Hello everyone, I'm back with another chapter. I worked really hard on this chapter, I figure I'd add a bit of stuff from the show, I did watch the episodes with the events that take place in this chapter so I didn't forget any details for the parts I wanted to add. I hope you enjoy.
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Another year had passed and the day of Anzu's graduation had finally arrived. Anzu was in the main room of the house, pacing back and forth as anxiety pricked at her nerves. Neji was sitting on one of the chairs. "Anzu calm down. You're going to do fine." Anzu heard Neji say. She looked at him, a panicked look came to her face. "But what if I'm not going to be fine? What if I fail?!" She asked fearfully as she seemed to think of all of the worst options. "You're going to ace the final exam. You're smart and you need to believe in yourself and tell yourself that you can do it." Neji said as he stood up. He could see that Anzu was still doubting herself. Neji sighed as he looked her in the eye. "Trust me when I say I know you're going to pass little sister." Anzu inhaled and exhaled as she took a deep breath. "You know what? you're right! I can do this! I'll pass and become a ninja like you, Lee, and TenTen." Anzu smiled a bit as she hugged Neji. "Thanks Neji. I'm glad I can count on you to help me when I'm feeling anxious." Neji smiled, "You're quite welcome Anzu." He replied.
"We'd better head out so you're not late." Neji made his way over to the front door, opening it as he waited for Anzu. "Right. The last thing I need is to be late on the day of my final exam." Anzu followed after her brother. She was much happier now that Neji had started caring about her. She really liked the new Neji. Everyone else was much happier now that Anzu wasn't so sad anymore. Kiba, Naruto, and Lee didn't have to constantly worry about her now. "Let's go!"Anzu exclaimed happily as a grin spread across her lips. She and Neji left, heading in the direction of the academy. He walked her there more often now before going to meet with his own team.
As soon as they had gotten to the academy, Anzu heard Kiba and Naruto ran over to greet her. "Hey Anzu! Ready for our final exam today?!" Naruto asked excitedly. Anzu was a bit hesitant as she nodded. Even though she knew she'd do great she was still pretty nervous. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Naruto grinned. "We're all going to do great and become the best ninja the leaf village has ever seen!" Naruto shouted as he pumped his fist into the air. Kiba grinned a bit. "He's got a point. We're all going to be some awesome ninja."
"I'll be leaving now Anzu. I have to go meet with Gai-Sensei and the others. Good luck on your exam, I'll see you later." Neji said to her before running off to go meet his team. He didn't have time to hang around or else he was going to be late. "Bye Neji!" Anzu called out as she watched him leave.
"We'd better get to class and get the exam over with." Anzu said as she grabbed Naruto and Kiba's hands, pulling them along with her. Anzu tightened her grasp on their hands as anxiety began to take over again. Naruto yelped, "Ouch Anzu that hurts!" Anzu laughed a sheepish laugh as she tightened her grasp. "Uh, sorry Naruto." "You nervous or something?" Kiba asked. Anzu nodded. "Don't worry, Anzu. We'll all pass. I just know it." Kiba said, grinning a toothy grin.
"I hope you're right Kiba." Anzu softly replied as they entered their classroom and sat down. Anzu sat in the seat that was in the middle of the seats that Naruto and Kiba sat in. Anzu rested her head on the desk in front of her while she listened to Iruka as he explained how the exam was going to work. "you'll each be called one at a time and you'll come into the examination room and preform the cloning jutsu for me and Mizuki. Those who successfully do it will pass and those who don't will fail. It's pretty simple. I'd like to wish you all good luck." Once he was done speaking he went into the room that Mizuki was waiting in. There was another one of the ninja that worked at the academy standing next to the door, he called the names of the students when it was their turn.
One by one each student had gone into the examination room and most of them came out with headbands, quite a few of them were a part of the rookie nine. Anzu wasn't too shocked to see them pass, they had to pass in order to become the rookie nine. Anzu couldn't wait to be a ninja alongside them. "Kiba Inuzuka." The ninja called. Anzu turned to look at him and said, "Good luck Kiba." He just grinned and replied with, "I don't need luck Anzu. I know I'm going to ace this." Anzu smiled and nodded, she knew he would. She watched him as he went into the room where Iruka and Mizuki awaited him.
