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"Mffffmfff..." She nodded.

"Sakura, can you stop eating and say hi to everyone." Sasuke sighed.

"Ah, it's okay man. If she's hungry, let her be! Anyway, let's eat now! And we should talk some more and get to know each other too! Ah… talking about our old times is going to be great!"

"Yeah!"

Chapter 4-Memories

"So Naruto, how did you meet Sasuke?" Ino asked, curiously.

"I met him since we were in Elementary School! Sasuke was sitting on swing and he was alone. That's when I decided to go talk to him. Do you remember that day when I first talk to you, Sasuke?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I remember very well. How could I forget that day?" Sasuke said.

-Flashback-

"Hey man."

Sasuke looked up and saw a blonde boy staring at him. "Um…Hello…"

"Hi, what are you all alone? How come you're not playing with other kids?" He asked.

Sasuke rubbed his hands together, "Well… No one want to play with me… That's why I'm all alone."

A blonde boy laughed, "I see. Then do you want to play with me?"

Sasuke stared at him in surprise, "Really? You really want to play with me?"

He smiled, "Yeah, let's play together! Come on!"

"Okay!" Sasuke stood up.

"Oh yeah, I'm Uzumaki Naruto. What's your name?" Naruto asked.

"Uchiha Sasuke!" Sasuke grinned a boyish grin.

"Sasuke, huh? That's cool. I hope we can be good friends!"

"Yeah, same here!" Sasuke nodded.

-End of flashback-

"That's how we met for the first time. It was really fun back then. We played together every day and I never thought that we would become really good friends, right Sasuke?" Naruto patted Sasuke's back.

"Yeah, thanks to you I didn't feel alone when I first time came to Tokyo. Without you, who knows what I would've been doing all this time." Sasuke smirked.

"That's kind of an awesome story." Tenten commented.

"It's so sweet and cute!" Ino giggled, 'Short and sweet!"

"So anyway you guys, how did you guys met Naruto for the first time?" Sasuke asked curiously.

"Well, I'll tell you how I met Naruto for the first time. It was back then when I was in high school. I got into a fight with some bullies because they were making fun of my girlfriend. I couldn't stand anyone make fun of her. I'll never forget that day that Naruto saved my behind," Neji said.

-Flashback-

"Heh, heh, what's wrong Hyuuga? Did you run out your energy?" The leader laughed as he held onto Neji's shirt.

Neji was lifted up as he was slammed against the wall. He was beaten up and had some blood on his shirt. The bullies laughed along with their leader. "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"

Neji didn't say anything, "…" He gave them all glares.

"Haha, who's weak now? I thought you said that you're going to beat the hell out of me, but it seems like you don't even have enough strength to punch me. You've become a loser! Haha!" The leader laughed.

Neji got really angry. He did not like anyone calling him a loser. I mean.. who would? "Unlike you punk." He answered.

"What did you say?" The boss said.

"Yeah, you heard me. A punk like you can't even read a book. Look at yourself, you're wearing a diaper. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say that out loud, gramps?" Neji laughed.

The boss was very furious at what Neji had called him, "Shut up, you trash!" He punched Neji's stomach.

"Argh!" Neji yelled out in pain as he coughed, blood trickling down the side of his mouth.

"How do you like that, Hyuuga!" He was about to punch Neji again, but…

Neji blocked the punch, "Nani!" The boss looked on in shock.

Neji twisted the guy's arm around, "Argh! That's hurt!" He screamed.

Neji used tornado kick and slammed onto his head. The guy crashed by the wall and passed out. Neji was breathing ghastly. "I did it…"

"Boss, you all right? Speak to us!" The gang tried to wake him up.

No response. They turned around and stared at Neji, "You're going to pay for what you did to our boss! We're going to beat you up!" They shouted.

Neji slid the wall and sat, "Great… I don't have any strength to fight them… Now I'm in trouble…" He groaned.

The gang was getting closer to Neji. Neji closed his eyes, "This is the end…" Suddenly…

BANG!

A boy fell down and hit the ground. Neji opened his eyes and saw a blonde boy in front of him, "What the-?"

