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Chapter 9: Academy Woes

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"You ready to return to duty?" he asked the blond. Naruto bolted out of and off of the bed and nodded to the elderly man. Tora chuckled and began to leave with Neji. "Well, then come on. We need to go protect our princess."

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It was a relatively quiet morning at the Academy when Iruka arrived. The Chuunin instructor of the Academy was a tan skinned young man with long brown hair pulled back into a high ponytail, but his most pronounced feature had to be the large scar running across the bridge of his nose.

He looked up at the large building and sighed with a small smile. Summer was coming to a close and today just so happened to be the first day of class for the new generation. He had looked through the roster for the class he would be instructing for the next four years, and frankly, he had been surprised by the sheer number of Clan Heirs and Clan members that were in the group.

He was slightly nervous about having five Clan Heirs among the members of his class, due to him never really dealing with clan royalty before, but he couldn't let them get into his head before even meeting them. They might be royalty, but they were still just children.

He also had one major concern to his class that he noticed. That concern would be a blond haired, blue eyed boy with strange whisker like birthmarks lining his cheeks. One Uzumaki Naruto.

When he had seen the boy's name on the roster he had to do a double take to make sure he wasn't seeing things. He had thought the Hyuuga had finally solved the villages problem with the demon. But to his surprise, he the brat is in his class. Great. Just great. Might as well act professional about it. He, like most of the Shinobi in the village, knew exactly how close the boy was to the Hokage. So, to not displease his commanding officer, he would treat all of his students the same and not let his prejudices control him from his duty.

And speaking of his duty, as soon as he opened the gate to the Academy he could hear three of his students approaching the building. He turned to see just who were coming so early and nearly gasped aloud.

There walking to the main gate of the Academy were two boys escorting a young girl. The boy on her left was the tallest of the three and had long brown hair that reached to the small of his back. He wore a light grey top and brown pants along with a binding over his forehead. His view was set straight ahead and was answering the girls questions with quick and precise answers.

The girl wore a bulky eskimo jacket that seemed to be four sizes too big for her and she had the strangest indigo hair, cut short with two banges framing her face. She and the boy both had the white eyes of the Hyuuga clan, save for the slight lavender tint to the girls Byakugan eyes.

But the boy to her right, whom she had a strong grip on his sleeve, was anything but a Hyuuga. The boy had wild, blond hair that seemed to spike and fight against gravity. His eyes were a startling blue that seemed to almost glow with a warmth that could call for people to gaze at them for hours. Along with his sun kissed skin, the strangest of his features were the three whisker like birthmarks that lined both of his cheeks. He wore a simple white shirt which had sleeves that seemed too long and flared out around the boy's hands. He also wore a simple pair of brown trousers and black shinobi sandals. But when Iruka took a closer look, he could see the startling details about the boy.

His glowing cerulean blue eyes seemed to be sunken slightly, with hints of bags underneath them. He seemed slimmer than his body should have been, almost malnourished. And his clothes looked like they had been torn and mended several times over.

The only thing that Iruka could think of was, why was this homeless looking child escorting the 'princess of Konohagakure'? And then he knew just who the boy was. This child was the object of his nightmares, his fears that had terrorized him and hundreds of others since that dreaded day eight years ago.

But now that he could see Uzumaki Naruto face to face, he had no idea why he had any fears at all. This child just seemed to be lost, a poor son of the streets dealt a hard hand in life. He frowned slightly as he observed the three, thinking just what the Hyuuga were doing to the poor child. As they approached he shook off his negative attitude and smiled warmly at the three.

He raised his hand in greeting to the three. "Hello!" he called cheerfully. He looked to the boy on the left and nodded. "Good to see you back Neji." he said to the boy.

Neji nodded back to the man in a silent greeting as he went on to the others. Iruka turned to the other two of the group. "Hello, I am Umino Iruka, but you two can call me Iruka-sensei, since I'll be in charge of your class for the next four years. You must be Hyuuga Hinata and Naruto, correct?" he said with a smile, but it slipped slightly when he noticed the blond step slightly in front of the Hyuuga heir, and in turn see her hide behind him slightly.

Hinata looked down slightly, her grip on Naruto's sleeve tightening. "I-It's go-good to me-meet you I-Iruka-sensei." she said in a quiet voice as Naruto bows slightly to the man without saying a word. Iruka raised an eyebrow at the blond. "Aren't you going to introduce yourself young man?" he asked the boy, but got a slight glare from the blond in return. Iruka was about to ask the boy again before Neji cut in.

