A/N: -TU - is now a line break, I have found a tasteful way of simply passing time. xD enjoy
13. The Academy
Naruto awoke with a start, tears fell down his face. The sheets soaked with sweat, it poured down his body; he shook like a leaf in the breeze. Iruka ran into the room as quickly as he could without embarrassing himself by wearing only boxers, so he got changed quickly, and dashed to Naruto's room. As he threw open the door, Naruto's sharp eyes fixed on him, Iruka noticed the change and frowned slightly, but that frown turned to confusion as his body began to feel heavy, when Naruto blinked and his eyes changed back to their silver, Iruka felt his body shake, the sound was muted. He blinked and realised he was on the floor, Naruto looking over him with a terrified face.
"W…What was that" whispered Iruka breathlessly, Naruto blinked slightly and smirked at the dopey look on Iruka's face.
"Nii-san" Naruto chuckled, Naruto shook his head. Iruka raised a hand and brushed a tear off of Naruto's whiskered cheek.
"Why were you crying" asked Iruka, Naruto looked away, pain reflected in his silver eyes.
"The men I killed, their faces, they won't leave me alone" whispered Naruto painfully, Iruka sighed and sat up, albeit slowly, his head began to spin slightly.
"Naruto, I know it's painful, I will never forget the first life I took, it will be painful, but Naruto, you can't let it affect you like this" said Iruka, Naruto looked at him sharply.
"I am thirteen Iruka-sensei why I should worry about this; I should be worrying about impressing my Sensei, trying to beat Sasuke-teme, I shouldn't have to see the faces of people I have killed" said Naruto harshly, Iruka blinked slightly, Naruto looked away and apologized quietly.
"Think of people like Kakashi Hatake, he got the rank of chunin at the age of six, meaning at such a young age he was already taking lives, Itachi Uchiha was nothing but a year older than you and he was an ANBU captain, Naruto taking a life is a thing we must do, you killed a leaf traitor, it's one of the reasons you have another large lump of money going into your bank" said Iruka, Naruto gave a disgusted look.
"Money from killing" he whispered, Iruka looked at the clock on Naruto's bedside table and sighed.
"Let's take this to the kitchen, I will make us some breakfast" said Iruka, Naruto nodded and walked towards his bathroom.
"Thanks Nii-san" said Naruto, Iruka left the room and sighed wearily.
"I think a talk with Anko and Ibiki is in order" thought Iruka, he walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge with an audible sigh. Naruto stood with his head beneath the boiling hot water, a sigh left his mouth. He was supposed to be happy, he was going to be placed on a genin team, he was going to get a sensei that could help him expand his skills; he knew he couldn't get complacent with being told he was low jonin, because one mistake makes no difference. But even now those faces wouldn't leave his mind. Iruka watched as Naruto walked into the kitchen pulling his tanto onto his lower back.
"Hey Bro what you making" asked Naruto, Iruka smiled and flipped the pancake in the pan.
"Pancakes, I hope you get a good sensei Naruto" said Iruka, Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"But won't you be there to present them" asked Naruto in confusion, Iruka smiled sadly and shook his head.
"I am no longer allowed to give the teams, due to my now personal stake" said Iruka simply, Naruto blinked slightly and sat at the table.
"Sorry" said Naruto simply, Iruka patted his head, and tried to flatten the horns on his head.
"How did you stick these up" asked Iruka, Naruto snorted.
"I don't, they do it themselves" said Naruto, Iruka laughed at Naruto's disgruntled look, Naruto smiled slightly and tucked into his pancakes.
- TU -
"Now remember don't be cheeky, or I will come into the next room and give you smack upside the head." said Iruka as they walked through the village, Naruto realised almost everyone was watching him, even if it was with just a quick glare, Jonin were all giving him a nod and some even smiled. Somebody was putting in a good word. A pair of civilians stepped in front of him and Iruka.
"So it looks like the so called monster has embraced his evil, why isn't he dead yet Iruka?" said the biggest man, Naruto glared hotly.
