Alright, I'll say it! I do like how the plot is coming out xD
It is a lot better than I expected. I also got a hella lot of alerts/favorites on the first day I updated, so THANK YOU :D
Still, not many reviews, but at least I know you all enjoy the story :)

BTW: I KNOW Hinata doesn't like Sasuke, but INO doesn't know that, kay? She just assumes every girl likes him ;)
Plus, Deidara and Sasori need to be younger than Itachi in this fic (even though I know its the other way around) for it to work, so I appologize if you noticed that flaw.

Oh, and sorry for OOC-ness as I've been told I do. I just needed Sasuke to be like that to get the story moving along without making it too fast/slow. I feel like Sasuke would be more quiet around others. In the anime/manga, he seems most animated around Naruto (usually alone) so I tried to go off of that.
So again, im sorry!

I find this story more fun to type than my other, though, I suppose more people like my other story more :/

Ready for a long chapter?

Lets get crackalackin'!

Yesterday, Naruto reached a new high. He played his whole conversation with Sasuke over and over in his head, until it was seared into his memory. Still, somethings were left unsaid, and it seems that they'll probably need to have another "talk" sometime soon, but that was okay. Naruto just had to focus on re-inventing his lost friendship.

That was the first thing he did when he got to school.

Naruto's tutor sessions had a very complex schedule. He did have to fit it around Sasuke's schedule after all. So today, Tuesday before school, he had his very first tutor session. He met Sasuke in the library, in the back.

'I come here a lot now...' Naruto noticed with slight disgust. He wasn't very fond of libraries. He spotted the familiar black hair at the farthest table, reading a book, and quickly took his seat across from the other.

"Naruto...?" Sasuke said, slightly amused. "Your here already?"

"Well, yeah" Naruto responded, slouching in his seat. "Aren't I on time?"

Sasuke smirked, closing his book. "Oh no, you are. I just didn't think you were going to be on time." He explained, taking out his folder. Naruto pouted, taking out his own folder. "Lets start with Iruka's homework." Sasuke said. "What do you have?" Naruto pulled out a paper from his messy homework, and handed it to Sasuke. The inky-haired boy took the paper and scanned it over.

"Naruto..." Sasuke said, irritated. "This is due today." He pointed out.

Naruto grinned. "Exactly."

Sasuke sighed and clicked his pen as the two began to work. "Here, you need to write the final copy of this," He held out Naruto's essay. "I just need to make a few corrections on your paper first." He mumbled, fiercely marking notes and what-not on Naruto's paper. Naruto was getting impatient waiting for Sasuke to finish, and he peeked over his shoulder.

"Hey, I thought you 'just needed to make a few corrections'!" Naruto gapped. There were lots of corrections on the page.

"Yes, but Naruto, your not very good at spelling." Sasuke pointed out, his monotone voice began to tick Naruto off. "You spelled tomorrow wrong. You spelt it as t-o-m-m-a-r-r-o-w."

Naruto's face flushed in embarrassment. "Nuh-uh! J-Just... Shut up!" Naruto yelled, snatching his paper back. The blonde-haired librarian, Shiho, quickly shooshed Naruto for his loud behavior and Sasuke shot her an apologetic look.

"Sasuke? And... Naruto? What are you two doing here?" A familiar voice asked. The blonde boy and raven looked up. It was non other than Sakura. She was holding her books in her hands, blushing slightly. She looked a lot healthier than Naruto remembered her looking last class. Maybe she just had a bad day.

"Tutoring." Sasuke said curtly, trying to busy himself with non-existent work.

"Tutoring? Naruto?" Sakura snickered. "It'd take a miracle to teach this bozo something." She giggled, jabbing her thumb in Naruto's general direction.

"Hey!" Naruto yelled, shooting out of his chair and raising his voice level again. "Thats not nice! I'll have you know, I a-"

"Who are you talking to, Sakura?" Another female voice called out, and the three teens looked over.

