"What you don't seem to understand Kyuubi, is that logic holds no power over the hand possessed by the Shinigami". ~Naruto
Naruto hit the ground with a grunt, his covers wrapping around his alarm clock as it fell of the nightstand, hitting him in the head. He groaned as he rubbed his head, the clock still ringing incessantly as it had went off moments earlier, waking Naruto up for his first day of school.
Naruto had spent the past week trying to get a handle on his new fire powers, only to learn that he could barely start a small fire on his fingertip unless he concentrated with all his attention on his target. As such, he had spent several hours awake last night working on fixing this problem before falling into his bed around 3:00 in the morning, giving him only three hours of sleep for the day as he yawned, groping for his alarm clock.
Only to leap to his feet as his clock had went off an hour later than Naruto had intended, putting him almost ten minutes late for his first day. He grabbed the nearest clothes he could find, his trademark orange jacket along with a black undershirt, and his also orange track pants. He grabbed his goggles from the corner of his couch as he ran out of the room, barely remembering to grab a cup of instant ramen, filling the cup with water as he ran out the door, using the tiny flame conjured at his fingertip to warm the cup, and cook the ramen. He had to make a quick turn around as he realized he had forgotten his shoes.
Meanwhile, Iruka Umino sighed as he looked at this year's group of students. A pink-haired girl and platinum blonde were butting heads, arguing over another student, Sasuke Uchiha, a raven-haired boy in the third row, stuck in the middle of the desk as Sakura, the pinkie, and Ino, the blonde argued.
Checking his roll sheet, Iruka found a boy sleeping on his desk, his partner eating a bag of chips as fragments of the chips were sent flying through the air around him, Shikamaru & Choji. Next to the pair was a bubbly girl with brunette hair done up in a stack that resembled a mountain, Aimee Gakinjo, a daughter of a Civilian Council member.
In the front row, two girls, or maybe boys, who were most definitely twins were playing cards with each other, a brunette boy with a feral look about him trying to get either one's attention as a tiny white puppy popped out of his jacket, Kiba, the feral boy, and Nerissa and Ferissa, the twins. Looking at his roll sheet, he saw someone had scrawled in a second name next to Kiba's, Akamaru.
In the upper right corner, a boy practically covered by a giant overcoat was watching the rest of his classmates with little to no emotion discernable to Iruka. Shino Aburame. The seat next to him was occupied by a girl with short blue hair whose eyes flitted about, her index fingers pushing against one another as she seemed to be watching for something. Hinata Hyuuga.
That something happened when the door flew open, causing the twins to jump, Nerissa bumping into Kiba who fell over, falling into Sakura's lap as she had a panic attack before punching Kiba in the head, yelling 'Pervert', carefully removing Akamaru first. However, Kiba's fall had knocked Sakura over, as she head butted Sasuke, who fell into Ino knocking the pair into the floor with Sasuke on top of Ino who passed out from hitting her head.
Hinata giggled behind a hand at the line of students taken down like a row of dominoes, other students mirroring her giggles behind their hands, some just outright laughing. The whole situation was topped off by Akamaru looking around and yipping at his master.
The whole room looked to see the instigator of the falls, only to see a boy with a pair of goggles on his head, and wild blonde hair. An eyesore of an orange jacket and track pants only added to his image, and his cerulean blue eyes topped it all off as he looked around shyly, tiptoeing up the stairs as if no one could see him as he took the last open seat next to Hinata.
"Hello, my name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto introduced himself while Hinata just stared at him, blinking as she introduced herself as well, Shino following.
"Excuse me, but could you come down here." Iruka asked Naruto, who nodded, taking the walk of shame down the stairs to the teacher's desk, standing in front of it feeling like a disobedient child.
"Who are you? I don't have you on my roll, and I won't accept someone who can't arrive on time." Iruka said as he crossed his arms, waiting for Naruto to make some excuse.
Instead Naruto asked for a moment as he began rummaging through his clothes a pulled out: two cans of paint, one red, the other yellow, three rubber bands, a peanut shell, a inch-long pencil, 1.75 in change, an apple which he took a bite of before cringing, a pack of cigarettes which Iruka confiscated, a pipe also confiscated, an orange book also confiscated, and finally a box of dog treats which Akamaru confiscated. Thinking for a second, he rolled up his pants leg, reaching up the pants leg as he pulled out the envelope containing his admittance letter to The Academy, with details leading Naruto to this room, along with a list of supplies, all signed by the Hokage's signature.
"Fine, go back to your seat, but know this, I won't tolerate any more tardiness Mr. Uzumaki, do you understand?" Naruto nodded as he hurried back up the steps, leaving the pile of his belongings in front of Iruka's desk as Iruka got a tick mark before sitting in his seat, which somehow got repainted red at some point as he ordered the students to turn to page 93 in their textbooks.
