Calling Upon the Shadows of the Past
By: TheDeadGirlRisen
Beta'ed by: N/A
Chapter One Teaser: The old man gives a speech to welcome the new students to the academy. Naruto makes his first friend, and hey it looks like there is going to be a field trip.
Author Notes: So you might notice how low the original word count is compared to the new one, and that is because the original story has no details. It's pretty much all plot with none of the character development.
Original Word Count: 249
New Word Count: 1964
Date Written: 2/11/19 - 2/12/19
Date Posted: 2/13/19
Arc 1: The First Year of the Academy
Part One
Naruto smiled as he walked down the streets with a hop in his step, it was the first day of the academy he was so excited! He had set out an hour earlier than he needed, because he had to find his way to the academy. And even though he had a map with the path drawn on, well if he messed up than he wanted to make sure he still arrived on time. When he finally arrived at the building and than he became nervous, what if the teachers didn't like him? What if the student's were as mean as the ones at the Orphanage had been?
He saw the Hokage and the ghost that always followed him standing in a room inside the academy through a window. Just seeing the Hokage made him feel more safe, made him feel protected. Was that what his jiji meant? When he was talking about being the pillar of the village?
He entered the Academy and found his way to the room. He smiled at the Hokage who smiled back. He hesitantly took a seat closer to the back, he didn't want to be at the front where everybody would notice him. So since people were less likely to notice him sitting in the back that was where he choose to sit.
Slowly people entered and took seats. Another ten minutes passed by with students coming in, one after another. The room was quickly filling up and everyone was crammed together. A boy and a girl both sat at the same table as him. The two were chatting, as if familiar with each other. They ignored him when he tried to say hello, so he just sat quietly as he watched more students come in.
The Hokage finally stood up and silence fell over the students. "Welcome everyone. Today is the first day of your first year at the academy and I would like to say that I am happy that the future of Konoha will soon be in your hands. Alas before that future can happen you have to study and learn. Most of you will end up going to the Civilian Academy after the three years of the merged academy, and some of you will carry on to the Ninja Academy. No matter which path you take though, I know that each and every single one of you will end up doing great things in your lives," He said smiling at all of them. "May the Will of Fire guide you wherever your path leads you."
With one last look at them he walked out of the room. Two instructors walked in, a male and a woman. "Hello everyone, we will be your instructors for your three years of the mixed academy. My name is Akumajo," The woman spoke, her black hair was tied up in a high ponytail and she had on a grey kimono.
Students started whispering to themselves at her name. One kid had pointed at her and was elbowing a boy next to him and whispering something.
The woman glared at the kid first before her piercing gaze looked over all of them, "I can be nice, but if you kids insist on poking fun at my name I will show you that I can be every bit of the evil witch that my name means."
As one the class shuddered.
The guy next to her placed a hand on her shoulder. She finally stopped glaring at them. The guy cleared his throat, "My name is Hinoka."
The guy had short brown hair and gently brown eyes, he wore a button up green shirt and black pants. "Now, we are going to call roll and when we call your name please stand up tell us one thing about yourself."
"Aburame, Shino," Was the first name called.
A boy wearing sunglasses and a coat stood up, "I like bugs." He stated flatly before sitting back down.
"Akimichi, Choji."
A bigger boy stood up. "I like chips."
"Ankoku, Rythian."
A boy wearing all black stood up, "I like my chilling with my friends."
Naruto started to not pay attention, since his name would be further in the list. Four minutes later and they were starting to get closer to the section where his name would be called. He did learn that the boy and girl next to him were called Dankan Jonzu and Kim Kimu.
"Saimon, Kanro."
A boy the size of Choji with ginger hair stood up, "I like dogs."
"Uchiha, Sasuke."
A boy a couple rows in front of him stood up, "I like my nii-san."
"Uzumaki, Naruto." Akumajo said her voice now frosty unlike the neutral it had been on all other names.
Naruto stood up and said, "I like ramen."
More names were called after his. Finally they ended the roll call. "Alright, if you want to be a ninja please raise your hand."
Hands shot up into the air. Hinoka walked up one alley and down the other counting hands.
"Out of the 62 students we have, 56 of your currently say you want to be ninja. I can guarantee you that by the end of the three years only about 30 of you will want to be ninja, and by the time you graduate, only about 15 of you will end up passing the final test."
Students muttered to each other at that. "Now since today is the first day of the academy we are just going to have a bit of fun introducing ourselves to each other. So feel free to mingle around the room and chat with people. We will also be coming around so feel free to talk to us." Hinoka told them.