It wasn't long until he came back. He showed Anzu his headband. "See, told you I'd pass." Kiba replied, a bit of arrogance could be seen and heard as he spoke. "I knew you would too Kiba." Anzu replied, grinning a bit. Her grin soon faded when she heard her name called. "Anzu Hyuga." She bit her lip and swallowed hard as she got up. "I'll be back." She said as she became nervous once more. She made her way to Iruka and Mizuki and gave them a hesitant smile. "Hello Anzu, you can perform the cloning jutsu whenever you're ready." Iruka said to her. She just nodded. Anzu took a deep breath as she made the proper hand sign. "Cloning jutsu!" she called out. A puff of smoke filled the area but it quickly faded away to reveal two clones standing alongside her. I did it! Anzu thought excitedly. "Great job Anzu, you passed." Mizuki praised. He gave Anzu her headband when she walked over to them. "Thank you Mizuki-sensei." She replied before going back out to Kiba and Naruto. "I did it! I passed!" She squealed excitedly. "Great job Anzu! We knew you could do it!" Naruto cheered, holding out his fist for a fist bump. Anzu smiled and bumped his fist with her own.
"Naruto Uzumaki." The ninja called. "Well guys, looks like it's my turn." Naruto said before going to the examination room. Anzu frowned as she stood at the door, she knew that Naruto was going to fail his exam and it would lead to several important events that Anzu knew she had to let happen or else Naruto won't become a great ninja. He had to learn his special technique. He just wouldn't be the same without it.
Naruto walked into the room and greeted Iruka and Mizuki with that goofy, energetic grin of his. "Hey Iruka-Sensei. Just you watch, I'm going to pass this time you hear me!" Naruto enthused energetically. "Get on with it then and quit fooling around!" Iruka scolded, causing Naruto to jump a little bit. "Okay, okay, jeez." Naruto muttered. He put his hands together to make the correct hand sign and shouted, "Clone jutsu!" Blue chakra could be seen swirling all around him and it was soon replaced by a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared there was a clone but it was a pathetic looking one that was sprawled out on the floor. This always seemed to happen whenever Naruto performed the cloning jutsu. Iruka just groaned when he saw the pitiful state the clone was in. "I'm sorry Naruto but I have no choice but to fail you once again." Naruto stood there, disbelief could be seen within the look in his eyes. Naruto Was disappointed in himself for failing yet again. He gritted his teeth, he also trembled as he stood there. It wasn't long until Naruto darted out of the room.
Anzu frowned when she saw Naruto run out of the examination room, especially when she saw the look of pain and disappointment upon his face. She saw Mizuki following him as well. Why would Mizuki be following Naruto? Anzu questioned. "Naruto! Wait!" Anzu called after him as she got up to follow him. She felt so bad for Naruto, knowing good and well that he had failed. It wouldn't be long now until Naruto would steal the sacred scroll whenever Mizuki decided to tell him about it. That was when it hit her. Mizuki is following him so he can tell Naruto about that sacred scroll! The one that'll teach him the shadow clone jutsu! She thought, feeling like an idiot for forgetting that. Once she had gotten outside she saw Mizuki talking to Naruto. She just stood there, knowing she couldn't interrupt them. I knew that Mizuki wanted to take Naruto somewhere else so they could talk privately. Once they left Anzu decided to go home.
~~~Naruto's Point Of View~~~
Naruto sat on the swing beneath one of the trees outside of the academy. He was a bit surprised when Mizuki came over to talk to him. Naruto listened as Mizuki told him to get up and follow him so they could chat elsewhere. Naruto got up almost instantly, he wanted to know what Mizuki wanted to say to him.
