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Chapter 2: Sadness and Sorrow

"You idiot!" echoed through the halls of the university as a certain pink-haired girl scolded a blond teen, "You don't even know who is the fiction's greatest detective!"

"Of course I do!" argued Naruto with an angry but annoyed face that later changed to an embarrassed one, "It's... Batman right?"

Sakura just placed her hand on her forehead in disbelief, "Why? Out of all the students in the class, why did I get stuck with you? It's Sherlock Holmes!"

"I knew that! I just wanted to see if you knew who it was!" yelled back Naruto as he turned around and folded his arms. He failed to see a furious Sakura's hand ball up into a fist.

"Don't you ever turn your back on me Naruto Uzumaki!" yelled the emerald eyed girl who punched Naruto into the ground.

An unconscious Naruto stayed in the ground with his eyes rolled to the back of the head. Sakura sighed thinking what she was going to do with this idiot in front of him.

*Flashback*

Sakura was talking to Professor Kakashi in hopes to change teams so she could be with Sasuke instead of Naruto. She nearly dropped out of her class so she didn't have team up with him, but she remembered it was the only class with Sasuke that term.

"The teams are final Sakura and I won't change them." Kakashi said as he was putting he papers inside his manila folder not even taking a look to Sakura's pleading eyes. "I believe this is a good challenge for you. I have taken a look at all of your school's history and I was amazed at what I saw. Straight A's all the way up to this term."

Sakura slightly blushed at her accomplishments but she kept on trying to break down her professor, "Thank you sir, but why do you say this is a good challenge?"

Kakashi smiled and explained to Sakura about his research on his students, "Naruto's grades aren't the best in the class. In fact, I could probably say that he is the worst student in his class. It amazed me that he even got accepted into the university with such scores."

"You still haven't told me what is the challenge Professor," rudely interrupted Sakura whose patience was wearing down.

"I want you to inspire him to get an A in this course."

"WHAT!" exclaimed Sakura with an annoyed face, "You and I know that would be impossible because I don't know who he is nor he knows who I am."

"Well you should start get to know each other," Kakashi gave a confident smile to Sakura who face-palmed her forehead. "Well I have to go now. I'll see you next class."

When he reached for the door knob he turned and faced Sakura who was still in the same spot and calmly stated, "I have a good feeling about you two. Ciao."

With that her professor walked out of the class room and left her alone to think about what he had just said.

"I have a good feeling about you two"

*Flashback ends*

Another sigh came out of Sakura as he kneeled down to wake up Naruto from his current state of being.

"Naruto come on wake up, I didn't even hit you hard. She lied to herself as she had put everything she had in that punch.

A groan escaped from Naruto's lip as he started to come to. Immediately his hand shot up to his cheek that was sure would be heavily bruised the next day.

All he felt was pain on that side of his face.

"You didn't have to hit me so hard," Naruto whined as he got up with the help of Sakura, "Anyways what do you want to talk to me about Sakura?"

Sakura remembered why she had talked to him in the first place before she knocked him out cold, "Well Professor Kakashi suggested we get to know each other so we could do well in the course."

"Sure let's go to a restaurant and get to know each other there. I skipped breakfast because I was running late to class," Naruto suggested to Sakura who was thinking about it.

"Sure!" Sakura replied calmly.

"Ok it's a date!" grinned Naruto like a maniac.

"Fine but it's your treat," Sakura said as she started walking to the nearest restaurant.

Naruto's grin fell as he went to check his wallet. His face fell completely as he tried to convince Sakura to pay for her half, but she declined every time until they finally reached the restaurant where she agreed to it.

There was five bowls in front of Naruto who was eating ramen at amazing speeds leaving Sakura in shock. She only had a salad in front of her that she had yet to finish. They had gotten to know each other like their favorite foods and colors; what school they came from, their hobbies. However things turned when Sakura started talking about her parents. At that moment, Naruto stopped eating and paid close attention to her. The more she talked about them more envious and depressed he became.

She took note of this and stopped talking concerned about the guy in front of her.

"Naruto? Are you okay?" She received no respond from him as he kept on staring at the bowls almost as if something was going to happen. Naruto's mind went blank as soon as she talked about her parents. He didn't even know what he was doing as he stood up and left his half of the bill on the table and went to the door.