"I'm sorry Iruka-sensei, but Naruto-san has been suffering from an injury to his throat from a mistake during a sparring session. He is, for now, unable to speak without doing more harm to himself." Neji explained to the Academy teacher. Iruka blinked a few times before nodding in understanding. He turned back to Naruto and bowed his head slightly in apology. "I'm sorry Naruto, I didn't know-" he started to say before Naruto raised a hand up and shook his head with a slight smile on his face.

He made a quick sign with his hand, bringing his index and middle finger up and making a circle in the air before touching his heart. Iruka looked to Neji for a translation. "He said all is forgiven." Neji clarified before turning to Hinata. "Hinata-sama, you will need to explain what Naruto says to Iruka-sensei for the time being until he learns Naruto's sign language." he instructed to the Clan Heir. She nodded nervously before turning back to Iruka.

Iruka smiled wholeheartedly before looking behind the group to see more and more children making their way to the Academy with their parents. He looked down at the three and waved them towards the building. "Why don't you three head on in. I need to greet the other students before they go in. Neji, you remember where you class is? Good. Naruto, Hinata, your homeroom will be in class 109. I'll see you two again when class starts." he said with a smile as the three made their way into the Academy.

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Naruto and Hinata sat in the top row of the Academy classroom in the desks next to the window. Hinata sat at the end next to the window while Naruto sat next her, keeping a watchful eye out for his friend and charge. They were still the only ones in the room until the door opened to reveal a black haired boy whose hair was tied up into a spiky ponytail that looked suspiciously like a pineapple. He wore a light green vest and a fishnet undershirt along with dark grey cargo pants. He had a tired look on his face as he walked up to one of the middle desks in the middle row and promptly sat in the middle chair and fell asleep. Quickly following the boy was another boy with a chubby complexion and spiky brown hair and two swirl like marks on his cheeks along with a bag of Barbeque chips in his hands. He sat down next to the sleeping boy with a happy look on his face and started munching on his chips before offering a quick wave in greeting to Naruto and Hinata.

Naruto smiled lightly and returned the boy's wave while Hinata nervously nodded to him while averting her eyes from him. Naruto liked the vibe the two of them were giving off, they felt like they could be pretty cool to be around, maybe he'd try to befriend them later.

Kurama snorted in his head as the thoughts ran to him. "You might actually have to talk to them to do that." he snickered, making Naruto mentally growl. "Baka Kitsune…" he grumbled to the demon fox, causing Kurama to chuckle and cut off the connection.

The next to enter the room was a boy with short, spiky brown hair and a black tee shirt. On his head was a tiny little puppy with white fur and seemed to have a happy smile as he yipped in greeting to the people in the room. The boy smiled as he looked around the room before his eyes landed on Naruto and Hinata. He instantly started walking over to them with a large grin and sat down next Naruto. He leaned forward to look past Naruto and jerked his thumb towards himself. "My name's Inuzuka Kiba, and this here is Akamaru," he said as Akamaru yipped in greeting. "What's yours?" he asked Hinata, ignoring Naruto's slight glare.

Hinata began to stammer and press her fingers together and blush. "My-my na-name's Hina-Hinata. It-It's nice to-to meet y-you Kiba-san." she said to the Inuzuka, getting an even larger grin from the boy.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the boy, taking his appearance to be a threat. He looked over to Hinata and moved his hand in a quick circle and flashed four of his fingers and jerked his thumb to the Inuzuka. Hinata read what he was trying to say and shook her head. "N-No Naruto-kun. K-Kiba-san is-isn't bothering me." she said with a slight smile, happy that her friend was trying to look out for her.

Kiba raised an eyebrow at the blond. "The heck was that huh?" he asked in a slightly aggressive tone. Only for Naruto to ignore him and keep looking towards the door, waiting for the next person to enter. Kiba growled lightly and tried to get a rise out of Naruto, but a quick glare from Hinata stopped him. Kiba grumbled as he laid his head down on his arms and Akamaru curled up on the desk next to his head.

After a few minutes kids started streaming into the classroom and taking seats as they entered, all talking to each other and discussing how excited they were to become a Shinobi and Kunoichi.

Naruto didn't really pay attention to any of the kids that came in, his instincts telling him they were nowhere near a threat to either him or Hinata. He kept a disinterested expression until a boy with black spiky hair and dark sunglasses walked into the room and sat in the row in front of him. He was getting a strange vibe from the boy, and he could of sworn he heard buzzing coming from him.

