Naruto had been daydreaming about ramen when his favorite mentor Iruka called him to the head of the class for the new team seven roster.

'So they go by evaluating abilities? Huh. I wonder who my partners are going to be'

Naruto knew he wasn't the best at most conventional jutsu, but he had hoped he'd be teamed up with some of his strong friends that could help him train.

"your other team mate is...Haruno Sakura!"

Naruto's face lit up, while Sakura groaned aloud.

'Yes! Sakura is the smartest and prettiest girl in class! I bet I can learn alot from her!...and maybe she'll see how totally cool I am and go out with me.'

Naruto giggled to himself as Sakura dejectedly rose from her seat and drifted to the front of the class, as Iruka-sensei called out the next name.

"and Uchiha Sasuke!"

"Aww no, not him!" Naruto groaned.

"Yay! I get paired up with Sasuke! Take that Ino pig!" Sakura mood lightens up as she cheers then points to Ino, who begins to argue with her.

"Uchiha Sasuke!...Hey where is he?" Iruka wondered aloud.

The entire student body begun to look around, realizing he was actually absent.

"He didn't even come to school today." Shikamaru Nara, the laziest shinobi of the class said, confirming everyones suspicion.

"I mean I might be lazy, but I'm not so lazy I don't show up."

"You mean..." Naruto began. "Mr. Elite Uchiha, top of the class shinobi because his clan was super popular, has a stick so far up his-"

"Naruto!" Iruka scolds.

"Sorry...So far up his ass, he can't even show up for team assignment!?" Naruto exclaims angrily.

Iruka sighs deeply at being unable to prevent the resident maverick's unsavory behavior.

"Be that as it may, Naruto...huh?" Iruka realizes Naruto isn't where he was standing.

"Hey Naruto! get back here!" Iruka calls after the blonde shinobi.

"Sorry Iruka-sensei I'll be right back! I have a team mate to retrieve!" Naruto waves at Iruka.

"Wait Naruto! I'm coming too!"

Naruto looks towards the student tables, as Sakura waves at him. She starts to hurriedly walk after him.

'Chaa!! I finally have an excuse to visit him!' Sakura's inner self jumps with glee.

'But I can't let Naruto know.'

"O-only because I don't want you causing trouble for Sensei!" Sakura places her handshands on her hips.

Naruto feels a small sting at the jab, but lets it go, since it meant he'd get to walk with Sakura.

"Alright, be back in two shakes Sensei!"

Naruto and Sakura exit out the door and rush out to the main street.

"Hey umm...Sakura?" Naruto addresses the pink haired shinobi.

"Yeah?" the pink haired shinobi replies.

"Where does Sasuke live?"

Sakura facepalms.

"You mean you ran out here, without even knowing where you are going?" Sakura's enthusiasm had completely deflated at the realization.

"Eheh." Naruto sheepishly laughs it off.

'Ugh...Naruto is going to be so much trouble...'

"If I recall correctly...he lives by the old run down police compound..." Sakura recalls.

"Woah, how did you know that?!" Naruto exclaims, impressed.

'Shoot! I can't let him know I've been stalking him!' Sakura panics.

"Hey! We are wasting time! let's go!" Sakura absentmindedly grabs Naruto's hand and pulls him to the direction of the Uchiha compound.

Naruto feels the blood rush to his ears since Sakura had mindlessly grabbed his hand and had begun dragging him along.

'She smells, really nice...'

Sakura continues to drag Naruto, until she realizes she's been holding his hand the entire time, dragging him to the compound. She lets him go, visibly embarrassed.

"Sorry." She said.

Naruto shook his head, "It's alright...lets go find Sasuke."

Naruto pushed down the awkward feeling and focused on the task at hand.

'Skipping school...what does he think, that he's so much better than us?!'

Naruto begins to feel determination seep into him.

'Not my top choice, but he is an Uchiha...maybe I can pick up some tricks from him, he's supposedly really talented.'