Hey everyone! Just to let you know, this is not a new story. I decided to rewrite some chapters from my story "Naruto High School 101" because as the years have passed, my writing skills have become better and I did not feel satisfied with the first few chapters of the story (yes, I am a perfectionist). so don't worry, there aren't really any major changes to the story. For those of you who haven't read my story, don't worry. This starts from the very beginning, and I will be updating (hopefully) every week. Things might change once school starts, but never fear! My resolution is to write more and not be as absent as I have been for the past year. Again, thank you all for reading my stories and please continue with your support!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Naruto Shippuden (unfortunately...). The only thing I own is my fancharacter Sophia and the idea for this story.
Chapter 1 – "My Name's Naruto, and I'm Gonna Be Souban of Japan!"
"Got to hurry! Got to hurry!" a pink-haired girl yelled as she rushed past her schoolmates in the hallway. Hearing a few of them grumble angrily, she turned around and replied, "Sorry! I'm running late!"
Upon reaching her classroom, the girl (who was wearing a green and white school uniform) slammed the door open and sprinted to her seat. She didn't care how much of an idiot she looked like – there was no way she could be late to school again!
"Forget to set your alarm, Sakura?" asked a blonde-haired girl sitting next to her.
The pink-haired girl Sakura let out a nervous laugh before answering, "O-Of course not, Ino! What would make you think that?"
Her friend Ino just giggled. "Still the same old Sakura!"
A cough from the front interrupted their laughter. A girl with black hair and blue hi-lites turned toward their direction. "You two do realize that class has started, right?"
Quickly, the two girls regained their composure and got out their text books for homeroom. "Sorry, Sophia-lincho*."
"Geez, who cares if class has already started?" a brown-haired boy - who for some reason had a white dog with him – said. "It's not like Kakashi-sensei shows up on time anyway."
"Kiba, even if Kakashi-senpai* is always late, I'm still the class president," Sophia, the black-haired girl, replied. "Which means I have to take responsibility when he's not here."
"Yeah, yeah," Kiba mumbled. "Doesn't mean you have to be a party pooper."
Sophia glared at him. "What was that?"
A sweat drop appeared on the back of Kiba's head. "U-Um, n-nothing, Sophia-lincho."
Their conversation ended when a yell erupted from outside the classroom.
"I hope you maggots are studying!"
Every student in the room hurriedly pulled out their text books to make it seem like they were reading. Suddenly, the door to the classroom was kicked open, and in walked a woman with blonde hair in pigtails, a blonde-haired boy, a silver-haired man wearing a mask, and a black-haired woman.
All the students in the room stood up and greeted the woman with blonde hair. "Good morning, Tsunade-sama!"
"Sit," she commanded. After the students took their seats, she continued, "I want to introduce you all to Uzumaki Naruto." Tsunade motioned toward the blonde-haired boy. "He's a transfer student from far away and your new classmate. I trust you all will help him out with his schedule. Naruto, go ahead and have a seat."
Before the new kid headed to his seat, Sakura took a good look at him. He would've seemed like every other student had it not been for the fact that he was wearing a black overcoat (which made him look like a gang leader) and had whiskers drawn on his face (of course, it wasn't something that stood out that much considering Kiba had red triangle-type things on each cheek). Who in the world is this guy? He looks like a freak. Sakura thought. Well, as long as he doesn't bother Sasuke-kun -
Sakura's thoughts were interrupted by the boy's voice. Apparently, he was walking to his seat when he tripped by a boy with short black hair.
"Hey! Why'd you trip me, huh!" Naruto asked the boy, raising his fist up to the person's face.
"I didn't trip you, idiot," the boy Sasuke replied. "You tripped over yourself. Don't blame other people for your embarrassment."
That ticked Naruto off. "What was that!"
"You heard me."
Naruto grabbed Sasuke by his shirt. Sakura was about to break up their fight when Sophia came out of nowhere and hit both of the boys on the head.
