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War and Peace
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Chapter: 04: Graduation!
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Konohagakure no Sato
The Ninja Academy was hustling and bustling with activities. Students were tense and teachers were making sure that everything was at its desired place.
After all, it was the Genin Exam today!
Naruto was trying to concentrate. Keyword being 'trying'. After all you cannot concentrate when two girls, sitting on either side of you are bickering like their life depended on it!
"Hn, you will just fail this exam, dobe." said Satsuki in her usual cocky voice.
"What did you say, teme? I will kick your ass for it!" replied Natsumi.
"Both of you, calm down." Said Naruto trying to dissolve the situation, but it helped to no avail.
Natsumi was fuming. She jumped out of her seat and onto the part of the desk just in front of Satsuki. Both glared heatedly at each other.
But the person who was sitting directly in front of them found it the right time to stretch and yawn.
The person's hand collided with Natsumi's back which made her go of balance. She was falling on Satsuki.
Both girls' eyes went wide, world was moving in slow motion for the entire class. Then…
Crash…
And
Smoooooch…
The male population was knocked out cold, blood dripping from their noses. Some girls were blushing, some were making disgusted faces and some were hiding their own nosebleeds.
Naruto would have suffered the same fate of a lesser man like other boys but he could handle it totally!
Drip… Drip…
Well, okay! Not totally! But it wasn't his fault that his nose was bleeding! It was their fault.
Natsumi and Satsuki were lying on each other, like a pose straight out from a certain Sannin's
book, lips crushed with each other's!
Both immediately separated but not before everybody saw what happened.
Both the girls blushed madly, steam pouring out from their ears. They looked at Naruto who was trying to hide his nosebleed which was turning out to be unfruitful. They blushed even darker. Both girls were sitting on their places again, with Naruto in between, but ignoring each other contrary to their behaviour before the accident.
Naruto could not take out the image from his head. Dammit! He wasn't able to concentrate again!
Iruka entered the class and started distributing the papers. The class went silent and everybody started writing their tests.
After two hours the examiners collected the papers and took them for correction. Iruka and Mizuki took them to the Academy Training Grounds.
First they had the Shurikenjutsu test.
Iruka called out the names and one by one students started to throw the projectiles to get their scores set.
Till now the highest scorer were Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba. Both had scored equal points. 15 points out of 20.
"Ha! Beat that you bastard!" shouted Kiba at Naruto.
Naruto didn't know why the mutt hated him. Probably because he had a huge fanclub and he had defeated him twice with just a punch. How childish! The doggy boy also said something about being an alpha or something. Anyway, he didn't care about it, but he will play along for today!
Naruto's chance came, he picked up all the kunais. Five in each hand, two between his index finger and thumb and the rest in between the other fingers. He threw them all at once.
Iruka's worried face turned to that of shock.
All the kunais had hit the bull's eye. He had not seen even experienced Chunin doing that.
Everybody was shocked except for Natsumi and Satsuki who had seen him doing it before.
Naruto then picked up the 10 shurikens and threw them at once too. They hit the bull's eye. Iruka dumbly noted down the scores.
'20 on 20 for Otsutsuki Naruto.'
Naruto walked back towards his initial position but not before giving a taunting smirk to Kiba. That would probably put down the doggy. He really didn't want to be bothered by that mutt.
Kiba fumed at Naruto. Girls swooned over his coolness.
The shurikenjutsu test was over and both Satsuki and Naruto scored the highest score, a perfect 20 on 20.
Next was Taijutsu.
Everybody had to go up against a chunin and had to stand his/her ground for three minutes or knock the chunin out of the ring for full marks.
It was an easy test for Naruto, he had knocked Mizuki out of the ring in under 2 minutes.
Everybody went for their chances.
Next up was genjutsu.
The person had to either cast a genjutsu or break the genjutsu cast by the examiner.
Naruto had cast a simple genjutsu which awarded him yet another perfect score.
Satsuki had done the same but Natsumi struggled the most in this part. She just had too much chakra and so less control.
By now the papers they had written in the morning were checked. Damn, the teachers were fast. Well, there were only 30 students and all questions were objective types, he should have expected it, the teachers were chunin after all.
He had aced in the written exam too, perfect scores again. Academy was just too easy.
Now, the Ninjutsu exam started.
