Hey all, sorry for the delay, had a lot of things to do since my last update with my birthday a few days before Christmas and then Christmas itself. I'd like to thank agnar for pointing out a mess up in the description of Kyuubi's power, I had forgotten how the power in each tail worked and now fixed the description so she now has more power. Although she will have more power with each tail; her current amount of chakra will be the same since she doesn't have a full tail quite yet. Hope you all like the chapter.
Chapter 5
Naruto and Kakashi had just arrived at the academy and Naruto looked around in excitement while trying to not run around looking at everything. After walking in to the main building the girls had finally caught up to Naruto who had been running at break neck speeds to get there as soon as he could. Once the girls were next to Naruto and Kakashi, Kanari said, "You know Naruto-kun; you are a stamina freak right? I mean you ran nonstop here and aren't even winded."
Naruto gave a foxy grin as he said, "It's thanks to your training that I'm like this."
"No you're just a freak of nature." Tenshi said passively.
Naruto pouted and was about to retort when Kakashi said, "Now no fighting you two, we just got here and I have things to do; so let's get you to class now."
Naruto stopped pouting and was instantly hyperactive again and he ran off towards their classroom yelling, "Hurry up and let's get there then."
Kakashi sighed as he thought, 'I feel bad for whoever his teacher is going to end up being. He is way too energetic about this.'
The three left behind began to follow after him when they heard a very loud "OOF" followed by two thuds. They sped up and went around a corner and saw Naruto rubbing his head on the ground mumbling "ita" over and over while another boy with black hair was doing the same. Kakashi looked over and saw someone he recognized and said, "Ohayo Itachi-san."
Itachi looked up from the two boys on the ground and said in his monotonous voice, "Hello Kakashi-san."
"You here with your younger brother Itachi?" Kakashi asked in a bored tone.
"Hai, Sasuke-kun is now starting the academy this year, I assume Naruto-kun is as well?" Itachi said while motioning to the two boys on the ground.
"Hai, so is Tenshi and Kanari." Kakashi replied as he pointed to the girls.
Naruto who was still on the ground stopped rubbing his head after he realized had said "Itachi". He looked over to where Kakashi was facing and saw Itachi standing there before he jumped up and tackled him down in a big hug yelling, "Thank you."
Even though he was confused, Itachi gave Naruto a light hug back and asked, "What are you thanking me for Naruto-kun?"
Naruto looked up and said, "You're the Anbu who had saved Ayame-chan, just because we haven't seen each other since then doesn't mean I forgot about you."
Kakashi then said, "He has asked about you several times over the last two years but we never had the chance to get you together."
Itachi gave the faintest hints of a smile as he said, "It was no problem Naruto-kun, I was glad to be of service."
Just then, Sasuke got up and saw Itachi on the floor with Naruto still hugging him and asked, "What's going on aniki? Do you know these people?"
"Yes I do Sasuke-kun, Kakashi and I worked together when he was in Anbu. I also met Naruto-kun, Tenshi-chan, and Kanari-chan a few years ago after a certain event." Itachi told his younger brother as he stood up.
Sasuke looked around at them before saying, "Well can we go now then aniki? I want to get to class and become the best to make you and father proud."
Hearing this, Naruto jumped over to him and said, "NO WAY! I'M GOING TO BE THE BEST!"
Sasuke glared at Naruto as sparks flew between them while the rest of the group sighed at them. Kakashi then stepped forward saying, "Come on Naruto, you're going to make us late at this rate."
Naruto looked to Kakashi and then saw the time on the clock on the wall and jumped up; it was 7:55, they had just five minutes to get to class. Naruto ran over to the girls and grabbed both their hands and ran towards their class while yelling, "Bye Kaka-nii, we'll see you tonight."
Kakashi sweatdropped at how fast he ran off with the two girls and thought, 'Well I might as well get heading out then.' He waved goodbye to Itachi and Sasuke before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Itachi turned to his brother and said, "You best hurry off too Sasuke-kun, I'll see you tonight." And he too disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Naruto stopped before the door leading to the classroom that they were in and turned to the girls and asked, "Well you two ready for this?"
"Hai Naruto-kun." Both girls replied.
Naruto grinned and slid the door open and stepped into the classroom just as the bell rang signaling that the academy had begun for the day. The teacher; hearing the door open, glanced over and saw three kids standing there and he said, "Ah welcome, if you're here for this class, please take any empty seats you can find."
The three kids nodded and looked around for some seats just as Sasuke entered the class room. After a few moments Tenshi tapped Naruto and Kanari on the shoulder and said, "There are three seats in the second to last row next to the boy with the jacket covering part of his face."