"Fighting is prohibited on school grounds!" she yelled. "If you two want to act like immature children, go somewhere else!"
Once both calmed down, Naruto let Sasuke go and plodded to his seat. Sophia sighed.
"Sasuke-kun, you should know better than that," Sophia muttered to him as she walked back to her seat.
"Thank you, Sophia," Tsunade said after everyone quieted down. "Alright, Kakashi, the class is yours."
"Yes, Tsunade-sama," the silver-haired man said.
Once Tsunade and the black-haired woman Shizune were gone, Kakashi had the students open their text books and began the lesson.
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(Sophia's POV)
This morning was...eventful to say the least. I couldn't believe that the new kid had managed to start a fight on his first day – especially with Uchiha of all people! Of course, it was kind of funny. Sasuke hasn't had a look of surprise on his face for a while.
"Geez, that Naruto guy was so annoying," Ino complained as we changed out of our P.E. clothes. "I mean, who the hell does he think he is, picking a fight with Sasuke-kun!"
"I know!" agreed Sakura. "It's a good thing you were there to stop him, Sophia-lincho."
Exhaling, I told them, "I didn't do it for your fan girl purposes. If their bickering had continued, it would've been World War III."
"Just admit it, Sophia-lincho," TenTen said as she fixed her hair into two top buns, "You like Sasuke-kun too!"
"Ew, no! Sasuke might be slightly attractive, but I have no interest in him. Besides, I – nevermind."
"Besides you what?" Sakura probed.
Ino jumped in, giggling as she spoke. "Besides, she's in love with Neji-san!"
I could feel my cheeks turning red. "N-No! It's not like that! Neji-kun and I are just really good friends!"
"Are you kidding me?" exclaimed Ino. "There's no such thing as being 'really good friends' between a guy and a girl! Just admit it! You like Neji-san and he likes you!"
"W-What? No, you're mistaken! Now, come on! We've got to get to lunch before the guys do. Kami* knows, if they get there first then we won't be eating anything. Wait, where's Hinata?"
"I-I'm here!" her soft voice answered from the entrance of the locker room. "Sorry, I had to go to the nurse. I accidentally tripped over myself while we were running and managed to, um, scrape my knee pretty badly."
"Geez, Hinata," moaned Sakura. "You're too clumsy."
"W-Well, I had noticed that Naruto-kun was sitting by himself on the bleachers and I felt bad. H-He must have forgotten his P.E. clothes."
"Eh? What's this?" inquired Ino, nudging her elbow into Hinata's side. "Is Hinata developing a crush on the new kid?"
"Huh? N-No!"
Hinata's face was completely red, so I decided to step in. "Forget about it, Hinata. Ino's just trying to play matchmaker with our class. Now, let's hurry up and get some food!"
Rushing, we ran towards the cafeteria. I wasn't kidding when I said that if the boys got there first then we wouldn't be eating at all. Chouji alone eats half the food the lunch ladies make! Bursting through the doors of the cafeteria, all of us gave a sigh of relief. We beat the boys! However, before our cheering could end, a cloud of smoke appeared at the end of the hallway.
"Oh no! They're coming!" TenTen shrieked.
As fast as we could, we sprinted to the lunch line. Unfortunately, my almost-as-clumsy-as-Hinata-self slipped backwards. I closed my eyes, bracing myself for the impact of my head to the floor. But, for some reason, that moment didn't happen. As I opened my eyes, they were met by silver ones – gorgeous silver eyes to be exact.
"N-Neji-kun!" I stuttered, surprised and thankful that he caught me.
After he helped me back on my feet, my hero asked, "Are you okay?"
I blushed and said, "Yes, thank you."
Neji gave me a small smile before gesturing towards the lunch line. "Ladies first."
If it were even possible, my face turned a darker shade of red as I walked toward the still short lunch line (Neji-kun held the boys back until I had gotten a place in line – such a dream boat!).
