We chuckled and he frowned
"Don`t worry you haven`t missed much." He nodded
"How are you feeling Naruto?" Carlisle asked
"I`m feeling okay, good, better, hungry." We all chuckled again
"Don`t worry, Esme hasn`t stopped cooking she`ll be-" then she entered the room with a tray, that held a plate of pancakes and a glass of orange juice
"Here you go dear." Esme said and set the tray on his lap, Naruto smiled up at her
"Thank you." Then he dug into the food. We all chuckled as he devoured the food in less than a minute
"Hey is that girl still here?" he asked
"What girl?"
"That girl you were on the phone to, is she still here?"
"No, and she won`t be coming over again."
"Why not?"
"She tried to kill you Naruto."
"Really? What did Kyuubi do?"
"Took over your body and tried to kill her." Minato answered
"Was I conscious at this point? Or not?"
"You were unconscious at that point Naruto, we were talking in the kitchen when Bella tried to suffocate you, Kyuubi took over but Edward managed to settle him." Carlisle explained, I looked away in embarrassment, and heard Minato and Naruto chuckle.
"Nothing to be embarrassed about Edward, it just means Kyuubi has taken a liking to you." Naruto said with a grin
{Does not!}
I chuckled as Naruto laughed
"Kyuubi didn`t like that response I guess?" Minato asked, I shook my head
"Nope." Naruto said as he finished his food
"Done?"
"Yup." I took the tray and ran into the kitchen, set it on the side and ran back into the living room
"You wanna go watch Kakashi and Sasuke fight?" Minato asked, Naruto nodded and jumped up
"Let`s go." We all walked out of the house and into the forest. We walked into a clearing where Kakashi and Sasuke were fighting.
"The bell test? We beat Kakashi at that the second time round." Naruto commented
"The second time round? What happened the first time?" Minato asked
"We failed, and I got tied to a stump." I chuckled "It isn`t funny! They left me there."
"Seriously?" he nodded
"If you failed, how can you have the headband?" Minato asked
"Kakashi, gave us another chance after lunch, he told Sasuke and...Sakura not to give me any food-"
"What?"
"Let me finish please?" I nodded " But the other two gave me food anyway, that`s how we passed, Kakashi scared the hell out of us though."
"And being tied to a stump?" Minato asked
"I was the one Kakashi tied to the stump, he warned us that one of us would be, but I was that one, after Kakashi had explained all the test and some of the rules about being shinobi, but then they left me there."
"For how long?" Minato asked
"Kakashi, came back later on that night, he didn`t realise that I couldn`t get out of the ropes that he had tied."
Flashback
Naruto Pov
'Still tied to this stump, damn I wish I could reach my Kunai to free myself'
"Naruto? What are you still doing here?" I looked up at the voice of Kakashi-sensei, before looking away from him
"Does it matter?"
"Of course it does, I would have thought you`d been able to get out by now."
"Well, you thought wrong, besides I`m better off here anyway."
"What are you talking about? no-one wants to stay like that, it`s uncomfortable to sleep like that." Next this I knew the ropes were gone and I was a heap on the floor "I also thought you`d have more grace than that as well." I sat up properly and looked anywhere but at him
"Well you thought wrong okay?"
"Naruto, what do you mean by being better off here?"
"I just am, can you just leave the subject alone?" I got to my feet and started to leave the training grounds. I knew Kakashi-sensei was following me, but kept walking anyway. I walked through the street to get back to my apartment avoiding confrontation as much as possible, when I felt a hand grab my throat and a kunai pierce my stomach
"Looks like the Demon brat graduated, but still can`t defend himself." My number one tormenter said
"Yeah, he should have been able to dodge that no problem if he was a proper ninja, I bet he stole his headband." My number two tormenter said as, I felt the kunai go in deeper and the hand tighten around my neck, I struggled to breath and started to blackout from lack of oxygen and blood lose, when the hand disappeared from around my neck, I dropped to the floor gasping for breath
"Hey! What are you doing that for Kakashi? Now`s the perfect time to avenge your sensei." I heard my number two tormenter say
"That child happens to be my student!"
"Wha-what? You can`t be!"
"I can, now get lost before I really lose my temper." I lost consciousness as I felt someone lift me up.
When I woke up the next, I found myself in my apartment shirtless, with bandages wrapped around my waist, I carefully sat myself and lent against the wall, not to cause my injuries any more trouble
"Is it always that bad?" I snapped my head towards the wall where the voice had come from, I saw Kakashi-sensei leaning against it with his arms crossed and a sad look in his eye, I sighed
"You saved me then?"
"I did, I wanted to see what you were talking about, when you said being safer, I didn`t know you were attacked on a daily basis, Naruto why didn`t you tell anybody?"
"And who would believe me? I`m the child that hold the Nine-tails inside me, and the 4th died doing it, a lot of people blame me for that, a lot of people blame me for the one they lose that night, I guess you blame me as well, the 4th was your sensei, why didn`t you take your revenge on me?"
"Because I don`t need to Naruto! I hold no grudge against you, it isn`t your fault sensei chose to seal the nine-tail into you Naruto, I don`t blame you for anything, well beside being an idiot and seriously orange?"
