Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ To be, or not to be... In love. ❯ Chapter one. ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Domo, I'm the author. I love Sasu/Naru-pairings. So if you don't like it, you might as well leave at once, because the whole fic is about Sasu/Naru and Naru/Sasu. Sakura-fans should also leave, since I don't like her at all. Or Ino... let's just say I don't like any of the girls in Naruto very much, except from Hinata, cuz she's so sweet, plus she likes Naruto in the manga/anime. (That is where the other girls fail.)

I don't own Naruto, or anything in the anime/manga. (DISCLAIMER)

Warnings; Shounen-ai and Yaoi (They are two completely different things! Yaoi means sex.), and there will probably be dirty language. There will be lemon(s) in future chapter.

Naruto, Sasuke and the rest of them is about seventeen.
Kakashi is twentyfive and Iruka is twentyfour. ^^ Yeah, that sounds good.

My lovely beta; Ender_kb (she helped me a lot with the grammar! ^^)

Ok, let's begin.

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Fuck, how I hate eleventh grade. Not because of the harder school-work or because of the longer days, but because of the new subject. This new, completely unnecessary, extremely stupid subject; Theatre/Acting.

Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. For four whole months I, Uzumaki Naruto, have to attend lessons that are supposed to teach us how to shed tears without actually being sad, or express our anger without holding back, and all that. Okay, so I'm not a pro, and I don't really know if they're going to teach us how to cry, but I bet it's not far from it!

As if to make things worse, our teacher is that fucking pervert Kakashi. I hate him. Why? Because of the weird looks he gives me. Oh, and not just me, almost every boy in my class has been checked out by the freak at least once. Well, with the exception of Chouji. Damn him and his big belly. Maybe I should try getting fat. Obviously you lose sex-appeal by having too much body-fat.

Nah, I don't think so. If I was fat, Sakura wouldn't like me anymore. Though, would it really bother me if she didn't?

We've been a couple for almost a year now. Yay.
If you thought I was being sarcastic just now, you were right.

I've been in love with her since fifth grade, and now, about fourteen inches and several hours in the gym later... she's finally mine. I should be really happy, I mean... I am really happy!
Lately though, she's been such an annoyance. She's not clingy, or demanding... or anything. I just -

Wait, this wasn't what I was supposed to talk about.

Where was I? Oh yeah! Theatre/Acting. Hooray. I'm currently on my way to that damn classroom. That stupid class with that silly sign on top of the door. You know, two weird masks, one of them is grinning and the other one is totally depressed. You know it? Good. Well, right now, I hate it with every fiber of my body.

Being seventeen shouldn't bring you misery, it should bring you benefits! It's not like I want to become an actor when I grow up anyway, I already know what I want to be; A teacher.

Not the perverted kind, like Kakashi, no. I want to become just like my older brother, Iruka. He's not really my brother; he's the son of the man who adopted me when I was little. He's dead now. Sarutobi.
God, how I miss him. He died when I was fourteen, in a car-accident. It sounds so boring, telling you he died from something as common as a car-crash, but it's the truth.

Any way, Iruka's been looking after me ever since. He's a teacher at my school, but I am not in any of his classes anymore since he only teaches the freshmen. Such a bummer.

Oh crap, I'm already here? The lesson starts in about three minutes. I don't even have time to run to the café and grab a cup of coffee to calm down... or not, since it's coffee.
I stared hatefully at the door, then closed my eyes and with an annoyed sigh, opened it. Almost everyone from my class was already there.

"Na-ru-to!" A high-pitched voice called out to me. I knew that voice.

Fuck, it's her! Okay, calm down, Naruto... put on your best smile! Quickly!

"Sakura-chan... what's u-up?" Man, can I even finish a sentence before she throws herself around my neck and almost kills me?! She didn't seem to notice that though. She giggled before letting go of my sore neck and gave me a small peck on the cheek. Gee, how adorable... not.

"Do I have to have a reason for wanting to spend time with my boyfriend?" I cocked an eyebrow at her and smirked, though on the inside I merely sighed. Does she always have to say it so loudly, so that everyone else in the room hears? That last word is always the most important to her.

Why? I'll tell you why; Did I mention I'm one of the hottest guys in school? Well, okay, not really the hottest, but I look good. That's why Sakura's so damn proud about being my girlfriend. Honestly, looks mean everything to girls her age. Why, oh why do I have to look so good? My longer than normal blonde hair always seems to get the girls’ attention. It was a lot shorter when I was little, so I guess bangs are good if you want to raise your good-looks-standard.

