Short sorry! Gawd! Sorry!

Disclaimer: Everything in this story is not mine- the 'format' (the letters), characters, etc. Just the way I write it is mine.

Warning: Watch out for violence, swearing, shounen-ai, etc, etc!

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Dear Friend,

Not… Well, I can't say not much has happened this week because a lot did happen, but… Well, ah, I didn't take notice-notice, ya know? I kind went through the week… Kinda… Ugh! I can't explain it! Didn't you just ever have one of those days where it passed by really fast, but looking back on it, you think it went really slow?

I dunno how else to explain it. Sorry. And I'm not getting mad at you, I'm just frustrated. That's all.

But, yeah. I went to meet that Konohamaru kid, remember him? The one with the meth addict mum? Anyway, I went to the park straight after school, because I had nothing else to do.

Oh, before I tell you more about Konohamaru (he has a long name, so I'm just gonna call him 'K-kid, k? It's easier, and I've already started calling him that), I avoided Sasuke, Sakura, and everyone but Haku the next day. Of course, Haku just smiled and said that girls will always be like that, and I was lucky I was born a guy. That made me feel better, because I don't want to be a back-stabbing, bitchy, PMS-ing girl. (I still like her though, but just a little less. Guys are stupid in their own way too, huh?)

Back to the previous story. K-kid met me in the park at 6 pm, and I was REALLY angry because I was hungry and I wanted to go home and all that. But he showed up with a real sad face on, so I just looked at him weird (I dunno how to comfort people, all right?), and asked him if he was OK. He said that the guy that had tried to beat him up before snuck in and beat up his mum really badly. So much that she could hardly move.

K-kid had run with his 'little sis' (A kitty), and had tried to go to my house (he said he followed me), but I wasn't there.

After he told me his story, he got a determined look on his face and asked me if I could teach him how to fight.

And, well, shit, I got surprised because no one ever asked me something so… nicely? He said please and everything.

So I hit him and said that he had to learn that stuff on the street, not from learning. He pouted and started calling me boss (boss?) and said he'd do anything. So I told him that if he really wanted to 'learn' from me, he'd have to get up at 3 at night and come to my house so we could go walking around at night.

I knew he wouldn't do it because kids need sleep, right? He'd refuse and start carrying a knife around. But, instead, he said 'Ok!'! He made me promise that I'd go out with him! At 3 o'clock at night.

So we started doing that. We've gotten into a lot of fights, and I'm really tired, and I've been asked a lot about why I have so many scars and aching bones and a broken finger (A BIG THUG. HUGE.), and I just scowl and tell them to fuck off.

But, ya know, it's kinda worth it when someone looks up to you like that, ya know? They look like shit, but they are smiling like its Christmas? I dunno if you've ever seen or felt that, but it's a cool feeling.

And you know about the basketball thing? I'M NOT GETTING KICKED OFF.

Oh, wait… About all the 'parent-he-sis' (parenthesis. I learned how to spell it like that), my language arts teacher told me it's like a little break off to express what you're thinking while you write. So I'm sorry if all those parent-hesis confused you, but at least I'm showing you more of what I'm thinking, right?

BASKETBALL. Not getting kicked off! Yes, I'm not getting kicked off!

Zabuza returned from wherever the hell he was before and got Ebisu kicked off from being one of the couches for really unfair choosing or whatever, and for him being 'biased on personal reasons'. I dunno what the hell the personal reasons are (besides the other thing, the prank), but I'M STILL ON.

So Zabuza is the best coach ever, if not a little rougher than most coaches. That's fine, because I'M STILL ON.

Sorry. I'm just reeeaaalllllyyyy happy about it.

On the topic of basketball, it turns out 'Yayuya' is actually 'Tayuya', and 'he' is really 'she' because she's 'too advanced for the girl's team!'. So she was sent back. I wonder how she hid her boobs (Breasts? Knockers? I dunno what you'd prefer, so I'll just say 'boobs') from all the guys in there!

Still on basketball, there's this guy named Gaara that joined our team.

Gaara is weird. He has red hair and a tattoo on his forehead that's Japanese, and Sasuke told me it meant 'love'. He has thick, thick eyeliner around his eyes that's also tattooed there and he has no eyebrows. He's Goth and looks like he wouldn't touch a basketball, but…

Holy shit, is he ever good!

Zabuza looked real smug as he set Gaara (who was wearing leather pants) to have a small game with Sasuke. Sasuke looked smug (and a little pissy, too), because he's the team's best basketball player.

