A/N: OK from a review I got, someone pleaded with me to not do a Hinata/Naruto story. Since the only other pairing I can sort of stand is Sakura/Naruto I'll leave it up to you guys.
Should the pairing be:
Naruto/Hinata
Naruto/Sakura
Focus mainly on the friendship between Naruto and the Konoha 11-no romance?
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(Next morning after meeting Hinata)
Naruto slid into the next alley he saw and jumped up onto the roof in less than three seconds. Apparently word had spread faster than he expected that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had had a child and that he had returned to Konoha.
Now walking through the streets was almost impossible because, since nobody had really seen him, people were looking for someone that either looked like the fourth or Kushina.
"This is ridiculous" he muttered when the three man crowd that had been following him turned away to probably make more rumours. Another reason to hate this place was added to the long list in his head.
Gossipers.
Being called to a council meeting before the sun had even risen was one of the many factors that had put him in a bad mood. Like he cared what a bunch of old geezers thought or wanted to say to him, all he cared about was getting out of here.
The blonde pinched the bridge between his eyes "It's too early for this kind of stuff" he mumbled before jumping silently to the next roof and the next, his feet barely touching the cooled surfaces.
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It wasn't a secret that Hiashi Hyuga was an arrogant man. So being called to two council meetings in one day did nothing to cool his foul temper.
Then there was that absurd rumour that one of the villages greatest Hokages and his friend had a child secretly who was now back in Konoha. He refused to believe it!
However, even though he would have preferred to wait later in the morning to have this meeting he was a loyal ninja, therefore he entered the room on time and sat in his assigned place. Already the Hokage sat at the front of their group, his eyes were closed and his pipe was poking out of his mouth as usual.
Finally when the last member had taken their place his grey eyes snapped open "Thank you all for coming here so early but we have something important to discuss." His old tired voice carried easily over to ever corner in the room.
"What is this important subject that couldn't wait?" Danzo asked with narrowed eyes at Sarutobi who sighed deeply. "As you have most likely heard lately, Naruto Uzumaki or Namikaze is back in the village and has been recruited as a shinobi of Konoha." He waited.
"What is the meaning of-"
"You let that demon-"
"Why were we not-"
"Enough!" slowly the noise stopped until everyone turned to who had spoken. The person's face was hidden in shadow but they could see most of him, his clothing were black and a dangerous looking kanta was strapped across his back.
Sarutobi motioned the person forward and as the light spread across his face a few actually gasped quietly. The bright blonde hair and clear blue eyes drew most attention, there was a moment silence until one spoke "You really are Minato's son."
Naruto tilted his head and studied the pale eyes and dark brown hair-that hung like a curtain behind- of the person who had spoken. A scornful smile appeared on his face as he bowed far too deeply for it to be meaningful "I certainly hope so, otherwise Ero-sennin is going to get it once I'm allowed to leave."
The blonde leaned casually against the wall as he looked over the council members, all looking like he had predicted except for the occasional younger ninja. "Wow, you guys can stare for a long time without blinking" he commented stupidly before turning to the Hokage. "Can we just hurry up and get this over with so I can leave Old Man?"
His disrespecting tone snapped many out of there daze, one of the newest members stood up and growled at Naruto "You have no right to say such things to the Hokage you little demon." He obviously took pleasure in seeing the blondes body go rigid at the word, a sneering smile curled onto his lips as he opened his mouth to say something else-
-and was pinned to the wall at the back of the room.
There was stunned silence again as everyone eyed the kunai used to catch the poor soul's shirt. Three prongs and seals on the handle, suddenly Naruto was in front of the captured man and ripped the kunai from his shirt and allowed him to slid to the floor. They all knew that at that moment this kid was Minato's.
"I really really hate that word" he hissed out as his hand grabbed the guy's shoulder and led him to his chair and roughly pushed him back into it.
