Disclaimer: Everything here is mine. Heh, all except Naruto and his crew of course.
Author's Note :
Come all yee true believers, welcome to another adventure of excitement, drama, romance, humour, fun filled, erotic, comedy, slap stick cliche, blood spilling, guts bursting, brain eating and horrer bound hour in this new episode.
Hope you enjoyed the last chapter and feel the same while reading this one too. I know, I know, I slept through the holidays and even exams...heh guess I deserve all the mails yelling about me updating eh ? Fine, here's the update dedicated to all who waited. On with the show !
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Voice over of Max...
Who am I ?
You sure you wanna know ?
If somebody told you that I'm just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world...somebody lied.
Scene of Max waking up in the dark room, staring high up at the rows of shining pointed fangs of Kyuubi in his cage.
The truth is, it wasn't always like this.
Scene of Max yelling at Kyuubi.
There was a time when life was a lot less complicated.
Scene of Max surfing through the internet reading fan fictions while eating some Nachos.
( Break )
Scene shows Naruto showing up in front of Temari and her brother Kankuro.
" Can I take your picture for the school papers? " asked Naruto with a camera.
" What ? "
"..."
( Break )
Scene showing Iruka taking role call.
" In this class, there are 42 students taking the Genin Exams." said Iruka while looking at his students.
Someone raised her hand " Sensei, there's 41...one's missing."
Scene shows Naruto sneaking behind Iruka with a smoke grenade.
( Break )
" Peter, are you alright ? " called Ranko.
Peter smirked " I'm fine. "
( Break )
" Neji look, you're changing, and I know, I went through it exactly the same when I was your age." said Hizashi to young Neji with his little mouse friend on his shoulder.
Scene shows Neji swinging through the forest using strings made out of cheese...yup, those are chakra enhanced cheese strings.
" WOOOOOHOOOOOO ! " yelled Neji as he swung by.
( Break )
" No, not exactly." replied Neji.
Scene showing Neji throwing all his kunais, shurikens and weapons, all hitting the bull's-eye, even in those hard to reach places.
" Wow ! " exclaimed TenTen in awe.
( Break )
" Naruto, I want you to meet my father, Hyuuga Hizhashi." said Neji introducing Naruto to his father.
" Great honor to meet you sir. " replied Naruto, bowing.
Hizashi smiled at the young Ninja " Neji told me you're quite the prankster...you know, I'm something like a prankster myself."
( Break )
Shows Snakes and Shinobi attacking the Leaf Village.
" What the hell is that ? " said a Ninja.
Scene shows Shinobi's fighting each other, kunais clashing, jutsus flying. Frogs jumping and cheese everywhere ...WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE ?
( Break )
" Whatever it is, somebody has to stop it. " said Haku with determination.
Voice over of Haku's father " With Great power comes great responsibility. "
( Break )
" This is my gift. " said Naruto, Kyuubi's chakra flaming around him.
" Waw..." whispered Sakura.
" It is my curse..." said Naruto while making his handseals.
" Who are you ? " asked Sasuke.
" Who am I ? "
Puffs a thousand Naruto clones.
" I'M UZUMAKI NARUTO ! " yelled the bunch.
( Break )
Eight years later...
Scene break four ways, showing four shadowed figures standing in different poses. One standing on water, one with a small mouse on his shoulder, one with a large gourd and one standing on the Fourth Hokage's Face Monument.
Our Heroes...
Naruto, Haku, Neji and Gaara was the figures and they meet each other in the Chuunin exam. Nodding heads acknowledging each other. Friends separated but reunited. Rivals and comrades...
Will Take you...
( Break )
" Will I get to say thank you this time ? " asked Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Tenten, Temari, Ayami ect. ( All saved by the four at least once.)
Scene shows the arena.
Zoomed to the four friends.
( Multiple Drum Hitting )
Naruto formed his Kage Bunshin Seal, Haku did his one handed seal, Neji with his Byakugan activation seal and Gaara raising his hands with a single handed seal in front of his face.
SPIN !
Naruto charged with the Rasengan, Haku dashed with his Needles, Gaara sliding on his sand...Neji eating Cheese ? Oh wait, wrong footage, Neji attacking with the Hakke 64 points.
( More drums , Screen flashing on each beat)
Back ground music flaring...
Scene of Tsunande, Jiraiya and Orochimaru on their summons facing each other.
Scene of Kabuto and Shizune attacking.
Scene of Kakashi doing the Chidori.
Scene of Rock Lee doing the Renge.
Scene of Gai slamming a sound nin through a wall.
Scene of Neji blocking Kunais using the Kaiten. As he stops, there were scratches on him and he shrugged while saying " This is the latest fashion ! "
Scene of Naruto trying to summon, but called out Gamakichi instead, he turned wide eyed.
Scene of Haku doing a figure 8 on the frozen lake in Hidden Mist...and fell down.
Scene of Gaara surfing...in the Sand Village...surfing on Sand without shirts on, showing his upper body for all to see. Yup, girls were swooning over him from the side lines.
( Music tensify )
Face shots of Naruto, Neji, Gaara, Haku, Max, Glen, Peter, Daniel and the other characters in the Naruto cast.
( Break )
Voice over of Shuichi " You train too much, you're not the Fourth you know."
( Music continues...)
Scene showing the four standing on top of the four heads of the Hokages on the Monument, looking at a new sunrise over Konoha.
( Music fades )
A Knights of The Square Table production...
Coming to your nearest fanfiction web site...
Unexpected Events...
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From the author of A Dragon From Above, The Dragon Has Landed and New world, New Age, New War comes a new crazy adventure.
Max Knight and his Knights of the Square Table presents...A Naruto Self Insert Fic.
Unexpected Events
Chapter 5 : Education is important...but fun is way better.
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Naruto was indeed learning something new everyday.
Today he learned a new emotion.
That emotion's name is called 'Weird'...okay so maybe it's not an emotion but after knowing that your life is nothing more but a figment of some guy's way of earning money...well you don't get freaked out by much. If you think that's not enough ? Well let's just say that knowing a guy living in you, plus a giant ten story tall Nine Tailed Demon Fox sealed in a cage, top it off with out of the world knowledge justa few clicks away...yeah you get the picture.
This isn't just your everyday kid. This is Naruto. Not the Boy who Lived, not the man of steel...just plain old Naruto.
