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As the sun rises up high, giving the village of Konoha a heat wave, Naruto sits on a hill over looking the village. His back resting on the soft grass while a small breeze flows over him, causing the blonde haired ninja to close his eyes as he smiles. His head rested against one of the unearthed roots while the shade of the leaves made Naruto even more relaxed where he could easily fall asleep.

"This could only be better if I had someone here to enjoy this." Naruto said to himself as the wind picked up slightly causing his jacket and shirt to lift up slightly.

"Lazy as always Naruto?" Came a familiar voice that seemed to make Naruto sit up quickly.

"S-Sasuke?" Naruto asked in a slight puzzled tone as he wondered why he could be there. "W-What are you doing here? Weren't you going to train with Kakashi-sensei today?"

"Yeah. But as usual he was late so I blew him off." Sasuke said in his uncaring tone as he moved closer to Naruto before he sat next to him. "Besides," He continued lying back slightly next to Naruto. "Aren't you hot in the jacket? Why not take it off?" Sasuke seem to say in almost a taunting tone.

Naruto growled slightly at that. "Well not everyone can wear shorts and a baggy shirt like you Sasuke. It almost makes you look like you are shriveling under your clothes!" Naruto snapped at him while blushing a little.

"Well Naruto," Sasuke said now sitting up and looking at him with a smug look on his face. "At least mine doesn't look like I am getting fat from eating nothing but ramen."

Sparks seemed the clash at each other with hatred before they turned away from each other. The wind soft drifted by them as there was a small awkward silence between them. Naruto slowly looked at Sasuke in the corner of his eye, as he was about to add on to the insults, Sasuke got up causing Naruto to grow a puzzled look on his face.

"Whatever. I'm leaving loser." Sasuke said in his casual tone as he began to go down the hill towards the village. Naruto just sat there with an angry look on his face, fists clenching tight and grunting out of frustration.

But as Sasuke went out of site, Naruto sighed. "Does he really think that about me?" He thought to himself. With that though, Naruto softly poked his belly as he sighed. He leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. "I guess I deserved it being a little mean to Sasuke. I guess." Naruto said trailing off at the end. "But I couldn't help it. Every time I see him, I can't describe these emotions that I get when I see him. There's happy, nervous, angry, sadness, and a slight nauseous feeling in my stomach." He thought to himself before he felt a presence behind him.

Mean while, as Sasuke walked towards the village, he began to feel his body through his shirt. "I'm not shriveling! That moron has no idea what he's talking about." Sasuke said to himself. He stopped as he saw Kakashi actually waiting for him for a change. "Kakashi? What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked with a slight confused and puzzled look on his face.

Kakashi slowly closed his "Make Out Paradise" book and walked over to Sasuke. "What? Didn't you tell Naruto that you were blowing off practice with me?" Kakashi said with a small smirk on his face, under his mask.

Sasuke looked away with an aggravated look on his face. "So you were spying on us? Is that it Kakashi?" Sasuke said glaring at Kakashi slightly.

"Now, now" Kakashi said in a slight nervous tone. "It's nothing like that." He said trying to reassure Sasuke.

"Humph. As if I care what you do." Sasuke said in his cocky tone walking past Kakashi to the village.

Naruto looked up at the man as he grew a wide smile. "Iruka!" Naruto said as he basically shouted before jumping up with joy.

"Hey there Naruto. You look down. What seems to be the matter?" Iruka asked as he cared for Naruto as though he was Iruka's son.

Naruto let out a small scuff as he turned around while pouting. "It's just Sasuke. He thinks he's so awesome and everything. He was saying my outfit makes me look fat." He explained that much but didn't include that he was the one started the insults first.

Iruka sighed as he ran a hand through the back of his brown hair before placing a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Naruto, Sasuke may seem like he hates you and you take things he says as a challenge. But I can see that he seems to care for you. You're more then a rival to him. You're the closest thing he has to a best friend. You may even say that he-" Iruka began to explain before Naruto cut him off. "If I'm a best friend to him then why does he always feel like he has to insult me every time we come face to face?" Naruto said as he clenched his fists tightly as some of the grass that was trapped in his hand fell slowly as he released his fist.

Iruka sighed as he figured there was no way that Naruto was going to listen to him. "Look Naruto," Iruka said as he knelt down by Naruto. "Why don't you go into the village and maybe ask some of the people here what they think a friend or maybe someone close to them do when they care about others?" Iruka suggested with a smile on his face.

"That's a great idea!" Naruto said jumping up with the silly grin on his face before he started to run towards the village. "I'll talk to you later at the Ramen shop Iruka sensei!" Naruto said as he waved to him before going on his new mission to figure out Sasuke.