ANNNNND….. here it is! Chapter 5 of Naruto of the Uchiha clan! I plan to write a bit more detail since I think my other chapters were a bit choppy. Now the boys will begin their third year (had to skip second year, just not enough material to work with) at the ninja academy! What will happen? And why is Itachi involved? Read and find out!
Reader Reviews!
Isthisparadise: don't worry, Iruka won't be so conceited towards Naruto much longer.
Darkfireblade: you seriously think of my Itachi like that? Well, I did want to mess up his character a bit but that's going a bit far.
Dragonmaster: don't worry, this is not a naru/hina fic. I'm not sure who to pair Naruto with if I do choose to make a pairing, but it won't be Hinata (or sakura, she's bitched at Naruto too many times to be forgiven). I like your ideas but, if you want, I could hold a vote for possible pairings.
To all who gave me Sasuke's birth date, arigatou. Kudos to Suker-4-Kyuubi-No-Kitsune who also gave Itachi's birthday (which is fast approaching, CAKE!)
The Academy Escapades Part 2:
Naruto and the Technicolour Battle Coat
"Right kick!"
"KYA!"
"Left!"
"KYA!"
"Left punch!"
"KY- wait a minute!" a blonde girl screeched and turned to her blonde partner.
"Naruto, its right kick, left kick, right punch! Are you trying to piss off Iruka-sensei?" she screamed as she smacked him upside the head.
"I'm sorry, Ino!" Naruto whined.
"Well get it right or we both fail! And I don't think you want that to happen now do ya?"
"Of course not!"
"Okay, screw the practice stuff let's just go all out and see what happens." The girl said while positioning herself into a fighting stance.
"Why did Iruka-teme pair me up with a bitch?" Naruto thought.
"Here I come!" Ino yelled as she charged toward Naruto with her fist.
"Kuso." He held his hand up and redirected her punch.
"How dare he defend my attack like that?" She thought as she attempted to trip him with her leg.
Naruto hopped slightly and landed on her ankle, pinning her to the ground.
"Had enough yet?" he asked.
"Are you kidding the writer hasn't even written a page yet! I still got more in me."
"Suit yourself."
Naruto jumped off her ankle and landed a few feet away. He brought his hands into a defensive pose while keeping his feet ready to run or leap. Ino stood up and charged again at Naruto. She jumped up and attempted to kick his face. Naruto bent over backwards making Ino fly right over him and into a practice mat.
"Never charge your opponent unless you have a good attack and defensive combo set." Naruto said, imitating Iruka.
"Like so?" Ino asked as she lifted the mat and threw it at Naruto. He simply pushed it away but it blocked his vision just enough for Ino to do another head on attack. Once the met left his field of vision, Ino's foot was a mere centimeter away from his chest. In a desperate attempt Naruto used both his arms to defend himself. Ino then drew back her attacking foot and extended her opposite leg to get under Naruto's defense, aiming at his stomach. Her foot connected and winded Naruto greatly. They both fell, and Ino's foot went deeper into his stomach once they hit the floor, winding him even further and causing him to cough up blood.
"Naruto!" Ino rolled off him and looked at his face. It was contorted in agony and he had rolled into a ball while continuing his coughing fit.
"Oh Kami, what have I done?" Ino had only taken basic first aid and did not know how to treat a person who coughed blood, then again, not a lot of people do these days.
Suddenly, Naruto stopped moving and seemed to have died.
Ino screamed and knelt down to Naruto. "No! Please don't die!"
Her scream had attracted some of the other students, including Sasuke. He ran towards Ino in hopes of saving a civilian in distress. Instead he saw his brother and the blonde girl.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Sasuke!" Ino looked up to him with tears in her eyes. "I went too far! I kicked him hard and then he died!"
Sasuke knelt down to Naruto and held his wrist. Feeling a pulse, Sasuke stood up and grabbed Ino "Get away from him Ino!"
He pulled Ino off Naruto just as small tendrils of orange chakra began leaking out of his body. The chakra enveloped him and sounds of ripping and crunching were heard.
"What's happening to him?" one student asked.
"Iruka-sensei, come quick!"
Iruka's P.O.V.
