Chapter 1- Sticks and Stones – Iruka and Naruto
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Author's Note: This is chapter one in a series of short stories I'm writing about the characters from Naruto as their cute little baby selves! Fairytale 1 is about Naruto and his favorite sensei, Iruka!! please read and review, I would love to hear what you have to say. Oh! And any ideas for cute little pairings or any baby characters you just wanna see in a story together would be great and appreciated!
It was just another normal, day in Konoha. The sun was gently setting on the horizon, dieing the sky the lazy orange of twilight. The children played outside at the ninja academy, excitedly practicing their new hand signs.
A young tan-skinned Genin watched over them all, smiling proudly. They had all made such quick progress with the new jutsu. It surprised Iruka how quickly they had all managed to adapt to it. They all showed so much potential…
"HEY, WANNABE'S!!!! LOOK OVER HERE!!!"
Well, almost all of them…
Uzumaki Naruto, a spiky haired, loud mouthed little kid with an aptitude for pulling rotten pranks, was, of course, up to the usual. He was standing in the middle of the schoolyard, calling eagerly for all the kids to gather round.
Iruka sighed. "What now?"
"C'MON!! EVERYBODY! I HAVEN'T GOT ALL DAY!!!" he yelled.
"What are you up to now, Naruto?" a little, pink haired, bossy girl said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"It's amazing, Sakura-chan!!! Wait 'till you see it!" he said excitedly.
"Ohhh… I can hardly wait," she groaned.
"What are you doing, Naruto?" Iruka asked, pushing his way threw the crowd of kids.
"Here goes!!" He made some quick hand signs and yelled, "Transform!" POOF! He disappeared behind a cloud of white smoke and reappeared a few seconds later as…
"AAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!" The kids exclaimed, covering their eyes.
Naruto grinned as he reappeared, now much older, female, and completely nude!
"EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!" Sakura screamed. "NARUTO!!! YOU ARE SO GROSS!!!"
He giggled and blew a kiss, making the crowd of kids scream and run away.
POP! Another cloud of smoke surrounded him and he reappeared as his normal, clothed self.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! I got ya'! I got ya'! Ahahaha!"
"N-n-n… NARUTO!!!!!!" Iruka bellowed.
"Yeah sensei-YOW!!" Iruka punched him in the back of the head.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" Naruto moaned.
"That was so…. so… vulgar!!!" Iruka hissed. "Where the hell did you learn something like that!?"
"From this!" he exclaimed, pulling a small pink book from his pocket. The cover read-
"Make-out Paradise?"
"I got it from Kakashi-sensei's desk!" He flipped the book open to a particularly graphic page and shoved it in Iruka's face. "See! Isn't it great! It's got pictures!"
Iruka snatched the book from Naruto's hands. "This book is not meant for children Naruto!"
"Well if it's so bad then why does Kakashi-sensei have it?"
"Because he… um…. It's for, um… older people things…"
"What kinda things?"
Iruka slapped his forehead. "Dear god…"
Brrrring!!!!!!
"Oh, the bell! Alright everyone!" Iruka called, clapping to get the kids attention. "Time to go home!"
"Yaaaaay!" the kids yelled and stampeded out of the yard, nearly knocking Iruka off his feet.
"Sayonara, Sensei!!!" They waved goodbye as they ran to meet their families at the gate.
"Bye everyone!" he called waving to his students. "See you on, Monday! Don't forget to practice your-"
"SENSEI!"
"Oof!!" Iruka was knocked to the ground. He shot an irritated glare at Naruto, who sat on his chest a wide, mischievous grin on his face. "Naruto…" Iruka groaned. "What are you doing?"
He laughed and shook his head. "Nothin'!"
"Well then, do you think you could get off of me?" Iruka asked, becoming irritated.
"I was just sayin' goodbye!" He said, bouncing on Iruka's stomach.
"By head butting me?" he groaned.
"Yup!" Naruto laughed.
"Of course," he gently lifted Naruto off of him and set him on the ground. "Well thank you for that Naruto but really," stood up and brushed off his backside. "You should be getting home."
Naruto frowned. "Yeah… okay…" He walked past Iruka but after a few steps he stopped. "Sensei…" he whispered.
"What is it?" Iruka asked.
"Could you…walk me home?" he asked, his back still turned to his teacher.
