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Previously:

Hinata waved her hand. "I will do it, Uchiha."

Now:

Naruto could only shake her head as her best friend marched towards Sasuke and snatched the book from his hands. Hinata-chan has really grown into her temper. She shook her head and glanced at Todoroki. The boy was now silent and the coldness in his eyes seemed to have grown even more intense.

Maybe my initial impression is right and he is actually an ass. The whiskered teen only forced a smile to play on her lips as mismatched-eyes flickered towards her. He looked away from her and just stared at the screen that now changed in showing her wear her new school uniform.

She shouldn't be judgmental but this guy was nice for only a few seconds before becoming cold as ice again. That was a typical asshole move from her experience.

That is her, isn't it?

Kendou stopped at the sight of a familiar blond-haired girl walking slowly through the gates of Yuuei High. She might be wrong but there was no mistaking that shade of blond. In all of Kendou's life, she had never seen a shade of blond liked the girl who saved her. It was too bright, looking exactly what sunshine must look like if it was a physical object.

Narumi frowned and inspected Naruto's hair before glancing at the other members in Konoha. What the hell is going through that lady's mind? The whiskered teen knitted her eyebrows together and then raised her eyebrows when the old lady furrowed her eyebrows together.

"Is that hair color common in your part of the world?" Narumi asked. The question hovered between them as everyone turned away from the screen to look at the white-haired woman. "Because that is very similar shade to my son's hair color and he inherited it from his father."

"I've never seen anyone with my hair color," Naruto admitted. The woman stiffened and her lips curled into a deep frown as her blue eyes flickered to the Hokage. The Third frowned and regarded Narumi carefully before looking back at her. "Then again I haven't been anywhere else."

"Sarutobi-san," Narumi said quietly. "Do you know a man called Souta? He had a very similar shade to Uzumaki."

The white-haired man frowned. "Does it matter to you if I know a Souta—"

"It matters to me!" Narumi growled. Everyone blinked as the white-haired woman stalked towards the man. "My son has been missing for the last 33 years and he had the same hair color as his father! Do you know what it is like to live every single day not knowing whether or not your son is fine? His bastard of a father didn't even want him until his new wife turned out to be infertile!"

Hiruzen frowned and flickered his eyes from her to Narumi. His brown eyes flashed with confusion and then to disbelief as if he knew exactly what was happening here. Can someone explain to me? She knitted her eyebrows and glanced at the Bakugou family.

"Narumi-san, I don't think you want to know the whole thing but I can tell you that…Souta is dead," Hiruzen said. Everyone blinked and Narumi trembled as her blue eyes grew wide. "And your son…he died nearly 16-years ago."

Naruto blinked and asked. "You know who her son was?"

"I do," The Third Hokage answered with a grimace playing on his lips. "And everyone else is going to find out…I believe. I cannot go into details but her son was very much well-known."

Narumi stared at him. "How did he—"

"He was protecting the village from the Kyuubi," Hiruzen answered. Narumi closed her eyes and the white-haired woman sobbed. Her cries echoed throughout the room and Naruto looked away. Her blue eyes flickered to Bakugou and his mother. The blond-haired woman also had tears streaming down her eyes. "But he did leave something behind for you to remember him by. I wish he and Souta had been honest with me."

"So are you going to tell us who her son was?" Naruto asked, knitting her eyebrows together. Kakashi glanced at her and then looked at Narumi with wide eyes. Why the hell does he look at us like that? The whiskered teen frowned. "I mean you practically told us a lot of things, so why not tell us who he was? You said he was famous."

The Hokage looked at her and closed his eyes. "Naruto, I think it is better for you to read the book to find out. We don't have the time to talk about her son."

"You are avoiding it, Old Man!" Naruto grumbled. "But fine, we can continue the book and then you will tell us everything!"

It definitely had to be her.

She didn't know much about the girl, the school hadn't been willing to give her any hints about who her saviour was. Kendou really wanted to get to know her. The blond-haired girl didn't need to help her with the rubble, could have just left her alone, but chose to help her. Everyone else had been too busy trying to get points that they never noticed her.

"It seems like you have got another fan," Bakugou commented, breaking the tense silence. He flickered his eyes from her to his grandmother. Naruto frowned and looked at Narumi. The white-haired woman kept glancing at her with sad eyes and jaws clenched. She probably blames me for what happened to her son. That was rather normal.

She was used to it by now.

"It seems like I have a certain charm that you lacked," Naruto retorted. "Because everyone knows that you wouldn't help her if you have been in that situation."

"Now that I know rescue points are involved, I can change the situation," Bakugou reminded her. The other students bobbed their heads and the whiskered teen only scowled before folding her arms against her chest. She darted her eyes to Mitsuki and the woman looked away from her.

Masaru only frowned and rubbed his wife's back before offering her a feeble shrug.

The girl was willing to forgo any idea of getting more points to save her.

"You're the cool girl that took me to the nurse!" Kendou called out, dashing towards the girl and putting her hands on the girl's slender shoulders.

"I told you that you are cool," Hinata said as her eyes flickered to her. Pale, lavender eyes twinkled with mirth while Naruto could only frown at her best friend. You still don't count Hinata-chan, you are my best friend! You have to say that. She guessed her eyes showed that because Hinata continued on. "Just because I'm your best friend, doesn't mean I have to lie to you!"

Midoriya bobbed his head. "You are actually kind of cool."

"Wait till you see her dorky side," Kiba commented. Naruto's eyebrows twitched as brown eyes glinted with mischief. "You wouldn't think Naruto is so cool when you see how much of a dork she can be. Right now, she might be cool but Naruto can be a real dork."

"And you can be a real sexist ass despite having a mother who doesn't tolerate for that kind of stuff," Naruto retorted with her arms folded against her chest.

The girl's shoulders tensed up and blond hair flipped around, blue eyes meeting Kendou's green eyes. Her eyes are really blue. It was the first thing to come to her mind at the sight of those bright blue eyes. The second thing to stand out to Kendou was just how large the smile was. It gave her some hope that maybe she could make friends with her.

Choji frowned and knitted his eyebrows together. "You know that is the same smile you always have on but your thoughts are really dark…which kind of make no sense. How can you be smiling when you are not actually happy?"

"Years and years of practise," Naruto answered, shrugging her shoulders at her childhood classmate. "It is actually quite easy to do, Choji. You just smile and that is it."

Narumi stared at her. "Just because you are smiling, doesn't mean you are happy, Naruto. It isn't good for your emotional or mental health. You have to be honest about what you feel, Naruto. This isn't healthy for you—"

"Why the hell should I be honest about my feelings?" Naruto asked as Narumi stared at her with sad eyes. The whiskered teen clenched her jaws together. "And why the hell does it matter to you? I have been dealing with my problems well. I'm not your patient and we have no relationship between us! You are Bakugou's grandmother, not mine! I carry the beast that killed your son so why the hell do you—"

"The beast killed my son, not you." Narumi said quietly. The words hovered between them as the white-haired woman regarded her carefully before throwing a glare at the Hokage. "I might be Bakugou's grandmother but if I had a granddaughter then she would be like you. Blood or not, I give a shit because you are still young and seeing you hurt yourself like this that hurts even more."

Naruto clenched her jaws together and the white-haired woman flickered her eyes at the Third Hokage. The man tilted his hat downwards and offered a little nod, which earned a frown from the whiskered teen. Why the hell are they doing that? She shook her head and looked back at Hinata.

Finally, Kendou thought the girl looked similar to one of her juniors in her middle school. The shape of her eyes and the smile reminded her of that junior. Kendou would think they were related if it wasn't for the fact her junior had bright red hair.

It could be coincidence, Kendou knew there was a saying that there was always going to be another person with similar features in another country or even in the same place.

"It is possible but there is also a possibility that you can be related," Sakura observed. Naruto blinked and twisted her head as the pink-haired girl rubbed her jaws. Tsunade nodded and then frowned. "We don't know anything about Naruto's parents except for the fact that her Mom comes from Uzushiokagure."

Naruto eyed her. "You think my mother has family over there?"

"If you are in Japan then there is always a possibility," she pointed out. "Hokage-sama, would it be possible—"

"—For the sake of our village, you better pray to god that this isn't true," The Third Hokage stated with a frown. Naruto blinked and knitted her eyebrows together as the white-haired man flickered his eyes at her. "If the Uzumaki Clan is still alive then it would be fair to say that the village is going to be experiencing a lot of strain."

"Why would they care?" Naruto asked, raising her eyebrow together. "My Mom might have come from Uzushiokagure but that doesn't mean I am a member of that clan. You only gave me that last name—"

"I gave you, your mother's last name because your father and her thought that she was the last member of the Uzumaki clan," The Third Hokage answered. Naruto blinked as everyone from Suna and Konoha blinked at this piece of information. "If what Sakura believes to be true then you can be assured that we are in very much in trouble."

