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Chapter 4
Returning to were we left before the flashback… The following day, Naruto started the day with biology. There he sat next to Kiba, who was the only person he knew from that class.
"So, Naruto, are you coming to practice today?" asked Kiba, in a way of avoiding having to listen to cellular reproduction.
"Of course! I'm so looking forward for it. The only fun thing at school." Naruto answered. And for him, that was true. He pretty much sucked at everything except for soccer.
"I agree, man. Now tell me. How is it you know Sakura?" Kiba asked with a smirk forming on his lips. Naruto instantly blushed at the question, but answered quickly trying to avoid looking at Kiba's eyes.
"I met her on my first class of math. I sat beside her. She was pretty nice to me, and explained me how school worked and stuff."
"Yeah, she's nice. And she's hot!"
"What is it you two are talking about back there? Why don't you share with the whole class?" Asked a very pissed teacher. That pretty much resumed Naruto and Kiba's talk. And Naruto was so happy for that, he felt somewhat awkward talking about Sakura.
After biology, Naruto had Spanish class. He shared this class with Sakura. But this time she was sitting with her best friend, Ino. They had been very good friends since kinder. Her fights were known by everyone at school.
"Buenos días clase!" said their teacher as she entered the class. "Me llamo Anko Mitarashi y voy a ser su profesora de español."
Naruto looked at the person beside him.
"What the hell has she said?" he asked. Of all the schools he had gone to, this was the first one in which they taught spanish.
"She said: good morning class, my name is Anko Mitarashi and I'm going to be your spanish teacher." She answered.
"Ohh, thanks. By the way, I'm Naruto Uzumaki."
"I know who you are. You defeated the whole soccer team yesterday. I'm Tenten, and this girl beside me is Hinata Hyuga."
Tenten seemed to be a very nice person, at least that was the impression Naruto got from her. She seemed to be very talkative, unlike the shy girl sitting beside her. Hinata was quite beautiful, but as soon as Tenten introduced her to Naruto, she turned into a walking tomato, and turned her face to another direction while playing with her fingers. Yes, that Hinata girl was a strange person.
That class seemed to last forever. At least for Naruto who couldn't understand a word of what the teacher was saying. After what seemed more than 5 hours, the bell rang. It was time to go to eat.
When Naruto arrived at the cafeteria he wasn't sure were to sit. But that worry was quickly erased from his mind as he saw Kiba making signs and waving his hands up in the air for him to come to the popular's table.
"Naruto! Over here!" Kiba screamed standing on his chair, for his companions embarassement. They all looked away from Kiba and tryed to ignore their crazy companion.
When he saw Naruto was sitting he continued:
"How was your Spanish class?"
"I discovered I really suck in Spanish, I couldn't catch a word of what Mrs. Anko was saying."
Naruto started looking for who else was sitting at the table. Of the names he could remember he saw: Kiba, of course, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Ino, Choji, Temari, and Sakura. When he saw this last person he smiled, what passed unnoticed to the eyes of everyone.
Naruto felt quite accepted in that group. And so he talked and laughed with them all.
After finishing his meal, Naruto stood up in order to leave from the cafeteria. When he was out he saw Sakura and Ino discussing... That's a nice way of putting it, they were more likely screaming and cursing one another.
After saying what they had to say to each other they both went walking in different directions. Sakura suddenly started crying. Tears rolled down her face, and Naruto heard her sob, though she tried to hide her sadness.
"Sakura chan, are you alright?" Naruto asked, feeling really bad for her. Watching Sakura like that made him feel miserable, and so he wanted to make her feel better, although he didn't know what had happened (and didn't want to know). It sure was a stupid chicks fight, at least that was the way he saw it.
"Yes." She said, while rubbing her eyes, to erase any trace of tears that could give her away.
Naruto wasn't what anyone would call an intelligent person, but he wasn't stupid either. He could tell when someone was lying or when someone was feeling down. And you had to be blind, or really stupid not to realize how miserable Sakura was feeling right then.
