Hellooooooo people! Now there is only this that i got to say about this story that i hope you will all enjoy. This is in a way a tribute to the things that me and my friends grew up with. My friend is the one that came up with this so enjoy :D

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The Beginning

It was another beautiful day in Konoha, the sky had a couple of clouds in the sky, a slight breeze was passing over the land, and everyone in this quite village were all happily enjoying every minute of this seemingly perfect day. Everyone except a small blonde boy who was walking down the road in search of food for him and his brothers. He wore nothing more than a simple white shirt with a red swirled symbol in the middle and sleeves, louse pair of long pants and blue ninja shoes.

At first glance he would seem like a normal kid, but as he passed every village would send him glares and some would mutter things to each another. Why would they do this to a child? Well this isn't any ordinary boy. Naruto Uzumaki was given something that has made him an outcast among the village and hated by all that lived in it. Naruto ignored all the many glares and cures directed at him, since he was so use to them, and continued on his search of food.

'Hmmmm, what do I feel like eating today? Sushi? No. Bar-b-que? No. Dango? No.' he looked at the many different stands and restaurants along the street, but couldn't find one that he could 'acquire' food from easily. That was when he noticed a fruit stand on the edge of the road, a man in his midfifties was standing behind it reading what looked like a newspaper as he waited for customers 'Perfect!' The small blonde hide behind the wall nearest the back of the stand, waiting for his chance quietly. He got his chance when a woman came up to the stand to purchase a couple of pears, oranges, and one or two mangoes.

When the man set out to help his customer, Naruto ducked underneath the stand and grabbed at the fruit one at a time as the man was distracted. By the time the woman had everything she needed, Naruto had already grabbed a whole bag of apples, the small bag of candy the man was snacking from, and was about to go for the pears, but his luck was not too well that day. The vender saw Naruto's small hand reaching out to grab the pears, grabbing hold of his wrist and pulling him out from underneath roughly. The bags in Naruto's hands dropped down to the ground spilling out all their contents for the already angry vender to see.

The man looked at the spilled fruit as Naruto struggled to get out of his grasp "You miserable little shit! Who do you think you are trying to steal from my stand huh!" The vender turned towards the struggling boy eyes burning red, he brought his other hand down to slap Naruto across the face and down to the floor. All the other villagers on the street stopped to watch the scene unfold "You worthless piece of trash, how dare you try and steal from me. I don't even know why the hokage bothers to keep you here in the village. You're nothing but useless space." with each word the man kicked the small blonde in the stomach, sides, head, and legs.

As the boy was beaten by the vender, the rest of the villagers just watched emotionlessly, no one even daring to try and stop the horrible event, some even laughing and enjoying seeing the boy being beaten. With one final kick, the vender sent Naruto rolling away from him a couple of feet to lay on his stomach beaten and unable to move "Let that be a lesson you fucking monster." he walked back behind his stand and continued to read his paper like if he hadn't just beaten a small boy almost to death not but a couple of minutes ago. Everyone on the street went about their business, no one even seeing if the boy was still breathing or if he had any serious injuries.

Naruto laid in the dirt for a couple more minutes before he tried to push himself up. His small arms shock as he tried to muster some strength into them to pick himself up, but they let out and he fell back into the dirt with a painful grunt. He took in a huge breath before attempting again, this time he was able to get to his knees, which also shock. After he got his breathing under control, Naruto lifted himself the rest of the way to his feet almost falling back down when he was standing at his full height. Some of the villager grumbled silently to themselves when they saw that Naruto was still able to move, their glares returning quickly to their eyes as they watched the boy begin to stumble down the street.

Naruto's breaths were quick and short as he limped down the road, each pair of eyes watching as he went, but of course his bad luck didn't stop there. "You little demon! Get out of here and away from us!" one of the villagers yelled out taking a small stone by his feet and throwing it at Naruto, it barely missed him by a inch. This action got a couple more of the villagers to follow the man's example, and they all began to throw stones at the boy. Naruto tried to dodge as many of the projectiles as he could, but a couple still hit him in his chest, arms, legs, and back as he ran off.

