Speech
Thought
Jutsu/Kasumi
Demon Wrath: Yes...yes it will.
Just so you know, I'm gonna try to keep a little bit of the old Naruto.
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The class went deathly quiet as everyone took a moment to study him. Behind his mask, Naruto did the same. He recalled once, during his sixth birthday, he had somehow found his way into the council room while running from the usual angry crowd. As luck would half it, he came in right in the middle of a meeting. He thought of some of the clan heads that were there and used that info to ID some of the people there. "Looks like there's a kid from all the main shinobi clans here." He mused. It was then his nanite-enhanced senses caught the heavy vanilla smell that seemed to emanate from nearly every girl in the room. Thanks to Kasumi and the talk she gave him when he got old enough, he knew right away it was from arousal. A quick sniff indicated a mix of stale and fresh so it had been going on for a while, making him wonder who the hell would get a reaction like that from them
As he pondered that, one of the students, and pretty much the shyest kunoichi in town, Hinata Hyuuga, was racking her brain after Iruka said who the newcomer was. "N-Naruto?? It..It can't be..he vanished years ago." She said to herself, remembering the day she first met him..
She was just around five; her mother had taken her to the park for a while. But while she was there, a boy had knocked her down and stolen the bento ner mother had made for her that day. However, the bully didn't get far before a rock came out of nowhere and struck him in the face, forcing him to drop it. She watched as another boy her age with spiky blond hair and marks on his face sent him toppling over with a shoulder tackle before grabbing the bento up and returning it to her. She started to thank him when her mother came looking for her and the boy made himself scarce. All she managed to get was his name.
Though, over the next couple of years, she managed to spot him once in a while and eventually learned Naruto was a boy that tried to fight for what he believed in and never focused on the negative. It didn't take long for her to develop a crush on the boy, but he disappeared before she could ever tell him how she felt.
"So, why don't you tell us a little bit about you?" Iruka spoke up, breaking Hinata from her thoughts.
"Think I should take my mask off for this, Kasumi-Chan?" Naruto asked his girlfriend, not really sure if he wanted a lot of people knowing his face.
"Well, the old man did say he wanted you to try and make friends. May as well so they can recognize you." She replied.
He mentally shrugged and pulled it off, causing Hinata to gasp and turn a shade of red that rivaled a cherry.Several other girls started to drool as they stared at him.
"He's back!" She squealed inwardly, "He's back!"
"Well, name's Naruto; I just got back from a five year trip so I gotta get used to this town again since a lot's probably changed while I was gone."
As Naruto talked, Kasumi noticed Hinata's blush and began to giggle evilly, "Oh, this is too good to pass up!" She said, making sure he didn't hear her, "Besides, better now than a nasty surprise down the road." Now, Kasumi was a decent gal in most respects, she just had a somewhat...off-kilter sense of humor at times. The fact she already knew the Hyuuga heiress had feelings for him only made her plan that much more enjoyable.
Before Naruto, or anyone else for that matter, could react, there was a sudden burst of red smoke surrounding him.
"Naruto!" Iruka yelled. He grabbed a nearby kunai and started to charge in, thinking his new student was under attack when the smoke dissipated, revealing a slightly surprised Naruto lip-locked with a girl he had never seen before, "W-Who're you??" Iruka asked, mentally clocking himself for ogling her a bit along with nearly every boy in the room.
"Hi, I'm Kasumi. Don't mind me, just popped in to wish my boyfriend luck." She noticed disappointed looks on several girls and especially the heartbroken one on Hinata. Smirking, she added, "Don't worry, I'm an open-minded girl. I think I can work with sharing him, provided I approve of you of course."
Naruto promptly did a fisheye at her, along with several guys, "NANI??" He blurted out, getting only a wink in return.
Hinata on the other hand started to hyperventilate, turning even redder "D-Did she say share??" Was all she could think before fainting from what that statement possibly inclined, her head hitting the desk with a 'clunk!'.
"Kasumi, the heck...??" He said, only to get another grin before she vanished again, "Kami.." He muttered at the looks of burning jealousy some of the guys were giving him, "So much for a peaceful first day back."
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"Checkmate." Shikamaru Nara said with a lazy grin while Naruto's head fell.
