Crimson leaf:
The first years
Chapter 1
(Yes, hello everyone, this is my first ever made Fanfic, and i hope people enjoy it, this fanfic will be about Naruto, Ino and a new character, a boy that changed the very course of the story we today know.Enjoy)
Somewhere in Konoha, on a small wooden bench, a boy sat in the morning sun, his yellow hair reflecting the small string of light that motioned for the coming of a new day.
His blue eyes where looking back and forth over the small park, scanning for any sign of life.
The brown pants he wore and white t-shirt was slightly dirty, stained with dried mud and some dust.
On the other side of the park, a small, rather scared little figure could be seen, a boy, about the same age as the one with yellow hair, was standing behind a tree, watching the other boy, that he hade, for some resone, not noticed until today.
Red hair, long and wild, blew in the wind as a nearby bird took flight from a tree and left the village behind.
Deep green eyes scanned the park, just as the blue ones did.
He wore a simple black shirt and a pair of rather baggy jeans.
The yellow haired boy looked around the park, this was where he hade always gone in the mornings, to finds atleast a moment in peace from the grown-ups.
This was his little place, this was his little time, but this day, it would change, today that little boy would meet another one, almost like himself.
Reiji, as the Red haired boy hade named himself, slowly took a step out from the safe shadows of the tree, and looked over at the other boy.
Taking a few unsure steps he wondered what the other boy would think of him..
"Will he call me short,call me trash like everyone else... will he kick me and tell me that my parents where traitors..." He thought to himself, remembering the trials of every day he hade to survive.. the constant kicks,hits and names.
He turned his gaze down, afraid to meet the other boys gaze, but then looked up again.
The yellow haired boy, called Naruto, looked with curiousity at the other boy, who where slowly walking up to him, wild red hair dancing in the wind, like it hade its own life, and green eyes looking up, then down, and up again, until their eyes locked.
Naruto flashed a foxy grin and tilted his head to the right.
"Hello there..."
"Hello..." Reiji answered, not knowning what to expect, a kick, a hit, or a name.
Naruto looked at the other boy, seeing the fear in his eyes, a fear he knew all to well.
"he is lonely..just like me.."
Naruto couldn't help put to flash another smile and stand up, seeing that the red haired boy was almost half a head shorted then him, Naruto leaned down some, and looked into the other boys eyes.
Reiji flinched as Naruto stood up, his mind and body bracing for a hit. and then...
"Nothing..?" Reiji opened his eyes again, only to be meet by a smiling Naruto, standing leaned down so that their heads where on the same level, so that their eyes meet, blue against green.
"I-I'm...m-my n-name.. is.. R-Reiji.." He managed to studder forth, his mind hopping that this boy was not like the others.
"Hello Reiji, my Name is Uzumaki Naruto"
"Hello Naruto.." Reiji said and tried a smile, a short, almost toothless grin.
"Reiji.. want to be friends ?" Naruto asked, holding out his hand.
Reiji looked at the hand, as if it was a dangerous snake that was just about to bite.
"Friends ?.. he want to be my friend.." Reijis mind was filled with joy, filled with happines..
Reiji then finnaly came to his senses, and took the hand, and then nodded with a ones again toothless smile.
"Hai!" He shouted out and then pushes Naruto lightly on his chest.
"Tag! your it!" And with these words, Reiji started to run, soon to be followed by a smiling Naruto.
The wind, sun and bird soon followed in the happy mood of the boys, and everything seemed perfect, for both Naruto and Reiji.
-Two Years later-
"Reiji.. Reiji!" Naruto shouted as he came running down the streets towards his best friend.
It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining high above the roofs, and not a cloud as far as the eye could see.
Reiji, the little small boy, hade grown some, but not much, and wore about the same clothing, only bigger.
The Same went for Naruto.
Reiji still hade his red hair wild and free, and even if he hade been called many things because of it, or ended up in trouble because of the red hair, he still loved it.
Reiji was still smaller then Naruto, half a head still.
Reiji was sitting on the small balcony to which hade been his, and Narutos new home for about a year now.
"Morning Naruto!" Reiji shouted at his friend and waved a hand.
"Reiji.. Reiji! it's time! it's time!" Naruto shouted and jumped up and down on the streets, his foxy smile almost cutting his face in two.
"Time ? Time for what ?" Reiji asked back, shouting as loud as he could, and then, noticing himself, quickly headed inside, avoiding any angry grown-ups.
It was a small appartment, which hade two room, and a small kitchen. the small brown table in the middle of the kitchen where filled with different kinds of paintings and papers.
Suddenly the front door flew open and in stormed Naruto, his grin still as big as before, and in pure excitment, he started to jump around his friend.
"Reiji, get your things, its time, it's time!" Naruto shouted as he keep on jumping round and round, making Reiji pretty dizzy after a while.
"Time for what Naruto ?" Reiji asked as he stopped following his friend around and instead sat down at the table.
"Academy! it's academy time!" Naruto shouted even loud, followed by a banging on the nearby wall and a muffled shout "Be quiet!"
Naruto stopped, Reiji stopped, slowly their eyes meet, and they both bursted out into laughter.
Ten minutes later they hade both manage to catch their breath, and Naruto where now sitting on the floor, with Reiji on the other side.
"So, wait.. you mean that we get to go to the academy ?" Reiji asked, mostly out of suprise.
"Yes baka! i'v told you that three times already, now get your things and let's go, we can't be later!" Naruto shouted and hurried into his room, where he quickly gathered what he thought might be necessary.
Reiji on the other hand, sat stunned in the kitchen for a while.
"Ninja academy.. i get to go to a ninja academy..?"