Sigh, sometimes I really hate kids. Especially the rookies, they're so hopeless! I spend five months teaching them all the basics for proper kicks and punches and they still get it wrong. So screw it I said, give them an assignment for them to memorize a fighting sequence and perform it. I even old them that they were to present in front of their parents as well. In the back of my mind however, I know that they'll all fail. But then again, there are my star pupils like Sasuke! He learns ultra fast and absorbs information like a sponge with water. His taijutsu is amazing and he has awesome chakra control. He's second best only to himself… and his 'brother'.
Naruto, the ideal student. He seems to know stuff even before I teach it to him. His chakra control is above average and he knows many jutsus that would overpower Sasuke ten-fold. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration, but still, he's been in the top of his class two years in a row. I even erase the kid's answers on his tests but that damned Hokage always intervenes! It seems like he wants the demon to become a ninja. Doesn't he see that if I teach the demon this stuff he'll turn against us and kill the village?
There must be some way to stop the kid from progressing.
Then I felt it, that chakra, it feels so cold all of a sudden. I'm scared. I haven't been this scared since… Kyuubi!
"Iruka-sensei, come quick!"
I don't want to move. I don't want to see that evil again. Hell, I was so young when it happened but it still scars my mind! My mind tells me to get the hell away, but as a teacher, my mind screams "Student in danger!" "Lawsuits ahead!".
Before I know what happens, I push all my chakra to my feet and rush over to where the students gathered. I have to push a few away to get to the demon. Instinctively, I pull out a kunai and look down. Right there at my feet, the boy lay but was surrounded by orange chakra. Thinking that this was a genjutsu, I form the correct seal and mutter "Kai!". Nothing happens, now I'm getting worried. That cold feeling I got starts to disappear however I look at the boy again and find that the chakra was entering his body.
End P.O.V.
Hmmm…extensive damage to the lower ribs, internal bleeding all over the place and a ruptured kidney and spleen. Kid, if it weren't for me, you'd be dead right now.
(Naruto can hear the Kyuubi, but thinks that he is just talking to himself)
The children all gasped as Naruto sat up. Some backed away as others were too scared to move. Sasuke however walked up to his brother and held his shoulder. "Nii-san (brother) are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think so." Naruto looked up to see the other students looking at him awkwardly.
"They saw didn't they?"
"Yeah, there was nothing I could do."
"(sigh) I guess it couldn't be kept a secret anymore."
"Does he already know about the Kyuubi?" thought Iruka.
Naruto stood up "Everyone, I have something I need to tell you all."
Whispers started and from what Naruto heard he wasn't happy.
"No, I am not a demon. I just have a certain bloodline limit."
Sighs of relief washed over the students, Iruka finally remembered to breathe as was holding his breath the whole time.
"My bloodline limit allows me to heal really fast and gives me more control on my chakra. If there was anything else I wouldn't know about it because my family is dead."
"So that mean's that you're invincible?" one kid asked.
"No, and I don't want to go testing that."
"Can you heal others as well?"
Sasuke spoke up, "No he can't, I broke my arm once and he tried to heal it, but nothing happened."
Suddenly the students who had backed away came closer and began bombarding Naruto with questions.
"Great, now the demon's gonna be more popular than he was before." Iruka thought.
Before the students could ask more questions, Iruka interrupted, "Alright class, I think that's enough excitement for today. Pack up your stuff and get going. Remember you're assignments are to be practiced and memorized in about two months. Naruto and Sasuke stay behind to put the stuff away."
Sasuke and Naruto grumbled but got to work. Before they started, however, Ino walked up to Naruto and hugged him. "I'm sorry if I hurt you."
"Hey, it's okay. I'm alright now. You got some pretty killer kicks though."
Ino blushed at the comment, "Thanks, you're not that bad either."
"We still have to do this stupid assignment though, meet me after I'm finished so that we can work on it."
"Okay, bye!"
Naruto waved then turned around to find Sasuke smiling at him, "Don't tell me you like Ino."
Naruto faceplanted "Of course not!"
"Naruto's got a girlfriend! Naruto's got a girlfriend! Naruto's got a girlfriend!" Sasuke jumped around and yelled.
"Shut up!"
The next day
Naruto and Sasuke sat beside each other in class during chakra theory (just like music theory but with chakra). They had to write a report on the importance of three of the twelve hand signals. Naruto had already written a page and a half but was bored as hell.
"Gahhh! I'm bored!"