The other two nodded and they all headed for the seats and sat down with Naruto being next to the other boy. Naruto turned to him and stuck his hand out saying, "Hi there! I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and these two are Kanari-chan and Tenshi-chan."
The other boy glanced at Naruto and then to his hand before slowly grasping it and shook lightly as he introduced himself, "I am Shino Aburame."
Naruto perked up at the last name and asked, "Hey aren't you the clan that uses bugs then?"
Shino nodded hesitantly before saying, "Hai Uzumaki-san; that is correct."
"That is so cool! I always thought it was cool that your clan could do that kind of thing." Naruto said enthusiastically.
Shino was shocked, here was someone his age that was saying he thought it was cool that he could control bugs and it seemed the two girls besides him didn't mind the bugs either. Shino gave a slight smile before saying, "Thank you Naruto-san, I hope we can become good friends."
Naruto grinned before saying, "Who you kidding? We're already great friends!"
Shino then looked to the two girls and said, "I apologize for not greeting you after I greeted Naruto-san; it is a pleasure to meet you three."
The two girls waved to him and both said, "It's nice to meet you too Shino-kun."
At that moment the teacher called out, "Alright class, pay attention!"
No response besides a few students.
"Settle down!" The teacher said more sternly.
Still not much of a reaction.
"QUIET DOWN AND LISTEN YOU BRATS!" the teacher roared.
There was an instant reaction this time as every student still talking snapped to attention and waited for the teacher to continue. Seeing that he had all their attention the teacher said, "Welcome to the Ninja Academy, my name is Iruka Umino, I will be your sensei for your time here at the academy. Now when I call your names please call out here so we may get started."
After Iruka finished calling out all the names he said, "Alright everyone outside for a practical test, it means nothing for your grade, it is just too see what you are capable of already."
All the students then filed out of the classroom and out into the training field and once they were all there, Iruka called out, "Alright everyone line up along the side of the field and when I call your name please step forward and throw these dulled kunai at the target. Don't worry if it doesn't stick, they aren't very sharp so they will most likely just bounce right off, just try to aim for the middle. Once you finish with Kunai, you will do the same for some shruiken."
He then called out, "Shino Aburame, please come forward."
Naruto looked to his new friend before patting him on the back saying, "Good luck Shino!"
"Thank you Naruto-san." Shino replied before stepping forward
Shino took the offered kunai and threw each one in rapid succession and got one bulls-eye, two in the ring around the bulls-eye and the final one in the farthest out ring. Iruka looked at the hits and was impressed, while he had one bad throw, he hit the bulls-eye and two on its outer ring all in the span of two seconds. Shino then took the shruiken and did the same thing with the kunai only this time he missed the bulls-eye and got a closer all around hit on the target with each shruiken being near the center. Iruka marked down his throws and was very impressed by the first year student.
Once Shino rejoined the others Iruka called out, "Choji Akimichi, please step forward."
Naruto watched as a fairly large kid stepped up and grabbed the offered kunai and shruiken and threw them getting decent enough results and he stepped back and sat down next to a lazy looking student who was laying down watching the clouds go by. Naruto watched as Iruka went through, Hinata Hyuga who scored rather well despite her shy demeanor, Sakura Haruno who scored rather badly, and Kiba Inuzuka who did very well before he had called out Kanari. Naruto grinned and said, "Knock them dead Kanari-chan!" Naruto said excitedly
Kanari smiled at Naruto and gave him a hug saying, "Thanks for the support Naruto-kun."
Naruto blushed and hugged her back quickly before she left to get the kunai and shruiken. Kanari stepped forward and took the offered kunai and shruiken and faced the targets. Kanari smirked slightly before she threw all the kunai and shruiken at once aiming for eight different targets in the training field and hit bulls-eyes on every target. Iruka stared in shock and dropped his clipboard not believing what he just saw. He also noticed that each kunai had buried about half way into the targets and thought, 'This girl is a monster in disguise.'
"Well done Kanari-san, you may go back now." Iruka said to her.
Kanari turned to go back to her friends and saw how everyone was staring at her bug eyed and mouths on the ground, including Naruto who had been a living target for her. She giggled lightly as she went back to her friends and sat on the grass as she waited for everyone else to go. After recovering further, Iruka called out, "Shikamaru Nara, please come forward."
Naruto watched as the lazy looking student stood up and swore he heard him say "troublesome" as he went up to take the kunai and shruiken before throwing them getting an average score before heading back and falling asleep. Iruka then called out, "Tenshi, please come forward."
