July 25 2009

A little bit more editing. I let the plot stay but made some changes in Dialogue. Kyuubi is changed formal as i did with the last few chapters and i did my best to make Naruto seem... Naruto-ish. Other than that, it remained the same.


Coincidence And Fate

It was less than ten hours since their world seemed to crash. The blond boy woke up like nothing happened, yet he did not weep, nor did he sob. He sat up with determined eyes and rubbed his face hard trying to wake himself hard.

'Whatever happened last night, I'm gonna in the bottom of it'. He walked over to the bathroom and began to stare at himself in the mirror. While looking at himself, trying to straighten out his face the most unsuspecting thing happened.

Suddenly, right where his face was, appeared at fox's head holding a devlish grin. "Good Morning"

"Gyahh!" The young blond jumped back out pure shock. He ended up slipping on a t-shirt and bashed his head on the towel rack as he descended to the floor.

"Oughhh… what the HELL was that about you damn fox!" He slowly got up and hesitantly checked if his face returned to normal in the mirror.

The Demon lord aloud himself a small chuckle. Who says almighty chakra beings didn't have a sense of humor. "I wanted to try out some other means of communications" He spoke in his usual manner.

"Baka-Kitsune! That scared the ramen out of me" The startled boy began splashing water in his face still mad that the bijuu for pulling such a stunt.

"It was never my intention of startling you. Then again, perhaps it was for the best that I had. You seemed much too depressed last night" He explained.

"How's that helpful! I slipped on my ass and bashed my head on the stupid rack, and that doesn't include you scaring me half to death Baka!" The injured blond gave out a loud sigh and headed of to the showers.

He came out and walked over to the closet. He pulled out a black shirt with a Konoha fire symble on the front. His blue azure eyes probed the floor for his beige cargo pants and found it near his bed. The blond quickly pulled them up and ran out the door.

He finally made his way to the academy wanting to talk to Hinata about the note. The door slid and he peered over to his seat and noticed that the seat next to his was empty. This was unusual considering Hinata was never late, yet today wasn't any normal day.

Slowly he made his way to his seat until, in the corner of his eyes, he saw midnight blue hair. He jolted his head towards the girl who seemed to look down.

'She changed seats… was she really serious about that note' As much as the young boy wanted to talk to her, confronting her now wouldn't be such a good idea. He took his seat and a familiar odor filled the empty seat. 'Ughh. What's that smell… Kiba!' He slowly turned his head to meet a wild looking boy starring back at him.

"Wsup Naruto" He gave a casual look, not even smiling. "Oh just ta let ya know, I switched seats with Hinata" The blue-eyed boy gave a confused look at the wild looking boy then looked away lowering his head onto the desk, chins up and arms rapped around his head.

'I guess she was serious about not wanting to see me… I have to find a way to talk to her' his head was still lowered which gave the wrong impression to Kiba.

Through the wild boy's eyes Naruto had his head laid down and arms wrapped as if to block his nose. He raised his arms discreetly and took a whiff of his armpit. 'I don't smell that bad… maybe I shouldn't of helped Hana with the dogs this morning' he looked away not feeling to embarrassed but slightly regretted talking a bath after helping out.

Across the room the lavender-eyed girl gazed at the young Uzumaki. 'So he really doesn't want to speak to me. Why else would he be trying to avoid me like this? Ohhh I want to speak with him so bad but I'm afraid he'll get mad at me…' she lowered her head to sulk some more.

Class went by regularly with the exception of a few loud comments that occasionally comes out from the hyper-active blond. Apparently no amount of maturity would be enough to completely heal him of all his loud-mouthness.

The boy was determined to talk to her lost love and made a pursuit of her out the door. He made his way out the door and saw a glimpse of what seemed to be dark blue hair. He ran towards the figure and reached out his hand to grab her shoulder. "Oi Hina… eh?" As the girl turned around he instantly realized she was not the girl he was looking for. For his sudden action he received a punch in his shoulder with deceptive strength behind it. The blond began to rub his arms until someone had bumped into him. He then realized it was Hinata but before he could say a word she apologized.

"Ahh… G-gomen Uzumaki-san" With that she ran of in the verge of tears. He was confused and disappointed at the same time.

'Uzumaki…san? She… she doesn't even call me by my first name anymore' His head lowered in defeat. 'What's going on? I have to talk to her… even if she doesn't want to I have to make her talk to me' He looked at his reflection and again saw a shocking site.

"Woahh… Kuso!" Some passer-byers began to look at him weirdly. He felt several eyes stare at him and began to laugh nervously as he rubbed the back of his head with one hand. 'Stupid fox!' He began walking down the hall towards the exit when the fox started to act up again. 'What do you want?' he spoke to the fox with an annoyed voice.