Suddenly, the announcement speaker switched on. "Attention all third year students, today you will be given a special class in Sparring Room 4. The class will take approximately an hour and a half and will continue for two weeks. Students are to be expected in the Sparring Room after their lunch break. That is all."
Sasuke perked up, "Wow a special class! What do you think they'll teach us?"
"Well, since it's in a sparring room, it must be more taijutsu stuff." Naruto said.
"We'll juts have to see."
"Oi! Uchiha, Demon kid, shaddup!" Iruka yelled.
12:30 out side Sparring Room 4
The group of 36 students stood outside the door to the sparring room waiting for their teacher.
"Dude, how long's this gonna take?" the boy with sunglasses and trench coat asked.
"Shino, have some patience, seriously, that's like, the fifteenth time you said that!"
"Yeah, and the "dude" died like twenty years ago."
"(sigh) Yo peeps, how long's this gonna take?" he asked again.
"On second thought, just use dude."
The door to the room slid open suddenly, causing some students to jump. Naruto had his hand on the handle, "Heh, I guess the door was open this whole time."
The students groaned and walked into the class.
Suddenly a voice spoke from the shadows "You're all late! I do not tolerate lateness in my class."
"We thought that door was locked," said a boy with a furry hood jacket, "so we waited outsi-"
WWWWWWIZZZZZ! CLUNK!
Kiba stood stock still while looking at the kunai embedded in his furry hood, which was now pinned to the wall.
"Mr. Inuzuka, I would appreciate it if you didn't correct me in front of my students."
"U-u-u-understood sensei." Kiba stuttered.
"Now, everyone sit down, NOW!"
The class, which by now was scared shitless, ran to find a seat in front of their new sensei, but not too close. The face of their sensei was still hidden in shadows.
"Now, for those of you who don't know me my name is- what is it kid?" the voice said while looking at a student who raised their hand.
"Um, could we turn on some lights?"
"In due time. As I was saying, my name is…" at this point, two red eyes appeared.
"Uh-oh…" Both Naruto and Sasuke thought.
The lights suddenly switched on and who was standing in front of the students? None other than-
"Uchiha Itachi! Prepare to meet your maker…." At this some children screamed and others tried to run but were paralyzed in fear. Naruto and Sasuke just sat there, completely indifferent.
"….your maker of fine clothes, that is!"
"HUH?"
"Welcome to Sewing Class 101."
The whole class faceplanted, not even Naruto or Sasuke were prepared for this.
"What the hell do ya mean sewing class, that's for girls!" Kiba yelled.
Itachi and all the girls surrounded Kiba, with flames in their eyes and an undying thirst for blood,
"What did you say!" they all screamed.
"N-n-nothing, carry on, sensei."
Itachi gave Kiba a death glare "I don't like you Kiba… and I hate your coat!"
"What's wrong with my coat?"
Itachi reached out and ripped Kiba's jacket right off of him.
"This… is an abomination to fashion everywhere!"
"Hear, hear!" the girls yelled.
"This deserves to be used as firewood for some homeless guy. But I doubt even he would want it. In my class you will learn how to make your own clothes, which could be handy for a shinobi since your clothes will get ripped repeatedly on missions. This does not include just sewing, but metal working and leather tanning as well as other things necessary for making clothing. Just because the ninja itself is intimidating, doesn't mean that their clothes shouldn't be as well."
"But I thought all ninja gear was bought from stores." Ino asked.
"That's the crappy standard clothing. What I am talking about is stuff, made by you, that actually is comfortable and moves with you when you move."
"Like silk boxers!" some random kid said.
Everyone sweat dropped, "Kid, get out, right now." Itachi said.
The random kid then walked out of the class, "I'll get my revenge on you Itachi-sensei, or so help me god!" he thought.
"Anyway, you may be a person who depends on weapon or scroll pockets but there are never enough pockets on the shirts or along the pant legs." Itachi then rolled a projector to the front of the class.
"For example, the famed kunoichi, Yuuhi Kurenai wears a suit like this." The screen showed a red half-sleeve top that had a long scroll wrapped around it. "If you noticed, she wraps a scroll around herself. This is her families' scroll that has been passed down for generations. Instead of taking the scroll out of her pocket and unraveling the whole thing, she wears it around herself fully prepared to use it when the time comes."
