Chapter 3
Hello everybody! I'm back with the new chapter of 'Artist of Konoha'. In this one, the academy starts and Naruto will meet a new friend and a fellow artist. With that said, let's answer the reviews!
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Chapter 3: Meeting a Fellow Artist
"Come on! Move! I'm ordering you to move! You are my creation so follow my command! C'mon! Mo- Yes!" Naruto screamed as he saw that his clay spider started to give, slow, clumsy steps but steps anyway.
"Nice one Little Artist. Now, you know what to do. Hm." Deidara said to him leaning on a rock with a smirk on his face.
Naruto mirrored the smirk as he made one handed ram seal. "Katsu." He said as the spider exploded.
Deidara smirked as he got off the rock he was leaning. "Well, I think we're done for the day. So, let's get something to eat. Tomorrow is a great day after. Hm."
At the mention of what will happen the following day, Naruto slumped his shoulders and looked to the floor. Deidara sighed. He already knows why.
"Yay. The academy starts tomorrow." Naruto said with a scowl.
"I thought you wanted to become a shinobi? Hm."
"I do!" Naruto said looking at him "But I don't like the whispers of the people." He said looking down once again.
The whispers he was referring to, are the ones from the civilians that heard that the Hokage had disowned from the position of clan heir, his eldest son. Now, Naruto also receives attention of them.
They praise Rin.
They hate Mei.
They laugh at him.
Deidara sighed once again and ruffled Naruto's hair. After the party, Naruto's self-confidence suffered a heavy blow. Building back up had been a big task. But after a year or so, it came back.
"And who cares about them? Hm. They don't even know what true art is, so I bet they can't see a good shinobi in work neither. Hm." Deidara reassured him smirking.
Naruto forced a smile and nodded. Deidara frowned momentarily, noticing the fake smile, before grinning.
"Hey, what you say if we ask the Old Man to make some art in an abandoned building? Hm."
Naruto looked at him "Do you think he will agree? Last time we made a mess."
"With a bit of persuasion, he will give. Hm."
Naruto smiled at him "Fine. Let's try."
*Next Day*
"Naru-Nii!" Mei said jumping on top of him, waking him up from his slumber. After catching back his breath, he smirked and ruffled her hair.
"Good morning to you too Mei. Sleep well?" Mei nodded at the question and he laid his head back on the pillow again "That's good. Now get out. I need to change."
Mei nodded and got out of his room to let his older brother change from his pajamas to his clothes. Once done, he opened the door to see his sister waiting for him. "Ready?" She asked and he nodded.
"Yeah. I'm ready to learn to become a great shinobi." He said smirking lazily.
Mei looked at him confused "You're not going to have breakfast?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I'll probably eat something on the way. Deidara said he would pick me up."
"But I thought that mom was-" Mei started but Naruto interrupted her.
"Not me. I rather be with Deidara than with any of those two." Then he got an idea that made him grin. "Why don't you join us?"
"What?" Mei asked not expecting to be invited to go with her brother and friend. "Won't I bother you two?"
Naruto shook his head "Nah. Deidara is cool. I bet he would love to meet you or Rin."
Mei nodded shyly. "O-Okay. But I'm going to tell mom first. I don't want her to worry abo-"
"Don't worry, I already left a note on my room. Now, let's go through the back door."
After they left, Kushina got curious and went upstairs why Naruto and Mei where taking so long. Instead of finding her kids, she only found a note from his eldest.
Hey mom, me and Mei already went towards the academy. Don't worry, Deidara is taking us there.
Naruto.
She crushed the note on her hands as her hair started to move like tails over her head.
She went downstairs, grabbed Rin by the back of his shirt, interrupting his breakfast. "Wha- Mom! What are you doing!?"
"Going to the academy to catch your brother and sister!"
"Can I at least finish my breakfast?" Rin asked her.
"No!"
Rin only could sigh, wondering why his mom have to take her wrath on him.
*Streets*
"So, you're Mei? Hm. Nice to meet you. I'm Deidara. Hm." Deidara introduced himself to Mei and the young girl played with the rim of her skirt.
"N-N-Nice to meet you too, Deidara-san." She greeted with a small bow.
Deidara chuckled and ruffled Naruto hair "Hey, why can't you be politer like her? Hm."
"I think I'm fine for how I am right now." Naruto said grinning as he moved his head out of the older kid hand.
"I-I think that Naru-Nii, is fine as he is." Mei defended her brother, while still playing her skirt. Deidara smirked at that comment.
