Okay, again if this is your first time reading... YES this story is still in progress. read the beginging note on the 1st chapter for my reasons. Here is chapter 2.
WARNING: this story has been rated m because of yaoi, language and eventual lemon... and nudity kind of.
DISCLAIMER: if i owned naruto, i would be a super badass. since i am only a regular badass, i can only assume that i, in fact, do not own naruto.
"Uzumaki Naruto." The orchestra director sighed seeing the blonde haired boy walking into the classroom. The entire orchestra, who had previously been tuning their instruments, stopped and looked over at the blonde boy. A few of the students snickered while others sighed. "The president warned me you were coming."
"You know, every teacher has said that to me today." Naruto said walking to the front of the classroom. "I have a note." He said handing the director a piece of paper.
"Take a seat and do not disrupt our rehearsal." The director grumbled while handing Naruto the music everyone else had on their music stands. Naruto smirked.
"I'm beginning to think you all think I'm a nuisance." Naruto said taking the music and walking towards the back of the class.
"That's because you are a nuisance, Uzumaki." The director sighed.
"Oh, come on, you know I have to try really hard to be this obnoxious." Naruto smiled. The director rolled his eyes and waved Naruto to the back of the room. Sasuke watched Naruto. He was a whole lot different from the obnoxious orange blob from yesterday. Today Naruto was in kind of the regular school uniform. All students at the school wore the same uniform. Girls wore black shoes, white socks, navy pleated skirts, white button up shirts, and hade the option of wearing a navy sweater. Boy wore black shoes, navy pants, white button up shirts, navy tie and navy jacket. Naruto was wearing the right clothes it was just all black instead of navy. However, he looked damn good in his black suit and that was the real reason why Sasuke was staring.
"Okay, everyone we will start from the beginning and play al the way through this first time, please." The director said. Everyone was at the ready and then they started. There were a few mistakes, they were all practically cold-reading the music so it was understandable. By the end of the piece everyone felt okay but not very good about it. "Well, that was fairly good. A little better than I had expected actually, but no where near as great as I want it to be." The class smiled a little before the director sighed. "Yes, Uzumaki-san?"
"It was terrible." Naruto said plainly. The director huffed.
"Tell me what was so terrible then, Uzumaki?" The director asked.
"Well half of the instruments in this room were out of tune. Your French horns missed all of their entrances. The flutes and trombones didn't do the correct transitions. All of the clarinets were out of tune. Chellos were too fast, violas were too slow, the harpist was pulling on the strings too hard and one of the violinists kept hitting the strings with their finger and it was driving me insane. Plus your conducting looks like you're trying to hack wood and you have absolutely no rhythm because you did not keep time the entire time." Naruto said and then leaned back in his chair.
"Anything else, Uzumaki-san?" The director growled under his breath.
"Play it again and I'll have more." Naruto smiled placing his hands behind his head. The upperclassmen didn't seem phased by Naruto's presence at all. The first years, however, were shocked first at how he had heard all of that stuff just from one two minute song and second at how he was talking to the director.
"I'll humor you then, Uzumaki-san." The director growled. "Okay, once more through please. Everyone please try to stay on time." He said and they began playing again. After every time they played Naruto would interrupt and tell them what they did wrong. When they finished the last time the director looked at Naruto.
"You're still butchering it. But you're better. I think you're starting to take my dad's work seriously, Ebisu-sensei." Naruto said. Again, the upperclassmen seemed unfazed, but the first years gasped. Namikaze Minato was the greatest composer of his time. He had composed hundreds of symphonies and was diagnosed with a heart disease that couldn't be cured and unfortunately suffered a young death. Sasuke frowned. There was no was a musical genius like Namikaze Minato was even related to Uchiha Naruto. Naruto stood and left the classroom. Sasuke quickly got up and ran after Naruto.
"Oi! Naruto!" Sasuke called. Naruto turned and smiled at Sasuke.
"Oh hey, Sasuke." Naruto smiled. Sasuke felt kind of awkward not really knowing what to say at the moment. It's not like he could get mad at Naruto for not telling him who his dad was.
"So, you decided to sit in on the orchestra to spy on me today, huh?" Sasuke finally asked with a smirk. He had figured out what 'sit in' had meant, but Naruto didn't know that Sasuke had looked at his schedule. Naruto laughed.
"Nah, I sit in on all of the orchestra rehearsals." Naruto shook his head. "You did really well today. You were the only first year who seemed to know what he was doing. Well, and your friend playing cello. What was his name again?" Naruto asked.
"Neji." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded.
"Right, he's Gaara's roommate." Naruto said. Sasuke looked over at Naruto kind of shocked.
"You know Gaara?" Sasuke asked. Naruto laughed.
