Warnings: Yaoi/ Shonen ai. You don't like don't read. Flames aren't welcomed only constructive criticism.
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Main Pairings: SasuNaru BanGin RikuSora
Minor Pairings: SquallCloud ShidoKazuki KakaIru AkuRoku GaaraNeji (others will be added as the story progresses)
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Not Naruto, Kingdom Hearts or GetBackers, or the song lyrics I will be using, but I do own the plot. It is a hundred percent ORIGINAL! Please don't steal my plot or if you see someone else using it please tell me! Arigatou.
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Age:
Ban- 19
Sasuke- 18
Ginji- 18
Naruto- 17
Riku- 17
Sora- 16
Kazuki- 16
Shido- 18
Thoughts 'blah'
Speaking "blah"
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'Two? There were only two?' eyebrows furred in concentration.
'That can't be right Neji (1) said there were about four or five students, he's never been wrong before...oh well two is enough, especially if they're all klutzy like those two...' a solemn looking face turned slightly to the left to look behind him.
'Then again there's something about those two, what were there names again?... Naruto and Ginji, was it?'
Riku considered himself to be a practical guy, but he had an amazing intuition, and could judge a person's intent almost on sight.
And he knew. ..didn't need anyone to tell him cause he knew those two were hiding something. And it wasn't a little something either. But he would keep that little secret to himself for now, after all his brothers were smart. Ban and Sasuke most likely already knew this and were trying to figure out what it was. And Shido would catch on sooner or later...
Aqua eyes zoned out while staring up at the ceiling waiting for homeroom to end.
Just then a student stepped in with a stack of papers in hand. Apparently quite a few of the student's schedules had to be changed to accommodate the new students and staff they were receiving. Riku looked at the paper handed to him with mild distaste. He liked his old schedule. He had already charmed his way to almost perfect grades with the teachers. But with this new one he'd have to start all over again. Not that he couldn't get perfect grades if he had really wanted to; Riku was damn near brilliant but he found his efforts were wasted in school.
Frowning he muttered softly, "Kuso..."
The bell rang signaling the start of their day.
'Oh joy' Naruto thought sarcastically.
He had dreaded this for some strange reason, he didn't want to leave his Aniki's side and couldn't for the life of him figure out why the hell not.
A hand closed around his shoulder startling him out of his thoughts. He was turned around to be confronted with a huge smile.
Ginji looked at his otouto and whispered, "Good luck Naru-chan and have fun." The older teen then quickly left the room in search of his own classes.
Naruto stood there a little confused by the whole exchange, well at least until he was shoved out of the way, almost causing him to fall. A harsh, "Move it nerd" was heard before he quickly scrambled to get out the classroom.
'What do I have again? Oh yeah home-ecks (2)' Naruto remembered whilst searching for the proper room. The map was pretty easy to follow. In the center of the manor was a huge courtyard which he had to cross in order to get to his class.
It was odd...the field was disserted, or at least it felt that way. The yard was almost barren with the exception of a few students milling about. Naruto was halfway across the courtyard before pausing lost in thought. He just stood there as if in a trance letting the soft breeze play with his long locks. He could feel his body grow tired but didn't have the will to stop it.
His daze was cut short though as he was roughly shaken awake.
"Yo, dude don't fall asleep in the middle of the yard standing like that. It's gonna hurt like a bitch later if you fall."
Naruto swiftly turned around to face the mysterious voice. Standing in front of him was a tall well built brunet. He had a feral masculine look going for him. He was handsome but not Naruto's type. He had two red stripes going down either side of his cheek he realized belatedly, as his grin revealed two sharp canines.
"The names Kiba," the teen introduced himself as he extended his hand to the short boy in front of him.
It took Naruto a second to realize in his hazy stupor that the brunet had been addressing him.
"Oh - uh, sorry 'bout that, I'm Naruto and I'm new here" He chuckled a little embarrassed scratching the back of his head while shaking the offered hand.
It was then that Naruto noticed the other guys standing alongside Kiba. Catching his wondering gaze, Kiba grinned broadly and started introducing everyone.
"Alright from right to left, we have Shikamaru, Chouji, Roxas, and Axel." Each of them motioned to with a quick flick of his wrist. After all the introductions were complete the chibi felt his nervousness start to ebb away.
"I was on my way to home-economics. I guess I spaced out a little." Naruto said easily.
"Cool when do you have lunch?" Roxas piped up.
Roxas was the smallest of the group but was about a good foot and a quarter taller than Naruto so that still left him pretty tall. He had wild blonde spikes and sparkling blue eyes that were set into a baby face that a trace of fat still clung too stubbornly. His outfit was muted but complemented his features all the same. His pants were black skinny jeans that left breathing room. Crisp white timberlands with black rubber soles, laces, and leather top donned his feat. His upper body was wrapped in a collared sleeveless white zippered vest with red outlining at the wide collar.
He wore two sapphire studs in his right ear and a crystal cuff (made of that strange material the hebi's were) on his left one. On his hands he wore two titanium rings on his thumbs and middle fingers. Of all his jewelry though the most eye catching had to be the strange sphere orb-like necklace with some sort of shimmery glowing red and gold...energy mass floating around (3). Naruto felt as though he was having déjà vu, he could pass for his twin any day…minus the obvious height difference.
'They all look so...different, beautiful in their own right.' Naruto filed this information away for later to ponder over before snapping back to attention.
"Fourth band I think."
"You wanna eat with us?" Choji offered while munching away on chips.
Naruto's face lit up with a genuine smile.
'Finally someone that's not out for my blood- err soul, whichever comes first!'.
"Sure thing! You won't mind if I bring my brother, would you?"
"Not at all man," Axel grinned.
Naruto had to do a double take after glancing at the fiery redhead. Axel wasn't so much as beautiful as he was exotic. Tall and lanky his frame didn't look like much but the raven would not be fooled by the willowy silhouette. His very presence emitted a predatory feel. His relaxed demeanor charming face and stunning uniquely colored eyes would lull anyone into a false sense of security if they didn't know better.
