Hooray for a new story! Hopefully I'll be able to finish this one.
This chapter's kinda long, but it's the opening! I had a lot to put in :)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.
Chapter 1: Enter Poyo Hadashi
The bell rang, declaring that the school day had begun. The kids were in their seats, and Iruka was writing the name "Poyo Hadashi" on the chalkboard.
Meanwhile, his students were moving around from behind their desks, trying to get a glimpse of the name, since their sensei's body was in the way of a letter or two. From the angle of some students, the whole friggin' thing was blocked.
Naruto tilted his head and leaned to his left, looking for the beginning of the name. "Po-…that's all I can see from here. "Po"…That sounds like the start of a boy's name. It's gonna be another boy! This should be good."
He smiled, eyeing the prank on the door he had set up earlier. It was a rather large bowl filled with water, propped with a stick in such a way that when the door slid open, the victim of the prank would get soaked, and possibly suffer from a concussion after getting bashed on the head with the bowl.
"I wonder what they're like," Kiba asked out loud, but to himself and Akamaru. The puppy added an Arf!
Shino was silent. Apparently he had nothing to say.
Chouji was munching on a bag of chips, as usual, and spouted out, "It could be either a guy or a girl. But the name sounds more like food to me."
"Everything sounds like food to you, Chouji," Shikamaru dryly pointed out, his chin resting on his hands that laid on the desk.
Hinata kept her thoughts to herself. Well…I-I don't mind if it's a boy or a g-girl. As long as they're n-nice…
Unlike Hinata, Sakura and Ino decided to shout out their thoughts.
"Well, I don't care who it is, I will still love Sasuke with all my heart, no matter what!" Sakura squealed.
"If it's a girl, I'll be more beautiful than her. If it's a guy, well that doesn't matter because my eyes are on one boy, and one boy only…Sasuke Uchiha!" Ino cried.
All the other girls joined the "I love Sasuke" party and hearts procreated from their eyes and flew around the classroom. Sasuke sat in his seat, leaning a side of his face on his hand, and stared out the window. As usual, he didn't include himself in these morning madnesses. He only went to the academy to learn, to hone his skills, so that one day, he could take revenge and-
What the…
From the corner of his premature Sharingan eye, he noticed movement from outside the window. Whatever it was, it was close. And it was big.
"Good morning, everyone!" Iruka greeted. "As you can see, I've written on the board the name of our new student!"
The sensei's 'good morning' caught the attention of the kids, but his second sentence fostered an omg-as-if-that's-not-obvious-already look. His next action, however, created the climax and excitement, especially for Naruto, who was still eyeing his ingenious prank.
Iruka swung his arm towards the door, and announced, "Everyone please welcome, Poyo Hadashi!"
Naruto's grin grew wider and wider, but then shrunk a few seconds later, when no one came through the door. The rest of the kids were unaware of the prank, but were puzzled anyways since they haven't seen this "Poyo Hadashi" come through the door yet. Iruka turned his head and saw the still closed door, (but somehow not Naruto's prank.)
"Uhh…"
Knock, knock, knock.
It came from the window. The same window through which Sasuke was looking. Whatever passed by was gone now, but what just made that noise?
Everyone in the classroom switched their attention from the door to that window. Iruka cautiously walked over and peered outside. When he saw what was outside, his eyes had the WTF look and he threw open the window.
"What are you doing outside? Why didn't you come through the door?"
Iruka's students began exchanging glances and tried to look at who their teacher was speaking with.
"What a weirdo, why would they come in through the window?" Ino scoffed.
Some people laughed, but they were promptly cut off by a small, defiant hand that shot through the window, and pointed towards the top of the classroom door. Everyone followed the pointed hand's direction, and saw the prank that was sitting, waiting for its intended victim who was just too smart.
"Heh, weirdo, not. The kid knew something was there, and the rest of us didn't even notice until now," Shikamaru remarked.
