Of Demons and Angels

Here is the second chapter. It's kind of short but I hope you enjoy it anyway. I'm quite in a hurry so I won't write too much.

Enjoy!

Chapter 2 – A Sol

.o.O.O.o.

Tsunade was waiting in the car when the bells rang and students began to rush out of the building, overjoyed that the first day of school was over. She waited. Not too long after the bell was heard she could see her first child err… bounce out of the building. Tsunade smiled. Sometimes Ten-Ten was like a little girl with all her energy and enthusiasm. The girl waved at her mother and rushed over to the car.

"Hey gaki how was your first day?" Tsunade asked when the girl got inside the car. Ten-Ten smiled "It was great! I made loads of friends!" she answered. Tsunade smiled in relief. But then again, it was Ten-Ten after all and Ten-Ten always made friends, everywhere and anytime. The girl was just like that, maybe life made her that way and maybe she was born like that-Tsunade didn't know but it didn't really matter.

The next two to come out of the building were Gaara and Naruto. They were together but that was expected. They were always together when they could. Gaara glared at anyone and anything (that was expected too) and Naruto smiled slightly and waved good-bye to a black haired girl. Something was off about his smile and it made the woman frown. You better not be in trouble kid.

"And how was your first day gakis? Tsunade asked and started the engine.

"It was nice," answered Naruto. His voice was monotonic and his eyes showed something… fatigue maybe?

"Really?" she asked him. "Naruto, you can't fool me, you know that." It was true. Naruto was an expert liar (believe it or not) but no matter what, he could never fool his mother. She could always see through his lie and she always had ways to find answers. He could never forget the day she discovered his bruises. And he did so well to hide them from her sharp eye! But one day she just came and pulled his shirt up. She was terrified and mad when she saw the bruises on his body but she wasn't surprised. It seemed that she suspected but didn't quite believe it 'till she saw it with her own eyes. She scolded him for not telling her that he was abused at school and she was so mad that her child was mistreated! The next day Gaara severely injured the kids who abused Naruto and Tsunade transferred them both to a different school.

Naruto sighed. There was no point in hiding the truth from his mother. But this was about…that boy and that boy was a sensitive subject.

"He met Uchiha Sasuke," it was Gaara. His usually indifferent voice had a tint of irritation to it and his eyes drifted to glare at Tsunade. She didn't know what to say. Those words caught her completely off guard. Uchiha Sasuke? The bastard? She never expected him to be in Konoha-if she did, she would've never moved back here with her kids. The reappearance of the bastard upset her greatly, too greatly than she would admit, but she didn't show even the slightest of anxiety when she spoke.

"Is that so?" she mumbled. Naruto shot a glare at Gaara who was not affected by it at all and smiled when Tsunade looked at him through the mirror.

"It's alright mom," he assured her. "I got over him, remember? Gaara's just over reacting. Really, it's nothing." He didn't even know why he still desperately tried to hide the truth from her. It was obvious she already knew it but still, he was just unable to tell her himself. Maybe he was afraid to admit it to himself, admit the truth that he still had some feeling for the boy, deep down.

"Over reacting my ass," said Gaara but didn't push it any further. They dropped the subject after that but Tsunade was still thinking about it when they reached their home. There was nothing she could do at the moment aside from letting it go on. Maybe Sasuke won't be a problem if they let it slip by. Maybe he won't trouble Naruto…

That evening, after dinner, they gathered in the large family room and decided they should play cards. Kankuro suggested it and he also informed them that no one in Konoha knew how to play A-Sol.

"What?!" That was pretty absurd in their opinions because A-Sol was a game any kid knew how to play in Wave. Kankuro nodded knowingly. "Yup. I asked that one guy in my college to play A-Sol with me and he just stared at me like I was a cabbage with eyes!" they all laughed.

"Ok then let's play President! (1)" said Temari and began to distribute the cards among themselves.

"Yes let's play A-Sol (1)!" cried Naruto and Ten-Ten. Temari scowled and said: "We play President." Ten-Ten smirked. "Sure thing, we play A-Sol," she said.

"I said it's President!"

"I agreed that it's A-Sol!

