Wow. An update within three months. You guys are being spoiled. In all seriousness, though, I really surprised myself with this one. I really didn't expect to get it up this month, but then I got all inspired for later chpaters and my brain was like. 'Damn it! Write chapter five so we can get to the part with the (edit out later plot ideas).' Ha. I bet you thought my brain was going to reveal bi secrets. Sorry! Okay, well, I've babbled enough. Enjoy the story and hope that the plot bunnies continue to fester in the crevices of my mind.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Chapter Warnings: Slight teenage content toward the end. It's so slight you may have to squint to see it. Seriously.

CHAPTER FIVE

And So It Begins

Naruto starred fixedly at the blackboard, studying the problem before him, absent mindedly gnawing on piece of chalk. His calculus teacher had put the problem up for extra credit. Since this was a free block for Naruto and Sasuke, they—and they, in this case, meaning Naruto—had decided to solve it. Though a book was open his hands, Sasuke's eyes were focused on Naruto, as he sat hoping the blond would hurry his self up. The thought of being alone with Naruto was incredibly…enticing? Sasuke shook his head and bowed his head back down so that he could properly focus on his novel.

All of a sudden Naruto started laughing. Sasuke brought his eyes back up to his possibly insane friend and raised an eyebrow into an expression that clearly asked Naruto if he cared to share what he had discovered to be so funny. Naruto glanced back at Sasuke mid-laugh, and then turned away and moved toward the board.

"What was that for?" Naruto said, glancing back at Sasuke.

"Okay let's not start that again," Sasuke muttered rolling his eyes. "What was so funny anyway?" Sasuke had doubted Naruto's sanity when the later had invited him into his home, why stop now?

"The problem," Naruto said answering Sasuke's question as if the source of Naruto's hysterics had been as plain as day. Sasuke just starred at him blankly. Naruto shrugged and ignored Sasuke's lack of interest, as he turned back to board and began to scribble and draw lines with the chalk.

"The professor is trying to trick us. The answer is two. All I had to do was…" Naruto's voice trailed away as he scrawled out an equation on the board, "…and it's obvious!"

Sasuke sighed as he slammed the book shut between his two palms. "This is making my head hurt," he said nodding lightly to the book.

"Yeah?" Naruto said as he put the chalk down. He ran the short distance to Sasuke and then ruffled his dark hair as Sasuke cringed. "Is that any better?"

"Dobe," Sasuke hissed with an evil glare as he attempted to straighten his bangs with one hand; the other was busy holding the book. Naruto only chuckled as he moved away and gathered up his stuff.

"C'mon," he said enthusiastically, "let's go get something to eat."

Naruto moved toward the door with Sasuke behind him. He began thinking aloud about what flavor ramen the cafeteria would sell today and something about what his fox, Mordy, had done the night before. He stopped suddenly, and Sasuke looked up to see why. Resting on—or rather engulfing—Naruto's head was common blue mop bucket. Said bucket had been presumably filled with water just moments ago, for water was now dripping down. Sasuke put his books down, and then removed the bucket from Naruto's head and tucked it under his arm. Naruto's blond hair looked a shade darker, almost brown, and was plastered to his head. Sasuke reached up with his free hand, and parted Naruto's sopping bangs out of the way of his eyes. He half expected Naruto to flinch or slap his hand away, but he did nothing. Sasuke immediately felt he might have embarrassed the blond and quickly drew his hand away. Naruto studied Sasuke briefly, as if confused, and then his eye's darted to the bucket under Sasuke's arm.

"Hey Sasuke, what's that?"

Sasuke looked to where Naruto was pointing. On the bottom of the bucket, someone had tapped a piece of notebook paper in a plastic sandwich bag. Sasuke removed the makeshift package and released the note. Unfolding it he glanced back up at Naruto who was staring intently at the note, though Sasuke could swear he saw a flicker of amusement in Naruto's eyes. Sasuke quickly brought his attention back to the note. A slight smirk made its way onto Sasuke's features as his dark eyes danced across the paper.

"Oh, give me that," said Naruto in a tone of half-hearted impatience as he snatched the paper form Sasuke. "'New student beware," Naruto paused to look up at Sasuke, clearly amused, but also frustrated. "The torture has only just begun.' What is that supposed to mean?" Naruto said as he crumpled the paper, twisting its light blue lines into inexplicably complex patters.

"Relax Naruto," Sasuke said, though he doubted his friend would do anything rash. "They're just harmless pranks. It happens to every new student."

Naruto grumbled something about Enzera and a…fish? Who really knows? Sasuke just chuckled. It was a very Naruto reaction.

"Let's find you a towel," Sasuke said with a small smile as he gathered up his things.

Naruto, being a master prankster himself, could sense the eyes on him. Just by looking at the students, he knew another prank would be coming his way soon. He relayed this information to Sasuke, who just thought his friend was being paranoid and voiced his concern that he would never have a normal friend as long as he lived.

