Drop Your Mask
Chapter Two
*BEEP BEEP BEEP* Groaning as he rolled over, Naruto smacked his hand onto his alarm clock, turning it off as he kicked at the sheets restricting his legs. Freeing himself from the sheets, Naruto yawned as he stood, and stretched. Within two minutes, Naruto was in the shower, sighing as the hot water ran over his body.
As his mind finally woke up, Naruto almost shouted when he remembered the previous night, nearly singing to himself, he yelled "NO MORE ORANGE FUCKING JUMPSUIT! NO MORE GETTING BEAT UP BY WASTED ASS HOLES! NO MORE DUMB MOTHER FUCKINGCLASS CLOWN NARUTO! FUCKING FINALLY I CAN BE MY KICK ASS SELF!"
Of course, this had everyone in the apartment block yelling back at Naruto to shut up, or go die in a hole as someone yelled. Hopping out of the shower, Naruto dried off, before heading over to his closet, pulling out some decent clothes.
Naruto pulled out black cargo shorts, with three large pockets on each side, as well as a slim fitting red tee shirt. Within another three minutes, he was in his kitchen, flipping through all the cupboards looking for something not ramen.
After sustaining himself off of ramen for the last five years of his life, Naruto had a huge addiction to it, but he knew he should eat much healthier food, even if ramen is cheap. Finally he found what he wanted, cereal. Digging through his fridge, Naruto frowned as he saw that his milk was well past expired, dumping it out into the sink.
'Guess I am eating cereal without milk then.' Naruto poured a bowl of cereal into a bowl, pulling out a spoon from a drawer as he sat down at his table. In another ten minutes, Naruto was ready to go, closing and locking his apartment door as he headed off to the academy.
Looking at a watch on his left arm, Naruto read the time, "SHIT! Nine thirty already, I will have to hurry then!" Naruto took off at a quick jog towards the academy, breathing evenly after he had been running for twenty minutes straight, making Naruto think to himself, "And who says running from Anbu level ninja is stupid? I can run like this all day!'
Naruto laughed to himself at that, finally thinking about what his day would be like, who his sensei would be, and who his teammates would be. 'I hope I get Shikamaru on my team if they don't put him, Choji and Ino on a team together, he is a smart dude. And maybe Hinata, she is not as bad as Ino or Sakura, even if she does really like my mask a lot.'
After another five minutes, Naruto finally pulled into view of the academy, thinking about his future sensei as he ran through the doors, tearing down the hallways as he raced to make it to the classroom before ten.
Slowing down as he reached the hallway leading to his classroom, Naruto took a second to even his breathing, and slow his heart rate down. 'No sense coming to class looking like an idiot who is late, I am so sick of pretending to be an idiot, and I cannot wait to rip Sakura and Ino a new one if they even yell at me.'
Stopping before his door, Naruto slowly pushed the door open, stepping into the room. Immediately the only thing Naruto could hear, was Sakura and Ino screaming at each other about who would sit next to their precious "Sasuke-Kun" today. Taking pity, Naruto slipped by the two raging girls, quietly sitting down next to Sasuke, nodding to him as he sat down.
Sasuke nodded back, showing his thanks for protecting him from the hormone raging teens. But then Sakura and Ino noticed that "Their" seat by Sasuke was taken, by Naruto no less.
Sakura spoke first, practically spitting in Naruto's face, "NARUTO! GET OUT OF MY SEAT BY SASUKE-KUN!"
Ino looked all tough too, "YEAH! What do you think you are doing taking MY seat by SASUKE-Kun!"
Sakura turned on Ino at that, "INO-PIG! It's MY seat by Sasuke-Kun today! I beat you through the doorway fair and square!"
Naruto droned out at that, doing his best to block out the banshee's screaming as he leaned over to Sasuke, "Dude how do you seriously put up with these bitches every day?"
If Sasuke was surprised to hear Naruto call Sakura a bitch, he didn't show as he ignored Naruto, staring at his desk as if nothing else mattered. Naruto scoffed, "Well damn dude, there must be some amazing shit on that desk."
Again he was ignored, as Naruto looked away from Sasuke to see Sakura's fist heading DIRECTLY to his face. In a flash of reflexes, Naruto grabbed Sakura's fist with his left hand, heaving backwards as he threw Sakura off balance, off her feet, sending her sprawling on to the ground.
Looking down at Sakura, Ino blinked stupidly, trying to figure out how Sakura went from punching that Naruto-baka in the face, to on the floor in less than two seconds. Then she realized that Naruto had pushed her over, even if he did it in seconds.
"NARUTO-BAKA! HOW DARE YOU PUSH SAKURA OVER LIKE THAT! YOU CAN'T HIT A GIRL LIKE THAT!" Ino snapped at Naruto in a second, seriously pushing Naruto's buttons, as he knew he could put aside his crappy mask, and not take the bullshit lying down.
