Chapter: 3

Acadamy.

The morning started off with a bang as angry villagers chased Naruto around because he had set off some fireworks, Menma was already up doing his morning training before the entrance ceremony, after his training he went to the academy where most of the new kids had gathered with their parents, Sakura was arguing with her mother about the bow in her hair, Shikaku, Choza and Inoichi were talking to Ino,Choji and Shikamaru, Itachi was with Sasuke, Neji accompanied Hinata, Hana was scolding Kiba and Shino was talking to Shibi.

Naruto was sitting on the swing by the tree, people were ignoring him as they usually did, Menma was standing by the farthest wall from the crowd, The Third came up to the podium "Good morning new recruits and parents, we are glad to induct these gifted children into the academy today, this will be the start of a journey for them where they will learn what it means to be a real Shinobi"

Once the ceremony had finished the new recruits were put into specific classes, Menma ended up with Naruto, when he entered his new classroom he went and sat in the back of the class,kids rushed to get seats, every person who saw Menma immediately avoided him, Iruka was introduced as the one who would be teaching them during the time they will be at the academy, Naruto tried a prank on Iruka but Iruka caught him and sent him to the back of the class where he had to sit next to Menma.

Weeks passed and their first practical fighting exam was to come, Iruka explained that each student was expected to show off what they had learned so far, Naruto who had already made enemies with Sasuke wanted to fight him but Iruka made Menma Sasuke's opponent instead.

Sasuke was confident that he would win seeing as Itachi had been training him for weeks, Menma and Sasuke stepped into the circle, Sasuke gloated that someone like Menma would never be able to defeat an Uchiha, throughout Sasuke's gloating Menma did nothing he just waited.

Iruka told them to get ready, Sasuke stood in his attack position with a big smirk still on his face, Menma just stood with his hands next to his side, Iruka gave the signal for the start of the sparring match, Menma lifted his left arm, bent his middle finger and placed his thumb over it, Menma then flicks his finger, a huge wave of chakra shoots out of Menma and hits Sasuke sending him flying out the circle, everyone including Iruka were shocked at what had just happened, Menma walked over to Sasuke and said"The Uchiha are weaker than I expected"

Sasuke just lied on the ground in pain with an angry look on his face, Menma turned around and walked passed everybody, Iruka said that the day's lesson was done and that everyone could leave.