Chapter 2: Naruto's first day

It'd been a week since Naruto and John moved to the Leaf Village. They'd unpacked their entire luggage and got the small apartment the way they wanted. John enrolled Naruto in the Ninja Academy the day after they got there and was set to start the next week. That day had come. Naruto and John stood outside the Academy making sure he had everything.

"You ready bud?" John said.

"Yup!" Naruto replied.

"Got your lunch?"

"Check!"

"Kunai and shuriken set?"

"Of course!"

"Scrolls?"

"Yup!"

"Alright! Here's your room number. If kids are bullying you don't be afraid to tell the teacher but don't tell him too much kay?" John advised.

"Got it!" Naruto replied.

"Alright I'll see you after school, have a good day!"

"See ya!" Naruto walked inside the school and began looking for Iruka Umino's classroom.

(Later…)

The bell rang signaling class was beginning. Kids all around the class were chatting with each other with what they'd done over the weekend. The noise quieted when a man who appeared to be in his 20's and sporting a long scar across is nose stepped in the classroom.

"Alright settle down everyone. As you know today we have a new student." The noise started up again about what the new student might look like. "Quiet down!" He said again. "Now would you please come in?" The door opened and Naruto walked into the classroom. He assumed the man that called him in was Iruka. "Why don't you tell us something about yourself?" Iruka said.

"My name's Naruto Uzumaki, I just moved here and compared to my old town, this place is cold." Naruto said a little nervous.

"Cold? How is this place cold? It's always warm here!" A kid with a white puppy said.

"Where I come from its 120 degrees in the summer and 100 in the winter."

"Oh come on! No place in the world is that hot!" Yelled the kid.

"Kiba! Quiet!" Iruka yelled. "Naruto why don't take a seat behind Sasuke." Iruka pointed to a brooding kid wearing a black shirt and pants and had hair that looked like a ducks behind (ha ha!). Naruto took his seat behind him and looked around the room a little. One thing he immediately noticed about the class was that there was almost more girls than boys. Another thing he noticed was that he was in the same class as Hinata. She didn't notice him at the moment so he figured he'd sit with her at lunch.

For the rest of the morning Iruka lectured about the uses for kunai and shuriken and description of how to throw them. The bell for lunch rang and Iruka said that there would be throwing practice afterwards. Everyone ran out the class room eager for lunch.

Naruto was wandering around the lunchroom looking for a place to sit. Everyone had turned him away so far not wanting the new kid at the table but he didn't really care he was looking for Hinata anyways. He was beginning to think she may have gone outside when he spotted her sitting alone at a table in a corner. He walked over and sat down across from her smiling.

"Hey Hinata!" He greeted enthusiastically.

She looked up from her food surprised that someone was sitting with her. "H-hi Naruto." She said quietly.

"What are you doing here by yourself?" He asked.

"Um… N-no one l-likes to sit w-with me. They s-say I'm too q-quiet." She said looking sad.

"Aww, they just never got to know you." He said. "Someone just needs to spend a day with ya."

Hinata just nodded and continued eating. Throughout lunch Naruto tried to make conversation with her with some success while he ate. He even showed her one of the few toys he'd ever wanted, a yoyo. He showed her the few tricks he knew with it, around the world, walking the dog and stop and go (See for vid). She'd never seen a yoyo before and watched him intently and even asked to try it. He helped her just get the hang of the basic down and up motion of it. She didn't get it during the lunch period much to her dismay but he said he'd help her some more tomorrow. They headed back to the classroom with Naruto still playing with his yoyo and Hinata still watching. Iruka led the class to a wide room with three logs on one end.

"Did everyone bring their kunai and shuriken today?" Iruka asked. Everyone nodded in affirmative. "Okay I'm going to call you up in alphabetical order and try and hit as close to the bulls eye as you can. Now first up…" One by one kids went up and the whole while Naruto played with his yoyo to pass the time. He just bounced the yoyo down and up, down and up. He decided he had enough space to try around the world. He easily missed the guy behind him but the guy in front of him, the same brooding kid he sits behind in class, Sasuke he thought his name was, got hit in the back of the head. A lot of people noticed and gasped when it happened. Naruto didn't know what they were so surprised about; it wasn't a big deal… was it?