"And look he finally has a back bone, unlike the other shrimp that used to shrivel in fear, like a little bitch, the fourth was stupid for leaving us with this burden…" but the man was cut off by an extreme killer intent sent right at him, in a red blur Naruto was upon him, his fist cocked back, Iruka blinked as he realised he would not be able to make it in time, Naruto had moved faster than he thought possible without chakra, the man blinked his eyes closed, expecting an extreme pain, but when he opened his eyes he stepped backwards in shock. Naruto turned his glare to the arm holding him away he followed the arm up; a single lazy eye stared at him. Naruto snarled slightly, indignation on his face, he was suddenly forced backwards, the jonin looked at him lazily as he slid backwards past Iruka his boots kicking up dirt and dust; Naruto snarled in fury and slammed his fist into the floor. A large crack stretched out from his fist, the ground shook slightly.
"Ma Ma, we all need to calm down" said the masked jonin; Naruto stood up and glared hotly, his Rinnegan flashing briefly. The jonin blinked in confusion before returning to the lazy look that was plastered on the eye shown.
"They can say whatever they want about me, think whatever they want. But they will never insult the fourth hokage, EVER" snarled Naruto at the end, the jonin just sighed and shrugged.
"And maybe you shouldn't be so hot headed and just ignore them" said the jonin, Iruka was about to reprimand the jonin when he felt a hand on his elbow.
"Whatever" said Naruto, he slammed his palm into the floor, Iruka being pulled down viciously, Naruto leapt slightly, and disappeared with a blur.
"What a strange jutsu" thought the jonin, before he turned his glare to the civilians in the area. Iruka blinked in shock as the blurred landscape suddenly became sharp, he collapsed onto one knee and coughed slightly; Naruto just ignored him and stormed forward towards the academy doors, kids and genin parted ways as he stormed through them, in the silence the noise of grinding teeth could be heard clearly. Ino and Sakura both blinked,
"Who was that boy" whispered Ino, Sakura shrugged.
"I don't know, to think a guy could rival Sasuke-kun in looks, though he still isn't as good looking" said Sakura, Ino nodded seriously.
"I know, no way could anyone beat my Sasuke-kun" said Ino, Sakura glared.
"Your Sasuke-kun, Ino-pig get it right" Screeched Sakura, Kiba was stood with Choji and Shikamaru and their parents outside the classroom when they all felt a strong but angry pressure walking towards them.
"Naruto wait up" called a familiar voice.
"If you don't hurry up Nii-san, I will flash us there again" said an angry voice.
"I would rather you didn't, I almost threw up" said Iruka, all the parents watched as a red headed boy stormed past them, he looked at them briefly, Shikaku, Chouza and Inoichi paused and stared at him, he looked at them and frowned, they weren't looking at him like a monster or like he was about to explode into a ball of malicious demon fox. They all looked sad, like they had remembered something they missed dearly which was exactly on track.
"Minato and Kushina" was the thought echoed through each of their heads, Naruto shook his head as he stalked past them, and walked through the classroom door.
"I don't know what to think of him anymore" said Tsume, Inoichi, Shikaku and Chouza all raised an eyebrow.
"It's obvious who he looks like though" said Inoichi, before he was cut off with a cough, he looked at Shikaku who was motioning with his eyes to the kids, Shikamaru was looking at them all with a confused frown, Choji was just eating his chips staring intently at Akamaru, Kiba just glared at Choji, but all the adults knew they were listening.
"Go inside the class kids, good luck" said Chouza, all the kids put up resistance but moved into the class. Naruto looked at the slowly filling class; he turned and briefly looked out of the window.
"N…Naruto-kun" came a light whisper, Naruto turned his head back to the class to see a girl with deep blue hair, her skin fair stood in front of him. Naruto looked at her timid face, the blush adorning her cheeks; her eyes were looking away, Naruto felt a small smile grace his lips.
"Hey" he said softly, she gave a small eep before bowing slightly, due to the fact that not many people were present, she clearly felt less embarrassed. She gave a dramatic bow and almost bumped her head on the chair closest to her.
"C….Congratulations….on passing….I am happy….to see you passed" she rushed at the end. Naruto smiled slightly, a blush on his cheeks. It was the first time someone his age actually gave him a compliment and a girl no less.
"T…thank you very much" said Naruto, the girl smiled, though her face was bright red, her head snapped up and she smiled brightly at him.
"N…no….thank….you" she whispered, she turned sharply about to walk off, when she felt someone grab hold of her arm.
"Y…you can sit next to me if you want" Naruto said bashfully, Hinata felt her vision swim, but she took a steadying breath and nodded her head slightly.