He continued to run from the villagers until he was sure that they weren't any more following him, he had made his way to the one place that he always found comfort in. Now safe in the park, Naruto sat down at the nearest tree that he could find and relaxed as best he could. After a couple of minutes the many bruises and scrapes that he obtained were already beginning to fade away 'Never thought I would be great full for having him inside me.' As his injuries healed, Naruto rummaged through his pockets and pulled out the small bag 'At least I was able to grab this.' as he undid the rope on the top.

Since he had no money, he had no choice but to steal from the stands. He wasn't very proud of what he did, he never wanted to give them a reason to hate him more than they already did, but there was no other option, he had to eat. Naruto lived on the streets with his two best friends, neither one of them had afamily so they created one of their own. The three had met when they were just four years old. Naruto had protected Gaara from getting beat up by a couple of kids and stopped a game of keep away with Sai's paintbrush. They soon became good friends and have had each other's backs ever since.

He had managed to hide the bag of candy before he got chased out 'I'll try and pay them back tomorrow.' while popping another piece of candy in his mouth. He looked up through the trees, enjoying the streams of light that were able to filter through the leaves. It was a surprisely hot spring day in Konoha. The sun beat down on the village, shade giving only some protection from its rays, the wind from before had stopped letting the full heat hit the village. The birds chirped happily in the trees above, faint clouds passing by overhead, it was truly a peaceful day.

He gazed at the natural beauty that was the park, he always loved coming here to think and just escape the villagers. 'Why do they hate me so much? I haven't done anything that would make them hate me. It's all his fault that I'm hated by everyone and why I have to live the way I do. If only there was someone that wouldn't see me as him but as me.' he closed his ocean blue eyes for a second as the last bit of his injuries healed, quickly retying the rope on the bag, Naruto got to his feet and started walking through the park.

Since it was such a hot day, there was barely any people which worked out perfectly for him. The villagers have always hated him and his friends for reasons unknown, though he had a pretty good idea why they did. 'Why was I the one to have to carry this thing inside me? It could have been anybody else, but instead it was me. Can't anyone understand that I didn't ask for this? I didn't even get a choice. Why is it that they can't see that?' he was lost in his thoughts, listening to the peaceful sounds of the trees. Suddenly he heard a faint noise off to his right that cut through the peaceful air so easily 'What was that?'

He stopped in his tracks to listen, to see if he had miss heard. This sound didn't belong with the chirping birds or soft shifting of the leaves, it sounded so broken and lost, so what caused it. Once again the noise sounded somewhere far off to his right, but this time he was able to make out what it was 'Crying?' Naruto simply listened to the crying, not really understanding why it was there. Without even thinking or realizing it, he started moving towards the source of the pain filled cries that seemed to bring back images, memories that he wishes he could simply forget. He walked off the dirt path, into the mess of trees. Each step took him closer, while he saw flashes of his past:

He was standing in the middle of a hug circle of villagers. He was three years old at the time so he didn't really understand what was going on. He had just wanted to play tag with some of the kids. When he had approached the villagers quickly pulled the kids away and created a circle around him. The surrounding villagers were glaring down on the small boy. Each pair of eyes held a sense of hatred that he couldn't understand. Everything was silent now, the laughter, shuffling of people, and sound of merchants heard before had been stopped. All that could be heard was what they said as they continued to glare at him "Why does he have to stay in our village? He's nothing but a demon.

I wouldn't let him anywhere near my kids. He doesn't even have any parents. How could anyone love a demon? He causes nothing but trouble for all of us. The hokage should of just sent him away from all of us regular people. He should just die so he won't cause us any more trouble." The young boy just listened to the countless words of the villagers, the stinging of tears quickly becoming too great for him to hold anymore. Soon the young Naruto was on his knees breaking into tears as the circle of people started to fade, leaving him to dwell in his sadness. 'Why do they hate me so much? I didn't ask to be different! Why do I have this thing inside me! Why?' filled the head of the small boy as he was left kneeling in the middle of the street sobbing.

