Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

a/n: Back for another chappie!! The first few chaps have a lot of crying and drama in it, and I know you're asking where's the romance?! Well, we'll see a snippet of it in this chappie!!! Happy Readings!!!

Naruto's POV:

Today was the day! The day I started school! I hurredly filled my backpack up with the essential notebook, pencils, and pens, and added a calculator for math. First period was homeroom, second science, third math, lunch, fourth social studies, fith english. I had been so nervous the past weekend, thinking about wether or not people were going to like me or not. I hope to god they do. Of course they wouldn't be anything like that...monster, but I was still worried. I've had too much rejection in my life.

"Naruto! Hurry up! You'll be late!!" Iruka called from the base of the stairs.

I shoved a few last minute things in, and dashed out. I sprinted past Iruka as he was walking into the kitchen. I called out as I flung open the door, "Wish me luck!"

"Good luck!" he cried out after me, smiling to himself in pride.

With my backpack slung over my shoulder, I started my race towards Konoha High School, my breath comming out in front of me in plumes due to the cold. I could see it in the distance clearly, a one story building that stretched on for quite a ways. As I got closer, I could see last minute stragglers dashing through the doors and off to find their friends. My stomach did a flip. I picked up my pace even more and made it into the school right as the bell for class rang. I edged my way through the throng of students on their way to their classrooms. I quickly pulled out my new student ID card and stepped up to the secretary's desk.

She looked at me questioningly and asked, "...you're new?"

"Yes..." I squeaked, thrusting my card at her immediatly.

Not many new people come into Konoha. That's what Kakashi had told me the other day. I guess she wasn't used to putting in new students. The lady moved away slightly, picked up a few papers and told me to go on ahead to class. Before I left she also handed me an excused slip (for being late). I thanked her quietly, and made my way out into the halls. I had absolutely no idea where to go from here. The hall seemed to stretch forever, and others branched off from it. Like a huge labyrinth. I gulped slightly as I looked at my homeroom number, and started making my way.

It took a good ten minutes for me to find my classroom, and as I neared it, I could hear a tumultuous roar comming from behind it's closed door. I raised a shakey hand, and knocked loudly. The room seemed to get quiet almost immediatly. I heard a low voice say, "Excuse me." gruffly, and feet shuffle to the door. The person that came out caught me by surprise so much, I felt my jaw open an unflattering ammount. Kakashi stood smiling at me, closing the door behind himself quietly.

When I had woken up this morning and gone down to get breakfast, he had just been leaving. He called to me, "Going to work! See you later Naruto!!"

No one told me he worked in the school...as my teacher. I glared up at him as soon as I got ahold of myself and asked, "How come you didn't tell me you worked here?"

"Iruka wanted it to be a surprise." he shruged, then he looked down at me and questioned, "How come it took you so long to get here? The secretary told me that you left her office at 7:35. That was ten minutes ago."

I shifted my eyes down to my shoes and mumbled, "I got lost."

Kakashi just chuckled, putting an arm around me, he said, "Come on I'll introduce you."

My stomach immediatly dropped to the lowest place it could go. I thought I was going to be sick. He let me go, and went in, yelling, "Okay everyone, this is your new classmate. Please welcome him kindly."

He turned back to me and smiled, beconing me forward with an outstretched hand. I paused for a momment, glued to the spot I was standing on, and then took a tentative few steps forward. As soon as I got to the middle, I turned and stuttered a small, "H-hello..."

Whispers erupted from the kids sitting in front of me, and I couldn't force myself to look up yet. I hadn't taken my eyes from the floor since Kakashi had ushered me in. Speaking of him, just at that momment, he said calmly, "This is Naruto. He's come all the way from Obito."

"Hey Kakashi-sensei, I heard from my mom that you and Iruka adopted him. That true?" an unknown voice queried.

"Yes." he replied bluntly.

More whispers and then Kakashi said, "Alright, everyone, back to work now. I'm pretty sure some of you have homework that you didn't do over the weekend. Naruto, you can sit next to Sakura."

I looked at where he was pointing and saw that pink haired girl from when my family and I had gone shopping. She smiled at me and waved. I gave her a weak grin, and made my way to my new seat. As soon as I had placed my things next to my chair and sat down, she leaned in to me and said loudly, "Hiya! I'm Sakura!"

I blinked and stammered, "N-nice to m-meet you..."

She smiled at me still. I was starting to feel a little uncomfortable. Then she leaned back in her chair and asked, "So, you were adopted then?"

