Ayu: Finally!
Flare: Get a life.
Kakashi: Why?
Flare: Because I said so.
Kakashi: Why?
Flare: Because you love Gai.
Mito: WHAT!? KAKASHI!
Kakashi: It's not true...
Flare: whistles innocently

A Flower of Hope and Love
Chapter 3 - I Stand Corrected... Or Maybe Not

'Math. Math. Math. What the heck is math?!' Naruto thought as he slammed his head down on his desk.

"Mr. Uzumaki! Do not slam your head down on your desk!" Mito yelled. The other classmates laughed, except for one girl. Her name was Mikiyo Tatsuya; she had shoulder length brown hair and black eyes like Sasuke.

"Sorry... I didn't mean to, Miss Kirishima," Naruto replied with an innocent look on his face.

"You better be sorry," Mito replied. Mito returned to teaching the class when a note appeared on Naruto's desk. Uzumaki opened the note, which said "Mito's mean. Just ignore her." Naruto grabbed his pencil and said "Lol I already knew that." The note continued to be passed between the knucklehead ninja and Yuta for the last fifteen minutes of class. Mito then found out about the note and proceeded to kill Naruto and Yuta. Luckily enough, Kakashi walked in since Math was their last class of the day. The two boys then ran out of the classroom to avoid Mito's wrath.

"Nina! What's up?" Ayu asked when she answered her cell phone.

"Mito wants to take us to a night club again!" Nina happily replied.

"Okay! I'll be over at your house in a couple minutes!"

"Okay! I'll see you when you get here, Ayu Dear!" Nina replied before hanging up.

A few minutes later, Ayu arrived at Nina's house. Mito had also invited Sakura, Naruto, Sayaka, Sasuke, Tetsushi, and Hiroki. Yuta was also being forced to come. Mito poured the vitamins used to transform the eight children into adults.

"Spamola!" Mito happily cried. The eight children took a vitamin and ate it. A few seconds later, they were all adults. Mito also ate a vitamin to change her appearance as well.
"Hey, why does Mito use vitamins? Nina uses chocolates," Naruto asked.

"Mito says chocolates are fattening," Nina replied, smiling; Naruto nodded in response.

The next day, Naruto walked towards Science alone. Actually, he would be walking with Sakura and Sasuke if they hadn't ditched him because he overslept. As the Uzumaki child walked into the Science classroom, he was quickly greeted by Yuta, who dragged him over to a corner so he could talk to him privately.

"Hey, Naruto. Can I ask you something?" Yuta quickly asked.

"Sure."

"Do you want to pull a prank on Mito after school today?"

"Why?" Naruto asked. Usually, the kitsune would've quickly said yes, but he wanted to know why Mito's own brother would want to pull a prank on Mito.

"Because of what she tried to do yesterday. We can get Kakashi involved too," Yuta replied.

"I-I don't know... Kakashi's..." Naruto paused, trying to think of a way to tell Yuta that he couldn't do the prank because Kakashi was his sensei back in Konoha, "Kakashi's my uncle. I can't just pull a prank on my uncle's girlfriend. Sorry, Yuta."

Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Asuma, and Kurenai were told that they couldn't say anything about their lives in Konoha or show that they were ninja. If that was the case, they would have to leave Japan to find another home so that they could find a way back home. Luckily, the only one that they would have to worry about spilling their secret was Kakashi, who had already told Mito, and Naruto, who was a hyperactive loudmouth.

"Fine! I'll just do it all by myself!" Yuta angrily replied as Naruto took his seat by the window.

"Whatever," Naruto replied as the teacher, Mr. Mikami walked in.

"Okay, class. Quiet down while I take attendance," Mr. Mikami stated, "Uchiha."

"Here," Sasuke muttered loud enough for the teacher to hear him. This continued until Mr. Mikami reached Yuta's name. The teacher then proceeded to teach the class. About fifteen minutes into the class, a note appeared on Sakura's desk. The note said: "Sakura, can I ask you something?" Haruno blinked, wondering why Yuta of all people, would want to ask her about something. If it was about pranks, he could just ask Naruto. After all, Naruto was like a professional prankster. Sakura replied with: "I guess. But if it's about pranks, you could just ask Naruto." She then threw the note back over to Yuta's desk when the teacher turned his back. The youngest Kirishima child opened the note back up to see Sakura's response. The note continued with the two teenagers replying.