Axel's attire like Roxas was simple but flattering. He wore dark wash grey skinny jeans with a red v-neck sleeveless shirt and a white form fitting blazer that had its sleeves pushed up to his elbow. On his feet he wore white leather dress shoes. The classy look was punked out a bit by multiple chain belts hanging off his waist. Similar to Roxas's he had two black titanium rings on his thumbs and middle fingers, and the ruby studs and cuff on his ear mirrored the blondes. And just like Roxas he had that same identical beautiful pendent, only his seemed to contain more crimson and Roxas's more gold.
As always, the shrill cry of the bell rang out interrupting the boys and breaking entranced eyes away from the curious pendants.
Naruto could barely hear the word, "Mendokuse" as it left Shikamaru's mouth.
"Shit! There goes the bell catch ya later!" Kiba threw over his shoulder as the boys ran off in the opposite direction.
Naruto couldn't help but stare in amazement at the room he just walked into. The classroom was huge! And each station was like a little mini kitchen. The kind you would see at all of those nationwide cook-offs. There were state of the art, glass top stoves, and stainless steel refrigerators and sinks. The countertops were a black granite color with little gold flecks in them. And polished wooden floors finished the amazing 'classroom'.
He felt nervous standing there in front the class, 'I wonder what my teacher's like? Or if the students in here are assholes too. Why the heck am I so nervous? I feel like I'm being watched but I can't figure out why.'
The raven was still contemplating when out of nowhere a hand was placed over his eyes and he was startled very badly.
"Guess, who?" a sing song voice rang out.
'I'd know that voice anywhere!'
"Aerith-oneechan what are you doing here!" Naruto demanded still in a bit of shock. He whirled around and gave her a bear hug.
"Actually you have to call me 'Aerith-sensei' for now. I'm going to be your teacher!" She explained happily hugging him just as tight.
"Hhhhmmmm...let's see where to put you?...oh I know you can sit next to Haruno Sakura! Sakura please raise your hand."
Sakura looked shocked, horrified, and finally disgusted as she raised her hand ever so slightly almost hoping that Naruto wouldn't see her. No such luck however, Naruto was at her side in an instant.
'She's really pretty, but she looks like she just saw a bug or something...I wonder why?'
As the teen took his seat he tried to introduce himself and start a conversation but was rudely shot down.
"I'm already taken so save your breath and keep the hell away from me. The last thing I want is for people to think I'm actually associated with you in any way shape or form possible, you freak." Sakura let out all in one breath speaking a mile a minute.
"Gomenasai Sakura cha..."
"And don't use such formalities with me!"
Naruto sweatdropped, 'Well I guess that answers what the hell the bug was...jeez.'
The raven looked hurt for a second but as fast as it came it left making Sakura doubt it was there to begin with. Instead a huge grin was plastered to his face and he started to look around the class. He didn't recognize anyone which wasn't surprising, except a few faces from his homeroom class. And was that...Hinata? His revelation came to a screeching halt as his eyes locked onto the obsidian pairs in front of him.
'Oh no...no no no no... not again, somebody up there really hates me. Where is Gin-niichan when you need him?' Naruto paled.
The work stations at which they sat could accommodate 2 people, and there were three different rows of stations and three stations per column... Naruto sat in the middle row at station two. In front of him sat Hinata, and a boy who looked a lot like her. Well he had the same eyes and complexion at least. What was his name again...Neji?
To Naruto's immediate right was Sakura and across from her were people he didn't recognize at all. In the row to his left sat his worst nightmare...or so he thought. Uchiha Sasuke gave him a once over and proceeded to stare at him as if studying him. The Uzumaki's face went from colorless to cherry red in less than 2.5 seconds. He didn't know why he was so terrified of the gorgeous male in front of him. But something told him he needed to be. And Naruto be damned if he didn't listen to his instincts.
'Hn the dobe has this class with me as well? He looks as if he never touched a knife or spatula much less a stove in his life. He'll probably burn the whole room down if he's left alone. At least he has Sakura with him she's the best female chief in this class. He shouldn't screw things up too royally, or she might just kill him. '
It was true enough. Sasuke was the best when it came to cooking, although he would never admit it to anyone. He was amazingly good and he loved to cook. He had learned to cook at a young age from his mother and he always added his own twist to things. He could balance flavors, and spice up any dish with the best of them. Sakura however went straight by the books. If it had a recipe with a good set of instructions, she could make it. The cooking for their rather odd family was always left up to Sasuke and Sakura, everyone agreed that it was always to die for.
"Alrighty then class, my name is Gainsborough Aerith, but you can all call me Aerith-sensei. As you all may know, only the most skilled students are selected for this class. I was asked to supervise this particular class due to my experience and recommendations." True to her word Aerith was a very well known chief. She had toured many countries, and won several awards all around the world.
"Today you will be working with your partner to make a cake. Now I know you normally go by recipes. But seeing how you all most likely finished this lesson I want to see how well you can make them on your own. Individuality as well as presentation will be a plus to your grade. Oh and please make sure your cake taste like a cake! That will come before all else." She finished with a cheerful smile and without further delay said, "Begin".
Naruto had fire in his eyes, 'Yes a chance to finally have some fun!'
As he started to pull things together from scratch he was grabbed by the shirt collar and a shrill voice rang in his ear, "What the hell are you doing! You never even covered this lesson and you're doing everything in the wrong order!"
Sakura looked pissed but Naruto tried to ignore her as he placed an egg in his right hand to crack on the side of the basin.
"You're going to get the shell in the batter like that!" Sakura shrieked once again, causing Naruto to flinch and breaking the egg in his hand in the process. The batter was ruined as he looked at the shell sitting inside there.
"Here, move aside before you screw anything else up!" Naruto was harshly pushed aside as Sakura took over the cake. He looked up from his egg covered had to look around the room. The entire class was sniggering or laughing out loud at the scene. Things like, "Can't the nerd do anything right?" or "What a screw up, he can't even make cake batter!" flew across the room.
Sasuke grimaced at the sound of her voice.
"Oi dobe" Sasuke called.
