Meh, I'm starting chapter two now because I have nothing to do, and I'm supposed to be typing anyways, so here begins chapter two.
If you didn't notice, Zeo was still only six at the end of the last chapter.
He will, possibly, by the end of this chapter, be twelve… I would make a poll to see what team people want him to be on, or if I should just make up a team, but since no one reads this yet, that would be a waste of time. So then, welcome, all you people who probably aren't even reading this, (or hopefully are)… to chapter two of… (Or not, I'm out of time) … now it begins.
The Second Kyuubi Vessel
It had been about a month since the first day of the academy and a few more students had left, now only around thirty of the original seventy students remained.
Twelve of them well known, someday to be known as the rookie nine, as well as Zeo and his team to be.
The others, barely standing out with low grades and poor ninja skill.
Not as bad as Naruto however, who had already established his name as dead last in the class.
Soon everything would change for Sasuke, however, as the last part of Itachi's plan was in effect.
All that was needed was another month.
"We still have a few students… but we still have a while to go till the final test Iruka sensei thought as he looked at the students and sighed.
By then, he had figured out their personality a bit more.
Aburame Shino was intelligent and focused completely on work, but he only did what was sufficient, not what he could completely do.
"I guess that's in his blood" Iruka sensei thought as he looked at the other students.
"Akamichi Chouji usually just eats. He's just as lazy as Shikamaru," he thought as he looked towards Shikamaru Nara.
"On the other hand, the one time he actually did something, he seemed like he had all of it planned out" Iruka thought as he looked back towards Haruno Sakura.
"She get's good grades and her chakra seems to stay perfectly balanced, I've never sensed it flaring up… but she doesn't believe in herself very much, we'll need to work on that" Iruka sensei thought as he looked at a few more students.
"Hyuuga Hinata, same deal as Haruno Sakura when it comes to confidence, except worse" Iruka thought as he looked at Inuzuka Kiba and frowned.
"His test scores are low, but he seems to excel when it comes to actually fighting... that's obvious from the fights he's been picking" he thought with a frown as he looked through the remaining students.
"Then there are those other two, Kenji Hyuuga and Taichi Inuzuka... they're both geniuses by the way their clan goes, both with top marks, but no one even notices them thanks to Kiba and Hinata..." he thought as he looked at them.
Taichi was currently showing off, grinning the whole time while Kenji was silently practicing chakra control.
"After that, comes Zeo Takamaru. His grades are high, and his ability isn't bad, but no one else seems to notice that since he acts like an idiot and hangs around with Naruto... who needs all the help he can get.
He has zero's in every category." Iruka sensei thought as he stared at Uchiha Sasuke.
"Then there's Sasuke, he's getting the best grades in everything, but he's only doing it to try to catch up to his brother, I can't tell what his usual limits are" Iruka thought as he looked at the last student.
"Yamanaka Ino, she doesn't have Sakura's intelligence, but their strength is the same, mostly weak unless they get angry" he thought as he saw the class still goofing off.
"Class, calm down" he said calmly.
The kids glanced at him and stayed silent for a split second before continuing to talk.
At that, Iruka got annoyed. "Class!" he said with an angrier voice.
"SHUT UP!" he yelled.
Now he had the class's attention, they stared at him in surprise before settling down.
"Alright, the people left are getting good grades to the point where we can skip forward a whole month... we'd skip forward further if Naruto wasn't so far behind, than he'd never catch up" Iruka sensei said with a laugh.
"Heh, we should just kick him out" Kiba said with a laugh.
"May I remind you Kiba, that your test scores are as low as his? The only reason you're passing this class is because you excel at the physical aspects" Iruka sensei said, causing Kiba to shrink back as everyone stared at him.
"Chh, he should still get kicked out, even sis says that" Kiba thought with a glare.
"But he's right, Naruto is pathetic!" one of the students said with a grin as most of the class agreed and Naruto stared at his feet in anger.
"Shut up! What did he ever do to you?" Zeo yelled, seeing that his friend, his only friend at that, was beginning to actually believe them.
As Naruto heard that, he turned to Zeo with a grin.
"Thanks!" he said with a genuine smile instead of his fake one that would one day be his trademark, right next to his orange jacket.
"Heh, there's Zeo for ya, always stickin up for the loser" a ninja said. Iruka stared with a sigh before grinning.
"Due to your complaints, instead of using weapons like we were going to do, you are all going to have a pop quiz" Iruka said as he handed out the paper.