And his 'Weird-Shit-O-Meter' is off the scale.
Like I said, it takes a lot to weird out a kid of Naruto's caliber.
So what made him so weirded out ?
No not another demon attack or some lame shit like that.
The fact that your so called 'Father' figure is also once viewed as a character of another 'Anime' revolving spirits and God of Death being a cute girl on an oar. He once even stated that " If that's death, why don't you just let me die?" of course after being yelled by Max and Kyuubi about being selfish ( seriously, who's being selfish here ? ) and that death could be some guy named Toby or another dude in a biker outfit ( Just saw that DeathNote Death God and it rocks ) and it was kinda freaky.
Anyway, back to being weirded out.
Finding out about his father's fetish about plants didn't take long. It's just the stuff he keeps inside the garden that's what made him weirded out. You'd think that living with him for 3 months would tell you things about Shuichi...outside he's just a normal herbalogy Medic Nin...but once Shuichi's with his plants, he becomes 'One' as he likes to say it, with the plants.
He'll take out his silver flute and starts playing this soothing tune to the plants. At first, Naruto thinks that it was kinda cool, but then...plants started moving, leaves started swaying, branches creaked and the wind blows the smell of fertilizer filled the air. And then the weird part starts. The plants started moving to the tune...well some of the plants even moved OUT of the ground, into pots or other places in the garden.
Shuichi calls his garden " Hell's Paradise" just for the heck of it.
But the real reason is that walking in there without Shuichi's supervision is suicide.
There are worse things than death and Naruto knew quite a few on his fourth birthday.
He received a silver flute identical like his father's and he was happy when Shuchi started teaching him to play it. It was hard at first, but once you get the first few notes, it went smoothly. He did get some wrong notes occasionally but the way Shuichi taught him and the secret behind controlling the plants, made him even more eager to learn from his adoptive father.
Finally it was revealed to Naruto that Shuichi's secret stash of plants were...alive.
He told Naruto that it was his duty to feed these plants Chakra, and using music, the vibration of the air, sound...brings the chakra to the plants. They will familiar themselves with Shuichi's chakra signature and will not be too aggressive when he's around. Oh well, after being attacked one too many time, Naruto and Max decided that it was best that Naruto master the flute first before going anymore deeper into the Garden. To this day, they didn't get a nice view of the more inner part of the garden.
It was then that Naruto started getting bruises and cuts on his arms from learning how to handle his Kunais and Shurikens that Shuichi told him to learn how to heal and take care of himself. Shuichi sometimes will be gone for a few days when certain Chuunin or Jounin were injured or needed a retrieval team for some Missions. Naruto was given lessons on certain medical situations and emergency healing methods. Though superficial, some of these methods helped a lot after going through Max's version of training.
Carrying boulders in sacks while running up and down the hill near the forest early in the morning was one of the many training regiments Naruto did. Shuichi asked about these behaviors and he was amused when Naruto told him that it was training for future means. Shuichi didn't totally agreed because some of these trainings are similar to a certain colleague of his, a certain bowl cut, green clad figure.
But as long as it's not endangering Naruto, Shuichi gave his full support and even taught Naruto some basic Chakra manipulation. After finding out about Naruto's bad case of Controlling Chakra, Shuichi spent most of his time training Naruto and giving him meditating sessions.
Being a medic Nin himself, Shuichi was an expert on the Chakra Inner Coil System. It was also his duty to teach his son about all the means of controlling chakra and perfecting how to mold it. The thing was that Naruto just had such a peculiar chakra system that he had a tough time focusing his own chakra and not messing it up with the Kyuubi's.
Shuichi knew about the Kyuubi, but unlike most people in Konoha, he knew that deep down, Naruto is still Naruto. A normal boy living a not so normal life. A boy living a crime he didn't do. It was his duty as a parent to protect Naruto and it was his duty as a medic nin to help Naruto when he's in need.
Naruto could be a handful though.
After a few months, he was back to his energetic self that he heard the villagers say what he used to be. A loud mouthed, pranking, attention seeking kid.
This time however, his pranks were more practical and more well planned out that it would be hard to find proof that it was Naruto's fault. In fact, you could say that the planning's were sometimes too perfect to be anything from a 4 year old. There were times when not even Shuichi or the villagers would think that it was Naruto that did it. Although there were some that keep saying it was his fault...but no one can find any proof. Only one other person besides Naruto or Max knew about his real antics...and he was busy shaking his head from Naruto's last prank.
Those stink bombs were over kill.
Who knew that some minced beef, eggs, milk and some vegetables mixed together with a load of bread would stink that bad ? Did I mention that you'll have to leave it in some damp place for one week ? No ? Too bad, cause it stinks.
Max smiled at his monitor; today they shall make their own miniature explosive using household objects. Tender.
" So you add some soap into the mixture and you get instant Nitroglycerin. Man, wish I did this before back home." said Max as Naruto finished the final touch on their small project.
" Human, why aren't we training? Why are you wasting time on these worthless parlor tricks ? We should train this boy so he can bare my Chakra when he's older ! " Bellowed Kyuubi.
Max beamed " Yeah I know but isn't this cool ? I mean, sure training is a need, but I consider this as training too. Stealth and planning ahead is a must for every Ninja...plus it's also good humour. "
The blonde...no white haired boy crept out of his new home. He went to the market place and just dropped his new creation in a dark corner...and get the hell out of there. After a few minutes, a large fiery explosion thundered through out the market place and the buildings near it. Since it was in a dark and secluded area, no one was hurt. However, since it was also somewhat early in the morning...everyone was given a nice jolt and a taste of fright.
Like a cat running through a shadow, Naruto went away unnoticed from by standers and the ANBU units that went to investigate the commotion.
Naruto then walked in a teashop, he sneaked through the alleys and went through the air filter. A strong aroma of Tea filled his sensitive nostrils and he smirked under his mask he wore to conceal his identity. He flipped down on the table and crouched near ten different pots of brewing tea. He took out a packet from his shirt and poured the contents in the pots. Then he poured the rest of the contents in the large tea leaf reserve.
That done he crept out from the back door and headed home.
Naruto took off his mask as he reached home and said " Now...let's see what will a bunch of Weed would do to their stomach ? Hmm...maybe they'll all go crazy ? Hah, hope so though."
Max laughed " Okay, now you've had your fun, go change and start running 10 laps around the village ! " he commanded.
