Hi Guys a Second Chapter on The Deadly Duo. This story will have a rather slow update of 1 chap every 2-3 weeks and a slow development as well. Hop you enjoy =D
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and any characters in the naruto-verse.
"Nara Shinji… Aburame Sion... Akatski Tatsuya… Uzumaki Naruto. Has anyone seen Naruto?" The teacher, Yama Genji asked lazily. He has no qualms against Naruto, instead, views him as a good student who is willing to work hard and do his best.
"Sorry sensei! I'm late!" Naruto exclaimed as he burst through the doors of the classroom.
"Just sit down Naruto…" Genji drawled before putting down the clipboard and started giving out the test papers. Naruto sighed as he set his eyes on the papers, robotically answering the questions.
One week later…
The noisy atmosphere of the class quiet down to a whisper as the teacher took his first step into the class. The students were eagerly watching the pile of papers in his hands, knowing for sure it is the academy results.
"Top student for this year is… Hyuuga Neji with the score of 8/10 for taijutsu, 17/20 for written papers, 8/10 for genjutsu, 8/10 for shurikenjutsu. Top kunoichi for the year is TenTen with the score of 6/10 for taijutsu, 16/20 for written papers, 7/10 for genjutsu, 9/10 for shurikenjutsu."
Naruto nodded contently. Since he had experience from the past, he could have gotten the student for the year award. But he decided to keep it moderate, so that the civilian council will not be alarmed. He himself got the marks: 7/10 for taijutsu, 13/20 for written papers, 7/10 for genjutsu and 8/10 for shurikenjutsu which made him among the top 5 of the class. 'guessy classmates ain't as good as I expected them to be.'
As he walked out of the academy doors, many civilians glared at him when he passed by. It hurt him but he didn't ponder much about it when he saw Itachi waiting there. She welcomed him by ruffling his hair much to his horror. When he tried to swat her hand away, she only jumped back and laughed at him making him pout. Internally he smiled though. Last time he could not trust anyone wholeheartedly, this time he have Itachi.
"You have Itachi eh?" A long unheard voice rang through his head.
"Shut it furball." Naruto replied mentally, embarrassed.
"So what did Kurama say Naruto-kun?" Itachi asked with a mischievous smile.
"GAH! DON'T GANG UP ON ME LIKE THAT!" Naruto shouted, face glowing red. Both Itachi and Kurama were laughing simultaneously without either knowing.
"I swear you guys have a mental bond." Naruto grumbled. This only evoked their laughter louder. Despite all the grumbled Naruto had, his lips still twitched upwards.
24th December, One day before Christmas.
"SHIT!" Naruto shouted when he woke. He just realised what day it is today. It was just one day before Christmas! He hasn't even bought the gifts and decorations! Plus Itachi is on a mission and would come back tomorrow… she would absolutely kill him…
'Just use shadow clones you dumb shit." Kurama grumbled from within. "Stop making such a fuss so that I can sleep….' Naruto perked up at that suggestion.
'Thanks Kurama!' Naruto thought. 'Now… Taiju Kage Bushin No Jutsu!' Multiple pouffe of smoke appeared around Naruto. The clones quickly performed henge and started moving out and about, buying gifts and decorations. If you look into the apartment however, you will still see the original Naruto pacing around and thinking deeply.
'Ah… what should I buy for Itachi-chan? What should I buy…' Naruto kept pondering on his gift to her. "Maybe I should buy her jewellery. Nah, she loves practicality over looks. What about a ring…" an image of Naruto and Itachi getting married came to mind and Naruto quickly shook his head to get rid of the image. "Not a good idea. " He mentioned out loud.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Naruto stood as rigid as a board, mentally praying it is not Itachi. But who else could it be then? People still hate him.
"Naruto-kun? Are you home?" The Hokage's voice came from behind the door. Naruto sighed in relief and opened the door letting Hiruzen in. "Jiji! It's been ages!" Naruto greeted.
"Hai, it has been. How is academy?" Hiruzen asked. Naruto recounted many stories of what he learnt in his time in school, having a great time with his surggorent grandfather.
"Ji ji, I have an issue." Naruto shot out.
"Speak." Hiruzen replied.
"Uhm, I do not know what I should get for Itachi-chan…" Satroubi gave a hearty laughter, which caused more embarrassment for Naruto.
"I know that Itachi loves practicality more than looks but I also don't want to just give the average ninja tools to her as a gift…"
"What about a customized tantō?" Hiruzen asked.
