A/N: How's everyone, my readers? I'm going to post this update, and I hope you'll like it.

Disclaimer: I don't like saying this often, but I do not own this comic book/show.

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Blue eyes cracked open. It was dark. It was probably in the middle of the night. Naruto couldn't see anything. Everything came to view only when he felt something cold in his hands. He looked down to see a can of red spray paint in his hand. He looked to his side to see the same stranger that had told him to run away. Before he could walk away from the said man, the man spoke.

"She'll leave you, one day, on the floor with you as bloody as you can get!"
Naruto, wide-eyed, had tears ready to flow down. He was only a 10-year-old. What should he do? "No! Shut up!"

The man disappeared. Naruto wanted to run, but in the corner of his eye, something caught his attention. He looked to his side to see a fence. On it was three words written in red, looking like blood itself.

"I HATE YOU!"

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"No! No!"
"Naruto! Wake up!"

Naruto sat up with sweat trickling down his face. He panted. Was it only a nightmare? Yuki was beside him, never as worried as he is now. "Naruto, go back to sleep. You still have school tomorrow."
Naruto sniffed. "Yuki-san, I don't feel so good." he choked out.
Yuki blinked and placed his hand on Naruto's forehead. It wasn't bad, but Yuki knew Naruto really didn't feel good. He had been acting strange lately. "Okay. I'll talk to Iruka-sensei in the morning while Sukkoto will keep you company. Is that fine with you?"
Naruto nodded slowly. Yuki motioned him to lie down. It was yet another miserable night for the little boy known as Uzumaki Naruto...

...just when things were going so well...

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It was Tuesday. Sakura sat as classes went by.

Why wasn't Naruto present?

Sakura felt bad. Classes ended and yet she hasn't seen Naruto. Did he really mean it when he said he hated him?

She was about to find out...

"Sakura."

Sakura stared, wide-eyed. "Naruto, what's going on?"
Naruto looked at his feet. "I'm sorry."
"Why?" asked the girl, confused. Shouldn't she be the one to say that she was sorry?
"I lied. I don't... hate you..."
Sakura looked down as well. He didn't mean it. Was that all he had to say? "No, I'm sorry. I don't know what I did to make you say you hated me. It must've been really bad. I hope this doesn't ruin our friendship."
"You don't need to say you're sorry. It's okay. I came here because I wanted to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"Today is the last day of the get together activity."
Before Naruto could continue, Sakura interrupted. "Is today is the last day? Isn't the last day tomorrow?"
Naruto opened his mouth to speak, but no word came out from him. He closed his mouth and though for a while. He looked at Sakura and nodded. "I'll tell you tomorrow."
"What do you want to tell me?" Sakura yelled, too curious to let a moment like this go.
Naruto shook his head and ran back home, leaving Sakura alone with the sun setting in front of her.

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Naruto walked into his house and saw Yuki again. As always, his caretaker had waited for him to come home.

"You're growing up, Naruto-kun."
"What?" Naruto asked with his mouth open, looking like his jaw was going to get separated from his head and drop to the floor.
Yuki chuckled. "I know what's going on. The same thing happened with my girlfriend and me."
Naruto blinked. "Are you talking about Kuroai-san?"

Yuki nodded and held Naruto's wrist gently. Naruto was brought up the stairs by Yuki to his own room. While they were there, Naruto made himself comfortable by sitting on Yuki's bed. Yuki let Sukkoto, who was in his arms, down on the floor. Yuki walked to his bed side table and got a small picture frame containing the photo of Yuki's girlfriend. He handed it to Naruto. Kuroai was pretty. She had a nice smile and simple, curly brown hair that reached her shoulders. Her blue eyes fit perfectly in her skin-white face.

"Kuroai was really good in cooking, basically." Yuki stated, now, with a different expression. He seemed serious, talking about his dead girlfriend. It must've been awful.
"She was probably a lot better in cooking than you were in, right?" Naruto said, trying to cheer his caretaker up.
"Yes. I miss her terribly." Naruto didn't seem to have succeeded.
"Well, at least you had fun together. It's really complicated between Sakura and me."
There was a short moment of silence.
"Yuki, what's the deal with girls? How did you go through your time with Kuroai?"
Yuki closed his eyes.

"I went through it without leaving things unsaid..."

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The next day, the actual last day for Naruto and Sakura's time together, Naruto still didn't show himself at school. Sakura wondered why...

After classes, Sakura walked out of the school building and expected Naruto to be nearby. He was.

With a gulp, Naruto walked to Sakura. "I'm going to follow Yuki-san. I won't let this day end without letting Sakura know how I feel." Once he reached Sakura, he spoke. "Hi Sakura."
"Hi." Sakura greeted, with a slight smile.
"Do you remember how I lied to you by saying that I hated you?"
"Yes, I can recall."
"I don't exactly feel that way about you. I know that I told you how people hated me. You're actually one of the people I feel really comfortable with. I think."
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "What's with the 'I think'?"
"Uh, well, whenever I'm around you, I feel weird. It's not that I don't like being with you. I actually do. It's just that... Do you know the way how your parents love each other so much?"
Sakura nodded as a response.
"Well, I feel that when I'm with you."
Sakura looked at him. What could he mean?
Naruto looked at Saukra with both of their eyes focused on each other.

"Sakura, I love you."

Sakura stared at him, wide-eyed. "What?"

Without warning, Naruto quickly leaned forward and kissed Sakura for just a second and ran off, leaving Sakura still as shocked as ever.

Naruto ran. He knew Sakura couldn't possibly feel the same about him. But there will always be other girls out there. He was only 10 years old. He still has a lot of time to find the right girl...

Though it would always be her. The time with Sakura would always be...

... Naruto's first love...

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A/N: And there ends the story of a 10-year-old experiencing one week and a half with getting his first love! I hope it didn't suck. I'm also shocked that it ends now... I hope you enjoyed the whole time this was done! Nice reviews are appreciated!