Naruto turned to Sasuke with hopeful pleading eyes. 'Maybe he'll save me from this she monster a.k.a Sakura'.
But Sasuke wasn't about to do any such thing.
"Don't bother trying, wouldn't want the class to burn down now would we? Besides if you want a good grade leave it to Sakura since you seem incapable of doing anything right, Usuratonkachi." Sasuke paused before he rested his head on his arms and closed his eyes.
The class was in shock, did Sasuke just speak a whole sentence!
Now Sasuke didn't say that to hurt the idiot. No, he merely said that to pacify the strawberry blonde. He didn't think that his ears could take anymore screeching. If all it took was getting the boy outta the way to shut her the hell up, then by all means do whatever need be.
Sakura positively beamed at the compliment. Sasuke hardly ever complimented her but when he did, it made her more confident than ever.
Sasuke had already finished with his batter, it was in the oven. The freshly whipped cream was sitting there right next to the fresh chopped strawberries, and jam filling. And his work station was already cleaned!
Naruto felt his ears burn with embarrassment. Sasuke's comment made him feel a hundred times worse. He was humiliated and it wasn't even his fault. But he doubted anyone would believe him anyway. He moved his hand to push his glasses back up to its proper place because when Sakura shoved him they slid down his nose. He didn't even notice that it was the same hand covered with egg before it was too late.
Tears burned his eyes but he stubbornly refused to let them fall. Sakura was clutching her stomach because she was laughing so hard, tears were rolling down her face. Almost everyone in class was laughing hysterically at Naruto. Here had to be the ugliest child they had ever seen, he couldn't make cake batter, and his face was covered in egg. What the hell was he even doing in this class?
'I screwed up again and it's only the first day! Maybe coming here was a bad idea...'
The laughing almost instantly died down as the clicking of heels echoed across the floor. Naruto froze as he saw his sensei make her way over to him. She had hardened green eyes and a stern look adorned her pretty face.
'She's probably coming over here to yell at me for disturbing her class on her first day here.' Naruto steeled himself for the yelling that would never come. He screwed his eyes shut and prayed that this would be over soon.
The chibi was startled when a gentle hand cupped his face and the dirty glasses were removed. A damp cloth carefully wiped away the egg as he looked into the smiling face of Aerith before she replaced the now clean glasses.
The class was shocked into silence. Even Sasuke looked puzzled at the strange exchange between the two.
In an instant her burning stare and harsh reprimands were let loose on the unsuspecting students. "That's enough out of all of you! What kind of elite students are you suppose to be? Is this the level of professionalism that this school brags about? You should be ashamed of yourselves, now get back to work!" The students now totally embarrassed scrambled to continue their work without setting of their teacher for a second time.
"Aerith-oneechan..."Naruto trailed off quietly for a moment forgetting the formalities.
"Naru-chan can you please make me your Coco Fever Chocolate mousse cake, onegai?" Aerith pleaded softly so nobody else could hear them, as she beamed at him.
Naruto blinked once, twice, and then a third time trying to process what the heck was going on. He slowly nodded as he was pulled to the teacher's workstation.
Everything was already laid out for him. He gave his teacher a puzzling look with one eyebrow raised and she giggled nervously. Then she sheepishly answered the silent question. "I was going to try to make it but I can never seem to make it the way you do."
She noticed the rest of the students were giving them odd looks. "Mina-san, do you really have time to watch us work? I mean, I heard that you guys were good but to finish a cake in 15 minutes is quite the feat!" Aerith sarcastically quipped.
Once again everyone was back to work.
(45 min later)
Ten different cakes were on display before the teacher. She walked around grading everyone on appearance first.
"Well guys your cakes all pass in the presentation department. Now the question is does it taste as good as it looks?"
She had every student hand out a small piece of their cake to the rest of the class as well as herself.
"Now everybody's cake is labeled with a different letter so you won't know which cake belongs to whom. The cakes will receive a mark out of ten. The marks you give each cake will be given to me and then I will add up the marks for each cake. Then the three cakes with the highest marking's team will be excused from homework for the rest of the week." She finished.
When everyone was finished grading the cakes the winners were not surprising at all, well all except for one.
The Strawberry Shortcake and the Coco Fever Chocolate Mousse cake were in a standoff. Every single student as well as the teacher gave the cakes a ten. The other two cakes that tied off were the Pineapple Vanilla cake, and the French Vanilla Buttercream cake.
Aerith decided to find out who the winners were. "Well then class time to unveil the chef's of these magnificent cakes. The Pineapple Vanilla cake belonged to Sakura. The French Vanilla Buttercream cake belonged to Hinata and Neji's team. And the Strawberry Shortcake belonged to Sasuke and Himiko's team."
Everyone was puzzled. Aerith said that there were three winners, and they were most defiantly sure that the Chocolate Mousse cake would win.
"Ano sa, Aerith sensei? Didn't the Chocolate Mousse cake win?" a student called out.
"Yes, it did." She answered with a smug smile on her face.
"Then how come the winner didn't get called?" another student questioned.
"That's because I said that only three teams would get the break, besides, his cake along with Sasuke's cake scored perfect scores. And his team had already won."
This only confused the crap out of the students more. Every team had a partner except for Sakura so the winner had to be... "Naruto..." Sakura wasn't even aware that she had spoken out loud. She was too shocked out of her mind to even think straight. 'How the hell did he make something that could rival Sasuke's cooking?'
Sasuke was sure as hell surprised. 'How did an idiot like that come up with a recipe like that?'
The blessed bell rang out and the student's rushed out of the class. They were allowed to take the remaining cake with them so Naruto had to rush in order to finish wrapping his master piece without ruining it.
Ginji's nerves were just about shattered. First period was hell and so was second. He had both periods with Midou Ban! The first period English teacher Umino Iruka; and second period history teacher Yuuhi Kurenai both sat him next to the nerve racking boy. Iruka was a transfer teacher from Mystic Embers so the class went a little rougher than expected... okay so maybe a little rougher was an understatement he couldn't get control of his class for almost half an hour!
