Disclaimer I don't own Naruto nor it's amazing character. Also, I've read a couple fanfiction (don't remember their titles) and picked up a FEW an ideas. Most of this is my original idea, but you know, Sasuke is emo and cuts himself, Naruto was an abused child, Ino is popular, ect, are not my original ideas. But then again, who can really claim it's theirs?????

Rating M for slight hints of mature themes, strong language and some major character deaths.

Pairing: NaruSasuNaru

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"Alright. You go in there. I'll meet you later. Hopefully we'll have the same classes." She said. Then she left me there. I turned to the door and braced myself for the next thing to come at me.

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Chapter Two: Leaves in the Wind

I took hold of the doorknob and turned it. It opened slowly, and when it was completely open, I left something hit me on the forehead, hard. I fell back from surprises and looked around to see what hit me, while swearing. I found a book lying by my feet, and then I heard shouting. I tried to strain my neck from where I was sitting, but I couldn't see into the house.

"What the hell were you thinking? Bringing shit like that here to my school!" A female shouted.

"Tsu-Tsunade, please. I was only going to pass it on the Kakashi! He asked me!" A male said, sounding scared, "Please, stop yelling."
"I will not stop yelling!" The woman, I was guessing Tsunade, shouted. "If I catch you with this crap here again, I swear you'll never set foot in this school again!"
"Um… Tsunade-sama, there's someone at the door…" A calmer woman's voice said.

I heard something crash and then a head popped out of the doorway, then the rest of the body. The body belonged to a woman. She was of average height with blond hair and… the biggest boobs I've ever seen.

I got to feet, picking the book up, and looked at her. "Sorry. I'm probably interrupting. I'll come back later."
"No, no. Please, come in." She said. I followed her into the offices. The first room was small with two benches on both sides. We walked through to the next room. This one was bigger with a desk. Then we walked through another door way. This room was the biggest. There were two other people in here. A tall man with long white hair pulled into a ponytail and another woman, shorter then the first, with short black hair.

The blond walked to the desk and glared at the man. He winced and looked at me, then the book. He walked over, and took it out of my hand and left the room, followed by the black hair woman. I walked over to the desk.

"So, what brings you to this school? She asked, her breathing normal again.

"Um… I want to register. I just moved here yesterday and I need to finish school and everything." I said nervously. Now she was going to ask me about my parents, what my level of education is and if I have a job. They did at the two other high schools I was in and they'll do it here. I'm an orphan, which means everyone thinks I'm stupid.
"Okay. How old are you?" Tsunade asked.

I looked at her, confused. She didn't ask me the normal question. It took me awhile to registers this then I answered, "Oh, um…. sixteen, but my birthday is in 4 days."

"Alright. Let me see where I can fit you in while you fill out these forms." She said, handing me a small pile of paper. I guessed she got them while I ways trying to remember how old I was…

She turned towards the computer while I started to fill the papers out and reading all the information. I finished in about thirty minutes, after frantically searching my bad for my health card. She smiled as she took the forms and read everything over.
"Looks good. Let's see, first period starts in twenty minutes. Okay, I'll print your schedule out and find a map of the school for you somewhere." She said, pressing a key on the keyboard. The printing in the back started to make some noises and Tsunade got up and walked over to a filing cabinet. She looked through it and soon pulled a piece of paper out and grabbed the one from the printer and brought both to me.

"Okay, that's everything you'll need for now. Tomorrow, I'll have a uniform for you." She said, sitting back down.

I smiled and thanked her while I stood up. She smiled back and I took that as a sign I could leave now. I walked out of the office into the middle room. The shorthaired woman was talking to the white haired guy.
"Ah, it's the new kid. Welcome to Konoha High." The man said, leaning on the desk. Now that I got a second look at him, could really see this time how tall he is. Our heads were at the same level and he was leaning on a desk. "Flat chest didn't give you a hard time?"
"Uh… no. " I said, a little confused. That principal was far from having a flat chest. "She was pretty nice, actually."
"That's because you don't know her yet. Man… One day, she'll thank me for staying as a teacher. I'm not going to be like him and leave just because I have to money to and to be replaced by his assistant, Kabuto…"
"You shouldn't talk about him, Jiraiya-san. Tsunade-sama might hear." The woman said, straitening a pile of paper. She looked over at me. "Hi, I'm Shizune, the vice principal and school nurse, and this is Jiraiya-san, he's the math teacher."

