FIVE YEARS LATER:
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"I WIN!"
"No, I won!"
"No! I did!"
"You!? I won, Forehead!"
"Like hell you did, Ino-PIG!"
"I'm surprised you could even get that brow of yours through the door!"
"Ino Yamanaka! Sakura Haruno! Both of you knock it off and sit down!" The teacher, Iruka Umino, barked. He kept his eyes on the both of them until they did so, enjoying the welcomed quiet.
However, the silence was broken again as another two people entered. The first was a tall male blonde wearing a black Kungfu shirt and pants. His spiky, waist-length hair was tied up in a loose ponytail and a pair of sunglasses he was wearing finished the outfit. What stood out mainly was the large and eerie-looking emblem of a white spider on his back.
Behind him, or rather the one pushing him into the room, was another blonde. A girl this time, though she was slightly shorter. She had baggy dark green shinobi pants with a pair of tonfa holstered on the belt, a midriff baring tank top over a fishnet shirt, and leather bracers. Two long pigtails draped behind her. "Sorry we're late, Iruka-Sensei. It was the usual."
"We still say you should've let us hit at least one of them, Nari-chan." The boy muttered.
"As funny as that probably would have been, you know we didn't have time today, Naru-kun."
Iruka simply shook his head, knowing what she meant; another run-in with ignorant villagers or shinobi, "It's ok, Nariko, just hurry up and find a seat. You too Naruto." He said before turning back to the papers in his hand. Every time he heard those words, it made him remember that he had been like that when the boy first started school: thinking he could help avenge his parent's death by weakening the 'demon'.
It made his stomach turn to bring those memories up.
Shaking his head to clear it of thoughts like that, he focused back on the paper and went back to the roll call before the interruption.
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Meanwhile the two blondes were sitting down. The last few years had seen a significant change in the pair. Nariko (Mitarashi, since Anko had officially adopted her as her little sister) now stood a respectable 5'8" and developed into an attractive young woman. Thanks to the older kunoichi, she also had developed a slight sadistic tendency in her fighting style. Though most of it was directed towards one Kiba Inuzuka; when they were thirteen, he made the mistake of grabbing her ass while asking her out.
The doctors said, with a few months of therapy, he'd eventually be able to walk normally again.
After meeting Hinata Hyuuga their first day, the two managed to become close friends. Nariko had gotten royally pissed on her behalf after learning her father would constantly call her weak when she didn't perform up to his expectations, instead of actually helping her improve. Thankfully, the girl's time around both blondes eventually peeled away the shy and timid demeanor, leaving an energetic and upbeat gal. Of course, she was quick to reveal her own violent streak when Kiba tried to ask her out shortly after he had healed...and without thinking did it in the exact same way as Nariko.
His mother Tsume considered it an act of Kami that the medics managed to save his family jewels.
Last but not least, Naruto had undergone a few changes himself. At 6'3" and carrying around a hundred and seventy pounds of muscle, he was now a stark contrast from the small, underfed boy that spend his days in the woods. When he met Hinata, it took him a moment to recognize her as a girl he had met a few years prior. She had been been sitting alone in the playground when he arrived, thinking it was safe enough to venture in. The two spent some time talking and playing together until the people that been assigned to watch her decided to arrive and chased him off.
While he had become close with the two girls, that wasn't to say he got along with everyone else. Ones like Shinoa Aburame, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akamichi he got along ok with, though they weren't exactly close friends. Kiba..while he had nothing against the boy, he still let him know it was plain moronic, not to mention extremely rude, to just up and grab a girl like that.
Two people, however, the three of them truly dispised with a passion.
Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha.
Granted, the Uchiha had been somewhat civil when school fist began. Unfortunately, after the infamous Uchiha Massacre, his personality and attitude changed drastically. He quickly became withdrawn, muttering about getting revenge on the one responsible as well as obsessed with getting power to kill them.
To make matters worse, since he was the last Uchiha living in Konoha, civilian and shinobi alike began bending over backwards for him. They happily gave him anything he wanted. Naruto had heard from the old man that council was adamant about keeping the boy in the village because of his bloodline and even attempted to threaten to strip a couple of ANBU of their rank when they refused to teach him all their jutsu. Fortunately Sarutobi quickly put a stop to that. In the end all the coddling and treating him as if he was Kami's gift to Konoha resulted in an arrogant and highly cocky individual.
Sadly, the dark and broody image he put out brought fangirls out of the woodwork. Sakura Haruno quickly became the self-appointed leader of Sasuke's unofficial 'fan club'. She was also quick to scream or react violently to anyone that spoke ill of 'her Sasuke-kun' or when her short temper simply went off. On his first day Naruto learned that the librarian he had routinely webbed was her mother; no sooner did he get a seat than someone suddenly punched him in the back of the head. It stung, but Venom was able to cushion most of the blow under his hair. Turning around to find out who did it got him the girl yelling in his face, calling him almost every name in the book for tying her mother up like he did. Her next attempt to land a punch was met with a right hook courtesy of Nariko sending the pink-haired screamer down on her butt with a split lip.
That was part of why Nariko and Hinata disliked her. Since a sizable number of girls in their year, and a few in other grades, had proven to be at the academy simply because he was there. They spent most of their time on their looks, hoping to catch his eye. Sakura to be one of the worst. Another reason was the fact she had willingly gave up her friendship with Ino Yamanaka simply because both girls had a thing the Uchiha. To them, that was just ignorant.
Naruto just considered her a screechy bitch. The lion's share of his aggravation was directed towards Sasuke. The boy's ego and (in his eyes) foul disposistion irked him to him to no end. What truly got to him was after one of their taijutsu tests. Naruto managed to catch his opponent with a huracanrana and toss him out of the fight area to win his match. Less than a minute later he was accosted by the brooding student who literally tried to order him to fight, throwing a punch as he did so. He was quickly put on the ground for that. Sadly that turned out to be the first of many of Sasuke's attempts to make the blonde fight him, though a majority were ignored.
It was still annoying as all hell, though.
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"Ok. Now that you're all here we can get things started." Iruka's voice called up, regaining the attention of any wandering minds, "It's been a long five years, and now it's time to see which among you has what it takes to become official Konoha shinobi."
The excited looks (and nervous in a few cases) of several students showed that was he had to tell them.
It was Genin Exam time.
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Originally I had planned to have them start their first say, then do a time skip...unfortunately I couldn't start it in a way I liked so I went with sort of a summary of something things that had happened in that time.
Don't worry, there'll be more back story in the next chapter.