It wasn't long until they were on a balcony of sorts, staring out at the setting sun. They sat there until Mizuki broke the awkward silence. "Iruka-Sensei's tough but he's not against you." Naruto glanced over at Mizuki, confusion made its way to his face. "But why? Why only me?" He questioned. "He wants you to be strong with all his heart. But that will never happen if he goes easy on you. He's like you, you know. No parents, no family." Mizuki replied calmly, staring off into the distance. "But this time I really wanted to graduate." Mizuki responded with a light chuckle. "Then I guess I have to tell you." Naruto was silent for a moment before uttering a, "Huh?" "It's a secret but I'm going to let you in on it." Mizuki added. Naruto had a shocked, yet confused look on his face as he waited for Mizuki to tell him more. Now he was curious about this secret. A Secret, Naruto thought to himself.
Several hours and night had come and Naruto was on his way to obtain the scroll that Mizuki had told him about. Naruto had no idea that this was all a ploy so that Mizuki could steal the scroll and gain the secret and sacred techniques the scroll had to offer. It wouldn't be long until Mizuki would go get Iruka and blame Naruto for stealing the scroll when Naruto didn't know exactly what he was doing.
Naruto was currently in a secret place that Mizuki had told him to go to. He sat down and unfurled the scroll, looking to see what the first jutsu was. "Let's see, the first one is. . . Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu." Naruto read aloud to himself. He groaned, placing a hand to his head as he shouted, "Argh! Not this again! It's my worst Jutsu!" Little did Naruto know that there were ninja searching for him and that scroll.
Mizuki on his way to where Naruto was, planning to eliminate him. Mizuki would do whatever it took to get his hands on the sacred scroll so he could tend to the evil plans he carried within his mind.
During all of this Naruto had been training, he was currently sitting on the ground, panting quite hard. He was a bit tired from all of the training. Naruto looked up when he heard someone walking towards him, it was Iruka. "It's all over , heh heh heh." Iruka said as an odd grin came to his face. Naruto just chucked in return as he rubbed the back of his head. "Huh?" Iruka uttered in a confused manner. "Caught me already, not bad! You're quick Sensei. I only had time to learn one technique." Iruka was shocked. He's been out here practicing. I can tell how hard he's been working, Iruka thought to himself as he stared at Naruto. "Listen Iruka-Sensei!" Naruto exclaimed, "I'm going to show you this amazing jutsu and you're going to let me graduate and everything will be okay! That's the way it works right? Anyone who learns a jutsu from this scroll passes." Iruka didn't know what to think when he heard Naruto. "Huh?! Where'd you get that idea?" Iruka asked. "Mizuki-Sensei told me about it! Believe it! He told me where to find the scroll and this place." Naruto replied.
Huh, Mizuki?! Iruka thought with shock. It wasn't long until several kunai were thrown at Iruka and Naruto. "Look out!" Iruka shouted as he pushed Naruto out of the way. Naruto grunted as he hit the ground. "I see you found our little hideaway." Mizuki said as Iruka painfully grunted as the kunai pierced his flesh. "So that's the way it is huh? I should have known." Iruka said, grimacing a bit. He was trying to ignore the pain of the kunai knife wounds. "Naruto!" Mizuki called, "Give me the scroll now!" Naruto looked back and forth between Iruka and Mizuki, clearly he was confused. "Hey, wait a minute. . .What's going on here?!" Naruto uttered as confusion hit him. "Naruto! don't let Mizuki get the scroll! It contains jutsu that could put this village in grave danger! Mizuki used you to get the scroll for himself! For his own power!" Iruka replied, warning Naruto of Mizuki's ill intentions.
Naruto growled a bit. "Naruto. Iruka's just trying to scare you cause he doesn't want you to have the scroll." Mizuki said, lying obviously. "Huh?" Naruto uttered, he looked like he was having a hard time trying to figure out who to believe. Naruto looked over at Iruka. "Stop lying Mizuki!" Iruka hissed angrily. "Don't let him trick you Naruto!" Mizuki responded with laughter. "Oh, I'll tell you who's really lying." "No Mizuki!" Iruka shouted, cutting Mizuki off. Mizuki was going to say what he wanted to anyway though. "They've been lying to you your whole life Naruto. Since the decree twelve years ago." Mizuki said as his grin widened. "What decree?" Naruto asked. "Everyone knows it except you. Iruka's trying to hide it even now he'd do anything to shut me up."