Sakura just observed every action Naruto did, but as soon as he was about to leave, she got up and paid the rest of the bill quickly in order to keep up with the blond boy.

"Naruto! Are you okay?" asked Sakura as she reached up to him and once again her question was ignored. He just kept on walking until they had reached a park. He went to the swings and took a sit while Sakura did the same next to him.

"Naruto..." she started but she knew what she was getting in return, nothing but silence.

"Sorry it's just that when you started talking about your parents, I became jealous," Naruto finally answered to a confused Sakura.

"Why would you be jealous?"

Naruto stared at ground contemplating whether to tell her or not.

Sakura stared at him wondering what he was going to say.

"because I don't have parents.."Naruto said sadly.

Sakura felt guilt inside her as she remembered how she was talking happily about her parents in front of someone who doesn't have any.

"Why or what happened?" she asked carefully, "Well if you want to talk about it."

It was Naruto's turn to sigh. He kept on staring on the ground as he began to tell his story.

"When I was a baby, my parents... my parents were killed at our home. Nobody knows who killed them. I don't really know much about my parents except that they loved me dearly. My godparents would tell me some stories about my parents, but in the end of each story my heart would ache so badly that for the rest of the day I would be in tears."

Sakura couldn't help but feel sorry for her partner as tears began to form in her eyes.

"I grew up in an orphanage until I was twelve. Those days were the most horrible. Each day I would wake up with hopes of being adopted by a loving family only to be looked down by them. I would see every friend I made in the orphanage being adopted by families. One by one they would leave with his or her new parents and I would just see them by the window with longing that feeling of being loved being embraced by someone who really cared for me. After all my original friends left, the new kids in there would pick on me and call me names. They would tell me ugly duckling or undesirable. Once they knew what had happened to my parents, they told me the cursed child saying nobody would adopt me because families were afraid of me. I turned to mischief in order to get attention from everyone, but that just made matters worse as they began to distant themselves even more."

Tears and sobs were coming from Sakura trying not to picture what Naruto was confining with her. How could someone endure so much? His pain was incomparable and yet he would smile like nothing was wrong.

"At age twelve I was finally being adopted by my godfather. You had no idea what it was like for me on that day. Finally I was leaving that awful place with someone that new my parents. I was all smiles and happy that I was on my best behavior on that day. I showered thoroughly, I brushed my teeth so hard trying to get them to sparkle, and I even combed my hair neatly. In other words I tried to be the perfect kid. When I first saw my godfather he gave me a warm hug and smile. Oh how I felt in heaven that day. I never wanted to let go but he had to finish the paperwork. He held his arm around my shoulder as we walked out of the orphanage. I looked behind me and finally it was my turn to say goodbye to everyone."

Sakura tears dried as a smile finally began to form knowing that his pain was over.

"However," Naruto continued, "He was only like that for a couple of weeks before he started leaving for his job. He is a writer, a famous one, and he would leave for weeks to places around the world. Sure he left me money but it was the same as in the orphanage. I felt alone. My godmother would come by for a day or two, usually when Jiraiya, my godfather wasn't home. They would never get along even though they were childhood friends. She was had a gambling problem so every time she dropped by she `borrowed' money from me, but I wouldn't mind because she was the only who actually would take care of me."

A small smile formed on Naruto's lips as he looked up to see Sakura who had dried tear marks on her face.

"Don't worry everything is fine right now," Naruto gave his trademark grin before hearing a couple with balloons, a stuffed animal, and cotton candy walk by.

The guy said, "That was an amazing time at the carnival. I am glad we went."

The girl he was with replied, "I know it was so much fun. Thank you for getting me this stuffed panda!"

Their laughter filled the air until they were out of ear's reach. Naruto got an idea to brighten up their moods.

"Hey Sakura, want to go to the carnival with me?" he said with such confidence.
Sakura just was amazed of how he is but just shook her head and nodded with a smile.

There you have it guys I hope you like it because my mind is blossoming idea after idea. Well review and review and tell me what you guys think or what i am doing wrong, until next time...