Hey guys ^_^ I had a few more reviews then I normally get considering I like never write anymore, and well, really it touched me. I never knew anyone really cared about my stories so I just was never really motivated to take time out to write. I thank you. I will most defiantly try my best to write more often, and I am sorry that I don't, but hopefully I can stay on track for those of you that do like my stories. Thanks for being awesome so HERE WE GOOO! ::By the way I keep forgetting my disclaimers- I don't own Naruto blah blah blah we all know :3 he he
Slowly dressing himself in his new school attire Naruto stands there for a moment staring down at himself, 'This is me… well the new me… right? Am I any different… no I am still the same, I want to stay the same that's what you wanted… right mom?' laying his hand over his heart, and closes his eyes while he thinks back to those days with his mother, painting, singing, dancing, so many things they used to do, but it all ended too soon. "Mom, are you happy now, I'm home." Wiping a stray tear from his face Chives calls from the opposite side of the door informing him that breakfast is ready. Half-way tucking his shirt in he grabs his over coat decorated in the school colors and heads down stairs plopping his butt down in his chair.
"Good, morning Naruto." His father sits at the end of the table reading a newspaper and sipping on a cup of coffee. He takes extra care not to get a drop of coffee on the grey paper, wiping his hand right before he touches the paper. Sitting at a slight angle so his arm can rest on the table while he rest his right ankle on his left knee, his attention completely engrossed in the paper in front of him. A man to be admired, a man of strength and wisdom, a man who knows what he wants. Smiling Naruto silently sits and eats his eggs and toast remembering those mornings his mother would make breakfast for him while they quietly ate outside while the cherry blossoms in the yard glistened with morning dew. Nostalgically sighing he looks back over to his father happy to have found him, but somewhere inside he knows that he doesn't belong, so he looks back down at his plate and continues to eat. Shortly after Minato takes a moment to look up from his newspaper ever so slightly that you could never tell, as he watches Naruto eat; he can't help but smile, because his son reminds him so much of the only woman he will ever love. They sit there in the silence of nostalgia, until Chives interrupts.
"Young Master, it is time to be going or you will be late for school." Naruto nods as he guzzles down his orange juice pulling his jacket over his shoulders he runs back up the stairs to grab his bag throwing that over his shoulder then snatching up his iPhone he dashes out the door with a quick wave goodbye. Chives stands next to Minato with a smile on his face, "He is your son." Minato stands up folding his newspaper carefully.
"You really think so… because all I see is Kushina in him."
"Yes, I see the young mistress, but the way he wears his clothes and his determination is all you Master Minato."
"Chives you've been with my family since I was a boy… do you think Kushina… maybe if she stayed she wouldn't have" Chives cuts him off before he can finish.
"Young Ms. Kushina was sick since she was she was born, her fate was inevitable, I don't mean to be blunt, but sir you do need to stop blaming yourself for what happened to her. She did what she had to do and died happy knowing that." With that said Chives bows slightly and takes the dishes away to be cleaned; leaving Minato alone with his thoughts.
"Kushina, if only you told me I could've… I could've helped you." A small tear soaks into the crisp grey paper, and moments later Minato finds himself slumped in the chair hand over his face crying.
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Stepping out of the limo, Naruto begins his first official day of school. The moment he emerges from the car eyes immediately bare down on him; brushing off the awkward feeling he makes his way to the gym to get ready for his first class and as he arrives Sasuke stands outside the locker chatting with some of his friends. He spots Naruto and gives him a wave of recognition, while his friends swarm Naruto like a flock of hawks. Circling around him they examine him up and down determining his status for sports.
"He seems pretty fit like he could have good endurance" the boy that he vaguely remembers as Kiba states.
"Ya, but he is a little scrawny don't you think." The largest kid from the group tosses in.
"Anyone would be considered scrawny compared to you Choji" the group laughs as the guy Naruto recognizes as Shikamaru throws in his own insult. They continue their 'calculations' per se while Naruto just stands there, 'I hope they know I can hear every word!' he screams in his head as a mark of annoyance appears on his forehead. Sasuke chuckles a bit and divides the group.
