(UCHIHA) .:[Until Death Do Us Part]:. (SASUKE) – 01

"Hey, Naruto-kun!" The blonde boy looked down from hanging on a piece of wood holding a paint brush and a paint can.

"Yeah?" I placed my hands on my hips.

"You know you're gonna get in trouble for this, right?..." He grunted and wiped his cheek with the back of his free hand.

"So what! Not like anyone cares anyways!" He stuck his tongue out at me and I scowled at him.

"I care, stupid!!! Iruka-sensei makes me clean up your messes with you!" Laughing, he started painting on the Hokage's faces again.

"Liar, you wanna help so stop complaining and help me out here!" Grinning, I was about to climb up the ladder he left when I was picked up by my collar. Naruto hadn't noticed yet. I turned around slowly, seeing Iruka-sensei look infuriated. "Oi, Arashi-chan, what's taking you so long?"

"NARUTO!!!" Naruto heard Iruka-sensei's voice and froze, a glob of red paint dripped off his paint brush and fell in front of us.

"Naruto-kun, make a run for it!!!" If I can't get away, at least he would. As if he heard me, he hopped off and made a break for it. While he was running, Iruka-sensei dropped me off in class before chasing Naruto again. This time though, he had reinforcements. I sat down in my usual seat next to Sasuke, waiting for Naruto to get back. Sighing, I folded my arms over each other and set my head down to take a nap.

"Yo, Arashi." I picked up my head to see Kiba. I waved un-energetically. "Naruto gonna get yelled at again?" He asked, grinning.

"Yup." I blew my bangs out of my face. He laughed, showing off his teeth.

"What'd he do this time?"

"Look outside and go away..." I waved my hand in front of my face. "You smell like dog..." He scrunched his face up before shoving his hands in his jacket pocket and walking back up to his seat.

I woke up, hearing Iruka-sensei screaming again. Looking up, I saw Naruto sitting on the floor, tied up.

"TOMORROW IS THE ACADEMY'S GRADUATION EXAM AND YOU'VE FAILED THE LAST TWO TIMES!!!" I flinched at him yelling so loudly. "THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO BE CAUSING TROUBLE, DIOT!" He sighed and crossed his arms, rubbing his temples. "Alright. Because of Naruto, you're all going to have to practice the Henge no Jutsu." A bunch of groans were heard chorusing throughout the room, me included.

"Naruto, this is all your fault." The annoying voice of Yamanaka Ino got several people to agree. Turning to face her, i glared.

"Like I give a damn."

"How is it his fault if Iruka-sensei was the one who decided to make us review. Ugly pig." I turned back around, satisfied heading her whine to Sasuke.

"Haruno Sakura." The pink blob skipped forward and made the handseal. After the puff of smoke went away, a copy of Iruka stood in her place. "Good."

"Did you see that Sasuke-kun?" She asked excitedly before going back to her seat.

"Uchiha Sasuke." Several squeals were heard. Ignoring them, he made the handseal and a near perfect copy stood as emotionless as Sasuke. "Good. Tenma Arashi." I stepped up and wasted no time performing the jutsu. "Good." Walking back to my seat, I put my head on the desk.

"Uzumaki Naruto." He walked up to Iruka-sensei and transformed into a naked girl with long blonde hair in pigtails but the same blue eyes and whisker marks as him. Iruka-sensei has blood dripping from his nose in no time and stuffed it up with tissues. "DON'T WASTE TIME INVENTING STUPID JUTSU'S LIKE THAT!!!" Naruto and I were bursting with laughter before he got serious and turned into Iruka-sensei.

After school, I found Naruto back up at the Hokage's mountain wiping off all the paint. Iruka-sensei was sitting on top of one of the faces watching him.

"I won't let you go until everything is as it should be."

"Like I care, it's not like I have anyone to go home to!" I huffed before jumping up on the wood he was standing on.

"You idiot." I punched his head and picked up a rag and started to help him clean off the paint. "What the hell do you think you're doing saying there's nobody waiting. I don't have anyone either. Stupid." He grinned and got back to scrubbing.

"Hey, Naruto, Arashi..." We both looked up at Iruka-sensei who was scratching his head.

"What?"

"Well... If everything is cleaned up..." I raised an eyebrow and waited for him to continue. "I'll buy you guys some ramen tonight." Naruto and I looked at each other before grinning.

"Ok!! I'll work as hard as I can!! Dattebayo!"

"Me too!"

Iruka-sensei, Naruto, and I were at Ichiraku. I sat next to Naruto who sat next to Iruka-sensei. We all had a bowl of ramen; mine was beef!

"Naruto." Naruto looked up from slurping his noodles. "Why were you doing that to the monument? Don't you know who the Hokage are?"

"That's a dumb question!" I piped up, "Of course he knows!" Naruto nodded in agreement.

"Basically those who get the Hokage title are the strongest shinobi of this village, right? And among them is the Fourth Hokage who saved the village from a demon fox."