"Wait a sec, this is all stuff we won't learn for another year!' a student said.
"Is it now? Well we all wanted to jump forward right?" Iruka said with a smirk.
"And I added in two extra questions about ramen, meaning Naruto will get a better score than most of them. Time for them to know what it's like to be dead last to the dead last" Iruka thought with a smirk, not noticing Sasuke's sad look as he looked at the paper.
"I've only studied six months ahead so far" he thought as he glanced through the test and saw the questions about ramen and sighed.
"So this is to make Naruto seem smarter" he thought as he answered the one's he knew.
Naruto looked through the test in confusion.
"Um... what is it" he thought, confused at the questions before seeong the last two "... ramen?!" he thought as he answered with a grin.
Zeo also found the ramen questions to be easy.
"Iruka sensei set this up" Zeo thought with a sigh.
"Wonder if Naruto will notice" he thought.
About an hour later and the last test was handed in, with most of the students holding their head from all the thinking they had done in the test.
"What was with the ramen questions? What did that have to do with being a ninja?" a student asked in annoyance.
"It had absolutely nothing to do with ninjas, on the other hand, I said pop quiz, not the subject" Iruka said grinning.
"That's not fair sensei!" one of the girls said, pouting.
"One thing you should know, life is not always fair, especially not the life of a ninja" Iruka sensei said, tensing up at what had been said, remembering his own past and what people had told him.
"Alright then, as I was saying, I never said the subject of this quiz, nor did I say it would be put into your grade. This was a test and you all failed" Iruka sensei said before sighing.
"Actually, by choosing to not take it, Shikamaru passed" Iruka said as he watched Shikamaru, who was currently asleep, oblivious to the classroom filled with glaring students.
"Well anyways, can anyone tell me what the meaning of this test was about.
"A whole bunch of random things" one ninja said in annoyance.
"... wrong test, anyone else?" Iruka asked as Zeo raised his hand.
"It was to see how well we payed attention, if we failed, it meant we were easy to deceive" Zeo said.
"Good job" Iruka sensei said with a grin.
"Now then, back to learning" Iruka said as he turned around, only for the bell to ring a second later.
"Okay, time for recess than" Iruka said as the class ran outside.
"I guess I'll grade these papers than" Iruka muttered as he used a jutsu to speed the process up.
By the time the bell rang to come back in, he was finished and had enough time to set up the next part of the lesson.
"Oh, and even though that quiz wasn't graded, I'll tell you the top three scorers. Naruto got all but one answer, Zeo got all but 1 as well and Chouji missed only three, the one right behind them was Sasuke Uchiha, who missed four. Now than, I'm in a good mood, so we'll still start on weapon training. Our first weapon... is the kunai" Iruka said as he led the kids outside to show them how to use a kunai.
"Yay, we get to play kunai!" one of the young ninjas said, causing Iruka to stop and turn.
"This is not a game, remember that" he said as he walked forward and showed off by throwing a single kunai, chakra enhanced, directly through the training post.
"Wow, I wanna try!" Naruto said with a grin as he watched.
"Alright Naruto, that test will decide the order, so you're first" Iruka said as he handed Naruto a kunai.
As Naruto got ready to throw, Zeo stopped him.
"No, aim up a bit more, if you throw it like that, it'll just hit the ground" Zeo said while Naruto smiled and got ready to throw, as he was beginning to let go of it with his hand, Zeo stopped him again.
"Throw with your wrist, not your arm, and flip your arm upside down so the lighter part is showing" Zeo said, causing Naruto to grin and rub the bottom of his nose.
"I know that, just testing if you people would notice!" Naruto said as he threw, and with the help given, hit the mark perfectly.
"Good job Naruto!" Iruka said as he watched.
"But it would have been completely off if Zeo hadn't helped him" Iruka thought.
"Alright Zeo, you're up" he said as he watched.
"Easy!" Zeo said, showing off a bit.
He threw the kunai at a nearby rock with as much force as he could, including using chakra.
The rock sent the kunai flying up and hitting a tree branch that shot it back down, causing it to bounce off of another rock and go straight through the training post before Zeo caught it again.
"That's like what big brother did!" Sasuke thought with wide eyes.
Iruka also stared in surprise, as did the rest of the class.
"Most chunnins can't throw with that much precision!" Iruka thought as he stuttered in calling the next name.