My azure eyes seem to do a good job at drawing the smiles outta the girls as well. As for the scratches on my cheeks? They give me character. I got those got a stupid reason though. When I was about five years old, I had a cat. She was really aggressive, at least when her owner decided to pull her tail. Cough...
I'm kinda tall these days too, at least compared to when I was little. I'm about eight centimeters taller than Sakura. Though she's kinda short, so I don't know if I'm one to talk.

As I’ve said before, looks mean everything, especially in high-school. Sure I have a style, it’s called I-really-don’t-care. I throw on a pair of jeans and a dark long sleeved shirt and I’m ready for the day. Apparently it works for me since I get enough flirty glances my way, but whatever. It kinda annoys me really.

Seriously, it's not as if I kiss my reflection in the mirror every morning, but since the girls in my school seem to have a thing for me, I guess I'm pretty good-lookin'. Not as good as him, though.

Where is that bastard anyway? I know I’m not lucky enough for him to actually have stayed home sick, am I? Nope, not that lucky.
There he is, sitting by a window, moping to himself while at least eight girls are chattering away with him, even though they know he won't respond. Pathetic women.

Uchiha Sasuke, with his black, almost blue hair and pale skin. Uchiha Sasuke with his oh so killer body and cold eyes. Uchiha Sasuke with enough money to buy his own fucking castle.

Uchiha Sasuke, my worst enemy, and my number one hate-object.

You might wonder why I hate him so much. You do? Fine... I'll tell you my reasons.

One; I'm a guy, and guys are supposed to hate girl-magnets. Don’t ask me why because I really don’t give a shit, but we’re just supposed to, okay?

Two; He always has that damn look on his face whenever he's looking at me, which I may add is rarely. He looks as if he is too good for me to even be looked on by him. I hate it.

Three; when I'm around him, my stomach turns. I don't understand it, and therefore, it doesn't feel good. It's odd and...weird. You know the feeling you sometimes get when you're in a large room, and you're certain someone's looking at you, even though nobody's there? It's quite similar, the feeling that something is... off.

Those three are my main-reasons to hate Sasuke Uchiha. Except from them there are at least ten sub-reasons too, I'm sure, even though I never really thought about it. I don't think a lot about him anyway.
What's with that look? I don't think about him at all! Oh, shut up. What do you know?

There goes Sakura, joining the Sasuke-kun fan girls with her terribly fake smile. It's too big and makes her look like a Barbie-doll. No, a crazy Barbie-doll who looks as if she's about to kill Ken with a gigantic pink kitchen-knife.
She's probably trying to make me jealous. It's not gonna work though, sorry hun'. I'm more relieved than jealous. Maybe I should thank Sasuke for his good looks.

The door suddenly flew open and every student in the room quickly shut up. Everyone grabbed the closest chair and sat down. White hair, one eye covered, (che, he think he's so damn original just because he's a fucking drama-teacher. Fag.) black shirt and light blue jeans. Kakashi. Joy.

He's almost five minutes late, which is a lot considering this isn't just any school. I forgot to mention one thing about our school. Almost every kid in Sakura Academy is filthy rich. Sakura for example; her dad owns the school (hence the name) and several other schools in this city. I'm the adopted-son of Sarutobi, who was the Mayer of the city. Iruka and I were given all of his money when he passed away.

Some people might think I was lucky to have such a rich person to adopt me, but I've been told that my true father also was some kind of powerful leader before he died, which happened when I was about one year old.

Kakashi was reading a small orange book while walking, so he didn't seem to notice us at all. He always had to look so damn cool.

"Okay everybody, calm down and sit down." He finally spouted.

Yea, we've done that part already Mr. Scarecrow. I suppressed the urge to snort. Kakashi put the book down and was obviously surprised to see us all sitting down already.
He then smiled his famous 'eye-bent-like-a-rainbow-smile'. The eye is in fact the only proof he's smiling, because he always has that damn scarf covering his mouth. That stupid white scarf with the dumb black hearts on it.

Che. Trying to be scene, huh? Too old for that don't ya think? Okay... fine. He's not that old actually. I'm just pissed right now.

"It's great to see all of you, and I trust you all know who I am, right?" Kakashi greeted.

Yes, you're Mr. Closet Pervert.
Of course I would never say that aloud. That would probably give me a detention, and God knows what a detention with Kakashi-sensei could lead to. I shuddered.

The students nod obediently at the question and so did I, 'cause I don't want to stick out like some rebellious brat. That's just too childish, as if asking for trouble. In the corner of my eye I even caught Sasuke-teme nodding.

"Lovely." Kakashi said as he slapped his hands together and smiled again.

Then he suddenly lowered his hands and gave Shino, who was currently the one closest to him, a scary, serious look. Nothing perverted like in the past, just serious, as if Shino had done something terrible and Kakashi was about to yell at him. Shino visibly cringed under the stern look.