Naruto harshly wiped the tears that started to form in his eyes 'No. I'm not going to cry over them anymore.' He continued though more trees and bushes, the crying was getting louder with each advance that he made. After some time he finally spotted a clearing and the source, it was a girl that looked about his age with bubblegum pink hair, curled up crying into her knees. 'Wonder who she is? That is such a weird hair color, but it's a nice sort of weird.' he laughed at his own thoughts as he took cover behind some bushes.

Soon, seeing as she didn't notice him, he just stood hiding behind a nearby tree to get a better look. She was alone as far as he could tell, sitting on a small hill under an oak tree. Her knees were held up to her chest tightly, her face hidden from view by her arms, and she was shaking with each sob that escaped her lips. Naruto's eyes grew wide when a sudden image flashed before his eyes, he saw his younger self crying very much like she was. The hopelessness and despair that emitted off the girl was very similar to his, the never ending sobs that caused his heart to ache.

Sorrow filled his body, the sting of the villagers' words, the unanswered questions, all this came back to him suddenly. ' It's just like that day. I felt so alone and lost after the villagers had said those things. Nobody didn't even try to help me. But. Why is she crying?' his eyes returning to the girl, when he had looked away he didn't know. She looked so fragile and broken curled into the protective ball that she was in. Like she could break any second by the slittest touch. Taking in a deep breath, he quietly made his way over to the girl 'What am I doing? I don't even know her. Why am I even here? I know why, I don't want her to be treated like how I was from the villagers. They left me in my sorrow alone, no one even thinking of trying to help me. I'm not going to be like those villagers, I'm going to try and help her even if I don't know her. But…..how do I that?' he stopped so that he now stood in front of her.

She didn't notice, just continued crying into her knees. So he took this time to think of what to do next, since he hadn't thought of a real plan. He looked down at her as she sobbed 'What can I do? I don't even know why she's crying. Hm. Well I should do the thing that they didn't do for me. I'll talk to her. Oh I know! Everybody loves candy right?' he looked away from her to rummage through his pocket in search of the bag of candy that he had snatched earlier.

Soon locating the bag, Naruto removed the rope at the top and looked inside it to see how much candy he still had in it 'One…five….nine…fifteen? That should be enough for a snack for me and her. Ok, here goes nothing.' Taking in a big breath to calm his nerves, the young blonde put on the biggest smile that he could muster "Hey what are you doing here all alone?" The girl jumped, her body going visibly stiff at the sudden voice above her. Naruto noted her reaction as he waited for her answer not wanting to make her any more uncomfortable. Like if it was natural the girl moved her arms to cover her head "P-Please don't h-hurt me, ju-just leave m-me alone." as if she was waiting to be hit.

She shook with fear, while Naruto just frowned "I'm not going to hurt you silly. I just wanted to make sure that you were alright." putting on a warm smile to try and reinsure her that he meant no harm. She slowly lowered her hands to her knees again and looked up at Naruto with her tear stained face, disbelief clearly in her eyes "R-Really? You're n-not going to h-hurt me?" His smile just grew larger "Of course not. Why would I want to hurt you? So why were you out here all by yourself crying?" he slumped down next to her in the grass, sitting so he was leaning up against the bark of the tree. Her eyes quickly changed back to their original pain filled state, moving her gaze back to the floor, head hidden in her knees "T-The others…..were…(sniff)m-making fun…of my f-forehead. T-They a-always make fun of it(sniff). T-Then they (sniff) pushed me and laughed (sniff)."

