NC: This is going to be a short AN, because I'm rushing to update. I'll put more up here later, so LATERS!!!
8-year-old Sasuke laugh cheerfully as he played with the other kids at the playground. It was their thirty-minute lunch break from the ninja academy and he had eaten the lunch his mother made in a flash before going to play. As he slid down the slide, laughing like a maniac, he couldn't help but notice someone sitting on a swing hung by a tree far away from them. No one else was there, he was all alone, looking at the playground sadly.
Hmm…I think he's one of the first years. He's probably shy, I'll go invite him over! The Uchiha thought and, with a smile, he made his way towards the strange, blond boy. But then, someone grabbed his wrist.
"Sasu, I don't think you should play with him. My ka-san and to-san always tell me that he's really bad and that anyone who plays with him is only going to get hurt." A playmate of his said.
"That's what mine said too."
"And mine."
"Same here."
Sasuke looked at all the kids from his class, who were saying the exact same thing. Their parents called the lonely blond boy bad, and Sasuke couldn't remember someone doing anything bad enough to get everyone's parents against them.
"Well, Oka-san always told me to make friends with lonely people so that they won't feel lonely no mores. So I'm going." He said before making his way towards the boy. Blue eyes looked at him and, for a moment, the Uchiha thought he saw a bit of fear, before hope began to shine in them.
"Sasuke!" The young Uchiha flinched and turned, seeing his father who must have been passing through. Next to the clan head was his elder brother, whose eyes seemed to be focused on the lonely boy Sasuke himself was prepared to talk to.
"Hai, Oto-san?" He said, going to the elder man.
"I don't want you anywhere near that boy, understand?" Sasuke looked up at his father with confusion evident on his face. His Oto-san hated the boy too? Turning towards the blond, he wondered what exactly the child did to earn the hatred of, not only his father, but also everyone's parents. It was just…weird.
"H-hai." The youngest of the three muttered, still looking at the boy, who seemed depressed again. Fugaku nodded and walked away, but Itachi stayed behind, still staring at the blond before making a noise of annoyance and walking away.
Sasuke couldn't figure out if his Nii-san was annoyed with him, with the blond, or with their father.
"Ooo, look at that ugly forehead!"
"Billboard brow! Billboard brow!"
"She's such a weird-o."
Sakura sniffled and cried, trying to block out the teasing coming from the other kids in her class. They were all poking fun at her and teasing her about her huge forehead. She tried hiding it with her bangs, but that just made things worse.
"Leave her alone!" Someone shouted. She looked up from her hands and saw a boy in front of her and blocking her from her bullies.
"Are you sticking up for the forehead freak?" Someone asked accusingly.
"No, cuz the person I'm sticking up for isn't a freak! I think Sakura-chan is really pretty, so stop making fun of her and GO AWAY!" The stranger demanded. With a scoff, the others walked away, deciding that their fun wasn't worth getting their ears blown off by his loud voice.
Sakura was looking up happily at her savior, thinking it was like the fairy tales and he was her knight in shining armor or something to that effect. The boy turned and sympathetic blue eyes looked down at her.
"You okay, Sakura-chan? Don't listen to those dumb bullies! They're just jealous that you're going to grow up to be prettier than them." He said with a wide grin, stretching out whisker-like scars.
"Th-thank y-"
"GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!!!" Someone suddenly shouted and the blond was hit away. Sakura looked up and saw her parents. Her mother immediately pulled her into her arms and her father was glaring angrily at the boy.
"Shh, shh, Sa-chan, that boy isn't going to make you cry anymore." Her mother said.
"B-b-b-but, Oka-san! Oto-san! He wasn't the one who made me cry! He helped-"
"Don't stick up for this monster, Sakura!" Her father ordered, cutting her off. He was glowering down at the child, who was trembling in fear. "If I ever see you near my daughter again, I'll make you wish you had really died that day, DEMON!"
With wide, watery eyes, Sakura's knight got up and took off down the path. She watched after him, feeling really sad and she pulled away from her mother. "I can't believe you did that, Oto-san! He didn't do nothing to me! He helped me when those bullies were teasing me about my forehead!"
"Oh dear, he's brainwashed her, honey! Come on, Sa-chan, we'll get you some help." her mother said sweetly. She lifted her daughter up into her arms and ignored any objections the young girl was throwing.
Naruto sighed in frustration while laying on his sad excuse for a bed. He was unbelievably, inconceivably, super, completely, to-the-bone BORED!!!
His body was not used to more than four hours of sleep! Between training, avoiding Zetsu, and trying to become stronger without one of his two senseis behind him, he didn't get a lot of sleep. Four hours was a privilege, five hours was only if he was in a lot of ache and pain from a previous mission or Itachi's training brought up another level. He had never slept more than five hours, 28 minutes, and 43 seconds since he was a child! He may have laid in bed for hours if Itachi and Kisame were on a mission and they couldn't train him, but, even after that, he's usually in his mindscape training with Kyuubi! At the moment, the kitsune was asleep, so he had nothing else to do!
Five more hours until we have to meet with Kakashi and another three before that sad excuse for a sensei shows up! This is the most ridiculous mission I've ever been on! It's even worse than me having to seduce that gay pedophile in the Cloud! At least then I was allowed to kill him if he got too close! Naruto shivered at the memory of that pervert and turned to the side. He had occupied his time hours later by manipulating his two teammate's dreams so that they would remember him, even by a little. Then he went for a run around the village. Beat up a few trees, scared the pants off of a few villagers, snuck into the Hokage's office, stole some ANBU masks, and then found some female dog pheromones and spread it all over a bunch of villagers he couldn't scare before. All this without getting caught and within three hours. Now he had nothing else to do and was BORED!!!!!!
"Maybe I should go to Kakashi-sensei's and burn his books. Nah…he's a jounin. The only reason I was able to get past the guards at the tower was because I used Kage Bunshin as a distraction. Grr…WHAT THE HELL IS THERE TO DO AROUND HERE?!" He shouted in pure frustration.
Sighing he just laid there, fiddling with a necklace which was a habit he picked up. Whenever he was bored, stress, annoyed, or any combination of the three, he always played around with that necklace. It wasn't anything fancy, just a silver dragon head with ruby eyes. He had got it on his first mission with Itachi and Kisame, which was a successful one too. Since then, he had never taken it off, the eyes reminded him of Itachi, so he would think about the man whenever he touch it.
He'll come for my report just before the Chunin exams. Damn it, 29 days is too long! Not that I'm keeping count! Hmm…maybe I could look into this Gaara kid a little more. I didn't find anything in the old man's files…All right! A new way to pass the time! The blond snickered before digging into his closet. He found the darkest clothing in there, a smooth ANBU mask that was missing the animal face and the usual decorative designs and a bandana to cover his hair. Tying on the bandana and the mask, he slipped out of the apartment and ran to one of the many secret exits he had found a few hours ago.
Short, I know, update soon!
