The Weird Shinobi

Chapter 7

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So without further adieu... The next instalment of The Weird Shinobi.

I awoke from my slumber feeling rejuvenated and that nothing could go wrong. But then reality came, kicked in the balls, and robbed me. Mondays. I should learn to wake up with a bad attitude, maybe then my life would be better. So I took a shower, got dressed, and ate my breakfast. Upon finishing my meal I heard a knock on my door. As I open the door I found Ibiki staring down at me. He looked as though that he was in a rush and didn't have a lot of patience.

"You need to come with me right now." Was all he said.

"Okay." I replied nonchalantly.

I grabbed my coat, scrolls, and threw on my shoes. I followed Ibiki on foot and we weren't running which was strange. On our walk I noticed that the streets were really quiet and barely anyone was out and about. I thought about asking Ibiki why that was but decided against it. If he wanted or needed to tell me he would. Eventually, I did see some more people but they were shinobi and they were receiving orders from an Anbu. I started to think on what could be happening but decided not to figure out an answer just yet. I would need to collect more data in order to theorize a possible scenario.

Our small hike ended as we arrived at the Hokage's building. This whole thing was getting bigger by the minute and that couldn't be a good thing. We made or way to the Hokage's office and waited to be called in. Eventually we entered, the Hokage was sitting at his desk, smoking his pipe, looking more stressed out than usual. There was also some other Anbu in room but you can never tell their emotion. You know the hole full face mask get up. There were several papers on the Hokage's desk, but what really caught my attention was the lone Anbu mask. The animal it depicted was a weasel and with that everything made sense.

"Hello Drake." Greeted the Hokage

"Hokage-sama." I said with a bow of respect.

"Are you aware of what had happened and why you have been brought here?" I could only shake my head no; I didn't want to appear like I knew what was going down.

"Last night an incident occurred in the Uchiha compound. It appears that Itachi killed the entire Uchiha clan. His family, best friend, and girlfriend are all among the bodies found. The only one to have survived is Itachi's little brother, Sasuke. If I am correct, he is in your class, yes?" Inquired the old man.

"Yes, he is in my class; however, me and him do not get along very well, sir.

"Hmm, well I'm sorry that we have to all you this but was there anything during your training with Itachi that may have alluded to that he may take these actions?"

"No sir, I'm sorry to say that Itachi-sensei did not say anything, display any actions or feelings, or anything else that may have told is about this happening." I responded saying nothing but the truth.

"Thank you Drake, I'm very sorry that this happened. I know that you became quite close to Itachi and it a true tragedy that this occurred."

"Yes Itachi-sensei was a good friend. If that is all Hokage-sama then I should probably get back home. Last I checked I still have class today." I said as I made my way to the door.

"Actually Drake, the academy classes have been canceled for mourning." Said the Hokage with what sounded like guilt in his voice.

"Oh, well thank you for telling me that Hokage-sama. If I didn't know that then would have gone and probably been the only one to be there." I said with a laugh. This actually seemed to lightened the mood a little. I was glad that my actions would help some of them feel better. Ibiki offered to walk me home and I thank and accepted him for the offer. As we left I saw some more people come out of their places of residents and start to all the shinobi what was going on. Several people gasped in disbelief at the news that the Uchiha clan was wiped out but none other than their most powerful and promising ninja ever. Some people started to cry in response to this news. Then some people started to look at Ibiki and me as we walked through the street. A couple looked directly at me and glared, but Ibiki's presence made them go back to their own business.

We arrived back at my apartment and Ibiki said good bye then let in a shushin. I opened the for and found a slightly undesirable surprise waiting at my kitchen table. Sitting there with a cup of instant ramen was Naruto who was completely oblivious to my presence. He was also looking over one of my sealing scrolls and looked really into it. It was the first one I looked at and I saw that Naruto was at the fake storage seal. He continued to read for a few more seconds then busted out laughing. Obviously, he found Jiraiya's hilarious footnote.

"Hey Naruto, what's up?" I asked with a fair surprised tone.

"Oh, hi Drake." Responded Naruto with some actual surprise in his voice. "I just came by to see if you wanted to hang out or train some today because we don't have class. I knocked on you for for like five minutes but you never came. So I decided to just let myself in."

I thought about what Naruto said. It was nice of him to come over and I was really glad that Naruto and I were becoming such good friends. Then I relived something he said. "What do you mean 'you let yourself in'? I locked the door when I left."

Naruto smiled and rubbed the back of his head as he explained. "Well, I kind of picked your lock to get in."

"Hot do you know how to pick locks? That sounds like something that only higher ranked shinobi would know."

Naruto explained that his lock at his apartment had been changed at random times throughout his life. At first he thought that it was someone pulling a prank on him, but it keyword happening. When he joined the academy they had given them a small lesson on lock picking but nothing more. He then started to believe that his locks changing were part of some special ninja training. He believed that everyone was in the exact situation as he was. I couldn't help but feel sorry for Naruto that he was forced to be locked out of his home constantly, but also impressed that he was able to turn a bad situation into a learning experience and gained a skill that I would bet none of our other classmates knew.

"So that explains how you got in, but why are you reading my sealing scroll." I asked intrigued at how much he has read.

"I bored just sitting here so I started to look around. Then I came upon this scroll that was just laying around and began reading it. It had a lot of cool ideas and ninja stuff. I just read this one where the seal would cut whatever you tried to put in it in half. Then the author calls the reader a baka if they fell for it. Isn't that hilarious?" Naruto asked while he laughed at the comedic antics of the author.

"Yeah, hilarious." I responded with a major lack in emotion. Just another reason to hit Jiraiya when I see him. "So are you interested in Fuinjutsu, Naruto?"

Naruto looked at me for a little and then began to think. A few moments later looked up and said, "Yeah, it looks really interesting and I was understanding it really well. It almost seems like a more artistic ninja art than others."

Naruto's observation was quite intriguing and made a lot of since. The sealing art was an act of patience and concentration. Fuinjutsu wouldn't be something that our class would expect and could be invaluable in training. "Hey Naruto, how would like to learn fuinjutsu with me? It could really help in your ninja arsonal." Naruto's face lite at what I said and started jumping around and shouting that it was going to so cool learning fuinjutsu. I eventually calmed him down and we started to plan how and when to meet up to start him learning and me reviewing seals. We decided that our study sessions would start after school and last until seven or, in reality, whenever we finally got bored enough to just say stop.

Naruto liked the plan and said that he would see me tomorrow after class to start the lessons. After he left I cleaned up the mess he had left me of several instant ramen cups. I took a mental note to punch him tomorrow for that and went about my to clean my apartment. The mess really wasn't that bad it was just teteus to clean someone else's mess in my own home. I then noticed what time it was. 9:00 pm. It was not as late as I had previously believed but still it was late enough for bed. I did my normal exercises, could a warm relaxing shower, and then took one of my scrolls and read myself to sleep.

To be continued…..

Okay, sorry for the short chapter and the long wait that doesn't really work but i was having a hard getting inspired for this chapter. Its not the greatest chapter I've written I will admit that. However, I do plan on doing better in the future, rest assured. And again please review and tell what you think. I'm mostly open to ideas and please follow or favorite my fic. As always it a pleasure to entertain you with my work.

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