Sakura marched into the new class room a short time early before it was to begin. She thought it was important to make a good first impression by showing up early. Her new teacher, Iruka, was in the classroom along with the Sasuke-kun and Ino…pig. Sakura wrinkled her nose, there Ino was taking the seat right next to Sasuke-kun! How dare she! "Hey there Forehead-girl." Ino shot out to the new arrival and then went back to telling Sasuke something he particularly didn't care for.
"Good morning, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said happily, then turned and nodded at Ino. "Ino-pig." The comment was ignored as Ino still talked to Sasuke. Man this is no fair, she sits next to him because she got here earlier then me! Sakura took the seat on the other side of Ino. Ino hushed herself and looked at Sakura.
"What are you doing?" Ino glared at Sakura. "That seat is reserved for Shikamaru!"
Shikamaru had walked in at that moment and already he hated what he was seeing. Ino waved at him and pushed Sakura away, "See here he is!" Shikamaru sighed, these two used to be really good friends. He remembered them hanging out all the time. Tch… damn annoying women.
Shikamaru walked over to the desk they were sitting at, glared at Sasuke for a moment, then walked and took the table above. "Thanks, but you are troublesome." He laid his head on the desk and watched the clock. Besides this is my seat anyway Shikamaru listened to some exchange of insults and then the teacher had stood up.
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Ino frowned. She had the seat right next to Sasuke and the teacher had to go and introduce a seating chart. What was worse is forehead girl was sitting practically next to Sasuke, except for Naruto was inbetween. Iruka was setting up his notes and Mizuki was just looking at the candidates for Genin. He turned to Mizuki, "Let's start with a test, let's see how far along everyone is." Then addressing the class, "Everyone line up in front." Mizuki watched as each kid did a Henge and a Kuwarimi and finally a Bushin. The first person, Uchiha Sasuke, executed all three perfectly, which was expected of the Number One student.
Iruka looked at the Nine-tails boy who has been in his class for 2 sessions already, though improving slightly, still couldn't do anything right. The Orange Clad Child quickly performed an excellent Kuwarimi, switching places with a now annoyed Sasuke. When it came to the Henge and the Bushin, it turned out quite differently. His first Henge was the Hokage, but the lips were just too big. Everyone in the classroom let out a laugh and Naruto chuckled along with everyone. Nobody realized, he really couldn't control chakra, but he noticed the more he used it the better he got at using it. The nine tails seal made it nearly impossible for him to use Chakra at all. Oblivious to all the teachers he ever had or was going to have, the more he used chakra the more energy the Nina Tails could release through him. The second Henge was almost the right Hokage, but he turned out to look like a cripple with a hunchback.
When he started to do the bushin, everyone was surprised. He had converted a lot of Chakra and it was making visible blue beams flying around him in a sphere. Everyone took a step back, but laughed when all that was formed was a single dead ugly Naruto clone.
"Naruto, you haven't improved much over the years!" Iruka watched the container make jokes with some of the kids in his class. It was the same mostly every session. Naruto would meet up with new people make a few jokes, not improve at all, and then they would graduate and he would stay. At times, Iruka wondered how Naruto got into the academy at all. As it is, Naruto seems to use all his techniques solely to cause trouble for Konoha. It was very possible that he would kick Naruto out of the Academy in the next years.
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Naruto was walking back to his house with both Sasuke and Sakura. He had liked Sakura for a long time because of his compulsive need to protect. He saw her crying a few times in his earliest years at the academy. Kids had made fun of her for something, he wasn't quite sure what, she looked cute enough to him. He had just started running laps at the park and thought it was a one time deal her crying there. He saw that the pink haired girl came there often always crying. Over time, he got angry. Nobody was supposed to cry like that, only he was. Nobody else was supposed to feel pain like that. After a couple of months he couldn't hold off his rage and he started hitting trees every time he saw her like that. He couldn't do anything to stop her pain so one day he followed her to see the type of people she stayed with.
Watching her, he saw why she was so sad. She was trying to be nice to other children, people he didn't really know, and everyone just made fun of her forehead. It started with, who he found out later, was Kiba. He would start with just a little forehead joke, nothing really serious and then the other people would start making jokes too. He wanted to do anything a guy could do, kick the crap out of every single one of them. Watching he noticed that there was a girl who didn't make fun of her, but stood away and talked with the black haired kid who always had his hands in his pockets.
When Naruto was lying on his bed that night a thought occurred to him. He might be able to protect the pink haired girl. In the morning, he went to where the children played at and waited behind the trees and watched as they all gathered together. Pretty soon, the Pink-haired girl had ran away crying again. He watched the blond girl turn away again and that's when he came out. He had a mission to accomplish. The other kids were surprised at Naruto's sudden appearance. Kiba, the defined leader, was trying to talk to him, but Naruto entirely shut out the Inuzuka clan member. With an abruptness he was standing in front of the blond girl and with the seriousness of a Terminator, "Come with me."
The black-haired boy who was shocked by this new blonde kid, didn't really trust him and walked between him and Ino, "Who are you supposed to be?" His hands still were in his pockets and it looked like he was bored, but his tone carried a threat on its edge.
"I am Uzumaki Naruto, I don't care who you are I want to talk to that girl." Naruto's teeth were grinding together and he noticed the kids were forming a circle around him and the tired looking boy. He walked closer and casually put his arm on the bored kid to push him out of the way.
"Nara Family Secret." The kid smiled, "The closer your opponent is the stronger the hold." Naruto suddenly couldn't move and was stuck just watching. "You can't escape from my Shadow bind." He didn't look bored anymore, but serious and concentrated.
Kiba laughed, "Not even I can beat Shikamaru when he uses that!"
Naruto stood with his hands in his pockets for a few more moments before he started pushing against the bind. He can escape the bind if he is stronger then me though… Shikamaru watched as Naruto's eyes closed and his hands started to move of his own will. This isn't good, if he escapes this he will kick my ass. Naruto broke out of the hold when his fully extended arm pushed Shikamaru out of the way, "I don't care about you, I want to talk to her." He stepped towards her, "Don't worry I won't hurt you." Casting an angry gaze over the other people his age. "I am not sure about them though."
The next day, Naruto jogged around the park and saw Ino handing a ribbon to the Pink Haired girl. He had pretty much told her to try to make friends with Sakura and it looked as if Ino was actually following through. He was happy that he at least somewhat helped one person's life.
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uh.. this chapter is bugging me. It all seems wrong to me. Oh well Next chapter will more then make up for it… maybe.