Naruto once again cheered for his friend as she went up for the kunai and shruiken. When she took the offered weapons she grinned ferally and threw each weapon at once at the same target completely demolishing the target and walked back to her friends ignoring all the shocked looks sent her way. Iruka stared in shock again and thought, 'I take back my earlier statement, that girl is a monster in disguise. Compared to her, Kanari is an angel.'
"Sasuke Uchiha, please come up." Iruka called out after getting over his shock again.
Sasuke took the offered weapons as he got up there and quickly threw all the kunai and shruiken at his target, hitting 5 bulls-eyes and the rest in the next rim out. Sasuke grinned before heading back to his spot and poor Iruka almost had a heart attack at having so many good students. Iruka then called out, "Naruto Uzumaki, please come forward."
Kanari and Tenshi both gave Naruto a hug from either side of him and said, "Good luck Naruto-kun."
Naruto gulped as he went to get the weapons, he had a lot to live up to now thanks to his friends. He walked over to Iruka and took the kunai and shruiken before facing the target. He took a steadying breath and took aim for the target. Just as he was about to throw he subconsciously put some chakra into the kunai and threw the kunai at the target and as soon as the kunai hit the target, it had exploded into a shower of wood. Naruto's eyes bulged out of his eye sockets as he looked at the damage he caused and he heard from behind him, "What. The. Fuck."
He looked behind him and saw Iruka looking at him in utter shock and gulped nervously and asked, "Was that okay Iruka-sensei?"
"That was far more than just okay Naruto, now please just go join the rest of the class, I'd rather not have to replace any more targets."
Naruto nodded and quickly went off to his friends and sat down once he was there. Shino looked to him curiously and said, "Impressive throw Naruto, where did you learn to throw like that?"
"No idea." Naruto responded causing Shino to blink in surprise.
The group talked for a bit longer as they waited for everyone to finish. After a little while Iruka called out, "Alright that's it for today class, tomorrow we will begin to study the history of the village and many more things. Class dismissed."
The students cheered happily at the early dismissal and everyone started heading home. At the gates to the academy Naruto paused and the others turned to him curiously with Kanari asking, "Something wrong Naruto-kun?"
"No nothing is wrong, I just thought of something I wanted to do, I'm going to head over to Ichiraku's; any of you want to come?" Naruto replied.
Shino shook his head and said, "Sorry Naruto-san but I must be getting home." And with that said Shino started to head for his clan home.
Kanari and Tenshi both shook their heads and Tenshi said, "I'm a little tired so I'm going to relax back home."
Kanari nodded in agreement and said, "I'm also a bit tired so we'll see you later Naruto-kun."
Naruto pouted that none of his friends were coming but then said, "Alright, I'll see you back home later." And then ran off for Ichiraku's.
Once he arrived at the ramen stand he yelled out, "Hey Oji-san, can I get a bowl of miso ramen?"
Teuchi came out of the back and saw Naruto there and said, "Sure thing Naruto, just one bowl?"
Naruto shook his head before saying, "No I'll have a few, just not sure when I want to eat them. Also where is Ayame-chan at?"
"Oh she's in the back on break, I'll get her so you two can speak; we haven't seen you in a while." Teuchi replied.
Teuchi went back into the back room and a few moments later came out with Ayame right behind him. When Ayame saw Naruto there she immediately ran over and hugged him tightly saying, "Naruto-kun! Where have you been?"
Naruto laughed as he hugged her back and said, "I've been busy training and I just started the academy today."
"Oh, how was the academy?" Ayame asked with bright eyes.
"It was really fun, even though all we did was throw kunai and shruiken." Naruto said.
Naruto and Ayame chatted for a while longer until Naruto saw that it was getting dark out. He quickly jumped up and said, "Sorry Ayame-chan, but I got to get going, it's getting really late."
Ayame sighed sadly and gave Naruto a hug as she said, "Come visit again soon, okay Naruto-kun?"
"You bet Ayame-chan!" Naruto said as he hugged her back before departing.
Naruto ran as quickly as he could through the streets of Konoha hoping to get home without incident, but he was not so lucky. As he turned onto the street he lived on he was kicked in the side of a head and crashed into the wall to his side. Naruto gasped in pain as he collided with the wall. Naruto looked blearily through his pain at his assailant and saw a man in Anbu armor with a tiger mask on. The Anbu walked up to Naruto and picked him up by the neck and slammed him back down into the ground before taking out a somewhat dull and very rusty kunai out and stabbed it into the left side of Naruto's chest and started carving. As he did this he said, "Feel my pain you fucking demon. Because of you my brother was killed two years ago just because he was doing what should have been done. Tonight I avenge my brother!"
