Title: Academy Days of Naruto Uzamaki
Title: Academy Days of Naruto Uzamaki
Genre: adventure/humor/
Category: Anime/Manga & Naruto
Summary: Naruto Uzamaki is an orphaned, whose dream is to become Hokage of Konohakagure. This is the story of how Naruto copped with being the most hated in the village, and missing a good amount of knowledge all the way up until he became a genin. Read along and listen to his tale.
Disclaimer: I'll own Naruto when I hate caramel and chocolate. Until then, I own nothing but the plot.
A.N. Authors Notes
'Thinking'
"Talking"
"Emphasis"
"YELLING"
"Extremely angry/extremely big things talking"
"WET-YOUR-PANTS-YELLING"
scene change
Chapter 1: First Day
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M LATE! I SLEPT IN TODAY OF ALL DAYS!" An orange-clad, spiky haired blond ran through the streets in a blur. He was running fast enough to put a bullet to shame. He wore bright orange shorts with a bright orange t-shirt that had a red spiral in the middle of a blue circle on the back. He wore blue sandals, and had messy sunny blond hair that over shadowed his deep blue eyes.
"Gotta get there, gotta hurry." He said to himself. He saw a long, five-story tan building in the distance. Even with him running at top speeds it looked to him that he was slower than a snail as he neared the building. 'It's so close, yet so far away!' He thought to himself. As he neared the building, large metallic letters that shone silvery-white were visible along the long stone wall. Rows of windows were both above and below it. It read: Academy of the ninja arts. In his opinion it was like a century later that he reached the school. He ran through the building towards his class room. Room 107. Coincidentally he busted in as soon as his name was called for attendance.
"Uzama-"
"I'M HERE!" he loudly busted in the dark blue, heavy, surprisingly thin, wood door. The teacher cleared his throat. "Glad you decided to come today, why don't you take a seat over there?" He instructed, pointing to an empty seat by the window in the second row. Naruto nodded, trying to catch his breath he dragged himself over to the desk. The young teacher prepared to speak.
Once seated the boy looked over the teacher. He wore the chuunin shinobi vest over a tan shirt and black pants. His dark-brown hair was in a high pony-tail. His most distinguished feature was a long scar running across his face. His brown eyes scanned the class.
"Alright, as I said before, you all can call me Iruka-sensei. You all know that you're here to learn the basics to the secret ninja arts; in other words to prepare in becoming strong shinobi. So make sure you do your best here, so that you can exceed in becoming one." He said scanning the class of little kids. "Lets begin by introducing ourselves. You are to tell your name, your hobbies, likes, dislikes, and dreams." He smiled as about half the class perked up at that. "I'll call you out by name." He said.
Iruka looked to the tardy sunny-blond at the corner of the classroom by the window, all because his orange clothes and sunny yellow hair screamed at him for attention. "We'll start with you."
The boy in question smiled largely. "I'm Uzamaki Naruto, my hobby is training, I like to train, I don't like people who judge others, and I'm gonna become the next Hokage!" He said energetically. Iruka nodded. 'Well he has lots of energy.'
"Hinata you're next." He looked to a girl behind him. She had dark blue, almost black hair, pearly white eyes that shone lavender in just the right light, and a thick blue and white coat on. She flushed red with attention. "I-I-I'm Hinata H-Hyuuga, I like t-t-to d-draw and collect f-flowers, I don't like people who boss others around, a-and I d-dream to get rid of t-t-the curse seal in my clan." She stuttered out, looking redder than a tomato. Iruka smiled warmly, inwardly noting how shy she was. 'She said that last part quite convincingly.' He noted.
"Sasuke." He nodded to the person below Naruto in the first row. It was a dark blue almost black haired boy, whose hair looked like a ducks behind. (A.N. HAHAHAHAHAHA!) He had black eyes, and a blue shirt that covered his neck with white shorts. "My name is Uchiha Sasuke; I dream on becoming as strong as my brother Itachi, and I my hobby is training." He said simply. Iruka nodded. 'Good to see he's following a good roll model.' he thought.
