Okay! Chapter 4! =) Now we're on a roll! My dad's in the middle of a PMS fit. Lol.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. T-T

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"Iruka-sensei! Com' on! Don't do this to me!" Naruto whined. Iruka grinned like a maniac.

"Oh no Naruto! You started it!"

"No! No! Don't touch it!" He tried to wiggle away, but he couldn't move. The ropes bonding his arms and legs kept him in place. He began to turn red from sheer embarrassment.

"Naruto! If you don't hold still! Be careful! You might make it bleed more! Sheesh! You lead the top shinobi around the village for hours, and yet you trip and fall walking home! Your so... immature!"

"But senseeeeeei! It huuuuurts!" Iruka was currently putting peroxide on a large cut on Naruto's leg, even though they both knew he didn't need it. The cut was already healing. Iruka was doing it to teach Naruto to bother the Anbu.

(AN, Haha! Did you catch it?)

"I still can't believe you painted the face of the Hokage! Do you even know who they are?"

"'Course I do, Sensei. They are the past leaders of the village. They protected us all."

"Oh! So you are paying attention in class!"

Ten Minutes Later*

"Okay class now if you don't have any questions, we can begi- yes Sakura?"

"Why didn't you introduce the new student, Iruka-sensei?"

The 'new' student choked. "I'm not that different, am I?" Naruto muttered, his deep voice humming slightly.

Iruka gave a nervous chuckle. "Well... you see Sakura, he's not new, that is, uhh... Its-"

"Naruto." Said boy's head snapped around to look at Shikamaru. "Your hair looks a lot better now."

Naruto grinned and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Yeah... Hey Shikamaru its nice to see you awake for once." Shikamaru chuckled. "Don't get used to it, it won't last long."

The other students merely gapped at them. No way. There was no way Naruto was really that... hot under the jumpsuit!

Naruto gave a good natured laugh. Mentally, he checked the list. 'Mitsu-kun! We need to add Shi-'

'I know! I'm doing it, geez...'

"Okay, now that we have that solved, we have an exam to take." Iruka stated. He passed out the written test.

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Naruto had finished his test and put his head in his arms to rest when his stomach growled. Loudly. He groaned quietly. Of course he had forgotten breakfast!

Something nudged his arm. An energy bar. He glanced at Shika and raised an eyebrow. That was ironic. The laziest person he knew had just handed him an energy bar. Ha. It was so funny he had to laugh.

And now everyone was looking at him like he was insane.

He shoved the energy bar into his mouth. Shikamaru was still watching him, though everyone else had turned back to their tests.

"Ne, Shika... Shika..." He poked Shikamaru on the forehead, careful not to scar him with his long claw like fingernails. "What do you think would happen if I asked Sasuke if he was gay?"

Shino, who was listening to their conversation, couldn't resist the urge to reply. "He's hit you with his purse."

Everyone turned to look at Naruto again as he began to choke. Shikamaru was laughing as well, and Chouji, whom had also heard, had dropped his chips in shock, then began to laugh just as loud as Shika. "Man, that's great, Shino!"

"Oi!" Naruto called to Sasuke, who was sitting at the front of the classroom. "Oi, teme!" Sasuke ignored him quietly. Naruto threw a pencil with extreme accuracy at his... private area, hitting the chair just a centimeter from his shorts. Now Sasuke couldn't ignore him, and turned to give the 'dobe' a piece of his mind. What he saw made him stop and stare.

"What happened to you, freak?" He asked spitefully. "Oh... I would say that unlike you, I grew up." Naruto said playfully, long canine fangs flashing in a toothy smile. "Oh, and Sasuke... why didn't you tell us you had such an... interesting brother?"

The Uchiha glowered at him. "That's none of your business dobe." He sneered.

"Oh, but Sasuke... your brother is just so much more... everything than you! He's handsome, and smart... and of course he's just a few years older than... well, me. Like... two*... if I recall correctly, he was also the youngest person to be made and Anbu captain."

With each word, Sasuke became paler and paler. He glared at Naruto. "And? So what? He's just an asshole!" Sasuke turned around and ignored them. Naruto looked at Shikamaru, Shino, and Chouji. "Wow, someone's got brother issues. Wish my brother was that cool." Ana, a girl trying for genin, looked at him. "Ano, you have a brother, Naruto-kun?"

Naruto grinned at her. "Nope, but if I did, I'd wish he was like that one."

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"Ne, Shika, what do'ya think happened to Naruto?" Chouji asked, looking at his best friend. Shikamaru sighed. "I'd say he was forced to grow up too fast." He replied. Chouji frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Chou, Naruto is an orphan. Don't know why, but when he was four, the orphanage kicked him out, and he was forced to live on his own in an apartment. He just... some people may say he's a kid in an adults body, but really, that's not true. He's been an adult since the day they decided no one wanted him." Chouji took it all in quietly. "Man," He remarked. "That's tough."

"Oh, you have no idea." Naruto said, dropping lightly from the branches of the tree the other two were leaning against. Chouji jumped, but Shikamaru nodded at him. "Yeah, we have no idea." He took the orange Naruto offered him. "Thanks."

Naruto handed one to Chouji too. "You might want to eat the orange and cut down on the chips. Their terrible for you." Chouji raised an eyebrow. "Health advice from the kid who eats ramen like candy? Now that's rich."

"Ramen won't put me in cardiac arrest." Naruto retorted lightly. "Plus, something I've had since I was a born turns the harmful calories into helpful ones."

"You mean, like, a kekkei genkai?"

Naruto snorted. "Not likely. Maybe, but I doubt it. Hold on, I'll ask." His eyes dimmed, like he was dropping in on himself. 'Ne, Mitsu... are you like, a kekkei genkai?'

'Damned brat.' Mitsukai murmured to him softly. 'Yeah, its like a kekkei genkai now, because all that chakra we put into you is yours now, and it made your features different, that'll be passed on if you have kids, which we both know won't happen.'

Naruto's eyes brightened, and he laughed. "That's very true." He said quietly. The fox snorted. Naruto turned to Shikamaru. "Yup, its like a kekkei genkai, if I have kids, they'll get the whole animal shebang. But Mitsukai says that probably won't happen though."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at him. "Mitsukai...?" He asked. Naruto hit himself in the head. "Oh duh. You wouldn't know him, so it doesn't matter." One of Naruto's claws had cut a small scratch under his right eye, dropping a little bit of blood down his cheek like a tear.

"Oh crap." Shikamaru leaned over to try and stop the bleeding, while Naruto laughed. "I'm fine, I swear! See?" He brushed a blood red sleeve over his scratch, whipping the blood away. Where it had been was perfectly smooth skin, unblemished and whole.

"Kekkei genkai." Naruto stated.

Shikamaru opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by Iruka's call that lunch was over.

"Come on, we're being placed on teams today."

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Sorry this took so long to update, I just didn't feel like doing anything with it. I'm trying to finish all my stories, so those who are reading any of the others, they'll be done soon too! =) Review please! ja ne!

oh, right, the little asterisk!

* This is referring to the fact that Naruto failed the test twice. He started one year earlier than regulars, so he was in Neji's class until the last year. When he failed, he was a year older, and when he went into the time rift, he gained a year, making him fifteen, and exactly two years younger than Itachi, age 17. =) I hope that made sense!