Part 1
“WAKE UP!!!!” Itachi called through the house.
“NII-SAN!!!!” came the groggy, annoyed two voices of Sasuke and Gaara.
“I MADE BREAKFAST!!” Itachi yelled.
Sasuke and Gaara came stumbling out of their huge room. “We’re up!” Sasuke announced.
“Barely.” Fugaku laughed.
Mikoto brushed their hair out of her sons’ faces. “Look at you two. Half awake!”
“Sorry mama…” they grumbled.
“What happened?”
“I was up last night training with my sharingan… and my eyes got uh… dried up?” Sasuke sounded unsure.
“And I uh… was practicing with my sand and uh… it got in my eyes?” Gaara tried to sound more convincing than his twin.
The two boys had fake smiles frozen on their faces.
Fugaku narrowed his eyes. “Is there something that has been keeping you two up?”
“Nope!” Gaara laughed nervously.
“Definitely not!” Sasuke nodded over dramatically.
Itachi brought the fried eggs, soy sauce, bread, butter, jam, cheese, and fruit to the table. Smoothies (Itachi special) and warm milk were in jugs on the table already. “Yeah right.” Itachi snorted.
Sasuke grabbed a piece of bread, which lit up in flames in his hands and toasted it. He hastily spread some butter and jam on it, then stuffed it into his mouth. “Fank you fwor da fwood!” Sasuke said, mouth full. He downed a glass of milk and hurried off, his backpack clean and ready.
Gaara rolled his eyes. His sand swept around, preparing his backpack, shoes, books, and other helpful stuff. Gaara sat down and ate a fried egg with soy sauce. He finished it in 3 seconds flat. He drank a cup of banana smoothie and grabbed an apple.
“Bye mama! Bye papa! Bye nii-san!”
“BYE!!!” Sasuke called, already half-way through the front door.
“Bye!” Itachi called back.
“So,” Sasuke said, Gaara at his side. “Your training going well?”
“Yes, how about yours?”
“It’s okay.”
“We both know what our relationship and our attitudes are going to be once we enter the school.” Gaara said.
They glanced at each other knowingly. They both knew that they would act like they didn’t know each other and act all cold and cool once they entered school grounds.
Sasuke shrugged. “True…”
“How’s Naruto?” Gaara asked suspiciously.
Sasuke’s face remained stoic. “How’s Lee?”
Gaara and Sasuke gave each other dirty looks. Then, the twins burst out laughing.
“Hilarious!” Sasuke wheezed.
“I know!”
“I don’t even like that idiot!” the twins said simultaneously.
They entered the school and their smiles melted off of their faces. Their faces became stone and they walked off into different directions. The twins appeared in different doors to the classroom at the exact same moment. No matter how much the twins try, though they aren’t biologically related, Gaara being adopted at 2 months old, they couldn’t get rid of their twin telepathy. Their emotional bond is much stronger than any blood bond. They even have the same birthday despite having different parents.
Gaara sat at the back, his turquoise eyes swept across the room. Sasuke sat to the side, thinking of how to prank Itachi. Gaara and Sasuke’s eyes met momentarily and they exchanged thoughts.
‘So, a prank?’ Gaara tilted his head.
Sasuke gave a hint of a nod. ‘At noon.’
‘What is the prank?’ Gaara asked through his mind.
‘Sabotage his food.’ Sasuke smirked.
Gaara smirked too. ‘Great. The plan?’
Sasuke explained how the prank was going to work.
The whole conversation existed only for a second, but the twins had more than enough information to proceed with this ingenious prank.
“I want to sit with Sasuke-kun!” a random girl yelled.
“I was here first!” Sakura said.
“Back off bill-poard brow!” Ino pushed Sakura.
A hoard of girls fought over sitting next to Sasuke.
Sasuke sighed, but hid it well. Not well enough for Gaara to be fooled though. Gaara muttered something under his breath and suddenly all the girls shrieked and stumbled back.
“Sand in my eyes!” one wailed.
“How did it get here?!” another one cried.
“It must be that freak over there!” another one pointed towards Gaara.
Gaara’s eyes widened a bit. He wasn’t scared, his sand protected him easily, but Gaara could get overwhelmed by numbers.
“Shoot.” Sasuke cursed quietly.
Sasuke moved, quietly and quickly. He knocked a dozen out, leaving only around 3 charging at Gaara. Gaara’s face softened and he relaxed a bit. He got ‘attacked’ and the sand waved the 3 girls off their feet.
Sasuke and Gaara exchanged thanks and returned to their previous positions. A few minutes later, Temari walked into the room. She spotted Gaara right away. She walked towards him. Sasuke pursed his lips. This was either going to turn out great or turn out horrible.
“Hi.” Temari greeted Gaara.
Gaara ignored her.
“I saw you alone…” Temari said. “And I thought I’d talk.”
“And why?” Gaara asked coldly.
Temari shrugged. “Why not?”
“You don’t find me scary?”
Temari stifled a laugh. “Why would I be scared?”
Gaara’s face formed what seemed like a smile. Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief and smiled to himself. At least his brother softened to somebody besides family. However, if Temari tried to make a romantic move on Gaara, she wouldn’t have a chance. Gaara is, undeniably, gay. Just like Sasuke!
And that’s when three boys walked in… Naruto Uzumaki, Rock Lee, and Shikamaru Nara walked in. Rather, Naruto ran in, Lee skipped in, and Shikamaru strolled in. Naruto noticed a clear spot and he ran to it. He jumped on top of the desk and sat down. Right next to Sasuke. The girls who were still fighting over that exact spot stared at Naruto, dumbfounded.
Lee shrugged and sat, plop, in the front. Shikamaru sat in the back, hoping the teacher wouldn’t notice him if he was dozing. He sat, not next to Gaara, but next to Temari. Temari raised an eyebrow at the lazy guy. Shikamaru pretended not to notice and started napping.
The girls were absolutely furious that Naruto sat at the spot. Sakura pushed Naruto off.
“Sasuke-kun is mine!!”
“No, he’s mine!”
Naruto sneered. “Sasuke Sasuke Sasuke, what’s so good about this guy anyway?” Naruto jumped on top of the desk and glared at Sasuke.
Sasuke glared back.
Just then, Lee tilted his head a bit and accidentally knocked Naruto right into Sasuke.
“Oh! Sorry…” Lee trailed off.
When Lee bumped into Naruto, Naruto, who had been intently glaring at Sasuke, Naruto’s face went straight into Sasuke’s glaring face. Their lips said hello, and they kissed. Smooch. Both instantly pulled away and coughed hysterically. Gaara had been watching the commotion closely, and despite his usual cold attitude in school, he rushed to help his twin. It was not undetected of course, but at the moment, the twins couldn’t care less about their reputation.
“You okay?” Gaara muttered.
“Just a kiss. Not a big deal.” Sasuke mumbled.
“At least the person was Naruto.” Gaara whispered.
“And the person who caused it, is your precious Lee.” Sasuke whispered back.
“You sharp little cat… ” Gaara grumbled.
“You’re a little tanuki…” Sasuke hissed.
Gaara finished fussing over Sasuke and returned to his seat. Sasuke sighed, and then he returned to his seat as well. The others in the room just gaped at the twins. Nobody knew that Sasuke and Gaara were twins.
Sasuke tensed as he felt Naruto sit down, but he still stared at the desk and didn’t pay attention to Naruto. Sasuke has “never” liked Naruto ever since they were kids. They didn’t talk much, and they definitely weren’t friends.
Senseis: Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Might Guy
The student ninjas (friend group): Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Sai, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Gaara, Temari, Neji Hyuga, Rock Lee, and Tenten.
