as for 'Kojika' she is a product of my imagination, I just thought it would be kawaii if Shika had a sister that acted like Kiba's sister a bit! And now, about the paddling, I know firsthand how much that HURTS, my friend is in a Greek, and has been for a loooong time now, so of course he snuck up on me one day and whacked me with that blasted thing! I literally cried, and that is no easy thing for me to do. And yes, I know you're miffed about the cliffhanger but it was needed! I need to keep you coming back for more! MWahahah! Ja ne!
AN2: Ehhh, somewhat of a slow chapter I know! But I'm finally going to give you guys what you want in the next chapter, you do want that don't you? Well, if you want it, you got it! Well, with that said I don't know what else to talk about in this chapter... Hmm, but, since I am now out for summer vacation I can get back to my writing and possibly update even sooner! Ah, also for future heads up, there will be time jumps in this story, so PAY ATTENTION! Until then, Ja ne!
Reason for song: They were born to make this decision! Plus, I think this song goes rather well with the sequence of events happening in this chapter ne?
Please note: Kojika Nara, Suna Akurei, Hyūga Hisae are mine, well my versions of Neji, Hinata and Gaara's parents names, as well as Shikamaru's sister's name. But mine none the less.
- Anna Uzumaki