Hah. I posted more. Aren't you proud, too?

Yeah, spell-check is still dead, so if the magically sexy Korvvy wants to spell check it for me... well, kisses for him. On the cheek o' course. (rolls eyes) Pervs.

Anyways, I actually have up to about chappie six written out. It just isn't ready for consumption yet. I'll get it up eventually, my pretties.

Summary- This is Naruto fanfiction, love if you will. There will be yaoi. I played with Neji and Daniel (my semi-OC) a little, but they are not a couple. I think. The only things I will not argue with as far as couples go is SasuNaru, Shino/Kiba and Shikamaru and Temari. I don't know if dat couple will appear at all, but I'm not putting Maru-chan with anyone else. You can offer anything else and if I don't hear any arguements it shall happen. It's also a reincarnation fic, with plot everywhere watch out for it, because it smells funny.

Disclaimer- This is a fanfic so I don't own any of the characters. I own the idea of Daniel, Jacob and Noah, bless their little souls.


A voice even deeper than Jacob's said,

"You recognize it? It's a 1/34 sculptor of the original face of Hokage Cliff. It was a momument built to honor the leaders of the town almost 450 years ago. It's a perfect replica down to the last detail." The young man reciting this information sounded politely bored. Jacob glanced over and noted aforementioned young man had pale purple eyes and black hair with purple highlights. It was undoubtedly Neji, although Jacob already knew he wasn't part of Hyuuga anymore. That clan was far to proud to allow one of their own to be a simple civil servant, even if he was part of the branch clan. Jacob was glad he had been born with a different fate.

"The Sandiame should have a crack," Daniel said softly, "right here." He traced a jagged line over the third sculptor from the forehead to the bridge of the nose. Jacob started, and Neji almost looked interested.

"Correct. At the beginning of the second great war Konohagakure suffered a defeat at the hands of a former Konoha citizen." Neji recited, eyes sliding shut again.

"Orohimaru."Daniel muttered venomously. Neji nodded, slightly intrigued. Daniel's hand traced the invisible splinter reverently. "That teme killed the Third." He hissed. Neji looked impressed, and slightly shocked.

"Forgive my expression. Few people actually know the history of Konohagakure. Since it became a resort town to compliment the national park, interest in the towns history has virtually disapeared. Most visitors don't know Konoha used to be a major power in these countries." Neji explained, his voice showing his own sorrow at the loss time had delt his home. Jacob nodded.

"I would imagine the only original buildings from that time period are the ones preserved by the academy?" Jacob asked. Unconciously the three boys had huddled together, forming a tight knot. Purple eyes blinked owlishly at them, looking from Daniel to Jacob to Noah and back again. Something shown behind Neji's eyes fomr a moment, but it disapeared just as quickly. Finally he nodded to answer Jacob's question, the awkward silence shattered.

"Aside from the ancestral homes of the clans. The clans that keep summer homes here include-" Neji started again. Jacob swore the boy was meant to be a tour guide, dispite how much his pride objected. Without the crush of this clan's expectations, Neji's natural love of history had flourished. And Konoha had quite a history. Not to mention the boy warmed right up to people- at least hopelessly honest people like Daniel.

"Hyuuga, Inuzuka, Akimichi, Nara and ... ah, I can't recall it's name. I know it was known as the bug clan..." Daniel finished. Jacob bit his tongue to halt his own answer, but Neji's smile for Daniel grew.

"Very good. You must be the new Chuuning. You obviously deserve it." Neji said grudingly. Daniel blushed at the praise, but Jacob's gaze grew calculating. To think that Neji could be so assuming! Time had softened the ninja immeasurably.

"Actually, I'm not. That honor would go to my younger brother. Neji, meet Jacob," Daniel pointed to the blond, "Noah," this time he gestured to the younger boy, "and I'm Daniel." he finished.

"Well met." Neji said warmly. The black haired boy almost started puzzling over how Daniel knew his name, but Jacob interrupted his thoughts.

"So what does being a Chuunin here at the academy entail?" The said smoothly. Neji shook himself out of his introspective moment.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you, I have been instructed to show you the grounds, introduce you to your new classmates, and nothing else." Neji said just as smoothly. Jacob frowned.

"I was under the impression orientation is being held in the school gymnasium?" Jacob asked. Neji smirked at him.

"Not for you three. You destiny is quite different." The purple haired boy said msyteriously. Daniel snorted.

"I make my own destiny." The greyhead said challengingly. Neji smiled genuinely at this.

