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Naruto fidgeted in her seat, trying to get comfortable but not attract any attention to herself. Which was pretty hard considering she was in a class with other kids at least two years her senior. Swallowing she pulled a book out from the bag that the Hokage gave her earlier that morning. Willing away any nervousness she ignored the other kids and read her book. Some, most, of the words were hard to read but Kurama was pretty helpful.

Naruto found herself enjoying the book quite a bit, having a character sharing the same name as you helped as well. She was only a few pages in when somebody sat next to her. She debated on weather or not she should move, deciding to take a stand she stayed in her seat. She stopped reading the book but kept a near possessive hold on it, not moving.

"Hi!" Naruto turned, eyes widened when she saw it was the same kid from months ago. She had no idea how to react, neither did Kurama, so she just stared. She felt slightly bitter towards him since he was the one to get her to realize that she would never have a family. This kid was the same one who made her cry for something she never had, never would have. Made her realize what she wanted more than anything.

"My names Sasuke, what's yours?" The other boy chirped. Naruto didn't say anything, starting to wonder when somebody would pull the boy away from her since she was the resident monster. The boy, now Sasuke, tilted his head; his eyes wide and curious. Naruto, realizing that the boy was waiting for an answer.

Naruto's lips trembled slightly, "N-naruto." Sasuke jumped in his seat, scaring Naruto slightly who tried to back up; she hit the wall, Sasuke fidgeted in his seat. Naruto wanted to think that he was going to get closer, but didn't let herself get her hopes up; not again, never again. After watching Sasuke just look at her, she grew uncomfortable and slowly turned her attention back to the book.

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It was hard to contain himself. It was like having a million dollars in your grasp, but you were barely containing yourself from taking it. You had to earn it, you couldn't take. Given time, that he now had, Sasuke skipped up to the one and only Uzumaki Naruto.

His arms shook from refraining from grabbing her, crying and telling her how much she's missed her. How sorry he was, how everything was going to be ok now. He had to admit, that would scare him, a lot. "M-my names Sasuke, what's yours?"

Berating himself for his stutter, it took even more will not to show his sadness from her flinch. He sat patiently for her to speak. "N-naruto." He hated how unsure she sounded. He jumped again, child like nerves, and was about to start talking only to freeze at her terrified expression. He didn't know how to react so he just stared, hurt by how hard this was and by how honestly terrified she was to have somebody talk to her.

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"Alright class, welcome to the Academy. The place where you will learn to be a ninja, where you'll learn how to protect and bring pride to Konoha. I'm Jiro-sensei, this is Iruka-sensei, the assistant teacher. We will begin by roll call."

Naruto and Sasuke, for separate reasons, fidgeted in anticipation. Possibly gut wrenching fear as well, but who need that when it's forcing itself up from your throat? Eh, whatever.

Naruto jumped when Sasuke told people he was there. The class ruptured into loud whispers at having a young Uchiha in the class. Some of the more involved children, mostly book-smarted and clan/ shinobi family children, were exclaiming how cool it would be to be in the same class as another Uchiha Itachi. Sasuke was torn between pride for people not being afraid, a bonus for the clan, or being incredibly worried for the gradually green-turning-Naruto. He broke into a sweat.

There was only one name in between Uchiha and Uzumaki, Ukuwa Gin. The utter silence from the teachers, spoke volumes to some children. Thinking on who the name could be, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you looked at it, it didn't ring any bells.

Jiro's smile immediately dropped. Why the hell was the demon in the academy, in his class and classroom? He frowned at the symbol by the monsters name, turning the paper he paled. A direct order from the Hokage claiming that if there was any funny business than his ninja registry would be dropped. His jaw clenched and gave it to Iruka.

The result was slightly different, if you counted Irukas shudder.

In a clear voice, resonating throughout the large class room, Jiro asked for the final name. "Uzumaki Naruto."

The class looked around in question for the missing kid. Jiro, loosing his patience far worse than a teacher should. "Uzumaki!" The class was quiet in fear.

