School was about to end, and like always, my eyes always seemed to close during Iruka-sensei's lecture. Dreams filled my empty mind as I slept behind my text book. Then a smile crossed my face as I dreamt about my first encounter with my senpai:

It was earlier this year when I was placed on cleaning duty because Sakura was at home sick. My cleaning partner bailed on me, so I was stuck doing everything but myself.

"Stupid Kiba, always bailing on me when I need him!" I growled while I mopped the classroom floor.

As soon as I finished, I put the mop away and walked to the board to clean the eraser. I stared at the chalk filled eraser and smiled mischievously.

'Iruka-sensei should be coming back soon...hehehe maybe I should mess with him a lil for giving me all those detentions~'

I laughed to myself as I grabbed a chair to stand on. I opened the door slightyly, placing the dirty eraser at the top so when Iruka-sensei came in, it would hit him.

'Hehehe he won't know what hit em!'

I quickly moved the chair and stacked it by the wall. I then looked at the clock, measuring how much time was left before he would come in.

I leaned against the wall, waiting for the five minutes to pass by. But like always, my patience grew thin. Waiting by the wall was boring, so I decided to look out the window instead. I watched the boy's baseball team run around the school, their voices tired yet full of energy as their coach yelled at them. My eyes then moved towards the boy's soccer team, watching them kick around the ball while shirtless.

Drool slowly escaped my mouth as my eyes feasted on the many shirtless boys on the field. "They are all so hot~ Heh I kinda feel like my grandpa..." I whsipered to myself.

The five minutes passed by and he still wasn't here. Sighing, I decided to remove the earser from the door so I could go home. I grabbed a chair off the stack and walked back to the door.

As soon as I approached the door with the chair in my hand, the door slid open. The eraser fell and dirtied the hair of the most popular kid at school: Kakashi Hatake.

Regret took over as I watched the silver haired boy stare at me as the earser slid of his head. My mouth began to mouth rapidly but no sounds were heard.

He then looked down, stared at the earser, and bent down to pick it up. "I haven't seen somebody do this since middle school," he said indifferently.

"I-I'm so sorry senpai!" I yelled with a bow, "It was meant as joke for my teacher! I-I didn't mean--!"

"Relax," he said with a yawn as he walked passed me. He brushed the chalk from his hair and sat on the floor under the window. "Hmm how should I put this...My first impression of you: you're an idiot."

His words pierced me like a dagger. 'My senpai thinks I'm an idiot...'

He then patted the floor next to him, inviting me to sit next to him. "Since you're already here, might as well come sit with me."

I looked at him confused. 'What is he doing here? And why even invite me to sit after what I've done.'

He took out his book and began to read. "Are you going to sit or what?"

I didn't know what to do. Leave or sit with the most popular boy at school. 'Well Naruko, this might be you're only chance to talk with a hot guy like him before you end up with some basic dude so might as well.'

I shrugged my shoulders and went to sit next to him. We sat by each other without saying a word. He read and I watched his eyes follow the words of the page.

It was awkward, so I decided to start up a conversation. "Sooo...why're you sitting here senpai?"

"Because this is the only classroom unlocked at this time."

"Huh?"

"Iruka-sensei always forgets to lock the classroom before he leaves. Besides, this is the last place my coach is going to find me in."

'So he's playing hookie from basket ball practice?! But he's the star player!'

"But uh...don't they need you at practice? You are the captain of the team," I asked awkwardly.

"Yeah, but I like to show up whenever I feel like it. Time is a human construct, so I might as well construct my own time and show up whenever I want."

'What...? And he called me an idiot?!'

"You know," he said while closing his book, "There's a lot more to life than just showing up on time or being where you need to be...Have you ever stopped to just look around you? People are always so focused on being somewhere that they don't notice how they get there."

His words were meaningful yet ridiculous. 'This guy really goes by the beat of his own drum...heh I like that.'

He turned to face me, his eyes scanning my own as if he were analyzing my soul. "I think you're an idiot," he said with a small laugh, "But there's something about you that's almost...refreshing."

My heart began to beat in my chest as my cheeks warmed up. "T-thanks...I guess?"

"No problem." He stood up off the ground, putting his book away in his bag. He stretched his back, taking his time. As soon as he was done stretching, he placed on his bag and began to walk away. "Well, I think I've bothered them long enough, and knowing Gai, he's probably running around looking for me like a try hard."

I laughed awkwardly as I watched him head towards the door. He was about to head out the door when he stopped in his steps, looking back to face me. "By the way, I never got your name."

"M-my name? It's uh Naruko. Naruko Uzumaki, ya know!"

He chuckled and gave what seemed like a smile. "Well, I hope to see you on the pathway of life, Naruko Uzumaki."

I became flutered by his quirky yet cool goodbye. "Y-yeah! Believe it!"

He left that day without another word as he took my heart for ransome.

"Naruko..."

I pouted in my sleep as I wiped the drool from my mouth and turned to lay on my other cheek.

"Naruko..."

I felt the pain of someone pinching me on my side. "Ugh...stop pinching me..." I mumbled in my sleep.

The pinching then stopped, allowing me to sleep peacefully. But then a loud sound came from atop of my desk, causing me to jolt up in suprise. "What the heck?!" I yelled in annoyance.

