Authors Note (A/N): Hey everyone its The Wind God of the Leaf here. Just wanted to let you know that there is a mini timeskip starting in this chapter and things will start to take a turn in the next few chapters. As the name of this chapter suggests you should be able to guess what this arc will be about. Also some new development will also be introduced in the next few chapters.
Also just to put any possible fears to rest, i have not forgotten about my plot for the story of strayed from it. The plot for this story is as slow one and it will take time to form so dont worry about me seemingly going off the rails.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto Franchise or Heavens lost property; also the other Anime that I borrowed themes from.
Chapter 9
Meeting New Faces (The next Generation) Part:1
Dreamscape
"Huh? Where am I?" A blond haired boy whispered to himself as he was surrounded by white mist all around him. "Eva where do you think we are and why does it feel like we are moving?" the boy asked as his blue eyes scanned the horizon around him and all that he could see was white. "Huh Eva where…?" The boy asked as he patted his hair and discovered that his longtime partner was not there with him. Narrowing his eyes the boy looked around him in suspicion. "Is this…?" He whispered but he got his answer when his fluffy white surroundings turned pure sky blue. "No way."
Around the little boy was clear blue skies the same color as his eyes that was taking in this sight around him. "How am I flying, and why does this feel familiar somehow?" The boy wondered as his eyes roamed the vast horizon he seemed to find himself in. Looking around he could see other large white clouds hanging lazily in the air but as he was looking around he noticed something that seemed to be sticking out of one of the clouds and it was a silver metallic color. Curiously enough as the large cloud moved some more the mysterious shape revealed itself to be a large metallic platform with a massive building in a design and shape that the boy was not familiar with. "Awesome!" The boy exclaimed. Out of the cloud behind him a group of people came flying by just like him but what had him in total awe was the fact that those people that just passed him by all had wings sprouting out of his back. But the color of the wings is what caught the boy's attention the most. They were pitch black in color and it was in such intensity that it seemed to block out the light of the sun.
Although the boy did notice something about this group of people though. One they all were hurt. Really bad. Two they seemed to be wearing strange clothing; for the men they were wearing trench coats and regular clothing underneath. For the women in the group they seemed to favor gothic style clothing while one or two of them were wearing bondage straps for clothes and the view the boy got nearly knocked him out of the sky. Taking his eyes off of a sight he could not fully understand the boy's eyes wondered to the front of the pack and who he saw leading them confused him, and that brings us to number three.
A little girl. A small blonde little girl no older than ten wearing a nun's habit was leading this rag tag group of a strong twenty. Feeling himself being dragged along with the little girl and her group the boy had no time to study her closer in detail because the girl and her team landed on the large platform. Looking behind himself the boy saw the rest of the team members land and he could see that a lot of them were hurt badly and many of them were limping. 'There really hurt I wonder what could have caused that?' Looking back to the little girl who he at least noticed had the same large smile on her face that has not changed since he first spotted her did not have a single scratch on her and she was in perfect health. 'That's weird how come she does not have a scratch on her while everyone else looks like they just came back from war?' The boy wondered to himself.
Seeing the girl walk into the building the blond haired boy followed her as she walked through the long winding hallways that stretched on forever. Although the boy did notice one thing that made his heart clench and his blood boil. Everyone that she passed in the hallway would avoid her and glare at her with the dirtiest glares imaginable. While these actions really made the boy mad what really made the boy confused was the sudden protective urge to comfort this strange girl he does not know. Finding a little control over himself seeing as how he has been dragged around unwillingly by this girl for the last few minutes the blond haired boy walked in front of the girl and was about to stop her when he froze in his tracks. "Hey wait u…p…" The boy tried to say but he stopped himself dead in his tracks when he finally noticed the color of the girl's eyes and what he saw in them.
The girl had a deep shade of purple for her eye color and underneath all the layers of insanity and chaos that he could see in her eyes he saw an unrivaled pit of despair and sadness that made him feel like he was drowning and suffocating at the same time. As the girl walked pass him he could have sworn he saw the large goofy smile on her face wilt a bit. Almost like her mask slipped for a fraction of a moment.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" "WHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Momentarily distracted by the sound of crying the boy then came to a realization. "So I was right. This is just like last time but now it's even longer." The blond hair boy whispered to himself.