"Chouji, you're up" he said as he saw Chouji get into a stance.
"Huh, that's not the normal stance" he thought as he watched Chouji throw and saw it head for a rock.
"So he's trying a ricochet also huh, well..." Iruka stopped his thought as he saw the kunai fly past the rock and into the woods.
"WHERE WERE YOU AIMING!?" he yelled at Choiji, who just got back in line and went back to eating.
"Alright, Sasuke Uchiha's turn" Iruka said as Sasuke came up.
"This'll be easy... I just can't do the ricochet yet" Sasuke thought as he grabbed a kunai and threw it while running to the side, hitting the target dead on.
"I can still try and show off a bit" Sasuke thought as he got back in line.
"Kenji Hyuuga, you're up" Iruka said as Kenji walked up with an angry look on his face.
"Byakugan" he said calmly as he threw three kunai straight up and appeared above them.
He used a palm strike on two of them to propel them forward and spun around, grabbing the last one with his foot as he spun before releasing that one a bit to the left.
The two kunai's he first threw hit each other and bounced off.
One hit a rock and shot to the right to hit another rock and hit the back of the target.
From there, the kunai that was randomly moving hit the one thrown by Kenji's foot and ricocheted off to hit the front of the target.
Finally, the final kunai hit a rock and shot straight up.
At that point, Kenji threw a small rock and hit his kunai, causing it to go straight down and hit the top of the target.
"Beat that" Kenji said as he walked off.
"He's so confident, how troublesome" Shikamaru thought with a sigh. "Next up, Haruno Sakura" Iruka said as Sakura walked up, a bit uncomfortable.
"Alright, here I go" she said as she threw the kunai and hit the board, but nowhere near the target.
"Maybe if you would move that big forehead, you'd be able to see!" one of the kids said with a snicker, causing a few of the other kids to laugh.
Sakura ran to the end of the line, crying.
Iruka frowned at that as he called the next name, Aburame Shino.
Shino picked up the kunai and threw it and hit the middle, no special effects at all.
Now was Hinata Hyuuga's turn.
She picked up the kunai with a nervous look on her face as she looked around, blushing a bit and threw, missing completely.
"A disgrace to the Hyuuga clan" Kenji growled with annoyance, causing her to look down at her feet as she walked off.
Iruka then proceeded to call the next name and the next name, and the next.
All of the people failed miserably until they were near the bottom of the list.
"Ino, your turn" Iruka said as Ino walked up and threw the kunai all wrong, using both hands and throwing it over her head, missing completely.
"Taichi Inazuka, you're up" Iruka muttered as Taichi threw perfectly and it went through the board.
" Kiba, your turn" Iruka said as Kiba threw and got the same as Taichi.
"Now then, that leaves one person, Shikamaru," Iruka said as Shikamaru walked up and set up the area.
"That's big brother's training arena thing" Sasuke thought as he watched and Shikamaru pulled off the same combo as Itachi.
"How troublesome" Shikamaru muttered as he walked off.
"He can do it!" Sasuke nearly screamed.
But in the end, he managed to stay silent as the class began to head back inside.
"They did a lot better than I expected" Iruka thought.
"Or at least, some of them did, especially Shikamaru" Iruka thought as he walked in, only for the bell to ring as soon as they entered.
"Every time I try to do something, that bell rings" Iruka thought with a sigh as the kids grabbed their stuff and left.
"Thanks for the help Zeo!" Naruto said as they left, causing a small smile to go on Iruka's face.
"He's lucky he has a friend like Zeo, things would be a lot worse if he didn't" Iruka thought, thinking of the Kyuubi, and wondering how Naruto would have been if he had been alone through the academy.
"Well, I guess I better go get something to eat" Iruka thought as his stomach growled, reminding him that he hadn't eaten all day.
"So Zeo, who taught you how to throw a kunai?" Naruto asked with a grin.
"Uh... I taught myself" Zeo said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Cool!" Naruto said grinning.
"Hey, let's go get some ramen!" Naruto said as he ran off towards the ramen shop.
"Heh, sounds good to me!" Zeo yelled as he ran off too, easily keeping up with Naruto.
"Alright, we flip a coin to see who buys!" Zeo said after they got there, and argued for a few minutes on who was paying.
"Head's you pay, tails I pay" Zeo said as he threw the coin into the air.
"Heads" Zeo said as he caught it.
"Hey! That's not fair, you always win!" Naruto said, pouting before thinking of something.
