A/N: Heads up - this chapter's rather boring and short. I hope you still like it though! R&R :)
Days after days passed by and Sasuke and Naruto became inseparable when it came to art. It turned out that Sasuke really had a passion for drawing, but he never showed it for his father wouldn't have approved of such "idiocy." Mr. Uchiha preferred his youngest son to improve his academic skills, even though the child was merely a kindergartener.
As the two children spent more time with together and eventually became best friends, they found more things in common with each other besides drawing. Naruto was relieved at that for he just found doodling as a hobby and wasn't completely serious about it. He discovered that Sasuke disliked the Academy, only wanting to go to get away from his strict father. Naruto felt the same way, except he just wanted to escape his godfather and his perverted jokes. The man was such a creep, in an amusing way. Besides loathing school, the boys enjoyed martial arts. That led them to having a long discussion on the sport.
During the year, Sakura turned into a good friend of theirs. They haven't considered her as a close friend yet, but she's the only female student in the class that Sasuke actually talked to. Because of this, Ino Yamanaka grew envious of the pink-haired girl and challenged her as a rival for their crush's affections. For five year-olds, they competed intensely, with Sakura being in the "lead."
However, Sakura and Ino weren't the only ones who have already liked people in their class. Naruto had the biggest crush on Sakura a week after Iruka-sensei's outburst on their first day of school. After the day of the outburst, Sakura sat at Naruto and Sasuke's table daily. One week later, Sasuke was absent from class, leaving Sakura with only Naruto to talk to. Ever since then, he was determined to eventually win her heart. Just not in kindergarten of course.
"Sakura-chan! Look at what I found for you," Naruto hurriedly came into the classroom one day straight after recess. He had his arms cupped to prevent something from escaping in his hold. Sakura turned around after hearing her friend's voice, holding an indifferent and bored expression on her face.
"What is it, Naruto?" she asked. Before Naruto arrived, she was having a conversation with Sasuke about his drawings, feigning her interest in his artwork and focusing more on his adorable features. 'He makes me wish I was pale,' she thought to herself as she just stared and stared at him. Naruto grabbed the seat next to his crush and held out his cupped hands to her emotionless face. Sakura could care less about what Naruto wanted to show her. In fact, she wished that he'd hurry up so she could continue her "intriguing" conversation with Sasuke.
"You'll love it! When I saw it, I immediately thought of you," he said, bouncing up and down with loads of enthusiasm. "It's a pink flow… Ouch!" Naruto shrieked, his pain interrupting him. As he opened his cupped hands, a bumblebee flew out. Located in the middle of his hand was an enlarged, swollen-looking bump – a present from the bee that was held captive. On the other hand as a pink flower that could've blended in with Sakura's hair. "Stupid bee," Naruto huffed to no one in particular.
While Naruto examined his bump, Sakura and Sasuke were laughing in unison. "That's pretty. Thanks, you knucklehead," said Sakura, taking the cherry blossom-colored flower after she could giggle no more. She gave Naruto a genuine smile that made Naruto blush redder than his hand. Sasuke didn't say anything; instead he quickly drew out Naruto's amusing expression on a blank sheet of paper.
As kindergarten year went on, Naruto's attention was on impressing Sakura, which was almost impossible to do since Sasuke seemed so much better than him at everything. He knew about his crush, but didn't help Naruto catch Sakura's eye. He tried multiple things from bringing in chocolates on her birthday to walking her to the playground every day.
"You're going to have to do a lot better than that," Sasuke would comment after all of Naruto's fails. Sometimes, he just drove Naruto mad with remarks like that. He couldn't help that he was "drop-dead handsome" as some of the girls in Iruka-sensei's class would say. He couldn't help that Sasuke was better at drawing and martial arts. That guy was just too good, especially when it came to talking to the pink-haired crush. By this time, they had a close relationship, but Naruto and Sakura's relationship was closer since they talked more.
On the final day of school, Iruka-sensei threw his class a party. The tension between him and Naruto was gone immediately a few weeks after the first day. Iruka-sensei treated the blond boy as if he was his little brother. Naruto needed a person like him in his life with both of parents dead and his godfather/guardian constantly travelling. On days when his perverted godfather was out of town, Naruto spent his time at his neighbor's apartment so she could look after him. Iruka-sensei would then take his student out for ramen on the weekends and catch up on life.
At the party, the kindergarteners celebrated by watching a movie, eating junk food (actually, Choji ate all of the food the minute he walked into class and spotted it), playing games, and just chilling with their friends before summer vacation started. Iruka-sensei cried during the party, claiming that it was because of the movie (which was Toy Story 3) and not because of the fact this it was his last day with his students.
When the afternoon school bell rang, the teacher burst into obnoxiously loud sobs. "You are all wonderful students! Even Naruto," he stifled a chuckle in between cries. "I'll miss you all and hopefully, you'll visit this room when you're first graders." Everyone hugged and said their farewells to Iruka-sensei. They all agreed to stop by and say hello once in a while as they grew. Then, they hugged and said bye to their friends before leaving. Their first year of elementary school was over, and it turned out to be a good one.