10 hours later, Naruto stretched as he left the classroom, recollecting everything he'd dropped this morning. This caused him to be the last one to leave almost an hour later than everyone else as Iruka decided to lecture him on the values of punctuality.
This led to Naruto making a new rule to apply to his life. If he couldn't pronounce it, it wasn't worth learning.
That said; he was currently engrossed sorting through everything he'd learned today, including skills ranging from accuracy to the history of Konoha to sparring. He felt like he'd stumble across a hidden library filled with tons of books to read on any subject he wanted to learn about.
However, Naruto would say that the worst part of the day was the test Iruka-sensei had given them to see where everyone stood on the many aspects of being a shinobi. Naruto got dead last in almost ever respect, except stealth, he was second-place in stealth, beating even Sasuke Uchiha. The only one to beat him was his desk mate, Shino Aburame, but Naruto didn't sweat it, he was just happy that he was good at something besides getting beat up.
So, sitting down on a swing, he pulled a small book out of his jacket titled 'The Must-Know Clans of Konoha' as he opened to the first page, focusing on absorbing the words as he read about each one of the prominent clans of Konoha, including some of their most famous members such as Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Tsunade Senju all from the Senju clan which had very few remaining members left.
The next clan he read about was the Uchiha, intrigued by his fellow classmate, Sasuke. He learned that they were once considered the rivals of the Senju, leading all the way back to the founding of Konoha by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. The latter was among the famous members along with Itachi Uchiha, and Shisui Uchiha. Their more current rivals were the Hyuuga, spawned over who had the more powerful Dojutsu, the Uchiha having the Sharingan. The book didn't go into much detail about the Sharingan, most likely because it might be a clan secret kind of thing.
Naruto turned the page to the Hyuuga clan, only to hear a cry as he stood up quickly, dropping his book as he ran towards the cry. He rounded a tree to see a girl surrounded by three older boys, maybe 9 or 10.
"You're a pretty one. How about you go somewhere with me, and we can have fun." The boy in the middle, the leader most likely, said, grabbing the girl's forearm as he tried to pull her closer, only for the girl to protest and try and fight him. Instead, his two lackeys grabbed her from behind, binding her arms to her side as the leader got in her face.
Naruto reacted, running at the boy as he tackled him to the ground, both boys rolling in the grass as they tried to get the upper hand. Naruto got on top, punching the boy across his cheek, but before he could hit him again, one of the other boys wrapped his arms around him, picking him up as he tried to wriggle loose.
"Just stay out of this, demon boy." The leader said from the ground.
The last boy came up; punching Naruto in the face, but Naruto shrugged it off. He was used to beatings and bleeding due to his previous experiences, so just to spite the boy, he spit the blood out, right in his face as he picked up his feet, kicking outwards as the boy stumbled backwards. Next, Naruto threw his head back, breaking the last bully's nose as he released him.
Naruto hit the ground, his breath leaving his body as the bullies got back up, kicking Naruto in the side as he tried to curl up and protect his body. Reaching out, he grabbed one's ankle, and willed a tiny flame to blink into life at his fingertip as the boy's pants leg caught aflame, the boy dropping to the ground. Naruto used the momentary pause in the assault to get his hands under him as he rolled to the side, standing hesitantly as he put up his fists, prepared to continue the fight, despite the fact the right eye was almost swollen shut, and several cuts littered his cheek from the rocky ground.
As the first boy came at him, Naruto stepped forwards, aiming to hit him as hard as he could once in the cheek as the boy crumpled to the ground, rubbing his cheek as he cried out at the pain as he spit out globules of blood. Naruto wiped his bleeding face with a sleeve, glaring at the last boy, who fell backwards as he ran away, his friends doing the same, screaming, "Run, it's the Demon!"
"That's right, go away, and stay away!" Naruto yelled, sticking out his tongue as he turned to the girl. Only for the girl to be being dragged away by an older male who glared at Naruto with pale eyes.
"Stay away from that one Hinata-sama. He's dangerous, and trouble." The man ordered as the girl was pulled away, only to smile and wave at Naruto, whose mind finally clicked as he realized that it was his classmate Hinata that he'd just saved. A strange sense of accomplishment welled up in him at saving someone who at least seemed to appreciate it on the surface.
At the same time, he pulled out a sheet of paper, using his bloody nail to write on it. The title read 'To Do List of Improvement'
1) Learn more about clans of Konoha.
2) Improve Taijutsu skills.
3) Make friends.
He put a smiley face with his chibi face signature next to the third one.
A/N: Another chapter done guys. Now then, to address some questions that I'm sure you want to ask. My take on the Scorch Style is that the user can make fire at will, which I feel fits with Naruto's jutsu style in canon. He has his Shadow Clones, one hand seal, Rasengan, no seals, Sage Mode, no seals; basically all his best moves are no seals except for the Summoning Jutsu. Now, as the summary should say, this is a SmartNaruto story, but he will read a lot of books to get smarter. Also, I hinted at some pairings later on, see if you can guess which ones.