The sound of people talking assaulted Naruto's ears. Looking from left to right, Naruto saw students. They milled about everywhere. They were talking to one another, putting things in lockers, going into classrooms, and the best thing was, they were all ignoring him. The only reason why anyone looked at him were his faded scars, but then they'd quickly lose interest and go back to what they were originally.

Well, that wasn't totally the case. As Naruto passed a group a girls chatting, he saw one of the look at him while she thought he had passed her and couldn't see her. Though he had only glanced back at her quickly, he still knew her eyes were drilling holes into the back of his orange jacket. He remembered those pale eyes of her. He shook his head, trying to get the image of her staring at him. She had probably just figured out who he was.

Naruto soon reached his classroom. He had memorized his schedule before coming. He wasn't going to let him look dumb and not know where anything was. Also, he wasn't going to stop at his locker. His backpack was his locker. Naruto just wanted to get this day over with. Walking into the classroom, it wasn't like he expected. There were big desks with three stools behind each. It seems three kids would have to share each. Also, the big desks were in a semi-circle, and there were three big benches on each level.

Naruto was the first student in. He took a seat in the extreme left of the second level. He didn't want to seem to eager, or not eager enough, so the middle level was perfect. Naruto sat down with a thump and looked at his teacher.

His teachers name was Iruka. He looked to be in his mid twenties. Naruto cringed. He would remember what happened, and still be mad about it. This was probably was not going to be good for Naruto. Luckily, he was only going to have one class with this guy.

Pretty soon, other students started trickling in. After about three minutes, the bell rang, and every stool in the room was being sat on. Naruto surveyed his fellow students.

Well, it seemed like his class had a balance of hotties and well…notties. He gulped when he saw that same girl who had been staring at him in the hallway. He turned to cover his face, but he could tell she had found him and was staring at him again. He could tell she wasn't a normal girl just by looking at her. It was about eighty degrees, and she was wearing a jacket. He could tell she was also pretty popular, since she had four girls talking to her at once.

So there he waited, head turned away, until his teacher cleared his throat and got all of their attention. Naruto sat back in his seat, wondering what this teacher's speech was going to be about.

"Good day to you all. You can call me Mr. Umino. I will be your teacher this year. When I say teacher, I mean your only teacher." He had to pause due to gasps from almost every student, including Naruto. "That's right. You can tear up your schedule, since except for a lunch break in the cafeteria and P.E, you will not be moving from this room this whole year."

"But why Mr. Umino?" a girl also in the middle row asked. Naruto took a quick glance at her. This one was a hottie, with pink hair, long legs, and a slim body. Naruto raised an eyebrow at her, knowing she wouldn't see it.

Iruka frowned at her question. "It's an experiment by the government. They are testing out this method vs. the traditional method."

"So that means we're stuck with everybody here for our entire junior year?" asked a distinctly male voice. Naruto chanced a look at its originator. It was that skater kid who had challenged him on the way to school. Naruto grimaced. This wasn't turning out like it was supposed to.

"Yes, I guess if you want to look at it that way, you're stuck with everybody here for the rest of the school year. Also, you'll be receiving a letter tomorrow stating who your councilor is, and the letter will have meeting instructions on it from the councilor. Now, I will read off the attendance list. Say "here" when your name is called."

Naruto sighed. This was going to be the hardest part. Soon news would spread about him, and the whole school would hate him. Iruka started calling off names.

Naruto soon picked out who he thought were interesting people. He picked the coolest people he could see just by looks. They were Shikamaru Nara, Chouji Akimichi, and Kiba Inuzuka. He also found out that the pink haired girl was Sakura Haruno and the weird girl, who he found had been staring at him the whole time, was Hinata Hyuga, Heir to the Hyuga clan's worldwide, billion-dollar business. Also, his skate rival was Sasuke Uchiha. His brother supposedly killed his whole family, except for him, and no one knows why.

Iruka stopped after he said Sasuke's name. Naruto grimaced. Iruka was building up fro Naruto's name. This was when it would all start.

"Naruto," was all that Iruka said. "Here." Naruto said, holding back his surprise from his voice. Iruka gave him a knowing nod, and finished the list.

Naruto smiled to himself. His teacher hadn't called his last name. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. This might not be such a bad year after all.