A/N: some of you may have already seen this chapter but i felt like i had to revise it some...
NARUTO LIGHTS OUTS!
Disclaimer: I don't own it! Never have never will!
Warning time/pov skips around in this chapter!
Chapter three.
It's a brother and a sister kind of thang Raise up your hands if you all wanna hang
With me and my gang
We live to ride, we ride to live
Me and my gang
Jump on that train
Grab hold of them reins
We're gonna rock this thang, cock this thang
Me and my gang, yeah
Me and my gang
We got hippies, gypsies, freaks and geeks
High class women in Daisy Duke denim
Bangin' on gongs and singin' our songs
Dude named Elrod jammin' on an iPod
Beer and bonfires
Wide open throttle, Coors in a bottle
It's all for one and one for all y'all
-Me And My Gang-Rascal flats
"Yo!"
"Hey!"
"Sukima!"
Sukima looked behind him and saw a group of his friends.
"Sadao Takuya Kano Senichi Izumi hey!" greeted Sukima as the five got closer to him.
"Yo man what's up?" asked Takuya.
"Just got back from a mission in Kuma No Kuni; what about y'all?" replied Sukima as he looked over each one of his friends.
Sadao was a member of The Main House of the Hyūga Clan who stood at a height of five foot five inches. Like the rest of his clan he has featureless white eyes and the typical dark hair, which was covered by a bandana that bears his forehead protector. Among their group of friends not only was he one of the oldest males; he was also known to be one of the more industrious ones having achieved the rank of Chūnin around fourteen months ago at the age of fifteen. He was wearing the typical attire of a Konoha Shinobi.
Next was Takuya Hagane a rambunctious teenager with a knack for explosives. Takuya stood at five foot and four inches. He had black spiky hair and dark eyes. He loved to goof off much to the annoyance of his old Genin teammate Kano. Like Sadao he too was wearing the typical attire for an on duty Konoha shinobi.
Third was Kano a fiery Chūnin of the Inuzuka clan and his dog Yuudai. Kano was the son of an Inuzuka Tokubetsu Jōnin by the name of Shinobu and a civilian mist refugee by the name of Megumi Hidaka. Kano stood at five foot four inches. He had messy dark brown hair and silted eyes and like the other males was also wearing the typical Konoha shinobi attire. His dog Yuudai had a pure black coat and stood at an impressive height of four foot five inches.
Senichi Aburame a sixteen soon the be seventeen year old Jōnin was the fourth and final male member of the group; He stood at five foot five inches and had Spiky brown hair. His attire consisted of a long sleeved light tan jacket with a high, upturned collar and dark glasses. Senichi like the rest of his clan was usually silent, opting to speak only when spoken to and or needed to.
"Same as you except we came in around eight this morning from a mission out in Tani."
Responded the fifth member Kirimata Izumi as the five caught up to Sukima and settled in walking alongside him. Izumi was a girl who much like Sukima was still a genin, However unlike him she had actual experience taking the Chūnin exam's having taken them the previous year in Takigakure with her two now Chūnin teammate's. Unlike her teammates who had both managed to knock out their opponents she was the one who was knocked out by a brutal Mist shinobi during the first round of individual fighting therefor preventing her from advancing and being able to achieve the rank of Chūnin alongside her teammates and a few of their friends.
"Oh yeah I remember bumping into you four as me and my team were leaving the mission desk two months ago." Replied Sukima as he observed the sun's position.
'Should be around the time the chibi usually gets out'
Izumi noticed his actions and smiled.
"Going to pick up Tobio from the academy?" she guessed.
Unfortunately for Izumi, Sukima was too distracted with his thoughts surrounding his little brother in order to properly answer her.
Thankfully Yuudai noticed and started to rub against Sukima as if trying to gain his attention. All it did though was cause the boy to start petting him. Finally after a minute of being petted on the head Yuudai got feed up with not getting the response he wanted and decided to just bite the pups hand in order to knock him out of his thoughts and to put his attention back on the human female walking next to him.
"OUCH!" yelled Sukima as he yanked his hand out from in between the large nin dogs mouth.
"What the hell was that for Yuudai!" he asked the normally friendly nin dog with his voice slightly raised.
Instead of verbally responding the dog just head butted the teenager into the girl who in response held her hands out in front of her in order to keep Sukima from bumping in to her.
This caused Kano and Takuya to start laughing at the dogs actions.
"Huh why the hell are you guys laughing for! That filthy mutt nearly chewed my whole arm off!" exclaimed Sukima when he noticed his friends laughing at him.
This caused everyone to stop laughing and look over at the Inuzuka of the group who had a scowl on his face.
"Hey Man! Don't be calling my partner a filthy mutt!" Yelled Kano which caused aargument to break out between the two.
"Boys." Called Izumi.
More arguing...
"Boys." She called again.
They were shouting now.
"BOYS!" Screamed Izumi causing nearby birds to squawk and fly off.
" Yes Izumi-chan?" replied both boys momentarily forgetting their fight.
"What have I said about fighting?"
"But!" The two both exclaimed.
This caused Izumi to glare at them.