"I know, I know. I wouldn't change the Little Artist for anything. Hm."
"Little Artist?" Mei asked and Deidara nodded smirking.
"Yeah, that's what your brother is. Hm."
"Hey Daidara, when are you going to become a shinobi?" Naruto asked him. Deidara had been in the village for 5 months now and he is still on probation state.
Deidara shrugged "Don't know. The Old Man said that maybe at the end of the year I can take some test to see if I would be useful to the village or something. But, if this goes south, I already have a plan B. Hm." He said smirking.
"Which is?" Naruto asked and Deidara grinned like a madman.
"An art gallery! Hm." He exclaimed.
"That's a great idea Deidara!" Naruto said liking the idea of people going into the shop of his best friend and stare with awe their art "Can I help!?"
"I was counting on you asking that. Hm." Deidara said smirking "Want to join our great cause Mei? Hm." He asked the young girl that was still focused on her skirt.
"I-I don't know. I'm not really good at art." She mumbled at then she felt her brother hug her shoulders.
"Because you never tried before. Look after class, you and I are going to have a class art. Maybe Rin can come too." Naruto said with a smile and Mei nodded.
Deidara smiled seeing the brotherly scene. Then he saw that ahead a mob was formed in front of a building. "Well, we arrived. Hm."
Mei and Naruto look in front of them and saw that indeed the academy building was in front of them. There were a lot of parents next to their children, seeing them on their first day of school. Many kids were talking to their friends, sharing their expectations and hopes when they become actual shinobis.
"Hello Deidara." Itachi said coming out of the crowd followed by his little brother Sasuke. Deidara met him once when he was invited over Itachi house.
"Hey there Itachi. Hello Sasuke."
Sasuke nodded his head to Deidara as a greeting before turning his attention momentarly to Naruto and Mei. He gave a brief glance to them before looking back at his brother.
"Aniki run!" Rin screamed at his brother. When Naruto turned around he received a punch on the head by part of his mother.
"Naruto Namikaze! Why didn't you wait for me!?" Kushina demanded at Naruto that chuckled nervously while rubbing his sore spot.
"Hello Kushina-sama. Hm." Deidara greeted her with a smile and she frowned as she crossed her arms.
"Hey Blondie." She said back to him as he scratched the back of his head.
"You still don't like me? Hm."
"What was your first clue?" She asked harshly.
If you haven't notice yet, both, Minato and Kushina, don't like Deidara as Naruto does. Or even a little bit.
They blame him, for the rift that was created between them at the birthday party. Well, mostly Minato. Kushina just thinks that because of the blonde teen they still don't have a good chance to bond again like a family.
And that he is a negative influence for her Naru-Chan.
"Don't be like that mom. He is cool. Right Mei?" Naruto said grinning to his sister that nodded shyly.
"He isn't bad..." She mumbled and Rin noticed Deidara since he arrived. He smirked and walked to him.
"Hey, you're the Deidara guy my Aniki talks about?" Deidara smirked and nodded.
"I guess I am. Hm." Deidara said smirking.
"I thought you would be manlier, y'know? You kind of look like a girl." Rin said smirking and a tick mark formed on Deidara's forehead.
"You know..." Deidara started but Itachi placed his hand on his shoulder.
"Breath Deidara, breath."
Deidara took a deep breath, before releasing a sigh and glaring at Rin. "I'll let this one slip because you're the Little Artist brother. Hm."
Rin nodded with the smirk still on place "Got it."
"That wasn't needed Rin." Naruto said to his little brother that raised his hands in the air.
"C'mon! It was a joke."
"But it wasn't funny." Naruto said back to Rin, mad because he was insulting his idol, but Rin kept smirking.
"Neither it was to leave me behind at breakfast."
Naruto thought about it, before he shrugged with a smirk "Fair point."
"Well, now the Yellow Flash is going to talk, so let's stay quiet and listen. Hm." Deidara said to Naruto that groaned.
"Do I have to?" He complained and Deidara shrugged.
"It would be a nice thing to do. Hm."
Minato walked to the front and started to give a speech, welcoming all the new students to the academy, explaining the Will of Fire and wishing them good luck. After that, class started.
Naruto started to walk towards the building when Deidara put a hand on his shoulder. Naruto turned his head to see him smiling at him.
"Good luck on your first day. Hm."
Naruto smiled and nodded before following his siblings into the school building.
Kushina watched as her son and Deidara interacted with each other. Maybe, if she's nicer to him, Naruto will try himself to reconnect with her and Minato.
