Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Author's Note:

For some of you that are wondering, this is not a yaoi fan fic, This is how Naruto and Sasuke meet and possibly become friends in the future.

And to answer Kurodarkness's question, This story takes place when Naruto and Sasuke are eight. They just started going to the academy, so Naruto knows nothing about charka. But Sasuke could do the fire jutsu because his father taught it to him before the massacre. And remember Sasuke had more skills than Naruto when he was young. (especially in shuriken throwing.) Also Naruto's healing ability does not happen immediately after being hurt. It usually takes a good night sleep to fully heal. And don't worry, I like Iruka too. He has a different role in this storyJ If you have any more questions feel free to ask and I'll be happy to answer them and Thanks to everyone who submitted a review. I appreciate it, but keep on reviewing I like reading everyone's comments.

Now Enjoy the Story

The sky was gray and the rain storm was slowly coming to an end. Naruto woke to the sound of the howling wind, realizing he was on a bed. Naruto stared at the white ceiling above him for what seemed like hours to him. He slowly and carefully sat himself up on the bed, trying to avoid the pain, but surprisingly there was none. His body was no longer sore and the wound on his arm was gone. Slowly turning his head, he took in his surroundings to realize his location was very familiar. The hospital? How did I get here? The memories of the night before came rushing back into his mind. He hoped that it was all a nightmare, one that he would wake up from pretty soon. But he knew that he had to face the truth…it really did happen. Not only was he attacked for the hundredth time, he learned a secret about himself that would change his life forever. He tried to convince himself that Mizuki was lying to him, but deep down he knew that he wasn't. Naruto was completely lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that someone had entered the room.

"You're up! How are you feeling, Naruto?" Naruto ignored the nurse's question as he stared at his hands on his lap. The nurse walked around the bed and placed a tray of food on the table next to the bed. " Hokage-sama will be pleased to hear that you're awake." The nurse left the room leaving the boy alone with his thoughts once again.

The Hokage was in his office, but he was hidden behind a massive pile of paperwork on his desk. Sarutobi had to deal with all the problems going on in the village, starting with Mizuki. He betrayed Konoha by going against the Hokage's orders and attacking a civilian. Naruto was in the hospital once again, but luckily he was not in a critical condition and it is all thanks to Uchiha Sasuke.

Flashback:

After Genma returned to his team, they decided to split up. They would each go their own direction and meet back at the assigned spot in twenties minutes. Genma would take the left side of Konoha, Kotetsu would take the south side, Izumo would take the North side, and Mizuki would take the right. Twenty minutes later, Genma, Kotetsu, and Izumo returned to the meeting spot.

"Kotetsu, Izumo, Did you locate him?"

"He is not in the North side."

"Nor is he in the South."

"We need to keep searching. Wait..." Genma looked around to see that they were short one man. " Where is Mizuki?" Suddenly the sky lit up and a large fireball could be seen in the distance.

"That was coming from the Uchiha district." Izumo pointed out.

"Lets move out" All three men disappeared from sight.

Back where Sasuke was located, the unconscious Mizuki was all tied up. Suddenly, the three chuunins appeared next to him. Genma was shocked to see a chuunin was defeated by someone who was not even a genin.

"What the hell happened here?" Genma turned to see Sasuke and a unconscious Naruto on his back. "What happened to him?"

"That chuunin attacked and almost killed him." Sasuke said as he gestured to the unconscious blonde. Izumo took the wounded boy off the other boy's back.

"Izumo, take Uzumaki to the hospital"

"Kotetsu, you will take Mizuki. He must be interrogated."

"Hai" Kotetsu and Izumo disappeared to complete their orders. Genma turned back to Sasuke.

"Uchiha Sasuke, you are coming with me to see the hokage."

