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Uchiha Pain: I will make the chapters gradually grow longer, about one page longer per chapter. Last chapter was 7 full pages, so this chapter will be 8 pages, and next chapter will be 9, and so on.
Note – There will be changes in the pairing with Kakashi. You know Hanare? The one girl that appeared in Naruto Shippuden Episode 191? I've decided that I'm going to pair Kakashi with here instead of Anko.
Chapter 4
Naruto's Back
-Previously on Chapter 3-
"I would just like to inform you that you are to be released tomorrow in the morning, and resume the Academy in the afternoon. You woke up just in time for the graduation exam." Sarutobi informed.
"Hey, my hair kind of looks like the Fourth Hokage's hair on the monument." Naruto said as he pointed at the Hokage monument from his window.
"I was wondering," Naruto said with a pause, "Can I have both of my eyes red?"
"Not what I meant brat," Kyuubi roared, "I meant, take the old man with you to go shopping. Knowing the villagers, you will probably get kicked out of every store unless you're with the old guy."
"I'm back everybody and it's time to kick some ass!" Naruto yelled.
-Beginning of Chapter 4-
Hiruzen Sarutobi was having such a pleasant day with Naruto, until he returned to his office. No it was not the paperwork, it was those damn council members. Sarutobi walked into his office after the meeting, and stared out the window, remembering the council meeting.
-Flashback-
"Hokage-Sama, the council has called for an emergency meeting." Akane informed him.
Hiruzen nodded to his assistant and sat up from his desk, at least taking a break from his paperwork. He sighed at the thought of the council calling for an emergency meeting. As he walked through the hallways, he mumbled to himself, knowing that every emergency meeting didn't end so well. A few seconds past, and the Sandaime arrived at the door. Putting on his genuine smile, he entered the room.
Everyone in the room stopped their chat once the Hokage entered in. The council room was just an ordinary room. The Hokage got his own desk on the ground. There was a staircase right in the middle of the room, separating the Clan Council and the Civilian Council. There was a three desks at the very top of the staircase, reserved for Sarutobis advisors, Danzo, Koharu, and Homura.
"What is this meeting called for?" Sarutobi asked his advisors, mainly Danzo.
"We have received word that Naruto had a pair of red eyes ever since he woke up from his coma." Danzo informed.
"Which means that we should get rid of the demon once and for all because he is starting to show his true appearance." Koharu told the Hokage.
"Absolutely not!" Sarutobi yelled at them.
"And why not?" Mebuki Haruno questioned. Mebuki was part of the Civilian Council and was the mother of Sakura Haruno, "Before we know it, the demon completely transforms into it's real self and will attack anyone it sees."
"If we do kill Naruto," Sarutobi began, "Then that means we will be killing off Minato's dying wish! That we should treat him like a hero, but none of you do!"
"Because that thing isn't even human!" another civilian yelled.
"I say we don't kill him," Shikaku Nara said. Everyone knew that Shikaku was practically the smartest man in the village, so his opinion would matter, "For one thing, Naruto isn't the Kyuubi. He is just the host of the fox, and is still a human being."
"Then how do you explain those red eyes of his?" Homura asked.
"Maybe it's just a sign from the Kyuubi that says 'don't mess with my host'." Inoichi Yamanaka replied.
Sarutobi stared at the Civilian Council and the Clan Council arguing. The Sandaime knew that turning Naruto's eyes red was a bad thing, but he couldn't change the boys mind. Sarutobi couldn't tell the council that Naruto trained under the Kyuubi because that will just cause more ruckus from the Civilian Council. The Third Hokage knew the Clan Council they would object to the boys execution because they knew who Naruto really was. If Sarutobi told the Civilians about who Naruto really was, they would have wanted to spread the information around, endangering Naruto.
"Enough!" Sarutobi yelled, shutting both the Councils up. Sarutobi pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to calm himself down.
"Hokage-Sama, you are the Hokage. You should do what is best for the village." Mebuki said to the old man.
"You're right. I am the Hokage. And as Hokage, I say that Naruto shall not be executed. All of you know that the Kyuubi is inside Naruto. Plus, all of you know that the Fourth Hokage was a natural at fuinjutsu (Sealing Jutsu), so you're just doubting his skills. Naruto did not asked to have the Kyuubi sealed in him, he was forced to by the Yondaime." Sarutobi explained.
"He is still a danger to this village! Sooner or later, the seal will break and the Kyuubi will be released!" Koharu yelled out to her former teammate.
"Naruto will not allow the Kyuubi to be released." Sarutobi replied.
