Chapter 2: redoing the team-assignment

'Mind speaking Naruto'

'Mind speaking Kyuubi'

"Speaking"

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP !!!

Naruto grunted annoyed. He wanted to sleep! He was vaguely aware that it was his alarms clock that was making the noise, when he hit it. The noise stopped. Naruto signed and rolled over. Sleepy …

BAM!

That hurted! Frowning he finally opened his eyes. His bed was supposed to be bigger than that. Hmmm … strange. What was his old jumpsuit doing on the floor? He hadn't worn that one since his training trip with Jiraiya 5 years ago. What the hell?

…
Wait a sec … Wasn't he supposed to be … elsewhere?

'Seems I have to help out…' signed Kyuubi. 'Welcome back to your twelve year old self!! By the way … congratulations on becoming a genin just yesterday!'

'Say what!!!' screamed Naruto. 'How? Why?'

'You should be tanking me. Now you can start over again.'

Naruto was fully awake now. He looked around. It was indeed his old apartment. It felt strange since he had lived with Kakashi for two years now. At that instant, it hit him. Kakashi and all his friends were still alive here!! He didn't have the same relationships yet but it would grow with time. Damn, he had to make Kakashi notice him all over again! He grinned. Good thing he knew the man's weak points. He had to visit Gai one of these days … Mwahahahaha!!

'The evil laugh doesn't suit you' commented the fox.

'Spoilsport. Let a man dream!'

'Cough-boy-cough.'

Naruto decided to ignore the fox from here on. He sat up and looked around. He saw his calendar and walked over. It seemed he would meet his team today. He smiled. He would make sure that this time everything would go fine! But first, he was going to take a bath! If he really was back … did that mean that his bloodline was sealed again? Only one way to find out. He walked towards the bathroom and filled the tub with water. He undressed and went into the water. When noting happened, he sighed frustrated. He got out and stood before the mirror, but he stood so that his back faced the mirror. He focused his chakra and a seal became visible. It was different from the seal on his stomach. It was situated on his low back, just above his butt. He could clearly see it when he looked over his shoulder. Hmmm … better leave it be for the time being. It could cause him trouble if he released it to soon. Especially if the old man Hokage wasn't notified. He sat back in the water.

Ohw, he sooo enjoyed his time in the water!! It always helped him relax. He grinned when he remembered how Kashi used to react at seeing him in this form. The jounin always seemed more … motivated, if that was already possible being the pervert he is.

When he finally came out of the bath, he noticed he was running out of time. He dressed himself and ran of towards the Academy. When he entered the classroom, he was deep in thought.

'Should I act like an idiot again? It would be safer that way, but how will I make Kakashi notice me like that? He'll only hate me more…'

'Maybe you can slowly drop your mask. That way they'll only notice when it already happened and everyone will think you grew up.'

'Brilliant!'

'Yeah, sometimes I wonder what you would do without me…' grinned the fox playfully.

'I only play the complete idiot!! It's not like I am stupid!!'

'Sure.'

This time Naruto sat at the back of the class, far away from Sasuke. Not that he didn't like the boy, but he still remembered that kiss … Brrrr. He considered Sasuke his best friend and brother (especially after he came back from sound after 6 years) but he liked to avoid this mess. Especially if he also avoided trouble with Sasuke's fan club.

When Iruka-sensei came in and started his speech, Naruto played his role perfectly. Cheering when he was grouped with Sakura and shouting angrily when Sasuke was named.

He spends lunch alone and while he was waiting for Kakashi, he pretended to be asleep. But in fact, he was talking to Kyu.

'Say, I'll keep the mask of the class clown, but I'm going to drop the wanting to be Hokage part. What do you think?'

'Might as well. It's not as if being Hokage was your dream. It was his way to succeed your dream: acknowledgement. You do know it's going to be hard for you don't you?'

'Hard? You say that as if I'm going to jump Kashi the second I see him!' said Naruto indignant.

'Like you won't have trouble stopping yourself!' laughed the fox.

'I won't!! … At least not as much as you say I will!' mentally Naruto stuck out his tongue.

He could hear the Kyuubi laugh at him. Stupid fox…

Kakashi was, as always, late. Normally Naruto wouldn't care. He knew the Jounin went to the monument to pay his respects to his dead teammates, but today he wished the man would hurry. It felt like forever since he had seen the other!

When Kakashi finally came in, Naruto had to restrain himself. He didn't say a word and kept his mouth shut. If he would open it, he would or yell something stupid like your sleeping on the couch tonight or burst in tears and hug the man.

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Yep, better shut up.

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