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Oh how the mighty has fallen
Iruka was having a bad day. It was the day before the Genin exams. He looked at his class. If you can call it that.
In one section of the room were the Uchiha fan girls are staring at the heir of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke. After Itachi's massacre of over four hundred Uchihas, young Sasuke has been obsessing over revenge. Even his own mother, Mikoto, could not persuade Sasuke against being an avenger. Sadly, she died a year after the massacre, making him fall into an even deeper madness. He was the top of his class but Iruka worried for his sanity. It reminded him of one of the Sannin he read about.
Iruka shook his head. He turned his attention to two girls, Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura. Both girls were diehard Uchiha fan girls and honestly, a disgrace amongst kunoichis. Always focusing on their looks instead of training. Dieting too. At twelve? Do they want to kill themselves?
Nearby were Nara Shikamara and Akamichi Choji. These two were heirs to the Akimichi and the Nara clans. Both have the some of the lowest grades in class. However, Iruka knew they were hiding their true abilities judging by their father's lack of concern about their grades. Iruka had to admit. Their fathers seemed like older versions of their sons. Both Naras both said troublesome and started to sleep. The Akimichis shrugged and ate their potato chips.
In another section were Inuzaka Kiba (and his pet, Akamaru) and Hinata Hyuuga. Both of these ninjas were extremely competent and ready to be genin. However they had personality problems.
Kiba was wild. He needed to settle down and not act on his instincts. He needed to use is brain more often and focus on some long-range genjutsus to complement their unique taijutsu.
Hinata was perfectly capable in Iruka's eyes. She was proficient in the Byakugan and Gentle Fist. However in Lord Hiashi's eyes, she was weak. This led to severe inferior complex in Hinata. However, she had an extraordinary talent in healing as she developed a healing cream that healed a cut at an extremely fast rate.
In a corner by himself, Aburame Shino was silently observing the class. Iruka never knew if the boy was sleeping or not. Iruka noted that he was an extremely gifted person in strategy and logic. He was also skilled in tracking and stealth. A true ninja. He hid his skills from most of the class. In Iruka's opinion, if Shino and Sasuke got into a fight. Sasuke would lose.
Iruka sighed. "Well better start the lesson. Troublesome," Iruka muttered. He stood up and said, "Alright class, settle down."
No reaction. A tick mark appeared on Iruka's face. "SHUT UP AND PAY ATTENTION!"
The class settled down enough for Iruka to start his lesson. "Good. Now today, we'll be going over different ninja villages. Now can anyone tell me the five major ninja villages?"
The door opened and Iruka turned to see who it was. A boy around most of his student's age walked in. He sighed as many of the girls commented on his "hotness compared to Sasuke". Urgh. The boy smiled and gave him a slip of paper.
"Here you go Scarface. It's a letter from the Hokage," the boy said cheekily. Iruka was a bit annoyed but read the letter. He was a bit surprised when the Hokage said that Naruto has permission to take the Genin exams this late in the school year.
"Alright Naruto. Please sit in the seat next to Sasuke over there," Iruka said. Naruto looked over to where Iruka was pointing.
"You mean over there next to that Emo homosexual with the chicken ass hair?" Naruto asked revolted.
The class was in an uproar. All of Sasuke's fan girls demanded punishment and retribution while Kiba fell on the ground laughing. Choji chuckled a bit and carried on eating. Shino looked on in interest.
"SHUT UP!" Iruka yelled. He turned to Naruto. "Fine. Please sit next to Shino over there."
Naruto walked to the seat beside Shino without any complaint. He stuck a hand out to Shino. "Uzumaki Naruto at your service."
Shino eyed his hand then shook it. "Aburame Shino."
"So you're one of the famous Aburames. My sensei told me about them. In my opinion, they are some of the finest ninjas around. Stealthy and they quickly finish their mission without having to waste much energy. Epitome of a ninja's role."
Shino was stunned. Not many people praise their clan as highly as the Hyuga or Uchiha. This was truly a pleasant surprise.
"You use Kikai bugs to aid in your fights, right?" Naruto asked.
"You seem to know a lot about my clan, Naruto-san," Shino said.
"So? Knowing your enemy and battling your enemy is two completely different things. If the body is not strong enough to counter what the mind views as a threat, then you're dead," Naruto countered.
"A wise statement," Shino said. He was impressed. A new student so wise in the ways of the shinobi. It would be beneficial to be his friend.
"Alright class. Out in the training field for sparring," Iruka called out. The class calmly went out to the practice field. Iruka had them go to one of the practice arena.
"Now class, time for some practice sparring. You can use any taijutsu techniques or kenjutsu," Iruka explained. "Now anything goes except serious injury or death."
"Now let's have Shino and Ino spar," Iruka called out. The two went into the arena. The match was a short one as Shino quickly delivered a knockout punch to Ino's temple. Iruka sweatdropped to how short the match was.
"Alright, how about Sasuke and-," Iruka called out.
"I want Naruto!" Sasuke said. Everyone looked at Naruto.
"I'm flattered but I don't swing that way." Naruto smirked as the Uchiha flushed in embarrassment. He saw Kiba laughing on the ground and many fan girls screaming obscenities.
"Just get over here and fight me," Sasuke said. Naruto shrugged. He calmly faced the Uchiha.
"Iruka-sensei. Do you kave a bokken?" Naruto asked.
"Sure," Iruka answered. He tossed Naruto a standard wooden bokken. Naruto caught it deftly and twirled it a bit testing the balance. Satisfied, Naruto went into a sword stance with the bokken positioned like a sheathed sword.
