Naruto
I walked down the street, the sun on my back, wind on my face. Ah, this was great! No more school until tomorrow, I had the whole evening to cause trouble. Heheh! I spotted a large crowd around the Hokage's place and wandered over to see what the fuss was about. I pushed through to get to the front, much to the annoyance of the other people, but that was nothing new. I wasn't making any new enemies, no one seemed to like me too much anyway. A small group of people were approaching the door to the mansion; a guy in robes like the old man's, but blue, and three kids, one about my age. Who were these guys?
"Hey, why's the Kazekage showed all of a sudden?" One of the adults spoke over my head to their companion.
"Dunno, probably some politics crap with Hokage-sama." The other replied. Hmm, so this guy was a Kazekage, whatever that was. Hey! Maybe he's the boss of a village too. And what about those kids? The older guy bent down and spoke to them quietly and went inside the mansion, leaving the two older ones outside, looking really bored. Now the interesting stuff was over, the crowd dispersed, leaving just me and the two older kids. The boy glared at me and turned to his sister.
"Hey, Temari, that squirt is staring at us." He said.
"Yeah, so?" The girl replied, then looked at me. "Hey, kid, you got a problem or something?" She shouted at me. We stared at each other for a bit, then I turned away and wandered off down the street. Weird people. Oh well, I had things to do, places to go, havoc to cause. :)
Gaara
Why the hell did Father take me in there and not Temari or Kankurou? That was the question running through my mind as we followed the guide through a maze of corridors to a large, sunlit office. An old geezer was sat at the desk, dressed like Father, only in red. Another important person like Father? Yeah, probably.
"Ah, Kazekage-sama, was your journey pleasant?" The geezer said companionably.
"As much as can be expected. But enough pleasantries, let us get down to business."
"Of course. In your message, you mentioned your son, is this him?" He looked at me, smiling. "And your name?" I made to reply, but Father butted in.
"His name is Gaara. Now, I have a request regarding him. Would you accept him in the Konoha Ninja Academy?" The geezer looked mildly interested.
"Any reason?"
"It is my intention that he will follow in my footsteps when he is older. It would be an education for him to understand the ways of our allies here in Konoha before he assumes the position." Aww man! So I was gonna have to stay here? Why did I never get any say in stuff like this? The old guy studied me for a few moments, then addressed Father.
"I see no problem with that, yes, of course we can accept him." He smiled at me warmly for the second time. What was with this behaviour? "I shall send for one of the children to show him around, in fact I have the perfect person in mind."
"Good, I'll leave him with you then." Father turned and walked out, leaving me alone with the old geezer who stood up, walking over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder, which I squirmed away from.
"I suppose you're feeling a bit weird, a bit out of place here, but don't worry, that will go soon. Now, if you wait here I will go fetch someone to show you around." Then he left, leaving me all alone in this huge office. Note to self: get a hold on that agoraphobia.
Naruto
"Ahahahahahaha! You'll never get me you BAKAS!" I laughed as I raced down the street, 2 chuunin on my tail. I rounded the corner, dashing down the street and colliding with something solid. I fell hard onto my butt, glaring up at whoever had gotten in my way. Oops, Hokage-geezer!
"Ah, Naruto, just who I was looking for. Come with me." The chuunins charged towards me, shouting swearwords.
"Ah, Hokage-sama, we're sorry, he's defaced the faces again!" One of them said breathlessly.
"Don't worry, I have a job for him, and then he can clear it up if he does it badly." Damn! Hokage-geezer placed a hand on my shoulder, steering me towards his mansion.
He led me straight into his office, where he let me go and shut the door. I found myself staring at the kid from earlier, who's pale, dark-rimmed eyes were locked on me. He looked really unhappy to be there.
"Naruto, I want you to take care of Gaara-kun until he gets used to Konoha, hes from Suna but will be staying here for a while." The kid looked mildly suprised and annoyed, but didn't say anything. As for me, I didn't mind making a friend, even if he was a bit quiet. I held out my hand to him, grinning widely.
"Hi, I'm Uzumaki Naruto! Nice to meet you!" The kid stared at my hand but didn't take it.
"I'm... I'm Gaara." He murmured.