My angry expression soon dropped to a shocked one as I saw Iruka-sensei fumming with anger as he glared at me. "I hope you're well rested, because you're going to be spending the next few hours cleaning the classroom on your own!"

The bell then rang, ending the class. Everyone quickly packed their bags and left as they laughed at me. I turned to Sakura and saw her getting ready to leave as well.

"Sakura-chan~ don't leave me~" I whined.

"Naruko, do you know how many times I tried to make you up? Geez you never learn, dummy!" Her phone then vibrated and she quickly reached in her bag to take it out. Her face lit up as she read the notification she had received.

"Ahh! Naori wants to meet up at a cafe! Hopefully she'll invite me to a mixer with the Saint Madara boys~"

My eyes rolled as she mentioned our rival school. "What's so great about that stupid school anyway? It's full of stuck up rich kids that are all related someway or another to each other. That school's basically a mafia," I commented with my pinkie in my ear.

"First of all, the boys there are hot. Second of all, can you stop picking your damn ear?! This is why you're single! Cuz you can't act like a lady for even a second!"

"Huh?! Last time I checked you're just as single as I am!"

She pointed at my posture, my ears, my nose, and then my legs. "You're always slouching, picking your ears, picking your nose, and man spreading everytime you sit! And let's not talk about what you wear when you're not in your uniform. Ugh, Naruko, I wish you would just let me give you a makeover! Let your hair down, wear some makeup or something!"

I shrugged my shoulders and removed my bag from my desk. "For the record, I like to buy whatever's cheapest. I don't have money to spend on 'nice clothes.' Besides, if I'm gonna be with a guy, it's because they like me for who I am and not what I'm pretending to be. Maybe you should try being a little more like yourself sometime, Sakura-chan."

She growled in anger, storming out of the classroom. Screw her. She can be so bitchy sometimes...

I sighed as I stared at the classroom. Welp...I better get started.

An hour passed and I had finally finished cleaning the room. I stared at the clock and noticed that Kakashi-senpai still hadn't stop by. Maybe he's actually at practice today...

I sighed, admitting defeat for today. I picked up my bag from the floor and headed towards the door. I walked out the classroom, down the hall, then down the stairs to the first floor. While walking, I heard yelling from outside.

"Kakashi!" "Kakashi-senpai!" "Hatake-kun!"

I quickly looked out the window and saw multiple players from the basketball team searching for my senpai. He's not at practice? Then maybe-!

I ran back up the stairs and towards the classroom. I reached for the door, opened it, and saw my senpai sitting under the window with a book in his hand. He looked up from his book and smiled at me. "It's you again."

I was out of breath from running. I stared at him, waiting to catch my breath before speaking.

"Are you going to sit or keep panting at me?"

I took a gulp of air and walked towards him. "Senpai, your team's looking for you..." I managed to say.

"Huh? Oh yeah...maybe I should go, but I just got here. I'll let them wait another five minutes."

He was dressed in his basketball uniform and his gym bag sat besides him. His eyes never left the pages of his literature.

Ugh Naruko, do something! Your whole future is riding on this moment!

"Um senpai...I-"

He suddenly closed his book and began to pick up his bag. "Well, I guess I'll be going now."

Huh...?

He stood up off the floor, making his way to the door.

"W-wait!" I blurted without thinking.

"Yes?" he asked as he looked back at me.

My cheeks burned from what I was about to say. Alright Naruko, be honest!

"I think you're hot!" I yelled.

He stared at me, blinking a few times before he broke out into laughter. "Hahaha you're an idiot!"

Ugh what was I thinking?!

I covered my face with my pigtails, unable to look him in the eye. But his hands slowly touched mine, sending butterflies to my stomache. He removed my hands from my hair and then placed his hand on my chin, lifting my head so our eyes could meet. "You really are refreshing Naruko Uzumaki."

It was as if time itself had stopped. My heart was pounding madly in my chest and my face was redder than my mother's hair. "Uh senpai...I like you..." I mumbled without removing my eyes from his.

"I know," he said with a laugh. "I'm not going to give you a response until I feel like I'm ready too, but I'll give you this: I think you're a cute idiot, haha."

He thinks I'm cute?! Ahhshsjsj!

He removed his hand from my chin and began to walk out the door. "If you want, you can come to our practice today."

My face lit up like a christmas tree. "Y-yes! I'll go!"

He chuckled as he walked out the door. I happily followed behind him towards the gym. I'm gonna marry my senpai, believe it!

Hi! Thanks so much for reading so far!

This is one of the slower chapters in this serise, but it's important. Every chapter is important, especially the ones after this chapter! I'm gonna be dropping some clues about Naruko's and Sasuke's past throught the next few chapters, so be prepared lol.

So far I have up to chapter 15 written, and I can't wait for you guys to read them! I'll be releasing each chapter ever 2-4 days so it gives me time to write more chapters ahead of time.

I'm not gonna spoil anything, but I can tell you that it's getting pretty crazy up ahead heheh~ (You might need some tissues~)

Thank you all for keeping up with this story. I truley appreciate all your comments and reads!

See y'all in 2 days!

-Otaku-Chan~ (w)/