"Who are you!" They shouted.

"Does it matter! I won't let you hurt him! I'm going to beat all of you!" The blonde boy shouted.

"You beat us? Haha! Don't make us laugh! We're stronger than you!" They laughed.

"We'll see about that!"

"Don't do it! You don't have power to beat them all!" Neji said.

"Don't worry, I'll strike them!" He smiled.

"…Why are you doing this? You don't even know me." Neji asked.

"I'll answer your question later! Right now, I'm going teach them lesson!"

"Get him! Arggg!" They ran at the blonde boy.

The blonde boy fought with them. Neji stood there and watched him fight. He punched and kicked. Most of them fell to the ground, lolling in pain.

"I never thought that he would do that... he doesn't know me. Why would he do that?" Neji thought.

-30 minutes passed-

A blonde boy sat next to Neji and breathed heavily, "See, I told you! I'll thrash them all!"

"Hey, why did you save me? You don't even know me." Neji asked.

"Because… I can't stand jerks like them hurting an innocent person like you and I don't think its right! I know that I don't know you, but I can't let you get hurt even more. That's why I saved you. So, why did you fight?" He looked at Neji

"Well… Actually-"

"NEJI!"

They looked straight and saw a brown haired girl who had hair tied into two buns on the sides of her head. She seems very worried. "Oh Neji, thank god you're okay!" She ran and hugged him.

"Tenten…" Neji whispered.

"I heard what you did for me… I'm sorry for dragging you into this mess… Neji, I'm so sorry!" She cried.

"It's not your fault… I'm doing this because I love you." Neji hugged her tightly.

"Neji…" Tenten looked at him.

"Anyway, I got to go now. I'll see you later!" The blonde boy stood up and began to walk away.

"Matte! What's your name?" Neji asked.

"Oh yeah! I'm Uzumaki Naruto! What's yours?"

"Me? I'm Hyuuga Neji…and this is my girlfriend Tenten." He answered.

"Nice to meet you two! I hope we can hang out together! So, see ya!" Naruto began to leave and stopped, "Oh yeah, Neji!"

"Yeah?"

Naruto stared at him, "I'm sure that your future life will turn out better. Don't let anyone get in your way. So, enjoy your life and have fun with your girl. Ja!" Naruto continued to walk away.

"Uzumaki Naruto…Arigatou." Neji speak softly.

-End of flashback-

"That's how I met him." Neji finished his story.

"Wow, that's so cool! That's really amazing!" Sakura shouted amazingly.

"Tell me about it. Thank you Naruto, if you hadn't saved my love one... He would have been hurt badly... or worse... killed," Tenten smiled.

"Aw, come on man. It was nothing, that's what friends are for!" Naruto rubbed his head.

"So, how did you meet Shikamaru and Ino?" Sasuke asked.

"Bah, it was dumb how we met." Ino said.

"Really? Why is that?" Tenten looked surprisingly.

"I'll tell you how it happened. Naruto did the stupidest thing that he ever did. The day we met Naruto was when we were in High School." Shikamaru said.

-Flashback-

"Shika! I'm going to the restroom! You go on ahead." Ino told him.

"Fine, if you say so. It's too troublesome for me to wait for you." Shikamaru sighed as he walked ahead.

Ino went inside the girl's restroom. A blonde boy was running to the boy's restroom, he stopped and read the sign said 'Sorry, we're close for cleaning the restroom. Please use the other restroom.' "Damn it! Why does it have to happen now! Now, I really need to go bad!" He shouted.

A blonde boy looked on the left and saw girl's restroom. "Hmm…Should I go there? Ah, what the heck! It's an emergency! People need to use the restroom!" He walked in.

-Restroom-

"Ah, much better!" Ino washed her hands on the sink and turned off.

Ino wiped her hands with the paper towels. She looked at the mirror to check her face. She paused and saw a blonde boy walked in. She turned around and stared at him. A blonde boy was in stunned. They were both quiet.

"Um…Hi?" He waved.

Ino screamed loudly, "AAAAAHHHHHH! GET OUT YOU PERV!"