"Let me see that coin!" Naruto said as he jumped for it.
"No way" Zeo said as he moved out of the way, causing Naruto to fall to the ground.
But that wasn't the end of it, Naruto sent a kick up, hitting Zeo's hand and throwing the coin up.
Naruto then jumped up and caught it.
"... this coin... has heads... on both sides!" Naruto said, sending a glare at Zeo, who just rubbed the back of his head.
"It does? Heh heh" Zeo said, acting like he didn't know.
"That's it, you're paying for the next two months!" Naruto said with a glare.
"What? I only tricked you for a month!" Zeo said.
"Fine, three months" Naruto said.
"But that's even worse!" Zeo yelled back.
"Well, you shouldn't have tricked me!" Naruto said with his arms crossed.
"Chh, two months then" Zeo said with a sigh as he pulled some money out.
"Ramen please, I'll take chicken!" Zeo said while Naruto ordered.
"Heh, this is great" Zeo thought as they got the food.
"IKADAKIMASU!" they yelling in unison as they began to eat.
about a month later
Sasuke couldn't get the words out of his head.
"Foolish brother, if you wish to kill me, hate me, detest me, and survive in an unsightly way.
" Run, run and cling to life."
No matter what he did, it echoed through his head.
"How could you!' he thought with pure hatred etched across his face.
"To test your limits... that's why you did it!" Sasuke thought, ignoring the morons behind him that were talking.
"I'll kill him"Sasuke thought, over and over again.
"Hurry up you stupid teacher, taking roll won't make me stronger" Sasuke thought angrily.
"Damn it!" Sasuke nearly yelled out as the teacher handed out a test.
"I need to get stronger!" he thought, glaring at the teacher in anger.
"I wish he'd calm down" Zeo thought as his chakra tried to flare up due to the killer intent Sasuke was emitting.
"If this keeps up, I'll lose control and probably get thrown out of something" Zeo thought with a sigh.
By the time the test had reached him, Sasuke was already done and glaring angrily at the teacher who wouldn't let him outside to train.
"Sheesh, he's really pissed off. I think he's overdoing it" Zeo thought with a sigh as he finished the test and turned his in, right after Kenji Hyuuga and Haruno Sakura, who were three minutes behind Sasuke, who glared at Zeo as he looked towards him.
"That guy is really annoying" Zeo thought as he waited for everyone to finish.
Ten minutes later and the last test was handed in.
Naruto's test to be exact, was the last in.
"Alright then, since Sasuke wants to go train so bad, we're going to go outside and run 6 miles" Iruka said, getting a groan from most of the students, except for Sasuke, who smirked.
"A real challenge" he thought as they headed outside to run.
"Hey Zeo, what's wrong with Sasuke?" Naruto asked, not having heard what happened.
"Huh, you don't know?" Zeo asked, nearly tripping as he ran.
"Nope" Naruto said, confused.
"His brother went insane and killed every Uchiha but him, then he said some weird line and left.
That's all I know" Zeo said as he ran.
"Oh... that sucks" Naruto said, not sure what to say to something like that.
"Eh, he'll get over it" Zeo said as he ran.
"Heh, I'm outrunnin you losers backwards!" Taichi said with a grin.
"Don't waste your energy you fool" Kenji said as he ran past him.
"Hey, let's go annoy the Hyuuga by outrunning him!" Zeo whispered to Naruto, who grinned and nodded before speeding up, followed closely by Zeo.
"Heh, we can outrun you with ease" Zeo said with a grin as he ran past Kenji, who glared and sped up more, causing Naruto and Zeo to speed up as well.
In turn, Taichi spun around and ran after them while Kenji sped up even more.
They soon caught up to Kiba, who also ran after them.
After a minute or so, they had caught p to Sasuke and passed him, causing him to go faster as well, forcing the teacher to run after them.
"How troublesome" Shikamaru muttered from the back, walking with Chouji, who munched on a chip as an answer.
About thirty minutes later and they had finished the six miles with Naruto, Zeo, Sasuke, Taichi, Kiba and Kenji in the lead, followed by the teacher.
"Told ya we we could outrun you!" Zeo said with a grin as a panting Kenji glared at him.
"They still surpassed me" Sasuke thought angrily as he saw that Naruto and Zeo were barely panting while he could barely breathe.
"Damn them" he thought as the last two members of the class arrived.
