Hotshot: Sorry for a somewhat long wait for the second chapter but I sometimes suck at this when I don't have a basis in terms of an established type of things(EX: Battle Royal, Hunger Games, ect). With the examples, I can tweak it to form it as my own(not so much the original story, they belong to their owners)...kinda if that makes sense. Anyways, here we go on the second chapter! Enjoy!


Naruto, Not Naruko

Chapter 2

As the bell rang to signal the end of homeroom, Naruto stood and headed for the door. Next class he had was with was Kabuto, who teaches science. Kabuto was a student teacher for Orochimaru who was too busy at the moment to teach.

"Naruto." Iruka called before the blond could leave.

"Yes Iruka-sensei?" Naruto walked over. He saw that Gaara was standing beside His papa, emotionless eyes watching.

"Gaara has the same class as you next. Do you mind walking with and showing him to it?"

"Yeah, I can." Naruto looked at the red head. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!" Naruto grinned before walking out of the room, Gaara trailing behind.

"So...where did you transfer from?" Naruto asked.

"..."

"Okay… Well, you shouldn't have any trouble with Kabuto-senpai. He prefers the quiet students over the louder ones."

The redhead said nothing, causing Naruto to deflate. This guy was even more quiet than Sasuke when they first met! Naruto let out a sigh and kept walking, ignoring everyone around them. Before long, they made it to their destination and walked in and to Kabuto.

He was in his early twenties with silvery hair that was in a low ponytail in the black and dark eyes that was behind round glasses.

"Hello Naruto, this must be Gaara right?" Kabuto greeted and asked.

"Yep."

"Go sit in your seat. I'll tell him what all is going on in class."

Naruto did as he was told and sat in his seat, watching as Kabuto talked to the red head. He couldn't help but wonder about the look in Gaara's eyes when he looked into them. It was like a calm typhoon of masked emotions. From what Naruto could see, there was resentment, anger and detachment. In all honesty, it was far more intense than what Sasuke's were when he first met the Uchiha.

"Alright, you will sit in the back of the classroom. Here's your packet that has everything we worked on so far." stated Kabuto as he handed Gaara the packet. The boy said nothing in response and went to the said seat and sat.


It was about eleven when the first lunch bell rang. Naruto was sitting in his seat in his third period class, which was Biology.

Naruto was the first to jump out of his seat, put everything in his bag before bolting out of the room and down the hall. He quickly went down to the first floor and into the cafeteria.

The room was large, the line for the food was close to the stairs and round tables was set up all over the place.

Naruto was quick to get in line and grab his food before heading outside and to his usual picnic table. Don't get him wrong, he wants to sit with his group of friends, but he knew that sasuke's fangirls would be there and that hated the blond's guts. It wasn't his fault that Naruto accidentally kissed Sasuke on the first day of school, someone bumped into him.

Naruto was suddenly shoved from behind, causing the not too almost sprawl out on the table and on his lunch.

"Watch where ya standing nobody." a boy's voice sneered as the owner walked away. Naruto shot a glare at the kid's back before sitting down.

Naruto have always had trouble with other kids picking on him. Most of it was because of his whisker marks and his personality, which most people would describe as loud, obnoxious and very weird. Of course, Naruto wouldn't let those taunts and such get under his skin, especially when it could put his well hid secret at risk of being known. He doesn't even want to think about what could happen if the wrong people heard about him.

"N-Naruto-kun." A soft voice came from in front of him just as he was beginning to dig in. He looked up and saw Hinata Hyuuga standing there.

"Oh, hey Hinata. Where's Kiba?"

"K-Kiba-kun is getting his and my lunches." Hinata answered. "W-We decided to sit with you, if that's alright."

"Of course! Go on and sit down."

Hinata gave a small smile and sat down. Hinata was one of the first who befriend him, even developing a crush on the blond. When she was trying to tell him, Naruto let her down gently, telling her that he was gay and transgender. Since then, the two became close friends and Hinata even started to go out with Kiba.

"Got the lunches beautiful." Kiba stated as he walked over and gave Hinata a quick peck on the cheek, causing her cheeks to go slightly pink. Naruto always thought that these two were pretty much made for eachother. Sometimes, he wished that he had that now.

"So, Naruto, how is your day so far?" Kiba asked with a grin.

"The usual, boring. But I did get the three new kids in my homeroom, the redhead was even in my first period class. Although, he wasn't really that talkative…"

"Basically, the opposite of you."

"Pretty much yeah."

"Well, good luck at making friends with him."

"Thanks, I'll probably need it."


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