"Naruto," Sai starts as he scans Naruto's injuries. "What happened to you?"

Sai kneels down to Naruto's level and pulls him up by his arm. He takes the edge of his shirt and wipes away the neverending blood from Naruto's face.

"Sai! I hate it here!" Naruto cries out as tears slide down his cheeks.

Naruto clutches on to his roommate and sobs on his shoulder. The blood and tears mixing together to smear on Sai's shirt.

"Did Kiba do this to you?" Sai simply accuses the last person he saw Naruto with, and he's spot on. Naruto can only nod as his body shakes.

He thought he could get away from the bullying, from the torture he faced every day. He moved away from this abuse to feel better about himself. He wants nothing more than to be happy, and yet, no one will grant him his happiness. Every day he's bothered because people assume he's dating Sasuke, or he's getting too close to Sasuke.

"I hate this school! I hate Sasuke! I hate the teachers, the school work, everything! I want to go home!"

"Come on, let's get you washed up," Sai says, pulling Naruto off the ground. With Naruto's arm around his shoulders, Sai carries his roommate back to their dorm.

Naruto sits on the floor while Sai goes to work on him. He plugs up that bloody nose and cleans small cuts on Naruto's face. He didn't have any bandages, so cleaning Naruto's wounds is all he can do right now. He takes off Naruto's blood-stained shirt. Sai scowls at the sight of the large bruises covering Naruto's chest and stomach.

"I'm going to fucking kill that dog loving fuckface," Sai sneers as he stands up. Before he can head for the door, Naruto grabs his hand.

"Please don't," Naruto mumbles, sounding defeated. "It'll make everything worse."

Sai's hand slips from Naruto's weak grip. He looks down at his friend feeling conflicted. On one hand, he should defend his friend from any evil that comes against him, on the other, if this somehow does get worse, he'll be the sole reason as to why.

Sai pushes his doubts away. He wasn't one to fear consequences or worry about the uncertain. Sai turns on his heel and walks out the door while Naruto weakly calls out to him. He runs his hands through his hair as he speeds through the halls to a specific dorm.

He stops in front of dorm number 674. He pounds on the door until it opens with an irritated-looking Gaara standing in front of him.

"What the hell do you want?" Gaara asks in his usual gruff tone. Sai, having no time for any formalities, slips past Gaara and goes straight to Sasuke.

"You need to control your crazy ex-boyfriends," Sai says, digging his fingernails into his skin.

Sasuke, who was peacefully lounging on his bed before this encounter, raises an eyebrow at Sai. "What in the world are you talking about?"

"Naruto is bloodied and bruised because of you!"

Sasuke -- and secretly Gaara -- perk up at the mention of Naruto.

"He's what?" Sasuke exclaims as he sits up from his relaxed position. "Is he hurt? Is he okay?"

"Well besides the cuts on his face, the bruises on his body, the bloody nose, and the black eye, he's doing absolutely fine," Sai cheers sarcastically.

"Who the fuck did that to him?" Sasuke asks, his face becoming serious.

"Go ask Kiba," Sai says as he saunters out the room. "I'm positive that he'll know."

...

Kiba wakes up like normal. His roommate Shino has already left for his early morning classes. Kiba stretches and rolls out of bed. HIs knuckles are sore from yesterday's fight, but it isn't too serious.

As he pulls on his uniform for school, a knock comes at his door. Kiba fixes his blazer before opening the door. Standing in the hallway is Sasuke Uchiha, the boy Kiba pretends to hate but desperately wants back.

"Sasuke," Kiba greets. He notices the fierceness in Sasuke's eyes and can't decide to be frightened or aroused; either way, the adrenaline is pumping through his veins.

Sasuke walks into the dorm and slams the door closed. With an angry sigh, Sasuke loosens his tie.

"Look Kiba," He starts. "I don't want to fuck up your face so early in the morning and leave this room with bloody knuckles, cause that'll look suspicious, but I'm not entirely against the idea."

The adrenaline triggers Kiba's fear response and he backs away from Sasuke. "What are you getting at Sasuke?"

Sasuke snaps and grabs Kiba's collar. "You know exactly what I'm getting at you conniving little shit!"

Kiba suppresses a whimper as he tears away from Sasuke. He tries to act tough but knows he's no match for Sasuke.

"If you ever, and I do mean ever hurt Naruto again, I'll beat you into a bloody pulp!"

Sasuke storms out the room, leaving Kiba frightened for his life. The breath stuck in his throat finally releases in hurried gasps.

But this is only the beginning of these types of threats. Kiba, unfortunately, bumps into Sai near the art department shortly before his third class. As he begins to apologize, Sai snaps at him.

"If you even look at Naruto the wrong way, I will stab my paintbrushes into your eyes and while you scream, pour hot glue down your throat."

Before he can get a word in, Sai dashes to his next class. Kiba watches him speed off with bulging eyes. He's left speechless.

After lunch, Kiba crosses paths with Gaara, who swiftly pulls him into a nearby bathroom and slams him into the wall.

"This is your only warning dipshit," Gaara growls, tightening his grip on Kiba's blazer. "The next time you hurt Naruto, I will shove my foot so far up your ass, you'll have toenails for teeth."

Gaara punches him in the stomach as a take care gift before leaving the bathroom muttering curses. Kiba coughs as he slides down the wall. He's sure that punch will leave a bruise.

If Kiba had known about Naruto's three bodyguards, he wouldn't have picked a fight with him. He thought Naruto was a loner pursuing Sasuke for popularity. He didn't know he had friends like Gaara backing him up. Needless to say, but Kiba regrets the fight.

He stands from the bathroom floor and heads to his next class. There, he sees Naruto sitting in the corner seated next to Gaara with Sasuke in front of him.

"I promise guys, I'm fine," he hears Naruto say. "I just fell down some stairs. You know I'm pretty clumsy."

They don't believe Naruto's story, but they don't say anything to expose his lie. They continue to fawn over Naruto as Kiba finds the seat farthest from them. Class continues like normal, but Kiba can't stop himself from looking over at Naruto.

Will he forgive him if he apologizes? Or will that cause more friction between them? Would it even matter? Sasuke and Gaara won't allow him to be within a five-foot radius of Naruto let alone be with him privately.

What's the point? Kiba thinks miserably as his focus switches back to the teacher. He wanted to be with Sasuke again so badly that he vowed to himself to eliminate anyone that comes near him. He spread lies about Sasuke, he even told the truth in some cases, but nothing would get him closer to the one he desires the most. He thought by the grace of God that maybe, just maybe, Sasuke would come back to him. But Sasuke sees him as nothing. Nothing but a manipulative scumbag.

There's nothing that he can do to win Sasuke back. Sasuke will forever be as elusive as a dream. From here on out, Kiba will keep his distance from Sasuke, and Naruto.