A Tale of Two Prodigies

Hi, friends. So this is the third chapter and I cannot believe this. I got two reviews for the last chapter. I know you guys want some Narusasu like my other fics, but goodness, this is different. Although, Naruto and Sasuke do meet here. I want people to review and tell me how it's going. Especially you, Silkbunnies. Anyway, thanks to Yaoilover1013 for reviewing. I wanted to privately message you and ask for a kind of story you liked, but your PM is disabled. :( Well, I have to get into this mix. Those of you who favorite and follow, could at least tell me how the story's going. It it crap? Is it good? things I need to know. Clearing up confusion will be at end of chapter. Here we go.

Namikaze Naruto was a dimwitted genius and a soon to be prodigy just like his brothers. The five year old would begin his training with the most elite ninja in all the villages. The boy was perfect: father was the fourth Hokage, his mother was the red hot habanero and an Uzumaki, older brothers were all prodigies in their own ways, he had two tailed beast within him, one being the strongest demon alive, and he was going to be trained by Konoha's elite ninja. There was absolutely nothing wrong with hi-

"Fucking shit! For Kami's damned sake!"

Except for the matter: at such a young age, he cursed like a sailor. Naruto stomped on a few weeds, cursing his fate.

He was supposed to be a ninja like his brother's, but he had to wait a whole year to enter the academy. His mother, had caught him cursing, and thus sent him to the village pond to wash his mouth out.

When he argued that his brothers got to curse, she stated that was because they were all in the academy about to be grownups, and even if they were allowed, she better not catch them doing so.

So now here he was, splashing water on his tongue with his brothers and mother watching him.

"Make sure you get the back too." Nagato said.

Pein grimaced. "Don't make him feel worse. Naruto, try not to curse anymore until you're older."

Naruto heard none of Pein's encouragement, and all of Nagato's teasing. He growled. "Shut it. Mommy, tell him to shut up."

"No mom, tell him to shut up. He's the one who cursed!"

"Both of you shut your mouths!" Kushina screamed. And that shut them up.

Naruto stood, when his tongue couldn't take it any longer, and walked to his younger brother. "Hey, Gaara, guess what?"

The red haired infant rubbed Naruto's face and began to talk. "Issa biba ooh oh aaaabaa."

"Yeah, that's why I should be your favorite brother, because I'm not crazy or energetic as those other guys."

He ignored the series of snorts and his mother's small giggle. "Kaa-san, am I off the hook now?"

"Hm." Kushina rubbed her chin in thought. "I'll tell you what, if you could be a dear and pick those weeds for the village, and I'll have your ice cream ready once you get home."

The youngest blond sighed, but nodded solemnly. He supposed this was what he got for cursing.

When his family left, he began picking the weeds. He should be a ninja now. A prodigy no-less. And here I am….picking fucking weeds near a pond. Who gives a shit about weeds near the pond?

He would unleash Kurama and Shukaku on this whole damn village if he didn't get that headband. And the damned village is small, easier to take out. Naruto laughed at that. If he would ever be anything, he'd be a sadist.

You are a Sadist, warren.

Naruto again laughed at the words Shukaku hissed out and Kurama grumbled, angry that he wasn't the only beast anymore.

He should become evil...as a joke. Scare the hell out of his mother. People only believed Kushina Uzumaki was scary because of her attitude.

Unlike him, Naruto was a kid whose destiny was shaped before birth. If Kushina was an animal, then Naruto was a demon that hell refused to keep.

There were obvious sadistic moments where everyone was particularly afraid of Naruto. The boy, as the prophecy said, was to be a God at most.

He would be so even more when he began training.

"Oi, Watch out!" His thoughts were cut out by another voice and a stone smacking his left eye.

The pain was excruciating. It may have been a small rock, but it traveled fast, and it probably left a dent in his fucking head. "Shit!"

A hand touched his shoulder. "Gomenasai. are you alright?"

The person who touched his shoulder was a boy around his age; black eyes, black hair, black clothing. His skin, in contrast to Naruto's, was pale. The only thing they had in common was age.

And upon realizing who each other were, the boys didn't know whether to curse their fate or their luck. Was there ever a time when two child prodigies met under such circumstances?

Uchiha Sasuke, by what Naruto heard, was the most prestigious Uchiha to ever live...after his brother of course. The boy was no doubt going to graduate the academy early and rise in the ranks. The kid was a genius.

Namikaze Naruto, by what Sasuke heard, was a fucking child God of the world. This boy was destined to save the world even before the danger started. He came from a family of humble bloodline creators; he could have Sharingans all over his body if he wanted. To top off his image, it was heard that Naruto was brutal; a sadist; less of a "I-don't-know-my-limit" and more of a "I-don't-have-one" child.