"W-what?" Shino finally asked after at least ten seconds of staring. He was trying to hide behind his large collar. Kakashi took a step towards Shino, raised his hand and...

The whole class jumped as Kakashi clapped his hands together again and gave us a shining smile.

"See? That's what acting is all about. Ya'll thought I was angry with poor little Shino here, right? Didn't yah?" He asked this with a little too much enthusiasm, but whatever. He fooled us.

We nodded and some of the girls giggled. Okay, I guess I forgot to mention one major thing about Kakashi. He's hot. Not that I think he's hot, but all the girls in school fawn over him whenever a chance is given.
See, this is the way it works; the only true way for a (straight) guy to know if he, or another guy for that matter, is attractive is to see how the girls treat you, or him. They've got the power.

However, girls can be oh, so naïve. Kakashi screams G-A-Y.
Something like that is probably the one thing guys can notice without getting help from the girls. Even though I’m not gay, I can sense... some kind of vibes when I'm around a gay guy. It's freaky.

Kakashi laughed a bit.

"This is the kind of stuff you'll be learning during these four months. And in the end, we'll be putting on a play. Probably a love-drama of some sort." Kakashi wrote this down on the whiteboard while talking.

The girls whispered quite audibly to each other. They sounded excited. Gee, wonder why. What is it with girls and romance?
The guys cringed and look embarrassed. We all remembered the play the previous eleventh-graders had to do. We were all forced to go watch the Christmas-show before the vacation.

It was very well done, and through a girl's point of view, it was probably very romantic. But since I'm a guy, I was mostly embarrassed while watching it. I actually knew the guy who had to act the main character. He was in love with some poor, bullied girl with some kind of magic powers. So typical Japan, I must say.
I admit it was a nice story, and the ending was actually pretty sweet. Guy gets the girl and all that, but I wouldn’t want to do it myself.

"Why does it have to be romantic?" Shikamaru asked with that bored voice he always uses. Some call him ignorant, others call him arrogant. I call him both. But he's cool, one of my best friends.

"Because romance is the most difficult genre for an actor to perform. It'll be like the perfect exam for you guys." Why does he have to have that overjoyed smile whenever he talks about acting? Stupid scarecrow.

"What a drag..."

His favorite saying...well, alright, his second favorite. His favorite saying is actually 'troublesome'.

"...So troublesome."

See?

Kakashi ignored the complaints and once again smashed his hands together (they should be hurting by now), then told everyone to stand up.

"Okay, since we have to start practicing the play in just a few weeks from now, we'll start with the emo-training right away, 'kay?"

God, that man can speak fast. And not just fast, he said it with a tone which made it sound as if he was talking slowly. Very impressive. Well, he is a drama queen... king... whatever.

We got to our feet and soon we formed a ring. I was just relieved that he wasn't telling us to hold hands. Sakura was right next to me, and once you've held hands with her, your hand would smell like perfume and nail-polish for at least two days. I don't know what that woman does to her hands, but it can't be healthy.

"Excuse me, sir." Sakura is always small and cute when talking to older men. She was like that to me when we started dating too, but then she got more and more demanding. It's scary.

"Yes, miss... um... pink-hair?" Kakashi said as he rubbed the back of his head. He’s forgotten her name. I really had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughing out loud. This has never happened before.
Sakura always makes sure she’s remembered. I glanced at her and noticed the slight blush on her cheeks. I know it's not nice to silently mock your own girlfriend, but if you were dating Sakura you would too!

"My name is Sakura!" She said as large vein popped up above her head in that scary way she did when I forgot about Valentines Day. I can tell you this; I won't ever forget about Valentines Day again. Then she smiled that fake smile again.
"I was just wondering what 'emo-training' is?" She sent a glare towards her smirking best friend Ino.

"Oh, I thought you would understand, really." Kakashi said and smiled again. They're getting scarier and scarier, those smiles of his. "Emotional training. Faces and voice. Actions. The art of shutting your true personality out and completely entering another character for a while. To be able to utterly fool the audience that you are in fact someone else. THAT is what acting is all about!" He was actually panting a little after his little speech and the students closest to him even backed away a few inches.

Suddenly he pointed towards me and I silently cursed as I jumped, startled.

"Naruto-kun!" He said with a calm voice. His eyes were cold and I wasn’t sure whether he was acting or if he was in fact angry with me.
"Yeah?" I said, refusing to get startled again. Turned out he was acting, because he soon smiled again.

"Take one step into the ring so that everyone can see you properly." As if they don't know me already, but as usual I kept quiet, especially when I'm around Kakashi. I obeyed and took a small step into the ring while tucking my hands into my pockets.

"Lovely." Kakashi took a step into the ring too. "Now I want you to tell everybody your favorite feeling and then perform it."

