Naruto: The Uchiha Prodigy by Rifat

Chapter 6: A Feeling All Too Familiar

Konoha Academy, Konohagakure no Sato.

It was going exactly the way Naruto Uchiha had predicted. Kasumi had first performed the Henge and turned into an older version of herself. The fact that her body seemed more womanly only made her fanboys scream in joy. Kiba literally howled and had a nosebleed. Even the normally stoic Sasuke Uchiha, had a strange look on his face. Iruka smile at seeing her perfect henge, the white haired Mizuki however had a devious look on his face. Naruto on the other hand blushed hard and looked away at the window.

'Fucking hormones.' Needless to say, Naruto was still coming to terms with the fact as to whether he saw Kasumi as just a friend or not.

Kasumi had turned around while in the henge and looked at Naruto who had looked away and Kasumi looked sad. The boys in the room had started glaring daggers at Naruto with Kiba being the prime of them. Why did Kasumi care about a guy who just ignores her? Kiba in particular did not like the boy. He had a crush on Kasumi ever since her growth spurt hit. Sasuke merely observed the reactions of the two. He felt annoyed for some reason.

Naruto was still looking away knowing that Kasumi had not dropped the henge. He heard the poof of a smoke and saw that Kasumi was back to her normal appearance, albeit looking a bit sad. Naruto felt that hollow feeling again. He sighed in frustration at himself. He then saw Kasumi perform a kawarimi with Iruka and then finally came the part even Naruto was dreading for her.

"Okay Kasumi. All that's left is for you to perform the Bunshin?"

Naruto closed his eyes. He silently prayed to whatever higher form of a divine being that was out there. How many years has it been since he prayed to Kami? He doesn't remember. Ever since his mother died, he simply stopped caring. When he was at the shrine he would put up the farce that he was praying for the deceased Uchiha Clan. He resented the fact that a divine deity like Kami had decided to fuck with his life and take away everything from him. But why was he praying now? Kasumi had rejected his help in training, and Naruto over the years realized that it was her pride as a growing kunoichi that made her do it. He overreacted all those years ago, now he could think this as his mind became more cold and rational. He had rejected her friendship and she tried to be friends with him. But he had shot her chances down. Would she still be friends with him if he apologized?

'Please Kami. This is the only thing I want from you right now. Please make her pass.'

Kasumi winced in fear. The bunshin was the one thing she had absolutely no control over. She had never successfully made one. But for some reason instincts took over.

She turned around to see her once friend. He had his eyes closed. She wanted to see his eyes. She wanted to know if there was still some part of him that considered her a friend. She had realized her silly mistake over the years. She learned from the Ichirakus that Naruto was in a sense similar to her. He was also glared at and berated for the majority of his life. It wasn't until that his entire clan had been wiped out that people started to look at him 'normally'. She realized that like him, she must've been his first friend. After that she tried to speak with him, but the old Naruto was gone. He called her Uzumaki san. Words could not describe how hurt she felt when he spoke in an emotionless voice to her.

She vowed that she would become stronger and then one day make sure he becomes her friend again. But over the last year she started to look at Naruto differently. He was... cute in her eyes. She had accidentally blurted that out in front of Ayame who teased her to no end about it. She had also learned about the birds and the bees from her. She had also began questioning her own friendship with the raven haired enigma and then suddenly his eyes opened.

Blue eyes met violet orbs. For a moment they just stared into each other's eyes. Time itself stood still. Until a whine from some stupid fucking fanboys ruined the moment. They were glaring daggers at Naruto for grabbing Kasumi's attention. Seriously what is up with them? Naruto always politely brushes her off and she still looks at Naruto more than any other boy. Kiba was muttering something about dog food. Naruto was beginning to realize the awkwardness of the situation and did the one thing Kasumi did not expect.