I've just realised that I've had the word 'Dormitory' spelt wrong in the title all this time. Oops!

Anyway this chapter is dedicated to my older brother who reads this and has been verbally probing me for the last month to get this done, and who actually managed to sneakily read about a quarter of this chapter without me knowing until I caught him, damn him.

"Well that wasn't as bad as the first lesson now was it?" Hermione said smugly as they exited the classroom hosted by the honourably unenthusiastic sensei of the Hidden Leaf Village. Ron and Harry grumbled but silently agreed. Now further into the start of the term the newest class had really started getting interesting. The first double period of the class they had practised hand signs and looked at a few basic jutsu. Of course Hermione had already read most of the scrolls given to the library with zest. She seemed extremely interested with the subject, constantly jabbering on about famous ninja and the great wars. She even surprised Shikamaru with her great knowledge, which according to the others was a great feat.

"I'm surprised you're even pleased with the teacher, after what he said at the start of the second lesson," Ron smirked as he remembered that day clearly as ever…

"Alright students, for this class you will need to remember all you know about life's rules," Hermione straightened up in her seat, "-and forget them!" Kakashi finished causing Hermione to slump again.

"But sensei, shouldn't we know the rules of life so we can set standards by them?" Hermione reasoned.

"Hmm, nope. Listen Miss Granger, we are ninja, we have re-written the laws of life and death, and spat on them." He finished sharply whilst drawing a diagram on the chalkboard. The whole class just stared at the smiling Kakashi. "Now, should we begin?"

"Well at least he said we'll be working out side on Wednesday." Harry said before Hermione could get offended again. He enjoyed lessons outside; it reminded him of visiting Hagrid's place and the first faithful flying lesson that got him into the Gryffindor Quidditch team. He had also mentioned the forest in his vague description of the lesson plan. The trio walked quickly into the Great Hall for lunch as the morning classes had left them ravenous for some reason. Walking down the Gryffindor table they spotted Hinata and Ginny with their heads together whispering, Hinata occasionally sneaking looks at Naruto who was a bit further away talking and joking with Kiba and the Weasley twins. The three friends sat between the two groups. Harry and Hermione had just started to eat when Lee walked over holding the side of his head.

"Blimey, what happened to you?" Ron asked very obnoxiously.

"I asked the beautiful blossom Sakura-chan on a date." He sighed, but recovered quickly. "ONE DAY I WILL WIN YOUR HEART MY PRECIOUS LOTUS! YOUR HURTFUL DISPLAYS OF YOUTHFULNESS WILL NOT DELAY ME!" he burst out with flames in his eyes and anime tears rolling down his cheeks. Not many people bothered to look up anymore, they all knew who it was and had gotten used to his 

daily outbursts at meals. Over with the Ravenclaws there was a loud slam as Sakura's head collided rather painfully with the wood of the table.

"Don't worry Lee, she's bound to fall for you some day." Kiba said sarcastically, snickering. Unfortuantly Lee didn't catch on.

"Thank you Kiba for your youthful support!" he said rather calmly before starting to eat.

"Your welcome," he replied even more sarcastically before continuing to eat.

"Hey Ron, how come your not eating?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah Ickle-Ronnie-kins, you're usually eating like a little red headed piggy." George teased.

"Bad experience this morning, I'm not going to risk it. And I've got detention tonight; I don't want to end up vomit slugs and food over the trophies I'm meant to be polishing."

"Ew, Ronald, not while we're eating." Hermione scolded.

"Sorry,"

Great, this detentions a real pain. First I get woken at the crack of dawn for Quidditch and now I have detention tonight. I am going to be so tired tomorrow. Harry mentally groaned. This was one of the worst days in his days at Hogwarts, of course excluding facing Voldemort last year where his friends got hurt and he had to abandon them. He sighed, he already wished that the day was over.

"So he couldn't hear it?"

"Nah, it was creepy." Harry thought for a moment. "Maybe those ninja know something about it." He suggested glancing at Naruto's, Kiba's and Lee's bed.

