Moving Day

Sup all?! I am SO sorry that this wasn’t out yesterday. I couldn’t find the inspiration to write as family issues were consuming my mind. My mother is currently jobless. And the guy who’s living with us just lost his job as well; sooo yeah. Money issues suck. Anywho, here’s the fourth installment of ‘Moving Day’!! w00t! And I’m pleased to say that there will be some NaruSasu action in here! But you gotta read through all the other stuff first! Haha! –cough— any way, there is a lot of information and getting to know characters in this chapter; I know it moves a bit slow; but I really really think it’ll be worth it in the end! And also, I know I made it look like it, but there will be NO ShikaSasu in this; Shika just realizes that Sasuke may need a little bit of help. Someone asked for a bit GaaSasu; and I may put some in here; but it won’t be much. Also, I was thinking, and I believe Sasuke is a bit OoC in this chapter. Sorry for that.

** The DMV is the Department of Motor Vehicles; its got a few acronyms so I thought I’d clarify.

The only new Japanese word in here is: Gomen = Sorry (informal).

Disclaimer: Don’t own it, wish I did, but don’t.
Warnings: Language, mild boyxboy action
Rating: OT for language.

Response to Reviews:

Charmpit: Neji is a determined man, if anything else; fighting for what he wants is in his blood. He’s not going to win; but he’s certainly going to try!

Mikra: Yeaaah, he didn’t punch him; but ignoring works just as well against pride as big as Neji’s. I might have him try something and have someone else punch Neji; but for now, his face is safe.

Cheshire666: yessss! I LOVE sasUKE! And an overprotective Naruto! Hottt! I didn’t show Itachi blowing up; well, not exactly; but he shall most definitely! Neji IS high school drama; haha. And as requested, we have the introduction of Gaara; and he takes a liking to Sasuke, but I’m not sure if I’ll follow through with it in entirety. The attraction IS there though. Just for you! And your feelings on Kakashi may, or may not be true. Molest is such a strong word… maybe just ‘cop a feel’ or something. ^--^ oh, and Itachi’s little announcement about killing his parents will go into detail; the fanfic will revolve around Naruto and Sasuke figuring out that his parents car accident wasn’t an accident.

To everyone else who reviewed, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I really do appreciate it!!


“…” Talking

=…= Kyuubi Talk

((…)) Shukaku talk (new)

--…-- Naruto to Kyuubi Talk

//…// Thoughts


Moving Day

Chapter 4: Friends?

Sasuke made his way to his first class; Pre-Calculus and walked in. He was pleasantly surprised to see Iruka as the teacher; unfortunately the staring hadn’t lessoned any, if anything it got worse as whispering started up. “Good morning Iruka-san” Sasuke called quietly. Iruka beamed and turned to Sasuke,

“Sasuke-kun! Ohayo!” he waved Sasuke over, “How are you settling so far? Did Naruto show you around properly?” He whispered to the raven. Sasuke allowed a small smile to grace his features,

“I’m alright; the stares are a bit unnerving; but all is well. Naruto did show me around, this school is smaller than my last one, so I should be okay.” Sasuke replayed the morning’s events and the kiss surfaced in his mind; he flushed a light pink and fought the image down. //damn people in this town// he cursed. Iruka raised an eyebrow at Sasuke’s blush, but didn’t comment on it,

“I don’t have assigned seats so you can sit where ever you’d like.” Sasuke looked in Iruka’s direction and nodded, a small true smile still in place on his lips,

“Thank you Iruka-san.” Sasuke turned away from Iruka to search for a seat. Many girls were waving his way and or pushing out the seat next to theirs occupants. He scanned through the crowd before settling on three people; a boy who looked to be asleep, a girl with short blue hair, and a boy with wild brown hair and two tattoos of upside-down triangles on his face. The boy with the tattoos waved him over casually. Sasuke contemplated before heading over and sitting next to the blue haired girl,

“‘Sup?!” He the brunet with tattoo’s questioned, “You’re Sasuke, right?” Sasuke made a face and the boy continued hurriedly, “Oh! Naruto told me! He said that we should watch out for you. The names Kiba. Inuzaka, Kiba! That’s Shikamaru. And this is my girlfriend, Hinata Hyuuga. We’re Naruto’s friends.” Sasuke looked from the sleeping boy, to Kiba’s girlfriend,

“Did you say Hyuuga?” He choked out softly, Hinata nodded silently, “Are you by chance related to Neji Hyuuga?” Hinata’s head snapped up, her brilliant white eyes wide,

