Hmm well here is the 3rd piece of LHPK (Love, Hate, and a Pink Kitsune). Hmm I'm not to sure about this chapter just a feeling though. Then again MY GUT FEELINGS DO SUCK. They get me into the worst situations possible so -Punches self in the gut-.

Krymsom: Hmm I'm not sure how long Sakura will have her little crush on Sasuke. Though it will happen. She will end up hating... Well maybe not hating him but certainly not 'loving' anyways I guess I must continue with the story.

Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain: Like I said There will be the crush, but not sure how long it will last. As for your question about the park well you'll see in this chapter. As for Sakura's father you will see what's going on with him in a the next couple of chapters. Like you said people tend to kill off parents or they just don't like Naruto. That just adds to the fact that Sakura I guess can relate to Sasuke and Naruto in some way. I'll be sure to check your story out. EVEN THOUGH I mainly stick with the NaruSaku pairing but hey I'll give it a go.

Love, Hate, and a Pink Kitsune

ARC 1: CHAPTER 2: Academy's New Students

It is an early morning in Konoha and Naruto is walking down one of the paths in the park. He was thinking of what had happened before he got to the park.

Flashback

After Naruto had found his semi-burnt goggles he headed over to Iruka's house. This was probably the only person that didn't despise Naruto other than the Hokage himself. He reached Iruka's house and knocked on the door. He could hear the sound of shuffling feet, a small crash here and there, with the occasional cursing. When Iruka reached the door his eyes immedietly softened. Naruto would only come to his house when...

"They burnt it down again didn't they." Naruto nodded a small nod. Iruka sighed. "You know which room to take. I'll talk with the hokage an hour before school starts. Get some sleep we still got another 8 hours before the academy opens up." Naruto nodded again and walked into the house, down the hall and entered a room of the left of the hall. He plopped down on the bed. He found himself thinking about what he had talked to Iris about.

'Respect is earned not given. Determination and hard work will give me respect. It will give me my chance at Hokage...' Naruto thought before he dozed off.

He woke up to the sound of Iruka leaving the house.

'Must of went to talk to the Hokage about my house. That means I got an hour before school starts, might as well take a walk through the park.'

Naruto slipped on the jacket he took off the night before, put on his sandals, and headed out the door. He was walking towards the park and of course he got all the glares but luckily no beatings. It was to early for drunks, and the people who were out were mainly business owners setting up shop. Naruto started walking through the park. He started thinking of what had happened before he got to the par...

End Flashback

'WHOA! Going in circles here. Gotta keep my head out of the gutte...' Naruto's train of thoughts were interrupted by a few voices.

"Look at that forhead! IT'S HUGE!"

"Leave me alone. What did I do to you!?"

"You made us look at that huge freagin' forhead. Duh, Dumbass."

Naruto looked off into the distance to see some girls and boys surrounding a girl on the dirt. Naruto fully intending on helping the girl, henged his whiskers and hair color. He did this because most kids who even interacted with him got in trouble for talking to him from their parents or he got in trouble for even looking their way. "Hey leave her alone you bastards!" He called out running towards them.

All eyes turned on him and that's when he realized the girl being picked on had...

'Pink hair' Naruto thought.

"Oh, and what the fuck are you gonna do if we don't you little shit?"

"This!" Naruto kicked the kid in the groin. As the kid dropped to his knees, Naruto grabbed the back of his head and brought it down on his knee HARD. He wanted to make sure that nose was broken. It was with a reassuring crack. He really didn't want to fight, So he figured if he beat the crap out of one kid enough the others would be to scared to even try. He looked at the other kids and their faces held a look of shock. "So, how bout you take your little friend there and leave the girl alone? Then I won't have to beat the living crap out of you either!" They complied and dragged their friend off into the sunrise. (The End! Lol) "Hey are you ok?" He asked as he offered a hand to the girl.

She wiped away her tears and took his hand and stood up. "Yes I am fine, Th-Thank you." She mumbled quietly.

"No problem, hey why were they picking on you?" Naruto asked

She tilted her head. 'Why were they picking on me? What kind of question is that? Is he trying to be nice? MY FORHEAD IS THE SIZE OF MARS, JACKASS!' That last tidbit was from Inner Sakura of course. "What do you mean? Are you blind? My forhead is huge."

He chuckled softly. "If it means anything to you, I think your forhead is very cute." Sakura blushed."Heyyy, why do you look like a tomatoe?" He put his hand on her forhead to see if it was hot. This just caused Sakura to blush more (If it was possible.)

"Thank you, but" she glanced down at her wrist which held a small pink watch."I gotta get to the academy it's my first day and I don't want to be late!" She ran off thinking. 'Oh my god! He thought my forhead was CUTE!!!' She resisted the urge to let out a signature fangirl squeal. (The Fangirl Squeal - most deadly weapon of a fangirl. Annoys the heck out of the person sent to.)

"Hmm... Looks like she was going to the academy after all. OH, MY GOD I'M GONNA BE LATE!" He dropped the henge and sped off towards the academy.