"Yeah, let's ask them in the morning." Ron said. "I'm tired and it seems their already asleep." Harry agreed and got into his bed, still thinking about the mysterious voice ringing from the walls. It was a good thing that they didn't check on said three children, because otherwise they would have realised that they weren't there…

"So how is everyone?" Sakura asked clasping her hands together as she looked around the overly crowded room filled with every one of the ninja, excluding Kakashi of course. Over the general murmur of response Naruto called out. "So why are we here?"

"No reason, I just thought everyone would like to see their friends and team mates again. These houses make it extremely hard to talk to each other, especially if said person is in Slytherin." Sakura said side glancing at Sasuke.

"Another question!" Kiba yelled out. "Why is no one else from this school is in here? Don't you share dorms with others in Slytherin or something?"

"They usually do, but everyone was too scared to share a room with Gaara, so he and I get this room to ourselves while Sasuke's just joined the others." Kankuro said chuckling.

"Okay, but don't be so loud Kiba! Others might hear us!" Ino yelled nearly louder than who she was telling off.

"I wouldn't worry about that Ino." Shikamaru stated. "If no one else has noticed, we've all switched back our native language of Japanese. Even if anyone hears us, no one will understand a word we say."

"Oh yeah! Everything's going our way!" Naruto jumped up and high fived Kiba before getting hit by Sakura.

"So did anything interesting happen this week?" Ino asked looking around hopefully at the girls for gossip.

"Well my friend Padma nearly got hit by a stink bomb when one catapulted past her into Filch's office."

"Well, I think I know who might've been behind that incident." Gaara said glancing at Naruto with the smallest ghost of a smile on his lips.

"Hey! It was Fred and George too!" Naruto said causing everyone to crack up laughing, excluding Sasuke, Neji and Gaara.

"Hn, so how's your training going dobe, or have you just been practising your mindless pranks?"

"Grr, well for your information Teme, I'm going to learn how to do Rasengan with only 2 hands instead of having to use a clone! Kakashi suggested it. Top that!"

"Hn, I don't need to, I've already mastered the Chidori."

"Grr, I'll show you Sasuke! I'll have that technique down by the end of the mission! You'll see!"

"Hn," Sasuke silently mocked him, but Naruto didn't have a lot of time to say anything else before his enemy was bombarded with chatter from his fan-club-of-two.

"Good afternoon class! Sorry I'm late; I just got lost on the path of life." Kakashi used his favourite excuse on his new class causing his older students to sweat drop behind him. "Anyway, lets get started! Who here actually read the scrolls I gave out last week?" Nearly the whole class raised their 

hands, whether they were telling the truth or not. "Well we'll find that out soon shan't we?" Draco snorted.

"And how do you think you're going to do that?" he smirked.

"With today's training of course!" Kakashi secretly smiled under his mask. "All you have to do is retrieve one of these scrolls." He said happily gesturing to the line of great tree's behind him, each one with a scroll tied to one of the highest branches. "And without magic!" Numerous groans spread through the crowd.

"That's not fair!"

"How are we meant to do that?"

"It's impossible!"

"Well if any of you had read the scrolls, you would know exactly how to do it. You also need to stab one of the kunai from the box next to me here into the top of the tree to prove you didn't summon the scroll whilst I wasn't looking." The whole class had fallen silent by this point. "You may begin, oh, but one more thing," The class was already in the middle of moving off. "What's in the scrolls up there is what you'll need to know for next weeks outside lesson, so if you fail to complete this task this week, then those scrolls will stay up there until next week. If you fail to get it then they will stay there until the week after, and the week after that until you succeed. Have fun!"

"Well what do we do Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked from behind them. A lot of the students jumped, they hadn't seen nor heard the four ninja, Shikamaru, Hinata, Sakura and Naruto, arrive. "We're suppose to help out but you obviously want them to do it themselves."

"Oh right, well you four can, uh, go run one hundred and fifty laps."