End of Flashback

Different emotions were going through the hokage's mind. He was relieved that Naruto was found, but was angry at the fact that he was hurt and by a Konoha shinobi no less. He was impressed by Uchiha Sasuke though. He handled the situation well and was able to take down Mizuki. For an academy student to defeat a chuunin is a difficult task to accomplish. You are truly from the genius clan of the Uchihas, Sasuke. Sarutobi was than interrupted by knocking on his office door.

"Enter" The nurse from the hospital entered the room.

"Hokage-sama, Uzumaki Naruto is awake." A smile formed on the hokage's face. Finally some good news. Sarutobi stood up from the paperwork and grabbed the traditional hokage robe and hat that were hung up near the door.

"Please take me to his room" The hokage and the nurse left the room, and headed to the hospital.

In the hospital, Naruto was lying back in his bed. He was having a hard time sleeping because of all the things on his mind. He heard the door slide open and his blue eyes opened to see who came into his room. He was surprised to see a boy around his age walking towards the bed. Looking carefully at the boy, he noticed his familiar face. His eyes were black and the front of his hair hung down at the sides of his face while the rest of his black hair spiked up in the back. He was wearing a black shirt, white shorts, and a pair of black ninja sandals. His shirt opened wide at the collar and had the symbol of a fan on the back. Naruto recognized the boy as one of his classmates from the academy but they never spoke to each other before. The boy happened to have the best grades in the class and was very popular with the girls. But he was known throughout Konoha as Uchiha Sasuke, the soul survivor of the Uchiha clan massacre.

Naruto had overheard the nurses, earlier that day. They were saying that Sasuke was the one who saved him from Mizuki, but they didn't believe it since he was only eight-years old too. Naruto knew it was true because Sasuke was named the number one rookie of his class. His taijutsu was good and had good aim with a shuriken. Naruto was upset and grateful, he was grateful that Sasuke saved his life but he was upset that he was so weak compared to him.

"Are you okay?" Sasuke said, bringing Naruto out of his daze. Naruto responded with a slight nod.

" I guess I should just go" Sasuke turned to leave the room.

"Thank you" He stopped and turned back at the blonde boy.

"For what?"

"For saving my life. I know that it was you."

"No problem, but why were you sneaking around the Uchiha district so late at night?"

"I was running away"

"From that ninja?"

"No, from this village"

"Why?" Sasuke was confuse by the boy's answer.

"It was just too painful" Sasuke could see the hurt in the boy's eyes, so he decided to leave it at that. There was silence in the room until Naruto decided to speak.

"That jutsu you used was pretty strong"

"Not strong enough"

"What do you mean by that?"

"It means that I need to get stronger so I can one day kill him for killing my clan, my brother." The last part was said in a whisper but Naruto was still able to hear it. So the rumors were true.

"All you want is revenge. From what everyone says, your brother must be incredibly strong. You will only get yourself killed. If you want to live, you should just forget about revenge."

"SHUT UP!" Naruto was startled by the change in the boy's voice. His voice was cold and filled with anger. "You don't know anything about me to say that. You don't know what it's like to lose someone so close to you." Naruto looked down to his hands.

"No, I don't…." Naruto spoke with a serious tone in his voice causing Sasuke to stop. " I don't know what it's like to lose someone close to me, because I don't have anyone to lose. I've been alone since I was born. I have no family or friends and everyone in this village hates me. That is why I was running away." Sasuke felt ashamed for yelling at him like that. He's been alone for six months after his clan was killed, but here was a boy who was alone for his entire life. Sasuke could see the pain in Naruto's eyes, pain that he just began to feel. His pain was too much for him to handle. Sasuke put his hands in his pocket and walked to the door. The door slid open when he went to grab the handle revealing a nurse and the hokage.

"Uchiha Sasuke?! Well, it's nice to see one of Naruto's friends visiting him."

"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama. I was just leaving" Sasuke walked out the door and down the hallway until he was no longer in sight.

"Hokage-sama!" The hokage turned to face Naruto. His blue eyes were now serious and cold. " We need to talk…privately."

End of Chapter 4

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