"Why, Naruto?"
"Because…. Because…" he stuttered. He pointed towards the fence, to a gang of kids who lingering by the exit. The four of them had their dark hateful eyes locked on Naruto.
Iruka frowned. He came up beside him and put his arm around his shoulder. "Sure, Naruto," he said. "Let's go."
He led Naruto across the yard and quickly walked him out, shooting a nasty glare at the kids. They each had their hands stuffed in their bulging pockets and wicked smirks on their faces.
"What are you doing here?" He asked. "School's over. You should all be at home."
"We were waiting for him," the biggest one said, stepping forward.
Naruto clenched his hands into fists and ground his teeth together. Iruka squeezed his shoulder.
"Why? What business do you have with him?" He asked in a very calm voice.
The big one grinned wickedly and pulled a stone out of his pocket. The rest of him followed suit. "We just wanted to see how fast the Fox Boy could run," he said menacingly. "That's all."
"What!? Iruka exclaimed.
"Yeah, last time we couldn't catch up to 'im, but this time," He casually tossed the stone up in the air. "We brought ammunition, so that should even the score."
Naruto growled and shrugged Iruka's hand off his shoulder. "It's okay, sensei! I can take 'em!"
"No, Naruto," he said, stepping in front of him. "I don't want you fighting…" He looked up and the kids flinched from the anger blazing in his dark eyes. "What the hell do you little punks think you're doing!!!?" He screamed.
"I already told ya' teach, we were- wahahah!!"
Iruka grabbed the little punk by his greasy hair and pulled him up off the ground.
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! WHAT THE HELLA' YOU DOIN"!!!? PUT ME DOWN!!!?" the kid wailed.
"I'll say it again," he said calmly. He brought the kid up to his face and his eyes flashed dangerously. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING MESSING WITH ONE OF MY STUDENTS!!!?" he snarled.
"OW! OW! OW! LEMME GO!!!" The kid wailed, kicking at Iruka's stomach. Iruka quickly grabbed his foot and yanked him upside-down, shaking him violently.
Naruto just stood there, watching his sensei with big, teary eyes. Iruka-sensei was…. defending him. Him, Uzumaki Naruto, Konohagakure's reject, the boy no one stood up for, the boy everyone hated…
"S-sensei…" he whispered, a single tear running down his cheek.
Iruka continued to shake the living daylights out of the punk kid, who wailed like a girl even though Iruka wasn't really hurting him at all. His gang yelled and screamed for Iruka to put their leader down. He happily obliged and dropped him on the ground.
"OW!" the kid yelped, gingerly rubbing the large bump on his head.
"Don't you punks even think about coming near Naruto again!!" Iruka growled, kicking the kid in the seat of the pants. "Get outta here!!"
"W-what should we d-do boss?" one of his nervous gang member's asked.
"We should… we AWAY!!!" he screamed and bolted down the street.
"Ugh… WAIT FOR US BOSS!!!?" The rest of them yelled, as they ran after their leader.
Iruka sighed, trying to control the anger building up inside of him. He turned to Naruto. "How long?"
"How long what?" he mumbled, lowering his head so Iruka wouldn't see the tears in his eyes.
"How long have they been treating you that way, Naruto!?" Iruka yelled.
He got no response.
"What they did to you was wrong!!! Why didn't you tell me before!!?"
Still nothing.
He balled his hands into fists.
"ANSWER ME, NARUTO!!!"
"People call me names all the time!!!" He glared at his sensei. "It's nothing new, you know!! Kids call me names all the time!!! Grown ups too!!!"
Iruka felt his face burning in anger. He knew that Naruto was shunned and treated with indifference but he hadn't known it was this bad.
"Well you should have told me!!" Iruka said.
"Why!?" Naruto yelled, angrily whipping his tears away with his sleeve. "What's it matter anyway!? Nobody cares about me!!" He shot Iruka one last accusing glare and darted down the street.
"Naruto wait!!!" Iruka yelled, racing after him. "Naruto stop!... Wait!! NARUTO!!!"
Author's Note: Well, hope you liked it! I love writing for Iruka and Naruto! They're too kuwai! Anyway, part 2 for Sticks and Stones will be up soon… I hope. lol! Anyway, please read and review!!! Sayonara!!!