A.N/: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto Masashi, while Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling. This work was inspired by Tsume Yuki's "The biggest Toad in the Puddle".
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Chapter 3: The Academy
Uzumaki Naruto had been called many names over the years, but despite the name calling he had never been a dummy. He groaned at the light that reached his apartment. The previous day had been full of revelations and discoveries, and all started with an imp of a girl, Ai-chan.
She was certainly different.
Her physical characteristics aside, she had a way about her that simply compelled obedience in the same way Hokage-jiji did sometimes with the porcelain masked guys. Yesterday had been a new whole experience for Him.
To actually teach someone and be listened, and then forcing himself to focus his whole attention on Ai-chan as she explained what she knew about the Uzumaki. They had walked around Konoha to hot spots, the best places to eat, best places to find information, best sights and so on.
It was refreshing having that much attention focused on him. He knew the old man tried but his work was pretty demanding, same with Iruka-sensei and with Teuchi-jiji and Ayame-neechan; but It had felt good, to simply be around someone with no further expectations nor having to fake his smiles to fit in.
She had taught him a lot yesterday, in a way he had found easy to understand and never making fun of him for asking questions. About Uzushiogakure, the village his clan belonged to. How the Uzumaki were the founding clan, and were so bad ass that put kami's fear in their enemies. How the Third Shinobi war had begun because Iwa, Kumo and Kiri banded together to destroy Uzushiogakure; and lastly how The Village Hidden In The Whirpools lasted three days before some sort of ninja technique, probably fuinjutsu based, was activated killing everyone in the village at the time. The event marked the ending of Uzushiogakure, the shame of Konoha for being late in providing help to its sister village and how in remembrance their shinobi wore the Uzumaki Red Spiral.
It was sort of bittersweet.
To know his Clan had such a history, how much they had impacted the world as a whole. To know he was probably one of the last Uzumaki alive. Although, Ai-chan was sure that there were probably others refugees dispersed around the continent. She cautioned him to pay attention if he ever found a red headed with violet eyes, or deep blue eyes. Apparently those were the most characteristic features of his clan aside the huge stores of chakra.
After parting ways with Ai-chan, he had headed home to check his textbooks about any clue on the Uzumaki and found an Uzumaki Mito, the wife of the first Hokage, after a brief mention of her skill in fuinjutsu nothing else was mentioned.
He had tried to research about fuinjutsu, and all it came to mind was sealing scrolls and explosion tags that Ai-chan had shown him the day before. So he had spent the night searching more information about it. After all, if he was to be the last Uzumaki, he needed to know this things to pass on his own ?
So far, he had only found how the Yondaime had been a Seal Master, and had learned the art from his sensei, the Toad Sannin. Nothing else.
That had made him decide for sure. He would become a Seal Master of his own and then the best Hokage ever!
But first he needed information. He grimaced opening his eyes and rubbing them. The library. It wasn't that he was dumb, but he usually got lost when trying because of the big words in kanji, having only selft-taught hiragana and bit of katakana. Fun, not.
He hurried his morning routine, before bolting out towards the library.
"Not here, gaki. You won't cause trouble for the library on my turn!" Stood up the chunin guard at the doors, stopping his entrance.
"But I need to check something, really, really important!"Naruto insisted.
"Leave! Before I make you leave" The chunin said emitting some killing intent.
Naruto took the advice and retreated, he was going to enter that damned building or else his name wasn't Uzumaki Naruto 'Dattebayo!
Naruto clutched his backpack, running as fast as he could from the library. He had henged himself before letting loose a box full of frogs to "readdit readdit!" he giggled at his pun, in the library doors, making a chaos out of everything. And in the distraction had entered with other henged image to check out a few books on fuinjutsu to return later on. He would have to reveal his henge on the Hokage monument to throw the chunin out of his trace, but it would be worth it; but first he needed to hide his botin. He checked for anyone that could have caught sight of him, before changing his henge to another one and going to the Akasen and asking the nee-chan's to hide his things with them as he usually did with everything valuable until he needed them. There had been few times when his apartment had been trashed and he didn't wanted to risk it.
After ensuring chaos and mayhem he finally revealed his big piece of art in the Hokage Monument, and ran to call the attention of the Anbu stationed near it; before hiding in an alley and giggling himself silly. At least, until the temperature dropped, and a hand clamped on his shoulders.