"You people are so troublesome" Shikamaru said with a yawn as he sat down and looked at the clouds.
"Alright... now then, has anyone noticed we're six miles away from the school?" Shikamaru asked with a yawn.
"Ya, so?" Naruto asked, confused.
"It means we have to go back too" Shikamaru said with a sigh while most of the class groaned.
"I still have a chance to prove myself!" Sasuke thought as he got up and got ready to run.
"He's right, now then, let's go" Iruka sais as he began to head back.
"I won't let them surpass me" Kenji Hyuuga thought as he saw Zeo and Naruto running again and ran to catch up and pass them.
"Do they not have a limit?" Kenji thought, panting greatly while they continued to run as if nothing was wrong.
"I won't lose to the dead last!" Sasuke thought as he also sped up.
"Heh, I ain't fallin behind these losers!" Taichi said out loud as he sped up.
"Hey, I'm the best, not you!" Kiba said as he also sped up.
"Heh, these kids really don't want to lose" Iruka thought with a smile as he watched. "
They'll likely become powerful shinobi someday" he thought as he watched them push further towards being in the lead.
"But with what happened to Sasuke, will he stay so angry? If he does, he'll lose in the end" Iruka thought as they arrived at the academy and entered, just in time for the bell to ring.
"Class dismissed" Iruka muttered as everyone left.
"Yep, they'll definitely become strong" he thought as he looked at some of the students.
2 years later
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T DO A BUNSHIN!" Iruka yelled at the top of his lungs at Naruto, who still couldn't pull the bunshin off.
"Uh... I can't do it, that's what I mean" Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head.
Now eight years old, he had become pretty strong for his age, thanks to Zeo's help, that is.
But he still couldn't do the simple techniques like Bunshin and Henge, which was what Zeo had been trying to teach him.
But there hadn't been enough time as the test came and Naruto still couldn't do anything more than make the most pathetic looking clones.
"In that case... YOU FAIL!" Iruka yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Alright" Naruto said with a sigh as he walked out of the room.
"So you still couldn't do it Naruto?" Zeo thought with a sigh as he was called in.
"Alright, all you have to do is do these simple jutsus and you pass" Iruka said.
"No thanks, I'm not going to take this test" Zeo said, causing Iruka to blink.
"Why not?" he asked with confusion.
"If I pass, than that leaves Naruto here alone until he does. And besides, if I don't pass the same year as him, there's no chance we'll end up on the same team" Zeo said, rubbing the back of his head with a grin.
Iruka sighed before looking at Zeo.
"Alright, tell Uchiha Sasuke that it's his turn" Iruka said as Zeo walked back out, acting like he had failed.
"The moron failed" Sasuke thought with a smirk.
He now wore his trademark, blue jacket instead of the black.
His anger had also lessened, though he would never admit it, so he was now the calm and collected (bastard of a) ninja we all now.
"This will be easy" he thought as he entered, only to fail in the end anyways.
Next came Kiba, who also failed.
After that was Hinata, who was too nervous to do the moves correctly.
After that was Shino, who, even with all his knowledge, did not know enough to pass.
Chouji and Shikamaru were too lazy while Ino and Sakura were too weak.
Finally, after going through most of the class, it was Kenji Hyuuga's turn.
But even he failed in the end as he could not answer a difficult question involving clans and their abilities.
Even though he was a Hyuuga, that also meant he didn't pay attention to the weaker clans and did not know enough, so he also failed.
Next was Taichi Inuzuka.
He easily passed the physical part of the exam but failed when it came to the easiest of the test questions.
Out of the whole class, or at least, what remained of it, not a single person passed.
But that was no surprise, most people didn't pass until age twelve as it was.
So it really was no surprise that the eight year olds could not pass.
"That's all for today" Iruka sensei said with a sigh as the entire class left, some of the students never to return, as it always was after a test like that.
"Maybe I should make the test a bit easier" Iruka thought before shaking his head.
"No, that would only completely humiliate them when they got tested later by their new sensei" Iruka thought with a sigh as he looked outside.
"I wonder what tomorrow will be like" he thought before shaking his head.
"Right, back to grading papers" he said with a moan.
four years later
"Alright, Sakura here, let's do it, transform" Sakura said as she transformed into a replica of Iruka sensei.
"Transformed into me. Good" Iruka said.
"Yeah, I did it!" Sakura said as she cheered.
Inside, Inner Sakura cheered even more.