Hinata smiled thinly. "No shinobi clan likes to see a member of their own clan being treated less than dirt."

"If the leader turns out to be him then the village is definitely in trouble," The Hokage muttered. He flickered his eyes to Tsunade and the frown on his face deepened. "Have you found any new—"

"Nothing," Tsunade answered with a grimace. "Kakashi, I and Hibiki have been working on finding the culprit but the trail is rather empty. We can't pinpoint who leaked it and the one person that we are certain would do it…well he covered his tracks well."

The blond-haired teen frowned. "What are you guys talking about?"

"It is a discussion after the book," The Third Hokage answered.

Beside, her saviour seemed kind while her junior only acted kind.

"Do you remember me?" Kendou asked. The girl kept quiet and just continued walking, but this didn't deter her. She needed to get closer to this girl. "I am the girl that you rescued from the rubble. You know you sent your clone to carry me to the infirmary?"

"I probably don't remember you," Naruto admitted. Everyone blinked and raised their eyebrows at the whiskered teen, who only let out a little sigh. "I'm kind of like a goldfish when it comes to new faces. It takes me a while to remember a face."

Midoriya bobbed his head. "It took you a long time to recognize Kacchan and me."

The girl stopped walking and twisted her head to look at her. A large smile seemed to be plastered on her lips as blue eyes locked on her. I need to say something. Kendou didn't usually feel anxious but something told her that she only had a couple of minutes, before she left again. She didn't even know if they were going to be in the same class.

"Probably not," Kiba commented. He bobbed his head and the brown-haired boy flickered his eyes at her before moving his gaze back to everyone in the room. Several of them bobbed their heads in agreement but Naruto only raised an eyebrow at him. "What? Knowing your luck, you probably won't have her in your class or else she would be here."

Naruto stared at him before looking at Hinata. "Did you somehow manage to make Kiba smarter? Because this has to be the smartest thing he had ever said."

"Oi, Naruto! I can be smart!" Kiba barked.

Shino stared at him. "Really, when?"

Kiba scowled and gave him the middle finger.

Kendou hoped they would be in the same class.

"I really want to say thank you for helping me, but your clone just ran away before I could tell them thank you."

There was a very subtle change in the girl's expression. The large smile didn't waver, but there was a slight widening in her eyes. Kendou chose to ignore it, more focused on the ground as her brain scrambled to articulate the words to express her feelings.

Hinata sighed and turned to look at Naruto. "You really shouldn't be surprised when someone thanks you, Naruto-chan. There are people in this world that have been raised with some manners."

"Hinata!" Sakura growled. Tsunade snorted while Bakugou let out a little cough that sounded very distinctly like a laugh. The whiskered teen raised an eyebrow at her classmate and he only offered her a shrug before looking away from her. The world has truly ended for him to laugh. She shook her head. "I have some manners."

"I never see it," Hinata said with a thin smile that brought a shiver of fear down her spine. "Show me those manners and I will take back those words."

Kiba shuddered. "Hinata can be really scary when she is angry."

"We can both agree on that," Naruto agreed.

"Recovery girl, she is the nurse by the way, scolded me for trying to pull my leg out of the rubble." Kendou began. "She told me that it was a bad idea for me to pull my leg out. My leg couldn't handle that kind of pressure, so I was lucky you helped me out of a tight spot. You know a lot of the other examinees just ignored me…but you helped me."

"We are lucky to have Recovery girl," Aizawa commented. Naruto blinked as the black-haired man eyed the girl's leg. "If we didn't have her then it would be impossible for her to walk like that."

Tsunade grimaced. "I'm guessing by her name that Recovery Girl has a Kekkei Genkei that allows her to heal."

Aizawa nodded and Naruto let out a little sigh before rubbing the back of her neck. It must be nice for someone to have a healing Quirk if you asked her. They could heal people, not just themselves. I can only heal myself and that is only because of the Kyuubi. She yawned and closed her eyes.

'I don't know what it means to be a hero but I know heroes don't ignore someone in distress.'

Kendou still feel ashamed whenever she thought back to those words. She wanted to be a hero to support her family. The thought of saving the other examines had been the last thing on her mind. Just getting into the school was more important to her, the first step of reaching her dream. A lot of the famous, well-paid heroes came here.

Naruto blinked and tilted her head. "Really? Who are the famous heroes that came to Yuuei High?"

"Are you kidding me?" Kaminari asked with slumped shoulders. The whiskered teen blinked and then shook her head as the male looked at her like she was insane for not knowing these kind of facts. "Does the name All Might not ring a bell to you? What about Endeavour? You had to heard those names before!"

"All Might? Yeah I heard of him," Naruto answered with a frown playing on her lips. "Endeavour? That name sounds kinda familiar to me but I'm not a hero nut. I wouldn't even know what he looks like if he walked on the streets with his hero outfit. It is kind of obvious that I'm not interested in these kind of things."

Hinata nodded. "Naruto-chan is more likely to know and name every detail of the Hokages than know about the heroes. She would also have a better knowledge of which shinobi is more likely to take over from Tsunade-sama than this."

Naruto bobbed her head and flickered her eyes to Todoroki. A frown played on her lips when the coldness in Todoroki's eyes increased and a wave of hate and anger rolled off from him. He really seems pissed off. Well it did not matter to her because he was going to be nothing to her. Maybe he was her classmate but that was it.

She didn't care.

She did save some people, but Kendou only did it to get some more points. It was not from the goodness of her own heart like the girl in front of her.

"My name is Kendou Itsuka but you can call me Itsuka-chan!" She offered her hand to the girl but her saviour just eyed it, not reaching to shake it. It should annoy her but the girl did too much for Itsuka to be bother by it. "What's your name? Which class are you in? I am in Class 1B."

Hinata paused and turned her head around to look at Naruto. "Naruto-chan, remember what I said to Sakura about manners?"

"C'mon I am not in the mood to be friendly and nice!" Naruto complained. The blue-haired girl shook her head as Bakugou flickered his eyes between them like he didn't know what to think of her behaviour. Narumi snorted while the whiskered-teen folded her arms against her chest. "Besides, if I tell her my name and my class then she might pester me. She doesn't actually want to be my friend."

"Do you realize who you are imitating at that moment?" Hinata asked pleasantly with a wide smile. "You did call a certain Uchiha a brooding baby because he wouldn't talk to you."

The whiskered teen groaned. "I hate it when you talk reason to me."

"You know you appreciate it," Hinata said, shaking her head.

She prayed that the girl was in the same class as her.

The teen didn't answer, just clicked her heels together and resumed walking. Itsuka blinked, almost feeling a little bit at loss of what to do. This was the first time someone didn't answer her questions. Should she just give up? Maybe she was wasting her time with trying to get to know her.

"He really affected you," Gaara observed, flickering his eyes to the quiet Sasuke. The whiskered teen pressed her lips into a thin line as teal eyes regarded her with concern and confusion. "You weren't like this when we met the first time."

"You ignored me the first time in favour for Sasuke," Naruto commented lightly as she jerked her finger at her former teammate. "That was why I wanted to introduce myself to you because you thought Sasuke was the better opponent than me. If you weren't like that then you could bet your ass, I would have ignored you."

Kankuro eyed her. "If you acted like that when we met then I would have asked you out."

"And I would have said no," Naruto said with a shrug. Kankuro slumped his shoulders while Temari snickered at that comment. "I am never going to date a man that wears more make-up than me. He could be prettier than me but in no way am I allowing myself to date a guy like that."

Kankuro scowled. "How many times do I have to tell you that it is war paint?"

"You still put it on your face and that still counts as make-up to me," Naruto sang.

She couldn't just give up now. Itsuka needed to know at least her rescuer name because it sounded wrong to not have a name for her.

"So who is your favourite hero?" Itsuka tried again, running after the girl. Her bag juggled as she tried to catch up to the mysterious girl that might or might not be her classmate. Why wouldn't she talk to her? She seemed to have no problem scolding her for focusing about the points.

"The Fourth Hokage," Everyone from Konoha chorused. Naruto flushed a light shade of red as several eyes widened at this piece of information. What? I do like heroes and yeah the Fourth Hokage screwed me over…but he was cool during the war. She was not going to explain herself to them.

Narumi frowned. "Why do you like him? He is the one that put you through all that pain."

"Yeah but he was a genius and the second youngest person to take that hat," Naruto explained as everyone looked at her with wide eyes. She bounced in her seat slightly and her eyes lit up. "He might have screwed me over but do you know how difficult it is to get that hat? Only the strongest shinobi can get it. If the Academy wasn't so damn prejudice against me, I would have tried to break his score."