"Hi. I'm Uzumaki Naruto." I said. Shizune seemed really nice. Jiraiya… well, he seemed really weird. "I just moved here yesterday."
"Well, I hope you like it here. You better hurry." Shizune said, "You don't want to be late on your first day."
I nodded and walked out of the room into the first one. There was a boy sitting there. He was one of the ones I saw yesterday, when I was walking into the town. He had black spiky hair that reminded me of a bird. I smiled at him, but he simplied glared at me and looked towards Shizune's office. Grimacing, I headed out of the room back into the hall.

I looked down at my timetable. I had four periods a day, and a two-day cycle. Day ones I had Science, Gym, English and Art. Day two I had History, Drama, Geography and Math. Then I realized I had no idea what day it was.
"Well… I guess I'll just have to go back." I turned back and walked into the office again. I saw that the boy was still sitting there and took advantage of that. "Hey… What day is it?"
The boy looked at me and sighed. "It's day two, dobe."
"Hey! I'm not stupid. I'm just new." I snapped back. I could tell by these few exchange of words, I wasn't going to like this guy.
"Well, you were to stupid to not ask what day it was when you got the schedule…" He said, smirking.

I glared and turned away, leaving the room. I couldn't stand guys like him. Guys that think they're so great because they have the best life in the world.

I walked slowly through the halls, following the map I was given carefully, making my way the history. I remembered Kakashi telling me that Iruka was the teacher. I looked at the doors, following the stragglers, for my classroom. I found it in a couple minutes, after walking by it once. I opened the door and walked in.

I glanced around, hoping that either Iruka or Sakura was there. I smiled as I saw the pink haired girl sitting at the back of the class, staring off in the distance.

"Saku-"
"Hello!" A female voice said, cutting me off. I looked at the speaker. She had pale blond hair with light blue eyes. Her complexion was okay, not as nice as Sakura's though. She was a bit shoter than me. "You must be new here!"

"Uh. Yeah." I said, nervous. I never liked people jumping out at me. It pisses people of because I do that, but I have a really good reason for hating it.

"I'm Yamanaka Ino! Class rep!" She said. I smiled at her, and then glanced at Sakura, who was watching. There was a disappointed look on her face.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto." I said, looking back at Ino. I put my hand out to shake. She took it gladly.

"So! Where are you from?" She asked. I looked down. I wonder where I should say. Which of the three orphanages, five shelters, and four foster families that never really wanted me should I tell her I'm from. Should I tell her I was an unwanted child?

"Ino. Just because he's new doesn't mean you have to suck him into your bitchy ways." A male's voice, with little caring in it, said. "Leave him alone."

"Gee, thanks Shikamaru. And here I thought you were my friend." Ino said, turning to look at the speaker. He was sitting down, his head in on of his hands. He had brown hair in a ponytail. I noticed he had a few piercings in his ears. I smiled. It nice to met another guy with piercings.

"Just leave him alone."
I took this as my cue to leave. I walked to the back and my smile grew bigger as I neared Sakura. When I was standing beside her, she looked up slowly.

"You're not going to stay and talk with Ino?" She asked, coldly.

I was a little confused by this. I guess she and Ino don't have the best history together. "Nah. You're prettier. I only talk to the prettiest." I sat down in the desk beside her.

She blushed and smiled. "Thanks. But that's rather mean to all the other girls in the class."
"Who really cares? I'm just the new kid. I'm blond and blue eyed. I like comics and videos game. Porn is awesome." I said casually.

Sakura shook her head, giggling. "You're so average."
"Maybe. But there's still a lot about me you don't know." I pointed out rumaging around in my bag. I pulled out my wallet. I opened it, already thinking about lunch.

"Well, I'll hopefully get to know you better," She said. She leaned over and looked into my wallet. "Is that you?" She asked., pointing to a pitcure in it.

I looked at it and nodded. The picture was of a small blond boy standing in front of a fox cage from the zoo. The foxes were in the front of their vast home looking at the boy. The boy was standing there giving the thumbs up.

