[Kokugen]

He gave the kid a foxy grin before ducking out of the crowd and back onto the road that led to the Academy, it wasn’t long before he noticed someone from his class on the road. It just so happened to be his fellow team mate Haruno Sakura, he decided to approach her.

He ruffled his hair as he quickened his pace to walk at an equal pace with her,

“Ohayou[13] Sakura-chan.”

His voice had a ring of nervousness, perhaps it was his guilt at leaving the Sakura in his timeline behind or it could have been because when he was younger the majority of their meetings ended with him in pain but he found himself unable to stop the shaking in his voice.

Sakura’s sleepy brow lowered into a frown as she noticed that Naruto was speaking to her, she looked forward as she answered,

“Ohayou, Naruto.”

“Umm, how come you’re w – walking this way to school.”

Once again Naruto was unable to master his nervousness,

“I live on this road baka!”

Naruto tried to keep the conversation flowing but her indifferent answer lowered his confidence. He was saved (or so he thought) when Ino appeared from one of the side roads, she stopped when she saw the two and a cruel smirk crept up her face. She replaced it with a sweet smile as she joined the two,

“Ohayou Sakura, Naruto-kun.”

“Ohayou.”

“Ohayou…”

Naruto’s suspicion was aroused, Ino has never called me Naruto-kun… I think. He decided to observe what sinister idea was behind her smile,

“So Sakura, you and Naruto walk to school together?”

Sakura clearly flustered allowed red to seep into her cheeks,

“B – Baka! He walked up to me! And it was a coincidence!”

“Hai, hai I’ve seen how you two are in class so there’s no need to hide it from me, the relationship that is.”

“R – Relationship! There’s no such thing!”

She turned and grabbed Naruto by his shirt pulling him on front of Ino,

“Oi Naruto! Tell her there’s nothing going on!”

“I – what?”

Ino took advantage of Naruto’s surprise,

“Oooooh! So there is something going on ! Hahaha! Wait till Sasuke-kun finds out!”

She then sped up her pace half running to the Academy, Sakura threw Naruto into the ground running after her,

“Oi! Ueito Ino-buta!”

Naruto looked up to see her turn back at him, he noticed that despite the fact she appeared to hate Ino there was a shine in her eyes that resembled some child like joy, a smile began to break across his face until Sakura spoke,

“Thanks a lot Naruto no Baka!”

His face dropped and his head followed staring into the round he thought, I blew it didn’t I…

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Huojin was sitting in his classroom waiting for the class to begin, his eyes were half shut and he felt as if he was about to sleep, he regretted once again staying out so late on a school night. It seemed that his young body couldn’t keep up with the lifestyle of an adult, he wondered if the pills he took this morning were working, the low rumble of voices entering his ears suddenly exploded causing an extreme amount of pain to him he collapsed into his desk turning to the girl next to him with a dark look, Liu gave him a sincere smile which pissed him off even more, GuangLi on her right was smirking happily. Huojin then turned his attention to the noisy girls that had entered the classroom.

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Naruto arrived at the door of the classroom and wasn’t surprised to find that Sakura and Ino were still fighting, despite it being annoying and spiteful at this stage their fiery personalities where what made both of them unique, Perhaps that’s why Kurenai favoured Ino, she had the fire she didn’t. He scanned the rest of the classroom and was surprised to see a head of platinum blonde hair, examining further he saw it belonged to a beautiful girl who had light hazel eyes and a warm face, she wore a Qipao[1] that was a pale blue and covered with golden butterflies.

He stared for a moment entranced by her beauty before she laughed, Naruto’s jaw dropped, Sugoi! Kawaiiiiiii![14] He noticed that she was looking at the boy next to her so he looked at him to see another person he didn’t recognise. This person was slouched on his desk and looked half asleep, he had short, wavey, blazing read hair that reached his shoulders, he had pale grey eyes that sparkled strangely and wore a full length ninja suit that was dark blue, over it he wore a sleeveless Shenyi that was pure white except for the collar which was a murky grey.