A/N: Here is chapter 3 for everyone that was waiting. I planned to have this chapter posted yesterday but it still wasn't finished. If you're wondering how am I suddently updating so much, it's because I am in a long break from school so I have A LOT more free time to write

During school I couldn't update because I need to write a NOVEL for literature class (Which was worth 70% of my rating) and I also needed to do math homework (gosh I hate math sometimes)

Anyways.

ENJOY!

Iruka Umino is considered to be one of the few people who don't treat Naruto like scum because of his 'burden'. Even though his parents had been killed by the very beast which Naruto had on his stomach, he had treated Naruto with anything but unreasonable hatred like some other ignorant villagers

Naruto was the container of the Kyubi no Kitsune (Which most people know by this point that it means Nine-tailed Fox) and because of that most of the village treated him like an outcast by glaring at him, not letting him enter shops and when they let him enter, the villagers would inflate the prices to three times the regular amount.

Even if there were some villagers that didn't treat Naruto with hostility, it didn't mean anything since they would maybe do the worst thing. They would flat-out ignore the blonde, which would lead into Naruto growing up with a need for attention and overall hyperactive personality. This would obviously show on how loudly Naruto tended to speak and how he wore bright orange clothes when he was a ninja in training, and even though Iruka had told the blonde to use darker colors like navy blue.

Of course the blonde refused saying that Iruka just wanted him to be more like Sasuke

That was just the start of many attempts of Iruka to help Naruto and ever since then, the blonde's respect for the scarred ninja grew and grew until he became something of a big brother figure. And the feeling became mutual to the point that Iruka even took Naruto to Ichiraku to eat a few bowls of ramen

So needless to say, when Hinata fainted Naruto had panicked so much that he carried the Hyuga heiress in his arms and showed her to Iruka while asking

''Iruka-sensei! Hinata fainted! Why is she so red?! Is she sick?!'' Iruka tried to calm Naruto down while on the inside the scarred ninja was laughing. It seems that Naruto doesn't know about Hinata's crush on him

''Naruto, she's ok. Just leave her on her seat'' Iruka said with a smile on his face. Naruto looked at him suspiciously

''Are you sure?'' Iruka nodded and Naruto reluctantly walked back to her seat left her there until she woke up. It was then, that Iruka noticed something strapped to Naruto's waist

''Naruto. Is that a katana?'' Naruto looked at Iruka and once the question registered on the blonde's head, he gave a bright smile

''Yeah! I was wondering if you could help me learn how to use it!'' said Naruto with excitement. He could already imagine himself going around a battlefield moving so fast that he was invisible to the average ninja.

''Sorry Naruto. I can't'' Iruka flinched internally at seeing Naruto's face fall

''But why?'' Naruto was now pouting like a child… well he was a child…

''Because you wouldn't be able to learn how to use a katana dobe'' piped up a voice. Naruto turned over to a raven haired boy

''Shut up Sasuke-teme!'' shouted Naruto only to be shouted by all of the girls on the classroom (Except Hinata)

''DON'T CALL SASUKE-KUN THAT!'' Naruto flinched a bit but he wouldn't back down

''I was just telling the truth'' after that, it seemed like a bomb had been dropped on the classroom (not literally) as Naruto and the girls started to argue. With each insult the girls threw his way, Naruto was getting more and more angry to the point that he almost wanted to take out his katana and-

''SHUT UP!'' Iruka had interrupted the discussion with a loud yell. For some reason the loud yell gave the impression that Iruka's head had increased in side to comical proportions (Had Naruto and the girls been in any other situation they would have found it funny, but instead they were terrified)

Once everything was quiet, Iruka spoke directly to Naruto

''Naruto I didn't say I wouldn't teach because I don't think you won't be able to use a katana. I said no because I don't know how to use a katana'' And it was true. Iruka wasn't a master in kenjutsu, he focused more on genjutsu and sneak attacks in a fight

Naruto sighed in disappointment, he wanted to learn how to use a katana to do 'Swallow' justice. He was sure that the weapon wasn't like any other (Melchior even said that it had some special properties). The blonde sat next to Hinata with an uneasy expression on his face. He was still unsure wherever Hinata was ok or not

Eventually when Iruka saw that everyone was quiet, he decided to start the class. It was something rather uninteresting about history of Konoha. Naruto would only remain awake during History class because of the awesome ninja battles that were sometimes explained during History

Eventually during class, Hinata woke up, much to Naruto's relief but she wouldn't speak to him without stuttering. The blonde assumed that she wanted to focus on the class when in reality it was just that Hinata was just really (And I mean REALLY!) nervous. She didn't know what to do in this situation

When lunch break arrived, Naruto was the first one to exit the classroom, he moved so fast that only people in the classroom that managed to see Naruto clearly were Sasuke and Iruka

''When did the dobe get so fast?'' said a boy with a hood and a dog over his head, the boy's skin was slightly tanned and he had a red mark on each of his cheeks that resembled fangs.

'W-W-What the hell?' thought Sasuke to himself. On the inside he was shocked at how Naruto had suddenly increased in speed, but on the outside he had his usual face that said 'I don't care'

'Naruto wasn't this fast yesterday… was he holding back?' thought Iruka in complete confusion

Needless to say, it was an interesting day for many, and for once it wasn't because Naruto had decided to pull on a prank...