"Ah! I also heard Itachi complaining about her tantō becoming overused! Thanks Jiji!" Naruto shouted excitedly and ran out of the house. Hiruzen chuckled briefly and left in a shushin.
With Naruto…
'Ah Higurashi's weapon store!' Naruto thought. 'Coming here again brings back memories.
Flashback
One year ago…
"Shit. Another store kicks me out too huh. My tools are blunt and I can't get Itachi because she is away on a mission." Naruto sighed Infront of a random store.
"Oh hey there Naruto, what are you doing Infront of my dad's store?" A voice said from behind Naruto.
"Ah!" Naruto jumped. He turned and noticed it was TenTen, his classmate. "Oh hi TenTen. I didn't notice this is our dad's store. I'll be going now."
"Hold it. I think I heard you say something about blunt tools?" TenTen inquired with narrow eyes.
"Ah it's nothing." Naruto shuffled his feet while rubbing his head.
"Ha. I knew it. you always do that when you try to lie. Come on, my dad ain't gonna eat you you know?" TenTen billed Naruto into the store.
Naruto closed his eyes waiting for the normal scolding from the store owner. After pausing for a few minutes, he opened his eyes to see a man standing Infront of him. But instead of scolding him, the man seem I stare at him as if he was a lost friend.
"I never knew… never knew he had a child." The man said, trying to hold back a sob.
"Who?" TenTen and Naruto inquired at the same time.
"A long time friend. He is dead now and Naruto, he did not abandon you no matter what you think alright? Anyways, what are you here for? Anything I can help you with? Oh and call me Dan, I'm little Ten's dad."
After that incident, Naruto and the Higurashi family became good friends. Naruto always gets TenTen to train Lee and him on their throwing skills and Naruto also gets his ninja tools from the Higurashi weapons store.
End of flashback.
"Hello Naruto-kun." Dan boomed as usual. "What do you need?"
"Uhm I need a customized tantō available by tomorrow?"Naruto said with uncertainty.
"Tough job kiddo. I'll see what I can do. Any design in mind?" Dan asked.
"Yeah." Naruto blushed and pulled out his blueprint and Dan whistled. The sword is designed to have an engraving of a raven and fox on its blade. It describes a bonding of the fox and the raven. The handle will have a simple stream of gold, simple yet beautiful.
"Ready to confess huh, Naruto-kun." Dan joked.
"Shush oji-san. Let's start working." Naruto blushed.
"Ouch, I'm not an old man." Dan countered as they travelled to the forge.
Next morning…
"Morning dad…" a sleepy TenTen greeted her father when she noticed him. When she didn't get a reply, she walked closer and realised he was in work attire and sleeping on the table.
"Dad… dad wake up." TenTen gently shook Dan.
"Huh… oh hi little ten…" Dan slured. "Have you seen Naruto? Last I saw him was in the workshop where he was busy engraving."
"Oh I'll check on him right now." Tenten replied, letting Dan go back to sleep as she went to change into workshop attire. As they always say, you can never be too careful.
When TenTen pushed open the workshop door she noticed Naruto sitting on the bench. There were multiple other Narutos around looking out for him. The closest clone whispered, " the boss is busy. Don't disturb or you are gonna end with a head less. Last clone that disurbed him turning into a flying chicken somehow." The clone shundered. TenTen looked at the real Naruto warily and decided to slowly exit.
Just then, the real Naruto stood up at rocket speeds causing TenTen to jump. "I FINISHED IN TIME!" Naruto shouted. Then he noticed TenTen and started rubbing the back of his head. "Heh sort didn't notice you there."
"Uh it's alright… you mind showing me what you have here?" TenTen asked wearily.
"Oh sure! Just don't touch it. It's volatile." Naruto said cheerfully.
"Uhm ok?" TenTen replied uncertainty. When she turned to the blade though, she went crossed eyed at the design. "It's beautiful…" she breathed in awe. The way the fox was intertwined with the raven and the silver sparkle of the blade which she instantly recognised as titanium and maraging steel. Rubies were used as the raven's eye while topaz was used for the fox. The handle is coated in a crystalline like fabric that seems to shine forever. When TenTen asked Naruto what material it was, Neuro told her it is by treading grains of emerald and samphire into silk to form the shine. There is also fuinjutsu in the crystals that allow the crystal to stick and helps the weapon recognise its owner.
"So what will you name the sword?" TenTen asked while still admiring the sword.
"It called… Hogo suru waga aisuru hito meaning protect, my loved one." Naruto whispered.
