A/N: Since I have a writer's block on my NaruTema fic, I'll just make a little NaruSaku fic. (smirk) I was inspired when I watched Little Manhattan. The movie's cute. (giggles) Anyway, I hope you enjoy! By the way, this occurs when Naruto and the rest were young.

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"Class, you are dismissed!" announced a man known as Iruka. All his 10-year old students quietly left the room. Outside, the kids would play with each other or do whatever as pleased until their parents came to bring them home. Well, that is the situation to those who have parents. The 10-year-old raven-haired boy went home once he exited the building. He was known as the only survivor of the attack from his very own brother. His whole family had died and Uchiha Sasuke has yet to train harder to avenge his family's death.

Another boy who was known very well for his pranks sat on a swing. He had no friends. Not even the elder villagers went near him. He was despised yet did not know why. He would do anything to get at least one's attention. All those pranks that he pulled were for the sake of it. No matter what kind of prank, big or small, it was for attention. Uzumaki Naruto, never the less, hated his childhood.

It was a Friday, the last day of five days of school. The students would do anything they want the next day, later even, after they finish their given homework. The blonde who got off the swing, ran, ready to do another prank. He ran to the inside of school when everyone of his classmates left. Naruto ran to the storage room and got a few things from there. Running back to the school's exit, he was caught by, none other than his own teacher, Iruka.

"Hey Naruto. What are you doing with those? Don't tell me-"

Before Iruka could finish, Naruto smirked and ran passed the man.

"Hey! Naruto! Come back!"

Being chased by the chunnin, Naruto ran with a paintbrush, ropes and a bucket of glue, those that were the items he would use for his prank. Looking back to see how far Iruka was from behind, he bumped someone and fell on his knees and face first to the ground. He looked up to see the ropes scattered, the paintbrush still on his hand and the glue spilled on the person he just bumped. Naruto looked up to see the bucket on Iruka's head and the glue dripping down his chuunin outfit.

"Naruto. You know what your punishment is..."
Naruto frowned and arched down his eyebrows. "I don't care. Nothing will stop me from doing more of my tricks."
Iruka's eye twitched. The man then took hold of Naruto's wrist and dragged him back to the school with Naruto disgust since the glue was still dripping down his teacher's body.

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Naruto got a broom from the storage room and walked into the hallway. "What do you want me to do with a stupid broom?"
"You're going to clean the hallways. And you're not going home until the place is clean." Iruka said, strictly.
"Hmph. I don't care about that either. I don't like staying at home. It's so boring there."
"Then you won't be able to leave this place any time soon."
"I don't care!" Naruto yelled and started sweeping the floor.
Iruka shook his head and walked to the classroom. "I'll be checking homeworks. You make sure you clean the place properly." Once Iruka entered the classroom, he closed the door. Once he did, he heard Naruto yell. "Oh no! The broom's stuck to my hands! Sensei!"
Iruka sighed. "I'll clean myself up first, Naruto! I'm fully covered in glue unlike you are!" he replied.
"Sensei!" Naruto kept calling.
Iruka sighed. "I'll have to talk to that boy someday."

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Naruto sat on the floor impatiently with the broom stuck to his hands, literally. Naruto pouted. His teacher was taking too long. Did he spill that much glue on Iruka? Or is Iruka purposely making him wait? Either way, Naruto stayed there, sitting impatiently.

"What are you doing here?"

Naruto blinked, getting himself away from subconsciously staring at nothing. He looked up to see one of his classmates. Her pink hair revealed who she was.

"My stupid hands are stuck to this stupid broom."
Sakura shook her head. "Are you that clumsy to get yourself into that mess? How did that happen, anyway?" she asked, giving Naruto a questioning look.
"It's a long story."
"I see. Well, I should get going. I forgot my notebook in the classroom."
"Hey! Wait! Aren't you going to help me? The stupid broom is still stuck to my hands!"
"Well, it's your fault for getting yourself into that mess. Try helping yourself!" Sakura teased, waving her hand while walking to their classroom.
"How do you expect me to do that?" Naruto yelled yet again.

No answer came from Sakura which made Naruto a little more furious. Desperate to get the stupid broom, as he calls it, off his hands Naruto tried to kick the broom. While doing so, he also tried opening his ten fingers. It started to hurt since the glue was really strong. He just had to pick the bucket of strong glue for his prank. Maybe if he kept his eyes to where he was running, he wouldn't have bumped into Iruka, and then none of this would've happened. He could've gotten away with his prank, even.

Even if the glue acted like it didn't want Naruto's hands to be seperated from the broom, Naruto kicked harder. Finally getting his fingers fully opened, the broom was now stuck in the middle of his palms. All he has to do now is to kick the broom a little more. He held back his foot and then kicked the broom for the last time. It slid with force off his hands. The broom flew to the opposite wall and dropped to the floor. Naruto lay on the floor, rolling nonstop. He held his hands close to his chest, whimpered and screamed. "Ahahow! Oh! The pain! The pain! Oh my god! It hurts like hell! The pain! The pehehain!"

Standing next to the boy and all cleaned up, the brown-haired chuunin shook his head.

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After Iruka helped Naruto forget about the pain in his hands, Naruto silently swept the floor. Sakura had left hours ago. Naruto didn't notice though, but he didn't care either. He didn't like anything. He didn't want anything but attention and less hatred from the villagers. Naruto heard a door open. He looked to his side to see Iruka leaving the classroom.

"Naruto, I've been in there for hours. So have you, in here. Why don't we call it a day?" the man said with a smile.
Naruto nodded. He walked slowly to the storage rooms and placed the broom back in it. He closed the door and looked out the windows. He didn't even notice that the sky had turned dark.
Iruka looked at him and thought it was odd. "Naruto?"
Naruto shook his head and jumped to an open window's pane. "I'll see you next week, sensei!" With that, he jumped out of the window.
Iruka frowned and thought to himself with a sigh. "Couldn't he just use the door?"

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A/N: This is where the first chapter ends. There isn't any NaruSaku yet, but I hope you all will be patient...