Naruto, only a hesitant nudge from Kurama enabled her to speak. "Here." She gulped, breaking into a small nearly unnoticeable smile for her voice not breaking. Kurama also applauded her silently. After a moments silence, Jiro continued the days introductory lesson.

|Two hours later|

"Are there any questions?" Jiro asked cheerfully, happy with the positive nods and dutifully ignoring the slowly growing frantic tan arm in the far back. "No Sensei!~"

He nodded, giving a slight glare to the new teacher who was debating on calling on the demon. "Alright, we'll continue after recess. Why don't you go get your lunch, and play outside?" Kids ran out, excided to get out of their chairs.

Jiro headed for the teachers lounge, Iruka glancing into the classroom once before following. It didn't take much to push away the odd guilt he had for the demon of all things. After all, she was responsible for hundreds of deaths across the village. Loved ones, fathers, brothers, sisters and aunts. Families torn apart by her already bloodied hands. The seventeen year old lifted his head, listening as Jiro talked about the demon and how bad it was going to be. How he was going to make her pay. He nodded to himself, he was making the right decision. No sympathy for the demon.

Oddly enough, he stayed quiet during lunch. Even when asked for his input.

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Naruto's arm fell down slowly, mouth opened slightly. Willing away tears, she rubbed the numbness out of the limb that's been residing in the air since the morning. Was, was she really that bad. All she wanted to say was that she never got the registry packet within the first five minutes. That was all, for the whole two hours. They wouldn't even grant her that much.

She turned sharply when she was tapped on eth shoulder. Her eyes were wet but she refused to let them fall. Sasuke shifted, shuffling nervously at the look at… defeat on the worlds savior. Willing himself to take the step he's been wanting to for the past several years, he lifted up an extra packet. When the teachers left he immediately went to go grab an 'extra.' He would have done it sooner but he himself was in shock by how such a little act, could obviously effect her. Not that he blamed her, it was the first thing that she needed for her shinobi career after all.

"I-I saw that you didn't have one, so I got one from the desk. So-uh, here, you… uh go." Sasuke finished lamely. Naruto was stunned for a moment, but shook her head and hesitantly looked around before grabbing it. Looking around again, she returned to her original position. "Uh, thank you. Um, Sasuke."

Sasuke's grin would have shocked her if she had seen it. She looked up though when she heard a thump, looking up wide-eyed she looked questionably at the five year old. "So, you wanna have lunch together?"

Naruto felt something odd build up in her chest once again. It took a moment before she nodded, still wondering what the hell the kid was thinking. She blinked at the container shoved in her face. She lifted a small finger away, looking questioningly at the kid who was sitting cross legged on the shared desk. "I didn't see your lunch, so I decided to share." Sasuke said (obviously.)

Naruto was about to decline, she did have an apple in her bag, but the smell was better than anything she had ever tried before. She meekly grabbed the container, watching in awe as smoke wafted in the air. It would be normal but… how did it stay warm after hours and why was it so salivating.

"H-how?" She asked. Sasuke, had to resist glomping her from her cuteness. "How does it stay warm?" Naruto nodded, entranced. "I don't know." He replied, being a five year old. Naruto face dropped. Sasuke pursed his lips, this was all a part of his plan. She was just too cute!

"I-I mean, my aniki just told me to unseal this scroll. He said that it would keep it fresh." Naruto nodded, Kurama explaining that it was fuinjutsu. Something she had read about, having slight interest in. She nodded again, grabbing the chopsticks. Twirling the food around, she hesitantly ate some. Her eyes widened, groaning she turned in question. Lifting the food to her chin so she could eat it quicker.

Sasuke tasted iron from the steel grip he had his lips pursed together. He looked down, shoulders barely refraining from shaking. This was better than he had hoped for. "It's ramen. Haven't you ever had it?"

Naruto shook her head eagerly, the broth not going astray at all considering the speed. Naruto decided then and there, that she would learn fuinjutsu solely for the purpose of keeping this heavenly food heated up. It had to be the food of the gods, there was no other way or reason.

Sasuke grinned in complete and utter happiness at the matching grin on Naruto's face. He swallowed in complete relief, this was the start of a beautiful friendship.

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Ok, I really need to say sorry for the utter shortness of this chapter. I struggled with it a lot, as you can tell by the time it took. Next chapter will be much better and much longer, I promise you that. It will also contain another minor time skip. Thanks again, I'll be gone for a while but it should come out relatively soon.

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