(A/N) I didn't get a chance to put authors notes in this chapter when I put this out due to not having enough time. (since it was late and I had school in 5 hours eh) anyway I'd like to welcome you all to read my story. Please review if you like it. Please review if you don't and why I like to know what I botched or what I could do better on so those of you that do review I'll thank you so much and try to do something in my power to reward you.
The Naruto Bunch.
"YEAH! WE PASS!" Shouted Rai Kosuki, a former leaf village academy student whom had jumped up, and pumped his fist in the air with excitement. Rai was a hotshot for sure dressed in green short sleeve collard shirt and white shorts with blue stripes. His hair was very goofy yet it was a nice light brown color. Matching eyes made him stand out
Iruka; a long time veteran when it came to teaching students was surprisingly amused by Rai's shouting for once. Not to say Iruka was finally done with him and he could kick poor Rai out of school and wouldn't have to see him again ever. But because Rai reminded him of his favourite misfit ninja. "Settle down Rai just because you're a Genin now doesn't mean you don't have to do hard work." Iruka reinformed Rai for possibly the last time with a smile now instead of a irritated face.
"As you are all Genin now, I'll bring in your new forehead protectors, during this time you may talk with all your friends and colleagues." Iruka had learned to let his students talk themselves out. When he closed the door on his way out; he heard a roar of happy new Genins all in approvement of their test results. Rai had probably made most of the noise, Iruka figured based on his experience, and similarities favourite student. "That reminds me I have to meet him at Ichiraku's for ramen." He said to himself out loud.
"Calm down Rai we all passed." A student besides Rai who has his legs kicked up on the desk and who seemed to have been napping sleepily said. The boy was dressed in a long red turtle neck sweater with a black jacket on top. His loose sweat pants barely fit regulations as they almost covered his ninja sandals. His hair had been well kept with the exception of the two bangs that hung out from the front of his head reaching over his eyes to his chest in swirls of black and brown.
"But Amane!" Rai interjected being a good friend of Amane's. Rai looked quite dorky with that smile he made when he became extremely happy.
"No buts Rai" Amane flip his hair covering his face to make eye contact with Rai his eyes were a piercing blue. His face was serious, with an almost death-glare but suddenly, and unexpectedly it morphed into a very content face. "We're Genin now and should act like it." Rai seemed to have lost a bit of his cool to Amane's statement. "Besides if we do that; then your parents will be even more proud." Amane had added and it seemed to cool down Rai.
"You know Amane; you're probably right!" Rai exclaimed in a more calm tone. He shut his eyes to think about it, he imagined the looks on the faces of his parents, and he had that same dorky grin on his face the whole time.
Amane flipped back to try and get some shut eye in the now noisier class. "You know it." He said in response, slowly getting comfortable again. At that moment another student approached the two from the row ahead of them.
"Hey Rai, what's your note?" An inquisitive kunoichi turned around to address the very happy Rai although her gaze often wandered to the sleeping Amane. Rai laughed in approval and handed her his test. The girl's eyes sped over the test and looked back up to stare at Rai with a grim expression on her face. "Rai, you barely passed!" Rai's expression didn't change.
"I'm very lucky aren't I Asuka?" Rai leaned back with that same old smile they all knew with his arm over the back of his head in a relaxing pose. Asuka looked infuriated. Her silky bright orange hair in a short and layered style with a bun flared out in frustration. While her pose changed drastically. Her orange tank top with matching athlete wristbands seemed to have been lit on fire. While her black jogging pants seemed like almost crying out "OH NO NOT THIS AGAIN." Her face grew red like metal under a molten flame waiting for a complete and utter melt down.
"You're telling me!" She shouted although not loud enough to draw attention in the sea of talking students. At this moment Rai fell down on the floor in fear. "One more spelling mistake with Chakra and you would have to repeat another year!" She roared "Rai you are soo lucky to have passed you almost don't deserve to be a Genin! Why don't you be more like Amane who spends time studying?" Her attention switched to Amane and shed jumped up to the last row to see his marks. A+ as usual. She turned back to Rai who'd regained his posture. "See Rai." She held up Amane's note to show him.
Amane woke up from his nap and sat up to meet the two who'd been talking about him. "You know Asuka." He looked her in the eye with a smile. "I don't think it's very nice to just comment on Rai's note just so you can get close to me." He said keeping a straight face and smile. He knew he'd had a fan club of girls who had a crush on him. Asuka was part of that group.
Asuka's was pretty obvious he'd just called her out and what made her made was that Rai was laughing slightly at her embarrassment. "I'm sorry Amane." She apologized her eyes glazing madly at Rai who was laughing more now.
"Its fine Asuka but I'm not the one you should apologize to you did wrong to Rai." He said happily not with any hate or amusement to Asuka's position.
She turned to Rai. "I'm sorry Rai." She said with a bit of anger towards him.
"Thanks Asuka" He accepted her apology honestly without making fun of her.