"Matt" He looked to the boy in the second row, right next to Naruto. His dark-brown hair fell over his black eyes, and reached his shoulders. He wore a black t-shirt with loose, black camouflaged pants. "Well, I am Golen Matt, don't really have many hobbies, and I want to become a good shinobi." He shrugged, obviously not wanting to talk more than needed. 'hm.' He thought.
"Ino" Iruka looked to the girl one seat behind him in the third row. She was pale blond with sky-blue eyes. Her long hair was in a high pony tail, her hair trailed all the way down her back. She wore a light purple short-sleeved jacked over a black shirt and purple skirt with black sandals. "I'm Yamanaka Ino, I like Sasuke, I don't like Sakura and my hobby is hanging with Sasuke." She stated. Iruka nodded at her. 'Devoted fangirl' he thought to himself. 'hopefully this years fan-girls wont be too much of a hassle.' He hoped.
A pink haired girl next to Ino stood up suddenly. She wore a cherry red short dress with dark-blue caprices under them. "I'm Haruno Sakura, I love Sasuke, I Hate Ino, and my hobby is hanging with Sasuke" she said, glaring holes into Ino who glared back. You could clearly see the electric tension between the two. Iruka sweat dropped 'Two devoted fangirls…great.' He thought.
"How about you go Helen" Iruka said to the long green-haired, greed-eyed tall girl below the two glaring fangirls. She wore a blue dress with a white sweater over it, and blue sandals. From the way she kept pulling at her outfit and frowning you could tell that she didn't like it one bit.
"I am Dani Helen. My hobbies also included hanging with Sasuke, I like Sasuke, I dislike people who try and steal him away from me…" Almost all the girls in the class shared predatory gleams. " and I dream that he will someday be mine!" She said the last part loudly. Underlying message: Sasuke is mine. 'why do fan-girls fawn over him again?' Iruka thought, knowing that this year's fan club will be the worst yet.
From then on, all the fangirls stood up one after another, professing there love and devotion for the Uchiha. Iruka was a little irked at how they completely ignored him and did there own thing. Once the girls were done, even though they were now either glaring ferociously, or ogling over the annoyed looking Sasuke, Iruka picked up on introductions.
"Next is you Choji." He was a big boned boy in the second row closer to the wall, with light brown hair, and eyes. He had two pink swirls on his cheek, and was eating a bag of potato chips. He wore a yellow shirt with a dark-green vest over it and dark-green shorts. "My name is Akamichi Choji, I like to eat, my hobby is watching nature, I hate starvation, and I dream to find the best chef in the world." He said eating more chips as he finished. Iruka nodded. 'as expected from the Akamichi clan.' He thought.
"Next is you Shikamaru…SHIKAMARU!" He yelled to the sleeping boy behind Choji, he shot up, looking bored and irritated with slumping shoulders and a scowl on his face. His short brown hair was in a high ponytail, which looked like a pineapple. He yawned before answering. "I'm Nara Shikamaru, I like watching clouds, I hate troublesome things, my hobby is sleeping, and my dreams are forgotten as soon as I wake up." He finished, not at all displaying any type of enthusiasm. Iruka nodded. 'The standard lazy bones' He thought.
He motioned to the person beside Choji, skipping the girl who already introduced herself. He had short dark brown unruly hair, black goggles, and a white coat that covered half his face. "I'm Aburame Shino, hobby is collecting bugs, I like finding rare bugs, I dislike those who think bugs are gross, and I dream of breeding a new species of bug." He said. Iruka nodded. 'A bug geek' He thought to himself. 'Well that's the Aburame clan for you."