Naruto ran through the streets of Konoha until he saw the academy straight ahead. He knew he was going to be late if he took the main hallway. He noticed then noticed something. 'IRUKA-SENSEI'S WINDOW IS OPEN! YATTA! I won't be late.' Naruto ran full blast and leaped through the windrow. He rolled when he hit the ground. and a second after the bell rang.

He turned around to see Iruka staring at him like he was an idiot. Some of the new kids stared at him with awe. "Naruto go take a sit." Although the kids who had a new found of respect for him quickly ended it when he tripped on a book. He slammed his head on the ground and a low growl of cursing could be heard throughout the classroom. One kid covered his ears and kept repeating 'It's all lies' over and over, while Iruka blushed at what he heard. Naruto immedietly got up and took a seat. Iruka sighed and mumbled something like 'idiot' before continuing.

AN: Alright let me clear a few facts up for you guys. One Naruto will only fail once. Two Sasuke will be OOC for a bit. Three Naruto has already been at the Academy for a year. Four What your are about to read next is an introduction to the characters. (The rookie Nine)

"Okay now let's continue. As some of you may have noticed we have quite a number of new students in the class. I think for today we will spend it introducing ourselves. Now when your name is called, stand up, state your name, some of your likes and some of your dislikes. Okay... First on the list is... Nara Shikamaru."

Somewhere in the classroom you could hear someone mumble something like 'troublesome'. Naruto looked towards a boy who stood up. His head looked like a pineapple with his hair-do. Naruto thought it looked dumb. "Troublesome, Hello my name is Nara Shikamaru. I like cloud watching and my best friend Chouji. I dislike troublesome women," This got him a few glares from the girls in the audience.",and troublesome situations like this one." He sat down and put his head down to sleep.

"Right, next is... Hyuuga Hinata."

A shy looking girl stood up. She had black hair and pupil-less pearl colored eyes. She start twiddling her fingers. "I like," She blushed. "I rather not say. I dislike arrogant people." (She does stutter I'm just to lazy to add 'em.) Hinata had liked Naruto for his carefree happy-go-lucky attitude. Though she never had the courage to even start a small conversation, much less than ask him out. She immedietly sat down.

"Next Uchiha Sasuke."

The said boy was pale, had onyx eyes, and raven like hair. He stood up quickly. "I like training with Itachi-nee and I dislike sweets." As he sat down a few fangirl squeals could be heard.

"Next is... Inuzuka Kiba."

A kid with a partly zipped up hoodie stood up. He had two red marks on each cheek. There was also a dog inside his jacket, with it's head sticking out above the zipper. The kid had a cocky kind of grin on his face. He spoke "The name is Kiba. I like my dog, Akamaru and I hate cats."

"Err okay... moving on... Yamanaka Ino."

A platinum blonde girl stood up. Her haair was pulled back into a pony tail, while a few free strands of hair covered her right eye. "I like Sasuke-kun!" She said in a high pitched tone that made Sasuke snort in disgust."And I hate Forhead!" Not many knew what she meant by that comment. Actually the only ones who did know were Sasuke, Sakura, and a few select fangirls. A few giggles could be heard from the crowd. A low growl errupted from somewhere in the class but it quickly faded away.

Iruka scratched his head in confusment but moved on. "Aburame Shino."

The said boy stood up. He was a very pale boy. He wore a trenchcoat that stopped right below his eyes. He wore shades and his hair was wild and stood up in different directions. There was silence for a few seconds and Shino then just sat down.

'This damn class is getting weirder by the minute.' Iruka thought and then spoke. "Next Akimichi Chouji."

A large boy with a scarf wrapped around his neck stood up. He had two swirls on each cheek of his face. His hair was stood up and was somewhat wild.(Chouji doesn't have his headband which would go over his head and it had two wholes to allow hair stick out on each side. I don't know what he looks like without it.)"I like food and my best friend Shikamaru. I dislike not being near food!"

"Uh huh, okay next is Haruno Sakura."

The girl stood up. She had long pink hair. Her eyes had an foresty emerald color to them. Her skin was somewhat pale. Naruto thought she was pretty... No Beautiful. He had a hard time not staring at here. Her voice however rang through his head like a fangirl's. "I like Sasuke-kun! AND HATE Ino-pig." Unfortunatley for Ino the comment she said made more sense than 'I hate forhead' so people started laughing about her little nickname.

A few other unimportant names were called and Naruto was just taking quick glances at Sakura in all her beauty. That was until he heard his name. "Uzumaki Naruto!"

Naruto stood up. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I love Konoha. I also like training, and ramen. Nothing like a hot bowl after training. I hate arrogant asses, perverts, and people who are chronically late!" He sat back down.

'Wow, he's never mentioned that before.' Iruka thought. The sound of an a bell echoed through the halls. "Okay kids that is the lunch bell, be back here in an hour."

The rest of the day was pretty boring except for the fact that during the lunchtime some stupid kid had the gall to call Chouji fat. Let's just say he it hurts when he blinks his right eye and he won't be having any children for a while. When they got back to class Iruka told them what they would be studying/training/practicing, how they would be studying/training/practicing, when, where, and why.