"I was nine there. The orphanage I was in at the time went to the zoo. I got to have one picture taken of me, like all the other kids, so I chose to have in front of the foxes. I like foxes."

"Aw. You were such a cute kid!" Sakura said. Then she noticed something else from my wallet. "No money?"
I grimaced. "I kinda gave all I had to my landlord to pay for this months' rent. It's okay though. I'm planning on finding a job soon."
"Okay class! Everyone sit down!" A fimilar voice rang through all the noise.
I looked up and grinned at Iruka. I griined at him and he smiled. "For those who haven't noticed yet, we have a new student here. Coming up to the front and introduce yourself."

I sighed and stood up. Everyone turned to look at me. As I walked to the front, I felt all the eyes follow me. I stood beside Iruka when I got there.

"Hi. I'm Uzumaki Naruto." I said, for what seemed like the hundreth time today. "I'm sixteen years old, but I'll be seventeen soon. I like ramen and sports."

Then Iruka told the class they could ask questions. Most were simple like my favourite colour, favourite book, movie, sport, kind of ramen. Then the hard one came. Ino had rased her hand and asked me again where I was from. I stood there, thinking of an answer. Then one came to me.

"Well, I haven't really lived in one place. I family tends to move around a lot. But I'm going to stay here now." I said, smiling a convincing smile.

Everyone cheered at me for saying that, and Iruka let me sit down. I walked back to my sit in the back and fell into the chair.

Sakura was looking at me worried. Everyone else seemed to have forgotten I was new and were getting there stuff out for class. Only Sakura seemed to have seen through my lie. I guess there are just some people who are too smart for me.

I looked at her and smiled again. "Hey, can I borrow a pencil? And have some paper? I don't have any school supplies." I asked.

She nodded. Soon I was ready to do the work. I sighed as Iruka explained the days class and work. I sorrt of understood what he was saying. I knew right away I was going to do poorly in all my classes. Even if it was only October, I was already really behind on school. An hour later the bell rang.

"Sakura-chan! What class do you have next?" I asked, picking my bag up.

"I have geo now. And you?" She asked, leaning to see my schedule. I looked at it and sighed.

"Drama. Well, I'll see you later." I said, sadly. I knew I wasn't going to have that many clasess with her, but I still hoped to have them all the same. "I'll see you at lunch." Then she left the class. I followed suit and looked at my map.

Drama was luckily on the same floor. After wandering around, and walkinbg into two wrong classrooms, I made it to my class. I walked in and saw a bunch of people standing around. There weren't any chairs or anything. I sighed and looked around for the teacher.

"Excuse me, but who are you?" A voice asked from behind me.

I wipped around and saw a average height woman stnading now in front of me. She had black hair that looked like a very very dark grey. And, her eyes were red, which was a little scary.

"Uh… I'm new… just came here today…" I mumbled, trying not to make eye contact. I heard a gentle laugh and looked at her.

"Oh, so you're who Tsunade-san phoned about. Okay. Oi! Everyone!" She said loudly, getting the class' attention. "This is Uzumaki Naruto! He's new here, so be nice. Anyway, getting into groups of five and I'll explain what were doing. ou too Naruto-kun."

I nodded and looked around for a group. There were four people in the back who seemed to be finished trying to make a group. I walked over to them. When I got closer, I reconzied to of them. The two boys were two of the three I saw yesterday.

"Hey… Uh, can I join your group?" I asked, for once being a little timid. They nodded and I smiled. "As you know, I'm Naruto, you guys are.."

"Hyuuga Neji."

"Rock Lee."

"Hyu-Hyuuga Hinata, N-Neji-oniisan's cousin."

"Kasune Miina."

I smiled, and rurned to see the teacher. "Hey, Lee." I whispered.

"Yes, Naruto?"

"What's sensei's name?"

"Oh! Yuuhi Kurenai."
"Thanks."

"Alright! As you all know, since it's October we're going to start working on the school's annual play for the end of the year. After the chirstams examss we'll start the casting for thoughs who want a be role, and for those who are just in it becausee they know they're going to fail drama, you'll talk to me then as well. Anyway, back to today." Kurenai said, "I'm going to tell you the name of the play. After that, I want your group to brainstorm ideas about what the play could be, then come up with a two to three minute scene about what you thought of. The play is called Urine Town. Start!"