Yuta: "It's not about pranks. And you can just close the note and it'll magically appear on my desk, okay?"
Sakura: "Okay. So what's your question?"
Yuta: "I know you have a massive crush on me, so i-if I was from a different world, would you still like me?"
Sakura: "I... I'm from a different world too. Kakashi told me not to tell you or anyone else this, but I'm from a different world... And yeah, I'd still like you."
Yuta: "I wanna talk to you after class, okay? So wait for me."
Sakura: "O... Okay."

The note reappeared on Yuta's desk for the last time as he opened it and read the response Sakura gave him. He quickly hid it under the desk and closed his hand tightly. This had made Yuta very angry.

'Why would Kakashi want to have them keep something like this away from us? It's insane!' Yuta thought as Mr. Mikami released the class when the bell rang. Sakura stood at the door waiting for Yuta as everyone else left the classroom. Yuta walked over to Sakura with the note still clutched in his left hand.

"Sakura. Why did that bastard want you to keep this a secret?!" Yuta angrily asked, grabbing Sakura's shoulders.

"Because he didn't want you to know! He was afraid you would tell someone, then we would have to leave!" Sakura replied, pushing Yuta away with tears in her eyes.

"So he hasn't even told my sister, has he?!" Yuta replied, calming down, but still angry.

"No... H-he has," Sakura quietly replied, looking down so that Yuta couldn't see the tears forming in her eyes. Yuta grabbed her chin and lifted her head up.

"Well then, we'll just have to have a little chat with Kakashi, won't we? But for now, let's just sit down and talk," Yuta stated as he sat down against the wall closest to the stairs. Sakura sat down next to him.

"Talk about what?" Sakura quietly asked. At this point, she was afraid that Yuta would ask her about Konoha and have her prove to him that she really was a ninja.

"Your world, of course. And don't worry, we won't mention anything to Kakashi and I'll keep my mouth shut. I promise," Yuta happily stated, "But before that, I just want you to answer one question."

"W-what?"
"Will you go out with me?" Yuta asked, grinning; Sakura blinked as she looked at Yuta with a smile on her face.

"Sure! I'd love to go out with you, Yuta!" Sakura happily replied, wiping away the tears from her face.

"Good, good. Now what's this world you're from like?" Yuta replied, smiling.

"Well... It's probably nothing like the Magic Kingdom. We have ninja that can perform jutsu and—" Sakura was cut off in the middle of her sentence.

"Jutsu? What's a jutsu?" Yuta asked.

"A jutsu is made from a ninja's chakra and hand signs. And before you ask, chakra is made from a ninja's spiritual and bodily energy," Sakura replied.

"Okay. Continue."

"Anyway, we've also got a Hokage, who's like the village leader. And the village that I come from is Konohagakure no Sato," Sakura finished, not really able to explain anything else about Konoha.

"So are your friends from there too?" Yuta asked. He wanted to know about Naruto's "uncle," Kakashi.

"Yeah. Oh! And we're placed in three man teams with a Jounin sensei," Sakura stated, remembering about the squads.

"Really? What team are you and your friends on?" Yuta asked.

"I'm on a team with Naruto and Sasuke with Kakashi as our sensei. Hinata's on a team with Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino with Sarutobi Kurenai as their sensei. And Shikamaru's on a team with Yamanaka Ino and Akimichi Choji with Sarutobi Asuma as their sensei," Sakura replied, resting her head on Yuta's shoulder. Yuta smiled and wrapped his arm around Sakura's waist, pulling her closer to him.

"So is Kakashi really Naruto's uncle?" Yuta asked, sounding very suspicious and curious at the same time.

"No. Where did you get that idea?" Sakura asked, sounding very confused.

"Naruto said that he couldn't do the prank that I was going to pull off on Mito and Kakashi this afternoon because he said that Kakashi was his uncle," Yuta replied.

Flare: Yay! Naruto lies!
Naruto: Really? Where?
Flare: ignores Naruto Yay! I'm not in remedial classes!Naruto: She's insane.
Kakashi: Yup.
Mito: So it's true?
Kakashi: Yup.
Flare: Yay! Kakashi!
Kakashi: Uh-huh.