Chapter 1

I do not own Naruto or Spider-Man. If I did own Naruto, the plot would have been much better from Chapter 408 on!

Narration

'Thoughts'

Sound Effect

It all started with a girl…

As a yellow school bus moved down a city street, a teenage girl sat inside, quietly surrounded by her chatting friends. She looked to be around 18, and was amazingly beautiful. Her rich pink hair cascaded down to the middle of her back with her bangs parted, and a small smile lit up her fair-skinned face. The girl was wearing a forest green jacket with a simple white t-shirt underneath, and blue skinny jeans. Her jade eyes shone as a boy around her age slung his arm around her shoulder, smirking. The boy had long brown hair tied back, pale lavender eyes, and a tattoo on his forehead.

This girl. The girl next door. Haruno Sakura-chan. The girl I've been in love with ever since I was six. I'd like to tell you that I'm the guy next to her with his arm around her. Heck, I'd even settle for the guy sitting in front of them munching chips.

"Hey, stop the bus!"

A tan hand slapped at the windows, hoping for the bus to stop. The students looked out the windows and burst out laughing at the ridiculous sight. A frantic teenage boy the same age as Sakura was struggling to keep up with the bus while carrying his backpack.

He was thin, wore thick glasses over blue eyes, and his bright blond hair was cleanly cut. The boy was wearing an oversized black-and-orange hoodie and jeans.

That's me. Uzumaki Naruto.

At this point, even the bus driver was chuckling at the sight and not bothering to stop the bus. Sakura let out an irritated sigh. 'Jerks…' She got up and marched over to the bus driver. "Just let him on, he's been chasing the bus for ten blocks."

The other students groaned as the bus slowed to a stop, their amusement dampened. Though the rosette was the most attractive and one of the most popular girls in the school, she had a tendency of sticking up for the unpopular kids.

Naruto quickly got on the bus and panted to the driver, "I'm sorry, I…"

Whap!

An apple had struck Naruto on the side of the head. As he clutched his head, wincing, the blonde saw the students, with the exception of Sakura and two of his friends on the bus, laughing.

Naruto rolled his eyes. 'Typical…'

As he moved between the seats looking for a place to sit, available spaces were quickly blocked by other students. Naruto's pleading gaze eventually moved to Sakura, whose face was unreadable. One of Neji's friends quickly stuck his foot into the aisle, tripping Naruto. The boy toppled with a yelp onto the floor, his glasses falling off. As students began to laugh in renewed amusement, Naruto let out a small groan.

As he wearily picked himself up, he saw his two friends Inuzuka Kiba and Nara Shikamaru in the back of the bus. (Author's Note: I assume readers know what they look like, so I will only describe what they are wearing.) He quickly made his way to them and sat down in between them.

"Ya know, I don't know why you don't just pull a prank on them like you used to," said Kiba quietly. He was wearing a zip-up gray hoodie with a black shirt with a wolf print, and black jeans.

"I don't want Sakura-chan to think I'm immature," muttered Naruto, rummaging in his backpack. "Besides it'll just make more trouble for me."

"Haven't you realized women like Sakura are troublesome?" said Shikamaru lazily, fingering an earring. He was wearing an olive vest over a gray t-shirt and jeans.

"Well, maybe she's actually worth the trouble, Shikamaru," said the blonde, pushing up his glasses. He took out a guide on various mythical creatures and started reading through it.

"But where's Sasuke?" asked Kiba, taking out a Superman comic and scratching his tattooed cheek.

"Teme? I don't know. But he has his reasons." As Naruto read his guide, he peered over the top at Sakura, who was currently listening to her iPod. His eyes moved from her headphones to the red ribbon she nearly always wore to keep her hair back.

'Does she even remember…?'

And...there's the first chapter! Seem familiar? Yes? No? If characters seem OOC, I will try to keep them in character. But because this is an AU, they will be slightly different from their anime/manga counterparts.

As for what I said at the top about the Naruto plotline being better from 408 onwards...well, be good little reviewers, and you'll see.

Reviews will introduce Sasuke into the story.