Kakashi chuckled and looked faintly amused at that comment, earning a raised eyebrow at him. What? He thinks that I can't do it! Well I could but no one was willing to be fair to me! She curled her lips into a scowl and folded her arms against her chest before looking away from him.

The blonde didn't reply.

Kendou forced herself to smile and declared. "It is fine if you don't answer me, but I am going to get you to talk to me. I will just talk to you again in lunch."

"It is so weird for you to act like this," Kiba commented, shaking his head. Naruto raised a single eyebrow at the older boy and he raised his hands up to her. "You might be different but you were always the talkative one. The problem used to be getting you to shut up for a minute."

Naruto stared at him and then rolled her eyes. "The moment that I became quiet like all of you wanted, you find the whole thing to be strange. Jeez, make up your mind!"

"I think we want a middle ground," Shikamaru commented.

She won't give up when it comes to her.

"Uzumaki!"

Kendou could only gawk as a periwrinkle-haired girl tackled her saviour, wrapping her arms around her in a tight hug. Uzumaki stiffened before jerking her head back, a larger smile playing on her lips as the girl pulled her whiskered cheeks.

"I thought you like it when people hug you," Sakura commented. Naruto raised a single eyebrow at her pink-haired teammate and the green-eyed girl elaborated. "You were always hugging Sasuke whenever you had the chance and you would try to do the same thing to Kakashi-sensei."

"I like being the one to give hugs but I don't feel comfortable when someone hugs me," Naruto elaborated. She ignored the dirty looks being thrown at her by Ino and flickered her eyes at Sasuke. "I'm just not used to someone hugging me. I'm used to Hinata-chan's hugs but other than that…I'm not used to it."

Kaminari hummed and looked at her with twinkling eyes. "Then I'm guessing you are the type of girl, who gives a little affection in public now but when you are with your boyfriend then you shower him with a lot of affection."

"Don't know," Naruto admitted, shrugging her shoulders. "I never had a boyfriend and I probably won't have one. I don't have the time for that shit."

"Are you excited for your first day of Yuuei High? Where is your friend? Do you want me to show you where your class is?" The girl asked. Kendou guessed this was going to be their senior if her words were of any indication.

"Does she ever slow down?" Kankuro asked, staring at the screen and then at the book with resentment. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who thinks she talks fast. Naruto hummed as Aizawa shook his head at Kankuro. The older teen groaned and slumped his shoulders at this piece of information.

Kendou blinked when the blond-haired girl sighed and nodded. At least I know she does answers. The senior didn't seem to be too put off at the fact Uzumaki was not even going to give her a verbal response to her questions. If anything, the girl just continued to talk with a cheerful smile playing on her lips.

"Ooh, are you another of Uzumaki's friends?" The girl asked, swirling her head at her. "How did the two of you meet? Does she ever talk to you? How do you get her to answer? Mirio tells me that I should give her time but Uzumaki-chan is so cute! My name is Hadou Nejire and I am going to be your senpai!"

"You could try to get her to talk through making a bet," Sasuke commented with a slight bob. Naruto's eyebrows twitched as black eyes gleamed with slight amusement. "You were always trying to find a way to make the bet benefit you in some way or form."

"Those bets seemed to help you forget about your problems," Naruto retorted. The black-haired teen shrugged his shoulders while everyone else looked at them with wide eyes. What? You think after how much he tried to push me away, I would leave him alone? She had a better understanding of Sasuke then they realized.

Kendou blinked as the girl continued to fire questions at her. She tried her hardest to answer the girl's questions but the one thing that stood out to her was her saviour's last name. Uzumaki was a common last name. There were plenty of people with that last name.

Tsunade and the Third Hokage glanced at each other before jerking their heads at the screen, while Naruto blinked. If I actually have my mother's family over there then why haven't I met another Uzumaki so far? She scratched her head as more and more people turned to look at her.

"If the Uzumaki clan is still alive then how did they escaped from their village?" The Third Hokage asked, curling his lips into a frown. "From the reports that have been gathered, there were three villages attacking them so how could they have escaped?"

Sakura blinked. "Are they that powerful?"

"Their work on sealing is nothing to laugh at and the Uzumaki Clan wouldn't be feared if it wasn't for the fact that they were powerful," Tsunade explained. The whole room grew quiet as Tsunade's eyes flickered to Naruto. "Most of the money that help founded Konoha came from my grandmother's clan."

"But how could they escape three villages attacking them?" Ino demanded. "That is impossible."

Tsunade regarded Ino before glancing at Naruto. "It is impossible but the Second Uzushiokage was well-known for his paranoia. Out of all of my grandmother's siblings, he was always the type to think three steps ahead. It wouldn't surprise me if he prepared them for a future where they needed to run away."

"But why didn't they come to Konoha?" Naruto asked. "If they helped found the village then shouldn't they have come to us?'

The Third grimaced. "I don't know what happened."

Her junior also had the last name of Uzumaki, but it was just a coincidence that her saviour had the same last name.

You could have the same last name and not be related.

"That is indeed true but the fact that you share similar appearances might be the case that you are indeed related," Narumi commented. The old woman furrowed her eyebrows together and stared down at her wrinkly hand before looking back at her. "Did Naruto's mother had any siblings?"

"She was an only child but she had three particular cousins that she was very close to," The Third Hokage answered. Naruto blinked and twisted her head to stare at the Third Hokage. Blue eyes gleamed with curiosity as the man took out his pipe. "Kenji and Asa were closer to her age and the two of them were very protective over her, especially Kenji."

"From the limited times I came to contact with them, it seemed like the Second Uzushiokage wanted to pass the hat to him," Tsunade commented. Naruto and the others exchanged glances before looking back at Tsunade. "Kenji was the only one that looked more like his uncle but he didn't get his mother's brains. He got her brutality but not the brains. Asa had been given that while their elder brother got the empathy from their father."

Naruto blinked. "Do you think that they are alive?"

"I don't know but I think we are going to find out," Tsunade answered. "If Kenji is alive then I have another drinking buddy again."

Sakura groaned. "Tsunade-sama!"

"It is nice that we are in the same class, isn't it Todoroki-san?"

Todoroki nodded, mismatch eyes focused on his new chatting classmates, as Yaoyorozu looked nervously around their classmates. The first day of class hadn't even started but it seemed like none of their new classmates seemed to have any problems making friends or scolding each other. Out of everyone here, he only knew Yaoyorozu.

"So it seems like we are all in the same class!" Kirishima yelled, pumping his fist up in the air. The other future students of Class A bobbed their heads and let out sighs of relief. Naruto hummed and knitted her eyebrows together before glancing at Todoroki. It was fine that they were classmates but why was it in his perspective?

Actually, why did they changed perspective?

Kiba frowned and tilted his head at Todoroki. "Are you the shy type?"

"Todoroki-san doesn't like talking to people," Yaoyorozu explained. Naruto blinked and tilted her head as Todoroki only looked away from them with a grunt. I don't think that is the case. She curled her lips into a frown and darted her eyes to her future classmate before looking away from them.

Maybe it was wrong but it felt like he didn't want to have friends. Sure he talked to her and he had been somewhat nice to her, but it didn't mean that he wanted to be friends with her. He is trying to be civil. That was the best way to describe their interactions so far and the whiskered teen bobbed her head.

They had met each other before whenever her family threw events.

Ino blinked and tilted her head at Todoroki. "Are you rich?"

"My father is rich," Todoroki answered curtly. Naruto frowned and felt her stomach rolling with concern as hate and anger leaked out of his voice. I don't really care. The whiskered teen blinked and shook her head. She honestly did not care about a stranger. They were going to be civil to each other and that was going to be their relationship.

He tore his eyes from their glasses-wearing classmate when the classroom door slid open. A blond-haired girl stepped through, blue eyes observing the scene right in front of them. Almost everyone was out and about, talking to each other, or in the case of the black-haired boy (he must come from Iida family) scolding their classmate.

"Is your family famous?" Naruto asked Iida with eyebrows raised up to her hairline. Everyone else turned around to stare at the blue-haired boy with curious eyes. She didn't know much about heroes and it was clear from the book that she didn't have much interest when it came to those kind of things.

Iida nodded and pushed his glasses upwards as his hands moved from side to side. "My family is well known in the world for heroics. We have been heroes since my grandfather's time, maybe you have heard of my brother: Ingenium?"

Izuku squealed. "Your brother is—"

"Oi blind girl, continue the book before we have to listen to Deku give us a whole breakdown on Four-Eyes brother!" Bakugou barked. Naruto's eyebrows twitched and Hinata shook her head. Don't worry about it, Naruto. The whiskered teen grunted and folded her arms as Hinata continued on with the story.