"Yeah."

I wasn't really good at conversations, but she kept on asking me questions and talking non stop, so I didn't really have to do much the rest of the class period. When the bell rang, everyone started making their way to the door. When both Sakura and I had risen, she grabbed my hand and exclaimed, "You're such a nice guy! I can tell we're going to be great friends!"

A friend? That quickly? I was so surprised that I didn't answer her for a couple seconds. Then I hastily said, "Right!"

"You'll sit with me at lunch then?" she asked letting go of my hand and making her way to the door.

I nodded furiously and she smiled once again before dissapearing out into the crowd. I looked back to Kakashi sitting at his desk and saw that he was smiling. I grinned at him, waved and made my way to second period. I was late by a couple minutes, but the lady was nice and excused it because I was new.

The rest of the day went by nicely. I talked with a few other people. One had a dog hidden in his coat, and he was having trouble keeping him concealed. A boy that didn't talk or seemed interested at all that I was new (Shino I think it was), sat back in his chair watching as the other boy tried shoving his canine friend down. I also talked with the blonde girl that had been walking with Sakura that day. Her name's Ino. Then I met Neji (who scared me half to death) and his cousin Hinata. Hinata was nice. Then there was Gaara, I accidently bumped into him in the hall. He helped me pick up my books without saying a word. He wasn't scary, just mysterious.

Then it was lunch time. I looked around for Sakura like I promised, and quickly found her. We went through the lunch line, chatting amiably, and as I followed her to her table, I saw that everyone I had talked to that day was there. Already having gotten their meals. Sakura glanced around wonderingly and asked, "Where's Sasuke?"

"I think he's still having to retake that final he missed last quarter." Kiba (learned from Sakura) mubled through a mouthful of sandwich. Ino shook her head in disgust and hit him right in the back of the head, causing him to choke. Just then, Sakura exclaimed, "Oh, Sasuke, we were just talking about you!"

I raised my head immediatly and saw the Sasuke everyone had been going on about. And oh boy did I see him. He was swiftly gliding over to our table, so cool and...I don't know...sexy like. I couldn't help but gawk. His dark hair gleamed in the dim light, and his onyx eyes could pierce through steel. I had a perfectly good reason to stare.

"Yo! Sasuke! You get finnished?" Kiba called, raising his arm in a 'hello' gesture.

He nodded coldly, not even seeming to care that everyone around him had turned their attention to him. That's when he caught sight of me. As soon as his eyes locked on mine, I felt my cheeks start to burn, and I quickly looked down so no one would notice. Sakura noticed Sasuke evaluating me, and piped up, "Oh, this is Naruto! He's new!"

He didn't say anything for a few momments, but then, his unfeeling voice mumbled, "So...he's just some punk...what's so special...? He's just an orphan right...?"

That irked me. I jumped to my feet, my chair crashing to the floor loudly. I almost growled, "Hey, what's your problem teme? I didn't do anything to you!"

No answer, instead, he just walked icily past us, dissapearing out the doorframe of the cafeteria.

"That Sasuke is a wierdo." Kiba sighed, leaning back in his chair.

Ino rolled her eyes again, and kicked one of the legs out from under him. We all laughed and got back to our lunch. The rest of the day passed by slowly. All of the teachers were lecturing that day, and by the time the bell rang for us to go home, my hand felt like it was going to fall off from all the note taking. Kakashi met me in the teacher parking lot, and we drove home together.

"So, how was your first day?" he asked, glancing over at me.

"Good." I smiled, visualizing all the people I had made friends with already.

When we got home, I immediatly went to the kitchen and whined, "I'm sooooooo hungry!!"

Iruka smiled, placing a steaming bowl of Negi Ramen in front of me. My eyes glittered with happieness. I exclaimed, "Ramen! My favorite!"

And before either of them could comment, I had already eaten half. Their eyes widened, and they watched as I inhaled the last bit. When I was done, I leaned back in my chair and sighed contentedly. Iruka looked sick, and Kakashi just looked impressed.

"Naruto, maybe you should eat slower next time." Iruka commented shakily, taking the bowl to the sink and washing it out. I just grinned and thanked him.

Later that night, the phone rang while I was finishing the last of my homework. Iruka brought it up to me shortly after that, saying, "It's for you. Sounds like Sakura."

I grabbed the phone quickly and held it to my ear as I said, "Hello?"

"Hiya Naruto! It's Sakura!"