"Will you stop that?! The hell, it's the same game!" Gaara sent them death glares and the two girls dared not to make him angry again. Temari finished dividing the cards and picked up her own deck. She had a 3 clover. She smirked and said: "I'm beginning." She put down a pair of 3. Naruto, who was next, put down a pair of 5. Kankuro growled. "Man! I have a pair of 4! Take yours back!" Naruto smirked. "I can't and you know that," he said smugly and made Kankuro growl once again. The dark haired boy took his time to examine his cards.

"C'mon Kankuro! How long does it take to pick two fucking cards?" Temari urged him to hurry. Tsunade shot her a glare for swearing and she smiled sheepishly.

"Fine! Fine!" He finally put down a pair of 8.

"By the way," Temari spoke once again, "I met a really nice guy at work!"

"Oh tight, how was your first day at work?" Tsunade asked. Temari grinned. "It was wonderful! My boss's name is Haruno Kaede and she's extremely nice and cool. She treated me to lunch and said I should get married!" she laughed as if the thought was too absurd to even consider seriously.

"And…? What about that guy you mentioned?"

"Oh he's name is Shikamaru and he doesn't even give a shit about me! I think…" she answered, quite disappointed.

"Then he's stupid!" announced Ten-Ten. Temari and Tsunade smiled. "Naruto, why the hell did you cut it?!" cried Temari.

"I had nothing to put!" he defended himself. "And now I can burn my set of 6!"

"Mom, can I bring over some kids from school?" Ten-Ten suddenly asked. Tsunade blinked. "It's only the first day," she reminded the girl. Ten-Ten grinned. "I know!" she said, "But I met those cool guys who dance really good and they asked me if I can dance so I showed them some of y moves and they said that I'm awesome. I want to show them my discs!" Tsunade sighed. It was always like this with Ten-Ten. What could she do about it? "Fine, but don't make a mess," she answered in defeat. Ten-Ten nodded enthusiastically. "No really," Tsunade repeated, "Don't make a mess!" "We won't! And if they do I'll kick their asses!" Ten-Ten promised.

"You can't kick their asses," Kankuro commented, "They're guys."

"Yes I can and I already did!" retorted Ten-Ten. They all turned to stare at her. "What? He was picking on me!" she said angrily.

"That's good," said Gaara and nodded approvingly, "You should kick anyone who threatens you. Make them pay for their rudeness, let them feel the fear and pain of being threatened, smash their-"

"Gaara!" everyone beside Temari and Tsunade laughed like lunatics. "Whatever," said the boy and put down a queen. "Shit!" cursed Temari, "You just had to block me huh?" Gaara smirked in a reply.

"Oh Naruto-nii, I heard you joined the Art club," said Ten-Ten. Naruto blushed lightly. "Uh yeah…" he admitted, "How do you know?" Ten-Ten shrugged and said: "Haruno senpai asked me if I can draw or paint or whatever and I said 'no but my brother can!' and she asked who my brother is so I told her. Then she smiled and said she already recruited you."

"Oh… she's nice, isn't she?" asked Naruto with a soft smile.

"Uh ha… she's super nice! Not like the senpais back in Wave," she agreed. "And the teachers are nice too! My teacher Gai is a weirdo but he's really funny!"

"They're as stupid as ever," said Gaara. Kankuro chuckled. "Aw…did the evil teacher punished you poor little Gaara?" he teased. Gaara sent him a death glare and retorted: "She gave us an assignment… on the first day of school! What a fucked up teacher!"

"Gaara…!" Tsunade warned.

"What's the assignment little bro'?"

"He said each one of us will have to escort a freshman during this year and help them adjust to school," They all laughed. That definitely was a reason for Gaara to be angry. Nobody could imagine Gaara as a babysitter or as big brother figure. He was just too scary. Naruto wondered Gaara would do. Although he suspected that Gaara will do it in the end- he didn't have a choice after all.

"So each one of you already joined clubs?" asked Tsunade.

"Yeah! I joined the music club! They saw my guitar and asked me to join so I did! I think it'll be fun!" answered Ten-Ten.

"What about you Gaara?"

"Not interested." Tsunade shook her head.

"And Naruto you joined the Art club right?"

"Yeah, oh mom, the principle sends his regards and asks you to come visit him sometime," said Naruto.

"The principle?"

"Yes, Sarutobi-san."