Naruto held his goofy smile, not letting it fade even by the slightest "Your forehead looks pretty. You shouldn't let anyone's words make you think differently. Be proud of who you are. Next time stand up to the bullies, you do that then they will stop picking on you. And if that doesn't work then I'll just have to help you stand up to them next time." A deep blush appeared on the girl's face and her sobbing had slowly stopped "T-Thank you." was all she could manage. He let out a small laugh at how embarrassed she was from his words, lifting the bag up to her "You want to share the rest of the candy?" shacking it a little to tempt her more.

The pinkette looked at the bag curiously before a bright smile spread across her entire face "Sure." quickly taking a piece and popping it in her mouth. Naruto laughed a little before putting the bag on the ground and grabbing his own piece "What's your name?" sucking on the candy happily as he waited for her to answer. She grabbed another piece of candy, smiling at the sweet taste before answering him "My name is Sakura…what's yours?" she looked over at Naruto.

He put his hands on his hips, and puffed out his chest in pride "My name is Naruto!" She looked at him smiling at her, she couldn't help but giggle at the face that he made. A comfortable silence passed between the two, both enjoying the shade from the tree and eating the rest of the candy from the bag. Suddenly two more boys came running up "NARUTO! Are you still play-? Who is that girl with you?" which caused for the black-haired boy behind the first to run into his back and falling to the ground.

Naruto turned towards the first boy helping the other to his feet "Oh hey guys! Yeah I'm still playing and this is Sakura, I was going to ask her if she wanted to play tag with us." The two boys looked unsure at first, but then smiled telling him that they were ok with that. Now knowing that it was cool with his friends, Naruto turned back to Sakura "So you want to play tag with us? We could always use another player so we could have even teams."

She looked over the three boys each holding their own goofy smiles trying to encourage her, while wiping the last of her tears from her eyes "Sure!" His grin grew bigger "Ok by the way that's Gaara *Pointing to the red haired boy wearing black pants, tan colored over coat with a white undershirt, and black shoes. He carried a huge gourd on his back and had a red tattoo on his forhead that was of the kanji love.* and that's Sai *Pointing to the kid holding a paintbrush wearing tight black pants, a half black half grey shirt, black shoes.

He carried a small pack with him and his smile looked really fake and creepy.* and one more thing." he paused as he pushed himself to his feet and dusted off his hands on his pants. She looked back at him confused until he leaned down quickly and touched her arm "YOU'RE IT!" He ran off quickly laughing with Gaara and Sai right behind him, each grinning as they ran. She laughed a little before pushing herself up from the ground, chasing after the three boys yelling "Naruto! That's not fair you cheated!" He just looked back at Sakura grinning "I just caught you by surprise! Bet you can't catch us!"

Soon enough they were all laughing and enjoying the afternoon, the new friendships quickly growing in such a short time. Sakura laughed as she caught Sai when he tried to jump over a bench. The black-haired boy tumbled to the ground with his legs still hanging on the bench, Sakura just walked up to him bending down to him smiling, she reached out with her right hand "You're it!" she quickly ran off giggling all the way. Sai grumbled as he moved his feet off the bench letting the rest of his body fall to the ground, he got to his feet slowly dusting off his black pants, scanning the area for any easy targets.

He turned around spotting Naruto up in a tree and making his way over to tag him. Sai jumped up onto a nearby branch silently so not to alert the blonde of him. Crawling closer and closer, Sai lunged at his friend. Naruto nearly escaped Sai's attack, jumping down out of the tree laughing and dashed toward the lake. Gaara saw Naruto run by lowing himself more to the floor to stay hidden from Sai. Sakura just kept her distance high up in some trees. Sai looked over the area quickly, deciding who would be the easier target.

Making his decision, Sai disappeared into some bushes waiting to spring his trap. Naruto was walking though some trees when he heard a stick break. Quickly ducking behind some trees, he waited. Gaara appeared, causing Naruto to relax and greet his friend "Hey Gaara! Sai hasn't caught you yet either?" he walked out from his hiding spot and towards Gaara. The red head didn't answer Naruto, he just stood there as Naruto got closer and closer "Gaara?".

