I'm not dead! Though with how long it's taken me to update, you would think... And I'm incredibly sorry for having took so long to update! I thought I had already got this chapter published but I went to this story's folder and was like "Holy crap I didn't update you!" Then school got so. Friggin'. Hectic. I swear, it's going to kill me... Well only three more days then it's a whole other semester. oh. Joy. -_-

So, things hopefully are progressing a little bit more. Slowly but surely. I have to build up for the drama to begin. Oh yes. Theirs going to be drama.

I'll shut up so you can read now.

Chapter 7

Gaara's POV

I sighed as I walked down the hall, 'Why am I friends with these idiots?'

"Yeah! it's game day!" Kiba shouted.

"Hell yeah! We're gonna beat Iwa just like we did last year!" Naruto shouted along with him. Many of the students high-fived the two as they went by and joined them in their loud 'pumping of the spirits' as they called it. Frankly, I just found it annoying.

Rubbing the bridge of my nose, I walked into chemistry and to my table. There I saw Alex siting back in her chair, arms crossed and glaring furiously at the binder that was open before her. 'Must be writer's block.' I thought taking my seat voicing my thoughts, but not getting the reaction I thought I would.

She turned to me angrily, the glare still present, "I do NOT have writer's block. Writer's block is for people who don't know how to write! I just... do not know how to further progress the plot line from the current point it's at..." she said looking at the binder.

"Sounds like writer's block to me." I said with a slight smirk.

Before I could blink, there was a pen inches from my face, "Take it back." Alex said with her eyes narrowed.

"Okey." I said, eyes wide, "I take it back." I held my hands up in a sign of surrender. She back down and continued glaring at the notebook, "Where exactly are you stuck?"

Alex took a deep breath, "I need to figure out exactly how the big fights going to happen. I know how the fights going to end and almost the whole rest of the story, I just need to get to that point and my jerk of a co- writer!" she glared at Sasuke, "Isn't helping me at all."

"I would help you, but I don't know what's going on." I told her watching as she began chewing on her thumbnail. I opened my mouth to say something but she stopped me.

"Do you want to read it?" she asked glancing from the notebook to me.

"Sure." I nodded, "It'll give me something to do beside math in fourth block."

She let out a laugh, "That's where I get a lot of my writing done at." She closed the binder and slid it over to me. "There you go."

The binder was about an inch and a half with the sleeves on the outside. In the top sleeve was a picture. Mind's Eye was typed in purple print in the bottom right corner while to the left of it was an anime a girl that look similar to herself, above that was a guy with short brown hair and eyes, and to the right of that was a young boy with platinum blonde hair and bright blue eyes. "Who are they?" I asked.

"That's Abby, Johnathan and Alex." she said pointing to each one in turn. "There the main main people in the story. The first couple of pages are other pictures of everybody, a sound track to the story and different ideas for it."

"Cool. I can't wait to read it." It was quiet between us for a few minutes and I honestly surprised that Ms. Gaza hadn't interrupted us sooner. An idea popped into my head and I turned to Alex, "What are you doing after school today?"

"Uh... Nothing I don't... think..." she said partly confused, "Why...?"

"Well since you invited me to hear you sing, I am inviting you to see me play."

"Play?" she asked even more confused that before, "Play what?"

"Soccer. Me, Kiba, Naruto and the rest of the team have a home game today. You should bring Sasuke If you don't want to come alone." I suggested.

I watched her hazel eyes go distant, "I don't think that's such a great idea..." she muttered to herself, but I picked up on. Of course when I went to ask her about it, Ms. Gaza chose then to show up, saying something about having to make copies. For some reason, that distant look in Alex's eyes would not leave me alone. So bringing out a piece of paper I wrote:

What did you mean by what you said?

I just don't think it healthy for them to see each other... especially for Sasuke...

Why?

Alex shook her head and went distant again, but this time shot a dark look to the table to the right of us where Naruto and Sasuke sat, not responding.