"What is this decree?" Naruto asked, wanting to know more about it. "Why does everyone else know about it?" "Don't tell him it's forbidden!" Iruka exclaimed loudly. Mizuki smirked, he was about to speak again. "The decree is no one can tell you the nine tailed fox is sealed inside YOU!" Naruto's eyes widened, he couldn't believe what he had just heard. "The fox spirit who killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village has taken over your body. You are the nine tailed fox!" Mizuki added, only wanting to upset Naruto even more. Mizuki didn't care who he hurt as long as he got what he wanted. "Stop it!" Iruka yelled loudly. "They've all been sneaking around hiding things from you you're whole life. Didn't you think it was strange how they treated you? Like dirt! Like they hated you for just being alive!"
"No!" Naruto yelled as tears started welling up in his blue eyes. "no, no, no, NO!" Naruto yelled as swirling blue chakra began to surround him. "Naruto!" Iruka called out. "That's why you will never be accepted in this village!" Mizuki said, egging him on. "Even your beloved sensei hates your guts!" Iruka was hunched over as he leaned against the structure behind him, another sharp pain hit him and he groaned. Iruka was now thinking about something the third Hokage had once said to him. Iruka, Naruto never had a mother or father to care for him. He's shut out of everything and doesn't know why. Most people won't even look at him. How would you feel if everywhere you went people turned their backs on you? That's why he gets in trouble. So people will notice him. It may not show but he's always thinking about the family he doesn't have. He's hurting inside.
"Die Naruto!" Mizuki yelled, spinning a large shuriken in his hand, he was getting ready to throw it at Naruto. Naruto began to panic, crawling away from the large shuriken that was headed right for him. "Naruto! Get down!" Iruka yelled, Naruto listened, getting low to the ground as he covered his head. He turned back to see Iruka crouching over him. The shuriken was now embedded in Iruka's back. Iruka coughed up a small amount of blood that landed on Naruto's right cheek. Mizuki was furious, a look of anger made it's way to his face when he saw that Iruka shielded Naruto from his attack. "But, wh-why?" Naruto asked. "Because we're the same. When I lost my parents no one seemed to care. They didn't have time for me. They just forgot I was there. My grades dropped. I became the class clown. I just wanted them to see me and to know my name. My schoolwork wasn't enough to get their attention so I did crazy things and then I had to pay for it. It was hard. I know that's how you feel Naruto. You feel lonely and it hurts inside and I could have been there for you more. I let you down. I'm sorry. No one should have to suffer that much, no one should be alone like that." Iruka replied. Tears streamed down his face, he genuinely felt bad for how he had acted and how he hadn't been there for Naruto as much as he could have been.
Mizuki chuckled menacingly. "Don't make me laugh! Iruka always hated you! He was orphaned because the nine tailed fox killed his parents and that beast is now inside you. He's say anything to get the scroll from you!"
Naruto got up quickly and began running away from Iruka and Mizuki. "Naruto!" Iruka called out. "Narutooooooo!" He called out again. Mizuki jumped down, he was only a short distance away from Iruka. He chuckled a bit. "You know once he makes up his mind that nothing can change it." Mizuki said with a grin. "He's going to use the scroll to take revenge on the village. You saw that look in his eye didn't you? Those are the eyes of a beast."
Iruka reached for the shuriken in his back, pulling it out. Pain rippled through the wound when he did. "No, Naruto isn't like that!" Iruka growled, throwing the shuriken at Mizuki. Mizuki easily dodged it though. "Hm, you're a joke. As soon as I eliminate Naruto and get the scroll I'll be back for you.
Iruka tried to get up when Mizuki went after Naruto he felt a sharp pain but he wasn't going to give up just yet. I won't let you, Iruka thought as his determination to defeat Mizuki grew.