The student's needed no further prompting as they either turned to the person they were sitting next to or some of them got up and moved to other people. Naruto got up as well, Kim and Dankan just continued chatting with each other.
He noted that the boy in black from earlier was sitting alone, his other two tablemates having to up to move. He walked over to the guy, "Hey my name is Naruto Uzumaki!" He said as he sat next to the kid.
"Rythian Ankoku, nice to meet you."
The two chatted for a little bit. Eventually they split to go talk to other people. He noticed Rythian head over to Kim and Dankan. He himself headed over to where he noticed a pink haired girl, he was pretty sure was named Sakura, was close to crying. Another girl stood above her.
Before he got there though a blonde haired girl said something to the one who was standing above Sakura and than she sat next to her. The girl huffed and walked off. Naruto made his way over to the boy who had said he liked dogs, he was sitting next to another boy who had two red marks on his cheeks.
The two of them were talking about dogs actually. He sat next to them, "Hello, I'm Naruto Uzumaki."
"Kiba Inuzuka," The boy with the marks said thrusting his hand forward for them to shake.
"I'm Kanro Saimon," The other boy said with a grin, "It's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet ya' to!" Naruto replied.
The three of them chatted for awhile, mostly about dogs, before lunch was called. They all went to lunch where there were big round tables they could sit at with eight chairs each. He stood at the end of the line and soon more classes were coming and lining up behind them. Naruto got his food he looked at the tables and saw that the people he had been chatting with earlier were sitting at tables that were already full.
Other tables were had some other classmates and so he sat down next to a girl who had bright green eyes and wore a shirt with a green squid on it, "Hello, my name is Naruto, what's yours?" he asked her.
She looked up, "I'm Ridia." She said before continuing to eat her food.
All attempts at further conversation were met with a stare that conveyed she really didn't want to talk. Lunch was finally over and they went to recess. The kids played on the playset that was there. Naruto was even able to play tag with them. The kids at the orphanage had never let him join in.
Finally they went back to the classroom. "Alright everyone, please take your seats. I will be calling your names again, and I want you to tell me something about two other students and their names."
The rest of the afternoon passed with them going through the roll call and having to name two other students and something about them. Naruto when his name was eventually called said, "Rythian's favorite color is purple, and Kiba likes taijutsu which his clan has already started teaching him."
"Very good Uzumaki." The teacher praised him, just like he had praised everyone else before he moved on.
Finally the day was drawing to a close. "Tomorrow we will begin our lessons." Akumajo told them. With that the class was dismissed.
They rushed outside with the other classes and Naruto watched as his fellow classmates were picked up by their parents. He couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness that no one would be their to pick him up.
A hand landed on his shoulder and startled he turned to see the Hokage smiling at him, "I think completing your first day of the Academy deserves some ramen, what about you?" The old man asked.
Naruto beamed as he nodded. The hokage gave him a knowing look as he grabbed his hand and the two walked to Ichiraku's ramen. It was at this time that the Hokage told him that he will have to memorize the path from his apartment to the academy, because he wouldn't be able to guide him everyday. The Hokage after they finished the ramen walked him back to his apartment.
The next few week's fell into a rhythm he would go to the academy, and would pay attention to whatever they were learning about that day. The teachers taught different things, like how to read more complex words, and how to write. They also talked about the history of Konoha which was really fascinating. And they also taught them about Math and Science. Naruto loved learning everything they taught, he knew that if he was able to learn these things than he would be stronger for it.
They also had a Pe class everyday, and after warm ups the Pe teacher who was only known as Sensei started teaching them a basic taijutsu stance. The teacher was super strict and didn't seem to like any of them.
Still Naruto was treated just like all the other kids, and he loved it. The only downside is that the kids were starting to give him the same looks as the ones at the orphanage. One day in the middle of the third week his friend, Rythian, told him, "I'm sorry Naruto, but… my parents they said I'm not allowed to be friends with you. I don't know why they wouldn't say why. You seem like a chill guy, but…" He gave Naruto a shrug and a helpless look.
Naruto just sighed, "It's fine, I understand."
His heart still sunk in his chest as he watched his friend turn and walk away. Even though he understood that people didn't like him, he wished he knew why. A couple weeks later and Akumajo gave an announcement that excited many of the students. There was a field trip coming up in a week, but to go they would need their parents or guardian signature.
End Notes: So some of you may notice that those OC's sound familiar. They are based on a youtube group I watch. They won't really be important to the story other than having some other characters for Naruto and the other rookies to interact with instead of just each other. I will say now that they will become their own teams eventually and show what normal ninjas are like compared to clan ninjas. And then those ninjas compared to Team 7. I hope you all enjoyed!