I took out my phone and texted Naruto:

'"Hey is there something going on between you and Sasuke?"'

'"Not technically... it's more something between my mind and my gut.."'

'"What? That doesn't make any sense."'

'"Okey, do you remember Saturday at the cafe?"'

'"What about it?"'

'"You're cousin got me wondering about something..."'

'Oh god...' I thought rolling my eyes, '"About what?"'

'"Was Sasuke flirting with me?"'

I simply stared at my phone then at my blonde friend then back at my phone. 'He can't be that dense...' I've known for a long time that he was into guys well at least not into girl at least, even if he hadn't discovered that fact for himself. I decided to answer as honestly as I could, '"I dunno."' As an after thought I added, '"You should invite him to the game."'

'"Hm.. maybe..."' was the reply. Rolling my eyes I wondered, 'Why am I friends with him again?' before I wrote back to Alex:

Could you and Sasuke come to the game?

We'll see. Was the reply.

I went out on a limb and asked, If Sasuke doesn't go, will you still go?

She look at the paper then up at me with a small smile, "We'll see."

Sasuke's POV

I looked through my notebook that only had a few more pages left in it thinking, 'I really need a new notebook..' Turning to a page where I had yet to finish a song, I heard more than saw Naruto walk in. How did I do this you may ask. Really it's not that difficult. He was so loud I'm sure the whole school could hear him.

"Oh yeah! We're gonna win today!" he shouted, "And why is that?" he asked. His friend beside joined in his shouting, "Cause we're the Konoha Foxes!" he jumped in the hair as he walked further into the room. Once he reached the table, something about him became subdued, causing me to raise an eye brow.

Shaking off the odd feeling, I leaned back in my chair. "Hey Naruto."

"Hey." the blonde said, not really looking at me as he went for his book and folder from his book bag.

Again, I shook off the oddness, "How was your weekend?"

"Ugh, it was filled with nothing but practices." he responded sounding extremely tired.

An awkward silence fell between us. This unnerved me a bit, seems-how the blonde hardly ever shut up, I had grown a bit use to him always talking. Mrs. Gaza save us from having to live through it by beginning to start class. To say the quiet between us grew less awkward would be an bold face lie, if anything it grew.

Wiping out my phone, I texted Alex: '""Things are really awkward between me and Naruto."'

After a few minutes I got a reply: '"I don't know what to tell ya."'

Letting out a silent groan, I glared at the chemistry notebook in front of me. My phone buzzed in my lap.'"Why don't you ask about the soccer game?"' Alex asked.

'"You are a genius! I love you!"'

'"I try and Love you too."'

Tearing a sheet of paper from my chem notebook, I wrote:

So do you play against today?

We play Iwa! Man those losers are going DOWN!

I smirked at the blonde's confidence:

A bit over confident, don'tcha think?

I don't think so! This is the Foxes year to shine! We beat them last year, and we're gonna do it again this year!

Well sounds like you're all practiced up.

Psh, we did not need all that practice. I think it did us a little more harm then good. *looks over at Gaara*

Now you know that's mean.

Nah. It's not! Lol. Hey, why don't you and Alex come to the came? I mean me and Gaara went to hear you sing and all.

Shaking my head with a small smile I wrote back:

I don't see why we can't. What time does the game start?

Around seven. We never start on time.

Cool. I guess I'll be there.

I felt much better than when the class had begun, but that didn't mean I was going to pay attention. That had my mind wondering, when I thought popped into my mind. 'Oh god, Itachi's never going to let me live this down...' Instead of having to face my older brother, I texted him. Yes it's the cowardly road, but I could live with it... As long as I was the only one that knew that is.

'"Hey, me and Alex are going to be a little late getting home. We're going to stay after school for a while."'

With that done, I contently not pay attention to the loud woman at the board.

