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Naruto got up from his bed. He wondered if what happened was all just a dream, though it did seem real. He enter the bathroom and splash his face with cold, fresh water. 'She's wasn't real, just get her out of your mind.' said Naruto as he mentally prepped himself up and try to get the image of Asuka out of his head.
"Oh, all of it was real alright." said Ajax as he entered Naruto's mind and talked to Naruto through a mental link.
Naruto suddenly stood straight, "So Asuka is real." said Naruto as he thought of her, when Naruto thought that she was real, thought of her rushed through Naruto's head over and over.
"So where did you get 500,000 ryo from." asked Ajax as he was curious how Naruto got his hands on all that money because last time he checked, Naruto didn't have that much money.
"Let's just say I 'borrowed' money from the bandits and the ninja that I killed, who I assume was Oni." said Naruto as he used air quotes when he said the word 'borrowed'.
"So you stole their money and how did you steal the ninja's money?" asked Ajax as he curious how Naruto stole Riku's money from him.
"Stole is such a strong word, I prefer to say that I permanently borrowed their money. As for 'borrowing' from Oni, all I did was take his wallet when I launched myself at him and jabbed my long, sharp nails into his chest." said Naruto as he explained how he stole Riku's money.
'I can't wait to see Riku's face when he finds out his wallet's missing.' thought Ajax as he chuckled at the look on Riku's face when he found out his walker is missing, "Anyways, you should just train with your friends since I'll be busy." said Ajax before he left Naruto mind and cancelled the mental link between him and Naruto.
"Stupid Ajax, leaving me to train by myself." muttered Naruto as he got ready for school, he quickly made some toast to eat and carried his bag. Naruto looked at the time and rushed to school when he saw that he was late.
Naruto ran past the civilians at the pace of a civilian, despite the fact he could move faster so as to make sure that the civilians wouldn't freak about Naruto and try to kill. Naruto looked at the time and saw that he was late, he could already imagine Iruka's look of anger and disappointment.
Naruto ran past the front gates of the academy and saw that no-one was there, Naruto rushed into his classroom and as soon as he opened the door, he saw that everyone was looking at him. Naruto ignored the his classmates and headed to Iruka, "I'm sorry for being late, I wake up late." apologised Naruto as he bowed to show that he was sincere.
Iruka looked at Naruto and saw that he was sincere about his apology, "Go to your seat, since this is the first time you've been late, I'll let it go but make sure it doesn't happen again." said Iruka and Naruto nodded; Iruka patted Naruto and Naruto headed to his seat.
Iruka looked at the students and continued his lesson, "So today we'll be talking about theoretical ideas about the applications of chakra and basic weapons, like kunais, shurikens and ninja wire..." said Iruka as he droned on about the theoretical uses of Chakra, much to dismay of the class and the joy of a certain pink-haired fangirl.
Naruto sat on his seat and paid attention to Iruka for the rest of the day as he ignored the thoughts of Asuka that running through his mind, 'Ignore it Naruto, just focus on Iruka.' thought Naruto as he tried to get rid of the thoughts of Asuka running through his mind.
Naruto spent the next couple of classes trying to focus on his class work, despite how hard it was to get the thought of Asuka out of his head. The sound of bells echoed through the academy and soon the sounds of bells were muffled by the sound of a stampede.
Naruto looked around to see that all of his classmates had left, he turned to his right to see his loyal friend, Kiba waiting at the door for him. Naruto got Kiba and walked together to their special place where they ate their lunch.
Kiba ate his lunch at a rate that would make people think he was Akimichi while Naruto took out a container from his bag and took a dumpling out before he stared at the dumpling, when Naruto look at the dumpling his mind was flooded by thoughts of Asuka, her kindness and the way she made him eat most of those dumplings.
Why was Asuka constantly in his head? And could he get rid of the thought of her? Every time he get, it seemed to get as thoughts of her would increase, he needed to know why she was in his head.
Kiba finished his meal but still felt hungry, he saw Naruto staring at a dumpling and saw that Naruto had a lot of dumpings; so he decided to take the one that Naruto was staring at since Naruto didn't seem to be hungry, but once he got hold of the dumping, Naruto quickly acted and grabbed Kiba's wrist. "Kiba, what's the big idea? Why did you try to take my dumpling?" asked Naruto as he stared Kiba dead in the eyes.
