Mini-Naruto for HalfBlackWolfDemon!
Disclaimer: I suppose since these are required, I must say, "I do not own anything of this fic but the idea!"
viii — friend
The adults told me not to talk to you, was what the crisp sheet of paper read.
Naruto scowled boyishly, crossing his stubby arms over his chest. "Yeah, well… what's your deal then?" His voice had risen to a near-shouting volume by the end of his sentence, and he was well aware, but he could afford no compassion for the girl in front of him when she slightly winced. He definitely was not in the right mood to be played for as a fool by one of the stuck-up village kids.
She glared at him for his offensive outburst (and he was totally fine with that, really, nothing he wasn't used to already), but sighed inaudibly after and went to scribbling on her paper again, using her little hand as a soft surface. The sound of paper cutting through the air was evident seconds later as she keenly flipped her newest message over for him.
They never said I can't write to you, though.
Befuddled, the boy blinked vacuously at her scribbled words. "…huh?"
The other child rolled her eyes, and sloppily wrote for him once more, You can write, can't you?
Naruto eventually found it in himself to swallow past the nascent lump in his throat, and nodded dumbly.
Smiling, Kagome handed him both her pen and notebook.
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.
—Leo Buscaglia
Author's Note: Hrm… which to do next.