Naruto made a mock salute and started to change into his training gear and went running through out the village.
As he ran through the fields, Naruto started to reflect on his new position. He had a new home, a dad, two guardians and perhaps a new identity. He snickered at the last thought. Maybe he could go through the plan, maybe he could make his own revenge on the village ? Was it his fault that he was chosen to be the container ?
His pace increased, for a kid his age, his view on the world around him had a different curve, for he had suffered a near death incident and also knowing that his life is in fact a comic book. He snorted, so what if it's already written down ? He would make it change. Fate or no Fate, Naruto would make his own destiny. Just as the one in the Manga. However, not without a few kicks here and there. His pace slowed down and he started to pant lightly, he mentally chided himself for letting his emotions go lose like that. What did his Dad told him before a few days after he arrived? Never let your emotions control you, instead, use them, make them your ally, unleash your anger on the enemy but you must be in control of the emotion. A Ninja never shows his emotions. Right, how forgetful.
Naruto smiled at the thought of the villagers that was about to take the weed turned tea mix. " Serves them right." he said out loud and continued running through the path.
Suddenly he spotted a figure a few meters in front of him, the figure cleared as Naruto gained speed and noticed that it was another kid about his age or older. The boy had a pig tail and black shiny hair.
# Whoa, can one's hair be THAT shiny ? # thought Naruto as he continued to catch up to the boy. As he neared he was expecting to hear the panting of the other kid, instead he was shocked when he noticed the boy's eyebrows.
# What the ? Oh my God, how could one had that thick of an eye brow ? # thought Naruto and then felt that he shouldn't stare and started to run aside the boy.
The other boy, noticing this white haired new kid running beside him, felt intimidated and quickened his pace. Naruto noticed this, and being the competitive boy he was, also increased his speed. The thick browed kid narrowed his eye brows, almost making Naruto choke from amusement, increased his speed yet again. Naruto gained up on him and the two started an unconditional race. They felt the challenge.
After a few minutes...
The two boys slumped down under a tree. Each breathing heavily from running 5 miles without stopping. They stared at each other and had this questioned look on their faces. Who is this kid ? The same question raced through their head but no one said a thing. They were too tired.
Finally Naruto decided to break the ice and introduced himself " Hey, my name's Naruto, what's yours ? " and hoped that the other boy won't ignore him like the rest of the village.
Instead the boy smiled and introduced himself " My name is Lee, Rock Lee, age 5, pleased to meet you Naruto-kun. May I ask, do you come here often ? When did you start running ? How old are you ? " on each question he came nearer and nearer until his face were just mere inches from Naruto.
" Um...well...I just started out two months ago. How about you ? And I'm only four." answered Naruto, and backing away from Lee.
" Yosh, I started training three months ago, I am training to be a Ninja in the Konoha Ninja Training Academy. Will you be my friend and rival to train and be a comrade? "
" Sure, in fact I was also training to go to the academy." said Naruto, relieved that the boy actually did the asking of wanting to be his friend.
" Now, we shall do push ups." declared Lee and plopped down on his fours.
" Okay, how many should we do ? 50 ? " Naruto asked.
" 100."
" ..."
" Come on, 1...2...3...4..."
" What have I got myself into." muttered Naruto as he followed suit. Deep down inside he could hear two voices laughing at his misfortune.
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" Oh yeah, this is rich, Naruto actually met Lee, I can't believe it turned out like this." Max laughed.
" Don't be so amused human, you should do some training too if you want to survive the Soul Transfer and help him." boomed Kyuubi's voice.
" Hmm...you're right...dang I didn't thought of that."
" Don't think I will help you out on that, you do your own training." at that the Kyuubi was quiet and slept in his cage.
" Oh well, guess I'll have to start my own push ups..."
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That day, not one, not two, but three tired individuals slept tiredly from their training sessions. At least Naruto was glad that his brother had to train double the things he does for he was older.
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Back in the Sand where the water is hot and scarce...
" Okay kid, this is called Surfing, get it ? You surf, but since there isn't any WATER around here, which made me wonder how many times people bathe here, we shall use the other big quantity of tiny particle matter in it's place. Sand. " Peter lectured on and the young Gaara just nodded.
" Man I really miss my home." muttered the young man.
" Is it because of the large quantity of Water ? " asked Ranko.
" Well that was before you showed up, but now that you're here, yeah I miss the water." he smirked and then continued to teach Gaara about Sand Surfing.
After a few gruesome hours of lecture and a nap. Peter decided that Gaara should first start with Skating before going to the big guns. Gaara stood up and left his house, out the backyard and onto the empty space of training ground. No one was there since they leave the places where Gaara lived alone. That suited Gaara fine.
" Um...okay so we'll use this place okay ? " he asked. He had the mental image of Peter giving a nod and then started to let the sand around him waver and fill them with what little chakra he could control. Shukaku was force to lend him his own chakra for this trick and then a miniature skateboard made of sand was formed in front of him. Gaara stepped on the now hardened sand board and took a deep breath. The Skateboard, or rather, Sand Board hovered above the ground, leaving a surprised Gaara on it.
" Hey it...it worked. " exclaimed Gaara.
" Of course it worked kid, now focus..." said Peter in his mind.
" Here goes nothing..." he muttered and braced for the technique to work. The board hovered a few feet forward...jerked and slowly accelerated.
" Cool, now try and control the speed, then the direction...and ouch..." Peter stated as Gaara fell from the board.
" Okay, maybe we should start on your balance, and chakra control." he said and received a nod from the boy. However he wasn't hurt as the sand automatically formed a cushion for Gaara's protection.
" Although this automatic defense thingy is cool, you mustn't rely on it. You've seen some clips of this Sasuke fella kicking your butt in the Chuunin exams right ? So you must train your speed on dodging."
Ranko smiled and said " Well, leave your physical training to me, I'm an expert on hand to hand combat and a real attacks remember ? " she then proceeded to lecture Gaara on certain basic exercises.
" I know you can imitate some of my Katas already but you must start from the basics. That is how everyone learns. The hard way...and you should learn too Peter." she glanced at the man trying to sneak away and grabbed his collar.
" But...but you can handle the fighting. " he answered.
" I'm not gonna take all the fun...RIGHT ? " she asked semi sweetly, the voice promised much pain if he refused the 'kind' offer.
Peter gulped and nod his head quickly.