"Sorry 'bout that didn't mean to hit ya." He apologized. Sasuke just gave a small but chilling glance at him. "Hey no hard fellins' right?" He said patting his shoulder. There were more gasps all around and whispers from the girls. Naruto still didn't know what was going on so he just shrugged it off and waited his turn.

"Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka called.

"Uchiha? Where have I heard that name before?" Naruto wondered. There were more gasps around the room after he finished that sentence. "What! What's with all the gasping?" He yelled frustrated.

"This is what it's about." Sasuke spoke for the first time all day. He stepped up, got out three kunai and threw them at the log. All of them struck the log in a perfect triangle very close to the bulls eye. The guys wowed, the girls wooed and he turned around with a smug look on his face… and the girls wooed some more.

"Okay… I think, I get it now." Naruto said slowly.

As Sasuke passed by him he said, "Top that, loser."

"Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka called.

"Up! Guess it's my turn." He said. Naruto stepped up to the plate, so to speak, got out a single kunai and stood still. "I'll show him loser." His was but a blur when he threw the kunai. The weapon wizzed towards the target and his smack dab in the bulls eye… of the bulls eye, wrap your mind around that! Everyone was silent, weather from awe or uncaring he didn't know.

"That was good Naruto but you should take Sasuke's performance and throw more kunai to increase your chances of subduing the enemy." Iruka said.

"But if that log was a guy I would've hit his heart." Naruto reasoned.

"Yes but if this was a real battle you wouldn't have the time to focus like that." Iruka countered.

"Unless it was an assassination mission it which case I would have to stay hidden then I would have time to focus since I would most likely only have one chance." Naruto countered back. Iruka was about to speak again but had run out of arguments. Naruto had made a very valid point and he couldn't find anything to contradict it. Naruto walked back to next to Hinata giving Sasuke a smirk as he passed by.

Leaf Council Chamber…

Inside the Leaf Village's council chamber the village's clan heads as well as the civilian council members were gathering for a meeting. The general buzz was about the new liaison the Cardacian Republic was sending in. It was a big topic since there hadn't been one in nearly nine years since the citizens drove out the last one for taking in the fox container. They were told they wouldn't send another one until the tensions calmed down. They did after four years but it was trouble finding someone willing to become a near permanent resident in the village but after nine years they did find one. The Third Hokage stepped into the room and all went silent.

"As you all know, the Republic found someone that's willing to be the liaison here. He has dealt in political matters before so he has some experience behind him." The Third said.

"Where is he?" Asked Shikaku Nara.

"He'll be around shortly, until then-" The Third was cut off when a ANBU came next to him and whispered something to him. "Hmm. It appears that he is here now. Send him in." The ANBU nodded and disappeared. The door opened and John walked in, though not everyone knew it was John.

"Hey guys, long time no see eh?" He said. Most people were silent since they didn't recognize him. They stared at him for a bit until someone pieced it together.

"John?" Choza Akimichi was the first to put it together and the others followed suit.

"Good now that everyone knows it's me we can, hey where's Fugaku?" He said noticing he wasn't there.

"He was killed several years ago." The Third explained.

"He was?" Everyone nodded. "I can't believe that SOB is dead! After this we are all gettin' drunk ASAP!" Everyone laughed at that. Fugaku was not the most loved person in the village he was only feared and respected. When he was killed the council really did celebrate.

"Now getting down to more serious matters…" The Third started.

Back at the Academy…

The school day was ending and Iruka was finishing it up with a basic lecture about chakra and said they'd practice drawing chakra tomorrow. The bell rang and everyone slowly filed out of the classroom. Naruto sat there for a bit waiting for the crowd to clear. Sasuke was there too possibly doing the same. Naruto got out his yoyo again and played with it a little while. But like last time he accidentally hit Sasuke in the back of the head.

"Hey!" From the other side of the room two girls, one blond and the other pink, stomped over to him. "What do you think you're doing hitting Sasuke like that?!" The blond said.

"What it was just an accident?" He said.