I stared at him. He can't be serious. If he is, I am so gonna kick his ass.

"What?" I sounded almost scared and I mentally kicked myself.
Kakashi blinked.

"Didn't you hear me?" He asked and took another step towards me. I swallowed quite loudly but I wouldn’t back away.

"Y-yes, I did... but... um, I don't really know my favorite feeling." Yes! Good plan, Naruto. If I don't have a favorite feeling he can't ask me to perform it. Please let me skip this!

"Okay... well, when you feel really strong or powerful, what feeling do you have?" He’s not giving up.
Shit, everybody’s looking at me. Sasuke-teme too... I felt dizzy. I quickly looked towards the floor and answered without thinking.

"Anger." I said quietly. Now I'm really going to beat my ass up when I get home. Why did I say that? I have no idea how to act angry. Stupid Kakashi! I hate him.

Kakashi nodded and did rolling movements with his hand. He wanted me to start acting.

I stared at him, then at my shoes, then at him again. I think I'm blushing, but there's no helping it. I’ve never been so embarrassed.

"Come on, Naruto!" I snap my head up to Kakashi. "You just have to be angry. It's not that hard." Is he... mocking me? He is. That bastard! I glared at him.
"Glaring is not going to help you. Don't be such a sissy, just act!" He said with those cold eyes. The class was still staring at me.

"Well excuse me for being a newbie at acting." I said coldly while shooting daggers at the scarecrow. He snorted. Yes, he snorted me.

"I don't give a rat’s ass if you're a fucking newborn, just act damnit! Are you really that big of a coward?"

Coward? Coward?!

I snapped and took two steps towards him.

"Shut up, you fucking IDIOT!" I winced with anger. "How the hell am I suppose to know how to act angry in front of the whole fucking class you dickhead! Isn't that what you're supposed to teach me? What kind of fucked up teacher are you any way? I didn't even want to take your weird classes, I just want to finish high school and become a teacher! Shit... I HATE YOU!"

I do... I really do hate him right now. Hate him for putting me in such an embarrassing situation. I may not look like it, but I get really shy in front of a lot of people. I panic.

I lashed out completely and I would probably have hit him hard, if I didn't see the small smile in his eye. My hand stopped in the air. Just a few inches more and it would have connected with Kakashi’s jaw.
I panted and stared at him, then at the class. They looked... shocked, a little scared and impressed. I lowered my hand and went back to my spot. Sakura reachd out for my hand and I didn't even bat it away.

"Nice plan." I said and gave Kakashi a small smirk. He smirked back at me while the class stared at us with wide eyes.

"Yeah well, nice anger." He said with a laugh.

The class slowly started to understand. Kakashi made me angry; he showed me how I am when I'm mad. It'll be easier for me to act angry now. All I have to do is think about something that makes me angry.
Okay, you guys got to admit it was pretty cool, considering he is Kakashi after all.

"He got you there, Naruto." Kiba said with a small laugh. The class laughed and soon we were all happy again, even me. It seemed as though acting was a bit more interesting than I first thought.

"Okay, well done, Naruto-kun." Kakashi said and turned around to choose his next victim; Ino.

"Okay, miss... Blondie." What's with Kakashi and girls' hair colors? "What's your favorite emotion?"
Ino smirked at him. God, I know that smirk. She's trying to be seductive.

"I think it's... love." She spilled the last word with a low voice and now I really, really had to bite my lip not to laugh myself to death.

Ino is blonde, rich and... totally flat. No titties at all. Though she thinks she is the hottest chick in school, because nobody has the heart to tell her he truth.
Everybody in the room knows exactly what her plan is right now. I did mention Kakashi's hot, right? I mean, at least for a twenty-five year-old.

He helped me with anger, so now Ino wants him to help her with love. That's the plan.

Kakashi looked fairly amused for a couple of seconds before nodding.

"Sure, you seem kind of good at acting so go ahead." He said, then took a spot in the ring and crossed his arms over his chest. Ino stared at him. She didn't expect this. What will she do now?

"But, um..." She said, still trying to look sexy. "I don't know how to... act..." Oh lord, she's pleading now. Not in the sexy way, but more in the way of a child asking her parents to help her.
Kakashi sighed and then pointed towards Sasuke. I saw the small flinch the raven did before he closed his eyes in that uncaring way and entered the center of the circle.

Ino was staring at him with her large blue eyes, her hands were grasping one another and soon she placed them under her chin. Okay, so now she's shy, where did the seductiveness go?

"Sasuke-san, I'll give you your first job. Right now, I don't care what your fav-emotion is," ('Fav'-emotion? Wake up girls! He is so gay!) "...But I want you to act as if you're in love with blondie-babe over there." Kakashi said and completely ignored the whines from the other girls, the blush from Ino and the death glare Sasuke sent him. I snorted. This is going to be fun.