Naruto stood, getting in Ino's face, 'OH! WHO AM I TO BLOCK HER FIST AS SHE TRIED TO PUNCH ME IN THE FACE? Who am I to not let myself be punched in the face because I sat in a fucking seat! And I DON'T CARE if she is a girl! She tried to hit me for NO REASON! I am JUST FINE defending myself because YOU TWO like to play "WHO'S THE BIGGEST BITCH! NOW GO SIT THE FUCK DOWN!"
Cringing back, Ino was on the verge of tears as Naruto just picked her apart, his insults and accusations hitting home hard. Slowly, she backed off, turning to go sit in one of the back seats, Sakura fallowing behind her.
It was at that moment everyone was looking at Naruto, when they all realized something. HE WASN'T IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT! Dressed in the form fitting red tee shirt, it revealed his rather impressive arms, built like he was weight lifting in his spare time. His shorts showed his calves, which were huge, comparable to what you would see an Olympic runner have.
Even Sasuke looked at him, recognizing the muscle to show that Naruto did work out, and train, unlike what he thought before, thinking Naruto was an idiot, and a clown who had the worst grade in the class. Shikamaru was also surprised, seeing the muscle Naruto had hidden under his horrible jumpsuit all these years.
This was of course when Kiba spoke up, "And who do you think YOU are Naruto! Yelling at Ino like that. What does a change of clothes make you feel all tough today DOBE! You shouldn't even be here; I do not even know how you got that headband."
Turning to Kiba, Naruto was still irritated when he spoke, "Oh so it was okay for Sakura to try to punch me in the face! Or for Ino to yell at me for not letting Sakura hit me in the face? And I have never even changed Kiba; I am just tired of trying to be a nice guy all the damn time! And I got this headband because I EARNED IT! Now shut up and mind your own business."
Kiba did nothing but glare at Naruto, for the entire three minutes before Iruka walked into the classroom, calling out a greeting to the class, again congratulating everyone on passing, again. "Hello class, I am glad to see everyone here today, and I am very proud to congratulate all of you for earning the right to be put onto your genin teams, under a jounin sensei.
I would like to get right down to it, as the first senseis should be arriving in about fifteen minutes. First off, team one…" Naruto spaced out as he waited to just hear his own name called, finally hearing Iruka call out "Team Seven, Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, and Ino Yamanaka. Your sensei will be Kakashi Hatake."
"Alright Shikamaru, but damn it, had to be Ino, right after I snapped at her and made her cry too. That could be a- WAIT! KAKASHI! THE YONDAIME'S STUDENT! YES THIS IS GREAT!'
"Team nine is still in circulation, so we go on to team ten, Choji Akamichi, Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata Hyuuga. Your jounin sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi. Now I would like to wish you all luck with-"
Again Naruto zoned out as he thought, 'Asuma Sarutobi, He is the Hokage's son, no doubt an elite jounin like Kakashi, one son of a Hokage, one student of a Hokage. They must make two really cool senseis.'
Time Skip Four Hours
Naruto groaned as he leaned against the wall, tired from his last three hours of attempting to climb the wall using only chakra applied to his feet. After the first hour of waiting, Naruto had given up on just sitting there, so he had pulled out the scroll that had all of the things he had copied from the Forbidden Scroll, choosing the Tree Walking Exercise, as it was supposed to be a genin level ability, taught to all genin, so it should be no problem. WRONG.
It took Naruto an hour to be able to get both feet on the wall, and simply stand there, sideways against the wall. Another two hours later, Naruto could now take about four or five steps before losing the balance of chakra, and falling down from the wall.
After the first twenty minutes of their sensei not showing up, Shikamaru fell asleep as a desk, and Ino was sitting at the farthest corner from Naruto, lost in deep thought. This still vaguely concerned Naruto, wondering if he had indeed gone too far when he yelled at Ino.
His questions were answered, when Ino walked over to Naruto as he took a break from trying to walk up the wall, as she tried to apologize to him, "Naruto, i- umm. I am sorry I yelled at you. Sakura had no right to try to hit you, and I shouldn't have tried to find some way to put you at fault when you didn't even really hit her even. But then I got to thinking how awful me and Sakura always treated you over these last three years, even though me and Sakura both remember how you were the first person besides me that was nice to Sakura, back when everyone picked on her about her forehead. But then after I realized that you were always really nice to me and Sakura, we were always mean to you, for no reason. And I wanted to say that, I am sorry. And I hope we can still be friends, and good teammates?"
Ino looked at Naruto pleadingly after the last part, as Naruto had sat silently listening to Ino. Naruto sighed, "Ino, I accept your apology. But I will say that it wasn't entirely your fault, I will admit that I was always a little annoying sometimes."
Shikamaru, who had woken up, and listened to Ino's apology, and Naruto's reply, openly laughed at Naruto, "Right Naruto, you were a LITTLE bit of a drag SOMETIMES. More like you were a loud mouth clown that never let me sleep in class, you were yelling too often."