"Alright guys give him some space; he didn't even say he was joining a sports club." He leads the group into the locker room Naruto following behind. Slowly he gets dressed into his gym clothes Sasuke kindly gave him, he stops for a moment taking in the scent of Sasuke's cologne from the shirt. The scent sends his senses on a whirl wind of emotions, how strong and musty, yet still gloriously pleasant. Naruto allows the feeling to blanket him in its warmth. Sasuke looks over from his locker staring while Naruto stands there slightly holding the collar of the shirt almost like a statue not moving an inch. Confused yet intrigued Sasuke watches for a moment waiting to see if Naruto will snap out of his trance, then slowly it dawns on Sasuke that the clothes he had borrowed Naruto may not have been washed. 'Shit! Maybe thats way he is just standing there? I mean I normally always wash my gym clothes everyday, but I am not a fan of bright colors I may have forgotten? Now there he is frozen afraid to tell me that the clothes smell... thats embarrassing. Ok, just casually ask if he is ok, ya, alright here we go...' he thinks to himself then clears his throat.
"Excuse me Naruto," His sudden noise sends a jolt through Naruto's body causing him to fall over from the shock, frantic blue eyes meet dark coal black Sasuke and Naruto both slightly flush. "Um, are you ok?" His face now a cherry red Naruto looks away from Sasuke just mumbling in a low voice.
"I am just fine." Pulling himself off the ground Naruto snatches up his shoes slamming his gym locker behind him. Sasuke watches him confused, and after a moment he decides to ask Naruto if the shirt smelt bad, but the moment he grabbed Naruto's arm Naruto freaked. Turning around he pelts Sasuke in the face with one of his shoes, in turn from getting fucked in the face Sasuke trips over his own feet tumbling to the ground with Naruto. And once the shock is gone and they come to each of their hearts stop, everyone in the room stops and everything goes silent for a moment. Blood rushes to their faces and then everyone fall over in tears from laughter, Naruto and Sasuke in shock lay on the ground lips pushed against each other in a rough accidental kiss. Shoving Naruto back on the ground Sasuke grips tightly to his shirt and punches him in the face.
"What the fuck asshole!" bringing his fist up again to land another hit Naruto grits his teeth and beats him to it make a quick left hook to the right side of Sasuke's face through the opening he left from pulling his fist back knocking him off Naruto. He then proceeds to grab the collar of Sasuke's shirt preparing to hit him again just to get fist to his gut, stumbling back a little he straightens himself up as Sasuke makes another swing for his face. Ducking under Sasuke's arm Naruto land a hit to his stomach, Sasuke takes a couple steps away recovering from the hit, and then they make eye contact again teeth clenched; everyone around is now screaming in an uproar of enjoyment nothing like a good fight in the morning to brighten the spirits of young men. Naruto and Sasuke prepare to go at each other again; Sasuke regains his composure... then with a single glance they fist fly, each person landing a punch and a kick on the other.
With all the commotion going on in the locker room several teachers run in and stop dead in their tracks, Sasuke and Naruto as this point are throwing each other against locker, cuts and bruises all over their face and hands, and yet they still continue this relentless battle. Finally Gai jump in the middle grabbing on extended arm from each of them twisting it behind their back forcing them both on the ground, "Now what is going on here!" Gai shouts in his usual vibrato, "Why are you wasting such valuable youth in a senseless fight? And it is just the beginning of the day, Sasuke I expected better from you, especially with being a star athlete. And Naruto I just don't know what to say, kind young men like you should have more common sense. Now I commence this ridiculous battle over and as punishment for ALL OF YOU, you will spend the rest of the class running laps, and then two hours after school running more laps; then maybe after today you will learn that youth should not be wasted in useless situation such as this, but more honing your skills to better yourself for society. Now GO RUN WITH THE POWER OF YOUTH!" everyone in the class bolts out the door, many cursing and complain for the fact that they weren't even fighting and still have to console to the punishment. Gai then pulls Naruto and Sasuke off the ground, "And as for you two, Tsunade would probably want to see this so come with me." He leads then into Tsunade's office and sets them in chairs right next to each other, "Now I have to go run a class now, but you two sit here until she gets back and maybe when she is done you two will learn something about proper behavior." Naruto crosses his arms over is chest just fuming, while Sasuke sits there enraged inside; they look over at one another then quickly turn away sparks flying between them. Shizune sits behind the desk making small glances towards them.
"Please sit there quietly and Lady Tsunade will be with you shortly."
And for the rest of the period they stayed in the office being scolded by Tsunade for staring a fight in school, Sasuke got the most of the screaming considering he is considered mister perfect, and after the yelling is done he was dismissed while Naruto is asked to stay for a bit longer. "Naruto, I am a little disappointed I have already contacted your father on the situation this is a warning in this school we do not tolerate fighting in anyway please remember that." he sits there staring at the ground. "You don't have a problem with Sasuke do you? I know you've had some problems at a couple of your old schools..." he cuts her off before she finishes.
