Summary: Dead Last of the class and overly lacking in talent, Yuma Ito is considered to be the epitome of pitiful by his peers. Having been orphaned due to the Nine-Tailed Fox Attack he has lived a life steeped in sadness and lives in a piss poor apartment. To make matters worse, his teammates are none other than Naruko Namikaze, host of the Nine-Tailed Fox and daughter of the Fourth Hokage, and Sasuke Uchiha, Son of Fugaku Uchiha and 2nd heir to Uchiha Clan. Having been shoved into a team of geniuses, how will Yuma Ito survive while dealing with the shame of being in their shadow?
Eventual NarukoxOC. Minato is alive and the Uchiha Clan still exists.
Sunlight. That's the first thing that filled the young boy's vision when he awoke to the load ringing of an alarm cloak. Not wanting to fall back to sleep, he dragged himself out of his bed and walked to his dimly lit bathroom. As he walked through the doorway leading to his bathroom sink, he made sure to avoid the cockroaches that always littered the his floor.
He let out a exasperated sigh, feeling slightly irritated at the bugs that no matter how much he had attempted to rid himself of, they always somehow persevered. Not wanting to gross himself out, he forced himself to look away from the disgusting state his apartment was in. Appearing to him in the small mirror within his bathroom was his average face, brown eyes, black hair reaching to his shoulders, pulled into a pony-tail with two long bangs of hair resting next to each eye and pale skin. If you looked up average in the dictionary, you would probably see him listed as an example. He grabbed his toothpaste and toothbrush and got to work.
After showering he put on his blue shirt and brown cargo shorts and walked to the doorway of his apartment. He would've eaten breakfast, but all he had was Cup Ramen, and wanted to save it for dinner due to only having one. As he reached for his doorknob, anxiousness began to cause butterfly's to swarm within his stomach.
'Calm down Yuma, it's just graduation day, with any luck, I may be in a good team.' The young boy thought to himself.
With his self-comforting thoughts, he turned the knob and began his walk to the academy.
Thus, the tragic and yet hopeful tale of Yuma Ito had begun.
"Hey Dead Last, are you sure you're in the right place, or are you just here to see the rest of us graduate." A young boy with a snarky tone yelled out to Yuma
The first person to greet him when he walked into the class was Kiba Inuzuka, if you could even call it a greeting.
"For your information, I did graduate bastard, maybe you should just leave me alone." Yuma said, trying to put up a brave front.
Kiba chuckled as he walked away while giving Yuma a retort.
"Whatever you say loser" he said while kids in their seats laughed and whispered among each other.
Like always.
Yuma walked to his seat with clenched fists as he went for the back row of chairs, not wanting anyone to see the shame on his face. It's always been like this, one of the students would toss him a snide remark and everyone else would laugh at him, no matter how much he hated it there was nothing he could do about it.
He was a clan-less weakling after all.
He sat down and put his head on his desk, waiting for Iruka-sensei and the rest of the students to arrive. As he held his head down, he began to hear the kids near him murmur in admiration. He felt irritation and anger well up within himself as he made a guess on what it was the others were murmuring about. It could only be those two. The two prodigies he was most envious and hateful towards.
"Haha! I made it to class first bastard, that means I win!" A girl with blonde twin tails clad in orange yelled toward a boy with black spiky hair, clad in blue and white.
"No way idiot, I thought we said no Chakra use Naruko, and unless my eyes deceived me, which I highly doubt, then you clearly used Chakra in your feet to go faster." The spiky haired boy said in a chastising manner.
"Nu-uh Sasuke, I was being fair cuz' I only used a small amount, besides I don't remember ever agreeing to that!"
The blonde chatterbox continued to talk in a voice that was getting on Yuma's nerves as she and Sasuke strolled to their seats.
Naruko Namikaze and Sasuke Uchiha, The Twin Prodigies of Konoha. Sasuke Uchiha, heir and second in line to lead the Uchiha clan, talented since birth and the second youngest person to awaken the sharingan, his brother Itachi taking first awakening it at age eight and sasuke at age ten. He was everything Yuma wanted to be and more. Then...their was her, Naruko Namikaze, daughter of fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and host of the Nine-Tailed Fox, the monster who took Yuma's parents and made him an orphan. She lived a life of luxury and happiness and was loved by all of the villagers while Yuma lived a life of poverty always doing odd jobs to afford his dinner. She is skilled and talented, the complete opposite of him. He only put up with being in the same class as her because if it were not for her father, young Yuma would be homeless.
