The Academy
2 years has passed since Naruto's 6th birthday.
Now Tenten and Neji are in their 2nd year of the academy.
Naruto Kiba Akamaru and Sakura been more than ready.
The only question is what will happen to Hinata.
Hinata's gentle fist haven't reach at the level Hiashi was trying to get her to, and her younger sister had a hard time as well.
Naruto decided to check on Hinata after he finished his work.
Naruto walked up to the mansion.
He knocked on the door and Hiashi was the one who opened it.
"Hiashi sir, is Hinata home?" Naruto asked.
"Sadly yes, come in Naruto," Hiashi welcome Naruto in the house.
Naruto been in the mansion long enough to know his way around.
He found Hinata outside near the training hall.
"Hello Hinata," Naruto greeted.
Hinata starts to blush a little, as over the years they knew each other Hinata started to grow a crush on Naruto.
"H-hello N-Naruto," she said shyly.
At the same time she also was upset about something.
"What's wrong, Hinata?" Naruto asked.
"My father doesn't think I'm strong enough, so he's sending me to the academy," Hinata said, "Unless I can show my father how strong while at the academy, I don't think I'll be able to hold my position as heir of the Hyuga clan."
"Hey don't be upset. Don't forget Kiba Akamaru and Sakura will be in the same year as us. Plus Tenten been telling me about the academy, she said that her skills has improved a lot since then, so I have no doubt you'll get stronger there to," Naruto said trying to cheer Hinata up.
The next day they started the academy.
Between academy and training, Naruto manage to push in work time.
Naruto was walking up to the academy on his own.
There was a group of students large enough that Naruto couldn't find his friends.
Once he found his homeroom he went a head there.
Once there he saw one familiar face.
"Hinata," Naruto shouted as Hinata turned to him.
"H-hello Naruto," Hinata greeted.
"Looks like we have some interesting classmates," Naruto said looking around the room.
Among the classmates, there were two boy that were a few seats behind them watch.
One was a lazy black hair boy; the other was a fat kid who eats his chips.
There was also a boy with black hair and dark eyes on the other side of the room.
Another boy was sitting with dark hair and had sunglasses over his eyes.
Kiba came in with Akamaru and sat with Naruto and Hinata.
Then Sakura and a girl with blond hair ran in the room trying to sit next to the boy with black hair and dark eyes.
"That must be the boy Sakura has a crush on, Sasuke," Naruto said looking at them.
"If so, that means the other girl must be her former friend Ino," Kiba said.
After becoming their friends Sakura gain the courage to tell them why she was crying at the park when Naruto met her.
As that day, Sakura and Ino found out that both of them had a crush on Sasuke, and they lost their friendship to rivalry.
"Why don't you go sit with your so call friends?" Ino asked pointing to them.
"Because they would understand why I want to sit here," Sakura replied.
Sasuke wasn't paying attention to them, as he could care less who sits with him as long as they don't become a problem.
Just then 2 of their teachers came in as the quiet down and took their seats.
"My name is Iruka Umino and my associate Mizuki Menos, you can refer us to Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei," Iruka told them.
They went around the room as everyone introduce themselves and told each goal.
The boy with the sunglasses name was Shino.
The lazy boy name is Shikamaru.
The fat kid's name was Choji.
Then it was Naruto's turn.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, my dream is to become the greatest of all Hokages," Naruto told him.
"That's quiet a goal," Iruka responded, "Now that I know your names, I want to see what you can do. Does any of you can use any jutsu's?"
Iruka was surprise about how many hands raised, including Naruto's Kiba's and Hinata's.
"Ok, Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru, Sasuke and Kiba come down," Iruka told them.
All they had to do was show them their jutsu.
Shikamaru's was a shadow technique that allows him to take control of Iruka.
Hinata showed them her Byakugan as she was able to summon it.
Kiba showed off his beast mimicry as he knock Iruka down.
They had to go out side for Sasuke to show them his fire style jutsu.
Back inside, it was Naruto's turn.
"So Naruto, what kind of Jutsu can you use?" Iruka asked.
"This," Naruto shouted as he made a tiger hand sign, "Transform."
In a puff a smoke Naruto transform into Iruka, then transformed back.
"Hahaha, I know that we won't be covering the transformation till later, but I thought I go ahead and show you," Naruto explained.
"Very good Naruto. May I ask who taught you that jutsu?" Iruka asked impressed.
"Another friend of mine. She's in her second year here," Naruto said referring to Tenten.
After eating his lunch, Naruto had enough time to check on Tenten and Neji.
He remembered that both of them had endurance, so he decided to just watch.
The others were still eating so he just told them where he was going.
Endurance class took place outside but the area was covered by fence.
Naruto stood behind the gate and watch.
Neji knocked down 3 opponents each in 3 minutes flat.
Tenten also took down her opponents.
One kid caught Naruto's attention as he was struggling with his Taijutsu.
"Hey Naruto, shouldn't you be at lunch?" Tenten asked walking over making sure her sensei didn't know.
"I finished it up early so I thought I watch you guys since you have endurance right now," Naruto explained, "I showed the Transformation jutsu you taught me, he was impressed."
"He should be Transformation is a jutsu taught in the academy," Tenten explained.
"Hey Tenten, who's that kid over there having a hard time with his Taijutsu?" Naruto asked.
Tenten looked over to one of her classmates.
"That's Rock Lee, he can't perform any Ninjutsu or Genjutsu because he can't mold his chakra, and he believes he can be a splendid ninja with Taijutsu alone," Tenten explained.
"That doesn't seem impossible, all he has to do is work on his Taijutsu," Naruto said.
"I can't argue there, but Neji on other hand doesn't think so, and you know Neji," Tenten told him.
"Yeah, yeah, 'everyone has a chosen path of destiny that describes who you are, and you can't change it," Naruto replied.
The rest of the school day wasn't too bad.
Naruto already the best in weapon class, since he had the most experience in using Kunai knives and Shurikans, training with Tenten.
After school Naruto waited for Tenten before heading to work at her parent's shop.
"Sorry I'm late Naruto," Tenten apologize heading out.
"That's ok, we still have plenty of time to make it to the shop," Naruto said.
"So, how was your day? I mean after you came to watch Neji and me during endurance," Tenten asked.
"Not bad, I'm already the best in weapon class," Naruto explained, "Kiba has both Hinata and me beat in endurance."
At the shop, Naruto restock the shelves before sweeping the floor.
He had dinner with Tenten's family again, then left for home.