Once Iruka was on his feet he began to chase after Naruto until he was able to catch up to him. "Naruto! Everything Mizuki said was a lie. Give me the scroll, hurry! He's coming after you to take it away!" Iruka said to Naruto. Naruto tackled Iruka when he got in front of him. "Argh!" Iruka said as they both began plummeting to the ground below. Naruto landed on his feet but Iruka hit the ground with a hard thud, they both skidded across it a bit as well. Naruto was panting hard, glaring in Iruka's direction. "It can't be. . ." Iruka said, surprised. Naruto clutched the scroll in his arms as he stumbled back, falling on his butt and scooting back until he was leaning against a tree. "How did you know Naruto? How did you know. . ." He began, he was cut off for a moment when smoke surrounded him and he transformed back into Mizuki. "It was me and not Iruka?" Mizuki questioned. Naruto grinned before smoke engulfed him and he turned into Iruka. "Because I'm Iruka." He said in a somewhat cocky manner. "You're a fool! Why are you protecting that freak? He's the one who wiped out your family!" Mizuki growled. "I don't care what you say! You're not getting your hands on that scroll!" Iruka replied. "As if you can stop me! Don't you get it? Naruto is just like me!" Mizuki retorted. "How's that?" Iruka questioned. "He wants the scroll for his own power and his own vengeance. That's how beasts are. He'll pour all his rage into the scroll and destroy everything." Mizuki stated firmly.
Naruto continued to listen to their conversation from behind a nearby tree. "He might." Iruka said, making Naruto gasp. He clutched the scroll. So it's true. Iruka-Sensei never believed in me. He thinks I'm some beast. Some kind of freak! Naruto thought sadly. Iruka then began to speak again. "That is how beasts are but that's not who Naruto is. He's nothing like that. Naruto is one of a kind. He works hard, he puts his whole heart into it. Sure he messes up sometimes and everyone jumps on him but his suffering only makes him stronger. That's what separates him from being a beast. So you're wrong. He's nothing like the nine tailed fox. He's Naruto Uzumaki from the village hidden in the leaves!" Naruto was sobbing by the time Iruka had finished talking. Naruto was happy to hear Iruka's words, happy to hear how Iruka did believe in him.
"You really believe that? Iruka, I was going to save you for later but I changed my mind you're finished!" Mizuki yelled as he grabbed the other large shuriken he had and began spinning it rapidly and charging at Iruka. So, this is it, Iruka thought grimly. Naruto soon came out of nowhere, slamming into Mizuki and knocking him away from Iruka. Mizuki landed on the ground with a hard thud, skidding backwards a good ways. "Naruto?!" Iruka said in surprise. Naruto was ready to fight now. He wasn't going to let his sensei die. "Not bad for a little punk." Mizuki muttered. "If you ever lay a hand on my sensei I'll kill you!" Naruto threaten, glaring at Mizuki. "such big words. I can completely destroy you with a single move!" Mizuki replied angrily. "Take your best shot fool! I'll give it back to you a thousand fold!" Naruto challenged. "Let's see you try!" Mizuki spat. "Show me what you can do nine tailed fox!" He hissed.
"Shadow clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted. Iruka watched in awe as he saw the many clones of Naruto surrounding the area around them. Naruto, those aren't just illusions they're solid clones! He's mastered an extremely advanced jutsu! Iruka thought happily as a smile spread across his lips.
Mizuki began looking around, he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw all of the shadow clones. Served him right for the way he underestimated Naruto. "What is this?!" He exclaimed. The shadow clones were shouting things such as 'over here' and 'come and get me' and other various taunts. Mizuki fell onto his ass, unsure of what to do now. "If you're not coming then we're going to come after you!" Two of Naruto's clones said, grinning. Fear was written all over Mizuki's face as he screamed when the clones came after him. It was safe to say that Naruto had won this fight. It wasn't long until Mizuki was laying on the ground. He had a busted up face and he didn't dare to move. Naruto stood there, looking down at him, chuckling as he rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry, I kind of got carried away. You okay Iruka-Sensei?" He asked, glancing at his teacher. Iruka struggled to speak,taking a breath before saying, "Yeah." He's amazing, he wants to surpass all the hokage and I'm starting to believe he might do it. Iruka thought happily "Ahh, Naruto. Come here a minute." Iruka said, grinning a bit. "I've got something I want to give you." He added. Naruto went over to hm but Iruka told him to close his eyes.