"I appreciate what you did Asuka you gained a little respect from me." To Amane, respect was everything to him, he believe nobody was deserving of his respect unless they preformed things that impressed him. He'd been very opinionated about respect and often he hated when people thought they owned his respect just because of their important position. He once out spoke against the Hokage when during class when Iruka had said Lady Tsunade was deserving of all their respect with her accomplishments. Amane refused to have anything of that and when a test on the current Hokage came up he failed on purpose.
Just then Iruka came back in the class with a box of Genin forehead bands. All of them were practically right from the forge and had the symbol of the leaf clad on the shinny steel. "Back to your places everyone and stay silent." Iruka walked over to his desk as the students returned to their places. He put down the box and stood in the middle at attention the students paying attention to him stood up themselves and the others who weren't fallowed in line including Amane.
"It is with my pleasure to congratulate you all with your own Genin forehead protector. With it you shall represent the leaf not only as a ninja but also as a brother in arms to all leaf residents. This day belongs to you, as from here, you all shall take your own path that will lead you in many different directions. And I wish that perhaps someday we shall all meet up again in one piece as the road of a shinobi is always perilous. But I believe you will all pull through." Iruka ended his speech and then walked over to his desk with applause coming from all the students. "When I call your name please come and retrieve your forehead protector..."
After the ceremony Iruka got dressed up to leave the Academy. It had been raining hard during the afterhours but he knew that the rain wouldn't stop his favourite student and neither would it stop Iruka from going to the old Ramen stand that had been there since as long as he could remember.
Outside it was almost a warzone as the rain came in waves and pelted the ground he stood on turning it to mud. The sound of the rain bouncing off the ground and the shingles on the roofs of many homes and buildings seemed to have blocked out all other sound.
Iruka put the hood of his rain coat over his head and began the long trek to Ichiraku's in the falling buckets of rain. The travel had seemed a bit depressing as many streets seemed to be flooding already but Iruka steadily made his way to his rendezvous. When he finally arrived across the street from the ramen stand, his sorry eyes felt relieved as he made a rush for cover.
The owners had put up extra protection during the rain so as customers didn't get wet while they ate. This made the pelting he received from the rain less depressing. " Iruka-Sensei glad you made it." A familiar voice called to him. Iruka couldn't help but to smile as he saw Naruto once again.
"Yeah so am I Naruto." Iruka said taking a seat. Naruto had also been in a raincoat similar to his but under the coat he had been clad in a Jounin outfit. "So it seems I'm treating you again aren't I Naruto?" He said rhetorically mentioning his new outfit.
"You bet Iruka sensei." He said in a very Naruto-like manner. "But I cant help but to feel disappointed about the Jounin exams." He began. "After fighting the Akatsuki the hardest part was the written exam." He said in a low tone.
"Cheer up Naruto!" Iruka tried to pep him up. "Your twenty-one, you just became a Jounin, most of the night is young, and we have the best Ramen in the world!" Iruka said jokingly but everything had been true and Naruto smiled out of his mood. "Ayame two bowls of pork ramen please." Iruka signalled the young waitress who nodded and both her and her father got to work cooking a feast. It was safe to say they never underestimated Naruto when it came to ramen.
"So Naruto have you been informed of your next assignment yet?" Iruka asked him.
"I just got back from the exams Iruka-sensei I have yet to go report into grandma Tsunade." He said with a mischievous smile. "But now that you mention it what is my next assignment?" Naruto suddenly went from his old grin to a puzzled face.
"You mean you don't know?" Iruka laughed. "Lady Tsunade told us you would be tasked with a new Genin squad.
"What?!" Naruto jumped from his seat and looked at Iruka in disbelief . " Your joking Iruka-Sensei!" He laughed. "I almost fell for your joke." He sat back down and rubbed his head in embarrassment.
"No Naruto I'm serious." Iruka kept a straight face but Naruto's face dropped like a pile of bricks. "You've been assigned the new squad seven." Iruka said seriously.
"No way!" Naruto cried out loud in disbelief again. "I just became a jounin and I wanted to do a few A-class missions before something like this happened." Naruto moped around now.
"Naruto will be Naruto and that wont change." Iruka reminisced. "Naruto don't worry you train your three Genin up and you'll be one step closer to Hokage." He admitted cheering up the always energetic Naruto.
"Your right Iruka now let's eat." Naruto held up a bowl of his favourite ramen in the world and-
"Naruto a tip of advice that we teachers use when training students is; everything you do in any shape or form can be used to train people. I think in your case this will be quite helpful.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Naruto asked out of a little frustration to Iruka's last sentence.
"Nothing Naruto." He laughed. "Just remember what I said about training; you'll know when the time is right." Iruka then proceeded to eat his ramen which had been staring at him for a while now. Naruto dug in as well.
(A/N so how was my first chapter on my new story hopefully by now you want to see more hopefully I'll have it up soon probably tomorrow if fallout doesn't take to much of my attention. Also I do have most of the second chapter done just need to write the last few essential parts before I post it. Anyway please read and review.