"I kick butt!" "Sasuke, did you see that?" Sakura asked as Iruka called next and Sasuke walked up, doing the same transformation as Sakura.
"Next, Naruto Uzumaki" Iruka said.
"This is a total waste of time Naruto" Shikamaru said.
"We always pay for your screw ups" Ino said.
"Like I care" Naruto said as he walked up with a smirk.
"Transform!" Naruto said as energy completely surrounded him and smoke suddenly appeared.
As the smoke began to clear, Naruto's sexy no jutsu was revealed.
At that, Iruka sensei got a hilarious look on his face before falling backwards.
At that point, Naruto began to laugh.
"Gotcha, that's my sexy jutsu" Naruto said while pointing.
"CUT THE STUPID TRICKS, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING!" Iruka yelled at the top of his lungs as the rest of the class stared.
"Sheesh, why'd he have to make that move?" Zeo thought as he put his hand to his forehead.
A few minutes later and the class was over.
"Naruto, the exam is almost here again... we need to work on your bunshin's" Zeo said seriously as Naruto nodded and gulped.
He had gotten better, or at least, it seemed like he did.
He could do it perfectly if he was nearly out of energy.
But when he was in good energy, it always failed.
Zeo and him couldn't really understand it, so they just kept on training.
At that point in time, Zeo had the highest grades in the class, even higher than Sasuke's, but his test scores were a bit lower, not by much however.
In fact, there was barely a point of difference when it came to their grade.
After a few hours of training, and stopping to eat ramen, they had to give up since it was so dark out.
"That didn't work at all!" Naruto said, pouting as he looked towards the ground.
"I know, and tomorrow's the test" Zeo said with a sigh.
"Damn it" Naruto muttered, sulking as he headed home after eating some ramen.
"Well, if you pass, I'm on your team!" Zeo said with a laugh.
The next day, the grades were posted on the wall, and Sasuke was ahead by .1 percent.
"Damn it" Zeo muttered as the test began.
"Uzumaki Naruto" Iruka called as Naruto headed into the testing room.
"Alright, let's see a bunshin" Iruka said as Naruto gulped and got ready.
"Bunshin!" he yelled as one clone appeared.
A pretty pathetic one at that.
But it was at least standing, and did have color.
It just could barely stand and was pretty pale.
"Naruto... YOU FAIL!" Iruka yelled as Naruto looked down at the ground.
"Iruka sensei, he's bad and his moves were off, but he did hang in there and replicate. This is his third try, so you know he really wants to become a ninja, we could cut him a break and... pass him" Mizuki said, causing Naruto to look up with a happy grin on his face.
"Mizuki sensei, the other students created at least three effective replications. But Naruto could only create one, and look at it, it's pitiful. I can't pass him" Iruka said as Naruto gritted his teeth and glared.
A few hours later and Naruto was sitting on the swing, watching the others, Zeo right next to him.
Zeo had passed with ease and couldn't help but frown over the fact that his best friend had failed.
"I passed with ease" one of the kids in the group bragged as Naruto frowned and listened to them talk.
"You'll pass next year" Zeo said with a sigh, trying to cheer Naruto up, which was difficult as he himself wasn't cheerful right then.
"Whatever" Naruto muttered as he looked down at the ground before standing up.
"I'm gonna go for a walk, I wanna be alone" He said as he walked off.
Zeo watched as he left and couldn't help but feel like it was his fault.
A few minutes later and he was sitting on a balcony with Mizuki sensei.
"But, I really wanted to graduate this time" Naruto said, looking down.
"Then... I guess I have to tell you" Mizuki said, causing Naruto to spin around.
"It's a secret, but I'm gonna let you in on it." Mizuki said
"A secret" Naruto thought as he looked at Mizuki sensei with wide eyes.
A few hours later and Naruto found himself in the forest, training with the secret scroll of the Hidden Leaf Village.
He had mastered one technique, Kage Bunshin, and had already begun the next.
A technique infinitely harder than the Kage bunshin.
"I need to take a break" Naruto thought as he sat down, leaning against the wall.
At that point, Iruka sensei walked up, and the rest of the story is well known.
two day's later
"What are you doing here Naruto? This isn't for drop out's you can't be here unless you graduate" Shikamaru said as he stopped and saw Naruto.