Naruto let go of Kiba's wrist and took the dumpling back, "Well, I'm sorry but you were making kissy faces with the dumpling, so I tried to take the dumpling thinking you wouldn't mind considering you have a bunch more in that container of yours." stated Kiba as he pointed at the plastic container next to Naruto before rubbing his sore wrist.
Naruto looked at Kiba and then back at the dumpling he was holding, "Here, enjoy yourself." said Naruto as he tossed the dumpling at Kiba, who caught the dumpling and ate it.
Once Kiba ate the dumpling, his stomach started to growl violently as Kiba put his hand on his mouth to stop the food from looking out of his mouth, Kiba ran around crazily until he got on his knees and spat out spit, "What was that? That was horrible, I nearly went to hell." said Kiba as he got up and glared at Naruto thinking he did that on purpose.
Naruto heard Kiba and looked at him, "What? It doesn't taste that bad." said Naruto as he picked up a dumpling and ate it, it tasted okay. Naruto wondered why Kiba would think that the dumplings were terrible as he was chewing his second dumpling.
"First of all, that food is poison and second of all, remind me to never eat your cooking ever again." said Kiba as he tried to get the taste of that hellish food out of his mouth. Kiba stopped when he heard a movement on his head and saw that Akamaru had awaken as the young dog jumped from Kiba's head on to the ground.
"I am being completely honest when I tell you that I didn't make these. Beside it's not that bad and I am gonna prove you wrong by having Akamaru eat one." said Naruto as he took a dumpling out, much to Akamaru's pleasure, Naruto placed the dumpling down.
Akamaru ran to the dumpling and smelled it, one sniff and Akamaru landed on his back as the smell of death seemed to cover Akamaru, "No! Akamaru!" shouted Kiba with an over-exaggeratedly sad tone as he rushed Akamaru and picked him up as he pulled Akamaru into his embrace.
Naruto's brows twitched, "Okay I get it, the dumplings are terrible." shouted Naruto as he had enough of Kiba and Akamaru's over-exaggeration of the dumplings, Kiba and Akamaru snickered as they tried to silence their laughter.
When Kiba saw Naruto eat the dumplings without vomiting or showing signs of sickness; Kiba shivered as he don't have his enemies to eat those dumpling, suddenly an idea hit Kiba. "Naruto you should come with me to my home, and make sure to bring some of those dumplings for my family." said Kiba as he was chuckling at the though of his siter and his mother eating those dumpling.
Naruto took out another dumpling from the container and ate it, "Will do." said Naruto as he chewed his food quickly.
Suddenly the sound of bells echoed throughout the academy again, Kiba and Naruto headed back to their classroom with Akamaru on top of Kiba's head. When Naruto and Kiba were were making their way to the classroom, they were surprised by the sound of a stampede as a horde of academy students rushed though the academy to their classrooms.
Naruto and Kiba quickly ran away from the horde of academy students as they headed for their classroom, Naruto and Kiba kept running until they saw their classroom and jumped into the classroom, all the while Akamaru was holding tightly to Kiba's head during the while process.
Eventually everyone had gotten to their classrooms and the classes began, so for the next couple of hour Naruto, Kiba and Akamaru focused on their classwork and spent the time writing notes about chakra and other useless studies, like flower pressing.
When the classes were all over, the academy bells rang for the third and last time as it signalled the end of the academy for today. Quickly, all the academy students rushed out of the academy and headed home.
Naruto and Kiba walked out of the academy and headed towards the Inuzuka compound, the Inuzuka guards that were protecting the gate to the compound looked at them and opened the door.
During the two years that Naruto had spent as an academy student, he had gone the Inuzuka compound several times with Kiba and over time the Inuzuka came to accept him, many of the Inuzuka who had thought that Naruto was Kyuhbi had come to understand that Naruto wasn't kyuubi as they sometimes saw Naruto taking care of pets.
Naruto and Kiba walked through the compound as they greeted the Inuzukas they meet on their way, Naruto and Kiba got Kiba's home and opened the door as they made their way to the living room where Tsume was sitting down and reading a newspaper.