"Down to business. Yes I am Minato's kid, yes I hold the Kyuubi and yes, I'm becoming a Leaf Shinobi." 'Against my own will' he added sourly in his mind before turning to Sarutobi again "Now that I covered that up for them can we get on with it?"
Time Skip-After Council Meeting
Naruto flew across the buildings with his new Konoha headband clutched tightly in his hand. At first he'd refused to wear anything with that symbol on it but it was 'procedure' as they had said so he had to have one, they didn't say he had to wear it but knowing Jiraiya he would force him to put it on.
The blonde looked at the risen sun and let out a soft whistle, he must have been in that room for a few good hours judging by the amount of people in the streets.
He uttered a curse and sprinted off to what he suspected was the direction of the Academy.
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Naruto was nothing more than a streak of yellow as he ran to the proper room, sliding in front of the door and opening it just as he heard "He should be here any minute…."
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Everyone stared at the blonde who stood lightly panting in the doorway. His clothes were ruffled most likely from his mad dash over here. They took in the whisker marks, blonde hair and blue eyes before moving to the weapon on his back that was twisted slightly.
When he straightened and fixed his clothes/weapon and he turned to Iruka, completely disregarding the room full of kids staring at him "You Iruka?" his voice was emotionless yet at the same time held that aura of confidence.
The Chunin had a surprised look at the sudden entrance but after realising he was spoken to, he smiled kindly. Naruto felt a sharp twist in his heart when he saw it, the smile that usual meant safety.
It came in flashes.
Long afternoons talking, cleaning up his messes, arguments, laughter, friendship.
He realised Iruka was once again addressing him and the class "This is, as many may know Naruto N-namikaze" he stumbled slightly on the last name as if he still couldn't believe the words were coming out of his mouth.
"Some of you may remember him from a few years ago but Naruto left the village for some special training" here the blondes lips twitched up at the cover story "and he's back now to be a genin." Once the older ninja had finished he put a hand on Naruto's shoulder "Naruto, why don't you sit next to Sakura?"
Blue eyes landed on a small pink-haired girl with, in his opinion an overly large forehead. However, knowing more about a females temper from his experiences with Jiraiya he wisely kept his mouth shut.
His eyebrow quirked when she blushed deeply and turned to a blonde girl and poked out her tongue. 'Weird' he commented silently as his legs moved and he sat down next to the still blushing girl.
"H-hi" she stuttered and gave him a small wave, he turned to look at her and nodded politely then turned away and stared out the window daydreaming about how he could escape from here and how long it would take for them to send people after him.
In a few minutes he would be a couple of miles away without his weights, maybe seven hours tops if he really pushed himself over the limit he'd been free of the Land of Fire.
"First of all, congratulations! You are now all genin of Konoha" the cheer that went up was almost deafening. After a few moments he raised his hand for silence "Yes, and as genin you will be asked to do missions around the village and sometimes outside." The word 'missions' caught Naruto's attention, he always loved doing high ranking ones, they were the best.
A small smile slid onto his face as he thought of the way his muscled moved when avoiding an attack, running for days on end with no breaks, infiltrating a rogue ninja's fort.
He sighed quietly and began to listen to Iruka again "Now, since you all know what's expected of you, let's get on to the teams." None noticed the blonde cringe, the only person he could stand to work with was Jiraiya and that was only because he had known him for so long. He had always had trust issues since he was a child and working with people who hadn't had the experience he had.
"Team 7: Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha" Naruto winced from the ear piercing squeak that came from the pink haired girl currently jumping up and down next to him. "and Naruto Namikaze."
Naruto grunted and leaned back, from the sounds of it at least he had an Uchiha he could work with, one of the last in the world actually. "You Jounin Sensei will be Kakashi Hatake" the blonde hummed with his eyes still closed. If what Jiraiya had told him was correct Kakashi was one of the best ninja Konoha had seen.
Well at least his team wasn't completely worthless.
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Naruto waited until it only two others remained in the classroom. Their sensei was already late by about an hour but waiting wouldn't kill him, the pink-haired one on the other hand… His lips quirked up as he watched her stalk back and forth at the front of the room. She had no patience.