As I grabbed food, Ino whispered, "Way to go, Sophia-lincho!"
Blushing, I questioned, "What do you mean?"
She winked at me before saying, "You know – 'accidentally' slipping so that Neji-san would catch you! Good plan!"
"I-It wasn't planned! It was a complete accident."
Still, she wouldn't believe me. She just kept saying, "Sure, sure," as we made our way to the lunch tables. It was then that I noticed our usual table had been captured by a dastardly red-haired witch and her evil flying monkeys.
"What does Karin think she's doing?" I queried, disgusted by the selfish girl's appearance.
Ino groaned. "Can't she just leave us alone for one day? Why does she have to be such a –"
"Well, well, well." Ino's name calling came to a halt when the devil herself detected our existence. "Look who it is. The wannabe pretty girls."
I smirked. "Look, Ino, a couple of naked mole rats found their way to the school. Tell me, Karin, was the ground cold when you crawled out this morning?"
Our daily battle of wits commenced as Karin replied, "I see you've set apart this time to humiliate yourself."
"I would love to insult you, but you wouldn't understand."
"Somewhere out there is a tree, tirelessly producing oxygen so you can breathe. I think you owe it an apology."
"You have such a big mouth, you could eat a banana sideways."
"Anybody who told you to simply be yourself couldn't have given you worse advice."
"I'd love to see things from your point of view, but unfortunately I can't seem to get my head that far up my ass."
Victory! No words came from Karin's mouth as she turned back to her food.
"Hey!" I demanded. "I just beat you. Now, let us have our table!"
"I'm sorry, girls, did you hear something?" Karin asked her friends.
Anger swelled up in my body, but Ino held me back. "It's alright, Sophia-lincho. Let's just find a different table."
Taking a deep breath, I followed Ino in search of a new table. Adding on to my bad luck, I discovered that there were not enough seats for me and my friends to sit at; I was the only one without a place to sit (or so I thought).
"Sophia-lincho, we'll make some room if you want," Sakura said.
"No, it's fine." I smiled to assure them that I was okay. "I'll just find somewhere else to sit."
TenTen's eyes brightened. "Hey! It looks like Neji-kun doesn't have anywhere to sit either. Maybe you two can get a table together!" She winked at me much like Ino had done in the lunch line. Once again, I felt my face turn red.
"For the last time, you guys!" I started but was interrupted by my knight in shining armor.
"Ah, Sophia, are you searching for somewhere to sit too?" he asked.
I nodded my head in reply.
"Then let's look together."
"O-Okay."
As I walked off with Neji-kun, I glanced back to my friends and mouthed, "Don't say anything," before turning back around to talk to Neji. Sigh, he was so handsome. And smart. And athletic. And, well, perfect. If only I had the guts to say something to him. Snap out of it! My inner-self yelled. Neji-kun's just a friend! Besides, what could he see in us anyways? My inner-self was right. Neji-kun was perfect, but I wasn't anywhere near that. I was way out of his league! Before I could continue to dishearten myself anymore, I realized that Naruto was sitting by himself in the corner of the cafeteria.
"Sophia?" called Neji. "What's wrong?"
"The new kid Naruto – he's sitting by himself. Why don't we join him?"
I waited for a response. When I faced Neji, I recognized a look of uncertainty. "Look, it's okay if you don't want to. I can just sit with him tomorrow."
Neji was about to answer when he noticed Shikamaru, Sasuke, Shino, Chouji, Lee, and Kiba walking over to Naruto's table. Smiling, he said, "I think he'll be fine today, Sophia."
I nodded my head and replied, "Okay, let's go then."
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(Normal POV)
"Well, look who it is," commented Ino as Sophia entered the classroom. "So, Sophia-lincho, how was your lunch date?"
Again, Sophia's face turned red. "D-D-Date? W-What are you talking about?"