Tsunade's eyes widened from shock and surprise and Naruto was surprised to see tears form in them. "That old man…" she said and tried to hide her excitement but her voice trembled and the tears already began to slip down her cheeks, "I'll visit him tomorrow, I must see the old man again," she said after calming down.

The game was over and Ten-ten was the winner. "Ha!" she cried, overjoyed and pointed a finger at Temari. "You are the ASS-HOLE!!!" she made a little dance of joy and smirked smugly. "I am the PRESIDENT! YES! I ROCK THE WORLD!" Temari shrugged and left to her room saying that she had important things to attend to. That was when Tsunade decided it was about time they go sleep and sent them all to their rooms.

Naruto put on his pajama and climbed into bed. The moonlight penetrated through the large window and lit up the dark room. It made him uneasy but he knew it was that the moonlight was not the main reason for his uneasiness. Uchiha Sasuke was. Earlier, when they played cards, nobody mentioned him and Naruto was thankful for that. He didn't want them to worry over such matters. Besides, he told himself, Sasuke doesn't remember me at all. True, he was disappointed and his heart ached but he ignored those feelings and pretended he didn't know the boy too. It was the best way, he decided, to deal with the situation. If he pretended not to know Sasuke, the boy will never be suspicious and his life will move on smoothly. He didn't want his heart to break one more time. But damn! He could not forget Sasuke's bored face when he looked at Naruto. It hurt so much, more than he would ever allow himself to admit. And there was a little voice inside him that he tried to shut up all those years. He hated that voice because it said the truth and Naruto was too deep in denial. He didn't want to hear that inner voice but seeing Sasuke again seemed to wake up that sleepy voice and it gathered strength and began screaming again: I love you Sasuke. And as he closed his eyes he was unable to stop a stray tear from slipping out and sliding down his cheek.

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"I'll see you at home ok?" Tsunade watched her kids leave for their classes and then made her way to the principle's office. People stared at her, knowing too well who she was. She sighed and knocked on the wooden door. She heard a faint: "come in," and entered.

Sarutobi was older than what she remembered but his was smile was just the same; warm and true.

"Sensei…" she said, voice slightly trembling. Sautobi's smile widened and he gestured her to sit. Tsunade did and waited. Once again she felt like a twelve year-old kid when she sat there in front of her long time teacher. Tears threatened to come out again.

"Tsunade… I'm so happy to see you again," he said, his voice soft and loving.

"I'm happy to see you too sensei," she said and tears began to fall down freely. "I'm sorry for leaving without saying a word but I'm back now." Sarutobi nodded and gave her another smile. "Yes, you're back and you have five wonderful kids. I'm proud of Tsunade. You did great my child, you did great…"

XXXXXX

No. No. Don't come over here! History was over and most of his classmates already left for lunch. Naruto cursed himself for not leaving the moment the bell was heard. There was nothing wrong with it actually except for the fact that Uchiha Sasuke stayed behind too. Naruto wanted to avoid the boy at any cost but then Sasuke got up from his chair and walked over to Naruto. No I don't want to talk to you1 go away!

"Hello Uzumaki-san," Naruto had no choice but to turn and face the Uchiha. When he did, his heart skipped a beat. He almost forgot how beautiful Sasuke was. The boy smiled at him and introduced himself: "I'm Uchiha Sasuke, student council's president, nice to meet you."

"Uh…nice to meet you too U-Uchiha-san," he replied in a rush. He felt his cheeks burn and cursed himself. Now he'll think I'm stupid!

"How was your first day Uzumaki-san?" asked Sasuke and suddenly Naruto knew what it was all about. As the president of the student council, Sasuke had to be polite and welcome the new students. It was what everyone expected him to do. He didn't want to welcome you, he just had to.

"It was great. Everyone here is very nice. I don't think I'll have any problems adjusting so you don't have to worry yourself over me. I'll tell them you're a nice person if you want me to," said Naruto and managed to smile. Sasuke blinked; obviously he didn't expect that answer.

"Uh…no it's fine. I have a question to ask," he said. Frowned, as if contemplating and looked like he didn't know if he should ask or not. "Is there-" he began, "Is there any chance that we've met before?" Naruto was caught off guard by that question. So Sasuke did remember something. That knowledge made his heart ache even more because it was worse than not knowing. If Sasuke hadn't remembered at all it could've been easier to deal with. He remembered something but not Naruto himself.

