The bell rang loudly. Its ringing was like a thousand angels singing to Naruto's ears. The school day was finally over. He was finally free, and judging by the faces of the other students, they were happy too. Iruka had one last say before the class left the room.
"Remember, you'll get your letter today, and make sure you follow every instruction on it."
Naruto wearily rose from his seat. Slinging his backpack over his back he strolled out into the hall. He immediately turned and headed directly for the front door. He had no more business within the damn school. Once again, things didn't work out as planned.
About after a minute of walking, there was a disturbance at the head of the line. Not wanting to be held back, Naruto shoved his way to the head of the line. There, four big thugs were harassing a girl and holding up the lines trying to go past them. Naruto quickly stepped into the scene.
"Hey, what the he-," one them tried to protest at his entrance, but he was quickly silenced by a well-placed punch to the temple, dropping him to the floor. This got the attention of the other three off the girl and onto Naruto.
"Hey you little twerp, what the fuck do you think you're doing?" the apparent leader spat at him, taking a swing at Naruto's face. Naruto smirked to himself. This was too easy again. Nobody here really knew how to throw a punch, much less fight.
Grabbing the guy's arm, Naruto dropped to one knee and threw the man over his shoulder onto the ground, stunning him. He turned around and stood back up in one fluid motion. Facing the other two thugs, Naruto smiled.
Suddenly, he felt hands grab him and put him in an arm lock. It seems one of these guys friends had come out of the spectators and decided to help them. Naruto stared defiantly at the two remaining thugs, who closed in upon him menacingly.
Then, a blue flash appeared, and Sasuke took down one of the two walking towards him with a flying sidekick. He took the opportunity of surprise to elbow the other guy in the mouth, loosening teeth and dropping him. Naruto smiled, and head butted the guy behind him. As soon as he felt the guy's grip go, he elbowed him in the stomach, and then roundhouse kicked him in the face, yelling "Chuck Norris!" His kick sent the remaining guy's face into the nearest locker.
He looked back over at Sasuke and nodded his thanks, noticing the crowd of kids surrounding them had gone completely silent. He heard teachers approaching, and glanced at Sasuke. "You deal with them," he said jokingly. He decided to help the girl they had been harassing.
First he gathered up her books, squatted down and handed them to her. "Here you go," he said, grinning from ear to ear. He opened an eye, and felt a pit in his stomach. Staring back at him was Hinata. She was crimson, and lowered her gaze as soon as he had opened an eye.
"T-T-Thank y-you N-N-Naruto-kun," she said shakily, taking the books from his hands. "Y-Y-You didn't h-have to do t-that for m-me."
Naruto just smiled goofily, closing both eyes in the process. "Well, don't you worry Hinata! When ever you want me, I'll be here for ya!"
He heard a thump. Opening his eyes, he saw that Hinata had fainted. "Argh! What did I do? Did I say anything wrong?" He grabbed his hair with both hands.
Out of the crowd, a bunch of girls materialized and surrounded Hinata, pushing Naruto out of the way. Naruto got up and brushed himself off. Turning, he went over to Sasuke, who had finished talking to the teachers, who were busy escorting the hurt students to the nurse's office. "Well? What's our punishment?"
Sasuke smirked. "A harsh warning." This made Naruto grin. "So Naruto, where'd you learn those moves? They weren't half bad."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "I'll tell you if you tell me where you learned your moves, which weren't that bad either."
They stared intensely at each other for a few seconds. Then, they both laughed, and walked out to where they had left their skateboards.