I turned to my group and they all started talking right away. It was kind of amazing. I just sat there nodding as they discussed everything. Soon I was given a part. I had to play a fifteen year boy who need to pee and was standing in line for the bathroom. In a couple of minutes we all presented our seens and I than remembered why I hated drama. I can't act for shit. Everyone enojoyed my huge failure, and I think my group hates me.

I sighed as I walked out of the classroom. Why couldn't I have gone to a bigger city where I did have to take drama? Why? I walked around to school, following the crowds to get to the cafeteria. It was a small cafeteria that was already very crowded. I looked around, trying to find Sakura. Suddenly, I felt something cover my eyes.

"Guess who!"

"Um… Sakura-chan?" I said.

"You're no fun." She said, letting go. I turned around and grinned at her. "You're suppoused to guess wrong once. And how did you know it was me?"
"You're my only friend here, so that kind of cancels everyone else out."

"Aw, thanks Naruto. Come on, I'll buy you lunch."

I followed her into the line and she drilled me with questions on my drama class. I told how I would fail miserably as an actor and we laughed together at the thought of that.

Soon we had our lunches, mine was the specail, stir fried rice and Sakura's was a greek salad, and were making our way outside to eat.

"Sakura-chan! you should eat more than that! Is a salad really going to get you through the day?" I said, as we sat down.

"I'm on a diet. I'm trying to eat less crap and more vegetables and stuff. I want to stay fit and everything" She said, smiling at me.

"Are you trying to be an actress or something?" I asked, jokingly.

She giggled, obviously hearing the joke. "No, I'm planning on being a doctor. Ever since Tsunade-sama came here with Shizune-san, I've wanted to be one."

"That's so cool!" I exclaimed. I always loved hearing a friends life dream. I grew up with only the dream to live, so hearing people tell me their dreams filled a little part of me. "I'll help you every step of the way!"

"Thanks Naruto." She said, blushing slightly.

We sat there in silence for a bit, eating. For once I had someone I could just sit with, not have to say anything, and still feel like I'm wanted. I'm glad that I met Sakura. She was a good person.

"Sakura-chan… Where are all your friends? I hope you haven't ditched them to eat with me."

Sakura looked away from me when I said this. I leaned over trying to see her face.

"I… don't really have any friends. I mean, there's some people who I'll occasionally sit with, but that only if their really in the mood for me." She said, turning back to look at me. I noticed that the smile on her face was a little too fake. "Really, this is the first time since my parents died I've had someone to eat lunch with."

I looked down. I always had this amazing gift to bring up bad subjects. Without even realizing it, I can make a really happy conversation hit the dust. Maybe that's why none of my foster families could stand me.

"Oh… Sorry. I shouldn't have brought that up." I muttered, picking at the last few spoonfuls.

"It's okay. I have you now, so it doesn't matter." She said, getting up. "Come on, bell's going to ring soon."

I followed suit and we walked to the garbage and threw our trash out, then headed back into the school.

"So, Naruto, what do you have now?"

I pulled my schedule out and sighed. "Geography… another one of my most amazing subjects."

Sakura smiled sympathetically. "Oh well. You'll live. You have Asuma-sensei. He's pretty nice, but try not to sit in the front."

"Why?" I asked. Most of the time, I'm told to sit in the front.

"Because he always smells of smoke. It's really nasty." Sakura said, schrunching her nose. I laughed at this. "Oh well. I'll walk you to class." She said, taking my hand.

I sighed and let her pull me along the hallways. I turned to watch the people we were passing. Some looked at us, while other merely went on as usual. We passed Ino, who looked like she was going to pass out from shock. I guess she thought Sakura and I were together. I smiled at the thought of having someone love me in that way when Sakura stopped walking.

"Okay, here's geo!" She said, grinning. I think she enjoyed Ino's horror. "Kakashi-sensei will probably give you a ride home, so find me after school where we ate lunch, okay?"
I nodded. She smiled and gave me hug. I was taken aback by this alitlle, considering I had very few hugs in my life. I smiled and hugged her back.