"Wow! That's so cool!"
"Other ninja's, like myself, tend to go for looks that will scare people." Naruto then noticed that Itachi was wearing his Akatsuki robe. "Now admit it, you all were scared of my appearance because my eyes match my robe perfectly right?" Itachi said as he twirled on the spot so everyone could see the whole cloak.
"Actually we were scared because you came out of nowhere with red eyes of DOOM." Sasuke said.
"True, but I still think your were in awe of my awesomeness robe. Anyway, everyone find a partner and sit at a table."
"What table?" Kiba asked.
"(sigh) The ones behind you, dumbass."
The whole class turned around and saw two long tables. Each table had nine sewing machines on each table, totaling up to about …um… eighteen machines! Just enough for two people on each machine. Beside each machine was a full sewing kit with needles and two long lengths of material.
Naruto was about to pair up with Sasuke when Ino walked up to them. "Naruto, will you be my partner?"
"Um, sure." Naruto said. Sasuke then got that I-know-something-you-don't-know-smile on his face.
Naruto and Ino walked off to a sewing machine. Sasuke then realized something.
"Wait… that means I don't have a partner!"
"S-Sasuke?"
Sasuke nearly jumped out of his skin. He turned to the voice that caught him by surprise.
"(gasp!) It's the pink haired girl!" he thought. "Um, hi?" he said outwardly.
"Will you be my partner for this?" she asked.
"Sure, I don't know much about sewing anyway." He replied.
"Neither do I, I'm Sakura by the way."
Sasuke then laughed a bit. "I'm Sasuke the Awesome Blue Beast of Konoha."
After a while, the pairs were made (nobody wanted to be with Kiba and they were short one person, so naturally, he worked alone) and Itachi settled the class down.
"Alright, the first thing you need to know is that needles are sharp. So sharp in fact that they are commonly used as weapons, like so…" He pulled out a sebon needle and threw it at the wall. The five inch needle sunk about three inches and a half into the wall. Some students gasped when they realized that the wall was made of brick.
"Now imagine if that was your skin." Itachi finished.
"Anyways, your first assignment will be to create a simple pair of pants, add pockets if you want to. Just as a heads up, your final assignment will be to create a suit that is fitted to you or your partner for your upcoming taijutsu demonstration, so I suggest that you start designing now."
The rest of the session carried on with many of the students catching their fingers in the machinery or poking themselves with needles. Itachi had to send some kids to the school nurse and still could not find a partner for Kiba.
At the end of the class only seven groups managed to make a pair of pants. Naruto and Ino's were okay but the pockets they added had holes that they missed. Sasuke and Sakura succeeded in making a complete pair of pants with pockets and belt straps but the length of the pants suggested that they were capris.
"Very good class, tomorrow we will make shirts. You are dismissed for now."
While the rest of the class left, Naruto and Sasuke stayed behind to ask Itachi something.
"Aniki (older brother), why did you, of all people, decide to teach this class?"
"I guess okaa-san never told you what my favourite pastime was."
"Sewing?"
"Yup. I know it's a little girly, but it's a good way to vent all that emotion that I get after missions. In fact, I designed my groups' robes." Itachi said as he held his Akatsuki robe.
"And most of those Uchiha banners around our town were also made by me."
Sasuke stared at Itachi, "Aniki, you are one weird guy."
"Heh. You guys are lucky you get to see this side of me. Most people think that I'm just some emotionless bastard who'll kill my whole clan someday without remorse."
"Wow, who said that?" Naruto asked
"Doesn't matter, they're dead now." Itachi said with an evil glint in his eye.
Sasuke and Naruto stiffened and started walking away. "Um, see you at home Itachi."
For the final week of the sewing class, the students had worked on their battle outfits. Itachi had put up barriers between groups saying that the outfits should be a surprise to the others, especially Iruka. Itachi was impressed at how fast the student began to appreciate the art of sewing. Some students were now able to cut out fanciful designs out of material and could easily apply them to the main clothes.
Itachi walked down the tables observing what his students were doing. He stopped at Sasuke and Sakura's section.
"What have we here?" he asked.
Sakura held up her uniform for Itachi. It was almost like her anime outfit but instead of an O on the back, it had a sakura tree on the back. The same tree was on her left sleeve.