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"Thanks Dan for helping me with this insane project!" Naruto bowed in thanks and respect to the shop owner.
"It's nothing much. Just clearing a debt to an old friend that's all." Dan replied heartily.
"Sorry but I got to go. Itachi-chan will be back soon. Bye!" Naruto shouted as he ran off. The Higurashi family waved in response before going back in to celebrate their Christmas.
Checking the time, Naruto realised Itachi should be back from her latest mission soon. The last time she contacted him was around 8pm last night indicating that she is near Konoha already. They often send letters through summons, mainly Itachi though because Naruto does not have a summon yet which Kurama plan to fix very soon.
Naruto quickly ran back to his and Itachi's shared apartment and took a quick shower to wash of the grime and dust. He changed to a new set of clothes, not those hideous orange jumpsuits but a skin tight black with orange flame pattern muscle shirt and burnt orange pants. He ran out of the house full speed only slowing down as the gates come to sight.
When Naruto arrived at the gates. He saw the silhouette of four figures approaching the gate. He recognised the shortest one as Itachi and his face broke into a big smile.
"Hey! Itachi-chan!" Naruto shouted from behind inside the village excitedly.
"Hello Naruto-kun." Itachi greeted when she stepped into the village. Her team leader and teammates were chuckling at the pair and motioned for Itachi to stay. They shushined to the Hokage's tower to give the mission report.
"Naruto-kun, how about letting me clean up before we go ahead to celebrate our Christmas?" Itachi offered. Naruto nodded his head eagerly and they made haste to the apartment.
"Wait out here ok? I'll be right out." Itachi called out Egor hurrying into the toilet. Naruto hummed as Itachi took a quick shower, singing his favourite song. Itachi strained her ears, using chakra, to hear him sing. She loves his singing and always takes the opportunity to listen since he rarely sing.
You and Me by Lifehouse
What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time
'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
All of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You've got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here
'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
There's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right
'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
And me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
'Who is it that he sings of?' Itachi wondered. Just then, Naruto shouted, "Itachi-chan you done?" Itachi blinked, broken out of her thoughts.
"Yeah I'm coming out." She called out. She got dressed and came out in a tight black sweatshirt with jeans. Her hair was pinned together using some senbons forming a small bun at the back of her head.
She saw Naruto averting his eyes and turned to catch his eyes. He turned again. "What's wrong Naruto?" She asked, concerned.
"You're too cute…" he mumbled. Itachi blushed.
"Let's… let's just go and celebrate Christmas." Itachi stammered, pulling Naruto's hands and dragging a steaming Naruto along.
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"Look Naruto-kun. it's starting to snow." Itachi whispered. Naruto looked up and saw tiny flakes of snow falling from the sky. "It's beautiful…" she continued. Naruto hummed in agreement.
"Merry Christmas Naruto-kun." Itachi said in the same soft tone, pulling out a silver necklace with a tiny fox made of ruby. " I found it on a mission and thought you would like it." Itachi mumbled.
"Thank you Itachi-chan. I love it." Naruto hugged her. "Here, I got a gift for you." Naruto pulled out the tantō he made with Dan. "It's called Hogo suru waga aisuru hito. I made it for you with the help of Dan."
"Thank you Naruto-kun… I love you too." She mumbled towards the end.
"So does that mean we are dating?" Naruto mumbled into her chest.
"Unofficially, Naruto-kun. Unofficially. I'll make it official when we are genin." Itachi whispered in his ears.
"Then I better skip grades aye, Itachi?" Naruto broke off from the hug with a toothy grin.
Itachi smiled. "Maybe I'll be your jounin sensei."
January 3rd, start of school.
Naruto sighed as he sat down. 'Another boring hour of history lesson again…
"Today, we will be having a new course suggested by a chunin name Itachi. She has proposed a field training for academy students on survival courses to the Hokage and the Hokage accepted." Naruto perked up instantly. 'Field training? Alright!' chibi Naruto pumped his fist inside his head, a wide grin growing on his face. "Please form teams of threes and meet outside. There will be chunin leaders to lead the teams." Genji donned before leaving through the door.
Loud chatters exploded throughout the classroom. "Oi, Lee-san, TenTen-chan, Wana team up!" Naruto shouted over the noise. They had become fast friends when they first met.
Naruto first met Lee when he saw Lee was getting bullied in the academy training field. Others were laughing at Lee on how he couldn't become a shinobi as he could not use chakra. Naruto however came in and defended Lee by saying that if Lee worked hard, he could become strong as well because the only limitations he would have will be physical stamina unlike most ninjas who can do little things after they ran out of chakra by expending chakra on large scale jutsus. Also, as one with little to no chakra, Lee will have the advantage of stealth because it will be hard for enemies to sense him.