"Great..." Naruto groaned, sitting back down. "Just what I needed. Karin the dyke interrupting my studying..."

Karin scoffed. "Wanna repeat that again, blondie?" She challenged, adjusting her glasses. Karin was a student with a perfect record, which was one of the reasons Naruto hated her. She was clingy, and had a raspy voice. She was also one of Sasuke's many admirers, which was sort of expected.

"Karin, Naruto..." A soft mumbled could be heard, and Karin turned around.

"Geez Hinata, learn to speak up" Karin huffed, crossing her arms. "I am t-terribly s-sorry.." Hinata bowed, begging for forgiveness. Naruto patted her head. "All is forgiven" He said with a playful smile. Hinata's face turned frightening shades of red as she became embarrassed. Sasuke snickered.

"Something wrong?" Sakura asked, her natural nurse instincts coming out.

"I... Im fine..." Hinata took a deep breath. She turned and faced the pair of boys occupying the desk. Her pale eyes glowed with intensity, and Naruto shifted under her gaze. He'd never seen her look so serious.

"Theres s-something..." She closed her eyes and took another deep breath. "Theres something I need to tell you... You see, I-"

"Hey guys!" Ino yelled from across the library. Hinata instantly stiffened, her face flushing again.

"Ssshhh!" Shiho hissed. Ino dismissed it as she hopped over to the group.

'Just in time' Ino thought. 'What if one of these people are the anonymous writer?' She glanced between Sakura, Hinata, and Karin. 'They all liked Sasuke after all...' Ino narrowed her eyes, and took a seat in-between Naruto and Sasuke.

Sakura paled, noticing Ino didn't intend on leaving. She weakly tugged at Karin's long-sleeve shirt. "Lets go..." She mumbled. Karin glanced between Ino and Sakura, before agreeing to leave.

Naruto watched their retreating figures. "What, their not even going to say goodbye?" He received no response. There was an awkward silence that fell over the three. Well, at least now that Ino had joined them.

Ino, sensing the tension in the air, tried to make conversation. 'Mine as well take this chance to get some more information about Sasuke~' She thought with glee.

"So!" Ino began cheerfully. "What are we doing?"

"We" Naruto enunciated, "Are doing my homework. Right Bastard?" Naruto turned to mentioned bastard expectantly. Sasuke grunted, checking over Naruto's work.

Ino sighed. "Thats soooo boring!" She commented, taking out her phone.

"Ooo, is that am IPhone?" Naruto asked in awe at Ino's shiny device.

Ino giggled. "Well, duh. Everyone has one!" She stated. "Well, everyone but you at least." Sasuke gave Ino an annoyed glare. "Sakura and I got ours at the same time! Our moms took us to the shop, and we just had to have them" She explained. "We even got matching cases!"

"You two really are close..." Naruto pointed-out.

Ino's face dropped a little. "Were." She said, "We use to be."

"What do you mean? You look like you get along..."

Ino, wanting to change the subject, picked up one of Naruto's work-sheets and snickered. "You really are bad at this!" she commented cheerfully. Naruto glared and was about to say some form of a witty response, when the bell interrupted him. "Well, gotta get to class!" Ino smiled, standing up. "I'll see you there!"

Kiba was still gone. He had been for a while, and Naruto was starting to get worried. He hadn't talked to him since their last phone-call on Sunday.

'I'll call him later.' Naruto made a mental note to himself.

Surprisingly enough, Sasuke had chosen to sit in the Inuzuka boy's seat. This came as a shock to the others, too. Of course, they all knew about the two's old friendship, but when you think about it, they never really made any move to make-up. They always bickered, like yesterday.

Of course, no one else was witness to their "intense" conversation on the roof. Well, no one but Deidara of course. But they let that slide.

Naruto glanced at the boy besides him. "What are you doing?" He whispered. Sasuke met his gaze.

"I thought we were trying to be friends again." He said, bluntly. Naruto couldn't help the smile that tugged on his lips. He looked back at the board, without realizing the small, almost non-existant, smile Sasuke had as well.