Todoroki regarded the girl standing across the room. The one thing that stood out about the girl wasn't her looks. She was very pretty, there was no denying about it, but those blue eyes shone with a lot of mistrust. The smile might fool people into thinking the girl was fine, but Todoroki knew fake smiles very well.

Naruto blinked and twisted her head around him. "You could read my smile before I even opened my mouth? You don't know me!"

"I didn't know you but you aren't good in hiding your emotions," Todoroki retorted. Narumi flickered her eyes between them and the whiskered teen growled before swirling her eyes at the mismatch-haired boy. "Like the book said: your eyes clashes with your smile. Only an idiot wouldn't notice it."

She clenched her jaws. "Well sorry for not being amazing when it comes to hiding my mistrust, asshole! But you aren't any better! You might have been civil to me but I know your type! You are just like the bastard over there!"

"Naruto-chan, you can't judge him—"

"—I don't like it when someone thinks that they have me figured it out!" Naruto snapped. "He acts like he knows me and yeah he was civil but Sasuke over there can do the same thing. He acts like he gives a shit but we both know that he doesn't give a shit! Assholes like him only care about themselves!"

His mother used to give them to him to reassure him that she was fine and happy. Todoroki believed them until the incident. All those fake smiles hid the depth of pain his mother went through under living in the same roof as that shitty old man.

Naruto kept quiet and Todoroki offered her a single glance before grunting at her. I should apologize. That had been a shitty thing for her to do and the only reason that he acted this way was because of what his mother could have gone through. Narumi flickered her eyes between them and the whiskered teen cleared her throat.

"Sorry for saying that crap but your eyes are really cold at times," Naruto grunted. Todoroki stared at her for a couple of seconds before bobbing his head at her. She relaxed her shoulders and blinked when everyone turned around to look at her. Several eyes looked at her with wide eyes. "What?"

"You apologized," Sakura commented slowly. "You would never apologize for something like that."

"I own up to my mistakes, not like you," Naruto grunted.

Ashido frowned. "Aren't we going to ask him about the incident?"

"I don't recommend it," Narumi commented quietly as her eyes flickered to Shouto. She shook her head when the boy only offered her a nod of gratitude before looking away from her. The white-haired woman sighed and the whiskered teen blinked.

Todoroki wondered what his classmate went through for her to show such fake smiles.

"Naruto-san! We're in the same class!" The nervous green-haired boy seemed to have grown a little bit more confident at the sight of the girl. Todoroki knitted his eyebrow. Naruto? Wasn't that a boy's name? He observed the girl, trying to find any hints that she might be a boy.

Naruto's eyebrows twitched and the whiskered teen swirled her head at the boy as her hand gestured to her chest. "Do I look like a boy? My breasts could tell you that I'm definitely not a boy!"

Mineta and the other boys bobbed their heads in agreement as Todoroki regarded her carefully before looking down at her chest. His mismatched-eyes lingered there for a moment before he quickly looked away from her. Naruto felt her lips twitched when the boy had a light pinkness creeping up his ear.

"I can tell that you are definitely a girl," Todoroki declared as his voice grew slightly higher in pitch. Naruto felt her lips twitched even more when the hints of fluster leaked out of his tone. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and Naruto raised an eyebrow at her childhood friend, who only grunted and looked away from her.

There was nothing about the girl's appearance that indicated she might be cross-dressing.

"Midoriya-san, it is good to see you too!" The girl said; her voice held a fake cheer and there was something husky about her voice. A large smile seemed to be glued on her face and just like before, Todoroki noticed just how fake the smile was.

No matter how large her smile was, the pain in her bright blue eyes was undeniable. It was subtle, almost unnoticeable at first glance but it clashed with her smile.

"You really pay a lot of attention to Naruto-chan, don't you?" Hinata commented. Todoroki blinked and raised an eyebrow at the blue-haired girl. She smiled slightly and fixated her eyes on Naruto. "Not many people would notice that aspect of Naruto-chan. She is very good at hiding her pain."

Naruto sighed. "When did I ever hide my pain from you?"

"More times than I can count with my hand," Hinata retorted. Naruto slumped her shoulders as Todoroki flickered his eyes between them. Confusion shone through his eyes and the blue-haired girl smiled even wider. "You think I've been blind about what has been happening to you during your time with Sakura-san, Uchiha and Kakashi-sensei? I know you, Naruto."

"It wasn't that bad," Naruto grunted. "Sasuke was the least problematic one between the three of them. At least he would remember my birthday and put up with my shit on that day."

Sakura blinked. "When did Sasuke-kun celebrate your birthday?"

"Every year," Naruto retorted as Sasuke bobbed his head in agreement. "I celebrate his birthday too but since you made it a big deal, well I thought that there was very little point for us to do our ritual. I mean how could I bake a cake for him and for us talking about the past when you want to join in?"

Sakura blinked while Sasuke scowled at the reminder, earning a sigh from Naruto. She might get a little bit empty doing the lead-up to her birthday and have little desire to go out, but she could count on Sasuke to bring some cake for her. Not even when his parents and clans member were murdered, did he forget about her birthday.

"You went to the same school as Midoriya-kun, right? I remembered that the two of you were walking together during the Entrance Exam!" One of their classmates asked, who stood right beside the boy Midoriya. She tilted her head and held her hand out, a cheerful smile playing on her lips. "My name is Uraraka Ochako!"

Bakugou blinked and then swirled his head at Izuku. "How the hell did you get into the heroics department, Deku!"

"Maybe I got lucky and my Quirk just suddenly appeared?" Izuku suggested with a forced laugh. Naruto frowned and rubbed her jaws as everyone continued to look at him with disbelief. Something doesn't feel right. She puffed her cheeks and knitted her eyebrows together as everyone shook their heads at them.

The girl didn't answer and the smile on Uraraka's face faded as time went by.

"Ochako-san, this is Uzumaki Naruto," Midoriya introduced with a slight timid tone in his voice. He darted his eyes to Uzuamki and silently pleaded for the girl to make some kind of comment. The blond-haired girl just ignored, shrugging her shoulders and taking the empty seat right beside Todoroki.

Ino blinked and then knitted her eyebrows before looking at Naruto with unimpressed eyes. "Do you think you are staking your claim at him? Because you did the same thing with Sasuke-kun and we all know what happened after that."

"Do you know how silly you sound? Why the hell would I want to stake my claim on a guy that I don't know?" Naruto demanded. Ino raised an eyebrow and the whiskered teen groaned. "Look does everything have to go back to crushes? I don't have time for that kind of shit! You want to know why would I sit beside someone like Pretty Boy? It is because they won't fucking bother me! I don't believe in love at first sight like you and Sakura! I don't get infatuated like you two either!"

"But you always sit next to good-looking guys," Sakura pointed out.

Naruto sighed. "Do the correlation: pretty boys are generally the type to not give a shit because girls like you and Ino annoy the living crap out of them! Why the hell do you think Sasuke used to get along with me and Hinata-chan? We don't try anything on him!"

Midoriya sighed, looking almost put off at their classmate's behaviour.

Todoroki knitted his eyebrows when Iida charged towards the back of the row. His shoulders straight, eyes locked on the blond-haired girl. Uzumaki seemed not to pay much attention, just sliding her bag onto the chair and searching through her bag for something. The girl didn't up when Iida stopped right in front of her table, not even when Iida cleared his throat to get their attention.

"I was probably trying to find a book to read so that no one interacts with me," Naruto admitted. Everyone blinked and then twisted their head at the blonde. Narumi raised an eyebrow at her and the blonde knew what the old lady was asking her. "Yes, I can admit my own tactics but it doesn't mean anything."

Narumi sighed and shook her head. "The denial is strong in this one."

"Since when did you like to read?" Sakura asked, knitting her eyebrows together. Naruto blinked and raised an eyebrow at her former teammate, who quickly elaborated her words. "Whenever I suggest to you to read some books, you would tell me that they were boring and not fun!"

"You were telling her to read a textbook to have a better understanding of your explanation," Sasuke retorted. "Of course she was going to say that."

Naruto nodded. "There is that and the fact that most of the books from our country carries the same boring themes and plot. The books I read in Japan are more interesting and have different themes. Besides some of the characters share similar backgrounds to me and well I could connect with them."

"What character would you say that resonate with you?" Narumi asked.

Naruto hummed. "You think I don't know what you are up to, Old Lady? I know if I tell you which character resonated with me then you are going to read the book and psychoanalyze the shit out of me."

"You aren't wrong," Bakugou agreed.

"Uzumaki-san, I owe you an apology for my terrible behaviour during the Entrance Exam." Iida bowed down, his head hitting the table. Uzumaki froze, back stiffened before looking up at the teen. Just like always, there was a large, fake smile playing on her lips.