Real world
Waking up out of his sleep the blond haired boy who was in his pajamas jumped out of his bed and walked over to the crib that was positioned at the head of his bed. Leaning in to the crib the boy picked up one of the two babies that called that makeshift crib home. Gently rocking the baby side to side the boy tried to get the little girl to calm down. "Shhhh! Shhh! Its ok Chaos everything's ok." The boy said. Absentmindedly the blond haired boy noticed that Chaos's eyes looked like they were a red color but as he looked at her he saw that they were rapidly fading to her natural purple. Feeling something land in his hair the boy then heard talking. "Ughhhhh. Naru not again what happened this time?" A little feminine voice said from inside the boy's hair. "I don't know Eva but I think it might have something to do with a weird dream that I had in the past." The blond haired boy said as he rubbed his tired eyes. "Weird dream, what are you talking about Naruto?" Eva asked to Naruto.
"Remember I told you I had a weird dream about a year in a have ago. I just woke up from one again." Naruto said to his equally tired companion. "I can't remember right now my brain is still asleep, tell me later." Eva said groggily as she peered down at the little girl that was in her partner's hands. "Well now that I got chaos to calm down good morning Eva." Naruto said as he sat on the side of his bed with chaos in his lap. "Morning Naru… these babies are getting bigger every day." Eva replied as she looked at the much bigger Chaos that was in Naruto's hands. "*Yawn* Yeah your right it's been a little over two years now since we found these little trouble makers." Naruto said. "Yeah it's been maybe around two in a half years since that night. Geez time sure does fly." Eva replied as she sat on Chaos's stomach with said little girl peering down at her curiously all the while trying to use her hands to grab her. "Yeah but it's getting even more difficult to take care of these two since they already know how to crawl and do certain things." Naruto said as he gently rocked Chaos from side to side.
"I know but hey you have my curiosity peaked what was that dream you just had?" Eva asked as she made a tiny icicle in her hand and was using it to gently poke Chaos who was giggling at this action. Ignoring his partner's childish habits Naruto started to explain to the little fairy in as much detail as he could just what exactly he experienced during his dream. However what the two longtime friends failed to notice was that as Naruto got farther and farther into his story Chaos's face was becoming more and more agitated and her eyes were slowly turning a menacing red color. When Naruto reached the part where he noticed the girls eyes Chaos finally made her presence known again to the two friends.
"WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"BOOM!"
A tainted purplish flame erupted into existence in the corner of the room scaring the two friends badly. "What is that?!" Naruto yelled out suddenly very much awake. "I don't know!" Eva screamed out as she glanced down and noticed that Chaos eyes were a robotic red color. "Naruto I think Chaos is causing this!" Eva said as she quickly put the dots together. Acting fast Naruto slammed his foot on the wooden floor in the direction of the corrupted flames and out of his foot came a trail of hardened ice that raced across the floor until it entrapped the growing ominous flame in a block of ice.
"Whew! That should help but…" Naruto began to say but he was cut off by the sound of hissing and when he looked over to the large block of ice that he created he could see that the strange purple flames were melting his ice at an alarming rate. "Crap Eva we got to get the babies out of here!" Naruto yelled a little bit of panic starting to seep into his voice. Flying forward Eva gathered her Yōki in an attempt to halt the flames. "Demonic Art: Winter Fairy Hydrokinetic Magic!" Eva announced and with that she gathered up a large amount of water in the air above the mysterious flame before dumping all of it onto the flames in an attempt to stop it. However as soon as the Yōki laced water touched the purplish flames it immediately started to evaporate. Eva stopped in her tracks at this as she has never seen something like that happen before.