" There's a good lad. Now, my school focused on speed and reflexes first rather than strength. What good is strength when you can't hit an opponent ? Strength comes second, for you can't defeat an opponent without it, so we will learn that too. Now start training by doing some light body exercises, you rely on your sand too much and you'll be just a sitting duck for someone to attack you."
The two males shouted a loud " Okay."
" Training begins now ! "
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To others, they would just simply ignore the monster that was the bearer of Shukaku, however not Yashamaru. He had known about the being living in Gaara and also about his so called Guardian Sand Angels. He had noticed Gaara's trips to the training grounds behind their apartment and felt like it was his duty to personally help train Gaara. But when he was about to ask the question, Gaara beat him to it and asked for help on Chakra manipulation training. He smiled and agreed to help his sister's child to his best abilities.
Two years later...
" YOU PSYCHO ! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING ! " yelled Ranko as Peter told Gaara to use Sand and create a large wave and surft on it. Gaara had grown taller from the jumping of Ranko's training and also lean with some muscles. He had great balance and chakra control for his age and will be going to the Ninja academy the next month after his 6th birth day.
" You say Psycho like it's a bad thing." Peter stated and ignore her yelling, instead he continued to tell Gaara about his idea.
" So, you surf to school and flood everyone with sand..."
" But...that way they'll be mad at me." Gaara replied, sure it sound fun but won't that make everyone angry at him ?
" Heh, like they aren't already. "
" I know but..."
" Geez, you're no fun, you're turning like a girl soon if you don't so something more outrageous to piss off your dad."
" Why you sexist pig ! " Ranko yelled, tired of being ignored started to hit Peter. He dodged the first punch and the second ...but he was hit by the following kick from the martial artist.
He got up, rubbed his stomach and grumbled " Fine, you guys are no fun, but I get to choose how we appear."
" So you'll abandon your crazy Surf idea ?" asked Ranko.
" Yeah, I'll safe that for Graduation Day."
" ...Okay fine, so what is your idea oh Master Maker of Great Entrance ? " she asked.
Peter had his gleam in his eyes and then asked " Hey Gaara, ever heard of a Hog ? "
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It was the opening day of the Suna Ninja Training Academy and parents were there escorting their children and giving some quick advices to their charge. It was noisy and crowded for it was also noted that the Kazekage's child, and the bearer of the Demon Shukaku will be also entering the Academy this year. Jounins and Chuunins were there to keep an eye out for a brawl or incase something happens to the entrance.
Sure enough, a loud booming sound could be heard and a large sand cloud soon followed as everyone turned towards the noise.
It was a Sand Storm.
Wait...a Sand Storm that makes booming noise ? That's a first.
(Music could be heard as the sand cloud comes closer.)
Parents held their child and Jounin's appeared, thinking that it was some sort of renegade ninja causing havoc. As the cloud neared they could make out a figure...a dark figure...riding on somethng.
It was Gaara.
And he was riding a Harley Davidson !
He parked right in front of the entrance wearing a dark robe and a gourd behind him. The young boy even had a helmet made of sand. The sand helmet dissolved revealing a red head with straight cut hair, pale face and a cool smile. He reached for his robe.
The Jounins braced as they thought he was going to take out a kunai but then noticed that all he took out was a comb. He then proceeded to comb his hair, not that it needed some tidying. The sand left his hair has it was before he left the house. He just did it out of spite. Some girls even thought he looked cool. Of course they kept that little thought for themselves.
Gaara finished his combing and let his ride dissolve to sand around him and back to the gourd which he carries and said in a mischief filled tone " I know, I know, I killed the mood...but that's not the only thing that's gonna get killed if any of you punks tries to make fun of me."
The day we met Gaara of the desert.
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From the hot dry desert of Sunagakure to the cold and wet Mist village...
Haku had grown since that day, Daniel had taught him how to keep a fit body. As a wrestler, Daniel had raised Haku to be a fit boy and speedy reflexes to grapples. Haku attended the academy along with the other kids his age and was excited like everyone else. At first, they were really enthusiastic when they knew about Haku's bloodline limit and that he was from a rare clan from the snowy mountaintops. But then after their parents told them about bloodline limit families that rebelled against the non-bloodlines, they started to be wary about Haku.
There were few that befriended Haku, most were on a friendly basis. The rest of the class turned out to be a nightmare. While the teachers were nice, they can't be there every time the other kids bullied him. The girls though swoon over his looks when they were older, but it was just that, his looks. They didn't even tried to talk to him.
But no matter what, Haku would have his parents and his secret brother living inside him to talk to.
As the recess bell rang, the students went out of the classrooms like bats out of the cave when Batman drove out with his Batmobile. They were hungry, they were energetic and they were eager to release their inner demons after two hours of teachings from their boring teacher.
Haku ate his meal, which consist on bacon, eggs and sausages. His mother don't know when Haku had this cravings for bacon and sausages but she shrugged, anything Haku likes was okay with her as long as he eats his broccoli.
" I still can't create a water of ice clone. I can make only small objects but not bigger than five inches. Even with all the trainings and teachings of Sensei Tatsu." Haku grumbled.
" Well, things like that takes time..." Daniel's calm voice echoed through Haku's mind reminding him that he's not alone. Sometimes he would question if he was crazy like the other kids said, but Daniel's presence always makes the boy happy.
" I know aniki, but...it's so hard just maintaining the objects, but when I create your body, it wasn't that draining."
" Maybe it's because I too willed the image to appear? " said Daniel. He remembered the other tries Haku tried to conjure the Ice Figure of Daniel in his palm.
-Flash Back-
The teacher droned on and on about math and assumptions on target movements and location.
Haku yawned
"Good grief, Geometry was worse than hearing this guy drone on like that. Seriously, the best way to get your students to pay attention is to actually show them what your talking about." Daniel too almost yawned. Although the said subject was interesting, he already knew most of the stuff taught here.
Haku nodded and replied " Aniki, I really wish he would start on weapons and attacking like REAL Ninjas..."
" I know little brother, but apparently they would think other wise, I think the best way would be go a look into these things ourselves, with a little help from me." then he mumbled,# Now if I can only find a way to bring Haku in here so he can actually see me.#
Haku beamed " Hey maybe we could um...train me when school's out."
"You just read my mind there brother."
