Chapter Three.
Naruto awoke at the break of dawn to the smell of biscuits, butter, sausage, eggs, and pancakes. When his eyes opened, he was shocked to see Tsunade in front of him.
"Did you…?"
"Yep. I needed you strong, awake, and full so you can handle my boot camp."
"Boot camp?" Naruto questioned.
"That's right brat. Everyday, at 5:43 when dawn breaks, you'll be undergoing hellish training from myself and Shizune. Your body will be sore, your bones will ache, you'll be gasping for breath, but it will all be worth it since you'll become the most skilled Shinobi in the world," Tsunade explained.
"Bring Tsunade-San. I've got tons of energy, and I can take anything you two can dish out! So dont go easy on me!" Naruto said with a smirk of determination.
Leaning down so that her nose touched his, the slug Sanin replied, "We'll see about that Naruto, and don't worry, me and Shizune won't."
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When Naruto arrived in class later that morning, he was covered in bruises and bumps, which caught the attention of his classmates. The normally shy Hinata ran up to him in worry.
"What happened Naruto?! Did the villagers…?"
"No Hinata," Naruto said, removing her hands from his jacket.
"I was just doing some early morning training with Tsunade-sama and Shizune-san."
"Oh yeah, I forgot they were teaching you."
"Isn't she a healer?" Ino inquired.
"Why didn't she heal you?"
"As a warning to all of you not to mess with me," the Jinchurikki answered her question, taking great satisfaction at her nervous stare and shuddering form.
"She's not taking it easy on you, is she?" Sasuke interjected with a question of his own.
"Nope, and physical training isn't the worst part. Studying is!" Naruto answered in an annoyed tone of voice, as he pulled out seven scrolls. Tsunade had given him them earlier when he left for the Academy.
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"What?! More books?!" Naruto questioned in horror as Shizune handed him a box of scrolls.
"I thought you said the scroll you gave me yesterday contained everything I needed!"
"I lied kid." Tsuande said without a hitn of remorse.
"No book contains all knowledge, especially not when it comes to medicine."
"If you can't handle simple bookwork, how can you possibly handle Shinobi duties? Maybe you should just quot,"Shizune siad in a taunting tone. Naruto frowned, gritted his teeth, and yelled, "I can handle anything!"
He then stormed off, and the slug Sanin remarked, "He's the cutest when he's upset."
Shizune nodded in agreement.
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"Do you know why the village hates you Naruto? And about the law?"
"Yes to the second, no to the first. And I only recently found out about the law."
"Iruka said the law was punishable by death, so the only way you'll find out is if you force somebody to tell you," Kiba said.
"You're right, and I know just what to do," Naruto said evily.
"I want in on it too," Sayske said, standing up.
" Us too," two familiar blonde and pink haired classmates of his said together enthusiastically. Ino and Sakura just had to know the secret of Naruto Uzumaki.
"Okay, here's what we'll do, come here", Naruto motioned them close with his hands. After explaining his plan to the three he sat down and started to read. Two other classmates, came up to him and asked, "How did you meet them?"
"You mean Tsunade and Shizune ?"
"Duh!"
"Two medical Shinobi were talking about them, and I overheard them before i left. I went searching for them, but they found me when I entered a casino. Not only that, but when I stood next to her while she played a matching number machine she won every time."
"How much did she win Naruto?" Choji asked, now interested in the conversation.
"Ten Grande," Uzumaki kun said nonchalantly.
"WHHHAAATTT?!" the class screamed while the son of the Fourth Hokage just smiled. He kept reading until Iruka sensei arrived.
"Class I have two special visitors here," stepping away from the door to reveal none other than Dan's niece and the First Hokage's granddaughter..
The students gasped while Naruto just looked puzzled.
"Shizune-san, Tsuande-sama, what are you doing here?" he asked, shocking his classmates even more with his manners.
"Keeping an eye on you so Kurenai and Asuma can have a personal day," The slug sage explained. Sensing the class's coming question, she added, " They're two ninja, one Jonin one Chunin, assigned as Naruto's bodyguards. Naruto's classmates were shocked even more,a nd realized that whatever secret he had must be life-threatening.
"Were also here to tell you that you can't pull pranks anymore. You must focus on shinobi training," Shizune added.
"What?! But that's not…" Naruto paused as Tsunade cracked her knuckles, smirked and raised an eyebrow.
"I mean, whatever you two say!"
The Senju mistress then turned to Iruka Umino, asking to borrow one of his Kunai.
"If any of you mess with my boy, this will happen to you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she crushed the Kunai blade into tiny bits. Everyone sweatdropped at this, even her new charge and Iruka.
"Oh, I almost forgot, they taught me a new jutsu!" Naruto sprang up and pointed at the two female Konoha shinobi.
"Everybody follow me outside!"
As his classmates all watched in fevered anticipation, the whiskered Jinchurikki applied the necessary hand-signs. Then he shouted, "Shadow Clone justu!"
The whole school training field was full of copies of Naruto. The classes eyes bugged out, and Kiba felt one and said, "Holy crap, these are solid!"
"This jutsu is actually forbidden class," Iruka explained.
"Naruto can only do it because his enormous chakra reserves prevent him from doing a normal clone justu."
"But why does Naruto have so much chakra Iruka sensei?" Eiko, a black-haired shinobi and Sasuke fan-girl asked.
"Sorry girl, classified," Tsunade said sternly.
Later on, while everyone was eating lunch, some in their classrooms some outside, Hinata approached Tsunade and Shizune and bowed in respect.
"Tsunade and Shizune-san. I'm Hinata Hyuga, and I don't hate Naruto like almost everybody else does. Thanks for finding him."
The girl's voice was timid and shy, but she wasn't stuttering.
"You're welcome Ms. Hyuga," Shizune said happily. Tsunade, meanwhile, smirked and said, "You like Naruto don't you girl?"
The former Hyuga heiress blushed brightly.
"Don't deny it I've seen you staring lovingly at him."
Hinata sighed and nodded her head.
"Yeah, I do love him. Despite being treated like a plague, he's persistent, brave, and optimistic."
"You're not the only one amazed by that Hinata-kun," Shziune opined.
"Tell him how you feel child, or some other girl may come along an snatch him up," Tsunade advised the Hyuga from the Main family.
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After school, Naruto made a shadow clone to go with his minions, while the real him went back to the Hokage residence, making sure to tell his three classmates of the switch. Sasuke got some balloons from the store and filled them with sink water from his house. Sakura and Ino got rope from a supply store. They chose a red haired civilian as their target, with Ino and Saukura throwing two water balloons at her. As they ran away laughing, the woman screamed, "Come back here you brats!
Sakura and Ino jumped over the rope trap in the alley they left it in, while the woman ran right into it. She was strung upside down, and Naruto's clone stepped up to her.
"You go two choices lady; you either me why I'm despised by Konoha, or burn to death!"
At that, Sasuke leapt down from the roof and shouted while doing handsigns, "FIRE STYLE, FIRE BALL JUTSU!"
The Uchiha blew it into the sky above the lady where his two female classmate chucked water balloons at it, rendering it harmless.
He then made the same gestures while facing the women, who panicked and said, "You've got the Nine tails in you."
Everyone, especially Naruto's clone were stunned into silence. Said copy had a devastated look on his face. The woman continued.
"The fourth Hokage couldn't kill the demon, so he sealed it in a baby. That baby was you!"
Ino said, "Poor guy" while Sakura said, "Naruto," in a sympathetic tone. Knowing that he couldnt hide this from him, Sasuke dispelled the Kage bunshin with a shuriken. Back at the Hokage's house, Naruto dropped his book as what the clone saw was transferred to him.