CHAPTER 1- No more smiling for the clown
"BAKA! BAKA BAKA BAKA!," yelled an annoyed pink haired girl.
Her victim was none other than the class clown, Naruto Uzumaki. As she yelled each word she would slam her fist into the poor boy's skull.
"I WILL NEVER DATE YOU! EVER!"
Still hitting the blonde on every word.
"WHY CAN'T YOU GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK..." She grabbed his bleeding head, "SKULL!" and slammed his head into the corner of her desk.
The young man laid on the floor of the classroom as blood flowed out of his fresh wounds. All the other students were too stunned to move, let alone help the poor boy. Satisified with her work, Sakura sat back down next to her precious Uchiha.
Silence filled the room for the next few seconds while everyone tried to process what just occured. Then the door opened to reveal Iruka.
"GOOD MORNING CLA...Naruto? NARUTO!? WHAT HAPPENED HERE?! SOMEONE GET A MEDIC!"
Sakura shifted in her seat, knowing she was in trouble.
A few minutes later a medic appeared but not the medic Iruka was expecting. She had long brown hair, dark red markings on her face, and was followed by three dogs. One of the dogs had a stretcher mounted on his back.
"I came as fast as I could, how bad is it Iruka?" she asked.
"Bad. He has swelling and has lost a lot of blood."
Gently picking the blonde up, he placed him on the stretcher and strapped him down.
"Hana, I thought you were a vet," the scarred teacher said.
Looking at the man for a brief second before continuing to stabilize the young troublemaker, she replied, "I am by trade but as a ninja I'm trained to be a medic."
"Enjo take Naruto back to our house. Jun and Katsu, guard Enjo...NOW GO! I'LL BE THERE AS SOON AS I CAN!"
With their orders, the three dogs took off toward their house.
Kiba was frustrated that his home was turned into a hospital and decided to voice his opinion.
"NEE-SAN! WHY IS THE DOBE GOING TO OUR HOUSE? TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL!"
Hana looked at her younger brother then turned back to Iruka. "Find out what happened and report to the Hokage. If no one says anything..."
Before she could finish, Ino shouted, "IT WAS FOREHEAD! SHE POUNDED HIS HEAD AND THEN SLAMMED IT ON THE CORNER OF HER TABLE ALL BECAUSE HE ASKED HER OUT!"
Sakura at this point was in tears.
Iruka looked behind him to see Sakura crying. With a sigh he knelt down. "Sakura, is that true?" She gave him a slight nod. The scarred man sighed again. "Come on Sakura...let's talk to the Hokage."
Hana was speechless, but she snapped out of her shock, and rushed out of the room to aid the young man.
7 hours later at the Inuzuka house
Tsume, the clan leader, was looking at the bandaged blonde in the guest room bed. "You know he looks just like his father," she said to her daughter.
Hana was in Naruto's room changing his bandages. "I don't know... I say he looks more like the red-haired woman that was always around him," she responded.
Tsume laughed, "Hahaha! Oh pup, you have a lot to learn. His face shape might be hers, but everything else is him."
The medic tied the bandages off. "Even his attitude?"
Her mother smiled at her. "That goofy, idiot prankster we know is just a facade. I've seen him get serious before, and he has the same eyes as him."
Hana stood up and walked over to her mother. "Kaa-san, why did you volunteer to watch him? I know he is just a kid but you were the first one to watch him."
The den mother looked at her daughter with pain in her eyes. "I've always viewed Minato as my brother. So that makes Naruto my nephew...in my eyes anyway. Hehehe."
They bothed turned to the blonde and smiled. Until a scruffy old voice broke the silence.
"Hana-chan, how is my honorary grandchild doing?"
Jumping a bit she turned to bow to her Hokage, answering, "He is stable Hokage-sama. He should be awake in a few days."
He smiled. "Glad to hear Naruto-kun is going to be ok."
She looked at her leader before asking, "Hokage-sama, what happened to the pink-haired girl, the one that did this to Naruto?"
The old man sighed. "I leave her fate to Naruto-kun."
Tsume was pissed and raised her voice. "WHAT!? YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PUNISH HER!? YOU KNOW NARUTO IS GOING TO LET HER OFF THE HOOK!"
Sarutobi looked at Tsume with a smile, "Oh really? Naruto, what do you think her punish should be?"
Both women looked shocked and quickly looked at Naruto. He was sitting up with a stern look on his face.
'Those eyes...just like Minato-kun!'
"Make her exams ten times harder. Not just the written ones, but the physical ones too... If she wants her precious Sasuke-kun, then she will have to earn the right!" he declared in a rough voice.
The old Hokage laughed.
"Jiji?"
"Yes Naruto?"
"In my room behind the class photo is my life savings. Will you please go get me some proper ninja clothes and a sword?"
The Hokage was taken aback. "Wouldn't you want to come with me?"
Naruto looked at his honorary grandfather. "I would but the shops would pull a fast one even if you're there. I don't want any trouble, but if you don't want to do it, I understand."
