Shit, shit, shit! Stupid alarm clock!

Naruto ran frantically towards his school. Even if he had wanted to ride the bus, he'd already missed it. The walk there usually took at least 10 minutes, and right now he had about…3 minutes until homeroom started.

Shit!!

Maybe you should have actually set it then, you moron.

Naruto almost stopped running at the sound of the growling voice. It'd been a while since it had spoken to him. It spoke up once in a while, but the last time they really talked was…

Shut it you…I don't need your nagging voice on top of Iruka's right now. I'll have it bad enough as it is with him from leaving yesterday when Kakashi-sensei came.

Yeah, yeah, sure. I may have a nagging voice, but I'm not the guy wearing a dress and acting like a girl, you brat.

Just shut up.

The voice didn't answer back. Naruto clenched his teeth. That voice always knew how to rile him up. His breath was coming out in short tuffs now. He didn't exactly feel like yelling at the voice for the reasons that one, he was already short on breath, and two, the people around him would think he were crazy if he did…not that he wasn't crazy. He knew having a voice in your head besides your conscious qualified anyone as a crazy person. He just didn't feel like shouting it to the world. Anyway…

He burst into the building and stood in the doorway, catching his breath for a few seconds before he continued on to the office. He hated the fact that he had to sign in, but it was school procedure.

"Hey Deidara-san," he said as he walked in. The blonde man looked up at Naruto with a smile. His long hair fell over his left eye and was usually tied some of his hair into a high ponytail.

"Hey there chibi. Woke up late again?" he said. Naruto scratched the back of his neck with a sheepish grin.

"Yeah. Just like last year, huh?" he replied. He moved towards the sign in sheet on the counter. "So how's your boyfriend?"

"Great," Deidara replied dreamily with a bit of a sigh. Suddenly he gave an excited grin. "He said that he's moving here with his little brother. Terrible thing happened to their parents, but I'll be here to comfort him now! I think they got here a few days ago, but I've been too busy to go see him. I hope I can see him soon though."

"I hope you can too," Naruto said. "I'll see you later Deidara-san!"

"Have a nice day, chibi!" the blonde man called after him. With that, Naruto was running off through the halls again. Sure running was against the rules, but who said you were breaking rules if no one saw you?

Sasuke Uchiha walked down the halls of the unfamiliar school. He was a handsome boy of 16 with dark spiked hair and midnight black eyes. His skin was pale in comparison, though it seemed a natural color for him, and not at all sickly, as it may seem on another person. He was a model student. One that usually surpassed any other student in any subject, and sometimes, in any sport. But even with all of that on his side…why couldn't he find his god damn homeroom?!!

The boy sighed in frustration as he looked again at his schedule and then at the rooms surrounding him. His room was in the 200s and rooms surrounded him in the 100s. Great. Now he probably had to go all the way back to the other side of the school. He turned on his heel and headed in the other direction to wander around someplace else until he found his homeroom.

Stupid Itachi. Doesn't even let me tour the damn place before dropping me off here.

Sasuke grumbled on as he walked about bastard brothers and getting lost in a stupid building. He was about to turn a corner, but someone came around first, knocking straight into him. He hissed as his head hit the hard floor. A heavy body laid on top of him, but the person soon realized their position and scrambled to get up. Sasuke sat up, cursing under his breath as he felt the forming lump on the back of his head.

"I'm so sorry. I was just late to class so I was running, and then I didn't think anyone else would be out in the halls…"

Sasuke looked up and met cerulean orbs. His eyes traveled to the face to see whisker like scars on the girl's cheeks, to the blonde hair in two high pig tails, to her outfit, which consisted of a white long sleeved shirt with orange sleeves, blue jeans, and orange and white sneakers to match her shirt, although they seemed worn bare, and then finally to her hand which was held out to help him. Well, seeing that she was a girl, added to the fact that most girls he met turned into raving fan-girls, he didn't exactly like her at first glance. And so, he merely ignored the hand and got up himself. Seeing this, the girl retracted her hand, but only for a second. It was soon thrust at him again, this time in a greeting.

"Hi, I'm Uzumaki Naruko. You must be new here. It's nice to meet you," she said with a smile. Sasuke stared at the girl for a second, and then walked past her to where he thought his homeroom was. This obviously made the girl mad.

She's a persistent one, Sasuke thought.

