Seeing Naruto

"It's really hard to believe," Mathew thought to himself while sitting on the bed with a contemplative expression.

He had been sitting like this for a while now, and only now had he come to terms with the fact that he had transmigrated.

"...but why me?" Mathew thought. He had not done anything worth talking about in his previous life.

No matter how hard he thought over it, no valid answers came to his mind.

With a sigh, he gave up on that thought and started focusing on Sasuke's memories that had assimilated with him.

All the ninja skills that Sasuke possessed and the knowledge he had acquired until now were now his.

'So today's my first day as a genin...' Mathew walked towards the mirror and stared at his new face.

"Since I've been given another opportunity to live, I won't let this go to waste," he tightened his fists and said to himself.

His moments before death were still very vivid to him. At that moment, there was only one thing on his mind: regret.

He regretted being a terrible son to his parents and a friend to his friends. Even on the day he died, he ended up fighting with them over a girl who was cheating on him.

"I don't know why this is happening...but if by any chance...however small it may be...I get to return back to my world, I want to be able to look my parents and friends in the eye and apologise,"

Mathew muttered.

He picked up a forehead protector, which was placed on the table near the mirror.

It had the leaf's symbol engraved on it in the centre.

"...and to be prepared for that day, I must make sure that I live this life that has been granted to me with no regrets," the grip with which Mathew was holding the headband tightened.

Cuckooo~

Cukcooo~

The clock that was hung on the wall set off and attracted Mathew's attention. It was 6 AM.

All of a sudden, he remembered that today was his first day as a Genin, the day when he would be assigned to Team 7.

'I better get ready,' With this thought, he went to the bathroom to freshen up and then changed into a fresh pair of clothes.

Now that he had accepted this reality of his, he couldn't help but become excited at the thought of meeting Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto and this excitement was clearly expressed on his face.

After combing his hair properly and tightening his headband, Mathew... no Sasuke finally left his house.

'This is weird...' Sasuke thought to himself as he made his way through the street towards the Shinobi Academy.

"Look, it's Sasuke"

"Kyaaa Sasuke met my gaze!"

"He looks more handsome today...gosh!"

Many girls of his age were looking at him with awe and romantic admiration.

'I know that he was admired by women, but isn't this a bit too much...' he thought to himself, embarrassed by the whole situation.

Trying his best to maintain a poker face, he soon reached the academy classroom and sat in a corner seat and sat with as serious an expression as he could make to keep the girls away.

The class soon started filling.

"Tch, look at him pretending to be cool again," Naruto softly muttered under his breath and sat in the seat next to Sasuke, as it was the closest to the entrance.

'He's here," Sasuke thought with excitement and turned towards Naruto.

'Gosh, he looks so freaky with his yellow hair,' a smirk appeared on Sasuke's face as he stared at him.

"Hey, what are you smirking at, you bastard?" Naruto lashed out the next moment, finding Sasuke's gaze unpleasant.

"I-" Sasuke was about to apologise, but was suddenly interrupted.

"Naruto! How dare you act rude with Sasuke?!" Sakura, who had just entered the classroom, scolded Naruto in front of the whole class while the rest of the girls were glaring at Naruto as well.

"It was not-" Naruto tried to defend himself, but Sakura didn't listen.

"Stop making excuses, everyone knows how rude and annoying you are-" Sakura was about to lecture him further when she was interrupted by Sasuke.

"Sakura, that's enough. It was not Naruto's fault. He just had a small misunderstanding with me." 

"Ahhh, you're really so forgiving, Sasuke~" Sakura said with fawning eyes while in her mind she was punching the air with excitement.

'He called my name! Sasuke called my name! Ahh, it sounded so charming..kyaaa'

Naruto couldn't help but stare at Sasuke with a confused frown, 'He stood up for me....'

Before he could think further on it, he felt a poke from Sakura.

"W-what?" Naruto asked. A bit surprised by the sudden poke.

"Move aside. Can't you see I'm standing here because I want to sit next to Sasuke," Sakura remarked as if it was obvious.

The little good opinion that Naruto had formed of Sasuke shattered the very next moment as he gritted his teeth in annoyance and glared at Sasuke as he stood up and allowed Sakura to enter.

"That damn Sakura!" a few girls gritted their teeth and remarked from beside Naruto.

'Just what's so great about Sasuke?' Naruto thought and turned towards Sasuke.

To his surprise, Sasuke was currently staring straight towards him with a fearful expression.

'Huh? What's wrong with him?' Naruto thought in confusion.

When Sakura had sat next to him, Sasuke was immediately reminded of a scene he had watched in the anime, and he immediately turned around towards Naruto with a fearful expression.

'He'll not end up kissing me again, right?...right?'

It seemed Lady Luck was on his side today. Finding Sasuke's gaze odd, Naruto soon shifted his attention away and stared at the blackboard.

Sasuke sighed in relief, not realising that the person who was sitting next to him had misunderstood things.

"S-sasuke...why are you staring at me so long..." Sakura asked with a bashful expression.

Cough Cough

"Sorry about that," Sasuke soon averted his gaze and focused back on pretending to be serious. Even though she'll be his wife in the future, he didn't want to start things with her when she's so young.

"It's totally alright, don't mind," she responded shyly.

'Noooo don't apologise sasukee please look at me moreeee' her mental image was crying tears of blood right now.

Unaware of what was going on in Sakura's mind right now, Sasuke's attention suddenly shifted towards the door next to the teacher's platform.

Iruka sensei had arrived.