She always uses fake smiles.

"She is using her fake smile but I can tell that Naruto-chan is annoyed," Hinata commented as her eyes fixated on the screen. "If you look at the way her shoulder twitched then you would know she is annoyed that Iida-san is apologizing to her."

Iida blinked and swirled his head at her. "Why?"

"You said shit to Midoriya, not me," Naruto explained slowly. "You want to act like an ass to me? Then I don't care because your words didn't really affect me. I get annoyed when someone doesn't apologize to the real victim of the situation."

Todoroki flickered his eyes to their other classmates, noticing how most of them stopped chatting and seemed focus on the scene right in front of them. Curiosity shone through everyone's eyes, waiting silently to see how the girl was going to react. It did not escape his notice how Midoriya seemed almost nervous on what was about to happen.

What happened during their Entrance Exam for everyone to be so curious.

Naruto frowned. "You didn't do the entrance exam? Then how on Earth did you enter?"

"Todoroki-san is probably our recommended student," Aizawa answered. Naruto and the others blinked as Kakashi and the other jounin raised their eyebrows at him. "Recommended students will usually either have amazing grades or would have a hero or support company recommend them for the exams. They would need to have outstanding references for these exams."

"My family knew someone to give me the reference," Yaoyorozu admitted. "Todoroki-san probably had his father recommend him."

Todoroki grimaced and Naruto only bobbed her head.

"I am not the one you need to say sorry to," Uzumaki declared, blue eyes fixated onto the boy's eyes as the smile on her face grew even larger. "You owe an apology to Midoriya-san. What you did that day was more hurtful to him than me. I am fine with what happened…it didn't affect me in anyway."

The boy frowned and looked like he wanted the girl to say something but Uzumaki just turned her head away, her hands resuming her search for something. Iida looked at lost, almost uncertain on how to deal with the dismissal made by the girl.

"Don't you have something to…"

"If you want Naruto to apologize then good luck trying," Shikamaru commented. Everyone bobbed their heads as Iida blinked and gawked at them. Naruto raised an eyebrow and the black-haired teen sighed. "Well you aren't known for apologizing for your behaviour. No matter how many times Iruka-sensei demanded for you to apologize, you gave a half-hearted apology."

Naruto eyed him. "Do you think I should have been the one to apologize?"

"I'm sure Hinata and Sasuke would come to the same conclusion as me and Choji when we say that you had your right," Shikamaru observed. The whiskered teen raised an eyebrow and waited for the inevitable words that were going to come out of his mouth. "But we all know whose side the teacher would have taken in the arguments. Also punching Ami and the girls in the face didn't help your case. You also pulled their hair and told them, oops it seems like you are now getting bald!"

Narumi regarded her and laughed.

"You find the whole thing funny?" Naruto asked. "You aren't going to tell me that I shouldn't have done that?"

The white-haired woman nodded. "Oh it was bad but it reminds me of what I did to the girls that wanted to hurt me because I had the boys wrapped around my finger. I annihilated them with my fist and my tongue. Violence is never the answer but don't poke a stick on the sleeping tiger is another thing for people to consider."

The door slid open, bringing everyone's attention to the front of the room. Heads spin around as they tried to find the source of the sound. Uzumaki locked eyes on the floor and Todoroki followed her line of sight, mismatch eyes blinking at the sight of the worm figure on the ground.

The worm figure unzipped himself, revealing a scruffy looking man inside a sleeping bag. The seven o'clock stubble covered his chins as black eyes swept the room, lingering on all of the frozen students. Some of the students shifted in their seats while a few flinched at the looks given to them. The tension in the room seemed to have gotten higher.

"So you are going to be our homeroom teacher?" Kirishima asked. Aizawa bobbed his head and curled his lips into a frown as his eyes flickered from her to the screen. A little snort escaped Aizawa's lips and the whiskered teen blinked. Why do I have a feeling that he knows what my future is going to be like. She probably was imagining things.

Kurenai regarded him. "Shouldn't you take care of your appearance? You are going to meet your students for the first time! How are you any different from Kakashi?"

"For one: I do not tolerate it when my students are late for class and so I will make sure to be an example for them," Aizawa commented with a sigh. Naruto raised an eyebrow as the black-haired man sighed. "Secondly I still have my job as a hero and taking care of my appearance is the last of my priority."

"It took ten seconds for all of you to settle down and stop your chit chatting," the man declared. He walked up to the podium and settled his hands on either sides of the podium, his lips pressed into a very thin line.

Kaminari blinked. "Did you actually time us?"

"Yes, I don't tolerate it if you and the other students goofed around during homeroom period," Aizawa explained. Everyone blinked and the man sighed before furthering elaborated. "Time is precious and every second wasted on something unproductive is time that could be used to improve yourselves."

Kakashi sighed. "That is a terrible way of looking at things."

"You used to be like that," Asuma pointed out. The members of Team Seven blinked and swirled their head at the silver-haired man before looking at the Hokage's youngest son. "You were the one that follows the rules and will always make a point about practicality. You were also the type to never be late for anything and you would get annoyed when someone was."

"What the hell happened to you?" Naruto asked, blinking her eyes. "You actually sound like someone that could be good at teaching! How did you go from being like that to being something like this?"

Kakashi did not smile and only regarded her carefully. "If I have to answer that then you have to tell me how you went from being the top-scoring student in the Academy to being the worst-scoring student."

"Wait, what?" Sakura demanded. "Naruto couldn't have—"

"She had better grades than Sasuke in her first semester in the Academy," Kakashi pointed out. Naruto blinked and then swirled her head at the Third Hokage, who shook his head at her. So if he didn't tell him then how did he know? She frowned. "I went through all your grades in your years of the Academy and noticed that Naruto immediately dropped from first and second place to last."

"If you knew this whole time then why did you—"

"If you weren't going to be honest and show your brains then I would treat you the way you wanted until you snapped," Kakashi explained. Naruto blinked and blinked as the single black eye regarded her carefully. "While your basics were terrible and maybe I should have told you instead of having you three focus on teamwork…but I'm not completely blind about your level of smarts."

"Why would you want me to snap? You could have confronted me!" Naruto pointed out.

"You would have continued to deny and would have stuck that mask even harder," Kakashi observed. "Between you and Sasuke, you were always the more stubborn one. I couldn't have simply make you drop it but I could get you irritated, long enough to have you show me that little girl who had potential."

Naruto's eyebrows twitched. "You could have done so many things and you decided on that technique! You are supposed to be a genius and you went with that dumb plan?"

"What other plan could I have gone?" Kakashi asked, raising his eyebrow at her. "I couldn't ask Kurenai and Asuma because their teams showed similar results throughout the placement. If I simply told them that I knew you were playing then they wouldn't believe me because of a reputation that you brought on yourself. Why do you think I wanted you to stop with the pranks?"

"You called me childish!" Naruto growled.

Kakashi eyed her. "The need to put on a mask was childish, Naruto. Those pranks gave off the impression that you have been slacking off and I know from the amount of times that I went to your apartment that you aren't a slacker."

"Then what about Sakura?" Naruto demanded. "Why didn't you do anything about her behaviour?"

Kakashi sighed. "You truly believe Sakura would listen to me when she was 12. She had her parents to correct her and the only person that have any affect on her is Sasuke. There is also the fact that I'm not a kunoichi and so this aspect of her personality is something I associated with girls her age. You were the only girl in the village who didn't have any inkling of that aspect."

"—Can we please go back to the story?" Asui asked.

"I am Aizawa Shouta and I will be your homeroom teacher," Aizawa informed them. He pulled out a gym outfit from the sleeping bag and stared at the silent students. "Wear these gym outfits and meet me in the field."

Todoroki could only wonder what was about to happen.

"You are going to find out," Aizawa commented with a shrug. Naruto felt a shiver of fear ran down her spine as those black eyes glinted with some faint amusement. The other members of Class 1A glanced at each other and gulped while the whiskered teen rubbed the back of her neck.

They really don't do anything by halves. Naruto craned her neck as blue eyes took in the large area that was the sport field. The whole area seemed to be so much larger than the small field her Middle School had. If anything it seemed to be large enough to fit the school that she just recently graduated from. How much money does this school have?

"It is a lot of money," Narumi answered, shaking her head at them. "And their pay checks are no laughing matter either. If I didn't love my job at the clinic than I would have taken the offer that Principal Nedzu would give me every year."

Mitsuki sighed. "Can't you take the job offer? It would be nice if someone could tell me and Inko if those two are going to be fine. Katsuki is strong but I don't know how he is going to react to being in a school where he isn't number one."

"Old Hag, are you implying—"

"—That you have a superiority and inferiority complex? Yes," Narumi commented, shaking her head. "Going to a school like Yuuei might break you out of that thought process but it might also break your ego."