Kiba had a smile on his face, "Okaa-San do you know where Hana is?" asked Kiba, he put a hand over his mouth as he hid his smile; he knew if his mother saw his smile, she would be suspicious.
"She's busy with her training for the chunin exams." replied Tsume as she spared a glance at Kiba and Naruto, 'Kids these days, getting weirder by the day.' thought Tsume when she saw Kiba acting weird as he put his hand over his mouth.
Kiba elbowed Naruto's back gently, "That reminds me Tsume-San, would you like a dumpling?" asked Naruto as he took out a container from his bag and walked towards Tsume.
"Sure kid, I am sure one wouldn't hurt." said Tsune as he put the newspaper down and took a dumpling before eating.
"You know it pretty good, the flavour isn't tha..." Tsume chewed the dumpling and it wasn't that bad but as soon as he swallowed it, her stomach growled violently and without a second thought she ran to the bathroom while she put her hand over her mouth to prevent the food from coming out.
Kiba watched the whole thing and fell on the floor with his hands over his stomach as he laughed our loud, he was laughing so hard that tears were coming out of his eyes. Naruto looked Kiba weirded out a bit as he moved a bit back from Kiba, Naruto looked at Kiba laugh out control and watched as a area of Kiba's pants got damp.
Eventually Kiba stopped laughing as he got up and swiped the water coming out of his eyes, "That was hilarious and without a doubt the most funniest thing I ever saw." stated Kiba.
Naruto this time to point at Kiba's pants, once Kiba looked down at where Naruto was pointing, he blushed before he ran upstairs to his bedroom. Naruto looked around, "Am I the only one sane here?" asked Naruto to no-one in particular.
After a few minutes, Kiba came downstairs wearing new, dry pants and looked at Naruto, "That never happened." stated Kiba with a serious tone.
Naruto smiled, "Whatever you say, wetpants." said Naruto with a smirk, now that he had blackmail material on Kiba, there was no way he was going to let it go.
"You're never gonna let that go, are you?"
Tsume walked in as she heard, "Let what go?" asked Tsume as she joined in the conversation, she was curious about what Naruto and Kiba were talking about.
Naruto turned to Tsume, "Nothing, just the fact that Kiba wet his pants." said Naruto as he pointed at Kiba and laughed while Kiba looked at Naruto with a look of betrayal.
Tsume started laughing, "Hahhaha, he wet his pants." Tsume laughed with Naruto at the fact that Kiba wet his pants.
"At least I wasn't running to the bathroom frantically with my hands over my mouth." said Kiba, which caused Tsune to suddenly stop laughing as a look of irritation appeared on her face.
"Anyways, Tsume-San I came here because I was wondering if I could talk to you about something." stated Naruto which got Tsume and Kiba's attention as they sat down and focused on him. "I meant alone, just with Tsume." said Naruto as he looked at Kiba.
Kiba walked out of the room and closed the door before muttering about 'stupid friends' and how they were 'a pain in the butt'. Once Kiba left, Naruto turned to Tsume and talked to her, "The truth is that I wanted to talk to you about someone, not something." said Naruto with a little blush.
Tsume grinned but kept listening as Naruto continued, "The thing is that ever since I meet this person, I can't stop thinking about her, no matter how hard I try." stated Naruto as a thought of Asuka appeared in Naruto's mind, which caused him to blush out of control.
The grin on Taume's face didn't go away, "Uahh, kid's has a crush, you've got it real bad for this girl." stated Tsume as she saw Naruto's become completely red. With his whole face red, he sorta resembled a tomato, a trait he possibly got from Kushina.
Naruto quickly got rid of the red covering his face, "What!? There's no I could have it bad for her." exclaimed Naruto as he looked at Tsume.
"You've got it real bad for her, in fact if I didn't know better, I'd say you're in love with her!" stated Tsume as she raised her shoulders before quickly dropped it down.
"I... I'm gonna go now." stated Naruto as he got out of the room, and walked out of the house without a second thought as he headed home. While walking out the door, he left without replying to Kiba.
"Hey Naruto, aren't you gonna train with me?" asked Kiba as he watch Naruto leave, but much to his dismay Naruto didn't reply. 'I wonder what's with him?' thought Kiba as he wondered if he could go after him but decided to let Naruto be and talk to him tomorrow.
