Well, I'm still learning my way around the website, but I managed to upload this new chapter. I hope you enjoy it and please review! I really want to know if I'm doing okay and you like it;I still have my doubts. XoX

Also, there's something I want to explain, just in case. This story is not a series of one shots. Is a complete story, but I'm taking these first chapters to introduce the main characters in a way that you know a little about them. Of course, you'll learn more as the story progresses, but its like an intro to them, I guess? Hehe well, anyways, on with the story! I hope you like it :)


CHAPTER 3

Down the Road

"Oi! Sit down or you're gonna crack your head open!" Alfred shouted with an evident tone of annoyance. Between the laughter of his chattering men, the squeaking of the old truck, the sound of boxes hitting each other, and the loud mouthed kid in the back were causing him a headache he feared not even his trusty Bailey's jug would not cure.

"Well hurry up then! My grandma moves faster than this! And she isn't even alive!" a young voice retorted from the back of Alfred's old moving truck. Shuffling was heard, along with a couple of boxes falling and a string of curses before the head of a young blond appeared from the door frame to the back of the truck.

"Well, what you in a hurry for? It ain't even seven! And quit talking like a bloody sailor." the Irish man complained while glancing at the boy through the rear-view mirror. "And sit down already! You're going to break something, and if you do I swear its coming out of your check!" and with that, the blond sat down in the passenger seat beside Alfred. His sapphire eyes glanced at the green eyed driver, unconsciously pouting and mumbling on how he was being bossy.

"What'cha say, kid?" Alfred said as he glanced at the boy. He raised his hands up in mock surrender and said it was nothing, but quickly explained himself when he saw the questioning look in Alfred's face. Since Alfred was a very scary looking guy from afar, due to his size, anyone would have confused his look for one of threat, but he knew better.

"Well sorry! I'm just kind of excited about school today! I've got a feeling it's going to be good!"

"Since when do you get excited about school?"

"I just told you! I just got a feeling today's going to be good. It'll pass when today's over! Besides, it's the first day, isn't it supposed to be normal?"

"Yeah but you ain't normal" with a fake undignified huff, the blond turned his head towards the window, with a mischievous smirk on his face that Alfred could not see. He knew that's all he had to do for Alfred to feel sorry and guilty about something, since he was such a softie underneath all that muscle, and besides, he just loved messing with him.

"Well it better pass though, I don't want you moving so damn much so early in the morning anyways." Alfred mumbled grumpily, glancing at him guiltily. The red haired man wasn't usually in such a sour mood, and the blond boy couldn't help the feeling something was bothering him, so he wanted to cheer him up and distract him before he was dropped at school. "He wasn't like this when he left the house, and when he came to pick me up from school he looked as if someone had died. How strange." He made a mental note to ask him about it at dinner. He knew Alfred's co-workers wouldn't tell him anything, because they, in fact, wouldn't notice anything.

The rest of the way was silent, both of them absorbed in their thoughts. Alfred usually drove fast, hence why he always told him to sit down, but today he was going faster than usual. In less than a mile, he was stopped twice by police officers for exceeding the zone speed limit, to which he always had some kind of way to get away with it, yet today he didn't even argue about it; he simply nodded and took the tickets and kept on driving just as recklessly. Eventually they found themselves in slow traffic, and it turned out there was a small car crash on the middle of the road. There were ambulances and trucks blocking the street, plus the affected car and pick-up truck, making them have to take another route to the school. From what they could see, the cars weren't that heavily damaged but it appeared the occupants of both cars got hurt.

"Heh you see? That could have been you Al. Take it slow" the boy said as he watched the scene unfold from his window.

"Nah, the sooner I leave you there the better. You said so yourself, you're excited and it's making me crazy."

"Wow, I feel sorry for whoever just lost that beauty. They better have insurance" one of Alfred's workers said as he peeked from the doorway. The silence returned after Alfred turned in the corner of the street, except from the squeaking of the truck and the occasional chatter from the workers. The boy was lost in thought, wondering if the people from the accident were going to be okay and wondering if today was really going to be as good as he thought. He was taken out of his thoughts when a single drop of water hit the glass window. His blue orbs looked up and saw the darkening sky, and he could hear the faint rumble of thunder.

"It's raining" the boy whispered, slightly disheartened. The rain was pretty to look at, yet it also made him very sad, for reasons he could not understand. He loved the rain when he was busy, away from windows and anything that reminded him it was raining. He loved it because the day would be a little colder, and yet that was the same reason why he disliked it. He always felt like he wanted to cry when it rained.

Sighing, the boy looked out the window again and recognized another figure walking down the street. It was a raven haired boy, about his age, who he recognized as a fellow classmate in his P.E and History classes last semester. If he remembered correctly, his name was Sasuke, and he was good at everything, or so girls kept saying.

Before he could tell Alfred to give his classmate a ride, the truck had passed him and rounded the corner of the street, revealing Konoha High School straight ahead at the end of the one way street. "Oh well, at least he's close by already" he though. The truck stopped in front of the school gates and Alfred handed the boy a small umbrella.

"Have fun kid! I'll see you at dinner" Alfred said with a smile. He was finally getting back to being his usual self. He placed a hand in the boy's blond hair and ruffled it affectionately, making the boy chuckle and gently smack his hand away.

"Yeah, see ya' later Al!" and with that, he hopped off the truck and started walking through the gates. With a chuckle, Alfred started the truck again and before he took off, he caught a glimpse of an orange backpack sitting where the boy just was.

He called out to the boy and handed him the bag.

"Don't be so careless, one of these days you'll lose something important"

"Haha right, right sorry! Bye Al!" and he walked away once more.

"See ya' Naruto" and with that, Alfred drove off.


Now that Naruto has been introduced, the time for everything to really begin is nearing ^0^ well I hope you liked it! please review!

-Aiiro Hart