"Leave her girl be for the moment" His voice remained stoic as he predicted the boy's reaction.

'Leave her alone? What are you talking about! I have to talk to her' He was very aggravated by the bijuu's comment.

"Just listen to me kit. That girl is too vulnerable to be confronted. Let her head clear, as you should too. Right now you need to focus on a different matter" He right of course.

"Eh?" The boy didn't mean to say it out loud. 'What do you mean different matter? Don't you think this is important? Wait of course a heartless demon like you wouldn't understand!' He was pissed now, messing up his ability to think properly.

"You would best take back your words. Even someone like I need offspring to continue my lineage and one would not achieve that goal without a mate. But aside that, your focus should be on preventing the theft of the forbidden scroll. Graduation is only a week away and you've seemed to have forgotten" The fox's anger had risen seeing that the blond had been testing his patience.

'Oh… I kinda did. You think I should try to fail and do the whole help Mizuki thing? I mean that way I have an alibi to use Kage Bunshin no Jutsu openly.' He turned the corner to an empty alley and leaned against a wall.

"No… it won't work. It would be rather suspicious for a high ranking student like yourself to fail a simple academy test. Think of another way" He also leaned against a wall in his cage unknowingly mimicking the blond.

"Kuso… how the hell am I supposed to stop him then? Do I just beat him up when I see him?" Naruto had been completely sarcastic at the moment but the fox found this somewhat enlightening.

"Perhaps… if he's after the scroll simply confront him. Though I'd advise you to keep on you guise." The Kyuubi wanted to clarify since Naruto had been acting slow recently.

He jumped off the wall and on to the roof while thinking if the plan was plausible. "Hmm… alright. I'll wait for him to snatch the scroll then pummel him to the ground! Even if I'm stuck fighting him like an academy student, I'll definitely kick his ass. This might be even better than your river plan" the blond made a foxy grin as he jumped from roof to roof mentally planning out the attack.


The rest of the week went by slow, mostly for the sad couple. The depressed blond attempted to approach the lavender-eyed girl but ended up in her running away at the site of him. She too also tried to approach him but for horrible coincidences forced the Hyuuga to believe he had hated her.

Four days ago Kiba had pelted Naruto with a rubber band just as Hinata walked into the room. Sadly Kiba had hid under a desk right in front of Hinata as to accidentally receive a scowl from the blue-eyed boy. She turned around quickly and high-tailed to her seat to soon to not notice that he immediately took back the scowl.

Two days later, Naruto bought some Konoha BBQ chips from Ichiraku to bring to school. Choji smelled the heavenly aroma of grease and artificial flavoring then began to bug Naruto about letting him have a bite. After the seventh time asking he was fed up seeing the chubby boy having eaten half the bag, but that was when Hinata bravely approached him from behind but only to be shooed away. "Haven't you had enough? Dammit, leave me alone!" The young blond thought it was Choji but when he turned around saw a blur leaving trails of tears. "Wow. I didn't think Choji would cry over this… better by him a bag to apologize with". The two had fate as enemies leaving the impression to both of them that neither wanted to talk to each other.

"Uzumaki Naruto" a tanned man with a scar on his nose and tightly pulled ponytail had called him over to the front of the class. He made his way down the aisle and tilted his head trying to catch a glimpse of the lavender-eyed girl who had her head hung low and stared at the soon to be shinobi from behind her jacket. "Ah, Naruto glad to see you here. Are you ready?" the tanned man asked.

The active blond simply nodded. "Of course Iruka-sensei" He gave a foxy grin that felt empty seeing that he was still in a bummer mood.

"Alright, well could you please show us a bunshin?" The boy knew he was going to ask that and easily made five Bunshins. "Good as expected from you", both Iruka and Mizuki smiled at Naruto as he smile back, one for Iruka for helping passing him and one for Mizuki because he knew he'll be the one to beat up the white haired freak later that night.

They all left the Academy with wide smiles and leaf embedded Hitai-ate except for a certain couple that had put on weak, but still fake, smiles. Naruto didn't have anyone to celebrate with, so he just headed home by himself. Hinata looked at everyone smiling and hugging their parents then saw Naruto walk by himself. 'Oh Naruto-kun… why would you want to be alone. I wish you would just let me be there to comfort you' Her thoughts were disrupted by the presence of a Hyuuga branch member who came to congratulate her and escort her home. Her father had no such time to congratulate his daughter and would not have done so anyways.

The lonely boy got back to his apartment to pick up a couple supplies mainly several Kunais, a pouch filled with shuriken and some rope. Once fully prepared, the blond leapt onto a nearby roof and made his way to the Hokage Tower.