After taking their seats Iruka-Sensei finally walks into the classroom with a bright smile on his face as he stands in front of the chalk board looking at everyone with pride.
"Hello class, as you all know today is the last day I will be seeing you guys in a long while, I am proud to say everyone in this room passed, although some may have struggled more then others".
He said throwing Yuma a pitiful gaze...
'Please don't look at me like that.'
"But no matter the trial or test, all of you persevered and gave it your all, and for that..I'm proud."
he said giving a bright smile to everyone.
"Everyone except Yuma."
Kiba mockingly said as some of the other kids laughed with the exception of Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata, and Sasuke and Naruko, the latter giving him a small frown as she looked at him with pity...
'Stop giving me that look, I hate you.'
Iruka-Sensei gave Kiba a harsh glare.
"If you insult your fellow shinobi again Kiba, I will make sure you regret it." Iruka told Yuma, sticking up for Yuma for the first time in awhile.
Iruka-sensei stated as kiba shrunk into his chair with a small grunt of resignation.
'serves you right.'
"Anyways, as you all already are aware, today is the day you all become Genin and begin your careers as Shinobi, and I couldn't be more proud to have been your Sensei." Iruka stated.
He looked to all of the children with a look of adoration.
Finally, Iruka-sensei brought out a clipboard that caused all of the young soon to be Genin to freeze as he gave everyone a grin
"Now let me begin telling you all the teams you will be in, I know your all excited." Iruka said, a playful grin on his face.
He began to sweat a bit as Iruka-sensei started naming off teams.
'please let me be in a normal team, please!' Young Yuma begged to Kami for mercy.
He nervously began tapping his feet as he blocked out all the noise around him, not paying any attention as he began to let his fear and trepidation get the better of him. As Iruka got further down the list of teams, Yuma began to worry as all the other normal kids were being named off and put into teams.
His fear only got higher as Iruka got further down the list, already past team fifteen. As he named Team Fourteen and Thirteen on to Twelve, Yuma's hope began to get slimmer and slimmer.
"Team Ten will be led by Asuma Sarutobi and will consist of Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimachi, and Shikamaru Nara.",
Iruka-sensei states as Ino yells in frustration, Shikamaru complains, and Choji just continued to eat his chips.
"Team Eight will be led by Kurenai Yuhi and will consist of Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame.",
Kiba Inuzuka grinned, Hinata Hyuga shyly shrunk further into her large jacket and Shino...did nothing.
Yuma began to shake a little in fear and denial, there was no way he would be put onto Naruko and Sasuke's team?
Right?
A bead of sweat rolled down his forehead as his eyes widened in horrific realization as the sick truth dawned upon him and his stomach started to churn in pain.
'Please, please don't let it be true, please Kami-Sama, please give this one mercy!' Yuma begged to the gods.
Such a shame they were not listening.
Iruka-sensei gained a look of pride as he read the next and last team on the list.
"Lastly, we have team 7 led by Kakashi Hatake consisting of Sasuke Uchiha,"
'no.'
"Naruko Namikaze,"
'Please!'
"and lastly...Yuma Ito".
As Yuma world shattered and everything began to spin out of control, his eyes clenched shut, his stomach lurched and...
He vomited.
'Why me, why do i have to be in a team with them!'
Yuma thought to himself as he washed his face in the Academy sink, being sent to the bathroom by Iruka-sensei after having threw up in class.
Yuma has always hated Naruko, her entire existence was like a rich man rubbing his privilege in a poor mans face to young Yuma.
'Why her, why does she get born with the talent, why does she get born into a great family, why does she have a loving family, why? If it weren't for her I would have parents, if it weren't her I wouldn't have to worry about my next meal, if it weren't for her...I could've had a happy life.' Yuma thought, green with envy as he wiped his face.