The raven smirked in a smug manner. "It seems that it was a good thing I hit you and not anyone else."

Naruto growled, unaware that he was taking his foxes chakra to look more vicious. His teeth grew into fangs. "You got something against me or something?" Fuck training. Naruto could use the fox now and kill this asshole.

The other boy smirked. "Saying 'or something' really defeats the first something."

"I don't care what I said, I'll kill you!" Naruto got on all fours, ready to pounce.

Sasuke was doing a good job staying calm, although the 'prodigy' was shuddering on the inside. "I was merely stating 'you' because I was supposed to find a friend. My father recommended you."

"So you attack people to gain friendship, huh!? You Uchihas sure do have a weird way of doing things."

Sasuke would have laughed if Naruto didn't pounce on him. As Naruto scratched, Sasuke punched. It would have went on all day if Pein and Deidara didn't come back to check on Naruto.

"Hey! Hey." What the hell's wrong with you two? Naruto, dad is going to kick your ass."

Naruto growled more as Pein pulled him off of Sasuke. "The Uchiha started it. He threw a rock at me!"

"I did not. I was skipping them and you got in the way!" Sasuke was angry for the first time. If his father saw, he'd go on and on about how this was so un-Uchiha like.

Pein growled at them both. "I don't want to hear it. Both of your fathers are best friends and there is going to be hell to pay when they see you guys."

Deidara looked at Sasuke for a moment and walked slowly to Naruto. "Look at you. You have scratches all over you. And is that a black eye? It is!" The older blond began to wipe his brothers face.

"Deidara" he whined.

Sasuke sighed. All he wanted was to be his friend. "I never want to see you again!"

Naruto growled. "Me neither. You're the only one in this village I hate."

"Well everyone in the village is scared of you!" The Namikaze brothers grew quiet as Naruto's eyes widened. He had heard people talking, but he never thought….

Sasuke didn't mean to say it. He was following behind what he heard from other Uchiha's in sympathy.

They are so jealous of the boy for what he has within him. They fear him.

Such a shame. He seems like a good kid. They hate him more than anything.

Before he could apologize, the blond boy ran away with a growl, his head down.

If I'm supposedly a God, why does Kami hate me so much? This was Naruto's thought as the Uchihas walked into their living room.

The boy knew he was over exaggerating, but he just didn't like Sasuke's attitude. Which was why the two sat glaring at one another at dinner, Gaara in Naruto's arms trying to get his attention and Sasuke trying to get Itachi to help.

To top it off, Minato and Fugaku were glaring at their sons respectively, finding out by Pein the incident and fight that occurred hours earlier.

Nagato leaned over to Naruto. "Dad's going to kick your ass if you don't stop glaring and interact instead."

"I don't like him. He thinks he's so cool."

Sasuke was thinking the same thing. Who the hell did Naruto think he was?

"So, I hear that Naruto is starting his training tomorrow."

Minato nodded at his best friend. "Hai, Fugaku. He will be getting trained by Kakashi and I will have some other Jounin there to help with the possible affinities he may have. So, has Sasuke-kun started?"

"Just the basics, he will begin meditating tomorrow."

"That's good, maybe they can train together." Minato kicked Naruto under the table lightly when the boy groaned unpleasantly at his suggestion.

"May even become best friends like you and I." Fugaku did the same thing to Sasuke when the boy sighed loudly.

"Sounds like a plan." While the adults spoke about their prodigies, Minato his current four and Fugaku his two, Naruto decided to give Gaara to his mother and sit in the backyard.

He wondered was this some sort of self-deprecation or was he just taking things out of proportion. It was always 'prodigy this' and 'God-like that.' And if from the villagers, he couldn't be trusted. He just wanted to be a normal kid. The boy believed if the village wouldn't see him as normal, he'd just have to be hokage. That way, he'd be who he really was; someone who worked hard to get where they were.

Naruto's mind was so far in that he hadn't noticed the boy come behind him. "I apologize." Though it was said begrudgingly.

Sasuke. Did he like being overlooked? If there was one thing Naruto didn't like were his own thoughts.

"No. In fact I hate it." The raven sat beside him. "I haven't even fully trained, but they all think I'm something just because of my clan."

"Well, I hate it as much as you do. I want to be a prodigy like my brothers were, I don't want to be a prodigy because of the Sun God's prophecy. I don't want to be a monster. I don't want to be a hero. At least not yet."

