Chapter 6: The Academy

-2 years later-

Naruto was a bit nervous as he was heading in the direction of the academy. Inu told him to not be scared, that everything would be fine. He just wished that Angel was still here. Angel told him that his brother and he were going to move, but that they were going to come back around 4-5 years.

-Flashback-

"Listen, Naruto, me and my brother are going to leave." Said Angel in a downcast voice.

"Why?" asked Naruto in an equally sadden tone.

"Man, I don't know, he just says will be staying her for some time then we leave. It's going to suck man; I think we´re a week after your birthday." Said Angel.

Naruto had his head down, his first and only friend was leaving. He wanted to say something to him.

"From what my bro has told me we are going to some other village, then going to some place that rains or something. Hey you wanna see a secret, something that I have never showed any one ever." Said Angel with a sort of serious tone at first, but in a hushed one at the end.

"Sure" said Naruto, sort of accepting that he was leaving, not liking it, but he might as well spend the rest of his time with his buddy.

"Ok but we have to go where no one can see." Said Angel.

Naruto then thought of a place.

-Training grounds-

They were lucky that no one was training, and even luckier that no one told them that this place was of limits. Naruto with out knowing came to the same place that he saw Itachi training.

"Okay, but remember don't tell any one."Said Angel and took off his black jacket. He then started to take of his shirt. "Is he coming on to me" thought Naruto while he took a step back.

What happened next was unbelievable. Pitch black wings unfolded, and expanded behind Angel.

"Holy shit you have wings!" Said Naruto.

"My brother has them to, but that's not all watch this." Said Angel with a big grin on his face.

He stuck out his arm, with his palm open upwards. He then looked at Naruto to see his reaction.

Naruto meanwhile just looked at his palm. What he saw next was completely breath taking. Metal started to come out of his hand. It looked as if something was rising out of water, but it was his hand.

Angel was just smiling at his friend's reaction. "Surprising isn't it? Here you should keep it, think of it as an early birthday present." Said Angel as he gave the kunai at Naruto. Naruto took it and was handling it really carefully, after it was a knife. "Its pure silver, we can absorb any kind of metal. Well I call it absorb, don't really know what else it can be called."

"Wow" was all Naruto could say.

"C´mon lets go" said Angel as he put on his shirt and his sweater. "I want to go do something, not just stand here." And started walking in the direction the came from.

"Doesn't it hurt if you have your wings like that?" Asked Naruto while trying to hide the kunai.

"No they´re sort of flexible, but once I´m older they sort of meld into my body and look like tattoos." Said Angel, he then grabbed the kunai and it disappeared. "I´ll give it to you when we´re at your house."

-Flashback end-

Naruto smiled at the memory, he then decided to hurry. He didn't know that Inu was looking at him from the rooftops. "I wonder what was that smile" thought Kakashi, and followed him to the academy, once he saw that Naruto entered he left. There really wasn't anything that he could do now.

Naruto headed in, hoping that he would be faced in here with what he faced outside. Parents glaring at him, or some turning around not even facing him. He hoped that his sensei would at lest be fair with him, screw all the students, if he didn't pass…well he didn´t know what he would do.

He then entered the classroom; he was like the fifth person to enter not counting the teacher. He looked young, but what was different was that he had a scar looking thing over his nose; it sort of looked like a birth mark. Just like his, well, except he didn't know if his marks on his cheeks were real scars, they didn't feel like scars. The teacher looked at him, and had a small smile on his face. "Hopefully he won´t be like the rest" thought Naruto.

-First year-

The first year was ok, he could say. He tried to make friends with other people but they either ignored him, or told them not to bother them. So after a while he gave up. His teacher was like he hoped, he taught Naruto just like everyone in the class. When it came to academics, he was below average. Iruka, as he found out, pushed him and helped him out.

When it came to using chakra he was the first to unlock it. Some students took a day or two; he did it on the first try. In taijustu he was the best so far, but he knew that once Neji activated his eyes he would go down. But over all it was a good year, well compared to anything else he was used to.

-Second year-Age 9-

Naruto was happy he was going back, when he was about to enter he saw a family though. It was the Fourth Hokage and his family. Everybody seemed to be surrounding them. He then heard that the Fourth´s daughters were going to attend this year. Somewhere deep inside him he felt sick.

He saw that they were going in his direction to enter the academy, probably to drop off the twins. He decided to go in, didn't want to be yelled at, after all he had done something to the Hokage´s son. He didn't even know that he had a son.

-With the Hokage´s family that day-

Minato was really glad that day; his daughters were taking their first steps in following him and his wife. At the same time, he had a pang of guilt. His son was already in the academy, he was already learning, and from what he knew, the academy teacher and Kakashi were the ones to help him. Kushina had similar thoughts going threw mind, but all she could do was have a big smile and were sunglasses to hide her watery eyes. They looked on as their daughters were talking with their friends. The clan heirs, but mostly they talked with Hinata, Ino, and Satsuki, Sasuke´s sister. Sasuke stood next to his brother asking him random questions.