He shook his head to rid himself of those disturbing thoughts. Sasuke Uchiha was a different story, Yuma did not hate him. Unlike Naruko, He felt very little animosity for Sasuke. The only reason Yuma disliked him was because of his arrogance and a certain incident from a few years prior. Regardless of how he felt, it was not like he could change teams. He was dead last afterall, so he would just have to learn to deal with it. After wiping off his face, he left the restroom and headed back to class.
As he got closer to the classroom door, he began to hear loud voices through the doors. Obviously, it was Sasuke and Naruko, probably arguing about something ridiculous. When he opened the door to see what was going on, an eraser fell upon his head, caking Yuma in chalk dust as the two prodigies went silent.
'First I vomit, and now this, why is kami-sama punishing me.' He thought to himself while Sasuke glared daggers at Naruko.
"Oh my gosh! that wasn't meant for you! I was trying to prank Kakashi-Sensei, i'm so sorry...Uhm..."
Naruko trailed off as she ran over worriedly, having obviously forgotten his name.
"Yuma, Yuma Ito." He said between gritted teeth, angry over having been the subject of one of her pranks.
"Yeah, Yuma, I knew that, anyways i'm sorry about what just happened can we forget this ever happened and be friends?"
She flashed her pearly whites and gave Yuma a dazzling smile, Yuma however, was not impressed. As such, He merely walked past Naruko, refusing to pay her any mind.
'You hate her, don't you?'
Sasuke having seen the interaction looked at Yuma somewhat inquisitively as he stood up from his seat and walked over to where Yuma was standing.
"Hey, sorry for the trouble she caused I tried to tell her it was a bad idea, but she wouldn't listen." Sasuke said with a small smirk causing Naruko to pout.
"Shut up! I just apologized didn't I bastard!" She yelled causing Yuma to frown in irritation.
"Well whatever anyways, Yuma was it? I was wondering if u could tell us your current skills and fighting style, since we'll be teammates, we should know more about each others strengths and weaknesses." Sasuke said, giving Yuma a cocky smile that got on his nerves.
"I uh, only know the academy style." Yuma said lamely.
What He said brought a tense frown to Sasuke's face causing Yuma to feel ashamed and red rising up his cheeks out of embaressment as Sasuke gave Yuma a sad and annoyed look.
"Really? thats it? well, I guess you are dead last for a reason." he said with disappointment as the shame Yuma was feeling only got worse.
'Sorry for not being able to meet your expectations, oh great one.' Yuma grumbled internally.
"Hey bastard, he's just a regular Genin, he's not like us, don't be so hard on him."
Naruko stated trying to play peace maker for the two boys causing the shame Yuma was feeling to change over to feeling of anger over having the one person he hated most stick up for him.
"Well, this is quite the situation I have walked into." A relaxed voice calmly stated from behind the three Genin causing them to jump a bit.
All three of them whirled around to find a tall man with silver hair wearing a headband and facial mask looking at all of them with bemusement.
"Kakashi-Sensei, finally your here!" yelled the blond human megaphone beside Yuma causing him to flinch in discomfort.
'Odd, so she already knows our sensei?' Yuma thought to himself.
Kakashi gave all three of them an eye smile as he waged his finger at Naruko mockingly.
"Now, now Naruko, don't ruin the surprise for your third teammate.", Kakashi said in a amused manner.
"Well, my first thought of you all is...Interesting.", Kakashi stated while maintaining his eye smile.
"Well lets get going to the academy roof, and introduce ourselves to each other, see you guys there".
And with those last word, he bursted into a gust of leaves leaving Yuma stunned. The other too were not as shocked as they began their pursuit after him.
Yuma sighed to himself in discontent as the situation he found himself in settled in.
'Well, I guess this is my team now, now I know how Shikamaru feels.'
And with that, Yuma ran after them as well.
After having finally drug himself up the long staircase to the roof, he found that he was the last one to arrive. Naruko and Sasuke already had been sitting on the bench in front of Kakashi, as Kakashi turned to Yuma with a eye smile.
"Nice of you to finally join us." said Kakashi-sensei somewhat mockingly as Yuma turned to glare at Naruko.
"I would've been here faster if someone didn't cover me in chalk causing to have to go clean myself off in the bathroom." he said with annoyance.