Iruka was one of Ginji's adoptive parents. He felt really bad for him but he blamed it on his age. 'Its cause Iruka's looks so young'.
He took all his credits at once and graduated college two years ahead of time. Not only was Iruka young but he was fairly good looking as well (4). He wore his chocolate brown hair in a ponytail and had bangs that framed his deep amber eyes on either side of his face. Most students didn't even believe he was a teacher. He had the appearance of an 18 or 19 year old so he spent more time rejecting playful offers for dates from smartass kids than teaching his class. Poor poor teacher, there was absolutely no respect for the young.
Ginji could almost swear that Ban nearly did succeed in boring holes in his head at one point. He tried to make conversation with him but he was too nervous to get even a word out. That and whenever he looked at the heartthrob he felt as if all the blood went rushing to his face. Ginji however, was determined to apologize properly for running into him earlier. He just couldn't figure out how and when though.
The music room was just around the corner now. The thought alone that he had this class with his otouto made him walk faster. The Manor was gigantanormous! Or at least Ginji thought so. He got lost so many times he was ready to cry in frustration.
'I wonder how everything went for him so far?' Worry?...Who him?... Of course not!...probably.
The brunet groaned as he realized that he once again made a wrong turn.
A slender hand tapped him on the shoulder just as he was about to shred the map into tiny little unrecognizable pieces.
"Would you like some help?" a gentle but warm voice asked.
Ginji turned around to meet the owner of the voice only to shy away at the sight before him a bit. Apparently Ban and Sasuke's group weren't the only gorgeous people around school. And that made him terribly self conscious and uneasy.
Ginji could deal with crowds as well as he could deal with individual people. But something about the way he looked didn't feel right to him anymore. It wasn't natural and he knew it. He didn't remember when he was younger... They were supposedly raised in an orphanage but a terrible accident about a year ago left them suffering from amnesia. He was always told that he and his otouto didn't fit in with the rest of the kids. Perhaps it was because they didn't fit in with the other kids that they let their appearances go.
They changed anything and everything, all physical aspects. They let their hair grow out and wore baggy clothes to hide behind. It helped immensely that they both had poor vision and needed outdated and oversized glasses to see at all. But now, somehow the change made him feel small, insignificant, and downright ugly. At first he liked being invisible, but then it just became lonely.
Briefly Ginji entertained the idea of what they might have looked like prior to the reformation. However in the end there was nothing the boys could do about it now. Their look had become part of who they were, and too much change all at once was a bitter scary pill to swallow.
"Ano I would really appreciate it...uuuhh" Ginji trailed off not knowing the boy's name."
"Neji, my name is Hyuuga Neji." The speaker had long silky raven hair and startling pale milky lavender eyes.
"And this..." Neji held up his hand which was currently interlaced with another.
"…is my Sodalis … err boyfriend-"
"Sabaku no Gaara," finished an icy yet deep smooth voice.
Ginji noted with surprise that this boy was as different as they came. He was very handsome though; he had blood red hair and pale mint green eyes that were heavily outlined. The Kanji for love stood out boldly on his forehead almost daring onlookers to stare. Oddly enough the two seem to complement each other well, one was a classic beauty and the other was oddly handsome. Upon closer scrutiny Ginji noted two odd orbs of light set in what had to be crystalized claws. The orbs were fascinating. In Gaara's and Neji's sphere a hazy lavender light and shimmery sepia dust swirled around aimlessly, the only difference being that Gaara's contained more shimmery sepia dust and Neji more hazy lavender.
Slowly taking in Gaara's looks again you could practically see the lights going off in the brunets head as made an odd connection.
"Are you related to a girl named Kairi?" He unthinkingly asked.
"Hai, she's my baby sister, what of it?" Gaara glared.
Ginji panicked, he didn't want to make anyone mad.
"Nothing I-I was just cu-curious was all!" came the stuttered defense. He seemed to shrink to a fourth his size in his panic.
Neji chuckled at the strange boy's antics. He was an interesting character all right. Was it even possible to turn into an actual chibi? Neji didn't dwell on that thought too long though.
"Ne, I didn't quite catch your name…" Humor lit the lavender orbs as he waited for a response.
"Amano Ginji" Ginji spoke with child like innocents and uncertainty as if he were going to be scolded for saying the wrong thing.
"Where were you headed to Ginji-san?" Neji quirked his brow in question as a sharp knowing glint entered his eyes. One that went completely unnoticed by the brunet, but not the red head unfortunately.
"The music room."
"Ah... sou ka, well we were on our way there to if you wish to accompany us."
Ginji was relieved.
"Hai Arigatou!" He was back to his normal height trailing after them within the blink of an eye.
Ginji departed from the two boys and walked toward the front of the room to await the teacher. Naruto almost ran into his brother because he thought he was late again.
"Gin-niichan! I forgot I had this class with you. I'm so happy to see you, you have no idea!" Naruto rested his head on his brother's shoulder breathing heavy.
"I take it you had a rough morning too."
"I have both classes with people that can't even look at me, and one with a guy that hates my guts, you do the math," Naruto snorted.
"Hates you? Who on earth could possibly hate you?" Ginji asked naively.
"Apparently a lot, some more than others though. Do you remember the guys we ran in to last night? Well the one I ran into... Uchiha Sasuke? ...He absolutely positively hates me!" Let it never be said that Uzumaki couldn't whine with the best of them.
He had no evidence to back that up, but of course him being Naruto, could only heed what the warning bells were trying to say. And yes the little voices inside his head did tell him that the boy was trouble.
All of a sudden a wicked grin spread across Ginji's face. "You like him!" he teased lightly.
Whispering harshly, Naruto promptly turned into a strawberry once again. "I do not!"
"Aaawww, kawaii!" Cue wicked grin.
Naruto scowled and was about to make a comeback but something caught his eye.
"Cloud-otousan! What in the seven hells are you doing here?" The raven all but screamed slamming into him simultaneously only to give him a hug tighter than the one he gave Aerith.
Now he was really confused. He had absolutely no idea his favorite teachers as well as guardians from his old school, would be popping up all over this school.
