Summary: What if Sasuke and Naruto had a spar in the forest when they were eight-yr.-old's? A friendship fic.

A/N: Well, an idea came to me while I was experiencing a serious case of writers block. It starts out pretty slow, but don't let that discourage you on enjoying the story. Naruto will have a huge vocabulary in this fic. And don't forget to leave a review. Suggestions are welcome.

A Fated Meeting: Prologue

This story began on one particular day where there was a strong desire for it to rain. The sun seemed to be shining brightly on the students as Iruka continued to brawl about chakra control. The part that bored four particular students the most was not the information itself, but the fact that it was coming straight from the textbook. An hour later, a bored-to-death Shikamaru noticed a boy sneaking out of the classroom. "Hey!" He loudly whispered to him from across the room. "You're not supposed to be doing that!" The short boy with blue eyes and blonde hair simply smiled and replied, "You wanna come too?" Now Shikamaru wasn't a kid who would ditch his sensei's lessons; it would be too troublesome. But today, the idea of it didn't seem so bad. So, he nodded his head. He turned to his best friend Choji, who was quietly observing the situation. He said "I'll come too." As they got up and quietly walked towards the open window, A kid named Kiba ran where they were. Just at that time, Iruka looked up from the book, and then put on an enraged snarl.

"What do you kids THINK YOU'RE DOING!" He yelled.

"Come on guys!" Kiba yelled and with the bark of Akamaru, his dog, he jumped out of the window. The rest quickly followed suite with a few angry shouts from their sensei.

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"I didn't get a word that guy said!" Naruto said, his feet trudging along as he walked deep into the forest. Even though his plan was ruined, he let out a chuckle. Then he concentrated on the task at hand: getting stronger. Acting like an idiot was tough. It was so tough that he had to act like a totally different person! All he wanted was to get attention. Hey, he had developed ADD because of the constant ridicule by all the villagers. And he did get attention, but all it was was a hollow substance to temporarily fill the emptiness of his heart. All he wanted was a friend. But he would wait, and one day get what he deserved! He would be the Hokage one day, the strongest shinobi of Kohana, and everyone in the village would recognize him. Him! And no one, no one, would get in his way...

Bump. He looked down. It was a boy. That Uchiha kid who got all the attention. He smirked. All he was ,was an image...or possibly more? No matter. Then the boy with black hair got up to face him with a cold look adorning his features. Black met blue eyes. They sensed each other's strength. Then Uzumaki Naruto decided: 'This kid would make a great ally.'

"Who are you?" he asked, smirking. "Uchiha Sasuke. And you?" he answered with an indiferent tone.

"Uzumaki Naruto. A pleasure to be meeting you, no?"

"Oh, you're that dumb kid that everyone says not to talk to? I can't believe I'm talking to you. No matter, if you don't want to get hurt, move out of my way. I'll be a much better shinobi than you can even dream of."

" Hmm...well your reputation is better than you. Cruel as always, ne?"

"Fight me! I will show you who is greater."

"Yosh! Show me your strength."

And they fought. In a fury of blows and kicks, they ruthlessly charged. They were an even match for each other at their age. When Naruto managed to trip Sasuke, he flipped up with agility and punched Naruto back. Every time Sasuke tried to land a blow to his chest, Naruto swifly dodged it, and vice versa. The result was kunai in evey direction as well as remnants of the use of a few fire jutsus, eventually Sasuke ran out of chakra and fell down.

"I...I lost. I don't know how, but I did, and to you! I don't get it...! Why can't I be as strong as Itachi-nii..." Sasuke grumbled while panting for breath.

As he buried himself in his anger, pondering on how he could possibly have a chance of beating his brother, he released it all when he heard the next few words from Naruto:

"Sasuke, it was cool fighting you. You're strong!" He then smiled. "I would like us to be friends, if you want. We can teach each other stuff, then we could easily become strong ninja."

Sasuke thought, 'This could help me out too!This way, I can have a better chance at defeating my onii-san! "Sure," he then said, smirking.

"I'm glad you agree," said Naruto, then walked back to his apartment. 'My day has turned okay after all,' he mused then closed the door.

Next chapter:

"I've decided…I'm going to kill Itachi for what he's done. I will avenge my family!"