So they faced each other, with Sasuke having the advantage. He started off with a real easy dribble, and just switched back and forth, left and right, right? (I won't use any basketball 'jargon' unless I know you'll get some of it). So he tried to do an easy pass around Gaara, arm up for defense and all.

Gaara easily just over stepped Sasuke's defense and batted the ball away, dribbling for it a few feet before stopping and passing it back to Sasuke. He got back into position and Sasuke looked a little annoyed.

So he dribbled a little faster this time, and then got into a position where he could do three things: Pass, shoot, and dribble. If it was a real game, and he did this, he'd already dribbled, and if he'd do it again, that'd be illegal and it's called a double dribble. But it isn't, so the only other thing he could do was shoot, because he couldn't pass.

He faked a shot and then started dribbling around Gaara. But Gaara wasn't fooled, and when Sasuke went to try and do a lay-up (running and trying to shoot the basketball off the board so it will go into the basket), Gaara jumped up and hit it out of his hands.

The thing is, it was clean, and that's hard to do with shots like those!

There was a big 'Oooh!' from the rest of the guys, and a buncha other things, but I swore at Sasuke to do better. Zabuza told me to watch my mouth.

After Zabuza said that, Gaara looked over and stared at me. Then Sasuke told him to hurry up and he stopped and went over to retrieve the ball.

The next ½ hour was really… holy, I can't describe this either! Have you ever seen a basketball game, a professional basketball game, where everything was really fast-paced and you could hardly follow? That was it. The score ended up 14-15 in favor of Gaara when Zabuza called it, and both of them were pretty winded.

Then he formally introduced us to Gaara; turns out that this guy is going to be playing for Connecticut for college basketball, and then for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA after that! It's really fucking amazing that the guy is that good!

Sasuke looked pissed, so after practice, I asked him what was wrong, because that's what friends do. He told me that Gaara was a friend from when he was younger and wasn't that good at basketball back then, but still pretty good. So Gaara's an albino-Japanese freak too, and that Sasuke and him are at the same caliber, almost. Sasuke's just pissy because he underestimated Gaara.

After Sasuke and everyone left, Gaara came in and asked me to play a game with him. So I did, because I'm a nice guy, and he practically killed me, I swear! So I gotta lotta catching up to do to him, if I'm ever going to beat him and Sasuke.

But before all of that, Sakura didn't talk to me until the day Gaara arrived, and she cornered me after gym in that one little water-fountain place I always go to, the almost hidden one ya know? I really need to stop going there.

Anyway, I couldn't really push her aside or tell her to fuck off, because she's a girl and I still kinda like her. She looked really awkward, standing there, blocking my way, so after a few more seconds, I thought 'ok, she wants to use the water fountain'. So I moved a little and she moved the exact same way I did, as if to stop me. So I just went all still and stared at her weird until she said something.

She said that she was really sorry and that she didn't mean to say those things. She was just 'trying to get Sasuke's attention', because she's liked him ever since she saw him, and that she was wrong for doing that. She said that she didn't mean to poke fun at me for having no parents, and didn't like calling me a loser or a fag.

I just looked at her and she smiled, then looked down after realizing that I was still staring at her like that. So she said sorry again, then sighed and asked something I will never, ever forget.

"So, like, are you gay? Since you kissed Sasuke and all, you don't like girls than, right?"

I almost exploded, I swear! She doesn't even know anything about me, and she asks me if I'm gay! And she said I kissed Sasuke! I would never kiss that bastard on purpose! So the first thing that came to my mind was 'fuck off!', but instead I said:

"No, I like girls! I like you!"

She looked at me real surprised, and I musta been looking the exact same way. So I mumbled that I didn't kiss Sasuke on purpose, and pushed her aside a little and ran out of there like a bat outta hell.

That was the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me! Even worse than when those boys made me go walking down the street naked when I was 8. But I couldn't defend myself then, but when I learned how, I beat up those guys really badly!

But I don't think I can get revenge on myself for saying that, right? Or on Sakura for 'making me like her'.

So I went to lunch and sat down beside Sasuke, and he looked at me all cool like and asked if I'd been held back by someone. I just told him that Sakura had held me back to talk to me, and he nodded and went back to eating.

I joked about it and he told me to shut up after a minute, saying he was sick of always hearing about Sakura. He heard her name everywhere, he said. I told him he was paranoid and that he just liked her, but just didn't know it yet. Kinda like the purple dodge syndrome, ya know?