"That reminds me I had Iruka-tousan as my English teacher earlier."
"And I had Aerith-oneechan for my home-eckes teacher too."
Naruto and Ginji looked positively lost...which made Cloud chuckle. There were a few teachers who had transferred from Mystic Embers along with them, some on invitations and others on request.
Cloud tilted his head to the side to study the two boys in front of him. He and Iruka had adopted these boys and they were with them for quite a while now. Unfortunately he hadn't seen them for a few months because he and Iruka had to leave on official business.
"You would think that after changing schools you would get a makeover you two," Cloud snickered quietly so only his two 'sons' in front of him would hear.
He knew damn well and straight why the two were like this. And as much as it pained him to see them grow up like this, he would wait until they came to terms with their own issues first. (5) He and Iruka loved them too much to watch them get hurt again.
The brothers for the hundredth time today blushed. "Oh just shut it, already would you?" Naruto hissed. He was starting to fear that his face would get stuck that color.
Cloud turned to the rest of the class and quickly studied them. "Naru you will sit next to...hhmm lets see...ah I got it, Uchiha Sasuke and Gin go sit in the empty seat in between Sasuke and Ban.
The youngest of the pair looked as if he suddenly developed a nervous twitch in his eye and was about to commit bloody murder while the eldest looked like he was about to burst into tears.
"Can we please have another seat?" Naruto's teeth clenching wasn't very good therapy but it helped….
"Sorry but those are the only two available. You guys did transfer half way into the semester so the class was already full." Cloud scratched the back of his head apologetically. Apparently that little gesture was something that had rubbed off from Cloud.
…or not.
As the boys headed to their seats they refused to make eye contact with anyone. They missed however the hungry looks that were directed towards their father figure.
Cloud swallowed harshly, 'Crap not again...'
He steeled himself against the horrifying attempts the girls and some boys made to flirt with him, and continued his announcements.
"As you may all know, the Battle of the bands competition is coming up in the school and we have to prepare you for it. I know that all of you are not participating in it so whoever isn't involved with it will be used as the technical support. The competition is only a few weeks away so we will spend the time we have in the class putting together the performances. Any questions?" Skimming the room for any raised hands he saw a very distraught looking duo.
"That's not fair we don't have enough time to prepare!" Naruto was livid. This had to be the worst day in the entire history of forever.
Just before Cloud was about to respond Shido and Ban beat him to it.
"And just what the hell are you two planning to play for us?"
Naruto and Ginji could only look forward their face's full of shock. They couldn't even respond as they noticed all the jeering eyes pinning them to their seats.
Ten...
"A flute?..."
Nine...
"A piano?"
Eight...
"Or maybe perhaps, a violin?" Ban spoke amused,the rest of the class readily agreeing with him.
Seven...
"This is a show for people who can use instruments like drums…"
Six...
"…guitars…"
Five...
"…synchronizers…"
Four...
"…and can sing."
Three...
"Not that crap you call music in your damn stuck up snob school."
Two...
"Classical music and opera don't cut it." Shido's voice echoed softly around the room. Sakura, Ino, and Shido looked at them in the most condescending manner possible.
One...
CRASH!
Naruto stood up so fast his chair fell backwards. They couldn't see his eyes because he was looking to the floor and his overgrown raven locks shielded his face. He body was trembling with rage. 'I've had it! Screw the damn promise, I don't care anymore! These assholes deserve what's coming to them!'
"That is it! What the fuck is your problem? We didn't do anything to you so why the hell are you after us for?" Naruto had been very patient up until then. But being defenseless was never an easy task.
And his pride was hurt.
Unfortunately for Naruto, his anger was very amusing to the rest of the class so they all burst out laughing and not for the first time today. This only seemed to piss him off even more.
'Shit this isn't good. If he gets really mad then he might just kill somebody!' Ginji panicked. 'What to do? What to do? Damnit I need some way to calm him down before things get out of control!'
Too late...
"Isn't that cute? The dobes' all pissed off. What 'cha gonna do? Cry again?"
Sasuke didn't know why he was teasing the boy. It wasn't like him. He was a quiet reserved person, and normally just ignored the whole world with the exception of his twisted little family. But there was something about this boy, something that irked him so bad but he couldn't put his finger on it. That and it was pretty damn obvious that the guy had a crush on him. He only changed a hundred different shades of red whenever Sasuke looked at him.
'Hn another pathetic excuse of a fan member. Maybe I really should impale him on the flag pole.'
Naruto was in front of him in less than a second. He grabbed his shirt collar and jerked his whole body forward.
"Teme! Who the hell do you think you ar..."
Naruto never got to finish because he soon found himself sailing across the floor.
He curled into himself as full realization dawned on him...Sasuke had just socked him in the gut...Hard.
"Watch where you put your hands Uzumaki, especially if you like them attached to the rest of your body" Sasuke's face was once again impassive the only thing giving him away was the small irritation swimming in his eyes.
Naruto slowly stood up and the air around him seemed to spark to life. Only a handful of people in the room recognizing it for what it was. And before anyone had time to panic or act on instinct, two pairs of arms encircled Naruto. His face was buried in a warm firm chest as a soothing voice coaxed him to relax.
"Musuko (son) calm down, ssshhh it's okay, relax." Clouds words washed over him and it seemed to do the trick as Naruto's harsh breath's evened out.
"Ginji I want you to take him out so he can cool off a bit." Cloud spoke to his other son currently holding him as well.
With one last squeeze, the teacher gently ushered them out the door. He then turned to the class with steel in his eyes.
'I can't even do anything to those brats. It's not my place...'
"Midou... Uchiha I advise you to keep your subordinates under control. And learning to exercise some self-control yourselves wouldn't hurt either. One would wonder how you intent to control others when you fail to control yourselves." (6) Turning his back, he walked towards the front of the room once again.
"Now then class I suggest that you get your bands together and start putting together the songs that you're performing."
With that said he let his thoughts drift away to Naruto. 'I wonder if he's okay...'
(one hour later...)