From then on, Lee and Naruto had often trained in taijutsu together after academy had ended, increasing Naruto and Lee's taijutsu skills rapidly. Lee can now fight with chunins on taijutsu alone and win while Naruto can grapple with a high-genin and hold them to a stand still.
As for TenTen, Naruto had approached her weapons shop in search for a good chakra blade as well as a standard shinobi weapon set. Also, after remembering her skills from the previous timeline, Naruto had recruited her to help to training him and Lee to increase the proficiency in shuriken and kunai handling.
TenTen can throw 8 Kunais and have all but with 7 hitting vitals, Naruto can only hit 6 vitals while Lee can only hit 5 vitals and one near hit.
"Yosh! Let's go Naruto-san! TenTen-chan!" Lee shouted.
"Geez Lee, can you be any louder? I'm sure the Hokage can hear you!" TenTen rebuked Lee as she joined the group.
"Gomenasai Tenten-chan…" Lee apologised. Together, they walked out to meet their temporary chunin instructor. And when they got out, they found a group of chunins from the age of 12 -25 with Itachi being the youngest. Itachi raised her hand and motioned Naruto and his friends over.
"Hello Naruto-kun." Itachi greeted softly, a smile gracing her features. Naruto now stand around the same height as Itachi.
"Itachi-chan! Why are you here!" Naruto shouted in genuine surprise with a tone of happiness. TenTen and Lee looked on with surprise. They didn't know Naruto had any friends around Itachi's age.
"Well… I was the one who proposed this exercise right? I do have a of making sure it runs smoothly." Itachi remarked dryly "or do you not want me here?" She whispered with mock sadness.
"Nononono I'm relieved and glad you are here! I like having you here!" Naruto exclaimed in panic before covering his mouth in shock at what he said. Both Itachi and Naruto were glowing a positive red at Naruto's confession.
Meanwhile, his friends who were already getting over their shock, was starting to laugh behind their hands at Naruto's blunder. No matter how mature Naruto acts, he is still a seven year old kid. The chunins who were more aware of Itachi's friendship with the blond, were laughing loudly at the boldness of Naruto and how he manages to make the ice princess blush. They call her the ice princess as she is cold to majority of the people and only opens up to Naruto and a selective few.
Itachi's eyes flash red, a strange purple gleam in her eyes. "No One Mention This, Understand?" She whispered. The laughter stopped immediately and sweat started crawling all over their foreheads. They nodded quickly, trying to quell the anger of the ex-uchiha who very much did not seem any less danger after leaving the clan.
"Good. Now we gotta get the class in order. It has been 10 minutes and there hasn't been a second team yet!' Itachi mention in exasperation. She barged into the classroom and slammed the table with irritation written on her face as she stared down the class. Everyone in the classroom immediately stopped talking when they felt Itachi's killing intent washing over them.
"Now that everyone is listening… since you guys cannot even form a simple group, I will do it for you." Itachi whispered in a deadly tone. Naruto just sighed, an angry Itachi is not a nice Itachi.
"Itachi-chan,"" Naruto approached her, "They are still academy students. They have not witnessed war like we did." He whispered gently, slowly rubbing the small point on her back. Slowly, under his touch, she relaxed. The tension in the air slowly dissipated. Although, the students were still shaking unconsciously at the presence of Itachi.
"Thank you Naruto…" Itachi whispered.
"Anyways, I have a great idea…" Naruto whispered his plan into Itachi's ears as a sadistic grin started to grow on her face. Those who saw them that day could swore they saw the devil plotting on how to torture them.
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Many glares of hatred and even some weak KI was directed at Naruto. The reason being they were teamed with their most hated people except for Naruto and his crew. You may ask, if that's the case, why is there KI? The reason is because each team has only 2 tents, one for the chunin leader and one for the students. The mission was also upgraded from survival to espionage.
Naruto himself was smiling widely not just at the prospect of Itachi being his team leader and also he loves sneaking. He was also mentally patted himself a job well done. A glint in his eye sent a shiver down Itachi's spine. 'Naruto-kun is definitely plotting something.' Itachi thought.
The goal of this mission was simple. The academy students were to collect a scroll hidden under a simple genjutsu while avoiding all traps set up. They also must not lose any members to the traps.