He gestured to the boy behind him. The boy had on a gray hoodie, short brown messy hair, and a small white dog at the top of his head. His eyes were brown and he had two red tattoo marks on his cheeks, they where in the shape of triangles. "I'm Inuzuka Kiba, and this is Akamaru" He gestured to the white dog that bark excitingly. "I like dogs and other animals, I hate those who mistreat animals, and I dream to be one of the greatest shinobi in Konoha. Iruka nodded. 'A bug user, a dog user, a Hyuuga, an Uchiha, an Akamichi, a Nara, and a Yamanaka all in the same class. Six of Konoha's greatest clans. This will defiantly be an interesting year.' He finished, seeing no other major clan in the room.
After a few other introductions from the remaining boys in the class, Iruka assessed everyone, before smiling.
"Good, now that were done with introductions lets move onto our first lesson!" He said while turning to the board chalk in hand.
(I'm skipping to later on that day)
Naruto sighed, his full attention on a group of birds flying madly at each other. He smiled grimly, envying the birds. They didn't have chains of hate and disgust thrown on them by others…unlike him. He began to muse on what it'll be like to be a bird...
'I would probably still be an outcast among the birds. And still have all of them hating me.' He thought sadly.
"NARUTO!!" Iruka's loud voice snapped him out of his musings, he grinned sheepishly, while scratching the back of his head "…yea" he said slowly, getting smirks from some of the kids. "I asked: What is a ninja's most valuable weapon? Would you care to try and answer?" He asked, although it was more of a command,
"Urm…jutsu?" he said hesitantly, getting a frustrated sigh from Iruka. "No Naruto, would anybody else answer the question?" he said, looking over the now silent class. The pink haired girl who sat thee seats away from Naruto in the third row raised her hand enthusiastically.
"Yes Sakura." Iruka acknowledged.
"A ninja's ultimate weapon is deception. When you face your enemy it's more of an advantage to have them underestimate you, and not take you seriously. When that happens you gain the upper hand by the element of surprise." She said confidently.
"Correct!" Iruka exclaimed. "Many shinobi die in battle because they underestimate their opponent. They let the pride in their own abilities, and appearances of their opponent cloud their judgment, causing them to open themselves up to the weakness of being unprepared and caught off-guard. On the battle field, so much can happen in one small moment. You opponent will not hesitate to attack in the small moment you are surprised, or caught unawares. Now listen carefully to my word words." Iruka paused, letting that all sink in. He continued "Never underestimate the opponent!" he yelled powerfully. He looked around at the now attentive faces. Little did he know, this made a certain orange wearing boy go deep into a blanket of thought.
"Alright, that concludes our lesson for today. CLASS DISMISSED!" he said powerfully, but happily. The room quickly filtered out, the first out the door was Naruto. He chuckled once the class was empty. "Looks like this will be an interesting year." He said to himself.
"Hn… deception…" He said to himself, sitting on the swing that was attached to the tree outside the school, watching all the students filter out, but not really watching them. "If that's truly a shinobi's greatest weapon, then how can I use it?" He thought, starting on his way to his apartment.
His musings were interrupted by a rock slamming soundly into his jaw, knocking him to the ground. He looked back at a small mob of about twenty angry adults, all holding rocks, kunai, and knives. He paled instantly.
"What do you think you doing here Demon!" A tall, strongly built man with black hair and a patch over one eye shot a "You'll pay for what you done!" Naruto rushed back up, his foxy grin nowhere in sight, his eyes shone in fear and despair. He leap out the way of another projectile, it was a kunai.
"W-what did I do to you?" He stuttered, taking a large step back, looking into the angry hateful stares of the mob. This wasn't the first mob, no; far from it. But every time it still evoked the same sheer terror. "Don't play that stupid shit! You know full well what you did! You monster!" An angry woman yelled. That response was common to, but it still confused him. What did he do that was so bad? The mob came closer, Naruto instantly turned to run, causing the mob to give chase. Why are they chasing me! It can't be because of those pranks! I never hurt anyone by doing them!