Then Kushina saw someone, someone that she couldn't stop looking at. It was her son. He was taller now, his marks more defined from before, and he seemed to be looking at them. "Minato look, its him" she said in a low whisper. Minato looked and saw him. They both wanted to do something but at the same time didn't know what to do. They then decided on one thing, just approach him.

"C´mon you two, you don't want to be late entering do you?" said Minato. As they headed towards him, he went in, not waiting for them. Kushina had tears threatening to roll down. Minato, like every time he would see him, would feel regret.

The first month was an annoyance for Naruto, every one, except for a few people wanted to meet the Princesses of Konoha, apparently some civilian called them that and caught on fast. After a while that faded, but then they got their chakra. It got even worse. His second school year was bad.

-Third year-

They started to do more practice then theory this year. He thanked the heavens, he hated to do tests every week. He started to get closer to Iruka; they would sometimes go and have ramen together. Inu had also started helping him with basic chakra control exercises. He had heard that the Princesses and the Uchiha siblings were all tied for first place in there class. He could care less; he was in one of the top places. He still didn't get along with his classmates, but he did pick up a new habit, he started to sing. "Damn Angel and his stupid disc he gave me" was all that he thought.

-Final year-1 week before graduation-

He was pissed. For the final exam they had to do three basic Justus: Transformation, Replacement, and Clone. He hated that one; no matter what he did or how long he practiced it didn't come out right. The written part, he would bearly pass, the taijutsu easy, same for but it would probably come down to the last part. He thought even if he did pass the rest if he didn't make the clone he could still pass, but if he failed the written part it all depended on the Clone. Maybe Inu could help him; after all he told him that he was one of the top ninjas.

When he told Inu about his problem, Inu taught him a new clone, the Shadow Clone jutsu. To say that Naruto was happy was an understatement. He could finally make a clone, and not just an illusion but a solid one. He was going to ace the exam.

-One day after graduation-

He did it, he actually did it. On his first try he had achieved what he wanted. He began to spin the head band on his finger while he waited for the teacher to arrive. He saw that not a lot of people had passed, pity, but he did and that was all that mattered. He counted that there was a total of 16 students that passed. He knew something was off; someone was the odd number out.

When Iruka told Naruto that since he didn't really fit into a team that he would go start as solo for a while then be a replacement for other teams, it didn't make much sense to him why he would start out solo. Well apparently he was going under the command of some AnBu, but wouldn't be really learning anything from him, he would just check with him for some mission and then the AnBu would leave. It sort of confused him, but in the end he hoped that it would be Inu.

-Some random Training ground-

Naruto was sitting near a tree, waiting for his 'sponsor' to show up. He didn't wait much longer until a person in a uniform similar to Inu´s showed up. Except that the mask was of a chipmunk? Or was it a beaver?

"Um…..are you a beaver or a chipmunk?" Asked Naruto while scratching his head and staring at the mask.

"Beaver" was the reply he got, sounded a bit with disappointement, or maybe embarrassment.

"Riiight…..so what happens now?" Asked Naruto.

"Well normally your sopposed to do a team test, but seeing as your alone you will start off by doing a mission."Said the AnBu.

-During mission-

"This is bullshit, I´d rather due some teamwork then this" Thought Naruto as he continued to pull weeds from the soil. After a few more minuets he decided to do the smart thing and make a bunch of clones and do the work for him, either way he was getting paid and the work would get done.

-After another D rank- Naruto´s apartment-

When Naruto went to his apartment he saw a package there. He picked it up and saw the address. It said it was from Ame, and there was only one person that sent Naruto letters, this being his first package. He took it inside and opened it; in it was a disc, some pictures and a brand new CD player with headphones. He saw the pictures and behind one it said

'Yo buddy long time, well I want to tell you about what has happened but it would take a while since my last letter. Besides it would be better if I told you in person, within a year I´m going back to leaf. Oh and I met this one guy that knows you, his name is Itachi. And you won´t believe how many people I've met. But like I said I´ll tell you within a year.´

Naruto turned over the picture to see what it was. It was of Angel with his brother and Itachi that had on a black trench coat with red clouds. The other picture was of a city, he guessed that it was the Rain village's capital. The next one was of a man he had on some kind of breathing mask on, and had long hair, on the back it said a name, ´Salamander Hanzo, the badass that took on the Legendary Sannin and won´ Naruto was surprised he knew who the Sannin were, and of the battle they had with Hanzo. And it seemed that Angel met the guy; he then noticed on the bottom that it was…..signed? How the hell did Angel get that man to sign this picture?

After a while Naruto decided that it didn't matter he hid the pictures and started to play the music in his CD player while he started to fall asleep in his bed. He knew that tomorrow was going to suck after all, if by going what he experienced today, being a new gennin was bullshit, well the D rank missions.