“Y-yes.” She stuttered out quietly, “He is m-my cousin.” Her voice was quiet and soft; Sasuke decided he liked this girl. He smiled at her and she smiled back, Kiba looked from Sasuke to his girlfriend before leaning over to poke Shikamaru,

“Yo, Nara, wake up and meet the Uchiha kid Naruto told us about!” The sleeping boy glared half-heartedly in Kiba’s direction before looking at Sasuke. He scanned Sasuke’s face before nodding and muttering out a muffled,

“Hey.” And then laid his head back on the desk. Sasuke smiled again, he liked this boy too. //Maybe living here won’t be so bad.// he mused. Before he could question the trio again, the bell rang and Iruka started class. As it turned out, Shikamaru had almost every class with Sasuke except P.E. The lazy boy was a genius; who knew? The next three classes went by quickly, and Sasuke kept relatively out of trouble. A few brave girls and a few shrewd boys approached him, but after his blatant refusal to acknowledge any of them, let alone speak to them, they gave up. Sasuke had, during his and Shika’s English literature class, gotten a bit of information out of the boy. He was dating a girl named Ino, whom Sasuke was expected to meet at lunch, and that the boy’s favorite pastime was cloud-watching and smoking hookah. The bell for lunch finally rang and Sasuke and Shika head out towards the eating grounds. Sasuke hadn’t brought lunch; and didn’t bring any money to buy some, so he was just going to go hang out with Naruto. He hated to admit it, but he kinda couldn’t wait to see the boy.

By the time Naruto showed up at their table, Shikamaru was already dead to the world and Sasuke was back to reading his book. Naruto looked from the two and plopped down next to Sasuke, “Hey!” he announced happily, “How was your first day of classes so far?” Sasuke sighed and put his book into his bag. He opened his mouth to answer when a squeal was heard behind him. He turned to see the pink haired girl from this morning and a blonde haired girl standing right behind him,

“Oh my god!” the blonde yelled out, “You are SO right, Sakura! He’s adorable!” She giggled quietly as Sasuke scowled //adorable? I’m not adorable. Fucking girls.// He turned back to face the table as the blonde girl plopped down next to him and held her hand out, “Hey! I’m Ino Yamanaka! Shika’s girlfriend! Nice to meet you Sasuke-kun!” Sasuke blinked at the girl and took her hand as he glanced over a Shika, who had woken up and was surveying the scene carefully. //SHE’S Shika’s girlfriend? How did that work?// He shrugged,

“Nice to meet you Ino-chan.” He muttered in a bored voice. Ino was about to speak again when the pink haired girl pushed her way in between them,

“I’m Sakura! Haruno, Sakura!” she cried out also thrusting her hand in Sasuke’s face. Sasuke scoffed before turning his back on the girl to look at Naruto,

“I met two of your other friends in Pre Calculus this morning, Kiba and Hinata, I believe. They seem nice. Can I ask though, why you told Kiba to ‘watch out for me’?” Naruto blinked then gave off a cheeky grin,

“Oh! I just didn’t want another rehash of this morning’s Neji incident!” Sasuke’s eyes widened a fraction, he’d totally forgotten about that! His face went red and he looked to the table before muttering out,

“I wouldn’t have let it happen again. I don’t need you or your friends to protect me.” Naruto made a disbelieving face before shrugging. Sasuke shook his head and took his book back out. Shika, who had been the only one to hear the conversation as his girlfriend and Sakura had taken to bickering, tried to decipher the information quickly. Sasuke ‘had’ looked distressed this morning at the mention of Hinata’s last name. He sifted through the possibilities until he came to one he thought would fit,

“Troublesome.” He muttered before sighing and laying his head back down on the bench table. //Neji had always moved too quickly. This time though it looks like he’s going to get in trouble for it.// He sighed again and shook his head. He disliked getting mixed into other’s affairs but, he had an unusual need to protect the Uchiha boy. He just looked cracked, and any more might break him. Naruto glared over at Shika, realizing the boy had pieced together what he’d been talking about with Sasuke,

“Damn, lazy smart people.” He grunted angrily. Sasuke glanced up from his book with a confused look; he was going to ask why Naruto seemed upset when a green and black figure sped past screeching in a high-pitched squeal,

“Saaakura—chaan!” it called, “My LOVE! I’ve been searching ALL over for you!” Sakura frowned and looked up at the creature clad in all green spandex,