"Sensei? How much longer?" Naruto whined. "Okay, you can open your eyes now." Iruka said. When Naruto opened his eyes he noticed that Iruka didn't have his head band on. "Congratulations! You graduate!" Iruka said proudly. Naruto just stood there. His mouth was gaped open and his eyes were open wide. He couldn't believe it. "And to celebrate I have a surprise. We're going out for ramen tonight." Iruka added. Naruto bit his lip and his bottom lip quivered a bit before he lunged at Iruka, hugging him happily. "Iruka-Sensei!" Naruto exclaimed. "That hurts!" Iruka complained, Naruto just laughed. He was happy. He was finally going to live his dream of becoming a ninja!
~~~End Of Naruto's point Of View.~~~
Soon enough the next day came. Anzu was sitting in class with Naruto and Kiba. Today was the day they would be assigned to their teams. Anzu couldn't wait to find out who her teammates would be!
It wasn't long until Shikamaru walked passed us, he looked a bit surprised to see Naruto. Anzu had been surprised to see him when she had gotten there. She didn't ask how he passed considering she already knew how. "What are you doing here Naruto? This isn't for dropouts. You can't be here unless you graduate." Shikamaru said to him. Naruto just stared at him for a moment. " Oh yeah? Do you see this? Open your eyes Shikamaru. It's a regulation headband." Naruto replied before a large cheeky grin spread across his face. "We're going to be training together! How do you like that?" Naruto asked. Shikamaru replied with a 'hm'. "Let me put it to you this way, I look great in this headgear. Like it was made for me. Believe it! Ha Ha Ha!" Naruto said a little cockily. Hinata was watching him from afar, a light blush could be seen on her cheeks. Anzu turned to look at her and giggled a little. She found Hinata's crush on Naruto to be quite adorable.
It wasn't long until Ino and Sakura burst through the door, shoving one another in the process. "I'm first!" They said together. The two certainly didn't look happy. "Oh boy, here we go again." Anzu muttered to Kiba, who only laughed in response. It was kind of funny to see them compete with one another but it could get really annoying too. Especially when they would fawn over Sasuke. Sure, he was pretty cute but Anzu couldn't see herself with someone like Sasuke. She'd be more than happy to be his friend though.
Sakura and Ino were now hunched over, panting heavily, tired from running the whole way here. "I won again Sakura!" Ino stated, a smug grin came to both of their faces. "Give it up! I had to look back to see you. My toe was at least a tenth of an inch ahead!" Sakura retorted. "Have you always been this delusional?" Ino asked. Anzu soon noticed Naruto looking at Sakura and grinned. "Looks like little Naruto has a crushy-wushy~." Anzu teased, giggling a bit. Naruto turned to look at her, pouting a bit. "I do not Anzu!" This only made Anzu's laugh a bit more. "You do too! You were blushing and everything!" Naruto stuck his tongue out at her before looking away and crossing his arms as he began to pout.
It wasn't long until his attention focused on Sakura again. Naruto thought Sakura was looking and smiling at him and it made him blush a bit more. Little did he know she was really looking at Sasuke. The boy she and Ino always tried to force their love upon. When would they realize that forcing their love on someone will not make them love them? It seemed like they would never realize that with how they acted half the time.
Sakura giggled and ran towards Sasuke while Ino lifted a hand and asked, "Hey, where are you going?" Naruto stood up as Sakura got closer to him and greeted her. "Hi Sakura, what's up?" Sakura however was pretty rude, knocking Naruto to the side while shouting, "Move it!" "Rude much Sakura?" Anzu muttered, receiving a glare from Sakura. Anzu went to help Naruto up. "You okay Naruto?" She asked. "Yeah, I'm alright Anzu." He said. "Thanks for helping me up." Naruto added.
