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"So who is doing the disclaimer today?"
"MEEEeeeee!"
"Naruto, you already had a go. Give others a chance too."
"OHhh, okay."
"How about you, Sasuke?"
"Hn, no."
"Shika?"
"I'll pass."
"Then Kiba?"
"I'll do it!" *takes a deep breath, "Okay, so, TomBoyGaL does not own Naruto….. pfft.. HAhahah"
"What?"
"She doesn't own Naruto!"
"Shut up Bastard!"*leaps on Kiba.
"Hey, cool down Naruto!"*tries to hold back Naruto.
"Next time, remind me, never to let Kiba do the disclaimer."
"Hn, Sure."
"Welcome home!" Mikoto cried out sweetly, laundry in her hands, as her son entered the house. "So, Sasuke, how was your first day at school? Did you make any new friends?"
Sasuke had just entered the house and he didn't in the least want to start a conversation on school. He ignored the question.
"Sasuke, you didn't reply me. How was your first day at school? Did you like it? Any new friends?" she asked, still holding the laundry.
"Good, not great." Sasuke said, removing his shoes.
"And friends?"
"I think you know I'm not the types to befriend anyone at first meet."
"Well, you might have met our neighbor. So you might have befriended atleast someone." She said, carrying the laundry and disappearing in their room.
Sasuke stood by the rack, thinking about his neighbor. Naruto and Sasuke had pedaled all the way to their home without even looking at each other. He didn't think any of his meet with Naruto was in any way 'Befriending'.
He carried his sack in his room. His brother was working on his laptop.
"So, you are home." He asked as Sasuke entered the room, eyes wandering on the laptop screen.
"Yeah." Sasuke replied, keeping his sack beside his bed. The only thing he liked about Itachi was that, he didn't hover. He wouldn't bother talking to Sasuke about things, he knew Sasuke wasn't interested in, which were, as it is, almost everything.
Sasuke fumbled in his cupboard and pulled out a three fourth cargo and a Nike t-shirt. He freshened up and changed his clothes. He went to check out the kitchen and found heap of tomatoes in the fridge. He climbed up to his room, taking a bite from the tomato, he had taken from the fridge. He lay on his bed, taking a bite from his tomato every now and then. The first thought that came to his mind was about his new school. He flash backed his day at school. The school cycle stand, the big 9th grade plate above his class, weird Shino, Chouji and Kiba, his introduction, meeting Naruto (on which he frowned), shared benches, Naruto's game, pink head's skill, classes and return to home.
Sasuke was sitting on his study table, algebra book opened up. Although it was their first day, they hadn't been given the mercy of just passing the day off with intros of their syllabuses. They had their boards next year, and this year was their base for it. So, they had to start studying from the first day on. Sasuke had already missed the vacation extra classes the school had held before the start of term. Thankfully, it was only five days, and he hadn't missed much, though, he had a lot of catching up to do.
He stretched his arms and legs, leaning back on his chair, as he finished his work. He looked at the day's work he had completed and closed the books. He turned his head to look at the clock. It was 4.30. He had been doing homework for one hour. He piled his books on the table corner and went downstairs, in the kitchen. He filled a glass of water and walked up the balcony. The area was quiet, except for a bike or two that would run up the road. He took a sip from his glass.
"Heeya! Let's do it!"
Sasuke looked down the balcony to see where the shout came from and saw a blonde boy run up to the road. He grunted as soon as he noticed the stupid face.
"So, the usual teams as everyday!" Naruto called out to his friends accompanying him on the road. They were heading towards the ground diagonally opposite to his and Sasuke's apartment. Sasuke looked at them once and left the balcony, heading towards the hall, not interested in whatever that blonde dobe was up to.
"Naruto," One of the boys with dark hair said, "Aren't we forgetting something?"
"What?" Naruto asked.
"I heard there's a new kid staying in your apartment. I think we should ask him to join us."
"What?" Naruto exclaimed, "No way. We are not going to ask him to join us!"
"Why not? We'll get to know him." The other said.
"No, no, no, no, NO! We are not going to call him!" Naruto barked.
"What's the problem Naruto?"
"He is a jerk, that's what he is! And he is not to join us down here. That's all."
"Yeah, whatever, I'll go ask him." One of them said and headed towards the apartment.