A blonde boy quickly ran out the door.

-After school-

"And that's how it happened, Shika!" Ino said angrily.

"Why would a guy do that?" Shikamaru wondered lazily.

"How am I supposed to know? I'm freaking mad! When I see him again, I'm going to kick that guy's butt!" Ino clenched her fist as she walked across the street.

"INO WATCH OUT! THE CAR!" Shikamaru screamed.

Ino turned around and saw the car was coming towards at her. The driver couldn't stop and used the brake to stop, but it couldn't stop fast enough. Ino screamed.

Someone ran quickly and grabbed her. They both pitched sideways as they rolled over right before the car was about to crash into them.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Ino looked up and saw a blonde boy staring at her, "It's you again!"

"Ino, are you okay? You're not hurt are you?" Shikamaru asked worriedly.

"I'm fine, Shika…I was so scared!" Ino hugged him as she cried.

"Well, it was your own fault for not paying attention. You're causing me too much trouble..." Shikamaru sighed.

"I'm glad you're okay. Well, I'll see you later." A blonde walked away.

"Hey you! You haven't told us your name!" Shikamaru asked.

"Oh, I'm Uzumaki Naruto. What's yours?" He curved his head around.

"I'm Nara Shikamaru. This is my girlfriend Yamanaka Ino. I want to say thanks for saying my girlfriend." He bowed.

"You don't need to thank me. Just take good care of her. Don't let that happen to you okay? Well, see you later!" Naruto left.

-End of flashback-

"That's how it happened. I can't believe it was you who used the girl's restroom." Shikamaru slapped his head.

Naruto blushed, "Heh…Yeah, but hey, at least we became really great friends."

"Yeah… I suppose... it was too trouble too," Shikamaru rolled his eyes.

"I'm really impressed how you guys met Naruto. Naruto must have done lots of things to save you guys." Sasuke said.

"That's why… Naruto-kun…will save a lot of peoples' lives' when he becomes a fireman." Hinata said shyly.

"Yeah, that's right. Sigh, I can't believe it's been so long...I couldn't even forget about that person's smile…" Naruto said.

"Oh, you mean that person, Naruto. Yeah, it was so sad." Neji said.

"I'll never forget that day of what to happen to our dear friend…Do you remember that person, Tenten?" Ino said sadly.

"How could I forget that person? We were really close friends…I never thought that this happened. Hinata, you heard it too right?" Tenten closed her eyes.

"Yes, it was very sad. That person was so young." Hinata looked down unhappily.

"After that accident…" Shikamaru said.

"What accident?" Sasuke said.

"No, it was nothing. It was something else, right guys?" Naruto said.

They nodded, "Yeah!"

They heard sobbing. They all looked to the left and saw Sakura crying, "Hey, why are you crying, Sakura?" Ino asked.

"Nothing…I have something on my eyes. I have to go to the restroom!" Sakura got up and went to the restroom.

"I better check on her to see if she's okay. I'll be right back." Sasuke got up and left.

"Hey you guys, don't you think that she looks familiar?" Naruto whispered.

"Yeah, I thought so. Why does she look so much like her?" Ino asked.

"Who knows…Maybe it was just our imagination. People can look like her." Neji lifted his glasses up.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

-Restroom-

Sakura washes her face and wiped her face with a paper towel.

She looked at the mirror and then stared at her hand. "I'm starting to fate away…" She said miserably.

"Oh Sasuke-kun, please remember me…" She prayed as she closed her eyes.

-Walk out from the restroom-

Sakura walked out and saw Sasuke was leaning against the wall, "Sasuke-kun! What's up?"

"Sakura, are you all right? Is there something wrong? Or anything I can do for you?" Sasuke said nervously.

Sakura shook her head, "No, nothing wrong. You don't need to anything for me. I'm fine! Really!" She smiled.

"Well okay. If you have any problems, please let me know. I'll help you with anything even if it's something that I can or cannot do, okay?" Sasuke said.

Sakura nodded, "Hai, I will!"

Sasuke smiled, "Let's go back to the others." They went back together.

TBC

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-Saki-Kun