The class was stunned, but Naruto was devastated. His plan had failed. Badly. Iruka saw the bowl of water as well, and glared at Naruto, who hung his head in defeated shame. The man turned his focus back to the new student outside, who was sitting on a beige-colored dog with long, brown ears. Iruka recognized him, the dog that is, and gave him a nod. The dog used its nose to lift the kid up into Iruka's arms, softly barked once, then poofed away. Iruka closed the window, then set the kid down onto the classroom floor.
Iruka sheepishly smiled, rubbing a hand on the back of his neck, and said, "Haha! Well, that didn't go as I expected, but now that that's settled, everyone please welcome, Poyo Hadashi!"
All eyes-yes, I mean all eyes, (because this weird going-through-window-to-avoid-prank incident just happened)-were centered on a young, brown-haired girl standing at the front of the classroom.
"Ahh…hi everyone!" she smiled. It wasn't a shy smile, it wasn't a fake smile. It was a genuine, there's-a-lot-of-people-in-here-and-this-is-a-new-beginning-so-I-can-make-a-lot-of-friends-but-first-I'm-going-to-find-the-mastermind-who-set-up-that-trap-and-made-me-walk-around-the-whole-school-to-get-to-that-window smile.
As the former students looked upon their new classmate, thoughts swirled around their heads.
Why isn't she wearing any shoes?
What kind of a necklace is she wearing?
YESSSS! She has short hair! Sasuke won't like her at all!
So Poyo is a girl…
How did she know? I set it up so perfectly, how did she know?
What did I see outside? It was big, so it wasn't her, but what was it? Does she have anything to do with it?
She looks like that one girl posing in a chip ad.
She's clever, I'll give her that.
Sh-she looks nice. She's smiling. I…I wonder if we can be friends?
Kiba's mouth hung open.
"Woof."
He was very young at the time, but nevertheless something was goin' on inside. As for everyone else, they introduced themselves.
"Hey, I'm Chouji!"
"Yo, I'm Shikamaru."
"H-hi, I'm H-H-…Hinata!"
"I'M NARUTO!" The blond boy tried hiding his disappointment.
"Shino."
"Uh…KIBA! I'm Kiba. And-"
"I'm Ino! The most beautiful girl here, the only one for Sasuke!"
"NO WAY PIG! Oh…haha! I'm Sakura! But Sasuke is mine!"
As everyone greeted her, in their own special way, Poyo took in their faces, the sound of their voices, the feeling of the atmosphere around them. After all, it was the first time she was exposed to such contact with so many people. When Sakura and Ino introduced themselves, Poyo mentally pursed her lips and raised an eyebrow. Who is this Sas-
Her eyes laid on treasure. He was one of the most beautiful beings she had ever witnessed with her soft, chestnut-colored eyes. His hair was sleek, his mouth was shaped handsomely, his whole body was the definition of perfect.
Iruka looked at Poyo, not noticing the hearts procreating out of her eyes, then looked around the classroom.
"Poyo, you can sit next to-"
"OHHHHHHHHHH MY GOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed, sprinting up the stairs to her targeted adoration.
She bent over, putting her hands on her knees, brown eyes shining, face to face with this beautiful creation.
"What's your name?" she smiled.
ARF ARF!
"AWWW YOU'RE SO CUTE, I COULD DIE! I love dogs!" She gazed up at Kiba and asked, "What's his name? I can't understand dog language that well."
"Ahh…this is Akamaru!"
"Akamaru! That's such a neat name. May I hold him?"
"Sure."
Akamaru jumped into Poyo's arms. He licked her face as she cuddled him and cooed him.
"You are so adorable! Look at you! Your coat is shiny, your ears are healthy, your teeth are clean, your body is in shape-you are just perfect!"
Kiba mouth hung open again. He was furiously blushing, amazed at this girl's adoration for his dog. As for everyone else. The girls had a WTF-she-didn't-care-about-our-Sasuke? look. And the guys had a WTF-a-girl-that-didn't-fall-in-love-with-Sasuke-at-first-sight? look. Yes, it happened to be that Kiba and Akamaru were sitting in the seat directly behind Sasuke, so it looked like she was staring at the dark beauty, not the doggie. However, this was just proved wrong. Naruto was the first of the guys to snap out of this realization, and smirked at his rival.