“Lee, we sit here at lunch, everyday.” She smiled before pecking him on the cheek, “This is the new exchange student. Sasuke Uchiha.” Sasuke was about to turn around when a pair of arms were thrown over his shoulder pulling him out of his seat into a backwards hug,

“Sasuke-kun!” Lee cried, “It is great to meet you in this time of our youth! I am Lee!” The boy’s voice boomed loudly in Sasuke’s ear and he struggled from the iron-grip Lee had around his body. Finally, he gave up and went limp, responding through clenched teeth with a,

“Nice to meet you Lee-san. Now, if you would kindly put me back down.” Lee gave a squeak of acknowledgement and unceremoniously dropped Sasuke, disheveled, back into his seat. To his right, Naruto laughed good-naturedly and Sasuke smiled; he liked the sound of Naruto’s laughter, it suited him. Lunch went on; people came and went no one of real importance to him. Kiba and Hinata stopped by; conversed for a bit before continuing on their way. In no time, lunch was over and he and Shika were headed to AP world history. On their way there, Shika kept stealing worried glances in Sasuke’s direction; Sasuke finally raised an eyebrow at him, “What is it, Shika?” Shikamaru shook his head,

“Troublesome.” Was his only reply. Sasuke was pulled out of his thoughts as they walked into their classroom. There at the head of the class, was Neji Hyuuga with an older looking man, obviously the teacher. Sasuke stopped in the doorway and looked over at Shikamaru,

“Do we have assigned seats?” he asked casually, watching Neji out of the corner of his eyes. Shika smiled lazily and shook his head. Sasuke let out a breath of relief as he and Shika walked towards the back of the classroom. As far from Neji as Sasuke could get. Neji growled, he didn’t like getting the cold shoulder. He turned and muttered an excuse to the teacher before stalking towards the area Sasuke and that lazy-ass Nara boy were sitting.

“Sasuke-kun.” He greeted calmly, “Good afternoon.” Sasuke tensed from his seat and stiffly looked up at Neji. Neji’s breath hitched, //I forgot how cute he was. // he smirked, “Are your classes going well?” He leaned down on Sasuke’s desk, getting as close to the boy as possible. Sasuke leaned back in his chair huffing. He was intent on not answering, he didn’t like this boy; Neji acted as though he could get whatever he wanted. He probably did, but he wouldn’t get him, Sasuke didn’t come easily. Shikamaru glared from Neji to Sasuke before deciding to speak up,

“How is your boyfriend doing, Hyuuga?” Neji flinched visibly before settling his glare on Shika,

“Gaara is fine, thank you.” Sasuke glanced up at that. //Neji has a boyfriend? Then why is he hitting on me?// He rolled his eyes and smirked in Shika’s direction. Shika sighed as Neji glanced back at Sasuke, “Don’t think this changes anything, Uchiha. I get what I want, regardless of the obstacles.” With that, Neji leaned back and stalked back to the front of the class. Sasuke frowned and allowed his head to slam down on the desk. Shika glanced over with worry, //Does Sasuke not know how cute he is? I’m straight and I think he’s cute. // Shika growled lightly and mumbled out,

“Gaara is Naruto’s ex.” Sasuke’s head shot up,

“What--?!” The teacher cut him off,

“Everyone, quiet down! Class is starting!” Sasuke paid no attention to class, he was still working through the information that Naruto was gay, and that Neji was dating his ex. //Did Neji steal this Gaara person from Naruto? Is that why he was going after him? He thought he was Naruto’s?// he blushed at the thought, // No, the first time Neji saw me, Naruto wasn’t around…// he sighed and shook his head, he hated high school drama. Class ended quickly and Sasuke and Shika went their separate ways. As Sasuke walked into the gym locker room, he crashed into the hard chest of a red head. He looked up, startled, at the boy who was around the same height as him and had the tattoo of the kanji for ‘love’ above his left eye.

