ANBU: Academy

Chapter 2: Messenger Boy

Legend

"Speech"

Thoughts

"Emphasised speech"

Naruto went over to the window and opened it, expecting Shikamaru to still be there taking a nap but he wasn't, Awww man! Why did he have to wake up?

He had hoped that he had still been there so that there was one less person he had to find, Naruto was thinking about who would be the easiest to get to when something grabbed his leg and tripped him up.

He looked to see what made him fall and there was Hinata hugging his ankle, she let go soon after but before Naruto could get away, she locked her arms around his waist and started murmuring his name,

"Naruto … Naruto-kun …"

Naruto exclaimed in surprise after hearing her dream about him which woke the sleeping girl up.

"Aaah! I'm s-sorry, Naruto-kun!"

She blushed heavily and released him from her grasp, stuttering and stammering about something before fainting again, Naruto picked her up delicately and slowly walked out the Academy with her, he was extra careful with her because he didn't want to be shouted at by her father, Hiashi Hyuuga.

He was walking up to the gates of the Hyuuga Estate when the guards questioned what he had done with her and, before he knew it, they started attacking him.

"Put her down!"

The commotion soon attracted the attention of most of the clan,

"Get your filthy hands off my daughter, you demon!"

With one strike, Hiashi rendered Naruto's arm useless and dented one of his ribs, he let go of Hinata and one of the Branch members quickly caught her. "Stay away from her!"

He spun around on his heel and took a step before Naruto cried out,

"How can I stay away from her if she's in the same class as me?"

"Don't be silly! The new curriculum sets students into the classes based on their skill, so how would my daughter be in the same class as a weakling like you?"

He walked away without another word.

Naruto sank to his knees and shouted at the sky in anger,

"I am weak … I am a weakling … but it's not fair! None of the jounin will teach me! They all just distance themselves from me … it's not my fault …"

Tears started to run down his face but he quickly wiped them away, he tried to stand up on his feet but his injuries were too painful so he started to slowly slide himself back home, Hinata could see this happening from the window of her room and was about to tell one of her maids to help when she say somebody hidden in the nearby forest summon a miniature pug which was wearing a Konoha forehead protector and a blue vest.

The small dog trotted quickly over to Naruto and helped him up on his feet by pushing him with his head, the dog then continued to escort him.

Hinata caught a glimpse of the man before he vanished in the darkness, he had silver hair, had a jounin flak jacket and was holding an orange book in his hand.

"Hello, Miss Hyuuga. I see you noticed me help Naruto just there."

The Hyuuga princess was surprised to see Kakashi Sensei calmly standing in the doorway reading his book when she turned around from the window,

"Naruto forgot to tell you but I, along with Ryushin Senpai, will be your new instructors, understand?"

Hinata simply nodded slowly then the silver-haired jounin body-flickered away,

"Ja ne."

Naruto turned the key to his apartment and ended up sitting on the dog that had helped him because he was unlucky enough to be standing right behind him when he seen a jounin with silver hair casually reading the orange book he's hardly ever seen without on his bed and got a fright,

"Wh-who are you? What are you doing in my apartment?" Naruto exclaimed in surprise,

"Relax, I'm Kakashi. I know you already know that Ryushin Senpai and I will be your new instructors. I'm just here to tell you that because of the injury that Hiashi-sama gave you, I could tell the others instead of you." He explained,

"No! Iruka told me to do it! I don't need anyone's help! A little injury like this won't stop me!"

"Okay … but class starts tomorrow and it's already six in the evening, you don't have much time."

"Well … I guess you could help with one little thing …"

"I knew I'd find you here! You're always here cloud-gazing!" Naruto found Shikamaru at the rooftop of one of the highest buildings in Konoha, laying there on his bench, "I'm here to tell you that our new instructors are Kakashi sensei and Ryushin sensei."

"Really? Troublesome." Shikamaru sighed,

"Why?" Naruto was curious."

"Both Kakashi sensei and Ryushin sensei are known to have really high standards and have failed all their students. As I said before, troublesome."

The facts just started to sink in, "Wait a minute! Is Ryushin sensei the ANBU captain?"

Shikamaru sighed again, it seemed to be his favourite thing to do apart from saying the word troublesome, "Yes." Shikamaru was starting to get bored.

"Oh man! This is gonna be hell!"

"Yes, it is. Don't you have other people to tell?"

"Yep! See ya!" Naruto sped walked down the stairs then hopped into Kakashi's arms when he was reading his book, making him drop it,

"Why did I agree to this? Please don't let anyone see me like this." He shook his head then stared at the ground in case someone walked by. He body-flickered away as soon as Naruto was holding on tight.

"Yosh! Naruto, your flames of youth must be burning so much for you to be up so late!"

"Huh? What are you talking about? It's not late at all …"

"It is if you are planning to wake up at four in the morning to go training with me!"

"I'm never going to do that ..."

"Oh! It seems your flames of youth have just burned out! We must rekindle it!"

"No, we mustn't. I'm here to tell us that our new instructors are Kakashi sensei and Ryushin sensei."

"No, Kakashi sensei is Guy sensei's rival! I cannot be his student!"

"Yes, you can and you will. Now goodnight!" Naruto said and jogged away even if it hurt his ribs because he was sure hearing Lee go on about the flames of youth would hurt even more.

Naruto tiredly tapped on the door of the Haruno residence until Sakura's father opened the door, he was taken by surprise when he seen them man's pink hair in the shape of a flower,

"Ermmm … I need to tell Sakura something? About our new instructors?"

"Oh! You must be that kid she always talks about, Naruto isn't it?" He led him through their average-sized house,

"Really? What's she been saying about me?"

"Well, Naruto … when I say she's been talking about you … I actually mean she's been shouting and complaining about you."

"Oh …"

"But don't worry! You know at least she notices you and, what's more, if a girl is angry with you, it just means that she thinks about you and is concerned about you. That's how Sakura's mother and I hooked up! Anyway, here's Sakura's room. Sakura! Naruto's here to see you!" He knocked on her room's door and it opened to reveal a slightly annoyed pink-haired girl,

"What are you doing here? You interrupted me! I was … doing something!"

"I came here to tell you that our new instructors are Kakashi Sensei and Ryushin Sensei."

They both stood there staring at each other,

"Is there … anything else?"

"Err … no?"

"Then why you still here?"

"I was just wondering what you were up to …" Naruto rubbed the back of his head and smiled sheepishly,

"Get out!" Sakura pushed him out of her room and slammed the door in his face,

"Don't worry, she does that to everyone." Naruto was about to walk out the door when Sakura's father pulled him back by the shoulder,

"Listen, I know that you're a good kid and I'm sorry that she treats you this way but she'll get over her crush, don't tell her this but I don't like that Sasuke kid, he's too much of a snob, he's so self-absorbed. Also, if you ever need someone to talk to, you can come to me, my name's Kizashi." They shook hands before Naruto left.

Naruto was walking up the stairs towards his apartment when Sasuke came out his apartment which was right under his and they both stopped,

"What are you doing going out so early?"

"None of your business."

"Well. Our new instructors. They're Kakashi sensei and Ryushin Sensei.

"Okay."

"…"

"Bye" They both said in perfect synchronisation. Hmmph, I shouldn't have told him and let him find out for himself.

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