Seeing Eva trying her hand at stopping the flames Naruto moved over and grabbed Iris out of the crib and brought her into his other hand where he was prepared to start running however he never got the chance to as Iris suddenly woke up and started to cry. "WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"No, no, no, no, not now Iris I got to get you and your sister out of here." Naruto said panicky however he stopped dead in his tracks when he actually took a look at her eyes. "Green… but how?" Naruto whispered to himself as he stared into his daughters now powerful Emerald eyes that glowed with power. Immediately Naruto could feel a pull from within him and when he took a brief moment to sense out his chakra he felt the small pool of energy that the babies seemingly implanted within him erupt into a raging torrent and when he felt closer he could feel both Iris and Chaos's energy acting up. In the real world the effects were instant. The moment Naruto felt the pull from within himself a bright golden colored flame erupted around the purple flame and within moments the purple flame was suppressed and extinguished.
Everything in the room fell into a deafening silence as Naruto and Eva looked at each other in silent shock and awe. Absentmindedly Naruto noticed that both the babies eyes were returning to their natural color and Chaos had at this point stopped crying and actually looked quite content. "What was that?" Naruto asked himself in an out of breath tone of voice. Eva just shook her head slowly as her eyes traveled down to the two toddlers in Naruto's hands that were both wearing peaceful expressions on their face. "Naru it's becoming more and more obvious that these are not normal babies; we have to keep a closer eye on them from now on because that was definitely a close call." Eva cautioned out as she took a wary glance at the toddlers. "I know Eva it looks like we might have to teach them to use their powers in the future." Naruto commented as he looked down worriedly at his two daughters that he knew would cause him trouble in the future.
Slowly placing the two babies back into the makeshift crib Naruto slowly sat down on the side of his bed with his head in his hands. "Eva how was that possible?" Naruto asked in a confused tone of voice. "I don't know Naru the way those purple flames completely stopped our attacks had me really scared and those gold flames weren't helping either." Eva responded as she sat down in Naruto's lap and looked up at him with worry in her eyes. "I don't know what we are going to do for the future but for right now let's take our off of that for now. We have to get ready you know what today is right?!" Eva asked excitedly in an attempt to cheer up her longtime friend. Realizing his tiny friends' motives Naruto sent the little fairy a small grateful smile before he got into the mood and let lose a giant grin as he too knew just what today is.
"Today's the start of the Shinobi program for the academy!" Naruto stated excitedly. "You bet!" Eva replied while holding up a peace sign and a large grin. "Let's get ready." Naruto said as he grabbed his clothes and headed to the bathroom with Eva hot on his heels.
30 Minutes later
"Whew! I'm glad I was able to fix the pipes so we could get hot water." Naruto commented as he used a towel to dry himself off. "Yeah I was getting tired of heating our water for the past few years." Eva said as she rolled around in her friends' hair to dry herself off. "*Sigh* Eva how many times do I need to tell you not to use my hair as your personal towel?" Naruto asked in their personal routine.
"Uh? About 963 times now." Eva replied cheekily. Rolling his eyes Naruto flicked Eva onto the bed where she rolled all the way to the pillow. "I-see- stars." Eva said dizzily. Getting dressed Naruto donned a red cotton shirt and blue jeans along with an orange 6 button shirt that he left open. By the side of his bed he had a medium size green duffel bag that he stored some of his equipment in albeit they were in secret compartments built in. On top however he had the regular essentials that he would need for school. Eva in the meantime put on her regular attire; which is her white dress although she somehow got it in a yellow color to match her partners sun kissed blonde hair. "Alright let's get something to eat." Naruto said as he grabbed Chaos and Iris in his arms and made his way to the kitchen that he has spent the last two years renovating. All new appliances that Naruto went through a lot of trouble to get where positioned correctly in the Kitchen and the floor was redone and replaced with a better tile that was clean. The cabinets got new doors and a fresh coat of paint. The front door to the apartment got replaced by a heavy duty door that could not be kicked in easily and it had several locks to add extra protection. Finally for the kitchen the large hole that was in the floor leading to the floor below has been completely sealed off and the table above it was replaced by a sturdy wooden table that could take a hit or two.
