Reason for not updating sooner: School. Well, mainly, other than watching Naruto: Shippuden (which is AWSOME! Is in love with Naruto when he's 15) Oh, and my friend and I have been writing a story together (that will hopefully be good enough to become a comic…which I've already started drawing) I've also been somewhat working on drawing for this story!

Answer for the game: I'm not allergic to cats! So, yes I have a brother that is 7 ½ years older than me (which is quite cool because he helps me with ANYTHING except drawing) and yes, I have family in New Mexico(I live in South Carolina…yes...the state that has no reason for anyone to remember it. No offence or anything for any others who live in this state.)

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto than I would not be updating because I would have fans on top of me yelling "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NARUTO: SHIPPUDEN!" or something of the like…and I'm updating so that is no way possible…

On with the story!:

"Otou-san won't pick me up today…" Naruto said to himself as he started walking back to his house. "He had that meeting…" Naruto didn't notice that his raven-haired friend was running up to him.

Sasuke ran up to Naruto after getting away from the fan girls. He would have to ask Naruto how he got away from them so quickly. "Naruto," Sasuke said to get his attention. He waited until Naruto turned around to face him.

"Sasuke?"

"You were going to train with me?" Sasuke reminded the blonde boy.

"That's right! I almost forgot!" Naruto exclaimed. "We can go to my house. I always train in my back yard. It's really cool!" He said happily.

"Alright," The two left the Academy grounds and started to Naruto's house.

Naruto's fox ears slowly went down as they entered the marketplace. This didn't go unnoticed by the present Uchiha. "Naruto? What's wron-" before Sasuke could finish a woman can up to him and started pulling him away from his friend. "Lady! What are you doing?!"

"A great Uchiha, like yourself, shouldn't be around such a filthy thing, now," the woman said as if she was telling her son to get away from alcohol.

"Hey, lady, that's Naruto! He's my friend!" Sasuke said. Naruto looked down, his body language describing his emotion: Sadness. "He's not filthy and he's not a thing! He's Hatake Naruto! Don't you dare insult him in front of me!" He said uncharacteristically while pulling away roughly from the lady. Naruto's ears perked up at what he heard come out of his friends mouth.

"A-arigato, Sasuke," Naruto said, tears threatening to fall from his Sapphire eyes, but he wouldn't let them fall.

"That's what friends are for," Sasuke said. Naruto let one happy tear streak down his whiskered cheek.

The woman glared at Naruto before turning around while "hmpf"ing and mumbling something about "fox –bad role model-" and "Not my fault…"

"That woman was rude!" Sasuke announced.

"I've dealt with worse," Naruto admitted. "Come on, we're almost there," Naruto said as he grabbed Sasuke's hand and practically dragged Sasuke the rest of the way.

'Worse? Naruto...what have you gone through? Why are people like that to you?' Sasuke thought as he was led to the Hatake residence.

When they got to the house they went straight to the back because Naruto didn't have a key yet. Sasuke's expression, when he saw the yard, was the same as Naruto's when he first saw it.

"Isn't it cool?!" Naruto asked excitedly.

"Yeah, it is," Sasuke replied. "Hey, Naruto, what do you do for training?" Sasuke asked and Naruto just shrugged.

"Usually Otou-san tells me what to do," Naruto said apologetically.

"that's alright, let's just work a bit on Tiajutsu until Kakashi-san gets back, then he can help us," Sasuke suggested.

"Alright!" Naruto agreed. "Hey, Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"Um…" Naruto scratched his whiskered cheek with a small blush "Do you think...when we do more written test and stuff…that maybe you could…um…help me? I'm not really good at them…at all."

"Sure," Sasuke agreed. "I'll help you out."

"Thanks!"

"You know, now that I look, you sorta look like a cat with the right light," Sasuke said with a soft chuckle.

"I do not! They're more like fox ears and no cats tail's are like min, either. I like to say I'm foxy!"(1) Naruto yelled.

"Fine, fine. Don't call Naruto a cat. Got it…" A knot formed on Naruto's head.

"Yo!" Kakashi 'poofed' in front of the two kids.

"Ah! Otou-san! I told you not to do that!" Naruto screamed.

"My bad, my bad," Kakashi waved his hand up and down. "Anything exciting happened today?"

"Yeah! I made some more friends!" Naruto said proudly. "Sasuke came here to train with me!"

"Hello, Kakashi-san," Sasuke greeted the copy-cat ninja.

"Hello, Sasuke, did Naruto get into any trouble?" Kakashi asked.

