Life's Destination.
Introductory.
What is our purpose in life? What do we hope to accomplish? Why are we living?
Our days our numbered; from the hospital to the ground.
We're happy; unaware of trouble abound.
Wondering where we'll die.
Thinking we won't go to the sky.
From the gods, from heaven; we're only taking a vacation.
And yet, we cling to it… What is Life's Destination?
It was a simple thought. "Escape from it all," he said. "You don't ever have to go back."
And he was right, for the most part. Fleeing the country, never having to see any of them again… It was very simple if you covered your tracks in just the right way. But, the thing about it was…
A phone rings. A small, delicate hand reached for it, picking it up, placing it to the holder's ear.
"Hello?" The voice chimed happily.
"It's me."
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It was still early. It couldn't have been later than 8, maybe 8:30. A black car with tinted windows rolled along the road, carrying only two individuals. Both of which involved in much more than they ever should have started.
"So, what you're saying is.." The blonde twirled a strand of hair in his finger, as he had a boring look, sitting in the back of a black car.
"You're going to school." The man in the driver's seat of the car blew cigarette smoke out of his mouth, turning a corner as he drove.
"..Why?" He pressed.
"Why do you think, Kitsune?" The man answered with a question, grinning as he said the blonde's nickname.
"I… guess." The blonde answered back.
The car zoomed along the road, stopping at a red light. The blonde glanced around the car innocently, gazing out of the window soon after. The light turned green, and the car began moving once more.
"Am I really going to escape it all, Asuma-san?"
The man's eyes looked a bit more serious, as he brought his cigarette back up to his mouth. Exhaling another cloud of smoke, he sighed.
"We'll hope for the best."
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A door opened, and the blonde stepped out of the car. He looked dishearten at the building in front of him, and turned around, leaning against the passenger's car door. The window was put down.
"Are you sure that I just have to do this? There's nothing else?" The blonde aimed for the easy way out. But, there was no easy way out. Sometimes, there was just the hard way. And that hard way would only open more paths, which were even harder. Oh joy.
"Of course not! Get your ass in there already! Class is starting." Asuma grinned.
The blonde frowned. Knowing that he really had no choice in the matter, he turned around, pushing the backseat door close.
The blonde giggled, "You know I'll have to get you back for this."
"Oh, come on. You know you had to finish school sooner or later, Naruto." Asuma gave his confident look.
Naruto folded his arms, shifting his weight to the left side. "Mhm. If you say so. Don't wait up for me, then." He exhaled once more, and walked towards the two, big front doors where everyone rushed into. He glanced at the people literally pushing and shoving everyone else into walls and such. Was getting to class on time really this important..?
Folding his arms, Naruto walked to the front desk.
Naruto looked at the chair behind the desk, at what he guessed was a boy. The chair was facing the opposite direction. Was the guy playing in the chair, because it had wheels…?
"Um, hello?"
"Wah?!" The guy fell out of the chair. He must have been startled or something. He quickly scrambled about, crawling back up into the chair. He was... interesting.
"U-Uhh… Can I help you?" He said, facing Naruto now. His eyebrows ere bushy. Very bushy. And he had huge eyes, too! This was a weird one…
"Yes, I'm a new student. Uzumaki Naruto?"
"Oh, right! They told me about a new student…" He went to mess through some files or something.
"Here!" The bushy-brow exclaimed, handing Naruto a card with 1-A on it. "That's your Homeroom. Class is starting, so you'd better hurry!" He had this kind of nervous energy… It was unsettling.
"Oh, okay. Thanks, um…"
"Huh? Oh, right! I'm Lee. Rock Lee! Nice to meet you!" He was basically yelling.
"Oh… Nice to meet you too?" Naruto made a fake smile, with which Lee was blissfully unaware of. He was still giving some kind of goofy grin.
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Naruto stopped in front of his Homeroom, Room 1-A. It really wasn't that hard to find the first room in the building. His stomach clenched, Naruto had no real idea what to expect; school was never… "important," before. Exhaling, in hopes of easy his uneasy stomach, Naruto softly knocked on the door.
The door didn't open. The class actually sounded very rowdy, to Naruto… Did that mean the teacher wasn't there? Or was school just like this all the time? Obviously, he'd find out soon.
Opening the door, Naruto walked in, and stopped, to look at the class. They stared at him; he stared back.
"Oh… A new student? Why don't they ever tell me these things..?" Naruto looked to his right, seeing a man with a scar across his nose, and his hair up. Naruto couldn't help but wonder about the scar… But, he supposed it didn't matter at the moment.
"Oh, well, hello. I'm your homeroom teacher, Umino Iruka. Please introduce yourself, if you will." He smiled a gentle smile, pointing to the chalkboard in front of the class. Naruto assumed he had to write his name, or something, and did this, before turning around to speak to the class.
"I am Uzumaki Naruto. Pleased to meet you."
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Yay. My first fan fiction on this place~ Um... I'd like to say that the characterz in this story are prolly gonna stray from -completely- canon. Often. And like… It gets better. ;D I can't think of much else. This part isn't particularly interesting… Oh, did you like the poem? xD I made it. Though it was more of a last-minute-like-thing. And yeah… Oh. The pairing in this ficcie is almost a mystery~ I will take suggestionz from the reviewers into account. But you have to review it for me! D: Otherwise I might change my mind about continuing this.. ;-; Well yeah. :3 Thankz for reading. Side Note: Me and Naruto's birthdayz are two dayz apaart~