Well thsi is a decent length right? You bet it is! I was really unenthusiastic about this chapter for a while because I have some great ideas in my head for upcoming stuff for this story and I really wnated to get to it, but then I would be like -whine- this chapter is boring! -end whine- and then I'd get all unenthiuzed and etc...so thats why this was os delayed...Yes I know its not a very good story...but you will live with my lame excuse story because the chapter is a semi-decent length and I think it has some lovely comedy momnets but no acting because it's only a story but if it was movie then I hope the acting would be lovely because--you know what I'm going to stop typing now...enjoy!

There are a lot of things I don't own; this computer, the sweatshirt I'm currently wearing, and Naruto just to name a few!

CHAPTER THREE:

Smile

"So," said Enzera as she prepared dinner, "how was your first day of school?"

"Pretty good considering you won't let me do anything." Enzera just sighed.

"Are you sure it's alright for me to stay here Naruto?"

"Of course!" said Naruto. "Besides, it's not like we can drive anywhere. It's snowing pretty hard."

Sasuke looked out the window. Naruto was right; there would be no getting through this snow in Enzera's car. So unless Naruto or his cousin had super speed in snow, they would freeze to death before they got out of the woods, no matter what form of transportation they opted for. That slightly morbid thought aside, Sasuke was having a great time. He didn't see any reason to leave. In fact, he would have been disappointed if he were not able to stay. Not that he'd ever let it show of course. Speaking of letting emotions show…was Naruto staring at him…? The two made eye contact. Naruto's eyes flashed a look of panic upon being caught, but then just as quickly they were turned toward his cousin as if nothing had happened.

Enzera brought out two plates of food and placed them in front of the two boys. Sasuke looked at the meal before him. It didn't look half bad actually. It appeared to be fried meatballs and a salad. It was…quaint; nice even.

"So, Enzera," said Naruto, taking an abnormally huge bite of food, "enphy noophs rom te ome runt?" (1)

Sasuke just blinked at the spastic blond. It was impressive he wasn't choking, let alone able to get enough air into his mouth to form a complete (though somewhat unintelligible) sentence.

"Naruto," Enzera said sarcastically, "there's this new thing called chewing. I recommend you try it out. Preferably sometime soon so I never have to see the contents of your mouth ever again."

Naruto swallowed. "Sorry," he muttered. "Seriously though, is there news form home?"

'Wait—home?" Sasuke thought, "I thought this was his home. Weird…"

Enzera shook her head. "Not really. Things were pretty low key today, probably due to the absence of a certain hyperactive blond."

"Ha-ha," he replied dryly, "you're so funny I forgot to laugh."

"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it, because I have some bad news."

Naruto's eyebrows furrowed. "Like what?"

"Well…" Enzera glanced at Sasuke then bend over to whisper something in Naruto's ear.

"WHAT?!"

Enzera just sat there and smiled.

"How can you just sit there and smile when—I hate you."

"Your face was priceless."

"I will get you back for that."

"I wish you luck," she said as she moved to clear the plates.

Sasuke just watched. He was surprised his mouth wasn't open. She was a psycho as Naruto! It explained so much…yet she had this air of maturity he had yet to see in his blond companion. Her gray eyes, though they sparkled with joy when she laughed, held a hint of remorse, as if there was something about her very being that she deeply regretted. It was only there if you looked hard though, and if you knew what you were looking for.

Sasuke looked at Naruto. "Are you sure she's allowed to be your guardian?"

Naruto merely shrugged.

"Yeah that's reassuring."

"Oh, by the way Naruto," Enzera called stepped out from the kitchen drying a dish, "your brother wanted me to tell you that he'll be hosting a dinner party soon."

Naruto looked at her; and looked, and looked, and looked, and leaned closer to see better, and squinted, and looked, and leaned, and then fell off his chair. All and all it was rather interesting to watch. Once the blond had removed his self from the floor he sighed and looked back up into Enzera's gray eyes.

"You're serious aren't you?"

Enzera nodded. Naruto groaned.

"When is it?" he asked almost tentatively.

"There isn't an exact date, but you'll need formal clothes (anther groan), so we'll have to go shopping soon so that the necessary adjustments can be made."

This most recent information resulted in yet another groan of despair from Naruto, accompanied with his head coming to rest on the table as he rubbed his temples as if trying to expunge the very thought of buying a suit from his brain.

"I hate dinner parties."

If Sasuke was confused before, he had no idea what he was now. His mind had may not have reached maximum capacity but it was close. Sasuke was so used to being able to figure people out, almost instantly; it's kind of a creepy skill actually. Despite all his efforts, however, the true nature of Naruto continually eluded him. It was as if the blond was trying to give him a headache. The again, it was Naruto. Operation Intentional Headache for Sasuke could not be overlooked. At the end of his mini-mind-rant, Sasuke came to the conclusion that he should ask his brother if he knew who Naruto's brother was. There had to be someone who fit the bill.

