Chapter 1

- Naruto's World -

Naruto sighed as he walked through Konoha. Is there ever going to be time for ramen today? he wondered. He had been so busy with Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan, and Sasuke he hadn't had time to even have a bite of ramen. And he was hungry! He stuck his hands in his pockets and put his head back. He looked at the star-filled sky and sighed again. He may have had a long day, but it was still fun. When he put his head back to his normal position, he didn't have time to say a word before he walked straight into Ino or, as Sakura-chan called her, Ino-pig.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" she yelled as they both rubbed their heads from hitting the hard, cobble-stoned street.

"Sorry, Ino. I wasn't watching where I was going. But, you need to watch where you're going, too! It's not entirely my fault!" he yelled back.

They yelled at each other for a little while. Then they got picked up into the air by their hair.

"Ow! What the hell?" they both yelled. They turned around to see Iruka-sensei holding them up off the ground.

"Now children. There's no need to fight." he said calmly.

Then, out of nowhere, he yelled at them. "What the hell is wrong with you two? Can you not yell at each other for 2 minutes?" he yelled. They both just stared at him in astonishment as he yelled. They had never seen Iruka-sensei yell. Ok, they had, but never like that.

"Ok, Iruka-sensei! We're sorry! Please let us go!" they pleaded. Finally, after getting tired of their constant whining, he let them go. Then, he disappeared. They both sighed and rubbed their heads . . . again.

"I'm leaving!" they both said at the same time. They glared at each other before stomping off in different directions.

"I live this way!" they both said, walking past each other and the way the other one had came from.

Naruto slammed his apartment door and slid down it. He sighed and stood up. He walked into his kitchen and grabbed a package of Instant Ramen. He stuck it in the microwave and it was done in a few minutes. He poured it into a bowl and sat down at his small table. He thought about his day as he ate. He had trained a little with Kakashi-sensei then he had done some taijutsu with Sasuke. Then he had gotten beat up by Sakura-chan. He never really knew why Sakura-chan beat him up. She just did. It really pissed him off somtimes. But, he never let himself get too angry. He didn't want to hurt her by going Nine-Tailed Fox on her. He was in love with her, after all. When he had finished his bowl of ramen, he went to his room to take a shower. He turned on the water and took off his orange jumpsuit. While he was in the shower he thought about what it might have been like, had his dad not put the Kyuubi inside of him. His parents might still be alive and he would have more friends than he did at the moment. Also, if they were alive, he wouln't have had to live in that orphanage and get scorned by everyone, but Hokage Saratobi.

After an hour, he turned off the water. It had turned cold anyway. He stepped out and let the water puddle at his feet. He grabbed a towel, dried himself off, and put more comfortable clothes on. He walked out with still damp hair. He sat down on the sill of his open window and looked up at the pitch black sky. He jumped at the sound of pounding on his apartment door. He stood up and walked over to it.

"Quit pounding on my door!" he yelled as he opened the door.

"AAHH!" he screamed as he got toppled by Sasuke.

"Sasuke! What are you doing? Get off me!" he yelled, pushing Sasuke off him. Sasuke rolled over and giggled like a mad man.

Naruto sat up and looked at Sasuke with one eyebrow raised. He poked Sasuke and he giggled more.

"Sasuke? Are you okay?" Naruto asked, still poking Sasuke. Sasuke sat up and leaned towards Naruto with a giddy look on his face. This surprised Naruto. Sasuke never looked happy. Naruto sighed.

"You're drunk, aren't you, Sasuke? Why'd you go and get drunk?" Naruto asked him. Then, Sasuke passed out. And started drooling on Naruto's floor.

"Sasuke!" he yelled, dragging Sasuke over to the couch and throwing him on it.

"Drool there. Not on my floor." Naruto said, exasperated. Naruto sat down next to him and moved Sasuke's hair out of his face. He sighed. Why'd you go get yourself wasted like this, Sasuke? It's not like you. he thought. He stood up and walked over to his bed. He got in and turned off the light. Before he drifted off to sleep, he thought about the first day he met Sasuke. It was the day of the entrance exam. He closed his eyes and fell into a dream of what life would have been like if his parents were still alive.