"Hey! When someone gives you their name, it's polite to give them yours in return!" she said, glaring at him as she kept up with him.

"So?" Sasuke said in reply. The girl pouted, attempting to glare at him at the same time. It wasn't working very well.

"So it's polite, teme," she growled. Sasuke sighed. He couldn't concentrate. Impatiently, he stopped again to look at his schedule, and then his surroundings. The girl saw this and smirked.

"You lost on your first day?" she asked mockingly. Sasuke spared her a glare before walking on in some new direction.

"No." He didn't care if it was to his homeroom, just as long as he got away from this crazy girl.

"Yes you are." Naruko snatched his schedule from his hands and looked over it. Then she frowned.

"What?" he said impatiently.

"Damn. You're in my homeroom," she said. "Great, now I have to deal with the world's biggest jerkass every morning." She groaned once more before turning around and heading back the way she came. "Come on teme, the room's this way."

But Sasuke didn't move. He'd rather find it on his own than follow this annoying girl. She saw this and rolled her eyes.

"You're not coming?" she asked. He gave no reply, and she took it as a no. "Alrighty then. Have fun being lost."

And she walked off, not even checking to see if he was following her. Sasuke, after having a long and difficult internal struggle, followed after the girl at a distance, making sure he wasn't seen. Hey, he needed to get to that room as quickly as possible, and he knew by now, he most definitely was not going to be getting their any quicker if he wandered aimlessly around the school for another hour. The whole trip, Naruko knew he was following her, but took no notice. Sasuke must have felt so sneaky then…

"It's nice of you to join us Naruko," Iruka said as the blonde girl walked in. She grinned sheepishly, and walked quickly to her seat near Hinata. Sasuke walked in shortly after.

"Ah! Uchiha-san has joined us as well. Uchiha-san is our new student this year, class. Please treat him kindly students. Introduce yourself please."

"I am Uchiha Sasuke. It's a pleasure to meet you all," the dark haired boy said, facing the class with an elegant smile. Naruko frowned and glared at the boy, but she seemed to be in the minority. Most of the other girls were currently ogling at the boy like he was a sex-god. Naruko noticed this and promptly rolled her eyes. Hinata laughed softly at Naruko's reaction, and she just smiled back.

"Alright, you may sit over there, Uchiha-san, next to Uzumaki-san. Raise your hand," Iruka said. Naruko froze at the mention of Sasuke and her names in the same sentence. Trying to stop her eye from twitching at the unfortunate turn of events. She raised her hand begrudgingly, and glared at the smirk that had formed on the boy's face. All the other girls were either still swooning, or complaining that they didn't get to sit next to their "beloved Sasuke-kun" as the boy sat.

As the day went on, and news had spread about the gorgeous boy, Naruko found herself rolling her eyes much more than usual. Lunchtime swung around, and Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Naruko were sitting on the roof again. Sakura and Ino sighed dreamily.

"He's soooooo handsome!" they squealed together. Naruko could almost see their eyes form hearts. She rolled her eyes yet again while Hinata just sat silently, giving a sympathetic smile to Naruko. She'd told the blue haired girl about her encounter with the new student.

"I hope he's in our gym class as well! Then I'll have three classes with him!" Ino exclaimed.

"I wish he were in my chemistry class instead of yours," Sakura sighed.

"Don't be selfish, forehead-girl," Ino said, playfully calling her friend out with her old nickname that she used from time to time. "You take all honors, and I heard he took all honors too. You'll probably have him in almost all of your classes. It's not fair."

"It's because I'm so smart," Sakura replied with a smirk. "I'm sure he'll like smart girls like me. And then we'll have our own high school romance and go off to get married!"

"Tch," Naruko snorted, interrupting the conversation. She was getting ready to gag with each sentence she heard. "I don't see what's so great about the guy."

Sakura and Ino gasped. "How could you say that?"

Naruko shrugged and said, "He's annoyingly perfect. He's definitely a jerk beneath it. I can just tell."

"Naruko-chan! Don't say rude things like that about Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said, hitting the girl over the head. Naruko whined and gave the girl a pout, but said nothing more.

"What do you think Hinata-chan?" Ino asked the silent girl.

"U-um. He's alright…?" she said quietly. Sakura jabbed Ino with her elbow, who yelped in surprise.

"She likes Kiba, remember?" she said. Hinata blew up crimson at this, confirming the girl's statement.