"Hey Michio, wait-" Naruto shouted, but the boy just turned a deaf ear towards him.
Sasuke heard a knock on the door. He was sitting on the couch, watching T.V.
"I'll get it." His mother called out, as she headed towards the door.
Sasuke didn't pay much attention and just heard his mother say, 'Oh really!', 'Sure, why not' and 'That's really nice of you.'
She closed the door, smiling to the now departing figure outside door.
"Sasuke," she called out, "The call was for you. It was one of the boys from next door. They are going to play soccer and they want you to join them. Isn't that nice?"
"Hn." Sasuke said, watching the T.V show and without showing any signs of interest.
"I say you go and join them."
"I'm not interested, mom." He said, still looking at the television.
"It's so nice of them to come and ask you to join them. I'm sure you will have a great time." She said, and there was an indifferent aura around her. Scary aura. She was smiling but there was something that made Sasuke feel Goosebumps rising behind his neck. He switched off the tv and how much though he didn't wish like it, put on his shoes, and headed downstairs.
"Hey, he's here!" the boy named Michio called out to his friends.
Naruto wasn't at all happy to see Sasuke walk up towards the ground. He stood on the ground with folded hands and a scowl on his face, as he saw Sasuke enter the ground. Sasuke ignored him.
"You are Sasuke right?" I'm Michio. I was the one who called you!" Michio said, holding out his hand in front of Sasuke.
Sasuke gave a bored expression and shook his hand.
"Hi, I'm Ichiro, this is Daichi, Kenji, and I think you might know Naruto." The boy with flaming hair said pointing to his friends.
Sasuke and Naruto swinged their heads to the opposite side as soon as their eyes met.
"Okay! So, I guess we should make the teams now." Daichi said.
"So, it will be, Me, Daichi, and Michio." Kenji said.
"Okay, so it will be us Naruto, and Sasuke. I hope you play good Sasuke. We have to win!"
"I'm not going to team up with this bastard!" Naruto said.
"As if I'm interested to team up with you, Goof." Sasuke replied.
"What did'ya say?" Naruto barked, balling his fist in front of him.
"What you heard." Sasuke said.
"Okay, okay. Calm down both." Michio said, raising his hands in front of them.
"We haven't got time for your quarrels. Naruto, stop complaining and start the game." Daichi said.
Naruto frowned and kept the ball in the centre.
-Few minutes later-
Sasuke was pretty amazed at how well Naruto was playing. And the same was with Naruto. He never thought Sasuke would be such a nice player. Their team was winning and although he hated to admit it, he was feeling lucky to have Sasuke on his team. He watched Sasuke as he dribbled the ball past Daichi and Michio, and missed the goal just by inches. He never expected that one coming from Sasuke.
He was not like the other players. He played rather calmly. Even though it was just a small game, his skills were amazing.
He would make a strong player in our school team, Naruto thought.
"Geez, you smell." Itachi said to his brother as Sasuke sat on the chair removing his shoes.
"I've just played soccer for almost one hour. What do you expect?" Sasuke replied.
"Well, for now, just a quick bath." Itachi said, and left for his room.
"Hmph." Sasuke grunted, rolling his eyes.
Sasuke switched on his laptop. He was tired by his game and thought of relaxing by surfing on the net. He logged in his account. 18 friend requests! And 13 of them from girls. He checked the requests. They were all from his new school. He had seen the faces of the girls in his class, but some he didn't recognize. He ignored all the requests from girls. He saw there were some requests from boys of his class. He saw the first one, profile pic of a broadly smiling boy with red tattoos on his face and a white dog beside him. Kiba Inuzuka, confirm. Another of a chubby boy with spirals on cheeks. Choji Akimichi, confirm. Shikamaru Nara, confirm. Shino Aburame, confirm. Sai, confirm. He surfed on his account to check messages and notifications, and then logged out.
He thought about his next day at school. How would that one be? But Sasuke wasn't the types to think on something like that. He hnned to himself and shut down his laptop.
Okay, so this chapter is a bit smaller than the one before, but, well, here it is. I don't think its interesting enough, but I so wanted to write it up!
I know this chapter doesn't have much of an adventure, but I'm working on the nex one, and hope to update it soon!
As always, REVIEWS PLEASE!