“Gomen...” he murmured, the red head frowned at him before nodding silently and walking out to the gym. Sasuke sighed and shook his head; was every guy at this school a god?! He couldn’t hold his own against the lot of them. Sasuke stood in the locker room for a few seconds before he realized he didn’t have his gym clothes. As he turned to leave his back was pulled roughly into a strong chest. He looked up to see bright blue eyes looking down at him, //Naruto…// Naruto smirked,

“I see you met Gaara.” Sasuke made a face, //I met Gaara….?// Naruto laughed at Sasuke and elated, “the red head you ran into.” Sasuke’s eyes got comically big,

“THAT was Gaara?! I ran into your ex-boyfriend?!” Naruto frowned, released Sasuke, and turned him around to face him. Keeping his hands on Sasuke’s shoulders he lowered his face to be eye-level with him,

“How’d you know I dated Gaara?” Naruto’s voice was dark and his eyes had that red tint from this morning in them. Sasuke stuttered out,

“S-Shika mentioned it last class… I think he was just trying to get Neji off my back. I didn’t think it would upset you.” He whispered the last part out. //Was Naruto still in love with the red-head?// Naruto’s eyes softened quickly at the sad look in Sasuke’s own eyes,

“NO!” he cried out, more forcefully then he intended, startling Sasuke out of his stupor, “No,” he started more softly, “I’m not upset. I’m sorry. My relationship with Gaara is still a touchy subject. Especially since he’s now dating Neji. It’s just complicated. I’m sorry.” He said again. Sasuke frowned but nodded. Naruto’s face lightened up a bit, “So, where were you going? You haven’t changed yet.” Sasuke looked up at him, then down at his outfit and back to Naruto again,

“I forgot to bring clothes for class; I was going to go tell the teacher.” He glanced down at Naruto’s hands, still in place on his shoulders. Naruto looked at them before quickly releasing them with an embarrassed grin,

“Sorry. Well, Gai-sensei should be in the gym right now. You can’t miss him; he’s dressed just like Lee.” Sasuke made a face, there were TWO idiots running around in green spandex?! He nodded and left Naruto to change; out in the gym he did indeed spot Gai-sensei; he was spouting off nonsense to Gaara who looked like he would rather die then be listening to the teacher talk. Sasuke marched over and glanced at Gaara who was staring indifferently at him now,

“Um, Gai-sensei?” he questioned as Gai looked down at him, “I’m Uchiha, Sasuke. The new exchange student and I seem to have forgotten my clothes. Can I just sit class out for today?” Gai beamed down at Sasuke before letting out a hearty laugh,

“Uchiha-kun! Welcome! Yes, since you are new to our youthful class you can sit today out! But bring your clothes tomorrow!” Sasuke nodded, glanced one last time at Gaara, whose gaze hadn’t shifted off him, and wandered towards the bleachers. As Sasuke watched the class play through, a thought hit him; most kids had six classes, while he only had five. How was he going to get home?! Although he had said he’d never ride on Naruto’s bike again, he was still going to use that bike as a way to get home. He racked his brain, did Shika have a car? No, probably not. Too lazy to go to the DMV**. He could always walk. Though, he hadn’t really been paying attention to how he got here. He sighed as the P.E. class went back into the locker room. Sasuke got up when he noticed Naruto waiting for him.

As Sasuke approached Naruto frowned, “What’s wrong teme?” Sasuke glared half-heartedly at Naruto before sighing,

“How many classes do you have, dobe?” Naruto raised an eye brow and responded,

“Six. Why… oh crap. How are you going to get home?!” Sasuke rolled his eyes, “Hold on, lemme change outta these clothes and we’ll think of something!” Naruto turned and jogged into the locker room, Sasuke behind him. As he walked in, Sasuke looked up to see Naruto take his shirt off and throw it into his locker. Without realizing, Sasuke scanned up Naruto’s toned, tan body. He had a tattoo around his belly-button and a trail of blond hair leading downward. He blushed and looked away quickly as Naruto took his shorts off and threw those in the locker as well. Naruto pulled his pants and shirt on before looking fully in Sasuke’s direction to see him bright red and avoiding Naruto impudently. He blinked before smirking, “Liked what you saw?” He questioned casually. Sasuke’s head flew back to look at Naruto, an attempt at a glare was made futile as the blush was still stubbornly in place.