He didn't know for sure what had happened, only that she had fought with Ino as they always did. For that reason he could say nothing, but he drew near her and hugged her. When he did this, she couldn't hide her feelings anymore and burst into tears in Naruto's arms. They hadn't known each other for very long, but Naruto felt good near her, and Sakura felt safe near him.
While hugging Sakura, Naruto's heart started beating at full speed. He had never felt this way before in his whole life. What was this feeling?? He didn't know, but he liked it.
"Thanks." Said Sakura as she drew apart from Naruto's grip after some time. He only smiled sheepishly and stood, helping Sakura up, who started walking to were her friends were. Naruto only stood there, until he saw what time it was and started running towards his next class. He didn't wanted to get detention on his first week of school.
When Sakura went back to her friends she felt better. Ino was their friend, but she was bitchy at times, and everyone knew that. Sakura's fights with Ino were very common among the cheerleaders. They were very good friends, but very different. Anyway, as soon as Sakura told her friends what had happened, they all started instantly talking bad about Ino, what made Sakura feel way better than she was before. When fighting with someone, who doesn't want to hear bad things about that person? Sakura then told her friends about how Naruto had made her feel better, and how she was starting to like this new guy, what made all her friends happy.
After school Naruto went to soccer practice, where he met all his team mates. He began making friends, even with Sasuke. Now he was no longer alone, he had friends, friends he was going to loose not too far away from this day.
Later that day Naruto was getting ready to return home, when he saw Sakura sitting on a bench next to the soccer field. He knew everyone at school had been looking for a date to the party being held on friday, and he really knew who he wanted badly to go with her. And there she was, standing a few steps from him. He had to go and ask her out, it wasn't that difficult, and Naruto wasn't that shy in this kind of things.
"Sakura! Hi!! What are you doing here?" Asked Naruto as he came were Sakura was. She turned towards him and smiled. That smile which made Naruto melt on his inside.
"Hey, Naruto. I'm just... I was just walking a little bit to clear my head." She answered, although that wasn't the real reason why she was there. But that excuse worked for Naruto.
It was time now to ask her out. Naruto drew a little steps closer to were Sakura was and said, with a grin drawn between his cheeks:
"Sakura chan, will you be my date on the party?"
Now he was nervous watching at Sakura's surprised eyes looking at him. He had never been this nervous before, but neither has he wanted so badly to go out with someone nor did he had felt this way for somebody before. He saw how Sakura's mouth started to form something that could be seen as a smile.
"Yes, Naruto, I'll go to the party with you" And having said this they both walked away from the soccer field. Naruto was happier than ever, and Sakura felt somewhat the same way, although she hadn't realised yet about this new feelings she was starting to feel for this new person standing beside her.
After having walked with Sakura and having Sakura as a guide to every place in Konoha, Naruto decided that it was late and time to go home. He didn't want to get away from Sakura, but he had lost notion of time the minute Sakura had appeared, and by the looks of the sky you could tell it was getting late. Sakura seemed to be thinking the same thing, because as they were walking she started looking towards the sky with a seemingly worried expresion on her face.
"I think it's time we went home." Naruto said hurriedly.
"Yes, my mother will kill me if I don't get there soon!" said Sakura, relieved that Naruto had read her mind. Naruto walked Sakura home. And so after having said this, they both started towards Sakura's home were a very angry mother was standing waiting at the door.
"Bye Naruto." She said running towards the door while trying to think an excuse for arriving so late.
Naruto then walked to his own house, feeling very happy and proud of himself. He was so lost in thoughts that he had completely forgotten about his birthday the next day. And it wasn't until he was already in bed ready to sleep that he remembered and felt very happy. For him his birthday was a very important date as for everyone, but he didn't knew about his past. His 18th birthday would uncover long lost secrets, and this dreaded day (not for Naruto, he didn't know what this birthday meant) was going to take place the next day...
That's it for now! Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter, I don't really like it myself but maybe you do. It's kind of difficult to write these chapters because I know what's going to happen in further on chapters, but these middle chapters I invent them on the moment and so they didn't come out the way I wanted. Thanks for reading!!!
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