The line repeted itself over and over again inside his head.
"Yatta!" Reiji suddenly shouts, sending Naruto tumbeling forward and hitting the floor with a bang.
"Ehh, Reiji-san.. now what ?" Naruto asked, while rubbing his forhead.
No answer, instead, Naruto saw a fully geared and ready Reiji, standing at the front door, shoes already on.
"So..? Let's go, we can't be late"
Naruto just answered with a grin and they both hurried out throught the door, down the stairs and then out on the streets.
"Ehh Reiji, Race you there!" Naruto shouted and dashed off, shortly followed by a Reiji shouting "No fair" and dashing after.
The sky was blue and completely cloud free as Naruto, shortly followed by Reiji, made their way to the Academy, both boys sprinting with everything they hade.
"Cmon Reiji, i'm winning here!" Naruto shouted as he looked back at his friend and flashed one of his typical foxy smiles, As Nartu took his mind of the running for just a short second, he did not notice that from a small alley up ahead, a girl, the same age as them, walked out, her hands clutching around a pair of books.
She hade short golden hair, which was held togheter behind her head in a ponytail.
She wore a pink t-shirt, along with a pair of white shorts and simple shoes.
Reiji manage to notice the girl, But, he didn't have much time to think, before Naruto crashed right into her, sending both blonds tumbeling down to the ground, The girl screaming out of fear, or anger, And Naruto out of pure suprise.
"G-Get of me, you little pervert!" She shouted and tried to get Naruto off her, while Naruto himself shouted back.
"H-Hey! i'm not a Perver-!" The poor boy never got to finish the line, instead, a solid fist meet his face and send him flying backwards, ending the whole thing in a matter of seconds.
Reiji, where just standing back and laughing.
Naruto hit the nearby fenc with a slight bang and slowly slided down to the ground, holding his head in pain.
"ow,ow,ow, ow!" He muttered and started to rock back and forth.
The girl was looking at Naruto with burning eyes, and then, suddenly turned her gaze to Reiji, who stopped laughing and meet the eyes.
"I-I..." He started, but seeing those eyes lit up as soon as he did, Reiji instead took a step foward and reached out his hand.
"I'm Reiji Takayama, Nice to meet you miss!" He proclamed and smiled.
The world went white for a short moment, Reiji feeling like he was flying in the sky, floating on his back while watching the cloudfree sky soar past him.
Did i just get punched by a girl..by her ? Reiji thought as he slowly started to notice Konoha around him, and feeling the ground draw ever closer.
Feeling a slight pain in his chin, Reiji nodded slowly before hitting the ground hard, making him cough lightly as the air left his lungs.
Yepp, She hit me.. square in the yawn.
"That will teach you! Damn perverts!" The young blond looked more like a demon then a girl right now, Her eyes flamming with a gaze that would make any man cower in fear.
"We ain't any perverts dammit!" Reiji muttered while slowly getting to his feets again.
"hmpf!" The girl proclaimed and turned around, marching off.
Naruto came crawling towards Reiji, a scared look on his face.
"Reiji... what kind of mosnter was that ?" He asked and looked at his friend, Hopping that he would have a answer.
"I-I.. think that was what they call a.. Female.." Reiji said, before shivering lightly.
"Scary.." Naruto muttered and slowly stood up, his cloths now all dusty and messed up.
"let's get going.. before she comes back.." Reiji said, while dusting his cloths off and picking up his bag again.
"Hai!" Naruto shouted and they both hurried off, leaving the place behind.
They arrived ten minutes later at the academy, and where pointed in the direction of their class room by another teacher.
"Oi! Reiji, ain't it exciting ?" Naruto asked as he jumped around his friend, The two of them walking down the hallway to the classroom, Reiji, smiling, and Naruto jumping around with a smile big enough to split his face.
"Course it is Naruto! but we got alot to do..." Reiji suddenly stopped, and so did Naruto, Both boys looked in fear at what was infront of them.
The same girl as before..
Ino smiled as she talked to her friend, Sakura, both where happy to be starting school for the first time.
"And then, the pervert tried talking to me!" She proclamed.
"What did you do ?" Sakura asked, looking at her friend in awe at the weird story.
"I hit him, square in the face!" Ino shouted, and then stopped.
Before her, the same two boys where standing, the Red haired on, and the blond one.
"Ehh.. Ino-chan ?" Sakura asked and slowly looked to where Ino where looking.
Why is her eyes flamming ? Sakura though while looking at her friends, then turning to look at the two boys.
Naruto quickly hide behind Reiji, shivering slightly, looking very much like a scared puppy.
Reiji, of course, wasn't any less scared, but since he couldn't hide behind Naruto.. he stood where he stood.
"Uhm... Good morning!" He said with a smile, and raised his hand in a greeting.
Sakura raised her hand and smiled.
"Morning!" She said and blinked.
"I'm Reiji Takaya-!" Bang! Reiji was send ones again flying, this time down the hallway instead.
"Perverts!" Ino shouted, her face would be able to scare even the Hokage.
Yepp, thats the fist that hit me before. Reiji thought as the hallway flew by him, or he flew thought the hallway.
"Ino-chan?" Sakura asked with a gasp.
"Sakura, let's go inside!" Ino said, while grabbing Sakuras hand and storming inside the room.
Naruto just stood there, frozen in fear as he saw his best friend soar down the hallway.
Sakura followed Ino, but not before seeing Reiji hit the end of the hallway with a bang, cracking the stone wall and sending the poor boy sliding down the wall.
He is kind of cute..
She thought as she walked into the class room, taking a seat beside Ino.
Wonderful way to start your days in school Reiji... just great.. Reiji thought as his first day in the academy started.