"Uh, good morning Sasuke." Sakura greeted, acting all shy. He just looked at her, giving her a 'what do you want' kind of look. "Mind if I sit next to you?" Sakura asked. Ino marched over to her, clearly annoyed. "Back off forehead, I'm sitting next to Sasuke!"Ino said, grabbing Sakura's arm. "I was here first!" Sakura growled. "I walked into the classroom before you did! everybody saw it!" Ino said a bit angrily. One of the other female students walked over. "Actually I got here before either of you!" She said. Other girls began to join in, saying that they were also there before Sakura and Ino were. All of the girls were now fighting over who was going to sit next to Sasuke. Sasuke just looked at them before closing his eyes. He hated all of the attention he was getting from the girls. Clueless, Sasuke thought to himself. "Jeez people, sitting next to Sasuke isn't that important. Get a freaking life!" Anzu spat to all of them. She knew she angered just about every girl here but she didn't care.
Anzu noticed Naruto had gotten up and went over to Sasuke, he sat on the desk in front of him and began to stare him down. Sasuke just calmly looked at him, his usual blank stare never left his face. Naruto growled a bit. "Naruto! Stop glaring at Sasuke!" Sakura yelled angrily. Why are they so obsessed with him. Sasuke, Sasuke! What's the big deal with this guy? Naruto thought in annoyance. Sasuke and Naruto were soon glaring at one another. All of the girls were being quite loud, they didn't like Naruto being so close to Sasuke. "Whoa! This is great!" The student behind Naruto said, getting up a bit and bumping into Naruto. "Sorry, did I bump you?" The boy asked. All of the girls suddenly got quiet. Anzu looked over, she had to cover her mouth to hold back her laughter when she saw Naruto and Sasuke kiss. Sakura screamed and Sasuke and Naruto were grossed out, their hands were on their throats. "I'll get you Naruto!" Sasuke growled. That was when Anzu couldn't hold it in. She was howling with laughter. "Aw man! That was the funniest thing I've seen in ages!" Naruto and Sasuke were glaring at her. "What? It was funny even if you two don't agree." She said, sticking her tongue out at them playfully.
Naruto turned to look at all of the girls. They looked as if they were ready to kill him. "Naruto. . ." Sakura muttered, glaring at him alongside every other girl. "You are so dead!" Sakura added. Naruto put up his hands, "Hey, whoa, it was an accident!" He claimed. "Naruto my dear, you might want to start running now." Anzu advised, still laughing. Sakura cracked her knuckles while saying, "You're finished!" Naruto looked scared, "Hold on!" He said to Sakura. Long story short all of the girls beat Naruto up.
Iruka soon came into the room and everyone took their seats. "As of today you are all ninjas. You faced difficult trials and hardships. But that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only genin, first level ninjas. All the genin will be grouped into three man squads. Each squad will be lead by a jonin, an elite ninja." Iruka explained. Everyone seemed to have looks of surprise on their faces. It wasn't long until Ino and Sakura began conversing again. "Well, someone's got to be in Sasuke's group. I wonder who."Ino began, glancing down at Sakura. "I don't know." Sakura replied before turning to angrily glare at her rival once more. Anzu rolled her eyes and glanced over at Sasuke, knowing he wasn't going to be thrilled to be in a three man squad. Sasuke never wanted to be slowed down by anything. Anzu knew that Naruto would be happy to be with Sakura and anyone else except for Sasuke. He despised Sasuke for the most part. Anzu knew that he'd get over it eventually.
"We want each squad to have a balance of strengths and abilities. So that's how we set them up." Iruka explained, looking down at the list he held firmly in his hands. He began to announce the squads. "Squad seven, Naruto Uzumaki, Anzu Hyuga, and Sasuke Uchiha" Iruka called out. Anzu gave Naruto a high five, she was happy to be in his squad. She pouted a bit when she glanced at Sasuke. He would be a bit tricky to befriend but she would find a way to do it. Naruto wasn't happy about Sasuke being on their team either. Iruka began to call out the next group. "Squad eight. Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame." It wasn't long until Sakura made a peace sign to Ino, making her angry. "How did you get in his group!?" Ino furiously asked. "I don't get it, what do you see in a guy like that?" Shikamaru asked. "He's not so special." "You are so beyond clueless Shikamaru! Don't you get it?" Ino asked. "No, I don't get it because I'm not a girl." Shikamaru replied, getting a dumbfounded glare from Ino in return. She then smiled a little. "You are so full of yourself. Jealousy is a terrible thing. I'd hate to be on your squad." Ino replied, closing her eyes and tilting her head down a bit. "Now squad ten!" Iruka called out, "Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara." This got Shikamaru to laugh a little."Did you mention something about hating to be on my squad?" He asked Ino, a sly grin could be seen upon his face. Ino growled a bit. Iruka soon continued, "And, Choji Akimichi." He finished. Aah, not food boy too! Ino thought disappointingly. Choji was sitting there, munching on chips just as he always did. "And lastly, Sakura Haruno, Amaya Akamine, and Ryota Goya. Those are all the Squads." Iruka finished.