Days passed and after a week, Naruto and Sasuke being around each-other became a regular thing. People even noticed that Naruto seemed less obnoxious, and more silly. They also took note that Sasuke became less brooding and more content, much to his 'fan-girls' excitment.

Hey, the less moody he was, the easier he was to ask out. Of course, that didn't mean Sasuke actually accepted any of the offers.

"I guess them being friends is a good thing, then..." Karin mumbled, sipping from her strawberry smoothie. She was at Jamba Juice with some of her regular friends. The smoothie shop had lots of bright-orange interior, loaded with tables and colorful chairs. It was a very comfortable place. "But Ino seems to be around them a lot. Can't ever find a good moment to get some 'Sasuke-action' " The red-head smirked.

"Your all obsessed." Temari commented. Temari was a tough chick, with sandy, spikey blonde hair, and a quick-thinking brain. She was more of a tomboy than the others, excluding Tenten. She was Gaara's older sister, which is why she was so fond of Naruto. That blonde moron was her little brother's first real friend.

"Oh, admit it." Sakura smiled slyly. "You find him attractive too."

Temari scoffed. "Yeah, I'll admit it. He is hot. But thats all there is too him." She commented, earning a few confused stares. Temari sighed, taking a sip of her smoothie. "Honestly, I don't know what Naruto sees in him. Sasuke is a prick. I guess its to be expected, him being rich and all," She explained. She was rewarded with multiple nods of agreement. "He only thinks of himself, and gets perfect grades. He probably spends more time doing his hair than I do. Hes just another pretty-boy. Like that knew kid, Sai."

They heard the bell of the door go off, and Hinata turned to see who it was. "H-Hi there, Ino..." She trailed off. Ino offered her a bright smile.

"One Banana Berry!" The blonde girl called out to the smoothie maker while pulling up a seat.

"I think Sai is gonna be really popular." Karin commented. "He looks like Sasuke, only hes nicer and more inviting."

"Oh, the new kid, Sai?" Ino said in question. "Hes socially retarded," She dejected, picking up her just-finished smoothie. "But he does have the looks," Ino said, giving the cashier her money, before strutting back to her friends. "I'll give em' that. Maybe one of us will get the chance to go out with him" The blonde girl winked.

"Ah-hem. Back to Naruto and Sasuke," The recently silent Tenten spoke-up. "They hang-out a lot for a couple of boys who are 'just friends' dont you think?" She asked.

Karin scoffed. "What are you trying to say? That Sasuke and Naruto are ga-"

Ino squeaked as she felt her phone vibrate. She jumped, knocking Sakura's and her own smoothie spill. "Oh my goodness!" Ino yelled. "Im so sorry, Sakura!" Ino hastily grabbed napkins and began whipping the cold, pink slush off the table.

"It's okay, Ino." Sakura said with a smile. "You just owe me a new one." The pink girl grinned. The two girls put their phones and wallets on the table behind them to keep it out of harms way. An employee eventually came over to help, and Temari deemed it time to leave. The other girls agreed, grabbing their bags. Ino grabbed her things and they all went their separate ways.

Sakura was walking down the side of the shopping center. She walked to Jamba Juice because her car was currently broken. She figured it was healthier to walk there anyways, since she lived so close. Sakura absentmindedly patted her skirt pocket, and her eyes widened. "My wallets gone! My phone too!" She began to panic and she ran back to the store. Upon entering, she sighed in relief as she saw the familiar cellular device and pink wallet. Just to make sure, Sakura opened her wallet and checked to be positive that everything was there.

Sakura took her things and shoved it in her purse. She had to hurry home and study after all.

Sakura sat at her study desk in her room. She tapped her pencil irritably, frustrated with her science homework. Sakura wanted to be a medic, like her parents, when she grew up. But anatomy was so hard to memorize. Sakura gave in, and swerved her chair around. She got up and grabbed her remote off of her night-stand.