Alex's POV

I sat on the bleachers where the soccer game was to take place. My lovely laptop was in front of me and I found myself lost in a story that I had found on the internet.

Jared stared into Jaden's mismatched eyes. He knew that they shouldn't be anywhere near each other, and yet that was the furthest thing from either of their minds at the moment. The two had just been in a battle that could have easily taken both their lives. None of that matter to them. All that matter was that they had each other.

Jaden let out a low growl of warning before he launched himself at the dark haired man. Jared, expecting this, met him full on. Hands began roaming, searching needing the feel of each others body. Soon clothes were being viciously ripped from each others bodies, it being a nuisance to them both. Each of them feeling any part of the others body that they could get a hold of.

The mismatched eyed man pushed the dark haired man down to the floor, not worrying about the bed that was only a room or two away. Jaden soon lowered himself between Jared's strong thighs to-

"There you are Alex." a voice said as a hand rested on her shoulder.

Turning I glared at the person, I founded it to be my friend, "Really Sasuke? It was just getting good! Jaden and Jared were sssooo about it get it on!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "You and your yaoi obsession." he muttered. Yet I caught him glancing at the computer screen.

'I don't think so. I don't get to read it, neither do you.' I thought hibernating the laptop. I put it in the bag that was sitting beside me and sat it under the bleacher seat that I was sitting under. Me sitting on the front row, I deemed it to be rather save and in a easy to grab place if need be.

Looking around, I noticed more people had begun showing up as I was reading. Taking out my phone, I saw that it read 6:56 and even more people swamped the bleachers. "Looks like it's about game time." I stated watching all the people settle themselves.

"Let's see what our Foxes got." Sasuke said with a smirk.

The opposing team showed up and their side of the field went wild. I heard the people around us booing. It grew quiet again and I saw a bright head of blonde hair pop onto the field. The crowd around me grew wilder than the opposite team did, and that was saying something.

I glanced at Sasuke who had a small smile on his face. Shaking my head, I turned back to the field and watched as Naruto did and odd dance. Gaara walked up beside him and smacked him in the back of the head. The blonde looked back at him and said something that I couldn't hear. The two began agruging.

An older version of Naruto stepped up behind them and smacked both of them in the back of the head. They both sent glares at the older man before muttering to themselves and joining their team members on the bench. Me and Sasuke look at each other with an eyebrow raised. 'Is that his dad?' I asked mentally, knowing Sasuke would know what I was asking. He shrugged as if to say 'I don't know.'

The game began and we had a good start, but the other team was steadily catching up with us. Before anyone knew it, we were loosing thee points to one and it was the last half of the game. The Konoha Foxes looked tired on the field. I looked at the older blonde man would shook his head before grabbing a megaphone that was near by.

Turning it on it said, "Hey Foxes!" His team looked at him. The blonde man held a smirk on his face. "Run colors." With that he sat the megaphone down and sat and the bench looking highly pleased with himself. Those few words sparked life into the other wise dead team, smirks and grins going around everywhere.

I looked at Sasuke, he looking back at me. I know we had the same exact thought. 'What the hell does "Run colors" mean?'

Naruto's POV

'About you called out a play dad!' I yelled mentally watching as the enemy had control of the ball. Glancing around me, I saw that Gaara was to my left but further back, Kankuro was far behind me, Kiba was in front of us and Rock Lee was to the ball controllers right. Forming a plan in my mind I said, "Heads up! Green, Purple, Red, Tan, Orange!" My team mates nodded and the Iwa player never knew what hit him

Rock Lee used his speed to take the ball and passed it forward to Kankuro. Kankuro turned and kicked the ball up hitting it with his head and passed it to Kiba who was closer Iwa's goal. Kiba did a fake from right to left, passing the ball swiftly to Gaara. I quickly ran to the goal area where my red head friend kicked the ball high in the air.