"Thanks for being my friend, Naruto." Sakura said, quietly.

"Some goes for you." I said.

She then let go, waved and ran off to her class. I walked into the classroom and saw a few things. Two good and two bad. The good things were the teacher wasn't here yet and there were a few sits open in the back. The bad things were the guy from this morning in the office was sitting in the back and the free sits were beside him. I grimaced and stayed rooted to my spot. Maybe there would be some I sort of knew here and would let me sit with them.

I glanced around and saw the guy who told Ino off in History…. um… Oh! Shikamaru. But, I also saw there were no avaible seats by him. In fact, the only avaible seats were by the asswhole.

"Please sit down." A voice said behind me. Damn it! Why do the teacher here have to be so creepy. I quickly ran to the seat beside the boy. He was glaring at me the whole time it took me to get there and sit down.

The teacher, Asuma is what Sakura said he name was, I think, watched me for a bit and walked over to the desk. "Class, some of you may know some may not. We have a new student, Uzumaki Naruto. He's the blond in the back by Sasuke. Treat him nicely and don't scare him out of the school."

Everyone turned, but Shikamaru, who seemed to be sleeping. I sighed and leaned back in my chair. After being new some many times, it kind of gets old.

Soon the lesson started. It was a pretty boring lesson. Asuma had decided to dedicate this one to rocks, which we learned about in grade nine. I turned my head to look out window. This way I wouldn't have to deal with Sasuke glaring at me, which I knew he was still doing. I sighed. Why did I even bother coming to school.

The bell rang and we all got up. I pulled out my schuedule to see what I had next. "Ugh… Math. Ugh…. it's with that that Jiraiya guy…. Great." I muttered, shoving the piece of paper into my pocket.

"Follow me."
I looked up. The words came from Sasuke, I was pretty sure. "What?"

"I said follow me, dobe."

I glared at him. "Why the hell would I want to do that?" I snapped.

"So you can get to you're next class. I have math next too. So, follow me." He said, then started to leave. I grabbed my bag ad ran to catch up. Our walk was awkward and slient. In a couple of long minutes, we were at our next class. Sasuke and and opened the door, going in first. I followed and saw that Neji was there. I grimaced, remembering drama.

"You have a stray, Sasuke." Neji commented as Sasuke walked over. I glared.

"I was being nice, you should try it, Neji." Sasuke replied, sitting down beside him.

"Look who's talking, give yourself a break for once." Neji said, grabbing Sasuke wrist. There was some tension in between the two, which I broke by sitting down beside Sasuke.

"Dobe…. why are you sitting here?" The black haired boy asked, turning away from his friend.

"Because, I don't know anyone else in class. So I'd rather sit with you, teme, than be alone." I stated.

Sasuke snickered at me and sighed. "So… where are you from, dobe?"

"Around. I've traveled a lot since my parents died." I said, genericly.

Sasuke face grimaced and he turned away. "Oh."

"Well now! Naruto-kun! I didn't kow I'd be having you today! What a pleasure!" A voice shouted.

I turned to the front to see Jiraiya was standing there. I felt my face flush and I sank into my chair. "I know… it's so great."

"It is. Anyway, class, Naruto-kun is a new student hre. Every please give him a warm welcome."

The whole class started saying hi. I could here a couple 'he's hot' and 'ooh! I hope he'll go out with me!' from the girls, and a few grunts from various males. I sighed and smiled to those looking at me. Jiraiya then began the class. Sasuke seemed to ignore my complete pressence this class, unlike the one just before. Geez, talk about consitant.

The end of class rang. I got up quickly up and headed for the door.

"Oi, dobe."

I turned to look at Sasuke. "Yeah?"

"You forgot your bag." He said, smirking.

I sighed and walked back. "Thanks," I muttered. "Hey. Why did you ingore me this class and not the other. It isn't very consitant." I smirked, trying to e a little friendly.

"No reason. I just didn't want to waste my energy this class hating you, so I decided to not even notice."
"Gee, thanks so much." I glared. I walked out of the class with him, continuing to glare. We walked down the halls in silence. "Don't you have a locker of something to go to?"
"No. I have everything I need, but thanks for worrying, dobe." Sasuke said, smirking.