After Itachi had briefed the grumbling academy students and their chunin instructors, the mass had dispersed into their hopefully temporary group for discussion. They were to survive in training ground 44, aka the forest of death, for 3 days and 2 nights. Hopefully, everyone survives.
Naruto discreetly created a few hundred clones. Having been in this forest before, he was roughly familiar with it and had no issues maneuvering around the giant trees and their inhabitants. The clones grinned back to their boss as they dispersed into the forest, making it a non-lethal but annoying trap zone. The reason why Naruto is known as the prankster king of Konoha is partially due to the fact that he can prank even the hardest to prank people (Ahem, Hayuga, Hokage, Ahem) but also because no one can ever pin the blame on him.
'It is time for the prank games!' Naruto thought gleefully. The glint in his eyes came back full force, somehow escaping Lee and TenTen during their group discussion but Itachi eyed him with growing suspicion. So after the group discussion, she pulled Naruto away.
"Naruto-kun… what are you planning?" Itachi questioned with a sickening sweet tone. Naruto started sweating bullets but he still laughed maliciously, scaring Itachi a little.
"Itachi-chan, no need to worry. Just enjoy the show and I hope you like it!" Naruto grinned cheekily. Itachi swated Naruto on the head.
"You better pray nothing happens to the team. Got it?" She scold in a serious tone but Naruto knew her long enough to also pick up on the curious underlying tone in her voice.
"Got it!" Naruto saluted. Itachi sighed, praying to whatever deity that it is not what she thinks it is.
Somewhere… in some weird room...
"Ufufufufu Naruto-chan. Turning back time for you was not a mistake it seems. Bring me more laughter my dear champion." A mysterious being in pure dazzling white chuckled with an enchanting femine voice.
On the other side of the room, a being in full black grumbled in a low tone, somewhat pitying the poor people who are about to be victims of their champion.
Back with Naruto and co.
As Naruto and co. walked into the forest, sudden screams rang through the air. Strangely though, it wasn't one that would belong to a death scene but screams of outrage. Lee and TenTen were busy looking around, trying to spot the 'beast' terrorising the other academy students.
However, Itachi turned a twitching eye towards Naruto who was standing on the roadside busy examining the rare plants in the forest. He seemed so innocent and unaware of the commotion in the forest that some would think it is not his fault. 'Stop it Itachi. He is Naruto-kun, prankster king of Konoha!' her mind shouted at her. Itachi schooled her face and went up to Naruto, grabbed his shoulders and spun him around so that he is looking at her face to face.
"Oh hi Itachi-chan, whats up?" Naruto inquired.
"Explain. Now." Itachi demanded. Naruto broke into an instant grin.
"Oh, just some pranks like flying dead giant spiders, sudden rainfall which only occurs when you don't protect yourself, an underground slide which pops you out where you started and the likes. You know?" Naruto mentioned while trying to stifle his chuckles.
Itachi took a deep breath and let out a long sigh. " I am not going to ask how you did it nor ask you to stop. Just don't let us get caught in any of those."
Naruto saluted and started bursting out laughing when he looked up. Curious, Itachi also turned upwards to see a random mushroom shaped cloud
of smoke in the middle of the forest.
"Someone hit the jackpot!" Naruto shouted excitedly.
"What is the jackpot?" Itachi inquired.
"Chicken bombs followed by stink bombs and then a fuinjutsu bomb that make every word they say sound like a chicken!" Naruto howled out. Lee and TenTen stopped their search and stared at him when he answered Itachi.
"YOU WERE THE ONE CAUSING THIS MESS!?" They accused him with fingers pointed. Itachi just sighed, a grin tugging at her lips.
"Come on team, we got work to do." Itachi called out. They instantly gathered and moved to find a good camping spot. Along the way, Naruto will pointed out the location of the pranks. So, in the end, Team Itachi never triggered any traps.
Timeskip, 5 days.
"Ne Itachi-chan, how many teams do you think will pass?" Naruto asked excitedly, bouncing up and down without stopping while heading to the gathering point with the team.
"With your traps? I doubt any team except us passed at all." Itachi commented amusedly.
"Ya, the traps are not just evil, but also deadly! I will hate to have Naruto against me using traps!" TenTen chimed in.
"Gosh! Truly worthy of the Prankster King of Konoha!" Lee shouted which earned him a scolding from TenTen as always.
"Gee… you guys make me sound evil." Naruto mock sobbed.
"Well you can be evil." Itachi said thoughtfully. Lee and TenTen nodded in agreement.
"So can you, Itachi-chan. You always make fun of me at home." Naruto pouted.