It looked like I wasn't going to get to it in time. Soon I heard somebody shout, "Kankuro's gotcha!" glancing down I saw that Gaara's brother held his hands out like a step hold. Grinning I used that as leverage to get high enough over the ball to where I could headbutt it into the goal.

The plan work flawlessly as I heard the crowd going wild. The rest of the game went on much like this. My team working together perfectly to win. Soon it was over. We won six to three. I basked in the happiness of my teammates around me. All of us cheering for and complimenting each other. I couldn't help but look around at the crowd that was slowly dispensing.

"They're over there." a voice said.

Nearly jumping out of my skin I glared at Gaara who had a smirk on his face. 'I seriously need to rethink my friends.' "Hey Dad I'll meet you at home!" I said earning a nod. To the rest of my team, "Great game guys!" Earning a loud cheer.

Gaara and I walked over to where Alex and Sasuke stood between the field and the parking lot. I saw that Sasuke's back was to me and I couldn't help the evil prank that popped in my head. With a evil grin, I sneaked up quietly as I could behind the raven. I saw that Alex had noticed me, but I pleaded with my eyes for her to be quiet. Even though she rolled her eyes, I could see the smirk that was playing on her lips. Taking a deep breath I said, "HEY SASUKE!" as I rested my arm on his shoulder.

My arm didn't stay there long, because the raven nearly jumped two feet in the air before looking back at me with the dirtiest look I think I've ever seen. I couldn't really take the look seriously with Alex who was leaning on his shoulder, well attempting to but failed as laughter racked her body. "Y-You shoulda... see-seen your FACE!" she said between laughs. Looking at me said, "Okey, you've earned points in my book."

I grinned at the brunette but flinched at the glare the raven shot me. I held up my hands in surrender, "I'm sorry! You were just standing there and it was too good of a moment not to pass up." Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest and let out a huff. A small pout formed on his lips. 'Awh, doesn't he look cute. Wait cute! He's not cute! Well maybe in like a kitten sort of cute... maybe...'

"Oh chill Mr. Grumpy Gills, you know you would have done the same to me." Alex said pushing the raven.

The raven rolled his eyes and turned to me, "Those were some pretty good moves." he said with a smirk.

I grinned, "Well you know I do try." I said with a shrug.

"And you succeed." he said nodding with a small smile.

"Two compliments? Why thank you Mr. Uchiha." I said grinning, figuring by the small blush on his face and the playful shove Alex gave him, that he didn't give compliments that often. 'Wait! He's blushing.. hehehe.. he looks even cuter. What? ...there goes that cute thought again.'

Alex jumped up and all but landed on Sasuke whose eyes widen. I could help but laugh, even at the glare he was sending me. "Dei's making dinner! You know what that means~." she said in a sing song voice.

"Chilli!" the raven said with a smile. He turned back to me, "I guess I'll see you tomorrow in class..."

"See ya tomorrow!" I told him waving as he walked away. Alex followed after him after saying her goodbyes to Gaara. I could help watch the two as they walked away, focusing on Sasuke more than Alex. He walked with his hands in his pocket and appeared to answer something that Alex said. She responded before taking off for the parking lot, Sasuke not far behind her. I let out a laugh and shook my head. I heard Gaara mutter something and turned to look at him, "What'dya say Gaara?"

The redhead shook his head with a knowing smile, "Nothing. You'll figure it out soon enough." he said before walking away. I stared at his retreating back before I headed to my own car. The whole ride home, I could help my think of the raven. That pout, small smile and blush playing over and over in my head, "What exactly have I gotten myself into?" I muttered to myself as I turned the radio on.

"...I'm not in love This is not my heart I'm not gonna waste these words About a girl..."

Uh Oh! What has our favorite blonde gotten himself into? Will he begin to come to his senses? I guess you'll have to keep reading to find out. =]

Song Used: The Academy Is..- About A Girl

I don't really know if the whole soccer scene I describe is even possibly.. soo... yeah. It's fanfiction, it can be possible! =P

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