Hello again!
This Fanfic is evolving in my brain too fast for me to type! -scream- Well, I better get started on the second chapter. Wait… I already am. Pheh. Whatever, I'm going to stop ranting now. Enjoy!
Kairi looked at her feet. She was sitting at Naruto's table, with him staring at her from the opposite side. There was an awkward silence between the two. They had been sitting there silently for a few minutes now. Naruto gulped. "So…" He started, trying to break the long pause. Kairi looked at him bashfully. "H-how did you run so fast? Back there… You were faster than anyone I've seen before…" Naruto smiled, a rosy blush creeping along his face. "I used some of my chakra, is all." Kairi tilted her head in confusion. "Cha…kra?"
Naruto tilted his head. "You don't know what chakra is?" Kairi shook her head. Of course she didn't know, she had never heard of such a thing. "And what's a Hokage and a Kunai?" She returned to looking at her feet. "I don't know any of these things." Naruto sighed and tapped his chin. Kairi saw this. 'He looks so cute when he does that…' Her blush deepened. "Well, the Hokage is the leader of the Fire Country basically, there are other Kage's too." He grinned. "A kunai is a throwing weapon that you can use, but it can also be used as a dagger sort of thing. Chakra is energy that you can use to do stuff." Kairi nodded. All of these things were so strange to her.
"So… how do you know how to use kunai and chakra?" The red head asked, fidgeting with her hands. Naruto gave her a thumbs up. "You go into the academy! It trains you to become a ninja!" Kairi smiled. "Wow… are… you in the academy?" Naruto nodded enthusiastically. "C… Could I join the academy?" Naruto held his chin, and smiled. "Only one way to find out,"
"Class, we have a new student joining us today." Iruka announced, standing at the board in front of the student's seats. "Her name is Kairi, and she has just traveled here from a land called…" He paused. Had he forgotten already? When she had only just said? Kairi stood next to him smiling. "Destiny Islands." She finished his sentence, putting her hands behind her back. "Nice to meet you all, I hope we can all be friends." Iruka gave a nervous smile. "Go find a seat, Kairi, and we can begin the lesson. You'll need to work extra hard to catch up, so don't be slack now." He pushed her towards the rows of students. She scanned over them. It seemed to be a relatively balanced and large group of kids. The red head spied Naruto's spiky blonde hair, and smiled, hopping up the stairs towards the row he was in. She could sense the whole class looking at her, with their judging eyes. The room had gone deadly silent. Her footsteps echoed through the class, until she finally reached Naruto's row. A few whispers arouse from a further back row. "A new girl... I thought that Iruka-sensei wouldn't let new people in half way through?" "What kind of a name for a land is 'Destiny Islands'?"
Naruto looked and grinned as Kairi sat next to him. She leaned forward and looked at the other two people in their row. A long bubblegum pink haired girl with sparkling emerald eyes, and a raven navy haired boy with onyx eyes. The girl seemed to be glancing and blushing at the boy a lot, but the boy seemed to ignore it. He had his elbows on the table with his fingers laced around each other – in front of his face. She wasn't an expert at first impressions, but she could tell he had some serious attitude. Naruto poked her. "What's wrong?" Kairi returned her glance to her friends face. She had never noticed this before, but he had three whisker-like markings on each side of his face. She shook her head. "Nothing!" Naruto just smiled and looked back to the front. Kairi did the same.
The day drifted past, and Kairi learnt a lot of things in that short time. As she was just getting into the feel of things… "Alright, that's all for today. I'll see you guys again tomorrow! You're all dismissed." Iruka smiled, wiping the board. A few people had already left. Naruto got up and put his hands behind his head, grinning. Kairi sighed and stood up, facing her blonde haired friend. "Should we go, Kairi-chan?" She blushed a baby pink. The pink haired girl shoved Naruto out of the way. "Hello, Kairi, is it?" She smiled. Kairi nodded. "My name is Haruno Sakura, pleased to meet you." Sakura bowed, a smile still sticking to her face like bubblegum. Kairi smiled, also bowing. "Nice to meet you also, Sakura-san." Sakura tilted her head slightly. "Destiny Islands? Where is that? I've never heard of it before." Kairi looked away a little. "Well… it's pretty far away from here. It's a series of islands with a variety of vegetation."
Sakura nodded, in understanding confusion. She turned back to 'Mr. Attitude'. "S-Sasuke-kun, may I walk home with you?" A long blonde haired girl poked her head up and jumped onto the desk. "No way, billboard brow! Sasuke-kun's walking home with me!" Another girl poked her head up, and another and another. They began bickering loudly amongst themselves. The boy silently stood up and walked past the girls and stood next to Kairi, still looking forward. "Uchiha Sasuke." he announced, in a straight voice. Kairi kept looking straight in front of herself. Sasuke continued to walk towards the front of the class with his hands in his pockets. He didn't look back.
Naruto popped up beside Kairi. "Please, Kairi-chan, don't fall for Sasuke. He's a jerk." Kairi examined his face. It was dead serious, with a hint of anger and frustration. She nodded, and looked over to the fan-girls who had only just realized Sasuke had slipped away. Naruto began to beam. "Come on, let's go." Sakura swiveled her head around. "Don't think you have a chance with the new girl, Naruto." Her face was extremely scary, where had the pretty girl gone from before? Naruto sweated in fear and quickly grabbed Kairi's hand. "Let's get out of here!" He had jumped down to the door before Kairi could react, and were running down the street. She smiled as she watched the back of Naruto's head and felt his warm hand. Heat panged at her cheeks.
Alright, that's all for now. Review please!
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-Lozzieh.