"Aniki do you believe them! That god damn, egotistical, no good, sneaky, idiotic, conniving, evil, shallow minded, sick, dumbass, twisted, depraved, loser, wanna be, queer- who's a spoiled, pantsy, retarded, rotten, narcissistic, jerk off, know it all, freakish, moron, stuck up, bitchy, asshole, brain dead, turd, prick, drag queen of a bastard with a stick shoved up his ass hit me! I swear to the fucking devil I'm gonna castrate his sorry ass! Then I'm gonna skin him alive and stake his corpse on the friggin fence!..."
"...Naru-chan breathe" Chibi Ginji was running back and forth once again trying to calm his otouto down. How could he say that all in one breath? The world may never know.
Naruto was pacing in the court yard... Naruto's been pacing in the court yard...he walked the same line more times than Ginji cared to count...the court yard by all means should have formed a ditch by now... miraculously it didn't.
'Oh well at least he's a bit more calm now.' Ginji sweatdropped.
The fuming brunet looked like he was about to go for another round when another voice interrupted them.
"My, my what an extensive vocabulary we have."
Naruto was greeted with said bastard with a stick shoved up his ass's smirking face. And the little ball of rage flared all over again.
"No, we don't have anything, I have an extensive vocabulary... you, you sorry ass..."
"Save your breath usuratonkachi, there are just two types of people in this world that you should never argue with, an idiot and a fanatic. And you dobe most defiantly fit into the aforementioned one, if not both categories.
As Sasuke walked away, brown eyes blinked in confusion. "What...just happened?..."
"I think he just called you an idiot, though I might be wrong." Ban said coming from behind. It was then that Ginji became aware that class had let out and it was their break period. The chibi caught himself staring and scolded himself once again. With a quick apology Ginji excused themselves from there. He grabbed Naruto's hand and started pushing his way through the ridiculous amount of fan girls fawning around Midou Ban.
"Matte Ginji, do you have a moment to speak?" Midou's sharp eyes peered over his glasses, looking Ginji square in the eye, or what was visible of it at least.
Ginji could only nod in fear of his voice coming out squeaky and high. "Naru-chan, do you mind?" Ginji said apologetically when he turned to his brother.
"Yes I do!" was the huffy reply he received.
"Otouto, all I need is just a few minutes to straighten things out." Giving his brother his hundred watt smile, a soft kiss to his forehead sealed the deal.
Naruto could only look at him with understanding eyes and offer him a nod and a quick hug.
It was their lunch break and most of the students chose to eat their lunch outside because the weather had warmed up considerably despite the season and darkened skies.
A certain pouting raven was making his way around the yard scanning it for his new found friends when a mocking voice made him stop in his tracks.
"Well if it isn't the little runt. It's impolite to run away from someone when you're about to get your ass kicked."
A hand suddenly gripped his neck and raised his body several feet in the air causing him to choke and sputter for breath.
Naruto barely had time to survey his surroundings but what he saw wasn't very welcoming. 'Dammit I have to do something!... But I promised Aniki no more fights...Get a hold of yourself man! You're about to die from freakin' lack of oxygen, I think this time counts as an exception!'
Ginji had survived! He actually spoke to Ban without embarrassing himself...well not too much anyway. Ginji was a very laidback, not to mention forgiving person. When Ban asked him over he was wary of the gang but he quickly forgave them as the conversation carried on.
Midou Ban was a very calculating person. You could tell by the way he moved and talked. Naturally one could mistake this for boredom but Ginji knew better. He was currently sitting at the table with Ban and his crew, and he was so nervous he almost felt nauseous. Never had he seen such...such... exotic people! And here they were all sitting in front or next to him.
'Maybe Naru-chan and I had them wrong after all,' he thought happily.
They asked him normal questions about his old school and a few things about the new school as well. When they got around to the topic of Zabuza Ginji suddenly had a dead weight feeling in his chest.
'Nani? Something doesn't feel right' His breathing increased rapidly.
"So Ginji-san what were you running from last night?" Riku asked genuinely interested. The guy wasn't half bad Riku thought. He was mildly entertaining and they were acquainting themselves with the prey.
"Ano sa, you see well apparently we angered one of the seniors and he..." Ginji's words trailed off as he stared horrified and shocked to the core (no pun intended) at something past Ino's shoulder. The group turned around to see what exactly made the boy stop mid-sentence. What they saw stunned most of them.
Ginji stared unable to get his body to move. 'MOVE GOD DAMNIT!' he thought frantically as he watched helplessly as his brother was slowly being choked to death.
"Fight back…" the voice was small, choked, and unintentional as it left the mostly paralyzed lips.
The unexpected sound of his rasp jumpstarted his fight or flight response. The moment he got movements in his limbs he was off running over to his otouto cursing his damn legs which betrayed him.
The Hebi gang remained seated unsure of what to do.
"He's never going to make it in time." Sakura panicked. Sure she had her differences with him but she didn't want him dead! Even if it was someone she strongly disliked she didn't wish death upon him.
Riku vaulted his body straight over the table and took off towards the flailing mass. He missed the surprised looks on their faces but they wasted no time in taking off after him anyways.
'Fucking idiot, didn't we warn them that these two were off limits? We can't let them die until we figure out what the hell is up with them!'
Riku pushed himself forward ready to go for an all out sprint. He was track star so the distance wasn't really far at all if he applied himself.
All of a sudden Zabuza was on the ground, a brown and white blur knocking him straight off his feet. The silverret stopped dead in his tracks 'What the hell was that?'
As quick as he went down he was back up again. Zabuza was seething with rage and it didn't help at all that his pride took a blow.
When he looked about he almost missed the cinnamon brown hair right below him. There standing in front of him was the most innocent looking child he had ever seen. Surely this wasn't the brat who had slipped past his defenses...but then again...
There was fire burning in the sapphire gems.
"And who the hell are you suppose to be?" he ground out.
The boy simply smiled and replied cheerfully, "Tsukimi Sora" while ending with a small two finger salute.