"No buts! Now I want both of you to apologize to each other right this instant."
"Sorry" said Sukima rolling his eyes.
"Ugh Sorry" replied Kano in a tense voice.
"Once more please."
"Sorry dude"
"Yeah sorry"
"There now was that so hard?... Anyways I was trying to ask are you going to pick up Tobio-chan from the academy Sukima-kun?" Asked Izumi
"... Tobi who? ... oh yeah! yeah I am" replied Sukima as he shrugged his shoulders in embarrassment at momentary forgetting his own little brother like that.
"Mind if I tag along?" Asked Izumi thinking of her little sister.
" yes!...oh wait I mean no!.. i mean sure you can tag along Izumi-chan! Hee..hee" responded Sukima suddenly stumbling over his words causing two of his friends to smirk in amusement while one started to frown.
"Hah I wonder how the squirts been" Kano wondered out loud.
"Well why don't we all go and find out after all it should be getting close to the time the academy students get released!" exclaimed Takuya right before he shot up towards the roof of a nearby building.
'You always had to be the hyper one eh Takuya?' thought Sukima as he and the others shot off right after the Hagane.
'So he managed to pass huh?' thought the Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen as he observed the scene at the academy through his viewing globe.
Truth be told he was slightly concerned when he saw Naruto's name on the list of student's vying for early graduation. It wasn't that he didn't believe in the boy quite the contrary really but it was the fact that Naruto was for lack of a better word still 'weak' in terms of a typical shinobi.
'But then again nothing about Naruto is really typical now is it' Thought the elderly shinobi as he continued to observe the happy blond.
The third noticed that a few nearby civilian parents were glaring at the boy who was still avidly hugging his white haired sensei. The Hokage could see their lips moving signaling that they were most likely speaking about the boy.
'Will the hate ever end?' wondered the old Kage as he stood and stretched while staring at the single pile of paperwork on his desk.
'Eh it can wait' thought the sixty six year old as he pushed chakra into a seal on his forearm. Suddenly three shinobi dropped down from the ceiling.
"Raidō Genma Iwashi" greeted the third.
"Hokage-sama" came the combined reply of the three.
"To the academy please!" Ordered the third as he walked to the middle of the room.
"Hai Lord Hokage!" Replied the three elite guards as they surrounded the Sandaimeand did the seal of confrontation.
Takuya was the first one to make it to the academy.
"Hah! I win!" He all but yelled as his friends started to arrive right behind him.
As they were jumping from roof to roof he, Sukima and Kano had quickly tried to out run each other and it was only due to sheer willpower that he had won.
Neither Kano or Sukima remarked as Sukima simply walked towards the crowd that was gathered around the front of the academy with his friends and a silent Kano all following him. It was right after they had found a spot coincidentally near the Academy teachers that the bell started to ring. A few seconds later the doors swung opened and kids were racing out of the academy.
After a few minutes the group of shinobi spotted a large group of kids walking and Izumi both quickly spotted their siblings standing in a group of older kids.
'Is that a forehead Protector i see?' wondered Sukima spotting the piece of metal on his brother's Forehead.
'Dear kami please tell me she didn't!' Izumi mentally cried when she to spotted the metal piece on her own siblings forehead.
A person in the group near them spotted a few incoming blurs causing him to raise his voice in warning but it was already to late before anyone knew it the blurs had struck, three on said shinobi one on another.
"HEY MIZUKI SENSEI! IRUKA SENSEI!" Screamed one of the blurs a blond haired kid in an orange hoodie with a blue sleeve shirt underneath and orange pants who was clinging onto a older white haired shinobi.
Just then Tobio and Moriko both started to run towards the crowd with the group of older kids following close behind. When they got close enough Tobio pounced towards a tanned male not having seen his brother nearby.
"Kawarimi No Jutsu!"
Suddenly the tanned male was replaced with a log which Tobio face panted into.
"Hah the gaki just got logged!" Yelled Takuya as he and Kano fell over laughing whileSukima looked on in amusement.
"Takuya-nii!" Yelled ten year old Menma and Kouichi Hagane as they both ran over to the group.
Takuya looked up from the ground and saw two of his little cousins standing near Morikoand two other kids who were being congratulated by people whom he assumed were their parents.
"Yo gaki's!" He greeted the three he knew as he picked himself up from off the ground. He studied the brats in front of him and spotted the slight changes in their attire. This caused his face to scrunch up as he pointed a finger accusingly at them.
"Hey! Wait a minute something's different about y'all!" He shouted as he jumped up and down causing the kids surrounding him to all laugh.
"Oi Menma! Kouichi! Your friend's funny!" laughed the whiskered blond from nearby who upon glancing at the ground spotted Tobio.
"Oi Moriko-nee! Hibachi-nii! Unagi-nii!" Exclaimed the boy as he looked up and over to his elder classmates while pointing to the ground to the ground where Tobio was laying seemingly out cold. Together the four of them sweat dropped.
The young orphans use of certain honorifics as well as the sight of a forehead protector on his forehead didn't escape the ears and eyes of the adults surrounding him one of them a kunoichi with black curly hair named Suzume gasped and said;
"He passed!"
