Hollow Sky

Either you tell everything to nobody, or nothing to everybody. That was the Uchiha’s way of life. Of course, both possibilities meant that no one would ever get to know the raven haired boy and that was fine with him. He didn’t want to explain the bruises and his now black eye, so he headed straight for his seat.

In a useless attempt to keep his fangirls at bay, he unfolded his class schedule, covering his black eye with it, and studied it. ‘English’ the raven sighed. Kakashi’s way to teach them English was very weird. Usually he would grab some students and tell them that they should buy the newest Icha Icha Paradise issue. His perverted teacher calls it ‘Practical use of the English language’. Sasuke shuddered and prayed that Kakashi wouldn’t notice that it was his turn to buy the perverted little novel today.

“Sasuke-kun” an annoying cheerful voice chirped. ‘Oh god, just ignore me, damn it!’ Sasuke twitched as his pray went unnoticed instead he felt the girl’s hand on his shoulder. ‘Fuck it!’ the male cursed under his breath. “Oh Sasuke-kun, what has happened to your face?” Sasuke didn’t look up to see her worried face. What was he supposed to say anyway? The truth? He surely wouldn’t tell her that he remembered to beat the shit out of his brother, who caught him masturbating and made fun of him afterwards. Thus the raven haired youth ended up in a fight with his brother and got beaten up.

He slapped her hand away and scowled at her. “Mind your own business,” he hissed to the pink haired girl.

“But Sasuke-kun…” Sakura whined when suddenly the door opened and Kakashi walked in.

“Okay everyone! Sit down, please. Lesson has started!” the man paused until everyone had sat down “Good. First of all, sorry, I’m late.” Some students snickered at his statement. They wouldn’t have expected their teacher would actually arrive on time. The silver haired man ignored the small laughter as he continued to apologize for his late arrival “I met a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster on my way to school. They wanted to go to Bremen in Germany to become rock stars and wanted me to listen to their music. So the took me hostage and tied me down. But I, our great teacher, fought to be here in order to teach you, so I bit and nibbled on the ropes that tied me down and ran here as fast as I could. Just so I can teach you.” The silver haired teacher stopped and looked at his students. They seemed to be paralyzed.

Kakashi cleared his throat and stated “Today, my dear students, we are going to write summaries of various fables. You’ll be paired up as groups of two. I’ll assign you your partner now so listen carefully!” “Why?!” A loud voice shouted. Kakashi didn’t need to look up. That voice could only belong to a certain blond boy. “Because otherwise you might not know who I’ve assigned you with, Naruto.” “Why?” Naruto couldn’t be that stupid, right? Kakashi looked up to see the blond and regarded him carefully. “Because you’ve to work with him” The silver haired man stated simply “Why?” “Because it’s a group work” Kakashi was now slightly annoyed but didn’t show it. “Why?” “Because I want you to work in a team so you can discuss what the most important parts in the fable are.” “Why?” “Because you have to know the essential parts of a story”

Kakashi growled and hoped that the blond would say anything but… “Why?” Naruto exclaimed. The teacher grinded his teeth to remain as calm as possible “Because,” he paused a minute “You’ll have to write mission reports soon and no one wants to read about twelve squirrels you’ve seen on your mission, unless the squirrels transformed into enemy ninja.” “But wh—“ Naruto started but was immediately cut off by Kakashi “BECAUSE I SAY SO, YOU MORON!!!”

That was it. Their teacher has finally snapped. Naruto, however, didn’t care that their teacher would bite his head off if he said “Why” on more time.

“Why did the donkey, the dog, the cat and the rooster want to become rock stars? I mean, they can’t speak, much less sing.” Kakashi looked at him dumbfounded, he remember the excuse he had used earlier. That was it? The moron wanted to know THAT? Everyone in the classroom looked at the blond boy.

“It was just an excuse, dobe. It never happened. He just didn’t want to admit that he’s a lazy shitty Jounin and unable to arrive on time for once.” Sasuke stated coolly. While Naruto seemed to understand everything and anything Kakashi glared at Sasuke angrily.
Of course the dark haired youth was right but he didn’t have to put it like that. “Sasuke Uchiha” the silver haired male said coolly “De-ten-tion!” He pronounced every syllable in a sharp tone. Sasuke growled angrily.

“I’ll announce your partners now. So pay attention for once. I won’t repeat myself!” The English teacher took a deep breath “Neji and Kiba! Shikamaru and Choji! Shino and Ino! Sakura and Hinata! …” Naruto almost dozed off when he finally heard “Sasuke and Naruto!” He jumped up immediately “Why him?!” Kakashi almost exploded when he heard the word he didn’t want to hear for the next fifty days and especially not from Naruto: Why.

“Naruto!!! DETENTION!” Kakashi shouted angrily.

… So there they were, alone in a small room, assigned to write stupid phrases on the blackboard. Naruto’s “I will never ever say ‘Why’ again” and Sasuke’s “I may not insult my teacher” were both written in rather big letters. Neither one of them wanted to write the letters in their normal size.

“So,” Sasuke stated calmly, trying to distract them both from writing onto the blackboard “Where are we going to meet up?” Naruto gratefully took the chance to stop writing “I don’t know. Why do you want to meet me anyway? If you want to tell me something, you might as well do it here and now.” Outside the room Kakashi snarled “I heard you! Didn’t I tell you to never say ‘why’ again?!” Sasuke decided to ignore the Jounin and stated coolly “You know dobe. The group work. We have to work together.” “Oh…” Naruto responded.

“If you don’t mind, I’ll suggest my house. Itachi has gone abroad for a week because of his work.”

The blond boy found himself in a predicament. He didn’t want to be alone with Sasuke, but on the other hand he wanted to be alone with Sasuke.

‘This is ridiculous. How can I want a thing and not want it at the same time?! It’s just for school. It’s fine. The Uchiha mansion is big enough and if I have enough of him, I can just go home.’

After he had made his decision, the blond exclaimed leisurely “Sure. Why not?!” “SHUT UP!!!” No, Naruto couldn’t hide anything from the Jounin.

Not even one ‘Why’.

Meian  : So this was the newest update. As you can see, it was mostly slapstick.

Naruto : Why?

Kakashi: Shut the fuck up!!!

Naruto : …

Itachi : Why am I going abroad? I don’t want to play such a minor role!

Kakashi: *growl* ( He surely hates this word now ;D)

Meian  : Because I had to get rid of you. I wanted Sasuke and Naruto to be alone.

Naruto : What was with the donkey, the dog, the cat and the rooster all about?!

Meian  : It's a fairy tale. "The Musicians of Bremen" and I dedicated it to my sister who loves the manga "Bremen". So I had some reasons to bring that up.

Naruto : Ah, okay.

Sasuke : More importantly, am I going to fuck him now?

Naruto : Hey—

Meian  : Not yet. I want something else to be first. But it’ll surely lead to that result. So just be patient. Maybe there’ll be a lemon in the 7th chapter.