It was pink and had an outline trim of red. The black shirt that she would have on underneath had many pockets on it for scrolls mainly. All along her black shorts were kunai pouches and some shuriken holders.
"Very nice, Sakura. You seem to be the type that depends on weapons but, after you complete academy training you won't really need them."
"What about you?" asked Sasuke, "You depend on your katana a lot."
"Not really, I only bring it out when necessary. Anyway, Sasuke let me see your battle gear."
Sasuke pulled up his suit with a smile. He had a black shirt with, of course, a metal symbol of the Uchiha clan. Attached to the shirt was a kunai holster (looks like a double gun holster from movies) which held eight kunai. He had attached a long blue cape, twice his size, to the collar of his shirt. Stitched on the back of the cape was a dark blue beast thing (looked like a cross between a wolf and a cougar). On both wrists he would wear large metal wrist bands that protected half of his lower arm. He even had brass knuckles. His black-grey shorts had many pockets for random stuff. His most important item though, was a large spool of wire connected to anchor hooks (smaller versions of kunai).
"Hmm. Good, but what are both of you doing for defensive clothing?"
"We got this!" Sasuke held up two skin tight shirts, "It's called under armour and will protect against most impact attacks and some pointy things."
"Impressive, well I look forward to your battle nii-san."
Itachi then went across to Naruto and Ino. "Naruto, Ino what have you got so far?"
Ino then showed Itachi her clothes which were laid down on the table. "My suit will be more of an assassin type. Under every stitch of clothing is a weapon. It keeps up with the latest fashions and can hurt anyone who says I look bad in it."
On the table she had a simple pair of black shorts with metal shin pads next to them. He looked at the shinobi sandals she had customized and saw that she installed a small knife that could come out of either the heel or toe in each sandal. Next to all that was a bright blue t-shirt but it had a metal arm on the attached to the right sleeve that looked like it was ripped off a suit of amour.
"Is a metal arm fashionable these days?" Itachi asked.
"No, it just looks good. It's just that under the armour are needle launchers and a kunai that comes out from the elbow. It also has a retractable blade."
Itachi gripped the metal arm and a fifteen inch blade shot out from the top of the wrist. (Like Sora's blade from .hack/sign) This shocked Itachi on the inside but outside, he kept his cool. "Very… creative, Ino. Although I think that you should work a bit more on your left arm."
"But I'm right handed." She said.
"Yes, but, trust me, you'll be thankful, maybe even lucky, to have all your limbs attached to your body when you retire from being a ninja."
Ino paled and immediately pulled out a second metal arm that was used for the left arm.
"Naruto, let's see your…whoa…"
Naruto's suit was obviously done mostly by Ino. His was a full kimono (not a girl kimono, like a guy kimono thing) But it was decorated in bright blue, green, red and yellow flames. The colouring was so well done that Itachi was entranced in it. The sleeves would come down almost to his knees and it seemed that it would be impossible for anyone to walk in it. Around the waist was an orange belt which carried two kunai pouches and two knife sheathes.
"Any reason why this looks more like a formal outfit and not like a battle suit?" Itachi asked, still stupefied by the colours.
Ino then looked saddened "They're supposed to look more like Hokage robes but… I guess I have to work on that."
"And to answer your question, it's to go with my new taijutsu style." Naruto said.
"You made a new taijutsu style?"
"Ino helped, it's a speedy, high attack power type that gets the job done right."
"Well, aside from your new style… You do know that this would not be acceptable for shinobi missions right?"
"I know because of all the bright colours and all, but, it was inspired by the Yondaime."
"How so?"
"He was called the 'Yellow Flash', and if I'm mistaken yellow is a very bright colour."
"True, but yellow was the last thing his enemies saw. The first thing your enemies will see is a rainbow coming down on them and then they will have time to defend themselves."
Naruto and Ino laughed. "You just watch, Aniki-san, you won't even see me when I start moving."
"We'll see about that." Itachi said as he flashed his Sharingan.
Itachi continued to walk down the tables when he stopped at Kiba's station.
"Kiba, what in the hell is that?"
Kiba was holding up a green spandex suit with orange leg warmers. "Um, this weird guy gave it to me and ran off."
"And where's your battle outfit?"
Kiba lifted up the spandex suit, "I didn't make one so I'm using this."