"I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYONE!" fist clenched on his lap her words cut through him like a knife brining back terrible memories of faces, bruises, and tears. 'No that is not going to happen this time' she stops and just looks down on him and then just opens the door and lets him go to class. And from the first period to know the word of his fight spread through the school and glares pierce his back, 'Great just what I needed' a young woman with blonde hair approaches him and the moment she stop in front of him her hand comes up and smacks him in the face.
"How dare you get into a fight with Sasuke-kun, who do you think you are? You have no right to lay a finger on him, no right at all!" her neck turns a shade of read from the anger a with every word she pokes him hard in the chest with her poorly done nails. "You could've ruined his beautiful face, or worse got him kicked off the basket ball team, football team, soccer team, judo team, and all the other sports he is in! How can you be so inconsiderate!?" she continues on with her rant jabbing him in the chest, and with every stab he takes a step back until he is completely against the lockers surrounded by... fan girls. Not only did this blonde haired chick start attacking him, but now it seems like the entire student body of women circled around him. 'I don't know what to do? I just accidentally hit him... everything was a misunderstanding why are they so mad? Is he really this popular?' Now all the girls are yelling and stepping in closer, frantically looking around he sees no escape and just then a wisp of pink, and the blue hair surround him, but not in anger. Before him he finds two girls blocking him from the hoard of overly obsessive teenagers, then the one with pink hair spoke, "Really is this right, he is new here back off!" the crowd slowly begins dispersing while the blonde stares her down.
"Hmph, I don't even care anymore he is not worth my time anyways. I have never seen you here before who are you?"
"Just someone who transferred in today not that you really deserve a name, you wouldn't even remember it anyways."
"Fine have it your way, but don't think that you will get off so easy next time." then flipping her hair she walks off down the hall. The girl with pink hair turn around with a genuine smile and holds out her hand.
"Sorry about that, it just seemed like you needed some help. By the way my name is Sakura Haruno it is a pleasure to meet you." Naruto looks down and gently takes her hand, he looks her up and down then over at the other girl with blue hair. When she sees him her cheeks flush red and she looks away. "That is Hinata Hyuuga she has been showing me around, but I figured we would help you out..."
"Um... thank you both I really appreciate it." he looks down at the floor again in a sort of bowing motion and heads off to class leaving Sakura and Hinata standing in the hallway slightly confused. And as fast as his legs could take him he heads down to art class where Sai and Jiraya greet him.
"Naruto you do know the bell rang fifteen minutes ago?" Sai states in a mono-tone.
"Ya I had a bit of an issue with some ladies a bit ago." he simples says while heading towards his little hideaway
"Oh I figured something like that would happen since everyone in the school now knows that you got into a fight with Sasuke, and those girls I will presume were part of his fan club." Naruto stops for a moment and looks back towards Sai confused yet intrigued.
"Fan club?"
"Yes, Sasuke is captain of almost every sports team in the school which makes him quite popular, and he also is the top student. So you can imagine with his seemingly good looks, and perfect demeanor he is quite a catch with many members of the opposing sex."
"You don't say... this place gets more interesting the longer I stay." and just as he was about walk out to his hideaway again Sakura walks in.
"Hello everyone? Huh, wait is this a class?" Jiraya stands up and introduces himself, and the class explaining why the class is so small and once Sakura sees Naruto she smiles, "Well, we meet again. I didn't realize you like art what a pleasant surprise!" her smile light up the entire room, and Naruto gently smiled back.
"Actually it is one of my best subjects."
"Really, I am not very good but I am hoping that this will help me relax a little bit more since I have a very busy schedule, one class such as this is nice to have."
"I couldn't agree more, would you like to draw together."
"Yes please." with that said he takes her to a certain area where he finds it nice a quiet to draw. They spent the period chatting and sharing stories of different schools they have been to, Naruto learned that Sakura's family is big into the medical field and how she wants to be a greater doctor than her mother. Which is why she transferred to Konoha high for the best education she can achieve. In turn Naruto just quietly listened not exactly comfortable with sharing his past in too much depth, he didn't want to make a sour first impression, but from this small moment he can feel how much of a good friend Sakura could become. So silently he listened until the period was over. Then the day went by, a little more rocky then he had planned, but in the end came out ok. Later when Sakura left he moved from the quiet room to his hideaway where he spent it painting a new picture; though this one he is still uncertain of, but all he did know is as he painted it lifted a dark heaviness from his heart.