Chapter 9: A New Discovery

Once he checked out the room to see what had had been stolen or messed with, he noticed that some of his scrolls had been opened, including the sealing formula for his eight tetregram seal. He resealed the scrolls, and pulled out a better heavily armored chest so that no one could get into them. He them put the chest into another storage scroll, and sent it to the Hokage's mansion so that it could be put under better security for the time being. Afterwards, he made sure the place was neatened up, and then locked up both doors, and made sure that he hid the key better this time, in his back pocket. He the jumped off of the ledge and landed on the ground, looking around to make sure that nothing odd was happening. He then walked towards the monuments so that he could get a better view of the village to make sure that nothing was going on, along with getting a little bit of a rest so that he could clear his head. While he was walking, he was stopped when he saw the old tree and the swing that was attached to it. It seemed worn down, the wood splintering along the bottom of it, rope worn down in one spot from the hands that use to grip it.

He walked over to the swing, and sat down on it, feeling the ropes worn and ragged feel. He then began to swing lightly, as he watched the kids play across from him. With memories flooding back, he began to space out, thinking over why the parents were so strict as to keep them away from him. After his train of thought got lost, he got up and walked into the entrance, passing all of the kids as they looked at him, most shuffling away. He walked through the corridors and entered his old classroom, seeing that some students were still in there, some reading over their book, and others practicing throwing shuriken and kunai at targets. He entered the room, and Iruka turned his head and gave a light smile towards him. "Ah Naruto, how are you doing?" he said with a cheerful tone. Naruto walked towards him, as the students looked at him, some with a smile, and other with their jaws open, remembering that he was the one who defeated Pein. Naruto stood next to him, and a couple of kids ran out of the room, yelling at their friends "hey, it's Naruto everyone, the one who defeated Pein and brought back our parents!"

Naruto leaned over to Iruka's ear, and whispered into it "I'm gonna transform so that I don't get bombarded, don't tell them." Iruka agreed, and naruto transformed into a small fox, and hid under iruka's desk. The other kids swarmed into the room, looking around for him, with Konohamaru one of them. "Ah, Kinu, you lied to us!" a few said in disappointment. Kinu then looked around the room, and turned to Iruka. "I know he was here, Iruka sensei can vouch for me, right Iruka?" Iruka looked at him with a gut feeling to give them a hint. "He was here, but he's hiding in here, and the first one to find him gets extra credit!" Naruto, hiding under there, just glared at Iruka with his little fox eyes."Darn you Iruka, he can't let me have some peace can he" he said in an annoyed tone, a low growl in his throat. "I heard something coming out from under Iruka's desk!" Kinu said with a smirk on his face. All of the kids then swarmed around him, and Kinu went under the desk to find a small fox with nine tails growling at him. "Ah, it's the nine tailed fox" he said with a scream, and pulled it out with all of his might. He held the fox by 2 of it's nine tails, and set it down on top of Iruka's desk. The fox just looked at the kids, and jumped off of the desk, growing in size a little bit.

"Ah, you guys really did find me. Not bad, not bad at all, though I should of his myself a little better, even though I did only have a short amount of time before you all came running in here." He then stood on two feet, and a poof of smoke appeared around him, revealing his usual self. "Man, I thought I could fool a couple of simple rookies, but I guess my confidence overcame me, nicely done!" he said with a foxy grin on his face. Kinu looked at him with happiness and amazement at the same time. Iruka then got up and walked over to him, slapping him on the back for a good job. "And what the hell was that Iruka, ratting me out to the kids when I told you to let me hide!" he said in an annoyed and angry tone, glaring at him. "I'm sorry, but I wanted to see if they could find you" he said sheepishly. Naruto sighed, and then walked over to the door to leave. "C'mon you guys, I guess I have to give you a bit of a reward for finding me, especially transformed like that." The kids smiled with glee, and followed Naruto the training grounds with the three posts. He then walked over to the water, and turned around to look at them. "Have you guys attempted to walk on water yet?" They all shook their heads no, and Naruto pulled out a kunai and gave it a bit of chakra. He then tossed it onto the river before him, and it landed near the edge og the river, floating out of the water like a bobber from a fishing line. He then turned towards them again, and began to gather chakra in his feet.

"The main point of this exercise is to retrieve the kunai on the other side of this river by channeling your chakra to the soles of your feet, then balancing yourself on the surface of the water. The first one to get the kunai gets to see a special trick I made up myself." The kids gasped with excitement, and looked at the kunai floating in the water, and sighed at it. "I'll give it a shot" Kinu said as he began to gather chakra at his feet. He them prepared to move to the water, and made sure that his chakra was evened out as he began to place his foot on the moving river water. He stuttered a little bit, but eventually got the hang of it, and slowly moved his way over to the kunai floating on top of the water. Soon after, three others began to attempt the water walking; one of them sank through to the bottom, while the other one was halfway suspended in the water. Kinu was halfway across the water, when another boy grabbed onto his leg and tried to pull him down into the water so that he could get the kunai. Kinu just stood there, tossing his leg around so that he boy would get off of him. "No, I'm not getting off! I deserve that special trick more than you do you moron" he yelled at Kinu, who looked at him with a glare.

Naruto noticed what the kid had said, and his face glared at the spoiled brat who didn't give a damn for his team mate and classmate. Kinu then finally shook him off, and the boy regained his balance. Kinu was just about to grab the kunai, when he heard the swirling of ten shuriken behind him. As soon as he grabbed the kunai, Naruto appeared behind him, and pulled out a kunai loaded with wind chakra, and hit all of the shuriken away, hitting the tree's on the other side of them. He then turned around, and grabbed the kid, lifting him up and bringing him across. He also picked up the other boy and brought him to the edge of the river, and let him down. Naruto then brought Kinu to Iruka, and let him down. Kinu looked up at Naruto, and smiled at him. "Thank you Naruto, I didn't know we were able to use shuriken in this exercise?" Naruto then looked towards the other boy, and stared at him, his eyes changing to the kyuubi's, giving the boy a scare, causing him to run off. Naruto then looked at Kinu with the same eyes, but now with blue in the background with slit pupils, and smiled with his sharp k9's. The boy smiled and looked in fascination, along with the others, as well as Iruka. He then shifted over towards Iruka, and told him that he would be able to look after them while he chased down the boy. Iruka agreed, and ran off after the boy.

Naruto was now watching Iruka as he set off to go find the boy. He then turned around to see that the kids were staring at him still. "What" he said in a questionable yet happy tone. They then pulled him over to the log, and Kinu brought out a single bell that he grabbed from Iruka's desk. "Can I try the bell drive with you" he said in an excited tone. Naruto picked up the bell, and moved it around in his hand, smiling at his old memories of him being tied to the post,, and Kakashi getting the thousand years of death from him when he came back from his training with Jiraya. He then looked at Kinu, and agreed with a cheerful tone. How badly do you want me to fight you?" "As hard as you can" he said with an exilirating tone in his voice, jumping up and down with his excitement. Naruto understood the boy, and got into a fighting stance, along with Kinu. "The main objective of this exercise is pretty simple, just take this bell from me. As soon as I say go, we begin, you ready?" Kinu let out an exhilarating yes, and Naruto then tied the bell to his belt loop. "Allright begin!"