Naruto shook off his suspicions since he couldn't feel any negative emotions coming from the boy, so he decided to go back to observe the rest of the class. Once the room was nearly filled, two girls walked in the classroom seemingly in the middle of an argument over something.

"No way Ino-pig! Sasuke-kun would never want to sit next to you!" the pink haired girl shouted at the blond next to her. The blond scoffed at her and crossed her arms over her chest. "Like he would sit next to you and your big forehead, billboard brow." she huffed at the girl before taking a look around the class. "Aw...Sasuke-kun isn't even here yet!" she pouted before walking to an open row and taking a seat. The pink haired girl growled at the blond before taking the seat next to her and looking towards the door with a hopeful look on her face.

Naruto's first impression of the two….definitely no risk from them….and highly annoying. He looked over at Hinata with a deadpanned expression, causing the Hyuuga Heiress to giggle slightly, covering her mouth with her sleeve as she hid her smile. Kiba looked at the blond with a sneer before huffing and laying his head back down.

After a few minutes, before the bell rang, a raven haired boy walked into the classroom and instantly took a seat at the far end of the room next to the window. The pink haired girl and the blond, along with several of the other girls in the class, all cried out for the boy with hearts in their eyes, causing Naruto and Kiba to rear back in pain as their cries hurt their enhanced ears.

Kiba began to grumble about pretty boys and fangirls, while Naruto was busy covering his ears and listening to Kurama rant about annoying human vixens.

As soon as the bell rang Iruka entered the room with a clipboard in hand, and was followed by a second instructor. This instructor wore the standard Chuunin uniform, along with a blue bandana that held his Hitai-ate and covered his shoulder length silver hair. The man, however, walked with a cane in his hand as his left leg had a slight limp to it. The man looked over the class until his eyes landed on Naruto, causing the man to grin evilly at the blond.

As soon as Naruto saw the man he broke out into a cold sweat. "Kit?" Kurama said as he suddenly felt a large amount of fear pass over his vessel. He took a look into the classroom through Naruto's eyes and began to growl. "Don't worry Kit...He can hurt you now, you would crush him if he tried." the fox encouraged his host, causing the boy's fear to drop some, but not entirely.

Naruto gulped as he steeled his gaze at the man. The man who had broken into his home on his birthday. The man who had chased him into the training fields. The man who had hurt him. The man who caused him to be taken by the Hyuuga.

Iruka cleared his throat and looked at the class before him. "Good morning and welcome to the Academy! My name is Umino Iruka, your main instructor for the next four years. And this is my assistant instructor, Mizuki."

Mizuki smiled at the rest of the class until his eyes landed on Naruto once again. "I hope we all can get along for the next four years…"

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Naruto was fighting off the urge to fall asleep as Iruka was going through roll call. After some reassurance from Kurama, his fear of Mizuki was nearly completely gone, and now he just had make it through the day.

He nearly let his head fall on the table, but Hinata stopped him by tugging on his sleeve. He blinked a few times and silently yawned and cracked his neck to wake himself up. He looked at Iruka as he started roll call. "Aburame Shino?" he called out to the class, making the kid in sunglasses raise his hand. "Here." he called in a deep and quiet voice. Iruka nodded and continued on with the list.

Naruto looked at the boy with a slightly interested gaze before Iruka called out again. "Akimichi Chouji?" he called, getting the chubby kid with the chips to raise his hand as he munched on a chip. Iruka nodded to the boy, not caring that he had food in class as he continued. "Haruno Sakura?" he called, getting the pink haired girl to raise her hand and call out. "Here!" she called in a high pitched, but happy voice.

Iruka continued to call out kids as Naruto put names to faces. He adventually got to Hinata and she replied in her usual nervous attitude. Naruto didn't mind how she replied, but the fact that several of the other guys in the room were looking at Hinata with either a confidant smirk or a sneer made him on edge.

"Inuzuka Kiba?" Iruka called, making Kiba raise his hand. "Here," he droned as he laid his head back down. "Man this is sooo boring, I just wanna fight stuff already." he grumbled under his breath, earning a soft yip from Akamaru.