"It`s all I can buy, and you and I both know me being an idiot is an act."
"It is?"
"You didn`t know?" he shook his head and I sighed "the only reason I put up with being an idiot is to hide, I hate what the villagers do to me, the only way I can hide it is by being an idiot, how did you know where I lived anyway?"
"I...I have dog summons they sniffed there way here?"
"You`ve been here before." He sighed
"Yes, but-"
"Get out."
"Naruto-"
"Leave!"
"You don`t have to come to training today, I`ll make up an excuse for the rest of the team."
"Get out!" he was gone in a swirl of leaves
[Hey Kyuu]
{What`s up Kit?}
[How bad is the damage?]
{I healed most of it through the night, but you are well enough to go to training, as long as you don`t get hit in the stomach}
[Thanks Kyuu, I owe you one]
{It`s no problem Kit}
I got washed and dressed before heading to the training ground at my own pace, I arrived not long after, to hear
"Sensei, why isn`t Naruto here?" Asked by Sakura
"Well Naruto-"
"Is late because I over slept, I broke my alarm clock last night."
"Naruto-"
"Don`t worry Sensei! I`ll buy a new alarm clock and be here on time tomorrow."
"Baka! Don`t be late for training!" Sakura yelled, I mentally rolled my eyes
"Sorry Sakura-Chan, I`ll try better not to be!"
"Baka don`t yell at me!"
"Alright enough you two, let`s start training, Sasuke, Sakura I want you two to start running laps."
"Why do we have to run laps, when Naruto doesn`t?" Sakura demanded
[Why do I act like I like her again?]
{It`s a part of your act remember}
"I want to talk to Naruto, Sakura now get going." She huffed and started jogging, I thought I saw a look of sympathy from Sasuke before he set of running, but shook it off and turned to look at Kakashi-sensei
"What`s the matter sensei? I wanna start training I-"
"Drop the act Naruto, now." I huffed
"Fine, what do you want?"
"Why are you here? I told you, you didn`t have to come to training today."
"I felt like I could."
"Naruto, you were stabbed last night!" he hissed at me
"Kyuubi healed most of the damage last night, as long as I`m not hit in the stomach, I`ll be fine."
"Alright, but be careful and I want to talk to you after training."
"Alright, can I go run laps now?"
"Actually, I want you to do something else."
"What?"
"You know the shadow clone technique right?" I nodded "Do you know the secret to the shadow clone?"
"There`s a secret to the shadow clones?" He chuckled
"Yes, we`ll be learning chakra control after they`ve finished running their laps, and I`ll be teaching you three tree walking, heard of it?"
"Isn`t that were you send chakra to your feet to be able to stick to surfaces?" he nodded
"That`s right, and from what I`ve heard, you have terrible chakra control, so I want you to get a head start on it alright?" I nodded
"What`s the secret to the shadow clones?"
"You get their memories after they have been dispersed, create a few shadow clones and send them to different parts of the training ground with a kunai to mark their progress to climb the tree, if they do it at the same time, when they disperse you`ll know how to do it." I nodded
"Alright." I did the hand sign "Shadow clone Jutsu." Four clones appeared beside me
"I have a feeling you can create a lot more than that." I nodded
"You heard him, get to it." All four nodded and spread out around the training ground
"And now I want you to do the same." He handed me a kunai and pointed at a tree a few metres away from us. I nodded and walked over to the tree, to practice tree walking. After a while I saw Sakura and Sasuke walking over with Kakashi-sensei as I was sat at the base of the tree catching my breath
"Any luck?" Kakashi-sensei asked, I pointed up at the tree it was quite a way up to reach the branches that were on the tree, I had managed to get just past them "I`m impressed, clones?" I got to my feet and leant against the tree
"Still...going."
"Good, disperse them." I nodded and did the sign for the clones to disperse, I heard several puffs across the ground and got the memories from each clone
"That didn`t even do anything!"
"How would you know? You didn`t do the Jutsu!"
"Baka, you`re just trying to be better than Sasuke-kun!"
"Sakura enough." Kakashi-sensei said
"But it`s true sensei he`s a dead last, I don`t even know why he was put on this team, or even graduated." I growled
"I earned the right to pass Sakura, I don`t know about you though." She glared at me
"Baka!" her fist was suddenly in my stomach, I gasped and cried out in pain
{KIT!}
"Naruto!" I slumped down to the ground when she moved away
"See can`t even defend himself, isn`t that right Sasuke-kun?"
"He`s bleeding!" my breathing was coming out in pants and short breaths as I felt my jacket being unzipped and removed from my person, and my shirt ripped
"Heh...I...liked that...shirt Sasuke."
"You`re bleeding and you`re bothered about your shirt? Dope."
"I told you to be careful Naruto ." Kakashi-sensei said as he cut the bandage(That was now caked in blood) from around my stomach, before wrapping another bandage tightly around my stomach
[Kyuu]
{I`m working on it Kit, but there is only so much I can do}
"What the hell happened to him?" Sasuke asked
"Who cares?" Sakura stated then I passed out
Flashback end
"Naruto?" I snapped back to attention
"Sorry, I got lost in a flashback