"WHAT?!"

"I'm the teacher, you asked me, I told you, now go!"

"Grr," Naruto growled as they all left, Shika whilst mumbling something about something being troublesome.

"Have fun?" Ron stated disbelievingly as the trio grabbed a kunai each and headed off to find three tree's relatively close together, (or relatively close to Hermione to be exact.) "How can he tell us that? If we don't pass one lesson then we could be repeating it for the rest of the school year, or even if we pass one lesson late then we might not catch up! And he hasn't even taught us anything practical!" Hermione bit her lip.

"I know we haven't had any practise of this, but I suppose he thought it explained it well enough in the scrolls." Harry and Ron looked away slightly. "You two did read the scrolls right?"

"YES!" Ron blurted out. "Well, most of it."

"I sort of, skim read it." Harry admitted. "But I think I got most of it, chakra control, focus and stuff."

"Hmph, well I guess you'll have to guess now or start reading."

"But we don't have out scrolls, and it's a bit late now isn't it." Harry said heatedly.

"He never said you weren't allowed to do it in class but since you don't have them here with you I guess you'll have to go without."

"But can't we just use yours to-"

"No! It's time you learnt to take some responsibility and see how it is for someone without a friend to give them the answers." And with that Hermione turned around and began the assignment leaving her two friends to try to remember what they had read.

Only fifteen minutes had past and most students had already collapsed in heaps on the ground, only the strong and the smart still standing. Hermione stared intently at the tree. Clasping her hands together in a tiger seal she focused chakra to her feet and once again took off up the tree. She dodged in and out of the small braches that stuck out of the tree's trunk, kunai clenched tightly in her hand. Finally she reached the scroll and jumped back upright landing on a large branch. Her knees were shaking, partly because of what she had just achieved and party because of how high she was. She quickly stabbed the knife into the tree and jumped down the forest floor 15 metres below her, using a special spell to cushion her fall and help her land softly. Exhausted, she collapsed on the ground, opened the scroll and started reading. It couldn't hurt to get a bit ahead in her home now could it?

About 5 trees down the row, Ginny Weasley was attempting the same thing as her housemate just had. Her twin brothers, Fred and George and surprisingly already mastered the technique ("Naruto and Kiba taught it to us earlier this week" Fred stated. "It REALLY helped us get away after setting off those fireworks in Filch's office the other day!")and were now running circles around (and she meant this quite literally) everyone else just to annoy them. Probably the only reason she was still able to stand was, as Kakashi had told her before, her and her siblings had quite large chakra supplies giving them incredible stamina. One more time! She readied herself for another shot at it. Ready, set… BAM! The young red-haired girl shot off with amazing speed which had been amped up with all the power in her feet. She was already half way to the top. 5 more metres, four, three, two, one… SLIP! Ginny fell forward as her concentration slipped for the slightest second. Damn! Not now! She was so close. Acting one the spur of the moment she swung her fist around, piercing the wood of the tree with her kunai. She quickly swung her leg up and wrapped it around the nearest available branch, swivelling her body so she sat on it with her legs dangling on either side. She'd done it! But her happiness was short lived as a sudden thought dawned on her mind.



How the heck was he supposed to get down?!

Back with the trio, Ron and Harry sat with their heads together desperately trying to think of a more efficient and faster way to complete the task at hand.

"Alright, from what I read last night, all we need to do is focus chakra to our feet-"

"But it's NOT WORKING! It won't focus!" Ron exclaimed, clearly frustrated.

"Yeah and even if we could get partway up, falling down could kill us. This is so badly planned!"

"Hey guys," Neville said approaching. "Can't you do it either?" They both grunted in response. "Well, we could help each other, and then at least one of us will get a scroll." The other 2 looked at him. "I mean, like two of us wait at the bottom while one attempts to run up the tree so if they fall the two at the bottom can catch them." Ron and Harry thought for a moment.

"That is a good idea Neville." Harry agreed finally.

"Yeah, especially since I don't quite fancy having my head bashed open by a ten metre plummet."