THE NEXT DAY

Naruto walked into class the next day feeling relatively good. He had the entire school mapped out in his mind. He had overheard some idiot talking about new student 'initiation' on his way into the building. To most, this would seem like bad news, but Naruto, being the master prankster he was, could tell which were in on whatever scheme that existed just by looking into their guilty little eyes. He sighed.

'I really need to stop promising things to Enzera before I understand the full situation,' the blond thought. 'Alas! No pranks for poor Naruto.'

Naruto had calculus the first block of the day. 'Not a bad way to start the day.' He walked into the classroom and received some strange looks. 'Senior, senior, senior…why are there so many damn seniors!?' He looked at his schedule. 'Oh right, it's senior calculus.' Naruto sighed and took an empty seat.

Since Naruto didn't have any questions and had already read the lesson from the textbook, he was relatively bored for the vast majority of the class. He got called on to solve one or two problems, overall it was relatively low key. During the class that is. When the class ended Naruto stepped outside.

"Oof!" Naruto exclaimed as he was pushed up against some lockers by some idiot senior.

"Are you trying to show us up punk?"

"I'm afraid I have no idea to what group you are referring."

"Oh, so you're a funny guy, huh? Well, we'll have to fix that…"

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Sasuke Uchiha was having a low key morning as well. He knew Naruto had second block free, so he had offered to show him around the school. It was the least he could do after the blond had opened up his home to the raven. Sasuke didn't have many friends. Fangirls he had, but the number of real friends he had he could count on one hand. Regardless, his situation yesterday without Naruto's help could have been…unpleasant to say the least.

So anyway, here he was, walking toward Naruto's calculus classroom, when he saw a crowd of seniors. He sighed. 'Great that's all I need. A fight in front of the very room I'm trying to get into. Not to mention someone's probably going to get their ass handed to them.' It was then that Sasuke spotted a patch of bright yellow against the navy blue lockers. 'Naruto.'

Pushing through the mass of people he saw Narutoheld against the lockers by Bradley. As official school bully, Bradley was captain of the football, lacrosse, wrestling, and rugby team. Yes, if there was a legal way to cause internal bleeding to others Bradley was the captain of it. Bradley was also…well to put it bluntly he was dumber than a blade of grass. His rich father refused to believe his son's idiot status, and somehow his past teachers have found ways to overlook his mistakes and-oh-how did that 'A' get in that grade book? How did that check get in my wallet? Yeah, that pretty much covers it. Basically everything the guy did was covered up, since none of it was particularly…endearing.

Now Sasuke, being Sasuke, had a serious reputation at his school. In his freshman year he had senior sent to a hospital. Technically there was no proof that Sasuke was the cause of the elder boy's condition, but he refused to reveal anything about the cause of his injuries. The student however, knew it was Sasuke. People were thus, generally afraid of him. It got old, but it did have its advantages form time to time. Exhibit A: Scarring the shit out of Bradley.

"Bradley," said Sasuke in a firm tone.

"What the—Uchiha!" A look of pure panic crossed Bradley's face, but because Bradley looked like a gorilla, the expression looked, well uglier than he was before.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. The buy was such a coward. Not to mention stupid. "I would appreciate it if you would remove your gorilla hand from my friend's trachea."

"Huh?"

Sasuke was tempted to bang his head into something. 'It's like talking to a wall!'

"SCRAM!" Bradley ran off and the crowd followed just as quickly. Sasuke smirked. 'At least the wall would have stood its ground.' Sasuke then turned his attention to Naruto.

"You alright dobe?"

Naruto gave Sasuke a mock glare. "I'd be better if you stopped calling me that," he said in an almost sing-song voice.

Sasuke gave his friend a genuine, albeit small, smile. "Whatever you say dobe."

Naruto sighed. "Thanks for having my back Sasuke."

Sasuke was about to smile again, but then, realizing he was still in school, stopped. Thus, he features created an odd mixture of a twitch and a strange look of stupidity. At the complexity of Sasuke's expression, Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"What was that for?" Sasuke inquired seeing Naruto's eyebrowic movement.

"Excuse me?"

"Oh very funny, you sound just like me. I forgot to laugh."

"Hey! Now you sound like me."

"I don't know whether or not to be insulted by that statement."

"Shut up teme."

Sasuke made a mock-insulted face.

"Naruto, I'm both hurt and insulted."

"That's why it's called an insult baka!"

Sasuke smiled at the blond, and it was a genuine smile too. Not a smirk or one of those evil sadistic grins he was so well known for. Who would have thought it only took a blond idiot to melt a raven's heart. Naruto saw the gentle smile on his friend's face as his black eyes lit his pale features.

"C'mon," said Naruto, "let's go play Frisbee."

"Frisbee?" said Sasuke in an 'I'm-too-good-for-Frisbee-voice.'

"You will play Frisbee, and you will like it!"

END CHAPTER THREE

(1) Naruto is actually asking "Any news from the home front?" Just in case you were wondering.

A/N: Well I hope you enjoyed it! I also hope I didn't get your hopes up for anything too good coming up...I would hate to dissapoint you guys...not that I'm not going to work hard on it...well anyway...

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