With her mind decided and with a determined look, she walked to the blonde teen that was saying goodbye to Itachi and tapped his shoulder.
Deidara looked at who touched him and saw that it was Kushina and noticing her he got a confused look on his face. He tried to get a conversation with her in the past, because she is Naruto's mother. But every time the woman sees him, she gets a scowl on her face and she start ignoring him, not answering when he speaks to her.
So, he wasn't expecting for her to speak to him on her own will.
"Do you have a minute to talk, Deidara?" She asked him.
"I think that I have. Where do you want to talk? Hm."
*Academy*
The first thing that Naruto noted as he entered his class, that all the kids where in some sort of group. Probably between friends from before the academy started.
The second thing that he noticed was that once the civilian kids noted that he and his siblings entered the class, where the whispers.
First, the ones about Rin.
"Hey isn't that the Hokage son?"
"Yeah, he looks cool."
"My mom says that he is the hero of the village."
"Do you think he will want to become my friend?"
Then, about Mei.
"What is she doing here?"
"That weak girl isn't ninja material."
"My daddy says that she is a demon so I shouldn't hang out with her."
"And besides, her hair looks weird."
And last but not least, Naruto's.
"Hey and who is the taller one? The blonde?"
"Don't know? Maybe a cousin or their brother?"
"You mean that brother?"
"Yeah, the failure."
After that they started to laugh and Naruto had a feeling that they will bother him for the rest of the school year. As much.
The seats were for three people, Rin wanted to seat next to his siblings but a crowd of fangirls got to him first. Naruto chuckled at his brother's misfortune.
Naruto sat in the top row at the middle and to his right was seated Mei. Mei shy nature wouldn't make her speak a lot in public and he didn't expect to someone to come to talk him, unless to make fun of him or Mei. So, with nothing better to do he took out some clay from one of his pouch and started to mold them into a spider.
Even though he prefers to blow things up instead of keeping them, he still create some small statues of animals, insects, plants and give them to Rin or Mei. Sometimes to Shikamaru and Chouji too.
While he was in middle of his work and Mei watching with awe her brother works, a really pale kid, with short straight black hair and black eyes, that was wearing some black shorts and a black shirt, sat next to Naruto. Naruto turned to him and the pale kid gave him a forced cheerful smile.
"Can I sit here?" The kid asked with the smile still on his face.
Naruto nodded "Yeah. No problem." He then turned back to the spider he was working on.
The kid only kept staring at Naruto while he worked on his clay spider with the smile still on place. The smile that started to creep Mei a little and annoy Naruto a bit.
"What are you doing?" The kid asked with his smile.
"Art." Naruto answered absentminded, focused on the spider that was almost complete.
The kid chuckled and Naruto glanced at him. "Did I say something funny?"
The kid nodded smiling "You did. Because that," He pointed at the almost complete spider "Isn't art."
Naruto actually crushed the spider with his hands and glared at the kid that was still smiling at him.
"Excuse me, I didn't listen well. Did you say that this isn't art?" He asked pointing to the crushed clay.
The kid nodded smiling as he took a brush, ink and a scroll and he put it on the table. Naruto raised a brow as the kid started to draw the picture of a bird on the scroll. And it was a really nice drawing.
Once he was done, he showed it to Naruto with his smile. "This is art."
Naruto stared at the drawing for a while before smirking "It is nice. But, I can do better." Then he grabbed the clay and mold it into a bird.
The kid watched the bird with a surprised look. Not knowing how to continue the conversation. So, he smiled again.
"It is acceptable."
Naruto smirked "Acceptable? You mean perfect right?" Naruto then put the bird on the table and stretched his hand to the pale kid. "I'm Naruto by the way."
The kid looked at the hand thinking on what to do before accepting it. "I'm Sai."
Naruto nodded "So, Sai; I never thought I would have a rival in my art." He said with a smirk and Sai tilted his head with a confused look.
"Rival?"
Naruto nodded "That's right. Unless If you don't want to."
Sai decided to put the smile back on. "It is fine by me. Rival." He said and Naruto smirked at him.
"Great! Then it also means that we're friends! Right?" Naruto asked him and Sai nodded.
"I guess."
"Okay class. My name is Iruka Umino and he is Mizuki Toujo. We are going to be your instructors for the next years." A man with brown skin and a scar crossing his face said to the class. Next to him, was another man, with long white hair. "Now introduce yourselves."
"Shino Aburame."
