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Days passed. Those days progressed to weeks. Those weeks, eventually formed into months and still, no one knew. He tried to hide it from Sakura. If anyone were to figure out what happened that day, it would be her. Everything was going smoothly. No one had any suspicions that anything was wrong, until……..

The bell rings, students pour out of the classroom, Naruto follows a little further behind them.

"Naruto Uzumaki? I'd like to have a word with you for a moment if you please."

Naruto stopped, letting the other students pass him by. He didn't notice them though; his eyes were focused on the teacher, Ms….something. Naruto couldn't recall her name. In fact, he couldn't remember any of his teacher's names. He blames it all on him. It's because of him, that he feels like crap. Because of him, he can't think straight. Because of him, he wakes up in the middle of the night screaming. He hates him more than anything.

"Excuse me, Naruto. I was talking to you." The teacher said.

She was standing up now, the classroom empty of all other students, Naruto noticed. Naruto shook his head. He must have spaced out.

"I'm sorry, what?" Naruto asked; confusion clear on his face.

The teacher sighed and asked for Naruto to sit down. He obeyed. He sat down in the second row and put his head down on the desk. He really didn't want to be here. She was probably just going to lecture him about his grades. Tell him how he could fail eleventh grade, how he could bring his grade up, doing extra credit, and boring stuff like that. She might even make the mistake of suggesting a parent teacher conference only to feel sorry for him once Naruto tells her he doesn't have parents or a guardian.

'It's always the same thing with teachers. They never care about how you're doing. They only care about how you're grades are doing.'

The teacher sighed once more.

'Here it comes……'

"Naruto, to tell you the truth, I'm worried about you. Emotionally I mean. I've talked to some of your teachers from last year and in comparison, you're almost a completely different person."

With his head still down, concealed from the teacher's view, Naruto's eyes widened in shock. 'How could she……?'

The teacher continued, "So, I was just wondering, if there was any problems at home that could have brought this drastic change in behavior to occur? Have you been having trouble in school, such as with a classmate?"

Naruto's body tensed.

"I've noticed the way you act towards Sasuke Uchi—"

Naruto rose from the seat angrily flipping the desk over as he stood. The teacher looked at him surprised, not in the least bit angry. Naruto kept his gaze on the ground, his whole body shaking with rage. He looked up suddenly, the angry words flying freely from his mouth.

"What'd you know?! You don't know anything about me so what right do you have to question me?! I don't have a problem! Not with anyone or anything and especially not with Sasuke Uchiha!"

Naruto spit those last two words out as if they were full of poison. With that said Naruto picked up his belongings and stormed out the classroom, banging the door loudly as he walked out. The teacher looked on sadly as her troubled student dramatically left the classroom.

"You're hurting inside……aren't you, Naruto?" she said to herself.

Naruto's anger seemed to come off him in waves. Warning everyone around him to stay away and keep their distance.

'Ms. Tsunade, That's that bitch's name! What does she know?! She doesn't know anything!' Naruto stopped suddenly in the middle of the hallway, his sad blue eyes on the ground.

'She knows everything……'