"And how can you be so sure?" Danzo asked.
"Because I know Naruto better than all of you. All of you treated Naruto like trash, when he deserves to be treated like a hero. Naruto strives to protect his village, even though all of you treated him like dirt." Sarutobi told them, more specifically the Civilian Council.
"But-" another civilian was about to say, but was cut of my Sarutobi's hand motion.
"My word is final. Naruto will not be executed. Dismissed. Clan Council stay here." Sarutobi demanded. The Civilian Counil rose up from the seats and forcibly bowed to the Hokage. Once the Hokage's advisors left, Sarutobi looked at the Clan Council who stayed.
"What would you like to discuss Hokage-Sama?" Choza Akimichi asked.
"I would like to inform you why Naruto has red eyes." Sarutobi told them. Sarutobi sighed and took a deep breath and explained the story.
"Well that is surely interesting." Shibi Aburame said.
"Yeah, who knew that the Kyuubi would actually train Naruto. I wonder what he can do now." Inoichi wondered.
"He says that he can even beat the Uchiha to a pulp." Sarutobi told them.
"That would be a sight to see." Inoichi admitted.
"Yes it would have. Minato would have been proud of his son." Hiashi Hyuuga said, who had been a teammate of Minato during their Genin days.
"Yes he would." Sarutobi said.
-End of Flashback-
Sarutobi looked out the window, and directed his gaze to the Hokage Monument, specifically the Yondaimes head.
"What would you have done if you saw how they treat your son, Minato." Sarutobi mused as he sat back on his desk, resuming his paperwork.
-Academy-
"N-Naruto?" Iruka stuttered as he saw Naruto barge in the room.
"Hell yeah it is! I'm back and ready to kick some ass!" Naruto yelped as he stood in front of the whole class. Most of the class started to mumble to themselves because they thought that Naruto was in a coma.
"Yeah, well I woke up." Naruto answered them, hearing what they were talking about because of his enhanced hearing.
"What's up with your outfit dobe?" Sasuke Uchiha asked him.
"Yeah, and why are your eyes red!" Kiba Inuzuka yelled out. His dog, Akamaru, barked in agreement.
"My outfit is like this because I needed a new outfit for my ninja career, and my eyes are red because of my colored contacts." Naruto replied.
"Nice lie about the contacts." Kyuubi told his student.
"What ninja career? I doubt you're going to graduate." Sasuke mumbled.
"Hell yeah I will! You just watch! I can kick your ass anytime." Naruto yelled back.
"In your dreams," Sasuke told him, "No one can beat an Uchiha."
"You. Me. And your cocky ass outside!" Naruto yelled at the Uchiha.
"Calm down!" Iruka yelled, still shocked that Naruto woke up from his visited Naruto every other day when the Academy kids were outside and was awfully surprised that he actually woke up. Rumors among the higher ninja ranks said that he was never going to wake up.
"Iruka-Sensei, let me kick this guys ass! He deserves an ass kicking!" Naruto yelled at his sensei, pointing towards the young Uchiha.
"Yeah, a dead last beating an Uchiha. Yeah right." Sasuke mumbled.
"Sensei!" Naruto yelped.
"Alright!" Iruka replied, obviously not thinking straight due to his shocked state. He thought that Naruto would have never wake up.
"Hell yeah!" Naruto screamed as he jumped out the window, "Time to show everybody how strong I become!"
"Don't overdo it kid," Kyuubi told him, "Don't reveal to much of yourself."
"Whatever." Naruto mumbled.
Two minutes passed and the whole class was outside, about to witness a spar against the rookie of the year and the dead last. Naruto started to hear mumbles like, "There's no way that the dead last can beat the Uchiha.", "I can't believe he woke up. My parents told me he should have just died.".
Naruto frowned, cursing his enhanced hearing.
"Is there a way to get rid of this hearing?" Naruto asked the Kyuubi.
"Nope. You're a Kitsune now, and always will be." the fox replied.
"Okay, the spar against Uzumak Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke will now begin." Iruka told the class as Sasuke and Naruto faced each other.
"I'm going to get that stick right out of your ass." Naruto said, "Hey can I use this seal you put on me?"
"No, this isn't even a battle." Kyuubi replied.
"Whatever. No one can beat an Uchiha elite." Sasuke said as he got into his taijutsu stance.
"Begin!" Iruka yelled, slashing his hand down the middle of the duo.