Naruto had also in his spear time looked for high chairs as he knew that Iris and Chaos would get bigger in time and he was right. Placing the two squirming toddlers down in their respective high chairs Naruto walked over to the counter where he started to prepare their breakfast. Taking items out like bread and eggs Naruto started to make toast and scrambled eggs for himself. While he was doing this Eva went over to the cabinet and opened it to gain access to the many glassware that the two friends have 'bought' over the past few years. Grabbing a baby bottle on the top shelf Eva who looked like she was hugging the bottle slowly flew down to the counter top below her where she set the bottle down before repeating the process over again with the second and final bottle. While Eva was distracted Naruto took out an instant cup of ramen and started to boil the water for it. He however did notice Eva with the bottles but he knew that she can be very independent and so he never tried to help.
"I got the eggs." Eva quickly called out. "I got the milk." Naruto said as he and his longtime companion settled into their morning routine. Grabbing the milk bottles Naruto moved over to the pantry where he pulled out a can of baby formula where he went about preparing it for the two energetic babies that where rambling behind him in weird sounds. Eva in the meanwhile was cracking a few eggs for the breakfast. Soon everyone was at the table ready to eat their food. In a process that Naruto has started to adapt to he would take a few bites of his food then he would help the two toddlers hold their milk bottles so that they would not spill it then he would take another portion of his food then repeat the process. Eva who would take small bites out of Naruto's food was also eating peacefully at the table. Naruto was almost done with his food when he looked over and saw that little Chaos was staring intently at his cup of instant ramen and was making grabbing gestures for it with a curious look in her large purple eyes.
"Huh? So you want some of my ramen Chaos?" Naruto asked gently in a voice that not many get to hear. In response to this Chaos's hand gestures increased and Naruto could see a spark of excitement in her eyes. Smiling Naruto grabbed a noddle in his chop sticks and was about to give it to Chaos when Eva stopped him. "Wait Naru are you sure that's a good idea?" Looking at her with a confused expression Eva explained. "Well is it safe to give her a solid food. I mean does she even have teeth to chew?" Eva asked. "Don't worry Eva I'm just going to make her nibble on it not swallow it?" Naruto reassured. Moving the chop sticks to Chaos's mouth she opened up and Naruto placed the noddle by her lips. Taking a tiny bite Chaos ate the piece of noddle and all was quiet until her eyes quickly flashed a red before going back to purple. Chaos's face lit up in joy as she begged for more. "Da-da – mhm-mn-mmn." Looking up in surprise Naruto had his jaw on the table. "Chaos did you just try to speak?" Naruto asked in disbelieve. Chaos's only response was to give her father an innocent look. "That's awesome Naruto they are learning how to talk, it's about time really some babies learn how to talk around one in a half years old. I guess they just took a little longer because they don't interact with too many people besides us." Eva said with a proud look on her face as she talked about her little sisters.
Iris looked on as her sister tried to speak and beg for more ramen and not wanting to be left behind decided to ask for some as well. "Da- da." Iris said trying to get her father's attention. Looking over Naruto had and excited look on his face. "So you're trying to talk to huh Iris?" Naruto asked as he saw the little blond haired toddler try to speak. "Do you want some ramen to Iris?" Naruto asked in that same gentle voice. Iris shook her head up and down with a toothless smile on her face. Repeating the process with Iris Naruto watched on as the little girl ate the ramen and see that same spark come into her eyes like it did Chaos although he noticed it wasn't to the same degree as her sister. 'Oh well can't please them all I guess.' Naruto thought.
"Da!" "Da – Da!" Chaos and Iris said excitedly after having more of their father's ramen. "Oh here we go now we have three ramen addicts in the house." Eva mumbled out. A choking sound that sounded very much like Hypocrite came from Naruto's direction but when Eva looked over Naruto was busy trying to get the two little girls to drink some of the broth in the ramen. After finishing breakfast Naruto went about putting all of the used dishes and bottles in the sink to be washed up which Eva made quick work of with her water abilities. Getting ready to pick up the very full toddlers Naruto asked them a question. "Hey guys do you think you can say Daddy?"