"Oh, hey! What's up?" I asked, sitting down slowly on my bed.

"Well, I'm having a birthday party, and I wanted to know if you wanted to go?"

I was stunned. I'd never been to a party before.

"When is it?"

"Oh, on Saturday! It'll be so much fun! I really want you to go!" she whined playfully.

I laughed and said, "Um, I'll talk with Iruka and Kakashi and I'll tell you tommorow if that's okay."

"Yeah! Sure! Well, talk to you later then!"

"Bye."

As soon as I heard the click of her phone setting down, I flopped back onto the bed, grabbed my pillow, placed it over my face, and let out a yell. When I was done, I rushed down the stairs, and caught Iruka in the side, tackling him onto the couch.

"Ah! Naruto! What's the big idea?!" he cried out.

I just squeezed him harder and said happily, "I just got invited to a party!!!"

"Really? That fast?" he asked, slightly astonished.

"Yeah, it's on Saturday. Sakura's birthday party. Can I go? Please?" I was on my knees in front of him now, giving him my big puppy dog eyes.

He groaned and said distressedly, "Don't give me that look!"

But, I held. Finally he gave in, and I glomped him again. "Thank you Iruka!!"

!!!!TIME JUMP!!!!

It was Saturday night, and I just left the house. I was a little late because I had no idea what I was supposed to wear. I went through about eighty million outfits, and and 79,999,999 of the times I didn't like it. Finally, at five after seven, I found the perfect outfit. A pair of loose jeans that hugged around the hips, and a dark blue slim fitting t-shirt that had a design in orange on the front with a dark orange long sleeve underneath. But, just to make sure, I went down to the livingroom where Kakashi and Iruka were cuddling as they watched a movie, to get a second opinion. They told me to quit worrying, and to get a move on. And, with that, I left. (More like kicked out. I think they just wanted some time for themselves, so they wanted me gone.)

(a/n: yes he's wearing winter apparell over his clothes I just choose not to explain it)

Now, here I stood. On the sidewalk in front of Sakura's house, on the verge of turning around. The music was blaring, lights were flashing, and kids were laughing and dancing. Some mingled outside, but I could tell that most of the crowd was gathered in the pulsating house. This was a huge mistake. I was going to somehow make a fool of myself in there, and be embarassed for the rest of my life. Immediatly, I pivoted on my heel and started to quickly walk back home, but, before I got two steps, I heard a shrill voice cry, "Naruto!!!!! You came!!!"

I turned back around to face a shining Sakura, bounding up to me. Before I could say anything though, she had already latched onto my arm and started dragging me to the front door, saying, "Just wait till you get inside!!"

My ears felt like they were going to explode. The music was so loud. I could barely make out what Sakura told me next. I caught, "You...dance...there...go!!!"

Before I knew what was happening, I had been shoved into the mass of sweaty grinding kids. I was caught off guard for a momment, but soon, I started to get the feel of it. Soon, my hips were swaying in time to the music, and I had an upperclassman in front of me giving me a look, and someone behind, pressing against my back. It was so hot, I thought I was going to faint, and I was starting to feel steadily more uncomfortable as time passed, and both boys drew closer to me. The one in front of me was giving me this funny look, and the one behind was getting a little too friendly with the hands. Finally, I broke away and got to the kitchen.

I stuck my head under the cold water tap and rinsed my hair, letting the cool water rush over and calm me down. I took a few sips, and stood up, seeing that Sakura was waving me over to her. I followed after her confusedly, down a flight of stairs to a basement that was filled with all the people that I sat with at lunch. Everyone looked up as we entered, and Sakura exclaimed, "Okay I've got him! Now we can start!"

"S-start what?" I asked shakily, dreading what the answer would be.

She whipped around to look at me again, and I saw a flash of mischevious glee flash in her eyes before it was gone. I did not like that look one bit. Gulping, she dragged me over to the hap-hazardous circle of friends, and sat me down roughly.

"Okay, here's how 'The Game' is played..." Sakura started, getting everyone's attention. She went on to explain in length how the rules went. It goes something like this:

The Birth Day girl puts on a blindfold. She then proceeds to pick out a person at random (after spinning around quite a few times). After that person is picked, they are handed another blindfold, and taken into a seperate room to wait for their 'match'. The B-Day girl picks again (after more spinning) and sends that person in for ten minutes. Then, the person who was picked second gets led out, while the first person waits till they're gone. Then, they come out and do the game all over again.