Sasuke dashed toward Naruto, pulling his fist back. Naruto grabbed Sasuke's wrist, pulling Sasuke toward him. Naruto bought up his other hand and punched Sasuke's stomach. Sasuke grimaced at the punch, but grabbed Naruto's wrist and threw him.
Naruto smirked, and started to weave some hand signs.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Naruto yelled.
Iruka, recognizing that name of the jutsu, applied chakra to his feet so he can stay on the ground. Suddenly, a great burst of wind came from Naruto. The wind started to blow the other students away, but luckily Iruka managed to catch all of them and get them to safety.
"Such power." Sasuke thought to himself as he ducked behind a tree. It wasn't even two seconds and the jutsu blew the tree away, leaving Sasuke exposed. Sasuke crashed into the wall surrounding the Academy.
"Where did Naruto learn that jutsu?" Iruka thought.
Naruto landed back down on the ground and looked at the wall Sasuke crashed into, smirking.
"You don't think you're all might now do you Uchiha!" Naruto yelled. Suddenly, a large ball of fire erupted from Sasuke's hole in the wall.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Naruto saw the fireball coming, and started to weave signs of his own.
"Wind Style: Wind Repelling Shield!" The wind surrounding Naruto hardened and started to swirl around him. The fireball hit the shield and engulfed it in flames
"Ha! Got him!" Sasuke thought. One second later, the flames exploded from Naruto's wind shield and shot themselves toward Sasuke at high speed.
"Shit!" Sasuke mused as he jumped up in the air. Sasuke immediately whipped out three kunais and threw them at Naruto.
Naruto dismissed the shield, and got out one kunai. Naruto easily blocked Sasuke's kunai with his own kunai. Naruto and Sasuke both landed back down on the ground. Sasuke charged at Naruto and Naruto charged at Sasuke. Both of them cocked their fist back, but someone grabbed both of their wrists.
"Enough!" Iruka yelled as he stopped both of their attacks, "Your graduation exam is tomorrow. Once your assigned to your teams, settle it there, not here. You're scaring everybody."
Naruto and Sasuke looked at the other Academy students, and saw them hiding behind a tree. Naruto and Sasuke yanked their wrists from Iruka's grasp.
"Teach me your jutsu dobe." Sasuke demanded, rubbing his wrist from Iruka's grasp.
"Hell no," Naruto replied, "That shield jutsu is my original."
"I'm an Uchiha. If a dobe like you can learn a jutsu like that, then surely an elite like me and learn it." Sasuke said.
"Just because you're an Uchiha, doesn't mean you get everything you want!" Naruto yelled. Naruto turned his back to the Uchiha and disappeared in a swirl of red wind.
"What happened to you Naruto?" Iruka thought.
"How did that dobe get so strong?" Sasuke mused, "If I can barely beat him, then I need to get stronger to beat Itachi."
-Graduation Day-
Naruto walked into his classroom, and ignored the odd looks he was getting from his classmates. Ever since the 'spar' he and Sasuke had, he has been getting odd looks from the villagers, and his classmates. Thanks to his hearing, he also started to hear the murmurs the villagers said about him.
"How did the demon brat become on pair with the Uchiha?" was mainly the rumor around the village. Naruto knew he wasn't 'on pair' with Sasuke, he was way better than him.
"Don't let them get into your head kid," Kyuubi stated, "Those damn villagers will finally know who the rookie of the year is."
"It's to late for me to become rookie of the year," Naruto told him, "All I can do now is tell them I'm rookie of the year by my actions."
"There's the brat I know." Kyuubi said. Naruto grinned to himself. He walked up the stairs, up to the highest desk in the classroom. He walked past by Sakura Haruno, who was awfully shocked as to why Naruto just completely ignored her.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled, trying to not show her shocked expression, "How dare you hurt Sasuke-kun yesterday!" Instantly, all of the Sasuke fan club appeared behind Sakura with their arms across their chest.
"He asked for it. It was his cocky ass that got him into that situation in the first place." Naruto informed them as he sat down by Hinata, who was also at the top row.
"Sasuke-kun deserves to be cocky! He is so strong and sexy! He could beat you up any day!" Ino Yamanaka told him as she joined the group.
"Yeah, then explained what happened yesterday when I kicked his ass. The best he could do was throw me up in the air." Naruto informed them.
"You were just lucky dobe." Sasuke said as he walked in the room.
"I wasn't lucky. Don't underestimate me." Naruto said, as he suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of the Uchiha.
Sasuke flinched seeing Naruto's speed. How could someone be so fast and powerful when he was in a coma for a month and a half? How did he stay on par with the rookie of the year when he was dead last?