Kurama snorted at the kid. "Like he could really fight anything. I bet his dog can fight better than him." he said, nearly getting Naruto to break out into laughter. Hinata looked at her friend with an amused smile as she witnessed his inner battle of wills, trying not to laugh at Kiba's comment. She knew that Naruto could most likely take on all of the students here singlehandedly without too much trouble. The only reason he was REALLY here was to protect her. She didn't mind his guarding of her. He worked diligently and truly cared for her wellbeing, but the fact that she still needed a guard made her a little upset with herself. She was still weak…

"Nara Shikamaru?" Iruka called out, breaking Naruto and Hinata out of their thoughts when they heard a loud snore and a surprised "Mmm-gra-what!?" said the sleeping kid as he snapped awake when his name was called. Iruka frowned at the boy as a tic mark grew on his forehead. "Nara! No sleeping in class!" he yelled angrily, earning a chuckle from Mizuki and a tired 'troublesome' from Shikamaru.

Iruka shook his head as he continued to the list. "Uchiha Sasuke." he called, making a LOT of the girls in class squeal as they heard 'their Sasuke-kun' be called, and earned a loud growl from Kurama. "I knew it! That little shit is an Uchiha! Kit, if you ever fight him, I want you to beat him into the ground as hard as possible! Make that little Uchiha bastard suffer!" Kurama howled in anger towards Sasuke. Naruto was surprised by Kurama's reaction, but he just summed it up to the fact that Kurama just had a natural hatred for all Uchiha's, especially with what Madara did to him.

Iruka broke him out of his thoughts again. "Uzumaki Naruto?" he called as he looked up to where Naruto was sitting. Naruto raised his hand up in acknowledgement, but that apparently wasn't good enough. Mizuki growled as he leaned forward. "Uzumaki! Speak when spoken to!" he growled out at the blond, making Naruto scowl at the man. Iruka turned to Mizuki with a frown. "Mizuki I thought I told you about his-" he started to say until a strained and gravelly voice interrupted him. "He-here." Naruto choked out, coughing a few times after speaking. He looked at Mizuki with a glare as a small trickle of blood ran down his chin.

The rest of the class looked at him with wide eyes, and then back to Mizuki with slight glares. Why would a teacher out right make a student speak when it hurt him too? Mizuki gave Naruto a wicked smile before nodding his head. "Good, now don't make me tell you again Uzumaki." he said before waving to Iruka to continue.

Iruka seethed at the man before looked back to his list. Sure, he knew that Mizuki hated Naruto, in his mind he had good reason too. But, when it got in the way of his professionalism, that was a little too far.

Naruto wiped away the blood on his chin as Hinata looked at him with worry in her eyes. Naruto turned to her and gave her a thumbs up, 'I'm fine' he signed. She nodded, the worry never leaving her gaze.

Kiba looked at the blond with a raised eyebrow. "Pft, this kid is gonna get himself killed. No shinobi in his right mind would be on active duty without being able to talk." he thought as he went back to trying to doze during class.

Iruka finally ended toll call with the final name. "Yamanaka Ino?" he called out and earned a cheeky 'here' from the blond sitting next to Sakura. Iruka nodded and set down his list and placed his hands on his desk as he stood. He gave all of the students a serious look before speaking.

"So? You all think you want to be shinobi?"

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"I spy something stupid." Kurama said in a bored tone as Iruka continued his long speech about the world of shinobi and the dangers of the profession. "Is it Iruka-sensei?" Naruto responded in an equally bored tone. "Got it in one brat." Kurama snorted in return. "Your turn."

Naruto sighed mentally and shook his head. "Why even bother? You can just read my thoughts and know what it is anyway." he countered. Kurama shrugged and looked at the class through Naruto's eyes. "You have a better way to pass the time?" he said in a cynical tone.

Naruto paused for a moment before sighing in defeat. "I spy something pink." he said as Kurama instantly caught on. "The she banshee?"

"Yup."

"Sweet."

Naruto ran a hand through his hair before laying his head down on his arms like Kiba was doing. "Sooooooo booooorrrreeeedddd." he mentally complained as Kurama echoed his claim. "Honestly! How the heck can someone make the life of a shinobi sound so boring!" he cried as he mentally flailed his arms and legs.

Hinata looked at her friend and had to suppress a giggle at seeing his obviously bored expression. She shook her head and looked back to Iruka as he finally finished his speech.

"Now, we will start going over the basics of trapping, foraging, history, and strategy tomorrow, but for now, it's time we see where you all rank physically. Meet at the outside training field after lunch." Iruka instructed the class just before the bell for lunch rang.