"Alright then, so whose going first?" Neville finished nervously. Harry and Ron looked at each other.

"You can Neville." They said in unison.

"W-what?! Why me!"

" Because it was you idea." Ron said in a tone that made it sound like it should have been clear as daylight.

"O-oh, alright." Neville clasped his hands together in a tiger seal as his feet started to glow blue.

"Uh, what are you doing?" Ron questioned.

"Uh, a tiger hand sign to focus chakra to my feet? I-is that wrong?"

"No no, of course not, it's just-"

"So that's what you're meant to do! No wonder it wasn't working," Ron interrupted his friend. Neville smiled knowing that he had done something correctly for once and continued to flow chakra through his feet before charging.

"Um, sensei?" Kakashi looked up to see a brown haired girl he had yet to remember the name of standing there.



"Yes? Have you finished already?" She nodded. "Have you read the scroll?" Again she nodded. "Well Hermione" that was her name. "I suppose I'll have to find you something else to do for the rest of the lesson." He looked around. She could get a head start on the next technique, but then she'd have nothing to do again next week. Hmm… Looking around again he saw his original students lying strewn over the grass under the shade of a large unoccupied tree.

"Oi! What are you guys doing back here?"

"We finished the laps sensei," Naruto whined. "We're resting."

"Well since your finished early… another hundred laps."

"WHAT?!" Naruto exclaimed as behind him Sakura did an anime fall, Hinata's eyes widened and Shikamaru mumble something about troublesome.

"Except for Shikamaru."

"HUH?! Wait a minute, why doesn't he have to run?! He was hardly even running before!" Naruto yelled at his teacher.

"Shikamaru, you will be teaching Miss Granger how to play Shouji for the rest of the lesson. Have fun!" he said walking off to return to his reading with out another word. Naruto growled and started running again, Sakura and Hinata following in suite.

Shikamaru sighed. "Alright, do you know how to play?"

"Uh, not really."

"Urgh, troublesome. Oh well we better get started."

Days and weeks flew by and soon October arrived. 15 days had passed since the first outdoor lesson of the ninja class. Shikamaru had soon taught Hermione how to play Shouji and had been finding it harder to beat her the more they played, much to Ino's and everyone else's amusement.

"It's great to see you finally working for something Shika." Sakura brought up on a walk between training sessions with her fellow Ravenclaw associate.

"Eh, it's too troublesome, there's too much work involved. Why can't the woman just be average?"

Sakura giggled. "I think it'll be good to see you put in some effort for once." She continued to giggle and before Shikamaru could come up with a smart ass reply Naruto came running up to them panting heavily.



"Hey guys, I, think, I, got it!" he stated through ragged breaths. "You guys, have got to, come and see!"

"Got what? I hope this isn't something stupid Naruto. We have training to get to." Sakura stated wearily before they went off with the blonde ninja to a giant tree where the trio and some other students were also standing around.

"So Naruto, remind me why you are training on a Saturday?" Shikamaru asked stiffiling a yawn.

"Because I need to get the Rasengan down before this mission ends or else I'm going to be the laughing stock of the school! And I could ask you the same question!"

"Urgh, Sakura has me training harder and longer than Asuma, no anyone has EVER made me in my life! That women's even more troublesome than Ino, Temari and my mother out together!"

"Ahem," Sakura walked beside them heavily fuming. "I'm right here you know!" she yelled whacking them both upside the head.

"Ow, Sakura! Anyway!" Naruto continued shaking his head as to shake the pain off. "I've nearly got it! Come and watch!" he ran up to just in front of the tree. Slowly he started moving his left hand over his right in a dashing motion, steadily increasing speed until he himself could hardly see his hand. He was grinning like mad, but that grin soon changed to a look of horror as the chakra getting larger and out of his control. Some people shrieked as the ball exploded in his face sending him flying back.

"Naruto!" Shikamaru yelled as dust from the failed technique engulfed the surrounding area. Oh man Naruto going to kill himself one day if he continues like this!