"Oh, really? How come I didn't about know this Hinata?" Naruko asked playfully, slinging an arm around Hinata's shoulders.

"It's so obvious, Naruko. You should have noticed it before us, anyway," Ino said. Naruko stuck her tongue out childishly. The blue haired girl giggled quietly.

He was in a nightmare. No, something worse than a nightmare because he knew it was real no matter how much he wanted to wake up. He was now scarred for life.

Sasuke sighed heavily as his gym teacher, Gai-sensei hugged his mini-me, known as Lee, once again with tears in his eyes. He could almost see the pair standing on a cliff with waves crashing in the background and a sunset.

…Well that's one image he didn't need to see…

Other than the pair, and the fact that the teacher was wearing a green jumpsuit, the class seemed pretty normal. His fangirls were off to the side, stealing glances at him, while the guys were complaining about it. And then he saw her. Naruko was her name? She'd been really annoying, even if she wasn't a fangirl. Their eyes met, and sparks flashed between them.

"Alright my youthful students! Welcome to another year of physical education! To start off the class, we'll do twenty warm-up laps around the track," Gai announced. Groans were heard from the students. "And just to prove that I will be supporting you all, I'll run with you on my own hands."

"Gai-sensei, that is so inspiring! I shall join you as well to show how devoted I am to the class!" Lee shouted. With that, the pair ran off…on their hands…at a very fast pace…okaaay…

The class followed soon after. Sasuke wasn't too bothered by the number since his family had been in the police force and he'd trained with them once in a while. He passed many of the students more than once without breaking much of a sweat, and didn't notice that he had yet to pass one classmate in particular. He sped up to run beside the blonde girl who was beginning to pant a little. They were already on their fifteenth lap.

"I haven't seen you at all Uchiha. Do you like looking at my ass that much?" she mocked between breaths. He sent her a glare.

"Do you like picking on innocent new students?" he retorted.

"Nope. But you're not all that innocent teme," she replied.

"Hn. Whatever dobe," he said as he pulled in front of her. Her eyes narrowed and her lips twitched into a smirk. Oh yes, he was challenging her. He knew there was no way she could beat him.

Speeding up a little, she pulled herself in front of him again. She sent a smirk back at him, as though to accept his challenge. They only had four laps left. A little longer and they'd only have three. Naruko let up and they ran side-by-side to the starting line. As soon as their feet touched the other side, they broke into sprints. Neither let up, staying neck and neck, not wanting the other to pass. Lee and Gai had already finished together and were cheering on the pair's youthfulness.

It was their last lap. The finish line wasn't far away, but Naruko could feel the strain. She'd never run so fast for so long in her life. No…she had, but now wasn't the time to think of that. She tried to keep up, but her lungs were burning and her calves were aching. They screamed for her to slow down, and to her despair, she started to, allowing the pompous jerk to burst ahead of her and win their little challenge.

Sasuke smirked as he saw her weaken. He knew he'd win. Why wouldn't he? He'd had the training for it. But seeing the girl's stamina almost on par with his…he'd never admit it out loud to anyone, but it made him nervous. He never wanted to feel weak again, like when his parents were murdered. He passed the finish line and slowed to a stop with the blonde girl not too far behind him. The moved off to the side to catch their breaths while the rest of the class finished their laps.

"Teme, you cheated!" Naruko panted, pointing an accusing finger at him. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Hn," was all he said before he turned and walked away. They both knew he didn't, but Naruko refused to believe it.

"Ugh, teme!!" she shouted, turning and pouting. Sasuke rolled his eyes and the corner of his lip twitched. This girl was rather fun to annoy.

A/N: Yeah…sorry this took a while, but I did warn you. Well, there's Sasuke for you. I know he should be more emo, or whatever, but there's not really much in here that I could use to fit emo Sasuke in. He'll angst at some point, like always though. Naruto's gonna have his angst fest at some point to….maybe I should have put this in the angst genre…I just may do that. Anywhosawatchamacalits, I'm very happy this got some reviews, even if it was only two. Thank you for adding my story to your alerts or favorites. I'm hoping I'll get three reviews for this chapter, but as long as I get at least two, I'll be very happy. So please review. I don't care if you flame, for they will be used to burn down my school this time.

Disclaimer: ……still not worthy to own it…. (falls over again…)