"I…I would like that" she whispered, she sat next to Naruto and pushed her two fingers together. A blush stuck onto her face. Naruto blushed lightly at the content look on her face. He turned and looked out of the window.
"Whoever he is, it seems Hinata is moving in already, who would have thought that shy little mouse would have the courage to talk to him" whispered a nameless girl. Ino and Sakura looked at the boy closely; his mouth and cheeks were covered by his hand, a blush tinting his cheeks.
"Who is he; I have never seen a hairstyle like that before" whispered Sakura, Ino scowled slightly.
"I know, I wonder how long it takes to make those horns, I don't like a guy who spends more time in the bathroom than me" said Ino, Sakura snorted.
"It would take another girl to beat your score miss piggy" said Sakura, Ino scowled and looked at the red headed mystery.
"I dare you to go ask him his name forehead" said Ino, but before Sakura could comment an unnamed chunin stormed into the room, a frown on his face.
"EVERYONE SIT DOWN" he yelled, his voice commanding, everybody within the room who wasn't already seated sat down instantly.
"Um Sensei, where is Iruka-sensei" asked a boy with black hair. The chunin sighed and rubbed a hand through his hair.
"Iruka-sensei has a brother within the class, therefore he is not allowed to present the teams" said the Chunin, Naruto smiled slightly behind his hand, Hinata whispered a congratulations to which he turned and smiled brightly at her, she seemed stunned slightly before she blushed and looked at her hands, a happy smile on her face.
"Anyway, as you all know, you are all now genin, a complete class pass, very rare indeed." Said the chunin before the class erupted into questions.
"I though Naruto-Baka failed" said Sakura loudly, Naruto watched as the quiet girls eyes darkened and glared at Sakura.
"Naruto Uzumaki saved the village by stopping Mizuki from stealing the scroll of sealing from the Hokage" said the Chunin, he was about to continue when a voice piped up.
"He can also control Blue fire" said Sasuke Uchiha, a glare settled on the front of the room.
"Yes well, more so, each one of you had a month to train, and now you are going to be given your genin teams and jonin sensei. These people will be your best friends, your confidents, and your back-up whenever needed, treat your team like a family, and one day, you could possibly become like the legendary sennin, if you also listen to the instructions of your sensei." Said the Chunin, the class began to talk until the chunin called for silence.
"Team one, Yomiko Izuki, Hiryu Mizuri, and Hiduzi Shinryu" called the Chunin, each one stood up as their name was called, and then they moved to sit next to eachother, Naruto shut off until his name was called.
"Team Seven, Naruto Uzumaki" as Naruto stood up, Sakura once again decided to speak in his place.
"He hasn't shown up yet sensei" called Sakura; the Chunin sighed and looked at Naruto at the back of class.
"Then why is he stood up now" said the Chunin, and almost instantly everyone turned their heads, Sakura and Ino and most of the girls in the class looked absolutely shocked, Kiba just shrugged his shoulders, Shikamaru looked at Naruto closely, trying to find similarities to anybody he has seen. Sasuke glared at Naruto hotly, only for Naruto to ignore him completely. Many others just threw him disgusted and curious looks.
"Any way, as I was saying, Team seven is Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha…"Sasuke stood still glaring at Naruto, both Ino and Sakura were silently praying to be on the team, knowing that being surrounded by two good looking boys, would make their popularity sky rocket.
"And Sakura Haruno" he called before Sakura stood up and cheered, Ino just slammed her head into the table. Naruto just groaned slightly.
"And your sensei is Kakashi Hatake" said the Chunin, Naruto perked at this, knowing a Hatake had one of the Uzu chakra sabres. Naruto watched as the dark haired girl was saddened when she heard her team; Naruto patted her shoulder and offered a smile, which she returned full blush. Naruto sat and waited, his future beginning today.
And another chapter completed, as said before, the chapters will vary in length and I don't want people to set themselves up for an hour long read, (¬¬ I am not that good…yet) I have received a review about the whole apartment fiasco, and they questioned why it was kept that way. The third is far from stupid, it will be explained later, due to the fact it's a side arc, and I don't really want to explain everything all at once, what would be the point of reading.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and just know I am happy with the reviews so far, now for the Christmas spirit, I will update twice this week, once on Wednesday, and again on Sunday, being Christmas day.
Merry Christmas
Feliz Navidad