Haku had his spirits high and said " Yay, thank you Aniki, so what you recon we learn first ? "
"We'll go though the basics and move up from there, and will also focus on your bloodline, and after that, we'll focus on some hand to hand techniques, your bloodline may help you with long range attacks, but I would put strong emphasis on building up your Taijutsu."
Haku groaned " Not again...boring stuff first eh ? "
"I know it maybe boring bro, but if you get better at the basics the chances of beating a Chuunin or even higher ranked ninjas with basic moves can really make them lose face and would shame them to unbelievable bounds." continued Daniel.
Haku sighed " Guess you're right Aniki, but you better not be as boring as sensei here ."
"If I could have a body about your size and so on it could help, but I'll try the best I can since I might have to do the same as this poser."
Haku lifted his head and said " Yosh, I'll do my best Aniki ! "
Then he finally noticed that the whole class was silent and had all eyes on him. At that he found out that he had talked out too loud when he was conversing with his brother.
The teacher asked " Haku-kun...please do not interrupt again...and if you think that I'm boring, maybe you could ask your brother to teach in my place ? "
Haku blushed at that and apologized.
Daniel slaps his forehead, "Awwwww SNAP! "
#I'm really gonna have to work on getting it so he can talk to me in his mind than out loud, I knew something like this could happen. # After that thought he had just heard what Haku's teacher said to him, and a vein started to appear on his forehead...
"You think I can't do a better job than you, ya jackass, I'll prove it then, and I'll make you choke on that!"
Haku quickly slapped his mouth shut.
"Oh That's just freaking dandy I just made it worse..." Daniel says as he throws his hands up into the air
Good thing Haku resisted the urge to do that and sat down. His pale face now red with embarrassment. Some giggles were heard but it was soon forgotten and class went on as usual.
"When you get finished let's get to the nearest body of water so you can first try to control a lot more water for me to use." Daniel whispered this time.
Haku nodded and shoved his nose in the books. This is going to be a weird day...
"You have no idea of the can of worms I just opened there little brother..." Daniel said as he shakes his head at himself for losing his cool there at the time.
Haku could feel eyes on him and whispers like " What a weirdo" and "Is he crazy ? I heard he has a bloodline limit."
"Oh yeah, I just knew something like this would happen."
As recess started, Haku finished his lunch and went towards one of the ponds near the backfield.
Haku reached out his palms as he stood near the many rivers of the schoolyard. He had just fought with a fellow classmate who talked bad about his mother's blood and father's idiocy on marrying her. He paid dearly when Haku twisted his arm into an arm bar and bruised his face with a nice elbow jab to his nose.
His mind was now filled with anger and self-loathing for losing tempter like that. Though his brother said it was okay to hit back, but that boy had it coming.
" Now, focus our bond, try and gather chakra around the water molecules..." lectured Daniel through his mind link.
" Mmm..."
Slowly but surely, tiny water particles gathered around Haku's outstretched palm as a ball of mist floated on his palm. Then a ghostly human shape was formed, it became more detailed as one could make out the head and limbs. It was getting more focused and the figure looked more solid than before. Small details like eyes and mouth could be noticed, then the clothe and pants were identified. It was going fine, the figure was now solid with the water particles...all was proceeding well until suddenly he felt a push and he was shoved down the lake.
SPLASH
He managed a cry of surprise and as the cold water that came in touch with his body.
Haku quickly surfaced and heard some laughter from the land.
Haku recognized it. It was also a classmate in his class.
She was laughing as she helped in back up from the water " Haku-kun, what are you doing here all alone holding out your hand like that ? That was so funny."
Haku stared at the girl in front of him who kept giggling. His raven black hair was now soggy and wet while dripping with water and then a small frog leaped out behind his head.
The girl laughed even harder
Haku frowned " I was training...until you came around...why did you do that Yuri-san ? "
She wore a long sleeved shirt, a rope tied around her slim waist and knee high blue slacks. She also had her hair tied in a ponytail and wore a bracelet on her left wrist.
" Well I saw you beat up Uroshi, how did you do it ? "
" I just do."
" Ouh."
"..."
" Um...so what you doin here ? "
" Stuff."
" You eaten ? "
" Yup."
" Not the talkative type are you ? " she smirked.
" Nothing to talk about, but I did told you that I was training."
" Well...rumour has it that you have a bloodline limit."
Haku frowned " Yeah, so ? "
" Ah, so you do have emotions." she chirped.
" Hmph."
The girl stiffed a giggled and answered " Sorry, it's just that...watching you standing there for so long was boring...so I guess I'll give you a helping hand...get it helping hand ? Hahahah " and she burst out laughing at him again.
In fact, her laughter was so contagious and even Haku laughed at the bad pun.
"Boy she should take her act to the nearest pub." said Daniel with a chuckle.
Haku sniffed " But it's still no excuse for doing that..."
Yuri stopped laughing and took out a white cloth and helped to wipe the water off Haku's face and dry his hair " Sorry Haku-kun, like I said, it was just a joke."
Haku accepted the apology and his hand reached out to take the handkerchief but he accidentally held her hand. The two paused and stared at each other.
Daniel decided to break the awkward moment and asked Haku in his mind "So How long has she been starring at you?"
Haku jolted back at his brother's reminder and asked " So...how long you said I was standing here ? "
Yuri blushed and pulled back her hand " Not long...um...I just passed by..."
Haku quirked an eye brow " Reeaaally ? Then you have a hobby of pushing others in the waters eh ? "
"Apparently she does if she did it to you." chuckled Daniel.
"What should I do aniki ?" Haku asked.
Daniel shrugged and suggested, "Talk to her, she could possibly be your first friend that you've been looking for."
" Well um...what do you want ? " asked Haku, it was the first thing that came to his mind.
" Nothing much, just curious about where and what you are doing." was the reply.
Haku shrugged " I'm training, that's what was doing until you came."
That earned a laugh from the girl again " You mean you really was training? Aren't you rushing a bit ? I thought you were joking, we do that in class all the time."
"I highly doubt that, someone like Momochi Zabuza trained I think about a couple years earlier than you are, but it ever hurts to start now, if you're real dedicated to doing it." thought Daniel.
Haku asked in his mind " Momochi Zabuza ? Who's that ? "
#Oh Crud# Daniel thought, "I'll tell you later alright."
Yuri smirked " So why you wanna train that hard ? "
" Because I wanna be the best to my ability and be respected for what I do and not my bloodline." he answered as if he were asked this many times before.