Naruto walked home, on the way he got glares and insults from the civilians but he didn't notice them as his mind was repeating what Tsune said over and over while his body was on auto-pilot towards his house.
'If I didn't know better, I'd say you're in love with her. If I didn't know better I'd say you're in love with her! If I didn't know better, I'd say you're in love with her..." what Tsume said continued repeating in Naruto's head until he shook his head and looked around to see that he was in his bedroom.
Naruto headed to the bathroom, he walked up to the sink and turned the tab as he splashed water over his face, there was no way Naruto could be in love with Asuka, was there? No! Naruto shook away his doubt, there was no way he could be in live with Asuka, especially considering how they only knew each other for a day. A day!
Naruto got a towel and dried his face before he headed back to his bedroom; he sat down with his legs crossed, slowly inhaling and exhaling as he tried to control to his mind and his emotions.
Naruto tried to clear his mind but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop thinking of Asuka, Naruto tried over and over to clear his mind but failed and decided to read a book, he reached under the bed and pulled out a familiar, orange book. He read the title "Ichi Ichi Paradise: the journey to a Kunoichi's heart." Naruto opened the door as he started reading the book.
Naruto spent a while reading the book and it was getting to the part where the protagonist was about to have sex with the kunoichi that tried to kill him but before Naruto could read that part, the door bell rang and Naruto shouted "Could someone open the door!", the door rang again and again.
Naruto had enough and hid the orange book under his bed, he walked downstairs and opened the door halfway, "Okay, listen ass, you're disturbing me." said Naruto before he looked at the person to see that it was Kiba.
"Is that how you treat a friend who walked all the way here to check up on you?" asked Kiba as he looked at Naruto with his huge puppy eyes which made Naruto feel guilty.
Naruto sighed before he opened the door completely, "Come inside." said Naruto as he let Kiba into his house. Naruto took Kiba to his bedroom as he thought it was best to talk to Kiba in his room rather than anywhere in the house, considering one his family members might eavesdrop.
"So what did you come here?" asked Naruto.
"You seemed troubled and I thought that as a friend, i should try to help you with whatever it is." said Kiba, Naruto looked at Kiba and saw that Kiba was telling the truth but still, Naruto was still angry at Kiba for ruining his fun and stopping him from reading the most exciting part of the book.
Naruto scratched the back of his neck as he was wondering what to do with Kiba as he didn't have anythings to play with him considering Naruto never expected that anyone would come to his house for him.
Naruto looked around for something that Kiba and Naruto could do, Naruto spotted his go board, "How about we play go?" asked Naruto, normally Ajax and him would play go, which would always end with Ajax being the winner.
Kiba scratched his chin, "Why not, I've played go a couple of times before." said Kiba as he and Naruto moved to the go board. Naruto and Kiba took stone from the bowl of stones and settle who would play black, and who would play white.
Naruto played white and Kiba played black, at the start both Naruto and Kiba built up territories; during mid-game Naruto and Kiba battled against one another for territory as Kiba made some risky moves while Naruto focused on playing safe moves to expand his territory; in the end, Kiba fought hard against Naruto but the risky moves he played during mid-game caused him to lose by 17.5 point. (a/n you should research about Go game boards, if you don't understand what I'm talking about, that is if you want.)
"Well Naruto, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." said Kiba as he walked out of Naruto's room and out of the house, Kiba walked home.
Naruto gathered the stones and put them in their seperate bowls, Naruto looked at the time to see that it was 7pm already. Naruto went downstairs as he made himself some ramen, though Naruto didn't like it that much, he thought it was better than sandwiches.
Naruto quickly finished his ramen and washed the dishes before he headed upstairs to his bedroom as he laid down on his bed and let sleep take over.
Kiba walked into his house as he headed to the dining room, where Hana and Tsume had food ready. "And where were you?" asked Tsume as she looked at Kiba.
Kiba sat down on a chair, "I was at Naruto's, you know, it's weird to see him distracted, I mean normally he would to be serious and hardworking as his constantly trying to improve but I wonder if he's having a meltdown because he pushed himself too far." spoke Kiba, which prompted him a look of shock and surprise from Tsume and Hana.