Iruka called his name. He went inside, Iruka asked him to perform the three basic academy ninjutsus. He performed all the jutsus without handseals. Iruka wasn't surprised by this, he had seen him doing jutsus without handseals, the boy had absolute perfect chakra control. The boy never used handseals, not even for the first time when they were taught the jutsus. He was a prodigy nearly at the level of Uchiha Itachi. And he was proud that he was his student.
"Congratulations, Naruto! You pass with a perfect score in every category! You can take any one of the Headband from here. And I wish you all the best for your journey. You are genin from today." Said Iruka with a smile.
"Thanks Sensei!" said Naruto with a grin and took his headband.
He tied the headband on his right arm. So, should it be called a 'handband'? Meh, who cares? What mattered was that now he can work for his village, protect his village from threats and protect the weak from the oppressors. Her mother was a shinobi, and he was proud that he became one too. He hoped his mother was proud of him.
He exited the room and met up with Natsumi and Satsuki, who congratulated him. While one was loud the other was a quite one. They both really were polar opposites.
Satsuki went in next and came with a headband on her forehead. Not a surprise.
Next was Natsumi's turn. She went inside and came back with face-splitting grin on her face and headband on her forehead. She had passed!
"He he he he he, I passed, dattebayo! You should have seen Iruka-sensei's face when he saw me doing the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" she blabbered in front of Naruto and Satsuki.
"So, you passed, huh? Good for a dobe like you." Said Satsuki with a smirk.
Natsumi glared at her.
"Congratulations on passing, Natsumi-chan!" said Naruto giving her a smile. She beamed at him.
They left the academy and went to their respective apartments. They were told to come after a week for team placement.
All three of them were happy.
A week later
Naruto had noticed a change.
Change in Natsumi Uzumaki. For someone else, she was the same as she was a week before. But he had noticed she was a little tense, even around him. She was never tense around him until they were sparring. First he had thought that she was nervous for the team placement or for the prank she had done today but after observing for a few moments, he knew, the matter was something else.
Heh, but she was still Natsumi…
She had vandalized the Hokage Monument in broad daylight. Iruka had brought her to the class and had given her a scolding. But she had just grinned and annoyed their poor sensei even more.
Yeah, she was still the same and he didn't want it any other way. But still something has happened during this week. He wanted to know.
Iruka started calling out the team members and their respective sensei.
He didn't pay attention till-
"Team 7 will be Otsutsuki Naruto," each and every girl was now paying rapt attention.
"Uchiha Satsuki," groans were heard all over the class, boys and girls alike.
Satsuki latched onto his left arm. He was shocked, she had acted like this for the first time. This probably came in her 'Shameless Act' category. It brought a joy to him that she was this happy that she had forgotten that what she was doing was a shameless act at the moment.
Satsuki smirked at Natsumi, snuggling even more into Naruto unintentionally. Naruto didn't know what to do, his body was frozen. After all, his left arm was pressed in the Valley of Heaven of the Uchiha Satsuki.
Natsumi was gritting her teeth and glaring heatedly at Satsuki.
"And Uzumaki Natsumi." Natsumi's demeanour changed in an instant and a face splitting grin appeared on her face.
Before Naruto could clear his mind from the atom bomb that Satsuki has detonated on him, he felt another soft pair press into his right arm. He looked at his right and Natsumi was giving him a smile.
The other students were a different matter, some were cursing, some were glaring at Naruto, some were glaring Natsumi and Satsuki.
"Why does he get to be in such nice team?! I am far better than him, I should be in the Team 7 instead of that bastard!" yelled Kiba.
Iruka couldn't take it anymore, "SHUT UP EVERYONE! If anyone has a problem with the teams, go and talk to the Hokage! Hokage-sama has made the teams by himself!"
At this everybody shut up! But Naruto was oblivious to the events happening in the world. He was enjoying his stay at the Heavens! The softness of both girls' assets was otherworldly and both of them were very well endowed for their age.
Life was good for Otsutsuki Naruto…
When both girls realized what they were actually doing to Naruto, they both separated from him and blushed a crimson red. Naruto was still in a daze.
"Team 7, your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi." Naruto came back from his short trip to Heaven in time to hear their Sensei's name.
"Team 8 will be Aburame Shino, Hyuga Hinata and Inuzuka Kiba. Your sensei will be Yuhi Kurenai."