Yuri quirked back " Bloodline ? So it's true then."
Haku " what true ?"
Yuri continued " Rumor has it that you have a bloodline limit ability, I wonder what is it though. "
Haku asked his brother deep inside his mind " Aniki...should I tell her about my ability ? "
"You might as well, it probably even more helpful just to show her what it is, if she truly wants to be your friend, then she should accept the abilities your bloodline gave you, and not fear it."
Haku mentally nodded " I'll give it a try aniki..."
"I know, just do your best ototo..." replied Daniel.
Yuri smirked at Haku's blank expression " What's wrong ? Cat got your tongue ? "
Haku frowned " For you information, my bloodline ability is from a long Generation of fighters back in the snow country. "
Yuri laughed " Oh yeah ? Snow Country, nice one. So what can you do ? Make a large snow man ? "
Haku " No, nothing like that...though it would be cool...um...Anyway, I can control water molecules and...sometimes extract the heat from the water until it turns into Ice."
Yuri was in thought and said " Really ? That would be cool...I assumed you can't control your ability yet right ? "
Haku frowned and looks at his feet " Yeah...but how you know that? "
Yuri smirked " Gee, for one with a bloodline ability, you sure are dense huh ? "
Haku's face went red, " Oh yeah ? Well, don't tell me then. Heck I don't even know why I'm talking to you." with that Haku walked away in a huff.
Yuri has a saddened expression and ran up to him " Hey, wait up."
Haku ignored her.
"Haku Stop." said Daniel in a calm voice.
Haku " What for? She' just like the others."
"Maybe, but it sounds like she asked you to stop so she could apologize to you for what she said, so just stop and listen to what she has to say."
Haku sighed inwardly and stopped.
Yuri came up and bowed her head " I'm sorry...it's just that...I...um...we never had any new students with bloodline limits. The last one I heard from my brother was 8 years ago, and he was wanted for murdering someone...So I was just curious."
"See?" Daniel smirked.
Haku narrowed his eyes again " Humph, so you think that I'm some kind of object to view as ? "
" You think that I would murder someone with my powers? You think that since I can't control my powers I would go in rampage? "
"Haku that was enough." Daniel almost yelled.
Yuri stepped back, shocked that someone like Haku would be angered. She didn't know what it is like to be viewed as such.
Haku winced at the voice in his head and backed off sighed, " Sorry I said that..." and he walked away.
Yuri stood there her hands held tightly in her chest.
"Haku wait a sec. ask her if she knows who this person's name was." said Daniel quickly.
Haku said in his mind " Aniki...I...what I did back there...I..."
Yuri suddenly appeared in front of Haku with her tear filled eyes and said " So what I said was bad, But you don't have to be so cold. Maybe you're right, maybe you should go back to the snow country, just as cold as your heart. YOU BIG BAKA ! I was just being curious and wanna get to know you better, all I know about you is your name and that you have a bloodline limit. Today I found out that you can kick ass and surprisingly even acts like an ass." then she turned and walked away, leaving a dumbfounded Haku standing there.
Haku asked " What was THAT about ? "
"Well I almost expected that coming." noted Daniel.
Haku asked again " What ? What was that about ? She called me a BAKA ? "
" Clam down for a second and let me explain alright, but first try to get me that body I was hoping to get before she came, it better if I do this face to face then in your head."
Haku sighed " I don't think I have the mood to train today aniki...but I'll give it a try..."
He walked back to the lake and held out his palm again. This time concentrating harder...
But the words from Yuri were like a wave hitting his head. Her face, he voice...It was kind of hard concentrating with all that in his head. Questions came and went...what would he do after he became the best ? Should he go back to where he was born ?
"Don't worry about what she said, something must've happened to her or a relative that dealt with someone here who has a bloodline. Too bad I wasn't able to get to know if she knew the name the person her brother was talking about, cause other than Momochi Zabuza, the only other person it could be is Hoshigake Kisame...but they don't have any blood lines...currious indeed." muttered Daniel.
Haku had more questions now...names and names...what the heck is wrong with everyone in this village ? At first it was that Uroshi kid, now this girl Yuri...what's next ? His parent's ? His new brother ? His Teacher ? Oh wait, his teacher already thinks he's a trouble maker...why all bad things happens at once ?
All the thoughts were swimming and spinning in his brain. He furrowed his brow,
Sweat glistened on his pale cheek. His head was filled with assumptions and situations that could happen...finally it clicked. He felt the familiar tug from his stomach and out his hand, he felt the connection with the water source in front of him...he quickly imagined the shape and the amount of water he needed to perform this feat...
A small blob of water floated out of the lake and hovered out, into his palms. Haku opened his eyes and marveled at the blob of shapeless water in his hands. Well it will soon have a shape.
He was about to make it solid...until a voice yelled out "Haku ! You're doing it ! Oh my God, it's beautiful! "
Haku was shocked from the sudden outburst and the water fell to his hands, splashing around and wetting his even more at the close range.
"Damn almost had it."
He sighed and turned to see Yuri standing at the same spot she was before. This time she had an apologetic expression when she saw what she caused.
Haku rolled his eyes " I thought you ran away and won't talk to this Baka anymore? " he asked.
Yuri blushed " Um...I...I came back to say sorry for calling you a baka. But when I saw you standing there, I figured that I should wait here instead. I wasn't expected to see that happen and so I yelled, I mean, it was so beautiful, and ...and..."
Haku held up a hand " Right, so instead of pushing me in the lake, you decided you ruin my concentration and make me wet…again."
"Haku, be nice." chided Daniel.
Yuri cringed at the tone of Haku's voice but shrugged it off, it was her fault after all in the first place...
Haku sighed again " Alright, you're forgiven. But I do have a question."
Yuri beamed at that and asked " What you wanna know ? "
Haku " The last guy who had a blood line limit, what's his name ? "
Yuri's eyes softened and she looked downward to her right when he asked that.
Haku's heart ached a bit and he felt guilty somehow. It was weird seeing the energetic girl become fragile like that in an instant, he asked his brother again " Aniki...you think I should really ask her that ? "
"Yes, tell her that you were curious, and let her know that you will never become whoever this person is on your honor."
Haku nodded " Yuri-san, whatever it is that that guy did before, I swear that I won't be like him."
The young girl looked up at him with happiness " Really ? You won't ? "
Haku nodded again " On my Honour."