Inside Itachi's head, hundreds of chibi Itachi's were rolling around laughing their heads off. Itachi was glad that he added a high collar to his robe because a huge smile spread across his face. He had to support himself on the table because his legs were about to give out on him.
"Well, (giggle) good luck with that." He said as he stumbled back to his desk and chair.
The whole class stared as Itachi fell off the chair, laughing like a crazed lunatic.
"Sasuke you have a weird brother." Sakura said.
"Meh, you get used to it over time."
Time Skip: 1 month and a half later
"Thank you parents for coming out." Iruka spoke into a microphone, "Today will be the presentations of your children's choreographed taijutsu demonstrations."
Many chairs were set up in training ground 16 and a large circle was drawn in front of them. Most of the seats were filled and there was much chatter from the parents.
"I'll ask you all to clam down now. Your children's presentations are mock battles only. I'm sure that they had thought out every move as to not hurt each other. Now that that's said let's begin!"
Loud cheers erupted from the crowd.
"The first battle is between…"
As so, the children presented their stuff as Iruka continued down the list. Quite frankly he was impressed yet unimpressed so far. The students had shown that they knew the basics of taijutsu but that was about all they showed. The battles basically consisted of a punch, defend, weak kick, defend and so on. Iruka (and the crowd) was glad that they finally reached Sasuke's name on the list. Apparently, everyone had high hopes for his battle, it was also the second last battle to take place today.
"Next, Uchiha Sasuke versus Kiba Inuzuka."
Sasuke stepped up to the circle but Kiba was no where to be found. The crowd started murmuring wondering where the "dog-boy" went. Suddenly a yell was heard.
"I'm not going out there, no way in hell!"
"Just go ya bastard!"
Kiba was then thrown into the circle and a dust cloud covered him. Once the cloud disappeared the crowd stared in shock. Kiba stood tall, although a little scared, as the sun gleamed off of his green suit.
"Oh my god…."
"He's green!"
"He's funny looking!"
Immediately, the crowd burst into laughter. Kiba slumped down and cried anime style.
"Look at that dork!"
"Orange and green together? EwWW!"
"Let's laugh harder!"
Even Iruka had a hard time keeping in his laughter as more and more fingers pointed at Kiba. And so, the laughing continued for a good ten minutes before Kiba stood up and ran away crying. The spandex squeaked with every step he took which caused the crowd to laugh even harder.
After a while, Iruka finally managed to stand up and reach the microphone, "Alright folks, let's calm down now. The final fight is between Ino Yamanaka and Uzamaki Naruto."
The crowd immediately shut up. Ino's father then stood up. "What's the meaning of this, Iruka? Why would you pair my daughter with that violent boy?"
"I'm sorry Yamanaka-san, but the names were picked out at random and it just so turns out that Ino was chosen to be Naruto's partner, now sit dow-"
"Naruto is not violent! You only say that because you don't see him for what he truly is!"
Mikoto had stood up and shouted at Ino's dad.
"How dare you speak to me like that!"
"Please, calm down folks!" Iruka yelled. "Yamanaka-san, I am on your side for this but the children must present today. So I would like it if you sat down and let them continue."
Ino's dad grudgingly sat down and mumbled under his breath. The crowd began talking again as Ino and Naruto stood in the circle, without their battle outfits. Ino then went up to Iruka and took the microphone out of his hand.
"Before we begin I'd like to say that each and every movement we make has been planned carefully. Our fight is more like a movie with violence and drama, so yes, there will be screams of pain and perhaps blood. Our fight is based on 'The Eye and The Phoenix' an epic battle between two evil ninjas who fought for dominance over the world but failed. We hope you enjoy, and thank you for listening. Iruka-sensei, under no conditions are you to stop our fight."
"Geez, is it really going to be that bad that they have to warn us before hand?" Iruka thought.
Ino then rejoined Naruto in the circle. They both stood at opposite ends and stared at each other. "Shall we begin?" Naruto asked.
"Hai."
Both put their hands in a seal and shouted "Kai!"
Immediately, they disappeared in a puff of smoke. The crowd gasped thinking that they blew themselves up. Then the smoke cleared and the crowd gasped again. There stood Naruto and Ino, both in full battle gear. The crowd stared in awe at Ino's armour and was mystified by the colours on Naruto's kimono/robe. Iruka realized that their 'clothes' were just genjutsu and their battle gear was on the whole time.
