Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto san does.
Naruto's age: 16
Iruka's age: 25
Summary: Naruto missed his train to get to Konoha high school, what happens now? Read on to find out!
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"Naruto, can you go and feed the goldfish? After you do that would you clean the four aquariums in the front of the shop?" a voice called from inside the shop.
"Got it. I'll get right to it!" came the energetic reply.
The shop was called Iruka's Aqurium and it sold all sorts of fish and aquarium supplies, from the common goldfish to exotic species like corals, the clown fish and even discus. It was a small and friendly shop that every kid in Konoha city loves to visit, it's owner always happy to talk to every customer who came by. As a result, although the shop was fairly modest it enjoyed being one of people's favourite aquariums and was always busy.
"Iruka sensei, I fed the goldfish and cleaned the aquariums." Naruto said.
"That's good, I'll take care of the rest, you better hurry along to catch the train or else you'd be late for school."
Iruka is Naruto's guardian, and they live in a townhouse some distance away from the shop. Iruka has always taken care of Naruto after Naruto's parents died in a horrific traffic accident. Naruto is in second year high school now, but he helps Iruka everyday to take care of the aquarium. They live on a modest budget even though the aquarium brings in lots of business because Iruka is always too kind to overcharge his customers.
This morning Naruto has just finished his daily tasks at the fish shop, and hurriedly ran to the train station. Dammit! I might miss the train. Naruto thought to himself as he ran, as he passed by Ichiraku Ramen the owner's daughter Ayame greeted him "Ohayoo Naruto kun" and Naruto breathlessly answered "Ohayoo Ayame neechan!". A few shop owners also greeted him, Mrs. Yamanaka, Ino's mother said "Naruto, you better hurry Ino left fifteen minutes ago." No, No, I don't want to be late, especially not the class ran by that scary Yamato sensei! Naruto thought to himself.
" 'scuse me! 'scuse me!" Naruto shouted to the passengers coming out from the ticket barriers to make way as he made his last sprint to the platforms.
"The train on platform five goes to Forest Station, first stop Twins Town, then Leaf station, then all stations to the Valley-of-the-End Station. For trains to the Sound station, transfer at the Valley-of-the-End Station. Would all passengers please finish boarding." The broadcast announced.
"No! Wait-up! Wait! Wait!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs on the top steps of the stairs, as he jumped several steps at a time to get to the train. Then the conductor blew two times on the whistle, the first long then the second short "Beeeep! Beep!" and the train was off, chugging along to its next destination.
Naruto reached the train when the doors were just closing, and he missed out on the last train that was going to get him to Konoha high on time, damn the trains he thought to himself. I'll have to run there now, it's five kilometers away and it's already half past but if I run quickly I might be there just on time. Naruto thought to himself.
Golden hair drenched with sweat, and white shirt not tucked in properly - Naruto looks like any normal high school student who had just missed his train. Except there were some things that made him stand out more than others; his eyes were a beautiful crystal clear blue, like the colour of a cloudless autumn sky. It always had a lively sparkle to it, and there was a light that seemed to dance whenever its owner smiled. There was something so trusting, and innocent in those eyes. The other thing that was special were the markings on either side of his cheeks, they were almost shaped like whiskers. All in all these features usually give their owner a cute look.
Naruto ran quickly, taking short cuts here and there, while he was running he noticed a black Jaguar driving at a maddening speed. Which bastard is driving so fast, can't they see someone might get hurt if anything happened? he thought to himself as the Jaguar drove past like the wind cool car, I wonder who's driving it…must be some cool dude with shit loads of money as Naruto thinks back to his rusty old bicycle, he sighs a little thinking the rich really are bastards. No Jaguar for you, better keep running just as Naruto was turning the corner of a narrow the side street, where two roads crossed two things happened which should never have happened. Naruto decided to run when the walking symbol just finished blinking red and turned red, he also did not check for incoming cars. The driver in the Jaguar was too engrossed in his phone conversation to slow down, until he saw a flash of gold in front, when he stepped on the breaks with all his strength.
Shit! Did I just hit something? The owner of the Jaguar thought to himself as he walked out of the car to see what happened. Naruto's quick reflexes automatically made him jump, and a few seconds later he found himself laying face down on the road, with sharp pains shooting through his knees and arms. Naruto was too shocked to move, the car had been inches, and just mere inches from him, had the driver been even a fraction of a second slower, the result would have been unthinkable. His school bag chose to rip at that moment also, and he found his books laying about everywhere in the narrow street. Luckily the street was one of the fairly quite side roads that people rarely drove into. When he recovered from the shock he heard a voice saying "hey there, hey are you alright?" and that was when sapphire met onyx coloured eyes and instantly there was an electric spark that seems to stop time.
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Naruto didn't know what was happening but that voice, the calm manner in which it spoke, with a touch of iciness and authority was smooth and silky. He was put into a daze without knowing how.
"Hey, I say hey, are you okay?" it was that voice again, and Naruto finally came back to his senses, as the connection broke and he was back to earth again, and time seemed to flow again. Immediately he began to remember…he was running and a car nearly hit him, yes that's right! It was going way above what the speed limit should be on such a narrow street! Naruto dislikes people who don't follow road rules.
"You shouldn't be driving so fast, you nearly hit me."
"well, nobody should be crossing when the signal is on red, dobe (moron)" came the swift reply, said with a certain hint of snobbiness
What did he just call me? dobe? DOBE? I'm no dobe
"why you, teme! What did you just call me?" Naruto half shouted, cheeks becoming red due to anger. While the other was observing his reaction with interest, noticing the crystal clear blue eyes, the golden bangs and the reddening cheeks – to which he found all very amusing.
"I said D.O.B.E, and since there are only two people here, it's quite clear who I must be referring to."
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I had to repost this chapter and I took the story off to make some edits, I just made some minor edits to make the story a little better. Sorry for the troubles, teme and dobe is back up.