Salutations!

Ever wondered what it might be like if Naruto had a TV show where he went to college in the real world?
Well, this here is going to be run kind of like a TV show! Imagine this chapter as the opening; like the startup of FRIENDS or something! (ie used more for showing characters than being related to a central storyline). Take out the dialogue and imagine it coupled with a catchy tune!
Most chapters will be short, relatively stand-alone 'episodes' and I'm open to suggestions of what activities and couples there might be!
Review if you like; follow if you're intrigued xD

May potentially contain traces of yaoi in later chapters; probably going to contain many a curse word

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

A bell rang as the clock struck three and a blonde head shot up in excitement as Naruto Uzumaki leapt up from his seat just as class finished. His sudden movement startled the guy sitting next to him and caused a pile of books to topple to the ground.

"Hey! Watch it!" Kiba snapped irritably, elbowing Naruto in the gut as Shikamaru looked up from where he had been sleeping in the seat in front of them and sighed heavily.

"Troublesome," he muttered, rolling his eyes as the blonde excitedly ushered Kiba along as the brunette attempted to gather up his books as best he could with Choji's help.

"Come on guys! We're free!" Naruto whooped in delight as the chatter of the bustling (waking) students of the class began to pick up. Almost as soon as he confirmed that Kiba had recollected all of his belongings, he darted down the stairs to the front and waved from the door. Kiba, Choji and Shikamaru all exchanged glances before sighing in unison and running off after their friend.

Naruto laughed to himself in glee as he ran along the path, his bag and his coat flying out behind him. He heard an excited bark and gave Kiba a thumbs up as his friends drew up beside him; the brunette riding on the back of his enormous dog, and Shikamaru on his skateboard. Choji jogged along after them.

Two girls appeared around the corner on rollerblades, heading in the opposite direction.

"Hey, it's Ino and Sakura!" Kiba exclaimed as the two girls shot past the boys; Ino and Shikamaru exchanging a high-five as they came close. Sakura quickly spun a hundred and eighty degrees and began skating backwards; waving to Naruto and calling out some reminder to pick up groceries for dinner. The cheeky blonde just laughed and waved her off as he continued to run. There was someone he had to catch on the way home, and he couldn't stop to chat!

"Gaara, hey!" Naruto exclaimed in delight as he, Kiba and Shikamaru skidded to a halt beside a moody-looking redhead who was sitting on a bench by a bus stop with his headphones on.

"Naruto; good to see you…" Gaara remarked, raising an eyebrow at Naruto's grinning, mischievous expression, "…What are you planning?"

"You'll see!" Naruto chuckled as Choji pulled up beside them, panting heavily.

"Guys, can we…*pant* take a breather?" he inquired, and then his mouth fell open in horror and resignation as Naruto yanked the surprised Gaara from his spot on the bench and forced him into a run alongside him. Kiba and Shikamaru exchanged glances; shrugged; and headed off again.

"Wait for me!" Choji hollered, sprinting off after them.

The five of them ran through the college; earning very strange looks from the people around them. The food court was bustling but the crowd parted for them; not wanting to get in the way of a man on a mission.

"Gaara! I thought you were headed home after class?" Temari called out from one of the tables nearby where she was having a quick late lunch with Kankuro. The blonde girl gave Shikamaru an unimpressed look as he executed a perfect grind down the hand-railing leading out from the cafeteria and Gaara took that opportunity to slow down to greet his siblings.

"Well, Naruto kidnapped –" He was about to say.

" –Oh no you don't," Kiba and Naruto interrupted, grabbing the unwilling redhead by the scruff of his maroon sweater and dragging him away as his siblings laughed at the 'save me' expression written across their little brother's face.

"Come on, let's take a shortcut through the campus park!" Naruto grinned.

"Where are we going?" Kiba inquired as Akamaru bounded along beside him. They leapt down a flight of stairs and landed in a run, heading straight for the skate park that sat on the edge of the park. "Bye, Hinata; Shino! I'll see you at home!" He added with a short salute as they passed by his flatmates who was taking the path through the quaint park on their way home from class. Shino just nodded curtly as Hinata immediately flushed bright red and hid her face as she spied Naruto.

"Naruto! My youthful rival!" Lee exclaimed, barrelling out of nowhere and aiming a tackle at the blonde's feet, only to end up skidding along in the grass as Naruto swerved violently to avoid him.

"Not right now, Lee; I've got somewhere to be!" he shouted, "See you at the dojo later on! I'll bring a surprise!"

"Lee; quit bothering him!" Tenten's voice could be heard sighing as they ran past her on her yoga mat on the grass; soaking up the relatively calm atmosphere of the park, "Bye, Naruto!" Waves were flung at the brunette girl as they darted on past.

A small brunette boy with long brown hair was lying on his back on the grass near the skate park, when all of a sudden a dark shadow passed over him with a wild whoop. Haku sat up slightly and laughed as Naruto looked over his shoulder and flicked him a thumbs up as the rest of his group passed around the small boy. Shikamaru went skating straight down into the skate park while the other four split into twos and skirted the edges.

"Yo, Zabuza!" Naruto greeted with a fist bump as the elder man shot up from the small half-pipe and spotted the blonde in mid-air, "Looking good man!"

