It's been a while since I have updated anything, but I'm on a role now.

Thanks go to TheOneThatIsAddictedToHPfics, AnsemMesna, and KitsuneNaru for being lovely reviewers.

AnsemMesna: True, I get your point. I'm not sure who Naruto will be paired with yet. I will leave that to a poll that I will start later on once I introduce all of the characters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any related characters. There are some things in this story that I do own, but I am just too lazy to write them.

Warning: whoever I do decide to pair Naruto with, it will be a man/boy. This will be a Yaoi/Slash/Shounen-ai story. Don't like, don't read.

A young boy, about five or six years old, sat swinging his legs against the legs of the chair. He looked at his hands, folded in his lap. The door next to him opened and a group of adults stepped out. The couple was smiling and shaking hands with the woman who owned the orphanage. The two women continued chatting as the man stepped in front of the boy.

"Hey there, kiddo." He said, smiling. "My name is Hajime and this nice woman is my wife, Azumi. We've always wanted a son, and today we have that chance. Would you like to come home with us, and we could be your new parents?"

The boy looked at him timidly and nodded.

"Okay, Hajime-san. I'd really like it if you two were my parents."

"Alright then."

Hajime took the boy's hand softly in his. The couple took the young boy to their home to live happily ever after.

"AZUMI!"

"WHAT'S GOING ON?!"

"WHO ARE YOU?!"

"SOMEONE HELP, PLEASE!"

"NOOOOOO!"

Fourteen year-old Uzumaki Naruto bolted upright in his bed. He was shaking. He didn't notice when Iruka came into the room; he did notice when Iruka put his arms around him. It took him about ten minutes before he was calm, but he kept sitting on the bed for a while longer until he could breathe properly. Iruka watched him as he went to the bathroom to wash up, then left to go downstairs.

Naruto showered and nearly scrubbed himself raw, trying to rid himself of the memories that had plagued his dreams that night. He scrubbed his face over the sink to be sure the tear tracks were gone. He hadn't even noticed that he had been crying. He dressed himself slowly before heading downstairs.

"I made pancakes, Naruto."

"Thanks, Iruka."

Naruto sat at the table and dug in to the food Iruka had made. Iruka sat down across from him and started eating as well.

"Are you all packed?" He asked.

"Yes, I've been packed since three days ago. My things aren't going to spontaneously disappear in the next two hours."

Iruka rolled his eyes. "Alright, I get it. I just don't want you to have forgotten anything."

"You worry too much. Besides, if I did forget something, then we could just come back here to get it."

"That's not the point, Naruto. You-"

"- have to be more responsible, I know. Thanks for the pancakes, Iruka. I just hope that the school food is half as good as this."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that. Now, go get your suitcases into the car before Kakashi gets here."

Naruto got up and trudged upstairs to get his bags.

Two and a half hours later

Kakashi drove the car through the entrance gates. Elegant lettering indicated that they were entering Konoha Academy.

"And here we are." Kakashi announced. "We won't put the stuff into your room until we find out your room assignment."

"What do you mean? You guys don't know where my room is?" Naruto asked, confused.

"No," Iruka answered. "The room assignments go by power level and ability instead of alphabetically like other schools. This stops more powerful and violent student from rooming with weaker or more peaceful students."

"Okay, but does the principal know about…"

"Yes, of course she does." Kakashi said, "In fact, I forgot to tell you that your freshmen orientation doesn't start for, oh, about an hour."

"What!!" Naruto screamed, "Why are we an hour early for orientation? Are you insane!?"

"Calm down Naruto," Iruka intervened, "The reason we are an hour early is because we have a meeting with Tsunade-sama, the principal."

"Oh, well that explains it. I guess."

"Right, now let's go."

They walked up to the main building and straight into the office of the principal without even knocking. Apparently Kakashi was never known for being polite. Iruka, however, managed to say a quick apology before they realized that the principal was passed out on her desk. What surprised Naruto, besides the empty sake bottles rolling over the papers on her desk, was her hair. He could clearly see it as she was lying over her desk; her pigtails were lying haphazardly all over the place. It was a golden blond, rivaled only by his own.

It was a sign of the Kazama Clan.

Kakashi yelled loudly in her ear for her to get up. She promptly punched him in the face, but calmed slightly after she realized that they were supposed to be there. She composed herself, swiping the empty sake bottles off the desk and into the conveniently placed recycling bin, pausing to shake one and deciding it wasn't worth wasting before placing it into a drawer in her desk.

"Well," she started, her eyes widening slightly as they took in his appearance, obviously noting his unusual blond hair, "Naruto, welcome to Konoha Academy. I have been informed by Iruka of your … somewhat unusual circumstances and I believe that he was right to bring his concerns to me."

"Don't misunderstand me, Tsunade-sama, but there isn't really anything that you can do. According to Kakashi, my scent is quite, um, powerful."

Tsunade smiled at him before reaching into her desk and pulling out a small box. She passed it to him and when he opened it, three simultaneous gasps filled the room. Inside was a necklace, the pendant was an aqua-colored crystal. All of the occupants of the room felt the raw power pulsating off of the object.

"This, Naruto, belonged to our many-greats grandfather. It was lost for many years until my grandfather found it. With its help, he founded this school for magical creatures throughout the world. I am fully aware of your status, Naruto, and it is with great pleasure that I present it to its rightful owner."

Naruto looked at the crystal necklace in awe. "Tsunade-sama, thank you, I-I don't know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything. The reason I am giving this to you now is that the special properties of this crystal will completely block your magical 'scent' so to speak. Really, it just clogs up the senses of any vampire that is close enough to smell you in the first place."

Naruto put the necklace on and smiled brightly. As everyone rose to leave, he rushed up to Tsunade and hugged her around the middle.

"I really mean it, Tsunade-obaachan!"

Before she registered what he had said, Naruto ran out of the room and straight to the entrance hall where the rest of the new-coming freshmen were gathering. He got there just in time to escape as he heard from far away, Tsunade's enraged cry of "BAKA-GAKI! Sixty is the new forty. I'M NOT OLD!"

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