And before Zabuza could blink he was being hammered once again. He didn't even have time to attack, he was too busy blocking. The kid hardly looked like he put any effort into it and he was so damn fast not to mention flexible. Before Zabuza realized it, the boy named Sora slipped into his defenses once again, and landed a swift smooth uppercut to his jaw.
He landed with a resounding thud on the floor and was unable to move. The rest of his gang was amazed at how fast this cherubic looking child took out one of the best fighters in the school, but that served to anger the gang even more. They were going to beat that child bloody for the humiliation he put them through! The eight remaining fighters charged Sora all at once. Lazily Sora turned his head to them as a soft chime rung through the air. Everyone seemed to have been frozen in their place.
"Oi sorry I'm late. I didn't expect it to take so long to find my locker." A soft downy almost effeminate like voice called out.
"No worries Kazuki-niichan I could have taken them so no worries." Sora turned to the dazed looking boy rising from the floor and quietly walked over to him. His face broke out into the hugest smile and he flung himself forward to tackle the unsuspecting boy right back to the ground.
"Naru-niichan I missed you sssoooo much!" Sora said in a sing song voice. Kazuki waited until Sora released his victim before enveloping him in a hug of his own.
"How've you been Naru-niichan?" Kazuki whispered.
"Oh just fine! I was only relearning how long I could hold my breath for." Sarcasm was ones best friend in a situation like this. The raven attempted fixing his now crooked glasses.
"I thought you guys were supposed to be...supposed to be...gone." Naruto looked up at the two as though they would disappear any second.
Naruto, Ginji, Sora, and Kazuki had been together since the beginning of forever. Okay well that was a lie...Ginji and Naruto had no recollection of their past up until a year ago, but from the time they could remember it had always been the six of them. Cloud and Iruka had adopted Sora before Kazuki joined the picture... and well, stayed there.
But about a month ago word had come to them that Kazuki's family was located and he was to move back home. Sora went with Kazuki to make sure he would be safe and he wouldn't be too lonely. That was the last they saw of the two. Even though they spoke to each other every day, it was sad, depressing, and lonely with their two brothers missing. But here they were...
Ginji saw it but he didn't believe it. He couldn't believe it. It was impossible, they were gone... they were supposed to be gone.
He blinked, and blinked again, and then he dashed straight to his long lost siblings. When he got there he dropped to his knees and immediately began to inspect Naruto. "I'm so sorry I shouldn't have left you alone. This is all my fault!"
When Naruto made him stop fussing he turned to see the amused faces of his other younger 'brothers'. He threw his arms around both of them practically yelling "I missed you sssoooo much!" unknowingly mimicking Sora. Those two had always been alike, too alike sometimes it seemed.
Sora's laughter filled the quiet as they all sat around in a small circle completely ignoring all the attention they were receiving.
"Ano, Kazu-niichan? What are we going to do with them? Sora pointed to the frozen boys.
"Oops I almost forgot!" It was then that the students finally noticed all the strings wrapped around them. How in blue blazes did those get there?
The Fuchoin String style was a sacred art that very few people ever mastered. Kazuki just happened to be one of the only ones to fully master the technique.
Kazuki stared at them with cold indifferent eyes and spoke in a curt and clipped tone. "You will leave now and take this monstrosity with you..." looking over to where Zabuza lay as he spoke. "…and if you so much as lay a finger on my brothers I will not hesitate in making you regret it for the rest of your lives." With that he swiftly twitched the bells held between his fingers and the string was released. The teens quickly scrambled towards Zabuza and dragged him away fearing for their lives.
As he made his way back to the others he noticed a strange thrill flow through his body. Not to mention the feeling of several eyes upon him. But he refused to look. Why should he bother anyways? He had more important things to do.
"Gomenasai I didn't mean to make you wait like that."
"What are you guys doing here I thought that you were happy with your new family..." Naruto said, his voice tinted in sadness.
"I know! When are you guys going back, so that way we can make the most of our time together!" Ginji tried to be the optimistic one as always.
"Ne, Aniki what do you mean make the most of our time?" Sora asked generally confused.
"Well I want to be able to spend as much time together as possible before you go back to your real family... ooowww!" Ginji wailed clutching his head. Kazuki had whacked him a good one.
"Baka you are our 'real' family, that's why we came back." Kazuki's face instantly lit up in a bright smile with the thought of things going back to normal once again.
"We're here to stay, and you can't get rid of us!" Sora shook his head for extra emphasis on his words.
"Our lunch is getting cold so we better start eating." Naruto beamed.
"Kuso, I forgot to pack our lunches!" Kazuki slapped his hand to his forehead making the movement look rather graceful.
"AGAIN!" Sora wailed on the verge of tears.
"You're trying to starve me, aren't you Kazu-niichan! Then you wonder why I'm so small!" Sora pointed an accusing finger at the offender.
"Demo Sora-chan I thought that you had a fast metabolism, plus you eat like a horse..." Ginji scratched his head, this time he really was confused.
"Mau I do not eat like a horse Aniki no baka!" Sora whined.
Naruto sighed shaking his head. "How did you survive a whole month without me? Here eat up." Naruto then pulled out a dish from nowhere and laid it out in front of everyone. The four of them shared their lunch while catching up on whatever they missed still completely ignoring all the people who had refused to fully leave them alone. Even the Hebi members stuck close out of sheer curiosity.
"Cake! Cake! Cake! I missed having Naru-niichan's food!" Sora cried as Naruto presented his master piece to everyone.
"You wouldn't believe what I had to go through to make this stupid thing!"
"What do you mean Naru-Niichan?"
"Well first of all you wouldn't guess who the cooking instructor is..."
"Sugoi! Did you see that! Sakura cried. "Kazuki-san is so beautiful...almost as much as my Sasuke-kun!"
"He's so kawaii! He has eyes like Ban-kun! And his hair makes him all the more adorable..." Riku let Ino's voice fade away as he thought about the boy from earlier.
'So they were the other two Neji was talking about... They're much more attractive than the others. Not to mention strong. I wonder how that boy, Kazuki, used thread like that though. Could it be possible that he's one of...no that's highly unlikely, it didn't feel like that...Something similar perhaps? And the other one, Sora...He's amazing as well not to mention cute. I wonder what else he can do.'