"Oh yeah, do you see this? Do you see this? Open your eye's Shikamaru, it's a regulation headband. We're gonna be training together, how da ya like that?" Naruto asked with a grin as Shikamaru sighed and walked off, ignoring what Naruto said next.
A few minutes later and Sakura walked in.
"Hey Sakura!" Naruto said, waving as Sakura ran at him.
A few minutes later and they were at the part where Naruto was pushed forward, directly into Sasuke, ending up in a kiss.
It was at that exact moment that Zeo entered and saw what happened, "What the hell did I miss?" he asked with wide eyes as he jumped in and stopped the girls from beating Naruto to a pulp.
"Alright class, settle down" Iruka muttered as he walked in.
"Alright, time to announce the teams" he said as he began to announce the teams.
"Team one, Zeo Takamaru, Kenji Hyuuga and Taichi Inuzuka" Iruka said.
"Damn it, so I'm not with Naruto after all!" Zeo thought with a sigh as him and Naruto looked to each other.
Iruka then continued "Squad 7, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno" Iruka said as Naruto cheered while Sakura looked at the ground.
"And Sasuke Uchiha" he said as Naruto and Sakura switched places.
"Next, squad 8, Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka and Aburame Shino.
After a few minutes of talking, squad 10 was announced.
"Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akimichi" Iruka said as Ino glared at Shikamaru.
"Those are all the squads" Iruka said as Naruto jumped up and made a fool of himself.
"After lunch, you'll meet your new jounin teachers" Iruka sensei said, until then, class dismissed" Iruka said as the class left for lunch.
An amount of time passed as the day went on and soon, they were waiting for their sensei.
"He's taking forever!" Naruto exclaimed, annoyed that it was taking so long.
"Naruto, just sit down!" Sakura yelled.
" I don't want to, how come our teachers the only one that's late, I'll show him!" Naruto said as he set up a prank.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sakura asked.
"Heh heh, that's what he get's for coming late, surprise!" Naruto said with a grin.
At that point, Kakashi sensei walked in and had an eraser hit his head.
"Hm, how should I put this. My first impression of this group... you're a bunch of idiots" Kakashi muttered.
meanwhile, with Zeo's group
"Don't I know you?" Zeo asked, confused as he looked at his sensei.
"Eh... ya, the nurse thing on your first day." the sensei said.
"Oh, your Kamaka sensei... or something like that" Zeo said, causing the teacher's eye to twitch.
"My name is Kazu sensei" he said, annoyed.
"Any questions?" He asked as he looked at them.
"Is this an assassination group?" Kenji Hyuuga, another member of the team, asked.
"For most part, yes. Taichi Inuzuka. Enhanced sense of smell and pure power. Kenji Hyuuga, Byakugan, the all seeing eye, and one hit victory and Zeo Takamaru. An unexplained, and unexpected defense" Kazu sensei said, talking about the strange chakra that came up whenever he was attacked. "As well as a few of his own jutsus and an amazing chakra capacity, as well as accuracy and enhanced senses for unknown reasons. Due to this teams abilities. We have speed from Kenji, power from Taichi and defense from Zeo. And every single one of you has something that will make you nearly impossible to be snuck up on or trapped." Kazu sensei said as he looked at all of them.
"But also, due to the powers of this team, having you as a 24/7 assassin team is pointless. So we will be assigned whatever mission we are assigned. Assassination, transportation, doesn't matter to me" Kazu sensei said.
"You just wasted three minutes on a yes or no question" Kenji Hyuuga said calmly.
"Alriht then. Let's start with the basics. Your goals, your fears, and what you like" Kazu sensei said.
"Who wants to go first?" Kazu sensei asked as he looked at them.
"Heh, I will!" Taichi said with a grin.
"My goals ta become the best. I'm not afraid of anything and I like ramen and training!" Taichi exclaimed as Kenji rolled his eyes and Zeo just sighed.
"Naruto would probably say the same thing" he thought with a sigh before blinking.
"Wait a second, Naruto had a headband today!" "He passed" Zeo suddenly cheered, causing everyone to look at him.
"Uh... sorry" he said with a grin.
"Pathetic, I'll go next" Kenji said.
"My goal is the same as the genius known as Neji Hyuuga. To become the best of the Hyuuga, specifically the main house. On top of that, I also wish to avenge my father, just as he does" Kenji said calmly, but with obvious anger hidden in his voice.
"I have no fears and I like power" he said calmly.
"Zeo, your turn" Kazu sensei said.