Kiba looked at them and saw their expressions, "What?!" asked Kiba as he wondered why his mother and sister were looking at with the look of surprise and shock.
Tsume got over her surprise and shock, "We were just surprised and shocked about what you said and about the fact that you seem to pay attention to Naruto." said Tsume, she thought that Naruto would a good influence on Kiba and it looks like she was right.
Kiba quickly responded "Why wouldn't I want to know about my role model?" asked Kiba before he started eating his rice.
Both Hana and Tsume stopped eating and looked at Kiba, "Your role model, why is Naruto your role model?" asked Hana this time, she had known Kiba for a long but this was a first.
Kiba looked up at them, "Because I followed one day after school and when I saw he train extremely with huge blunders and training dummies, I saw it, Naruto wasn't a kid, he was a man that I could respect, there I saw a man who was wiling to give everything he had to achieve his dream, his blood, his tears, his heart and his soul." said Kiba as he was choking on his words.
"...498, 499, 500 sit-ups, okay, now to do push-ups while balancing a training dummy on my back."
"I rested for five minutes now, time to get back to exercises."
"So close, if I train like this then I can become Hokage soon enough."
Flashback
Naruto and Kiba goofed around as they played 'it', they played around for a while before he fell on the floor, they decided to lie like that because they enjoyed looking at the clouds. Naruto and Kiba looked at each other with big grins on their faces before they turned to look at the clouds.
"Hey Kiba." said Naruto as he called out to Kiba.
"Yeah." replied Kiba.
"What is your dream?" asked Naruto seriously, which caused Kiba to look at Naruto.
"Where did this come from all of a sudden?" wondered Kiba.
"Just wondering." said Naruto as he looked at Kiba, Kiba scratched his chin and thought about Naruto's question.
"Well my dream is become a strong ninja and on day take over as the clan head, what about you?" asked Kiba looking at Naruto for his answer as he gave his answer to Naruto.
"My dream is become Hokage and to be the strongest there is, and I will work as hard as I can to get there." stated Naruto in a serious tone as he talked about his dreams as though it was going to be reality as if it was the truth, this caused Kiba to look at Naruto wide eyes. The way Naruto said it made Kiba believe that it was true.
Flashback end
That day Kiba had decided to help Naruto get there and continue to help Naruto.
"You know it's unfair for Naruto to be treated like a disease, something that's not wanted when he's working harder than anyone else. Naruto is always focusing in school so hard and always gets one of the best grades, I always see at his special training area where he trains to the brink of exhaustion..." Kiba stopped and took a breather as he kept choking on his words.
"Hey look it's that accursed child."
"I think that kid could just die."
"Don't get close to him, he might infect you."
"...Naruto trains by themself twice as hard an twice as long than both of those two... Naruto is everything a student should be and what every ninja should be but everyone always talks about him being a monster, they always look at him with those judgemental eyes." asked Kiba as more tears came out of his eyes, he tried his best to stop but they just kept flowing.
"So let's see chakra, chakra, chakra, where is it... I guess I'll have to search every of this library."
"That freak is going to again, from what I heard he's one of the best, I hope he doesn't go near my kids."
"That boy again. Why can't he just accept that he's a failure and save us all the trouble."
"He is the greatest person I have the pleasure to meet and be friends with... He has to go through all of that every single day, he's able to wave it off like it's nothing... That is why I respect him and that is why he is my role model, he can go through of that, so the least I can do is prove that I'm worthy of being his friend." said Kiba as he swiped his tears. 'Damn allergies.' thought Kiba as more water rolled out Of his eyes.
"Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?"
"It seems that people have tried, I heard rumours that they were killed by that monster.
"Let stay away from him and make sure that our kids stay away from him."
Kiba kept swiping his tear but more kept flowing out, "Damn allergies." stated Kiba as he continued to swipe his tears away.
Tsume and Hana were speechless, they didn't know that Kiba felt that way about how people treated Naruto, they never knew that Kiba saw it as a duty to constantly improve because of his friendship with Naruto. Kiba got rid of his tears and snort with some tissue paper before he started to eat his food quickly when he saw what time it was.