Sakura had a medium sized room, mainly full of pinks, reds, and whites. She had a cherry-red wooden floor that complimented all the colors in her room perfectly.

She clicked on her t.v. for comfort noise. She was annoyed with how quiet it was in her room. Sakura decided to sit down and began watching MTV. "It's about time I take a break." She told herself, as she took a sip of her water-bottle. Sakura sighed when she heard her phone vibrate. She got up, and grabbed the electronic device. The pinkette sat down on her bed, and tapped the screen. Sakura frowned. This isn't her phone.

It was Ino's.

"Oh no..." She mumbled as she stared at the lock screen. 'I have Ino's phone.. I have her whole private life in my hand...' As that thought dawned on her, Sakura's fingers itched with anticipation. She knew what she was doing was wrong, but she couldn't help herself once Sakura saw who the text-message was from. Sakura slid the lock open. There was no code or password after all. She opened the text message.

It was from Naruto.

+'Got some more info 4 u. Sasuke likes sweet-food & bright colors. He just tries 2 maintain a certain image, that prick.'

Sakura froze. She knew Ino was unusually hanging around Naruto and Sasuke a lot, but... Naruto was giving her info about Sasuke? Sakura felt a little bit betrayed by them. How could they do that? Sakura wasn't stupid. She knew Ino tried to rig the Halloween compatition. So, when Ino was doing her make-up, she changed it. If she couldn't be with Sasuke, neither should Ino. Sakura knew Ino was slowly advancing on the boy, and she was jealous. But Naruto? He was helping her?

"There has to be more too it..." She thought out-loud. Sakura deleted Naruto's message. She didn't want Ino to have that info, after all. She then made up her mind.

"I guess I'll have to do some investigating of my own."

Naruto felt a little guilty sending Ino that text. It was fake after all. But Naruto didn't like Ino's plan. So, he came up with a plan of his own. He would feed Ino false information about Sasuke. It was a bit cruel, but Naruto found himself becoming quickly attached to Sasuke again. Everything was familiar about the boy; his hair, his attitude, his smell... Frankly, he didn't think Ino deserved Sasuke. Besides, Uchihas were too high-maintenance.

Speaking of Uchihas, Naruto was actually in Sasuke's restroom. He was currently being tutored by Sasuke, of course. Sasuke was all business after all. Naruto put his phone away, and washed his hands. He opened the door, and walked through the familiar kitchen.

Naruto walked over to the fridge, and grabbed a couple of sodas, and some chips on his way back to Sasuke. They were studying upstairs in Sasuke's room.

Naruto noticed that the bedroom changed dramatically, but he still noticed few things that stayed the same. Like, Sasuke still had his same t.v. and video games. He even still had his secret collection of manga in a box under his bed. Naruto was slightly impressed that Sasuke still kept it. He thought that the raven boy would have gotten rid of them by now.

"I got us some nutritious snacks on my way back!" Naruto cheered, setting down the 'nutritious' food down on the floor. Sasuke didn't even glance up from his work.

Naruto huffed. "We've been doing work all day! Lets take a break!"

"Thats why your here, dumb-ass." Sasuke commented dryly. "To get tutored, remember? And keep your voice down."

Naruto growled and began walking around the room. "Ne, Sasuke... Lets play video-games!"

"No." Sasuke said plainly.

"Sasuke~" Naruto sang. "Pleaseeee?"

"No."

"Godammit, Sasuke, what crawled up your ass and died? I just wanna play one simple video game!" Naruto yelled, exasperated."

Black met Blue in a fierce battle of will.

"You can do what you want." Sasuke said, erasing one of his mistakes on his homework. "Im finishing my work."

"Why do you do that, Sasuke?" Naruto pouted. Sasuke looked at him quizzically. "I mean, you make me feel bad! You make me feel like im sucha slacker and can't do anything right..."