"I think we got their attention." Thought Naruto.
Both of them stood in standard attack poses, waiting for something. Suddenly a drum beat was heard and a shout rang out "MORTAL KOMBAT!"
"AAAGGHH!" Both Ino and Naruto charged towards each other as fast as they could.
The crowd stared as the first punch was made. Naruto's hand collided with Ino's open fist. She retaliated by trying an upper jab to his jaw. Naruto pulled away and tried to take out Ino's legs, but she was too fast. She hopped over his foot then jumped backwards, sliding once again into her stance. While Naruto was still in mid-kick, she brought her own leg up and sent it down towards Naruto's head. Seeing the danger, Naruto rolled away and got up, crouched on all fours.
"You are very good my arch rival!" he said, "But I must rule this world! I will kill any who stand in my path!"
Both children charged each other again this time attacking with a flurry of punches and kicks. The crowd was momentarily blinded each time the sun bounced off of Ino's armour and was nearly hypnotized by Naruto's flashing colours. Suddenly, a loud CLANG rang out and the two fighters stopped. Naruto's fist had painfully smashed into Ino's right arm armour. Some of the crowd who were ninja could tell that he broke a finger or two. Naruto and Ino jumped back from each other as Naruto held his broken fingers.
"Heh, that was unexpected, Ino. I never thought that I would have to use my secret style against you, but here goes." Naruto then began the hand seals for a very familiar jutsu.
"kaenhoushaki mogi no jutsu!" (flamethrower imitation)
He looked up and spat out several fireballs. "Get ready…" the fireballs fell around him and engulfed him in flame, "…for…" the flames then took the form of a large bird and Naruto stood at the base of it, arms outstretched with one foot in front of the other, "FALLEN PHEONIX STYLE!"
He ran with such speed that he disappeared, leaving behind a trail of flame. Ino had no time to defend herself as Naruto launched both his fists into her chest. She flew back a good ten feet before crashing to the ground. The crowd gasped and Naruto smirked, extinguishing his flames. Suddenly, Ino stood up slowly. Naruto looked at her in shock but quickly recovered,
"How? How can you still be alive after that? Any normal person would have died."
"Because, like you I also, hold a special power!" she said as blue chakra surrounded her.
"Prepare for my new style…" suddenly, the chakra turned into a giant closed eye. "EYE OF THE VALENTINE STYLE!" she screamed as the eye opened.
Naruto stood rooted to the ground, "It can't be!" he said, staring into an eye that held nothing, but everything at the same time.
"Scared are we? Don't worry you'll soon be dead!" She then ran towards Naruto and jumped. She curled her arms into her chest and pointed her feet down towards Naruto as she started spinning. Naruto was still mesmerized by the eye and did not see Ino coming down on him. Her feet connected with his ribs while still spinning, causing Naruto to scream loudly.
"Oh My God!" Iruka screamed as he attempted to save Naruto. However Itachi, blocked his way,
"They know what they're doing." He simply said.
Back at the battle, Naruto was launched painfully into a tree with a large bloody hole in his chest. Some of the spectators cried out when they realized that the wound was real.
Iruka shouted. "Ino stop! You'll kill him!"
Suddenly maniacal laughter rang out and a voice shouted "Kill who?"
Naruto was wide eyed and looked like a crazed demon. He got himself out of the tree and crouched down on the ground. "Bah, you think you can kill me with that attack, little miss princess?"
"I was just getting started." She said.
"Kukuku…" Naruto chuckled as he stood up. The hole in his chest suddenly began healing.
"Now I will show you my true power!" both shouted. They charged towards each other again, Ino had blue chakra surrounding her while Naruto got his flames back. Both pounded each other but their attacks were repelled by their chakra/flames. The crowd "ooo"ed and "aahh"ed at each collision. Each explosion created a large crater and sent a shock wave throughout the crowd.
"Let's end this!" Naruto shouted and he deactivated his flames.
Ino then dispelled her chakra and held out her fist. "One hit K.O.!"
Both charged each other and brought their fists into each other's faces. Both were thrown back by the impact and landed a few feet away from each other. The crowd looked with worry as both of the fighters hadn't moved yet. Suddenly, leaves and cherry blossoms rained down upon the two fighter's bodies.