"Then why?..." Naruto slurped some more noodles before grinning.

"Well, one day I'm gonna become Hokage!" He pointed his chopsticks at Iruka-sensei. "Then I'll be better then all the previous Hokage!! Dattebayo!" I waved my hand at him.

"Naruto-kun, it's rude to point..." He ignored me and went on.

"And then everyone in the village will acknowledge my strength!!" Setting his chopsticks down, he put his hands together as if he were praying. "Um... Iruka-sensei I have a little request..."

"What? You want a second bowl?" He asked smiling.

"No, no..." He waved his hand. "Can I borrow your forehead protector? 3" Iruka-sensei reached up to fix it.

"No can do. You'll get yours after you graduate. This is a symbol that you've become a ninja. Maybe you'll get yours tomorrow."

"EH! That sucks!" Iruka-sensei started laughing.

"So that's why you took off your goggles!"

"Give me seconds!!!" Naruto demanded. Laughing, I stuck his goggles back on his head.

"What!" He sighed. "Arashi, do you want seconds too?" I raised an eyebrow.

"I haven't even finished my first..."

"To graduate, you'll have to do the Bunshin no Jutsu. When you're called, come into the next room." I gave a sigh of relief.

'This is gonna be a piece of cake!' While I was cheering, I forgot how bad Naruto was at this. Beside me he was freaking out.

"Tenma Arashi!" Getting up, I walked over to the door and took a deep breath before stepping in. Sitting at the table was Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei. As I was the last to be called, there were two headbands sitting there.

'Someone failed?...' I let my mind wander as I did the Bunshin no Jutsu, four clones standing next to me, deep in thought.

"Good. You pass." I blinked.

"Huh?" Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei laughed.

"You passed Arashi. Congratulations!" I grinned and bowed before grabbing a headband and running out the door. I was greeted by the smiling faces of mothers and fathers. All praising their children. My hand went limp and I didn't notice the headband falling out of my hand. I took a deep breath and turned to run home when I bumped into someone.

"Oof!" Landing on my butt, I glared at the person in front of me. It was Sasuke. He had his headband tied on his forehead, keeping his bangs out of his face. In his other hand, he held another headband.

"Hn. What a klutz." I huffed and jumped up, brushing the dust and dirt off my shorts.

"Who're you calling-" He tossed the headband in his hands to me and I fumbled with it, trying not to let it fall.

"You dropped it." With that, he turned and walked away.

"Thanks!!!" Looking around, I noticed Naruto wasn't here so I went home.

I knocked on the door with my ninja registration form in my hands.

"Come in." I opened the door, surprised to see Naruto here.

"Naruto-kun! I didn't see you after the Exam yesterday! Where were you?" He grinned and scratched the back of his head. That's when I noticed something missing. With my headband tied around my neck (figured if anyone tried beheading me they wouldn't have much luck), I pointed at mine then at him with a questioning look.

"I didn't want to scratch it so I left it at home." I grinned before handing Hokage-sama my form. He looked over it then showed it to Naruto.

"Re-take your picture. You look stupid." Pointing to my picture, he continued. "Like this. The shinobi registration book, a list of all the shinobi and their abilities… This is a very important document so what's with the face?!?" I took a glance at his before cracking up with laughter.

"Mah… I don't go well with things like that…" The door started creaking open and some kid with an abnormally long scarf came running in, tripping on it and landed on his face in front of me.

"Oh no! Not again!!!" The voice came from the hallway and the guy came in just in time to see the kid land face first in front of my feet.

"Dammit who set a trap!" I was surprised at his choice of words.

"Are you alright???" The man was dressed in all black and had sunglasses. "And there isn't a trap anywhere…" The got up and looked around. Since I was the closest, he pointed at me.

"I know you were the one who set the trap!"

"Ahh?..." I looked at him boredly before picking up the part of his scarf that dragged. "Hey kid, you tripped on your own damn scarf so don't go blaming stupid things like this on people." He huffed then turned to Naruto.

"Then you-" Before he said anything, Naruto held him up by his collar in front of his face.

"Hey Naruto, let his go! He's the Hokage's grandson!!!" The guy in all black shouted. Naruto and I exchanged glances. I nodded and he let him go. I put a hand on his head and glared at him.

"Oi, brat. What'd I just tell you about accusing people…" He grinned.

"Come then! Go ahead and punch me!" I sighed and looked at Naruto who squinted his eyes. Grinning, I pulled my fist back.

"Sento Tokkan (Lightning Punch)!" I punched him on the head the same time Naruto did except my fist had little sparks of blue coming off it.

"You really think we give a damn who you are?!?" Naruto and I yelled in unison.

"No way!!!" The man in all black exclaimed.

"Hey Naruto-kun, I think that kid is following us…" I sighed.

"Yeah. I've noticed too." Suddenly, Naruto whipped around, pointing at part of the wall. "Stop following us!!!" I walked up in front of the kid.

