When The Masks Fall

Naruto Graduates

No POV

Naruto is the dead last of his class, so no one expects him to graduate. Especially after failing to graduate 2 times already. So he decides to prove everyone wrong and show exactly how smart he is.

On every part of the test to graduate, he gets it perfect. Finally, it's the clone jutsu part of the test, so Naruto then does exactly that, creating about 10 when all he needed were two.

He passes, becoming a genin with flying colors, while Sasuke does the same. And with Sakura ogling at him as usual.

When Naruto walks out of the separate testing room holding a headband, everyone looks at him shocked and he says, "What? Just cuz I act like a hyperactive dead last, doesn't mean I really am one." Then he walked back to his seat, behind Sasuke.

He had tried to sit next to the boy earlier, but was booted out by the girls and ended up kissing him because of a guy who leaned against him and pushed him into him.

It was all very confusing, but after the kiss, he could have sworn he saw a light blush on Sasuke's cheeks. But, Naruto highly doubted as much and continued on as per usual afterwards.

When everyone was finished with the individual clone test, they were dismissed and told to come back the next day to be separated into teams. So, Naruto did as said and walked to the park.

On his was there, he could've sworn that he was being followed, so he turned into an alley and jumped onto the roof of the building next to the alley and watched as the one following him came into view.

Said person was none other than the Uchiha he had kissed earlier that day. Naruto snickered as he jumped back down and startled the raven. "Hey Sasuke, whatcha doin' here? I mean, why did you come to this specific alley?"

Sasuke was flustered, and began to blush. But he tried to collect himself and muttered, "Nothing dobe."

Naruto decided to go with it and see how far the boy would follow, so he started heading for his home instead of the afore mentioned park and said, "You know, if your gonna follow me home, you might as well walk with me so you don't look like a stalker."

With that, Sasuke ran up from behind him, his cheeks tinted pink again, and said, "I wasn't following you."

"Really? Then why'd you run up to me from behind the moment i said that?" Naruto questioned, knowing it was embarrassing the raven even more.

Soon, they arrived at Naruto's apartment. Naruto then said, "Don't mind the mess. This is the best I can afford." Then they walked in.

Sasuke gasped at the shape the place was in, but decided to keep his comments to himself, knowing that if he didn't, he would be considered a very rude guest and may even get kicked out.

Naruto then sat down at his table and said, "So, you must've wanted to talk to me about something. Otherwise you wouldn't have followed me here."

The raven then took a seat opposite to Naruto and said, "Well, i- I wanna get to know you a bit more. Like, uh, where are your parents?"

Naruto only then realized just how little anyone in his life knew about him and said, "Don't have any. Never did. Well, I was birthed from parents, but I never got to know them 'cuz they died at my birth."

Sasuke felt bad for asking the question, but continued anyways, wanting to learn more about the sunshine in front of him. "Do you know who they were? And when's your birthday?"

"I do know who they were, but that's actually top secret information I'm not allowed to say. And I was born on October 10th. The day of the Kyuubi attack." Naruto said, still facing the Uchiha, not even flinching at his own words.