"Don't lie! You did it on purpose!" The pink one accused.

"Why would I do it on purpose?" He countered.

"Because Sasuke did better than you in target practice!" Pinky said.

"Better? If I remember right, I did better than him!" He yelled.

"What?!" They both yelled angrily. Naruto was beginning to think he was in deep water now. The pink haired girl picked him up by the back of his shirt and turned him in Sasuke's direction. "Apologize now!" Sasuke didn't move the whole time and he even thought he was smirking.

'I guess if it gets me outta this mess, I can suck it up once.' He figured. "I'm sorry for hitting you." He said trying to mean it but not really.

"Hmph. I don't need an apology from a loser like you." He said getting up and walking away. Naruto was infuriated at his attitude.

The pink girl put him down and said, "There, now was that so hard?"

"Yes it was! I suck it up to apologize to him so I can get out of this mess and he just blows it off and calls me a loser! I take back the apology you prick!" He called to him. When he turned back Naruto immediately paled. He was face to face with two very angry girls.

"Umm… c-can't we t-talk about this?" Said a timid voice behind them. They turned around and Hinata was standing behind them. "Can't w-we just a-avoid trouble?" She said trying to calm the situation.

"Stay out of this you weirdo!" The blond yelled.

"Hey! Don't call my friend weird!" Naruto yelled his temper rising now.

"She's your friend? Figures, the weird befriends the weird." Pinky said.

"Shut up you… you…" He started.

"You what?" Pinky said egging him on.

"Forget, what's so special about Sasuke anyways, he's just a borashka karus." He yelled. The only hobby Naruto really has is studying Cardacia's, the Republic's capitol planet, ancient languages. One in particular, the ancient language of the Kamir Province (ka-meer), intrigued him so much he studied it day and night until he could read and speak it fluently. Unfortunately it became a habit for him to unconsciously curse and swear in it when he was afraid or angry. Right now he was thankful for it because of what it translated to.

Everyone was giving him funny look because of what he just said and Pinky decided to break the tension. "What the heck was that gibberish! Sounds like you hurled or something."

Now if there was one thing in the world or heck, the galaxy that made him mad it was dissing the ancient Kamir language and he was about to utter something he would seriously regret. "It means, 'arrogant idiot'!" There were various reactions in the room; Hinata's eyes went wide at what he said, the two other girls were unreadable, and Naruto looked smug. That look quickly faded when the girl's expressions changed from unreadable to anger. They began stalking towards him and Naruto slowly backed away afraid of what they might do.

"Ah heheh umm can we just call this water under the bridge?" The both cracked their knuckles. Naruto audibly gulped. The two girls jumped him and began to beat him. Hinata could only watch in horror as her only friend was being beaten senseless before her eyes. She desperately wanted to do something to stop the fighting but she didn't know what to do. She'd always been the bystander in everything and she didn't mind at first but she didn't want that role now. Then suddenly somewhere inside her mind the strong instinct to protect him rose up and she took it. She dove right into the fighting and started taking some punches for him. Naruto stared at her wondering why she was doing this, rather she didn't know herself. Hinata continued to take most of the punches and kicks coming at her and was wounded more and more and Naruto was beginning to fear for her. The final straw came when she took a very strong blow to the head and stomach and collapsed unconscious. Naruto had absolutely had it then.

"Hinata! He yelled. Naruto's anger peaked right there. He grabbed the next punch and kick coming at him. He threw the blond into the wall behind them and twisted the pink ones ankle and threw her across the room. Without even thinking he picked up Hinata and ran out as fast as he could to get away.

Naruto ran for several minutes through the village with no real aim to where he was going, but he still somehow ended up at his house. He quickly went inside and collapsed on the floor panting.

"Naruto is that you?" John called. "I haven't got dinner started yet so I thought we cou- OH MY GOD!" John yelled when he saw the state they was in. "What, the heck, happened!" He said between gasps.

"I was attacked by two girls." Naruto explained.

"Two girls?" John questioned.

"One blond and the other pink and for some reason Hinata stepped in too." He said.

"Haruno!" John seethed. "We'll deal with her later right now you get yourself and Hinata to a hospital and I'll tell her father.

