By Your Side~💕

Chapter 2

"Naruto keep quiet!" I whisper yell as Naruto fell through my window into my room.

Naruto grunts, "How am I supposed to study and keep quiet at the same time!"

I sigh and rub my temples. Naruto as right, my parents don't mind if we study, they just mind the fact that Naruto's here.
I point to the window signaling for us to leave. Naruto does so, and waits for me.

I grab my things I'll be needing to stay the night at Naruto's, then jump out side to meet him.

"Shall we train at your house Naruto?" I ask the blonde. Naruto sweatdrops, "Yeeaah.....no, the Landlady is really mean. And she'll complain about us making a lot of noise."

"Okay...Well I still gotta put my stuff in your room when we get there." I sigh as Naruto and I continue our walk.

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"Honey i'm hoommee!" I sing as I enter Naruto's apartment. I giggle at my child like behaviour, and set down my stuff.

I turn to walk out, but I slip on something. I rub my but and whine. "That's gonna leave a bruise."

I look at the object I had slipped on, it appeared to be a scarf. Not just any scarf, it was the scarf I gave Naruto when we were little. The first time we had met, well the first time I was brave enough to say hi.

Back then Naruto had no one, he was all alone. Everyone at the academy bullied him, well except for Hinata, Kaori. Aito, Askune, Taruna, and Kayoko. Kuchiri never really liked Naruto for some reason.

I never understood why, I mean Naruto only acts the way he does because he just wants attention, and for him there's no other way to get it. People never actually take the time to get to know him, The Naruto behind that evil grin. Because all Naruto is, is a sweet boy who just wants to be loved.

And that's my intentions, i'm gonna be next to Naruto every step of the way.

I'll be there when he achieves his dream of becoming Hokage.

When he's finally excepted by this village.

When he finds a girl that will make him happy.

I will always be there with him, no matter what.

Because I promised him long ago, that I would never leave his side. Naruto walks in to see what is taking so long to find me staring at the scarf.

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Naruto's Pov~

They hate me, I want to know why.

Did I do something?

Was it something I said?

For as long as I can remember, i've been all alone.

The villagers despised me.

All the children despised me.

Even Iruka-sensei hates me, he doesn't show it...But I can see it...In his eyes.....It's the look everyone gives me, when they see me.

It's always the look of pure hatred.

"You'll catch a cold dressed like that." An unfamiliar voice says.

I snap my head up to take in their features, She was female, with mid length pink hair. She had aqua eyes that for the first time...weren't filled with hatred.

She wore a blue winter coat with some cress on it, black sweatpants and boots. And around her neck she wore a red, looked to be home knitted, scarf.

"What?" I say realizing I was staring

"I said, you'll catch a cold dressed like that." She looks down at her feet.

Why was she talking to me? Is this some joke?

Too wrapped up in my own thoughts I didn't notice her take off her scarf and hold it in front of me.

"Here." She says in a quiet voice, while looking away, with tint of pink visible on her cheeks.

"Why?"

"Huh?" She looked back at me. And she did something, that no ones ever gave my before.

She smiled.

It was genuine​.

It wasn't faked.

She was really smiling.

At me!

"It's just, you know, you seemed cold and lonely, I thought you needed a friend." The pinkette whispered while fidgeting her fingers.

"Friend?" I had heard of that word before. Old man Tuechi always asks me why I never bring 'friends'. I never understood this word.
I guess it means two people that share a special bond. I've never had anyone want to be my friend before. Yet here she was, saying that word like it was nothing but a word, but to me it ment so much more. To be called someones friend gave me this fuzzy feeling inside, it made me feel hope again.

This girl.

I need to protect her with my life.

I drop the scarf I was holding and embrace her in a hug. She tenses up but hugs back.

"You-you really mean it? You'll be my friend?" My vision starts to get blurry.

She giggles. "Of course, you seem really nice. Your the kid that everyone always picks on, you have no friends, or anybody, so I'd like to be your very first friend."

"By the way, my names Minako, Minako Haruno." She says as she releases from the hug.

"Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." I smile at her.

"Well Naruto, I'll never leave your side, because that's what friends are for." She smiles back at me

I nod, then someone calls for Minako. She looks at me apologetically.

"I've gotta go Naruto, i'll see you tomorrow."

The calls become louder.

She starts to run.
"You can keep the scarf! You need it more than me!"

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I grin like an idiot while remembering the memory this scarf held. And it makes me happy to see that Naruto kept it.

I hear someone clear their throat behind me.

I look un that direction to find Naruto with a slight smile on his face.

I awkwardly cough while standing up.

"Um, lets go." I quickly say, while walking out of the door.

"Where?" Naruto stops me

Damnit!

I stop in my tracks, and think for a second. Damn you Naruto.

I sigh and slowly walk backwards to him.

"We'll figure it out on the way there." I say while dragging Naruto's ass out of his apartment.

Naruto and I ended up going to the training grounds, and worked on every jutsu we could think of.

I hope Naruto passes.

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Word Count: 1055

~TheMidnightKunai