"Damn, that's the 6th time today." The blond said as he watched the other boy reset the Shogi board. Half the month had passed and he had settled in moderately well. He tended to get along with guys like him, Chouji Ankamichi, and Shino Aburame. Shino was surprised when Naruto's only reaction to learning about his insects was to simply say, "Cool."
Kiba Inuzuka, however, seemed more occupied with begging Naruto to tell him how he managed to find a girl like Kasumi, and if she had a sister; much to his exasperation.
The only major downside was one Sasuke Uchiha, the top-ranked rookie. (and, the blong cyborg learned shortly after his arrival, was the reason for the heavy vanilla smell in the room.) Naruto had gotten word that his older brother wiped out the entire clan for some reason, leaving just him. Half the school's female populous thought he was their dream man and a fair number of villagers looked at him like some kind of royalty. The resultant kowtowing plus the seemingly broody nature he already had made him about as pleasant to be around as a rusty pipe, especially after last week when Iruka took them out for physical exercises.
Flashback
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Naruto looked over at the 'firing' range, noticing a handful of straw dummies set up about 20 feet away. He watched Iruka look at his clip board and start calling out names.
Most of the students were rather average, getting about 6 or 7 hits, a few getting about 8.
"Hinata Hyuuga."
Naruto gave the shy girl a thumbs up. In all honesty, he liked her, though at first he didn't recognize her. She was a bit more quiet then he was used to, but she was pretty nice once he got to know her; a far cry from the usual image her clan gave, that her blush was kind of cute. She managed a 9 out of 10.
"Nice job, Hina-chan." He said, patting her shoulder and quickly tensing a bit at the laugh in his mind, courtesy of Kasumi.
"Admit it, you're starting to like my little suggestion, Naruto-kun."
"Oh hush. That's a pervert's dream. I'm not a pervert and you know it."
"Riiiight." Kasumi snickered
He ignored her and looked over when Sasuke Uchiha was called, causing several girls to start cheering for him. He noted two members of his fanclub that he noted were more or less the self-appointed leaders, Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno, were without a doubt the loudest. Chouji had told him the two girls were once best friends but ended it after learning they both liked the guy.
"Perfect ten. Excellent job, Sasuke." Iruka said, "Ok, next up, Naruto Uzumaki."
Picking one in front of a tree he took hold of the bandages on his arm, "Iruka-Sensei, is it ok if I tried a move I've been working on? It's ranged but not quite a jutsu."
"Well..I guess just this once couldn't hurt." The man said.
Naruto focused on his target and grabbed hold of his bandages, pulling them off in one motion and earning several gasps as his exposed arm glinted in the sunlight.
"Naruto no Baka! We're not supposed to use Bloodlines in this!" Sakura hollered, making him, Kiba and Akamaru wince at the volume.
"Wanna try a little louder, Sakura? I don't think the Tsuchikage heard you!" He retorted, "Besides, this isn't a Bloodline because it's not the arm I was born with."
"What do you mean not the one you were born with?" Ino asked. She may've been a Sasuke fangirl, but at least she was a bit more civil than Sakura
"I lost my right arm when I was 8." He pointed his fist at the dummy, "This one is artificial. It's a long story I don't really wanna tell right now." Everyone watched as a faint coil of chakra began to wind around the metal and concentrated into his palm, "5 maximum output." He whispered, closing his hand slightly over the glowing mass. The second it finished accumulating, he drew back and sent a bolt of pure chakra rocketing towards the dummy that obliterated the top half on impact, "Sweet, that's a good 4 seconds faster now."
"HOLY SHIT! What the hell was that!?" Kiba blurted out before getting bopped by Ino for cussing.
"That was the Chakra Buster." Naruto blew off the smoke coming from his hand, "I've been perfecting it for a couple of years. It started out as a control exercise to help me get used to using jutsus with my new arm and kinda took off from there. Packs a pretty good wallop, too"
Iruka shook his head, "Well, I must admit, it certainly looks impressive. Ok, all right, those of you who've already finished, meet up at the sparring ring."
Naruto started towards the ring when a voice called out, "Oi, Uzumaki! Teach me that move!"
He turned towards the source, "Excuse me?" He responded with a hint of annoyance, already knowing who said it. Now, he wouldn't have minded except it was said in the manner of an officer commanding one of his subordinates.
