Hotshot: Sorry for the long wait, my laptop was broken and I was stumped. Alas, here it is though. Hope you guys enjoy!


Naruto, Not Naruko

Chapter 3

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief once the ending bell rang. He gathered his stuff up and stood from his seat before heading out and where his locker was. Once there, he was quick to put in his combination and opened his locker, putting everything that he doesn't need to take home inside. He shut the locker door and turned, only to be bumped into harshly, causing him to fall back into the lockers.

"Oops." a boy about the same age as Naruto sneered. "Sorry clown."

"Go fuck off Mushrai." Naruto growled.

"Oh, looks like someone grew a backbone." grinned Mushrai before grabbing the front of Naruto's school jacket and slammed him into the lockers. "The last lesson wasn't good enough?"

Naruto saw the fist go up before it struck his stomach, causing him to gasp. He felt Mushrai let him go before another fist met his stomach. This, unfortunately for Mushrai, let Naruto have a counter attack. The blond shifted before ramming against the bigger boy and into the other side of the hall against the wall.

Mushrai was grunted before he got an arm free and brought his elbow down against Naruto's back, causing him to drop to the ground. As Naruto tried to get back to his feet, Mushrai kicked the boy into his side, causing him to drop again.

"Dude, your making the rest of us wait." Stated a voice, making the two boys look over to the speaker.

"Who the hell are you?" growled Mushrai.

"Name's Kankaro, and we- me and my siblings- need around you to get to our lockers."

"Too bad, I'm the king of this school and you just have to wait until I finish with this little freak here." Mushrai snarled before grabbing Naruto again and pulling him upwards.

"We won't be asking again." a different voice spoke up, slightly raspy and indifferent. It took Naruto a moment to realize that it was coming from Gaara.

"Wait your turn newbies!" Mushrai slammed Naruto in the lockers and raised a fist with an intent of doing more damage. A hand suddenly grabbed his wrist in a firm grip before he was torn away and pushed into the opposite wall.

"That's enough!" Kiba snarled as he stood in front of Naruto. "Get the hell out of here before I tear you limb from limb!"

The bully sneered but backed off and left, making the crowd that had form disperse.

"Naruto-kun, are you alright?" Hinata asked as she walked to the boy.

"Yeah, don't worry. I'm fine." Naruto assured her before glancing over at the three new students who were just now walking past them as if nothing happened. What he did catch, however, was the red-head subtly glancing at him though Naruto had to give a double take to make sure.

"Come on bud, let's get you home." Kiba stated as he walked over to the two. "Have your house key?"

"Yes dad." Naruto stated teasingly before getting shoved playfully.


Hotshot: Kinda on the short side but this is all I got for this chapter. Remember to review!