Riku's mind continued to plague him with thought's of the younger boys. The more he thought about it the more he wanted to know about them. Especially Sora, there was this type of innocence that radiated from him.
"You guys are awfully quiet." Ban looked at Riku and Shido with that quizzical look of his.
"Quite an interesting bunch of guys don't you think?" Shido had an inquisitive faraway look to him.
"What I wonder though is, what are guys like Kazuki and Sora doing hanging around the nerds? They obviously have more potential than Naruto and Ginji." Sakura questioned as Shido paused for a moment to think on it.
Sasuke was zoning out again. What else was new? Well, the fact that four strangers inhabited his thoughts was certainly new. One in particular, Uzumaki Naruto had his mind going in loops.
'Naruto' Sasuke scoffed. 'What a joke he can't even protect himself, he deserved whatever was coming to him.'
Then... why?
Why did it annoy him to no end to see Naruto hanging in the air like that? Why did it bother him so much that the boy almost had his death handed to him?
'It's because I didn't figure him out yet that's why...It's because he's hiding something, and I'm going to find out what!' That's what he told himself anyway. It didn't explain the wave of panic he felt for that split second though. It may have not shown on his face but it was certainly there, it was gone almost as fast as it came.
'I think I can figure this thing out sooner rather than later. All I have to do is get the boy to open up to me...But how, think dammit! Another stupid fanboy that I can't do a damn thing wit... fanboy...that's it! A little flirting never hurt anyone. Plus how hard can it be to get him to open up? He's already practically throwing himself at me.'
The Uchiha smirked, his eyes lit up with mischief. Oh the perverse little pleasure he would get out of this...
"...And so end's the tale of Naruto and Ginji." Naruto finished with a huff. It had taken a while but they managed to fit in the entire evenings' and mornings event in one semi short story.
"Oh I think their gang is called Shimagara No Hebi. I have no idea how large their gang is but they're all snobby from the ones I met."
Looking thoughtful for a moment he paused before adding, "I don't like them at all!"
Kazuki was quiet before asking, "So when do we get the pleasure of meeting them?"
"WHA..." Naruto was about to scream when he saw the sadistic little smile placed on Kazuki and Sora's perfect cupid bow lips.
"Oh! Hehe sorry you can see them on the way to class."
'Let me see if I got this right...Sakura, Ino, Shido, Riku, Sasuke, and Ban were all picking on Naru and Gin-niichan... Damn assholes messed with the wrong family.' Kazuki fumed internally without a single expression indicating so on the outside.
"Let's go before we're late for class" Ginji suggested.
"Hai!" was the chorus of everyone's reply.
It wasn't long before they spotted the group lounging around somebody's locker. It was the only real change made in the 'school' to accommodate the students. They stopped about 15 feet away so that way the two younger members could get a good look at the enemy.
Kazuki was fighting the urge not to blush but was losing horribly as well as Sora. They knew that Naruto said they were good looking but these guys were beyond hot...and they just oozed sex appeal.
Kazuki was the first to snap out of it when he saw the boy they described as Shido smirk at him. He instantly glared right back at him but it was hard to keep an expressionless face when somebody like Shido was eying you down. So he instead chose to keep on walking.
Sora on the other hand thought that he was going to melt into a puddle of Sora-goo when the gorgeous enigma known as 'Riku' locked eyes with him. His body language screamed confidence and Sora knew this guy was way out of his league. Then he remembered that this guy was part of the 'bad guy problem' and did the only thing a boy like Sora could do. He stuck his tongue out and ran right afterward. He then proceeded to jump on Naruto's back and bury his face in the crook of his neck willing the blush away. Naruto lost balance for a moment but quickly regained it and placed his hands under Sora's knees in order to support the youngest one. They made quite a sight, Sora was a bit taller than his older brother, and who knew Naruto had any strength at all?
All of a sudden Sora felt very cold. Like all the warmth was drained from his body only to be replaced by an icy chill that flowed through his veins.
His head shot up looking for the source of his discomfort. But upon finding nothing there he burrowed deeper into Naruto's back seeking his warmth.
'How strange...'the absentminded thought was forgotten not long after.
Ino and Sakura squealed at how absolutely adorable and sexy Sora and Kazuki were but it immediately stopped as they saw their cutie get a piggy back ride from the thing. (Which was a bit funny all things considering. Sora was a few inches taller than Naruto from what they could see.) They scowled darkly at Naruto as though he were the perpetrator.
Riku's eyes were still wide open at the simple childish act Sora pulled and felt a small smile grace his lips.
If only the boys knew what they were getting themselves into...
...maybe they wouldn't be smiling so much anymore.
Side Notes
1) Neji is the person in charge of getting information.
2) Not too sure on the spelling but it's cooking class.
3) I got the idea for their necklaces from FFXIII Serah and Snow's engagement necklace.
4) Imagine Iruka in his teen year's people. I don't remember the episode but when he was young and the Sandaime Hokage took care of him he looked cute to me. Maybe not as hot as the younger generation but decent nonetheless. Besides we've all got imaginations, picture him with bigger eyes and longer bangs!
5) I changed the plot a bit. Iruka and cloud have nothing to do with their appearances.
6) Cloud knows about all the gangs.
I didn't know where to stick this but Sodalis was the best Latin translation I was getting for soul mate. It's more accurate to say it means 'companion' but a soul mate is a companion so it's redundant. Plus I know Latin isn't the oldest language. It's just more convient then creating my own or finding dead languages.
Author's notes: A couple things changed in this chapter, jewelry which signified status for one thing. And if you guys can't picture their jewelry then just go to google images and type in 'Snake Jewelry'. Same goes for their clothes.
Umm I took out Shino because there are way too many characters in this fic as of right now. If anyone request him I'll throw him in later promise.
Also I fixed the inconsistencies with their disguises. I hope I got it all. The biggest change of all is that I took out the part about Cloud and Iruka changing their appearances. It should jive better with the rest of the story. If you don't know what I'm talking about don't worry about it.