When the blonde was within a couple of feet from Gaara, there was a sudden puff of smoke around Gaara, suddenly Sai took his place and lunged at Naruto tagging his arm "Ha! Tag you're it!" Sai ran off into the trees leaving a rather angry Naruto behind "Hey! Sai! You'll pay for that!" running after him. Their game had lasted about three hours before they all got tired from the constant heat from the sun. They lied on the grass laughing and smiling from the day's events. "I can't believe you fell for that Naruto!" Sai laughed, rolling on the floor as Naruto pouted next to Sakura and Gaara who were each laughing quietly to themselves.

"Yeah well at least I wasn't caught as quickly as you. I was wasn't the baka that tripped over a bench." Naruto argued back sticking his tongue out, Sai just kept holding his side laughing on the floor "Yeah, but you were the baka that fell for the easiest trick in the book! What kind of ninja would fall for such a trick." the artist laughed more and more while his blonde friend cursed under his breath.

Sakura and Gaara laughed at the two, both seeing it was no use trying to keep Naruto from hearing them laugh. By the time their laughing had quieted down, the sun was already setting in the distance, signaling that it was getting late. Sakura noticed as the light began to fade and the sky became darker with each passing second, she knew that she had to get home soon or her mom would start to worry about her. "Sorry guys, but I got to head home before mommy gets too worried." she sighed as she stood, not wanting to leave her new friends. The three boys each gave her a smile, waving good bye to her "See you tomorrow Sakura-chan!" was the last thing she heard before disappearing down the road. She put on a huge smile yelling back "Sure see you tomorrow!" before running off towards her house.

*1 year later. They're all 8 years old now*

Before they knew it, a whole year had passed since when the three boys meet Sakura. Each day seemed so much like a dream to them all as they played, joked, shared, and grew closer together. Though they had to meet in secret since the entire village hated the boys and would likely make it to where Sakura couldn't be anywhere near them if anyone found out about their friendship. Naruto, Gaara, Sai, and Sakura had planned to meet up in the park. They wanted to spar a little since their dreams were to become strong ninjas.

Over the year Naruto, Gaara, and Sai had not told Sakura that they were homeless or that the villages hated them. They had lied saying that they went to a different school and that their parents were too busy so she couldn't meet them or stay over. Though they had never met Sakura's parents, sure that if they found out about them that Sakura wouldn't be a loudanywhere near them again. So the truth was hidden for the past year, no one knowing that Sakura was friends with the three that were seen as demons.

The academy had just let out and Sakura was on her way to the park. It was her last year in the academy, than she would be considered a real ninja of Konoha and be put on a squad. The training that she had done with Naruto, Gaara, and Sai had helped her tremendously but she still wasn't as strong as Naruto was. As soon as the bell rang for the end of the day, she had already gathered her things and ran out of the building. Just like every day, she was to go meet her friends at the park where they would play, spar, and laugh. It had become a regular thing, though she didn't tell her mother where she was each day.

Sakura's mother was one of those very protective types who always had to know where and what she was doing. Since she had become friends with Naruto, Gaara, and Sai she hasn't felt so alone or cried when the other kids teased her. Instead she held a smile on her face and actually started standing up for herself, slowly the teasing stopped. 'When was the last time that Riku tried to pick on me anyway? I think it was after that day after school….' she held her hand to her chin while walking down the side walk only ten minutes away from the park now:

Sakura had stayed after school later than usual to finish up a paper for Iruka-sensei. She was heading towards the gate of the school when she spotted Riku, Daichi, Hikaru, and Ryo standing at the gate. Taking a deep breath, she continued on hoping that they would just let her pass. Of course she was wrong "Hey there forehead. Where you going in such a hurry?" Riku had stepped in front of her making her stop. The other three stayed in their place while their leader questioned the girl. "It's none of your business Riku." Sakura stepping to her left to walk pass the boy. He easily held out his arm to stop her from leaving "Aw what the matter forehead? You don't want to hang out with us anymore?" he teased looking down at her. "Pretty much. So why don't you move so I can leave and you guys can go back to being bastards somewhere else." Sakura again made a move to leave, but was stopped when Riku pushed her down.

