Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Just an Illusion ❯ Twins- Part 1 ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.


Title: Just an Illusion

Author: Dragon Dung (yuurimaoh)

Pairings: Naruto x Sasuke x Naruto

Warning: Alternate Universe, yaoi, general OOC…

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Chapter 2: Twins- Part 1


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FIVE YEARS AGO


Naruto's mouth dropped open at their reflections in the mirror. The resemblance between them had always been obvious, but not like this. The only way they could be told apart was by the minute difference in the colors of their eyes. One set was as blue as the sea. The other set had a periwinkle undertone. The smile on his brother's face was the most mischievous he had ever seen. He finally closed his mouth when he felt an arm being thrown over his shoulder.

"Today will be an interesting day," Kyubi purred in his younger brother's ear.

"Remind me why I'm going along with this again," Naruto demanded.

"Because I'm paying for your ramen consumption for the next three months," Kyubi replied in a flat voice. His tone changed but an instant later. "Besides, it's what brothers do. Compromise."

"It's only the first week of classes," Naruto pressed on. "And already you can't get along with one of your teachers?"

"He's lazy, always late, and I hate his teaching methods," Kyubi declared effortlessly. His complaints were only half the truth, but he knew that his brother would only go along with the swap if he believed that Kyu was genuinely having a hard time.

"Fine," Naruto sighed. "Let's get this semester over with. You better not slack on your promise."

"Set in stone," Kyubi affirmed. "Set. In. Stone."


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"Aww man," Kiba complained when the twins reached their bus stop. "And here I thought you guys were going to keep it easy for us this year. What happened?"

"Guess I missed my roots," Kyubi answered.

"Besides," Naruto added. "It's not like you can't figure us out, Kiba."

"Yeah, but I'm just about the only person who can," Kiba emphasized with a slight shake of his head. "I hope you were planning on telling me what you're up to."

"Later, Kiba," Kyubi told him with a smirk, their bus screeching to a stop before them. "Later."

"The first challenge will be trying to pull it off," Naruto whispered low enough for only Kiba to hear as they started up the steps.

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When the twins un-boarded the bus and began walking away from the ramp, they swapped schedules.

"First period, I was assigned a seat in the front next to a guy that couldn't decide whether he wanted straight hair or a spiky do'," Kyubi explained. "So, he apparently tried to combine the two."

"Weird," Naruto commented. "With our last names, we're usually always assigned a seat in the back."

"Yeah," Kyubi agreed. "I told you this teach's annoying."

"In my class, I'm in the back as usual," Naruto told him. "Next to a guy with a long ponytail."

"Yeah, I know," Kyubi mumbled too low for Naruto to hear.

"You say something?"

"Naw," Kyubi denied, giving Naruto a light clap on the shoulder. "Thanks, bro."

"Oh, don't thank me yet," Naruto warned. A loud bell signaled the beginning of the first class of the day.

"Meet me at the end of class to swap schedules again," Kyubi reminded him as he walked off towards the right.

Naruto rubbed the back of his neck. "This is going to be weird." Just when he was finally getting used to his schedule, now he had it scrambled all over again.

While he weaved through the crowds of students, Naruto kept an eye out for the room number. 122 Basic Survival Skills. Basic Survival Skills? He knew that it was a mandatory class, but he had no idea what to expect.

His eyes scanned the room and they fell on the back of a spiky, black-haired hairstyle at the front. First challenge of the day. "Here we go again," Naruto greeted. "Don't you just hate Mondays?" The dark-haired boy gave him a sideways glance and slowly shrugged. 'Quite the talker, this one,' Naruto thought sarcastically.

"Weekends sure make me forget a week's worth of studying," Naruto continued. "You wouldn't happen to have your syllabus on you, would ya? I seem to have lost mine."

The other boy gave him a look. The kind of look that a mother gives a child when they're getting ready to touch something they're not supposed to. Naruto didn't like it, but he let it go once he was handed the syllabus. "Thanks pal." He nearly laughed aloud. "How are 'making an omelet', 'sewing pillows', and 'learning how to make fondues' basic survival skills?"

"I thought I answered that question already, Uzumaki," Kakashi wondered as he walked through the door 10 minutes after all his students were already seated. "Amazing how two days made you forget that already."

"It happens," Naruto said with a shaky smile. He tried to ignore the look that the boy sitting next to him gave him.

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Naruto had never met a teacher that would arrive later than his/her students and then leave before them. Kakashi wasn't as bad as his brother had made him seem. Naruto even grudgingly admitted that his actual lessons were interesting. He was about to leave the classroom, when he heard someone call for him.

"Uzumaki."

The black-haired guy with the odd hairstyle approached him. "Yeah?"

"You are not the same Uzumaki that was with us last week," it was a statement with not a hint of query in it.

Naruto looked around to make sure no one else was around. "If that were so...would you rat on me?"

A small smirk slowly appeared on the other boy's face. Seeing it made Naruto's stomach feel weird. "I won't rat on you. Though I am curious."

Naruto felt his posture relax. "My name's Naruto. The Uzumaki that was here last week was my twin brother, Kyubi." The other boy looked at him strangely. "I didn't catch your name earlier, sorry."

"Uchiha, Sasuke," he replied in the middle of heading out of the classroom. "If you're going to continue this interchanging of classes, I suggest you drag a lot more information out of your brother."

"Easier said than done," Naruto mumbled as he watched Sasuke walk away. He glanced up and down the hallway before taking a deep breath. "Well, challenge two, here I come."

Naruto walked with a little less enthusiasm towards his first period classroom. When he didn't see his brother waiting for him in the hall, he walked inside the classroom calling him. "Bro? You still here?" He heard a thump in the back of the classroom. He turned his head towards the noise and found his brother being reluctantly helped up from the floor by a pale boy with spiky blue hair. "What happened to you?"

"Tell you later," Kyubi said while rubbing his shoulder. "Naruto, Kisame and Itachi. Kisame and Itachi, this is my brother Naruto."

"Yeah, we've already covered that last week," was Itachi's greeting. He sent Kisame a look and the other boy nodded as a greeting towards Naruto.

"Alright," Naruto warned Kyubi. "We've got less than four minutes to go over our next couple of classes."

"Right," Kyubi agreed. "Don't worry about Homeroom, but during 2nd period..."

Naruto only paid half attention to what his brother was saying. His gaze fell on Itachi and Kisame and he frowned a bit. Now two more people were aware of their swap. He could only hope that all of them could be trusted.

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TBC
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