"Says you. You always " Itachi mock glared.
"Hey! You always found it anyways!"
As Naruto and Itachi continued bickering, TenTen's face slowly became redder and redder. Lee tried getting in between Itachi and Naruto but was backhanded simultaneously without either person realising.
"WILL YOU PLEASE STOP IT! GEEZ!" TenTen exclaimed, causing Naruto and Itachi to pause in shock. "YOU GUYS ARE ACTING LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN!"
Red faced, Naruto and Itachi walked together in silence while Lee walked behind TenTen cowering in fear.
At this moment, the group of four burst into the clearing after exiting the jungle. What greeted them was the most unexpected sight ever. There were four "chickens" clucking around angrily trying to speak normally, some had a glowing nose and made clown sounds every step they took while others were soaked in glue that stuck them together. All in all, it was a hilarious sight.
Itachi and Naruto were leaning on each other, laughing out their lungs and heaving heavily trying to catch their breath. Lee and TenTen were standing to the side trying to hide their laughter with no success.
At this point, a group of four burst into the clearing looking like cows. The bells and moos made it all the more convincing. The earlier groups noticed the "cows" and started bursting into laughter. While Naruto and Itachi who were about to get up fell to the ground again clutching their stomach.
"Al… Alright Na… Naruto, you… you got to revert them back." Itachi whizzed out whipping tears out of her eyes while trying to sit up. Naruto who was in a similar situation, could not get up so he made a kage bushin which shouted, "Kai!" And a large cloud of smoke overtook them all.
When the cloud cleared, there was not one spec of evidence that the students and chunins got pranked hard by Naruto. The barn animal sounds disappeared and was in turn replaced with shouts. Naruto suddenly felt a huge amount of KI directed at him. He turned to Itachi who pretended she did not see anything. She hand signed him, 'pain tolerance training. Good for you' and went on to gather the chunins. Naruto stared at her in shock trying to figure what just happened. An academy student grabbed him by the collar and the other students started beating him up for the 5 days that was hell upon hell due to his pranks.
With the Chunins.
"Okay. Report." Itachi commanded.
"Academy team A has poor performance. Unable to put aside differences to achieve common goal."
"Academy team B has good potential. Although teamwork is rough due to team situation but is able to work together. Team consist of Yamanaka Yuki, Akatski Tatsuya and Shinji."
"No last name?" Itachi questioned.
"None. He is a civilian born ninja."
"Academy team C has relative good teamwork. Team leader Hyuuga Neji is able to spot most traps indicating a developed Bayakugan. Teammates are Adachi Ayame and Amari Ryuuchi."
"Academy team D has poor performance. Team consist of three fangirls of the Hyuuga prigody. Unable to seat aside difference and show symptoms of malnourishment. Most likely due to dieting."
"Academy team E, due to special circumstances did not follow the same team plan as other teams. However,it was observed that team F should not form a permanent team. Further observations to be shared with the Hokage." Itachi reported. The chunins nodded and left their makeshift meeting spot to gather the academy students.
"Team A. You need to understand, a ninja's way of life is not one of games and laughter. It is a deadly game where you can die anytime. Teamwork is important no matter who you work with." Itachi rebuked the first team who lowered their heads, ashamed of their behaviour.
"Team B, good work on working together despite the current circumstances. Continue to work on your skills. You guys have good potential."
"Team C, good work to you too. Being able to put down your pride and listen to a team leader is what many chunins and some jonins still lack." Both teams that were complemented raised their heads proudly. Neji just scoffed and nodded his head, something which Naruto frowned at.
"Team D, I am very disappointed in you. I suggest that you quit the ninja lifestyle if you only want to be a fangirl and oogle boys all day." Then, Itachi's eye flashed red, "be wary for kunoichi is always a target for slave trade."
"Team E…" Itachi trailed off. "Not suitable for espionage missions. Members also lack variety in skills. Other than that, good team work and attitude. If there is nothing else, you are dismissed."
The academy students left in loud chatters, those praised in high spirits and those scolded in a childish fit. The chunins left in a shushin until only Naruto and Itachi were left.
"You should get going too Naruto-kun." Itachi softly whispered.
"Nah I'll come with you. I haven't seen Hokage Jiji in a while." Whispered back.
"Shushin me then Naruto-kun." Itachi leaned into him.
"As the princess commands." Naruto replied cheekily, leaving the forest in a wind shushin.
What happens next? You will findout sooner or later. All you need to know is that i am looking for a beta for this story right now.
Bye!