New Ties...and Old Knots
By SnowyAutumn
My name Is Naruto Uzumaki. I have been through allot lately and if it wasn't for the friends that I have, I probably wouldn't have survived anything that has happened in the past few months.
I began my first year of middle school with no friends, I mean there were the people I hung out with but they didn't become my friends till later...But as I was saying, I started off with no friends.
Heck I didn't even have a family. The closest thing I have ever had to a family would probably be my elementary teacher Mr. Umino. He used to take me out for ramen every once in a while he was like a father figure to me. I don't see him anymore...damn it I got distracted again.
Okay I am focused now...
Anyway during middle school I was put in a special class that only nine students get chosen to be in every year. My class was extremely small. It only consisted of This girl Sakura whom I have had a crush on since, well forever, this JACKASS named Sasuke, and probably the weirdest teacher in the whole school, Mr. Hatake. Well Mr. Hatake wasn't the weirdest. No the weirdest would probably be Mr. Maito. He had these big bushy eyebrows and was always talking about youth. So yeah my teacher wasn't the weirdest but he got pretty close.
As the months went by I actually became friends with Sasuke, and got over the fact that Sakura would never like me. I became friends with not only the other students in the special classes but I made friends with some people from different schools.
I guess you could say my life was great. I guess you could say my life was perfect. I will admit my life was good, not bad, not great, but good. But like I said before my name is Naruto Uzumaki, and my life is never a walk in the park.
Towards the end of my first year in middle school I noticed Sasuke began hanging around with the bad crowd in school. When I confronted him about it he beat me up, then he ran away.
Things began to go down hill from there. Sakura had begged me to find Sasuke, I promised her I would. I told her that I wouldn't stop until I found him. I even asked the sheriff at the police station to help me, after all he helped me when I was being picked on at school, he taught me some basic karate moves which came in handy more then once. The sheriff agreed he took me on a one week '"mission" to find Sasuke.
We had checked every where that the gang Sasuke joined usually hung out. We found some wanted and missing people but we never did find Sasuke. Officer Pervert-head(Jiriah) told me that since we didn't find him we should head home. I only agreed because I was seriously over my head with fatigue from not eating and sleeping on a daily basis.
I never really returned to normal after I got back. I guess I was so out of it because our new principle Grandma(Tsunade), at least that was what I called her, told her old friend Officer Pervert-head that he should become my personal tutor. He surprised me by actually agreeing.
We left a month later...
Its been two years since then. I am finally returning to my home town of Konohagakure. I am now supposed to call Officer Pervert-Head, Uncle Jiriah. I honestly don't mind(I was forced!), but I sure will miss teasing him. I heard from Uncle that Grandma has become the President person for the school district in which my old middle school and new high school are a part of. I am proud of her, I am sad though because I wont be able to call her Grandma in public anymore because of her position.
I wonder what people will think of me when they see me again. Uncle Jiriah said that I have finally grown up. I wonder what that means.
I heard that our old "special" classes have been combined into the regular classes so other new students will be able to get the same opportunities that I had...we had.
I can't wait till everyone sees me! I hope they like me.
A/N: I don't own the Naruto characters. This is probably the first time I have actually tried writing fanfiction...actually the second the first was when I wrote Burnt Orange and Rough Red. Believe it or not but i wrote that story during math class in summer school. Anyway Please review I tend to make things faster because I get happy that people read my stories. Thats why this is here because people reviewed and favorite'd me when I wrote Burnt Orange and Rough Red.