Chapter One: Tears come too easy

"Mom!! I'm home from school!" A young boy with startling pink hair exclaimed as he ran into

his house to find his mother.

He was very different from other kids. First of all, his pink hair wasn't that common in Konoha

Village. He had inherited it from his mother, Uchiha (previously Haruno) Sakura. His father, very

upset about his SON having PINK hair, told him to stand up for himself and that he wouldn't

help him if people were making fun of him. He was also made fun of because he had very bad

writing skills and often either spelled things wrong, or wrote letters backwards. He hated it when

they made fun of him because he couldn't help being who he was. After all, his idol, and the one

he was named after, wasn't very popular in school either, and he turned out as the 5th Lord

Hokage. His name, as was his Idol's, was Naruto.

"Naruto-kun, I'm in the kitchen. I'm making you some ramen so that you wouldn't be hungry

when I go out to the store." His mother called out to him from the kitchen.

Haruno Sakura, as she still liked to be called, had grown to be a very lovely woman over time.

Her pink hair, down to her wait, was always clean and shone in the sunlight. And her green eyes

sparkled like emeralds. She was also very slim and petite. She hadn't grown that tall over time,

but she certainly had filled out. At least, enough to make her schoolgirl crush finally notice her

and that's how she came to be married to the finest and strongest ninja in all of Konoha.

"Ooo!!! Arigato Momma!!" Naruto thanked his mother happily as he sat down at the table and

began slurping up his ramen.

Sakura giggled at her son's enthusiasm and passion for ramen, just as her late friend had been.

She sighed at the thought of him and went back to scrubbing the dishes so they would be clean

when she got home from the store to make dinner for her husband.

At that moment, the door to their quiet home opened as her husband arrived home from work.

"Naruto, don't slurp your food like that. It's not good table manners." Sasuke said as he walked

into the kitchen. "And I thought I told you not to eat that junk. It's bad for you and it wont

make you grow up to be strong." He scolded his son, which seemed to be a daily ritual.

Sakura frowned a little inside. She hated when he put down Naruto, after all, if he liked to eat

ramen, then he should be allowed to eat it. She wondered why he was home so early and would

now feel guilty when leaving to the store and having Naruto be home with his father to put him

down. That's when an idea popped into her head.

"Naruto, sweetie, would you like to help me with the shopping?" She smiled at him; glad she had

been born with such ideas that formed in her mind so easily. Pleased, she saw him smile brightly

and stand up from the table.

About to say something, he was cut off. "Have you finished all homework or training you need

to complete?" His fathers' words wiped the smile off his face.

"No father." He answered, disappointed as he hung his head and walked out of the kitchen and

began climbing the stairs to his room. He knew the rules, if his homework wasn't done, he

couldn't enjoy fun or leisure activities.

Sakura sighed, another strike from Sasuke. Why couldn't he just leave Naruto alone? She

sighed again as she glanced over at the unfinished bowl of ramen on the table. "Naruto, you

didn't finish your ramen."

The young boy stopped on the stairs and a huge sighed was heard from the staircase. "I don't

want the rest, Momma. Just throw it out." He informed her as he disappointedly made his way

up the rest of the stairs and slammed the door to his room.

"Naruto! Do not slam your door like that, and do not tell your mother to waste food. Get down

here NOW and finish it." Sasuke commanded fiercely. There were rules in his house, and being

respectful and not wasteful was two of them that his son had disobeyed.

"Sasuke, it doesn't matter, I'll finish it. And I have to run to the store for some groceries so

watch Naruto while I'm gone." She said softly as she grabbed the bowl off the table and began

to eat it, her stomach thanking her, as she hadn't eaten in a few days from working so hard

around the house.

Sasuke looked at her angrily and decided to let it slide. He wasn't in a good mood that day and

this wasn't improving it. "Fine Sakura."

Naruto groaned softly when he heard that his mother was leaving and he would be left alone

with his father. He was probably going to get a talking to for breaking rules. He came out of his

room and up to the balcony of the stairs. "Bye momma." He tried his best to hide the sadness in

his voice, so as not to make her feel guilty.

She heard the sadness clearly in his words and looked up to see him fighting tears and she felt

herself almost wanting to run up the stairs and hold her only son, crying with him, until he felt all

the love he needed from both mother and father.

Sakura waved to her son and husband and went out the door. She wasn't even at the front gate

when she heard someone running up the stairs and another pair of feet storming up after the first

pair. She stopped, regretting it all too soon as a loud painful cry erupted from the open window

of her sons room.

This time, she couldn't stop the tears.

And that is da eeeend of the first chapter. I am in the process of the 2nd chapter, yay for everyone... that will actually read this.. probably no one... Read an Review.. or something... or like... email me or something if you read it.. and actually like it... yea...