"Don't I know it?" Zabuza smirked, sailing back down into the park once more and smoothly gliding between two other skaters; one who was broad and blue and the other who was slight with white hair. "Oi, Kisame; Naruto's here!" Kisame grinned toothily as he and Suigetsu promptly executed the same trick mid air; though Suigetsu fumbled halfway through and ended up flying off his board and into a redhead who had been unlucky enough to be passing through.

"Suigetsu, you are so dead!" Karin snarled angrily as she glared up at the man who had fallen on top of her. He just laughed and was consequently unceremoniously thrown onto his back. Juugo just sighed and looked at the two of them with a disbelieving expression.

"Fuck, those Seven Swordsmen guys are mean skaters," Kiba admitted, "Naruto; where are we going?" Naruto just laughed heartily and didn't answer.

Neji Hyuuga was sitting at a picnic table on campus with his books and his papers all nicely set up. He had a test in a few days, and it was so peaceful outside that he thought it would be a waste to not get some much-needed vitamin D. He began scrawling down his notes, when all of a sudden; there was a rumbling like thunder, and a blonde and orange blur when hurtling past him in a gust of wind, sending all his nice notes flying through the air. Choji briefly stopped for a breather at the side of the table before noticing that Neji's eyebrow was twitching in rage. He followed the Hyuuga's line of sight and noticed that his wonderfully printed notes had been blown straight onto the canvas that Sai was painting on.

"Sorry, Neji!" Naruto shouted, looking over his shoulder and not sounding in the least bit sorry.

"So anyway, I was thinking, me and you are both damn fine; maybe we should fucking go out sometime?" Hidan was saying, leaning up against a wall as a rather busty, attractive female eyed his altogether rather pleasing body.

"That…that sounds like a great idea…" she remarked flirtatiously. Kakuzu rolled his eyes.

"Hey, I think there's someone looking at you over there…" he muttered, as annoyed as ever by Hidan's sleazy ways. The young woman looked over her shoulder and stars appeared in her eyes; instantly leaving Hidan's side and leaving the man looking aghast and incredibly offended.

Kakuzu snorted as the two of them looked over to see that the girl had joined the crowd of females that were swooning over and clinging to two rather smug males.

"THAT FUCKING UCHIHA AND STUPID DAMN DEIDARA!" Hidan exploded, steam practically bursting out his ears as Kakuzu rolled his eyes and pinched the back of his shirt to hold him back from attacking the handsome men and their fan clubs.

"I totally have a bigger fan club than you, Itachi, yeah," Deidara smirked, brushing his bangs back off his face and causing the girls to all squeal in delight.

"…It's not a competition," Itachi sighed heavily, slouching and rolling his eyes at the blonde's determination to turn everything into a competition.

"Senpai!" Tobi exclaimed in delight, leaping up behind Deidara and glomping him dramatically.

"Tobi, get the hell off me, yeah!" Deidara snapped aggressively, wriggling and pushing at the orange mask, attempting to dislodge the nuisance from him. Tobi just giggled in delight, before he was physically removed from the aggressive blonde by a rather unimpressed-looking Sasori.

Konan sighed heavily, leaning against Pein with a small smile, watching as a group of five ran past the two of them.

" –Is that Naruto?" she inquired curiously, "He's sure grown up since high school, hasn't he?"

"Agreed," Pein sighed.

"…Oh this is not going to be good…" Nagato commented dryly. Zetsu looked out from the tree that he was sitting in to spot the five figures quickly gaining on what appeared to be a lone figure strolling through campus all alone; shadow long in the afternoon sun.

Suddenly, Deidara was accidentally shoved forwards by Tobi.

"Take that!" he snarled, and Naruto gave a wild cry as there was a sudden explosion from somewhere behind him. The force sent him rocketing forwards in the air as a cloud of dirt and debris shot up and his friends and everyone in the nearby vicinity were all blasted in different directions in a spray of dust.

"Sasuke!" He shouted as he was flung through the air. The lone, raven-haired figure turned at the sound of his name; too late to avoid being tackled to the ground as Naruto caught him around the waist mid-flight.

The two of them crashed to the ground in a roll.

"Idiot!" Sasuke snarled aggressively, pushing the blonde's beaming face away.

"Hey Sasuke!" he chuckled, only to find a sudden shadow looking down on the pair of them. They both looked up and gulped at the sight of their lecturers and tutors; Tsunade; Jiraiya, Orochimaru; as well as Iruka, Kakashi, Asuma and Gai all looking down on them. Tsunade's eyebrow twitched and she folded her arms; very unimpressed. Naruto, unable to do anything else, just looked up at them and grinned his signature smile.

"Um…my bad?" he offered from the ground, scratching the back of his head. Sasuke just glared at him then sighed in resignation as he realised that Naruto wasn't going to leave him alone. The two of them looked back over their shoulders to see that their whole group of friends had assembled and were laughing. Naruto dragged himself and Sasuke to their feet.

"This is going to be the best year ever!" He proclaimed; leaping into the air with a fist raised in excitement.

And that's where the title would show up and we would head on into the episode! Which, if people show interest, will be up shortly, where we find Naruto on his first day at University! Who will he encounter and what mischief will they get up to?

Much love, as always

xx K