Yuri beamed " Thank you Haku-kun, this is great. "
Haku asked " So about that guy.."
Yuri " Oh, he's..."
And as luck has it, the school bell rang again, signaling that recess was over. The two kids groaned and ran back to class. But both had smiles on their faces, looks like another new friendship was formed right here in the Mist.
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-End of Flash back-
Apparently the name was non other than a a guy named Satoshi Kaguya and we went rogue. The guy rebelled against the school and started killing everyone there that called him names. The Kaguya clan was a powerful clan, it was one of the strongest in the Mist but was well known for their hunger for battle and arrogance. They attacked a year ago, Haku, thanks to the knowledge from Daniel, found a boy a few years older than him crying in some bushes. He had blood all over him and had a dot on his forehead. It was Kimimaru.
The boy killed most of the village Chuunin at the Kaguya Rebellion. However since no one knew or believe that such a fragile boy was that powerful, they just thought that his parents were killed in the attack. Haku beckoned Kimimaru to his house and cleaned him up. His mother was shocked at first but the frightened expression on young Kimimaru's face made her change her mind and she let him stay in their home.
Pretty soon, the village Hunter Nins found out about Kimimaru and his actions in the Rebellion and ordered the arrest on the last survivor of the Kaguya Clan. It was tough, but Haku helped Kimimaru escape the Hunter Nins and said his good bye to a friend. A child just like him, with a bloodline...and the final survivor of a powerful clan.
-Flash Back-
" We are so alike, yet so different." Haku said as he helped Kimimaru pack his things in a backpack.
" Yes...we share the same burden but not the same fate." sighed Kimimaru.
" We will meet again right ? "
" I don't know...I hope we do. Will you still be my friend ?"
" Always. Friends till the end. Take care Kimimaru-kun." and Haku gave the startled boy a hug and watch the older boy escape through the back door.
-End Flashback-
" Well I hope everything turns out fine with Kimimaru." said Daniel.
" Yeah, and if what you said was true, I think we kinda prevented Orochimaru from recruiting Kimimaru. I do hope he escaped and find a new life."
" Only time will tell."
" Uh huh."
At that the bell rang and Haku left the river. Today he wasn't able to do the Bunshin. Maybe tomorrow will bring much promise ?
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Camera zoomed out of the Misty Village and onto the nice warm green village of the Leaf where many leafs hang on the trees of Konohagakure. Yup it's that time again.
" WHOOOOO HOOOOOO ! " Neji yelled through his lungs as he lunged from branches to tree tops with high speed. His training in the Jyuuken enabled him to control almost all the chakra paths in his body and with the help of his Byakugan, he could do many acrobatics in mid air with his eye lids closed and land on the correct branch. Yup, having X-ray vision was cool.
With his extra awareness, Neji could detect danger before it showed, kinda like a 'Spider-sense' that his inner self told him. Speaking of which, it was a few years ago that young Neji discovered about Glen. The tanned kid that lived in Neji's mind.
At first Neji thought it was one of those 'imaginary friends'...cute, but later he found out that this 'friend' was too real to be 'imaginary' and so he accepted it as a guardian angel or heck, his conscience.
Glen had given some advices on his training methods and opened up Neji's view on certain things. Like the awesome goodness of cheese and the meaning of life, which is well, Cheese. Oh sure, being a great Ninja was also his goal in life but a little of Cheese was always good.
Neji did another flip and landed on his feet in his back yard, the stroll in the Hyuuga family personal training grounds was a nice warm up as always. He felt a small weight on his right shoulder and smiled at his new pal. Rufus, the white mouse that lived in the Hyuuga mansion.
The mouse had grown to like him and even allowed Neji to know of his home. Which was in the training grounds. Since the Hyuuga mansion was huge, no one paid any heed to that family of mice and so they grew pretty well off. Neji felt like he had an unknown bond with the mouse, like it understands him and vice versa. Of course Glen didn't say anything, for he who loves cheese, isn't and will not be a bad guy. Well unless that 'He' would take over all the cheese in the world, now that guy should be taken down.
Rufus was an agile mouse and was very fit for a mouse his age. It was he and Glen that helped Neji saved Hinata from being kidnapped.
-Flash Back-
It was late at night that day in the Hyuuga mansion. Glen had warned Neji about the fate of Hinata and his father. The Cloud Ninja Leader would kidnap Hinata in her sleep. Neji had made a bet with Hinata that morning that who ever could eat the most cheese, would get to sleep in the Main Branch Bedroom.
Hinata lost and vowed never to eat cheese for the rest of her life.
Neji covered himself in the blanket and held a Kunai in his sleeve. Suddenly he felt that someone was picking him up.
# Whoa, this guy is good, I didn't even felt him come in the room.# thought Neji and then moved around the blanket to pose himself towards the culprit's arm pit.
# Byakugan.#
He spotted the kidnapper and plunged the kunai through his shoulder, resulting a loud scream from the startled Cloud Leader. Neji fell but stood right up, revealing himself to the bleeding Ninja.
" You...you're a boy, I thought Hyuuga Hiashi had a girl." growled the Ninja and bandaged his arm with a cloth.
" Heh, I'm Hyuuga Neji, Branch house of the Hyuuga Clan. You messed with the wrong kid bub." then he went into a Basic Jyuuken stance.
" You? Fight with me ? You must be joking, tell me where Hyuuga Hinata is before I kill you."
Neji gulped, the guy was tall and skilled. He knew he was no match for him.
# Okay Guardian Angel guy, what shall I do ? #
Glen, shrugged " Running is good."
#...Right...#
" Catch me if you can ! " Neji yelled and made for the main hall.
The loud yell was meant to wake up the other members of the Hyuuga household, but no one woke up.
" Too bad kid, I made sure everyone's fast asleep in the main house. My sleeping Genjutsu works best after a meal." the Cloud Leader smirked.
" Um...bummer ? "
" Too right ya damn kid ! " and he made a lunge for Neji.
Suddenly a scream broke the silence of the night. It was Hinata.
Since she lost the bet, she was to sleep in one of the Branch house Sleeping quaters, and Neji's room was where she had to sleep. Ofcourse, Rufus, being the affectionate mouse, snuggled up to Hinata and that startled the little girl. The scream woke up the Branch Members of the Hyuuga Clan and soon the place was filled with Hunter Nins and Jounins of the Hyuuga Clan.