Later that day after class, Naruto had went to Iruka and asked him if he could take him to a shop to buy a practice sword. Iruka wasn't too surprised at the request since he figured that Naruto would try to learn to use a sword by himself if he didn't find a teacher. Iruka for a moment had wanted to search for a jounin who could teach Naruto but that would have been considered favoritism (And Iruka hated favoritism)

So right now Iruka had taken Naruto to a shinobi weapon shop, Iruka knew that the owner would not mind Naruto being there as long as he bought something. The blonde was looking around the shop with a glint on his eye, although there was also a slight hint of disappointment.

''Is there something wrong Naruto?'' asked Iruka in concern

''Nothing'' the blond expected to see weapons like the ones the old man Melchior had forged but it seemed that the old man was just that good at making weapons.

''Well let's get you a wooden sword'' Naruto nodded in acceptance

Iruka and Naruto walked up to the cashier who to their surprise turned out to be a year who was just a year older than Naruto, she had brown hair that was tied in two buns, she was wearing a pink Chinese-style blouse and dark green pants. The girl smiled once she saw customers

''Welcome to the Higurashi weapon shop, my name is Tenten, how can I help you'' the girl who was now identified as Tenten asked. Iruka was the one who spoke next

''We're searchin for a wooden sword for kenjutsu learners'' the girl nodded and looked curiously at Naruto for a second, then her eyes fell on the sword that Naruto had on his waist. The blond then got unnerved when he saw what seemed to be glint in Tenten's eyes

'Why is she looking at me like that?' wondered Naruto

''Excuse me… may I have a look at that katana'' Tenten asked and Naruto looked at her suspiciously ''I just want to have a look, honest'' Naruto stared at her for a few seconds and then unsheathed his katana. Iruka and Tenten saw in wonder how 'Swallow' was revealed. They looked at the dark blue katana in wonder

'Where did Naruto get a weapon like that?' thought Iruka in wonder, but Tenten was more vocal in her opinion

''Wow… Where did you get such a beautiful blade'' Naruto considered just telling her where but then he wondered if Melchior would appreciate people all of the sudden bothering him

''It was a gift from a friend'' It was kind of true after all, even if Naruto and Melchior had just met, the blonde already saw the old man as a friend for giving him his first gift ever (That wasn't a meal at Ichiraku)

''Naruto wants to learn how to use a katana so he can wield his own in battle'' Naruto smiled towards Iruka

''Ok, just wait for me'' Tenten was a little disappointed since she now wanted a blade like Naruto's but she decided that she would be able to live fine without it. The brown haired girl left to search for a wooden sword. When she left, Naruto sheathed 'Swallow' and started looking around the shop

Iruka saw how Naruto looked at each of the weapons that were for sale in the shop. It made him smile how the blonde seemed so fascinated by each and every one of the weapons.

Later after a few minutes Tenten arrived with Naruto's new wooden sword, the blond was a little uncomfortable with the wooden sword since it was heavier than 'Swallow' but he could manage. Once the sword was paid, Naruto said thanks to Tenten who just shrugged it off. She was completely used to it.

''Naruto, how do you plan to learn?'' asked Iruka

''I'm just going to teach myself'' said Naruto as he swung the wooden sword a few times to get a feel of the sword's weight. He needed to get used to it so he could later on use 'Swallow'. If he was capable of using a wooden sword like nothing then he would be able to use 'Swallow' with incredible speed since it almost didn't weight a thing

''You know there are book about Kenjutsu, right?'' Naruto groaned at that. He hated reading, it was just so boring that sometimes he fell asleep while reading.

''Do I have to?'' asked Naruto ''I mean, why can't I just learn the cool stuff''

''If you don't know the basics then you won't be able to learn the 'cool stuff' as you call it'' said Iruka ''Even Hokage-sama needed the basics before he became a great ninja Naruto'' Iruka said firmly. The blonde sometimes was just too impatient for his own good

''Fine'' Naruto reluctantly agreed. His behavior was fairly amusing to Tenten

''Now that that's settled'' Iruka started ''Want to have some ramen?''

''Hell yeah dattebayo!''

A/N: Well, there it is. I've got almost nothing to say here so let me adress the questions in the reviews.

Element-OverLord: Nice Chapter! And Will Somehow Lavos Appear? Heck, I Can Even Imagine The Shinju Being An Alternate Form Of Lavos And Kaguya Like Queen Zeal! And What About Magic? For Pairing, Please No Naruhina Or Narusaku Since They're Overused...

Response: I agree with you, Naruhina and Narusaku are kind of Overused but like I said in the previous chapter I'm not that good with romance but if you want I might want to try. As for Kaguya being Queen Zeal, that actually WOULD make a lot of sense seeing as both were corrupted by their power. With magic I plan for it to make an appeareance later on but I'm not sure what element Naruto will be (We have light, water, fire and shadow as options)

Now I'm going to make a question. Should the gates make an appeareance? I kind of like the idea of Naruto going through gates but I don't know wherever you guys will like it or not. Leave a Review and tell me.

These are the author notes that were in between lines in this chapter. Ragnar-Vale informed me of how they broke the flow of the story I will move them here

(A/N: Fun Fact: Ninjas in real life tend avoid using jet black and instead favor navy blue since a ninja in black can easily be seen in the light of the moon)

(A/N: Notice how in the anime Iruka rarely if ever shows any jutsu. The only jutsu he shows both in the manga and anime is a barrier that doesn't seem really resistant since Naruto broke out of it easily)

(A/N: I think that the only reason Naruto would pay attention in History class, would if Iruka mentioned the epic battles between Hashirama and Madara)

(A/N: Nobody can beat the man who created one of the most overpowered weapons in Chrono Trigger)

(A/N: Higurashi ISN'T Tenten's last name, she just doesn't have one),

Well, See ya

Arashi Denkou