"Team 9 is still in circulation. Team 10 will be Akimichi Chouji, Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino. Your sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma."
Iruka wished all of them luck. Senseis started coming and took their students.
Now only Team 7 was left in the classroom. Both the girls were trying to avoid Naruto. They were too embarrassed. Naruto took notice of it, mischievousness entering his eyes.
Working swiftly, he snaked his hands around both of the girls' waist and pulled them towards himself.
Natsumi and Satsuki yelped at the suddenness of his attack. Both of them had their heads on his chest. They could hear the rhythmic beating of his heart. His hands were around their waist.
They felt his face grow closer. They could feel his breath on their ears, a chill went down both of the girls' spine. They heard him speak in a husky voice, "We can continue the session which you both halted a few moments ago."
First time in his life, Naruto saw more than a hundred shades of red. Both the girls separated, more like jumped, from his embrace.
"YOU PERVERT! HOW DARE YOU ACT SO SHAMELESSLY WITH ME! YOU WILL PAY FOR IT!" yelled Satsuki with a crimson blush on her face.
"YOU EROBAKA! I WILL BEAT YOU TO A PULP! YOU WON'T GET AWAY BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME!" shouted Natsumi, her face as red as Satsuki.
Naruto just chuckled at them. They were just so cute sometimes. Oh, how he loved to embarrass them!
Suddenly they all heard a perverted giggle and looked towards the door. They saw man with gravity defying grey hairs, headband covering the left eye, mask which went up to his nose and covered most of his face leaving only his right eye, regular Jounin vest and a closed green book in his left hand. The person was Hatake Kakashi.
"You all gave me quite a show. Well, I am your sensei. Meet me up on the rooftop." He said before he shunshin'd out of the room but not before giving another perverted giggle.
'It was good I was early or I would have missed the show. He he he he.' Thought Kakashi perversely.
His students came after a few seconds. He analysed each of them.
The boy in the team was certainly different, he was tall for his age, if he had to guess, it would be around 155 cm. He had two horns, which was quite rare, he had not seen anyone with horns before. He had golden pupil less eyes and spiky silver hairs which reached his neck. He was wearing a white long sleeved T-shirt with a black vest on top of it, black finger less gloves with metal plates, just like his own, and ANBU styled dark grey pants with black sandals.
The Uchiha had long spiky hair which were made into a high ponytail that reached her waist. She was around 150 cm tall and wore a short sleeved and high collared blue T-shirt and white shorts with bandages on the right leg with a kunai holster.
The Blondie was short in height compared to her other teammates around 145 cm and wore an Orange-Black kimono over a grey mesh shirt and wore black shorts with bandages on the right leg with kunai holster. Her long blonde locks were made into pigtails which reached her waist.
All three of them sat in front of him. White haired boy was smiling, blondie and the Uchiha were glaring at him. He got quite an interesting team.
"Ah, so all of us are here now! Let's start with the introductions." started Kakashi. "I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate… I don't feel like telling you that. My dreams for the future… never really thought about it. As for my hobbies… I have lots of hobbies." finished Kakashi with an eye smile.
All of them sweatdropped at him.
"You can go next blondie." Said Kakashi.
"I'm Uzumaki Natsumi, I like instant ramen, ramen at Ichiraku's and spending time with Naruto. What I dislike are the three minutes it takes to prepare the instant ramen. My hobbies are to taste different types of ramen and gardening. And my dream is to become the greatest Hokage of Konoha one day, dattebayo!" she introduced herself with a grin.
"Hmm. You next albino!"
"I'm Otsutsuki Naruto, I like eating ramen, reading books and spending time with Natsumi-chan and Satsuki-chan. I dislike traitors. My hobbies are reading books of a certain Sannin, (cough)Jiraiya(cough) and looking at the nightsky. My dream is to end all the wars in the world forever and bring peace." introduced Naruto with a smile.
"Interesting. You next brooding queen."
"I'm Uchiha Satsuki, I like to train and sometimes spend my time with Naruto. I dislike his perverseness and shamelessness. My hobby is to train. And what I have isn't a dream but an ambition, to kill a certain man and avenge my clan." She introduced herself with a serious face.
"Hmm. Good. Now let's talk about your exam for tomorrow." Started Kakashi,
Naruto's eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean?" asked Natsumi.