"Alright, my goal is... to help Naruto achieve his dream of becoming Hokage. After I do that, I'll make my own. My fears are... the Hyuuga main branch and Itachi Uchiha" Zeo said as he shivered a bit, remembering that day.
The look in Itachi's eye's, the cruel actions of the Hyuuga's, even the black flame that he had shot out.
"And my likings are the same as Taichi's, ramen and training" Zeo said with a smirk as Kazu sensei nodded.
"It looks like only Zeo passed this part. The others were too hot headed to admit their fears." he thought.
"Alright, tomorrow, we will have our first test, there will be a total of three test, taking up three days. If any of you fail on even one, you will all be sent back to the Academy" Kazu sensei said.
"Come to training ground 1 early tomorrow morning... and don't eat breakfast, you'd only barf it back up" he said with a sigh as he walked off.
"Interesting" Kenji muttered as he left, soon, the rest of the team had also left.
later that day
After the day was nearing it's end, Naruto and Zeo got their first chance to talk to each other.
"How'd you manage to make the team after failing the test anyways Naruto?" Zeo said with a laugh as he ate some ramen.
"I'll show you as soon as we're done. It's really cool!" Naruto said as he ate, glad Zeo was paying as the Hokage had taken his money for one month as punishment for stealing the scroll.
"Heh, alright!" Zeo said as he ate.
Even though Ichiraku had no idea what was going on, he was smiling.
Both of his best customers were happy.
And that meant he got extra money, meaning less work.
"Seriously, I'd have gone out of business years ago if it weren't for these two" he thought, chuckling a bit as Naruto waved his bowl around, asking for more.
"Alright, alright" Ichiraku said a she made a couple of bowls of ramen and served them.
An hour or so later and the two were gone, leaving a substantial amount of money, as well as one of the fattest tips ever seen in a restaurant.
"If they do this every day, I'll be able to retire in the next five years" Ichiraku thought with a grin.
"So what got them to change their mind?" Zeo asked with a grin as a sad look came over Naruto's face, seeming completely out of place when compared to the expression a mere second before.
"Uh... what's wrong?" Zeo asked, wondering if he had said something to insult his friend.
"Nothing" Naruto said, shaking his head and sighing before telling Zeo the story... the whole story, including the part about the Kyuubi.
He also showed off at the end by using his Kage Bunshin No Jutsu at full power and creating about fifty clones as he wasn't working off emotion at the time.
"... COOL!" Zeo said with a grin at the technique before Naruto got rid of the clones and continued the story.
"Well, one things for sure, heh heh. At least we finally know why everyone seems to hate you so much. Oh well, their loss" he said with a grin as Naruto nodded.
"Well anyways, my new sensei has a final test for tomorrow. I need to get home alright?" Zeo said with a yawn as the last of the sun's ray faded away behind the mountain.
"Alright, same for me, seeya" Naruto said with a grin before smirking.
"Race ya!" he said as him and Zeo got in place.
"On your mark" Zeo said "Get set" Naruto continued, "GO!" they said in unison as they launched themselves off towards the ramen shop, which was where they turned to get to their own homes, if they could call abandoned apartments home.
As they arrived at their homes and walked in, they did everything they could to be silent.
If anyone heard Naruto outside, they would do everything they could to get him in trouble.
And ever since Zeo had become friends with Naruto, the same was true for him.
"Either way" they thought.
"THIS DAY RULES!" they exclaimed as they got into their rooms, ignoring the yells from all around to "shut the hell up" as their neighbors put it.
A few minutes later and they were sound asleep, ending one day, and one life, and, in the same way, starting a new one.
One where they would be separated.
And also, one where they would finally find people that accepted them besides each other.
But one thing was for sure.
The fates had dealt them a strange card.
And even if they someday became the worst of enemies, their paths would always intertwine.
That, it seemed, was the destiny of the two 'vessels' as they would both someday be called.
Well, I've been at the end for over a month.
But I couldn't get the will to actually write anymore, luckily, I actually got a review and that got me to finish the last 500 words or so.
Thank you very much NightAssassin for getting my determination back.
I wasn't planning on it being a comedy story.
But most of my stories end up that way anyways heh heh. As for what the hyuuga's did.
The Hyuuga's believe themselves superior to all others.
Especially the main house.
And the sad part is, things like that really do happen in this world.
Anyways, I was 100 words away from getting 7000. And that, altogether, is a full 46 pages, a record by far