His legs strained in desperation to get away from the enraged mob. His sides burned, his throat dry, all sorts of things ran through his head. He was so relieved to see his apartment building in the distance. His relief didn't last long for a rock powerfully slammed into his side, causing him to stumble. In desperation he got back up and ran. He herd them yelling obscenities and insults at him, which hurt him just as much as the thrown projectiles. He began to run up the stone stairs leading to his apartment on the second floor, the mob dangerously closes behind. It was by some miracle the person about to grab him slipped on the stairs, falling into the others, which stalled them long enough for him to run into his apartment, slamming and locking the door tight behind him. He propped himself up against the heavy wood door, panic printed clearly on his face.
A second later the mob was banging wildly on the door, yelling violently at him.
After what seemed like forever, the shouts and banging slowly subsided. He stood there anxiously as silence consumed his ears, excluding his madly beating heart, which seemed to be stuck in his throat. Then, without warning, he collapsed onto the ground. He moaned as his legs screamed at him in burning fury, and his stomach painfully squeezed in on itself. Each breath of air felt like knives stabbing into his lungs, and his throat was painfully dry. Bruises and cuts left from the thrown objects burned his skin. His last conscious though was 'what did I do?' as he slipped into a dark void.
(A few hours later)
Naruto sat on the corner of his bed, his hand shaking as he drank a glass of water. The words the crowds threw at him echoing in his mind. 'Stupid beast!' a woman's voice called out. 'Coward!' a man screeched 'weakling!' another man shot. 'Monster!' a female voice shouted. Naruto shuddered. The words kept echoing in his mind, viciously stabbing him in his heart. Tears were flowing freely out o f his eyes. "Why?" He cried "Why do they hate me?" He then broke down into uncontrollable sobs, the words they called him stabbing into his heart. He dropped his cup, spilling the water on his bed as he curled up in the corner and cried himself to sleep.
Naruto dream sequence
"Coward!" "Weakling" "stupid" "beast" "monster!" Naruto stood in an ocean of black, hearing the words all around him. He was quivering, trying to yell, but no sound came out. Red cat-like eyes faced him, with a monstrous grin of sharp deadly teeth. Naruto desperately tried to get away, but he couldn't move. He tried to run from the hideous beast, but nothing happened. "Coward!" he heard a voice call out "weakling!" He heard another. He was desperately trying to turn away from all that, trying to yell, move, anything!!
"Deception is a shinobi's greatest weapon" A voice called out, echoing around him. He snapped his face away from the grinning beast, searching around for that voice. "Deception is a shinobi's greatest weapon" he herd again, this time he ran towards the sound, finally able to move. "deception!" he herd again "the greatest weapon" "deception, deception use deception" He kept hearing the echoes, running to find the source, as it slowly faded away. "WAIT" he yelled, "Wait!"
Naruto was rudely jolted from his nightmare by the cold hard floor. He stood up, looking around terrified of what may be lurking, but calmed down seeing that he was in his own room. He shuttered at the nightmare. It seemed so real. He looked to his bed, seeing as to how it was wet from the water he spilled earlier, he trudged to the closet to grab and extra blanket, deep in thought. Those words echoed in his mind, but it no longer left him with a felling of pain. In fact, he was brought joy. "That's how I can use deception!" He said to himself, walking over to his beaten blue couch to sleep, completely forgetting the bad events that happened that day. (AN: Hey, we all know Naruto has quick mood changes)
Okay, first chappie down. So what did you think? I would like to thank those of you who reviewed and told me of my errors. I hope that I fixed up the grammar and spelling enough. I know I wont be able to fix every little error, I was always bad in grammar. So any help in that aspect would be appreciated.
I am also redoing the rest of the chapters up to chapter 10. No major changes, just to fix up the spelling and grammar. Also, to those who already up to any chapters one through ten before 6/14/08, I will post a notice in chapter 10 or 11 to alert you of the changes. (Because I highly doubt those ppl are re-reading this chapter.)