"Whenever you're ready, Sasugay," Naruto said. Sasuke rushed Naruto. He threw a punch at Naruto's head. However Naruto easily dodged it and smacked Sasuke hard with the bokken on his thighs. Sasuke's kegs buckled as a numb sensation went through his legs. Sasuke threw a roundhouse at Naruto. Naruto quickly ducked and slammed the bokken at Sasuke's other leg. Sasuke fell down hard when he knee buckled from the force of Naruto's blow. Sasuke scrambled up, angry at Naruto toying with him.
Sasuke became even angrier as Naruto began walking out of the ring. "Where are you going dobe? Scared?"
"Nope bored. You're too riled up to be a challenge," Naruto answered cheerfully. He gave Sasuke the victory sign.
To say Sasuke was angry was like saying spandex was a bit ugly. Sasuke was furious.
"Katon: Great Fireball!"
A large fireball flew toward Naruto. Iruka formed seals for a water jutsu as it headed toward Naruto. Naruto ignored it until it was a meter. He thrust the bokken at the fireball.
"Kenjutsu: Bullet"
A blast of air blew through the fireball and struck Sasuke in the head. Sasuke flew out of the ring, landing three feet away from where he was standing.
Naruto glared at the Uchiha. His brother would be ashamed of him. Naruto looked back to see Kiba and Choji applauding him while Shikamaru gave him a small approving smile. Shino nodded approvingly at Naruto's skill.
Iruka was impressed. To disperse a fireball with only the wind from a sword thrust needed a lot of skill. It even had enough power to blow his opponent away with only a bokken. Iruka wouldn'y want to be on the receiving end if Naruto had a katana.
"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Sakura shrieked. "NARUTO CHEATED! SASUKE WOULDN'T BE DEFEATED LIKE THAT. NARUTO MUST HAVE USED A NINJUTSU TO BEAT SASUKE! REMATCH!"
Naruto's eye twitched. "Kami. How can someone like her be that stupid?" Naruto thought.
"One of Life's greatest mysteries, kit," Kyuubi said. She was appalled at how stupid the girl was.
"Sakura, Naruto fought fair and square. He defeated Sasuke without resorting to using and ninjutsu techniques. Sasuke on the other hand directly disobeyed me and fired a Katon jutsu at Naruto's back," Iruka explained patiently.
"NU-UH! SASUKE NEVER FIRED A FIREBALL! THAT WAS SASUKE'S AWESOMENESS RADIATING FROM HIM!" Sakura screamed.
"That sets a new low for being retarded," Naruto thought.
"Kami! She's even more imaginative than the people who invented singing," Kyuubi thought.
Miniclip
Four cavemen were sitting around the fire.
"Grunt"
"Grunt grunt"
"Grunt grunt. Grunt"
Grunt."
"Oh, Oh, Oh
For the longest time
Oh, Oh, Oh
For the longest time," they all sang in unison.
"If you said goodbye to me tonight."
"Oooh ooh ooh," one sang.
End Miniclip.
Naruto shrugged. He wasn't going to argue over this. He went over by Shino to watch the other matches. Kiba, Choji, and Shikamaru joined him.
"Great match Naruto," Kiba congratulated. "I'm Kiba of the Inuzaka clan. And this is my pet, Akamaru." Akamaru yipped at Naruto.
"Where did you learn to fight like that?" Kiba asked.
"A friend of my sensei," Naruto answered.
"You think I can get a few tips?" Kiba asked.
"Learn a few Genjutsus."
"Genjutsus? Why?"
"You use mainly taijutsu in battle. If you're opponent is in a genjutsu, you can easily maul your opponent before they realize it," Naruto explained.
Kiba nodded. Soon after all the sparring was done, Naruto spent time with his new friends. He learned a lot about the village, people, and places of the village.
After school they went to a bar-b-q resturaunt. They spent hours there laughing and joking. Despite Shino being the silent one, Shino could make really funny one liners and observations.
Soon it was late. They split the check four ways and left. Naruto went to the address the Hokage gave him. It led to an apartment complex that was shared by many ninjas of Konoha.
"Lets see. Number 726. 724, 725, 726. Here it is." Naruto unlocked it and went in. The Apartment was a decent place. It had two rooms, a bedroom, a kitchen, fridge, two closets, and a bathroom. It was empty. Naruto had a remedy to this.
He took a scroll out of his jacket and placed chakra in it. Soon a couch, bookshelf loaded with books and scrolls, a futon, kitchen equipment, clothes, training equipment, a chest, ninja equipment, food, soap, and other stuff popped out. Naruto then created several shadow clones to organize all the items.
As soon as they finished, Naruto dispelled them. He went to the chest and opened it. Inside was cleaning equipment for his sword. He removed the sword from his belt and cleaned it carefully.
The sword was nothing fancy. It was like most katanas except that it was made by one of the finest blacksmiths. It was extremely sharp, durable, and can channel his chakra. This allowed him to make his kenjutsu attacks long range when he channeled his wind chakra through it. Also any cuts with his sword would damage bloodline abilities. It also had an element of surprise that his sword was sheathed in a kodachi sheath.
Naruto sheathed his sword and laid on his futon. He was excited to see what tomorrow would bring in this village. Things already looked very interesting.
Naruto closed his eyes but opened them when he heard his next-door neighbor.
"YOSH! I WILL GO TO SLEEP SO THAT MY FLAMES OF YOUTH WILL BURN BRIGHTLY AS THE SUN! IF I CANNOT DO THIS, I WILL DO 5000 KICKS AND 5000 PUNCHES. IF I CANNOT DO THAT I WILL RUN 100 LAPS AROUND KONOHA IN LESS THAT THIRTY MINUTS!"