Author's note 09/30/2015: Erased my previous introduction because, oh my goodness, that was such a bad way to start the first chapter of a story. Please forgive the silly way I used to type out these. I was young...and...well a novice haha. As the chapters progress my writing gets better so I hope you give this story a shot! Thanks for reading!

Previous author's note: I'm going to TRY to do the '100 Themes' challenge on my OTP for life, NaruSaku. Besides the challenge I got from my friend, I liked the choices for this '100 themes' thing. I can come up with tons of scenarios with the choices I got. I'm actually pretty giddy about it. And it'll give me practice for my current fanfic, 'To See you Again'

These will be stand-alone one-shots, don't expect continuations on them, unless I can connect one theme with another lol.

Enough. Please scroll down and begin reading, also seeing as these are relatively short, I'll probably be posting two chapters at a time...maybe. Hope you enjoy! Drop a review if you do!

Disclaimer: Kishimoto owns every inch of Naruto, Fangirls own every inch of the NaruSaku fanworld lol.

"And so...it begins..."

1. Introduction

The first time she ever laid eyes on Naruto...she was seven. It was purely accidental that they met, and it was really a one-sided interaction. He never made eye contact with her. She's fuzzy on many of the details, but she remembers crying. Some boys had made fun of her 'huge' forehead again. This was a typical pattern for her. Go to school, learn ninja skills, go play, be made fun of by rude little boys, and cry your heart out on some dreary little corner by some rarely used path in the park. Which was what she was doing when she first saw him. Her green eyes had been blinded by the salty tears still cascading down her blotched face. She heard the rustling, and the scrapping of shoes slowly making their way towards her. She spotted his dirty old blue sandals first. She had rubbed away her tears to try and see who it was standing in front of her. She was met with a huge white handkerchief. She blinked, and slowly accepted the offering from the stranger. She remembered being somehow happy that someone was worried enough about her to offer their handkerchief. She also remembers holding in a horror-filled gasp as she looked up to thank the person. It was the boy all her friends back in the academy had warned her about.

"He's trouble Sakura-chan, just stay away from him."

"I don't know why we should, but my momma says he's bad luck."

"They say he'll kill you if you're not careful around him."

"That's why he's always alone, cause you gotta stay away from nuisances."

The black sheep of the academy. Naruto Uzumaki. She laughs at herself now at how completely naïve she was. Being frightened over a boy that was clearly more frightened of her. For his hand had trembled slightly when it made contact with hers, when she nervously handed him back the handkerchief. She was confused, someone her friends had dubbed as being evil, was shivering over a girl like her? She wanted to ask, and she would have, but he was gone just as quickly as he had arrived. All she knew about him was his blonde hair and messed up clothes. Back then she was just relieved the 'dangerous' boy had left her alone. Though the back of her innocent little head was telling her that she, strangely enough, enjoyed his company.

She left soon after, her tears dried for the day. She was smiling. Though back then she didn't know why. Her green eyes landed on two slumped and groaning forms of the two boys that had made fun of her earlier. If she could have smirked back then, she would have, but instead opted to give them her iciest glare she could muster. The boys looked up at her and quickly rose to their feet and bowed to her repeatedly. She was stunned, and even more so when they told her they would leave her alone from now on. She mumbled her acceptance, and watched them as they limped their way home. One of the boys, and maybe it was her imagination, she really doesn't know...it was so long ago after all, had whispered loud enough for her to hear.

"That Naruto boy sure can be rough when he wants to be."

"Oi...Sakura-chan?" "Sakura-chan? Are ya in there?"

She punched his sweater-clad shoulder and smiles. "Sorry, I was just thinking."

Naruto gave her a pout as he rubbed his bruised and abused shoulder. "Ne, you could have said that without punching me Sakura-chan."

"What was that?" She asked him slowly and threateningly as she pumped up her fist.

"Nothing! Nothing at all Sakura-chan!" Naruto flailed his arms as he nervously laughed at his pink-haired teammate.

The two kept walking towards their team's meeting place. Naruto's curious azure gaze falls back on Sakura and he asks carefully.

"So, what were ya thinking about back there Sakura-chan?"

His shoulders tense as his eyes make contact with hers. She gives him a blank stare before facing forward again. He releases a withheld breath and keeps walking.

"I was just thinking about how we first got introduced to each other."

She smiles as she leaves her confused teammate behind. Naruto scratches the back of his head as Sakura's form becomes smaller and smaller. He blinks before running up to catch to her.

"Wait Sakura-chan! What do ya mean by that?" he frowns as he hears her giggle. "Seriously Sakura-chan! I don't get it!"

So...how was Night-chan's first chapter of her attempt of the '100 themes' challenge? good, bad, tacos?
Sorry, couldn't resist! :P
By the way, the last part of this chapter, both Naruto and Sakura are fifteen. Just in case you all were wondering!
Please review if you enjoyed! Your opinion matters...well to me anyways XD
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