Naruto soon stood up and pointed at Sasuke. "Iruka-Sensei? Why does a great ninja like me have to be in the same group with a slug like Sasuke?" He asked. Iruka seemed almost surprised to hear Naruto speak. "Hmm, Sasuke had the best scores out of all the graduating students. Naruto, you had the worst scores," Iruka began getting cut off by the class's laughter. "To create a balanced group we put the best student with the worst student." Naruto growled and Sasuke spoke up. "Just make sure you don't get in my way. Loser." That clearly pissed Naruto off, he balled his hand into a fist. "Hey, what did you say?!" Naruto asked. "Hard of hearing?" Sasuke asked. Anzu groaned. "Shut up you two or I'll shut you up myself!" Anzu growled. She didn't want them to fight the entire time she was with them! Iruka soon cleared his throat. "After lunch you'll all meet your jonin teachers. Until then, class dismissed." Everyone then left to go eat lunch. Anzu knew that Naruto would go try to talk to Sakura so she decided to go and eat lunch with Kiba and his squad. She would like to get to know Shino a bit more. She wanted to befriend all of the rookie nine.
After lunch everyone headed back to the classroom. They were all excited to meet their teachers and we couldn't wait to start doing missions, and to start training but first we would have to pass a test to see if we were capable of being ninja. I knew we all would pass though. We had to pass. It wasn't long until just about everyone went with their teachers. Asuma, Kurenai, and even the Sensei that lead Sakura's team, Takeo had all came on time. Anzu knew that Kakashi was going to be incredibly late though.
Anzu, Sasuke, and Naruto had been waiting for quite a while and Kakashi still hadn't shown up. "He's late!" Naruto growled. "I know but we just have to be patient and wait." Anzu replied, watching Naruto as he walked over to the door. He opened it and looked both ways, scanning the hallway to see if Kakashi was anywhere to be found. "Just sit down will you." Anzu muttered. "I don't want to! How come our teacher is the only one that's late?" Naruto asked. "I'm ready to roll, believe it! The other groups already met their new teachers and took off on some adventure or something and Iruka-Sensei's gone too!" He added. "We Know, okay." Anzu said with a sigh. She then looked at Naruto with wide eyes. "Hey?! What are you doing?!" She asked, watching as Naruto stuck an eraser at the top between the door and the wall. Naruto was laughing like a hyena. "This is what he gets for coming late! Surprise!" Naruto yelled. "You're asking for trouble, you know that right? You really shouldn't do that." Anzu said calmly. "Hmm, our teacher's a jonin, an elite ninja. You think he'd fall for that?" Sasuke put in. "Who knows Sasuke, he might or he might not. We'll just have to wait and see I guess." Anzu replied. Anzu soon turned to look at the door, noticing Kakashi's hand as he got ready to push the door open. Naruto began to chuckle and it wasn't long until the eraser fell on to Kakashi-Sensei's head and then it fell onto the floor. Naruto was howling with laughter. "I got him! He totally fell for it!"
Anzu frowned as she stood up. "I'm sorry sensei, I told Naruto he shouldn't have done that but he doesn't listen. I would never have thought to do anything like that." She said, crossing her arms a bit. Sasuke just glanced at us. He actually fell for that cheap trick? Is this guy really a jonin? Sasuke silently asked himself. Kakashi picked the eraser up, looking at it. "Hmm, how can I put this. My first impression of this group. . . You're a bunch of idiots."