"I don't think so," he replied. He couldn't help pondering over the look of disappointment on Sasuke's face. Why was he so disappointed? "Really?" Sasuke asked, raising one elegant brow, as if he didn't quite believe him but he decided not to push it any farther. "Well then, will you join me and my friend at lunch?" he asked the surprised blonde. Naruto found it hard to believe. Sasuke was…asking him to join him for lunch? Why? He couldn't possibly agree, could he? Although that stupid voice in him kept screaming YES! YES! Naruto ignored it and smiled instead. "I'm sorry," he told him, "but I'm going to sit with my family, maybe next time." Idiot! He cursed himself. Why did you have to say that?! Sasuke looked a little disappointed again but smiled nevertheless. "Alright then, Uzumaki-san. Have a good day and good luck!" and with that he left for lunch. Naruto sighed deeply. He felt like an old man all of a sudden. He sat down on a nearby chair and bit his lip. That stupid Sasuke… but for some reason it made him happy. He got up and left for lunch.

He found Gaara and Ten-Ten sitting with a blonde girl and a fat boy and joined them after taking a tray.

"Naruto-nii! What took you so long?" demanded Ten-Ten. Naruto smiled apologetically and sat down. The boy and the girl stared at him.

"Ino, Chouji, this is my other brother Naruto," Ten-Ten introduced him and Naruto gave them a bright smile. "Hello, nice to meet you," he said and the girl blushed and said "nice to meet you too." The boy said the same thing with a mouth full of food.

"Where have you been?" Gaara asked. Naruto fidgeted. "I-he came up to me…: he said. Gaara's eyes narrowed. "You mean the bastard?" Naruto nodded silently and proceeded to eat his food. Gaara let out a low growl and turned his head to look for Sasuke. The boy was sitting at the far end of the cafeteria with a bunch of snobs and Gaara noticed that almost every girl's eyes were gazing dreamily at the bastard.

'Tche, what a stuck up bastard'

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"Sasuke-kun, are you ok? You seem a bit off," Sakura noted and gave him a worried look. "I'm fine, it's nothing," He told her. She didn't believe that of course. Sakura was very sharp eyed and she knew her friend very well. He wasn't fine and something was bothering him. She deiced to let go of it for the time being and turned to ask Hinata something.

Sasuke couldn't help that feeling, that odd feeling that he used to know that Uzumaki Naruto. But why did he feel that way? Sasuke had to admit he was a little disappointed when the boy said he didn't know him and later when he rejected Sasuke's invitation. It confused him and he wanted answers. And he was going to get his answers. He kept glancing at the blonde boy who sat with a red-haired and cute jumpy girl. He must know why. He must have the answers. And this tingling feeling he felt in his stomach… he must find an explanation for it too.

Suddenly he saw the red-head turn to him and there was a sinister smirk on his lips. Sasuke's eyes narrowed automatically. The boy made a rude gesture (oh you know exactly what) and gave him a smug smirk before turning away again. He saw Naruto hit the boy on his arm and turn to look at Sasuke with panic. Sasuke smirked. It seemed like someone was picking a fight. And that was quite amusing because nobody ever picked a fight with him. The red-head was refreshing and Sasuke gladly took the challenge.

.o.O.O.o.

I'm sorry this is kind of short, I was in a hurry.

(1)President\A-Sol- it's actually the same game as Gaara said. It has two names but don't ask me why it's called like that-I don't know. Anyway in this game each player gets the same amount of cards and the purpose is to be the first to finish your deck. The one who has the clover 3 opens the game and is allowed to put any card and in any amount. *Temari put down a pair of 3 because it's best to get rid of the lower cards at the beginning* the next one to play has to put a card that is higher than what was put previously and in the same amount. If you have a set of the same number you can 'burn' it by putting them all down (but you can only do that if you are beginning or if you have a free opening). If you don't have a fitting card to put you can 'cut' the pile by putting down a 2 (that is if you have one) and by doing that you have a free\clear opening and you can put down any card you wish. The winner is called President or King\Queen and the loser (the one who finished his deck the last or didn't finish it at all) is called: 'A-Sol'. Temari insisted on calling the game 'President' because A-Sol sounds like ass-hole. And that's why when she lost the game Ten-Ten called her an ass-hole. Lol