"Na-Ru-To!" spoke dangerously soft Iruka-sensei "What the hell do you think you are doing during class time?!" he shouted next to his ear.
Ai had been bored out of her mind on the academy, she knew she was probably a bit advanced in comparison with the rest of the class; but they were all so dull. Even duck butt hair, who had an audacity to actually snort during her introduction speech as if she was lying, was terribly angsty and emo-like. The fangirls, shudders. The fakers, kind of kudos if they were in fact faking being that bad. And the mob, those who fell in between categories. She wasn't sure what she was expecting, after all there were several clan heirs in the class.
Iruka-sensei had left mid class after an incident with the Hokage Monument, and Mizuki-sensei had decreed free time from the reviews until he returned so nothing really to be entertained with. The screaming match between a pink banshee and a blonde one had lost its value a while ago.
Suddenly, the classroom door snapped open, and in marched Iruka-sensei with Naruto hogtied on his shoulder. The class erupted in laughter, before Iruka demanded silence to start his scolding to a sitting Naruto in front of the class.
"Tomorrow is the Ninja school's graduation exam. You failed two times, already Naruto. This is not the time to be causing trouble, moron" He scolded with his big-head-no-jutsu. A bit impressive, maybe I should ask to be taught that justsu. It would help when dealing with otou-san, maybe?
"Yeah, yeah" muttered unimpressed Naruto.
Iruka seemed to snap at that. I could see a vein in his forehead to throb.
"Time for review test on Henge No Jutsu!" Iruka ordered, and the class groaned. At least it was more amusing "Everyone, line up and transform perfectly in me!" He shouted over the noise.
Ai waited after almost everyone had gone up and only a few, Naruto and she were left; wanting to actually study how skilled were the rest, but nothing really impressive to be seen.
There was mutters and complaining about how it was Naruto's fault that the class had to do this test, which only managed to make Ai's estimation of the class drop further.
"Like I care" Ai heard Naruto mutter, fiddling with his googles.
"Uzumaki Naruto" Called out Iruka-sensei.
Ai studied Naruto intently, his chakra flow was considerably more than an E ranked jutsu required and the hand signs were a bit off.
"Transform!" Naruto shouted.
And after a pouf of smoke, there in all its naked glory was an older naked female version of Naruto with small poufs of smoke strategically placed in her privates.
The male portion of the class was shocked speechless, before their noses started to bleed. The female portion on the other hand was baying for blood; but Naruto simply introduced his Sexy no Jutsu proudly, his best weapon against perverts. Ai was shaking with laugher, but the last sentence just made her cackle madly shocking the rest of the class, interrupting Iruka's scolding allowing her to stepped up.
"Me next!" She offered, catching Naruto's eyes giving him a wink.
She repeated Naruto's hand signs and fed the necessary chackra to the jutsu. Only Naruto seemed to have caught up her hand signs, because his eyes went big in surprise.
"Transform!" She shouted.
When the smoke disappeared, an older version of Sasuke Uchiha wearing only his smile and a pouf of well-placed smoke was shown.
This time it was the female portion who erupted in nose bleeds with "Kyaaaaa" shouted all around.
"Now, don't be naughty. Ne?" The henged version of Sasuke spoke in a flirty voice, sending a kiss to the original duck butt hair, who was changing colors pretty fast.
***After class***
Naruto approached Ai-chan afterclasses in detention while cleaning the Hokage monument, having been disappointed at how perverted Sakura-chan had turned out to be.
"You are here!" He claimed pointing her out.
"Yo!" Ai-chan raised a hand "Inside voice, Naruto-chan" cleaning her ear with her pinkie, she stated.
"Sorry" He smiled sheepishly.
Iruka raised an eyebrow at their greetings. Thank god, after tomorrow they will be their jounin-sensei's problem.
"You know each other?" He asked.
"We just met yesterday, Uzumaki-san was gracious enough to show me around" Ai-chan confided.
"Uhm, Iruka-sensei the detention is only to clean up the Hokage Monument, right? It doesn't matter how?" Naruto asked with squinty eyes.
"Yeah, and if you both hurry I am even willing to invite you guys for ramen afterwards" He said surprised by the questions.
Naruto crossed his arms to the inquisitive looks Ai-chan and Iruka-sensei were giving him; before dispelling the henge and showing the original version of it without a rock out of place and offering a cheeky smile, while Ai-chan giggled in the background.