"Your skills certainly got you involved in this." He agreed mysteriously, and while Daniel rolled his eyes Neji asked, "Shall we go?" Noah nodded up at him, and Jacob, who had been ignoring Daniel and Neji's pleasant talk, looked up inquisitively.

"Let's." Jacob interrupted Daniel, who frowned unhappily. The blond offered his shoulder to Daniel.

"What?" Daniel snarled.

"You sprained your ankle, remember?" Jacob said. Daniel blinked pathetically at him. "Don't tell me you forgot!" Jacob growled. "You always forget when you hurt yourself and make it a hundred times worse! You're so foolish!" Jacob yelled. Daniel lowered his gaze, and Noah sniffed. Neji stared on in horror.

"I can help?" He offered. Daniel jumped at this, his expression all excitement again. Jacob rolled his eyes when Daniel actually glomped Neji. The quartet headed out.

Jacob pulled Noah along by the hand and Daniel leaned heavily against Neji. The purple-haired boy was tall enough that Daniel could snuggle into his side. Jacob muttered something about how he was 'surprised Neji hadn't offered to carry Danny bridal style.' He glowered at nothing in particular when he recognized he was walking the same path he'd found yesterday. Like every other street in the area, this footpath was much too small for cars.

The group turned off at an even smaller sideroad which wound itself into a thick forest. One building was visible on the right, a large circual house with grass growing on the roof. It was only two stories hight, but from this perspective the circumference was quite large. Thick forest growth turned the pathway into a mere deertrail. Jacob glanced at a small hill to his left, and when a door was visible partially under the slope, he realized it was actually a building. It was a dugout, consisting mostly of an underground structure that the blond could only guess at. Daniel was far to busy conversing with Neji, and Jacob hoped he didn't say anything too stupid- that boy couldn't keep a secret to save his life. Suddenly Neji roused himself from his comfortable murmurings with 'Danny'.

"The average students are in the private school in that direction, " Neji pointed past the circular building. "and all the teaching staff will be busy living up to our name as the best acedemy in the Fire Country. After 15 o'clock the instucters will come to us. The usual ratio is three students to a teacher. There is a large training area over there," Neji pointed to the left and as the kept walking Jacob noted the training area came into view. It wa full of training material for martial artists, but today must be a free day. Only the most diligent students could be seen. "We passed the boy's dorms on our left." Neji guestured back to the hill Jacob had noted. Daniel scrunched his face up.

"What do you mean? Those don't look like rooms." Neji chuckled.

"The majority of the building is underground. It's less visible from all angles, and the temperature stays the same for the whole year. There are four cabins for the boys and three for the girls. The closest cabin belongs to myself and two other young men, one of whom is a foreign exchange student from Kaze acedemy in Wind country. Your cabin is the furthest, about a five minute walk south of my cabin." Neji finished. Daniel blinked.

"Where are the girl's cabins?" He asked. Neji huffed disaprovingly, but he pointed to the general area on the other side of the training ground."

"They're on the far side." Neji confirmed with words.

"Now from what I understand, Noah here is going to the same room as us, correct?" Jacob added. Neji nodded.

"Who will be teaching him?" Jacob pressed, the proud older sibling. In their previous schools Noah had been without a teacher. Neji answered

"Ishikawa Moegi, Sarutobi Hanobi and Noah here will be taught by Iruka-senei."

"Now you said 'average students' are going to school over there. What does that make us?" Jacob asked, fearing the answer. Will this many of the old Leaf ninja gathered... what had Iruka sensei gotten them involved in? Neji smiled.

"Perhaps you really do deserve your position as Chuunin. This way." Neji said evasively. The boys followed, slightly disturbed by Neji's mysterious attitude. It didn't suit him at all.

"We are teh elite children of the Fire Country. We are..." Jacob sweatdropped in the dramatic pause. He had been afraid of this.

"...Ninja." Neji finished. He had led them to a crossroad in the trail, and on the left the rest of the training ground was revealed. It was much, much larger than Jacob had assumed, and full of painfully familiar faces.

What really caught the three boy's eyes was the momument at the center of the crossroads. It was a life-sized statue of Uzumaki Naruto. Daniel pulled Neji over so he could read the plaque at the foot of the granite figure.

"Naruto, the hero of Konohagakure. . ." Daniel said in an awed voice. He and Jacob exchanged amazed expressions, and Jacob forgot all his previous misgivings in a flash.

"The Hero?" Daniel repeated- it sounded too good to be true. This might just be the place.

Noah clutched Jacobs hand fearfully.

TBC...