Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Just an Illusion ❯ Twins- Part 2 ( Chapter 3 )

[ 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 2


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"I still don't understand why you want us to swap ALL of our classes," Naruto sighed. "You can't possibly hate ALL your teachers."

"Well, it's for the fun of it!" Kyubi replied. "Come on, little bro, do you even remember the last time we fooled the teachers?"

"In other words, you're not telling me jack shit," Naruto mumbled. "Fine. I'll stop asking. But, you better not forget your part of the deal."

They were both sixteen. Naruto was in his junior year of high school, but Kyubi had jumped ahead a year. Naruto didn't grasp things as easily as his brother seemed to. He didn't know where Kyu's motivation came from. He managed to push himself to senior year and to take a few college courses while he was at it. As much as they were twins, they could sure be different when it came to certain things.

The brothers had different courses during most of the day, but there were some mandatory classes that held students of all four years during different periods of the day. One of the aforementioned classes was the one that Kyubi was so determined to swap with Naruto. Kyu had claimed that it was because he couldn't stand the teacher, Kakashi. Kyu would have much rather had Naruto's livelier teacher for first period instead. Seeing as how they had done similar things in the past and it worked out fine, Naruto had let his brother bribe him with ramen in return. But, that didn't make him any less curious to figure out the real reason for the swap.

After switching out their books at their lockers, the twins walked to their corresponding Homerooms. They had agreed that Homeroom was the only class period that they could attend normally. Naruto was dragging his feet while Kyubi looked and acted as if he had just won a golden ticket to see Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.

As Naruto stepped into his Homeroom class, Kyubi put a hand on his shoulder and pulled him aside. "Hey Naru," he whispered so that only his brother could hear. "Thanks."

Naruto watched as Kyubi walked away with a nervous smile on his face. He realized that this whole swapping business meant a lot more to Kyu than the other boy had let on. He wondered once again about what his intentions really were as he made his way to the first class of the day. The blonde greeted his friends as he walked to his desk, his thoughts still on Kyu's scheme. His worries were distracted away with the arrival of some of his closest friends. "Hey guys."

"Good morning!" an energetic, big eyed boy greeted. He had the largest black eyes Naruto had ever seen and a straight, insanely even haircut of the same color. His name was Lee, and he was one of the only people Naruto knew that piled on the extracurricular activities. How one person could perform so many duties on a daily basis was beyond him.

Naruto was given a nod by the redhead next to Lee. Gaara somehow ran on only a couple of hours a day of sleep. Whenever he slept over, he kept everyone awake until 3 AM. He had a bit of a violent side to him, but only when he didn't get his way. Naruto and Kyubi still considered Gaara to be a very good friend.

"Are you sure it's morning?" yawned a brunette with a ponytail. Shikamaru was the opposite of Gaara when it came to hours of sleep. Whenever he slept over, he'd be the first one to fall asleep as well as the last one to wake up.

"Yes, if the soft-boiled eggs, French toast, sausages, bacon, and orange juice I had this morning are anything to go by," a longer-haired brunette replied from behind Shikamaru. Chouji was one of the few people that could gain and lose weight on command. Sometimes his family would tell him to bulk up for these strange family competitions that they held every year. Naruto kept telling him that he'd make a great actor or stunt double.

"At-choo!" The boys turned to see Kiba walk in the classroom along with a tall boy with transition glasses. "I'm telling you, Shino, I must be allergic to you or something."

Shino simply folded his arms and tilted his head, not amused by Kiba's joke at all. "You're catching a cold."

"No, damn it!" Kiba whined. "I was feeling just fine until the end of first period!" He sat at his desk, which was right next to Naruto's, and face suddenly lit up. "That's right! You still have to tell me what's going on!"

"Not now, Kiba," Naruto hissed. "Later. I promise that by the end of the day, you'll know."

As soon as Shino took his seat, the bell rang and the teacher began calling out names. Naruto always wondered why Homeroom was held after first period. The 15 minute long class should have been held before first period even began.

However, that gave him a few minutes to look over the notes he wrote down about the rest of Kyubi's classes. In second and third period, he was seated at the back. And in fourth period, he was seated next to Uchiha, Sasuke again. He wasn't looking forward to that encounter at all.

