A young boy was running through an open field, the sky above him stretching into eternity while the few clouds painted a picture of candy floss. The sun was dancing on his hair and in his eyes turning them into golden warmth and glittering ocean blue. There was a smile on his face that seemed almost unconscious , drawn by an artist and left forgotten to remain forever in that perfect picture.
Happiness radiated from him and no sorrow could touch him because he was on his way to his best friend and rival to tell him about the best news he had heard all month. It even came close to that one time when his Mom promised him Ramen as dinner for an entire week for actually completing the chores she herself never wanted to do.
The flowers that had just begun blooming and their scent and colour chased away the cold greyness of winter, melting the dark quiet of it like it did the snow and he had just been told that he had finally passed the Academy exams turning him into a real ninja. Now his friend would have no reason to tease him anymore and he could work at beating his pompous ego into the dust. It wasn’t Naruto’s fault that his Mom preferred being a Kunoichi to staying at home thus turning him into an only child. Not everyone had a genius brother they could annoy into training them.
Already could he see the distant roofs of the Uchiha district that always looked like menacing shadows on the outskirts of Konoha seemingly threatening the rest of the village into submission.
When Naruto was younger and went to visit it for the first time with his Dad he refused to even set foot past the gates claiming they would swallow him like a monster with a never-ending abyss as a mouth. Of course, that changed once he met the bastard, his great rival and best friend (he still denied the latter if asked about it) Uchiha Sasuke. He would never show any kind of fear in front of him, always competing with him and trying to prove how much better he was. What still irked him was that Sasuke used to simply ignore him, not even taking him seriously in favour of striving after his brother, always watching his back as he slowly disappeared from sight. But Naruto, who would never stand for anyone not noticing him, just played so many pranks on the bastard that he simply had no chance but to acknowledge him and turn from admiring his brother to beating up his annoying friend.
The blond still broke out in earth shattering laughter when he thought about little Sasuke covered in pink glitter walking through half the village on his way home and glaring at everyone he met. But back then the Uchiha glare of doom was still in the early stages so it did nothing but make people hide their smile of amusement behind their hands.
Only the wind caressing his hair brought Naruto back to the present and let him notice that he had stopped running and was grinning to himself while gazing at his friend’s house that stood in the distance.
He quickly looked in all directions fearing that Sasuke would somehow appear and insult him about his lack of focus again but for once luck was on his side instead and there was nothing but the wind and the sun turning the world into a painting of light and colours.
His life was a happy one and he never even thought to question it. Because, really how could it ever be any different?
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Chapter notes: This is going to have four parts, one for every season and every season will be set in a different universe. In this one both Naruto's and Sasuke's parents are still alive and their life is pretty fluffy and happy.