"Sasuke…seems like you're not so great after all! You're losing your popularity!"
"Shut up, Naruto, it's not like you have any."
Behind them, Poyo continued hugging Akamaru, gently rocking him side to side, then gave him back to Kiba.
"Your dog is cute! Lemme show you mine!" She took a deep breath, then performed a flash of hand signs. "Summoning Jutsu!"
POOF!
A massive dog appeared, hanging upside down from the ceiling, his long ears flopping down, accidentally slapping Shikamaru on the head.
"Woops! Sorry, kid. POYO! I told you I'm too big for this classroom, that's why I can't come inside with you," he groaned. He had a low voice that had a slightly lazy drawl, but it had a strange potency as well.
"I know, I'm sorry Rongi…BUT LOOK! I just met Kiba here, and he has a dog! PEOPLE HAVE DOGS HERE TOO, OHMYGOSHH!"
Iruka's eyes widened. Yes, Poyo, but people your age usually can't summon yet…
The rest of the class was astonished. They all thought something along the lines of…She can use the Summoning Jutsu? And she's crazy! What does she mean by "People have dogs here, too?"
Rongi ignored the appalled reaction from everyone, since he perfectly knew why she could use such a high-leveled jutsu at such a young age. Still hanging from the ceiling, he turned his head towards his comrade, carefully pulling his ears back so that he wouldn't accidentally slap any of the other kids.
"Yo, Iruka. Nice seeing you again, after like, what, two minutes ago? By the way, you gonna take care of my kid when I'm not here?"
Iruka, snapping out of his baffled state, stuttered, "Uhh…Y-yes, yes, of course, Rongi. I just…I…How…?"
"Simple. I taught the jutsu to the kid myself. Anyways, your kids are staring at me all weird. So I'm gonna go. I'll see ya later, Poyo! Be good!"
"I will! Bye!"
POOF!
Poyo looked at Kiba and asked, "Kiba, may I sit next to you?"
Kiba gazed at this…this…very different girl. It's not everyday that he sees someone come into class through a window. Escaping class, yes, but not coming into a class, even though it was to avoid Naruto's prank. Then, she chooses Akamaru, over the ever-so-popular Sasuke Uchiha, the Sasuke Uchiha. Now that is definitely not ordinary. He would have to brag about that later. And after witnessing her summon a freakin' huge dog, whose name is apparently Rongi, who would have thought that Poyo Hadashi was just a new student? But these concerns were minor compared to his adoration for her. Well, the concern in which she chose Akamaru over Sasuke was actually a big deal, but anyways!…He had just met her a few minutes ago, and already she had stirred up something inside of him. He…liked her.
"Yeah, sure!" he said, giving her a toothy grin.
"Iruka-sensei, I'm sitting next to Kiba!"
"Ah…alright. Now that we're all here and have familiarized ourselves with one another, let's begin class! So today…blah blah blah blah…"
Although she didn't realize it at the time, sitting next to Kiba was one of the most important steps she had taken into village life. Little did she know, and little did he know, that their footsteps into the future would be so closely intertwined. As she learns from him and gains a greater understanding of the world around her, he catches glimpses of the world through her eyes, and sees…a different side of life.
"Hey, what's that?" Poyo whispered, poking Kiba with one hand, and pointing at something with the other.
Kiba followed the imaginary line from her hand to the object that grasped her attention.
"That's a clock."
"Oh! What does it do?" she inquired further.
"It tells the time."
"Like the sun!"
"Yup! But a clock can still tell time when it's nighttime, or when it's raining."
"Oh. But you sleep during the night, don't you?"
Kiba tilted his head and pondered her point. Then he said, "Yeah, you're right. But what about when it's raining?"
Poyo laughed. "When it rains, I just go out and dance until the sun comes back again!"
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed it :) If there are any typos, or suggestions to improve the writing, please PM me, I'd really appreciate it. And I'll see you at the next chapter!