"Isn't that exactly how you are?" Sasuke asked, raising a brow. Naruto was just about ready to pounce on Sasuke when they heard keys.

They froze.

The two sat there in silence for a moment, trying to hear any movement. Sasuke swiftly got up, and softly opened his bedroom door. He gingerly walked down the hallway, Naruto following behind him.

The two boys waited at the top of the stairs, staring at the door. It opened with a soft push and revealed a tall man, with black hair. He was wearing simple dark jeans, maroon jacket, and dark tee.

A spitting image of Sasuke. An older version of Sasuke.

Itachi Uchiha.

"Itachi...?" Naruto whispered in question. Sasuke didn't move. Why was Itachi here? He defiantly wasn't in the mood to deal with Naruto and Itachi at the same time.

Itachi walked past the stairs and into the kitchen. Sasuke and Naruto made no attemt to move. They heard russling, and Itachi was back in the living room. The older Uchiha sat on the couch, clicked on the t.v., and propped his feat up on the dark-wood coffee table.

"Why are you hiding, Sasuke." Itachi stated, more than asked. He didn't even glance from the t.v. as he took a long sip from his soda. Sasuke composed himself and stood up. He slowly walked down the stairs and leaned against the wall. Sasuke didn't really know what to say. It had been a while since Itachi was home.

Sasuke settled for silence, as he stared intently at the man who ruined his life so much.

"You need something, little brother?" Itachi asked rather monotonly. Sasuke brisled at the old nick-name. "What are you doing here?" He asked.

"You can tell your friend to stop hiding too." Itachi pointed out. Naruto's breath hitched.

"Answer the question." As Sasuke spoke, Naruto scrambled up, but misplaced his footing, and nearly summer-salted down the stairs. Luckily, they were carpeted.

"Fuck..." Naruto mumbled as he groaned in pain. Sasuke restrained from giving himself a face-palm.

"Naruto?" Itachi asked in amusment. Truthfully, Itachi was pleasantly suprised. Though, he didn't show it. He prefured to mask his emotions.

"Hey there, Itachi~" Naruto mumbled, rubbing his abused head. "It's been a while, ne?" Itachi nodded.

"I came out because I heard that my little brother was going to star in his school play."

Naruto scoffed. "A school play? Have you really lowered yourself that much, Sasuke?" He giggled.

Sasuke glared at the laughing blonde. Itachi smirked."My thoughts , I just thought I would pay my family a visit while Im out here."

Naruto nodded, enthusiasticaly. "Awesome! So you'll be here for a few days?" The blonde asked, eagerly.

"Naruto, go get your things. Its getting late anyways." Sasuke ordered, not ever taking his eyes of his brother. Naruto was about to yell back at the raven, but then he got a good look at Sasuke and decided against it. Sasuke was brooding, like he usually does, but something looked off about the younger Uchiha.

Sasuke looked worried.

Naruto glanced between the two Uchihas, before walking back up stairs. Itachi waited until he heard Naruto's foot-steps stop and door close before he spoke.

"Does Mother and Father know?"

Sasuke waited for a moment before sighing. "No."

Itachi arched his brow, amused. "Well, you should tell them. The sooner, the better." Itachi reasoned. Sasuke nodded.

"Is that what this is really about?" Itachi asked, suddenly serious. "Is this about winning father's approval, Sasuke?" He was awarded with silence. "Sasuke, you know, I-"

"You don't understand, Itachi!" Sasuke snapped. "They don't want me to be a screw-up like you, so Im going to work my ass off to be the son that they can be proud of!"

Itachi looked momentarily hurt, but he quickly covered it up. He didn't dare show weakness to his brother's hurtful words. "Well, Im just glad that you two are trying to be friends again." The older Uchiha admitted. "Just don't get caught-up in your feelings again, and mess it up. You might not get another chance to make things right."

The two silenced as Naruto hopped passed them, towards the door. He seemed completely oblivious to the tension in the aoir. "Thanks for tutoring me, prick! Oh, and bye Itachi!" Naruto smiled before closing the door.