" Heh, hey Mister, guess you're screwed." Neji chuckled and threw three shurikens towards the Cloud leader, which he easily deflected with his own kunai. The clanging of metal alerted the Anbu Hyuugas and they surrounded the two in the Main Hall.
" Halt, you are under arrest for trespassing the Hyuuga Main house." said one of the Anbu with a Rabbit Mask.
" He's the cloud leader ! He tried to Kidnap Hinata-sama ! " yelled Neji.
" What ? But I thought he made a treaty with us." said one Chuunin.
" Fool, apparently it's a trick, luckily Neji-kun found him out, heh, guess we'll have to take him in alive for questioning fellas." said a Jounin.
In no time Neji witnessed a one sided battle as four Jounin and an Anbu attacked the Cloud Leader using the Jyuuken and paralyzing him. The next day, all was revealed that the Cloud Leader was sent to kidnap the daughter of Hyuuga Hiashi and find out the secret of the Byakugan. The Cloud Nin was arested and the Hokage judged the culprit guilty. The Cloud Village tried to ask back for their leader and in exchange gave three scrolls filled with some of their Jutsus and forbidden techniques to the Hokage. The exchange was made and the Main and Branch family of the Hyuuga clan, and even the Hokage praised young Neji. When asked about what he wanted as a reward, all Neji said was " Cheese, from the Cow village. That's all I ask." which is what he get the first thing the next morning.
He gave half of his cheese to his mouse friend and kept the rest for himself. Hinata was grateful towards Neji and Rufus that she even viewed the little mouse as her friend. The two cousins trained and played together and became good friends.
-End Flashback-
With Glen's tutoring, Neji had many unique ideas for his techniques. Glen's fetish with games helped Neji develop his own style and incorporate it with the Hyuuga Jyuuken skill. He even utilized the Byakugan to it's limit and with the knowledge he had from his world, in short, Neji is one lean mean cheese eating machine with a killer move just around the corner.
One day, Rufus appeared in front of Neji with a scroll. As the young boy opened it he found out that it was a letter from the Mouse Boss and that it was time for Rufus to come join the ranks of Ninja Mice in the other dimension. Since Rufus was dedicated to learn the art of the Ninja, he was required to learn it in the other dimension. However, since Neji was such a nice friend, as a human, The Mouse Boss gave permission for Rufus to be with Neji whenever he wishes if he is to make a Blood Seal for the Summoning Technique.
Neji was sad, this means that he would have to live without Rufus, however he was glad that since Rufus would be training in the other dimension, that means he would live a lot longer than the average mouse and be more powerful. He agreed and signed his name in blood to let Rufus be his main summoning and signed a contract with the Mouse Boss to accept kinship to the Mouse Clan. Although he wasn't able to use the summoning skill just yet, Neji vowed to be stronger to be able to one day summon his friend Rufus to fight along side with him. Rufus promised to come back after finishing his training in the other dimension and gave a small " Good bye Neji-kun." before he left. It was the first time Rufus spoke; it was proof that Rufus was now officially a member of the Ninja Mouse Clan.
A year went by and Neji enrolled in the Konoha Ninja academy, there he will meet his fellow Ninja trainees.
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Naruto entered the classroom and sat down in the third row. Lee was already there waiting for him and calling out his name with gusto " Naruto-kun ! I saved you a seat, now we could not only train, but learn side by side with each other ! " then he proceeded to dust the seat next to him.
" Cool, but...aren't a bit early ? Class starts at 9:00am and you're here at what, seven? I came at 8:30am and I thought I was early." Naruto smiled and took his seat.
" No, we should be the first in everything, I bet that I would graduate on my first try for the Genin test, if not, then I will double my training. What about you Naruto-kun ? " asked Lee.
" I dunno, train double too I guess. I can't be left behind, heh, you're not the only one who trained to become a great Ninja ya know ? " said Naruto.
" Oy, you guys...shut up, me tryin to sleep here..." said a grumbling noise behind them. The two turned quickly to face the voice and saw an empty seat. They stood up and saw a boy in with, bandaged and with long silky black hair. He opened his eyes and the two gasped, they were pearly white.
" You...you're a Hyuuga." stated Lee. Hyuugas are known to be the best Taijutsu users in Konoha, at that moment, Lee made a vow to himself, to defeat another Taijutsu user. He look at his friend Naruto and saw the same look on his face, but...it was a wide smile ?
" Mr Hyuuga, we meet again." stated Naruto.
" Surprised to see me ? " replied Neji and the two laughed at the small remark. They were told by their guardians about each other and was yearning to see each other again. The two weren't allowed to see each other on a daily basis but met a few times on the Hokage monument when they were younger. However Neji started to train vigorously and Naruto was away with his father learning new medical remedies and more physical training with Lee. Today the two boys met and an unknown bond had formed between them.
" Y-you two knew each other ? " asked Lee, he was kind of disappointed, Naruto knew this boy and it seems that they were friends, oh well, maybe he'll train with them.
Naruto nodded " Sorry Lee, I didn't mention about Neji, he's an...old friend of mine. We never talked much but we heard of each other from stories." said Naruto with an apologic smile.
" Ah, you're Hyuuga Neji, the one that saved Konoha from another war with the Cloud right ? It's an honour to meet you. My name is Rock Lee. Will you join us in training after school ? " Lee asked with hope that he could get a glimpse of Neji training and the power of the Hyuuga Jyuuken.
Neji shook his head and sat down to his seat " Nah, lazy, tired and will have my butt kicked by my father. I'm training with my father in the mansion. Love to join you, but until I become a Genin to train with a team, I can't leave the mansion."
" That's too bad then...well let's hope that we will be on the same team then." beamed Lee. Naruto and Neji shared a laugh and waited for the teacher and the other classmates to arrive.
A few years from now, Konoha will be introduced by the dynamic duo...but for now, let's just give them a break.
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(TBC ? )
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( A\N : BOOOOYAAAHHH The mega update is done. Whoa, more than 62k of data, hehehe so there you have it folks the update to the long waited fic. Hope you don't forget me, no I'm still alive and well, or else you won't see this fic here right ? Hehehe I'm all-sore from a virtual Boxing machine...but I shall fight on. I will fight the journey that we call life and will win. I will survive, I will survive ! Keep reviewing and I'll continue updating. It's the reviews that gave me hopes and strength to update.)