When the class finally calmed down, they started.
"H-Hi, S-Sasuke-kun." Ino said with tomato-cheeks. She was fixing her dress and hair while talking which gave her a nervous impression, I thought it was kind of good acting. If it was acting that is.
Sasuke looked at her, first with ice-cold eyes, and, for a moment, I thought that he was going to say 'Fuck this' and walk away, but that didn't happen.

He smiled at her, with almost warm eyes, and took a step towards her.
"Hello, Ino-chan." He said before he grasped her hand, brought it to his mouth and gave it a small peck.

I think Ino is seriously about to die, because all of her blood is currently in her cheeks.
The other girls in the class were sending her death glares and quiet growls. My stomach started to lurch again. What the hell is that?!

Sasuke continued the skit, since Ino seemed to have lost it. Her eyes looked like two pink hearts and...was she drooling? So now it's up to Sasuke to end the skit and save Ino from humiliation. Though, I don't think he really cares about her that much.

Sasuke stroked her cheek and brought her closer to him, soon they were hugging each other. Ino looked as if she was about to pass out and Sasuke just kept smirking. Oh man, he's playing with her. He is so cruel!
But then again... his cruelness is probably the one thing that I actually like about him. It's so refreshing!

The girls let out small screams and squeals when Sasuke put a hand under her neck, the they watched as he brought his mouth closer and closer to Ino’s and...

"That's enough!"

No!! Who said that? Whoever said it, I'll kill!
I wanted to see Ino pass out from shock. It would've been such a thrill.

I looked around me, wanting to find the bastard, but I knew that I had missed something. What just happened?

The class was staring at me. Oh right, I remember now.

... I was the one who said it.


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"Naruto?" Sakura was squeezing my hand (a bit too hard) and gave me a concerned look. I didn't look back at her. I was still staring at the couple in front of me, as I had been doing for the past thirteen seconds.

I slowly exhaled, looked at my oh, so beloved girlfriend and gave her a weak smile.
"What?" The class was looking at me, the kissing-scene interrupted. Ino looked as if she wanted to strangle me on the spot and Sasuke... well, he's Sasuke. He doesn't show emotions.

"Why did you stop it?" Sakura said, adding her version of puppy dog-eyes. Like I haven’t seen that before. I looked at her for a few seconds and then I shook my head.

"Sorry... I don't feel very good. I was probably spacing out about something else." I gave an incredibly false laugh and rubbed the back of my head. "Look, Sakura... I'm just gonna go grab a glass of water, 'kay?"
She nodded and I swear, I felt her eyes on my neck all the way to the door.

What was that just now?

Those words kept repeating themselves over and over in my head as I quickly drank the cold water with loud, gulping sounds. When I had finished with the water I panted heavily, seeing as I ran almost all the way to the men’s room.
I stared at my reflection in the crappy mirror over the sink. I looked a bit pale, surely from the shock. I didn't feel sick.

But still... what was that? What bothered me so much about two people kissing? Much less Sasuke and Ino?

I gasped and covered my mouth with a sweaty hand. What if..? No, that couldn't... I couldn't have a crush on Ino! Could I?

I replayed the scene in my head over and over again, trying to find an answer. That burning, numbing feeling started to stir in my stomach. Jealousy? It felt almost...

No. I don't even like her! God, she... she's annoying, way too cocky and... too flat. Though breasts were never a priority with me. I just needed another reason.
I sighed. The only way to find out my true feelings for Ino (involuntary shudder) is to go back and see her face to face. Yeah... that ought to work.

I cast one last glimpse in the mirror to see if I looked okay before heading back, and then I gasped. Sasuke-teme. Shit... when did he get in here? I turned around and gave him a glare. He's just looking at me.
Always so casual, wearing his dressy clothes in such an informal manner. He’s lean, but looks strong. Just like me.

I concealed a wince as my stomach turned again. I hated it.

As usual his face was blank. I stared at him for a couple of seconds before snorting a bit. Gotta keep my cool...

"What do you want?" I said and mentally kicked myself when I heard the hoarse and shaky sound that was my own voice. He smirked a bit... shit.

"Water. You're blocking the only functional sink." His voice was as calm as ever and I quickly moved away from the sink. He stepped forward and gave me another smirk. I clenched my teeth at this and scoffed before turning my back to him.

"Whatever..." I muttered and quickly made my way to the door. I was just about to open it when I hear his voice again.

"Hey, Uzumaki." I merely stopped in my tracks to let him know I had heard him. No way I'm talking to that jerk. "You okay?"

