Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ From Here to Eternity ❯ Before the Bell ( Chapter 4 )

Kat: Since I KNOW that sporky is sitting, waiting for this chapter to come out, I decided that I might as well.

 

…Everyone is demanding to know the pairings, right? Well…

 

You'll have to read the endnote at the end for that. :P

 

My weekend sucked. I'd say more, but this really isn't the place.

 

Okay, enjoy!

 

 

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September 4, 8:33 a.m.

 

I think my little brother hates me. I know, I've been writing that forever, but I really mean it. He refused my offer for a ride to school (I made him ride, anyway), and he looked like he was going to be sick when he saw my schedule. I hope it's not because we have the same lunch. I'm worried. Dad is oblivious to his cried for attention, and he doesn't seem to get that I've had more than enough attention to last me a life time. I think Sasuke has been seeing me as competition for Dad's love. I really hope that isn't it.

 

I know, it's weird for me to be writing this down when I should be paying attention to the Xs and Ys and quadrants, but what good is calculus going to do me if Sasuke really DOES hate me? I'm nervous now, and I'm not sure why.

 

There's a party this Friday. Maybe I'll make him come to it with me. THAT will show him I care!

 

Itachi, who should be paying attention in math

 

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“Oh, no…” Naruto moaned, slamming his locker with his open palm. “Come on you worthless piece of shit, OPEN UP!!” That earned him a glare from a teacher, and several stares from the students. He turned red, and tried the combination again.

 

8-16-42.

 

“Dammit.”

 

8-16-42.

 

“DAMMIT.”

 

8… 16… 42…

 

“AGH!! WHY?! WHY WILL YOU NOT OPEN?!?!”

 

“Shut up, Naruto. You're making my headache worse.” The familiar voice caught Naruto's attention. He jerked his head up, just in time to see none other than Gaara Kaze slinking toward him, given wide berth by the other students. He was dressed in his usual dark attire, and the liner around his eyes seemed a little blacker than usual.

 

“Hi, Gaara.”

 

“What wrong with you? Is your brain broken again?”

 

“NO.” Naruto rolled his eyes, and said sourly, “My locker isn't opening!”

 

“…Did you go past zero on the second number?”

 

“Uh…” Naruto sheepishly tried the locker again. It popped open easily. It was mocking him. Gaara gave a small smirk, and said,

 

“I guess not.”

 

“Oh, you think you're sooooo smart,” Naruto grumbled, shoving his empty backpack in his locker. “Well, let me tell YOU something, Mister Panda!” Gaara visibly twitched at the nickname. Naruto chose to ignore it. “I bet we have the EXACT same schedule!”

 

Gaara didn't reply, just reached into his pocket, and pulled out a folded piece of paper. Naruto pulled out his, much more crumbled, schedule, and held it up next to Gaara's.

 

“I knew it!” the blond cried triumphantly. The schedules were both as follows:

 

Period 1- Pre Algebra, room 3, Mr. Jiraiya

 

Period 2- Biology, room 7, Mr. Orochimaru

 

Period 3- Physical Education, gym, Miss Anko

 

Period 4- Language Arts, room 15, Mr. Umino

 

Period 5- Reading, room 16, Mr. Kakashi

 

Lunch

 

Period 6- Social Studies, room 9, Cpt. Ibiki Morino

 

Period 7- Shop Class, shop room, Miss Kureni

 

Gaara stared at his schedule in annoyance. SHOP? PHYSICAL EDUCATION? These were NOT `Gaara-things' in the slightest.

 

“'Pre Algebra'?” Naruto scoffed. “AGAIN?! I thought we took that LAST year!”

 

“We had Math Concepts last year, idiot,” Gaara snapped, refolding his schedule, and pocketing it. “We have the lowest math you can get.”

 

“'Stupid People Math',” Naruto giggled, crumbling his schedule into a ball, and shoving it into his binder. “That is us! The Stupid People!”

 

“I'm not stupid,” Gaara muttered, flinching. “I'm just bad at math.”

 

Naruto quieted.

 

“Dude, I'm just joking,” he said softly. Naruto knew that Gaara was a tad overly sensitive about his intellect, maybe even borderline obsessed with it, not in a `Sasuke-bastard Uchiha' obsessed, but still worried about it. But Naruto didn't think that Gaara would be like this.

 

“I know you are,” Gaara said.

 

`Well,' Naruto thought glumly. `That didn't last long.'

 

“Are you coming? We have `Stupid People Math', now,” Gaara snarled, prowling back down the hall. “I think room 3 is this way.”

 

“Yeah. All right.”

 

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If there was anything Sasuke Uchiha hated more than his brother, it was his schedule.

 

Period 1- Advanced Algebra, room 1, Vice Prin. Tsunade

 

Period 2- Biology, room 7, Mr. Orochimaru

 

Period 3- Physical Education, gym, Miss Anko

 

Period 4- Language Arts, room 15, Mr. Umino

 

Period 5- Reading, room 16, Mr. Kakashi

 

Lunch

 

Period 6- Social Studies, room 9, Cpt. Ibiki Morino

 

Period 7- Shop Class, shop room, Miss Kureni

 

He didn't get ANY AP classes?! Did freshmen even GET them?! And what was up with the Social Studies' teacher's name? `Captain Ibiki Morino'?!