She landed with a hard thump on her back, dropping her school bag in the process. "You better watch your mouth you forehead bitch." Riku glared down at her, now angry. "Or what?" Sakura slowly got to her feet, dusting off her pants, and gathering up her bag. Without a warning Riku threw a punch aimed at Sakura's face, but hit nothing but air. He stumbled forward a bit from the force, completely shocked that he didn't hit his target. Now all four boys were looking around trying to see where she had gone. "Is that the best you can do?" they all turned their heads to see Sakura leaning up against a tree a couple of feet away. "Grrrr. You're going to pay for that." Riku now charged at the girl while his lackeys stayed behind to watch. Sakura leaped into the air evading Riku's attack and causing him to run face first into the tree.

He held onto his nose, blood dripping down from his nose. A small crowd was starting to gather to watch as one of the strongest guys at the school was fighting with the weird pink haired girl. Riku turned around to see Sakura looking bored while she stood waiting for him. This only angered him more, he wiped the remaining blood on his sleeve before running towards Sakura with his fist pulled back. When he tried yet again to land a blow to her face she easily caught it in her hand. He pulled his other arm back, but she easily dodged it then kicking him on his side.

He was sent flying a couple feet before hitting the ground face first and skidding to a stop. "You done yet?" Sakura asked in a bored tone while watching Riku push himself up on all fours. He didn't answer her as he pushed himself to stand and pulling out a kunai. "Guess not." she whispered before blocking Riku's kunai with her own. He pushed down trying to overpower her. With ease Sakura disarmed Riku and held the kunai up to his throat. The crowd of people watched in suspense at what was going to happen. Riku looked at Sakura fear clear on his face, as he felt the sharp blade press more on his neck. Sakura removed her blade turning around and walking away "Next time I won't hold back." were her finally words before pushing past Riku's lackeys and leaving the school grounds.

She smiled to herself at the memory, after that Riku had stopped coming around her and everyone had praised her on beating him. All the people that use to make fun of her and tease her had stopped completely, she even gained a couple of friends. Though she finally got friends at school, they weren't Naruto, Gaara , and Sai who were her best friends. Sakura was the first to arrive 'Hm, guess I got here early. What should I do while I wait then? Guess I can practice.' deciding to practice throwing her kunai since she wasn't that good at it.

She picked out targets from the nearby trees, boulders, and benches, trying to hit them with as much accuracy as she could manage. There were twelve targets total, so far she had attempted eight but only hit five. 'Come on Sakura focus. It shouldn't be that hard to hit some god dang target. Now just aim…and…..' when she threw her kunai to the ninth one it went flying too far. That was when Naruto came running yelling "Hi Saku-!" before the kunai flew pass his right cheek, barely missing him by a couple of inches.

His eyes were wide as he held his mouth open in mid sentence, a bead of sweat traveling down his forehead, and his hand was still raised to wave at the girl. Sakura's eyes grew wide as she realized what she had done "I'M SO SORRY NARUTO-KUN! I didn't see you there!" she quickly ran up to the stunned blonde, apologizing over and over again. Naruto just stood there in his daze, Sakura became a little worried, grabbing both his shoulders and shacking him "Naruto. Hey! You alright? Naruto!"

Naruto snapped out of his shock when he heard Sakura yelling in his ears, and felt himself being shacking roughly back and forth. He tried to say something but he was becoming dizzy from the constant shacking "Sakura. Stop shacking me!" she didn't hear him. The blonde started feeling his lunch coming back up "Sakura!" yelling as loud as he could to get her attention. Sakura stopped shacking Naruto when she finally heard him "Oh sorry Naruto-kun." letting go of his shoulders and watching him fall to the floor.

