"Talk"
Narrate
Think
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto unfortunately but hey a guy can hope right?
6 years ago…
A very sad Naruto was walking through Konoha in the late evening sunset. This had been no ordinary day for it was graduation day for the Ninja Academy students and Naruto was the only one to fail, again. Hey, it was his second graduation exam and it just had to be on Bunshin no jutsu again.
"Maybe some good old' Ichiraku'll help clear my mind!" he said out loud, and with that he made his way to his favorite ramen stand.
When he got there he found a kid, no older than about 5, crying while eating ramen. The kid had messy orange hair, similar to Naruto's but with more spikes, and eyes like his own but green. He had on a black t-shirt and dark orange pants. Upon closer inspection one could see that the shirt and pants had small rips as though they were incredibly old and worn out.
"Why?" he said between sobs and bites. "Why me. I never did anything bad!"
"What's wrong kid?" Naruto asked.
"The villagers completely ignore him and treat him like trash just like they do to you, Naruto," answered old man Ichiraku. "We treat him to free ramen sometimes if he's starving."
Naruto could only stare dumbfounded. Finally he got a hold of himself and said, "What's your name, kid?"
"S-Shippuu sir." He whispered.
"Huh I can't hear you. Speak up!"
"Shippuu sir!"
"That's more like it. But, hey, no need to be so formal! Where's your family?"
"I don't have one, and never did."
Whoa he's just like me he thought and then said "Kid, you and me are really alike."
"R-really?"
"Yeah, we are. And you know what? Sometimes it's a harsh world. I should know I've been treated like you for my whole life, too. Sometimes I cried. But I learned something from seeing you right now."
"R-really?"
"Mmm-hm. And that is that I don't want anyone to go through that same suffering I did. And I also believe that two of the same should play the same game. That is to say that I think we should stick together."
"Y-you mean it?!"
"Yeah, so let's be bros."
"You serious?"
"Yeah! No prob!" Naruto said with that big, goofy grin of his. "So what do you say? Bros?"
Shippuu did his own big smile and said weakly, "yeah. Bros."
Present day
"Oh shit! I'm late!" echoed through the village of Konoha.
A grown up Shippuu, clad in a black shirt and orange pants, jumped from rooftop to rooftop saying, "Damnit I'm gonna be late for the academy. Today I just have to be on time!"
About ten minutes later he arrived in the classroom. "Sorry, sorry, sorry I'm late aren't I?"
The scarred, pony-tailed instructor, Iruka, could only stare and say, "I never thought I'd see the day that Uzumaki Shippuu would apologize for being late."
"Everyone knows the only reason he came early was for the whole day recess!" said a boy with green hair down to his shoulders. He had a white t-shirt on with green pants. He had yellow eyes with slit pupils.
"Ah, you know me all to well, Hachuumaru."
"Yeah, yeah might as well get the day started," said Iruka.
The entire class of thirty-three filed outside into the playground. At the quick word of acknowledgement, every student quickly ran off.
"Hey, Hachuumaru," called Shippuu to his friend. "What's up!?"
"Oh, nothin man. Just a little nervous about tomorrow."
"Ah, just forget about that right now! We only get all day recess once a school year! Enjoy it."
"Whatcha wanna do?"
"Wanna cause mayhem and confusion?"
"Hell, yeah. Hell, yeah."
"But what haven't we done?"
"Not much."
"Let's see…we've flooded bathrooms, glued seats, the old bucket over door trick, oiled the slide, got crickets in the girls bathroom, glued the markers, did graffiti on the statue."
"Did graffiti on the roof, glued the legs of the chairs, messed up the lunches, cast genjutsus on the teachers, hid the test papers, did whoopie cushions, jacked up the soap dispenser, magnetized all the staples and stuff, and I think that's about it."
After a long pause Shippuu finally spoke up, "I have an idea! Let's put gum on the bottom of the doors!" (the academy has sliding doors if you don't remember)
"That's the best you could come up with?"
"Do you have anything better?"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"I take that as a no."
"Shut up."
So the boys quietly snuck into the hallway to get to the classroom. Hachuumaru took the gum he recently chewed out of his mouth and prepared to place the weapon on its target.
"And what, might I ask, are you two doing?"
"Busted..."
End