"Yeah, he's in my, um," Naruto paused. "We knew each other previously. He's cool guy." Naruto said. Sasuke studied Naruto for a bit somewhat curious at what Naruto was about to say but didn't ask about it.
"So, Gaara, the boy who is most likely to commit a mass murder purely on a whim, is a cool guy?" Sasuke asked. Naruto laughed.
"Mass murder?" Naruto laughed. "Gaara just looks scary. I mean, yeah, he'll follow through on his threats but underneath it all he's really just a big pushover. You just have to get on his good side."
"I'm surprised someone as annoying as you got on his good side." Sasuke said somewhat coldly. Naruto didn't seem to be affected by it.
"Yeah, we got into a lot of fights at first but now we're pretty good friends." Naruto smiled. The giant bell tower started chiming 7:00. "Oh, damn, I have to go. I'll see you later, Sasuke." Naruto smiled and ran off. As he was walking he ran into Neji.
"Hey, Neji!" Sasuke called.
"What's up, Sasuke?" Neji kind of smiled. Sasuke noticed Neji struggling to carry his cello case, a few books and his backpack.
"You need help?" Sasuke asked. He reached out and took the cello case. "Kami, Neji, what do you carry in here? Bricks?" Neji smirked.
"Yeah, I'm too lazy to go to the gym so I decided to lift weights with my cello case." Neji rolled his eyes. "You just think it's heavy cause you have a violin and it weighs like two pounds."
"I guess." Sasuke said. "So where are you headed?"
"Building 4." Neji said. Sasuke nodded and they started walking that way. Fortunately for Sasuke, Neji lived on the first floor so he didn't have to carry the case up any stairs. They got into Neji's room to find Gaara at his desk. The redhead turned to glare at them for making such a loud entry. "Oh, hey, Gaara." Neji said somewhat nervously. Gaara narrowed his eyes at them. "Uh, set that over there against the wall." Neji motioned with his head where Sasuke could set the cello case.
"You are?" Gaara asked coolly to Sasuke.
"Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke answered. Gaara's eyes narrowed, not in an angry or annoyed way, just an observing kind of way.
"Sasuke is my friend from back home." Neji said.
"You're the roommate of Uzumaki-san, are you not?" Gaara asked.
"Yeah, Naruto's my roommate." Sasuke nodded. Gaara nodded and turned to pick up something from his desk. He turned around hand held up a bright orange CD case with an orange CD that obviously had music burned onto it. There was a yellow post-it note on the inside of the cover.
"Will you give this to him then? Tell him I just finished it and need him to listen to it before tomorrow night." Gaara said roughly but politely.
"Sure thing." Sasuke said somewhat intimidated by the redheaded boy.
"Hey, lets go get some dinner then?" Neji asked Sasuke. Sasuke nodded and they started to leave. Sasuke stopped in the doorway and turned to look at Gaara.
"Do you want to come eat with us?" Sasuke asked remembering what Naruto had said about getting on Gaara's god side. Gaara looked somewhat shocked by the question.
"Can I finish this really quick?" Gaara asked pointing to the open book on his desk. "It'll only be five minutes." Gaara said.
"Sure, we'll wait in the lobby for you." Neji said and he and Sasuke left the room. Gaara quickly got back to his work. Inside he was still slightly confused as to why the Uchiha had invited him but somewhat pleased that Sasuke didn't seem to be afraid of him. Neji on the other hand was terrified on the inside.
"Why did you invite him?" Neji asked.
"Because maybe Gaara really isn't as scary as everyone thinks. Maybe if we become friends with him he'll be nice." Sasuke said. Neji raised an eyebrow.
"Who told you that?" Neji asked.
"Uzumaki-san." Sasuke answered. Neji nodded.
"If he kills me in my sleep I'm coming back to haunt your ass." Neji said. Sasuke smirked. They sat down in the lobby and about five minutes later Gaara came walking up to them. "Okay, lets eat." Neji said awkwardly and the three teens walked to the cafeteria.
"So," Sasuke said awkwardly suddenly not liking the silence between them.
"You said you were friends?" Gaara asked.
"Yes, we grew up down the street from each other." Neji said.
"That's nice." Gaara nodded.
"And you're friends with Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes, Uzumaki-san was my first friend when I moved here two years ago." Gaara said. Neji nodded.
"How did you meet?" Sasuke asked. Gaara shrugged.
"I can't really remember." Gaara said. Sasuke felt like Gaara was lying.
"Are you two pretty good friends?" Neji asked Gaara.
"I guess. I don't know what pretty good friends look like." Gaara shrugged.
"Is Namikaze-sama his dad?" Neji asked. Gaara nodded.
"There's no way." Sasuke shook his head.
"It's true." Gaara said. They entered the cafeteria and got in line for food.
"No, Namikaze Minato was a musical genius. He was absolutely brilliant. There is no way a moron like Naruto could even be related." Sasuke shook his head.