Tsume and Hana were also speechless because this was the first time they heard about what Naruto goes through everyday and once they heard that, they understood why Kiba felt the way he did as their respect for Naruto went up, Tsume and Hana also changed their opinions about Kiba too, it seems that Naruto was the reason why Kiba had improved as he used to be the dead last but now he was near the middle. It also seems that Kiba has mature a lot since he became friends with Naruto.
Kiba quickly ate his meal as he took his dishes into the kitchen and washed them, "Looks like I am going to sleep a little lat and that means that I'll wake up late and I can't have that because I am walking with Naruto to the academy." said Kiba as he gave his mother and sister a kiss before going to sleep.
Hana did the same as Kiba when she realised that it was late and that she had the chunin exams tomorrow, she gave Tsume a kiss on the cheek before he headed to her bedroom.
Tsume sat there thinking about earlier, 'I thought I would see the day when Kiba would care so much for someone, I guess Naruto-kun really is having a positive influence on Kiba.' thought Tsume, she wondered how she was going to thank Naruto for helping Kiba improve and mature.
*Ring* *Ring*
The alarm clock rang twice before Kiba wake up and turned the alarm off, he yawned and looked at the time; one look at the clock and Kiba panicked as he saw he was going to be late. Kiba rushed as he put his pants on and headed to the bathroom, he washed his face and brushed his teeth as fast as he could.
Kiba quickly headed downstairs, he saw his lunch and put it in his bag, he took a piece of toast and coat on before leaving. It was raining but Kiba ignored the weather; on the way he ate the piece of toast, he looked at the time and put it into top gear.
There! He saw him, Naruto was standing there looking at his watch while holding an umbrella in the rain. "Hey, over here!" shouted Kiba loud enough for Naruto to hear, Naruto looked up to see Kiba.
"Why are you late? And where's your umbrella?" asked Naruto as he looked at Kiba
"I sorta overslept and I was in such a hurry that I forgot my umbrella." said Kiba with a grin on his face as he scratched the back of his head.
Naruto looked at Kiba for a minute before he sighed, "I guess we'll have to share my umbrella." said Naruto as he moved closer to Kiba until their were touching each other, 'This getting weird, I mean between him forgetting his umbrella to having me wait for him here, I think Kiba might have the hots for me.' thought Naruto, who hoped he was wrong.
'I wonder if Naruto is thinking this weird, I doubt it. What's the worst that could happen? Him thinking that I have the hots for him." thought Kiba never knowing that Naruto was thinking that at that very moment.
Omake
Naruto and Kiba were sharing a umbrella as they walked to the academy, while on the way people were talking and whispering stuff like 'They make a cute couple', 'I wonder whose on top?' and 'I bet they've done the deed'.
Suddenly they stopped when Kiba grabbed Naruto's hand, "Naruto, there thing I been meaning to tell you." said Kiba as he looked at the ground, refusing to look at Naruto.
Naruto started getting nervous, 'I don't like where this is going.' thought Naruto as he wished he was dreaming and that this was a nightmare or trick by Kiba.
Kiba continued to look at the ground, "The truth is... I've been in love with you for a long time ever since I saw your unweilding determination and I've meaning to ask if you feel the same about me?" asked Kiba as he turn to Naruto and looked at Naruto with his small, shiny eyes that seemed to be filled with stars and admiration.
Naruto didn't know how to respond, so he said the only thing he could, "Actually, I am in love with someone else." stated Naruto as he thought of Asuka, there was only one people for him and that was Asuka.
Kiba turned away, "If that is how it is, then I shall defeat her for you and prove that my love is stronger than her's." stated Kiba as he looked at Naruto with determination, it seemed that Kiba wasn't interested to letting someone else steal his man.
Naruto shook Kiba hold of his hand and started to run away, "I am not your man, I am my own man." said Naruto as he continued to run away from Kiba.
Kiba chased after Naruto "If you want, you could be on top and I would gladly submit to you." said Kiba as he placed his hands on his cheeks to cover his blush, Kiba continued to follow Naruto.
"What did I do to deserve this?" asked Naruto.
I thought that it would good if I had Kiba's point of view, instead of just Naruto. I hope you like this new chapter, make sure to review.
If you are wondering why Akamaru isn't with Naruto, that's because Akamaru is currently at the
That's all yorks! Make sure to review! Other then that, Peace out!