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Chapter 1: Naruto Uzumaki

One Year Later…

Twelve years ago, a nine-tailed fox suddenly appeared. It's tails lashed out, smashing mountains and sending tidal waves crashing to the shores. The ninja rose up to defend their villages.

"Hold it there until the Fourth comes!" A wounded konoha ninja shouted as blood dripped down the side of his face.

"Don't let it get any closer to our village!" Another shouted as a giant frog appeared to face the fox, carrying a lone ninja on its head. This one shinobi faced the nine-tailed fox in mortal combat. He sacrificed his life to capture the beast and seal it away. That ninja was known as the fourth Hokage.

BRRINNNG!

"!" April woke with a start and hit her alarm clock to stop it. "That was some dream." She said with a yawn, stretching in bed. "I guess that's what happens when you try to read up the history of a ninja village before bedtime…" April stared up at the ceiling of the small apartment that she was living in now. She couldn't believe she had already been in this world for a whole year… The exact anniversary of her mishap with the transporter was only a day or two away. She wondered if her uncle missed her… "Ah, there's no time for that now." April chided herself, rolling out of bed. It was pointless worrying about something she couldn't change, and she was going to be late for class if she kept this up. Aside from the fact that she never got to say goodbye to her uncle, friends, and teacher, or let them know she was okay somehow, she was actually pretty happy in here in Konoha. For one thing, she finally had the chance to become a real ninja! That had been her dream ever since she was six, and now she finally had the chance to realize it. All she had to do was pass the upcoming graduation exam! April grinned as she finished getting ready and grabbed a piece of toast on her way out. "It's another day of ninja school, Mom and Dad!" She told the old photo of her family that she had framed and hung on the wall as she opened the door to leave. "Wish me luck."

–∞–

"Hm?" Iruka-sensei said when he walked into the classroom and immediately noticed the seat next April was empty. "Where's Naruto?" He asked her. The two of them had appeared to have formed some sort of bond after living next to each other for a year, because they were almost always together.

"Why are you looking at me?" April asked innocently.

"Because you two are friends, aren't you?" He reminded her, crossing his arms. She was also (occasionally) his accomplice. "So, spill. Where is he? What's he up to this time?"

"I honestly don't know." April replied with a wry smile. "I haven't seen him yet today. See, I still have his bento." She said, holding up two wrapped lunch boxes to prove her point. She usually gave Naruto his when they met up in the morning on the way to school.

'I have a bad feeling about this…' Iruka thought, sweat-dropping. Even though she also had a mischievous streak in her, April was definitely the more responsible of the two. She was always careful not to take her pranks too far, since she was originally an outsider and still considered herself a guest in their village. But if she wasn't there to moderate him, there was no telling what Naruto could be up to… "It can't be helped, then." Their teacher said with a sigh as he turned and wrote 'Self Study' on the chalk board. "I'm going to step out for a bit. Until I get back, I want you all to study and review what we just learned."

The moment he was gone, April and Shikamaru's heads both went down for a nap, while Chōji pulled out some snacks, and everyone else began to talk amongst themselves, especially the other girls, who never seemed to get tired of talking about Sasuke. It seemed like April had only just closed her eyes, when the door of the classroom abruptly slid open again, and a tied up Naruto was tossed in by an irritated Iruka-sensei.

"Hey, not so rough!" Naruto shouted, looking equally annoyed that his fun had been interrupted, as he rolled himself up into a sitting position.

"Listen, Naruto!" Iruka-sensei said sternly with a vein throbbing on his forehead. "Tomorrow is the Shinobi Academy's graduation exam, and you failed it the last two times!! This isn't the time to be causing trouble!! Idiot!"

"Hmph. Whatever…" Naruto said boredly, looking like he couldn't care less.

"!" Another vein throbbed on Iruka's head as he grit his teeth.

'Uh-oh…' April thought. Iruka looked like he was about to snap.

"That's it! Time for a transformation jutsu test!!" Their teacher snapped. "Everyone line up!!"

"What!?" A majority of the class shouted incredulously.

"Everyone transform perfectly into me!!" Iruka-sensei ordered them as they all reluctantly came down to the front of the class to line up, shooting daggers at Naruto for getting them into this mess.

"Sakura Haruno going!" Sakura said as she stepped forward, going first. "Transform!" She formed the correct hand seal and transformed perfectly into Iruka-sensei.

"Okay, good." The teacher praised her, recording her score.

"Yay, I did it!" Sakura said cheerfully with a cute smile. 'Cha! All right!' Her inner voice said confidently, pumping her fist. "Did you see that, Sasuke-kun?" She asked.

"Next, Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka-sensei said. Sasuke stepped forward and transformed into the teacher flawlessly. "Okay." Iruka said, marking his score. "Next, April Starr."

"Okay." April said, stepping forward. She made the hand seal and took a moment to focus her chakra. "Transform!" With a puff of smoke, she managed to transform into the spitting image of him.

"Very good." Iruka praised her, despite the slight delay. She had a much lower than average amount of chakra, so she tended to have trouble performing most genjutsu and ninjutsu techniques, but when it came to taijutsu, she was at the top of her class. "You're really improving!" April smiled happily, relieved that she had managed to pull it off.