"He was the greatest composer of the times and people say he hadn't even hit his peak by the time he had died." Neji added.
"There is no possible way that Naruto could be his son." Sasuke said.
"Well, what about all the stuff he said today in rehearsal?" Neji asked. Sasuke glared at him and shook his head.
"I heard it all too, I just wasn't going to speak up." Sasuke said. Neji looked at him disbelievingly. "Okay, not all of it, but I still heard a lot of the same things he had."
"What?" Gaara asked.
"Today in orchestra rehearsal he started telling each section what they had done wrong." Neji explained.
"Are you talking about Uzumaki-san?" A girl in front of them asked. They nodded and she laughed. "Oh, that was nothing. He was nice today. Wait till he starts stopping in the middle to yell at individuals. One time he made a girl cry." She said. Neji and Sasuke looked at her a little shocked.
"You mean he's been here before?" Neji asked.
"Yeah, for about six or seven years. Namikaze-sensei use to be the director before he died and now Uzumaki-san sits in on all the orchestra rehearsals." She said.
"What?" Sasuke asked.
"You didn't know that?" A boy in front of the girl asked looking back at the three boys. Gaara was the only one of the three that didn't shake his head. "Oh wow, I thought everyone knew that. That's why so many people try to get into the program here. Uzumaki-san is just as talented as his father when it comes to composing music and he knows exactly how Namikaze-sensei's compositions were supposed to sound. So if you can get into the program it means you're good enough to be in a Namikaze Minato symphony orchestra, it's a hell of an honor."
"Wait, I remember when I signed up that they said we only do his work, but no one ever told us that Namikaze-sama's son helped in the classes." Neji said. Sasuke frowned. He hadn't even paid attention when he joined the school. He knew he was joining from the beginning so it hadn't ever really mattered.
"Oh, well I guess they stopped telling people then." The boy shrugged as he paid for his food. The girl laughed, probably at them, as she also paid and walked off. Just as Sasuke was about to pay someone cut in front of him.
"Excuse me." Sasuke growled before he realized who it was.
"Uzumaki-san. Just finished this for you." The chef said handing a bowl of ramen to Naruto.
"Thanks, old man." Naruto smiled and then turned to look at Sasuke. "Hey." He said cheerily.
"Hey yourself." Sasuke rolled his eyes as he paid for his meal. "Next time you cut in front of me in line I'll dump your ramen on the floor." Sasuke threatened. Uchihas didn't like waiting, or being cut in front of in line. Naruto gasped and held a hand up around his ramen. Neji and Gaara had paid for their meals as well and they started walking towards an empty table.
"How could you even think of wasting ramen like that?" Naruto asked.
"Wasting? Ramen is disgusting. I think it would be doing the world a favor." Sasuke said. Naruto gasped again.
"That's blasphemy, Uchiha." Naruto told him as they sat down.
"All I've seen you eat since we've gotten here is ramen." Sasuke said.
"All he ever eats is ramen." Gaara sighed.
"That can't be good for you." Neji grimaced.
"Seems to have worked just fine." Naruto shrugged as he started eating.
"So, Naruto, these two didn't know that Minato was your dad." Gaara said. Neji and Sasuke choked on their food when they heard Gaara address Namikaze-sama by his first name. Naruto looked over at the tow.
"Really? I thought everyone knew that. I mean I thought they announced it in the first day of orchestra." Naruto said. Neji and Sasuke shook their heads.
"They didn't say anything." Sasuke said.
"Hmm, they use to. Maybe they just didn't this year." Naruto shrugged. "So, Gaara, did you make the CD yet?" He asked looking at the redhead.
"Oh, yeah." Sasuke said reaching into his bag and handing the CD to Naruto. "I was gonna give it to you later, but then you ended up here."
"I redid tracks 2 and 3. Then I switched track 8 and 9 because I thought it flowed better. Then I added the sound bites in between 3, 4, 5, and 6 like you had asked." Gaara said. Naruto smiled.
"Awesome, I'll listen to it tonight and then either talk to you about changing it or show it to the guys this weekend to see what they think." Naruto smiled.
"What's the CD for?" Neji asked.
"Oh, our band. It's our second CD so it has to be even more kick ass than our first one." Naruto smiled.
"You're in a band?" Neji asked.
"Yeah, I play the drums. Then we have the two guitars, a bass, keyboard and our lead singer." Naruto said listing while also counting them on his fingers. "Gaara helps record stuff."
"That's awesome." Neji said. Sasuke rolled his eyes hardly impressed at a 'mix tape' style CD of a probably amateur band trying to pass off as punk rock recorded most likely in a two car garage in suburbia. All fifteen year olds who think they have musical talent do the same thing.
"Yeah, we're pretty good." Naruto smiled. "You guys can come with me some time and listen to us rehearse."