"What I mean is that you all will be having a test tomorrow. The genin exam you gave at the academy was just to narrow out the amount of students and remove the weak ones. Tomorrow you will be having the real Genin Exam. So, meet me at the Third Training ground tomorrow at 7 in the morning. And don't eat breakfast or you will just puke it out! See you later!" said Kakashi with an eye smile and disappeared in a shunshin.
They all stood up and started to leave.
Satsuki bid them goodbye and went towards her apartment.
"Hey, Natsumi-chan, will you come with me to the Hokage Monument? I have something I wanna talk about." Said Naruto.
He received a cheerful 'Hai'.
They reached at the top of the Hokage Monument. Natsumi started walking towards the Shodaime's head. It was strange, she usually sat on the top of Yondaime's head. Something was really wrong.
They both sat on the monument and Naruto asked in a calm voice, "What's wrong, Natsumi-chan?"
She tilted her head in confusion, "What're ya talkin' about?"
Naruto sighed, "You have been acting strangely today, I have noticed. Don't deny it."
Natsumi was shocked, she had thought nobody will notice, "I-I have not been acting strangely!"
"You just stuttered." Said Naruto, deadpanned.
She flinched, "I told you, nothing is wrong!" her right hand unconsciously went to her stomach.
Naruto noticed it, his eyes went wide! That had to be it! He had figured out why she was being strange today!
"So, the Hokage told you about it!" said Naruto.
She looked at him in horror, he couldn't possibly know, can he?! Jiji had told her that none of her friends knew about it!
"Yeah, I know about you being the Jinchuriki! I had known for a long time!" said Naruto and turned to face her again.
She looked at him with fear in her eyes. Fear of being alone again. Fear of losing him.
"I won't talk to you anymore! I hate you!" said Naruto.
Her eyes widened and then closed shut. Tears leaking out of her eyes. Why? Why did it always happen to her?! Why can't she be happy?! Why…?
"Did you think I was going to say those things to you? Why would I? Just because you are the Kyuubi's jailor? I could never hate you, whatever you do! You hear me, I will never hate you!" said Naruto with conviction in his voice.
She opened her eyes after hearing that. She could feel the warmness in his voice. He wasn't lying, he had never lied to her.
His hands reached for her face. He wiped the tears off of her cheeks and looked directly into the ocean which were her eyes. He could feel she was happy. That he had accepted her. He too knew how it felt when somebody accepted for who you are!
She started crying again but these were tears of joy, he could feel it! He pulled her in a hug and let her sob like a child. When she stopped sobbing, he looked at her again. She was sleeping. He couldn't resist, he scratched her cheeks. What happened next amused him to no end. She purred like a cat! Oh, he would love to embarrass her with this!
He stood up, Natsumi in his hands in bridal style. She woke up by the sudden lift and blushed on realising that she was in Naruto's hands, held up in bridal style.
"Wha-" before she could ask anything, Naruto jumped off of the Hokage Monument.
"Hold tight! You're gonna love it!"
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A/N: Thanks for reading the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review guys, whenever I get a review it makes me work more enthusiastically. Even if it is negative and presents a valid point, I will try to improve it. So, please review. Structured criticism is appreciated. Please tell me if I can improve my writing style, I would love some suggestions. If there are inconsistencies in the fic please review, I would try to solve them.
I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! The chapter had some naughty scenes, I hope you liked it.
And about Naruto knowing that Natsumi is the jinchuuriki of Kyuubi, if you haven't figured it out yourself don't worry I will explain. Naruto has the Byakugan so he can see the red chakra that Natsumi has around the seal and he just had to join the dots after that. He reads books, a lot of books! He would surely know that Bijuus cannot be killed and since Hashirama could not kill the Kyuubi and had to seal it, how did the Yondaime kill the Kyuubi?! And yes he is smart, so it wasn't that difficult. And he didn't tell her because he thought it wasn't his place to tell and that Sandaime may have had a reason for not telling Natsumi.
So, yeah! That's it for today. I have to study! Tomorrow I have an EXAM! Yeah, my exams are starting from tomorrow! So, I wouldn't be updating for a week, maybe I will post another chapter in between! But will continue with regular updates after that!
Next chapter will be the Bell Test!
Thanks again and Bye bye.
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