"If you call sneaking out of class, sparing a kid during class, outside, and being caught then, yes," Sasuke said with a smirk.

"Kakashi looked at Naruto with a shake of his head. "Naruto…"

"I'm sorry!"

"I can't believe you got caught!" Kakashi said and sighed.

The two boys blinked, looked at each other, and blinked again. "What the…" The scrunched up their eyebrows in thought.

"A good, stealthy, ninja won't get caught," Kakashi explained simply.

"Oh," The boys sweatdroped.

"Something did happen on the way here, Kakashi-san," Sasuke said as he received a daring glare from Naruto.

"Hm? What happened?" The lazy Jounin asked.

"A rude la-" Sasuke was stopped by a hand covering his mouth. The said hand belonging to Naruto.

"Just some bully started calling me names," Naruto lied, which the lie was partly true. "Nothing too bad, though," He faked a huge grin and chuckled to make in more believable.

"Okay," Kakashi bought it. Sasuke gave Naruto a funny look and he just shrugged in return.

"'Tou-san! We wan to train some!" Naruto said.

"Well, start with some Tiajutsu and weapons," Kakashi said. "Though make sure the weapons are dull once you get to them.

"Aww! Why can't we use the ones the really work?" Naruto wined.

"You haven't learned how to use then yet, that's why," Kakashi said.

""Fine," Naruto pouted with his arms crossed.

The two started their training with simple stretches to loosen their muscles. They did a few push-ups to finish it up and starting thinking of Tiajutsu stances.

"You have your own, right Sasuke?" Naruto asked "A family one?"

"Yeah, but I haven't worked on a lot on it…" Sasuke said. "What about you?"

"Otou-san wants me to find my own. He would never let me use his because , he says, that I'm a different type than him," Naruto explained.

"A different type?" Sasuke questioned.

"Who knows…" Naruto just shrugged. "Can you help me think on a stance?"

"Sure. Let's start with how you battle. How would you like to battle?" Sasuke asked.

"Quickly…stealthy…like a…-"

"Like a fox!" Sasuke teased.

"Yeah, I guess, being sneaky!" Naruto laughed.

"Your stance has a lot to do with that…or at least that's what I was told by my dad. It worked with the main five elements. Lightning- quick but mainly you're going after paralyzing your enemy before going in for the last hit.

"Earth- mainly just plain strength but you have to be sturdy or hold your ground.

"Water- stealthy but having your enemy know you're there. It's more for the slow killing type.

"Wind- It's stealthy and you don't let your enemy know where you are. It's for the quick kill and no one can track it because it's random.

"Then there's fire- This is the hardest because you have to be able to right in front of your enemy and being straight forward while going for the slow kill," Sasuke explained what he had learned from his dad.

"Oh…so...what am I, then?" Naruto asked and Sasuke sighed.

"You're wind because you mainly want to be stealthy and sneaky and, knowing you, you wouldn't want o see someone get killed slowly…and you're random," Sasuke said.

"Oh, alright…I guess…so a wind-based stance, then?"

"Yep."

"Alright…how do I do that?" Sasuke sighed again.

"You have to be in a relaxed position but be able to move around very easily and quickly. Don't put your hand in any position other than beside you or in a way that wouldn't tell then what you plan to do next unless you want to trick them. That would be good for you know that I think about it…" Sasuke explained.

"Alright…my brain hurts from too much information at one go," Naruto said. "Can we just work with weapons now?"

"Sure, that's fine with me, but don't forget what I said," Sasuke warned.

"Er…I'll try…" Naruto said. "Come on, Sasuke, we have some kunai in the house," He led the way into the house. "Wait here, I'll get them," and he went down the stairs. Sasuke sat down on the couch and waited. Naruto came back up, struggling with a box full of rusted and dulled kunai and shuriken. "Think this will be enough?"

"Y-yeah, that's defiantly enough," Sasuke said. They went out and practiced on the logs until it was time for Sasuke to leave. He waved good-bye and went home.

Kakashi and Naruto had a dinner of udon, much to Naruto's disappointment of not having ramen. Naruto kept asking Kakashi what his meeting was about but he would only say "You'll find out soon," or "I don't need to tell you," which was followed with a "Why?" and that being reasoned with a simple "Because," which aggravated Naruto to no end. After the meal they went to their beds and slept through the night.

Naruto woke up the next day and got ready before rushing out the door not thirty minutes after he woke up. "Bye Otou-san! See you later!" When he got to the academy he went straight to his seat and sat down. Sasuke was already there, but so was most of the class. There was about fifteen minutes until the bell rung. Naruto looked towards the girl that always sat next to him, Sakura, the girl he still hadn't talked to.