Naruto just laid on the floor, his eyes like the swirls from the cartoons, she just laughed at the dizzy blonde. After Naruto was able to stop his head from spinning he sat up, shaking his head from side to side to clear it a little more "Sorry about almost hitting you with the kunai." he heard the pinkette say shyly. He looked up at the slightly blushing girl, laughing to himself as he got up off the floor "It's ok Sakura-chan. You weren't trying to hit me. You're really good with your kunais, but you need to work on your aim." the last two of the group soon showed up, and of course Sakura had to tell them what had happened.

The group broke out in laughter, Gaara and Sai praising Sakura at how she almost hit Naruto, who in turn was pouting and trying to explain, Sakura having a light blush across her cheeks. The air was filled for that moment of the innocent laughter of these four friends. As the laughing died down each child had a huge smile on their face "So we going to spar or what?"Gaara looked around at his friends checking to see if everyone was ready to go. "Of course! So who's sparing who? I can take on any one of you! Believe it!"

Naruto threw his fist into the air with a confident smirk planted on his face. The three looked between each other, deciding who should be paired up "Ok Naruto, you and Sakura and me and Gaara. That sound ok to ya'll?" Sai gestured at each for their answers. Sakura and Gaara nodded while Naruto yelled "Fine with me!" as he threw his fist into the air again. With their partners picked, Gaara and Sai disappeared into the forest while Sakura and Naruto went to an empty training ground. They decided that since Gaara and Sai had taken the forest, that it would be best to find a training ground.

Since it was still early in the day, none of the squads would be using the training grounds so it seemed like the perfect place for two ninjas in training to spar. The walk was quick with them not saying a word, a comfortable silence around them. In the time that Naruto and Sakura had known each other, a very special bond was created between them. Naruto was the one that Sakura trusted with her thoughts, dreams, fears, and even her life if she had too, while it went the same for Naruto. They were as close as two friends could be, and they were the happiest that they had ever been. When they arrived at the training ground, Naruto and Sakura stood a good ten feet away from each other staring each other down.

The wind blew slightly as the clouds moved over head giving the two tiny bits of shade. Naruto got into a fighting stance "Ready when you are Sakura-chan." She lowered herself into her own stance not taking her eyes off of him for a moment "I'm not going to go easy on you Naruto-kun. So give me your best shot!" Naruto couldn't help but grin at how confident she was "Ok you asked for it!" and their match began. Naruto was the first to attack. He ran straight at her trying to land a kick to her side. She easily blocked his kick with her arm and landed a punch to his stomach. Naruto bent over in slight pain from the blow, but quickly recovered when Sakura tried to swipe kick him by jumping in the air.

He threw three shuriken, but she had already disappeared. Landing a couple of feet away, Naruto looked around trying to spot the small pinkette. Suddenly she appeared behind him with a kunai to his back. When she stabbed him, he disappeared into a puff of smoke leaving behind a log. Sakura cursed under her breath as Naruto yelled "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Suddenly five Narutos appeared all around Sakura surrounding her. Each Naruto yelled as they charged at her from all sides. Sakura grabbed the first's fist then throwing him into another. She ducked when one threw another punch, easily sweaping him off his feet with one of her legs then back flipping to avoid a barrage of kunai.

She was met with a punch to the stomach and a kick to the head making her fly into the air. Two Narutos jumped into the air to land more hits but Sakura dodged in midair, using a kunai to stab both causing them to disappear into puffs of smoke. The last three Narutos threw kunai and shrunken, Sakura using her own to deflect as she landed. Their match continued like this for about five hours until both just finally dropped from exhaustion. Each were panting as they tried to catch their breath, their arms and legs showing small scratches and bruises. She turned her head to her left and stared at him for a moment "I thought you weren't going to go easy on me?" laughing a little.

Naruto just put on a huge goofy grin and laughed as Gaara and Sai came running up looking just as beat up as they did. Each told of what had happened during their match, which Gaara and Sai laughed when Sakura told them theirs' was a tie. They all lied on the grass and started joking around sharing stories and what kind of ninja they wanted to become. Gaara "I just really want to be able to protect the villagers. For them to not be frightened of me anymore. Every time they see me, they quickly become frightened. I want to make them see that I don't want to hurt them, but protect them."

