DEAD Last
Chapter 1: 4 Man Team
(AN): Hello all! This is dragonmaster3672 with his second Naruto fanfic! Hope you all enjoy!
I own nothing but my thoughts.
Here's a brief summary of the story from the Nine Tails incident.
Kushina had twins, a boy and a girl. Minato fought off the Nine Tails by sealing it inside his children, half in each. Everyone survived the attack, including Minato and Kushina. That is, everyone but their newborn son. He apparently died soon after the Nine Tails was sealed. His body was buried, his grave unmarked.
One day, the man who ran the orphanage if the village spotted a young boy sleeping in an alley. He brought him to the orphanage, but could not deal with the child's violence. The pranks were no help either. The child called himself Naruto. He was given the name Uzumaki by the man, because the seal that occasionally appeared on his belly looked like an Uzumaki crest. The man asked the third Hokage to give the boy an apartment, who was only too happy to help.
Now, for the real story.
~The Morning of Team Selection~
Man, why does everyone always doubt me? I graduated dead last, sure, but I still graduated! Whatever. I'll make sure they remember the name Naruto Uzumaki if it's the last thing I do.
"Team 10: Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi," Iruka-sensei said.
"Ugh, why those idiots?" Ino whined.
Iruka-sensei ignored her. "Team 9 is a currently active team, so team 8 will be: Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga."
Kiba, for once, said nothing, only grunting in response.
"Team 7, due to the unusual number of graduates this year, will be a four man team: Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and…" Wait, I'm in the four man team? The hell does that mean?
"Kiriko Namikaze." WHAT!? Why the hell am I in a team with BOTH the Uchiha heir and the daughter of the Fourth Hokage? Does the Universe hate me or something? Universe, if this is divine punishment, I truly regret all those pranks I pulled. I'll apologize to everyone. Just please, please don't stick me with HER.
"Aw, man. Why do I have to be on the same team as that looser?" Kiriko asked, glaring at me.
Oh great, just great! "Kiriko, you and Sasuke both tied for first, and Sakura has the best chakra control I've ever seen in a Kunoichi her age. The only way to balance the teams was to put the dead last with you three." Iruka-sensei said with an apologetic glance in my direction.
If I say anything, I will just make a fool of myself. Iruka-sensei didn't pick the teams, so it's not his fault. If anything it's mine. I better say something though, to let him know I get it. "Yeah, dead last. That's me," I said with a nervous smile at Iruka-sensei.
Iruka-sensei gave subtle nod back and continued assigning teams. Once he finished, Jounin walked in and collected their teams. Except for team 7's Jounin.
"Come on. Where the hell is he?" Kiriko shouted. Honestly, I felt bad for our new sensei. He not only Kiriko to deal with, but me as well. I decided that if I was going to be on the same team as both the Uchiha heir and daughter of the Hokage, I am going to stop and think before I do something stupid.
'At least you're on the same team as your crush.' A menacing voice said in my head.
'Shut up, Kurama. I think it's pretty obvious she's crushing after Sasuke, just like all his fan girls.'
'But this way you have a shot to get to like you.' Kurama, the Nine Tails Beast told me.
'Point taken,'
I noticed that while I was talking to Kurama, Kiriko had lodged an eraser in the top of the doorframe. I instantly realized what she was doing, being a prank master myself, and moved to remove it without anyone noticing. I was too late.
The masked Jounin entered the classroom to find chalk in his white hair.
"Ahahahah! That was classic!" Kiriko laughed out on the floor.
"I'm sorry, sensei. I tried to stop her." Sakura said looking completely ashamed.
"Hn," was all that Sasuke said.
I nearly broke the desk when I slammed my head into it, try to see if I was awake.
"My first impression of you all…" the girls both looked hopefully at him, while Sasuke narrowed his eyes. I just kept my head down, waiting for the inevitable.
"I hate you," the girls were practically sobbing, while Sasuke looked away and I didn't move.
"Meet me on the roof." And with that, the Jounin flickered out of the class room.
We followed soon after, and all found a spot on the bench.
"Why don't we start with introductions?" the Jounin said. "Your name, things you like, don't like, hobbies and dreams?"