"Chouji Akimichi."
"Ten-Ten Agane."
"Sakura Haruno."
"Hi-Hi-Hi-Hina-Hina-Hinata Hyuga"
"Neji Hyuga."
"My name is Kiba Inuzuka!"
"Rock Lee!"
"Naruto Namikaze."
"Rin Namikaze."
"M-Mei Namikaze."
"Troublesome. Shikamaru Nara."
"Sai Ruto."
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"Ino Yamanaka"
Iruka smiled at his new class "Great! I wish you all good luck for this and the years to follow in this class."
(A/N: Read notes at the end for an explanation.)
*Lunch Break*
"So, what's your favorite thing to draw." Naruto asked his new friend to make a conversation. Sai wasn't very talkative to say the least. He only smiled at everyone.
Sai looked to the sky thinking. "My brother." He simply said and Naruto grinned.
"Can I see one of your drawings?" He asked and Sai looked at him with his smile.
"No."
Naruto face fell "Why?" He complained.
"Those are more personal drawings." Sai said not losing his smile and Naruto nodded with a smirk.
"Well, when I gain your trust you will show me your best works and I'll do the same. Deal?" He said stretching his hand towards Sai that look at it uncertain. He hesitantly shook the hand and smiled once again.
"Deal."
"Ehm, Naru-Nii..." Mei shy voice interrupted the two boys to see the red-headed girl seated next to Naruto playing with her skirt.
"Oh Mei. Since when you have been here?"
"S-Since the start of the break. And now it is over." She said playing with her skirt and Naruto nodded with a grin.
"Okay. Let's go then." He said standing up and going to the class. Sai went next to him and Naruto talked to him again about what he likes while Mei followed behind them with a sad look on her face.
*At the Same Time, Ichiraku Ramen*
"I want to reconnect with Naruto." Kushina said to Deidara that was still eating his bowl.
After he was done Deidara nodded "And why you say that to me? Hm."
"Because I need your help for that." She said crossing her arms and looking away.
"And what do I have to do exactly? Naruto is really hurt for what happened at his birthday. Whenever I mention you or the Yellow Flash, he gets all depressed. Hm."
"Can you tell me what he likes?" Deidara looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"He is your son. You should know him better than I do. Hm." Kushina frowned at his words but Deidara haven't finish.
"Do you know why he is angry at the first place? Hm." Kushina shook his head and Deidara sighed "Look, he feels abandoned by you two. He isn't seeing you as his parents as he did before. I know he still loves you and the Yellow Flash. I can't tell you what to do, because I don't know what I would do. So, the only thing I could tell you is to look for something he likes and try and connect with that. Goodbye Kushina-Sama. Hm." He said as he paid his part of the bill and left Kushina thinking.
*Streets*
"The academy is laaaaaaaaame!" Rin screamed as he and his two siblings where walking back home after their first day of academy.
"Y-You shouldn't say things like that." Mei said quietly and Naruto patted her head.
"But if Rin wants to express the feeling that all of us felt in that classroom, he is free to do it."
Mei nodded and looked at his brother "Naru-Nii; are you going to replace us for that kid and Deidara?" She asked nervously and Naruto and Rin looked at her with confusion.
"What do you mean?" Rin asked her and she looked to the ground.
"You share the same tastes with them. You guys like the same things. And we barely know something about art." She said looking more depressed by each word she said.
Rin eyed with worry at his brother afraid for what he could see. Naruto just sling his arm over the shoulder of Mei and Rin and continue to walk between them.
"Deidara is really important to me. He is like my older brother. And maybe if you guys give him the chance, he could be yours too. And for Sai; I just met the guy. He looks cool, but that smile creeps me off. But if there is something totally irreplaceable for me, are you two. Never forget that. Because you are my cute, little siblings. And as your cool big brother, I must protect you two."
Mei and Rin nodded and the three siblings continued their way home in silence.
And done! This was chapter 3 of 'Artist of Konoha'. I don't consider this chapter my all-time great, but I hope it was good enough. Because the main idea of this chapter was to introduce Sai. He will be important in the story. And I know that Neji, Lee and Ten-Ten are one year older that them, but this is my story. And besides, there is a reason for this. One of them, is going to be in the same team as Naruto. That because a friend of mine asked it to me to do the strongest team possible. You can call my friend The J. No, he is not in Fanfiction. And that's all! Remember to leave your Review that it is important for me, PM me for any doubt or suggestion, vote for the pairing, Follow and Favorite.
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