A/N: The flashbacks of Naruto and Sasuke are set when they were kids, about five years old!

"I will not hurt Sasuke. You understand that right?" The boy began as he stared intently into his father's eyes. Naruto was best friends with Sasuke and no matter what, there would not be a battle between them. Not even if Minato ordered Naruto to engage in violence against Sasuke. Naruto would rather have Minato disown him.

"When in battle, you will not have another choice. It is either him, or your," Minato trailed off. Naruto only took a step forward.

"Or my what?"

Naruto sighed as he continued through the woods. How could he be spending today like this? Chasing after his best friend. Although in his defense, he thought Sasuke was being manipulated as well. Today wasn't supposed to be spent like this. Sasuke wasn't supposed to be so far away. Why wouldn't Sasuke have told him about the situation though? They were best friends after all.

"Damn it Sasuke."

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"Hey dad, where's mom?" Naruto asked as he held on to his father's hand while walking down the corridors.

"She's out in the village, she'll be back soon Naruto." Minato smiled down at the boy and motioned towards the training grounds.

"Go and train hard so that your Charlotte can appear." Minato let go of the boy's hand and Naruto quickly ran off. He had to make his father proud and awaken his Charlotte soon.

"A-Ah!" Naruto hit the ground and he quickly stood back up in anger, "H-Hey watch it!" Naruto found himself staring into dark eyes. They seemed to be void of any emotion as if the owner was dead. Naruto back off slightly in a bit of fear, but soon came to his senses when the boy in front of him merely walked off.

"Dang, what a jerk." Naruto muttered and then an idea came to mind, "Hey you jerk!" He yelled as he tackled the stranger to the ground. Naruto and the boy rolled three times before coming to a halt. The boy was on top of Naruto holding him by the collar of his shirt. A fist was above Naruto's face and Naruto was helpless.

"Don't approach me again." The boy stated as he got off of his attacker and turned to walk away.

"H-Hey! Tell me your name!" Naruto yelled out, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" The boy stopped and sighed.

"Uchiha Sasuke. I mean it about approaching me again." Sasuke then disappeared into the halls. Naruto was left in awe of this boy and in excitement decided to blurt out.

"We'll fight again! And when we do, I'll definitely beat you!"

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Sasuke watched Hatsui with Sakura. He was unhappy that he hadn't gotten to talk to Sakura more today because of these siblings. It was irking him. Furthermore, today was a special day. He wanted to see if Sakura had any memories of the last event she attended on this day back in Konoha High. Sasuke was impatient with this whole loss of memory thing, he didn't like having to think about memories alone. Having to think about bonds that were broken that day many years ago. He wondered if Naruto would forgive him for missing today, maybe he'd be annoying and try to reprimand him. But knowing Naruto, he'd probably try to have another fight.

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Sasuke sat by the small pond near the peach tree garden. He looked at his own reflection and began to cry. He felt alone and vulnerable, of course he would never show this side to anyone. But this was his get away spot. His mother loved peaches, and sometimes snuck some peach pie to Sasuke at night. Father would have been angry if he had ever found out.

"Itachi.." Sasuke muttered as he clutched the ground for dear life. He was hurt immensely by the thought of never seeing his family again. That could very well be what the situation was, for Sasuke had no idea if his family was even alive.

That night, Sasuke was in his room with his mother. Eating a peach pie slice, it had come out too sweet for his likings but he would have never told that to mother. He remembered hearing her laugh at his clumsiness when he dropped a piece on his clothes. Before she could clean it though, two men in black tore the door to his room down. His mother grabbed him and began to run towards the window but she was grabbed by the hair. She pushed him and motioned him to jump, "Sasuke!" She yelled as she was dragged into the hallway away from his sight. He cried but jumped out of the window. He wouldn't make it far before he would be captured.

"Mother.." Sasuke cried and was surprised to hear the leaves crumbling behind him.

"H-Hey you! Listen to me, we're fighting and I'm beating you!" Naruto yelled and pointed towards Sasuke's back in an accusing manner. Naruto knew today would be his victory, just as he began to get ready to tackle Sasuke. Naruto's eyes caught sight of something he'd never seen before. Sasuke turned only slightly, but the tears were evident on his face. This threw Naruto off and he became flustered.

"You stupid idiot, fine. Let's fight" Sasuke clenched his fists but Naruto sighed. Suddenly, Sasuke was intrigued to know as to why the boy wasn't attacking, "What's wrong? Chickening out?"

"Why are you always alone?" Naruto asked and Sasuke's eyes widened. What a question to ask after declaring battle.

"Because I've always been alone. I get nervous around other people." Sasuke wasn't necessarily lying, he didn't like socializing. His mother had always forced him to.

"Oh yea?" Naruto's face was red and he was pouting like a child, "Well you're alone now, so why are you crying?" With that sentence being said, Naruto sighed and stomped over to the spot next to Sasuke. He quickly sat crisscrossed and Sasuke only gasped slightly. He was thrown off by Naruto's sudden actions. Maybe this kid wasn't that annoying?

"So you don't want to fight?" Sasuke asked and Naruto shook his head.

"I can't fight a dude who's crying. It's lame." Naruto stated and Sasuke smiled slightly before taking a seat down next to the blond.

"I wanted to fight you today, because I wanted today to be the day I beat you." Naruto muttered as he threw grass into the lake. Sasuke only looked at Naruto's reflection.

"Why today?"

"Because," Naruto turned to Sasuke and gave a big grin, "It's my birthday." Sasuke watched as the blond smiled widely and his blue eyes sparkled immensely with just that one statement. He hadn't smiled like that since he was taken away from his family.

"I see," Sasuke sighed and turned back to his own reflection in the water, "Shouldn't you be with your parents or your friends?"

"I don't have any friends. And dad is busy with work and so is mom." Naruto stated as his smile faded.

Sasuke watched the boy's liveliness die down and for some reason, he didn't want it to. So he quickly pushed the boy into the lake.

"H-Hey!" Naruto yelled as he rose from the water and raced towards Sasuke.

"You shouldn't be sad over such trivial things. I lost everything in one night." Sasuke stated and Naruto quickly halted his movements, "Today should be a good day. Even for you." Sasuke sighed and stood to walk away.

"W-Wait!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's shirt from behind and Sasuke turned to face him, "Meet me here tomorrow afternoon. I'll bring ramen cups and some board games. Is there any food in specific that you like? I can ask my mom to help me make something?" Naruto didn't want this opportunity to pass. He wanted to have a friend. He wanted to be Sasuke's friend.

"I'll think about it," Sasuke said as he turned around and began to walk away, "Peach pie and maybe tomatoes." Sasuke said quickly and quietly but Naruto heard and he grinned widely.

"Happy birthday, stupid." Sasuke said loud and clear before disappearing into the hallways.

The flashbacks were set when they were kids. October 10th is Naruto's Birthday and so I wanted to do a small tribute. it may not be much, but it will go with the story! Be back soon!