Naruto smirked and appeared at the top of the row and sat down by Hinata.
Hinata was definitely happy that Naruto woke up. She visited him everyday, and told him everything that has happened ever since he slipped into it. The young Hyuuga sat by his side for hours when school was released, and sat by him during the time they were sent outside. She blushed as her crush sat by her.
"Hey Hinata-Chan." Naruto greeted. Hinata blushed even more when he added the '-chan' suffix.
"H-Hello Naruto-kun." Hinata greeted back.
"Did she really visit me everyday?" Naruto asked his sensei.
"Yup, even though you couldn't see it, doesn't mean I couldn't. This is what I meant by 'you're not alone'. You have her, even though your dense ass head couldn't see," Kurama told his student, "I bet you notice now since your senses are more sharper."
"Thank you for the flowers Hinata-Chan," Naruto said, "I really appreciate it."
Hinata stared at him with a deep crimson blush, which Naruto noticed, as she started to twirl with her fingers, "You're w-welcome Naruto-kun."
"His eyes are so foxy." Hinata thought, not realizing what she just said.
Naruto smiled at her and waited for Iruka to come in. A few minutes passed, and the man with a scar across his nose entered. Iruka walked in, and noticed that his class fell silent when he walked in. Today was the most important day in the Academy students lives. Today determined if they were ready to set foot in the ninja world.
"Hello everyone," Iruka greeted his students. He stared at them for a few moments, knowing that he wasn't greeted because they were to frightened or ready to start the test, "As you all know, today is the day of your graduation exam. If you do pass, you will find out who you're teamed up with. Just so you know, if you do pass or fail, I will be proud of all of you. For the past four years, all of you have showed that you're ready for the ninja field."
Iruka stared at his students, seeing the determined look in their eyes that use to be frightened. Iruka smiled, proud of the progress his students made.
"Let's begin." Iruka said.
-Next Day Later-
Nine. Nine people graduated from yesterdays exam. Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuuga, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and the most surprising one was Naruto Uzumaki. Everyone thought that Naruto would have failed, considering the thought that he wasn't even awake for a month and a half.
Iruka entered the room and stared at the people now considered the Rookie Nine. He smiled at Naruto, who grinned back.
"I knew you could do it Naruto." Iruka thought, "I'm guessing that you're waiting for the announcement of your team members.
Hinata hoped that she could get into a team with Naruto. Ino and Sakura both hoped they would get into a team with their precious Sasuke. Sasuke hoped that his team wouldn't hold him back. He had to defeat Itachi and a team that would slow him down would be unacceptable.
"Team 7 will consist of Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hinata Hyuuga. Your Jounin Sensei will be Kakashi Hatake." Iruka said. Naruto smirked since he was with Hinata. Hinata smiled happily as she just heard that she was one a team with her crush. Sasuke grimaced. He had Naruto, the dead last, as a teammate. Hinata would be fine, considering the thought that she was the best kunoichi in the class.
"Team 8 will consist of Haruno Sakura, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame. Your Jounin Sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi." Iruka continued. Sakura hung her head low, depressed that she wasn't with her crush. Kiba groaned seeing that he was stuck with a fan girl. Shino, was well, Shino.
"Team 10 will be Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. Your Jounin Sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi." Iruka finished. Ino and Shikamaru groaned since they were stuck with each other. Choji just munched on his chips, happy that he was with his best friend.
"Why not Team 9?" Ino asked.
"Team 9 is still an active Genin Team," Iruka finished, "I am proud of all of that graduated. You have showed for these past four years that you are fully capable of a ninja career. You're now adults and I wish all of you the best of luck. Your Jounin Sensei will be here in 10 minutes." Iruka left the room, leaving the new Rookie Nine to themselves.
Just as Iruka said, in 10 minutes Asuma and Kurenai came through the door and picked up their teams. Three hours past, and finally Kakashi Hatake entered through the door.
"Finally. You're three hours late." Naruto informed the Jounin.
"Meet me on the roof top in 5 minutes." Kakashi told his team, ignoring Naruto's remark and disappeared in a swirl of wind and leaves.
~End
As you can see, I changed up the teams slightly because well, I wanted to. As I told you last chapter, I showed some of Naruto's strength in this chapter with the little 'spar' the Uzumaki and Uchiha had.
I'm sorry for the boring chapter, but it needed to be done.
Just so you know, I will not do the Land of Waves Arc. I will make up my own mission for Team 7 because after reading so many Land of Wave mission on other fanfictions, I got tired of it and started to hate. So, I'm sorry for all those looking forward to it.
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