2 years later:
NARUTO POV:
Naruto was walking towards the ninja academy building alongside Sakura. Naruto had been able to persuade Gai sensei into adding training weights for him, nothing crazy like Gai sensei's 1400 pounds per limb, Naruto had about 10 pounds per arm and leg so 40 pounds in total.
Him and Sakura had both gotten a bit taller, him being 3 ft and 9 inches and Sakura being 4 ft and 1 inch and the two had gotten closer and Naruto ate at her house at least once a week to eat food there.
Anyway, today was their first day at the academy. They were both excited to meet their classmates and make new friends.'
"IM SITTING NEXT TO SASUKE!" a blonde long haired girl screamed as she argued with the other girls in the class.
Naruto and Sakura just stood at the door, slowly coming back to their senses after that loud scream. They went to sit at a bench beside a pineapple haired boy who was looking like he was going to sleep and a Chubby boy who was munching on a packet of potato chips.
Before they could sit, the blonde girl who had been screaming earlier looked at Sakura with narrowed eyes before shouting " DON'T EVEN TRY ASKING SASUKE OUT, HE IS MINE!".
Fortunately, they weren't stunned this time.
"Sure ok" Sakura said with a shrug, not really caring about all this.
Ino just stared at her, before screaming" WHAT? DON'T YOU LOVE HIM? WHAT KIND OF-" but before she could continue Sakura interrupted her with a firm voice " I don't even know what he looks like, why would I like him?".
"SO, WHAT YOU LIKE THIS BLONDE TIC-TAC HERE?" Ino asked (screamed) Sakura.
While Naruto protested saying he wasn't a tic-tac and that Ino was blonde as well, Sakura just shook her head annoyed, a black-haired boy got up from his chair and sat between Naruto and the pineapple haired boy.
All the girls started fangirling and started demanding that Naruto and the boy , Who they called Shikamaru, move so they could sit next to Sasuke.
In his ever-present wisdom, Naruto figured that it was the boy's name.
As Naruto started to get up the black-haired boy pulled at him and Naruto heard him whisper " Please don't leave me to their mercy."
Naruto immediately sat back down and declared that he would not move.
As the fangirls were about to start screaming, a loud yell of " EVERYONE BACK TO YOUR SEATS" from a brown-haired man who looked around 25 and had a scar across the bridge of his nose.
Everyone was back at their seat so fast it was like they had never gotten up.
"So, today we have two new student, which are Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno. I want you all to make them both feel welcome and be nice to them okay?"
'Okay Iruka Sensei' The class chorused together.
SASUKE POV
While Sasuke wasn't at the level of a genin he was easily in the top 5 of the class. He was great in academics and was adept at Taijutsu and could hit 9 out of 10 targets. Yet, he wanted to improve all the time.
His father was the head of the Uchiha clan and police force. He had an elder brother named Itachi, a genius who passed the academy around the age of 7. It turned out it was Itachi who Naruto had seen practicing fire Jutsu 2 years ago.
Sasuke was always being compared to his brother. He didn't hate his brother, but he found it very hard to match expectations when he was expected to be at Itachi's level. But he wasn't able to really able to improve in the academy.
That was until Naruto and Sakura entered. Now he had found a rival in Naruto. They would often go the Uchiha's reserved training ground and spar, Giving each other pointers for improving. Naruto reminded him a bit of Itachi, except loud and blonde.
Naruto had gone to Sasuke's house multiple time and had met with Itachi multiple times.
They had both just reached the gate of the Uchiha district, towards Sasuke's house when Sasuke stopped and squinted towards the top of an electric pole. Naruto followed his gaze towards the pole, just catching a glimpse of a person who looked like someone crouching on the pole.
He glanced at Sasuke, who looked troubled.
"Do you smell that?" Naruto asked Sasuke.
Sasuke focused a bit of chakra towards his nose before he paled and muttered " Blood!".
They both ran towards the market district, which was nearest. They were stopped cold in their feet however, when they saw a bunch of blood on the walls and ground and the cut-up bodies of a few people on the ground there.
"We got to go to your house NOW" Naruto muttered, tapping Sasuke repeatedly on his hand and turning towards Sasuke's house. Sasuke nodded and followed him, not trusting his voice.
"You check on your parents, I'll try to find people and meet you there." Naruto said. Sasuke just nodded again.
As he entered his house, he frantically removed his shoes and slid open the door, only to see the bodies of his Mother and Father, lying on the ground with blood pooling around them.
He looked up to see his brother, Sharingan active, wiping his blade on a piece of cloth. Itachi simply walked past him as he sheathed his blade. Sasuke stood there for a few seconds, frozen in shock and rushed outside when he heard a yell which sounded like Naruto.
He ran out of the house to see Itachi blocking a kick from Naruto using his arm before grabbing Naruto by the leg and throwing him at a wall so hard the wall cracked. Itachi was going to start walking towards the gates when he was stopped by a fireball.
"ITACHI!" Sasuke roared as he ran between Itachi and the gate. "WHY? WHY DID YOU DO THIS?" Sasuke shouted at him.
"I wanted to test my limits. Everyone calls me a prodigy and a genius yet I never felt it. Now I see it. No ordinary person could kill the 'ELITE' Uchiha clan."
Sasuke trembled in anger. "T-to test yourself, you killed everyone?"
"Not just that. You see, the Sharingan is awakened through trauma. The highest level after the three normal Tomoe is the Mangekyo Sharingan. The only way to awaken it is to kill your best friend Itachi said, gesturing at where he had thrown Naruto.
"I WILL NEVER FALL TO YOUR LEVEL" Sasuke roared as he unknowingly activated his Sharingan.
"Tsukuyomi" Itachi whispered as his eyes changed from their usual 3 Tomoe to a pinwheel shape and Sasuke saw his brother slaying the entire clan, even their parents. He saw Naruto trying to fight against him and being thrown into a wall. He saw Naruto bleeding from the head and falling unconscious when his head hit the shrapnel. He saw this again and again a thousand times.
"You also possess the capability of awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan. I will let you live today. Survive. Survive in obscurity like the pitiful creature you are. And one day, when you possess the same eyes as me, I will see whether letting you live was a mistake or not"
These were the words Sasuke heard before his mind went blank and he fell to the ground, Unconscious.