"How could I fail?" Ino whispered.
"It seems we both fail this time." Naruto spoke.
"At least there's always the next life to fight." Ino said uncertainly.
"Yes… but, perhaps we should not fight next time. How about… we take a break from this chaos?"
Ino looked over to Naruto, "I'd like that." She said.
"Ino?"
"Yes?"
"In the next life, will you be my friend?"
"Yes, of course."
"See you in the next life then."
"See ya." Both closed their eyes and 'died'.
Some of the crowd broke down in tears. Others sat in shock at what happened. Suddenly, Ino and Naruto stood up and looked at the crowd, any injuries that Naruto had received where healed almost instantly.
"Thank you all for watching!" Ino said and took Naruto's hand and both of them bowed. "This has been an Ino/Naru presentation, we hope you enjoyed it."
Suddenly, the crowd stood up and began cheering. Naruto smiled, "They love us Ino! They really love us!"
The crowd then pushed into the circle and began shaking the hand of Ino, voicing their congratulations. Naruto had been trying to reach for someone's hand but was forcibly pushed away.
Ino's father then cut through the crowd, he walked up to the kids with tears in his eyes, "You were wonderful toady…" he then knelt down and hugged…
"…Naruto."
Everyone stopped, babies cried and Iruka faceplanted. Ino's dad noticed the silence and looked up.
"What?" he asked.
Iruka then recovered, "You're hugging that damned child that's what!"
He then looked at the person he was hugging, "Well, this isn't very proper of me now, is it?" he said as he stood up. He began dusting himself off; people around him thought that he was getting the 'demon' off of him. He then surprised everyone by holding out his hand. Even Naruto was surprised, but then shook hands nonetheless.
"(ahem) Very good work, kid. I could tell that took a lot of time to plan and rehearse. You are free to work with my daughter anytime you wish." He then lowered his head to Naruto's ear, "And… if you're ever looking for a wife…"
Naruto froze then blushed, "I'm only 10 years old!" he thought. "Um, thanks, I guess."
Ino's dad then stood up and searched the crowd for someone. "Ah, Mikoto-san! Would you mind terribly if I took Naruto out for dinner tonight, like an after-party, per say?"
Mikoto looked shocked "Is this really the same man who was yelling at my son about ten minutes ago?" she then "Not at all, Yamanaka-san."
"Otou-san, " Ino said, "Itachi helped us with some of our illusions so he deserves some credit."
Ino and Naruto looked at Itachi who was looking rejected while shuffling his feet through the dirt.
"We can't have that now can we? Itachi!" Itachi immediately looked up, "Come, join us for dinner!"
"R-really? You w-want me t-to come with you?" Itachi said in chibi form.
"Of course, you helped my daughter so you deserve some sort of reward."
Itachi then jumped, "YATTA!" inside he thought "Free food! Yay!"
Ino's dad sweatdropped, "Okay… come, Naruto, Ino. We shall have a feast worthy of two great actors such as yourselves… and one stage crew guy (Itachi)." Then the four of them walked off.
Iruka still stood shocked that Ino's dad had changed his mind about Naruto so quickly. "Dammit, looks like he's going to get the top student award again!" He then stormed off to his office to work on his student reports.
Then, Sasuke walked up beside Mikoto, "Where's Naruto going, Okaa-san?"
"He's going out to dinner with Ino's family, Sasuke-kun." Mikoto said, "He's become quite popular these days."
"Yeah…" Sasuke said uncertainly, "He's becoming everything I want to be…it's just not fair!"
TBC….
A/N: What's this? Sasuke is jealous? Oh, this can't be good for Naruto, whatever will happen? Find out next time on Naruto of the Uchiha Clan!
A/N: yeah… sorry this took so long to update I was facing severe writers block and rugby practice. Just to tell everyone my chapters will only be posted on Saturday or Sunday so that all you weekenders will have a chance to read it. I'm sorry if this chapter isn't very funny; I wanted to write another fight scene so I used this chap as one. Oh and um, pairings… hm… okay, r & r and then juts ask for a specific paring for Naruto and Sasuke. I'll tally up the votes and try to start the pairings in chapter 8 or 9. Voting will end after chapter 7 is posted.
Next time: The Academy Escapades Part 3: Survival of the Fittest