Sasuke strode over, half-glaring at the blond, with Sakura and Ino hot on his heels, "I said teach me that move!"
He looked the dark-haired boy in the face. Among some of the things Kasumi had taught him was how to read a person's body language, and right now it was obvious the kid was a mix of being annoyed at him and making an attempt to intimidate him as well. Something he was failing superbly at.
"Ah. No." Came the blond's reply as he turned back around.
"Naruto! Don't you dare turn your back on Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura snapped. Naruto simply ignored her
"I said teach it!" The brooding youth growled, grabbing his shoulder, "I'm an Uchiha and you'll do as I say!"
In a flash, Naruto grabbed his wrist and twisted it, making Sasuke gasp in pain. "And I won't for three good reasons. One was your little display of pompous asshattery just now. Two is the fact I won't teach any of my abilities to someone who thinks they can just demand something from somebody; and three; you have a piss-poor attitude and I just don't like it." He released the boy's arm and resumed his way to the sparring area.
"You baka! How dare you hurt my Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura yelled, taking a swing at the back of his head; only to hit air as he performed something akin to a pirouette in mid-stride and letting his head roll away just out of reach.
Letting those two fume, he arrvied in time to see Hinata and Shikamaru get called to spar. Thier match, if you can call it one, ended with the lazy Nara forfeting to go back to sleep.
Shino won his match when his bugs chased a screaming Sakura out of the ring, much to Naruto's amusement. Kiba and Ino were next, though that ended with Kiba running from a VERY angry Ino after Akamaru whizzed on her foot. Chouji's opponent made the mistake of calling him 'fat' and received a prompt body slam from the heavyset boy.
Finally, it was his turn against an angry Sasuke. As if on cue, his fanclub started cheering for him and throwing insults and threats at Naruto after the learned he had twisted their crush's arm.
"You got lucky earlier, dobe." The boy sneered, "When I'm done with you, you'll be begging me to learn what you know."
"Is this kid serious?" Kasumi sweatdropped, popping out to watch the fight from nearby. Thankfully, she had shown up enough over the week for the students to get used to her sudden arrivals, including Iruka. Since she simply acted as a spectator, no fault was found with her being there.
"Unfortunately, I think so." Naruto replied, quickly stepping back to avoid a kick. Once Sasuke pulled his leg back, the blonde vanished from sight.
"Where did he go?" He muttered. His answer came in the form of a getting the back of his head slapped. Growling, the Uchiha whipped his fist around, hitting air yet again and earning another slap to the head.
"You just don't get it, do you? I'm not gonna tell you anything, so give it a rest." Naruto said, ducking a fist.
"Stand still, damn you!" Sasuke snapped, swinging wildly now. After a minute he stopped to catch his breath and suddenly took on an evil smirk, "If you won't tell me, then maybe your little whore will, after I take her for myself."
"THAT LITTLE SHIT DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!!"Kasumi roared, making everyone nearby, even Shino, jump from her tone.. She was about to rip into him herself when she felt the temperature drop drastically, indicating her container was pissed. "The hell? I haven't felt Naruto this mad since...ooh, that prick's in trouble..."
Everyone outside felt it as well, especially Sasuke.
"What the...?" Was all he could get out before an angry Naruto appeared right in front of him. He didn't even have time to sneer before a knee introduced itself into his gut, knocking the wind out of him.
"Don't.." Naruto growled, drawing his fist back.
"You.." Sasuke's head snapped to the side as a left hook connected
"EVER.." Naruto whirled around, bringing his leg out and catching the boy across the chest, sending him down hard to the ground; the impact was enough to crack the stone floor of the ring.. End result: one Uchiha, knocked the &# OUT.
"Call Kasumi that, you miserable son of a bitch!" Naruto growled amist the throng of cheers from the boys and terrified screams of 'SASUKE-KUN!"
"Winner, Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka said. He knew he should reprimand Naruto for being somewhat brutal in a spar, but Sasuke brought it on himself. You just don't call a guy's girlfriend something like that. Especially right to the guy's face.
Flashback End
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Took a while, but here's ch7. If anyone has a better name for 'chakra buster' feel free to say. That was the first thing that came to mind, heh.