Bakugou scowled.

She darted her eyes to her nervous classmates and then to the calm teacher. Something was really strange about this. In her three years of Middle School, Naruto had not once been forced to go to the Sports Field for no reason. The homeroom teacher used to usher them to the main hall, citing the importance of them attending the opening ceremony.

Once the opening ceremony was over, the man would make them go to the career guidance councillor. Naruto always made sure to skip that part. No matter how much the man tried to convince her that it was useful, she just refused to listen.

"Where would you go?" Midoriya asked, knitting his eyebrows together.

"I would go out to the field and have a jog," Naruto answered, shrugging her shoulders. Midoriya blinked while everyone raised their eyebrows at her with confusion. "If he caught me doing that then I would be in the class reading a book. I found ways to do something productive."

It was strange that Yuuei High of all places didn't follow the same procedure.

Aizawa hummed. "The General Education classes would have the procedure and I don't know what Class B homeroom teacher would do, but I have my own way of doing things."

"Naruto, doesn't that sound like—"

"—The bell test? Oh yeah," Naruto finished as Sakura and Sasuke stared at the black-haired man with horror in their eyes. "It seemed like in every country, there is someone who has a similar idea to Kakashi-sensei."

Kirishima blinked. "What is the bell test?"

"The test that nearly stopped all three of us from becoming genin," Naruto answered. Kakashi only offered an eye smile as everyone turned around to face the man. "He was using psychological warfare on us and pitted us against each other! If it wasn't for the fact that Sasuke took pity on me then we would have failed!"

Aizawa blinked. "What was the point of your test?"

"Teamwork," Kakashi answered. Everyone blinked as the silver-haired man flickered his eyes between his three former students before looking back at everyone. "The point of the whole test was to see if they could settled their differences and work together. The Academy should have focused on that aspect but students always seemed to forget when their career is on the line."

"You shouldn't expect us to work together when the Academy focuses on individual skill," Sakura pointed out.

Kakashi regarded her. "That may be true but I'm sure that Iruka-san has mentioned the importance of teamwork during your time in the Academy. I'm also certain that if we were focusing on just individual skill then you wouldn't have waited till Sasuke left and Naruto broke down. There is a class about teamwork in the Academy."

"You used psychology against us," Naruto pointed out. "And teamwork needed trust. You should have tried to install trust between us before pitting us against each other. You should have given us a trial period."

"But all three of you know each other," Kakashi pointed out. "If the three of you hadn't come from the same graduating class then there would be some merit to that point, but all three of you should have some level of trust and willingness to work with each other. You three did not when it came to the bell. You and Sasuke prefer to work alone while Sakura was only focused on Sasuke. If you hadn't tried to steal lunch then any one of you would have been put on the stake."

"What about leaving me alone in that stake!" Naruto grumbled. "I had to wait for someone to get me out of there."

Kakashi eyed her. "You didn't learn that jutsu from your Academy teachers?"

Naruto scowled.

"Sorry but I presumed you learnt it."

"I brought all of you here for us to do the Quirk Assessment Test."

Silence reined for a whole two minutes as the students processed what was just said. Slowly, their eyes grew large and within seconds:

"Quirk Assessment Test!"

"What the hell is the Quirk Assessment test?" Kaminari demanded.

Aizawa sighed. "If you let Hyuga-san continue then you are going to find out."

The uniform screams of her classmates echoed throughout the field as they stared at Aizawa with betrayed eyes. The man looked unbothered, only sweeping his eyes at the anxious students. She leaned against her foot, flashing a bright, confident smile when black eyes met hers. The man blinked but quickly regained his composure.

I hope he doesn't call out our Quirks in public. Naruto felt almost embarrassed at the lack of creativity she had when it came to making her Quirk name. Of all the names she could have used for her Chakra, she had to use the name Chakra. Of course she never actually thought she was going to become a Hero.

At least she was confident her Chakra would make her one of the strongest, if not the strongest candidate in their class.

Mineta folded his arms against his chest. "It is unfair that you have an advantage over us!"

"You do know without that advantage then I'm Quirkless," Naruto retorted. Narumi pressed her lips into a thin line while Mitsuki and Masaru glanced at each other. "So really it is an even playing field because without chakra, I probably would never get in. Even the strength that I have, might not be enough to get in. Besides, there are people out there with Quirks that would be unsuitable like Sasuke and Hinata-chan."

Both teens bobbed their heads in agreement.

Aizawa turned his body around and stared straight at the empty field. "If you want to be a Hero, you don't have time for such leisurely events."

Whispers broke out from all around her as the other students knitted their eyebrows in confusion. Naruto could only press her lips into a thin line, a sense of nostalgia and dread coursing through her. Something about his tone reminded her of the second exam that Team Seven had to take in order for all of them to become Genin.

The exam that they all nearly failed because they didn't know how to work as a damn team.

"How did the three of you pass in the end?" Uraraka asked.

Naruto sighed. "Long story cut short: Sasuke gave me food when Kakashi-sensei specifically said not to give me food. Even though he broke the rules, Sasuke pointed out that I couldn't be any help if I was starving and you are only as strong as your weakest link."

"I needed you to think of a plan on how to get those bells," Sasuke admitted. Sakura and Kakashi exchanged glances as the whiskered teen raised an eyebrow at him. "Don't give me that look, Idiot! Between the three of us, you were better at trap-making."

"I'm giving you that look because you almost sound like the old Sasuke," Naruto retorted. "You would never admit this out loud before and you would have found some way to make yourself sound even more like an ass. Maybe there is some hope for you."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Don't you interfere—"

"I'm going to interfere even if you try to kill me again," Naruto retorted. "If our positions were switched and I'm the one that went with Orochimaru then would you have stopped me? Or would you have kept quiet like you want me to do?"

He kept quiet and only offered her a scowl, which only made her shake her head at him. He knows damn well that he would have stopped me. If Sasuke really thought he would have kept quiet then he would have said it to her. He would have been blunt and that was the Sasuke that she knew.

"I let you live in a whim," Sasuke reminded her. "I didn't want him to win and I wouldn't have stopped you."

Naruto eyed him. "I know you, Sasuke and if you really let me live out of a whim then why can't you look me in the eye? You think I don't know when you are lying to me? You think I don't remember that last question you asked me on my birthday? I was blind when it came to your problems but I can read you better than you think."

"Yuuei's selling point is how unrestricted its school traditions are," Aizawa continued; his tone remained monotone and the tension in the atmosphere increased at those words. He turned his emotionless eyes towards them. "That's also how the teacher run their classes."

The whispers became louder as the man turned his whole body towards them. He leaned back as his black eyes locked onto them. He slipped his hand into his right pocket, pulling out a telephone device that showed several fitness test.

"You kids have been doing these since Middle School, too, right?" He flicked the phone. "Physical fitness tests where you weren't allowed to use your Quirks."

"You are going to make us do those tests by using our Quirks, aren't you?" Asui asked. The green-haired girl pushed her lip backwards and forwards as Aizawa bobbed his head. Well it won't be bad then because I can do it well. She hummed and bobbed her head as everyone from Class 1A shook their heads.

Bakugou eyed her. "Hey Whiskers when we did those physical tests, did you actually use chakra?"

"It will be a waste of chakra," Naruto reminded him. "Everything you saw in those physical tests was really my physical skill. I have been training since I was six and unlike some people in the Academy, I have been blessed with enhanced abilities."

The whispers died down at the mention of the compulsory fitness test that all of the students were forced to take in Middle School. It was done in the spirit of fairness but if anyone asked Naruto, her opinion then she would say it was so that the Quirkless kid feels like they have a chance to be on top.

"That is a possibility," Izuku commented with a nod. Narumi and the others bobbed their heads as the green-haired boy rubbed his jaws. "I always felt slightly better whenever I scored better than a few of the other students. But I also felt really disappointed whenever I saw your score."

Bakugou grunted. "You and me, Deku! Nothing I did could ever outscore her!"

"Imagine being compared to her during taijutsu," Ino grumbled. Naruto shrugged as the blond-haired teen narrowed her eyes at her. "Iruka-sensei would compare us to you whenever Mitzuki-sensei wasn't around to scold us. Even though you were paired up with Hinata, Sasuke-kun or Kiba, he would tell us to follow your approach!"

Naruto stared at her. "You never focused on taijutsu so how you think he is going to compare us? If you even tried then the whole situation would have been Iruka-sensei comparing me to you and Sakura. That stupid kunoichi teacher was always telling me that I should be more like you!"

"The country still uses averages taken from results from students not using their Quirks," Aizawa continued. "It's not rational. Well, the Ministry of Education is procrastinating."

