Butterfly Child

Chapter 6: Zinnias and Roses

A/N 5-20-20 So ignore whatever note was in here initially, from here on out, I'm posting the rest of the chapters here, so it's going to be a WIP, so yeah.

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I honestly should be afraid over the fact that I have effectively replaced Sakura in this class, but I'm not. In fact, I don't even think much about the situation and— "Naruto, give me back my glasses."

"Ah, sorry Chōko-chan!" Naruto laughed sheepishly as he returned my glasses. "But you just seemed so distracted..."

Fuck, he noticed!

ABORT ABORT ABORT!!

"You gotta stop doing that..." I huffed as I put my glasses back on. I was hoping to save face, but the way Naruto was looking at me made me rather nervous...

"A-Ah, Iruka-sensei is l-looking at us!" Hinata stuttered.

Crap! "We're paying attention!"

And that's how I made an idiot out of myself during gym class (as I'd like to call it). I haven't done that in a while...it's not a feeling I'd like to ever experience, nope (it's the worst). On the bright side, at least Hinata and Naruto are getting along as friends (the best of friends). And let me just say how awesome it is to be friends with the Hyuuga clan heiress! Now no one fucking dares to mess with Naruto!

Might be a bit too early to say that, but screw it!

Of course, ever since I made friends with Naruto, everyone else has been keeping their distance from Naruto... But with Hinata in the mix, it was now completely guaranteed that Naruto was safe. Oh man, does it feel good to be part of the Four Noble Clans of Konohagakure!

I really gotta use this power wisely...

But you wanna know what doesn't feel good? Running...running is a horrible thing that just tires you out and makes you sweaty. And the sad thing about it is that it's going to be the main form of transportation for shinobi, so I need to learn how to suck it up (I need to stop being a whiny baby).

Curse you, shinobi life!

On the bright side, thanks to Hinata, I am no longer afraid of kunoichi classes! Kunoichi classes, by the way, take place after regular classes every other day. That means that today, Hinata, Naruto, and I can spend more time together after classes! Oh man, what are we gonna do?

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I should've realized that, by the fact that I've made friends with Naruto, this day would eventually come. What day am I talking about exactly? The day Naruto would introduce me to Ichiraku Ramen. The small restaurant looked exactly as it appeared in both the anime and manga (thought it certainly appeared bigger to me, but that's because I am but a tiny four-year-old girl). And Teuchi and Ayame are quite the lovely people (the loveliest). They seem so happy, with their wide smiles on their faces, to see that Naruto isn't alone this time around, since he brought both Hinata and I along.

"You must be the girl he keeps talking about!" Ayame looked at me with a wide smile.

What?

I blinked a few times before turning to at Naruto. "Talking about?"

"I guess I might have mentioned your name a few times..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "I was just happy someone wasn't mean to me-ttebayo!"