Purple dodge syndrome is the thing where you see or hear something weird, and then you see or hear that thing everywhere. Kinda like you'd never forget a purple dodge, right?

He just hit me and called me a 'usuratonkachi', and when I tried stealing his fries, he hit me again.

It's nice sitting with Sasuke because he doesn't bug you about things, or ask you about things, or anything. It's normal sitting with him. But he's still an asshole! Hardly ever talks at all, unless I make him. It's kinda annoying, too.

I haven't heard from Iruka a lot this week. Just in class, where he gave me a violin and told me to practice some music on it, since it looked like I'm good at that. He also gave me a sheet of music, and I'm trying really hard to perfect 'Ode to Joy' by Mozart. It's a real cool melody that makes you think.

This is a long letter, kinda. So I'll say goodbye for now, and hope you had a better week then I did! Have a good Halloween! (I know I will! Tell you all about it in the next letter!)

Sincerely Yours,

Uzumaki Naruto

Saturday, October 30th, 2005

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Dear Friend,

For Halloween, I went as a butcher!

It was so fun! I had white pants, a white guys' tank top, and a white apron I stole from Iruka. I couldn't carry an ax around school, so I carried a hammer thing that you beat meat with, also from Iruka.

For blood, I mixed water and ketchup. It kinda smelled, but, ya know, I can't afford much. So it was a pretty cheap costume with an awesome effect!

And, you know what! I ACTUALLY WENT WITH SOMEONE.

From 8 to 10, I went with Chouji, Shikamaru, and Kiba (Kiba's puppy is cute, and is named Akamaru. I think). We went around the middle-class part of town, where most people don't know me. I'm hoping the guys don't even think about why I pushed them to where they lived instead of where I lived.

But, yeah. It was fun with them, and we raked in so much candy! I had a big stomach ache by the end of the night, but it was all good. I hardly got any apples, either! SO IT WAS KICKASS!

Then Kiba and Shikamaru had to go home because they both had to go take care of their siblings, and Chouji is always eating so I don't know him that well. So I was left alone to wander around downtown through the big decorations and stuff.

Our town is huge on Halloween and Valentine's Day. Not Christmas, though.

So, I was wandering around downtown, taking candy from some kids whenever they crossed me (pick pocketing is the only thing to do when you're that bored, alright? I picked shitty candy, anyway), when, lo and behold, guess who I saw?

Sasuke... And Sakura.

Sasuke was dressed a shitty vampire (c'mon, you need more than fake teeth for Halloween!), and Sakura was dressed as an angel.

Oh, and Sakura also had a big decoration on her arm: Sasuke.

Yeah right, he doesn't like her! She was all cuddled up to his side and he wasn't even pushing her away! So now I'm mad, because Sasuke is a smart guy, right? So he basically knows I like Sakura.

Well, before I could do anything, Sasuke spotted me and waved me to come over.

I was going to give him a piece of my mind before he glared at me.

So I didn't, because... well, Sakura looked kinda pissed to see me.

Anyway, I hung out with them for about an hour, and we didn't trick-or-treat or anything. Just walked around. It was so boring. Is this what 'popular' people do all the time? Walk around and talk?

It was kinda awkward too, with the little accidental confession and all... Sakura didn't spread it around or anything, which I am glad for, but... Yeah

I left at 11, because it was making me sick to see them together. Sasuke is an asshole.

So, after that, I went to sleep and woke up the next day for school.

So far, my diet has been made of candy for breakfast, candy for lunch, and, are you ready for this? Candy for supper!

Surprising, huh? Ya gotta give me a break though! The candy was free!

So, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we had basketball practice. Sasuke and Gaara are kinda scary when they're just practicing. It's hard not to stop and stare. But if you do, Zabuza yells at you and you have to do suicides.

Anyway, it's about 5-4 in practice games for Sasuke, who looked real happy that day. I didn't talk to him Friday either (I've been avoiding him), so Sakura must have made him happy.

Oh! And Gaara did something weird!

Well I was taking a shower on Friday (why use your own water when you can get it for free?), Gaara opened the curtain and stared at me.

It was pretty creepy, and I swore at him to close the damn curtain, it was freezing. He just stared and asked if I wanted to walk home with him.

I said sure, just shut the damn curtain. He did, and I took my damn sweet time getting ready!

After I was ready, we started walking towards the rich part of town (I have to pass through there anyways), and he started off talking to me by telling me that I was gonna catch a cold if I walked outside at night with my hair wet.

