In this chapter, Daichi, Shinichi, and Susumu have grown a little and are starting to go to the Ninja Academy, but other than learning lessons, they discover something outside that's dangerous. They don't know what it is yet.

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A few years have passed. Daichi, Shinichi, and Susumu grew into happy, fun loving five year olds. It was their first day at the Ninja Academy, like school. Hinata helped Daichi get dressed. His hair was spiked like his daddy's, he wore a 70s shorts that had many zippers, he wore a black shirt, and a loose shirt jacket over his black shirt that swirled with blue colors.

"Momma?" asked Daichi.

"Yes," said Hinata.

"Are Shinichi and Susumu going to be at the Ninja Academy too?"

"Of course they will and so will many others. You're going to have a great time."

"Will I get to fight like a ninja?"

"No, you have to learn how to fight and study jutsus."

Naruto walked into the room carrying something in his hand.

"Don't forget this," he said.

Naruto placed his old goggles in Daichi's hands.

"What's this for?" asked Daichi.

"It's my old goggles. I used to wear these when I went to the Academy," replied Naruto.

Daichi put the goggles on and he looked in the mirror.

"Cool!" he said.

"I'm glad you like them," said Naruto.

"Oh, I better get Daichi's lunch," said Hinata.

She left the room, but Naruto stuck around.

"Daichi, do you remember what I taught you whenever you get into trouble at the Academy?" he asked.

"Use Sexy Jutsu!" replied Daichi.

"No! Not that one. You use that when you're fighting."

"Um…….If I don't know the answer, I make one up?"

"Yes, but that's not it. The answer you're looking for is the way of a ninja."

"Oh yeah!"

Five minutes later, Daichi grabbed his lunch and was out the door. He ran all the way to the Ninja Academy. When he got inside, he met up with Shinichi and Susumu.

"Hey Daichi!" said Shinichi.

"Hey!" he replied.

"This is awesome that we're going to be ninjas!" said Susumu.

"Actually, we're going to learn how to fight and learn jutsus," corrected Shinichi.

"My mom said the same thing," said Daichi.

The kids looked around the room at the others. Daichi had recognized someone in the corner of the room.

"My cousin Hotaru is here," he said.

Daichi waved to her and she waved back.

"I didn't know your cousin was going to be here," said Shinichi.

"My family tries to stay close by. When my mom was little, she and Neji trained together and they ended up fighting each other in the same exam," said Daichi.

"That's interesting," said Susumu.

"Hey, look who's here," said Shinichi.

They watched a girl walk into the room and sit down at one of the tables. She had blond hair; she wore a pink tank top and white jeans. Her name is Miu, she was bore by Ino. Shinichi couldn't take his eyes off of her.

"She's so pretty," he said.

"Love is disgusting, yuck!" said Susumu.

"Yeah, yuck!" added Daichi.

Suddenly, Shikamaru walked into the room. A small girl followed in after him.

"But dad, I didn't want to come today," she whined.

"Look Ayame, you have to go or you won't become a successful ninja," said Shikamaru.

"But today is very troublesome, besides I was supposed to get my hair done with mommy, get my own cell phone and a cool wardrobe."

"You sound just like your mother."

"Daddy I…."

"Don't daddy me missy. You're staying here and that's that."

"Fine!"

Ayame stormed to one of the tables and Shikamaru left. A few minutes passed and the room was quiet. Iruka entered the room and started class.

"Good morning," he said.

"Morning," the class replied.

"Before we start, would anyone like to share anything with the class?" asked Iruka.

"My little brother shoved a straw in his nose," someone said.

The class busted up laughing.

"Okay, that's nice. Anyone else?" asked Iruka.

"My dad taught me the Sexy Jutsu. Want to see?" asked Daichi.

"NO! No thank you," Iruka replied quickly.

"Maybe some other time?"

"Yes, another time."

Daichi sighed and Iruka looked a bit shocked.

"Just what Konoha needed, another Naruto," he thought to himself.

During break, all the kids were playing except Daichi. He was standing by the fence gazing into the woods. Something had caught his attention. Susumu was the only one who noticed Daichi gazing at something. He went over to him.

"What are you looking at?" asked Susumu.

"I sense something," said Daichi.

"What?"

"I sense something…….bad."

"What is it?"

"I don't know, but it feels like it's calling me."

"Calling?"

Suddenly, something flashed from the woods. Daichi and Susumu saw it. They were surprised.

"Did you see that!" said Susumu

"Yeah!" replied Daichi

"Could that be what's calling?"

"Maybe, but it could be something else or somebody."

They continued to gaze at the woods until someone touched them on the shoulder. They both jumped a little.

"Didn't you guys hear me? It's time to go back inside. What are you two looking at?" asked Iruka.

"We thought we saw something," said Daichi.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I'm sure it was nothing. Come on, let's go back inside."

Daichi headed back inside with Susumu and Iruka. He looked back for a moment and then continued to follow the others again. Once everyone was inside, Iruka began the next lesson. As he wrote notes on the board, Daichi went into his thoughts. That flash he saw wouldn't leave his mind. He asked himself questions like what was that flash? What was he sensing earlier? and what was calling him?

"Daichi, please pay attention," said Iruka.

Daichi came out of his thoughts. Susumu looked at him.

"You were thinking the same thing weren't you Daichi," he thought to himself.

Later that day, everyone was released to go home, but Daichi didn't want to go home. He headed for the woods to see what was calling him. He stopped at the entrance of the woods. He waited and gazed in the wood's darkness. He started to sense the presence again. He slowly walked into the woods. He continued to walk slowly until he noticed another flash. He froze in his footsteps. He gazed into the darkness where the flash appeared. He was waiting for another flash when a pair of hands touched Daichi's shoulders.

To be continued

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That's the end of this chapter. I hope you liked it. If you would like to suggest something, please do, but be nice. Chapter 3 will be posted soon. I'll do my best to make the upcoming chapters scary.