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A six year old blond boy came into view of a red haired boy. "here." The blond offered a hand to the other boy. the red haired boy slowly grabbed the out stretched hand.

" thank you." Whispered the red headed boy as he let go of the hand.
Again, the blond shot out his hand in front of the other kid, " I'm Naruto. What's your name?" The red haired boy's eyes grew a bit wide as he stared at him. He hesitated in shaking the others hand but decided to do it. For the first time in his life as a child, he smiled. Not just an ordinary smile, but a smile that can be said that it is genuine not a forced smile. "My name is Gaara."

After sometime of knowing each other, they played a lot and started to talk about their selves and their dreams as they grew up. " you know… when I grow up I would like to be a kage." the young Naruto said as a smile crept up his face.

" why do you want to be a kage?" young Gaara looked at him puzzle.

Young Naruto tilted his head down. " because…" this time blue orbs met mint green. " because I want people to acknowledge me. I want them to know who I a-" his little speech was cut shortly by a man.

" oi! Naruto! Where are you?" a man shouted.

From their spot, Naruto saw the man nearing so he decided to bid a farewell to his new found friend. " Gaara… I think we are leaving now…" his bright face suddenly turned to a sad one.

" won't you come back again?" Gaara looked at him, a cheerless expression was seen in his face.

For the second time that day, Naruto tilted his head, " I don't know…" his eyes was scanning the featured of the other kid. Then his head shot up. " I know! Why don't we promise each other that we will meet again some other time." Naruto's eyes were filled with hope as he held up his little finger.

Gaara latched his little finger to Naruto's. " promise?" the blond asked.

"umh," Gaara nodded, " promise!" both boys smiled.

Slowly they pulled their fingers away, " so long then…Gaara." Naruto turned to face the man who was calling him.

Naruto, a twelve year old boy, woke up from his trance. He yawned as he stretched his arms. He massaged his eyes to rub off the sleepiness from it. The blond studied his surroundings, taking note from everything he sees. From his position, he watched everyone on the classroom. How they chat and giggle.

This day was the day that they will be assigned to a team and will be under a jounin. Iruka, the chuunin, was trying to tell something to them. Naruto barely heard it but he heard his team mate's names. Just a while ago, he was beaten by the girls because he accidentally kissed their 'sasuke-kun'. Yes, kissed and not on the cheeks but on the lips. Hell yeah. It's not that he wanted it or anything. It was just an accident!

Hours later

"ahhhhh! Where the hell is our instructor!" Naruto complained. " all of the teams are gone and still our instructor hasn't showed up!" he added then stood up. He went to the board and got himself an eraser. He placed it on the door so when their teacher arrives, he will be hit by it.

Sakura, the pink haired girl, spoke. " you'll just get your self into trouble again."

Naruto chuckled, as the thought of their teacher not falling for such a goofy trick but then pushed it away. " hehehe! It's for being late." He crept into his chair.

"hn. As if someone will fall for that." Sasuke, a black haired boy and a Uchiha, butted in.

"yeah! As if a 'jounin' will fall for that." Sakura supported his beloved 'Sasuke-kun'.

Minutes passed and their teacher arrived. He stuck out his head from the door then pushed it. But as he pushed it aside, the board eraser plopped down to his head and to the ground. The three, comically, sweet dropped. But for Naruto, it wasn't that because of how clumsy their teacher is, his facial expression was giving out something like a 'no way' look. Slowly the jounin walked to the teacher's table. " my first impression to you guys is I hate you." His visible eye stared at them lazily. " now why don't you three follow me."

somewhere out there

The jounin sat to the cold ground. " why don't you three introduce your selves and you could say what you like, dislike and your dreams in life…why don't you go first" his right eye curved up indicating that he was smiling as he pointed the pink haired girl.

" well… my name is Haruno Sakura. I like…" she glanced at Sasuke then giggled. " my dream is…" again she glanced at Sasuke then blushed. " I hate… him." She glared daggers at Naruto as she remembered what the blond had done earlier that morning.

' huh… looks like I would be stuck with a love struck girl.' He thought. " alright. Next is the black haired boy."

Sasuke glanced at him before saying stuffs. " I'm Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like many things. I dislike a lot of things. I don't call it a dream but it is more of an ambition and it is to kill someone." His eyes didn't show any emotions except for hate.

Though the jounin looked lazy, he was thinking a lot, ' so this is the last survivor of the Uchiha.' " last one…" the teacher looked at Naruto.

The blond still starring at the clouds began, " my name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like a lot of things. I dislike a lot of things. My dream is to become a hokage and to kill a snake."

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