"Next, Naruto Uzumaki."

"What a drag." Shikamaru remarked boredly.

"This is all your fault." Ino told Naruto as he stepped out of line to take his turn.

"Like I care." Naruto retorted with a frown. 'Man, this sucks…' He thought. 'Well, here I go!'

'Naruto-kun…' Hinata thought, blushing shyly, as she watched him from further down the line. 'D-do your best...!'

'I hope he's not going to do what I think he's gonna do…' April thought wryly when she noticed the smirk on his face.

"Transform!!" Naruto said as he was enveloped in a puff of smoke. April deadpanned when the smoke cleared and they could all see Naruto's new form. He had taken on the appearance of a very busty, very curvy, and very naked blonde woman, who had some very strategically placed wisps of smoke still floating around her to hide the really naughty bits. Naruto winked and blew a kiss to add to the effect.

'I can't believe he used that in front of a teacher...' April thought with a rueful smile, sweat-dropping, as Iruka-sensei's jaw dropped and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. A small spurt of blood shot out of his nose just before it started gushing like a geyser, with enough force to send him falling over backwards. 'Whoa!?' April flinched in surprise. Was he okay, losing that much blood so quickly?

"Wahahaha! How was that?" Naruto asked, cracking up at the priceless expression on their teacher's face. He got Iruka-sensei good! "I call that my 'sexy jutsu'." He stated proudly with a grin.

"You moron!!" Iruka roared furiously, quickly plugging up his nose with tissues. "Don't invent stupid skills!"

'Says the man who was just floored by it…' April thought, shaking her head. It might be stupid, but it was still effective.

–∞–

"Damn it…" Naruto grumbled as he used a rag to wipe off the graffiti that he had painted on the faces of the hokage monument on the cliff/mountain that loomed over the village. It was kind of like Konoha's version of Mount Rushmore.

'Frankly, I'm impressed he was able to do so much damage on his own. How did he even get up there on his own in the first place?' April wondered. They had to set up a suspended scaffold in order for him to work. Of course, she had offered to help, but Iruka-sensei had insisted that, as the culprit, Naruto should do it on his own, or it wouldn't be a real punishment. So, here she was, sitting on the face of one of the hokages after school with Iruka-sensei, while they waited for Naruto to finish cleaning.

"I won't let you go until everything is as it has to be." Iruka told the disgruntled Naruto firmly with his arms crossed.

"I don't care." Naruto retorted sassily. "It's not like I have anyone to go home to. Hmph." Iruka and April exchanged a knowing glance. Despite his defiant attitude, they could tell he was pouting on the inside.

"Naruto…" Iruka said.

"What?" Naruto asked, looking up with a grumpy expression on his face.

"Well, uhm… If you clean all of that up, I'll treat you to some ramen tonight…" Iruka promised tentatively, scratching his cheek.

"Ha!" Naruto gasped in surprise, instantly lighting up. "All right!!" he cheered excitedly. "I'll do my best, then!!"

"Good job, Sensei." April said with a smile. Way to rekindle his spunk!

–∞–

Later that evening, once Naruto had finished cleaning everything, the three of them went to eat at Ichiraku Ramen.

"Naruto." Iruka-sensei said as the two kids started to dig in.

"Hm?" Naruto said with a mouth full of noodles.

"Why did you do that to the monument?" Iruka asked curiously. "You know who the Hokages are, right?"

"Of course I do." Naruto answered, slurping up some more noodles. "Basically, those who get the title of Hokage were the strongest shinobi of this village, right? And I hear the Fourth is a hero who protected the village from a monster fox."

"Then why?"

"Because one day I'm gonna get the title of Hokage, and then I'll surpass all of them!!" Naruto declared grandly. Iruka froze with a noodle hanging out of his mouth. "And then, I'll make everyone in the village acknowledge my strength!"

"Well, even so… I think it'd probably be better if you tried showing a little more respect for your predecessors." April suggested reasonably. "How would you feel if some shorty scribbled all over your face?" Iruka finished swallowing and nodded in agreement.

"Hey! I'm not that short!" Naruto retorted defensively.

"You're shorter than me." She reminded him with a smirk.

"Mmn…" Naruto turned away from her with a huff, annoyed because it was true. Besides, no matter how much she teased him, she was the first person he'd ever met who had never laughed at his dream. "By the way, Iruka-sensei… I have a little favor to ask."

"What? You want a second bowl of ramen?" Iruka asked.

"No, can I borrow your forehead protector?" Naruto asked hopefully, putting his hands together.

"Oh, this?" Iruka said, touching his official Konoha forehead protector. "No way! This is proof you graduated school and became a real ninja. You'll get yours tomorrow."

"Sweet." April said with a grin. But Naruto wasn't so easily satisfied.

"Stingy!" Naruto shouted accusingly.

"Haha! Is that why you took your goggles off?" Iruka asked with a knowing smile. He must have wanted to wear it.

"I want another bowl!" Naruto shouted, placing an order for seconds.

"Ahh!" Iruka exclaimed in dismay. That little…!

"Haha! He got you there, Sensei." April laughed.