Ino's eyes crinkled. "You know, when Neji-san asked you to sit with him at lunch?"
"I-It wasn't a date!"
"Sure it was," Kiba butted in. "When a guy and a girl hang out, it's usually called a date."
"Oh, so when you slow down to run with Hinata during P.E., that's a date?"
Some of the kids in the classroom giggled while a few others went "Oh!" Even Akamaru, Kiba's dog, barked as if to say, "Burn!" All while Kiba was trying not to blush like a girl.
"Ne, who's this Neji guy?" Sophia heard Naruto ask.
"He's the best martial artist in the school," answered Shikamaru.
Lee added, "Not just in the school, in the whole area. He's better than anyone I've ever met!"
"Whoa," uttered Naruto, almost speechless.
"Hn, you're amazed too easily," criticized Sasuke.
Ticked, Naruto jumped in front of Sasuke and grabbed him by his shirt. "What was that?"
Smirking, Sasuke retorted, "Hn, and apparently deaf too."
"Teme!"
"Dobe!"
Sophia just stared at them in bewilderment. She just couldn't believe it! It was a reenactment of this morning! Sighing, she put her hand to her head.
"Sophia-lincho, aren't you going to stop them?" inquired Sakura, a bit concerned that the fight would be worse than this morning.
"Let them be," said Sophia as Neji walked in. "I'll let Genma-senpai take care of it once he gets here."
The three of them turned their attention back to the two dweebs who were fighting.
"Listen here, Sauce-kay!" Naruto shouted. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I'm going to be the souban* of all Japan!"
Everyone in the room fell over, surprised at his statement. S-Souban? thought Sophia.
"Tch, that's the stupidest thing I've heard you say yet," replied Sasuke.
That ticked Naruto off even more. "Why you – "
"Hey! Unless you two want detention for a week, I suggest you stop fighting," a voice announced.
"Genma-senpai!" the girls in the class cheered with hearts in their eyes.
A man with light brown hair appeared out of nowhere between Sasuke and Naruto, scaring the both of them.
"He's so cool!" the girls cheered again.
Every guy thought the same thing. What's with them?
"I'll let you two off with a warning," cautioned Genma. He paused. "But just this once."
The two boys just growled as they took their seats. A few snickers from the front of the room, however, caught Genma's attention.
"And you," he said as he appeared in front of Sophia, much to her surprise, "why didn't you stop them, Sophia?"
"Ah! G-Genma-senpai," stuttered Sophia. She had no idea what to say; all she could do was stand there and look like an idiot.
"Sorry, she was distracted," Neji lied. "I was asking about a homework question for English class so she didn't know that those two were fighting until you showed up, Genma-sensei."
Genma didn't believe all that Neji had said, but he let it go. "Very well. Now, if all of you would take your seats."
Geez, Naruto mentally complained, Iruka-sensei was right! This place really is strict! Man, I wish this wouldn't have been the only option to get out of Juve*, but I guess I'll have to deal with it for a while. If only that Sauce-kay guy weren't so annoying! What do the girls in this school see in him? Grumbling, Naruto tried to pay attention to Genma-sensei, but he had a feeling that his problem with Sasuke wasn't going to be the only problem at this school.
And that's it for this chapter! I hope you enjoyed! This fanfiction will be partly based upon the "Shippu! Konoha Gakuen Den" OVA that was presented on one of the Naruto Shippuden DVDs. I really liked the OVA and used it as my inspiration for this story. Oh, and for those of you who are wondering, "What is that asterisk doing beside that word?" Well, some Japanese words and suffixes just couldn't be avoided (mostly because I love the Japanese culture and language) so for those of you who have no idea what those words or suffixes mean, I'm putting them down here along with their meanings.
-lincho*: this usually means "class representative" or "class president"
-senpai*: used to address senior colleagues or mentor figures
souban*: a slang word used by Japanese gangs to refer to their gang leader
Kami*: a Japanese god