Naruko just rubed the back of her head sheepishly and said sorry as she patted the spot next to her, signaling Yuma to sit.
He sat next to Sasuke.
'Like i'd ever sit next to her.'
"Well, now that we are all here let us begin with introductions first, Naruko will start us off" Kakashi said as Naruko stood up dramatically in front of them and began.
"Hello! I'm Naruko Namikaze, but of course you already knew that! I like my dad, training with bastard, and Ramen. I dislike anyone who's rude to people who don't deserve it, selfish people who only care about themselves, and the time it takes ramen to heat up! My hobbies are fighting, training, and learning Fuinjutsu with my dad. My dream for the future is to become the greatest Hokage ever so that I can protect this village that I love!" Naruko twirled back around and plopped down next to Yuma giving him a smile in an annoying fashion.
'Get away.'
"Next up is you Sasuke." Kakashi said lazily as Sasuke remained seated and began talking.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I like training, time away from that idiot next to me, and spending time with Big Brother Itachi. My dislikes are people who lack ambition and weaklings. My hobbies include training and helping my big brother with menial tasks. My dream is not a dream, beacause I will make it reality, I will beat Big Brother Itachi in battle one day and earn the title of Clan Head." Sasuke said, fires of determination billowing behind his eyes.
Naruko and Kakashi smiled at him proudly and turned to look at Yuma, signifying it was his turn to begin.
"Hello uh i'm Yuma Ito, I uh like, um reading? I guess? I dislike people who gain prestige and notoriety simply because they were born into a great family. Um my hobbies would be, I dont know I dont really have any I guess it would be reading again. My dream is...to become the richest man in Konoha, no matter the cost."
A fire flashed behind Yuma's eyes but only briefly.
Yuma finished his introduction hoping He didn't come off as a weirdo, luckily Kakashi just smiled at the three of them.
"Well I guess that's it, now that we know all about each other, I can't wait to see what kind of ninja you three become, but first you guys have one more test to take to become genin." Kakashi said, an odd glint in his eye taking form as he stood and began strolling off.
"Make sure to be at Training Ground Seven tomorrow at six in the morning." he said as he disappeared down the stairs.
Naruko turned to Yuma and Sasuke with a knowing grin.
"Kakashi is always two hours late so I recommend eating at six and coming to the training grounds at eight." she said with a Cheshire cat like smile.
Sasuke turned to Yuma.
"Me and the Idiot are going to eat at the Akimachi Diner, wanna come" he said.
"Yeah, that way me and the Bastard can get to know you more, i'll even pay, what do ya say?" Naruko offered, giving Yuma a kind smile.
He turned to Naruko and put on a fake smile as he tried his hardest to sound polite.
"No thank you, besides I already have ramen at home."
'I would rather starve.'
"Oh come on, it'll be fun." Naruko said, her insistence beginning to get on Yuma's nerves.
"Naruko let the Dead Last go, he obviously doesn't feel comfortable having you pay for him." Sasuke said mistaking Yuma's refusal as a gesture of not wanting to be a burden.
"Yeah, that's it, you two have fun, i'll see you guys tomorrow." Yuma said, glad for Sasuke giving him a excuse.
As Yuma walked away, descending down the staircase, he heared Naruko yell.
"Okay, See ya tomorrow Yuma, lets work hard to become the best team in Konoha!" Naruko said, enthusiasm and happiness evident in her tone.
As Yuma got to the hallway, He let his mask fall apart and punched the wall beside him in fustration, bruising his hand in the process.
'Out of all the people I could've been teamed with...it had to be her.' Yuma thought, rage feeling his every bone.
As he walked out of the school and towards his home, the only thing that could be heard was the chirping of birds and the sound of crows cawing in the distance.
Thus, the tale of Yuma Ito, had now began.
A/N: Hey guys, this is my first fanfic ever so I may have been sloppy somewhere, I like criticism, so make sure to tell me what you think, and hope you enjoyed, I've been wanting to make this for awhile and hope you guys like it. This will be a long story with a lot of character development, so look forward to that, take care and have a peaceful night or day wherever you live, KingOfShame, out.