It was the first day of first grade, and Sakura sat with Naruto in Iruka-sensei's class; waiting for groups, their very own groups, to be assigned.

Groups were important. Each child was assigned one through grade school, they had their own teacher mentor and 'missions' to earn points for prizes. It taught teamwork and other skills that, hopefully, would last a lifetime.

"Team Seven is…" Iruka paused, "Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha. Your mentor is Hatake Kakashi."

The duo smiled to each other brightly as Sasuke walked to their table. They would meet their mentor later that day.

"Look what I have." Sakura smiled brightly as she set her wrist on the table, on it was her pride – a pink pearl bracelet.

Naruto oohed and aahed in appreciation. "I want one Sakura-chan!"

Not to be outdone Sasuke was quick to add a "Me too!" in to the conversation.

"Okay!" Sakura smiled brightly and then turned to dig in her bag. She pulled out five bracelets. Two orange, two dark blue and one in pink.

"Your color's orange Naruto-kun, and Sasuke-kun's is blue." She slipped off her pink bracelet and added it to her pile. "A blue and pink for you Naruto-kun, pink and orange for Sasuke-kun and orange and blue for me."

"Why do I have Sasuke-teme's color?" Naruto demanded.

"Yeah! Why do I have that baka's color?" Sasuke chimed in.

"We have each other's colors so that team seven is always together. Duh!" Sakura explained to her friends with a smile.

Thus was the start of a glorious friendship.