Staring at their father for a few seconds Iris and Chaos began to say "Da-Da." Over and over again but they could not fully pronounce the word. "Its ok girls it was worth a shot." Naruto said as he picked up Chaos and was about to pick up Iris when she then banged her tiny hands down on the table in frustration with a small pout on her face. Surprised by this Naruto tried to comfort her. "Hey, hey, hey, Iris it ok sweetie if you don't know how to say words yet, you'll get it in time don't worry, you just have to keep practicing." Naruto said gently while rubbing Iris's cheek affectionately. It seemed to do the trick as Iris stopped pouting and put a toothless smile on her face which brought one to Naruto's face as well. "Practice makes perfect ok, eventually you'll be able to say Daddy." Naruto said as he picked up Iris into his arms. Smiling at her father Iris eyes glowed the same powerful emerald color for a brief second before they changed back to blue. "DADDY!" Iris said perfectly.
Naruto's jaw hung loose from his mouth at what he just witnessed. Eva who was washing the dishes dropped one of them when she heard Iris speak. "Did she just?" Eva asked but before she could get an answer Chaos's eyes glowed red for a split second before returning to their natural purple. "DADDY!" Chaos said excitedly causing Naruto's brain to shut down. "You know what… too much craziness has happened this mourning so let's just go to school Eva." Naruto said in a deadpan tone of voice.
Grabbing his bag Naruto and Eva left the apartment building and headed across the street to Sawako Furukawa's residence which in the time he has been working for the mafia he has learned that she is also a member and that she and Shoko actually know one another. After dropping off the babies with Sawako and giving them a kiss goodbye Naruto with Eva in his hair took to the roof tops to get to the academy faster. Arriving at the academy with time to spare Naruto looked around and saw some familiar faces from the classes he took last year. But what had him excited was the fact that he saw many new faces that he had never seen in the academy. Naruto instantly deduced that the new students were the children that had Shinobi parents or belonged either to a minor or major clans.
With his sharp eyes Naruto scanned the crowd of children until he came across the sight of his best friend who as usual was trying to hide herself inside of her three sizes to big jacket of hers. However besides her was the ever present nuisance that was her body guard Kurruk Hyūga who was looking as nice as ever. 'Ugh not him again can't he just take one of his sick days and go on a long permanent vacation… preferably somewhere not in the land of Fire?' Naruto thought irritably as he saw the bane of his and Hinata's friendship standing less than two feet away from her.
Naruto never dared to go into public with Hinata without his Menma Transformation on because he knew that the social and political backlash of having the Hyūga heiress associating with the village pariah would not only ruin her reputation before it even got started but it would also cause the entire clan to bring down its very large influence on him and that would ruin his live. However Naruto also knew that while they were in school such taboos don't apply since its part of the curriculum to have students interact with each and every last one of their peers in their class to promote future teamwork. Naruto was planning on using that little loop hole to his advantage so that he could hang out with his best friend without the scrutiny from others outside the academy. In the meantime he would bide his time until they got inside the school and away from the prying eyes of the adults especially Kurruk.
While he was waiting Naruto positioned himself on the outskirts of the large crowd of students in a spot where he could both clearly see Hinata but also where he could both see the hastily built stage at the front of the school and the front gate of the school where he could make a quick exit if such a situation required him to. After a few minutes of chatter from the large crowd Naruto then sensed a tiny flicker of chakra coming from the top of the school. Instantly recognizing it as Weasel's Chakra signature Naruto discreetly looked up to the top of the building and sure enough he spotted a little black crow perched on the ledge overlooking the crowd below. Next a second chakra signature showed up and looking over again towards the large oak tree in the Academy's playground Naruto felt Boar's presence coming from the tree. Looking over to the shade of a large tree that was right next to the entrance of the school with a rope swing tied to it Naruto spotted a small cat that was sitting on the plank of wood that you would sit on if you were to swing on it. Lastly Naruto saw as small dog peak its head out from underneath the crawl space of the stage. Its head peaked out from in-between a long stretch of blue curtains that hid the crawl space from view.
'So everyone's here, but I wonder who that cat is? Probably a new recruit or something, I'll ask the Old Man later and speaking of which…' Naruto thought to himself and returning his thoughts to the real world he looked up to the center of the stage where in a large swirl of leaves as customary of the Hidden Leafs village's version of the Body Flicker Jutsu the Hokage himself appeared in his ceremonial Hokage robes and pipe placed firmly in his mouth.
