ANBU: Academy
Chapter One: Changing the Curriculum
A/N: I know I haven't been on since I discontinued The Namikaze Chronicles or whatever it was called ... it's been so long! I kinda got writer's block then it started to drift away out my mind and then eventually I totally forgot about writing fanfics altogether!
Legend
"Speech"
"Emphasised speech"
Thoughts
Naruto sighed in relief as he was escorted by Iruka Sensei towards the crowd which was shuffling towards the assembly hall after the announcement by the Hokage over the speakers.
Urrghhh, why did Iruka have to chase me all over the village? Why did he not just give up! Now I have to go to this assembly, whatever it's about. Well, at least this isn't another one of those routine assemblies where they announce who's had good grades and give them encouragement because I'm never in the list even though I'm clearly holding back!
He thought, grumbling to himself, knowing that it wasn't true and that he was actually one of the worst students at the Academy. He snapped his head up when he heard something about a new instructor,
"Hehe, looks like we got ourself a new victim of our pranks!"
Nudging his best friend, Kiba, in the ribs before giving him his trademark foxy grin. Concerned, Kiba replied,
"Naruto … weren't you listening before that? He's a jounin and he's an ANBU captain!" Naruto let his words sink in before he complained,
"WHAT! What's Ojisan thinking having an ANBU captain as our instructor? Is he trying to kill us? Well, that's just great! I just hope he teaches someone else's class and not ours!"
" … and because the curriculum is being changed we have decided end this school term early and start the next term right away, with the new curriculum in place. That means that the new rules that you have heard just there will take immediate effect such as classes will be split accordingly to not only your level of skill but also how much improvement you need and you will have a rotation of teachers for different topics of education*."
Naruto woke up just in time to hear this bad news at the end of the Sandaime Hokage's speech which had lulled him and many others to sleep - including the 'tall, dark and handsome'** prodigy, Sasuke Uchiha – but he perked up when the Hokage ushered his student and heir to the position as Hokage onto the stage, his student was none other than the busty blonde, Tsunade, who is addicted to sake and loves gambling even though she is known to be unlucky and is in debt to more than 3000 people.
"Hello, I'm Tsunade and I'm also one of the legendary Sannin, I actually didn't want this job and I was forced into it by Sarutobi Sensei here because he bribed me … I will promise to protect Konoha to the best of my ability, dying for it if it is necessary … blah blah, blah … all the usual stuff that I'm supposed to say … I'm done here! Go back to class, kids!"
She took a bottle of sake hidden in her cleavage and gulped more than half of it while she was walking down off the stage and she would have finished it if it weren't for her assistant, Shizune, forcibly taking it from her and confiscating it.
Naruto and his classmates trodded back to their class with heavy hearts, grumbling as they did. Iruka greeted them as they came back and sat in their seats, "I trust you all know of the new system in place because of the new curriculum?" Most of the class simply gave a sharp nod while they grunted in answer. "Good, I will now proceed to list your registration classes and which teacher you have for that class, he will tell you the rest.
"… and Kakoru Hoshirame will be in class 6B, the following students will be in class 7A: Shino Aburame, Chouji Akimichi, Neji Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Tenten Shurinai and Ino Yamanaka."
Naruto and the other exchanged puzzled glances and stared at Iruka, waiting for him to say they were in the last class but he didn't. In fact, at this exact moment he opened the door for the Hokage even though there was no knock on the door,
"Can everyone except Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hyuuga, Rock Lee, Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara and Sasuke Uchiha please leave the classroom?"
Everyone talked to each other about their new classes while they happily left them to talk in private,
"Hey, old man! Why do you want to talk to us in private? And why weren't we put into classes?"
Naruto shouted, just as the door was closed,
"Yeah, Hokage-sama, if it's because we are exceptionally good then I can get why Shikamaru and Lee are here but why are Naruto, of all the people, and the others here instead of Neji?"
Sasuke said arrogantly,
"Everyone of you in here have the potential to become great shinobi but you all have certain weaknesses that you need to perfect. Shikamaru, you need to stop being so lazy and you could be the best tactician that anyone has ever seen, you could even be better than your own father.
Hinata, you should be more confident and have more belief in yourself, then you can live up to your father's expectations and show him exactly just how good you are. Sakura, you could be less violent and take some anger management, you'll never be appreciated the way you are now.
Sasuke, being a shinobi is all about teamwork, you can't complete missions all on your own and you also have to put down your hatred for your brother and forgive him, it will only get yourself on a path of revenge and destruction, a path that will not end well.
Naruto, you probably have the best potential out of all of us, even the jounin, if you would just stop playing pranks, you're a fast learner, you could do anything if you put your mind to it and try.
Lee … well let's just say you need to be less energetic and take a break from hanging around with Guy Sensei.
I have the utmost confidence in you all, you will make us proud."
With that, the Hokage simply turned and walked out the door without even a glance to see their reactions to this turn of events.
Sasuke was the first to react,
"Teamwork? Bah! I certainly don't need a team! And forgive Itachi? After he murdered our parents and the whole clan just to test how strong he is? I won't! I'll never forgive him! I will kill him! Even at the expense of my own life!"
He stormed off to pent his anger on a training dummy,
"Me? Violent? I need anger management? I am never angry! I don't care if he's the Hokage! He's going to get what's coming to him for saying that sort of stuff to me and my beloved Sasuke-kun! Cha!"
Sakura let out her anger in one vicious punch towards the thing closest to her, who just happened to be Naruto. He got punched into and on top of the unsuspecting Hinata, who was too busy thinking to notice the recent turn of events,
I need to be more confident? But how can I when Naruto-kun is in the same class as me nevermind on top if me? In an actual rather comfortable position … Wait what! W-What's N-Naruto-kun doing on t-top of … me?
She quickly fainted when she realised though but Naruto still didn't get up off her because he was also too busy thinking,
I … have the most potential? Even more potential than the Uchiha prodigy, Sasuke? If I just put my mind to it? Hmmm … I love the colour lavender … Wait, my favourite colour is orange! What am I talking about? Uh oh … pink …
He snapped out of his train of thought when Sakura slapped him across the face. Hard. Very hard.
"What do you think you're doing on top of poor Hinata like that? Don't think you can take advantage of her just because she's shy!"
She pushed him off Hinata into the wall then stormed off somewhere too, probably to find Sasuke.
"I will always be energetic! Telling me to be less energetic is like telling me to put out my Flames of Youth! Because it is! And I will never be away from Guy Sensei because he is my mentor and he taught me how to live!"
Lee suddenly shouted, doing his usual thumbs up pose. He walked off to meet up with Guy Sensei,
"Troublesome …"
Sighed Shikamaru as he lied there on his back just outside the window, gazing at the clouds and eventually falling asleep. The only ones who were in the classroom and conscious were Iruka and Naruto,
"Oh yeah, the Hokage forgot to tell you but your class will be known as 7B and you will be the only class to have two sensei and have a different timetable from everyone. Your two sensei will be Kakashi Sensei and Ryushin Sensei, the new instructor from ANBU, remember to tell each of your classmates!"
Iruka Sensei said just before he left,
"Why? Why me?"
Naruto sank to his knees and pretended to weep.
"I have a busy schedule! I'll have barely anytime to play any pranks!"
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