Kids started filing out of the class in groups to go get lunch and find a place to eat. Naruto stood with Hinata and lead her out of the room, Kiba following after them. "Hey! Hinata-chan! Want to have lunch with me?" the Inuzuka asked with a smirk.

Hinata, who had been following behind Naruto, grabbed the blond's sleeve and looked down at the floor. "W-Well...I-I….I don't…" she started to stammer as she looked to Naruto for assistance. The blond shrugged and signed, 'Why not? I'll be with you anyway.'

Hinata nodded and then looked to Kiba. "S-sure Kiba-san." she said, still holding onto Naruto's sleeve. Kiba smiled at her and reached to grab her arm and lead her away, but was cut off by Naruto grabbing his arm with a scowl. The blond shook his head at the Inuzuka as Kiba growled at him. "Hey man, what's your deal? She said she wanted to eat with me." he growled as Naruto glared at him. Naruto held up Kiba's arm and pointed at his hand and shook his head, giving off the implied, 'No touching' command.

Hinata intervened before a fight could break out. "So-Sorry Kiba-san. N-Naruto-kun is-is my bodyguard. He-he's just doing his j-job." she clarified for the Inuzuka. Kiba kept his scowl up but nodded. "Alright, whatever. Let's go Hinata-chan." he said as he lead the two to the roof.

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Lunch was...awkward, to say the least. Hinata wasn't very talkative with the Inuzuka, and Kiba was trying a little too hard to impress her. Plus with Naruto's constant vigilance, it made Kiba slightly on edge.

Just as Kiba was about to start saying how awesome he and Akamaru were again, the bell for lunch to end rang, causing Naruto to stand with Hinata. "C-Come on Ki-Kiba-san. W-We don't w-want to be-be late." Hinata said as she held onto Naruto's sleeve and walked off with him.

Kiba scowled at the blond and shook his head. "You'd think he was her boyfriend or something…" he grumbled under his breath.

He wasn't the only one to notice how the two acted either. A certain blond girl and her pink haired friend had stopped trying to talk to Sasuke and saw how Naruto and Hinata were acting with Kiba.

"Man, what's the Hyuuga Heiress doing with some kid who looks like he's from the streets anyway?" Sakura said as she watched the two walk off. Ino shrugged and looked at her fellow blond. "I don't know, but he seems kinda cool, don't ya think? I mean, he's so protective of the little princess." she said as her and Sakura started to follow after the rest of the class to the outdoor training field.

Sakura shrugged and then had a dreamy look on her face. "Yeah, but not as cool as Sasuke-kun~" she said with a blissful sigh. Ino soon joined her in her daydreaming about the raven haired Uchiha. They both tilted their heads to the side and let out blissful sighs as they thought about their Sasuke-kun.

It wasn't until Iruka's voice snapped them out of their dreams did they stop. "Alright! Now I know many of you have never fought before, but we are going to see how well you already know how to fight. We are going to have you spar with each other so we can get a read on what you strengths and weaknesses are. So, the rules of the spars are, no breaking of bones. No blows below the belt. And when someone forfeits, or me and Mizuki say the match is over, then the match is over. Now, line up so we can start." he explained and the children followed his instructions.

Naruto nearly groaned as he watched fight after fight. These kids SUCKED! From pushing, to hair pulling. They had no idea on how to fight. Save for the few kids that were from clans. Chouji and Shino had to fight, and to be honest, he was impressed with the kids. Chouji fought hard with Shino, but he adventually was knocked out of the ring by the bigger boy and lost the match.

Naruto snorted in good humor when Shikamaru gave up before even starting, and he already knew Kiba would probably win against the civilian child he was fighting. It wasn't until he was called did his boredom cease.

Mizuki had a sinister glint in his eye as he called out the next spar. "Uzumaki and Uchiha. Get on over here." he said, knowing very well that Sasuke was an up and coming prodigy of the Uchiha clan. Sure, he wasn't anywhere close to the ability and prowess of his older brother, Itachi, but he was hands down the strongest of the new generation. And who better to beat the demon into the ground than one of the mighty Uchiha.

Sasuke wordlessly walked into the center of the ring, a cocky grin on his face. Hinata looked at Naruto with a small smile and nodded to him to go. Naruto returned the nod, and walked into the ring.

Sasuke scoffed at the little interaction between the two. "What? Need to ask your girlfriend for permission to fight?" he asked the blond, earning a glare from him. He shook his head and entered his stance. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and entered his own stance. The Uchiha's interception fist. He growled lightly at the blond. "I thought Mizuki-sensei said to talk when spoken too?" he growled out. Mizuki, hearing this smirked and nodded. "That I did." he said while smirking at Naruto.

