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Groaning, Naruto rolls over in bed and looks around. He mutters to himself, "I had the strangest dream." He rubs his sore, yet healed ribs and goes to the kitchen to make a cup of ramen. He enters the kitchen and sees a tall man standing there cooking eggs.
"How do you like your eggs, Naruto?" V inquires without looking at him.
"Um…." Naruto says quietly, a bit confused.
V smiles under his mask and flips the eggs. "Scrambled it is then. Are you ready for the academy today?"
"Yeah," Naruto mumbles as he sits at the table. "I guess that wasn't a dream." V serves his scrambled eggs a minute later with several strips of bacon. "Where did you get all this food?" Naruto inquires.
V chuckles quietly, "Here and there. Why did you only have ramen in your refrigerator and cupboards?"
Naruto shrugs and takes a big bite of the eggs. He sighs contentedly and says with his mouth full, "Beeple hate be!"
"Do not speak to me unless your mouth is empty," orders V solemnly. "I will not abide poor manners."
Naruto apologizes after he swallows and says, "People hate me, but I didn't do anything! They chase me out of stores and beat up anyone who's nice to me."
V strokes his chin thoughtfully and nods, "Very well. Finish up your eggs and bacon and head off to school. Another thing: you will wear the clothes that are laid out on the counter for you. Those orange atrocities that line your small closet are not fitting for my son to be seen in. I will meet you at school." He lifts his long cloak from the newly installed hook next to the door and slides it on while stepping out of the door.
The landlord stares at the stranger, "Hey! Did you finally kill the demon brat, stranger?" V glances at him indifferently and walks past him.
A moment later, the landlord falls to the floor with a huge gash across his throat. As V strolls out of the building, he whispers, "Referring to my son as a Demon Brat is unacceptable."
At the Academy:
V quietly steps into the academy and looks around. He notices a silver haired young man walking down the hall. He smirks and thinks to himself, 'Perfect.' V follows him and when nobody is around, he stabs the young man through the spinal cord and decapitates him with a single swipe. The body starts to fall to the ground but V grabs him by the collar and holds him up. Slowly and carefully, the reborn killer gouges out the man's eyes, slices off the man's ears, removes each finger and toe, then slashes the corpse repeatedly across the face until it looks like it has gone through a meat grinder. V wipes off his knives and tosses the body out the window into a large bush. He pulls a small bag from his cloak in which he places each body part that he removed. After placing the bag back into his coat, He takes the body's headband and ties it around his forehead. He removes his mask and slips it into his cloak.
The arbiter of Chaos walks down the hall towards the source of voices and stands in the doorway of the classroom. Iruka looks up at him, "Oh, you must be my new assistant, Mizuki!"
"Yes, sir," V replies smoothly. "And you are?"
Iruka moves to greet him and shakes his hand, "I'm Iruka. I haven't been an instructor here for very many years and it's nice to finally have some help around here." V shakes his hand calmly and hangs his cloak and hat on the coat hooks near the doorway under Mizuki's place. Naruto runs into the room dressed in black pants and a black t-shirt with blue outlines along the sides and sleeves.
"I'm here!" Naruto shouts with a big stupid grin on his face.
Iruka nods and picks up a stack of papers, "Have a seat, please. Class is about to begin." Naruto hurries into the nearest empty seat, sitting between Kiba and Shikamaru in the back. He notices his new father's cloak on the coat rack under Mizuki's name and smirks knowingly. V looks over the class slowly, analyzing and silently evaluating each of Naruto's classmates. Iruka begins the class with introducing himself and his new assistant.
After Class:
The students file out of class and Iruka turns to his assistant. "Thanks for your help today, Mizuki. You've been a big help."
"Anytime, Iruka," he says politely before taking his leave of the academy. He steps out into the street as he places his mask back over his face. Naruto is running around his apartment cheering happily. V arrives and closes the door behind him. "Is there something wrong, son?"
Naruto cheers, "School went good and nobody hates me!"
"And you shall be a great ninja," V states. "Clean up the apartment and I will make dinner for us. We have a long way to go before you are a decent assassin."
"Assassin?" inquires Naruto, scratching his head.
V smiles under his mask and explains, "Ninja is a glorified term for paid assassin."
Naruto frowns, "But ninja protect those that are precious to them!"
V laughs and shakes his head, "No, my dear boy, if you want to protect others, make sure that your enemies aren't alive to harm them."
"I'm still going to be the strongest ninja there ever lived," Naruto states stubbornly. V shrugs and walks to the kitchen to make dinner.
At the Academy:
Hokage Sarutobi watches with distaste while the Anbu slowly pull a body from the bush. If Konohamaru hadn't been playing hide and go seek, they probably never would have found him before nature took care of him. "Who could have done this in our village?" Sarutobi says quietly to the remaining Anbu around him. "It was done execution style, nothing flashy and no jutsu. Does anyone come to mind?" The Anbu shake their heads.
Iruka stands beside the Hokage and asks, "Who was this man?"
"I believe he was one of Orochimaru's henchmen. We found a curse mark on his arm. I am simply curious as to who executed him and why we did not know about it," frowns the Hokage.
Iruka inquires, "Do we even have a name?"
"No," Sarutobi states solemnly. "The attacker sliced open his face beyond recognition and removed any body part which could be used to identify him."
Iruka sighs, "I'll keep a close eye out for any strangers who could have done this." Sarutobi nods and Iruka slowly walks away. He mutters under his breath, "I'm glad Mizuki is finally here to help me out. With a killer on the loose, I need the extra help keeping track of the children."
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