I told him to fuck off and we walked on. It was uncomfy, but whatever.

So, just when we were passing the busy street, he asked me why I liked Sasuke.

I almost got hit by a car I was so surprised. I turned around on him and yelled at him "I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH THAT ASSHOLE!".

He did this thing that looked like he was raising his eyebrows (he has none, remember?) and said he hadn't said anything about love.

I told him to shut up and to mind his own business, then started running from him (almost got hit 3 times crossing the street), and he didn't call after me. So I went home and paced around 'cause that made me mad. Who the hell is he to ask questions like that!

Then I went to sleep cuz I had to get up at 3 to help teach K-kid (Konohamaru) how to fight. He's getting pretty good.

But, that night, we ran into a gang of about 15 people.

They were all big, and I knew we couldn't take them on without getting killed. So I told K-kid to run, and I started running too, but one of them caught my arm and twisted it.

I heard a snap. And I mean a big snap, right? Like OMG-what-the-hell-was-that! kinda snap.

I kept on running after jerking my arm out of his grip, and holy hell did that ever hurt. But I ran all the way home, knowing K-kid would have made it all the way to his own house.

And for the next few days, I couldn't move my arm. At all. And it hurt so much I was trying not to cry as I made ramen. Who cries when they're making to most heavenly food that God has ever sent!

Anyways, by Monday, I was worried as hell and thinking that I should go to the doctors, fuck the cost and everything, ya know?

But I went ahead and went to morning practice for basketball.

Of course, both Haku and Sasuke and Gaara noticed something right away. Haku was about to say something but Sasuke busted in, gripping my bad shoulder real tightly.

Before he could even ask what's wrong, my arm was on fire and I 'accidentally' flung out my other hand and punched Sasuke.

The silence was kinda creepy after that and Sasuke just stared at me from his position on the floor, as I tried not crying over the Goddamn pain in my arm.

And I mean, this was pain. Imagine hanging over a cliff by the skin of your back. Or being run over by a semi. It was like that.

Haku came over to me after a few seconds and slowly lifted me with my good arm as I swore as much as possible under my breathe. He nodded at Gaara and the still stunned Sasuke and made me walk out the door with him to go see Zabuza.

Zabuza didn't even have to look at me to say "Go to the doctor's and see if your arm is broken, kid.".

I felt my world shatter. Then I blacked out, I think, because I don't remember even going to the doctor's office. I remember waking up in the waiting room with a sling on, and Haku, who had come with me, had filled me in.

Tsunade, the school nurse, had seen me and put the sling on right away, then told Haku she would excuse us both so he could take me to the hospital. We had already been there an hour, too.

So, when I went in to see the doctor (Haku is stronger then he looks. He dragged me in there as if I was a piece of paper!), he nodded at me and said that I shouldn't worry about the payments, that the school would pay for it. Haku quickly said that they didn't mean to twist my arm back so badly while wrestling in gym, so I wouldn't say anything, I guess. The doctor warned us that we should take better care, then he sat me on the table to look at my arm.

He poked it and I almost bit his arm off, I swear.

After a few more minutes of mind-numbing pain, the doctor looked at us suspiciously and asked how long my arm had been broken. Haku said that we broke it this morning, but I didn't feel it due to the adrenaline rush.

(I don't know what time it was then, but I guess it was the afternoon or late morning. Or something.)

The doctor was still suspicious, I think. Oh well. He checked my arm and announced something that broke any hopes I had of being athletic.

"You have a fracture around the elbow area, and..."

Seriously, I don't know what he said after that. I kind of just zoned out and didn't pay attention to anything until I was home and my arm was in a sling with a hard cast over it.

Then I think I started crying. I don't know. Last night was pretty much a blur and I can't really tell you much detail, 'cuz I don't remember shit.

So, sorry.

They gave me a bunch of pills anyway. I think I have a big infection, which makes me feel like shit.

I'll have to say sorry to K-kid, cuz I can't fight with a broken arm. I'm not that stupid!

Anyways, I did get up the next day and I did go to school. It was normal, pretty normal day. I got to skip gym.

Oh, oh shit! I forgot to tell you how that thing went! The gymnastic team thing?

Well, anyway, it was pretty boring, though I did get to have a little fun with it. Once again, I'm going to describe something, okay?

(Oh, and it was this really creative thing. Sakura's idea. She said she got it from a movie and it looked real cool and all.)