"Hey kid, you're holding it the wrong way… You're not fooling anyone with that, ya know?" He blushed a bit and I stood up, a little weirded out.

He coughed. "Hehe… Impressive to see through my cover. It seems the rumors about you two are true…"

'What the hell? I've never heard any stupid rumors…'

"Hey! I'll make you my boss!" He pointed at Naruto.

"Eh?? What about me?" I pointed to myself and squatted in front of the kid.

"There's a catch…"

"A catch?..." Naruto and I looked at each other.

"In return… PLEASE TEACH ME THE ORIOKE NO JUTSU YOU DEFEATED GRAMPS WITH!!! PLEASE BOSS???" I slapped a hand on my forehead and dragged it down my face.

"Boss?..." Looks like Naruto was considering it.

'Geez… This kid must be a perv…'

I sat on the floor, an elbow on my crossed legs, holding up my chin.

"Ok, ok! The basics are 'bon kyuu bon'! Got it?" Konohamaru nodded. "Alright, try it!"

"Ossu!!! Henge!" He transformed into a horribly fat and ugly girl. My hand slipped and I started rolling over from laughing.

"Noo!!!" Naruto was waving his hands around.

"More slender!!!"

"Prettier!!!"

I sighed and stood up.

"Hey guys, wanna take a break?" We stopped at a little shop and got tea and dango. They sat on a log and I sat in front of them.

"By the way, why are you going after your grandpa all the time?" Konohamaru scowled and glared at the dirt.

"Gramps names me 'Konohamaru'. I'm named after the village." (BTW PPL!!! 'maru' at the end of a name means it's a boys name. Something like that, ya dig?) "And even though everyone knows my name… nobody ever calls me that. When someone is talking about me or even calling me, all they ever see is the Hokage's grandson. No one sees me as me. That's why I want the title of Hokage." I scoffed.

"Stupid. You can't be Hokage." He glared at me, fists by his sides.

"What???" Naruto picked up after me.

"The Hokage title isn't something a little brat can take. It isn't kids play, moron! The title Hokage. If you want it so bad then…"

"Then…???" Looking Konohamaru in the eyes, Naruto grinned.

"Then beat me first!" He looked shocked a little. I hopped up and grinned.

"I've found you!!!"

"Ahh?..." I looked up and found Konohamaru's trainer on a branch. "What was your name?... Eh… Ebi… Ebi? … Ebisu! What do you want?" He furrowed his brows at me.

Landing on the ground he started. "Now young master, let's go home."

"No!! I'm defeating that old geezer and getting the title Hokage! So don't get in my way!"

"A Hokage must be taught in every aspect of being a shinobi. You must master 1000 skills and then finally… Huh??" Konohamaru made the handseal.

"Henge!" After the smoke cleared, Konohamaru's recent accomplishment stood there, showing off her body. "Take this! Orioke no Jutsu!" She said in a flirtatious voice. When nothing happened, Konohamaru poofed back into his original self. "Eh? It didn't work?..."

"Wh… What a perverted skill!!! I'm a gentleman and such a dirty technique will not work on me!!!" He grabbed onto Konohamaru's scarf and started tugging. "If you hang out with trash like him then you'll become stupid!"

"Let me go!!" I grit my teeth together and launched myself at Ebisu.

"Don't you dare call Naruto-kun trash!!!" His eyes snapped to me with my fist pulled back and sparking. "Sento Tokkan!" His mouth hung open while I punched him in his chest. I put in more chakra so his body was left throwing off sparks for a while. He stood up and brushed himself off. I stood there glaring at him, my fist still sparking and ready for another hit.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A dozen or so Naruto's stood in the clearing. Ebisu got in a stance.

"Heh. I'm an elite ninja. Not that weakling Mizuki." Apparently he was waiting for an attack but got surprised when Naruto used Henge no Jutsu. A bunch of naked girls that resembled Naruto clung onto him. He shot away, blood shooting from his nose.

"I call that one… Harem no Jutsu!"

"That was awesome boss!!! You defeated my tutor!!!" I laughed at Konohamaru's excitedness. "Alright, I'm gonna be Hokage!!!" He got whacked in the head by Naruto.

"This is the title Hokage. It's not gonna be that easy. With all the bad stuff I've been through… I almost lost myself. But I know that I have at least two people that acknowledges me. But all that was incredibly difficult. So you better prepare yourself."

"P… Prepare myself?..."

"If you want an incredible title like Hokage where everyone will acknowledge you, there ain't gonna be any shortcuts."

"Bah. Stop lecturing me like you know everything. I'm not gonna let you be my boss anymore. From now on… we're rivals!" Naruto chuckled a bit.

"Sorry but tomorrow, Arashi and I will be taking our first steps to becoming ninja. But one day… You and I will definitely fight over the title of Hokage. I'll be looking forward to it. Konohamaru." I smiled, knowing that Naruto had found a new friend. Someone he could count on.