This had all three Naruto, Ino and Shikamaru laughing, as Naruto reached his hand out to Ino, and they shook hands. As they were laughing, they failed to notice someone slip into the room, swiftly moving behind Shikamaru, placing a hand on his shoulder, causing Shikamaru to jump and shout, which caused Ino to yell in response.
Shikamaru thought, 'Wow, I never even noticed him come in, or even walk up to and put a hand on my shoulder!'
Ino was thinking, 'Wow that was really cool how he snuck in here like that!'
Naruto was the only one thinking, 'So this is Kakashi Hatake, student of The Yondaime himself, the last member of the Hatake clan, and an Ex-Anbu now that he has us to teach. I will have to thank him for how he has helped me, when other Anbu wouldn't.'
Kakashi waved at them, while secretly laughing at the look that Shikamaru had on his face. "Alright genin, please meet me up on the rooftop in three minutes. Go." In a swirl of leaves, Kakashi was gone, all three recognizing the shunshin, as they walked out of the classroom and headed for the stairs.
In a little under three minutes, all three stood before Kakashi, before sitting down on the roof in a half circle around him. Making sure they were all there, Kakashi started, "Alright so you all have patience, and weren't yelling at me when I came in, that's good. And you all got up here in three minutes, not being lazy. Also good.
So to start off with, we should all introduce our selves, and I will go first. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I do not really feel like telling you my hobbies. I do not have any particular goals. I like a lot of things, and I do not really dislike a lot. So… yeah. You get to go next Blondie."
Ino fumed at the nickname, before ignoring it, "My name is Ino Yamanaka, and my goal is to become a great Kunoichi like Tsunade of the Sannin someday. I like lavender, flower arrangements, helping in my family's flower shop, and the color purple. I do not like spicy food, and people being rude."
Kakashi nodded, as if accepting that. "Alright you next, with the ponytail."
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at that, before continuing, "My name is Shikamaru Nara, I hope to raise a family with two kids and a normal wife, while becoming the next Shinobi military tactics leader, like my dad. I like napping, cloud gazing, and walking through my family's forests. I dislike loud people, and being taken away from cloud gazing."
Kakashi nodded at that as well. "Alright and lastly, Mr. Whiskers."
Naruto laughed at the nickname, as it was quite original. "My dream is to… I think I want to become a great Shinobi, like no one else before, becoming a legendary ninja that will be told about for generations. And I like ramen, training, the time I spend with Hokage-sama, and I love lightning. I do not like ignorant people, judging people, and being bored."
There was a moment of silence before Ino spoke up, "Since we all talked about ourselves, why don't you really tell us more about yourself sensei?"
Kakashi I smiled before replying, "Because I do not want to."
Naruto smiled, "Well I know that Kakashi was the Yondaime's student, and he is an elite jounin in Konoha. So he better train us to be kick ass ninjas."
Kakashi seemed surprised Naruto knew anything about him, before he spoke, "Yes well, I have places to be, so I will meet all of you tomorrow at six AM at training ground seven, and bring all of your survival training equipment, you will need it. Oh and before I forget, do not eat breakfast tomorrow, or you will throw up. Have a nice day!"
In a swirl of leaves Kakashi was gone, leaving the three students alone. Naruto spoke first, "Well, you guys tomorrow, I am going to go home and work on tree walking more."
Shikamaru nodded," Yeah see yeah, I could use a good nap right now." Ino was the last to depart, saying she had to get home to her family's flower shop to help out there.
As Naruto walked back to his apartment, he sent a shadow clone to go buy milk, and other food, after handing it about half his money, with the specific order, not to buy ramen.
An hour later, Naruto's clone returned with groceries, putting them all away as Naruto worked on climbing a wall in his apartment. But it was as the shadow clone dispelled that Naruto realized something, he could remember walking to the store, buying milk, chicken, eggs, cheese and bread, even walking back nearly getting beat up by a fat man with long, brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, as the shadow clone ran, not wanting to ruin the groceries.
With an exciting idea, Naruto created a clone, and had it think of a number before dispersing. Immediately after the clone dispersed, the number eleven popped into Naruto's head.
'WOW this is AMAZING! I wonder if I can use the shadow clones' memory to learn things twice as fast. Maybe I should try using a clone to learn tree walking!' Following his idea, Naruto created three clones, and had them start to practice tree walking on his wall.
After waiting forty minutes, Naruto dispersed the clones, before attempting again to try and climb the wall. To his astonishment and amazement, Naruto made it all the way to the top of the wall, bumping into the ceiling, and he could turn, and walk back down, all with no problem.
'WOW! I bet I can learn all kinds of jutsu really quick like this, and get really strong too, really fast! I cannot wait to learn to use lightning chakra, so I can learn lightning jutsu! Hopefully Kakashi-sensei's training exercise tomorrow will be really cool too.'
AN: So this is chapter two, hope you enjoyed, let me know if u like it, hated it, or loved it more than you love your mom. Its all cool to know. Sorry if I really aren't updating a lot at the moment, I have two D's that I need to raise to a better grade before the first semester ends, so I am studying and doing homework a lot.