Over thirty Chūnin dressed in the standard attire of a ninja of the leaf stepped up onto the stage and formed themselves into a perfect straight line on either side of the Hokage before they dropped to one knee with their heads bowed in submission in the presence of their leader. Instantly the large crowd of civilian parents and children got quiet and gave all their attention to the Hokage who had a calm expression on his face. With a simple hand gesture all of the ninja that were on the stage bowing besides him stood straight in one fluid motion without making a sound. The line was so perfect that the only distortion with them was their different heights and genders.
Walking forward Hiruzen as calm as ever began to address the crowd about what they could expect for their children in the coming school year. Hiruzen discussed and included the students that were around the age of six or seven who were just entering the academy and the students like him who were entering the shinobi program of the academy. While Hiruzen was discussing topic after topic Naruto's mind wandered. He thought about how ordinarily he would not be able to sense the ANBU around the area if not for the fact that they briefly surged their chakra to him for a brief instant. Also Naruto started to analyze the many Chūnin teachers that he may end up having to interact with for the next few years. Only a few stood out to him however. One was an average height male Chūnin with brown hair in a ponytail and a scar across his nose. Another was a silver haired male of the same height standing next to the brown haired male. Another was as girl with long hair in braids standing next to the two guys. On the other side of the Hokage Naruto also spotted a few other Chūnin teachers that caught his attention. One was an absolutely stunning teenage girl with long curly jet black hair and exotic red eyes that reminded him of Chaos eyes whenever they change colors. She also had eye shadow on and light makeup that did nothing to distract from her beauty. Next to her was another woman who was older and had curly hair and glasses and she carried herself like the traditional strict bookworm. Next to her was a sickly looking teen who looked like he should be in the hospital instead of the school. Lastly standing near the Hokage was a tall male who had sun glasses on and a bandana headband. Everyone else were generic Chūnin who had no distinguishable features and could easily blend in with the crowd.
After 20 minutes of listening to the esteemed Hokage go over every detail of the orientation the students were told to head inside with their parents to meet the teachers in the classrooms. Watching everyone start to head inside Naruto slipped in with the crowd using his stealth skills that he has been developing over the past few years. Weaving his way through the crowd Naruto came up to a bulletin board in the front lobby of the school that had all the enrolled students listed in alphabetical order as well as what classroom they would be assigned to. After spending about a minute and a half trying to see the board Naruto finally spied his name and Hinata's and with a happy grin he left toward his classroom making sure to avoid any large crowds now that he didn't need to squeeze through the front entrance.
Finding his room number Naruto went in and found a few families already inside conversing with the teacher which happened to be one of the Chūnins that Naruto spotted on the stage earlier. The teacher was in his late teens and he had a scar over his nose and he had brown hair tied in a ponytail. Looking around the room Naruto reacquainted himself with the large opened feeling of the classroom and how it was set up. The desks were set up in rows that could seat three students each and it had four rows that was elevated up to the second floor of the school and these rows where further divided up into three columns. So all in all each classroom can hold up to 36 students. At the front of the classroom a single podium raised up a foot off the ground is situated in the center of the classroom giving the teacher a clear view of all his students. Behind the podium on the wall is a long and large chalk board that was clean and spotless. A single large window was situated on the far wall that gave you a clear view of the playground outside. Going up to the very top row on the far right hand side (From the teachers point of view if he was standing at the podium) Naruto took the seat next to the wall and sat down putting his green bad underneath the seat in the shelf built into the desk.
"Naru more people are starting to come in." Eva said. "I know. Eva did you make sure to put a Genjutsu over yourself?" Naruto asked. "Yeah, no one will be able to see me during the day." Eva said as she laid flat in Naruto's hair. Her yellow dress was also helping to conceal her from anyone's view. Briefly Naruto thought about his Genjutsu skills and he had to grimace in disappointment as his skills in that area to put it bluntly sucked. Because of his large Chakra reserves that keeps on growing everyday mid and high level Genjutsu's are out of his reach. Even low level Genjutsu that genin should be able to perform is hard for him. The most he can do his hide small objects under a Genjutsu that will make them invisible to others. The largest object he used this trick on was a large sheet of paper.