As he finished speaking the Anbu had finished carving DEMON SCUM into Naruto's chest and then plunged the kunai into Naruto's throat. The Anbu then threw Naruto on to the ground and yelled, "THE DEMON IS DEAD!"
The man was about to yell out his victory once again but was cut short as a lightning covered fist erupted through his chest, obliterating his heart entirely.
Five minutes earlier:
Kakashi had just arrived home and saw Kanari and Tenshi waiting outside, once he got up to them he asked, "Why are you two standing around out here and not inside with Naruto?"
"That's just it; we're waiting for Naruto to come home." Kanari told Kakashi.
"He went to Ichiraku's ramen right after the academy and hasn't returned yet." Tenshi finished for Kanari.
"I'm sure he'll be back soon. Now let's get inside and wait for him." Kakashi said to them.
Kakashi then started walking for the house and the two girls followed after him, but after a few steps, Tenshi froze up and sniffed the air. Kanari saw this and asked, "What's the matter Tenshi?"
"Blood…Naruto-kun's blood." Tenshi said slowly.
Kakashi was immediately alert and said, "Where is the smell coming from!?"
Tenshi said nothing and started running down the street with Kakashi and Kanari immediately following after her. As they were running down the roar they heard someone shout, "THE DEMON IS DEAD!"
Kakashi saw a man standing over a body on the ground that he quickly recognized as Naruto and flashed through some hand signs and grasped his wrist and charged his jutsu as he charged the man and stabbed him through his heart and chest right as he was about to yell again.
Present time:
Kakashi yanked out his arm from the dead man as the two girls rushed over to Naruto. Once they got to him they each gasped in shock and horror at what happened to Naruto. He had a kunai impaled into his throat and DEMON SCUM was carved into his chest. Both of them teared up at the sight of him and Kakashi rushed past them scooping up Naruto and the then the two girls before sprinting off to the Hokage Tower. As he got to the tower he kicked the door open and rushed to the Hokage's office and kicked that door open too. Sarutobi jumped into a combat position but relaxed as he saw it was Kakashi before immediately tensing up again at the sight of a bloody Naruto. "What happened!?" Sarutobi demanded.
"He was assaulted on his way home again from Ichiraku's, Tenshi smelt his blood and we rushed over as fast as possible, I killed the attacker with Raikari and then brought them here, we need you at the hospital otherwise the staff won't do anything to help him."
"Alright, let's get going then!" The Hokage commanded before rushing to the hospital with Kakashi in tow.
When they arrived at the Hospital Sarutobi shouted, "GET US A CRITICAL CARE UNIT HERE ASAP!"
He had backed up his words with killing intent so the hospital staff there in front of him jumped into a flurry of action with some members running to get the critical care unit there as fast as they could with other doctors trying to stabilize Naruto enough so he doesn't die on them before he's even treated. A few minutes later the Critical Care unit had arrived and they rushed Naruto into an operation room to begin surgery.
Kakashi and the Hokage were pacing around the hospital in front of the room waiting for them to come out while the two girls were sitting on a chair silently crying for their friend. After a few hours the light above the operation room turned off and a doctor came out with a grim look. He walked over to Sarutobi and said, "I'm sorry Hokage-Sama, he lost too much blood. We weren't able to save him; even with blood replenishing pills he had lost far too much for it to even affect him."
When Kakashi heard that he fell down to the ground with his head in his hands as he struggled to not cry but couldn't stop the tears as they fell openly down his face. Sarutobi fared no better as he slumped against the wall and slid to the ground unable to support himself. Kanari and Tenshi were now sobbing hysterically as they thought, 'No, he can't be dead."
Sarutobi looked towards the operation room with sorrow in his eyes as he thought, 'Minato-kun, Kushina-chan, I have failed you.'
Sarutobi slowly stood up and started walking for the operation room when all of the sudden there was a bright flash of red light coming from it and he immediately ran for it followed quickly by Kakashi along with the two girls to see what just happened. When they burst into the room they saw Naruto slowly sitting up and they all stared at him in complete and utter shock. Naruto saw them and saw the way they were looking at him and asked, "What's wrong Oji-san, Kakashi-nii? Kanari-chan, Tenshi-chan why does it look like you were crying?"
They were too shocked to tell Naruto that he now had fox ears and a fox tail.
Hope you enjoyed it.