"Why is he so late!" she complained and stopped pacing long enough to stare at the third member of their so called team who was having a staring contest with the wall. Naruto met her gaze before she resumed her fidgeting, 'Ok, she's getting on my nerves. If she can't shut her trap for a few minutes I think I'll lose it.' he groaned quietly as Sakura once again walked in front of him grumbling about some nonsense.
Naruto closed his eyes trying to shut out her high pitch voice but to no avail, how long would he have to go through this? "Ah Sasuke, why do you think he's late?" at the mention of the Uchiha Naruto opened his eyes and turned his head towards them.
Sakura was practically undressing the guy with her eyes that thought alone caused him to snicker. "Ero-sennin's rubbing off on me" he muttered and glanced back at his 'teammates' only to find them both staring at him intently.
"Do you need something or are you looking at me for the sake of looking?" he asked twisting in his seat to look at them fully with raised eyebrows. Sakura blushed and looked away quickly while the Uchiha continued to look at him blankly.
The two locked eyes and stayed like that until Naruto smirked and turned to look at the door. Sasuke followed his gaze to see it sliding open and a puff of silver hair sticking up.
"Ah, are you guys Team 7?" a sheepish voice asked, the hair was followed by a tall man wearing a mask that covered everything on his face apart from his eye and the standard Jounin outfit.
"YOUR LATE!" Naruto cringed, covered his ears at the sudden outburst and growled angrily. "How about a little warning next time you decide to break my eardrums hmm?" he said sarcastically to the pink haired banshee who's head snapped in his direction however he was now looking at Kakashi expectantly.
"Ah, anyway" the Jounin began uncertainly as he rubbed the back of his head "Meet me on the roof." After that he 'poofed' away.
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"Now I'd like all of you to take turns and tell everyone about yourself" Kakashi explained as he sat on the railings. "Like what?" Naruto mumbled angrily from the tree he was leaning on. Kakashi looked at him than the other two who were sitting in front of him. "Oh you know, you're name, what you like, hate, dreams, hobbies. Stuff like that."
Sakura stuck her hand up "Um Kakashi-sensei. Why don't you go first because we don't know anything about you." Kakashi shrugged and glanced at Naruto one more time before beginning. "Oh well, my name is Kakashi Hatake, I don't feel like talking about my like and dislikes, my dreams are none of your concern and I have heaps of hobbies." He finished off with another shrug. 'Gezz, we learned a lot' Naruto thought sarcastically. "Now, how about you go first" he pointed at Sasuke who just grunted.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, there are plenty of things I hate and almost nothing I like. It's pointless to talk about 'dreams' but I what to restore my clan and kill a certain someone…"
'Well I'd feel the same in his place'
'Sasuke is SO cool!'
'What an emo'
"Ah next, the young lady" Kakashi said and all eyes slid to Sakura. "I'm Sakura Haruno and what I like, well the person I like is" she glanced at Sasuke and giggled "Ah my dream is-" she cut off again and this time blushed madly. "Um I hate Ino-pig! Now my hobbies…." She looked at the Uchiha again and squealed "Ah ok, and last you" Kakashi pointed to Naruto who looked like he wasn't paying attention.
"Naruto Namikaze. I like the rain and quiet places, training and Ero-sennin. My hobbies are training, travelling and fighting. My dream is to prove everyone wrong and become a greater shinobi than my father." He finished barely sparing them a glance.
"Wait- you didn't say what you hated" Sakura pointed out hesitantly. There was something about the blonde that made her almost fear him, his cerulean eyes flashed with something as he turned to face them all with his hands in his pockets. "Oh didn't I, silly me" he chuckled darkly then narrowed his eyes and looked out over the village.
"I hate Konoha."
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A/N: Ok how was it? Did you not like anything or did I rush it?
Please review for the poll and tell me what you think!HH