(Later at the hospital)

Hinata sat asleep on the bed with Naruto in an arm cast, several bandages and a bandaged chest, sitting at her side worried for his friend. Rapid footsteps down the hall were heard and around a corner, Hiashi followed by John bounded into the room.

"I heard everything! Is she alright?" Hiashi asked.

"I don't know. The doctor hasn't come back yet." Said Naruto. He was worried at what the blow to her head had done to her. Seconds later the doctor came in looking over the medical chart.

"Well she's in worse shape than this guy." The doctor said. "This is always the worse part of the job." The doctor put an x-ray picture on the wall. "Unfortunately the head blow she suffered cracked her skull. It's not serious and we're gonna get it closed as soon as possible." The doctor said. He left the chart on the table.

"That's good, right?" Naruto said not sure what to think.

"It's good Naruto." Hiashi said.

"I can't believe this." John said. "How can Sura allow his daughter to be so violent?"

Hiashi looked at him in question. "Sura Haruno's daughter did this?"

"Her and her blond friend, Naruto didn't get their names. I know it's his daughter because he mentioned pink hair." John said. They sat there for a little while longer until John'd finally had enough.

"That's it. I can't sit around here and do nothing! Come on Naruto." John Got up and started to walk out and Naruto followed, reluctantly though.

"Where are you going?" Hiashi asked.

"I'm gonna go to Sura's house and give him a piece of my mind! I am an action man and I will not just let this slide!" John stomped out the room with Naruto in tow. Hiashi stayed with Hinata knowing when John was gonna do something, he was gonna do it.

At the Haruno resident Sura Haruno and Inoichi Yamanaka were discussing what had happened to their daughters. Sura's daughter, Sakura had a twisted ankle and several bruises on her back. Inoichi's daughter Ino just had several bruises. Both said it was the new kid, Naruto that did this. Inoichi and Sura both knew John and knew he wouldn't raise a child to just randomly attack people so they were about to head out and get his side of the story.

*Bang bang* "Sura! I've got a bone to pick with you and your daughter!" John yelled through the door. They were a little worried now. If John was here and angry then there was more to this than they thought. Sura opened the door and a furious John marched in with a bandaged Naruto behind him.

"Alright where the… heck, do you get off just lettin' your kid just beat the crap outta' my son!" He yelled.

"What are you talking about?" Said Sura.

"I'm talking about… Inoichi what are you doing here?"

"My daughter was attacked by your son!" Inoichi yelled.

"What?! That is the biggest load of crap I've ever heard! It was your kids that attacked mine!" John yelled back.

"That's ridiculous! It's your boy that's violent and unpredictable!" Sura yelled.

"That's your kids you're talking about!" John.

"Oh please! It's your bad parenting that's made your son violent!" Inoichi.

"You're the one's that's the bad parent's and now because of your kids Hiashi's daughter is collateral damage!" Yelled John.

They were about to respond but that last sentence just got through to them. "What?!" They yelled.

"Yeah! She's in the hospital with a cracked skull and it's your kids fault's!" John yelled.

Sura and Inoichi both turned to Ino and Sakura and said, "Is this true!"

Sakura and Ino shuffled around nervously before Sakura said, "But he said something really mean!"

They all turned to Naruto and John said, "Naruto, what did you say?"

Naruto said, "I called Sasuke an arrogant idiot."

John looked at Inoichi and Sura in question. "He's the last Uchiha." Sura answered.

"Oh, well what does he have to do with this?" He asked.

"He hit him with a yoyo!" Ino shouted.

"It was an accident!" Naruto yelled back.

"What does he have to do with this?!" John yelled.

"I accidentally hit him with my yoyo while I was waiting for the crowd to clear! They got mad and made me apologize! Then he just blew it off and said, 'I don't need an apology from a loser like you' and just left! Then I called him an arrogant idiot, they got mad and beat me up! Then Hinata jumped in and they didn't notice or didn't care but they beat her too!" Naruto yelled frustrated.

Inoichi and Sura stared down their children with anger evident. "I can't believe this!" Sura yelled. "You beat up this boy because of what he said to someone else?!" Sura yelled.