The two boys headed to lunch. They sat across from each other, Naruto next to Chouji and Shikamaru to Chouji's left. Sasuke couldn't help but notice that Naruto was carefully inspecting his food before consuming each bite. Chouji, who had uncanny observation skills when it came to all things food, also noticed Naruto's strange behavior. Shikamaru might have noticed too, but he probably considered it too troublesome to get involved, as opposed to Chouji who actually voiced his concern.

"Hey Naruto," the pudgy boy said, literally snapping Naruto out of his daze has Naruto's head shot up in surprise. "What's with you today?"

"Hazing," Sasuke replied steadily.

"Oh yeah! You're new here!"

If Sasuke wasn't Sasuke, he would have slapped his forehead. Chouji could be the epitome intelligence. More often than not however, he wasn't.

"You should be safe in your classes," Shikamaru said in a bored tone, "just don't wander the halls alone."

Naruto nodded and stood up. "Okay well I've got to use the bathroom." He merely stood there before Sasuke looked up at him.

"What are you waiting for idiot? Don't tell me you plan to go here?"

"What? No!" Naruto said, clearly annoyed. "After all that fuss about me not going places alone, none of you are going to even offer to go with me?"

"What are you? A girl?" Shikamaru scoffed as he rolled his eyes.

Sasuke sighed and looked up at Naruto. "Do you really need an escort?"

Naruto glared, but Sasuke remained unaffected. Somewhere in Sasuke's brain, a chibi Sasuke was polishing a trophy for a glaring contest. Naruto shrugged, clearly defensive of his manhood at this point, and shoved his hands in his pockets as he moved toward the bathroom. In said bathroom, Naruto discovered that all the stalls were occupied, expect for one. Naruto thought nothing of this, though he did absent mindedly wonder why this school—being a 'boy's only' institution and all—had no urinals. Not that they would have helped Naruto at this point.

Once Naruto had affectively relieved himself, he attempted to get up, but discovered this to be more difficult than he had originally foreseen. His butt was glued to the seat. Naruto's eyebrow twitched. This was low. The water was one thing, but this was going to be painful. Naruto held his breath and braced himself.

Back at the table where Sasuke and the others were seated, a sharp—and rather loud—cry of pain was heard. In fact the entire cafeteria could hear it. Maybe even the whole school.

"That was Naruto," said Shikamaru as all three wondered what could have befallen the blond in the bathroom. Sasuke was moving almost instantly, making a beeline for the bathroom.

"Dobe? You in here?"

"Yes," sounded the very annoyed voice of Naruto. Sasuke leaned against the stall the voice had come from, absent mindedly noticing that all the other stalls seemed to be empty.

"You okay?"

"Take a guess," Naruto grunted.

"Naruto," said Sasuke suddenly very serious, "are your hurt?"

"Use my cry of pain as a guide."

Sasuke sighed. At least Naruto had not had his body stolen by evil-body-snatchers or anything. He was still Naruto.

"What happened?" said Sasuke in the tone of a mother whose child often got into trouble. He was almost asking, 'What happened this time?' as if he had expected it. Though, truth be told, Sasuke thought playing a prank on someone when they're taking care of business was a little underhanded.

Sasuke heard a flush and Naruto emerged from the bathroom and made his way over to the sink. Sasuke turned so that he was facing Naruto's back, though they could make eye-contact through the mirror.

"Glue on the seat," Naruto muttered.

Sasuke winced. No matter how you spun it, that had to be painful. Well, at least Naruto would have a smooth—Whack! There came Sasuke's ever faithful mental slap, right on time as always. Though apparently not quick enough, Sasuke thought as he made a quick glance downward; thankfully, the damage was barely noticeable.

"I'll survive," said Naruto as he faced Sasuke wiping his hands on his slacks. "If this is their worst, then their worst is pathetic. It's not creative at all."

"So you think they're done?"

"Not a chance. Like I said, this is minor league stuff. If this hazing goes n as often as you guys say it does, then thee guys are definitely not rookies. Though, to tell you the truth" Naruto paused to smirk at Sasuke and walk through the threshold of the bathroom, "I can't wait to see what they do next."

END CHAPTER FIVE

A/N: So a decent length right? The fox's name may seem random, and that's because it mostly is. It has a significance so slight you may have to squint to see it later on in the story, or you may not even see it at all. (You may also have to see an eye doctor when you're done with this story). It might not even be there. It's mostly for my own entertainment really. So why do I even bring it up? I don't really know. Sorry.

Coming chapters start to get ridiculously elaborate with all the pranking. It's really not as bad as you might think, but right now, I'm working on making the pranks more reader friendly. One of them is so circumstantial it's practically impossible. Well, that's why it's called fiction, right?

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