The blond growled at Mizuki before speaking. "Need...permission...to-to ki...kick...your ass." he choked out, fighting back the coughing fit that threatened to take over. Several of the Sasuke fan club girls gasped at the blond's words, while several of the guys smirked and silently rooted for the blond. Hinata smiled at Naruto and sent a quick nod to the boy. 'Go get him.' she wordlessly said.

Mizuki sneered at the boy and raised his hand before looking to the two and then lowering his hand. "Hajime!" he called and jumped out of the circle.

Sasuke snarled and dashed forward at Naruto, earning squeals from his fangirls. Naruto just sunk a little lower into his stance and readied himself. Sasuke brought his left fist up and cocked it back. As soon as he was within range he sent his fist out in a one way track to Naruto's face. But the blond saw this coming from a mile away and shifted his head out of the way before snaking his right arm around Sasuke's and grabbing the back of the boy's neck. He brought up his right leg and kneed the boy in the gut before releasing the boy and shooting his left arm out in a knife hand strike to the raven haired boy's shoulder.

After taking the blow to the stomach, Sasuke lurched forward and nearly lost his lunch, and once he was released he shakily took a step away from the blond. He turned to face Naruto just in time to take a strike to his shoulder, making him lose feeling in his right arm.

The Uchiha staggered back and looked at his arm and noticed it hanging limply at his side. His eyes were wide as he tried to move it, but couldn't seem to even make the arm twitch.

Inside Naruto's mind, Kurama was laughing and urging for Naruto to draw blood. The blond hand to actively keep the fox back as to not let his killing intent leak out of him and frighten any of the kids. Naruto bent his legs into a low crouch before launching towards the Uchiha and delivering a powerful kick to the boy's head, sending him sliding out of the ring.

Naruto let out a long and slow breath as he eased out of his fighting stance and walked out of the ring and back to Hinata. All those who were watching had shocked looks on their faces, except Hinata of course. She smiled at her friend and offered a quick congratulations before Mizuki went to check on Sasuke, who was still lying to on the ground.

He reached down and jostled the boy a bit, earning a groan from the still unconscious boy. Mizuki growled in his mind, wondering just how in the world did Naruto get strong enough to beat an Uchiha. Iruka walked up next to Mizuki and tried to hide his smirk. "Why don't you take Sasuke-san to the infirmary while I start everyone on the next exercise." he said to his assistant. Mizuki grunted in response and left with Sasuke slung over his shoulder.

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The rest of the Academy kids, save for Hinata, were all looking at Naruto with a combination of shock, awe, fear, and anger.

"How dare he do that to Sasuke-kun!" Sakura growled out as Ino held her back from attacking the blond. Kiba backed a few steps away from the blond, taking in the fact that he was Hinata's bodyguard for a good reason. Shino remained silent as he observed the blond.

Iruka sighed as he watched his students react to the surprising upset. "Alright everyone! That's enough of that, it's time to move on." he said as he ushered the class towards a different part of the training field.

This part had three human shaped targets made of straw, lined up at different distances from a chalk line in the dirt. Iruka looked at his students and pointed to the two boxes that were at his feet. "Alright, now we're going to see how well you already know how to throw a weapon. You'll come up one by one and take three Kunai, and three Shuriken and throw them at the targets. You can throw them all together, or one at a time. It doesn't matter as long as you are able to hit the target." he explained to the class before having kids walk up and test their abilities.

And just like before, Naruto was bored and disappointed by the kids of his generation. Sure the clan kids did decent enough, but come on! Is it that hard to hit a target ten feet away from you!

When it was finally Naruto's turn up he smirked and popped his knuckles before taking three kunai in one hand and three shuriken in the other. And in a quick crossing motion of his arms he launched all six projectiles, making them all hit their targets, all bunched up together around the bullseye.

And it was at this point that he knew, based on the shocked looks from his classmates and even his instructor, that his school life was going to be a boring one. "This is gonna suck…" he mentally pouted. Kurama chuckled darkly as he laid his head down on his front paws. "Yeah, well at least you'll get to kick that Uchiha bastards ass whenever you like." he chuckled before deciding to take a nap. Naruto shook his head and sighed. "Sorry, this is gonna suck...for me that is. I bet you'll have a ball."

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(A/N): To be continued….

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