"That would be really cool." Neji nodded.
"Yeah, whatever." Sasuke said. He glared at Neji knowing that Neji was starting to have a crush on the obnoxious blonde. Neji was always the same when he had a crush. He would always turn into the 'yes man' and everything the person said would be so funny or cool or awesome or something like that. It was really annoying if you were use to the usually indifferent Neji. They conversation went on and Sasuke got angrier and angrier with his friend.
"Oh my god, that's so funny." Neji giggled as Naruto was telling a funny story. That was when Sasuke cracked. He just stood up and walked off. To anyone else, it really wouldn't have seemed a big deal, but Neji had caught the glare Sasuke sent him before he left and knew Sasuke was mad about something. "Excuse me." Neji said awkwardly before he got up and ran after Sasuke. "Sasuke!" Neji yelled as they made it outside.
"Leave me alone." Sasuke snapped at him.
"What he hell is your problem, Sasuke?" Neji asked grabbing Sasuke's arm and forcing him to turn around.
"You are, Neji." Sasuke growled.
"What? What did I do?" Neji asked.
"You fucking giggled!" Sasuke yelled at him. "I can't stand you when you're like that. Ugh, it makes me sick."
"What? Sasuke, I thought you didn't care about me being, you know." Neji said.
"It's not that, Neji. I don't care who you like. But it's when you actually like someone you get all..." Sasuke stopped so that he could think of a good word. "Giggly." Sasuke grimaced.
"What?" Neji asked.
"You turn into a girl, Neji. It's disturbing." Sasuke said.
"What? I'm confused." Neji said.
"It's just annoying." Sasuke huffed.
"So what? I can't even have a crush on anyone any more?" Neji asked angrily. "Or just not around you?"
"I don't care, it's just you get gross and I can't be around you when you're like that." Sasuke said. Neji growled.
"You're being ridiculous." Neji said.
"Whatever." Sasuke rolled his eyes and walked off and went to his room. He laid on the bed and glared at the ceiling.
"Hey, man, what happened to you at dinner?" Naruto asked as he came into the room. Sasuke glared at him. "Okay, never mind then." Naruto shrugged as he laid down on his bed. "So Neji asked me out." Naruto said. Sasuke looked over at him not really knowing how to feel.
"And?" Sasuke asked hesitantly.
"Well we kind of have a date tomorrow. But I don't really know what we can do." Naruto shrugged. Sasuke nodded. Neji worked fast if he had already asked Naruto out. Either that or he did it to spite Sasuke. Sasuke figured it was the latter.
"Well that's good I guess." Sasuke said.
"You sound upset." Naruto said looking over at Sasuke. "Do you have a crush on him or something?" Naruto raised his eyebrows.
"What? No that's ridiculous." Sasuke said. "Its just that he gets on my nerves when he has a crush on someone."
"You think he has a crush on me?" Naruto asked with a smile.
"He giggled. Neji never giggles." Sasuke said. Naruto smiled. "Do you like him or something?" Sasuke asked. He knew people easily fell in love with Neji because of his looks.
"I don't know. He's pretty cute." Naruto smiled. Bingo. Sasuke sighed.
"Yeah, most people say that." Sasuke said. He looked over at Naruto. "I don't know your track record or anything, but Neji tends to take relationships really seriously and he's gotten hurt a few times. Just don't hurt him, please." Sasuke said.
"Yeah, don't worry about it." Naruto shook his head. "I'm really not looking for anything serious anyway." Sasuke nodded. "Well, I'm going to take a shower." Naruto said getting out of his bed. He pulled his shirt off as he walked into the bathroom. Sasuke caught a glimpse of Naruto's back as he shut the door behind him. Something about the expanse of soft, smooth, tan skin made Sasuke's throat dry. Naruto stripped himself and got into the shower stall. He turned the hot water on and sighed happily as the steam relaxed his muscles. He quickly washed himself and then dried off. He then realized that he had forgotten to bring clean underwear into the bathroom with him. He wrapped the fairly small towel around his waist and went back into the room.
"What the hell?" Sasuke asked looking at Naruto.
"I forgot clean clothes." Naruto said. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Idiot." He said. Naruto huffed and opened his dresser to pull out a pair of boxers.
"Bastard." Naruto mumbled as he pulled the boxers and pulled the towel off of him. Naruto in boxers made Sasuke's throat even drier than just Naruto's back. This frustrated Sasuke. He shouldn't be attracted to a moron like Naruto but somehow appeared to be attracted to the blonde teen. Sasuke sighed and rolled over so that his back was to Naruto. "Night, bastard." Naruto said and the lights flipped off.
Chapter 2 done... chapter 3 & 4 comming soon i promise... Review or i'll cry and then not upload the rest of the story and blame you and then everyone will be mad at you.