"Prick? Sasuke, are you just going to take that?" Itachi asked.

"Oh spare me, im not going to lower myself to that idiot's level."

"Really? Seems to me like you already did. Your leading in your school's play, are you not?" Itachi mused. Sasuke growled, and returned to the safety of his room.

Itachi and Naruto knew just how to push his buttons.

Play practice was a pain in the ass. Well, at least, thats what Sasuke thought of it as he waited back-stage. He sat on a couch-like chair, going over his lines.

"Mind if we join you, Sasuke?" An unfamiliar voice asked. Sasuke looked up, and realized it was that new kid, Sai, and the quite girl, Hinata. He grunted, giving the two silent approval. Sai and Hinata sat down across from the Uchiha.

"So, have you memorized your lines yet, Sasuke?" Sai asked, attempting to make small-talk. Sasuke looked up at the boy who spoke.

"Hn." Was all he gave as a response.

"Ah, I take that as yes?" Sai smiled. His smile looked rather forced, Sasuke noticed. It kinda creeped him out. "So, are your friends coming to see you preform?" He asked to the two. Hinata meekly nodded. "And you?" Sai asked, glancing back at Sasuke.

"Hn."

Sai was silent for a moment, before he began scanning through his script. "Well, I'm sure they are... I mean, if their your real friends." That caught Sasuke's attention.

"What do you mean?" The raven asked, intrigued.

"Well, my sources tell me that Narutos not really your friend. Hes just going to get revenge on you. Can't say I blame him though. And it's not like you really have any other 'friends'."

"What are you talking about? Narutos not even smart enough to plan revenge on me. That would never happen." Sasuke scoffed. Still, a small voice in the back of his head was nagging at him.

"I think Inos in on it too..." Hinata said quietly. Now this slightly surprised Sasuke.

"Well, I guess it only makes sense. I mean, Ino is hanging around Naruto a lot more, now." Sai reasoned.

Sasuke was having none of it. "I don't care. Naruto wouldn't do that. You can believe what you want."

"We can help you, you know." Sai offered, crossing his legs. Sasuke raised a brow. "I mean, get some information for you. If thats what you want, I mean."

"No thanks." Sasuke brushed off the proposal.

"Well, heres my number if you change your mind," Sai offered him a piece of paper with his number scribbled on it. Sasuke sighed at how cliche the whole thing was. "Don't worry, I wont need it." Still, he took the paper anyway. Hinata bowed before walking away by Sai's side.

'their an odd pair...' Sasuke thought. He glanced back down at the number. He wasn't gonna need this, right? He trusted Naruto. He really did. He knew that it was probably a bad idea to be fully trusting of the blonde that quickly, but he couldn't help it. He had been so used to being around Naruto when he was younger, it felt only natural. He sighed heavily, shoving it in his pocket. He probably wouldn't call him anyway.

Probably.

And so, the plot thickens xD
Sakura and Sasuke are getting suspicious, Kibas still gone, Sai and Hinata know whats up, Ino thinks shes in control, and Narutos pretty much caught in the middle.
What could go wrong?

Lol, I just stopped the chapter here, cause I didn't feel like typing anymore. I just typed this chapter, as well as a chapter for my other story, so Im super exhausted. How do you people update so fast O_o

Next Chapter: Back-fire
Sasuke can't help but feel uneasy about the new information presented to him, and he finds himself with a surprising new ally. Naruto keeps feeling jealous, and he can't explain why! Ino finds herself with a new love-interest and becomes uncertain with her and Naruto's plan. Itachi reveals Sasuke and Naruto's friendship to his parents. Just how will they react? Lastly, Sasuke comes to a shocking conclusion with his own feelings.

Hope this story isn't too boring -_-"'
Im trying to make stuff happen. Plus, imma try to add more hints of SasuNaru next chapter, and them I'll get things rolling, kay?

Reviews cause faster updates :D