 

Sasuke Uchiha was not in a good mood.

 

“Sasuke, hang on.”

 

The voice caused Sasuke's joints to lock.

 

“What do you want, Itachi?!” he snarled, turning to see his older brother sauntering down the hall, gaining drooling stares from every female (and some males) in the corridor.

 

“Who do you have for your classes?” Itachi asked softly, staring down at his shorter brother. Sasuke shoved his schedule into his brother's face.

 

“Let me see yours.”

 

Itachi offered his schedule as he slowly read down Sasuke's.

 

“Jeez, you've got almost every rotten teacher in the school… Well, Anko's okay… Orochimaru and Kakashi are perverts, watch out for them… Umino's okay, a little weird, though… Tsunade's tough, watch out for her… Morino's awful. Stay alert in his class, or you'll be dead. Kureni's teaching shop? Odd.”

 

Sasuke hardly heard a word.

 

Period 1- AP Calculus, room 19, Principal Sarutobi

 

Period 2- AP English, Mr. Umino, room 15

 

Period 3- AP Chemistry, room 7, Mr. Orochimaru

 

Period 4- Physical Education, gym, Miss Anko

 

Period 5- AP Social Studies, Cpt. Ibiki Morino

 

Lunch

 

Period 6- Highly Capable Class, room 24, Mr. Asuma

 

Period 7- Drama, Auditorium, Mr. Gai

 

Itachi had almost nothing but AP. Sasuke's world crumbled.

 

“Sasuke? You all right?”

 

“Fine, fine, I'm fine.” Sasuke snatched his schedule back, and shoved Itachi's into the older boy's hands. “The bell's gonna ring. Bye.”

 

“I'll see you at lunch?”

 

Sasuke didn't answer, just hurried away, trying hard not to scream.

 

AP.

 

AP.

 

Itachi had almost nothing but AP classes.

 

Sasuke had an advanced math. That was it.

 

He felt sick. He stopped, and leaned against a wall, trying to calm his breathing.

 

Damn that Itachi. Damn him to Hell. Damn his brains and his looks and his car and the fact that Dad cares more about him than-

 

“Are you all right?” a voice said, coldly ripping Sasuke from his thoughts. He jumped, and looked up. He found himself staring into black-rimmed, sea green eyes, and a pale face.

 

“Hey, Sasuke-bastard, Gaara asked you a question!” another voice growled. Sasuke, as if pulled from a trance, automatically said,

 

“Shut up, Naruto.”

 

At the exact same time, Gaara snapped,

 

“Close your mouth, Blondie.”

 

They stared at each other for a moment, amazed that they both shared a common interest in destroying the blonde's ego. Then, said blonde snapped,

 

“Hey, hey, HEY! We are going to be LATE! I don't want to be late on my first day, mm-kay?!”

 

“What do you care?”

 

“You'll have at least three late slips by tomorrow.”

 

Again, they deflated the blonde's ego. Naruto sighed, and said,

 

“Gaara, this is Sasuke-bastard. Sasuke-bastard, this is Gaara. I know you too know each other, so STOP ACTING LIKE STAR-CROSSED LOVERS AND LET'S GET THE HELL TO CLASS BEFORE-“

 

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“Fuckfuckfuck Iruka's gonna kill me if I'm late COME ON!” Naruto screamed, his words melding together. He grabbed Gaara by the top of the arm, and started dragging him down the hall. Sasuke realized that the next bell would make him late, something he did NOT want to be, and he took off down the opposite end of the hallway.

 

“Bye,” he said, waving to Gaara, who mumbled something he couldn't hear.

 

Well, what an interesting day this was turning out to be. And first period hadn't even started yet.

 

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I have no idea what the full names of any of the adults are, because I am stupid. I think Ibiki's got `Morino' somewhere in his name… Is `Hatake' Kakashi's first or last name? ~_~ It's all so confusing. He's just `Mr. Kakashi'. Does Gai have a last name? I think he does… I'm just too lazy to find out. I was tempted to give Ibiki reading, and, you know, make him all gooey over `Romeo and Juliet', but still be Mr. Captain Drill Sergeant, but I didn't. I realized I forgot about Gai, so he's the drama teacher, and the counselor. Hope no one minds. TT

 

Kat: Okay, okay. You want to know the pairings?! HERE THEY ARE! By the way, a lot of these are just side pairings. You won't get much insight into them.

 

~*PAIRINGS*~

 

Kiba x Hinata

 

Zabuza x Haku

 

Lee x Sakura

 

Orochimaru x Itachi (OMFG! HOW COULD I? YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT!)

 

Kankuro x Itachi (OMFG! HOW IN GOD'S NAME IS THAT GOING TO WORK? FIND OUT!)

 

Chouji x Ino (maybe)

 

Iruak x Yashamaru (Maybe. I like crack pairings.)

 

Temari x OC (at first)

 

(eventual) Temari x Shikamaru

 

Naruto x Neji (I'm pretty sure about this one, but don't take my word for it. Or do. -shrugs-)

 

And finally… the moment most of you have been waiting for…

 

SASUKE x GAARA!! Yaaaay!!!

 

There ya have it, folks. The pairings list. Ph33r me.

 

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