Sasuke put his head down. "I apologize once again. My father said I should look for a friend in you because he was overlooked as well. To be honest I didn't want to. I thought you and your family were a bunch of people who actually got what they wanted. I thought you were all arrogant."

Naruto howled into the air. "My family is anything but above ourselves. We can be loud, crazy, sadistic, vicious, and even uncertain. But, we're humble and that's why people like us.

He frowned. "Well….like them. We're not fond of power unless we work for it. I can tell you, the only arrogant person in my family is the Raccoon dog within me."

"Hey, brat!"

The Uchiha looked away, so unlike himself. "I'm not scared of you….not how other people are. I went to skip rocks and think about befriending you, but as we both saw-" He pointed to his and Naruto's bandages- "I didn't need to think about it, but now…"

"But now?" Naruto mocked.

"I can say you aren't arrogant."

"I can say you are very different from other Uchihas."

Sasuke crossed his arms, almost jittery. "Hn."

"But, not by a long shot." Naruto finished.

"Let's start over, eh?"

"Namikaze Naruto, pleased to meet you."

Sasuke mirrored his actions. "It seems that we must do something about our problem or something." If they were prodigies, they'd have to work hard for it. Earn the title.

Naruto laughed. "You know, saying 'or something' really defeats the second something."

The raven blinked and then he blinked again. "Oh." He smiled in realization. "You got me back. But, seriously we can't let people call us prodigies…..not yet."

"Why don't we prove them right. And then we'll deserve it." Naruto suggested.

"Is that a challenge?"

"Yeah. We reach the ranks, let everyone call us prodigies, but all the while…." Naruto froze, turning to the Uchiha and balling his fist. "...We see who's the better of us."

The taller boy moved backward a bit. The determination in Naruto's eyes made the situation all the more fateful. Would he really jump into this? Naruto was a Namikaze. He was vicious animal. Given untamed by hell. He was- Sasuke stopped and punched his palm. He was an Uchiha. "Very well, rival. On one condition."

Naruto's eyes widened a bit. "What's that?"

The two prodigies stood there for a moment, their fists clenched. Sasuke was the first to break the cycle. The raven offered his hand. "We become friends first."

Naruto's eyes widened fully then. He'd lived for five years in the cruel world, but never once had he met someone who really wanted to be his friend. Sure few children in the village were nice, but Naruto stuck to his brothers because no other kid could understand him.

But, here was Sasuke. A boy whose fate was shaped as well. A boy who was overlooked as well. He smiled ferally, but Sasuke didn't move his hand. "Alright. We can be friends and rivals." They shook on it.

Both the boys let out a breath they didn't know they were holding and collapsed unto the ground. "So what's you story?" They asked at the same time. Naruto smiled and looked to the stars. "You go ahead. We have all night."

And so they talked. Until their families came to retrieve them. Until they understood the other. Until they were sure they split the cruelty of the world into two.

The awkwardness vanished as soon as the deepest secrets left their mouths. They thought respectively of each other. Going through the worst in only a span of five years, Harmoniously wishing the best for those who had it worse than them. Both boys who were too young, but had already understood the cruelty of the world. They sat their giving the other a piece of the world off their shoulders, both unknowingly promising that, as long as they knew each other and lived, they would carry the world together.

And so the story goes. It never mattered who your friends were, or where they came from. Hell, they could come out of the sky and scare the shit out of you. Or in this case, be a prodigy looking to hit another in the eye with a rock.

That night, two boys stopped believing that bonds could only be forged with love from the other, or even similarities of likes. They believed that when you allowed someone to bear your burdens, a deep friendship is formed. a bond forged by the pains but kept strong by their love for others to keep going.

They could look at other village children and say "we are the kids your parents warned you about because we are too smart. We are the boy who his overlooked, but shoulder to shoulder with his best friend. We know too much about the world, so you can never understand us."

And that is what could be believed until their dying breath. While praying, like hell, that it was not just a dream.

Did you guys like that? Next Chapter the conflict will begin. Also, like the original, Naruto will still be unliked by villagers even though his father is hokage. You'll actually see why soon.

As I've said, Pein and Naruto have a very strong relationship. You'll understand why in the next chapter. In fact, all the Namikaze brothers always look out for one another. It's their thing. I'll add more about them so you guys can connect with them more.

Sasuke is a bit ooc in this because he has no reason to be a brooder and grumpy. His clan will not be massacred. However, he still has that touch of arrogance to him.

School starts soon for these kids and it will either be the best or worst time for Naruto and Sasuke. The story has officially begun. and there's no turning back now.

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