Eva on the other hand because of her smaller reserves can perform more advanced Genjutsu's and one of them that she knows she is using right now to hide herself in Naruto's hair. Crossing his arms and putting his head on the table Naruto watched on as child after child filed into the room pulling their parents around to greet the teacher. Naruto watched on as fathers and mothers shook hands with the teacher and conversed with him about different topics. Naruto watched on as the fathers either rubbed the heads of their sons or the mothers kiss their children on the cheek before leaving. Witnessing this Naruto felt a strange feeling in his heart that made him feel uncomfortable but he couldn't quite understand just what exactly it is that he was feeling. Eva who at this point can sense the different changes in Naruto's feelings quickly sensed where his thoughts were headed so she decided to distract him a bit.
Leaning down to his forehead Eva placed a quick kiss on it gaining Naruto's attention and unknowingly breaking him out of his inner thoughts. "What was that for?" Naruto whispered. "Because I felt like it." Eva said nonchalantly. Having a confused look on his face Naruto decided to just drop the subject. After another minute of waiting Naruto finally spotted Hinata walk in with the ever annoying Kurruk by her side. After throwing around his 'I am better than you and the Hyūga are the best routine' Kurruk left without even sparing anyone else in the room a glance. With most of the parents getting ready to leave that was when Naruto started to hear the whispers and gossip about him from the parents. However it was few and far between since they are inside the classroom with a bunch of children. However Naruto heard it all and clenching his fist together Naruto wanted nothing more than to freeze all of the adults in the room mouths so that he wouldn't have to hear them.
Just as Naruto was considering to follow through with his inner thoughts he felt a hand on his shoulder. Now his first reaction was to flip the person onto the desk in a submission hold but something inside of him stopped him and looking up he was glad he did because standing above him was his longtime friend Hinata and she had a worried look on her face. "Are you ok?" She asked as she sat down while butting her backpack on the shelf inside the desk. "Yeah why wouldn't I be?" Naruto said not looking Hinata in the eye. Feeling Eva punching him in his head Naruto was about to shout at her until he heard Hinata's soft voice. "Naruto y-you shouldn't lie to me l-like t-that, I k-know what t-those adults were s-saying was g-getting to y-you." Hinata scolded quietly. "I know, I'm sorry Hinata but sometimes I wish I could just freeze their stupid mouths so that they would finally shut up." Naruto said in a frustrated tone. "I k-know Naruto but y-you have to ignore t-them ok." Hinata said trying to cheer up her friend.
Calming down Naruto put a gentle smile on his face that he only reserved for people that know him. "So… I see you are wearing that jacket that I gave you last month." Naruto said with one of his foxy grins. Blushing up a storm Hinata started to poke her tow index fingers together in her signature embarrassed habit. "I-i-i-i-uhm well you see i…" Hinata stuttered out terribly. "It's ok Hinata I'm just teasing you like normal." Naruto said as he chuckled at his best friends stuttering problem. "I know." Hinata said quietly. "I'm glad that you are enjoying your birthday present Hinata but remember I wasn't thinking when I got that it was kinda a spur of the moment thing. It was meant for when you grow older." Naruto said. "Yeah I know but you stole this jacket remember." Hinata pointed out. Hearing this Naruto looked off to the side embarrassed and it didn't help that he could hear Eva giggling in his hair. "Naruto you have to stop this bad habit of stealing, how many times do I have to tell you that one day you will get caught?" Hinata said as she scolded her longtime friend about his extracurricular activities. Surprisingly enough she did not even stutter once. "Yeah I know but I can help it, besides it helps with my training so that's a bonus." Naruto said trying to defend himself. Hinata gave him a look that instantly shut him up in that moment.
While the two friends were talking Eva slowly made her way down Naruto's arm and across the table to Hinata where she flew up to Hinata's collar and sat down. Feeling a small weight on her shoulder Hinata looked over and when she did not see anything she assumed it was her imagination. However Eva had other plans. "Hello." Eva whispered into Hinata's ear. Nearly jumping out of her seat Hinata had to contain herself from screaming. "Eva is that you?" Hinata whispered out while breathing a little heavy. "Yeah." Eva replied while chuckling. "Eva that wasn't nice I nearly had a heart attack." Hinata said scared. "Sorry but it was an opportunity that I could not pass up." Eva admitted. Shaking his head Naruto rolled her eyes. Deciding to get comfortable Eva settled down into the fur lining that Hinata's coat had right at the base of her neck.