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He huffed indignantly, “Anyway, how am I going to get home? I really don’t want to wait for you.” Naruto’s smirk turned into a frown,

“I don’t know teme. The only thing I can think of is you waiting for me. None of our friends have a car, they all take the bus.” Sasuke frowned //OUR friends? Well, I guess I could consider them my friends. Yeah, that’s a nice thought.// Sasuke’s frown morphed into a smile, as he was about to comment a deep voice came from behind him,

“I could give you a ride.” Sasuke observed Naruto’s face becoming hardened into a glare,

“And why,” Naruto spat out, “would you want to do that, Gaara?” Sasuke spun around quickly to face an indifferent Gaara, who shrugged,

“Just trying to be nice, Uzamaki.” He supplied casually, “Unless you have a reason I shouldn’t be.” Naruto’s glare faltered, “I thought not.” He turned to Sasuke, “How about it? Want me to give you a ride, Uchiha?” Sasuke frowned, he really didn’t have a reason not to accept the invitation, so he shrugged,

“Sure, why not?” he turned to Naruto, “I could see you when you get home. Aniki will probably still be at work anyway,” he smirked, “And besides, Gaara’s driving is probably a lot safer than yours.” Naruto’s eyes narrowed, but he didn’t respond, it was probably true. He sighed,

“Yeah, okay. But first, give me your cell phone.” Sasuke raised and eyebrow before pulling his phone out of his pocket and handing it to Naruto; who opened it and punched his number in. He closed it, and handed the phone back, “There, call me if you have any problems or anything.” Sasuke shrugged and followed Gaara out the back of the locker room, a hand in the air as a wave goodbye. =What are you doing, kit? You know the Shukaku boy is dangerous!= Kyuubi growled out. Like Naruto, Gaara also possessed a demon. – I know Kyuu, but I couldn’t just say that! Then Sasuke would question how I know about Shukaku, and then he’d want to know about you, and while I want to tell him, it’s a tad early for that! Besides, Gaara wouldn’t hurt him… I don’t think.—Kyuubi growled again, he’d always disliked Gaara; the kid had a murderous look in his eyes; that DIDN’T belong to his demon. Kyuubi shook his head =Alright kit, but you better hope nothing really DOES happen.= Naruto frowned, //Be careful Sasuke.// he thought, before heading out to his next class.

Gaara was walking out to his red sports car, keeping one eye on the Uchiha boy behind him. ((Eat him!)) Shukaku yelled out, ((Rip him to shreds! Fuck him! Do Something! Damnit!)) Gaara growled and Sasuke stopped to look at him, “Gaara? Everything okay?” He questioned warily. Gaara blinked and looked over at Sasuke; was there, ‘concern’ in the Uchiha’s voice?! Did Sasuke ‘care’ about him? Gaara was confused. //He knows I dated Naruto, and knows I’m dating Neji. He also knows me and Naruto are on bad terms. Why is he being… civil with me? Why isn’t he ‘afraid’ of me?// Sasuke scanned Gaara’s indifferent façade; there didn’t seem to be anything wrong with the boy, but that really wasn’t something to go off of, he knew. //Just like Itachi.// he chuckled lightly, “You remind me of my aniki. I can never tell what Itachi’s thinking.” Sasuke accidently said out loud. He gasped and turned red, “Oh! I’m sorry. I hadn’t meant to say that out loud.” He cursed himself again, what was this place doing to him?! Gaara’s face allowed a smirk to cross it; he could see why Naruto and Neji liked the boy,

“I’m fine.” He answered plainly, “and that’s fine. I don’t care. Here’s my car.” He pointed to it and then opened the door and got in. Sasuke stood there blankly for a few seconds before sliding into the car as well. The drive home had been pleasant enough. They had both sat in a comfortable silence. Sasuke had been home for about an hour and a half, sitting and doing homework on his now put together bed, Itachi must have called someone, when the doorbell rang. He looked up from his history book to glance at the clock, shrugging he made his way to the front door and opened it to a frantic Naruto. Kyuubi had been talking to him about Shukaku throughout his entire last period, which had him strung to the brim with worry. Naruto pushed his way inside and shoved Sasuke up against a wall thoroughly inspecting him for injuries of any kind, “What the hell?! Dobe, what are you do—” Naruto brought his hard gaze to Sasuke’s face and growled out,

“Shut up teme.” Before roughly attaching his lips to Sasuke’s. Sasuke gasped and Naruto plunged his tongue inside, questing Sasuke’s tongue to respond back. After a few nips to his lips and tongue Sasuke closed his eyes and kissed back, bringing his hands up to clutch in Naruto’s hair and wrap around his neck. Naruto growled happily and brought one hand to Sasuke’s hip and the other to explore under Sasuke’s shirt, then move upward through the shirt to grab the back of Sasuke’s neck to pull him impossibly closer. Sasuke moaned as the hand on his hip had started to move, when the front door was slammed shut suddenly. Naruto pulled off a flushed, panting, half-lidded and entirely content Sasuke to face enemy number 1: Itachi Uchiha.

TBC…