One of her old students Azami Yamanaka blinked at her old sensei's words.
"Eh? Suzume-sensei is it really that surprising that so many of us passed and becameGenin?"Asked Azami. Her words caught the attention of the older teens causing some of them to blink as well.
'Wait passed?'
Thought Sukima as his mind slowly caught up with his brain.
'Genin!'
Thought Izumi as she started to mentally panic again at the idea of her little sister out anywhere near a battle field.
The Sandaime and his guards had arrived just in time to hear Naruto call out to his classmate's.
'What an interesting group of new friends you have here Naruto' Thought the third as he and his guards walked slowly and silently over to the large group.
Minoru was the first to notice the Hokage's arrival.
"Kon'nichiwa Hokage-sama!" called out the young cheerful Akimichi as he waved his right hand which held a chip in greeting.
"Kon'nichiwa Hokage-sama!"Repeated most of the group as they too took note of his appearance.
"Hi old man! What's up? Why you here? Shouldn't you be doing some paperwork or something? Oh who are those guys with you?" questioned Naruto after he had wiggled out of Mizuki gasp and onto the ground so he could walk towards the old kage. However his other teacher Iruka was quick to intercept and scold the orphan before he could get far.
"Naruto! What have I told you about showing respect?" asked Iruka while raising his voice.
"But Iruka-sensei! I've- " he started to explain but got promptly cut off by his teacher.
"I don't care you should know better than to—" Suddenly Iruka was the one who was being interrupted, this time by non-other than the Hokage and his guards themselves who were laughing at the shocked looks that adorned the faces of both the shinobi and civilians.
Finally after almost a minute of laughing the third and his guards were finally able to stop and the third spoke.
"Now Now Iruka-san Naruto is just...oh how do the youngin's say it nowadays?... Ah yes he's just calling 'em like he sees 'em after all I am indeed an old man and we both know how blunt Naruto tends to be! And to answer your questions in order Naruto: Oh nothing much, Why to congratulate you all of course, the paperwork can wait, and finally these are my guards."
The third happily observed the group in front of him. 'The will of fire truly shines brightly in the next generation'. He thought to himself smiling.
Authors rant (in response to a rather rude pm!) FEEL FREE TO READ OR NOT!
If you were paying attention to the story any you would have caught where i put that the events from the anime that included Hibachi happened the previous school year... Meaning that Iruka at the current time (in this story/universe/timeline)had only been Naruto and co.'s teacher for less than then nine months ( the episode gave me the impression that the class had a different teacher beforehand lol no duh with Naruto's pranking!).
Anyways here in this story I'm going with common belief that Naruto's class enter the academy around the ages of five or six. Mizuki being older then Irukaprobably started teaching Naruto's class before he did even if he originally got turned down for the job which would of course cause the class to be more familiar with Mizuki who had originally put up just a front of being a generally friendly guy around them.
In canon Naruto being an orphan probably believed until the scroll incident thatMizuki was a semi okayish guy. In this story/universe Naruto is still semi distrustful of Iruka due to the glare he received from said teacher back then (refer to the episode profile on Narutopedia if you're wondering it happens during thekonoha history filler arc(right after pein attacked konoha) if I remember correctly) Oh your probably wondering why i don't write Naruto being distrustful of Hibachi and Unagi, The answer? Dude their kids who didn't know any better. Kids tend to act the way they see adults act plus in the anime it's seen that some kids in Naruto generation did try to play with him only to be taken away by their parents (Yes I'm looking at you Shikaku and Chouza...Even though in the end your sons still manage to have some sort of relationship with Naruto). Naruto being aorphan who felt unwanted for a long time would in my mind try to gain friends at any chance he gets...anyways! Moving on! Will Mizuki still be around much longer? Yes he freaking will I don't care if you don't like the way I'm interpreting some of these characters or the fact that I'm basically placing in a bunch of OC's Ok? Clans are supposed to be huge! I mean just check out the Hyuga and Uchihaclans in canon! Plus who's to say there can't be any minor clans huh? Clan's that may have split up somewhere down the line or maybe they branched out of a major one (which we seen with the Uzumaki branching from the Senju and theUchiha and Hyuga clans splitting up) I will just like to remind people that this is an AU! Which means ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE things will be somewhat different and some characters will have different motives and intentions! For some of these guys (some of the kids I've made up.) I basically pictured them looking like certain non-important characters that I've seen from both the anime and manga...yeah their stories will be interwoven alongside Naruto's and histeam's…unless anyone has any objections to that? I mean I'm all ears here people just don't be flat out rude please I'm totally open to new ideas and suggestions. Speaking of ideas please I'm begging you guys please send in your suggestions on who should receive a genin team! Seriously it would be a great help to me if you could list a few of your favorite background shinobi's (alive during this time period please!) characters (Konoha only!)… It's pretty much accepted as canon that only fully pledged Jōnin could receive team's but yet we see team Konohamaru being led by that one pervert who's only a special Jōnin yeah I might throw in some kinda omake or something where the Jōnin exam's happen (any ideas for stages?) next chapter.
Anyways! REVIEW! PLEASE! :)