"But-but he called Sasuke an arrogant idiot!" Sakura said.

"Maybe Idiot was a little uncalled for but arrogant was right but that's not the point! You assaulted him over something he said to someone else and gave Hiashi's daughter a fractured skull!" Inoichi yelled.

"You both are going to apologize to Naruto and Hinata right now!" Sura yelled.

They both hesitated for a minute then Ino stepped up and said, "I'm sorry I attacked you." Naruto just nodded so she stepped back next to Sakura and everyone waited.

"I'm not apologizing to you!" She stuck her tongue out at him. Sura had had it then and grabbed a handful of her long hair. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!"

Sura turned her towards him and said, "You cut the attitude young lady and say you're sorry right now!"

"No! He's just some idiot loser!" She yelled.

"You don't even know him!" He shouted back. "Now say you're sorry!"

"No!" She said.

"Then you are grounded for a month, up to your room right now!" He yelled letting go of her hair.

"What?!" She shouted.

"March!" Sakura stomped up the stairs fuming and the sound of a slamming door was heard. Sura gave his own apologies for his daughter's rude behavior and assured them she would receive much worse punishment besides grounding. John, Naruto, Inoichi and Ino left the Haruno resident later and brought Ino to Hinata's room in the Hospital where she apologized to her too and explained it was Sakura that landed the blow to her head. She too just nodded and John gave Hiashi the story of what happened over there. Needless to say Hiashi was shocked to hear that Sakura refused to apologize.

Hinata was released from the hospital only an hour after she got in thanks to the doctors healing jutsu's to seal the crack in her skull but still walked out with a head bandage and several more bandages like Naruto. Inoichi insisted he treat everyone to dinner to make up for what happened that day. Hiashi and John reluctantly agreed but John got to pick the place so Inoichi wouldn't send himself overboard. They went to a small ramen bar called 'Ichiraku Ramen' and that would be a decision he would regret for the rest of the night. Naruto tried one bite of ramen and was absolutely hooked on it. He ate 24 bowls of ramen in less than an hour with everyone staring at him the entire time. After they dragged Naruto from the ramen bar everyone parted their ways for the night.

The next day at the Academy everyone was talking about the bandages on Naruto and Hinata. Most people were saying they were in a fight. Weather with each other or someone else they didn't know. They went through the day with minimal questions as to their condition and they just said they didn't want to answer.

That day they were learning how to gather and control chakra. They were instructed to gather their chakra and manifest it around them. Sasuke naturally did excellent and had an above average amount of chakra for a student, until Naruto came up that is. When it was his turn Naruto's chakra didn't manifest itself at all at first and he was the laughing stock of the class. Then he tried a second time and surprised everyone in the room. It turned out Naruto had the amount of chakra equal to that of an average Jounin. Like yesterday Iruka was speechless and Sasuke was even surprised as much as you'll get out of him anyway.

At lunch Hinata tried out the yoyo again and got the hang of the basic motion of it. Then Naruto introduced another thing she'd never heard of, Rock and Roll music. He introduced her to a song called 'Rock Around the Clock'. She liked it so much she was humming the tune through the rest of the day.

Rock and Roll was not of Cardacian origin instead it was from a planet they came in contact with called Earth. The representatives from Earth offered to trade and become allies with them. Being a much less advanced culture than the Cardacians there wasn't much for them to offer besides the Naquadah reactors and Goa'uld information they were lacking, but one of the representatives there discovered and brought back Rock and Roll music, more specifically the music of Earths 50's 60's and 70's. They liked it so much they offered some advances in fusion and nuclear reactor technology in exchange for more of this addicting tune. Of course it was immediately accepted and Rock and Roll became the most popular form of music in the Republic. Most Rock artists are still of Earth origin since there haven't been any big ones of Republic origin yet, but no one was complaining.

It went on like that for the rest of the year with Naruto and Hinata growing closer to each other. Naruto continued to eat enormous loads of ramen and Hinata got better and better at the yoyo. Naruto thought his life was going really well, but he was about to get a rude awakening.

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