As the dust cleared the image of Kakashi squatting in front of Naruto who was slowly slipping into unconsciousness. "Don't worry, he's fine." Kakashi stated at the anxious stares of everyone around them. He preceded to pick Naruto up and sling him onto his back. "I'll take him back to the castle. You just continue whatever you were doing." And with that Kakashi poofed off to the castle. Sakura sighed. Why am I not surprised about this turn of events?

Naruto opened his eyes to the blinding light of the suns first rays hitting his bed. He squinted and tried to sit up, but to no avail. Groaning, he rolled over and succeeded in falling off the bed.

"GARGH!"

The other boys shot up and opened their curtains. Naruto lay on the floor unable to get up and actually couldn't be bothered to try at that moment.

"Blimey, you all right Naruto?" Ron exclaimed. Naruto lay on the floor gurgling.



"Arms……………legs……………pain...urgh." Naruto mumbled

"Tsch, I'm not surprised with the hit you took yesterday." Naruto looked up at Kiba.

"What hit?" he asked swinging himself into a swinging position as his arms still hung limply down at his sides.

"That one you got trying to do the Rasengan. You got thrown back about 50 metres, the crater's still there."

"Great, I can't move my arms at all!" he yelled waking up quite a few of the people in the other dormitories. "How am I supposed to do anything like this?!"

"That's easy," came a voice. "You won't be." Kakashi poofed into the middle of the dormitory causing Seamus and a couple of others to fall off their beds, including Kiba.

"DAMMIT! Stop doing that!"

"Sorry," Kakashi walked over to Naruto and lifted back on to the bed. "I thought you might be affected some how for a short while. You arms are going to be out of commission for a while so you will not being leaving this bed for at least the rest of the day."

"WHAT?! But what about my training?"

"One day won't hurt you. You will stay in this bed on my orders until I release you, even if I have to chain you down. Now, promise me you won't leave this bed and I won't have to resort to that." Naruto grumbled for a moment.

"Fine, but I want breakfast!"

"Hmm, that might be a bit late, I have things to do this morning." The blonde growled. Things to do, yeah right, books to read more like it. "Okay, I'm glad that's settled." He concluded the matter before his student could argue further. "Now the rest of you should be getting up now that you're awake! Chop chop!" He said and poofed off again to do whatever Kakashi did in the mornings. Kiba jumped again.

"I really wish he would stop doing that," Kiba muttered before reluctantly getting up.

"Urgh, this is so FRUSTRATING!" Naruto yelled for the umpteenth time that day. It was now nearing the usual time for dinner and Kakashi hadn't been up since that morning. Since then some movement had come back to his arms and Lee had been up earlier with lunch but that had been hours ago. His stomach was crying out for food like a starving tiger. He groaned again, before the light came on his head.



"I'll just get dressed and go eat dinner downstairs, come back up, get changed again and make sure no one tells Kakashi!" Naruto thought aloud. "My arms are practically healed any way and Kakashi never goes down to meals anyway!" he chuckled to himself as he got up and dressed clumsily. Brilliant!

About halfway down one of the halls Naruto found himself lost again. "DAMMIT! I've been here for over a month now and I'm stuck again!" He kicked the wall for good measure, causing some of the portraits to titter. "Oh shut your oil based gobs!"

"Naruto!" The said leaf ninja whirled around to see Sakura running towards him, face full of panic.

"Sakura-chan? What's wrong."

"Naruto, Gaara's being charged for mauling a student!"

Phew, glad I got that done. It's seriously late (both the chapter and the time right now) but I wanted to reach that part of the plot THIS chapter to make up for the lousy last chapter. I've also recently received a flame from a user who just hates Naruto, it went something like "Stop writing this fing piece of sht, it sux other generic insults" I wrote a civil reply (and that shut her up) but would like to take this chance to say an uncivilised "SCREW YOU" to that person who I will not mention the name of. Until next time, kitkat kezia out.