I turned my head a bit and watched him in the corner of my eye. Why did I give him the attention you wonder? Well... I'm not sure myself, probably because of his voice. He sounded, and this is really weird considering we're talking about Uchiha Sasuke, but he sounded almost concerned. Yeah, I'm serious!

We stood in silence for a while, the only sound coming from the dripping sink. Then I turned my head back at the door and nodded.
"Yeah."

That's all I'm telling you, you evil bastard. Those words were all I thought of as I made my way through the corridor. They sounded luke-warm, even to me.

I got back to the classroom and Sakura was by my side in mere seconds. I suppressed the urge to sigh at the incredibly annoying woman. Note to self; Break up with the girl before you go insane.

Sasuke was back in a few minutes and the lesson continued. I quickly glanced at Sasuke and noticed that he had returned to his normal passive self.

"Okay class. We've only got about twenty minutes left of the lesson, so now we'll practice... Oh and you're not gonna like this." He chuckled and... is it just me or is he... blushing?
Shit... just what the hell is he going to make us do? Fear was numbing my body.

"You remember how I told you that romance is the most difficult genre?" We all nodded. Kakashi giggled. I imagined that the other guys in the room felt just as nauseous as I did.

"Well, I've decided to make you all do the hardest thing first. Then you won't be as stressed later on." Okay, I see the logic. What is it that you want me to do? "So I'm going to pair you up, and I don't want to hear any complaints. Each pair will perform a kiss in front of the class." Groans, moans and squeals were heard all over the room and I felt my cheeks go red. Kiss? In front of everybody?

"Hey! I said no complaints! This is serious business, people! You might as well get used to it, because romance happens to be my favorite genre." Gee, I never would have guessed.

He started to pair us up.

Shino with Hinata... Shikamaru with that weird one... Temari, yeah, I think that was her name... Kiba with... Sakura? I gave a silent shout of joy in my head and tried to look as upset and annoyed as Sakura did.

"B-but, sensei! I would really like to be with my boyfriend!" She cried and waved her arms. I don't think she likes Kiba. Kakashi made small 'tsk-tsk' sounds with his tongue and pointed at her.

"Miss pink-hair! ("It's Sakura!!") I said no complaints! If I pair you up with your own boyfriend you won't learn anything, because you two are already used to kissing each other. You are meant to shut your true self out and become someone else!" He looked almost angry causing Sakura to back away. Then he smiled just as gently as before and tapped her head. "'Kay?"

He moved on and continued with the pairing up. Sakura gave me a pout, which I didn't return, before going to Kiba's chair. Kiba didn't look too happy himself. He's dating Hinata, so he's was sending Shino death-glares that were almost as scary as Sasuke's.

"Sasuke!" Sasuke snapped his head up. I looked at him, he didn't look back. He looked a bit confused as he met Kakashi's gaze. I was amazed. He's usually so damn focused. He must have been in deep thought if Kakashi actually startled him. "You pair up with Karin."
Karin? Who's Karin? I looked around and soon I saw her. Ah, the slut.

I'm saying slut, because that's what she is. Seriously, I've never seen a bigger whore my entire life. She's a bigger skank than Sakura is when Sakura's tryin' to be sexy.

Her outfit itself just screams prostitute. The black leather mini skirt and the blouse that just barely holds in her breasts. Her black hair matched her black heels and the black mascara that framed her eyes. The glasses on her face topped off the I’m-better-than-everyone look.

She was walking towards Sasuke, who looked as if he didn't give a shit, but then again he's good at hiding emotions.
Hey! She's sitting on his lap? Damn... talk about straight foreword.

"I won't argue. How about you, Sasuke-kun?" She purred with an extremely seductive voice. Sasuke still looked stoic.
"Whatever." He sighed and looked away from Karin, who was trying to get his attention by caressing his cheeks and neck. God, who does she think she is? Teenage-whore of 2007?

Shit, I am really irritable today. Everything’s just annoying me. It's probably because all the girls want Sasuke, and he doesn't care. I've got a lot of friends who's in love with girls they can never have, because the girls are all in love with the fucking Uchiha-bastard! Shino, for example; he used to be in love with Ino. I don't now why, but he thought she was cute or something. Any way, she didn't give a shit about Shino because of Sasuke, and Shino was really down about it for several weeks. That was about a year ago or something.

I'm telling you; Uchiha Sasuke is the source of all problems.

"Naruto-kun! You pair up with Miss Blondie." Kakashi said and continued to pair people up. I froze. Ino? I have to kiss Ino? God, please tell me this is a nightmare and I'll wake up soon.
No wait, this is good. Now I'll definitely find out how I feel about her.

I walked over to Ino who smirked a bit. She thinks I'm happy.