"Hi, I'm Naruto!" He said, offering his hand.

Sakura looked up from her lap to see the hand, then back to her lap. "I-I'm Sakura,"(2)

"Nice to meet you, Sakura! Hey, why do you always look so down?" Naruto asked.

"I-I always get teased about my forehead…" she said.

"Oh. Well…doesn't a big forehead mean that you're smart?" Naruto asked.

"I…never thought of it…that way…but still…" Sakura starred at her lap.

"…" Naruto sighed. "Sorry, I really don't know what to do…I know! I can at least cheer you up!" Naruto said happily. "Now…how can I-" All the sudden, Shikamaru, who was above Naruto, tipped his open water bottle with his elbow, by accident, and it emptied…on none other than our fox-friend, Naruto.

"Ah! Water! It's SO wet! SO cold!" Naruto stood up, tail puffy, and tried to get the water off him.

"You know…that water was warm, not cold," Shikamaru corrected lazily.

"It's cold when it spills on you!" Naruto retorted. Naruto heard someone start to giggle and turned it's direction. He saw it was Sakura. His face relaxed from the "Who's laughing at me?!" to the "I'm happy she's happy," look. He started to laugh right along with her.

The rest of the class was in the classroom by now and getting things out that they needed. The bell rung and Mizuki went to the front of the class. "Alright, get out a pencil and a piece of paper, we're writing notes today."

The class groaned while some complained about their hand hurting or something of the like. Naruto didn't mind, he wasn't going to be taking very many notes. Maybe a few then showing it to Kakashi so he could teach him the rest. It was more effective.

"Also, I would like announce that the boys and girls will be split up for a little while so that the girls can start working on flower arranging to help them become better kunoichi and the guy can work on the ways of escape. It is required and there will be a project or test that will be given out at the end of the course that will be a major grade!" Mizuki announced.

Some of the students seemed excited while others groaned. 'Escape training, eh?' Naruto thought. 'That should be fun!'

"It will start tomorrow so we have to finish these notes today!" The class groaned again. This meant they were going to pack three day's amount of notes into one day. Not fun and your hand starts cramping up on you.

The next day- Escape training

"Alright! I need a helper to help me demonstrate the way to get out of ropes," Mizuki said and looked around the classroom of just boys.

'Not me. Not me, anyone but me! Mizuki-sensei just wants to make everyone laugh at me or embarrass me!' Naruto pleaded in his head, His prayers were not meet.

"Naruto! How about you help me out?" Mizuki said in a fake soft voice.

"Do I have a choice?"

"No,"

"Then don't ask…it's not like what I'll say will make a difference…" Naruto said, slightly mad he was chosen when he asked not to be. 'The world hates me and is making it known!' He went to where Mizuki was and stood there.

"Alright, sit in this chair, here," Mizuki said and Naruto did as he was told. Mizuki got a rope and tied Naruto to the chair. "Now, Naruto, try to get out." He told his student.

Naruto yawned and slowly moved his arm from under the ropes, not paying any attention to the rope burns, and moved his hand to his pouch and his waist. He got out a kunai and cut the ropes. "Alright."

Mizuki grunted and then got more rope. He tied Naruto up again, but this time took away his pouch and tied his hands behind the chair. Naruto tried to undo his hands but with little success. "Alright, I'm going to leave Naruto like this until he can figure out a way to get free since he's so good at escaping," Mizuki said and Naruto groaned.

This was going to be a long training course.

Flower arranging

"My name is Suzume. You can call me Suzume-sensei. Today's class is flower arranging." A woman said to the girls. She had black hair that was wavy and glasses that made it impossible to see her eyes.

The class was in a field with tons of different flowers surrounding them. Sakura was the furthest away, hiding so no one would notice her forehead. One girl noticed her, though, and went over to her.

"Hey, I'm Ino, what's your name?"

(1) Meaning like a fox, not as in 'sexy 'or anything of the like, though I do think Naruto looked FOXY when he's 15 and training at the waterfall.. drool I'm so bad…

(2) Remember, this part is before she meets Ino, so no ribbon yet so no self-confidence.

Okay, everyone does know what happens in the flower arranging-thing, right? If not tell me and I'll tell you in a shortened version because I don't feel like writing that out…I don't do the write-what's-already-been-written stuff. It's too annoying…I'll finish the escape-training and move on, so just a warning.

Hope that was long enough for you! Until next time!

Next chapter: More of the escape training! A new Sakura! Naruto becomes Sakura's show-and-tell to her new friend! Oh, and what are these