Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.
Prologue
She stared long and hard at the isolated six years old in the playground, her face blank, not betraying any hesitation.
'This unhealthily skinny boy is the child of the prophecy?' A sigh.
Her mind showed her pictures of when she felt horribly alone, in the previous life and the current one, as if it is telling her to move ahead. Move ahead and be each other's hope and light. Move ahead and form an unbreakable bond, an eternal bond.
And move ahead she did. Butterflies trying to upset her stomach, but instead made her whole body nervous. The sensation reminded her of how she used to sit in front of a screen yearly, waiting for the final results, and isn't that silly? A person as little as that blonde shouldn't be capable of causing such emotions.
"Hello." She stood before him, head tilted to her right side, taking in his features to examine him.
'Cute.' A tiny smile was formed.
The male child stared for a long few minutes, widened eyes confused.
"H– Hi..."
"Oh, am I too close?" She apologised softly in attempt to make him feel at ease.
Her legs took her to the swing next to him; it took a while to balance her body —she almost cursed the short legs of hers— then the brunette returned her gaze to the Uzumaki.
Mimicking the best curious expression she knew, she asked "What's your name?"
Still hesitated, the boy's eyes searched her body for something specific, and then he started to look around them suspiciously -adorably-. After he failed to pinpoint that specific thing, his shoulders relaxed noticeably and his lips gave a smile that almost made the other child squeal.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, dattebayo!"
"I'm Rei."
Blood rushed to his face upon realising that he didn't ask for her name, but beamed after hearing her next question.
"Would you like us to be friends, Naruto?"
A lot of thoughts ran through his head, but the word 'friend' rang loudly
"Sure! I have no friends so that'd be awesome!" Beamed expression soon faded after the statement was out.
Oh, no, that frown would not be allowed to stay on his face as long as she was around. "I've never had friends either," She said with a full, honest smile. 'At least not in this verse...'
Blue orbs widened even more after he registered the coal-eyed words "But now we have each other, no?"
And there came the signature grin of Naruto Uzumaki.
A\N: I'm not sure about this, just wrote it on the spur of the moment. Reviews? Should I continue?