"What are you smiling about?" I muttered and gave her my best glare. How could I possibly have feelings for this... this creature?
"I could ask you the same thing." She said with that annoyingly cocky voice. The one that said 'I'm sexy, I'm hot, I'm everything you're not.'

But I saw her point; I was smiling just a few seconds ago. But it was only because I was happy about the good opportunity to see if I felt anything for her. Which I'm almost positive I don't, but one can never be too sure.

"Whatever." I said in a very Uchiha-like way. She frowned and crossed her arms over her flat chest.

After a few minutes Kakashi was done with the pairing up. Nobody was left out, but one of the pairs was made of two girls. They looked very embarrassed.

"Don't mock them, I promise that everyone in this room will have to kiss someone of the same gender before Christmas. Romance isn't just about a boy and a girl. You should know that by now, you're seventeen for crying out loud. It's becoming more and more usual with plays containing homosexual pairs. Has anyone seen the musical 'Life for Rent'?"

We all shook our heads.

"Well, you should." Kakashi said and narrowed his eyes, as if what he just said was the most important thing in the world. "Anyway, I'm going to give you a scenario, but no lines. You'll have to improvise, okay?"

Most of the students looked terrified, but nobody complained, and some even managed to nod.

"Great... okay, um... The guy has been waiting for the girl to show up for a while, and then she suddenly turns up. What happens? Is the boy angry, relieved, shy? And what about the girl? You decide. You got it? Wonderful! Now... Begin! Shino and Hinata goes first!"

The couple went to the center of the room, and the rest of us created a ring around them to watch. They were both blushing, although it was hard to see Shino's blush. It's just because I've known him for some time that I know where to look. Hinata was always blushing, so no one was surprised by it.

Shino was standing alone and was occasionally throwing glances at his watch while tapping his foot on the floor. He sighed. I was actually quite surprised by his skills. He was doing a good job.
Hinata came rushing into the ring and stopped just in front of Shino, panting.

"I-I'm sorry, I'm late!" She said with an almost desperate voice. My mouth dropped open. She was doing pretty good too. Who would have guessed?
Shino was just looking at her for a few seconds, and then suddenly Hinata hid her face in her hands.

"Please, forgive me... I didn't... I wasn't sure..." She murmured. I was somewhat amazed that we could hear her words so well, even though her face was hidden in her palms.

Shino sighed and reached out his hands. Slowly he caressed her shoulders just before pulling her towards himself. She threw her arms around his neck. He was stroking her back while hushing her.

"It's okay, love." He said, barely audible. After a few seconds they parted, and were now facing each other. Are they really improvising this? I swallowed hard. Compared to these two, Ino and I are going to suck big time.

Shino lowered his head and gave Hinata a small kiss on her lips, which she returned before smiling softly. The room was dead quiet.
Then Shino let go of Hinata and Hinata fixed her clothes and hair. The skit was over. I looked over at Kakashi who seemed a bit confused; he was probably just as captured by the moment as the rest of us.

"Great!" Kakashi smiled and patted Shino's shoulder. "That was a really good one!" Hinata blushed and smiled before getting out of the ring. Shino also got out of the center and sat by Shikamaru.

"Okay, next... Naruto-kun and Blondie!" Kakashi nearly shouted and got out of the center dramatically. I stiffened, but there was nothing I could do about it. Might as well get it over with. I grasped Ino’s hand and pulled her to the center. Unexpectedly, I felt calm. I knew what to do. The scenario was already playing in my head. Who knew acting could be so fun?

Ino gave me a small smirk before getting out of the ring, I started my acting. I'm not Naruto anymore. My face filled with anger, I could feel it, even though I couldn't see myself.
I walked around in the small circle that was my stage. I sighed heavily and ran my hands through my hair. I was frustrated. Then, suddenly, I heard steps behind me. I turned around. Ino.

She had a cocky, offensive face. I walked up to her, my face was dangerously close to hers, because I was bending my neck a bit to be able to stare down at her. Our bodies almost touched, but they didn't.

"There you are." I said, voice low but steady. Dripping with anger and annoyance.
"Here I am," she said, voice both offensive and defensive. She was prepared for this.

We walked around in the ring, still very close to each other, still not touching.

"Do you know how fucking long I've been waiting for you?" I said with a louder voice. She was inching closer to me, but we're not kissing.
"For a long time, I can imagine!" She sneered. The audience was silent.

Ino looked pissed, and I knew I did too. We looked as if we were about to kill each other. Then suddenly I grabbed her waist and pulled her against me. I kissed her hard on the lips, working my lips against hers, getting her to respond. Her arms were clinging to my neck. Somewhere in the background, I could hear an angry hiss from Sakura.

After several seconds, our violent kiss broke and we parted, panting heavily. I smirked at her, which she returned. She let go of my neck. I released her waist from my grip. I discretely wiped my lips a bit when we turned to Kakashi.