He settled into a rooftop where he had a clear view of the tower and anyone as well as everyone who passes by. Night had fallen and a dark figure slipped through a window landing on a tree branch. 'There!' Just like that he jumped of the roof and made his way onto the street. "Oi! Mizuki-san. Why are you wearing a mask?" The witty blond confronted the Chuunin.

The startled shin obi lowered his mask revealing a confused face. "You recognized me? Well that doesn't matter you came at the worst time and sadly I can't let you leave here alive" The white-haired man pulled out his Kunai and charged at the new Genin. Naruto, however was not impressed and walked towards the overconfident Chuunin in a nonchalant way. 'Stupid kid walking towards me like that, better take him out quick' He was close enough to Naruto and took his chance to swing at the boy's chest. Naruto effortlessly bent down all the way and stopped his fall by bringing his hands below him, then kicked away the Kunai with his right leg, following with a quick to his face ending in a back hand spring to a crouching position.

"Heh your not so tough" The kid smirked which infuriated the older guy. He had enough of playing around and quickly jumped away while throwing a few Shuriken. The blond easily dodged. Another figure came and turned the corner.

"Naruto? What are you doing here?" He keenly observed the environment. The pony-tailed man saw several Shuriken on stuck on the ground and walls then a Kunai in the ground and hand of the loud-mouth child. The boy just looked at him partially surprised by how fate worked. The situation had completely changed yet there stood Iruka.

A voice echoed from the roof. "Ah. Iruka-sempai… I see the boy brought back-up" The white-haired man chuckled creepily.

The tanned man turned his head towards the young blond. "Naruto what's going on? Why is Mizuki here?" He had so many questions to ask the Genin.

"Well Iruka-sensei, Mizuki-teme came out of the Hokage Tower then attacked me saying 'I can't let you leave here alive' but I kicked him in the face and now he's really mad" He began gasping for air having said it all in one breath.

The traitor Chuunin was irritated in the situation and threw several more Shuriken. Iruka and Naruto separated to avoid the attack and made their way to the roof. Naruto saw an opening and stabbed the white-haired man in the side, but to his surprise it puffed into a log. "Naruto!" the young blond quickly turned around to see the pony-tailed man hovering over him with a Large Shuriken on his back.

"Iruka-sensei!" he looked at his mentor with horror in his eyes filled with Déjà vu.

He looked back at Naruto holding on to his shoulders for support, "You alright Naruto?" He gave a small grin as he fell to his knees.

"Kuso! I'm gonna make you pay for this!" Though blond ran towards the traitor with flaming azure eyes. The Chuunin gave a simple smirk and led Naruto towards the forest. He was in hot pursuit until he suddenly lost track of the white-haired man.

A familiar voice was heard behind the young boy. "Naruto! C'mon we have to report this. We can chase him la…" He was interrupted by a pair of feet that dropped kicked him in his chest hurling him into a tree. "Naruto… why? How did you know I wasn't Iruka?"

Suddenly a puff of smoke came between the two combatants, "I'm Iruka". This made the scroll stealer chuckle as he charged the injured man with another Large Shuriken. Losing his gaze on Naruto he readied to kill the pony-tailed man but was stopped by a Kunai attached to a rope which rapped around his feet causing him to fall. Iruka grabbed the Large Shuriken that slipped from his fingers and jammed it towards the traitor's head which trapped him between the blades.

"Don't mess with Iruka-sensei" The blond murmured as he began to hog tie the white haired man before hitting him in the head with the blunt side of the Kunai knocking him unconscious.

"Good job Naruto" The instructor smiled while wincing in pain from the stab wound. He pulled the Large Shuriken from the ground and tossed it aside as to pick up the unconscious Chuunin. As he was picked up, Iruka took the large scroll off his back and gave it to Naruto to hold. "Here, hold this for me." The blond nodded as they walked back to the Hokage Tower. On the way Naruto took the time to look at the scroll trying to memorize some jutsus he saw besides Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.

The two finally made their way to the Hokage Tower and left Mizuki to the hands of some Chuunins that later brought him to Ibiki. "Alright Naruto lets go report to the sandaime" He gave a reassuring smile as he led him up the stares.

Naruto gulped worried at what might happen 'Hey Kyuubi what should I do? I mean should I tell the old man what happened or what's really happening?'

The grumpy foxed growled at the boy for disturbing his peace, "Well Kit. You trust him don't you? I think it'll be good to have some help and advise from a Hokage" he settled down a bit and lay his head on the floor. He was still unsure what to do but knew this would be the best and maybe only chance he had to tell Sarutobi about his past and his personal mission to protect the village and the Sandaime from the Chuunin Exam incident.

"Well here we are Naruto. Let's go tell him about your heroics shall we?" His smile hadn't left as he was too proud of his pupil to relieve it.

'All right It's now or never gulp'


Probably edit a few more chaps then start writing again