I glared. "So… why were you so shocked I'm an orphan?"

"Because… Orphans tend to be loners, hate everyone and want to be alone." He said, looking away.

"Well, I'm sorry I'm not the average orphan. If you need to know, I hate being alone and I don't understand how other can want to be alone." I snapped.

"We can want to alone because the world has turned it's back on us, that's why." He said sourly. I stopped. he kept walking a bit before he realized that I had stopped. "What?"

"How… how can you say that so calmly? Why do you want to be alone? Don't you get scared when you're alone, never knowing if someone will come?"

"No. I prefer being alone. I don't want someone to come." Sasuke said, walking over. "Look. I'm not you. I'm not some tormented kid that needs a hug everyday because his daddy was a bastard and his mother a dru-"

I didn't give him time to finish the last word. Sasuke was now laying on ground, holding his cheek where I punched him. "Don't you ever say that about my mother. I'm alive because she died to protect me. Don't you ever fucking say that again!"

I stormed off, leaving Sasuke where he was. I felt hot tears slide slowly down my face. I saw Sakura standing the distance as soon as I left the building. I quickly wiped the tears away and put a grin on. "Sakura-chan!"

"Ah! Naruto, come on. Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei are waiting for us."

I ran over to catch up as she started walking to the car. Soon we were all piled in. Kakashi asked me questions about my first day and how I liked it. I told him everything that happened, except Sasuke. I left him out completely.

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I groaned as I walked into my apartment. It had been four days since I've talked to Sasuke. Today was probably the worst, considering it was my birthday. I don't know how, but Sakura found out and through me a mini birthday party during lunch, which Sasuke conveniently was nearby for. Then, during the afternoon, he went out of his way to be 'super nice to me'. I think he's going to make my life a living hell because I punched him. I'm just glad he's not popular. In fact, he's quite the opposite. Every but Neji, Lee, Hianta and Sakura seem to hate him. Sakura doesn't know Sasuke too well, but she told me that she had no reasons to hate him. I asked Ino why she hated him, and she just said he was emo and walked off.

I sat down at in the kitchen, letting my head fall to the table. "My life sucks…" I muttered.

Then there was a knock at my door. "Come in." I shouted.

"Naruto-kun! It's me, Orochimaru." He said, as he walked in. I lifted my head enough to have it know rest on my chin.

"You need something? Am I in trouble?" I asked.

"No, no. I'm throwing you a mini birthday party! A couple of old friends came by, and wanted to help." He said, walking over.

I groaned, but got up, merely for Orochiamru's amazing cooking. I followed him out of my apartment, kicking the door shut.

It wasn't that bad of a party. Tsunade and Jiraiya were there. Kakashi, Iruka and Sakura showed up about an hour in. It was pretty fun. First time I've ever had a party. At around midnight, Sakura and I fell asleep on Orochiamru's couch. They woke us up after a bit and I made a slow elevator ride to my apartment.

I crawled into my bed, smiling. "Happy seventeenth birthday Naruto! And congrates on your first birthday party!" And then sleep took over.

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A/N: Okay! I finally finished the chapter! Cheers for me! . I like this chapter. Each one you'll get to know our little Naru-chan more and more! Anyway, there maybe a bit of confusion in this chapter, like, what the hell are Neji and Lee doing in the same grade as Naruto! Are they really that stupid that they were help back a grade! Don't worry, folks! They aren't! In this story, Neji and Lee are the same age as Naruto and the rest.

Another thing is who the hell is Kasune Miina?! Well, no one. She's merely there for Naruto's drama group. If you guys want, I can develop her character, but she's not going to be big.

I can't help but hate Sasuke in this chapter. I love the guy a lot, but he's so mean to Naruto here! .

REVIEW ANSWERING!!!! YAY! At the end of each chapter, I'm going to answer the reviews for the previous chapter.

dragonfire04: Thanks for the review! Well, Sasuke showed up! And wow! What an asswhole! Yeah, I mad Sasuke pretty mean, but I tried to stay in character for him. And as a little treat I'll tell you what classes Naruto and Sasuke have together; Math, Geo, Art, English and Science. You'll get to see Art, English and Science next chapter!