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Kyubi was in both heaven and hell. He realized that this had to be the punishment of the Universe for not telling his brother the whole truth. Yes, the teacher Kakashi annoyed him, but that wasn't the full reason as to why he wanted Naruto's schedule so badly. The rest of his reason was sitting right in front of him.

"Will you please stop that?" Kisame growled, turning around so that he faced Kyubi. "I feel like you're burning a whole through the back of my head." He looked around to make sure no one was listening in on their conversation. "Listen, I don't know what you or your brother are after, but I refuse to be used as a means to get to Itachi. I know that you're not the only one that's been wanting to chase after him, but he's still my best friends and some lines shouldn't be crossed."

"But-," Kyubi paled a bit, wanting to clear up the misunderstanding, when the bell rang. Yes, this was definitely some sort of punishment. He watched helplessly as Kisame stormed out of the classroom. Kyubi's last phrase was barely a whisper. "But, the one I like is you."

Just as soon as despair overwhelmed him, and anger replaced it. "Damn it!" He slammed a fist sideways unto his desk. He refused to let his plan fall apart so soon. Oh, he was going to get Kisame to notice him, even if he had to cross those lines to do it.

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Algebra two!? If there was ever a moment that Naruto wanted to die, it was then. Naruto was never good at math. He was so demanding a bigger compensation for this. "Why math?" he asked in a broken voice.

"No good at math?" Sasuke assumed. He was careful to keep his face blank even though he almost felt like laughing on the inside at the open expressions on Naruto's face. He couldn't help it! They were so cu-no, he wasn't going to go that far. But, Naruto could certainly be amusing without even trying.

"Let me put it this way," Naruto explained. "My brother had to bribe me with several different flavors of ramen in order for me to even memorize my times tables."

"Very creative."

"You don't understand," Naruto continued his hands and fingers curled up in his hair. "I just barely finished memorizing them freshman year."

Sasuke's mouth froze in the shape of an 'O'. "I don't...normally do this, but if you find yourself overwhelmed...I could show you easier ways to solve the math problems."

One of Naruto's hands fell from the top of his head in surprise. "You'd really help me?"

"I'm not making any promises," Sasuke said quickly, trying to hide a blush of embarrassment. "I'm not saying that I'll get you an 'A', but I CAN help-" the last words of Sasuke's sentence froze in his throat at the sight of Naruto's sincere, beautiful smile.

"Thanks Uchiha."

"D-don't thank me yet," Sasuke managed to get out as the class began.

The hour and an half of Algebra two felt like ten years to Naruto, but he managed to survive long enough to set up tutoring sessions with the Uchiha. The two of them wrote and scratched out appropriate times from Monday through Friday. "Yeah, I can come to your house Mondays and Wednesdays and you can come to my house the other three days."

"Agreed," Sasuke decided. He didn't realize that his everyday schedule was that busy until he had to try figure out how much time he had off every day.

"I owe you one," Naruto let out a sigh of relief as he folded his copy of their tutoring schedule and tucked it into his binder.

The two boys walked down the hallway together, both wanting to meet up with their brothers. As they approached their brothers' classroom, a very disturbing sight greeted them. Kyubi had backed Itachi up against the wall behind the lockers and was kissing him senseless.

Naruto felt blood drain from his face and he could have sworn that his hair went white at the sight. He had never seen his brother kiss anyone, let alone someone he thought he barely knew. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but words refused to come out.

Sasuke, however, was able to recover a little faster. "Brother?"

For a moment, it seemed that Itachi couldn't hear him. But, he slowly pulled away from Kyubi and reluctantly turned his gaze to his younger brother. "Sasuke." He greeted as though he were doing nothing wrong.

"Naruto?" Kyubi walked over to his twin, worried about the other's expression and posture. "Hey, snap out of it!" He looked over his shoulder at Itachi. "We'll discuss this later; right now my brother and I have to get to our bus before it leaves without us."

"I could give you both a ride home," Itachi offered.

Kyubi shook his head. "We're fine."

Two sets of two brothers walked towards two different exits of the same hallway. Each one of them more than a little confused. Each one of them felt more awkward than they ever had before in their lives.

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TBC
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