Iruka-sensei was in the middle of teaching his class when he heard a poof behind him. He turns around and finds the Hokage standing in front of him with a young boy of about 15 behind him. He had a lot of spiky, mud-blonde hair that stuck out in all directions.
"Iruka-san, I hopw I am not interupting anything to important." Sandaime said
Iruka shakes his head and replies. "Not at all Hokage-sama. I was just doing some review with my class before the exams that are in a couple of days. Now I must ask, to what do I owe this pleasure?"
Sandaime lets out a puff from his pipe before speaking. "This young man here has just become a member of this village and his wish is to become a ninja. I figured that you would be the best choice for him. So I ask of you to allow him under your tutilage. Is this acceptable to you?"
Iruka has a brief moment of shock at the request before he smiles. "It is an honor to be considered Hokage-sama. I accept this man as a student from this point forward."
"Your acceptance is well appreciated Iruka-san" Sandaime lets out a sigh of relief. "I now leave him in your excellent care." With a poof, he vanishes.
"So" Iruka states while looking to Ameduro. "If it is alright with you, do you mind if the class askes you questions so we can get to know you better?"
Ameduro contemplates the question for a moment before he answers. "I find that to be acceptable Iruka-sensei. Begin when you wish."
Iruka smiles before he begins to speak. "Alright then I'll start off. What's your name kid?"
"My name is Ameduro. What is the next question?"
Iruka scans the room as he sees a few hands raised. He decides to pick on a young, platinum blonde haired girl. "Ino, what is your question for Ameduro?" Iruka asks the girl. As Ameduro turns in her direction, he stares in awe. "'Ive never seen such an angel" he thinks.
Noticing his gaze upon her, Ino blushes. "Umm.. Where are you from Ameduro?" she askes nervously.
His gaze falls as he wishes that she hadn't asked that question. Now he knew that people would start to dislike him because of where he came. He however still answers the question with a forced calmness. "I am from a country that I am sure all of you have heard of. It is called America. I am also sure of the fact that you all know what goes on in that country. The turmoil and the corruption that is common. I guess you also know about the tyrant who has enough power to send people into fights to the death just for the hell of it. I suspect that no one wishes to interogate me further so I take my leave of you."
There is a gasp from the class. Even Iruka looks surprised. 'Why did Hokage-sama except somebody into the village who is from a place like America. I must cosult with him about this.' Iruka thinks to himself.
"Hey" someone shouted from the back of the room. Ameduro looks at another blonde student. This time a guy who is clad in all orange. "I don't care where you come from. You're not leaving until I ask my question" The blonde student shouted.
"Then ask it if that is what you wish" Ameduro replies.
"Hmm... Ok then" said the blonde boy, who now seemed to have quieted down some. "Why is it that you came here to Konoha?"
Ameduro clenched his fists. Another unwanted question. "I came here because of a promise I made. I made this promise on persons grave. I told them that I would become strong enough to bring peace to America. To fight the injustice and the tyranny that is so common there and in the process I would defeat the man who killed my her, Orochimaru." He spit out the name as if it were venom that he wanted off his lips.
At the mention of Orochimaru, Iruka stiffened. So Orochimaru did rule America. He remembered hearing of the Legendary Sannins taking over that country, not that it would have been hard. He also felt sorry for the kid. The possibilty that he would be able to beat Orochimaru was closer to nil than could be described. However he noticed that Naruto was smiling broadly when he looked.
"You are a really good guy Ameduro. I believe that you can accomplish your dream. Scratch that" Naruto said, his grin only getting bigger. "I know you can accomplish your dream."
"Hmph. Whats your name kid?" Ameduro asked the blonde.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I am going to be the next great Hokage" He yelled with such great enthusiasm.
'So this is Naruto' Ameduro thought with a smile. The Hokage was right, he already really liked this kid. "Naruto" Ameduro said "Lets make a promise. That we will both accomplish our dreams together as friends" He finished with a smile. "You bet" Naruto yelled."Then it's settled. Our promise is complete" Ameduro gives a smile that makes his pure silver eyes seem to sparkle and that could be rivaled only by Naruto's humongous grin. With that he gives a thumbs up to Naruto.
Iruka smiles to himself. He should have known that the Hokage had a very good reason to trust Ameduro. Now that Naruto trusted him too, he knew that Ameduro was a good guy. It also looked like most of the class did too, so that seemed efficient enough for him. "Does anybody else have a quetion for Ameduro?"
"I have a question Iruka-sensei." Stated a young girl with bright pink hair. "Although it is for you sensei. I would like to know, will Ameduro be taking the genin exams with us?"
"Probably n.." Iruka began to say. However he was cut of by Ameduro.
"When is this exam?" He asked Iruka.
"It's in 2 days. However you won't be ready by.." Again he was interupted by Ameduro.
"I shall be ready in 2 days Iruka-sensei. Of this I am sure. That is if anybody wants to help me." He said with a grin to Naruto, and even a slight glance toward the girl known as Ino. To which he recieved a small nod that was accompanied by a light blush. Not to mention a grin that spread two miles on Naruto's face. However what surprised him was when the pink haired girl stood up.
"If it is alright with you Ameduro-san" She began. However he lost interest once he heard her use the honorif. Ameduro blinked in confusion at this. Only one person that he knew had ever bothered to put an honorif onto his name and she was now dead thanks to Orochimaru. He was so absorbed in thought that he ddn't realize that the pink haired girl had stopped talking and was waiting for him to answer her question.
"Sorry, could you repeat that uhh.. I never got your name"
"My name is Haruno Sakura, and I asked you if it was ok if I helped with your training for the exams." She added the last part with a hint of impatiance in her voice.
"Your assitance will be much appreciated Sakura-chan. I am honored to have you teach me." When she heard Ameduro add the honorif to her name, she started to blush.
"Hey wait a second Ameduro, where will you be staying until the exams?" Ino stated with a slight tinge of hope in her voice.
"Hmm. Good point Ino-chan" At this she also started to blush like Sakura, only a deeper shade of red. "I guess I will just be sleeping in the park." He stated simply.
Iruka was about to speak when he was beat to it. Today just wasn't his day was it.
"Hey Ameduro-san, you can stay at my place." Naruto said. "It might not be a mansion but it sure beats nowhere right?"
"True, anywhere would be better than the park. Ok it's settled then, I'm staying with you Naruto." Ameduro told him. Much to the dissapointment of Ino, she had beenhoping that she could train with him at her house. Now she would have to go over to Naruto's apartment to see him. Right next to her though, very similar thoughts swere going through Sakura's head.
"Darnit, why did he have to pick Naruto's place." Yelled Inner Sakura. "Great now I have to see Naruto before I can see Ameduro-san, I HATE NARUTO!"
Iruka looked up at the clock on the wall. "Does anybody else have questions for Ameduro?" He now glances around the room and notices that nobody else has raised a hand. "Alright then. Class dismissed"
Everyone left except for Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Ameduro. Naruto suddenly flushed for some reason. "Uhh… hey Ameduro, why don't we train in the park. My apartment is kind of…uhh well it's really small and unclean" He finished weakly.
"How do you think my apartment was in America? Your place can't be anyworse than mine." Ameduro replied.
"Besides" Ino said " He'll need to get some gear"
"Because I don't think he'll want to use ours" Sakura finished.
If anything, Naruto now looked more pale than before. "Alright but you guys insisted." With that they set of into the downtown area with Naruto dreading what was going to happen when they got there.