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Chapter 6

"Ino… do you have to hold onto my arm like that?" asked Naruto as his arm was losing blood by the death grip the young Yamanaka had on it.

"Mmhm." she said in a dreamy state as she let her head rest on his shoulder.

Naruto gave a sigh, 'I don't even own my own arm anymore?' but he decided to drop the topic.

Ino took the sigh from Naruto as an annoyance. 'I hope I'm not getting on his nerves…' she thought sadly as she slowly broke her hold on his arm and took her head off her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Naruto-Kun…"

"Eh? For what?"

"For annoying you…" she said, pain cracking her voice.

"Huh? Wait? You're not annoying me Ino-Chan." she raised her head a bit because of the suffix. "It's just that, well, I haven't really had anyone want to be my friend…"

Now she was on the verge of tears, 'No one wanted to be his friend? Why? He hasn't done anything that I know of.'

"Anyway Ino-Chan, I don't mind you holding onto my arm. Don't think I'm annoyed by It." he then offered her his arm, which she hesitantly took but was happy to accept. She made a mental note to ask him later about his friend problems but right now she was happy to be by his side.

As the academy came into view, Ino saw Sakura following Sasuke. 'Heh, Forehead will never get him, and if she does…' Ino takes a glance at Naruto. 'He will never be as good as Naruto-Kun.'

"Hey Forehead!" Ino shouted. Sakura face faulted as Sasuke vanished in a blur.

"Great job Ino-Pig, now I don't know where Sasuke-Kun went!" Sakura shouted as Ino and Naruto approached her.

"Sakura, you know the way Sasuke-Kun is. He doesn't want us to bother him, why don't you talk to me and Naruto-Kun?" said Ino as Sakura gave a quick look at Naruto with an obvious blush on her cheeks.

"H-Hi Naruto." Sakura said, not looking up at the boy.

Naruto slightly waved his hand ever so cooly, "Hey." He simply said.

'Okay Sakura, I said to talk with us. Not try to get my Naruto-Kun. Wait, my Naruto?'

"Sakura… why did you become a ninja?" Naruto asked.

Sakura was brought out of her blush and she turned her head, "T-To become a great ninja."

Naruto could tell she was lying, after all, he knew how to hide his feelings better than anyone. "Why did you want to become a great ninja?" he continued.

"Umm…"

Ino took a chance to expose the young pinkette. "I know why! Forehead here wanted to get close to Sasuke-Kun, that's why." she said.

Sakura lowered her head, obviously shameful at the truth. 'I really am pathetic…'

Naruto on the other hand had different thoughts. "Okay first things first, I'm glad you didn't deny why you became a ninja." then Naruto put a hand on Sakura's shoulder, "I'm also glad that you are following your heart Sakura. If you really want to be with someone that badly, you should do whatever it takes to get that person. Although it does seem rather strange if you find true love at twelve years old… anyway as long as you don't hurt anyone else, I'm glad you followed your heart Sakura." Naruto then gave a heart-warming smile.

Sakura felt like she was on the verge of tears, she always thought she was a pathetic person because she became a shinobi just for her Sasuke-Kun, but Naruto said he was fine with that. 'He's so good with words… and his touch is so warm…' thought Sakura. Sakura then took a bold move, she latched onto Naruto and buried her head into his chest. "Thank you Naruto-Kun." Sakura said, blushing madly but loving the touch of her blond group member.

Naruto was a bit shocked at her move, but brushed it off and returned the embrace. A few moments later, the two of them heard someone clear their throat. They turned and looked at Ino who was tapping her foot on the ground. Naruto and Sakura both broke the embrace. Sakura was red as a tomato while Naruto had a tinge of pink going across his cheeks.

"Naruto-Kun, you go ahead. I have to tell Sakura something in private." Naruto sighed but nodded as he continued to the academy.

"Okay forehead, what the hell do you think you're doing hugging MY Naruto like that?" Ino said sternly.

"Whoever said he was yours Ino-Pig! He's mine!" Sakura said but covered her mouth and turned her head away from the platinum blonde.

"AHA! You are after my Naruto-Kun! Stay away Sakura, He's MINE!" Ino said while putting a finger to Sakura's chest.

Sakura just brushed it off and started walking past her blond rival. "I'm going to get a seat next to Naruto-Kun." she said as she began running to the academy.

A tick mark appeared on the top right of Ino's head, "Not if I get there first!" she shouted as she began to chase her pink haired rival.

-At the Academy-

Sakura and Ino approached the academy and saw a commotion going on in the playground. They turned and gave each other a questioning look, both nodded and walked to the center of the commotion. When they arrived they saw a crowd which they squeezed past. They were shocked as they saw Iruka holding a green jump suited boy back from Naruto.

"I will show him what hard work can do! I will show him the power of youth!" shouted the green suited boy.

"Listen, I don't care how strong you think you are. You're not in my league so if you don't mind tell you and your little team to get out of my way."

"Naruto, they are already genin, show a little respect for them. They are here because they were going to give a small speech about how the life of a ninja is."

"Shouldn't Jonin do that? I mean these three look like they barely were able to become genin."

A tick mark appeared on all three of the Genin heads as the green suited one started flailing even more, trying desperately to get at the blond boy.

"Who are you jokers anyway?" asked Naruto.

"Alright listen you little punk, if you think you're better than us…" started the girl.

"I know I'm better than the three of you." Naruto calmly said.

"Then prove it, if you can beat Rock Lee in Taijutsu only, I will admit that you are better than us." the girl said with confidence and a smirk.

'Here I am trying to calm things down, and Naruto starts getting challenges, what am I doing here….' Thought Iruka as he let the boy go.

"YOSH! I will show you my power!"

"I'm ready when you are." Naruto said.

And with that, Rock Lee vanished.

A/N: NEXT Time Naruto vs Rock Lee - Taijutsu fight of a lifetime.

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