He leaned forward and focused his eyes on her. "Uzumaki, you finished at the top of the practical exam, right?"

Everyone swirled their heads at her. Most of the students, except for two boys, gawked at her as their eyes looked her up and down. She could guess immediately what surprised them. Unlike most of the students here, she didn't look like the type of teen that would go the extra mile. She raised her eyebrow when Bakugou narrowed his eyes at her.

"Naruto-chan is actually really driven if you get to know her," Hinata informed everyone. Naruto rubbed the back of her neck as her best friend smiled at her. "She is probably one of the most hard-working person that I know. She would train after school just because she wanted to achieve her goal. Nothing can really stop Naruto-chan when she has a goal."

"It is an admirable trait," Narumi commented. "But what happens when you don't achieve your ambition?"

Naruto sighed. "Well we are going to find out, aren't we?"

She had no reason to answer to him about what her abilities were.

"In middle school, what was your best result for the softball throw?"

Naruto smiled widely. "200 meters."

"That is really impressive," Kirishima commented. "I think you are really manly, Uzumaki."

Naruto eyed him. "I am going to ask this again but what do you mean by manly? Is it a compliment because I can't really tell."

"Well manly means that I think you are confident, strong, caring or kind," Kirishima explained. Naruto blinked and nodded as the black-haired teen flickered his eyes to the members of Team Seven. "Like I think you are manly but your teammates are the opposite of manly. They don't really have any honor and manliness means respecting others and being kind."

"That is actually a good definition," Naruto muttered. She twisted her head around and looked at Kiba. "Oi Mutt, you should take some notes from him!"

Kiba frowned. "Why on earth would I—"

"Respecting others mean respecting women," Hinata explained as Kiba blinked and twisted his head around. "You might show some respect to me but you haven't been giving your mother, sister or even Naruto-chan, the respect they deserve. That is why Naruto-chan wants you to take some notes because your behaviour does hurt your Mom and sister."

Kiba blinked. "Did Mom and Hana-neechan tell that to you?"

"No but I can read them," Hinata answered quietly. Naruto had to strain her ears to hear the next couple of words between the two teens. "I know what happened between your Mom and Dad is a sore topic but your Dad never really paid any attention to you once he got together with that woman. Even then, he hasn't really changed his ways and you took his side. How would you think you would feel if you were in her position?"

The brown-haired boy kept quiet and Naruto could only blink as her best friend looked down at her book. The last thing she ever expected from her best friend was to point out to Kiba when he had been wrong.

Whispers broke out at her announcement as their teacher regarded her with suspicion. Several of the students just gaped at her, opening and closing their mouths as if they found it hard to believe that she could throw a ball that far. She might not be muscular like the kids with strength Quirks but there was a reason the Third used to call her a mini-Tsunade.

She could destroy a whole building with just her fist.

"You have got to be kidding me!" A student yelled.

"As I have demonstrated in the previous two chapter, I'm not kidding," Naruto said, shaking her head as her eyes flickered to Kaminari. "Why the hell would I joke about something like that? It isn't even funny."

Kaminari frowned. "I think you explained the reason why I doubt it in one of the previous paragraph!"

Aizawa-sensei regarded her and tossed her the softball. "Uzumaki, can you please demonstrate without using your Quirk?"

Catching the ball, Naruto nodded and made her way to the middle of the pitch. Whispers surrounded her as her classmates made a path for her. She ignored the curious looks from her classmates and stopped right in the middle of the softball pitch.

She rubbed her shoulder, made the waving motion and pressed her lips into a confident smile before hurling the ball out for everyone to see.

"That looks like it is going to go far," Shoji commented with wide eyes. Everyone else from Class 1A bobbed their heads and regarded the blond-haired girl carefully. The whiskered teen only offered them a shrug while everyone else from Konoha and Suna only chuckled at the observation.

Aizawa knitted his eyebrows and watched as the meter in the phone increased until the softball crashed into the ground. Whispers broke out as several eyebrows shot upwards at the distance the ball flew. Black eyes regarded her as he held the machine up for everyone to see the final score that Naruto had without her chakra.

"What the hell are you? 210 meters?" A spikey red-haired boy yelled. "That's insane."

Ashido blinked and twisted her head at Kirishima. "You dyed your hair?"

"Yeah, I'm planning to dye my hair once we enter high school," Kirishima answered, rubbing the back of his neck. Everyone twisted their heads to look at the boy and he rubbed the back of his neck. "If I'm going to be a hero then I need to stand out. My Quirk is so common so I need to stand out more."

Her teacher pulled out another softball and tossed it to her. "Since you proved that you can throw that far without your Quirk, shows us what you can do with your Quirk. Try improving your score with your Quirk. You can do whatever you want as long as you stay in the circle."

Naruto bobbed her head, waving her right arm back and forth as she channelled her chakra to her arms. She took a deep breath, ignored the curious whispers breaking out from all around her, and flung the ball with all her strength and chakra combined.

"How far do you think it will reach?" Kankuro asked as the screen played the scene before them. "Personally, I think it might be a kilometre since Naruto might be a little bit rusty."

Naruto eyed him. "Two kilometres. I bet you that my ball will reached two kilometres."

The ball flew straight over the trees, broke through the winds and forcing everyone's hair to fly backwards. Aizawa observed the instrument, black eyes not revealing about the distance the ball was taking, until the ball crashed into the ground. He held the gauge again for everyone to see.

Three kilometres.

It was pretty good when Naruto considered that she hadn't mastered the Chakra Control exercise that Ero-Sennin had given her to practice.

"Who is Ero-Sennin?" Everyone from Japan asked in unison as they swirled their heads at the whiskered teen. Naruto only curled her lips into a thin line as everyone from Class 1A looked at her with confusion. I should tell them. She guessed he might come up again especially if Mineta seemed to be the type to read his books.

"He is my mentor," Naruto finally answered. "He has a terrible habit of peaking on girls."

Narumi eyed her. "And you are training under him? Is he even—"

"Ero-Sennin might be a pervert but he won't look at a female who is underage!" Naruto protested. Narumi eyed her like she didn't believe her while Tsunade and the Third Hokage bobbed their heads. "I know what I was doing when I demanded him to teach me! He might be a pervert but I needed him to get stronger because someone here gave me to Ebisu!"

Kakashi winced as Narumi regarded him with narrowed eyes.

"If this girl turns out to have the wrong ideas on relationship then you better pray to Kami that I don't kill you and this Ero-Sennin!"

Kakashi gulped.

Blue eyes grew large when Midoriya ran up to her, green eyes flashing wildly with curiosity and wonder at the sight in front of them. I forgot that Midoriya is a hero nut. While everyone in middle school was too busy showing off their Quirks, Naruto was doing her best to keep her head down and not get close to anyone.

"That is going to change soon," Aizawa commented. Naruto blinked and twisted her head around as the black-haired man regarded her with firm eyes. "I'm not going to let you have these issues affect you while you are under my care. The way Kakashi-san tried to deal with you was wrong and absolutely shows that he hasn't much experience with students."

Naruto blinked. "Why do I have a feeling that you are going to be a pain in my ass?"

"Because his words sounds like that," Sasuke grunted.

"What exactly is your Quirk?" The purple-haired boy yelled. "Is it super strength or clones?"

Naruto just ignored the question and returned back to her spot. She flashed a wide smile when the boy with the mismatch appearance regarded her. Mismatch eyes stared back at her, looking almost thoughtful but the blond-haired girl ignored it. No one was ever thoughtful when it came towards her. Pretty boys especially, they always seemed to care about themselves.

"It seems like you have been judgmental to Todoroki since the moment you met him," Kaminari commented. "You seemed to have judged him from your own experience with Uchiha-san and have came to a generalized idea of him. It is kind of unfair to the poor guy."

Naruto eyed him. "I didn't base it on Sasuke only."

"Then who else did you base it on?" Hagakure asked. Everyone turned around to look at her and the whiskered teen sighed when Todoroki looked at her with curious eyes. The desire to squirm was great but the blonde held herself back as everyone continued to look at her with unimpressed eyes.

Finally, Naruto sighed. "I also based it on Hinata-chan's cousin. Neji is also a pretty boy and he was pretty much an asshole, who only cared about his pain. Sure he lost his father and that is painful but Hinata-chan got so much shit from her grandfather and father. Hanabi could only do so much for Hinata-chan and Neji was making the problem worse by mocking her!"

"Naruto-chan, Neji-niisan is a better person now and that thanks to you."

Naruto folded her arms against her chest. "That's great but I can never forget how much he hurt you while we were growing up. When I thought that you were regaining back your confidence again, Neji would just find a way to tear you down and I dislike what he did to you."

"You should focus more on your own results then care about what is her Quirk," Aizawa declared, sweeping his eyes at the students. He smiled. "Whoever comes in last place in all eight tests will be judged to have no potential."