"Everyone understand?" Sakura asked, clapping her hands together.

"I don't..." an icy voice said softly.

My gaze flashed over to the door frame where the voice came from, and I immediatly felt a burst of annoyance. That Sasuke bastard was so cool and nonchalont about everything. What makes him so god damn special? But, in a way, I still...

Clenching my fist as I watched him cross the threshhold, Sakura squealed, "Sasuke, stupid, you know how it goes already. Now hurry and sit down, we're going to start!"

Gracefully, he moved over to the circle, sat down, and smirked over at me. God he pissed me off.

"Okay, let's begin!" Kiba cheered, blindfolding Sakura gleefully.

She spun around a couple times, stopped, took in a few breaths, and walked forwards. I barely even noticed that she was heading right for me, I was too busy glaring at Sasuke to pay attention. But, as soon as she bumped her hands clumsily against my shoulder, my heart began to race, and I blushed furiously. Others around me started giggling and whispering behind hands, and Kiba came bounding up, yelling, "Alright! Naruto is our elligable bachelor!!! Follow me."

It felt as though there was a rock lodged in my throat. I tried swallowing, but I couldn't get it down. Standing up slowly, I carefully picked my way across the room to a door that Shino held open for me. Before I could step in, he grabbed my shoulders and spun me around so my back was facing him. Suddenly, everything went black, and I felt a pressure over my eyes. I paniced for a momment before I realized that it was just another blindfold. Then, I felt a soft push on my back, and I was stumbling blindly into the unknown room. I heard the door click shut, and then silence.

It was so pressuring that I thought I was about to cave in on myself. So, shuffling forwards, I found the edge of a couch or something and sat down deftly. And, not even two minutes later, I heard the door open quietly. I tensed up, waiting for whoever it was that was walking tentatively towards me. The door closed once more, and there was silence once again. I could only just barely make out the slow breathing of my companion.

"S-so, wh-what do you think of th-this 'G-game'? Pretty silly, h-huh?" I asked, out of sheer nerves. Trying to distract myself, I started to get up, but I felt a firm hand stop me and push me back down.

I gave out a little squeek, "Wh-what are you-"

"Shhhh..." came a low voice.

My eyes fluttered slightly at the sound, but I shook my head slightly and started again, saying, "Now, w-wait a minute, I think we should-"

This time however, I wasn't stopped by a sound or a hand. Suddenly, I felt the persons lips press against mine softly. My whole body stiffened. This stranger was kissing me, not with force, but with tenderness. I could even feel the faint trace of them trembling. All of my thoughts melted away, and my body relaxed. My unknown kisser sensed this and gained a little confidence.

Now, they were pushing me back even further. We were both splayed out across the sheets (it's a bed!), his (learned it was a guy by the touch of the bulge in his pants) fingers entwining in my own. I had never felt this before. It drove me wild with pleasure, but all he did was kiss me. After some rustling about, and friction between us, a voice called from the newly opened door and said, "Time's up."

Immediatly I felt cold wrap around me, the loss of his body on top of mine left me empty. I almost wimpered, but got ahold of myself. I pushed up off the bed, waited for the signal, then took the blindfold off. Walking out to the group of kids gave me the feel of the first day of school again, and I felt a blush burn my cheeks as I went to sit next to Hinata. All of them whispered for a momment, but then we started on the next pick.

As Sakura was spun I tried to calm myself down, but I just couldn't. I was still caught up in the momment of what had just happened. I got my first ever real kiss, and I got it without knowing who was the kisser. That's when I started feeling wierd. Everytime I thought back to what just happened, I got a fluttering in my stomach and a tingling in my nether-regions. It was about 10:30 when I decided that I'd had enough. I had to go home and talk to someone about what just happened. But, Iruka and Kakashi were probably in the throws of whatever still because I wasn't expected until 12:00.

Now what?

"Um, I think I'm going to go home now Sakura..." I mubled, getting slowly to my feet.

Everyone was waiting around right now because Gaara and Kiba were in the room, and we could definitly hear some moaning, so we gave them some extra time.

"What? Already?" she asked incredulously.

I nodded, gave her a quick hug and went out the door. Waving over my shoulder as I climbed the stairs. I manuvered my way through the crowds, until finally, I stepped through the front door and out into the cold. I had snatched my jacket from the coat room before, so all I had to do now was find a place to go while I waited to go back home.

My lips were still warm.

a/n: NARUTO...is amazing!!! Love, love, love!!! See ya lata!!!