'click'

Naruto's eye's snapped open, and he lifted his head an inch or so from the mattress; a mess of thoughts stalled any sense.

He pushed the foul smelling blanket off his chest, and a empty Ramen cup rolled across the floor after his foot knocked it over.

He slowly rose from the shoddy mattress he called a bed, despite the protest's from his body, his mouth stretching into a grin as he heard 50cent's 'ready for war' playing on his stereo.

Naruto yawned and stretched, there was nothing quite like to waking up to that song, it just seemed to jump-start his body.

While waiting for the water to boil for a cup of instant Ramen, Naruto started preparing for the day.

He slipped on his torn black jeans, putting on a grey sleeveless shirt, and a thin black opened vest, he tussled up his short black-dyed hair, and quickly brushed his teeth.

Looking at him self in the mirror, and he smirked at the memory of the hideous orange jumpsuit he used to wear.

After eating his usual bowl of Ramen, Naruto switched off his stereo, grabbed his mp3 and headed out the door, making sure he locked the numerous locks on his apartment door before he left.

He found one of his favourite songs on his mp3, and started walking towards the academy, listening to 'Animal I have become' by three days grace.

Iruka sighed.

After a full summer without having to deal with teaching a class, he was back again, not only that, but he was teaching first year, so that meant he'd be dealing with children, annoying, loud children.

He looked around the classroom, it was still five or ten minutes till class started but most of he students appeared to be present, all except Naruto Uzumaki, whom Iruka was not looking forward to teaching for the next four years, as much as he knew he shouldn't, Iruka couldn't help but bear a grudge at the boy for what lay inside him.

Iruka heard the door creak open, and him and every one else in the room stared at the newcomer.

With his dark, torn clothes, the numerous piercing's in his left ear, the bandage wrapped around the boys left bicep, and the scowl set on is face as he entered the classroom. Noticing he was being stared at, he shot the class a look that clearly said 'what the fuck are you looking at?'.

Iruka was really not looking forward to the next four years

…...

After the class had stopped staring at him, Naruto had taken a seat up at the back of the classroom, next to silent dark haired kid wearing sunglasses and a high necked jacket that covered the lower part of his face.

The silent kid gave Naruto a nod of greeting, to which Naruto returned with a peace sign.

Then the silent kid went back to being silent, Naruto decided he liked this kid.

Everyone quieted down when the scarred Chuunin at the front of the classroom cleared his throat loudly.

"hello and welcome! My name is Iruka Umino, and I will be your instructor for the rest of your academy day's. Now, first things first, were going to have each of you come down and tell us you name and a little bit about yourself" the Chuunin instructor greeted warmly, and pulled out a list of names from his desk drawer.

Naruto soon got bored with this, and put his earphones back into his ear's, playing the music low enough so to hear when his name was called.

The only person whom he listened introduce themselves was the silent kid that sat next to him.

"hello", he said in a monotone voice, void of all emotion,"my name is Shino Aburame, I like to collect and categorise bug's, and I dislike those who kill bugs for no reason". And with that, Shino took his seat again.

"Uzumaki, Naruto" Iruka called out.

Naruto sighed and put his earphones back into his Jean's pocket, and walked to the front of the room.

"My name, if you didn't hear scarface over there, is Uzumaki, Naruto, I like music, and playing Guitar, and I dislike people who try to make me live my life their way". And then he sat down back next to Shino.

"well, now that that's over and done with, were going to have the traditional academy starting spars, where I and my assistant Mizuki here take you outside to the sparring circle's, pair you up with a random class mate and will spar together, using strictly taijustsu of course, until either I or Mizuki stop the fight, or one of you surrenders, hopefully you'll all refrain from knocking each other unconscious because then that student would miss the rest of today's introductions to academy life"Iruka managed to explain in one breath.

Once again Naruto didn't pay attention until his name was finally called.

"and the final pair, Uzumaki,Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha, your going to be fighting first, now if you'll please follow me outside, well begin the matches".

As every one filed out behind the instructor, Naruto couldn't help but over someone talking about him.

"that's got to be bad luck man, to be paired with Sasuke? Have you seen that guy train? Naruto's going to get the shit kicked out of him".

"hopefully" sneered the student next to him.

Naruto just ignored them, like he always did.

When they were finally outside, Naruto steeped into the sparring circle, along with a raven haired kid in a blue shirt, and a hairstyle that looked like a duck's ass.

"begin!"

while Sasuke settled into a basic stance, Naruto put in his earphone's, searching for a decent beat, just like Panku had told him.

Flashback

"okay, today I'm gonna teach you a few of my patented fighting styles" Panku informed Naruto.

"you have patented fighting style's?" Naruto asked the shopkeeper in disbelief.

"yeah, why? don't you believe me?"Panku said in mock hurt tone.

"are you a former Shinobi or something?" Naruto asked in curiosity.

Panku snorted"hell no! The fighting style I'm about to show is actually a form of dancing".

Naruto sweatdroppped."you're gonna... teach me.. how to dance? You've got to be kidding me?".

"trust me kid, this is a pretty powerful fighting style, it's based around ,music, so you need song with a good beat to keep the moves in time, this fighting style centres around you putting you're whole body weight into a kick or a punch and still being able to quickly recover."

"huh. Sounds, interesting. Guess I might as well try it" Naruto agreed.

"that's the spirit kid! Now, lets get started.

End flashback

Naruto, deciding not to waste to much time, he decided upon 'invader's must die' by the prodigy, and settled into a relaxed stance.

After about 10 seconds of staring each other down Naruto decided to make the first move, he dove forward, aiming at the ground half way between the two fighters, using his hands to keep his aim straight as his left heel the ground were Sasuke once was, using his momentum to keep him going Naruto rolled into a crouch and then dove again at the Uchiha, lashing out with a kick as he flew past the boy, Sasuke managed to block and grab a hold of Naruto's leg, but Naruto then grabbed the back of Sasuke's shirt, and thanks to his forward momentum, Sasuke staggered back, releasing his hold on Naruto's leg, the moment Naruto landed he lashed out with a kick to Sasuke's now exposed side, Sasuke grabbed at his side, surprised with the amount of force behind that kick, but in doing so he had dropped his guard even further, and allowed Naruto to give a solid hay-maker to the side of Sasuke's head, still using the momentum from his last kick, Naruto got lucky as his hit connected to the other boy's temple and he hit the ground like a sack of bricks.

"well that was.. easy" Naruto observed.

Naruto looked around at the shocked face's of his classmate's and his teacher, apparently the Uchiha was held in high regard here.

"w-winner, Uzumaki,Naruto" Iruka declared, stunned, he had thought that Sasuke would've been at the top of the class, another prodigy like his older brother, but apparently he was mistaken.

A groan from the limp form of Sasuke signalled he had regained consciousness.

Naruto offered him a hand, but the Uchiha batted it away and fixed Naruto with a glare.

"suit yourself", Naruto said as he walked away, stopping at Shino's side.

"nice fight", Shino complimented in his emotionless tone.

"thanks, good luck with yours" and with that Naruto zoned out while listening to his favourite tunes.

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AN

hey people, sorry for any spelling mistakes, and thanks for the reviews from last chapter, and to answer the question about pairings, it's not going to be a naru/hina pairing, although im thinking about making her a main supporting character, I'm thinking about using a Naruto/kin pairing, or the chick from the sound four, anyway, thanks for reading.

R&R