With a smile the old man responded, "Don't worry, Naruto-kun. I'll take care of it."
Saying his goodbyes, the Hokage walked out of the room.
The blonde turned to the dog ninjas. "I'm sorry, Tsume-sama, Hana-san, for the trouble I caused."
He stood up and started to reach for his jacket.
"NO!" yelled Tsume as she sat him back on the bed. "You are still injuried. Please stay and rest, and if Hana sees you fit tomorrow, then you may leave."
Naruto looked at the clan leader than sighed. "Alright, If you say so, Oba-chan" The shocked look on her face brought a smile to his. "Just because my eyes are shut doesn't mean that I'm asleep."
"H-How much did you hear?" she asked him.
Pulling the covers over him and closing his eyes he replied, "Everything."
Konoha Market
Iruka was on his way to Naruto's favorite ramen stand when he saw the Hokage walking down the street with bags in his hands. Curiosity got the better of him, and he walked over to the village leader.
"Hokage-sama, do you need some help?"
The old man looked to his right and saw Naruto's homeroom teacher.
"Ah yes, I was about to deliever these to Naruto-kun's apartment."
Looking into one of the bags, Iruka saw clothes with no orange.
"Gifts for Naruto?"
Sarutobi laughed. "No. Naruto spent his life savings on this. He woke up about an hour ago and asked me to go shopping for him. Oddly enough, he asked for 'proper ninja clothes'."
"Naruto not wearing orange? I don't believe..."
"Believe it Iruka. After what happened today, the old Naruto is gone."
Looking at the old man, Iruka asked, "What is going to happen to Sakura?"
The Hokage laughed again. "That's the best part! Naruto chose her punishment. She is going to have Jonin-level written tests and Chunin-level physical exams."
"WHAT!? BUT THAT WILL MAKE IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO PASS!"
Sarutobi stopped walking and got serious. "Exactly, Iruka... What she did was uncalled for, but instead of denying her a chance to be a ninja, Naruto is just making it rather difficult. All he did was ask her out to lunch, and she assaulted him. Technically, I could have her executed for causing harm to a ninja in training."
Iruka looked horrified.
"Ninja life isn't a game. When they sign that waiver to be trained at the academy, they basically said, 'We are not children, but future soldiers'."
The scarred man nodded.
"Naruto is still being fair. She can still be a ninja, but she has to work for it instead of breezing by the tests with her high IQ."
Iruka nodded again and the two continued their trek to Naruto's home.
Naruto's apartment
Iruka set the bags on the table in the living room while the Hokage walked over to Naruto's bed. He looked at the class photo and sighed when he saw the heart around Sakura. Moving the picture, Sarutobi placed the remaining money in the hole before replacing the picture.
The old man turned around to see Iruka placing the folded clothes neatly on the table.
"I will miss the orange-clad knucklehead, Hokage-sama, but at least now it will be hard to spot him in any terrain."
On the table was several sets of desert, mountain, forest, swamp, and snow ninja clothes. They weren't camo but the coloring was made for specific environments. Once all the clothes were out of the bags, Iruka turned to the Hokage and saw him placing scrolls on Naruto's bed.
"Hokage-sama, what are those?"
Sarutobi sighed. "Naruto's legacy..."
Naruto's room- Inuzuka house 6:30 pm
"DINNER! COME AND GET IT, PUPS!" yelled the den mother.
A few minutes later Hana, her three dogs, Kiba, and Akamaru sat at the table.
"Where's Naruto?" asked Tsume but she only received shrugs as an answer.
She stood up and walked upstairs to Naruto's room. Upon entering, she saw Naruto had a stern face while staring at a picture of Sakura.
Before she could speak, he asked, "She hates me because of the fox...right, Oba-chan?"
Surprise was written on the clan leader's face. "How did you know of the fox Naruto?"
He looked up with sadness in his ocean-colored eyes.
"My birthday is October tenth, people refer to me as a demon, and...he spoke to me."
Fear crossed Tsume's eyes as she got closer to Naruto and sat on the bed. "I-It spoke...to you?"
The blonde nodded.
Not many things could scare the den mother but the fox was one of them.
"I'll leave if you want Tsume-sama. I don't want to scare or harm your family."
Snapping out of her daze, she looked at the teen in front of her. "You are not leaving 'til Hana says you're ok. Now tomorrow, we will talk to the Hokage about the fox. No more talk about leaving early, and no more talk about the fox...that is FINAL!" The last word was said with the big head jutsu.
Naruto shrunk back into his shirt nodding.
"Now, I called for dinner and that means EVERYONE is suppose to be at the table."
The blonde gulped.
Five minutes later, Tsume entered the dining room carrying Naruto like a mother dog does her puppy. She actually grabbed the back of his shirt and held him in the air until he was over a chair, then dropped him. The sight made Kiba laugh loudly until Hana slapped the back of his head.
Sitting back down the clan head smiled. "Now we can eat."