Making small talk oblivious to the gossip going on around them the two friends waited for the teacher to formally introduce himself. When all of the parents and well-wishers left the classroom to move along with their day the teacher moved up to the podium and cleared his throat. "Hello my name is Iruka Umino and I will be your Chūnin Instructor for the next 4 years. I will help you along your academy career and help you develop your ninja abilities and by the end of your 4 year course you will be full-fledged ninja ready to serve the village." The now named Iruka said as he gave everyone a smile while looking them in the eye. However when he got to Naruto his eyes widened for just a moment and a small suppressed anger flickered into his eyes. However he didn't stay distracted for long though and he continued with his speech.
Continuing to talk for the next 10 minutes Naruto placed his head back down on the desk as the beginning stages of boredom were beginning to creep up on Naruto. After finishing his speech Iruka decided to take attendance. "Ok class I will now take attendance to show you guys how things will be from now on." Iruka stated. Grabbing a clip board Iruka started to announce everyone's name with a here or present echoing in the background.
"…Aburame, Shino!" "Present" A boy with a large trench coat said in a monotone voice. The boy was tall for his age and he had bushy brown hair and pitch black sunglasses on.
"…Akimichi, Choji!" "Here!" A chubby boy eating a bag of chips said. The boy had squinted eyes and swirl markings on his cheeks.
"…Fijioka, Kasumi!" "Here." A girl said sounding very bored. The girl had light brown hair done in an afro style with a shuriken hair clip in her hair. She had her eyes squinted and she didn't look to nice.
"…Haruno, Sakura!" "Present!" A girl with bright pink hair said. The girl had pale green eyes and a red dress on.
"…Hyūga, Hinata!" "Present." Hinata whispered out. Iruka had to actually look around the classroom for Hinata. "Oh there you are Hinata." Iruka said when he finally found her sitting next to Naruto.
"…Inuzuka, Kiba!" "Here!" A boy sitting a column over from Hinata said. He had a big coat on and a small white puppy on his head that looked a few weeks old. He also had red markings on his cheeks.
"…Kawata, Fuki!" "Here." A girl with spiky burgundy red hair and big brown eyes called out. She had a sour expression on her face and she looked like she wanted to fight somebody.
"…Nara, Shikamaru!" "Here." A very, very bored voice said. The boy had black hair done up in a ponytail and his eyes held a bored and disinterested look in them.
"…Uchiha, Sasuke!" "Present." A boy said. He had a bored look on his face. He had black hair with two small bangs on the side of his face with the rest of his hair sticking out in the back of his head.
"…Uzumaki, Naruto!" "Here!" Naruto replied with his patent foxy grin on his face. Iruka slightly narrowed his eyes but quickly moved on to the next person on the row.
"…Yamanaka, Ino!" "Present!" A cute blond haired girl said. She had short blond hair and blue eyes. She had a nice smile on her face although Naruto could see her makeup kit on the desk besides her.
"… and Ami Yasui!" "Here." A girl with purple hair styled in an asymmetrical cut and brown eyes said. She had a smug look on her face and Iruka took one look at her and realized she would be trouble.
"Well that's everyone on the list. Although that can change as schedule changes, transfer students, and late admission students will be coming in periodically for the next few days so we will introduce ourselves every morning for the rest of the week and we will start after lunch." Iruka stated. Just then the bell rang and the students got up to head for lunch.
"Ready Hinata?" Naruto asked as he stood up and offered his hand to Hinata. "Yeah." Hinata said with a small blush on her face from holding Naruto's hand. "Don't forget about me." Eva said although her voice was drowned out by the loud voices of the students leaving the classroom. "We won't Eva." Naruto said as he chuckled. "Oh Hinata I forgot to tell you but I got to tell you about all of the craziness that happened to me this morning!" Naruto stated excitedly as he and Hinata left the classroom.
That's the end of chapter 9 hoped you enjoyed it.
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