A/N next chapter :)

The ninja game

After the long day of orientation and a small lesson on some stuff called charka, everyone went to recess. Acesuke exited the building, from the back of the line, and looked out to a small playground with a small forest nearby. The playground had swings, slides, and even jungle gyms. This area was also where the taijutsu sensei Gai would be training them at.

Upon arrival, most boys went off to the middle of the track to pick teams for their 'ninja' game. It appeared to strange for Acesuke to play so he just sat on one of the swings and watched, unaware of the blonde boy next to him. "Hi! Did those idiots not let you play ninja to?" Acesuke was surprised that someone was bold enough to talk to him. "No, why?" he asked, "Well, they don't want me to play, they said that their parents said not to play with me… Anyways, I am Naruto Uzamaki, and you're that Acesuke guy that stood in front of the class with me." Naruto happily waited for a reply "Nice to meet you to Naruto, you wanna play ninja?" Naruto pouted "I can't, remember."

"Well we can play with two people; I'll be the hunter ninja, unless you would rather be it." Acesuke smiled. He didn't open up to people this easily but he felt a strange connection with this boy, and besides, he usually played ninja alone due to the villagers being scared of him. "Ok, but there is no way you'll find me," Naruto gave a happy grin and sped off to hide while Acesuke began counting.

"30…31…32-""What are you counting for?" Someone called out to him but instead of stopping, he talked in between numbers "33, I'm playing, 34, Ninja, 35-" he calmly remarked "But those guys are already playing, seems pretty stupid to play alone," now the speaker talked with curiosity. "39, they are, 40, stupid, 41, so me and, 42, Naruto are playing, 43," He found himself wishing that the other kid would just leave him be. "Well the other kids are to easy to hide from so could I play?" Acesuke kept on counting. "50, I guess, 51, but who are you, 52?" "I'm Sasuke Uchiha, see ya."

To Acesuke, having a popular kid play could mean bad news, but Sasuke didn't appear to be a bad guy. Upon reaching one-hundred, Acesuke raced across the playground in search of the two missing-nins. After a few minutes of searching the playground, he began to search the flower field.

He looked all over the field until a tuft of blonde hair appeared from around some flowers, he rushed over to it and, without paying attention, and he tripped over something in the flowers. On instinct he apologized and turned to see what it was, a small girl with pink hair. "I think you should be…More careful." She said quietly "W-what are you doing anyways…" she asked "Sorry, I was trying to find Naruto and Sasuke." He was bad at talking to girls, in fact, he was horrible, and he already felt embarrassed for having hurt her, "For Sasuke… Well, do you think…? I could play?" Now she spoke with a little bit of hopefulness. "Sure, you can look for Sasuke and I'll grab Naruto really quick." Acesuke jumped into a bed of flowers and produced a struggling Naruto "Hey! Hey! How did you find me! Oh hi Sakura!" Naruto quit struggling for a moment and waved to the pink-haired girl. "Well, I saw your hair, and, oh yea! Sakura and Sasuke are playing…Speaking of Sasuke, I see you." "Kiba is to," Naruto spoke of the newest addition to the game. Meanwhile, Sasuke jumped out from the bushes nearby and ran off, shortly followed by a brown-haired boy and a small white puppy. "RUN!" Kiba yelled while Acesuke quickly tied up Naruto and ran off to catch up with Sakura and the others.

After a long game of ninja, that eventually everyone got involved in despite the orders of some, it was time to go home to the parents with news of the great day, also to little brothers and sisters to brag about, and older ones to impress with. Unfortunately, two boys had no one to come home to, no parents or older siblings to impress, no younger siblings to boast to, no family at all. Naruto exited the school a little later than the others, because he had no parents, he could go home as late as he wanted, but this was little reassurance for the lonely night that awaited him.

The blonde slowly walked through the streets of Konoha, ignoring the sneers and insults of the occasional villager that was bold enough to say so. He was on a journey towards home, hoping that he would be sidetracked. He walked past the Ichiraku, circled around the Hokage tower, and walking past a small pond where most children played with their each other at, but one boy caught it eye, it was Acesuke, from the ninja game. Naruto slid down the hill and quietly approached him in hopes of scaring him. He got close enough to see that the boy was skipping stones expertly across the water, so well that they made it all the way to the other side. "What do you want?" Naruto almost jumped when he heard the kid, it shocked him so badly. "It's me, Naruto, I was wondering if I could skip rocks here to," Naruto gave his funny grin again and sat down next to the boy.

Naruto tried his luck with skipping a rock but it only went a little ways and sank. Eventually, he became angry and rapidly threw the rocks faster and faster until he decided to talk about something. "Sooo do you like ramen, it's my most favorite food in the world." Naruto asked curiously "I guess, never had it before." Acesuke answered meekly "WHAT! WOW you gotta try it! ARRG STUPID ROCK!" Naruto yelled astonishingly and angrily all at once and then pouted as his rock skipped three times then fell into the water. "Heh, try doing this," Acesuke made a strange figure with his hands and his hands started glowing blue. He threw the rock and Naruto's jaw dropped as he watched it skip all the way to the other side. "WOW, I bet I could do that, easy!" Naruto made the same sign and tried to throw the rock, only to get disappointed when it helplessly sank.

"Naruto, my sensei always told me that, in order to make something bounce, you had to make this sign and put charka into the bottom of it and then throw it." Acesuke informed Naruto on how to mold the charka and he eventually got it across, and finally, the boys decided to leave. "Sometime, you need to tell me who your sensei was. Would you like to go to the Ichiraku ramen place with me?" Naruto prepared to leave. "Sorry, can't, nice to meet you Naruto."

The two boys said their goodbyes and Naruto went on his way while Acesuke stayed behind and accidentally fell asleep.

A/N Just incase you are wondering, no, Naruto and Acesuke will not become friends during the ninja academy years. Please R/R