"What possessed you to put 3 blow-up dolls in Hiashi Hyuuga's bedroom, Naruto?" Iruka Umino muttered as he dragged the 13 year old blonde back to the academy after the boy had led a group of Konoha shinobi on an hour long chase through the village due to his latest prank, "For that matter, how in the hell did you even get IN there?"
"You've seen how uptight that guy is. Just figured a little tail would help him ease up, even if it's plastic." Naruto cackled when the Hyuuga head's scream of 'NAAAANNNIIII!' had ripped across town after the discovery. "As for how, you know their not allowed to use those eyes of theirs inside their house unless it's an emergency; plus a lot of them are too full of themselves to think anyone would try and sneak around in their house."
Iruka sighed, "And this is why Hiashi can't stand you being around his daughter."
Naruto rolled his eyes. While he and the Hyuuga clan head had didn't have any real animosity for each other, he never missed a chance to drive him nuts. Or any of the other clan heads for that matter.
Shikaku Naru still hadn't forgiven him for swapping out his coffee with espresso. The Nara clan head couldn't sit still for 2 days from that. Though his wife, Yoshino, was more than happy to keep the man occupied.
Hiashi mainly ranted about the possibility of him corrupting Hinata. Naruto just snorted as the two entered the classroom.
Inside, the other students were already seated, though a few were quick give him death glares. He took a quick note of who was there..
In the corner sat Sasuke Uchiha, the only known survivor of the infamous "Uchiha Massacare" sitting in his trademark 'brooding' position. He'd never really associated with the boy, mainly due to his anti-social personality. That, and all the fawning a good portion of the village did on him made Naruto's stomach turn. The horde of rather rabid fangirls he had didn't help matters.
Beside him, and apparently trying to focus on him and Iruka at the same time, was the one person he truly couldn't tolerate in the class: Sakura Haruno. Self-proclaimed president of the Sasuke Fan Club and one of it's more extreme members; she was known for trying to pummel or scream at anyone that said and/or did anything she felt was negative toward the object of her-if his reactions were anything to go by, VERY unwanted-affections.
As usual, Shikamaru Nara was snoozing while Chouji Akamichi was snacking, much to Iruka's ire. He didn't really have any problem with those two aside from Shika's constant referral to him as 'the troublesome blonde'.
Beside them sat Ino Yamanaka. Like Shikamaru and Cjouji, he didn't really have any signifigant problems with her; though she was a fangirl like Sakura. Thankfully, she wasn't as fanatical...just pushy.
Kiba Inuzuka, on the other hand, seemed hellbent on giving him grief ever since the two met, griping about how he thought Naruto smelled funny even after a shower, using that as a reason to be less than civil to him. Akamaru, the boy's dog, simply give the blonde a wide berth.
In the back sat Shino Aburame. Unlike Kiba, he and his clan considered him something of a puzzle. His insects also felt something off about the boy, but it made them curious. Naruto had caught more than one of their bugs trying to explore on him. It tended to itch, but nothing really malicious.
Reaching the far end, Naruto coudln't help but grin at who the last empty seat was beside, "Mornin', Hina-chan." He whispered, sliding in beside her, getting a slightly surprised squeak and a book closing abruptly under the table.
"N-Naruto-kun! Don't do that!" The now blushing girl responded, "I thought Iruka-sensei caught me reading again."
He glanced into her lap and caught sight of a familiar orange book, "Icha-Icha ? I thought you had finished that one."
"I-I did..but that doesn't mean I can't read it again. Besides, the next one hasn't came yet."
"Oh, you mean..this one?" Naruto opened his jacket as discreetly as possible and let a dark red book cover peek out, "Just got it from Ero-Sannin yesterday. Won't be officially out for another month."
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Elsewhere, said Sannin was conducting 'research ' when he looked up, "Why do I suddenly have the feeling I should be proud of the gaki right now?"
"PERVERT!"
CLUNK!
Though, the feeling lasted about 11 seconds before he was crowned with a bath stone after one of the bathing ladies heard him.
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Naruto snickered at the sparkly expression on his friend's face, "You'll get it after school, ok?" He almost rolled his eyes at Hiashi's paranoia again, him corrupting her? More like the other way around.
Yes; around her clan (and some of the nosier members of the village...) Hinata Hyuuga was shy, quiet, and a little bit of a wall flower.
Add a certain orange-clad blonde to the picture, and Hinata was still shy and quiet at times, but she'd reveal one fact people didn't and/or refused to know about her: next to Jiriaya, Hinata Hyuuga was quite possibly the biggest pervert in Konoha.
The duo had known each other for 6 years, ever since meeting during the first few days of the academy. Back then she tried to literally hide inside that jacket of hers. Thankfully, with a little encouragement, and learning she was a big fan of the Icha-Icha series, he managed to at least ease her out of the shyness enugh to where it wasn't crippling. What he didn't expect was the crush she had developed for him.
He still remembered the time he had caught her staring at him with her Byakugan on, blushing up a storm. At first he was worried she was going to freak out until he saw the twin trails of red out of her nose and rather lecherous grin.
"I hope it won't be all I'll be getting." She purred, scooting a little closer to the blonde.
"Maybe..if you're a good girl." He replied, earning a cute little pout. Granted, they knew they'd have to wait a little longer before doing anything major, but that didn't mean the occasional heavy make-out session wasn't an option.
"That's no fun.." She whined.
"Naruto, Hinata. Anything you'd like to share?" Iruka's half-amused, half-annoyed voice rang out, causing most of the class to look their way.
"Nothing, Iruka-Sensei." They said in unison.
The chunin knew they had been slightly 'preoccupied', but decided he'd be merciful and turned back to the text book on his desk, "Where were we..ah, jutsu rankings. We were at Cs, I believe?"
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Tachi Zemusho was never really an exceptional shinobi; the son of a pair of teahouse owners, below average grades, mediocre skills; even he wasn't too sure if he'd get past chunin.
Especially after the Kyuubi attack. An explosion during it had sent shrapnel into his side and leg. They had managed to patch him up, but the injury had left him with a limp, effectively ending his career and leaving him bitter. He turned to alcohol but it did little except make his attitude even fouler. It wasn't long before he heard about how the demon had been beaten from one of the few lucky enough to survive the Hokage's fury when they tried to finish killing the beast.
It had been sealed away in a baby, and like them, he felt it was insanity leaving it alive when the old man had the chance. Unfortunately, none of them had gotten a real good look at the kid; all they could say was it had 3 lines on each cheek.
The same as the Uzumaki kid...then it hit him.
HE had the fox, or as far as Tachi was concerned-thanks to a few years of booze and listening to the people who believed Naruto had to die- he WAS the fox.
Kyuubi, the creature that had cost him his job his home, was walking the same streets as he was, mocking him with it's continued existence; and all because of a stupid old fart who wouldn't believe the truth...
Some people thought it been the alcoholism, others claimed he had just snapped and wanted a targeted. Either way, that day several would be wondering just what made the drunk attack Naruto Uzumaki when he was leaving the academy.
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Probably not one of my better chapters, but for now it's there to help me get the flow into the unveiling.
I'll flesh things out a bit more in the next chapter as well, and yes, I might (and I stress the word MIGHT) be a little kinder to Sasuke this time round.