Sai "I've always wanted to be able to bring my drawings to life. To be able to use the things that I draw on scrolls in my fighting. You guys think that there is a jutsu that can do that?" Sakura " I think that you will find a jutsu like that Sai-kun. For me I just don't want to be useless. I'm always the one that has to be protected. The one that is pushed to the back to watch someone fight for me. I want to be able to help the ones precious to me in any way I can. Even if it's the smallest thing I can do."

When it got down to Naruto he stood looking up at the sky "I'm going to become the strongest ninja in the entire village! I'm going to be the hokage someday and gain all the villagers respect BELIEVE IT!" before he toke off towards the village streets. As he said this, the three of them stood up from the grass and followed Naruto as he ran ahead. Soon they found themselves dashing threw the village streets with Naruto at the lead:

I'm gonna be a mighty king

So enemies beware {They passed by a villager who heard Naruto and followed}

(Villager) Well I've never seen a king or beast with quite so little hair

I'm gonna be the main event

Like no king was before {He jumped onto a building}

I'm pushing up, I'm looking down, I'm working on my roar! {Reaching the top}

(Villager) Thus far a rather uninspiring thing {The man was looking up at the small blonde}

Oh I just can't wait to be king {Naruto looking over the village}

(Villager) You've rather a long way to go if you think….

No one saying do this {He jumped down right beside the villager}

(Villager) Now when I said that, I…

(Sakura) No one saying be there {Naruto and Sakura messing with the villager}

(Villager) What I meant was….

No one saying stop that

(Villager) Look, what you don't realize…

(Sakura and Naruto) No one saying see here {They run off down the street}

(Villager) Now see here! {Villager running after them, yelling}

Free to run around all day

(Villager) Well, that's definitely out….

Free to do it all my way {They all were hiding from the villager}

(Villager) I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart to heart

Kings don't need advice from little hornbills for a start

(Villager) If this is where the monarchy is headed Count Me Out! {Villager trying to find them}

(Villager) Out of service, out of Konoha I wouldn't hang about

(Villager) This child is getting wildly out of wing

Oh I just can't wait to be king {Naruto yelling down the street}

Everybody look left

Everybody look right

Everywhere you look I'm standing spotlight {Naruto stopping to pose}

(Villager) Not yet!

(Random People) Let every creature go for broke and sing {The crowd joins in}

(Random People) Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing

(Random People) It's gonna be king Naruto's finest fling

Oh I just can't wait to be king {The villager finally loses them in the crowd}

Oh I just can't wait to be king {Naruto finally stops to yell out}

Oh I just can't waaaaaaaaaaaait…to be kiiiiiiiiiiiiing

They had all ended up in front of the academy cheering for Naruto "Yeah! You're going to be the next hokage!" Naruto looked at all his friends, putting his hands behind his head as he grinned "Thanks you guys." Before they knew it the sun was setting. Sakura waved goodbye to her friends as they left. All the while she was thinking of how much her life has changed since she had met them. That before her life was only filled with the constant words of those who would tease her, her cries that no one seemed to hear, and the pure depression she had slowly been thrown into.

But just as it seemed like her life was destined to fade into the dark a light was shined and she was saved. Now she had people who would pick her up when she fell, that stood by her no matter what the cause, the strength they gave her each day, her life finally seemed to hold happiness for her. When she couldn't see any sign of her friends in the distance she started on her way home with the hugest smile plastered on her face. In the shadows of the academy a figure was standing, watching Sakura leave. The four friends didn't know that during their run through the village that this figure had been watching them. A small smirk appeared on his face as the last light of the day faded 'This just got interesting.'

so there it is chapter 1 ^-^ i really hope that everyone enjoyed it i would really appreciate reviews so that way i know that you guys want me to continue till next time laters :D