Naruto only had one thought at that declaration:

Why must every teacher that comes with the professional job have to do this?

"Because these kind of jobs aren't fun," Aizawa observed. Everyone blinked as the man regarded her and the other students with thoughtful eyes. "I don't know about Kakashi-san but the goal of the Quirk Assessment is to push all of you to your limits. The threat of nearly having your dream taken away should push you harder. If I deemed that is still not good enough then I will expel you."

Naruto blinked. "Have you passed students before?"

"I have some students passed," Aizawa answered. "But the number is lower than those that have been expelled."

"You don't actually expel them, do you?" Yaoyorozu asked. "It is a bluff."

Aizawa regarded her. "It will be on your record."

All of the students showed some form of potential but the one that stood out the most to Aizawa was Uzumaki Naruto. Throughout the whole Quirk Assessment Test, he could only observe the smiling girl. It was not the way she kept beating most of the records of the previous students that made him notice her. The constant upbeat, fake smile playing on her lips was what caught his attention.

"Why would that matter to you?" Naruto asked. "And can everyone read my smiles now?"

Hinata hummed and shook her head. "I think Aizawa-san is very observant, Naruto-chan. If you let me read the next couple of paragraph then it would be explained to us."

The girl was not as happy as she tried to portray herself to be. In the seconds he had to observe her, Uzumaki's voice carried a fake cheer when her middle school classmate greeted her. The smile playing on her lips was filled with pain. Those blue eyes held mistrust and the desire to protect herself from heartache.

"I have no desire to protect myself from heartache," Naruto retorted. "And I don't have any mistrust, Aizawa-sensei! My job requires that I act paranoid!"

Aizawa regarded her. "Uzumaki, you have a lot of mistrust and you have no desire to open up to people. What happened between you and Uchiha-san was terrible and it is understandable if you don't trust, but this isn't healthy. You are very much traumatized by what happened and now I can figure out why. Even if you don't become my student or go to Yuuei, I will have you checked out."

"I'm fine!" Naruto grunted. "I have talked this much with you so your words have no meaning."

Something must have happened to the fifteen-year-old for her to feel that kind of way. Aizawa would only allow himself to interfere once the whole test was over, once he got all the information he needed. The girl needed some kind of help and if the girl became his student, then Aizawa would act accordingly when it came to her.

He would not fail a student, even if said student did worry him about her mental state.

"You wouldn't fail me even though I'm probably a risk to you?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow. "You think that I'm going to just open up because you want to get me fixed? I don't need fixing and I'm doing absolutely fine."

"I saw your potential and that potential could be cultivated," Aizawa answered. The Third Hokage and the others exchanged glances as the male regarded her carefully. "If your problem is trust issues and maybe even some PTSD then I could definitely get you to manage those problems. It would be a waste for me to expel you for something that can be managed if someone bothered looking at you."

Kakashi grimaced. "Aizawa-san, I had another student to worry about and compared to Naruto's issues and risks, I thought that it could be done at a later date."

"You took too long," Aizawa pointed out. He flickered his eyes at Sasuke before looking back at her. "And it seemed like the one time that you tried, that student ended up doing more damage then if you haven't interfered. What happened to Uzumaki here is the result of negligence and lack of experience on your part."

"They were the first team that he ever passed," Asuma admitted.

The reply she gave to Sero during the Practical Exam made it clear that Uzumaki knew what was expected out of a hero. The answer had been logical, no one could find a counterargument about it. But the fact she thought it was okay to sacrifice her own life for the job was not okay. He worked as a hero for a long time, had seen colleagues and friends died on the job.

"Life is precious," Aizawa commented. Everyone turned around to stare at the stoic man and he regarded Naruto carefully. "When you witness someone die right in front of you and you are powerless to stop them, then you make sure that the next generation doesn't repeat your mistake."

Shikamaru regarded him. "Aizawa-san, what were you like before you witness the deaths of your friends and colleagues?"

"I used to be unmotivated when it came to being a hero," Aizawa answered. Shikamaru blinked and the black-haired man looked at the screen. "I also had doubts when it came to my own Quirk but I was never the happy kind of person. That was always Hizashi and Shirakumo. Especially Shirakumo, he was always the happy type and the most caring when it came to people"

Even the life of a hero was precious and valuable, it should never be taken for granted.

What happened for Uzumaki to think her own life wasn't precious? Nothing about her file could give him any hints about her past. Her birthplace was a mystery, ignored and left blank. The names of her parents was left blank too, almost as if the girl didn't even know who her parents were. Even her Quirk seemed suspicious.

"Well now you know the answer to most of your questions," Naruto answered.

Aizawa regarded her. "I don't think you are telling the whole story about why you don't think your life is precious."

"Well you are never going to know because I won't talk about my past to you people," Naruto admitted.

It was so vague that it could even give All Might a run for his money about the description of his Quirk.

"0.50 seconds."

Aizawa blinked and jerked his head at the smiling blond-haired girl. 0.50 seconds? That was incredibly fast, faster than any speed a first-year student was capable of doing…even with their Quirks. He pressed his lips into a thin line and flipped through the sheets, eyebrows scrunched together as her scores revealed that they were out of this world.

"Actually if you think Naruto is fast then you should see Lee," Kakashi commented. Everyone from Konoha and Suna nodded their heads while everyone from Class 1A blinked and jerked their heads at him. "Gai really pushed him to his limit when it came to training him."

Naruto nodded. "The amazing thing about Bushy Brows is that he is technically considered disable in Konoha because he can't use his chakra coils properly."

"Then how is he faster than you?" Kaminari cried.

Naruto blinked. "He does his training the old-fashioned way through weights. That is why I told Midoriya that he could get in because despite all the odds being against him, Lee got in."

It was inhuman even in a world filled with Quirks.

He observed the girl, frowning at the lack of tiredness shown by the girl. A quick look scan of the other students showed they were panting, almost on the brink of exhaustion at the pace in which they were forced to use their Quirks.

"Naruto has unnatural stamina," Sakura commented, shaking her head. Everyone blinked and knitted their eyebrows as they took a glance at the pink-haired teen. "Sasuke-kun too but Naruto has more stamina than everyone in the village. I thought training with Tsunade would increase my reserves and it did increase but I doubt I will ever get to their level."

Ino sighed. "I told you that it is pointless to compare yourself with Naruto's chakra reserves! Hinata has trained with Naruto and her reserves never reached as high as Naruto."

"It is a trait from the Uzumaki clan," The Third Hokage explained. "They have been blessed with a lot of chakra but that makes it difficult for them to stay still."

Naruto blinked. "What about bad chakra control?"

"No correlation," The Hokage informed her. "It is a little bit more difficult but having a huge reserve doesn't mean that you are going to have bad chakra control. Tsunade here is proof when it comes to that regard."

Even the son of the number two Hero in Japan seemed exhausted and Aizawa heard rumours of what the man put his son through at home.

Izuku blinked. "Wait, we have the son of Endeavour? But who on Earth is…Todoroki-san!"

"Your Dad is Endeavour?" Naruto asked as Todoroki stiffened. Todoroki scowled and the whiskered teen furrowed her eyebrows together as she tried to recall what she could remember about the second hero. She blinked. "Wait is he also an asshole like in his interviews? My boss plays his interviews whenever we have a fanboy of his come to the café."

Todoroki blinked and the whiskered teen stared at him before cursing under her breath. She hadn't meant to ask that question because that meant she wanted to get to know him, and she didn't want that. It just came to her mind at that moment.

"His personality is the same."

Naruto jerked her head at the boy and he only looked at her for a second before looking away from her.

Something isn't adding up when it comes to Uzumaki Naruto. He flipped through the files and observed the blond-haired girl. No ordinary teenage could do the things she could do, not without having gone through extensive training. The blanks in her files, the vagueness of her Quirk and her capabilities made no sense at all.

"Well now you know the truth so there is no need for you to question everything," Naruto commented.

Aizawa regarded her. "I still have things that needed to be answered."

He needed to find out more about Uzumaki Naruto and learn about her background.

Something just wasn't adding up when it came to the girl.

"Well that was the end of the chapter," Hinata said. "Now who wants to read the next chapter?"

"I will read the next chapter," Yaoyorozu declared.


A/N: So that is the end of the chapter and for anyone who wants to know if Narumi figured out that Naruto is her granddaughter then yes, she figured it out. Now here are a couple of questions for you:

Q1: How do you think that everyone, except for Narumi, will react to the memories of Naruto?

Q2: How do you think Naruto is going to react when she sees just how much of her relationship with Aizawa will change?

Please do tell me of your thoughts on this chapter and whether you like having all the reactions in one chapter.