"Why don't you go first?" Kiriko said pointedly.
"Okay. My name is Kakashi Hatake. Things I like or don't like, not worth mentioning. Hobbies, no. Dreams, none what-so-ever."
You only told us your name, genius. "Next up, you with the pink hair."
"My name is Sakura Haruno. As for who I- I mean what I like, there isn't much. I don't have anything I particularly hate. My hobby is flower arranging. My dream is to become the best Kunoichi I can." Sakura said.
Kakashi-sensei sweatdropped, and I swear I could read his mind in that moment. "Okay, Prankster's next." He said while pointing to Kiriko.
"My name is Kiriko Namikaze. I love ramen! I hate having to wait for ramen to cook. My hobby is training with my mom and dad. My dream is to become the next Hokage!" Kiriko stated happily. Oh my God. We're too similar. I have to say something different, at all cost.
"Okay then. You're next, Blondie." Kakashi-sensei said with a smile in his one eye.
"My name in Naruto Uzumaki." I said quietly. "I like art, I guess. I don't like the mess it can make afterwards. My hobbies include doodling, training, and listening to music. My dream really isn't worth mentioning.
Kakashi-sensei looked at me kind of weirdly, like he had some sort of idea of what I wanted to say. "Alright then. Last up is moody."
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't like anything in particular. I hate a lot of things. My hobby is training. I don't have a dream, but a goal, to kill a certain somebody." Man, could he be any more depressing?
"Well, now that we have that out of the way, meet me at training ground seven tomorrow at sunrise. Oh, and don't eat breakfast unless you want puke." With that, Kakashi-sensei disappeared.
I walked back to my apart, without a word to anybody. I packed up my kunai and shuriken, throwing in some explosive tags and steel wire for good measure. With that done, I made my way to Ichiraku Ramen for dinner.
The one person I did not want to see was, unfortunately, eating dinner with her mother there.
I sat down at the opposite end of the counter, hopeful I could be ignored. Sadly, it could never last. "Two house ramen, please."
"You got it, Naruto." Ayame said cheerfully. I nearly flinched as she said my name.
"Naruto?" Kiriko looked over at me, then glared. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Eating my dinner. What else would I be doing?" I asked, faking tiredness.
"Can't you see I'm trying to enjoy some ramen with my mom? Stop intruding." Kiriko spat.
"Kiriko!" Her mom nearly shouted.
"What, it's true. I mean he's dead last in our class. Why do I have to be teamed up with him?" Kiriko challenged.
"The academy has always put the best and worst students on the same team to create balance." her mom argued.
"Can we please have dad drop him from the team?" Kiriko pleaded.
"Kiriko!" her mom screamed.
"Here's you ramen, Naruto." Ayame said to prevent any damage from happening.
"Thanks, Ayame." I downed the ramen in record time. "You know, it's not very nice to talk about people like there not even here." I said as I finished my meal.
The two girls just looked at me like I had grown a second head, before Kiriko said, "Oh, wah-wah. Why don't you go crying home to mommy about it then?" giving me a smirk.
Did she really just go there? She just went there, didn't she? Well, I can play hard-ball, too. "You know, even if had parents, I still wouldn't go crying to them. Just shows what you know about others, huh. Thank you for the food, Ayame." I set my money down and left, ignoring the looks of utter shock from the women still eating.
I roof hopped back home as fast as I could, slamming the door closed as I came in. I locked the door with all ten locks this time, and all but destroyed my bed getting in.
'Way to go, Naruto. You just made an enemy of the Hokage's wife for talking to Kiriko like that. Honestly, I'm impressed.'
'I'm not in the mood, Kurama. I just want some time to think to myself.'
I really shouldn't have done that. If I made an enemy of the Hokage's wife, I might as well have declared war on the man himself. What the hell have I done? I might as well eat breakfast tomorrow, seeing as will probably be the last one I ever have.
(AN): Yeah, I might have made that just a little obvious. Oh well, I guess. The point is, nobody knows Naruto, and nobody really hates his guts for having the Nine Tails sealed inside of him. Thanks for reading and look for the next chapter.