He looked shocked and even though I copuldn't see it, I imagined his mouth hanging open.

"Kakashi-sensei?" Ino asked after a few seconds. Kakashi blinked, then grinned and smashed his hands together. It probably hurt, but he didn't care.
"Wow!" He said and grasped my shoulders. "That was awesome!" He turned to Ino and patted her head. "You two did a really good job, because you used anger and... hate for this passionate scene, which is hard, considering this is a kissing-scene. Very nicely done!" Kakashi giggled to himself and I walked away from him, placing myself next to Shino.

Shikamaru stared at me.
"Hey, Naruto... how...?" He asked as I shrank.
"I don't know... It just came to me." I said and smiled.

I know now. I know I'm not in love with Ino.
If I was, then I couldn't have been so hateful towards her, and I wouldn't have been able to come up with that. I would've been nervous, but I wasn't.

A few nervous couples went by, most of them had the same style as Shino and Hinata. None of them were something to write home about, until the next couple was called.

"Sasuke-kun and Black Beauty over there, you're next."
Karin smirked at the comment, but I scoffed. He only called her that because she has black hair. Bitch. I hate her almost as much as I hate Sasuke. They really make a fine couple that way.

Sasuke looked really uncaring, but he probably wanted to shag the bitch right here and now. Bastard. Why does he get all the girls?

As expected, Sasuke placed himself in the center, while Karin disappeared. Sasuke didn't look as if he was waiting, or nervous, or angry. He was just standing there with his hands in his pockets and eyes on the ground.
I suppressed the urge to snort. Not much of an actor, is he? But he was so good at it just a little while ago with Ino. How come he sucks all of a sudden?

He... he can't be nervous, can he? Nervous... because of Karin? Maybe he likes her! Oh God, Karin of all people. What horrible taste.

Karin entered. Sasuke looked up, surprised and slowly backed away from her. His face was different. I almost gasped when I saw it. He looked shy. Really, really shy. He swallowed hard.

"Why are you here?" He asked and looked as if he wasn’t sure whether he should stay or run away. Karin smirked and took swaying steps towards Sasuke.
"Why? Because I missed you, of course." She purred and placed her hands are all over Sasuke's chest and shoulders. I could hear small hisses of anger from some of Sasuke's fan girls, but honestly, at that moment, I was so captured by Sasuke and Karin that I didn't care.

Sasuke visibly swallowed again and lowered his head to avert his gaze onto his shoes.
"You did?" He asked shyly, quietly, though we all heard him. Karin caressed his cheek, and suddenly, I felt like jumping up from my spot and stabbing Karin to death.
"Mhm." She nodded. Her body was pressed against his. His hands found their way to her back, and his gaze was no longer on the floor. He looked at her, at Karin and they closed the gap between them.

The kiss was soft and tender, not nearly as violent as the one I and Ino shared, and it was way too long. After about ten seconds they parted, Karin's gaze was somewhat dim and her hands were still caressing Sasuke's neck.

I noticed my jaw was hurting from my tightly clenched teeth. Why is this happening to me? I hate Karin. She disgusts me.

I was thrown out of my thoughts when Kakashi smashed his hands together again.

"Yes! Now it's settled!"

He looked scarily excited. I gulped when he sent me a look. Who knows what he is thinking about?

"What is?" Karin asked. God, does she always talk like a slut? How come I never noticed before?

"I know who’s going to play the main-characters in the Christmas play!" We all stared at him. Karin gave a small squeal.

"Me and Sasuke-kun?" She all but screamed. Sasuke glared at her.

No. No fucking way! I can't stand her. No way is Kakashi letting her play the main role. Fuck, how I hate her! I'll kill her in my dreams every night from now on.

"Nope." Kakashi waved his finger and smiled.

What? She's not playing the main role? The class murmured in confusion.

"Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun are going to play the main characters." I swallowed at his words. This can't be good. I glanced at Sasuke, but he was too busy staring at Kakashi with a look of nervousness and shock.

"It's a new play from Japan. And I think it's a really good play for a high school, because there's way too much discrimination about it." Kakashi suddenly looked a bit pissed, and I don't think it was acting.

The class was dead silent. I was numb. I couldn't even shake my head. He can't be meaning....

"About what, exactly?" Sasuke's voice echoed through the awkward silence. It had a nervous shake, even though I could tell he was trying to hide it.

"Homosexuality," Kakashi said with a grin. "You and Naruto-kun are going to be a couple."

I saw nothing but the back of my eyelids after that.


End of chapter.

(To be continued.)
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Oh my, what is going to happen? Will Naruto and Sasuke accept? Will they even have a choice? Read more and find out next chapter, which I will upload as soon as possible.

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