First, we got a chair. Sakura sat on it, all poise and elegance (I know what poise means now!), and we lifted her up onto the stage (our gym is built weird, okay? It has a stage that opens up to the cafeteria, and the other side is the gym). Then, me and Sasuke went on other sides of the mat and bowed to each other (This was Sasuke's idea, the Japanese formalities!).

Then we started acting out a fighting scene! I ran towards him and 'tried' a high kick, but he somersaulted sideways. Then, with my other foot, I brang it towards his crouched stance. He blocked it with his arm (He knows tiajutsu and this other stuff. His idea to use tiajutsu. Sakura's had boxing in it, and was more rough and tumble), and grabbed my foot to flip me.

Once he flipped me, I spun and landed a foot or so away in a crouched stance. Then we'd run towards each other and start fighting again.

Of course, there were lots of somersaults and handstands. I always flipped backwards a few times to avoid his punches, and he'd do this handstand thing where he could kind of twirl his legs to kick me twice.

Then, about 2 and a half minutes through, Sakura would jump down, flip and somersault and land right between us, with her hands in the air where our fists were, as if we were about to punch each other and she stopped us. Then, slowly, she'd do the splits and we'd lower our fists and our bodies with her hands.

So, if you get the picture, it's kind of like this: Sakura is the queen, or someone very important, and me and Sasuke are enemies, fighting for her honor or (as Sakura put it, looking at Sasuke dreamily) her hand in marriage.

So, we got 94 percent on it because of Sakura's lack of involvement, even if we (meaning I) complained to him that Sakura came up with most of it.

I can't even remember the whole 3 minutes, so sorry if I gave you a lot of lack of detail.

Anyway! Back to the story.

For gym, I had to sit on the bleachers in my gym clothes, even if I wasn't participating. Every once in a while, Sasuke would look over at me as he was pinning some poor sap down (we were doing wrestling for that unit).

When everyone went to shower or dress or whatever, I had to drag the mats back (Kakashi thinks I'm not that crippled, the ass!). So, I was last in to dress and everything. The bell had already rang, so I thought I was alone.

So, while I was taking off my shirt, Sasuke came in and scared the living shit out of me once again.

I swore at him a couple of times, then turned back to slip my normal shirt back on.

Sasuke asked what happened, and I looked at him over my shoulder and said, plainly, "None of your fucking business, asshole.".

You know what he did after that? He grabbed my broken arm and said "Like hell it isn't!".

I just told him to fuck off again, refusing to wince even though it fucking hurt when he did that.

He went really quiet, and we had a little staring contest.

Then he hit me.

Square across the jaw. I am not kidding you. The little ass socked me one!

I wasn't expecting this, mind you. So I went down like a bag of rocks.

I just kind of lay there, stunned out of my fucking mind.

Then, before I could even call him something, he bust out with something I never would have suspected from the ice prince-with-an-icicle-up-his-ass.

"Fuck, Naruto, am I allowed to be worried about someone I consider a friend?"

Before I could say anything again, the asshole ran out of the gym faster then he could say 'usuratonkachi'.

Now you have to understand: this is very out-of-character for Sasuke. So, when I was walking home after that, skipping the rest of my periods because that was a very fucked-up encounter, I was really considering the chances of Sasuke being taken over by aliens.

After I got home, I went to sleep. I'm severely lacking that lately.

When I woke up, it was to a knocking on my door. And, of course, it was none other than Iruka.

I was very aware that he might be moving and that this might be my very last visit with him. So I was kind of sad.

Yet he was smiling and humming as he cooked us lasagna. So, since I'm really dumb when my brain is clogged with sleep, I thought he was happy that he was moving. That made me even sadder.

But, over a reeaaaallllllyyyyy good dinner, he told me something awesome:

HE ISN'T MOVING!

I literally jumped over the table and hugged him. I got lasagna all over my sling and cast and shirt and everything, but, fuck, I was happy enough to do anything, even eat furry lasagna that still tasted like heaven!

Then Iruka told me that Haku was moving to a higher grade a little earlier, next Monday, so that made me sad again. But only a little. So I have to say goodbye to him soon.

Of course, I have to think positive and know that I can go and visit him on the East wing anytime I want! So I'm happy with that! Think POSITIVE, NARUTO!

Anyway, this was a long letter, so I'll cut it off right now.

Bye, and I'll send your next letter in a couple of weeks!

Sincerely Yours,
Uzumaki Naruto

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I'm sorry for taking so damn long XD Damn I suck.

No computer no writing+bad grammer. So Mwah

…Yeah.